Jobseeking

I am now looking for a job for the summer holidays (as well as preparing for my exams) Should you know anyone looking for a short-term programmer, please refer them to my cv.

dog video

A video I wanted to show to my girlfriend.
It's my family dog shutting a door.

My exam timetable

Just in case you want to cheer/pray for me.
They start on the 30th of October and finish on the 10th of November.

Chinese Dinner

Last night our Chinese class and lecturers had dinner together. Unfortunately our lecturer from Nanjing is finishing her contract and going home early next year, so it was a slightly sad occasion even though we were having a great time.

I told you so

If you ignore the advice in my previous post then this
will happen to you.

Just to clarify, I don't think this particular accident was caused by people going straight ahead from a right turning lane because there are only two lanes on that road. But I still think you should always drive in the correct lane. It actually happened just outside my house and slightly delayed my arrival home (I live in that forest you can see to the right).

Road rage. Well kind-of.

On my way to university each day I turn right from Featherston Street into Whitmore Street. To begin with I clearly signal that I want to move into the nearest lane which allows me to turn Right, and then change lane when it's safe. The light is usually red when I reach the intersection so I wait. Then I turn right. Almost inevitably there's some idiot in the right-turn-only lane wanting to go straight ahead, getting angry, blasting their horn, and swearing at me.
I just want to say to everyone who drives like that: you have no right to be in control of a vehicle. The turning lanes on Featherston Street are clearly marked so you have no excuse for being in the wrong lane! Please destroy your drivers license and sell your car because you are a danger to everyone on the road!

So busy

Today is Saturday, so I finally had a chance to take things relatively easy. I had a lot of deadlines on Friday and even more next week. Some of what I'm learning at university is getting really interesting. In MATH161 we're doing graph theory, and I've thought of a starting point for a possible shorter proof of the 4-colour theorem. In Chinese we just learned the past tense and subordinate clauses.
I've still been taking pictures of tuatara.


I even saw the boy tuatara!