When I was in high school, I wanted to know whether there is a formula to find the roots of polynomial of degree more than 2 -- remember the ABC formula for quadratic polynomial. After several weeks (months?) my teacher came with a formula for cubic and quartic polynomial.
Today I search for those formulas. Reading it I came to a term 'depressed equation'. Hihi, equations can get depressed too. :-P
Thursday, 4 October 2007
Wednesday, 3 October 2007
What's in a name?
Shakespeare may say so. But in fact, two names that differ in one letter can be totally different, e.g. van der Pol and van der Poel. While van der Pol equation is an ordinary differential equation, van der Poel is an ijssalon in Enschede. :D
Thursday, 30 August 2007
Blessings
I've been doing some thinking lately, resulting in the song Count your blessings being played inside my head (as well as my computer) most of the time.
Yes, it's a blessing to be alive, it's a blessing to have a job that I like. It's even a blessing to know what kind of job I like. It's a blessing to have wonderful parents. It's a blessing to have a brother and a sister. It's a blessing to be free to choose the life I want. It's a blessing to be able to laugh. It's a blessing to be healthy (fibromyalgia is past). It's a blessing to be able to do sport again. The list can go on ... and on ... indeed I'm counting my blessings.
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
P.S. Mer wrote about her miracles, I prefer blessings.
Yes, it's a blessing to be alive, it's a blessing to have a job that I like. It's even a blessing to know what kind of job I like. It's a blessing to have wonderful parents. It's a blessing to have a brother and a sister. It's a blessing to be free to choose the life I want. It's a blessing to be able to laugh. It's a blessing to be healthy (fibromyalgia is past). It's a blessing to be able to do sport again. The list can go on ... and on ... indeed I'm counting my blessings.
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God hath done!
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
P.S. Mer wrote about her miracles, I prefer blessings.
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Nostalgia in Bandung
Two weeks in Bandung. Two weeks on Operational Research. Two 'interesting' weeks learning about characters.
Indeed Bandung has changed: its traffic, its landscape, everything. But one thing remains the same: it has a special place in my heart. Two weeks, and many flash backs. Passing landmarks, driving along the roads, visiting the university where I used to study (and noticing the huge differences).
Funny was, I kept looking around, wanting to see the familiar jacket (jaket himpunan tea'!) because to be honest, it was striking not to see them! By the end of the first week I finally saw one, but it was the only one during those two weeks!
Indeed Bandung has changed: its traffic, its landscape, everything. But one thing remains the same: it has a special place in my heart. Two weeks, and many flash backs. Passing landmarks, driving along the roads, visiting the university where I used to study (and noticing the huge differences).
Funny was, I kept looking around, wanting to see the familiar jacket (jaket himpunan tea'!) because to be honest, it was striking not to see them! By the end of the first week I finally saw one, but it was the only one during those two weeks!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
