Ronaldo in Melbourne

I'm home and it was nice to see Sarah and the kids. We went to a party today at Cheryl's and as expected it was very nice. I'm glad to be here and sadden that I'm only staying a few days. 

Change of flights

I was going through Detroit and only arrive at 10pm. It is nice to have this medallion from delta because they change you flight at no cost. I'm no going directly to Orlando and will arrive at 6:20. Look forward seeing everyone!

In my way to the airport.

Good morning!! I'm ready to go to airport. I might pass by the starbucks just to get a latte or something.

Going to Muqueca tonight

I'll finally go to the Muqueca restaurant today. The problem is that I called and they may not have a table at that time. We'll have to wait and see. I'll meet with Paul who is Ryan Stansifer's son. It should be interesting since we'll talk about research and related things.

Blogger problem

Sometimes this blogger doesn't work well. For instance I haven't been able to upload the pictures from the room yet and I don't know why. The upload button just doesn't work sometimes. When I I fix, I'll put the picture on the post below.

New room

I have a new room! Yes, my letter to the the landlord worked and I'm in a much nicer room. Very large. Also the shower is very good. For the first time today I had a good shower in the house. I had been taking my showers here on campus because on the other unit was just terrible. Here are a couple of picture of the new room. What I'm also happy about is that the room is big enough for Sarah and the kids to come here and stay. We have this plan that they may come in July. I'd still need to talk to the landlord but it should be fine. We can get one of those inflatable beds and put in the room while they are here.

I survived the opera

I don't think this Opera thing works for me. It was nice because it was a new experience. This was my first time in an Opera. The story of Simon Bocannegra is very complicated and a little cliché. I think if I decide to go to another opera it will have to be one of Mozart. I took a few pictures of the location. One shows me entering the BSO (Boston Symphony Orchestra) and another is of the musicians on stage which I took from my $20 seat. It was a very nice location actually. I think the next concert I'll go to the BSO will be an all Mozart program conducted by James Levine. The Opera was also conducted by Levine who is one of the best conductors in classical music today. On February 17th, Levine will have this all Mozart program. If I can get my $20 seat I'll probably go.

Intermission

Intermission here at the opera. I have to confess it is better than I  thought. The opera is Simon Bocannegra from Verdi.

Opera

Im waiting to see an opera for the first time. I just found out that the "thing" is 3 hours long!!! At least I'm on a $100+ seat and I paid only $20. They have a program for young (<40 years old) people. I just made it. LOL.

Adele

I'm worried about Adele. I'll call Sarah... she was not well last night. Just wished I could be there to help :(

Photo from Birthday Party

Here is a photo from yesterday. The celebration was for the Winter birthdays. The cake (from the Whole Food Market) was very good even for a person like me who doesn't like cakes. But that one was amazing. 

In the picture from left to right: Sune, Jim, Natali, Luigi, Me, Lazlo, Juyong, and Dashun.

ACM Task Force

I had to be here early because of a conference call with people from the ACM. The system we used was interesting. They create a 1800 number and when you call you are connected to the conference. Very cool. 

Morning mess...

It was mess to come here to NEU today. The rain of yesterday froze completely and all the sidewalks were like ice skating rinks. I had to walk really slowly because a lot of people were just slipping.. it was actually funny (just because it didn't happen to me)

Meeting

After my presentation today I had a meeting with Prof. B. Very good conversation and maybe we agreed on a topic to do research. I now have to do my homework to meet with him when I return from Florida.

Changing rooms

Also this morning I had a conversation with my landlord. He agreed to put me in a nicer place. It is the same house but a different unit. On this unit they have new floors and the bathroom seems much nicer. I'll post some pictures when I move to the new place tomorrow morning.

Snow storm

I woke up this morning to find out that we were having a snow storm all day today. I don't mind snow but I really don't know how bad can this get. Leaving in Florida makes us understand of hurricanes and whatnot but not snow. I'm at work now so I hope I can at least get back to my room later today.

Good day and bad day

I had a lot done today despite the mac. But I miss Sarah, Kalil and Adele quite a lot. I'm glad Saturday I'm going there.

Lots of work

Today was again a very full day. Unfortunately my new mac book pro had a problem on the Ethernet board. Apple will fix but at is a hassle anyway.

Nice Place this Druid

Here is a picture of the entrance of Druid. Very nice place. It feels like a Starbucks but with beer instead. Wireless Internet and very small. Not very crowded. I may return here. I had a burger which was better than the one at Cambridge Common. 

Geek... but with style!!!

I'm waiting here at the Druid for my friend. Nice bar/restaurant. Small and cosy. But I couldn't feel more geek than this. I'm drinking one beer and while he is not here also writing some Java code. The bar has Internet connection so I can test my crawler.