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May 26, 1999
Manchester United were crowned champions of Europe for the second time in their history. A thoroughly undeserved victory. 2 goals in stoppage time. The day I really started watching football. Not a fan of Manchester United F.C.
But the class and quality of the football they played instantly made me an avid Red Devils' fan. Some amazing quality of football, even when they lost to Arsenal in the Premiership race in the 2001 season. I love Manchester United. I love their quality. Out of form at times, but classy as ever.
May 27,2009
10 years to the day I have known and watched Man U and Sir Matt Busby's 100th anniversary, we lost. There are no explanations. We were outclassed, outplayed and even Sir Alex was outwitted by a wily Guardiola. Congrats to Barcelona. Simply magical stuff! Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, Eto'o, Henry and of course the wizard, Leo Messi. A sad and disappointing day.
If you love them and like them even when you lose, that's a Red Devil at heart. All said and done, Glory Glory Manchester United. We'll be back next year ... oh yes, A Happy 10th Anniversary to my initially sour but now supremely sweet love affair with The Magical Force from the Theater of Dreams :)
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Midterm
Week 6! Midterms week! Yay! .....Not....
Spring of 2009 at Stanford University, this is the first quarter I'm actually taking 5 classes, each of 3 units or more. This usually means a very rough quarter with lots of work, almost no sleep, lack of a social or footy life and lots of soy milk and Pepsi.
However, I have managed to get an average of 5 hours of sleep every night, talked to my friends and loved ones back home as well as play intra-mural footy (and actually score 3 goals).
Friday - May 8, 2009.
Almost the end of midterms...sigh...relief...but disaster was to follow.
Being done with 3 midterms and after getting reasonably good grades in 2 of them, I was just hoping EE 102 A (Signals and Systems) would be a fair test and make for a good output for a few sleepless nights.
This is what followed:
A 50-minute open notes test, that counted for 30 % of the overall grade. This translates to 0.6 % of the grade every minute. Nerve-wracking.
Maximum score possible = 100. Every 10 points lost is 3 % of the grade washed away.
A class of around 20 students, so no generous curves.
4 "problems" so to say. But hey, who said no sub-problems? Lets put in 3 in each!
Results and reactions:
Highest score : 93 (of course, someone had to)
Lowest score : 23 (bad luck mate, i know you deserve better)
Mean : 59
"This test was all about partial credit" - Matt
"I dont want to have anything to do with signals ... or systems" - Kyle
'This class sucks" - Ziyad
Boom!!!
After 3 fair tests, and a satisfying paper, the quarter just exploded in my face...
Spring of 2009 at Stanford University, this is the first quarter I'm actually taking 5 classes, each of 3 units or more. This usually means a very rough quarter with lots of work, almost no sleep, lack of a social or footy life and lots of soy milk and Pepsi.
However, I have managed to get an average of 5 hours of sleep every night, talked to my friends and loved ones back home as well as play intra-mural footy (and actually score 3 goals).
Friday - May 8, 2009.
Almost the end of midterms...sigh...relief...but disaster was to follow.
Being done with 3 midterms and after getting reasonably good grades in 2 of them, I was just hoping EE 102 A (Signals and Systems) would be a fair test and make for a good output for a few sleepless nights.
This is what followed:
A 50-minute open notes test, that counted for 30 % of the overall grade. This translates to 0.6 % of the grade every minute. Nerve-wracking.
Maximum score possible = 100. Every 10 points lost is 3 % of the grade washed away.
A class of around 20 students, so no generous curves.
4 "problems" so to say. But hey, who said no sub-problems? Lets put in 3 in each!
Results and reactions:
Highest score : 93 (of course, someone had to)
Lowest score : 23 (bad luck mate, i know you deserve better)
Mean : 59
"This test was all about partial credit" - Matt
"I dont want to have anything to do with signals ... or systems" - Kyle
'This class sucks" - Ziyad
Boom!!!
After 3 fair tests, and a satisfying paper, the quarter just exploded in my face...
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