| | [I don't have that album, but I listened to the quartet piece online. Never did I think I would like Debussy's stuff. Btw, I recommend Highbury Quartet's version.]
A good friend, dorm- and coursemate of mine recently lost his precious wireless mouse, and he's freaking out about it. That prompted me to wonder why he--and most other people in campus for that matter--needs a mouse so much. I know it's just not as good as a full-blown mouse, but would it really kill to use the touchpad? My mind wandered off from there, because I have like, so much of time to think about such important matters, and I found my thoughts landing at the things that I do not need in campus. Now, I'm talking about physical, material needs in general, and I'm going to make a pseudo-list here. Appreciate it, because I don't often make lists.
Things that I do not need in school:
1. A Facebook account. Or any other social networking sites, for that matter. Even out of school, for that matter. Yes, I admit I have a Friendster account, but that was made ages ago, back when I was young and naive. But in any case, I never saw the point of it, and I still don't. I don't understand why people need these sites to connect with (mostly) the people that they see every single day. Don't they need some alone time? People tell me Facebook is just different, but I don't care. I tell you, whatever it is, it's just another hype. I don't know how long it will last--congrats to the founder if it lasts--but that's just not my cup of tea. Even the name doesn't make sense to me.
2. A fridge. Oh yes, I said it. C'mon, we have cafeterias. I know, the food there sucks, but do you really need the snacks, milk, and all the other stuff that needs cold storage? Do you really need to eat in your room at all? I don't know about other people, but when I'm hungry, I either don't eat, or eat at the cafeterias--unless there are people going out; then I'll tag along. Yes, I do not get to enjoy satisfying cold food whenever I want, but at least I know I don't have a whole chunk of minibar clogging my room and emanating heat that eliminates the difference between a cooling room atmosphere and the Malaysian weather outside. Besides, since when did cold food become healthy anyway?
3. A cooling pad. Yes, it's another cooling device that I find superfluous. I know, it's supposed to cool off your laptop so that you can have it on the whole day, downloading nonsense and hogging the Internet connection, buy why do you need that? Don't you think that laptop manufacturers realise that laptops heat up when used for a long time, and install cooling devices within them? Sure, it might not be a lot, but at least you know your laptop won't burn out even though it gets hot. If it does burn out, it's entirely your fault, because: first, you're not supposed to have it on for such a long time; second, you were too dumb to turn it off when you realise that it's excessively heating up; and third, you got yourself a piece of crap that should be chucked into the dumpster in the first time--because you are too cheap to get a proper laptop that does not burn out!
4. A mouse. Oh look, it's another computer gadget! As you may or may not know, this is already mentioned above: does it kill to use the touchpad? I'm perfectly clear that it's not the most convenient device in the world, but what the heck are you doing on your laptop that needs such fast and accurate movements? If you're gaming, or drawing, or photoshopping, that's still reasonable--but if you're typing a document or surfing the Internet and you tell me omg you need a mouse, don't blame me if I gave you a live mouse. C'mon, you are typing a document, don't you think the main device to do that is like, I don't know, a keyboard?! You use the pointer to click buttons and icons; you're not drawing a line or figure. The important thing about the pointer here is the destination, not the journey/process--thus you do not need the mouse to have complete control over the pointer's movement. The same thing goes to surfing the Internet: in case you didn't notice, there are built-in scroll functions on touchpads nowadays, so use them.
5. Pork. This is a very Chinese thing, and it just struck me like that. You may or may not know that Chinese in general are big fans of pork; we have so many kinds of pork dishes that we lost count, and a lot of them remain unnamed (such as most of my mom's recipes). Now, surprise, surprise: I am not part of that crowd--gasps! Well, I mean, yes, I am Chinese, I eat pork, I love dim sum, etc., but I do not crave for pork, for goodness' sake. There are people who actually go like, 'omg, I miss pork so much!' in campus as my school serves kosher/halal food, and these are the people who often eat out and salivate over the sight of fat, oily pork products. I don't get that; do they die substituting pork with chicken or beef? For me, the pork-substitution situation is supposed to be worse as I do not take beef; there is only chicken left for me. What have you to say about that?
And people say I'm like the rich kid who lives in luxury back home, and is picky and finicky. Look who's finicky now, you needy overgrown babies.
P.S.: Initially, I plan to get into the things that I actually need in campus too, but it looks like the list/post is already getting pretty long, and the things that I need is not all that interesting anyway, so yeah, we'll just leave those for another day. |
| | Posted 10/31/2009 5:06 AM - 46 Views - 4 eProps - 3 comments
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