Rotting physically, mentally, financially, spiritually, morally
It has been some time since I posted something. Anyway, as the title of this post suggested, I have been rotting. Basically, life for the past two weeks revolves mainly around the world cup.
But all these will be over soon on Monday morning, when the final match is played. I hope that France will lose. Make them wake up their idea. They should start developing their youth team like Germany and Spain instead of relying on the old guards, else next euro/world cup will just become a replay of the 2002 and 2004.
I haven't been doing Mathematics ever mid June. Maybe it's time I should start to do at least some light reading, before I get too lazy.
A lot of friends which I met these past few weeks have asked some common questions to me. That is when my course is finishing. FOUR years! In other words, I will finish my studies in 2010. Four years look very long. However time is something that passes very quickly, no matter how distant it looks. And finally the ultimate question of all, what am I aspiring to become after I finish my course? This is a very hard question which I myself do not readily have an answer. The ideal situation will of course to get a job in some university which allow me to do research.
Of course, the response from friends is "You can do it la, afterall you got 1st class honours". Perhaps before I went oversea, I might lean back on that statement for comfort. However during my one year in McMaster, I realized that the statement will yield more discomfort.
Because the 1st class is only based on general mathematics. To do research, you need more than good grades. In the courses we take, we are only tested in problems solving and the problems are given to us. In research, you need to find problems yourself and the topics you work on have to be something of interest to the Mathematics community or at least the people of your specialization.
Well I guess I should not complain too much. After all, it was I who chose this path. In the end, I am a consequence of my own actions with a little of other extras from others, whether I like it or not.
But all these will be over soon on Monday morning, when the final match is played. I hope that France will lose. Make them wake up their idea. They should start developing their youth team like Germany and Spain instead of relying on the old guards, else next euro/world cup will just become a replay of the 2002 and 2004.
I haven't been doing Mathematics ever mid June. Maybe it's time I should start to do at least some light reading, before I get too lazy.
A lot of friends which I met these past few weeks have asked some common questions to me. That is when my course is finishing. FOUR years! In other words, I will finish my studies in 2010. Four years look very long. However time is something that passes very quickly, no matter how distant it looks. And finally the ultimate question of all, what am I aspiring to become after I finish my course? This is a very hard question which I myself do not readily have an answer. The ideal situation will of course to get a job in some university which allow me to do research.
Of course, the response from friends is "You can do it la, afterall you got 1st class honours". Perhaps before I went oversea, I might lean back on that statement for comfort. However during my one year in McMaster, I realized that the statement will yield more discomfort.
Because the 1st class is only based on general mathematics. To do research, you need more than good grades. In the courses we take, we are only tested in problems solving and the problems are given to us. In research, you need to find problems yourself and the topics you work on have to be something of interest to the Mathematics community or at least the people of your specialization.
Well I guess I should not complain too much. After all, it was I who chose this path. In the end, I am a consequence of my own actions with a little of other extras from others, whether I like it or not.
posted by MF, Lim at 8:36 AM
1 Comments:
Just tell everyone you'll be back in sg in time for the next world cup
Eugene
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