Time Flies

Just the other day I read on Yahoo Answers the question: “What is time?”.
It got me thinking, especially after reading a couple of the answers.

My opinion is that time is man-made. That without time everything would be disorganized and in chaos. Thus people invented time to make life easier – just like all the other things invented to simplify (and complicate at the same time) our lifestyles.
Time – as we know it – I believe is based on cycles. For example: the sun, probably the biggest time indicator except for our man-made clocks and watches.

Time goes by…
- We need yesterday for our memories.
- We need a now for our daily existence.
- We need a tomorrow for our hopes and dreams.
Structured. You see the pattern?

Maybe I’m sounding kind of negative about time, but that’s not it. I’m just analyzing and speculating.

In conclusion the thought:
If time does exists, define forever.

My life today

Finally getting to the “more” in “More than Mathematics”.
Although it can refer to many things, I wish to now think of it as something different than math, just life in general.
Being a second year student may sound ‘great!’, but from personal experience I see it as:
- better as the first year (without question)
- hard work (lots of self-study)
- a preparation for my final year (which is the third year)
I generally don’t socialize very much, mainly because I have only a few good friends and they all lead very busy lives. I don’t mind, but sometimes I just feel like I want to get OUT! And usually I don’t because there’s no one available to go out with.
Thus, I spend a lot of time with my studies, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but I’ve lost the balance in life that I’ve maintained throughout my school years.
I realize that I’ve got to change my current lifestyle, I’m just not so sure how. Maybe (and hopefully) I’ll find a solution soon.

Scary Math?

I found this logo at a math website and thought it looked kind of scary.

I think sometimes math really do seem scary. Just consider the fact that almost everything in the universe can be expressed as a formula...

But being scary it is also facinating and wonderful.

(Logo taken from 'Mr. Almeida's Math Class')

WOW!
This year started with a bang! and is now in full swing.
This year I'm also into statistics and programming in addition to the math and I'm truly enjoying every moment. (Well, maybe not EVERY moment...)

Everything is real interesting and what I like about second year is that you more clearly start to see where everyting you learn will fit in with real life.

Of course it is hard work and lots of studying, but I'm sure in the end it will all be worth it. (Not meaning the end of the world, but merely the end of the year).

The more you learn the more you want to learn. This is actually true, believe it or not. Especially when you're really enthusiastic and want to ask questions such as: "But what if... ". That's real fun. It gets your mind working and you also start to realize and understand things you haven't before.

Conclusion:
Life without math would have been:
- Boring
- Incomprehensible
- Empty
- Ignorant
- Non-existent

2008

A brand new year, full of new opportunities, experiences, lessons to learn (even math ones... )

Have a gr8 one, even on the days when things just doesn't seem to add up - just divide away all negativity and multiply with positivity and remember to count your blessings.

Cheers for now!