http://tecrobi.edublogs.org documenting my academic life Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:48:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First 2 months of school over. What have I accomplished? It's hard to say much in the early stages of school life, but I do definitely enjoy my class - 07S43! And addictively chionging tutorials (which reminds me, I need to go photocopy Inequalities tutorial and also get more interesting ... http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/02/20/how-ive-been-doing-so-far/ From http://-icebubble.blogspot.com, 2 Feb 2006. Article is preserved in its original flavour, save for comments, which are rendered in italics. By the way, this is a very apt entry from the perspective of a concerned voter that I was last year; it is especially so since I will be running for SC ... http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/02/04/sc-canvassing-2-feb-2006/ From http://-icebubble.blogspot.com, 2 Feb 2006. Article is preserved in its original flavour, save for comments, which are rendered in italics. I had some random inspiration to blog something about self-motivation and maybe give my views on the canvassing for the Students’ Council elections. The thing about self-motivation is that it must come ... http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/02/04/a-self-motivated-essay-on-self-motivation-2-feb-2006/ It has been 5 weeks into school and I'm getting the feeling of being trapped in the vicious cycle of procrastination again. Skipped blogging last week because I was really very busy finishing my research attachment report. Shall make up for it by blogging 3 entries - one in "Tips and ... http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/02/04/schools-getting-fast-and-furious/ This is beginning to look like a weekly editorial. I was thinking about how commercialised sports have become. The focus has shifted from physical excellence to competitive excellence. Competitiveness has been rooted in all sports all along - sports were created to determine whether who/which team was more physically advantaged, dominant ... http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/01/21/the-sports-market/ Well I thought I might give some of my thoughts on leadership. I was pondering whether to join my college's Students' Council. In my opinion, a good leader is one who is able to relate to people - that I cannot do very well, but I'm willing to try. To be ... http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/01/14/on-leadership/ This post is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/01/12/07s43-contact-list/ What exactly does the media do? I personally think that it is a medium via which information is dissipated - specifically information from places that we were unable to reach physically. The reach of media developed from that of a community to national reach (with the rise of nationalist movements ... http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/01/07/7-jan-thoughts-on-the-media-part-i/ Well, before school starts, I thought I might just list some resources that I'm using (or going to use): This is a link which gives an introduction to 90 online file storage services (from Lifehack.com). Backpackit: Get organised! "Backpack is a simple web-based service that allows you to make pages with to-do lists, ... http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/some-resources-before-school-starts/ So I have figured that it might be useful to post some of these here. School's starting tomorrow! The first week is Orientation - but despite not having any academic workload, I still think it'd be more appropriate to get myself slowly into the mood (rather than starting on academic work feeling like ... http://tecrobi.edublogs.org/2007/01/02/2-jan-2007-and-school-starts-again/