It's been almost a month since I've put an entry to this site.

In my absence, so much have been happening and I am eager to write them one by one. By the way, I haven't gone to some places. I just have not taken the effort to write here.

First off, I've spent the early weeks of August coaching our college basketball team. I am not good at it, but I'm trying though. The stakes are not that high, but the bragging rights are. It started last year, when my students approached and asked me if I can coach them - just for the reason that it can help if there someone who can manage the team like handling the rotation and also someone on the team who can't (or they shouldn't) argue with. So basically, my presence in the team would be a mentor and a voice on the sideline. Technical-wise, I'm not yet at the mid-level.

This year, they asked me to do it again - hoping that we could finish the same way we did last year. Many of the core