Monday, November 26, 2007
Law of diminishing returns
Everyone in my course agreed to what i said.
"if I put in the same amount of effort that we are using to study during this semester for A level, O level and PSlE combined. I wonder how many hundreds As i can easily obtain already."
The effort has been put in, but there bound to be something that happened during the paper itself and everything become so horrible. Either something that was never seen before popped out or there was no time to complete the paper or I just mess up everything.
Seriously, I dont have the sense of satisfactory after my core papers.
So far, the only paper i'm statisfied with is econs. A pity that it will not be counted to my results.
The effort is not proportional to the results!
wenchuan said that it is the law of diminishing returns.
Meaning, for every additional amount of labour u put in the productivity will increase but not as much as before. To a point that there will be no increase of productivity even if u add more labour.
Y=A f(L,K,H,..)
So we should now invest on other stuff.
I've invested in a new calculator...
What else can i do?
Shengxiang said he work smart and not work hard.
Though i didnt say straight into his face, but i feel that its just an excuse for not doing well.
I believe almost everyone in uni are all working smart and hard.
In fact, NONE of my friends in my course take part in any CCA
"What do u normally do everyday," I once asked everyone.
"STudy!"
I'm sticking to my canoe polo for sure. It has a part to play in achieving my dreams.
As the days of exams gone by, I'm starting to forget my main goal and reason why i am taking this course. On top of that, why am I pushing myself so hard for.
It now becoming studying for the sake of studying and not to fail... this is just so wrong.
I'll push myself alittle more during next semester, but in a different approach. Lets hope ill have the satisfaction i'm looking for...hmm.. how come education dont have satisfaction guaranttee?
Everyone in my course agreed to what i said.
"if I put in the same amount of effort that we are using to study during this semester for A level, O level and PSlE combined. I wonder how many hundreds As i can easily obtain already."
The effort has been put in, but there bound to be something that happened during the paper itself and everything become so horrible. Either something that was never seen before popped out or there was no time to complete the paper or I just mess up everything.
Seriously, I dont have the sense of satisfactory after my core papers.
So far, the only paper i'm statisfied with is econs. A pity that it will not be counted to my results.
The effort is not proportional to the results!
wenchuan said that it is the law of diminishing returns.
Meaning, for every additional amount of labour u put in the productivity will increase but not as much as before. To a point that there will be no increase of productivity even if u add more labour.
Y=A f(L,K,H,..)
So we should now invest on other stuff.
I've invested in a new calculator...
What else can i do?
Shengxiang said he work smart and not work hard.
Though i didnt say straight into his face, but i feel that its just an excuse for not doing well.
I believe almost everyone in uni are all working smart and hard.
In fact, NONE of my friends in my course take part in any CCA
"What do u normally do everyday," I once asked everyone.
"STudy!"
I'm sticking to my canoe polo for sure. It has a part to play in achieving my dreams.
As the days of exams gone by, I'm starting to forget my main goal and reason why i am taking this course. On top of that, why am I pushing myself so hard for.
It now becoming studying for the sake of studying and not to fail... this is just so wrong.
I'll push myself alittle more during next semester, but in a different approach. Lets hope ill have the satisfaction i'm looking for...hmm.. how come education dont have satisfaction guaranttee?
Labels: Really senseless rant, school
Catching the falling leaves ...[8:42 PM]
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
talk and talk
I've been talking for the past 1.5 hrs!!
For the past months, i've been meeting the same (few) people, and the only conversation we had are basically school work related. Ive not met or talk to any new aquaintance (other than the uncle and auntie from the school's canteen), say anything crappy or witty . Seriously, i may have even forgotten how to do so already!
Shenxiang called me are we chatted for 30 mins!
Its regarding our ippt on the 15/12 and He wants me to gather more people.
So i called yiguang! We chatted for another 30mins!
Since im already in army mode.
i called weicai who was sleeping as he was having his ict.
We chatted for 10 mins.
Then just as i walked out of my room, i met my hall president and we chatted for another 20 mins.
Talking to someone, this is exactly what i really need right now.
While talking to yiguang, i realised that i am much closer with people that are not in my batch. Of cos im referring to the army people lah. Surprisingly, we now longer contact with one another anymore, those who i'm in contact are weicai, yiguang, cham, shenxiang, zhiwei....etc..all those older than me. It made me come to realise perhaps older people tend to value relationship compare to younger ones.
And before i realise, im starting to type boring stuff. Studying the entire day is taking its toll..
haha!
I've been talking for the past 1.5 hrs!!
For the past months, i've been meeting the same (few) people, and the only conversation we had are basically school work related. Ive not met or talk to any new aquaintance (other than the uncle and auntie from the school's canteen), say anything crappy or witty . Seriously, i may have even forgotten how to do so already!
Shenxiang called me are we chatted for 30 mins!
Its regarding our ippt on the 15/12 and He wants me to gather more people.
So i called yiguang! We chatted for another 30mins!
Since im already in army mode.
i called weicai who was sleeping as he was having his ict.
We chatted for 10 mins.
Then just as i walked out of my room, i met my hall president and we chatted for another 20 mins.
Talking to someone, this is exactly what i really need right now.
While talking to yiguang, i realised that i am much closer with people that are not in my batch. Of cos im referring to the army people lah. Surprisingly, we now longer contact with one another anymore, those who i'm in contact are weicai, yiguang, cham, shenxiang, zhiwei....etc..all those older than me. It made me come to realise perhaps older people tend to value relationship compare to younger ones.
And before i realise, im starting to type boring stuff. Studying the entire day is taking its toll..
haha!
Catching the falling leaves ...[12:22 AM]
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Thursday, November 15, 2007
why did i SU?
The entire exam hall can hear me banging my head on the table throughtout the econs paper.
Why did i sU? i thought throughtout the entire 2.5 hrs
After the paper when everyone looked at each other and shook their heads (some faces even turned black), i took my head with them.
Why did i su?? I thought
When paper started complaining how hard it is to do the first question and how they could not finish the paper when i took 2 hrs to complete. I sighed..
Why did i sU??
(*discrimer: sU : satisfactory/unsatisfactory, meaning the grades from the paper will not be counted for gpa)
When friends came to me asking how was the paper which they did poorly, i replied,"I might just get full marks."
To think i only study my econs on the day itself, i put in the bare minimum effort in it. And yet, i think i will score for the paper. This is just not right.... I should get poor grades since i am so lazy to even do the tutorial questions until today....
I Shouldnt get high score for econs. I dont deserve it. Let me have a C and it will become Satisfactory and ill be most please.
It will be the joke of the year if i get full marks for this paper
The entire exam hall can hear me banging my head on the table throughtout the econs paper.
Why did i sU? i thought throughtout the entire 2.5 hrs
After the paper when everyone looked at each other and shook their heads (some faces even turned black), i took my head with them.
Why did i su?? I thought
When paper started complaining how hard it is to do the first question and how they could not finish the paper when i took 2 hrs to complete. I sighed..
Why did i sU??
(*discrimer: sU : satisfactory/unsatisfactory, meaning the grades from the paper will not be counted for gpa)
When friends came to me asking how was the paper which they did poorly, i replied,"I might just get full marks."
To think i only study my econs on the day itself, i put in the bare minimum effort in it. And yet, i think i will score for the paper. This is just not right.... I should get poor grades since i am so lazy to even do the tutorial questions until today....
I Shouldnt get high score for econs. I dont deserve it. Let me have a C and it will become Satisfactory and ill be most please.
It will be the joke of the year if i get full marks for this paper
Catching the falling leaves ...[12:11 AM]
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Friday, November 09, 2007
random thoughts
A coursemate of mine died a few days ago.
I didnt know him him before, never realise his existance until jockbiao spread the news to me.
Few days later, it was offically announced during the lecture period about his passing.
I never really put much thoughts into it or asked what really happened.
Cos it saddens me just simply thinking about it.
Chanced across his newspaper article when i was at wenchuan's room at 1230am just now ( we mug until 12am leh). He was wenchuan's friend.
The story according to the papers, he died in his sleep. (its becoming of a trend isnt it?) He just turned 21 last month. Hence, slightly younger than me.
Weicai once told me, once u reached 21. You will start to see alots of incidence of death and marriages to people around you. My mind was totally blank when he told me this.
There are many who feels that it is a blessing to die in the sleep, cos they will feel no pain.
At this point, i dont know, but i just feel that i will not give my life away without a fight. Its just not responsible for me to do so for the simple reason that my life is not mine alone.
Just a random thought.
SHouldnt be putting to much thinking abt that actually, final exams next week....
mug mug mug!!
A coursemate of mine died a few days ago.
I didnt know him him before, never realise his existance until jockbiao spread the news to me.
Few days later, it was offically announced during the lecture period about his passing.
I never really put much thoughts into it or asked what really happened.
Cos it saddens me just simply thinking about it.
Chanced across his newspaper article when i was at wenchuan's room at 1230am just now ( we mug until 12am leh). He was wenchuan's friend.
The story according to the papers, he died in his sleep. (its becoming of a trend isnt it?) He just turned 21 last month. Hence, slightly younger than me.
Weicai once told me, once u reached 21. You will start to see alots of incidence of death and marriages to people around you. My mind was totally blank when he told me this.
There are many who feels that it is a blessing to die in the sleep, cos they will feel no pain.
At this point, i dont know, but i just feel that i will not give my life away without a fight. Its just not responsible for me to do so for the simple reason that my life is not mine alone.
Just a random thought.
SHouldnt be putting to much thinking abt that actually, final exams next week....
mug mug mug!!
Labels: senseless rant
Catching the falling leaves ...[1:12 AM]
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Sunday, November 04, 2007
I'm crazy but not stupid...
I underestimated the subject mass energy balance.It took me way longer than i expected, ending up having to crash so much information into me in a day.
The entire day of studying this subject is strainuous, and i found myself talking to myself, doing funny actions, making weird noises from time to time.
My friends said its normal for uni people to be like that.
But then, who says that i'm normal? All my closest friends say im weird...
Seriously, if i've put in this effort for my A level, i bet i can easily get several scholarships to some country far far away.
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I've eaten cockroaches, cleaned maggots, played with spiders and beetles.
Still, nothing can compare when it comes to lizards. They are just disgustingly disgusting.
If its at home, i would have screamed my lungs out whenever i see one. The entire family knows that.
In hall, i've always been trying my best to contained my excitement. If i have to scream everytime i see one in hall, I'm very sure that they will chase me out of hall 6 due to the severe noise pollution i would have create.
It all started during canoe polo training last friday, when jx felt something in his boat.
"ah ha! there you are!"he exclaimed, softly beside me, picking up a struggling lizards from his boat with his bare hand.
My eyes widened, not daring to make a sound. I knew if i open my mouth, i will be screaming. And of course, guys shouldnt be screaming upon the sight of lizards should they? It will be so wrong...
Before i could row myself far far away from him. He already flinged it away and guess what? it climbed onto my boat instead.
I immediately shook my boat from side to side hopeing it would be washed away, but the higher the water was, the higher the lizard climbed. I looked away from time to time, it was after all canoe polo training and instructions was given at the same time. Then when i glance back, the lizard disappeared.
Praying that it swam away, i continued with practice until zi yang splashed water at me from behind.
"theres a bug on ur life vest,"he said, trying to be helpful. "hey wait! its a lizard!"
"oh no!"i thought...
"its climbing into ur shirt," he continued, " faster capsize to wash it away!"
I felt so dirty even after so many capsize and rolls. The lizard was no where to be found, lets hope it didnt cling onto me...
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I underestimated the subject mass energy balance.It took me way longer than i expected, ending up having to crash so much information into me in a day.
The entire day of studying this subject is strainuous, and i found myself talking to myself, doing funny actions, making weird noises from time to time.
My friends said its normal for uni people to be like that.
But then, who says that i'm normal? All my closest friends say im weird...
Seriously, if i've put in this effort for my A level, i bet i can easily get several scholarships to some country far far away.
..............................................
I've eaten cockroaches, cleaned maggots, played with spiders and beetles.
Still, nothing can compare when it comes to lizards. They are just disgustingly disgusting.
If its at home, i would have screamed my lungs out whenever i see one. The entire family knows that.
In hall, i've always been trying my best to contained my excitement. If i have to scream everytime i see one in hall, I'm very sure that they will chase me out of hall 6 due to the severe noise pollution i would have create.
It all started during canoe polo training last friday, when jx felt something in his boat.
"ah ha! there you are!"he exclaimed, softly beside me, picking up a struggling lizards from his boat with his bare hand.
My eyes widened, not daring to make a sound. I knew if i open my mouth, i will be screaming. And of course, guys shouldnt be screaming upon the sight of lizards should they? It will be so wrong...
Before i could row myself far far away from him. He already flinged it away and guess what? it climbed onto my boat instead.
I immediately shook my boat from side to side hopeing it would be washed away, but the higher the water was, the higher the lizard climbed. I looked away from time to time, it was after all canoe polo training and instructions was given at the same time. Then when i glance back, the lizard disappeared.
Praying that it swam away, i continued with practice until zi yang splashed water at me from behind.
"theres a bug on ur life vest,"he said, trying to be helpful. "hey wait! its a lizard!"
"oh no!"i thought...
"its climbing into ur shirt," he continued, " faster capsize to wash it away!"
I felt so dirty even after so many capsize and rolls. The lizard was no where to be found, lets hope it didnt cling onto me...
...........................
Catching the falling leaves ...[10:35 PM]
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Thursday, November 01, 2007
Edwin Cheng
For the past one year, edwin's blog has been my only and very last thing that keeps me connected to the world of the NSF in 36.
From time to time,I've depended on his blog to remind me of what is most important. Especially during the beginning of this year, when days seemed like years. That was the time when he was one of the few things that could give me the solance I needed most and kept me going.
Edwin Cheng and I have so much things in common, i knew it upon the first day knowing him. Hence, learning the things he had been doing for the past 1 year during my absence, never fails to make me feel as though i am still part of the team. As if he has been doing the things on my behalf. As if nothing much have changed.
I have to tendency of no letting go of stuff.
Because of that, i spent days trying to clear my cupboards of textbooks and worksheets dated back from my primary school days, because of that, it became part of the reason why i totally messed up my jc life..
I knew myself so well that prevented myself from doing something regarding army last year that i felt compelled to do but knew deep down that i will regret. Nonetheless, there are somethings that I just couldnt change, can i?
Edwin ar Edwin.... Do you think I did not have my fair share of suffering in the unit? Do you think i'm really siao that i really love army? Have you ever wonder why i ALWAYS tell you to "enjoy yourself and good luck" instead of using some other words?
Well, its really not as if i'm running sort of vocabulary and have to say 'enjoy yourself'
"Its a man's world, not because it should be but because we let them have it. Based on our weakness."
If you really want to enjoy yourself, NO ONE can make it otherwise. And you shouldn't let anyone do so.
There are people who complain, "In their mouth they say we are commander. By in actual fact we are treated like men. 3SGis juz a shit rank doing shit job." (hmm i wonder who)
We are as great as what we think about ourselves, its not up to others to decide for you.
If you think that army is a waste of your 2 yrs, you will be wasting your two years.
Hence, i really hope that you have gained valuable experience during your stay in 36. Just as I had a long time ago.
And once again.
Take care, good luck and enjoy yourself.
For the past one year, edwin's blog has been my only and very last thing that keeps me connected to the world of the NSF in 36.
From time to time,I've depended on his blog to remind me of what is most important. Especially during the beginning of this year, when days seemed like years. That was the time when he was one of the few things that could give me the solance I needed most and kept me going.
Edwin Cheng and I have so much things in common, i knew it upon the first day knowing him. Hence, learning the things he had been doing for the past 1 year during my absence, never fails to make me feel as though i am still part of the team. As if he has been doing the things on my behalf. As if nothing much have changed.
I have to tendency of no letting go of stuff.
Because of that, i spent days trying to clear my cupboards of textbooks and worksheets dated back from my primary school days, because of that, it became part of the reason why i totally messed up my jc life..
I knew myself so well that prevented myself from doing something regarding army last year that i felt compelled to do but knew deep down that i will regret. Nonetheless, there are somethings that I just couldnt change, can i?
Edwin ar Edwin.... Do you think I did not have my fair share of suffering in the unit? Do you think i'm really siao that i really love army? Have you ever wonder why i ALWAYS tell you to "enjoy yourself and good luck" instead of using some other words?
Well, its really not as if i'm running sort of vocabulary and have to say 'enjoy yourself'
"Its a man's world, not because it should be but because we let them have it. Based on our weakness."
If you really want to enjoy yourself, NO ONE can make it otherwise. And you shouldn't let anyone do so.
There are people who complain, "In their mouth they say we are commander. By in actual fact we are treated like men. 3SGis juz a shit rank doing shit job." (hmm i wonder who)
We are as great as what we think about ourselves, its not up to others to decide for you.
If you think that army is a waste of your 2 yrs, you will be wasting your two years.
Hence, i really hope that you have gained valuable experience during your stay in 36. Just as I had a long time ago.
And once again.
Take care, good luck and enjoy yourself.
Catching the falling leaves ...[12:59 AM]
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Hello halloween!
Yesterday was the block 33 blk supper!
I specifically reminded our blk representative the day before that halloween was just round the corner and wanted him to make everyone to dress up and have some fun.
Apparently, he is not really into such stuff and didnt play along.
Nonetheless, a few of us were still in the halloween mood.
My 3rd daughter, woonling. Bashed into the tv room and acted like a nerd. She pulled up her shorts, borrowed my textbook, someone's specs and became like this. Super nerdy, and funny.
Deborah, brought in some wigs, and i just couldnt help it but to put it on.
I actually procrastinated quite some time whether to upload it here. Its my image lor. But on second thought, my image? who cares?
haha...
look at your own risk...
Well... its halloween..!
( i decided to remove the photo afterall... its too scary afterall. Dont want to scare my fans away. haha)
One more thing, for the past few yrs, i've been asking and found out and forgot the next yr that halloween is 万圣节 ... typing it down so ill not forget..
Yesterday was the block 33 blk supper!
I specifically reminded our blk representative the day before that halloween was just round the corner and wanted him to make everyone to dress up and have some fun.
Apparently, he is not really into such stuff and didnt play along.
Nonetheless, a few of us were still in the halloween mood.
My 3rd daughter, woonling. Bashed into the tv room and acted like a nerd. She pulled up her shorts, borrowed my textbook, someone's specs and became like this. Super nerdy, and funny.
Deborah, brought in some wigs, and i just couldnt help it but to put it on.
I actually procrastinated quite some time whether to upload it here. Its my image lor. But on second thought, my image? who cares?
haha...
look at your own risk...
Well... its halloween..!
( i decided to remove the photo afterall... its too scary afterall. Dont want to scare my fans away. haha)
One more thing, for the past few yrs, i've been asking and found out and forgot the next yr that halloween is 万圣节 ... typing it down so ill not forget..
Catching the falling leaves ...[12:18 AM]
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