I choose smelling salts instead of cyanide.

Congratulations, babe!

I saw for myself where all the effort was spent, although I saw only half the stage the whole time. Good job.

I have a rather grandfather-ly lecturer for Reaction Kinetics and Design.

During tutorial class today, he once again indulged in giving us some advice about life and learning. I usually welcome the digression because his lectures tend to be brain-bombarding, but a point he mentioned today struck a chord with me.

He was telling us that we need not worry about looking stupid when asking questions, because if people around us do think we are, we only have to be anxious if we are indeed inadequate in the brain department. Or else, those who mock us are the ones who should be fretting over the state of their intelligence because they have failed to differentiate between the smarts and the un-smarts.

This is what I will tell my child if he/she comes back wailing about being called "stupid", and I will then explain the Schrödinger's cat paradox to him/her.

If my child understands it at so young an age, he/she is not only smart, he/she is a genius!

I signed into MSN, and to my horror, I lost ALL my contacts! Someone or something wiped everything clean. I was officially stranded on some island in Papua New Guinea, a zillion miles away from humanity.

So right now I have a grand total of 5 people on my list, which means I'm somewhat reconnected with some form of mankind.

I should be adding people bit by bit, day by day. Facebook comes in handy.

I really feel like an MSN virgin right now. This has got me thinking that if you want to reinvent your life/start a new slate etc, all you have to do is to delete every single contact on your list.

Or wait for some horrible bug/virus to play God and do it for you.

I like the bunny. It's a little Marc Chagall, with a strong dose of girlishness.