My revision is going on too slowly for my liking. I have all but given up on Engineering Math and Electromagnetics. All too awful to comprehend and too much time required for to little grade improvement.

Recently in Singapore, the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outberak has everyone in a fluster about their physical well-being. I have seen for the first time, people walking about with face masks. One particular mother I saw walked about with a child in tow wearing one, whilst she herself remained unprotected. A valiant display of maternal love - and utter stupidity. Unless you mean to tell me you do not live in the same home as your children, I do not see the point of giving them protection against something that you yourself are vulnerable to and are likely to spread to them. As usual, intelligece is beaten by mindless automatic thinking.

The SARS has killed 9 people in Singapore to date, mostly the elderly and weak. The hubbuh about this is tremendous, but frankly, there are many more illnesses which kill just as easily and yet do not raise such an amount of media attention. I am only just realising how much modern society is shaped by the supposedly 'true' reporting of the media. So many people simply buy into whatever is reported without stopping to think for themselves. With the hundreds of analysts thinking for them, I suppose most feel there's no need to trouble themselves.

On another media front, the war with Iraq is making waves too. It's almost ridiculous the amount of coverage coming from what is supposed to be a war. Psychological warfare on the part of the United States? Perhaps. I'm personally not very concerned about the state of the Middle East, but it's impossible not to know something, with reports and clips coming in every way you turn.