| update on sci fest |
[Sep. 7th, 2009|07:11 pm] |
I am undecided on whether my participation in this science festival is a good thing. Things turned out to be quite great because I was given ensuite accommodation and loads to freedom to decide what I wanted do. Thus, rather than actually going to the numerous lectures (which are on psychology and neuroscience) the festival had to offer, I decided to use this solitary room as a site for reflection. The past two days have also shown me that I still have what it takes to reach out to people and make friends, its just abit sad however, that my social skills now require some liquid courage in the form of alcohol.
The people Ive been fortunate to meet so far make me squirm. They are so driven and smart and they do know what they are talking about. This makes me feel rather ashamed of myself at times because I seem to only remember random things. For example, the subject of stephen hawkings was brought up and all I could add to the table was how a few weeks back, some dude in the US said Hawkings would die if left to be cared during the NHS (National Health Svcs, Britians welfare health thingy). The funny thing is, Stephen Hawkings lives in Britian and so He IS under the NHS. This comment drew laughter from some obviously but I wished I could have contributed more serious facts.
The only bad thing about this experience at surrey is that I do not have a camera and that there is no internet in the room. However, perhaps that was a good thing or else I would never ever leave my room. I have decided to use these remaining 3 days as wisely as I can... to prepare myself for my upcoming interviews with potential supervisors, work on my personal statement for my university application, recharge from work, do some GRE revision everyday and just enjoy whatever comes my way. I suddenly realise when entering my room on saturday that I have not had a holiday since I became the VP of Singsoc. Even when it was a "holiday", I still had numerous things on my mind.
Its exactly 1 more month to my GRE. In terms of progress, my math is steadily improving and so is my verbal skills however I seem to have problems reading long passages from the computer screen (GRE is now computer based) and thus I need to start doing more reading on computer... (never liked it.. felt headache-ish) |
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