Stressed... Must Rant!!!

change is NOT the only thing that is constant in this world. "change" takes place at different rates depending on environment and the drive behind the change, and may not stay at the same rate.


constant would be something like Boltzmann constant, Euler's number, Avogrado's Number, they stay the same throughout, you know what i mean!

Recess Week

It appears that the sun is going up on the analemma. This means that the sun will be rising and setting earlier each day. Gone are the days (the past few weeks) when the sun rises at 7:20am and sets at 7:20pm...

Today, a few long-tailed macaques invaded my home and ate a few guavas.

One even tried to climb into the house through a window grill, only to be noticed by me. It froze and stared at me. I stared back at it. It then jumped off and hanged around on that tree branch, allowing me to take a few photos. When I was done, I went downstairs to chase them off but they had already retreated back into the forests of Mandai...





Here's something I watched today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6-A0iHSdcA
It's about a experiment on whether thin people can grow fat by overeating.
In short, the documentary concludes that the human body has a pre determined weight that the body is to maintain. This means that everyone who has been encouraging me to eat more because i'm so thin, have no idea what they're talking about. =/
By eating more, I will only increase my basal metabolic rate. It was once proposed that BMR is inversely related to longevity. This means that I will die earlier if i attempt to increase my weight =/

on a more related note with the entry title, i've been very unproductive during the recess week... i sleep about 10 hours a day... gosh...

Native vs Exotic

Recently, last sunday to be exact, I went down to Sentosa Flowers with a friend. It was generally fun, though I expected more. Well at least the event is free.

 

There were many colourful flowers, and being the frog in the well that I am, I've never seen most of the flowers there.

But what struck me was not the beauty of the flowers, but the thought of the origin of the flowers. Are these flowers exotic? Were they imported from foreign countries for this annual event? I don't know the names of these plants and thus I wasn't able to find out...

 

Whether these were native or exotic plants, well it doesn't matter as long as they are beautiful right? That would be what I would feel before I took the module SSS1207 Natural Heritage of Singapore. Economically that would be the ideal thinking, since the purpose of these flowers are to improve Sentosa as a tourist attraction rigt?

What is the fate of native species of plants and animals? It is through my SS module that I learnt that Singapore has been heavily invaded by foreign species. I'm not talking about foreign talent, but that is another hard truth. On tuesday the lecturer made me realise the importance of protecting our own native species, because they belong to Singapore, and some are even endemic. I felt like I can relate to what the lecturer was saying because he kept using the phrase "foreign talent" when he was actually talking plants/animals. Was the pun intended? Honestly I do. Native species tend to get bullied/displaced by invasive species, and I don't like it.

I hope that if the plants that were on display were indeed exotic, measures are done to ensure that they do not infiltrate our vegetation and displace local species. After all, if our ecosystem is affected, one day it will ultimately affect us.

Growing up

another cny, i see many relatives once again. the flow of time is significant on everyone i knew. the adults look older, the young are maturing/matured, the shy toddlers are filled with innocent (festive) joy...

but being 23 this year is somewhat depressing. i'm no longer a young teenager with less troubles... even my prime health has passed...
this also led me to think, when will i be considered "old?" i did come out with a defining stage/criteria for myself recently; the day when i no longer ascend/descend stairs by steps of 2, would probably signify my old age. yes, i do climb stairs by steps of two almost all the time. but the more challenging part is descending by steps of two, it always takes me a few normal steps (of one) before i skip every alternate step. the thing is, i've been doing these since sec sch, and i've almost taken this habit for granted. how will i feel when the day comes when i can't do it anymore?

nevertheless, my mind is still young, and i'm looking for people to play cards with me now!!! happy cny~