Updates

Just realised I haven't been posting on this blog for a long time. So here's a quick update on ME: Results are going down. For some reason I can't fathom. So basically, with last term's 3.00 MSG taken into consideration, this term's MSG is going to be my lowest. Sigh, I wish I was back to my 2.67 streak again, which I got for the whole of last year before owning at EOY with a total improvement of 1.00, making it 1.67.

Ah well, I just have to buck up, it's only term 3, and there's still EOY to make up for my dramatic results so far I suppose. I just gotta look forward to the future and beyond. Wow. I sound like someone I don't know. Okay, nevermind that, that was random.

Back to the main point of the post. The update. Okay. I just found out today that retired people live shorter lives. People who are contented with their lives leave this place earlier. I know, that's depressing. But it's the truth. People who are never contented with their lives live longer, because they need to live to try and become more content. So they live longer. It has also been shown that people with an objective in life, or multiple objectives, are more happy than people without objectives.

Which brings me to my next point, which is actually about the school system. It's not about defaming my school or any school for that matter, but rather about the structure of the school system. Schools teach you about science, logic, empathy.. the list goes on. But something is missing. Emotion. Schools never teach you about emotions. The one thing that is potentially the most important thing in your life, and schools don't teach it. Of course, not that it's the school's fault, because frankly speaking, I don't think many students would pay attention even if they had an "Emotions" class in school. Just saying. Because emotions make us human beings. If you had or had not noticed, we only call ourselves "beings". Well, excluding extra-terrestrial(ET) beings, but I'll get back to that later.

Notice that our brain has 3 layers. Okay, I understand that you don't go around dissecting brains everyday, but just so that you know, our brain has 3 layers. The first layer of brain, of which our brain stem is also part of, is called the "reptilian brain". This is the brain in charge of the "fight or flight" instincts and reactions. All animals have this brain. It is the brain in charge of all physical movement. Basically, we can't do without this brain. Next is the "limbic brain". This deals with emotions and has a short-term memory. It allows the animal to sense the mood of its fellow animals and will react accordingly. Not all animals have this brain. For example, when a wolf in a pack gets bloodthirsty, his fever spreads throughout the whole pack in seconds. This is art of the limbic brain's function. And finally is the "neo-cortex". We are one of the few animals who have developed this third layer of brain, and as of now, no animal has made it to a fourth layer of brain yet. In essence, the neo-cortex is responsible for language, simulation and logic. communication stems from language, in case you were wondering. This neo-cortex is what makes us unique, what makes us find meaning in life. Yay for humans!

Back to ET Beings. We call them beings because we envision them to be like us, with a developed language and capable of complex thinking. Incidentally, this envisioning is also part of the "simulation" function of the neo-cortex as mentioned above. Who knows, they might actually exists and might also be thinking about us. What a cheery thought.

Though I still have plenty to write, it's already going on 12, or 0000 hours, and I still have a Chinese essay, a Chinese comprehension and 2 Chinese poems to finish up. Gah. I hate Chinese.