freedom

Hiya
after I finished my thesis on Tuesday, we went out with a few people... We also had to celebrate Jorryts b'day, so got extremely drunk doing so. I haven't had a hungover of tis magnitude for a long time. Then again, I dont really care, because I am simply extatic about aving finished my thesis and thus my studies (assuming I receive a pass grade).
Yesterday, my life consisted of a blurry world, slowly moving around my banging headache. At the same time, Mark already forced me to start working on another project... So we did, for a bit.
Today I am just arranging some final stuff, before going to Nijmegen this afternoon. And tomorrow morning at 9: Fedor and I will fly to Coventry, to see Matt.
I have, btw, also discovered that I am not a big fan of internet-selling. I put some collector's banknotes on the Marktplaats.nl a few days ago, and the best offer I got so far was below face value. Why do people think I would accept that? I could just as well bring the banknotes to the bloody bank and exchange them for euros... Do people take me for a bloody fool???
Well, I've got to run. I will be gone now.
ciao, OJ

And I'm spent...

In a surprising turn of event, I managed to finalise my entire thesis today... I have already handed it in and am now a free man... OH MY GOD, the feeling is amazing!!!! I HAVE NOW (most likely) FINISHED MY MASTER DEGREE!!!!!!
Oh dear, I will have to become so very very drunk tonight... To celebrate this beautiful happening. And it means I am actually finished 2 days ahead of schedule-->2 extra days of holiday for me!!!! WOOHOO
Ciao, OJ

Nearly done

I am nearly done. Just waiting for a last revision from Mark. Probably he sent it to me, but I can't enter Yahoo-mail right now... This kinda sucks. But i might be finished a day early even, on Wednesday...
Which is good, because that means I'll have some time to pack before going on holiday, on Friday. Fedor and I are going to visit my friend Matt, in Coventry first and on Monday, we'll fly from Nottingham to Edinburgh. we'll rent a car and drive around Scotland for a week, before coming back the Sunday after... I am desperately looking forward to it (and I reckon I deserve a holiday)
And after that: I have to finalise arrangements for moving to Italy.
cioa, OJ

The sand of time is trickling away through my hourglass

I will not discuss the fact that I now have 4 days left for my thesis. I will, however, quickly mention that I am reasonable positive that something (anyting) will indeed be finished in time.
Instead of discussing my thesis again, I want to point out a movie Fedor and I saw last night. I had already seen it before, but it is still very good: The Motorcycle Diaries, a film about the early life of Che Guevara, with absolutely stunning pictures from South America. Absolutely brilliant, and everyone should see it. We also saw The Day After Tomorrow, which we both thought was brilliant, although not as widely acclaimed as TMD. Well, now I will continue doing that thing I was not going to discuss today.
Tick tack, tick tack.
ciao, OJ

Tick tack, tick tack

Last night, the grumpy bitch who will live in my house after I have left, came over again. She wasn't as bitchy as she was on Tuesday. She now liked the place and definitely wanted to live there. So she will... Too bad for my frien BarD, who would have gotten it otherwise. But at least, she'll give me 250 euros for some stuff I'll leave...
Oh, look what I ran into by accident yesterday:

You are dignified, spiritual, and wise. Always unsatisfied, you constantly try to better yourself. You are also a seeker of knowledge and often buried in books. You tend to be philosophical, looking for the big picture in life. You dream of inner peace for yourself, your friends, and the world. A good friend, you always give of yourself first.

The World's Shortest Personality Test

Now that I know this, I can quietly go on working on my thesis, and looking for some more inner peace.
Ciao, OJ

One More Week

My thesis is finally starting to look like something. Have been spending a fair bit of time again on Excel and Matlab, redoing nearly all calculations oncemore. But the time it takes for Matlab to actually do the calculations it getting longer and longer, which makes my progress slower and slower. However, the rough form of nearly the entire thesis is currently finished, except for the final 2 chapters. I hope to finish their rough form today or more likely, tomorrow. That way, I will have a number of days left for finetuning...
Furthermore, I am already starting to get a little annoyed by my new university: Universita Commerciale Luigi Bocconi. Why do they not send letters or emails when they receive forms etc? Is it such a hassle to send just a small confirmation note? Just so I know they actually received all my stuff! Oh well, I guess it'll be ok (it always is, isn't it?)
Now I will do some more calculating. Seeing whether it will make a difference if my projected future population of Latvia is downsized to about 85000 people (I already know: it actually does not matter for my results, oddly enough)
ciao ciao, OJ

9 more days and counting...

Today is wednesday, 9 days before I have to hand in my thesis. My days have become steadily longer and today I actually entered the Faculty before 8 AM. This is kind of worrying me, because it seem unhealthy to be working at such an unholy hour (I forced myself to stop working and go to bed at 1AM...). Unfortunately, I will have to. Especially since I discovered yesterday that I made a serious bloody mistake in my calculation (by switchin two input series), and will now have to redo all my calculations...
Enough of that. My Old Grey Landlady (MOGL) came over yesterday, together with a potential new tennant. This sucks, because I wanted my friend to move in after I move. Now that I have met the tennant, I am even less enthusiastic. It's some sort of grumpy little female soccerplayer, who thought "the space looked kind of al right" to her... even MOGL got a bit pissed off. The grumpy little bitch will come over tomorrow with her boyfriend and I am going to try sooo hard to make her not want it anymore....
Anyways, today's another working day. In 9 days I will have finished 5 years of studying and in 10 days I am going to the UK: Now it is time to work.
ciao, OJ
PS I have just received a photo of my 5-week old nephew Daan

My first real post

Now that I have decided to open a weblog, I should put things on it, shouldn't I? Well, I will simply tell you that today is gonna be a working day. No more Study Evasive Behaviour (like opening blogs), but die-hard thesis-work. the first 4 chapters have their drafts finished, only 4 more to go... In case one had not noticed by the way, in the side bar---> I have linked a number of previous working papers etc on which I have cooperated. Finally, I wanted to point out a piece of news (in Dutch): click. ciao for now... OJ

Welcome to this Blog

I am new to this, so this is just a test. To see how it works, and to see whether I want this... I have not worked out the picture function completely yet. The picture below is Fedor and me in Dokkum, on our little Frys-cursion. This was back in February, which would explain the coats, as well as the snow in the back. But it was the only picture I could find this quickly...