a reason to run again

my landmark 100th post.

mis amigos

run

The airline's having a strike. Bus/train services still recovering from theirs. I was left waiting for a train that never came. As a result, I missed the last 9pm bus. I was stranded at the train station situated at the base of the plateau at 1015pm. The solution - a dark 45min climb up the plateau cutting through a small forest to get back to my school. Sick, cold, hungry, angry and tired, I contemplated sleeping at the station with the rats; and dropping the stupid idea immediately. Since public tansport failed me, I decide to rely on the my most dependable pair of legs which had succumbed to cold and my equally dependable pair of lungs which had succumbed to sickness.

I ran my most punishing 30 min run. oh please god spare me from a deja vu..

experimental music

The music teacher wanted us to do a presentation on anything related to experimental music. Since this is suppose to be a fun class, so he asked us to be as creative as possible and make use of whatever we have learnt as engineers to help us come up with ideas. The next lesson, this classmate of mine took out his guitar and started playing a very nice piece of music which he composed. At the end of the performance, the prof asked him,"So how is this music experimental?" He replied,"Fibonacci series." He has used the Fibonacci series to come up with the pitch for the scores!! Wow talk about inspiration! Who says scientist dun have an artistic side? Then my prof upped the creativity level when he told us about this musician John Cage who composed his music by imagining a score sheet in the sky by drawing 5 horizontal lines across the night sky and filled in the score sheet by superimposing the stars!! Though not stellar, the music turns out not too bad. Maybe you budding musicians (or scientists) out there can try something like that.

Meanwhile, i have yet to figure something out for myself..

sensitivity

A friend sent me a youtube clip featuring an old trishaw rider giving a lift to three young foreigners who made a ridicule of the old man's cycling speed and eventually refused to pay him his due. Bearing in mind that a trishaw is not built for speed and is definitely not meant to carry 3 passengers. On top of that the man is already in his 60s. These young people have no sensitivity at all. Least they could do is to have some respect for a fellow human being. It pains me to see old people having to go through this just to make a living. They shouldn't have to work so hard at this age.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH6RIzb_UKU

The video left me with a heavy heart.. carrying with the weight of unfulfilled social responsibility.

medical

For people who are running out of ideas for their fyp, master's or phd thesis? fret not, cos you are not alone. All you need is some ideas to jot your ceativity..

From, BMJ(helping doctors make better decisions) "Sword swallowing and its side effects"
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7582/1285

word of the day

¡Exacto!

self medicating

I'm the patient and the doctor. Panadol is my exlir.

i could use a hug at this time.