Saturday, October 28, 2017

Trying New Things and Continuing Things that Work

So, throughout my life, I've been given advice, most of it good, some of it not so good. One piece of advice that stands out though comes from my father, though he usually gave it in order to convince me to eat new things: Try new things, you don't know if you like it until you try it. I can say that I will try new things if I think they'll be good or can make me a better person. In this photo, I've a bowl from Silantra in downtown Lancaster, PA and the mix of rice, grilled veggies, seaweed salad, shrimp, and yellow curry sauce was delicious. Although I've had food similar to this before, the restaurant I ate at was a new experience for me (though if my dad reads this, he'll probably bring up Chipotle's burrito bowl being a similar concept). Also pictured is my bullet journal, which I can only try to describe it as a mashup of whatever you want it to be with bulleted lists playing a central role. My bullet journal tends to be my daily planner and to-do list, with a page dedicated to tracking headaches, and other pages full of information that is relevant to me. I started it right after school let out in May and so far it's been working pretty well for me, so I'll keep writing in it.


My Bullet Journal and a recent dinner


Saturday, October 14, 2017

Math, without numbers

This sheet of paper contains an important idea in terms of meteorology. From the two equations of horizontal momentum (one for east-west, one for north south), this paper contains the derivation of something called the vorticity equation. I could explain the process but I'm just posting this on my blog because this is essentially math, but without numbers as most people are used to seeing. Thank goodness my higher level mathematics courses such as Abstract Algebra, Real Analysis, and Partial Differential Equations still use numbers.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

River Views



One of the things I like about the hills and mountains of the east coast are the spectacular river valley views and being able to see so much below me. For example, here is a photo from Chickies Rock in Lancaster county, PA with a panoramic view of the Susquehanna River Valley below.