studied too hard

the best lessons come through experience, 

not on black and white nor some fancy highlighters

While packing for the house-moving, I found some old notes from college and uni.

These are the reasons why I had a very limited social circle back in the uni days:

Write programming codes on notepads. I no longer read this language, unfortunately.

Don't ask me what these equations mean.
I may be able to answer you if it was 6 years ago, but not anymore now.

96% for a mid-session quiz. What a Nerd?

Fine, tiny, and tidy handwriting - 10 years ago 2005.
2015 handwriting is thick, squiggly, and messy.

All the colourful sticky notes for an open-book exam. Back in the kiasu days.

While rummaging through those notes, the voices in my head went:

- Wth did we learn this for?
- I think I was once a genius (wanna-be). Glad I'm 'normal' now. Lol.
- What's these equations about?
- Why didn't anyone ask me to Get a Life?!
- Oh wow! I admire the '6-years-ago-Me'. Full of enthusiasm to thrive and achieve the best (I'm just too contented to do anything now).
- What's the point of studying so hard? Not all that we learned are useful anyway.
- Back then, I thought I knew so much but they don't mean anything now, do they?
- If I could go back in time, I'd choose an easier degree, I swear.
- These complicated stuff are not for human. I must be an alien 6 years ago.

I flipped through every page and every folder in the box for one last time before dumping them into the bin. Can't help but feel remorse for them.

If there was a take-two, I'd say NO to Engineering.
It's complicated.
It's the example of spending a fortune to build a 20 bedrooms mansion when all I ever need is 1 bedroom.
After 6 years of completion, I look at the mansion in disbelief and wish I could have spent less amount of time, effort, and money for the same 1 bedroom comfort.

Not that I'm regretting it but I simply realised the beauty of simplicity and the art of 'less is more'.

Nevertheless, I do appreciate the 'more' that I have now though 'less' could also give the same amount of happiness and contentment.

Fortunately, I didn't take up Medicine or Architecture - they seem like a 20 bedrooms mansion which requires double the amount of resources. LOL!