Photographic memory

I have never seen anyone with a photographic memory. We had a professor
this morning teaching us how to do presentations. One of his points was
that if you make your presentation interesting, people would remember a lot
more of it.

To demo the point, he asked a classmate to randomly come up with 20 things.
He wrote them down on a transparency as the items were read out. He then
turned off the projector and asked the class how many items people could
remember. I think some of us remembered 5, or 10 things.

He then turned on the projector so we could see the list. With his back
facing the projector (so he couldn't see the list), he read out items on the
list in sequence. Not one screw up! Then, he read it out backwards.
That's not it. He also listed five things and the associated positions they
were relating to others (like 5 is elephant, 10 is firehose.)

Incredible!
(I want to be on whatever he is on)

Funny conversation

In class today, we discussed wether there is a common ethical standards
across the globe. The conversation evolved to translating specific words
from english to your own language and come up with a motto, then translating
it back to english so you can share it with the class.

On the topic of generosity, someome from Argentina said:
"Someone who east and doesn't share, must have a frog in his stomich."

So, it's a pretty cool motto.
A classmate from Iceland said:
"Well, the french must love that"

Funny how mottos in one culture don't work in another.

Oh one more thing, German economists are pretty intense. In 4 hours, he
covered 4 big topics in micro economics.

Dinner tonight

Well, you must be wondering what is going on with me.
School had been rough. I start class @ 8am and finish at 5:30pm with an
hour and half break in between for lunch. The evening usually starts @ 7pm
if the program doesn't run through dinner, and I normally don't get home
before midnight. There has been quite a few occations when I didn't get
home until after 2am. Painful.

Today was the first day in two weeks that I got home before 7pm and didn't
have to return to school for any group work.It really feels good to get some
rest. I baked the chicken leg YiChun had marinated for me before she left.
Coupled with potatos, salad, and this red sauerkraut, dinner was near
perfect.

It feels so nice to know that you are in someone's thoughts. She really
thought about this well ahead of time. Knowing I was going to have nights
when I get home with nothing to eat, she prepared two chicken legs for me.
Certainly, they won't last forever, but it's really the thought that counts!

For those of you that haven't met her or don't know who she is, here is a
link to a couple pics http://album.blog.webs-tv.net/yivn. I know, I know,
you are probably freaking out that the page is in Chinese, but you can still
click on them pictures!

Now that I have figured out how to make posts to the blog via emails, I will
try to make updates more often.

Sia