October 9, 2009 - Posted by yaya- 0 Comments
My cough is killing me. As usual, the sore throat has progressed to the coughing lungs out stage, but here goes the day:
9-10 am - Finish revising Resource Econ lecture notes; Read text chapter 4, annotate
10-11 am - Read Macro text chapter 2; Problem Set 2 and solutions
11-12 pm - Review Econ History lectures notes, [...]
June 4, 2009 - Posted by yaya- 0 Comments
[Finalized course choices below; third-year students view ROSI start time on July 2nd]
Advanced Macroeconomic Theory - ECO325 H
Advanced Microeconomic Theory - ECO326 H
Twentieth Century Economic History - ECO342 Y
Financial Economics I - ECO358 H
Financial Economics II: Corporate Finance - ECO359 H
International Trade Theory - ECO364 H
International Monetary Economics - ECO365 H
Managerial Economics I: Competitive [...]
June 2, 2009 - Posted by yaya- 0 Comments
Depending on POV, one good/bad thing that has arose from working is that running out of dress pants forces me to fold my laundry. I’ve been good for an entire month now. Experienced some ironing done at 2 a.m. Slick.
Read the ECO course descriptions page until they are now ingrained in my mind. Still can’t [...]
May 26, 2009 - Posted by yaya- 2 Comments
Here’s an outlook at the next academic year, all is tentative:
Advanced Macroeconomic Theory - ECO325 H
Advanced Microeconomic Theory - ECO326 H
Twentieth Century Economic History - ECO342 Y
Financial Economics I - ECO358 H
Financial Economics II: Corporate Finance - ECO359 H
International Trade Theory - ECO364 H
International Monetary Economics - ECO365 H
Missing 1.0 credit, sigh…
May 11, 2009 - Posted by yaya- 1 Comment
Ran into my macro professor this morning. He seemed particularly cheerful for 8:30 a.m. Perhaps the nice change in weather is benefiting everyone’s daily moods. I’m surprised that he even recognized me, considering I have neglected to go to quite a few Monday night lectures, but nonetheless, he seemed delighted and entertained by the fact [...]
April 30, 2009 - Posted by yaya- 0 Comments
Please note that this entry does not contain information about de-evolution. I sit down to type a few words as I finish two hours of massive spring cleaning (wiping bathroom counters, mirrors, toilets, bathtubs, sweeping bathroom + suite floors and finally mobbing - given it was with the Swiffer Jet - but I still proudly [...]
April 23, 2009 - Posted by yaya- 0 Comments
A friend recently advised me that to do well in a subject one must truly love it. I have since then solemnly repeated: “I love differential equations, I love differential equations, I love differential equations…” many times over. Perhaps it was the sweater I was wearing, or maybe the pencil that I was writing with, [...]
February 22, 2009 - Posted by yaya- Comments Off
“I guess that would be true love.”
Synopsis as follows: A Chinese couple of five years began planning their wedding in 2007. He is a university student and she does labour work. The girl is diagnosed with leukemia. All their savings are spent for treatment, and he launched a blog named “Days When We Have to [...]