Today is December 18. Crap, you can probably see the date from the top. My examinations ends on November 7 (Friday). I went to work part-time from November 9 (Monday). I worked for a month, then it’s play time.
Time sure flies, my holidays are going to end in half a month’s time.Einstein’s law of relativity certainly applies here. When I’m enjoying or very busy to even think about time, time passes so quickly. However when I am in school in an extremely boring lecture, time seems to slow down significantly.
In school, I spend most of the time looking at my phone. Not playing the games, just watching the game. I wasn’t a good student obviously. I often look around, up and down, waiting for time to pass.
Then the newspaper comes in. Singapore has 2 free newspapers that you can get from certain newsstands. One is called “Streats”, the other “Today”. There’re advertisements all around though. You got to be early to get these newspapers though. I always get these newspaper from my friends, they don’t mind giving them to me too, after all, they’ve read it while being half-awake in the North-East Line (local train line). [It's rather amusing to note that now these papers come to me before I even open my mouth to ask.]
Newspapers are a good way to pass time. But reading in class is quite disrespect to the lecturers, isn’t it? Indeed, I have been told to keep the damn paper many a times. So I keep my damn newspaper.. under my table. I fold the paper into a quarter and continue reading it. It’s either the lecturer fail to notice or has given up. My favorite module to read newspaper is Dr. Sim’s Molecular Genetics class, which not-so-coincidentally, contributed a “C” grade to this semester’s result slip.
Obviously, there are many other ways to make time pass faster in a lecture.
The most common is – sleeping. Something that requires a lot of courage. I can never fall asleep when someone is talking or looking at me. So this method doesn’t work for me. It’s not unusual to spot a classmate, facing their heads downwards, holding a pen with its tip on the paper, motionless.
There are some who are holding their pen with its tip on the paper, this time, actually moving! Taking notes? Er, not so. Doodling. The art of drawing on the foolscap paper. It’s a perfect way to pass time. Best of all, the lecturer won’t notice that you’re doodling. Even best of all, after years of doodling, many upgraded their skills to sketching instead. [That explains the hentai (perverted) image I saw in room T4A51.]
With so many ways to pass time in class, says who lectures are boring?
On a side note, 2 people have expressed their interest on the background music – “Kanashimi no Nurimori”. I wasn’t expecting it. Thank you for your interest. Check your mail boxes if you requested for it. Also, I’m making a new layout, 20% completed already, features Ayumi Hamasaki. Will be taking over the current layout on Boxing Day (Dec 26). I always want to make this layout but my Photoshop skills are limiting me. There’s lots to be done photo-stitching, erasing the lyrics on the background. Please look forward to it. 
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