Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Memories.
This entry is dedicated to my worst attribute. If you know me well, I somehow remember the most useless stuff but forget all the most important. It's made my life somewhat troublesome, since there's been many instances when I forget to bring along something i need for proper performance of my job. There's too many such times for me to remember, let alone reproduce here. Such is the ability of my memory.
Actually, I only have one main point for my entry this time. Because it seems to me that, the harder you try to forget something, the more impossible it is to do so. Ironic, isn't it? Be it the first crush you ever had, how you were rejected by the him/her, how your best friend was no longer your best friend, how your team lost the race due to some idiotic starter. The harder I try to forget all these, the more they insist on being a part of my memory. It's only when you don't bother trying, and keep yourself busy with other stuff, that the thought slowly slips away. Notice I used the word "thought". For the slightest trigger can easily invoke such thoughts again. I suppose all these will forever be etched on my mind, and remain a part of my memory. In fact, just a meek effort to recall has enabled me to remember all the examples I listed above.
I shall start on the nonsense now, since I've finished discussing my main point. Firstly, there are things that I can hardly remember, no matter how hard I try. I don't know if it applies to most other people as well, or specifically to me. But it seems to me that events are much easier to remember than facts. As in, I don't need much effort to remember things that happen to me, but names, formulas, and other similar facts basically enter my brain so that they can leave. A good analogy would be Singapore's port industry. We are one of the world's best ports of call. Goods enter our shores so that they can be exported to other countries. I'm amazed I actually remember this fact. No, just joking.
I can't remember where this came from, but there are these five principles of memory. Principles meaning that if these conditions are achieved, it will b easier to remember things. They are recentness, similarity, difference, repetitions and.. I can't remember the last one. Or mayb there were only four to begin with. Damn, my memory.. But anyway, just a brief explanation on what these four imply. The more recent something happened, the easier it is to remember. When something is very similar or very different from what you already know, it also becomes easy to remember. And obviously, if you keep experiencing something, it will naturally be easier to remember. Well, maybe not that natural. When you keep experiencing something, be it exam revision or doing drills, it is usually forced. Not that natural after all, huh?
Anyway, if you haven't already realized the purpose of the above two paragraphs, they are simply there to increase the volume of content for this entry. But at least they are related. But anyway, as a closing statement, this will be the last entry on a weekday in a long time, since I will be staying in from tomorrow onwards and will only be able to blog during weekends. Hope I won't get too lazy to blog on weekends. Oh no, that's an extra sentence after my closing statement! And another! And another! And.. Damn, I'm childish.. =P
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Actually, I only have one main point for my entry this time. Because it seems to me that, the harder you try to forget something, the more impossible it is to do so. Ironic, isn't it? Be it the first crush you ever had, how you were rejected by the him/her, how your best friend was no longer your best friend, how your team lost the race due to some idiotic starter. The harder I try to forget all these, the more they insist on being a part of my memory. It's only when you don't bother trying, and keep yourself busy with other stuff, that the thought slowly slips away. Notice I used the word "thought". For the slightest trigger can easily invoke such thoughts again. I suppose all these will forever be etched on my mind, and remain a part of my memory. In fact, just a meek effort to recall has enabled me to remember all the examples I listed above.
I shall start on the nonsense now, since I've finished discussing my main point. Firstly, there are things that I can hardly remember, no matter how hard I try. I don't know if it applies to most other people as well, or specifically to me. But it seems to me that events are much easier to remember than facts. As in, I don't need much effort to remember things that happen to me, but names, formulas, and other similar facts basically enter my brain so that they can leave. A good analogy would be Singapore's port industry. We are one of the world's best ports of call. Goods enter our shores so that they can be exported to other countries. I'm amazed I actually remember this fact. No, just joking.
I can't remember where this came from, but there are these five principles of memory. Principles meaning that if these conditions are achieved, it will b easier to remember things. They are recentness, similarity, difference, repetitions and.. I can't remember the last one. Or mayb there were only four to begin with. Damn, my memory.. But anyway, just a brief explanation on what these four imply. The more recent something happened, the easier it is to remember. When something is very similar or very different from what you already know, it also becomes easy to remember. And obviously, if you keep experiencing something, it will naturally be easier to remember. Well, maybe not that natural. When you keep experiencing something, be it exam revision or doing drills, it is usually forced. Not that natural after all, huh?
Anyway, if you haven't already realized the purpose of the above two paragraphs, they are simply there to increase the volume of content for this entry. But at least they are related. But anyway, as a closing statement, this will be the last entry on a weekday in a long time, since I will be staying in from tomorrow onwards and will only be able to blog during weekends. Hope I won't get too lazy to blog on weekends. Oh no, that's an extra sentence after my closing statement! And another! And another! And.. Damn, I'm childish.. =P
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