Methinks this possierlich cat doth protest too much

It has been over three weeks since I last went for a jog, and today, feeling a bit guilty, I decided to complete my usual 15-km route, leisurely. Man... that took me over 80 minutes! And I was almost breathless when I arrived back on campus. And it took me a further 10 minutes before my heartbeat returned to normal. So... note to self, "(i) Go do more runs (shorter ones) this weekend and next week, then double-check on timing on the 15-km this time next week. (ii) Find people to spar with at Baddy this Saturday morning, too bad Chris is in Berlin *sigh*. (iii) And, well... stop having fried chicken at every meal, just have them at every other meal... hehehe... *Grumble*Grumble*."

Karen (the future Frau Sutter), hailed me on MSN some days ago, and as always, we exchanged some good conversations. I can feel her outpouring excitement for the upcoming wedding *BIG SMILE*. Also, she has now uploaded her 'bridal photos' (shots taken while in Hong Kong last Christmas) up on her friendster site.

Beautiful. No need for other words.

Let's hope Alex and Karen take good care of each other, for better or for worse, in happiness and sadness, etc., etc., ... :) And until there are 5 little Alexes and 5 little Karens, and beyond.


Ahh... and before I sign off this post, I just have to mention that I am having such a roll of a time with Asymptote! Best ever figure-generator I have met -- discovered it (and now a convinced follower) from the good people I used to work with. And I have (and still am) painstakingly converting all my earlier figures in my thesis to this superb-high-quality, non-degenerative, and succintly-precise format offered by Asy. And my efforts seem to be paying off, albeit slowly. Check out the example figure below... then check out the zoom at 500%, or even at 1600%! Use picture #2, it opens a PDF file. (Asy codes here.) Or for those still skeptical people (like my dear counsellor brother), use the PDF file and zoom to 6400%!!



No deterioration, what-so-ever! And I am so getting into the hang of producing modules in Asy, that I didn't realise I have programmed almost all of my ground algorithms in it. And because they WORK, in Asy as well as in Java and C++, this becomes another proof of soundness of the algorithms -- I'd say, the 'offline' version :) Well, I now need to find the correct words/phrases/paras/sections/chapter? to describe this well-suited observation.

Problem now is, whenever I see figures by others that offer no high-quality renditions, I get irritated. Figures have to be perfect, and precise!

*Grumble*Grumble*


Hmm... let's see other reasons to grumble this week:
1. Freezer door inside fridge is broken -- shouldn't have yanked it.
2. My handphone is definitely broken beyond repair...
3. Roland Garross: Hewitt didn't get past Nadal.
4. Roland Garross: Federer didn't stop Nadal's hat-trick.
5. USGA: Ken Duke birdies first hole. What's wrong with Tiger???
6. NBA Finals: Missed game 1 of Spurs vs Cavs *sigh*


*Grumble*Grumble**Grumble*Grumble**Grumble*Grumble*

PS: Here is Leo's translation of possierlich. Some people think I am possierlich... heh heh heh.