The vacation is, regrettably, drawing to a close pretty soon, heralded by the CORS bidding round 1A starting tomorrow. This second half of the vacation was pretty wearing, not so much because I had quite a few things keeping me occupied, but because of the rush of stuff.
Basically, I have, like, 3 main things running all at once. The first is the preamble to my final year project, which I'm quite hopelessly stuck for the moment. The second is a venture into experimental physics in measuring and synthesising nanostructures (but with very limited success on the latter). The third being my special semester module on political science. It is this last one that wore me out.
It is not that the workload is so heavy. But it is the haste in which things progressed, you know, like essays due in one week's time and lectures twice weekly with chapters of readings to do before every lecture. And then not to mention the fact that the exam is just two days after the last lecture this coming Thursday. But in any case, I can't be bothered, really. I've an S/U reserved for this module.
Nonetheless, this rush of things, together with the stall in my other projects, makes my brain feel as if someone removed it from my skull and sandpapered it. Certainly, I think it has been responding slower than usual and it's not in the usual frame of mind (which means that I may be normal for once).
27 July 2008
20 July 2008
Teethless Tongue
From this TODAY article last Friday about Foreign Minister George Yeo's opinions of various issues, he mentioned that
Well, so that means this ASEAN human rights body is good at kissing those Burmese military generals, I suppose.
"Whether the human rights body we establish will have teeth, I don’t know. But it would certainly have a tongue, and I hope it would have a sharp tongue."
Well, so that means this ASEAN human rights body is good at kissing those Burmese military generals, I suppose.
07 July 2008
Videos of Fail, Fail and Fail!
I realised I haven't been posting funny videos for quite a while, so here's a little break from the typical boring stuff into the hilarious ones.
Okay, I haven't been trawling Youtube for funny videos anymore. This one above is taken from Fail Blog, a cousin site of I Can Has Cheezburger, where pictures of "fails" were posted there. It probably grew out of ICHC's respectable collection of cat failures.
To be honest, many of the "fail" pictures posted there are not very pleasant, nor are they funny. But occasionally there are a few good ones, and here's a sampling of those:
Okay, I haven't been trawling Youtube for funny videos anymore. This one above is taken from Fail Blog, a cousin site of I Can Has Cheezburger, where pictures of "fails" were posted there. It probably grew out of ICHC's respectable collection of cat failures.
To be honest, many of the "fail" pictures posted there are not very pleasant, nor are they funny. But occasionally there are a few good ones, and here's a sampling of those:
02 July 2008
Back to Nomming* Trees
After a few weeks of trial run, I think I can safely declare that I'm more or less vegetarian now. I won't be going as strict as vegans; in fact I still consume eggs (though this may change in the future). I'm fine with non-meat dishes cooked with meat as well, such as pork rib soup (but expect me not to touch the meat, of course).
The reason for this change in diet is primarily due to my love of animals, or more specifically, not wanting to kill them. There are other reasons as well, such as environmentalism and a healthier lifestyle, but these are relatively minor factors.
This decision has been tumbling in my mind for a few months, and the "trigger" came when I went on a road trip in Australia. I was quite concerned with road kills and I kept my fullest attention on the road as much as I could. I wouldn't want these animals dead, even if they don't look really cute (e.g. Tasmanian devil). Then it dawned upon me that there is pretty much no difference between killing them by running them over with a car or eating them, except that in the latter case you get someone to clean up your own shit. And witnessing the carcasses along the way does contribute quite a bit to this realisation.
Perhaps unfortunately, the "trigger" did not have an immediate effect. It did made me come to a vow that I ought to at least attempt vegetarianism, but with the ensuing chaos until the recent vacation, I could not put this plan into action. But after a "conversion" week of mixed diet for a week and two weeks of vegetarian food (including one during ICT), I think I can stick to vegetarian diet forever.
It's not so difficult to switch after all. In fact, there are no terrible desires for meat or some sort of psychological or physiological symptoms. The greatest difficulty, however, comes from my family, especially my mother who was quite upset that I won't be able to eat much of the food she cooks. After some discussion, we came to a compromise: when I'm at home, I'll eat a minimal amount of meat. So perhaps I should not call myself a vegetarian, but a semi-vegetarian. But that's only like during the weekends; most of my meals are still vegetarian.
That being said, my greatest fear now is that I will hinder other people's meal plans when we go out. To that, I say that it's alright to choose whatever they want, since most eateries will have a vegetarian option nowadays. Moreover, I'm not that strict, so if one or two bits of mince meat falls into the noodles, that's perfectly fine.
And for those who are sick of vegetarian advocates zealously advertising the merits of vegetarianism and cruelties of meat eating, fear not: I won't.
*: Nom: Onomatopoeia related to eating; often used with LolCat
The reason for this change in diet is primarily due to my love of animals, or more specifically, not wanting to kill them. There are other reasons as well, such as environmentalism and a healthier lifestyle, but these are relatively minor factors.
This decision has been tumbling in my mind for a few months, and the "trigger" came when I went on a road trip in Australia. I was quite concerned with road kills and I kept my fullest attention on the road as much as I could. I wouldn't want these animals dead, even if they don't look really cute (e.g. Tasmanian devil). Then it dawned upon me that there is pretty much no difference between killing them by running them over with a car or eating them, except that in the latter case you get someone to clean up your own shit. And witnessing the carcasses along the way does contribute quite a bit to this realisation.
Perhaps unfortunately, the "trigger" did not have an immediate effect. It did made me come to a vow that I ought to at least attempt vegetarianism, but with the ensuing chaos until the recent vacation, I could not put this plan into action. But after a "conversion" week of mixed diet for a week and two weeks of vegetarian food (including one during ICT), I think I can stick to vegetarian diet forever.
It's not so difficult to switch after all. In fact, there are no terrible desires for meat or some sort of psychological or physiological symptoms. The greatest difficulty, however, comes from my family, especially my mother who was quite upset that I won't be able to eat much of the food she cooks. After some discussion, we came to a compromise: when I'm at home, I'll eat a minimal amount of meat. So perhaps I should not call myself a vegetarian, but a semi-vegetarian. But that's only like during the weekends; most of my meals are still vegetarian.
That being said, my greatest fear now is that I will hinder other people's meal plans when we go out. To that, I say that it's alright to choose whatever they want, since most eateries will have a vegetarian option nowadays. Moreover, I'm not that strict, so if one or two bits of mince meat falls into the noodles, that's perfectly fine.
And for those who are sick of vegetarian advocates zealously advertising the merits of vegetarianism and cruelties of meat eating, fear not: I won't.
*: Nom: Onomatopoeia related to eating; often used with LolCat
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