Monday, October 02, 2006

1 down, 1 more to go

Got a mid-semester exam tomorrow, after the mid-sem break. 4 topics. Can bring own formula sheet. Gonna write all the formulas that i can find!!!

Had a pretty hectic day. Got to hand in tutorial and my mid-sem take home exam. Time doesn't seem enough for me. again. Geez. 10 weeks. Felt like it'd just started... 3 more weeks and its over.

Do you know?
How attractive are you? It's not just about the clothes you wear or the car you drive. It could also depend partly on your name.
Linguist Amy Perfors of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US placed photos with prominent names on the "Hot or Not" website, which allows viewers to rank strangers' photos. Each photo was posted at different times with different names.
She found that men labelled with names including "front vowels" - sounds produced in the front of the mouth such as the "aaa" in Matt - were rated as more attractive than photos labelled with "back vowel" names, such as the "aw" in Paul. The opposite was true for women.
But if you're thinking of changing your name, don't go too far - the study also found men with women's names were rated least attractive of all

"命運掌握在自己的手中, 別讓它輕易地流失" (Traditional Chinese)

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