Recently our English for Science unit’s lecturer posted an issue about e-learning at the college’s “e-learning” system (which is actually a blackBoard Learning System that is also used by many other colleges) and we are required to write a response to that issue. She also provided a link to a page that clearly explains about “e-learning”. Until now, I have really no idea on this issue since I am still reading that webpage while I am posting this.
If only looking at my college’s so called “e-learning” system, I really don’t like it much because it is not as useful as I expected. Blackboard Learning System is no doubt a good system handling “e-learning” things but it is not being well used at my college. I myself prefer looking for information at another websites rather than the e-learning system because there are almost nothing provided by our lecturer through the system except for some lecture notes / tutorial questions / assignment questions etc. I have a friend studying at another college and I heard from him that he can get a lot more things through their college BlackBoard System besides notes / assignments etc. And the participation of his lecturer is much better compared to my college. I found that sometimes it is very rare to see any lecturer to join in our discussion in the discussion board and probably this is why Blackboard System is not popular in my college.
But these are only some problems that only occur in my college, and this doesn’t mean that they will happen in other colleges as well. Therefore these cannot be the only points in my response to the issue, *sigh*. Now I would need to start thinking what to write and post them this Friday since I do not have much spare time because the units I took in this semester are quite tough (at least 4 credit hours) and I am definitely don’t wish the same thing happened as the “Introductory to Discrete Mathematics” unit last semester.
如果这部电影真的用上这篇文章的名字来做译名的话,相信我对这部电影的期待感会大打折扣。期待这部电影,其实不是在期待Christian Bale,或者Michael Caine/Morgan Freeman,甚至是前阵子才辞世的Heath Ladger或者亚洲观众万众瞩目的陈先生,而是导演Christopher Nolan到底会呈现出什么样的故事。回顾三年前我对这部电影的观后感,真的有点遗憾为什么当时自己不再详细点说明我有多么喜欢导演的叙事风格。
两个星期前有幸应邀(好啦,我承认是因为这老友少开口请求所以心软答应,我就是这样的滥好人那又怎样?)去一个他们中心举办的一个运动会做个义工,虽然是碰上星期六平时我应该会去玩ultimate的时候,不过恰好当时脚是带伤,所以时间是空了出来就答应了(就硬是为了要凑那堆字出来,你吹咩?)。另外,也因为老友有拜讬(这几天才学会是讬不是托)找多几个人,所以在我的振臂疾呼下,招到了很热血的Emily过来帮忙。
最近看到很多仙家在评论某创作歌手的新专辑“退步”了,觉得很好笑,可是后来看到相关的讨论也扯到了很多其他的歌手真的有点为他们叫屈。天啊,他们制作一张专辑出来是给你们评分的吗?喜不喜欢是很主观的,而不是应该用分数来评断,动不动就说人家“退步”了,你在买成绩册还是一张专辑?当然,我不是在维护他,因为他一向来都不是我喜欢的歌手,只是听到人家说他搞电影搞到音乐“退步”而觉得可笑。而且,要说“退步”,不如说他“进步”了,因为至少他这张专辑的几首歌咬字更为清晰。
生活仍然不急不缓地过,我还是在用很缓慢的速度适应着理应会越来越忙碌的研究生生活。不过比我慢的还有大学方面,是说已经注册了两个星期,我桌面上的电脑仍然是隐形中,但愿我早日长出慧根能够看到那隐形的电脑(是说该死的outlook web interface也太难用,而自己也不想去买entourage)。至于supervisor那边,至少在我这边还没有背着他去打小人的打算,所以这阶段应该解读为还好(文风偏露骨,不喜勿入)。
去年写的很少,少得在报名的时候本来想再度挑战艺文类却落得文章不足的窘境。其实也不是写得很少,应该说是发表的很少,因为前半年都在写一篇长篇的。后来这长篇写写下又停了,所以造成整个高不成低不就不上不下的情况。其实停了一阵子的唱片也是时候在忙完手上一堆东西后继续了,所以这阵子有在刻意逼自己隔几天要写一篇很短的故事上来。故事不见得需要很完整很原创,因为其实主要的目的是为了重新找回写作的感觉,算是个练习吧。