2025
September 29
Talked at HCMUS seminar about thesis for NCKH session.
September 20
Had Indian food, ran evals after AIC.
September 10
Invited to speak at HCMUS K25 event about GDSC.
September 9
Got a V3 at bouldering!
September 7
AIC disaster, went to a white people bar.
September 1
Posted thank you post for thesis season!
August 29
Finished APCS Thesis Defense, absolute appraisal from prof. Vu Duong!
August 17
Released Pytorch TransnetV2 interface.
August 16
Wrestling and teddy donation event!
August 4
Starting new job!
July 30
Took 24APCS kids to climbing!
July 29
Got the job!
July 12
Arduino Day Fair at PTNK!
July 5
Fried, finished ICMV submission.
July 2
Got first 2 V2s ever on wallclimbing!
June 21
Invited to LHP to talk about career prep and tech.
June 19
Horrible fallout with family.
June 17
Dealt with info leaks.
May 31
Finished reading "A Mind of Numbers", went to see wrestling!
May 20
Talked at HCMUS Linh Trung for workshop tutorial.
May 17
Eurovision Finale and suffering.
May 15
Eurovision Semi Finals 2 WOO!
May 14
Got NUS Scholarship results!
May 13
Eurovision Semi Finals 1 YEAH!
May 7
NUS offer arrives!
April 20
HCMUS Career fair, meat buffet, TT25 Finale.
April 19
Went to a wrestling show!
April 13
Went to Hỏa Lò, had Phở, went to Văn Miếu, Hồ Gươm, got back to TPHCM.
April 12
Hackathon day 2, barbecue buffet with Hanoi friends!
April 11
Hackathon day 1, went for Bún Thang, rode around HN.
April 10
Going to Hanoi!
April 1
Fell for trap by commercial mall gym to go on a tour, wasted 3 hours.
March 22
First day of Thách Thức 25, got MDEC results!
March 17
Submitted to CVMI!
March 14
Graph module works, completed full-rack deadlift!
March 9
Watched The Substance, wild movie!
Febuary 28
System Design mock interview for a junior.
Febuary 22
Dinner party with ProjectX, went to see wrestling, MOB-GCN finally released on Arxiv!
Febuary 21
Alot of thesis progress!
Febuary 8
Understood RL and MCTS.
Febuary 1
Submitted the manuscript for MOB-GCN!
January 31
My birthday! 🎈🎂🍰
January 29
Lunear New Year, submitted NUS Master's Application.
January 27
Submitted to MCM/ICM 2025 - solved ICM Problem D.
January 24
Retook the IELTS on the 22nd and 23rd, got 7.5 IELTS.
January 19
STEAM For Vietnam Robotics Demo Day.
January 18
Deadlifted 106kg - new PR!
January 13
NLP Finals Presentation.
January 11
Got the Distinctive University-level Sinh Viên 5 Tốt award.
January 8
Got the City-level Sinh Viên 5 Tốt award, rode the metro.
January 1
New years
2024
December 31
Finals, New Years Eve.
December 27
Reached 101.4kg PR for Deadlifts.
December 26
Almost forgot to submit Thesis Registration Form, got there in time.
December 22
Discovered Mouthwashing, best indie horror title of 2024.
December 10
Gave a presentation for NLP class in Vietnamese, English and Chinese.
December 8
Went wallclimbing for the first time.
December 7
Immortal Glory Wrestling Match at VPW.
December 1
Reached 101.4kg PR for Standing Calf Raises.
November 25
Won 2nd place for the National Innovation and Startup Competition, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.
November 23
Got to be a celebrity guest at THPT Phú Nhuận.
November 7
Failed HCMUS-CTF 2024, 17th place out of the top 15.
November 4
Fixed Laptop SSD to 500GB.
October 30
Did a 70kg bench press.
October 21
Bought protein powder.
October 15
Found my thesis instructors, start working on my thesis.
October 13
Bún đậu mắm tôm with the ICPC boys.
October 7
A prof in HCMUS, a whole adult, has beef with me (a literal undergrad, a child).
October 6
Failed ICPC-HCMUS, Placed 4th for HCMUS AIInnovation.
October 1
First time receiving Engineer money, spending spree.
September 29
Last day of AIChallenge 2024, failed.
September 20
Finished XR Game for GameDev Finals Project.
September 3
Got my laptop back after having money for fixing.
August 26
Got a promotion to AI Engineer.
August 24
First time at the gym.
August 23
Finally finished The Kaggle Book.
August 20
Databases Finals.
August 19
Machine Learning Finals.
August 8
Coffee date with Nguyễn Kỳ Nam.
August 6
Understood Normal Forms.
August 2
Met VNOI people during VNOI Cup at HCMUS
July 28
Top 8 on HCMUS ICPC Training Camp Contest.
July 25
Sprained my ankle at GD1.
July 23
Submitted GameDev midterms project.
July 13
PTNK KC3 Reunion Dinner Party!
July 10
Discovered the luxury of the double monitor.
June 23
Lẩu Dê and Billards with CinnamonAI teammates.
June 19
UNESCO Youth Forum, good networking with people.
June 14
Caffeine overdose and heart palpatations.
June 7
Surprise call from Giáo vụ thretening to remove my Sem 2 records.
June 3
First day at work.
June 1
Laptop broke.
May 28
Got the job as an AI Engineer at Autonomous Inc.
May 20
Presented final project for Software Design & Analysis class
May 15
Learned how to use plt.subplots, it's over for yall.
May 11
Eurovision Grand Finals, joostice.
May 9
Eurovision Semi Finals 2.
May 7
Eurovision Semi Finals 1, CROWN THE WITCH!!!!
May 6
Invited to Autonomous for an interview.
May 3
Sem 2 Finals.
April 26
Sushi dinner party with research partners
April 21
Zhong wins Thách Thức 2024 and avenged us.
April 14
Thách Thức semifinals, had the best round of the season.
April 2
Shopee Office Tour with ProjectX.
March 30
Went to Google Developer Group event, met Nguyễn Hoàng Bảo Đại.
March 24
Day 2 of Thách Thức Eliminations, avoided play-off with xv6 and entered semi-finals
March 23
Day 1 of Thách Thức Eliminations, Zhong bodied us.
March 10
Thách Thức 2024 Audition Round.
March 2
Went to FPTU for Solution Challenge Semifinals, stopped at top 8.
February 17
RA Interview with prof Truong Hy Son.
February 14
5 seconds of fame - appeared for 5 seconds on VTV for a section about ProjectX.
February 5
Competed in MCM/ICM 2024.
January 31
My birthday! 🍰
January 27
Volunteering at Cần Giờ with ONC.
January 24
New microblogging section!
January 20
Met the-one-and-only Trần Xuân Bách.
January 17
Learned how to trade stocks in CompFin class
January 1
Saw fireworks downtown for the first time.
2023
December 31
Hydroshiba's birthday party.
December 22
Went back and forth just to get a signature for Don Nhap Hoc Lai.
December 20
Got results for SCUDEM!
December 16
Travelled from Malaysia, to Singapore, and to Vietnam in 1 day.
December 12
Got a chauffeur and went around Johor Bahru for food and shows.
December 10
Checked out of NUS and moved to Malaysia.
December 9
Went to Chinatown and the National Museum of Singapore.
December 8
Went to the National Gallery of Singapore, and Little India.
December 7
Touring Nanyang Technological University, the Hive was a highlight.
December 6
Last final exam at NUS.
November 28
DiscoverNUS debriefing meeting.
November 24
Got to meet prof Minh Tân over School of Science.
November 23
Exchange student grad school dinner party.
November 22
SoICT Poster be looking good.
November 7
NUS Exchange student farewell party.
November 4
Coffee chat with HCMUS alumnis at NUS.
November 1
Finished Learning how to Learn on Coursera.
October 31
UTown Halloween event.
October 18
HCMUS-GDSC application interviews.
October 3
Finally got Network Flow algorithms.
September 2
Hiking with NUS & PTNK alums.
August 30
SoC Career Fair with huge companies.
August 20
Finally found Blahaj.
August 12
Sentosa Beach with VNCNUS!
August 9
Singapore Independence Day festivities.
August 6
Made it to Singapore!
June 15
Fell on the bus during the chorus of MAGO (Gfriend).
April 17
I'm a published author at 20!
April 16
HCMUS Career Fair and Thách Thức finale was a blast!
April 14
Flopped Sun Life's Sun Bright application on the 4th round.
April 8
Google Women Techmaker Networking event.
March 8
7th place for Thách Thức 2023's qualifier.