Entries from August 2008

August 31, 2008

Afro-Nerd Disco!

 
I bought Vampire Weekend’s Vampire Weekend  in Japan’s HMV and it has been my favourite companion during public transportation ever since (Although CDs in Japan were commonly known to be dressed in sky high prices which would make your wallet self-combust, this one came at a “bargain” price of around 25 SGD. Weird enough they had [...]

August 27, 2008

Pavlov’s Theory of Classical Conditioning

I remember, the only thing that was barely enjoyable about studying Human Resource Management was the lesson on Classical Conditioning and Pavlov’s Dogs.
You see, Pavlov’s dogs demonstrated to us, the very complex, yet simple theory of classical conditioning, that when two unrelated stimuli occur within short proximity, a person will begin to associate one [...]