Felt so lethargic today. Maybe it's the heat. Maybe it's the air. Smells especially hazy too. Didn't have the mood to do anything, just felt like killing time and passing the day quickly.
For the first time, I forgot to bring my tutorial sheet. Thanks to ZY I was still able to learn something rather than stare at the screen blankly.
Totally wasted my 3 hours break today doing useless stuff, since I didn't bring enough materials to study. Luckily time passed faster than I thought.
LRT broke down on my way home. Left the station and took a bus instead. Reached home 30 minutes later than expected. Very hungry.
When I reached home, news reports about several natural disasters around the world flashed. How depressing.
Not to mention my 2 mid term exams for the next 2 days.
Maybe I should go and sleep now...
*4 MSN chat windows are blinking blue now...can I just close them?*
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Speedy!
Came across this video, a compilation of some 'World's Fastest' records. Take a look:
Were you impressed? The one that impressed me the most is probably the fastest stamping one. The record is not held by any professionals in the field, but just by a normal OL (office lady). I wonder how long had she been working in that job (doing the same menial tasks over and over again) before she could achieve such a feat. Is that a compliment or not? Haha.
Do you have anything which you feel you could do fast enough, at least faster than an average person? (for eg texting, typing, etc) In fact I do. =) It's not really a big deal actually, and probably no one will care whether you can do it fast or not. I didn't notice it myself too until someone praised me for that, and even attempted to test my speed. Haha.
On the other hand, the one that made me the least impressed should be the clapping one. I just don't see much point to it. It's not a sport, nor game, nor hobby, nor pastime, and doesn't do any useful work. Well maybe such speed can become useful during certain musical performances haha.
Talking about usefulness, here's another interesting clip. World's most pointless machine haha. What makes it so pointless? Pay attention to the switch...
Even a machine needs its own privacy...
Were you impressed? The one that impressed me the most is probably the fastest stamping one. The record is not held by any professionals in the field, but just by a normal OL (office lady). I wonder how long had she been working in that job (doing the same menial tasks over and over again) before she could achieve such a feat. Is that a compliment or not? Haha.
Do you have anything which you feel you could do fast enough, at least faster than an average person? (for eg texting, typing, etc) In fact I do. =) It's not really a big deal actually, and probably no one will care whether you can do it fast or not. I didn't notice it myself too until someone praised me for that, and even attempted to test my speed. Haha.
On the other hand, the one that made me the least impressed should be the clapping one. I just don't see much point to it. It's not a sport, nor game, nor hobby, nor pastime, and doesn't do any useful work. Well maybe such speed can become useful during certain musical performances haha.
Talking about usefulness, here's another interesting clip. World's most pointless machine haha. What makes it so pointless? Pay attention to the switch...
Even a machine needs its own privacy...
Superficial
Be prepared for an incoherent entry. Don't ask anything. Just read and get puzzled.
It's so scary to think how half a semester has already passed, just like that. It still feels like groping in the dark, trying to get used to the momentum. But that also means the year-end holidays are coming soon! Too early to look forward now haha. The closer one would probably be the so-called '2nd recess-week'...
Visited a website, then couldn't bear to leave it, even though there is nothing much there. What's more I've already looked through most of the stuff there. The links are highlighted, meaning I've accessed them before. But I still can't help clicking on them and skimming through the materials again and again. Waste of time but these kinda actions do show the things I really yearn for.
Not that difficult to obtain though. It just requires my courage, and another 'universal' factor.
Was on facebook just now and clicked on something I shouldn't have clicked. Exited before any further thoughts start to flow in. It has been a long time yet so fresh in my mind. I'm trying to bury it since then, and revive it when the right time comes. (after at least 1 more year probably) But the damage has been done, now I can't concentrate. Maybe a night's sleep will help.
On the other hand, I saw something and wanted to initiate it. But I hesitated and decided not to do it in the end. After all...it's getting late. (Though I know it won't take up a lot of time). Or maybe I should have thicken my skin and go ahead. But bleh, next time I guess.
Everything is so transient. When roots are quick to grow, they are quick to uproot too. Maintaining those roots are not easy, especially when the soil has already been mostly taken up by other bigger and thicker roots. I wonder if I should let them die off slowly, or just uproot them myself. Feels so empty. I guess this is part and parcel of life: we have to search for fertile soil where the roots can grow strong and healthy, and continue to stay at that spot rather than trying to extend into somewhere else that doesn't have much nutrients left due to several competing roots.
It's so scary to think how half a semester has already passed, just like that. It still feels like groping in the dark, trying to get used to the momentum. But that also means the year-end holidays are coming soon! Too early to look forward now haha. The closer one would probably be the so-called '2nd recess-week'...
Visited a website, then couldn't bear to leave it, even though there is nothing much there. What's more I've already looked through most of the stuff there. The links are highlighted, meaning I've accessed them before. But I still can't help clicking on them and skimming through the materials again and again. Waste of time but these kinda actions do show the things I really yearn for.
Not that difficult to obtain though. It just requires my courage, and another 'universal' factor.
Was on facebook just now and clicked on something I shouldn't have clicked. Exited before any further thoughts start to flow in. It has been a long time yet so fresh in my mind. I'm trying to bury it since then, and revive it when the right time comes. (after at least 1 more year probably) But the damage has been done, now I can't concentrate. Maybe a night's sleep will help.
On the other hand, I saw something and wanted to initiate it. But I hesitated and decided not to do it in the end. After all...it's getting late. (Though I know it won't take up a lot of time). Or maybe I should have thicken my skin and go ahead. But bleh, next time I guess.
Everything is so transient. When roots are quick to grow, they are quick to uproot too. Maintaining those roots are not easy, especially when the soil has already been mostly taken up by other bigger and thicker roots. I wonder if I should let them die off slowly, or just uproot them myself. Feels so empty. I guess this is part and parcel of life: we have to search for fertile soil where the roots can grow strong and healthy, and continue to stay at that spot rather than trying to extend into somewhere else that doesn't have much nutrients left due to several competing roots.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Big Deal?
For those who visit my blog every now and then and keep seeing the same entry at the top again and again, here's something updated to make you stop by for a moment, such that it's not a 'wasted trip' haha.
I haven't been blogging much this August, or rather it has been always like this since dunno-when. Only one entry per week or two. And thanks to Singnet (I suspect), the layout of blogger (and Facebook) has been giving me lots of problems. For a lazy person like me, it serves as a good excuse to procrastinate my entries. (As if someone is forcing me to blog regularly hah...)
Despite the inactivity and lack of event reports in the blog, August was really a hectic month for me. It was some kind of a follow-up to my Japan trip in June. I visited a university during the trip and this time it's their turn to visit our country and university. No lah, it's not a turn-based thing. We were given the chance to meet up with Japanese students who were scheduled to come to SG for English immersion programme.
They came and we enjoyed the 1-month period together. It felt really fast and short. It has been 2 weeks since they returned to Japan. Was very glad to have met and made so many foreign friends at one go, though there were some hiccups along... Mixed feelings.
Since it's already over, I shan't elaborate any further. No idea when I could have such an opportunity again. =)
Now there's another thing to look forward to! Hope it will be a good motivation for this semester, though it's still some time away.
As for school so far, I'm glad that the peak of my weekly lesson hours is over. But the debris still remains behind for me to clear up. It's normal to feel stressful during the semester, when projects and assignments seem to converge, when mid terms draw near, when readings and tutorials accumulate, when you realise that you're unable to fully understand the lecture anymore...
Being a student who has never taken 'A' or 'O' Level Biology before, whose biology knowledge is still stuck at "cells have a cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus", taking a biology module in university seems like suicide. Indeed, I was totally lost in some lectures. Tried to understand but the alien technical terms are acting like a barrier which excludes non-bio students. Had a hard time trying to digest the concepts, but in the end everything is just touch-and-go, understand-then-forget. Hasn't sunk into my memory yet. Thanks to the A Level Chemistry option topic Food Chemistry, I was able to understand certain parts.
Though the exam is open-book, ultimately memory work is still needed on top of conceptual understanding. Like we have enough time to flip the book...
No point getting stressed over these. Just follow the flow, do what I can and get it done and over with. No matter how much I rant and complain to friends or in the blog, eventually I still have to face it by myself. Everyone has their own stress and troubles. What makes mine such a big deal?
I haven't been blogging much this August, or rather it has been always like this since dunno-when. Only one entry per week or two. And thanks to Singnet (I suspect), the layout of blogger (and Facebook) has been giving me lots of problems. For a lazy person like me, it serves as a good excuse to procrastinate my entries. (As if someone is forcing me to blog regularly hah...)
Despite the inactivity and lack of event reports in the blog, August was really a hectic month for me. It was some kind of a follow-up to my Japan trip in June. I visited a university during the trip and this time it's their turn to visit our country and university. No lah, it's not a turn-based thing. We were given the chance to meet up with Japanese students who were scheduled to come to SG for English immersion programme.
They came and we enjoyed the 1-month period together. It felt really fast and short. It has been 2 weeks since they returned to Japan. Was very glad to have met and made so many foreign friends at one go, though there were some hiccups along... Mixed feelings.
Since it's already over, I shan't elaborate any further. No idea when I could have such an opportunity again. =)
Now there's another thing to look forward to! Hope it will be a good motivation for this semester, though it's still some time away.
As for school so far, I'm glad that the peak of my weekly lesson hours is over. But the debris still remains behind for me to clear up. It's normal to feel stressful during the semester, when projects and assignments seem to converge, when mid terms draw near, when readings and tutorials accumulate, when you realise that you're unable to fully understand the lecture anymore...
Being a student who has never taken 'A' or 'O' Level Biology before, whose biology knowledge is still stuck at "cells have a cell membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus", taking a biology module in university seems like suicide. Indeed, I was totally lost in some lectures. Tried to understand but the alien technical terms are acting like a barrier which excludes non-bio students. Had a hard time trying to digest the concepts, but in the end everything is just touch-and-go, understand-then-forget. Hasn't sunk into my memory yet. Thanks to the A Level Chemistry option topic Food Chemistry, I was able to understand certain parts.
Though the exam is open-book, ultimately memory work is still needed on top of conceptual understanding. Like we have enough time to flip the book...
No point getting stressed over these. Just follow the flow, do what I can and get it done and over with. No matter how much I rant and complain to friends or in the blog, eventually I still have to face it by myself. Everyone has their own stress and troubles. What makes mine such a big deal?
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