the chinese is back!

I haven't blogged for a long time. Reason being: sore stomach, headaches/sinus problems, running nose, bursting eyes. yeah, this past week was horrible. My body just broke down, and I couldn't fight it off. This past weekend I had to stay back at the apartment while the others went off to Nakura and had a blast. I stayed home, sick, using the bathrooom 10 plus times a day. I had to take the cyporil that the MIT Medical doctor prescribed for me for traveler's diaherreaha. didn't think i'd have to use it. thought i was a big boy now. damn wrong. i missed my mom so much this past week...cause i knew she would have taken care of me, and i would've have gotten better so much faster. but no, i was by myself, crying as i blew my nose into an infinite amount of tissue paper. i was probably high on meds.

anyhow, i'm alive now, again. today was actually really good. me and michelle gave our lecture on SQL and JavaDB. I spent a lot of time making those slides, and the students really enjoyed the presentation. I thought it was pretty funny in the way I presented, and glad the students liked it.

I think for my first J2ME application I'll make an expense app for our group, since we're always getting mixed up on who paid what. i need to figure out how the persistence storage workins for j2me...damn it, so many constraints for the little devices.

last week was also the start of sms. many of the students had the chance to come up with ideas, form groups, and present to the class. they got feedback from the instructors and their classmates, and now they are starting to implement some of their ideas for the project they will turn in next week. i'm really excited..some of the ideas could really be a huge success for the kenyan market.

i didn't realize how big of a name MIT was here in Kenya, and how much respect it has. last week one of the students asked me if the certificate they were getting towards the end of the course after successfully completing the project was issued by MIT or Strathmore University. I told him it was going to be from MIT AITI, and he was really happy. It would give him something extra, and shows he acquired a certain set of skills taught my MIT Instructors, and help him during his job search. i can't believe i only have three more years at MIT. There's still so much to learn, and not a lot of time.

oh well, i'm glad my health is good again. i don't want to be missing out on any more trips.

love,
julian