Stark from Earth @ LS @tonyfromls@qoto.org

Two more local trainings early in the coming year for counter intelligence and demining / mine clearance.

After the run will do some work for the nearing deadline and then in the evening it's time to study modern battlefield tactics looking at the US rangers fighting doctrine and on military warfare strategies from MIT OCW.

Today's war is different but we need the old and then study for the new situations.

Target today is a 30km run under the sun.

Passport is set to expire in 7 years. Still good.

Also need to prepare all my military documents.

Grades in Calculus showed up in the information system but is up only prelim grades. I'm still waiting for my midterms and final grades so I can start requesting for a copy of my TOR for safekeeping. Who knows, the continuation of my studies might be in Europe someday after the war.

Preparing for today's long run.

Another run under the dim sky today.

I will be deferring the BSEE for now and will file for leave of absence. Not sure if I can come back though at my home country 😅

Will push with the combat training in Europe next year and will join the battlefield in Ukraine.

A lot of uncertainty at that point.

Yesterday was a run. Today was gym.

Prep for gym.

For AB Political Science I'm thinking maybe it's not a good route and instead just focus on the BSEE program. Instead of taking a dual degree it might be better to take political science as a series of certificates from MOOCs.

An adviser from a short period this recent semester under the BS Electrical Engineering program contacted me yesterday following up on my enrollment for the second semester but I said I was still waiting for the final grade in differential calculus because I am not confident that I passed the subject. It's 50 / 50 because honestly I'm still weak at math particularly continuous math as opposed to discrete.

Differential Calculus is a prerequisite for the compressed Physics for Engineers course and also for Integral Calculus course.

The Chemistry for Engineers I got a good grade so far.

Not sure what other courses are also up for enlistment this second semester. Let's see but I'm not going to load up many courses this second semester because I know the physics because it is shortened but needs to cover a wide topic and integral calculus are both demanding and difficult.

Lacking the time so instead of going to the gym I just went for a haircut and groceries.

On the other hand I was worried about my friend in Israel. We were having a social gathering yesterday but one of my friends was actually having problems.

Turns out there were siren warnings in her area and yesterday Israel was battered with missile attacks by Hezbollah.

Good thing my friend is still alive but I can understand her uncertainty in the situation. Might be traumatizing for her.

In Lebanon I also have a friend who went offline for 2 days now which is unusual. Lebanon has also suffered attacks lately from Israel.

Also got friends in Ukraine and Russia and the same thoughts came to mind that somehow there is a chance that maybe tomorrow one of my friends is already dead.

War is human stupidity.

Interesting government politics in my country. A VP directly threatens the President of an assassination.

Our politics have leveled up 😅

Spending time mostly socializing with my friends online in some metaverse.

Lazy today for a long distance run. So no run today.

Talk on Computational Chemistry is finished. Learned a few things on the introduction to the field:

- A number of computational chemistry software but ORCA looks the best at the moment.

- Simplified Schrodinger equation Hamiltonian x Wave Function = Energy x Wave Function

- Schrodinger equation does not take into account relativity effects, need Dirac equation for it!

- The role of Schrodinger equation on electron orbitals.

- Guassian LCAO
- Density Functional Theory

Almost went to sleep but then I remember there is Computational Chemistry.

In progress.