Users/Oleg.Lokhvitsky

General
Full Name	:	Oleg Lokhvitsky1
Age	:	19
Born In	:	Tomsk, Russia2
Education
Institution	:	UC Davis
Class	:	Undergraduate of 2012
Major	:	Computer Science & Engineering (ECS)
Contact Me
Email	:	<oleg AT lokhvitsky DOT com>
Phone	:	+1 (408) 940-OLEG
Website	:	http://www.olegl.com
Facebook	:	Oleg.Lokhvitsky
Skype	:	Oleg.Lokhvitsky

 
 
Hi! I'm Oleg (pronounced "Oh-Leg"). I'm a sophomore student here at UC Davis. Starting in fall, I will be happily residing in the The Arbors apartments.
As you can see from my numerous avatars, I'm blond. As you can't see from them, I'm about 5'9", of Russian descent and speak my birth language fluently.
Also, I never know what to put in an "About Me" section. =P

 
 
I'm an CSE major, though have interests spread across various other (mostly engineering-related) topics such as Physics, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Philosophy, Psychology, etc...
Although I'm not yet sure as to which area in Computer Science I'm going to be specializing in, I have a very wide spread interest ranging from common things like Programming, to rarer fascinations such as Computer Security or Artificial Intelligence, to rather unusual hobbies such as client-side (read: legal) Memory Editing and finally to the absurdly ridiculous such as Pixel Art.
I would have happily minored in Physics or perhaps a foreign language (Korean, Japanese, French in that order), if I had enough time or units to accomplish this in four years, but for the better or worse, CSE has a very full curriculum.

My classes:

 
 
I love sports and exercising in general, but there's of course certain activities that attract me more than others.
I am addicted to martial arts, particularly Tae Kwon Do which gets its own section. Besides TKD, I practice Judo, Hapkido and have in the past tried Kumdo (A.K.A. Korean Kendo), Sambo, Short Staff Combat, Nunchaku Combat and Greco-Roman Wrestling.
In high school, during my junior I joined the cross country team. I got really into running and at my top shape ran a 2-miler in 10:40 (which would be a little over
5-minute mile time for a single mile). Unfortunately I injured my knee during fall of senior year and had to sit the entire season out. Due to this I'm now fairly slow (by my own standards at least), and don't run nearly as much as before. However, I'm still addicted to Asics running shoes. =)
Biking is a more recent fascination which also has its own section.
Besides these I really enjoy an occasional game of table tennis (A.K.A. ping-pong) and Badminton. I love swimming but prefer to do it in rivers.

 
 
As I've previously mentioned, I'm Russian. I was born in what I call the "flat, blank, middle of Siberia". (By "blank" I mean "blanc" which translates from French as "white" by which I mean "snowy".) Unlike the common misconception, Siberia is not like Antarctica, and penguins would die of heat there. Siberia does not have constant -1,000,000,000 degrees Kelvin (waa...aay below absolute zero) temperatures as some people seem to think. In fact, during winter it gets to about -40 degrees Celsius (-40 degrees Fahrenheit), and during the summer up to about 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit). I think it's a wonderful place to live but unfortunately Russia in a political toilet at the moment, so I'm happy that I'm in USA (especially since Obama took office). I moved to the States when I was 10 (A.K.A. year 2000), and have lived in the (southern) bay area from that time until moving to Davis.

 
 
I've been actively practicing TaeKwonDo for about 6 years now and currently train with the UC Davis TaeKwonDo Club.
I'm currently a Kukkiwon (World TaeKwonDo Federation Headquarters) certified first Dan black belt, awaiting my second Dan, which is currently being processed in Kukkiwon (I will most likely officially be a second Dan by January 2010).

 
 
Here's a list of my (in-use) bikes:

Nickname	Model	Birthday	Version	Pictures
Road Warrior	Self-Built	October 18th, 2008	2	Version 1Version 2
Fixation	Redline 925	July 22nd, 2009	1	Stock Version

Oleg.Lokhvitsky's Statistics

Leave me a message!

Note: You must be logged in to add comments

2009-09-30 10:18:59   Oleg - I can totally help you out on that bike related wish list. I have Velocity Deep V's in white and can lace them to colored IRO, Formula, Dia Compe, Suzue, Dura Ace or even Phil wood hubs. We do standard lacing patterns or even some crazy ones in colored spokes if you want. I have white straps too in soma's toshi's or MKS fit Alpha's. Swing by the shop I have all kinds of stuff at the shop. —Aaron.Curtin

• Thank you, I'll definitely swing by APEX when I'm ready to purchase. But for now, they're mostly on the wish list due to financial reasons... —Oleg.Lokhvitsky