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All nighter.


This is what happens when you pull an all nighter. Good thing I was able to finish the implementation of the remaining keyword handlers that I was assigned. I'm thankful that I did refactorings earlier on -- it made my job easier in terms of making quick hacks on simple tasks.

And some people insisted that object hierarchies aren't necessary -- and that hierarchies are the root of all programming evil. Maybe it may be determined on a case to case basis, but in my case, I've benefitted from putting all the common code up to the base class, and using these common operations in the specialized class. Being able to make sections of the code "virtual" is such a life saver, I wouldn't know what to do without them now.

Crunch time again, and I need to celebrate and enjoy the fruits of my labor. I might go out tomorrow night barring any major assignments from work. I'd like to be able to enjoy this for the moment -- since I don't have the luxury of sleep, I would have to go on to my 8:30 class (which my beautiful teacher is teaching), then go on to the 10-11 class on introductory scientific computing, and then a 1-4 laboratory on artificial intelligence.

I just hope I can squeeze in the much needed sleep in between classes. I pray that He will guide me through the day and let me go on without the sleep I so need. I thank Him too for he gave me the strength to will myself from sleeping and finishing the coding assignment this time of day. It's unhealthy, but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. After all, He gave me the skills to pull it off, all I need to do is use it for His glory.

I like how that sounds. ;)

Anyway, I'm taking sir Jared's advice and I'm uploading color pics of one of the deserts in the past few days here at home -- iced avocado and milk. Unfortunately, I don't eat it, so I just took a picture of the serving.

CHill...

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