I am back in class....Tuesday evening, 2.5 hours, painful, painful, painful.
It's not surprising I am writing this post right now. My last post was exactly a week back from this very class, which is scheduled just once a week. Quite an irony, the fact that the only time that I have come back to blogger to leave a post, the only time when I have been free, more mentally than time-wise really, is when I am in class, this very class!
But I get the feeling that I have to stop letting these lag times come in the way.....I mean I am busy and everything, but I still get my daily dose of news and other interesting articles, and coming to blogger for 5 minutes in a day would certainly do no harm to my quest with the boards.
Anyways, if nothing else happens, this class will, a week from now.......
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Good morning..........
I have to say that it feels great to be up almost 6 hours earlier than usual.....
And no greater pleasure than waking up to a great song.......
And no greater pleasure than waking up to a great song.......
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
When people get drunk......
1:47 AM 1: 2 you online? you fat person.....
9 minutes
1:56 AM 2: oh u skinny lil thiong..
poor u ..underfed..
u asleep?
else its time to drink..
1:57 AM 1: huh
skinny
underfed?
what?
2: 2 is turning u on..
1: what?
hey
hi
its 1
remember
whats happening
2: %^&* that was defg n pqrs
im talli-ish
:P
1:58 AM 1: ok
2: i love you
1: me too
!!
lol
2: that wa pqrs
dont believ all tyhe cjhat lkk
]i= 8upogtfre6534213qetiy pu;oi
1: ok ok
stop destroying pcs
2: nmolp
1: anyways macs are taking over
2: ok..
1:59 AM do u wanna comeover to drink/
c'mon for 2..
1: lol
dude
spare the poor thing
when did you get back from boston?
2:00 AM 2: hey pqrs here come hereb man
1: and do what
%$^&*( 2 am dude
2:01 AM 2: 1 y 1
y yy y yy y
/
'/
?
2:02 AM 1: people have lost it i can see
2: yes i have
wow
its so cool
this should noty be cvhatvlogged
ill kill u
so dont
2:03 AM 1: WOW
2: coz u shyud be live over summer
1: you gave me a brilliant idea
2: fc um
1
ont do it
dont doit
bnooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
nioooooooooooooooooo
noooooooooooooooooooooooo
1: whats happening here
2: 'k byeeeeee
byeee byee
1: bye
2: pqrs wants u fo come wirth qlcohol
2:04 AM 1: and why have you forgotten how to type
2: o k hye
bye
bye bye 1
;)
:)\
Let her be......
I am in class, but all I want to do right now is listen to this......(it's ringing in my head!!!)
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Reading multiple books in parallel......
I have made a pact that I am going to go through some real old books, books that have their own place in literature- in fiction for most part.This also means that I would have to go through some pretty deep stuff.
I have picked up Catch-22, an American literary classic. It has been described as funny and explosive. I am sorry to say that the first 50 pages that I have just zipped through are anything but that. Despite this, I have a feeling I am going to love this book once I finish it. That would mean going through 448 pages, and right now, that seems like a daunting task considering the fact that I am as distracted as I get while studying!
I have always read one book at a time- non-academic of course. My catch-22 situation (not in the literal sense- the term originated from this book FYI) made me think- I have to read something else for my hour odd/day of casual reading alongside Catch-22 to avoid dropping it completely, at least till I find it riveting (which hopefully at some point I would). I just wanted to know if a lot of people do this. So I went to google, and to my surprise, a lot of people who love to read, read multiple novels at the same time, alongside their daily dose of academic/vocational/devotional reading, newspapers and what not. So I have decided to give it a shot! I do have 3-4 books lying around, that I really, really want to read. I am about to open one of them, which is not really completely unrelated to my field of education- Epidemiology. Given its genre of read, I doubt I would ever get through it in its 300 odd pages of totality in one go, on its own. This seems like a plan.
The blog post at 1:07 AM because I was sleepy at 11 PM; I did not turn the lights off and bury myself into my blanket; now can't sleep! It looks like this is going to be another long long night.......
I have picked up Catch-22, an American literary classic. It has been described as funny and explosive. I am sorry to say that the first 50 pages that I have just zipped through are anything but that. Despite this, I have a feeling I am going to love this book once I finish it. That would mean going through 448 pages, and right now, that seems like a daunting task considering the fact that I am as distracted as I get while studying!
I have always read one book at a time- non-academic of course. My catch-22 situation (not in the literal sense- the term originated from this book FYI) made me think- I have to read something else for my hour odd/day of casual reading alongside Catch-22 to avoid dropping it completely, at least till I find it riveting (which hopefully at some point I would). I just wanted to know if a lot of people do this. So I went to google, and to my surprise, a lot of people who love to read, read multiple novels at the same time, alongside their daily dose of academic/vocational/devotional reading, newspapers and what not. So I have decided to give it a shot! I do have 3-4 books lying around, that I really, really want to read. I am about to open one of them, which is not really completely unrelated to my field of education- Epidemiology. Given its genre of read, I doubt I would ever get through it in its 300 odd pages of totality in one go, on its own. This seems like a plan.
The blog post at 1:07 AM because I was sleepy at 11 PM; I did not turn the lights off and bury myself into my blanket; now can't sleep! It looks like this is going to be another long long night.......
Monday, March 15, 2010
Effective Reading can't be a habit....it's got to be an addiction!!!
People catch the bug from different places...I got it from my mother. Books.
I have been, what I would call, an avid reader most of my life, at least if I average it out! There have been phases where I have ripped on 300+pages of fiction day in and day out. There have been times when I have not read a page of casual literature for days together.
We all learn from really early on in life that reading is a good habit, probably the one to have. I would go on to say that it would be inappropriate to call, at least casual reading, a habit, per se. For if it is a good habit, and people know that already, you would see the whole world immersed in "non-academic" reading. But no. I would go on to call it more of an addiction, and one that really depends on what one reads early on in life (reading life, if you will). I was lucky to have a mother who is closer to voracious in her reading, help me there. I started with the Archie comic series very very early in life. Even though it might have different connotations today, I did enjoy it a lot back then. Then came the Famous Five series and Enid Blyton overall. HARDY BOYS-rite of passage to more serious stuff. By the time I was there, standing at the end of my 150th odd Hardy Boys book (the whole series), I was so into it, that I really did not need much effort to get engrossed in books.
Medical School changed it all. Casual reading was replaced by no reading, because academic reading did not give me pleasure. I knew that it would be good for me, but unless it was a subject I loved, I would not read. I COULD NOT DEVELOP THE HABIT.
During the same years, along came the Harry Potter series (not the only books I read all along medical school!!!). And once again, I was reading like a maniac, hitting a book/30 odds hours.
I feel sorry for the people who have not had people show them enjoyable reads early in the day. I know most of the people who read this blog....I know you guys are all fine......In case someone not as fortunate in this respect comes along at random, I would be more than happy to help with basic pleasant reads and suggestions. I may not be your "superhero print seeker", but I sure know who needs to read what to feel what!
Happy reading folks!!!!
I have been, what I would call, an avid reader most of my life, at least if I average it out! There have been phases where I have ripped on 300+pages of fiction day in and day out. There have been times when I have not read a page of casual literature for days together.
We all learn from really early on in life that reading is a good habit, probably the one to have. I would go on to say that it would be inappropriate to call, at least casual reading, a habit, per se. For if it is a good habit, and people know that already, you would see the whole world immersed in "non-academic" reading. But no. I would go on to call it more of an addiction, and one that really depends on what one reads early on in life (reading life, if you will). I was lucky to have a mother who is closer to voracious in her reading, help me there. I started with the Archie comic series very very early in life. Even though it might have different connotations today, I did enjoy it a lot back then. Then came the Famous Five series and Enid Blyton overall. HARDY BOYS-rite of passage to more serious stuff. By the time I was there, standing at the end of my 150th odd Hardy Boys book (the whole series), I was so into it, that I really did not need much effort to get engrossed in books.
Medical School changed it all. Casual reading was replaced by no reading, because academic reading did not give me pleasure. I knew that it would be good for me, but unless it was a subject I loved, I would not read. I COULD NOT DEVELOP THE HABIT.
During the same years, along came the Harry Potter series (not the only books I read all along medical school!!!). And once again, I was reading like a maniac, hitting a book/30 odds hours.
I feel sorry for the people who have not had people show them enjoyable reads early in the day. I know most of the people who read this blog....I know you guys are all fine......In case someone not as fortunate in this respect comes along at random, I would be more than happy to help with basic pleasant reads and suggestions. I may not be your "superhero print seeker", but I sure know who needs to read what to feel what!
Happy reading folks!!!!
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