Ticking of the clock,
striking thuds,
metronome-like.
Sketching the visage of time,
lenghthening the shadows.
Gently sweeping the patina as it moves,
incessant.
Ah, the pathos of summer.
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A quick post about school life before I screw myself up.
After 9 long months, I have finally started the next segment of my school life: pre-u education.
Axiata decided not to send us 4 scholars to either kyuem or ktj but rather to the international school of penang, uplands.
Yes, I am a penangnite, but apparently I had to enter the boarding at uplands too as per axiata’s request.
Thus I am here in the boarding house, typing this random stub post.
On a whole, the boarding has been, by malaysian standards, not too bad. I am staying in a semi-detached house and sharing the master bedroom with a fellow scholar. The room is bathroom attached, with a bathtub, heater, and air-conditioner. Another guy stays in the next room, and other than that, its 1500+ square feet to 3 people. The laundry runs well.
School on the other hand is acceptable. I have some more personal views on it, but I believe they are rather premature considering that I have only been to school for 3 days. Lets wait and watch I guess.
All in all, a smooth transition to boarding, and a soft landing into a new school environment. =)
Mid autumn festival eve. One day to go. Sigh.
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CLISC= Chung Ling International Student Camp
Right, I will let the photos do the talking first.
Cavorting around town digging for stuff with the souvenir group. (LR) Shih Hui, Christina Yeap, Yin Xuan
Pre-ceremony (LR) Head of English Dep, Chinese teacher, 'chubi' chinese emcee
Opening Ceremony
As I mentioned in a few earlier posts, I was attending Form 6 at Chung Ling to kill time. Coincidentally the 2nd CLISC was to be held in early July, so I hopped into the souvenir, prizes and gifts commitee, temporarily subsituting Shih Hui as he had to attend his sister’s wedding in the states.
The experiences of balancing the constraints of a tight budget and the expectations of foreign participants were nevertheless interesting ones. Luckily unlike last year there was no post-deadline script writing rushes. The closing ceremony’s impromptu segment was a terrible mess though.
Initially, to be honest, I had doubts about the 2nd clisc. It seemed to be mirred in the same ‘overly top-down, overly bureaucratic’ style as last year’s camp. However the efforts of the other camp facilitators (i admit to playing no part), especially the upper sixers, made the the 2nd clisc a great success, and made me believe again in Chung Ling High School.
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Thanks bro for lending the econs textbook. =D
Finally finished it today. Micro/firms seem to be abit shaky. Macro is ok though.
Had too much coffee today =.=
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I admit there’s multiple ways to read this.
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(I am going to be super succinct)
Google launched their Public DNS system on 2009 in an effort to speed up the internet. Following Malaysia’s recent DNS-based blocking of multiple websites (including wikileaks o.o), Google DNS has become an extremely convenient method of circumventing the block.
Quick step-by-step
1. Navigate to Network Connections
2. Right Click Properties, Select ipv4
3. Enter the DNS settings as shown.
Done! No bothersome software installations required =)
Official link: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/
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Petroleum (and many other resources) are short term-finite and long term-infinite resources. Why so?
In the short term, (assuming that production of petroleum decreases sharply, but does not drop to zero), the market forces of supply and demand will ensure that those who are willing to pay higher prices will obtain the resources that they want. Thus as the supply curve shifts upwards, demand will be cut as a new equilibrium is established. People will reduce usage of personal vehicles, while industries will reduce reliance by cutting production or turning to alternative fuels. Unless a price cap is imposed, thereby distorting the market, prices for petroleum will increase, but there will be no acute shortages.
It is also worth pointing out that since the 60s, there have been eerie doomsday predictions of Earth’s petroleum supply running out in a ten-twenty years’ time. Activists have harped upon this issue since, encouraging resource prudence, and concomitantly falling into Malthusian traps. However, these predictions have been largely been proven wrong due to: improvements in alternative fuels, more efficient resource usage, and constant discovery of new petroleum fields.
In overall, its safe to conclude that petroleum will have an infinite supply for humankind in the short to medium time length. In the long run, it is still invariably a finite resource.
But some things are simply infinite in the short run. Infinite.
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