Sunday, May 31, 2009

BKK 2... Reunion

My cousins, my sister and I got together yesterday. We had Sukiyaki for lunch, played bowling, went shopping and got home to get our grandma and had dinner at a Chinese restaurant.

My niece (almost 3) and my nephew (around 4) has much grown up. They got taller, heavier and more stubborn. Though they were so cute. :)


Saturday, May 30, 2009

BKK 1... HOME!

It was a longgggg trip.
I reached home last night. My sister and my cousin were in the airport to pick up another cousin and me. My cousin came from Singapore.

Bangkok has changed a bit as I saw when I was on the way home. At lease there was some huge building I have never seen.

Nothing much for the first day. I was so tired because I didn't sleep for 2 days. I could not sleep on the flight. Do not know why.


Thursday, May 28, 2009

Day 426... Ready for Going Home

Today is my last day in Ruston. Tomorrow in early morning (say tonight) I will leave for my home. Yeah!

Home Sweet Home - Mötley Crüe




Sunday, May 24, 2009

My First Paper

I just submitted my first paper a minute ago. :D

The title is "Stream Experiments: Toward Latency Hiding in GPGPU", submitted to HiPC 2009.

Alright, now I am ready to go home. Soooo excited!


Day 422... Two Parties

There was a party at Wei and Lee's apartment last Friday. P Noon and I got there around 6 PM. P Noon had prepared some fried eggs with Thai style source. There were couple of egg menus on the table. Moreover, there were some chicken, vegetables, etc.

After eating we played games and talked. The game that I played was a sort of gambling. (Just for fun, no money.) Let's see the pictures



And yesterday, I was in another party since James had invited me to explore Louisiana. It was James' grandmother's birthday party. The place (Sea and Sirloin) was in the middle of nowhere. We got lost because James took the wrong turn. Instead of heading to the south, we went to the north. He realized it when we almost hit I-20 which could lead us back to Ruston in 20 minutes. Then he turned back. We left home around 3:45 and reached the restaurant around 5:20. It was fun though since he talked all the way and told me many things about country lives, red necks, nature of LA and the U.S.

James told me that there were three stages in the party like this, (just for his family) eat, talk and say goodbye at the parking lot. We exactly followed those stages. It reminded me the birthday parties of my grandparents back in Bangkok. They are almost the same but the food and languages. His family was so nice.



From that day, I have realized that Ruston is not too small. It is just small but it is not in the middle of nowhere. Some places, like Friendship, Lucky and Campti (the names of cities) are much smaller. They are so small that I wonder how the people there can live.


Thursday, May 21, 2009

Day 419... Let's Party!

It is the last day of classes!!... Wooohooo~

I am looking forward to going back home. But before that, I am going to join some parties here. The Chinese students are going to have a party tomorrow night. And they have invited P Noon and me. It would be fun.

I am going to join James' grandmother's birthday on Saturday as well. He has invited me since I have never had an activity with his family while the others (Aig, Monn and P Noon) have gone on adventures with them last winter. It will be a formal dinner party. I am wondering how it is going to be.


Thursday, May 07, 2009

Day 405... I Did It!

Yesterday was one of my great day because I got an email said that I have passed the CS Qualifying Exam... WooHoo! However, I still have to pass the Math one. It would be a hard part as well. :(

I have been very busy in these couple of weeks. The paper submission ends next week, and I have to get the term project done by next week as well, and another term project dues next two weeks, besides the homework and finals... Hell! :(

Monday, May 04, 2009

Day 402... Thai Noodles at Wesley

David Glasspool had invited P Noon to cook Thai food in Wesley last week. We did it today. :)

เดวิด แกลสพูล ชวนพี่นูนไปทำอาหารไทยที่เวสลีเมื่ออาทิตย์ที่แล้ว ก็เลยได้ทำกันวันนี้

It was Pud See Euw. I only helped him chop vegetables. In the meantime, Kevin, Gray and the other guys were cooking as well. I just helped them watch and taste the food. :)

มันคือผัดซีอิ้ว ไอ้เอ๋ช่วยหั่นผักอย่างเดียว ตอนนั้นเควิน เกรย์ กับอีกหลายหนุ่มก็กำลังทำกับข้าวด้วย ไอ้เอ๋ช่วยดูกับช่วยชิม :)

After dinner, we hung out there for a while, talked to people there. Then Nathan ride P Noon home.

หลังกินข้าว ก็นั่งคุยอีกพักนึง แล้วเนธันก็ขับรถพาพี่นูนกลับบ้าน