Efficiency

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!