Avatar Intro: Niven Achenjang

After finishing my last final of the spring semester, having overcome a beast of a 10-page CS (computer science) paper, 18 hours of difficult classes (plus seminar), and the highest levels of procrastination and laziness I have ever experienced in my life, I was ready for summer vacation. I needed the break not only to ease off and forget about class, but also to take a step back and process everything I had gone through the previous year. In one year, I had moved 3 hours away from my parents, began new, close friendships, learned more than I had in any previous year, and matured a great deal.

Looking ahead to what this year holds, I expect it will be full of excitement, trials, and of course, new experiences. I look forward to being able to take more advance courses, and plan on learning from the mistakes I made last year. As an example, I plan on managing my time better. During junior year, I spent little time being productive and did not put in much effort to get to know everyone; I hope this year to more responsibly divide my time and to spend it with a larger range of people. In addition to this, I look forward to the memories, both seen and unforeseen, that I will inevitably make. I expect to play my first intramural sport at WKU, do a research project, and meet a host of new people; these all feel like they will be very memorable experiences.

Throughout this blog, I have spoken more about what I do than about who I am. Simply put, I am a guy who enjoys math, computer science, sarcasm, and physical activities. Without going into too much detail about myself, if you want someone to talk math and CS with, you need someone to play Frisbee with, you want to go running with someone, or you just want to share a joke with someone, I’m your man.