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EViews 6 vs R 2.6.0

» by Chewxy February 27th, 2008 at 2:07 am » Comments (7)

I previously mentioned that I had to use EViews this semester, instead of the already familiar R. Naturally, I wasn’t very happy, me being more used to R (and also, used to using R in my usual work). Then again, as they say, “never try, never know”. Grudgingly, I got EViews 6 last week, before [...]



The Case For Whiteboards

» by Chewxy February 25th, 2008 at 12:07 am » Comments (11)

I got 2 new whiteboards. One for my room and one for the living room/lounge. I immediately wanted to do a Randall Munroe, but held the thought for a party, as Sean had pointed out that a party ain’t fun without a whiteboard. Surely advice from two very smart people (one’s my age and had [...]



A Random Walk at Hungry Jack’s

» by Chewxy February 22nd, 2008 at 6:15 pm » Comments (14)

So I went to a Hungry Jack’s (known elsewhere in the world as Burger King), in the middle of the night with friends, some time last week. This is how it looked like:

Yep, this is how it looked like at 11.10 p.m. We went there on impulse – I said I wanted to eat something [...]



Heroic Dreams Much?

» by Chewxy February 21st, 2008 at 5:36 am » Comments (10)

There is supposed to be a post called More Chinese than Chinese posted today on my blog to commemorate the last day of Chinese New Year. Unfortunately, despite my not procastinating, I still find that article extremely lacking. And also there was another article that I had in the pipeline about Ang Pau and the [...]



Few Things Into One

» by Chewxy February 15th, 2008 at 5:42 pm » Comments (5)

I deleted yesterday’s post because obviously I was in no right mind to post it. So, instead, today I’ll post a few of my intended posts into short, condensed posts. All in one. And stop asking me to use Twitter.
On The Logic of Life
I mentioned I bought the Logic of Life previously. I finished reading [...]



Penang Notes 2008

» by Chewxy February 10th, 2008 at 1:17 pm » Comments (5)

The last leg of my trip in Malaysia is Penang. Here are some thoughts:
Queensbay Mall was meh. Queensbay is a beautiful place, but the mall was so-so. Until I got to Borders. Hah! See what I got!

It’s Tim Harford’s The Logic of Life. Haven’t read it yet. Will read it on the plane back to [...]



新年快乐

» by Chewxy February 7th, 2008 at 12:00 am » Comments (10)

去年, 我用政治正确的语文贴了一个祝贺blog. 今年我就使用中文来贴一个:
祝全球华人同胞们,
新年快乐, 万事如意, 一帆风顺, 步步高升.
所有不会读中文的… 哈哈哈!!!!
王美燕, 我还是真心爱你的