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Thinking At The Margin

» by Chewxy April 30th, 2008 at 12:29 pm » Comments (4)

Economics people like to think at the margin. Yoram Bauman even made a joke out of this – “I’m going to buy an orange, I’m going to buy another orange, I’m going to buy another orange – ”
So do I. Of course, I don’t buy one orange at a time; my margin unit for fruits [...]



What A Day – I Rock

» by Chewxy April 28th, 2008 at 12:35 am » Comments (12)

Today was a crazy crazy day. Let’s see what happened today:



Dream Language

» by Chewxy April 23rd, 2008 at 12:35 pm » Comments (21)

What language do you dream in?
I usually dream in English. Occasionally I dream in other languages. For example, if I do happen to watch a Japanese drama before I sleep, I’ll dream in Japanese, and wake up the next morning only to gain the temporary ability to speak Japanese. It lasts for about 20 minutes [...]



When the Rules Break Down

» by Chewxy April 21st, 2008 at 6:01 pm » Comments (10)

I had a nap. And I dreamt.
In my dream, I was in a strange place, like a cross between the UT3 maps DM-Shangri-La and DM-Rising Sun, without the weapons or powerups. An old man walked up to me and smacked me in the face. I was angry and quickly retaliated. I tried to shove the [...]



Liveblogging My Exam

» by Chewxy April 18th, 2008 at 1:49 pm » Comments (11)

Hi all,
I’ll be liveblogging my mid-semester exam. It’s from 2pm to 5pm AEST. and during this time, I’ll occassionally pop back here to blog. I will not blog the questions, or the answers (because that would constitute cheating), but I will blog my thoughts – what I think about the exam. Or whatever stray thoughts [...]



I’m Chinese Afterall

» by Chewxy April 14th, 2008 at 8:38 pm » Comments (10)

Few days ago, cfgt sent me an email, about being Chinese. It was a list of 28 + 4 things on how to know if you’re Chinese, and here’s the list, + my comments



Stupid Software

» by Chewxy April 9th, 2008 at 9:23 pm » Comments (2)

Software are not people. They’re stupider than people. Here’s a list of stupid software I’ve encountered (and got very frustrated with) in the past week:

EViews 6
I know I’ve given Eviews 6 quite a thumbs up. But that was on a small scale of data (about 5000 observations – like all my econometrics assignment have). But [...]