Sunday, August 07, 2005
Hmmm... Went Dim suming with Alvin this morning. At Red Star, shiok siah, missed only good thing, that was the egg tarts. They were out of the oven too late lah. (There's a sentence construction problem, but heck)
Anyway, my grandma is in hospital. Query myocardial infaction.
Oh ya, main purpose for today's post is to share my study method. This is to dispell the school of thought that "Chun Meng don't need to study to pass in exams".
Well, this method was thought to me back a Sec 2 classmate. He's Risiandi, an Indonesian, the only not screwed up Indo I've known in my life. Well, he read in a book that studies show that an average person can study with optimal attention for about 45minutes. And after that, a rest is essential to rest the brain, allow time for the brain to process the info and be ready for more. After years of self talking and experimenting, I've found that my max attention span is about 40 mins.
So when I study, I'll study for 40 mins and by then, I'll feel like nothing is going in anymore. Then I'll take a 15 mins break. I'll walk around, look for food and all sorts of things. Then I'll be back at the desk studying after the break. This cycle repeats, with each studying time span getting shorter, that's because people do get tired. After several cycles of studying, break, studying, break... The brain will eventually be so saturated that nothing will go in. For me, that's 5 cycles maximum! But that was only during the A Levels. And ha! I can only do five cycles max for a day. After that, I'll just relak and sleep.
Other things, I do,
1) I time my coffee. Cos coffee is effectively effective for 3 hours and takes half an hour to kick in
2)I drink loads of water. I don't know why but I drink alot as I think. Maybe it's the hydrostatic pressure.
3)Eat eat eat.
4)I keep my room super bright, only study at my desk.
5)I like to put my foot on the table.
Those are not studying methods. Just my studying style. Said all those to let people out there know my studying ritual. Hey peepz, i'm mortal! I got study one...
Posted by NuhC at 12:54 AM
