Song of Yesteryears

I stumbled on someone's blog and found a line from the song, "That's All I Want From You". Memories came rushing in to my mind. Thank God, I still have them. The memories.

That song was introduced to us by our Grade 5 Class Adviser and I like it simply because I liked that teacher. I think she's the best mentor I've ever had. I wish I had the chance to really say thank you to her before she died....

Here's the lyrics:

A little love that slowly
grows and grows
Not one that comes and goes
That's all I want from you
A sunny day with hopes up
to the skies
Not a day that comes and
dies
That's all I want from you

Don't let me down, oh show
me that you care
Remember when you give, you
also get your share
Don't let me down, I have
no time to wait
Tomorrow might not come,
when dreamers dream too late

A little love that slowly
grows and grows
Not one that comes and goes
That's all I want from you
A sunny day with hopes up
to the skies
Not one that comes and dies
That's all I want from you

Don't let me down, oh show
me that you care
Remember when you give, you
also get your share
Don't let me down, I have
no time to wait
Tomorrow might not come,
when dreamers dream too late

A little love that slowly
grows and grows
Not one that comes and goes
That's all I want from you

Visual Memory Test

Taken from the same website in my previous entry:

Your visual memory score was 8.

You may have noticed that there were a total of eight "students" in the chess club. Four of these students won every match they played, and four lost every match they played. Thus, it was possible to learn to predict the outcome of every match -- if you learned which students were "winners" and which were "losers". The test continued until you correctly guessed the winner of eight consecutive matches, or to a maximum of 120 trials. Your score is the number of trials it took you to finish the game -- so a low number is good (8 is the best you could achieve, 120 is worst). Most healthy people who play this game finished within an average of about 20-25 trials. If you took fewer than 14 trials, you did better than 75% of than other people taking the test. If you took more than 60 trials, you did worse than 75% of the other people taking the test.

On Memory Loss

I've been worrying about my mental health these days... I tend to forget about a lot of things. Misplaced keys, forgetting to turn off the lights, halting in the middle of a conversation because of suddenly not being able to remember the next word to say.

Have you ever experienced the same thing? Could forcing my self to forget something be a contributory factor? Or maybe it is the demands from my job? Handling so many positions/responsibilities create a lot of stress in me these past months. I wish I could live a much simpler life. I wish to just work quietly at the background. I want to enjoy life.

How could the University dump so much responsibilities on my shoulder? Only a fool could accept all these. I did and so I am. But do I have a choice?

This is sometimes demotivating.

/end of rant


Ah, going back to the topic on memory loss, I took a simple verbal memory quiz from www.memorylossonline.com and here's the result:

Your recall score was 6. Your recognition score was 39.

If you are like most people, your RECOGNITION score will be much higher than your RECALL score. Why? In part 2, you were asked to recall as many words as possible -- you were not given any clues to jog your memory, only blank lines. In part 3, you were asked to recognize words -- and in each test item, one of the two items was always correct. All you had to do was jog your memory to see which of the two items was more familiar. In general, it is always easier to recognize information than to recall it.

But now, on to what your scores mean.

First, look at your recall score. Among other healthy people who have taken this test, the average number of words recalled is about 6. A score in the neighborhood of 3-10 would be considered "normal". If you got more than 10 correct, then you are doing better than 75% of the people who took this test.

Now, look at your recognition score. Among other healthy people who have taken this test, the average number of words recalled is about 38. A score in the neighborhood of 36-40 would be considered "normal". If you got all 40 correct, then you are doing better than 75% of the people who took this test.

If your scores are at least as good as the average, congratulations!

Thank you God for somehow I am still normal.

Tomorrow's Plans

Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; whereas you do not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” But now you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil.

- James 4:13-16

Our Involvement

An important part of praying is a willingness to be part of the answer.
- Our Daily Bread

Internet and Productivity

Once I connect to the internet
I become unproductive.
I keep reading one blog after another
Until I become oblivious of time

I should stop procrastinating
I have lots and lots of things to do
Things needing my attention and mercy
But what am I doing here?

Lord, please help me to number
My days aright
That I may gain
A heart of wisdom...

Life.Work.Plans

My fingers are itching to touch the keys
So many things to write about
The day was so loooong and tiring
and I want to voice my rants....

But ranting will not do
any good to me

And so, instead, to You dear Lord
I bring my plea
Order my steps in Your Word
Guide me and lead me everyday.