Lectures from 10am to 12noon. Test at 5pm later.
But I don't want to go for classes. Neither for studying. Kinda moody now.
Bad example to schoolboys and schoolgirls. DON'T ever skip class, please.
So, I hide myself in library and type an entry.
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What is the shortest path between two points?
Mathematically, we can tell out the answer,
"A Straight Line".
I've never taken this theory seriously. Until two matters.
One is from my Dad. He gets his hands on Wingtsun.
In a real fight, there's no judge, there's no rule and law.
It's the matter of life and death.
So, the faster one can influence the situation to his own advantage.
While most of us intend to beat people by raising our fist diagonally and accelerate it, a fist parallel with our arm reaches the enemy faster.
That's what he believes in.
Of course, you have to train yourself to have your power on without using acceleration.
Another matter is our eye-catching but user-unfriendly Chancellor Complex.
In simple, it is a formation of an incomplete pentagon.
Ideally, the paths to connect the corners should be straight lines.
However, it ended up to be curves and arcs. Both between adjacent blocks and between opposite blocks.
I do admit that from some extend, streamlines look more comfortable and not rigid as a polygon.
But, the beauty does not worth much if it brings inconvenience to users.
Map of UTP Chancellor Complex. Red lines represent proposed shortest paths.
(See? How much extra distance we have gone through?)
Previously, a notice board was put up at the entry corner of Pocket D, asking students to walk on "proper way".
Ever think of how the board comes? Because students walk on grass / sideway instead of main path.
Ever think of why students walk on sideway instead? Because it is much nearer.
The answer is obvious.
Sometimes, how we treat people is also one of the "straight-line theory" applications.
We tend to beat around bushes to get from our heart to another point in someone's heart, thinking that it's advantageous.
However, it weakens what we want to express, and make the distance between our hearts further.
So, in cases of being truthful does not hurt others, why don't we make it straightforward?
Make a straight line. Get your cheese.
1 comment(s):
It all depends on why you're doing what you're doing. A physical example:
You're walking in a park with two routes. One's a scenic route with tonnes to see on the way and its longer than the second path that's probably just one round across a lake. Which path do you choose? Its either you choose the first one because you want to enjoy the scenery or the second one because you want to finish walking around as quickly as possible.
The 'why' always matters. Sometimes right and wrong can hinge on the 'why'.
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