Well, internship ended last Friday. To be honest, I was a little emo when I rushed around the offices doing my clearance. I was quite used to this lifestyle, quite used to the quiet but nice aircon of the building, the nice people (interns and perm staff). But well, one part of me says that I want my last break (before graduation), and for once, I want to wake up late, sleep super a lot during the weekdays.
the 'original' band of interns
Internship's fun. Of course, research ain't my kind of thing at all. Troughing through data, and the thing you come to use is at most 5% of all you have read, it being no difference from studying etc etc. But fortunately, being the curious student that I always have been, I enjoy the mind-expanding kind of thought processes, and relating academic research to the 'real thing' is the most challenging part I came to cherish.
playing wii
And of course, there are the people. Nice people who challenged us before never did overwork us. Nice interns who we played wii almost every day =p Nice people whom we just talked cock while we were supposed to be working, irritating neighbours at other cubicles.
Thoughts - slacking is both addictive and boring - I can't understand how so people can profess to 'love' and be 'sad' so deeply, and so quickly, have a new target (who does this doesn't matter, whether friends or not, the action is just repulsive) - if you can't get along with a few people, it's their prob; if you can't get along with some people, it's normal; if you can't get along with most people, you have to admit it's your prob - when you can't take in advice while people are still willing to, you have no right to regret when people aren't willing anymore - hate it when people quote me in the wrong way (rem how terrorists quote the Quran to kill innocent people?) - for someone with strong thoughts about how things should be done, you either acquire full power or you don't care, if not it will be utterly frustrating (LKY v.s. Mahathir?) - it's easy to fall into the trap of emulating who you want to be, by superficial imitation of his/her methods, without knowing the hardwork/deep processes of thinking behind them. in this way, there is only failure. - the more you think you know, the more likely you will not learn, and the more likely is your failure (as shown by the latest 抢摊大行动 show - the confident old man failed) - in any random sample of people, statistically it will always produce 'weird' samples; micro-economics teach us that everyone is trying to maximise something, macro-economics shows us that economies will either go on a upward or downward spiral - the latter can't be helped by Keynesian stimulus if they are unwilling - or are not humble enough to notice that they are in a downward spiral - and haiz, sometimes, you just don't know how to help people. I believe everyone tries to be nice, but somehow, people's brains are just not wired to be logical - very abstract concepts - but they are how I feel now
Random stuff - For some people, perhaps you can just never click with them. As much as you want to treat them as good friends, their behaviours just puzzle you no end, as the 'sad but too bad' feeling comes. Can lament about this happening, yet at the same time, just continuing behaving like that.
- Means that 'knowing' something and actually 'doing' something to change things is actually so vastly wide apart.
- Gahmen say need LOA, people then quarantine themselves. Gahmen say no need LOA, people will just heck it and go out and have fun. Gahmen 'give up' since community spread already, and people will just exploit it and do whatever they want. And we complain Gahmen control us too much, when evidently, self-control is not there yet.
- Trust me. (touch wood) it just takes one death in Singapore for people to be scared.
- Happy that I finally achieved it, and went through the official ceremony. Shall update when I have the photos! =D
