Perceptions - How far is 300 km?

38/45 for one of my mid-terms, not bad at all. That's half the module done and accounted for.

Unfortunately, I can't say that for the other subjects. It's NOVEMBER - deadlines + exams period. Thankfully there are not mega projects to be worried about but there's some serious writing to be done.

Had a 7 hour project meeting today. Booked the discussion rooms in the Central Library and I have to say, it wasn't a bad idea. At least we could control the air-con temperature inside the room.

During lunch, we asked a project mate about his hometown in China. He told us that it was very close to North Korea. Asked what he meant by very close, he said about 300 km. It is interesting to note that in China terms, 300 km is peanuts. If I were to say the same thing about M'sia, 300 km is more than half the North-South highway. So practically, I would've travelled half of M'sia with this 'short' distance. Talk about PERCEPTION. This goes on to show how big the world is and how much there is to explore. I doubt I'll be able to cover the whole world in my lifetime, but travel to all the continents I will.

We moved on to compare KL and Ipoh; it just came about, don't ask me how. My groupmates from China just laughed uncontrollably when I told them about how you need about 1 hour to get back to the same place if you miss a turning in KL, and how good your driving will be after experiencing the KL roads. Things there are really different from Ipoh. Same country, different city. Easy going is what Ipoh is about. There is no such thing as bumper to bumper there (except for the occassional accidents) or a U-turn being 1 hour away. On the downside, there's no Burger King or LRTs but hey, I'm contented with the way it is. Life doesn't have to be complicated.

Something to remind me of my beloved city, St. Michael's Institution, my Alma Mater.

It's project time. Cheers.