1/4000s | f4.5 | cropped | 105mm | A sea gull soaring above the Thames.

With my final exams over and done with, my first year in University has come to an end. As I shifted through the odds and ends accumulated within the past months to prepare to move out from university's hall of residence, I realized things which countless before me had realized and mused about:

Realization #1: Time passes way too slowly
I'm sure most agree with me that the past few months felt like years. Torturous years fraught with endless lectures, courseworks and exams. Sure, there were good times; I distinctly remember that one great moment which lasted about a couple of seconds. Those were the greatest 2 seconds of my life but a tad too short for me to register and recall exactly what that great moment entails. Anyway, it was amazing while it lasted.

Realization #2: I'm not an environmentalist, I just love junks
As I went through my drawers, I couldn't believe the amount of used writing pads I had. Until very recently, I thought I kept written writing pads because I wanted to do my part to make sure Stephen Colbert's premonition won't come true (my grandchildren shall know what a glacier is!). I've since realized that there was nothing noble in my storing used writing pads. It wasn't to prevent global warming; it was merely a disguise for what was actually a character flaw psychologists have named Affinity to Trash Disorder (ATD).

Realization #3: University education is way underrated
I hate people who live under the delusion that they're above college degrees. Oh, you've probably met them; they're the ones who make generalization about how you don't need a college degree to strike it rich and often cite Bill Gates as the prime example of their theory. The evangelist of this school of thought is perhaps Troy McClain, the guy from the first The Apprentice you've probably forgotten, who said "PHD, MBA, BA, to me it’s all BS". Don't BS me, Mr. McClain. I mean, how can anyone possibly know how to solve differential equations, find inverse of matrices or deal with complex numbers without attending university? Those are vital skills in life, I say! A day shall come when paper credential tops all else and university students will be vindicated for their effort!