Painfully marking assignments. That's pretty much the theme of the day. It was particularly tough when there is an algorithm question without unique solutions, and a theoretical question that is incredibly hard. The only ones that got close to perfect marks are the ones that are obviously copying solutions from previous terms. So there's this sense of injustice in my mind, even though the prof asked that we ignore such injustices and the marking is actually easier that way...anyway, I'm making too much out of this, I think.

Good thing it wasn't all marking all day...I had a nice visit to Samuel (and two surprise new friends, one's David, the other I don't remember the name) for lunch. The lunch itself is horrible, the pasta was incredibly tasteless. But it was nice to talk to these guys. Later, at Samuel's request, we went downstairs to the Cove to play this shooting videogame thingie. Well, this would be the first time that I went in there, and the first time I've held a toy gun to play a videogame...so of course I sucked, I have no clue where I was shooting at, so that was a disaster for me. I just couldn't make the connection between what I do with the gun and what's happening on screen. Of course Samuel's been playing this game for years so he already memorized what's going to happen every step of the way. I'm just a rookie trying very unsuccessfully to play. Later I handed off to David, who played well, it appears. Even later, Samuel handed me his gun, only to reveal that this coming part was difficult, and then we all died 10 seconds later. So...conclusion? It was pretty boring, I don't see how this could be fun...I guess I don't like fake stuffs in general, which is why I'm not particularly interested in videogames and scripted TV shows. But maybe there will be a return trip in the future so that Samuel can get me interested in this stuff.......... Anyway, I'm just trying to meet Samuel as often as possible without annoying him too much...after all, he is leaving soon...

Hi, Li Zhen! Nice to see you here!