Posted by: mz on: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
So my years as an undergraduate have come and gone, with relief marking the historic occasion of finding out that I passed all my modules this semester. It hasn’t been a walk in the park and my grades clearly reflect that. I feel like I’ve been on an emotional and mental rollercoaster and I’m still [...]
Posted by: mz on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008
“Failure is the battle scar of someone who tried.”
Picked up this little illustrated book called “Mistakes that worked – 40 familiar inventions and how they came to be” by Charlotte Foltz Jones today in the USP Reading Room. It was a kiddy like book that mentioned things like Coca-cola, the ice cream cone, chocolate chip [...]
Posted by: mz on: Wednesday, January 9, 2008
2007 has been quite tough for me in many ways, there were happy times but there were many things I’ve had to get used to, and change myself for and adapt to. It hasn’t been easy, and has often been very painful. I don’t see the end of this yet, and often question the necessity [...]
Posted by: mz on: Sunday, December 2, 2007
- the last few days before I finally end all academic obligations for this semester that is. As usual, I don’t have a single exam this semester. I actually haven’t had exams ever since year 3. Just “final quizzes” and “class tests” and whatnot, which really are the same as exams la, except I don’t [...]
Posted by: mz on: Saturday, November 17, 2007
Recently, I’ve come across some devotional passages from Oswald Chambers’ My Utmost for His Highest which I thought would be nice to highlight here.
These passages all talk about faith. People often struggle when they try to understand what faith means, and how that translates practically to life. I know I do sometimes, and these articles [...]
Posted by: mz on: Thursday, November 1, 2007
Is the dancer turning clockwise or anti-clockwise?
According to this article, if you see the dancer turning clockwise you are predominantly right-brained. If you see the dancer turning anti-clockwise, you are predominantly left-brained.
haha, this is very fun! The first time I saw this picture, I could only see the dancer turning clockwise. I stared at [...]
Posted by: mz on: Friday, September 7, 2007
So 4 weeks have come and almost all gone. Life’s been really challenging the past 1 month I must say, and what it means to be a final year student is really sinking in. I finally know what it means to not have time to eat, bathe or sleep, and all this multiple times within [...]
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