exams
Although, to me, they are just measures of your ability at a stipulated point of time, they have now become meaningful. The process of working for it is just damn fun.
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly, by Jean-Dominique Bauby. An autobiography recalling his recollections, recording his very thoughts. A former editor of the ELLE magazine, Bauby was struck down with a stroke, resulting in the "Locked-in syndrome", was trapped within a diving bell, with no other ways of comminication save his left eyelid. But with this protective skin, wrote a 139-page long book recording the thoughts in his mind. Like a butterfly, he was free from physical bondage, unbound from bed-riddance, explores the ends of imagination and timeless hope. A book showcasing jadedness of human existence, rich in hope for the disabled, yet nonlacking in on its timeless message of hope, love, and the will to live - the efforts, determination, and perserverance of he and the team is nonpareil. Albeit his seemingly hopeless condition, this book is saturated with torrid passion for life.
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student
I am nothing but sand. Solid crystals of trampled creation. I had nothing, I had learnt, I had done, I have become one. Many teachers I encounter will continue to change - both the student, and the unknowing teacher.
Perhaps intellectual resonance is what you feel higher. But the disease of arrogance is the condign sting of the serpent. I am old but torrid, young but vulnerable, burn with the fire of a thousand bright, flaming nights.
Authoritative asperity goes nothing beyond puerile ranting. What permanence could we give our establishments? How have I failed again, to be industrious, to be cognitive, to be rational, yet fail to understand our evanescent status in this world.
I am dying to learn, and learning to die; as I am powerful as the scopes of the horizon of my ignorance. For I am a fleeting moment, I will always hold on to eternity and not lose it. The weaknesses of man awakens me. My own failures enervates, but energizes me. I am a student to the world.Labels: awakening
physics paper
BALLS.
DAM.
ONE CARELESS MISTAKE.
AND GETTING 25/30 IS NOTHING TO SETTLE FOR.
IM REALLY REALLY REALLY GNA OWN PAPER 3.
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the book blog
OK, I've decided on this.
I am going to use my old blog as the blog for logging of read books. It's quite amazing. For my life, from the time i knew what "reading" is, I've disliked reading up till this year.
What happened is this. The entire process started in sec 4 when my understanding towards literature improved by leaps and bounds, thanks to my teacher, Dr. Aaron Koh. He's amongst the few who led me to realize the beauty of english. That sparked an interest towards books. Though there was some interest, I took no action. Then last year, around december, I received an email from one of my subscribed feeds which contains a line saying "do you know how much knowledge and information is contained in one book?" It's just a short email by a fitness pro -.- on reading. That greatly spurred my interest. Who knew one phrase could do so much work.
Then this year, comes my first CT and chem teacher, the super smart Alistair (the dictionary said "alistair" is spelt wrongly and suggested "alligator". HAHA) Chew. I mean, no prize succeeding in guessing that he's a voracious reader. I attended some of his lectures before and loved the way he composes himself and conducts them. So this year, during classes, he teaches us some out of point stuff and other knowledge, which told me this: This can't be inert knowledge. It is evaluated knowledge gained from somewhere else, through extra means. By and by, I drew the connection to reading.
The first book I read voluntarily was "Powerful Sleep", a book teaching my about sleep cycles and stuff. The next is "A Good Year". You know, the movie with Russell Crowe in it? Yea, my cousins passed down a couple of books, so I grabbed one and ate it in 3 days. The first books I borrowed voluntarily was "The power of touch", along with 3 other books I borrowed at the same time "The wisdom of Mike Mentzer", "A guide to psychoanalysis" and some EQ book which name I do not remember.
And so, begins my journey of reading. But some things gotta be held off till after prelims. I'm currently reading "The diving bell and the butterfly". It's a recount, or autobiography by Jean-Dominique Bauby, an ELLE editor who, after suffering a stroke, was completely paralysed save his left eye. He communicated with it, and yes, he wrote the book with it through a tedious process of blinking. Amazing and awesome (pay attention to 'awe') book so far.
Well, who would have thought I would aim to read 1000 books within 20 years. That's about 4.2 books a month, or a book in five days. Read four, going to finish this fifth.
So i've decided on the blog to use, it will be my old blog: www.christianbboy.wordpress.com
