Never say never

Ageing

Humans, being humans, are afriad of the issue on ageing especially with the changes experienced in terms of appearance and physical well being. But the intriguing thing is that I don’t really understand why there are research efforts spent understanding the process of ageing. Is it all for the sake of repelling the natural process of ageing?

According to the text, the process of ageing is affected by
1) the amount of energy inside one’s body
2) the amount of calories one take
3) the metabolic rate of the body

Although we can’t control the metabolic rate in humans, but we can control the first 2 factors.

Firstly, the amount of energy refers to the inert energy present in our body at a particular time. Everyone is born into this earth with a certain amount of energy. So after time, these energy will be expended to facilitate the functioning of our normal activities. Thus, this will mean that the more energy spend performing our normal activities, the more we will age. That also go on to imply that we should not exercise so much and should spend our time hibernating at home. Whole shit of crap.

Secondly, lets take a look at the amount of calories we take. According to research, it has been proven that restricting one’s calories by up to 60% will help us extend our lifespan by up to around 10-20 years. Meaning – eating 40% of what you are currently eating will make u live 10-20 years longer. Another crap. I would rather eat what I am currently eating now and live 20 years lesser.

Why do we have to make life difficult for ourselves? It makes life so meaningless and aimless with these theories being put forth. Is our purpose in life living to eat or eating to live? Its very sad. Such a topic actually makes science so worthless by concentrating on something so insignificant instead of researching into other things like diseases which is making a hell lot of pain on some of our fellow human beings. Can we stop degrading science any further?

人不为己天诛地灭

Humans are always selfish animals. I’m sure everyone has experienced it for themselves – people around them will always think for themselves, there’s almost no one who will sacrifice their own live for the others even if they are the closest of the closest friends. Its actually human nature – one in which its difficult to change cos its already inert in us.

So there is always this some kind of protection we must exert ourselves against the others so that we do not hurt ourselves. I believe that trust is never 100%. There are some things whch u know that u can share with some people but not the others. And u know that some ppl just wont not betray the trust u put on them. Nevertheless, there is still a portion of privacy that u wish to keep within your boundary out of reach from others. And such lost of trust is often triggered by some events in one way or another. The words and phrasing of how u put across ur point says so much about how one can keep secrets. Even if the motive was not there, the effects are already done and the resultant effect is a breakage of trust. Simple as that.

Consider this as 心计? Nope I doubt so. Its how much u observe and how much u learn from ur surrounding. I would consider that as street smart, seeing beyond what others cannot see. Of cos I would love to believe humans are all kind hearted, but the fact is that they are not. So it would not do any harm to rather be safe than sorry.

The beauty of dawn….

The night before dawn is always the darkest. Well, after the night has passed, the glow on the sky will always be the most beautiful.

Already gone

Making the impossible, possible

Nothing is impossible, really.

To think that completing a 20 page report and presentation within 2 weeks was impossible. But at last, we made it through, in a satisfying fashion as well. When circumstances force you to work, no matter what the deadline is, you will still get it done. Adaptive feature? Yea maybe.

I still remember my first ppt of the sem – voice trembling while the first few words came out from the mouth. Now it wasn’t much of a problem, not much hiccups and ppt without a script as well. Similar to that, it was adaptive feature.

But i seriously had someone to thank. The one who taught me how to present without a script, the one who taught me so much so much more things in life that not everyone could have such maturity in doing. Theres some ppl in life that u know are just meant to be ur true pal and buddy. And they are just meant to be ur very gd fren in life. Maybe that explains why the trust was so deep even when we knew each other for only over a year plus. It will be gd if i know more such people in life coz there still so much things which i need to break my boundaries.

Liverpool 2 – 0 Man U

Its was a well deserved win but to say that liverpool are back in the title challenge is a too far-fetched conclusion to be made at this point of time. Torres was still the one who provided the different touch – smacking away the goal at a tight angle once again. Who the hell in this world could score from such a tight angle not once, but two three times this season. He will be liverpool’s new tailismann alongside stevie g. And I really hate to see them out and injured everytime the internationals are here. Just what the physios in the international team is doing?

But the thing still lies in the poor management by rafa. Seeing his poor teamsheet every week is a pain and torture. ANd seeing lucas once and again appearing on the teamsheet puts pain into my heart every other week. HIs poor sense of position and play is a torture week in week out. To think that the central midfield area makes up the engine room of the whole team but yet got dragged down by lucas really turn me off watching the matches. First it was sissoko, then now lucas. Just how many players do you need to support before you finally realized he is more a ball picker than a player on the field?

The sentiments shows that the above scoreline really means nothing. The only consolation is to see that man u’s charge towards their title defence is disrupted as a process. And I hope this 3 ponts will seriously cause them their title.

Group projects

According to the education system, group projects and work is supposed to nurture team spirit and cooperativity amongst group members. But throughout my teamwork experience for the past 10 years, it doesn’t seem to enhance my teamwork ability in any way.

All that was done is to strengthen my sai kang warrior ability and one person doing two person work ability. The chances of getting a super freaking idiotic member is so high that I have given up searching for the best ever possible group combination. Every other time, there will bound to be a member who simply bo chup or simply cant be bothered to do anything. Can’t really understand other people’s mentality. This might be the so called chao-keng warrior. But seriously, what can a chao keng warrior learn in life? Simply to shed responsibilities to the others ain’t going help you much in life.

Well, there are juz some things in life you can’t control. What to do? When life throws u a bomb, then, u have to throw the bomb back and complete it. No matter how much it takes, a little effort count and will definity be seen. As long as I’ve given my very best to complete it, it doesn’t matter how ppl see it. At least, I know I have done my best.

Inspirational character

Due to the ‘interesting’ forensic module that I took this sem, I got a chance to meet this super inspirational character and leading forensic scientist in the world. It was like a well taken chance to understand the successful life of another. Sometimes its difficult to understand how some people can make their life so fulfilling while others simply waste them away. This is one person who simply help solve thousands of crime scenes via his application of knowledge in his field of studies. He is non other than the most respected forensic scientists – Dr Henry Lee.

He started off his life in a family with 13 kids. Imagine the pains his parents have to go through in order to raise 13 kids up. But adding on to that, these 13 kids have all made it into university. This is no doubt a feat isn’t it. Such a wonder I felt. And passion was one component that rule Dr Lee’s life. Starting off as a police, he made his way up to the position of captain at a mere age of 22. Guided by this passion, he went on to the US to pursue his forensic science degree and completed his degree in 2 years instead of 4. And slowly he made his way up – from assistant prof to associate prof and now a full prof in just 3 years! (ORH!) Gradually, he also set up his own forensic department to train future talents and police in an attempt to educate them with the latest forensic techniques which could aid in solving crimes as soon as possible. This is one life that was fully utilized to save and help the many lifes out there. It also help to change some of their lifes – going from the good to the best in the betterment of scientific technology in recent days.

How on earth could someone achieve such a result? Now i’m still at the age of setting a limit for myself to achieve in my field work and studies. When would I really set an aim for myself to achieve and set a limit of no limit so that I can excel in it? It will be great if my future lies in parallel as his. Doing work for the betterment of others and making my contributions back to society. How lovely would this be….

Life is tough

Woo didnt realize it a full 2 weeks since i last posted. It actually sums up how busy I was with my work and stuff. So busy that I don’t even have enough time to recharge my body over the weekends and the effects is simply accumulating over time. Its now down to the time when the rubberband will snap which scares me just as much.

But with all those complainings, work still needs to be done. Not just done, but done in a manner to is sort of perfect for me BUT definitely not others. 2 CAs, 1 presentation, 1 report in one week was indeed an ardous route of pass by. I learnt alot from the experience as well. There is no point fretting about how much you can finish or how much you can’t finish studying. Prioritize and time management is just as important. You can’t go studying and chionging for the whole week can you? A little rest on the computers and PSP will do the relaxing job just as fine too. And talk about balancing work and relaxation, yea this is it. Although you know the things are still undone, but the immediate effects of relaxation is so tempting for all to grab. True? Yes, but self control and limiting oneself is key here.

For all the hard work that has gone past these 2 weeks, I can say the results is just as sweet. Having my FYP progress to the next stage and yielding more results is the most happiest things I’ve earned in return. Not that hardwork does always equate to success and I can say I am lucky to have luck by my side. The satisfaction is beyond doubt just that I hoped it could be better changing several factors in between. Humans are hard to please, but pushing to further and perfecting one’s skill is always one of the things in my agenda in life; doing things in a more than perfect manner when you seriously set sights on it. Or else, the slip shot work will get you nowehere so why bother doing it in the first place yea? The important thing is still to know your limits: pushing too hard will result in a miserable life while not pushing is going to fail you terribly. I know I have not reached my limits so I am going for the push. Learning more does befit you in the end. Life is not just about playing BUT learning as well.

So, life is tough indeed. So much to consider, so much to balance. When will we really end up balancing all our considerations on the weighing scale? No one knows. However, it does bring a little peace by reflecting back on life. The ups and downs, the problems and solutions, the people in life….. And there you realize; actually I did quite a good job coping with it. And all those scales and balance of the above paragraph is thrown downright into the bin.