Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
29 Sep, 2008
Delusion of Success
I was just mulling over how I might be more “successful” the other day when I realised that that thought held one very fundamental problem: what did “success” mean to me?
18 Sep, 2008
Finding Purpose for eDonn.com
eDonn.com is in need of change. I may be taking it down for a while, or maybe not updating it; or something like that. So… heh. (more…)
10 Sep, 2008
A Love for Coding
Academically, this semester has been strange. I think it has partly to do with the communications unit that I talked about in an earlier post, where the administration and teaching methods are so different from what I’m used to, as well as the fact that two units that I’m taking hold tutorials only on alternate weeks, which messes with my internal timetable a little bit.
But, I think, overall this semester has been fun. I’ve had lots of time for other things, most of which has been devoted to writing code. I’m attempting to write the back-end to eDonn.com, giving it an internal and external makeover, if you will. But when it’d be done is debatable — as much as I’d like to finally implement it after all the effort I put into it, the perfectionist in me won’t let me implement something I feel isn’t “ready”. As a side note, LiShya tries to balance me out by constantly pushing for me to use the things I create — I just think she’s envious of the fact that I spend so much time with my computer and needs some justification!
A Love for Coding
I fell in love with coding (more specifically PHP coding) again after, ironically, helping out LiShya with her business computing unit. I just love the coming up with the logic behind applications; I love seeing my creations being implemented in the real world; and I love the oohs and aahs that come with some of these creations.
I hope I’ll be able to bring out some of my applications soon. I just can’t wait!
7 Sep, 2008
On Learning from Everyone
Everyone has something to share, something you can learn from. Even if you don’t particularly like a person, chances are good that the person in question will have some desirable trait or knowledge from which you can take and make your own.
24 Aug, 2008
The Little that We Know
Last Thursday I attended a communications unit tutorial, and was really surprised (shocked, really) by the discussion that day.
The students and facilitator (aka. the tutor) displayed such depth and scope in thought on that week’s material (on digital and analogue modes of communication; largely philosophical stuff) that I could only observe is a state of half-shock and half-awe, almost refusing to participate because I wanted to listen more to the ideas being exchanged and debated as opposed to throwing in redundant questions and answers I only considered necessary due to their possible aid in providing me “participation marks”.
Having never taken a unit outside the business school thus far in my three semesters here in UWA, I didn’t know what to expect when I signed up for this class. Well, the UWA Faculty of Arts has not disappointed.
I suppose it wasn’t just what was being discussed in class that fascinated me, but also how different the discussion was carried out as opposed to in business classes. Unlike the business school, people seemed to be discussing issues with a real curiosity — there is no other agenda other than just saying what’s on your mind, on the issues, or otherwise. There was lively debate, and painfully honest admissions (”I don’t understand why we need to have this debate,” said one, “I just don’t believe we can change the world by thinking about these things.”)
It was also quite an eye-opener for me to realise how little I knew on these subjects. I had always assumed that I had a deeper understanding than most of my peers on philosophical ideas, and that I was more widely read than most — I assumed wrong.
As much as it was painful knowing how little I knew, it was most liberating to know that I now know how little I knew.