Went to Bishan library today to study with bryan, after considering that i just get distracted by the computer whenever i'm at home. after all, the library is just a nice quiet place with nothing but book upon boring book right? the perfect place for studying and doing homework right? wrong. i discovered that the library actually stocks the compilation book of Watchmen. so my day was basically spent re-reading the same comic that i read about this time last year. time that could have been spent productively, i agree, but nonetheless time not wasted in my opinion. even as i read it for a second time, already aware of most of the plot twists, i am still chilled by Rorschach's extreme moral absolutism and awed by Dr Manhattan's unique and incomprehensible "quantum" worldview, as he calls it. awesome stuff. i might consider thoroughly reading the entire series again during the june holidays, and i've convinced bryan to borrow the book and read it on his own. i predict another fan in the making :D eugene sim joined us halfway through, followed by lots of nonsense. he's a Watchmen fan too :D. all in all, i did manage to finish the notes for group VII and run through quantum 1 with bryan, which i guess helps to strengthen my own concepts, so i guess it's good all round :D let's have another smiley face just for the heck of it :D
received a message from someone i didn't expect later in the evening. it seems that my inane whining is attracting some unwanted attention. lesson learned today: make too much noise and people will think it's an SOS. the best way to get through this trial by fire is to just brace yourself and run straight into it, and hopefully when you emerge from the other side people won't notice the burns. i guess it could be said that it's a blessing in disguise.
They look for you in the sky because they believe that you can fly.
on an unrelated, yet strangely heartwarming and uplifting note, here's an epic win if ever i saw one:
