Last week I had a day which seemed perfect. I didn't wake up early or sleep too late, but it felt like there was tons of extra time because I did a bunch of things…and it was fun because there was a good balance/variety:
- Started off with a pretty cool session, learning how to examine the peripheral nervous system. This involved those hammers doctors use on your knee to test the knee jerk reflex, pricking and poking (more like torturing) your model to test for feeling in their arms and legs. One test involved the person touching their nose then touching your finger as you moved it around quickly, which…I'm not going to lie…looked REALLY funny from my perspective (right Paul? lol)
- Came back around midday and needed to cook…called some friends over to chill while I cooked as well, which was good because it was no longer a task!
- Went to see Avatar - it was amazing! I loved the story, the message paralleling how humans have "destroyed" their own planet was quite good, and the graphics were really nice! I haven't seen many 3D movies before but I remember sometimes an object would disappear for a few seconds as the camera zoomed…here it was solid, crisp filming, just like we expect in 2D, except coming out onto you! Really subtle to be honest, but amazing if you think about it.
- After the movie, went straight to a "team practise" of sorts for this Indian game called Kho, which I've never played before. It was basically a fusion of Duck, Duck, Goose and Tag…and it was a lot of fun!! It was nice to play a game like that…haven't done it in years
- Came back home finally, ate, and chilled on the computer, reading random articles and Twitter.
- Topped off the day with a bit of reading and making some notes for lectures earlier in the week. This was probably what made the day worthwhile, because I had loads of fun, did things you don't do on a typical day, and still fit in a bit of work to round it out!
So yeah overall I looked back and I thought this is how every day should be! A day of solid work is unnecessary as long as you spread it out, and then you don't need that entire day break either when all the work takes its toll on you.
On that note (kinda)…yesterday we went to watch a film at the Savoy Cinema, which is a local theatre really close to my place. It's really cheap and a 5 minute walk…I think it would be so easy to just go watch a movie there at the end of the day if I've already done a bit of work so…I'll be doing that more often to get more days like the one I had last week.
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It’s been a while since I commented. I so wanna see Avatar, everyone I know who’s gone to see it liked it. If only I could get away from studies.
And oh the thing that docs do that u mentioned with using hammers to your knee to test the knee reflex, our bio teacher got like a metal pen case, but she didn’t do it, she asked someone to try (which meant she didnt know how) and it didn’t work! We were all excited to see it but we were disappointed. I guess u gotta have someone who actually knows where to hit it right?
And that sounds like a really good day. Studying all day does suck life out of you, not that I study all day but I already feel dull, I do pity anyone who has to listen to my constant blabberings, just like now..
To test the knee jerk reflex, you hit right below your knee cap at the fleshy tendon…try it!