I cooked today!

I just cooked my dinner ... quite successfully. This is the first time I cook on my own!

Oh, I almost forget to picture my food! It's partially eaten now... :P


It was a bit overcooked but somehow edible.

And ... not related to the title though, this is my roommate, Mike


I should have introduced him in the last post but I hadn't had his picture ready in this computer. He ate a small piece of my pork and said it was okay, but I don't know if he was telling the truth or he just wanted to encourage me :P. He's nice though.

I don't wanna tell you every time that "That's it for today. I'll keep you informed of my being in the next post", so let's pretend that these sentences are present at the end of every post (of this kind). Thanks :D

Some pictures

This is not the most recent update of my life. I just feel that I should post some pictures here as Assassin suggested in the last comment. Unfortunately, I haven't taken a lot of photos since I got here. These are all I have...


These are people who were at the airport when I was departing Thailand.


Me and my family.


My bedroom.


A view from my bedroom.



Another view from my bedroom.

First Class!

I've been to my first class today! No, I'm not talking about the airplane seat :P

At 9.30 I went to Gates building for Machine Learning class. I think I fell asleep several times; don't know if it's because the lecture was boring or I didn't get enough sleep. Maybe I'd drop this class and find another one... (just "maybe").

Numerical Linear Algebra was at 11.00, after I got a bit more awake. The professor really started something in the first class! This class seems more interesting to me than Machine Learning since I'm currently interested in numerical robustness of an algorithm. I hope that after taking this class, I might be able to understand the "Degree of Algorithm" part of the paper concerning construction of L_∞ Voronoi diagram of line segments. Just a hope though.

At 16.15, we (CME students) waited for the seminar to start in room 380C, building 380. After sitting there for a while, we were informed that ... the seminar was cancelled! I, thereafter, paced back to my apartment.

I'm now gonna have dinner with some Thai friends I met here. I'll try to keep you guys up-to-date as much as I can. See you next update :D

First Day of Classes

I'm going to my first class at 9.30am. I MIGHT tell you what happens when I'm back :D

Stanford Newbie

I'm now living in 119 Quillen Court, #500, Stanford, CA 94305. The campus is extremely large compared to Chulalongkorn University. However, free bus services are provided to the public for on-campus transportation. You don't have to be a student or faculty or by some way associated to Stanford University to use these buses.

The weather here is a bit colder than in Bangkok but not too cold, and a lot dryer. I feel as though my lips are going to . . . fracture? (I don't know if this is the right word to use, but I guess you know what I mean.)

My class will start on forthcoming Monday. I've been very busy travelling around and getting necessary things done, so this post is shorter than it's supposed to be. I hope I'll have some more time to update my blogs and webpages (on http://isl2.cp.eng.chula.ac.th/) in the next week.

Glad to see you again ... and see you again.