Hi,

It's quite funny how some things come about full circle really. I used to think that Let It Go was am emo song, but now it is one of hope. I miss the days when that song was like sung literally everywhere - haha it was like a mockingjay of sorts.

Results were released today. It was meh. Even the sight of a first C ever did not really shake me one bit. I guess I've learnt to accept things as they come - and after one month of work, well - results are not everything anyway; they don't determine, for example, which PG you are best suited to. They are just like A's - a passport to the next stage, a threshold requirement that needs to be fulfilled.

Anyway, I made a new friend last Friday. And well, that was just... pure chemistry? (maybe the alcohol helped)

And today I spent like two hours counselling a foe(?)-turned-friend on her woes.

The question posed at the start was: Do you believe that we humans are inherently selfish or are we truly capable of purely selfless altruistic acts?

Well, I believe that we are all selfish at heart, even if we profess not to be so. This is because before we even perform any action that the officious bystander may perceive as being selfless, we have already weighed up the pros and cons while contemplating our course of action. This act itself confirms the proposition: we always look out for our self-interest, even if it gets outweighed on the weighing scale.

In any case, to those who did well, congrats. To those who did surprising well, congrats too. But as usual, please spare a thought for people like myself who did not do as well. We don't need you to complain how you did not get an A but a B+ instead. However, if that complaint was towards a certain module, sure, I'm all ears now. I have been convinced that there is too much subjectiveness in the criteria and will look to bring it up informally if we ever meet.

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