A Good Day

My friend sent this picture from Japan and it just suits my mood today.

Today has been a very fruitful day. I started working full-bore on my presentation tomorrow and at first it felt so unmanageable. I have to present 7 chapters from two different books in one 15 minute presentation. I'm sure I'll overshoot the mark several times but what the heck. I'm sure my professor would rather me give a somewhat in-depth presentation than a superficial one. Nonetheless, I shall check with him to see if I can go beyond the 15 minute mark.

I started working at the presentation since 9 this morning and I've been at it for close to 12 hours with 15-20 minute breaks here and there. It's more than the first presentation (that one saw 2 people looking at 3 chapters) but I'm confident that it'll be ok. It's not finished by a long shot but I pretty much know what to do and what to include.

It has taken me 2 months to get into the habit of studying. It's not just the studying- it's more than that. It involves getting into the habit of thinking differently and looking at things differently as well.

I'm happy though- although I have on average 600 pages to read every week. It's not too bad. I like reading anyway so it's all good.

I'm currently wrestling with The Information Society: An Introduction (here) by Armand Mattelart and Tendencies and Tensions of the Information Age: The Production and Distribution of Information in the United States (here) by Jorge Reina Schement and Terry Curtis.