Today I had the headache from hell. It is unwelcomed especially since I have developed a nagging neck cramp, which feels somewhat like a pinched nerve just between my neck and shoulder. It seemed to have developed once i started writing all these practice tests. I guess my test taking posture isn't very ergonomic. Anyways, this headache coupled with this neck cramp tag teamed me into submission. It got so bad I stopped mid test, cuz i literally couldn't hear myself think anymore.
I think the headache was a result of me deciding that I didn't need coffee today. Bad idea, since they only thing keeping me afloat these last weeks has been the bag of freshly ground starbucks coffee i got a month ago. I've been drinking it ever since. Starbucks totally has me by the short hairs. My brained started to throb around 7:30 pm and continued till about 10:00... then i just gave in and made myself a half cup of coffee and hoped that would tide me over until i finish this test. That helped but i could still feel my head throb. So now, while i'm waiting for the aspirin to kick this headaches ass, i decided to give u guys a glimpse into what I have to listen to in a day while i'm writing my practice tests.
Here's the back story. I bought ear plugs to drown out my aunts family while i study. Ear plugs are rated on a scale of 0-30 (30 being the most effective). A score of 30 means your ear plugs can reduce noise levels by 30 decibels. The ear plugs i got had a rating of 29.
So this is what I did... i put the ear plugs in and tried to compare my aunt's loudness with known decibel ratings of other things. Here's what i got.
When my aunt is talking she sounds like a residential area at night (40db)... if you add 29dB to that without earplugs... she actually comparable busy traffic at 5m (70dB).
When she raises her voice she starts sounding like the inside of a restaurant with the ear plugs on (60dB) , add 29 dB without the ear plugs and she loudness rivals that of a heavy truck at 1m (90dB)
When she's absolutely furious, she sounds like a vaccum cleaner (80dB) even when I have my ear plugs on... which means she actually sounds like a chainsaw (110 dB).
Oh by the way, the threshold of pain is a 120 dB, which is a train horn at 10 m.
God bless wikipedia.
Time to go back to studying.
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Home Stretch
Last three weeks.
Gut check time.
Much of my score will depend on how aggressively I study in the coming weeks. I plan to study night and day.. until my vision blurs and till i collapse of mental exhaustion. There is no tomorrow.
I got a rejection letter from U of Ottawa today. I asked my dad to save it for me.
It'll look nice when I hang it beside my acceptance letter to U of T.
Veni, vidi, vici.
Gut check time.
Much of my score will depend on how aggressively I study in the coming weeks. I plan to study night and day.. until my vision blurs and till i collapse of mental exhaustion. There is no tomorrow.
I got a rejection letter from U of Ottawa today. I asked my dad to save it for me.
It'll look nice when I hang it beside my acceptance letter to U of T.
Veni, vidi, vici.
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