Thursday, March 12, 2009
Another tiring day has passed.
Math tutorial was the first period of the morning. I understand concavity of a curve now... I THINK. OK maybe I don't. Damn. I need help.
Much of the day passed by in a blur, but I distinctly remember there being a lot of work.
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Was in bad form for PE.
So freaking tired after every station.
The stitch in my side didn't help either.
Finished reading Benjamin Carson's
Gifted Hands last night. He's a highly respected neurosurgeon. The book tells the story of how he struggled through his early life, facing much skeptism and racism. He then learns how to make himself a better person, with some spiritual help.... (Is this part correct? I'm not sure if I summarised it right..) He eventually becomes the great neurosurgeon he is today.
It was mentioned that one of his pre-medical course jobs was being the supervisor of a team that cleaned up highways. They were the most efficient team. Why? The reason was that Ben was extremely flexible, and worked out a way to clean up the highways before the work shift had even started. Although that was against the rules, no one protested as they got the job done, and did it well.
I think such a situation won't be possible in Singapore... too much restriction on how and what we do, too much red tape to cut through.
The book is truly inspiring. It shows that if you put your mind to it, you can achieve practically anything. I'm gonna do that too. Yea.
Posted by Kelvin at 5:45 PM