THE PROJECT
Finally, today FX and I got a short talk with our tutor concerning our project. We've had difficulties with programming a least squares fitting algorithm in C and needed some help (I know there are libraries that implements this functionality already, but we're not allowed to use them).
Basically we didn't get too much out of our tutor, but we're seeing him on Wednesday and he gave us a few hints about how to start coding.
We're running a bit late as the report on this project has to be delivered on Friday this week. Luckily, most of the report is done (everything we've done throughout the year so far), so it's only the last part that is missing from the report itself.
Tomorrow, there are two presentations to be made, one is QSE (Qualité, Sécurité et Environnement) (Similar to "Eksperter i Team" at NTNU) and the other is Conduit de projet ("Project execution"). I think we'll do ok on both of them, we're quite well prepared.
TODAY'S INSPIRATION
During a pause from the studies I came across a beautiful homepage. It's in Spanish, but it's pretty self explanatory.
If you need inspiration or just want to see a piece of art, this page is it!
It's definitely worth your time!
No more hold-ups, here's the link: http://soytuaire.labuat.com/
THINGS I’D RATHER DO
I'd rather travel.
I'd rather stay in the sun eating ice cream.
I'd rather hang out with my fantastic friends!
I'd rather watch a good movie.
I'd rather play beach volley.
I'd rather play Kubb.
I'd rather read a book.
But I'm not.
At some point you get fed up. I'm currently at such a point. I've been working loads the past week to finish a project, to write a report about it, to prepare presentations and to study for exams. Now I'm a bit sick and tired of it all.
Moral support is appreciated :)
BREAKING NEWS!
This is a news flash new to the entire world! (If the world is as excited as I am is another matter).
I just found out the project title for next fall's Masters project. The title is as sexy as
"Doping of semiconductor nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy"
It's great to finally know what what I'm doing the coming semester. I get to spend quite a few hours in the lab using hightech equipment such as Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), Scanning electron Microscope (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)! AND I get to work at NTNU's state-of-the-art Nano lab!
The project is not one of the three I listed as a favourite, but that's because it wasn't listed on the list we could choose from (I haven't found it). My professor mailed me just now and asked if I was interested. You bet!
C’EST QUOI ÇA?
17th of May parade in front of Capitole
A french man asked me on the street yesterday: "C'est quoi ça?" It's the celebration of the Norwegian national day!
This year I celebrated May 17th in the streets of Toulouse. In Norway, everyone dresses up in their finest outfit and celebrate the Norwegian constitution (of 1814). In Norway, there are flags everywhere, people are walking togehter in parades with marching bands and everyone's singing.
The Norwegian celebration of the national holiday is unique, and we're not stopped by being abroad. In Toulouse about 150 Norwegians gathered on Place Capitole at noon to have a parade to Université de Toulouse 1, where we later had cake, sandwiches, drinks and games!
Many Norwegians parading in Toulouse
It was during the parade a French man asked me the question above, a fair question - it's not often you see people in France going in parade without manifesting their discontent with the government (or something else). :)
On the evening 17th we had a superb dinner at Bistro Romain on Place Wilson. More than 90 Norwegians found their way to the restaurant to celebrate our day! Happy birthday, Norway!
Apart from the national day of Norway, the weekend has been filled with Beer World Cup, basically a second round of Beer Olympics, but with less concequences and more people! Tom and I were title defenders in Beer Pong but lost our first match and were out of the competition. On the other hand I won Dizzy bat and I had great team members in Flip Cup so we won that one too! 2 out of 3 possible!
It's a lot of school going on, so I have to stop this post here. Later!