Saluton Amikoj! :)
Cxi tio tago mi havas bonajn vortojn! :)
Mi iros al Somera Esperanto-Studado en Julio, kie renkontos kun multajn aliajn Esperantistojn! :D
Cxi tio estas ekscita! Kia mirinda! :D
Mi ne scias kiom gxi kostos, sed devas labori pli antaux la tago de la okazo.
Mi estas stud-instruisto (?) kaj helpas studentojn kun la Matematikoj.
Miaj semajne horoj dektri estas, sed mi laboras je ok dolaroj de horo.
La okazo okazos en Slovakia por ok tagoj, dum la 12a al 20a de Julio.
Mi acxetis kardo de "ISIC" por la okazo, cxar identa studento kardo internacia donos al mi profiton. :)
La okazo kostas malpli cxu vi estas studento aux ne.
Sed...
La kardo estis 25 dolaroj, sed havas multajn avantagxojn kiel diskontojn.
Mi amikoj cxi tie, en mi Kolegio, ne komprenas la belo de Esperanto, ne la uzo de kia fantasta lingvo.
Estas granda barakto por mi paroli en la mirinda uzoj de Esperanto kaj gxia celo grava.
Esperas ke miaj amikoj vidos la belo de Esperanto, kaj kunlaboros kun nin.
Mi estos Vegetarano cxar estos granda kauxzo, kaj estas grava en mia koro.
Mi devas lerni plu Esperanto, cxar skribas en Esperanto ne estas kiel facila tiel mi deziras.
Koran Dankon por legi! :)
Havu bonan tagon! ;)
Varme,
~James Dodon
Monday, January 27, 2014
Love, Math, History, and the war on Japanese has already begun...
Hello, karaj amikoj,
Kiel vi fartas? ;)
Lol, okay, I was speaking Esperanto, anywho, onto matters of BUSINESS!
(No not international business, but like, noo no no! Not small businesses either! Well, unless you consider each individual person to be their own small business, where they divide their own time into asset allocation, tax deductions and payment, and are their own advocate for their company and its relations to other companies, whether actual larger companies or other individuals as well. Which is an interesting way to view people, but isn't what I meant at this time presently)
*Ahem*, that was a mouthful! lol
Probably lost some of ye lily-livered folk, eh? xD
Let me say some things..
I am in my second semester of college.
The classes I am currently taking are Differential Equations, Object Oriented Programming, History of the Modern World, Japanese 102 business, and English 102 critical composition.
Yes, I am a very busy person haha :)
But it is all good work, all fun and whatnot. OOP is easy peasy, I was doing OOP before I even came to college, although I was never taught it nor really much about it.
I love OOP programming, it is so much fun, and lends the programmer a lot of organization and power.
I do wonder how it limits or is excessive in some respects based on what kind of programming you are trying to do with it, but that aside I find it to be wonderfully powerful and intellectually liberating.
I have started a job as a Math tutor in the Math Tutoring Center (math lab) at my school, and I am certain this is the greatest job of my life.
Seriously, I love math, love Calculus, and love helping people.
And I have all my math major buddies in here, what more could I ask for?
:)
In the meantime, since I took cis 101 last semester and we learned Perl, I decided to use it to build some websites and resources for my own personal reviewing sessions and for other students who wish to have a source of information from a student's perspective and verbage.
I'll post a link here as it becomes more complete, right now I am still fleshing out the concepts, and since I don't know anything about file reading and writing in Perl I don't have a sophisticated manner of writing the actual content for the webpages. (They are stored in arrays at the very beginning of the document, not that there is anything wrong with this, but it makes the one document cumbersomely large.)
Apparently we will be doing some basic reading and writing to files in Java next week, which makes me very excited :P
That would be sweet for game making, or any sort of sophisticated application that I could desire to have made.
Oohhh ohh, don't get me started on language learning. @o@
I am going to have to wage all-out war on Japanese, since two days of the week I have to leave really early to go to OOP instead of Japanese (Long, dramatic, story short: they collide, and I go to OOP rather than Japanese)
Today was a duel-quiz day, and I did not do as good as I wanted to.
I simply didn't know some answers, and the others I wasn't certain if they were correct.
That is absolutely unacceptable.
I hate not doing excellent, I will not stand for it.
From here on out I pledge to devote so much time to Japanese study and mastery that I will find the tests laughably easy, and will get ahead of the course schedule.
On a side note, I am not sure how this fits in with my war declaration upon Japanese (class), I am learning Indonesian right now and Esperanto and a little French.
I should learn some Spanish too, but I don't know.
I think highschool kind of made me lose the passion that had for it.
Who knows?
Interestingly, I have friends who speak Indonesian, Japanese, and Spanish on campus out here.
But I do not have any French friends, alas.
But that is not such a big deal, I have a French speaking sister, and a Canadian French friend :P
(Both are awesome, although I am trying to learn France French lol)
One of my tutor friends, wait no two of them, speak Indonesian :D
That is going to be a whooolee lot of fun :)
Oh btw, I am writing this from my job, we are allowed to work or study a little if no-one needs help, but we are supposed to periodically parole and ask people if they need help.
I have a feeling that this post is becoming far too long...
Oh well, I'll add in images later :D
Things on my mind that make me uber excited, which I will most definitely (or likely) devote entire posts to in themselves:
->Sword Art Online, Perhaps the single greatest, most beautiful, anime I have ever seen
the execution, the characters and their actions, the emotions, everything is so beautiful and pure, the entire premise fills me with joy and a feeling of excitement, and and and :)
Its hard to explain how and why I find it so beautiful, but perhaps if you watched it and if you share some of the same things that I value, you too will be moved by such a beautiful existence.)
It is akin to Accel World, where their souls became mature after continuous dives, where they spent years in-world, but only days outside.
That is spine-chillingly beautiful, and is extremely compelling.
->Accel World
Know that I saw Accel World before SAO, and it is also exemplarily beautiful, and has a lot in common with SAO.
However SAO is purer than even Accel World, and is more relatable to me in many ways.
One thing that Accel World has that SAO could of had would be the time-slowdown I mentioned in the prior paragraph
However, SAO has a real virtual world with even more meanings and lines blurred betwixt the real and the virtual than Accel World does, (well in some ways, in reality they both are equally real and amazing, perhaps I merely think what I do because I prefer SAO to Accel World, Accel World being geared towards fighting more than anything else possible in such a virtual reality)
I am tempted to go into Bio-engineering just to see if I can bring this possibility, this beautiful and powerful possibility, into our present reality as soon as we can manage the advancements.
I have a feeling it will come within 100 ~ 200 years, but I don't think I will live that long, sadly.
(well, 100-200 years.. I mean, 100 is kind of the limit.. lol)
->Occulus Rift
this is the closest thing we have to NerveGear or BurstLinkers in modern life, and it is going to be awesome.
Not quite the same, not nearly close enough I think, but still awe-striking.
Think of beautiful virtual worlds and landscapes, all rendered in 3d?
With head-tracking? :DDDD
*dies of happiness*
It will be interesting to see if Second Life gets integration with it or not, and what applications it sees.
There is a lot more I could talk about, but mehh..
I'll save it for another day :)
Thanks for reading! :>
Rock on, and keep your head high, your ambitions ambitious, and your work ethic strong!
~James
Kiel vi fartas? ;)
Lol, okay, I was speaking Esperanto, anywho, onto matters of BUSINESS!
(No not international business, but like, noo no no! Not small businesses either! Well, unless you consider each individual person to be their own small business, where they divide their own time into asset allocation, tax deductions and payment, and are their own advocate for their company and its relations to other companies, whether actual larger companies or other individuals as well. Which is an interesting way to view people, but isn't what I meant at this time presently)
*Ahem*, that was a mouthful! lol
Probably lost some of ye lily-livered folk, eh? xD
Let me say some things..
I am in my second semester of college.
The classes I am currently taking are Differential Equations, Object Oriented Programming, History of the Modern World, Japanese 102 business, and English 102 critical composition.
Yes, I am a very busy person haha :)
But it is all good work, all fun and whatnot. OOP is easy peasy, I was doing OOP before I even came to college, although I was never taught it nor really much about it.
I love OOP programming, it is so much fun, and lends the programmer a lot of organization and power.
I do wonder how it limits or is excessive in some respects based on what kind of programming you are trying to do with it, but that aside I find it to be wonderfully powerful and intellectually liberating.
I have started a job as a Math tutor in the Math Tutoring Center (math lab) at my school, and I am certain this is the greatest job of my life.
Seriously, I love math, love Calculus, and love helping people.
And I have all my math major buddies in here, what more could I ask for?
:)
In the meantime, since I took cis 101 last semester and we learned Perl, I decided to use it to build some websites and resources for my own personal reviewing sessions and for other students who wish to have a source of information from a student's perspective and verbage.
I'll post a link here as it becomes more complete, right now I am still fleshing out the concepts, and since I don't know anything about file reading and writing in Perl I don't have a sophisticated manner of writing the actual content for the webpages. (They are stored in arrays at the very beginning of the document, not that there is anything wrong with this, but it makes the one document cumbersomely large.)
Apparently we will be doing some basic reading and writing to files in Java next week, which makes me very excited :P
That would be sweet for game making, or any sort of sophisticated application that I could desire to have made.
Oohhh ohh, don't get me started on language learning. @o@
I am going to have to wage all-out war on Japanese, since two days of the week I have to leave really early to go to OOP instead of Japanese (Long, dramatic, story short: they collide, and I go to OOP rather than Japanese)
Today was a duel-quiz day, and I did not do as good as I wanted to.
I simply didn't know some answers, and the others I wasn't certain if they were correct.
That is absolutely unacceptable.
I hate not doing excellent, I will not stand for it.
From here on out I pledge to devote so much time to Japanese study and mastery that I will find the tests laughably easy, and will get ahead of the course schedule.
On a side note, I am not sure how this fits in with my war declaration upon Japanese (class), I am learning Indonesian right now and Esperanto and a little French.
I should learn some Spanish too, but I don't know.
I think highschool kind of made me lose the passion that had for it.
Who knows?
Interestingly, I have friends who speak Indonesian, Japanese, and Spanish on campus out here.
But I do not have any French friends, alas.
But that is not such a big deal, I have a French speaking sister, and a Canadian French friend :P
(Both are awesome, although I am trying to learn France French lol)
One of my tutor friends, wait no two of them, speak Indonesian :D
That is going to be a whooolee lot of fun :)
Oh btw, I am writing this from my job, we are allowed to work or study a little if no-one needs help, but we are supposed to periodically parole and ask people if they need help.
I have a feeling that this post is becoming far too long...
Oh well, I'll add in images later :D
Things on my mind that make me uber excited, which I will most definitely (or likely) devote entire posts to in themselves:
->Sword Art Online, Perhaps the single greatest, most beautiful, anime I have ever seen
the execution, the characters and their actions, the emotions, everything is so beautiful and pure, the entire premise fills me with joy and a feeling of excitement, and and and :)
Its hard to explain how and why I find it so beautiful, but perhaps if you watched it and if you share some of the same things that I value, you too will be moved by such a beautiful existence.)
It is akin to Accel World, where their souls became mature after continuous dives, where they spent years in-world, but only days outside.
That is spine-chillingly beautiful, and is extremely compelling.
->Accel World
Know that I saw Accel World before SAO, and it is also exemplarily beautiful, and has a lot in common with SAO.
However SAO is purer than even Accel World, and is more relatable to me in many ways.
One thing that Accel World has that SAO could of had would be the time-slowdown I mentioned in the prior paragraph
However, SAO has a real virtual world with even more meanings and lines blurred betwixt the real and the virtual than Accel World does, (well in some ways, in reality they both are equally real and amazing, perhaps I merely think what I do because I prefer SAO to Accel World, Accel World being geared towards fighting more than anything else possible in such a virtual reality)
I am tempted to go into Bio-engineering just to see if I can bring this possibility, this beautiful and powerful possibility, into our present reality as soon as we can manage the advancements.
I have a feeling it will come within 100 ~ 200 years, but I don't think I will live that long, sadly.
(well, 100-200 years.. I mean, 100 is kind of the limit.. lol)
->Occulus Rift
this is the closest thing we have to NerveGear or BurstLinkers in modern life, and it is going to be awesome.
Not quite the same, not nearly close enough I think, but still awe-striking.
Think of beautiful virtual worlds and landscapes, all rendered in 3d?
With head-tracking? :DDDD
*dies of happiness*
It will be interesting to see if Second Life gets integration with it or not, and what applications it sees.
There is a lot more I could talk about, but mehh..
I'll save it for another day :)
Thanks for reading! :>
Rock on, and keep your head high, your ambitions ambitious, and your work ethic strong!
~James
Hope, Dreams, Magic, Delusions...
Interesting it is...
The very act of scheduling our days is representative of the human's innate struggle for control over his or her own destiny, in the face of all that nature opposes, in the face of futility.
Scheduling our time and thinking that things will go our way is a very human thing to do, and is a noble, albeit misguided, endeavour indeed.
On a smaller scale, it symbolizes humanities larger struggle for control and mastery of ourselves and our fates against the greater cosmos and even death itself, things beyond control.
I think how much you schedule and how much you stick to your schedule, how hard you actually work for those things you purport to desire, really says a lot about who you are and who you are becoming.
Those who keep their plans and work hard towards them, adapting as changes make their elusive and heinous presences known, are the ones who will triumph against the still-lurking catastrophes of the dark.
It is easy to think that relaxing and not being so strict with yourself is what you are "supposed to do", but there is no such thing.
There is what you "want to do", what "you need to do", and what "you need to do to get what you want".
Trading the harder-to-reach desires for cheap, bastardized Kentucky Fried chicken pick-me-up desires is a horrendous idea, especially on a regular basis.
Habitually going for the unhealthy mental and personal nourishment will hinder your advancements in this world and as a human being.
Self-analysis, self-progression, and self-discipline are very important things to grasp and initiate in regularly.
They help you hone your skills and talents, your personality, and your desire and ability to create new things and get new talents.
Hmm..
If I had to break down the important aspects of your public and private life I would say..
Private:
Self-study,
Extending your hobbies and talents,
Honing your skills,
Creating media and sharing knowledge,
Caring for your family, friends, society, the world
Consuming media that challenges you and stimulates your mind
Exercising,
Experiencing the beautiful world we live in: the internet isn't the be-all end-all
Making sure your wife and children are loved and know it,
(not with gifts per se, but by spending time with them and being affectionate)
(They are not a "chore", their value to you and relationship with you are have as much value as what you achieve in this life, for they too define who you are.)
The one's you love and the things you love define who you are as much as the things you do and the things you don't.
The way you care for them, the way you think of them and act upon those thoughts, the very way that you grow or reduce your relationship with them, all of these are precious and should be treasured for what they are.
You hold a special privilege and place in their hearts and lives, and their love for you should be matched by your kindness and love in kind.
Professional:
Never do something that is against your better judgement or morals
Don't create enemies, this is a somewhat big world, but it get's smaller when $ and hate is involved
Seek a career that will help you develop as a master of your trade, one that will challenge you and make you uncomfortable with the amount of responsibility that you will have: this will help you grow.
(Don't do this if you cannot handle it yet, that will end regrettably)
Network and make connections, but be professional
(Again, the world may be big but the niches you find will be interconnected, and the general opinion of you is extremely important.)
Speaking of which, your appearance is of utmost importance
Look sharp, confident, and bold: and act accordingly too!
Need I say it? Don't date a coworker, it is not recommended..
Don't let yourself become complacent or stagnant, always look for better opportunities and ways to improve your lot and stake.
----------
----------
Hmmm...
I feel like all above really has no place on my blog, but whatevs...
I felt like writing that anyway :)
Interestingly, since I recently have been thinking so much about inter-cultural exchanges and correspondences I have been intrigued by certain choices of words I use in this blog, and find myself wondering if any foreigners who read this will have trouble if English is their second or third language?
For instance, I said "whatevs" instead of "whatever", which is slang I suppose.
And I earlier used regrettably in a way I've myself never seen it before used.
Also, I keep using contractions, and lots and lots of commas.
As well as emphasis on "lots" by repeating it twice.
English is a very explicit language, unlike Japanese or Chinese.
It means that there is a lot of information in our sentences, but also a lot of power.
But even with this detail, interpretations and meanings can be lost even between two English speakers.
Lol, Ironic really.
Anyway, this isn't really much of a blog post, since I haven't written about myself.
More of a "I should post something, so I will write about whatever comes to mind..."
Okay,
I will, but for sanity's sake I will make a new post for it so this one doesn't get overtly large.
Thanks for reading! :)
Sincere via,
~James
The very act of scheduling our days is representative of the human's innate struggle for control over his or her own destiny, in the face of all that nature opposes, in the face of futility.
Scheduling our time and thinking that things will go our way is a very human thing to do, and is a noble, albeit misguided, endeavour indeed.
On a smaller scale, it symbolizes humanities larger struggle for control and mastery of ourselves and our fates against the greater cosmos and even death itself, things beyond control.
I think how much you schedule and how much you stick to your schedule, how hard you actually work for those things you purport to desire, really says a lot about who you are and who you are becoming.
Those who keep their plans and work hard towards them, adapting as changes make their elusive and heinous presences known, are the ones who will triumph against the still-lurking catastrophes of the dark.
It is easy to think that relaxing and not being so strict with yourself is what you are "supposed to do", but there is no such thing.
There is what you "want to do", what "you need to do", and what "you need to do to get what you want".
Trading the harder-to-reach desires for cheap, bastardized Kentucky Fried chicken pick-me-up desires is a horrendous idea, especially on a regular basis.
Habitually going for the unhealthy mental and personal nourishment will hinder your advancements in this world and as a human being.
Self-analysis, self-progression, and self-discipline are very important things to grasp and initiate in regularly.
They help you hone your skills and talents, your personality, and your desire and ability to create new things and get new talents.
Hmm..
If I had to break down the important aspects of your public and private life I would say..
Private:
Self-study,
Extending your hobbies and talents,
Honing your skills,
Creating media and sharing knowledge,
Caring for your family, friends, society, the world
Consuming media that challenges you and stimulates your mind
Exercising,
Experiencing the beautiful world we live in: the internet isn't the be-all end-all
Making sure your wife and children are loved and know it,
(not with gifts per se, but by spending time with them and being affectionate)
(They are not a "chore", their value to you and relationship with you are have as much value as what you achieve in this life, for they too define who you are.)
The one's you love and the things you love define who you are as much as the things you do and the things you don't.
The way you care for them, the way you think of them and act upon those thoughts, the very way that you grow or reduce your relationship with them, all of these are precious and should be treasured for what they are.
You hold a special privilege and place in their hearts and lives, and their love for you should be matched by your kindness and love in kind.
Professional:
Never do something that is against your better judgement or morals
Don't create enemies, this is a somewhat big world, but it get's smaller when $ and hate is involved
Seek a career that will help you develop as a master of your trade, one that will challenge you and make you uncomfortable with the amount of responsibility that you will have: this will help you grow.
(Don't do this if you cannot handle it yet, that will end regrettably)
Network and make connections, but be professional
(Again, the world may be big but the niches you find will be interconnected, and the general opinion of you is extremely important.)
Speaking of which, your appearance is of utmost importance
Look sharp, confident, and bold: and act accordingly too!
Need I say it? Don't date a coworker, it is not recommended..
Don't let yourself become complacent or stagnant, always look for better opportunities and ways to improve your lot and stake.
----------
----------
Hmmm...
I feel like all above really has no place on my blog, but whatevs...
I felt like writing that anyway :)
Interestingly, since I recently have been thinking so much about inter-cultural exchanges and correspondences I have been intrigued by certain choices of words I use in this blog, and find myself wondering if any foreigners who read this will have trouble if English is their second or third language?
For instance, I said "whatevs" instead of "whatever", which is slang I suppose.
And I earlier used regrettably in a way I've myself never seen it before used.
Also, I keep using contractions, and lots and lots of commas.
As well as emphasis on "lots" by repeating it twice.
English is a very explicit language, unlike Japanese or Chinese.
It means that there is a lot of information in our sentences, but also a lot of power.
But even with this detail, interpretations and meanings can be lost even between two English speakers.
Lol, Ironic really.
Anyway, this isn't really much of a blog post, since I haven't written about myself.
More of a "I should post something, so I will write about whatever comes to mind..."
Okay,
I will, but for sanity's sake I will make a new post for it so this one doesn't get overtly large.
Thanks for reading! :)
Sincere via,
~James
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