Archive for May, 2008
what if things don’t go as you plan?
Sorry girls, this one’s going to be in English :D
Found out the results for the BEST Summer Courses…
- choice Chania – Sorry, not selected
- choice Patras – Sorry, not selected
- choice Madrid – In the Waiting List, woohoo!!!
Being in the waiting list is far far better than being not selected :) So now it’s either some people cancel or they don’t. That’s the only thing that sets me apart from getting to go or not… Hopefully things turn out the best and on 10th of July you’ll find me in Madrid, but we’ll see about that later on (latest I guess by May 10th)!
So that was the plan then – hope that I get chosen for Madrid! Well, things didn’t quite go as planned as you might’ve guessed :)
On May 26th I was surprised with an e-mail with the content of:
Hello, Riina Maisa
This is an automated e-mail from BEST, informing you that you have been extra accepted to:
Chania:Industrial Excellence:Stop Worrying and Manage the Factory!(http://www.best.eu.org/student/courses/event.jsp?activity=afnot0p)
You probably can’t imagine how extremely happy I was!!! I had this stupid smile on my face all day long, started to make travel plans, sent SMS-s to my friends to let them know I was selected, called some people to hear their congratulations and stuff :D Woohoo!!! :D
And what happened next? I looked up some flights and on July 13th at 10:05 I will land in Chania to experience the coolest, the warmest, the funniest, the happiest, the most wonderful 16 days in Crete!!!
Thank you, BEST Chania, for making one of my dreams come true!!! :D
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what’s in your menu?
Pealkirjad võivad ikka inglise keeles olla? :D
Igatahes tuli täna tööl ette olukord, mille tulemusena mainisin, et üks päris hea kiire toitev söök on selline, et võtad 3/4 tassi Hapsi ja murrad sinna tükkidena sisse Fazeri neid kõvasid näkileibu. Lased hetke seista ja jube hea on.
No ja sellest tulenevalt kommenteeris vestluskaaslaseks olnud noormees, et mul peab ikka palju aega olema, et selliste asjadega möllata :D Mille peale ma vastu, et pigem on ju asi vastupidi – mul on nii vähe aega, et pean olemasolevaga toime tulema. Kui on ainult Haps ja näkileivad, ega siis nälga saa jääda ju :D
No ja miks see mulle praegu meelde tuli?
Sest mul oli kodus: eilse tähtajaga vanilje kohupiimavorm, Haps, 1 pruuniks tõmbama hakkav banaan ja vaikselt oma esimest värskust kaotavad maasikad. Neist sai kokku päris maitsva suutäie ;) Eriti hea oli see kohupiimavorm, mille ma seekord suisa mikros soojaks lasin :D Ahjaa, retsept on imelihtne – pane kohupiimavorm kaussi, lase mikros soojaks. Samal ajal puhasta maasikaid ja lõigu nad siis mikro lõpetades kaussi. Lisa tükeldatud banaan ja vala üle Hapsiga :D Imelihtne, kas pole!
Geniaalsed ideed sünnivad ainult kas vähesest ajast või liigsest laiskusest :D
uskumatu lollus
see on see, kui e-le-men-taar-sed asjad pole selgeks tehtud. Ma olin täiesti veendunud, et ma lahendan ülesannet kuidagi valesti, sest tulemus oli vale. Kuni hetkeni, kus ma avastasin, et seal, kus oleks pidanud võtma arvesse, millise väärtuse võtavad endale sin ja cos funktsioonid, olin ma pi asemel vaadanud tabelist pi/2 väärtust. Ohmindlolli ma ütlen. Kui pea ei jaga, läheb pool õppimisaega lihtsalt raisku.
Ja ma tõesti loodan, et teie, kes te jõuate mu blogisse otsides sõnu "mikro- ja makroökonoomika", "matemaatiline analüüs", "kontseptuaalne süsteemianalüüs" jms, ka midagi tarvilikku siit leidnud olete. No ja kui ei, ega ma siis midagi selle võrra ka midagi siia juurde lisada oskaks ;) Aga edu teile kõigile, kes te praegu oma ainetega maadlete! Minul on igatahes väga kindel siht silme ees ja jooksen praegu maratoni viimaseid kilomeetreid, kus jõud on peaaegu otsas, aga see tuleb lihtsalt hambad ristis ära teha, sest keegi teine mind edasi ei vii, kui ma ise :D Või noh, midagi sellist filosoofilist tahtsin siia lõppu täna lisada :D
NB! Esimest korda on tekkinud sellisel kellaajal (arvestades, et viimasel ajal olen palju sel ajal üleval olnud) mingi hullem haigutus. Aga veel pole aeg.
where do you get it?
I think I came to this thought already in January when I really started to focus on getting my maths subjects done so that I can graduate. It was the beginning of the exam session and I had only few chances left to get my things done.
So the thought that really got me going at that point when I had to do things fast and efficiently was that "I need to feel that I’m successful".
There are few ways to get that feeling. For me it meant that I really had to focus and study hard. I had to get to the bottom of things and start understanding. Sometimes it happened at 3:54am when I had been staring at the computer screen or the piece of paper with the task or a formula for about an hour without any ideas how to go further. There was no one to ask for help, it was just me and the issue. But then somehow the solution came and in the end I managed to get the tests done quite alright.
I can clearly see that this seems to be the strategy for me to really get things done that are so tough or not that interesting. I have felt the same burning thing for the past week – the need of being successful, the need of feeling that I am one little step closer to my goal. So today I got that feeling and now I feel even more motivated to go on. To keep going and going and going until it is all done (or until I crash, but I hope that’s not gonna happen before middle of June).
I know I can do it, because I have all the skills and abilities to get it done. I feel motivated, I have a bigger goal to achieve, I have divided it into smaller tasks and put them in the timeframe, I can quite well understand what I’m studying and to be honest, I also have enough time to make it happen. It’s just a matter of taking the most of it!
Well, that’s enough for today and now it’s time to get back on track (cause I love being on it, as some people who know me well might say :D)!
And no, I don’t have a new haircut, I haven’t been to hairdresser’s for about 2 months now. And for your information, I think that for a change this hairdo in this context is totally cool :D So deal with it! :)
are you up to the challenge?
so the time has come to pack my things, find 3 empty sheets of A4 paper, my ID and get some sleep. I have manage to have totally effective time of 7 hrs and 40 minutes for this specific chapter. Trust me, when you really count the time when you are actually able to focus on the topic, you’ll be surprised how little the time comes together.
Tomorrow at 10 am I’ll have the test to see how I will manage. Then the ultimate truth will be seen whether I am capable of bringing all this useful stuff out from my brain in that time when nothing else matters than what I’m able to write on those 3 sheets of paper.
Then after it’s over (latest by 11:30), I have some work to do and then prepare for the next test. I have altogether 3 tests to do + 1 exam + 1 other kind of test that includes practical use of the theory. So tomorrow at 11:30 I know what’s the status – hopefully it’ll be 4 left altogether and I can move on with next ones :)
Well, I feel that I’m up to the challenge! So let’s get it done! ;)
getting my act together
Have you got a problem? Do what you can where you are with what you’ve got.
– Theodore Roosevelt
He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.
– Tom Connelly
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
– Henry Ford
The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them.
– Albert Einstein
The "how" thinker gets problems solved effectively because he wastes no time with futile "ifs" but goes right to work on the creative "how".
– Norman Vincent Peale
"I must do something" always solves more problems than "Something must be done".
– Unknown
Source: A Select Collection of Problem Solving Quotes
how much is good enough?
how much is too much? when enough is enough? but how much is good enough?
philosophical questions in the midst of the night is all I can come up with. But that wasn’t what I wanted to write about…
When things get really out of hand, then desperate times call for desperate measures. Meaning that today I started using Toggle Timer to track how much time am I really spending on studying my maths stuff for school. Once I can really see that I’m making an effort and really working on it, the motivation should not get lost that easily either.
For example seeing that it takes about 30 mins to write through one topic makes it a lot easier to plan my time for studying and not be miserable if I can’t get enough studied during certain time.
So, I’ll see how far and where it’ll take me, but at this point I’m sure that it can’t hurt either, so I might as well try it out :)
Who’s going where?
May will be over soon. Only few more days to go. I have no idea where the past days and months have disappeared. I just know that I wasn’t that much part of them.
Again I’m in the state where I feel like giving up. Giving up making this semester to be the last one. Yes, I have finished pretty much my bachelors’ thesis and it’s quite alright. Struggled with it a bit, but not too much. But there’s something else to be done that’s not that easy :S Mathematics, my love. There’s so much theory, so many things to remember and get done and I haven’t even started with getting some of it done during the semester. I really have no idea where these 16 weeks have gone when I had the chance to make things easier.
Well, writing here isn’t helping me much getting things done so now it’s time to get hold of myself and prepare for tomorrow cause at 10 I will have a chance to make a difference.
PS. Weekend was nice, I hope I get around to write about it a bit more soon :)
matemaatika, mu arm
Paanikaosakond jälle… järgmise 23 päeva jooksul tuleb selgeks õppida kogu matemaatiline analüüs II ja tõenäosusteooria materjal, sest ilma nende kahe aine eest hinnet kätte saamata ei saa ma kindlasti mitte mingi valemiga lõpetada. Isegi kui lõputöö ees on juba positiivne tagasiside saadud, et juba peaaegu ok on asi.
ma peaksin endale ja õppejõule ja ükskõik kellele teisele tõestama, et ühe päevaga on võimalik saada teatud osa teooriast niipalju selgeks, et see positiivsele hindele ära kirjutada. Aga ma kahtlen endas… sest ma ju ei ole supergirl :S (ja ma ei oska lennata, aga see ei puutu sellesse teemasse)
Igatahes on teemaks matemaatika ja kuni homme hommikul kella 13:30ni pean ma uskuma, et suudan selle homme ära teha. Lisaks pean muidugi roppumoodi õppima ka :D Niiet kõtt nüüd :D
vasakule ära…
