from gems to uems

a recent gathering made me realise the usefulness of taking the extra modules outside boring engineering. To be fair, I am not at all complaining for having to complete these extra modules since they are a good weekly get away vacation from the engineering faculty. But in more recent conversations allowed me to understand the techinical lingo from other faculties. The fun part is having many other friends in different faculties learning different cores, yet still being able to converse freely over topics typical to the different field of studies due to the insight given from taking their modules. While i claim not be an expert in whatever is been done across or down the road and in those other labs, it definitely is enjoyable relating to each other while appreciating the techincal aspects of the conversation. It really is a pity though that many people cannot remember much of what they have studied from these modules thinking that it is of little or close to no relevance in their lifes. The truth is, the more specialise the field of study we delve into the more effort we should place on learning a broader. As there is only limited enforcment on how much we should learn, it then falls in our own hands to pick up these life enriching know hows. Perhaps it is for the sake of being a less boring person, but sometimes it is a good way to pull up the CAP too =)