The Taste of Multiculturalism and USyd

I had sushi, vegetarian stir fry, curry chicken and coca-cola for my dinner today. It just goes to show what happens to my meals when I'm living down under in a country that contains a soup mix of races.

I also attended the University of Sydney open day today. This computer otaku was still indecisive about whether to pursue a Bachelor of Software Engineering in USyd or the University of New South Wales, so I headed over to the engineering faculty. The first thing I noticed? The engineering faculty had been lumped to a corner of the campus. Now, I know they probably didn't mean to do things that way, but it gave me a feeling similar to "out of sight, out of mind". The engineering buildings are also so...functional (in other words, dull) in comparison to the law and science buildings (a mixture of futuristic modern buildings with some brick ones that resemble cathedrals). Typical of engineers not to care about the aesthetic value of things.

My next thought? Man...Asians. Asians everywhere. Heck, I'm an Asian. I fit right in.

Okay, now here's the best bit - TOUCHSCREEN TABLES!!!!! *shrieks like a fan girl* OMG touchscreen tables are soo cool just like the screens in NCIS LA and they have this Blackhole program which you can activiate to clear up clutter whenever too many things are on the screen.

I had hopped on a tour of the IT labs and they gave us demo of the two touch tables that the university owns. Unfortunately, they only own two touch tables, and those touch tables don't even stay in one place. Sometimes they go traveling all the way to Melbourne for exhibition purposes. The worst part is that I can't even begin to work with them until I"m a third year Uni student. *sob sob*

They also demoed facial interaction programs and CT image reconstruction programming. I spoke to the professors who confirmed with me that I will be able to work on such projects even if I took up software engineering and not an IT degree. That means I will get an engineering accreditation AND get to work on cool stuff. WHOOO!!!

Next week is the Kogarah Bed Race (a charity event where a 5-man team consists of four people dashing around while dragging a bed with a person on it) and UNSW's open day. After my Bed Race (my team is sponsored by the Word of Mouth Dentistry) I'm going to head straight over and check them out for touchscreen tables! Boo to them if they don't have any; I'm going to USyd! XD Nah, I'm not going to be so frivolous. I think.

UNSW is supposed to have even more Asians than USyd. Either way, I'm going to feel right at home. XD

Cheers!

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