Sunday, July 26, 2009
The new semester starts tomorrow. It's my final semester. I don't know what to feel about it. I guess it's glad to know that the end is almost here. But it's daunting to think about what will come next.
On a separate topic, I wonder if we would do things differently if we knew that it was going to be the last. Would we have a greater emphasis to make peace? Would we make that additional effort to have restraint so that we won't fight? Would we make greater sacrifices? But I guess we'll never really know when is the last would we, otherwise we wouldn't have these thoughts.
Dan
8:55 pm
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Results are out!!! I guess they are up to expectations. Question is whether my expectations are high enough for honours.
Looking at my results has got me thinking about the glass being half empty and half full.
Also, I've come to understand that in University, grades are a bit of a hush hush. Unlike in secondary school or college where everybody went round broadcasting their results. It's sort of taboo. But nobody likes to be rude, so the politically right answer is always "I'm just aiming to pass", or "Yea I think my results are good, I passed."
Got me thinking that since everyone knows that no one is going to reveal their grades so willingly, and the strategy is always to just say "pass", why do people still bother? I bet there is some economics to it.
Dan
11:45 pm
Sunday, July 05, 2009
I'm always fascinated that I have so many MSN contacts, but it's only a few in that long list that matters to me. I recall the days of my youth where it was a "sad" thing to have a small contact list, but now a small list is all I need. It gets tiring having to catch up with more and more people.
I think I'll make it a point to say Hi to one person on my list whom I've not said Hi to in a long long time.
Dan
12:53 am