7.67Mb/s upload
Toronto's Pearson International Airport has faster and better internet than UOIT, by far.
It still doesn't beat my fiber optic at home but for a public insecure wireless network, I'm impressed.
It's technology like this that makes me wet my pants (figuratively speaking of course).
As I stand in this ever-growing line of people, waiting to check-in for the flight at 12:55 Christmas Eve, I found myself with nothing better to do but blog.
Despite having signs everywhere talking advertising free wi-fi, no one else is using their computer except me. Are they just not as awesome and carry their laptops wherever they go (including the bathroom)? Or... actually, there is no alternative. I'm just too awesome. So awesome that I can write about absolutely nothing yet, using the linguistic tools at my disposal, craft a blog article worthy of being called a masterpiece... not. I'm too tired and lazy to put too much thought into writing, at least not right now.
It is often during the end a long journey that one stops to reflect on all the one has done. It is only during this brief repose at the airport check-in line that I have finally found the time to think about my semester. What exactly did I do?
I took 6 courses, including the accursed algorithms and PDP-10 filled operating systems. I've never had to work this long on assignments. I have a new found appreciation for middleware, which does all this annoying crap for you. But I suppose I learned a lot from this semester.
I also led a connect group, which was the best connect ever. I had a really cool co-leader (Amberlea) and a bunch of all-too-shy freshmen. But near the end I think everyone opened up a lot more, which is good. I sincerely hope that apart from being graced with such cool leaders (which I'm sure they all agree), they grew a lot in knowledge and depth of insight.
Working was not bad either. I admit that rather than testing software I'd much rather program, it's a nice change of pace from the normal programming that I have to do for school. Since I write scripts for my own life too, it'd be overkill if I programmed for school, work, and play.
I also made a lot of new friends. I had no idea some people liked evangelism as much as I did, it's truly encouraging. Growing closer with the people in my program was a plus too. One grows a bond with one's fellow brother in arms. Some may have fallen, but most of us survived... I think. I couldn't go to the gym as often as I wanted to this semester. But at least I went one last time with some connect members after finals. We're going again next semester, for sure.
Now, from the time of starting this post to this point, I have moved from the check-in line, passed the security, and is now waiting in front of the boarding gate, furiously typing in the hopes of finishing my blog before I have to board the plane.
基恩, 你讀到這裡了話就代表你知道我回去台灣的時間了. Too bad.
My friends in UOIT, I will return soon. Until then, do something exciting. I know I will.
I just realized how boring this blog post was, I'll make it more amusing next time. Too bad it'll be in Chinese so a lot of you won't understand. Suck it up and learn Chinese.
