Monday, March 16, 2009
"To err is human, to forgive, divine."
~ Alexander Pope
sometimes the world isnt ideal, and from watching the 90s mediacorp drama, i sometimes wish everything else was as simple and rosy.
perhaps technological improvements also has its demerits.
somehow, i still believe that deep down, if everyone does their bid, be less judgmental, more forgiving, the world would be closer to ideal.
very soon, i'm gna try to evict hearsay bit by bit.
hopefully i'll be able to release myself from the prison in my heart.
wad impedes this is knowing that what one can do is only that much.
and i guess thats the mere amount of courage i own, for now.
please start to study, u need to graduate!
sy. 4:17 PM~ Alexander Pope
sometimes the world isnt ideal, and from watching the 90s mediacorp drama, i sometimes wish everything else was as simple and rosy.
perhaps technological improvements also has its demerits.
somehow, i still believe that deep down, if everyone does their bid, be less judgmental, more forgiving, the world would be closer to ideal.
very soon, i'm gna try to evict hearsay bit by bit.
hopefully i'll be able to release myself from the prison in my heart.
wad impedes this is knowing that what one can do is only that much.
and i guess thats the mere amount of courage i own, for now.
please start to study, u need to graduate!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
this place is getting dusty, i still cant access it with my lappy, and not much inspiration these days.
seems like d exams are round the corner, and past two years of slacking really made me very immune to exams. somehow, certain concerned people have tried to make me study with them, but to date im only done with 2 chapters! how fast is that! i guess the momentum is pretty hard to attain!
seeing ppl complete their modules one by one does not help..
if only i werent so easily distracted.
and as i was reading a magazine yesterday, i was thinking about the inner voice we always have when we are thinking, or reading thru something. so i wondered if there was indeed such a "voice" present, and i made some interesting discovery!
Internal monologue, also known as inner voice, internal speech, or stream of consciousness is thinking in words. It also refers to the semi-constant internal monologue one has with oneself at a conscious or semi-conscious level.
Much of what people consciously report "thinking about" may be thought of as an internal monologue, a conversation with oneself. Some of this can be considered as speech rehearsal, and it seems to be that the internal monologue is generally in the native language of the person concerned.
An internal monologue may be consciously used in order to organize thoughts to solve problems or keep track of a long list. More mysterious is subconscious internal monologue, which is thought to be used in long term memory and dreams.
Much of what people consciously report "thinking about" may be thought of as an internal monologue, a conversation with oneself. Some of this can be considered as speech rehearsal, and it seems to be that the internal monologue is generally in the native language of the person concerned.
An internal monologue may be consciously used in order to organize thoughts to solve problems or keep track of a long list. More mysterious is subconscious internal monologue, which is thought to be used in long term memory and dreams.
so when we think or read, is that our inner voice within us?
is it 'spoken' generally in our own physical voice?
does it necessarily coincide with our gender?
i guess all these remains a mystery.
but another interesting excerpt from a website kinda gave me an idea why i could be such a slow reader:
One way to save time, the authors suggest, is to read more quickly.
To do that they firstly suggest reading without using your inner voice.
"When we first learnt to read we were encouraged to speak the words aloud so that our teacher could check that we'd got each one right before we moved on. As we mature, we internalise that voice, so we still hear it in our heads. But this inner voice is not necessary in our reading; in fact it reduces our reading speed to around talking speed..."
"When we first learnt to read we were encouraged to speak the words aloud so that our teacher could check that we'd got each one right before we moved on. As we mature, we internalise that voice, so we still hear it in our heads. But this inner voice is not necessary in our reading; in fact it reduces our reading speed to around talking speed..."
Now the only time I can read without hearing the words in my head is when I'm not really attending to what I'm reading - you know those occasions when you keep having to read the same paragraph over and over because you're not paying attention. You're reading the words but their meaning just isn't going in because you're not listening to what you're reading. But that's just my take - what do you think? Can you read without listening to the words in your head?
i find it hard to, can u?
and yes ive become a year wiser, hopefully lol.
BIGTHANKYOU for those who made my day and wished me! :D
