{"id":235,"date":"2022-06-23T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T15:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/?p=235"},"modified":"2022-07-31T19:35:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T02:35:38","slug":"june-23-2022-matchsticks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/giftofpresent.org\/index.php\/2022\/06\/23\/june-23-2022-matchsticks\/","title":{"rendered":"June 23, 2022: Matchsticks!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Classes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Schedule for the Day.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My first class was integer polynomials, taught by Po<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My second class was supposed to be \u2124\/n<\/em>\u2124 struct, whatever that<\/em> means. Instead, MR<\/strong> gave us a True-False worksheet, which is essentially just a bunch of problems that dealt with whether or not something or other is true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of MR<\/strong>‘s class, he gave us a bunch of Matchstick problems! They were great fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matchstick problems have been doing a round through MOP ever since they were introduced a few days ago. VH<\/strong> has also been coming up with very clever matchstick problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some matchstick problems that MR<\/strong> showed us!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As we were walking from class to lunch, we saw some deer on the campus. (dem deer :P, even if that reference doesn\u2019t begin until almost the end of camp)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some deer were roaming the CMU grass.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Test<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During Lunch, I sat with the TJ gang<\/strong> at the round table. We talked about dreams. I mentioned the dream I had about driving buses and police parents, wherein I decided my mom was taking too long to pick me up from gymnastics so I started driving a nearby bus home. However, as I was driving, the door suddenly popped open and my parents leaned in, dressed in police uniform and guns pointed out. Then I burst into tears and woke up. It was really random.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DX<\/strong> also talked about an interesting sequence of nightmares about a skeleton in the closet. He learned that he could wake himself up from a dream, the concept of object permanence, and that biting one’s tongue can stop laughter. Apparently, it was a very educational sequence of nightmares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After lunch was TSTST 2 :(. On our way there, I saw the TJ gang<\/strong> gasping and shouting over something, so I hurried to ask them what was going on. RQ<\/strong> was discussing college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My writing topic today during the test was writing emails to advertise DC Live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post Test<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After the test, I sat with Turtle<\/strong> on the steps outside the testing room. He sat there because all the phones were laid on the ground and he needed to make sure people didn\u2019t forget their phones. I sat there because I was bored and wanted to talk to him. AB<\/strong> forgot his phone on day 1. He forgot it again today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did not go to test review today. (Being geo, problem 1 would be out of my reach no matter what, and then problem 2 and 3 out of my reach because, you know. 2 and 3 are big numbers.) Because it\u2019s VivL<\/strong>‘s birthday today, they had a bunch of great snacks at Doherty for the non-slackers (many of them Chinese because Chinese snacks are great) that I sadly missed out on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, I went to fuku tea with a whole crowd of others at 7:30 pm (Turtle<\/strong>, RW<\/strong>, EW<\/strong>, AB<\/strong>, KS<\/strong>, CH<\/strong>, VH<\/strong>, EL<\/strong>, AGe<\/strong>, JW<\/strong>). We managed to persuade Turtle<\/strong> to be a bad boy and ditch test review :P.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also ran into Evan<\/strong> Chen<\/strong> and SA<\/strong> there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to the Dorm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Once we got back to the dorm, we got our MOP T-shirts!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was k-pop practice at 9 pm today. I was willing to ditch story time for k-pop, but when I got there, we were going over me gustas tu (I think VH<\/strong> and IZ<\/strong> joined us today, so they were learning it), and besides, I thought we were just going to decide what dances to dance at the talent show. Not knowing any k-pop dances, I decided to go to\u00a0story time, instead. Everyone was so enthusiastic that they (IZ<\/strong>, EB<\/strong>, VH<\/strong>, EW<\/strong>) ended up learning Snapping<\/a> today, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story time!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Po<\/strong>\u2019s story time was hosted in the Stever backyard. Topic: negotiation. Host: Po<\/strong>. Attendees: DD<\/strong>, JLee<\/strong>, RM<\/strong>, VinL<\/strong> & DiaL<\/strong>, LZ<\/strong>, MK<\/strong>, JD<\/strong>, LC<\/strong>, SA<\/strong>, DX<\/strong>, RQ<\/strong>, and of course, the most illustrious of them all: Yours Truly. \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was really fun! Po<\/strong> talked about how one of the biggest things about good negotiating is the tone and sort of the general way you hold yourself and speak. He followed this up by suggesting a game: \u201cIf this coin lands heads, I win, tails, you lose. Sound fair?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said it in such a calm, welcoming manner that we didn\u2019t notice a thing. The coin landed tails and he said, with that huge smile of his, \u201cYou lose!\u201d The moment he said that, I realized what he\u2019d done (I do have a brother, after all). But I think some of the others still didn\u2019t notice what he said initially: they were like, \u201cI see what you did,\u201d but they seemed to think he simply messed around with the phrasing in the second statement, not from the original statement of the game itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interrogation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

After that, we talked a bit about LZ<\/strong> and her interrogation skills. Essentially, LZ<\/strong> does this thing where, when she meets someone new at MOP, she\u2019ll interrogate them. By that, I mean she’ll spend around thirty minutes doing small talk with the other person doing most of the talking as she asks many questions (What was your reaction on making MOP? How does MOP compare to expectations? What\u2019s it like living where you live? Etc.). Then, once they\u2019re loosened up with these questions, she\u2019ll strike with the real<\/em> spicy ones. Namely, \u201cHow\u2019s your love life?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s asked many people this question.\u00a0Most people at MOP have a love life of 0, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, so then RM<\/strong> was like, who around here has a love life? And literally, no one was willing to divulge, so just goes to show how effective LZ<\/strong>‘s interrogation skills are :PPPP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Po<\/strong> was talking about how LZ<\/strong> has a very innocent<\/em> face which makes people more willing to talk to her. I was like, \u201cDo I look innocent?\u201d And he was like, \u201cYes.\u201d \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During story time, someone brought up a discussion about Three Blue One Brown, and all of a sudden, Po<\/strong> was pulling out his phone and writing an email to Grant Sanderson, asking if he wanted to give MOP a talk!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Po<\/strong>\u2019s network of people is just so impressive. He casually drops that, \u201cOh, that one time I went to see Bill Gates,\u201d and he can just email Grant Sanderson. One time, we were just wandering through Resnik holding our plates of food and then a little girl runs over, shouting a greeting to Po<\/strong>! Just a random girl just randomly knows Po<\/strong> because they met one time at a talk, and he knows her name<\/em>! It\u2019s so cool!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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