Haha i think the best thing i have learnt from econs these 2 yrs has gotta be the prisoners' dilemma...

Imagine there are 2 ppl, A and B, being interrogated for a crime. They are held in separate rooms and have no contact with one another. Then they are each told the same thing

"If you and your partner both do not confess, you 2 will get 1 yr each in jail. If you confess but your partner does not, you will get 3 months in jail while your partner gets 10 yrs in jail and vice versa. If both you and your partner confess, both of you will get 3 yrs each in jail."

So upon hearing this from the police, what will A and B do?

The best alternative of course would be for them both not to confess so that they will each get the jail term of 1 yr. However, both of them know that if they did not confess while their partner did, they would get 10 yrs in jail while their partner would only get 3 months. Thus, both of them, looking after their own interests, would actually confess together and each get 3 yrs in jail. Of coz this is a worse position if they both had not confessed and gotten a 1 yr jail term instead. If they knew each other well enough such that they would not confess under any circumstances, they would have been in a better position. However, thinking of themselves will only lead to both suffering more.

Thus this is prisoners' dilemma: how 2 ppl, while attempting independently to make their optimal decision based on the assumptions of how the other are likely to act, end up in a worse position than before...

Even if those of u who read this are not econs students, i hope it would have generated some interest in u...haha...

After i went to exercise this morning, i tink if there was a Pokemon to represent me...

it shouldn't be Psyduck,

it should be Slowpoke...

hahahaha...

I got 10 more days be4 i enlist into ns and i am struggling pls...haha...too long nvr exercise liao now have to start from scratch also lazy although i have no choice...i dun wanna suffer too much in ns pls...lol

Anyway these few days i really feeling quite bored becos ppl are either overseas or at chalets den wan to go out also cannot, wan to stay at home play online game with them also cannot, wan to chat with them and crap all the usual stuff also cannot...haha...not that there aren't ppl to go out with but when u find urself walking in orchard with only one other person (not saying that person is boring pls >< u know who u are) u would actually prefer it if there were more ppl around to share and spread joy happiness and fun amongst everyone...hahaha

Well i certainly hope from thurs onwards it'll be much better...

got prom, chalet and hopefully more outings to look forward to...

Haha so after absorbing econs theories and stuff for the past few hrs i have become so bored that i am blogging now...

Yeah so last week i din study at all..haha instead i went out again and again and again...friday went to buy prom stuff...haha..first time spending so much money i felt a tinge of sadness when parting with those money becos not used to it...lol hope nxt time when i start earning money den it'll be better and can go do more shopping.. like glen said "Shopping when u have a budget sux"...yeah i agree with that a lot... but i cannot complain since i haven started working and earning my own money yet and instead i shld be grateful that my parents were willing to fork out money for me...haha...

And so tmr finally comes when i have my last paper...it's fate that this particular paper had to be scheduled so late budden i have to juz accept it and do my best for it...not that i haven't had any fun for the past wk but it's juz that i still cannot have that totally liberated and relieved feeling after everything's finished...oh well at least the whole As passed really fast i shld say..the last time u knew it u were still panicking over whether the maths paper would be hard and fast forward to now most have already finished while i have that last paper left...so once tmr i hear those magical words of "Time's up. Pens down", tie up my script and hand it up, i tink i would really feel glad that it's all over finally after a long wait and will den spend my remaining free time on pure fun stuff...and i wouldn't really bother abt "You can collect ur question papers tmr becos we have to keep them for 24 hrs"...not that i would really go down to sch to collect the paper..i tink i will juz heck care...haha..

oh yah tmr's most likely the last day i will be wearing vj uniform...haha...suddenly i am tinking of what would actually happen to the uniform...haha not that i would throw it away or whatever but juz that it would be hanging in my cupboard and den when i look at it i may juz start tinking of vj sch life and reminscencing and my eyes start tearing...haha that sounds exaggerated and of coz i am juz kidding...well i have experienced ups and downs thruout my 2 yrs in vj but of coz the ups far outweigh the downs...ok i dunno how many ppl out there have already blogged abt their sch life and watever but i haven't hahaha so eh nxt time i shall do it...haha...

finally i wanna thank everyone who remembered...haha...

Haha yesterday besides the morning was really great!!!

Went out with the class to orchard...den watched happy potter...

Happy Potter was nice in my opinion although i felt that there should have been more Quidditch World Cup scenes in the movie because i am a sports fanatic (even if they are fictitious)... Haha

So after the movie we went for dinner together at seoul garden... following which we went walking around to digest our full stomachs and looking at the nice christmas decorations while also taking photos in front of the giant taka christmas tree...

haha i tink yesterday's class outing was one of the best ones in terms of the no of ppl who turned up plus i tink (or at least i hope) everyone had fun whether it came from watching the movie, eating and crapping during dinner or juz spending time out with ur gd frens...

and i really hope there will be more to come!! at least one more be4 i enlist into ns..haha..so those of u 04S31 ppl who are really free and wish to volunteer to make me happy (ok not only for me, but for the others too), pls coordinate and organise another class outing...haha...sentosa or kbox or wherever else which many ppl can go and have fun together would be good...lol

ok i sound desperate budden when i know my days of freedom are not that many left, i gotta grab hold of them and make full use...and maximise my satisfaction (sounds so econs)...yah so pardon me for my sort of desperate behaviour...haha

i juz gotta say i love spending time with all my frens...

Haha this morning's paper reminded me of my f maths prelims paper 2... stuck here stuck theren stuck everywhere... lol... and i got 48 for that paper anyway...

so prospects dun look good unless something miraculous happens...

hahaha...

If i din make too many careless mistakes today although i already know of a few, then i think there's hope for me!!!

haha i have to admit that today's paper was easier as compared to those from previous yrs...and luckily so...haha...

and so if i din mess up badly, it'll be good =D

ok so i have 3 more papers left

and of coz i shall persevere on (and also slack)

oh man i'm feeling high...hahaha...like as though i have already ended my As..

4 papers, 12 hrs, 12 days...

Some ppl already end today, some others end on friday, more ppl will end by nxt monday, even more ppl will end by nxt thurs etc etc...

and finally it'll be my turn =D

Yeah ok so after one subject and 2 papers later, the duration of my exam time alone is as stated above (wow more than a day!!! ><)

Anyway maths is over...seemed harder to me as compared to previous years but hope nothing goes wrong... however this also means that the other harder subjects lie ahead... and i am not studying which does not help matters a lot... =D

So how?

Beats me...

Study lor what else can i do?

Haha...

But what can i study for gp?

I seriously dunno...

That's y i am online!!!

haha so after another random chat, this time with yining, the idea of this post abt decision-making came abt and so yeah here i am typing another of Psyduck's Philosophies!!!

Ok so basically, decision-making is a process that u are making all the time in ur life i suppose...

what u eat

what u wear

what u do

who u like

who u dislike

who u admire

who u despise

etc etc etc...

yeah so actually if u din realise it, sometimes when we make decisions, we dun base it on our own feelings...we actually think of how others would feel or react if u were to make a certain decision..for example, if u know that saying some hurtful stuff to ppl will make them cry, den u will most probably shut up and keep quiet unless u are so insensitive dat u fail to realise how other ppl feel...pls note that this is juz an example...

or for example, u feel like doing something which ur family and frens actually feel otherwise abt..den there is a tendency for u to actually think of their perspectives when it comes down to a final decision...and sometimes u juz gotta give up ur own plans in view of wat other ppl think...

decision-making leads me to think of cost-benefit analysis which economists use to assess whether a plan should be carried out by weighing its social costs and benefits against one another (obviously u know wat would happen if one were more than the other >< even without being an econs student)

sometimes when we make decisions, we also look at the pros and cons of doing so...how that certain action would cause things to turn out...for better or for worse...

so by actually typing this entry out for around the last 30 mins, i have actually decided to stop studying and relax which i hope wun jeopardise my chances of doing well for the As..

=D

till the end of my As i hope to be able to type a few more entries becos that would mean i have either utmost confidence to do well without spending more time to study or perhaps it juz means that i have decided that enuff is enuff and no longer care abt the exams...haha..becos i seriously cannot imagine myself not resting at home and continuing to study for the whole of the next 2 and a half wks...

1) When u stay up late and burn the midnite oil to mug, it is not gd for ur body becos what u require is ample rest and mugging thru the nite actually lessens the rest u get

2) When u want to relax after mugging for some time, the most likely things u would do is either to find something to eat which would lead to weight gain or juz watch tv or use the computer which requires no physical exertion (Most people dun exercise after being tired from mugging)

3) When u go to places like fast food restaurants like Macs to study, u may have to order some food in order to occupy the table and of coz the food is gonna be eaten by u and so u will gain fats by eating relatively more fast food during the mugging period be4 exams

4) When u want to have more time to mug, u cut down the time spent on other activities and that includes exercising

why am i thinking of what i am gonna do after my A-levels when it hasn't even started yet?

hahaha...

perhaps it's becos of the relatively short period of time i have to have fun (11 days to be exact...even shorter than the whole of the A lvl period...plus maybe a few days before the end of my last paper when i would actually start playing becos knowing myself well enough, i know i wouldn't spend 6 straight days mugging for a paper especially when almoz everyone else u know has already finished and are enjoying themselves)

Den again, who do i have to blame but myself? =P