Let's start with my tips on time-efficiency!
Tip 1: Use Iris (the bus service thing)
It tells you how long more you have to wait before your bus arrives. If you have a few ways to get home, this could be very useful and save tons of precious time especially if you usually wait super long for the bus (example 156). It's extremely useful for me, and I think the 5 cents is very well spent!
Example of how to use: After act, I can either take 156 or take Circle Line to Serangoon then bus from there back home. Travelling time for both trips are approximately the same, although the waiting time is super different. At the canteen, I will sms to Iris (74744) and if it is less than 6 minutes or so till 156 comes, I will take it. If its more than that, I will probably take MRT.
Tip 2: Buy food in the second half of break
During the first half, the queues for all stalls will be extremely long! And if you choose to buy like Lum and Chan you will queue for like 20 minutes or something. The solution? Slack for the first half, and buy only when the queue has disappeared! The time spent queuing (about 10 minutes or so) could be better used (hint: mug).
Tip 3: Do work at the last minute
Disclaimer: Not suited for people who do not work well and produce sloppy standards under pressure. I am NOT RESPONSIBLE for any overdue PW work too!
For me, I love to procrastinate. If the deadline is 1 week away and I try to do the work now, I will probably do it for 5 minutes, and slack for 1 hour. However, if the deadline is next day and it is 8pm already, I will chiong it finish by the time dawn breaks. If you compare the time spent on the assignment in both cases, the latter wins! And I don't think the quality is compromised much in my case because I'm quite a perfectionist.
The next post should be related to this (right, Joel?). Anyway all of the above are just my thoughts and may or may not be true/useful for you. Ciao!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Whats the point?
No its not an emo post. Its another philo/life talk.
Joel asked me whats the point for doing so much, and being so fit. What for run so much, cos theres a certain level of fitness that would be enough if I just wanted to live healthily. I didn't have the answer immediately, and I realised that I, too, had asked myself this before. What's the point?
Then I thought about it. Sense of accomplishment came first. The feeling of breaking a PB, or just finishing a long run strong makes me feel good. And then it leads on to stuff like "If I can run a marathon, I can do anything" sort of thinking.
And then when I thought about it even more, I realised that running gave me self confidence, amongst many things. If one day I manage to reach some sort of goal I once deemed impossible, it would make me know that if I wanted something and I work for it, I could get it. It also makes me confident as I know that I can control my mind and do what I should do, not what I want to do. For example, if I had to choose between sleeping in on a Sunday morning and waking up at 5 to cycle, I would choose sleeping in. However, because I know what I want to achieve, I can control myself and drag myself out of bed.
And that leads to another point: running trains the mind. Most of the time its mind over matter; its easy to give excuses such as "There's a lot of homework" or "I already ran yesterday" or "One day won't make a difference" etc etc. When I go for a run I am actually blocking out these negative thoughts from my brain, or the "devil" that is present in everyone of us.
There's many other reasons why I run, such as destress and giving myself time on my own where I am free from distractions and I can let my mind wander. But ultimately I believe it has made me a better person, as I am sure all the other runners in the world will attest to =) There must be a reason why so many people are doing it, right?
That's the point
Joel asked me whats the point for doing so much, and being so fit. What for run so much, cos theres a certain level of fitness that would be enough if I just wanted to live healthily. I didn't have the answer immediately, and I realised that I, too, had asked myself this before. What's the point?
Then I thought about it. Sense of accomplishment came first. The feeling of breaking a PB, or just finishing a long run strong makes me feel good. And then it leads on to stuff like "If I can run a marathon, I can do anything" sort of thinking.
And then when I thought about it even more, I realised that running gave me self confidence, amongst many things. If one day I manage to reach some sort of goal I once deemed impossible, it would make me know that if I wanted something and I work for it, I could get it. It also makes me confident as I know that I can control my mind and do what I should do, not what I want to do. For example, if I had to choose between sleeping in on a Sunday morning and waking up at 5 to cycle, I would choose sleeping in. However, because I know what I want to achieve, I can control myself and drag myself out of bed.
And that leads to another point: running trains the mind. Most of the time its mind over matter; its easy to give excuses such as "There's a lot of homework" or "I already ran yesterday" or "One day won't make a difference" etc etc. When I go for a run I am actually blocking out these negative thoughts from my brain, or the "devil" that is present in everyone of us.
There's many other reasons why I run, such as destress and giving myself time on my own where I am free from distractions and I can let my mind wander. But ultimately I believe it has made me a better person, as I am sure all the other runners in the world will attest to =) There must be a reason why so many people are doing it, right?
That's the point
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