Finally done with all my semestral papers and finally, the long anticipated break arrives for about 1 month +. I’m not totally certain of the duration of the holiday because the academic calender, or Tzar calander (for being large, complex and obsolete, quintessentially worthless), as my friend would call it, effective only until 25 March 2006. In small print at the bottom of the page reads “Last updated: 12/17/2004 13:04:27″. Rofl.

I haven’t had anything plan out for this upcoming holidays (not like I ever have any plans for anything), but I guess its going to be spent mindlessly grinding away in L2 and EQ2, though I hope I could find something productive to do, but that is unlikely, especially with a good friend of mine being conscripted soon (damn you Singapore), which leaves me with an option less for things to do.

Back home after the exams, I watched a science program, The Elegant Universe, which explored the history, the development, the impact and the future of String theory, which is determined to be the “Theory of Everything”.

Sounds dull doesn’t it? No, it actually is one of the most interesting aspects for modern science, especially since it explores areas that have previously been thought of as sci-fi, and sci-fi buffs will definitely enjoy this as it shows how those ideas relate to real-life. It covers topics that’ve long been of interest such as parallel universes (which was what I really after :D) and the fundemental workings of the universe etc.

Now, the theory itself is inheritably complex, but the whole 3 hour long series is broken down into 3 major sections of an hour each, and further sub-divided into chapters. The presenter does an excellent job of explaining most of the theories into more easily understood layman terms, devoid of all those complex mathematical equations that I so passionately hate.

I wouldn’t say I fully grasp the whole concept of String theory yet, but combined with watching BBC’s Parallel Universe the previous week, it certainly has helped me understood it a lot better (I was pretty confused after watching BBC’s Parallel Universe).