mattsmee
life and interestsA.S. Diploma
Today I received my diploma from CSN finally. I didn’t attend the commencement. I didn’t think I would be that excited at all.
However, when I saw the diploma in the hard cardboard, I felt so excited and really enjoyed the moment I held it tight in my hands and walked back to my room. Although It’s just an A.S. diploma, it wasn’t that easy.
I went through probation, re-instatement, retaking courses, met my love one, encouragement, and finally struggled with the minimum GPA to enter UNLV. It should’ve been easy though, but I didn’t seize the chance to work hard before. That’s why I had to struggle.
2.6x GPA doesn’t make me proud. What I’m proud of is all that I’ve been through.
I’ll always remember every details of my life since 2006. Thank my family and everyone who cared about me in the past years.
I’m studying hard now. The B.S. diploma is coming soon. =]
Assembly Language (MIPS)
Self-learning the software/hardware interface right now. I’ve learned MIPS last year summer and now I need to learn it again, because I forgot the instructions. I used to remember all the 32 registers and could use them correctly, knew how to read/write a file, display graphics (lines & dots) and very limited mouse driver.
I forgot MOST of them in just one year! Geez!
I’m reading Computer Organization and Design: Hardware / Software Interface that was written mainly by a professor of UC-Berkeley. The book is very clearly written and is really great for newbies because it teaches you from scratch! Yes, I’m reading it like a newbie.
I’ve set a goal: to finish the whole book before 6th July. Not just skim through it quickly, but read it in depth and really LEARN it.
Because You’re Happy
Can I follow this strategy well?
- “If you want her to be happy, let it be. Because that’s the reason she left.”
I can’t be happy if I see her cry, angry, tired, sad, hurt… so if she decided to leave, it is her choice for happiness. I shouldn’t make her sad. I should be happy, because she felt happier to be leaving me.
I read a passage, said I should be the one whom the fault goes to.
- “沒有人會逃避幸褔”
I believe so, and that’s why she choose to left me. Because I didn’t gave her enough. I’m so regret now. It’s all my faults…
I could’ve done much better. But I will be better. I will let you see it. I will be a better man for you.
Permanent Residency
It’s hard to believe that more than 1 million of newly granted permanent residents move to US every year. Man, it’s ONE million! It’s hard to imagine how these new residents settle down in different states. The number is so significant that I believe it’s easy to be recognized when a state become crowded in a year.
In California, the common place for new residents, has 238,444 person settled down in 2008. Just one year, we got more than 2 hundred thousands of people moving in. Still unbelievable.
I believe “someday” the DV lottery will be stopped by Congress. How about the asylum?
Sources: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/lpr_fr_2008.pdf
