hmm during chem today drslatter told us something really interesting, and apart from it being rather amusing (hurhur, read and you'll find out why xD), it had, i don't know, quite an impact on me? so anyway, he was talking to us about writing essays for school exams and those awfully scary x-hour long university papers, then he told us about this psychology exam that his friend had to take during as part of his university degree. mhmm, the paper was 3-hours long, and consisted of this 1 single question, to which you had to write an essay. & very simply, the question went:

"is this a question?"

some of the students ended up writing really lengthy essays and taking up the whole full 3-hour duration, but there was someone who just wrote a one-line answer, and got full marks for it. one-line, full marks! but yeah, the answer was:

"yes, if this is an answer."

the answer is so, ingenious, honestly. okay, when you first hear of it you sorta feel like punching the person who wrote it, but if you think about it, it's an entirely valid response - it's so succinct but yet it hits the (rather tricky) nail directly on its head. (that sounds morbid, but nevermind. -.-) so mhmm, i guess it's quite true for most stuff in general: things aren't always as complex as they seem to be - it's all in the mind, perhaps, as corny / cheesy as it sounds. it's always the thing about perspective, how you look at things and what kind of opinion you decide to form about those particular things. somehow, it evilly ties in with philo, what with all the 'own private universe' and subjective perceptions stuff, but well, that's more or less how knowledge is, innit. (haha crashing 314's bio class was quite...an eye-opening experience; i have to admit the teaching styles are quite different, but it was fascinating to see all the links across the various science disciplines - that's not something that i always consciously realize, uh-oh. D:)

hmm so far i'm really glad that i've still remained upbeat and hopeful about this year in general, & i also think i have a lot less emotional baggage and depressing moods as compared to before. i'm getting closer to my OBS (haha worthy of capitals!) goal of 'staying happy, no matter what', and that's good. :D because i'm sure when one door closes, another door (or a few other doors!) will simultaneously open. i might sound a little idealistic, but having that optimism and faith never did hurt, and it's made a lot of difference to how i deal with things nowadays. sometimes, i'm even thankful that i went through that rather traumatic experience at the end of last year; it's made me more mature, i think. and i know of even better ways to construct my own happiness, and find inner peace (HAHAHA i laugh at the pure absurdity of my expressions -.-) feel more at ease with all the pressures and hurdles that life throws at me. (:

and it felt good when i could tell msloo, very truthfully, that i'm surviving very happily in school. very emotionally satisfying, heeheehee. :D

okay now, to annotating concerto scores and starting on mya revision! (& dreaming about cheesecake; time i got my cheesecake + coffee fix, i think.)

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loves music (almost strictly classical, hurhur & inclusive of faziolis!), literature (& also the sciences - no they are not in conflict), making hopelessly lame puns, laughter, white/milk chocolate, cheesecake, the world & the people in it. list not exhaustive, by the way.

wants the world to be filled with peace, joy and love, and also wants (perhaps a little more selfishly) to be happy, plus lead a life of purpose. that would be more than enough. (:

oh, and she likes embarking on her own 'free hugs!' campaigns after exams and the like; not really sure why. D: (at any rate, you can tell that she's random enough.)

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