long middle drag

yes this is an update of my life.

for those who have known me through school and have been through many exam periods with will probably recall that i dislike exam periods that are long and draggy. i would rather have papers cramped into the few days. the moment the first paper has begun.. i rather the last day or the last paper be here as soon as possible.

so yeah, that's my personal take. reason being is that the bulk of the preparation would be done prior to the start of the first paper. like even if one module is the last paper, i would have prepare for it before the start of the series of papers. during actual exam, brain juice is used extensively and hence not much left to be used for revision in between.

this round of midterms is silly. 3 papers over the course of 7 days.. one paper happen to be tomorrow.. yeah on a weekend. the most dreaded one will be on Monday. while the end of midterms draw close in terms of days left, obviously not number of papers left, i will have to switch gear soon to handle the subsequent assignments and projects. until next time then, cheers.

kingkong

collateral beauty

as promised, here is a personal take on a movie titled "Collateral Beauty" that i have watched recently. while professional critics rated this show poorly, fans review from IMDB hinted otherwise. took a gamble and watched it and man it was worth it.

the story is based on the story of a marketing company's boss starred by Will Smith. the beginning of the film showed a promising future of the company before it fast forward to three years later when he lost his daughter to illness. from there, he started to shut off everything and everyone around him, leading the company to times of struggles. few of his colleagues, including the co-owner decided to help him by hiring actors and actresses to play the role of the imaginary characters their dear friend has been writing to. these are "Love", "Death" and "Time". i shall leave the rest of the plot details out in case of spoilers.

so, my personal take that this movie is generally heart-warming and interesting apart from a slight flaw. the flaw being "Love", "Death" and "Time" are actual people. i think it would be cooler and more interesting if they are really spirits or something. nonetheless, the effect of the plot was well brought out. i love how the movie wraps everything up nicely towards the end. i think in the few years down the road, this movie will be one of the many christmas classic movies.. those televisions love to play during the festive season. worth watching.. go go go.