Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Why haven't I been blogging lately? Because I am so friggin' busy, that's why. I got school, work part-time, participate actively in school activities, engage in social events, and training for the triathlon (which BTW is not going well at all). I feel so burned out these days and getting 4 hours of sleep a night doesn't help to alleviate the situation. Worse, I still have my tax return that I need to do. If I am going to complete my tax return by this weekend, I really need to get a head start on next week's assignments. So I am going to try to finish one of the assignments that due next week by tomorrow night. I guess my first break from all this madness won't be till Friday night.
Enough of ranting... I was quite relieved, at the same time sad that ESD.762 - System Optimization has come to end yesterday. But seriously, I really like System Optimization. First of all, the material that I learned from the class actually has real-life applications in a broad range of disciplines ranging finance to system engineering. Second, professor Simchi-Levi is just a great lecturer. Every now and then, he would pause and engage the students to express their thoughts on the subject. This is perhaps deliberate as it actively stimulates students' interests and their abilities to derive their own conclusions to the subject. Ultimately, the experience truly enhances the learning, which is why so many students love his class. I definitely recommend this class or any class by professor Simchi-Levi to anyone.