The pains of being a full-time traveler and a part-time student: the EXAMS. To make matters worse, the exams in UK happen after the holidays (awww...) I'm totally not used to studying with all the holiday mood - christmas, new year and after Paris and Switzerland trips. So here I am, struggling to prepare for the examinations (less than a week to go now), and praying for all the luck I need.
Maybe it's the four years of work that made me lost touch with how it feels to be studying all day. I get so distracted by the laptop whenever I am back at my room that I can't read a single word. (This happened back in the good old days when I was mugging in NTU!) And I watch stuffs that are not urgent so fast that I surprised myself (e.g. 8 episodes from Jiro Wang's new drama on Mon night and another 12 episodes last night - now I have to wait for new episodes). If only I studied drama appreciation!
I kept reminding myself that these are all Quadrant 4 activities: not important, and not urgent. It's all just an escape from the Q1 & Q2 stuff that I did in the library in the afternoon (yes, I can only study efficiently in the library currently). SOME stuff from the seven habits of highly effective people still rang in my head - though it didn't help to motivate me to work on the books instead. =P
Looking forward to the end of EXAMS and becoming a full-time traveler again!
Wish me luck for the exams!
Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
水之故事
Water - one of the most important and fundamental needs.
It is funny that the quality of water is so different at different parts of the globe. They always told us that Singapore's tap water is safe for drinking, but somehow mothers only lets us drink boiled water. =P I remember the tap water in China gave a thick white foam when we boiled it, so we ended up getting mineral water and juices everyday.
On the first day I reached the U.K., there were no more water filters in our nearest Tesco and we had not figured out how to get to town for more shopping. So, I ended up drinking about 3 glasses of boiled tap water before I dragged mineral water home, and I had a tummy upset =( totally 水土不服!
Luckily, I got better on the second day after shopping in town (retail therapy always works!). And we finally bought the water filters (they come in a jug form):
To use it, you'll need to install a water filter at the base of the inner tank.
Filter the water by filling the inner tank and waiting for the water to trickle into the outer tank. For every new filter, you'll need to discard the first two rounds of water. With the third round of filtering, you can restart the timer / counter on the lid of the cover by pressing and holding the button until the meters show up on the display.
The little water droplets at the side shows up when you are filtering water (Cool!)
Ok. I mentioned about changing filter earlier. You'll need to replace the filters roughly once every month. The meter shows a blinking "NEW" beside the cartridge icon whenever it's time to change the filter. Amazingly, so far it has reminded us to change filters in exactly monthly intervals (accurate to the day).
Oh, and I still boil the water after filtering - just out of habit.
Ironically, we always ask for tap water in the restaurants (because it's free of charge).
It is funny that the quality of water is so different at different parts of the globe. They always told us that Singapore's tap water is safe for drinking, but somehow mothers only lets us drink boiled water. =P I remember the tap water in China gave a thick white foam when we boiled it, so we ended up getting mineral water and juices everyday.
On the first day I reached the U.K., there were no more water filters in our nearest Tesco and we had not figured out how to get to town for more shopping. So, I ended up drinking about 3 glasses of boiled tap water before I dragged mineral water home, and I had a tummy upset =( totally 水土不服!
Luckily, I got better on the second day after shopping in town (retail therapy always works!). And we finally bought the water filters (they come in a jug form):
To use it, you'll need to install a water filter at the base of the inner tank.
Filter the water by filling the inner tank and waiting for the water to trickle into the outer tank. For every new filter, you'll need to discard the first two rounds of water. With the third round of filtering, you can restart the timer / counter on the lid of the cover by pressing and holding the button until the meters show up on the display.
The little water droplets at the side shows up when you are filtering water (Cool!)
Ok. I mentioned about changing filter earlier. You'll need to replace the filters roughly once every month. The meter shows a blinking "NEW" beside the cartridge icon whenever it's time to change the filter. Amazingly, so far it has reminded us to change filters in exactly monthly intervals (accurate to the day).
Oh, and I still boil the water after filtering - just out of habit.
Ironically, we always ask for tap water in the restaurants (because it's free of charge).
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Luck or 风水?
Sometimes you need to believe in something before it works.
Just like in the game of mahjong - luck or 风水? Maybe it's 风水 , but one must first be lucky enough to get the 风水位 . Luckily, I didn't lose too much =P.
Someone I know had a lot of 桃花运 after getting a pandora bracelet.
Now I am so tempted to go get a pandora too. Sigh.
Just like in the game of mahjong - luck or 风水? Maybe it's 风水 , but one must first be lucky enough to get the 风水位 . Luckily, I didn't lose too much =P.
Someone I know had a lot of 桃花运 after getting a pandora bracelet.
Now I am so tempted to go get a pandora too. Sigh.
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Fireworks @ Surrey!
Fireworks at 4 deg C! Brrrr....
(It's like watching at least 4 x NDP fireworks...)
(It's like watching at least 4 x NDP fireworks...)
异国看烟花，另有一番风味。
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Time as it comes...
I just gained an hour of time! Thanks to the end of British Summer Time (BST).
I just witnessed my computer clock run from 1:59:59 AM to 1:00:00 AM. Yay!
I just witnessed my computer clock run from 1:59:59 AM to 1:00:00 AM. Yay!
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