Monday, February 02, 2009
Faced with certain doom ahead, i.e. Mercer's intertextualities essay, Studying for IHC written test, Math test and all the other crap that accumulated, I smile.
It's Mingxuan's best policy, which I'm adopting.
So this hiatus (Which was also an excuse for me to slack) proved to be fruitful considering I managed to churn out a proper Commonwealth essay! My theory is that you slack for the first three days of the holidays provided for Chinese New Year. Then make yourself resolute about doing work on the 4th and 5th day. DON'T do work on the 4th and 5th day but read. Spend the 5th night writing and the whole of the sixth day doing so, ignoring the rest of the homework. There you have it! A raw commonwealth essay! Then plead with the teacher for a time extension and voila! You've got the wonderful weekend to slog your guts out (Write, read, RA3) by finalising your essay. Finally finish it on Monday, 12.53, amidst consulting and helping others. Why slack so long you ask? Because combining my own theory with Yanyu's (Stare at the answer long enough and it will diffuse into you), if you read and then slack for a period of time, the material will dissolve into your brain cells and eventually your mind and consciousness, turning you into this text-dominated writing monster. Coupled with a screaming theron, that's just about the right mood for writing/editing.
HURRAH! That's the first coherent, serious Commonwealth essay I completed.
But Leonard's right, never take the word limit seriously. Well at least for the first draft.
Tsk, back to Lit essay.
Dark Memories[9:57 PM]
Toxicodendron Radicans
Toxicodendron radicans is a plant in the family Anacardiaceae. The name is sometimes spelled "Poison-ivy" in an attempt to indicate that the plant is not a true Ivy (Hedera). It is a woody vine that is well known for its ability to produce urushiol, a skin irritant that causes an itching rash for most people, technically known as urushiol-induced contact dermatitis.
Les souhaits
1) Master French and Japanese
2) Become more sociable
3) Master Toxicology in Plants, Molecular Biology, Botany and the Psychology of Persuasion
4) Be at least half as good as Monsieur Levet in Vovinam
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