I have always found the concept of "classroom participation" quite irritating, not least because of my introverted nature. Classroom participation has been something I have had to deal with since my Polytechnic days, though it was never really enforced in Singapore. In Australia, marks are given after every session, and you actually get to know... Continue Reading →
The Mind is Evil
Falling in love is, to me, an exercise in academia -- business academia. Allow me to explain why. First, let me open this article with the excerpt of the song, The Mind is Evil, by the Indie band Clearlake: And sometimes I think If I killed off my mind Then my heart and I would... Continue Reading →
Japanese Dolphin Killings Never Happened
A Japanese friend refuses to believe that his fellow Japanese back in Japan actually kill dolphins. Another friend and I had come across a similar article in a newspaper while having our breakfast. We showed it to our Japense friend, and his immediate reaction was, "it's not true, man." He continued, "we love dolphins, man.... Continue Reading →
Midnight Studying
It's close to midnight. A cup of Kahlua Coffee sits in my tummy, doing its best to burn through my stomach lining. Too much Kahlua, too little coffee -- an accident, I swear. I've got a mid-semester test coming up next week. I'm studying -- reading my text. "How does a VPN work?" it asks.... Continue Reading →
Prosh Pictures
Okay, I've gotten a few pictures here to share: Me and Wei Hao in our togas: The Proshession, these people were walking beside the float: The Prosh float (the "float" is really just a truck with a couple of decorations: Me in my toga, holding a collection tin and a copy of the Prosh newspaper:
Prosh
I went for Prosh a couple of days ago. Prosh is a annual charity event held by UWA where student volunteers go around dressed up in costumes selling satirical newspapers for token sums. My costume was the toga, which was based on the theme my hostel (Currie Hall) decided upon (actually, it the theme was... Continue Reading →
Friends Say the Darndest Things
I had a chat with a close friend on MSN Messenger a few days ago. Was going through the logs when I realised this gem of a message which I just had to share: there's this korean chick in my sch man quite hot but u know wat's best? her mom's hotter
Drupal or WordPress?
I'm having a little trouble concentrating on studying at the moment. Every time I open up one of my books and start reading about "Information Systems" and "Systems Development", my hands start twitching uncontrollably and my mind goes wandering off into the land of websites and information technology. I start thinking about all the potential... Continue Reading →
Australia and Weight Loss
I was warned before hand that I was going to grow fat here. Warned by many people. But... Food here's too expensive, so I eat considerably less. Entertainment's hard to come by -- things you can do here are limited. Without a car, and without a propensity to spend my cash, sports appears my only... Continue Reading →
One Man, Two Voices
"Wait for it, wait for it," I thought, as I waited for the man, a Caucasian, to stop talking and for my friend to start. The man eventually stopped, and my friend started. I smiled to myself as my friend started to talk in a hodgepodge of an accent. I probably really should have been... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 