7월, 2020의 게시물 표시

2020-1 Midterm Essay revised

I belong to G half-sharp, a place between G and G#. It came to my mind when I happened to watch 'In the bleak of midwinter' arranged by Jacob Collier on Youtube. For 18 years, I thought that there were only 12 keys in a musical scale - C to B. However, Jacob was using a note that wasn't belong to the traditional 12 keys, a G half-sharp. It was a big stroke to me because, at that time, I felt that I didn't belong anywhere, and it was so similar to G half-sharp. I liked STEM subjects but also liked humanities too, not being extraordinary in one side. Since I was in middle school, I kept considering what I should major in university, and it was so hard because I couldn't even choose a side, a STEM, or humanity. I could finally find an answer to that from Jacob. I was not being to one side. I don't have to - I can just stay in the middle, not G or not G#, but G half-sharp. I felt that I was connected to Kenneth Cho, a guy that is in my Facebook profile wh

On failure

"Bip - " It was my tenth time to hear my robot breaking away from the same place of a map. I was exhausted because that code was to be the last possibility that should have made the robot to evade the obstacle it couldn't pass for the last 3 hours. I couldn't think of any other code to try. I felt like what Captain America would have felt if Dr. Strange's the only way to save earth from Thanos was actually wrong. Maybe today was just an unlucky day. Feeling so frustrated, I packed my stuff and headed to the subway boarding home. Subway was my favorite place to refresh myself and come up with original ideas. Ever since I was an elementary school student, I took the subway to go to school and to come back home. On those daily excursions of about 30 minutes, I enjoyed contemplation that no one could interrupt. On the train, apathy was the only sharing of passengers, and in that indifference, I could separate my feelings and rationally think about the problems