Julia's coding blog - Practice makes perfect

From January 2015, she started to practice leetcode questions; she trains herself to stay focus, develops "muscle" memory when she practices those questions one by one. 2015年初, Julia开始参与做Leetcode, 开通自己第一个博客. 刷Leet code的题目, 她看了很多的代码, 每个人那学一点, 也开通Github, 发表自己的代码, 尝试写自己的一些体会. She learns from her favorite sports – tennis, 10,000 serves practice builds up good memory for a great serve. Just keep going. Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.

Sunday, December 9, 2018

My laptop purchase and my Ph.D. study

Dec. 9, 2018

Introduction

I reviewed the purchase of SONY laptop I purchased in 2002 Sept. I went back to FAU for computer science PH.D. program in August 2002 and was lucky to get the support financially by the computer science department the very first term.

Case study

I did make the purchase. Here is the blog. I reviewed the purchase in Nov. 2018 and found so surprised about price tag. It was definitely an impulsive purchase. I did not do any research and made such bad purchase in my life. I did not learn how to use the money on more important things.

Alternative ideas to celebrate

I should consider to purchase an investment condo in the city of Yichun in 2002. Or I should purchase a cheap desktop computer. I should do the research and lower the risk of wasting money.