Good old exam spirit

This is..
The season of joy and sorrow..
The season of love and hatred..

What else can it be??



EXAM!!!

Joy as we welcome the holiday after this long exhausting semester;
Sorrow as we let our poor brain work OT non stop for weeks;
Love as we start to appreciate the beauty of friendship;

Hatred as we start to curse our lecturers and everyone related to exam.


During student life, you can never run from exam..
It is somehow part of student life, like it or not..
Ever since i arrive at UNSW, this is the first time i am taking an official university exam.. Excited.. Thrill.. Motivated.. and not to mention.. TIRED!

Why..
Look at this picture.. The red line is the path i need to walk to get to my exam venue..


I can assure you, the journey is even worse when you have those idiotic flies that send high frequency buzz into your ear non stop.. Phew, imagine a 45 minutes walk before you even sit for your exam. What a wonderful plan by UNSW to keep student healthy and fit..

Now, back to exam..

This is probably the most exciting exam that i ever had in my life.. The questions for the exam was given to us 2 weeks ago, as promise by our lecturer.. We prepared the answer beforehand and during the exam, all we need to do is to bring the "prepared answer sheet" into the exam hall. It is open book test btw..

Being a caution fella, i thought the lecturer might plan to surprise us by tweaking the question.. But i could not imagine that the questions are totally the same.. SAME!!! I was like... OMG!! And the rest is history..

I spent 2 hours busy copying the answer, that's all. But if you ask me am i confident that i can score full mark for this exam, i definitely will say no. Law questions are full of bull shit and it is up to the lecturer to decide. Not to mention as engineering student, there is no formulae in answering law questions.

Nevertheless, this had been a damn good experience.

Right now, i can see High Distinction flying to me.. *dreaming again*

Ah well, at least my good old exam spirit is back. Otherwise i will spend all my time playing crimsonland, watching movies or chatting..


I can feel the FIRE within me!

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Btw, there will be a newborn baby boy in my place.. wohoo.. the dad is so happy! congrats to him!

[转]人类未来走向何方?

幸存人 基因人 单一人 现代人 半机械人 天文人


当科学家们通过探究人类的昨天，把从猿到人的进化史的拼图归于原貌时，新的疑问又开始了：人类的未来将会怎样？对于大多数严谨的进化论学者来说，这是一个他们更希望能回避的推测。但人类作为一个自然物种，进化的脚步不会停止，追寻演进的足迹，我们能否看到自己的未来？

　 　古生物学家认为，我们的祖先智人曾经有过两个“兄弟”———身材健壮的尼安德特人和弗洛里斯小矮人。虽然他们都在进化的历程中逐渐销声匿迹直至灭亡，但 仍有科学家提出这样的疑问———人类进化中的“副产品”是否可能在未来重新出现？此外，有人还提出，迅速发展的基因技术能“催生”出新的人种；也有人认 为，人类将与机器结合成一体，使纯粹的自然人成为濒危物种。

　　这样的想法听上去是在科幻片中无数次出现的场景，但事实上，人类现在已经面临着有关未来人类发展的选择———随着科技水平的进一步提高，从干细胞研究到人体内植入芯片的争论却变得越发激烈，其根源也和关于进化论的非议一样，涉及到宗教、政治和价值观的分歧。

　 　科学无法准确预测出未来一千年直至上百万年间的环境变化，也无法知晓人类是否能适应这样的变化，但是人类的好奇心并不会因此而平息。华盛顿大学人类学家 彼得·沃特在《未来进化》一书中提到，人类正在利用自然和科技的力量让自己永存，人类至少还能存在5亿年。在未来的演进过程中，人类也会像过去一样重现进 化历程。人类究竟会走向何方，科学家和学者们作出了5种大胆的猜测：

　　1　单一人

世界大同，人种融合

　　一百万年后，高度全球化的后果导致不同人种均被同化，不同肤色融合到一起，种族特征逐渐消失。作出这一推测的依据是人类社会发展的趋势，虽然进化论一直在起作用，但在过去的上万年内，人类的基因库不是在发散而是在收敛，而这一趋势的加剧会最终导致单一人种的诞生。

　 　人类进入现代社会后，随着全球化的飞速进程，不同人种文化上的差异正在逐渐消失，这在人类语种的变化上尤为明显。目前，全球人类拥有6500种语言。而 能够流传到我们下一代的语言仅剩600种。在通讯技术突飞猛进的今天，全球人类前所未有地联系起来，虽然有很多个人和组织都在尽力维持少数民族正在丢失的 文化遗迹，但文化的单一化已成为不可逆转的趋势。

　　生物学家认为，一个物种的不同种群必须互相隔离才能导致这些种群朝不同的物种分化。这就是加拉帕戈斯群岛出现13种不同的“达尔文雀”的原因。但问题是，如果地球上人类之间的联系变得越来越密切，这是否会造成人类根本没有机会进行分化？

　　进化为单一人的好处显而易见———地球上会出现从未有过的和谐的社会，人类的政治经济发展将取得质的飞跃，实现所谓世界大同。

　　但是，像所有的单一物种一样，单一人也更容易受到传染性疾病的威胁。基因上的可变性能够在一些病毒来袭时保护基因多样化的物种不受大规模的伤害。因此就像培育出的超级水稻一样，虽然品种优良，同时也极易受到某种病害毁灭性的伤害。

　　同时，全球环境的急剧变化也会威胁到单一人种。由于工业污染等人类活动，地球环境的变化可能将超过人类的适应能力。因此，短时间内单一人种的辉煌背后很可能面临灭顶之灾的危险。

　　2　幸存人

浩劫过后，人类分化

　　科幻小说《时间机器》为我们描述了浩劫对幸存的人类可能带来的巨大影响：地球文明被一场天外灾难毁灭后，幸存的人类演变成了两个种族———残忍的地下食人族和日渐衰微的地面文明种族。

　　事实上，劫后余生的故事从远古时代就开始了。从超级洪水、瘟疫、核战争到小行星撞击地球，这些难以预料的灾难都可能将绝大部分人类建设的辉煌文明摧毁。之后浩劫的幸存者会走上自己的进化道路。

　 　如果不同人群被分隔在不同的地方长达上千代，不同的种族就会自然产生。打个比方说：如果全球遭受致命生化恐怖袭击，对该生化病毒具有抵抗力的人将存活下 来并在被污染的环境下繁衍具有免疫力的后代。而那些没有免疫力但在庇护所求生的人就在被隔离的区域形成自己的种族。这一理论的依据能在艾滋病病毒在人类的 传播中找到。生物学家称，有一些人虽然经常暴露于易被艾滋病病毒感染的环境下，却不会显示HIV阳性。原因可能就是他们的祖先在500年前的一场瘟疫中幸 存。

　　不过如果灾难真的发生，人类如果能幸存，会让自己长期处于互相隔离的状态吗？答案很可能是“不”，即使出现种族分化，也必会有 一个种族完全取代或同化其竞争者。最有说服力的例子就是人类的“兄弟”———尼安德特人的灭亡。很多古生物学家认为：虽然尼安德特人在体格上比我们的祖先 智人健壮得多，也曾和智人部族有过接触，却由于智力上的劣势，最终被能制造高级武器，掌握了艺术文明的智人所取代。以至于在现代人的基因中找不到任何尼安 德特人血统的痕迹。

　　3　基因人

药理超人，抑或怪物？

　　用基因和药理学方法来强化人类事实上早已经出现———那些服用类固醇的好莱坞动作明星和运动健将就是最鲜活的例子。

　　社会观察家乔尔·加罗在《激进的进化》一书中称这些领域的发展之快可以被视作一种新形式的进化。那么这种进化导致一个新的人种的诞生需要多长时间呢？加罗给出的答案是：20年。而类固醇药物制造的肌肉男仅仅是科学技术打造新人种的一个早期范例。

　　加罗认为，科技对人类身体上的强化作用最初出现在运动场和战场上，但最终将进入普通人生活的方方面面———学习、工作甚至求偶。

　 　目前，科学家已经通过实验，找到了让老鼠更聪明和长寿的方法，设想一下，经过强化之后，一个人能在100岁的高龄保持最佳状态，并且还希望他/她的后代 也具有这些强化的优势，很可能出现的状况便是寻找将这些基因传到自己的后代的方法，最终导致新的人种的产生。这让人联想到科幻影片《基因》中描绘的故事 ———社会等级以基因为划分标准，只有具备优等基因的人才能身居要职。但是要制造优等基因人，还需要跨技术和道义上的障碍。

　　目前，基因疗法只能在个人身上奏效，也就是说不能遗传给后代，要是其能够遗传，必须对种系干细胞进行修改，而这必将引发道德上的争议。同时，种系干细胞修改技术虽然能够制造新一代的超人，但由于其不确定性，也可能带来无法预料的后果，甚至将人变成怪物。

　　4　半机械人

人工智能，人机合体

　　而除了改变人类自身的基因，同越来越先进的高科技机器结合也可能成为人类增强自身能力的另一种方法。

　　飞速发展的计算机技术创造的人工智能正在以前所未有的方式“进化”，半个世纪的时间里，人工智能在一些领域就已经超过了人类本身。因此有科学家预测，真正具有智能的机器人可能在2030年诞生。这就意味着新的机器人种族的诞生。

　　另一方面，人类已经推开了将自己“机械人化”的大门：从人工心脏、人工视网膜到越来越智能化的假肢。而在未来，技术的发展能允许在大脑植入智能芯片，让我们更加聪明。但问题是，在身体中加入了智能机器后，人类作为一个自然物种还会存在吗？

　　而当机器人进化到完全超出人类的层面时，人类又面临着新的挑战。高智慧的机器人会同人类共存，但与过去不同的是他们的地位会高于人类，成为新一代的地球主宰。

　　5　天文人

征服太空，适者生存

　　如果人类延续的时间足够长，那么一定就会向太空扩张，形成新的人种。这些新的繁衍地必须像达尔文的加拉帕戈斯群岛进化实验室一样，要与地球足够近，以便人类能够到达；同时又要足够远，使其居民不大可能与母系物种的基因混合。

　　诞生太空新人种的前提是人类能达到另一个恒星并定居下来。目前已知的具有行星的最近星系是天苑四，它离地球有10.5光年。即使人类宇宙飞船速度能够达到光速的1%%———每秒3千公里，也需要1000年才能达到最近的星系。

　　不过即使不出太阳系，我们的邻居行星也可能就足够了。如果人类在火星上建设家园，由于火星同地球的极大差异，在那儿出生并长大的人类就不可能适应地球的环境———地球上的重力是火星的3倍。因此在火星殖民地上，新的人种“火星人”可能仅需要几代繁衍就能形成。

　 　如果要走出太阳系，一种设想是修建巨型太空飞船，将人类送到遥远的星系，其间人类可能经历数代繁衍。低重力状态下四肢无需像在地球般发达。人类的毛发也 不再有用。他们还可能让生命进入长期休眠状态，让机器人进行导航。当到了新的殖民地后，再重新苏醒，繁衍下一代，延续人类的存在。

　　 但是由于太空探险的不确定性，作为地球生命的人类能否在太空极端的环境中生存下来可能还是一个问题。因此，科学家还提出一种更极端的方法：把制造人的指 令，而不是实体的人送到宇宙的另一个角落，机器人在某个行星上建立了基地之后，利用收到的人类指令制造出新的人类。据《新京报》

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Just me

Life has been quite a turnout for me, at least i think so.

Being granted the opportunity to come to Australia has been quite a surprise for me. Well, i thought i was probably the luckiest guy on earth. Somehow, things does not progress smoothly throughout the way.

Speaking of bad lucks, i guess it somehow started off with the scholarship. It was meant to be lucky to me, isn't it? Friends are telling me that how lucky i am to be able to further my studies overseas. Sometimes i wonder to myself, am i really that lucky?

Probably all these are not known to you guys, but these are the problems i faced so far...

1. Application for UNSW admission. Somehow i was given two student IDs. Took me almost a month to resolve it.
2. Somehow, my application for visa was not approved by the system. In the end, i have to call them up to approve it manually.
3. Late approval of Confirmation of Enrollment (COE) by UNSW. Thank god i still managed to buy air ticket last minute despite the huge crowd flying over to Sydney to celebrate World Youth Day 08.
4. Sick on the day before my flight.
5. Cannot enrollment into subjects due to limited spaces.
6. Six class clashes as i am almost the last to enrol and there are not much of a choice left.
7. Not quite supporting teammate in projects.
8. This is probably the best of all, hospitalised in Sydney during my first trip to Australia!
9. The list goes on..

Sometimes, i couldn't help but to start wondering.. Have i actually made the right choice coming here? Am i really prepared to face all these challenges, physically and mentally. Are these problems actually karma from the past; those guilt and dark secret that have haunted me for years are now back to seek their revenge?

I have always dream of being successful, be it in my studies or my future. I want to excel in everything. But obstacles are popping out of nowhere, hindering me from achieving what i want. Someone mentioned that obstacles are there to test whether how determine are you to achieve what you want. Hmm.. how true is that? What if the obstacles are never ending? We are humans and sometimes we are tired of all these obstacles. The feeling of wanting to let go and not to give a damn anymore to our dreams are so tempting.

Probably this is what they call, expectation of life! My old friends, and most of my new friends commented that i have too much expectation of myself. It might seems so, but all i wish was to do my best. Perhaps my old friends are already used to my quote, " Have you done your best?" But i find that is my way of life. I always wanted to strive in what i am doing. Kiasu? Yea probably..

Well, the only explanation i can come out right now for myself is..

Everything happens for a reason. Someday, it might dawn upon me that all the challenges that i have faced made me who i am. At least i hope so. But this is something i must do for sure: I have to walk the path i have chosen.

"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson-

A promise to myself, i will definitely leave a trail behind...
And of course, achieving my dream : Success is always with me!
Am i able to do so?
Who knows..

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams" -Elanor Roosevelt-



Note: Phew, what a relieve.. It does help a lot after writing down all these.. Haha, lengthy post! Geez, my friend advice me to let go of my expectation.. but after weeks of trying, i still fail at doing so. Probably because this is who i am, the unique me LOL

Money As Debt = SLAVERY

Think about it.

Like it or not, money is the basic for survival in this world.

Agree?

But how many of us actually understand how money is created?
If money is as real and tangible as how we have always assumed, then why are money disappearing from the economy market so easily?

Long story short, this youtube video will do all the explanation.

Enjoy!




Now, the story continues...

"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free"
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Do you think this is no truer than the current financial situation, are we not all slaves to the banks?


Bankers are wonderful people. Trust me. You do not want to mess with them.

Once you are no longer able to pay your debt with your normal earning, you have to put in extra effort to keep your obligations to the bank.

Now, what does this tells you?
Congratulations! You have officially joined the slavery forces of the bank.Do not fear as the bank will take good care of you. They are the merciless institution that will try their very best to get his money from you, and not forgetting the wonderful interest!

I am no christian, but there is a sense of truth in the bible.
" He who borrows, become a slave of him who loans" - Bible

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An interesting fact i found on the net.

Two thousands year ago, a Roman Senator suggested that
all slaves wear white armbands to better identify them.

"No," said a wise Senator,
"If they see how many of them are, they might revolt."

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So..

What do you think?

Look around you, there are slaves everywhere.

Do you want to be part of them?

Cheers!


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editor's note: Think twice before getting a loan from the bank. Creditors are always the devil in disguise.