Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
inhuman sessions
imagine you are in a class that teach stochastic.
Difficulty
Statistics < survival model < < stochastic.
And the official duration is 4 hours. First 2 hours lecture and last 2 hours tutorials.
However, changes were made and the session becomes a 4 hours lecture or 4 hours tutorial.
Then factor in overtime of 1 hour for lecture and half an hour for tutorial.
Can you take it?
Yes, my whole class (those that turned up ) go through a 5 hours lecture in the previous week. This week, it is a 4 and half hours tutorial.
Here is when you can begin to observe different behaviours. especially after the 3 hours mark.
Student A will eventually have a heavier head until it rest on the table. Then, the task of moisturising the table with saliva will begin.
Student B and C will demonstrate high difficulty action of sleeping while still in the position of copying answers on the board.
Student D and E fished out a whole bar of chocolate and start to munch away. And to increase the fun of eating, they bite off the chocolate and keep it in their mouth. Then, took a picture with tongue stuck out.
Then there will be the familiar sight of geniuses asking questions life no tomorrow. And fighting for a chance to do tutorials questions on the board.
not to forget the professor who is titanium built. He managed to give a 5 hours lecture (with a short break after first 2 hours). Oh, did I mention he was standing and at times was scribbling things ( that look foreign to most of the class except a few) on the board.
And there will be bullying of a pitiful guy at the back of the class....
Hahaha initially I wanted to write about how tiring and boring the class is.. Hm... it turned out to be interesting.. hehe... Ah well, thank goodness those decade long session has come to an end.... for now.....
Difficulty
Statistics < survival model < < stochastic.
And the official duration is 4 hours. First 2 hours lecture and last 2 hours tutorials.
However, changes were made and the session becomes a 4 hours lecture or 4 hours tutorial.
Then factor in overtime of 1 hour for lecture and half an hour for tutorial.
Can you take it?
Yes, my whole class (those that turned up ) go through a 5 hours lecture in the previous week. This week, it is a 4 and half hours tutorial.
Here is when you can begin to observe different behaviours. especially after the 3 hours mark.
Student A will eventually have a heavier head until it rest on the table. Then, the task of moisturising the table with saliva will begin.
Student B and C will demonstrate high difficulty action of sleeping while still in the position of copying answers on the board.
Student D and E fished out a whole bar of chocolate and start to munch away. And to increase the fun of eating, they bite off the chocolate and keep it in their mouth. Then, took a picture with tongue stuck out.
Then there will be the familiar sight of geniuses asking questions life no tomorrow. And fighting for a chance to do tutorials questions on the board.
not to forget the professor who is titanium built. He managed to give a 5 hours lecture (with a short break after first 2 hours). Oh, did I mention he was standing and at times was scribbling things ( that look foreign to most of the class except a few) on the board.
And there will be bullying of a pitiful guy at the back of the class....
Hahaha initially I wanted to write about how tiring and boring the class is.. Hm... it turned out to be interesting.. hehe... Ah well, thank goodness those decade long session has come to an end.... for now.....
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Stupid business practices
It is a wonder how some businesses manage to survive... I have 2 example to show
Well, firstly is about hair cut. Due to the fact that I will be going for professional attachment after my exam, I went for a hair cut. As I pass by a Malay barber shop, I saw many barbers sitting around chatting. But there was no price board that is significant enough to catch my attention.
When I was considering if I should get my hair cut there, a board caught my eye. It said unisex hair cut S$ 8. So I turn around and ask the group of malay male barbers there.
I said :' Gunting rambut berapa?' (how much for hair cut)
B replied :' sepuluh' (ten)
I asked :' tetapi sana gunting lapan dollar sahaja' (but that side cut only 8 dollars)
B said :' Kalau macam itu, pergilah gunting kat sana' ( if so, go cut there la)
So I went and got my hair cut for 8 dollars. After haircut, there is even a promotion where I will get a free hair cut if I cut for 10 times. (though I think this is bullshit. I cut once in 2 months.. 10 times? almost 2 years....). But the point is that, there is such a promotion, and lower price. I do not know what the other barber shop is thinking..
Another instance is about food. I was trying out a few stalls around my area. most of them have around the same price (2.7, 2.8,2.6). So after a while, I went to get my food at a vegetarian stall which sold me meal at 2.6. I took 3 dishes as per normal.
However, when I was paying for it, I thought I heard wrongly.... The lady there actually charged me for S$3.20. Ridiculously, it is even more expensive than normal meal with meat.
I am not trying to discriminate here, but her husband charged me 2.60..... Where the extra 60 cents come from?
I swear I am not going back to the barber shop and the vegetarian stall anymore.. stupid practices..
Well, firstly is about hair cut. Due to the fact that I will be going for professional attachment after my exam, I went for a hair cut. As I pass by a Malay barber shop, I saw many barbers sitting around chatting. But there was no price board that is significant enough to catch my attention.
When I was considering if I should get my hair cut there, a board caught my eye. It said unisex hair cut S$ 8. So I turn around and ask the group of malay male barbers there.
I said :' Gunting rambut berapa?' (how much for hair cut)
B replied :' sepuluh' (ten)
I asked :' tetapi sana gunting lapan dollar sahaja' (but that side cut only 8 dollars)
B said :' Kalau macam itu, pergilah gunting kat sana' ( if so, go cut there la)
So I went and got my hair cut for 8 dollars. After haircut, there is even a promotion where I will get a free hair cut if I cut for 10 times. (though I think this is bullshit. I cut once in 2 months.. 10 times? almost 2 years....). But the point is that, there is such a promotion, and lower price. I do not know what the other barber shop is thinking..
Another instance is about food. I was trying out a few stalls around my area. most of them have around the same price (2.7, 2.8,2.6). So after a while, I went to get my food at a vegetarian stall which sold me meal at 2.6. I took 3 dishes as per normal.
However, when I was paying for it, I thought I heard wrongly.... The lady there actually charged me for S$3.20. Ridiculously, it is even more expensive than normal meal with meat.
I am not trying to discriminate here, but her husband charged me 2.60..... Where the extra 60 cents come from?
I swear I am not going back to the barber shop and the vegetarian stall anymore.. stupid practices..
Sunday, April 08, 2007
Monday, April 02, 2007
unexpected find
This morning, I was looking at the 2 pitiful arowana, apparently in state of hunger. As the owners came back yesterday, I assumed they bought the food for arowana.
Hence, I went to search for it (they usually put at one place if they want me to feed it). Then while I was searching, I notice something at one end. From far, it looked like vcds. So I thought that they gotten some not original vcd to watch. Then on closer inspection.....
Whoala!!! it appears to be movies where actresses and actors try to save on clothings.
And the owners stayed in their room for quite some time.. hm... Now I know what they were doing... LOL.....
Though I cannot figure out why they do not keep it in the master bedroom.
Hence, I went to search for it (they usually put at one place if they want me to feed it). Then while I was searching, I notice something at one end. From far, it looked like vcds. So I thought that they gotten some not original vcd to watch. Then on closer inspection.....
Whoala!!! it appears to be movies where actresses and actors try to save on clothings.
And the owners stayed in their room for quite some time.. hm... Now I know what they were doing... LOL.....
Though I cannot figure out why they do not keep it in the master bedroom.
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