It's been a while since i went to the gym. Put running on the back burner in the summer to study, then i got lazy. Anyway, i decided a little exercise won't hurt so i got on the threadmill today and it wasn't bad. Only did a little over a mile, ran half of it, walked the rest. I plan to at least get to the point of running 1 mile by the end of december. Then i'll up it from there.
I also read my kindle while i was on the threadmill. It actually kept me distracted which is a good thing.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Five orange pips
Amazon's kindle has me reading all these free old books and among them, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Reading that got me interested in watching PBS 'Sherlock', which btw i like. Anyway, the actor mentioned the five orange pips and i can't help remember how i felt after reading that.
I felt sad, sad at the fact that the young innocent man was killed. His uncle, i don't care so much about. I mean i don't know what he did with the KKK and if they chased him to england, well... life is what you make it. His nephew on the other hand was innocent, had no idea what was going on and the fools didn't give him a chance.
The only thing i'm left to wonder is did the ship sink because of the equinoctial or whatever gales they were having or was there something 'fishy' involved. The question is did the ship sink? Oh well...i wish i knew.
I felt sad, sad at the fact that the young innocent man was killed. His uncle, i don't care so much about. I mean i don't know what he did with the KKK and if they chased him to england, well... life is what you make it. His nephew on the other hand was innocent, had no idea what was going on and the fools didn't give him a chance.
The only thing i'm left to wonder is did the ship sink because of the equinoctial or whatever gales they were having or was there something 'fishy' involved. The question is did the ship sink? Oh well...i wish i knew.
Powerscore RCB
It's obvious i'm desperate. I've come to realize that logic is important when it comes to this exam. i've been a little lazy reading the logic book i got from amazon. I took a look at Powerscore's LRB and i thought it is a better choice than the logic text simply because it teaches how to take tests.
Today, i went down to UB to borrow their RCB. I was a little surprised they didn't have it on reserve. CCBC has the LRB on their reference shelves so you can't even check it out. Anyway, i read through the RCB and i like it. I've only done a little over 20 pages but so far, i feel like it's the best of EK verbal along with the Ivy Hall verbal mastery. EK offers strategies which i find here but explained more in detail in a way that i like. Ivy Hall goes into question types and tells you to read and all that but the RCB offers that and something more. It actually offers practice.
Plus it includes stuff from myreading lab. So far, it's talked about transitional phrases, active reading and context clues for meanings. I think this is the best of everything.
So, i'll use this for the rest of december, do their passage type training and see how i do when i start TPR tests. Must i add that i think i'm reading a little faster now and i'm vocalizing less. I'll post an update on how i'm doing later.
Today, i went down to UB to borrow their RCB. I was a little surprised they didn't have it on reserve. CCBC has the LRB on their reference shelves so you can't even check it out. Anyway, i read through the RCB and i like it. I've only done a little over 20 pages but so far, i feel like it's the best of EK verbal along with the Ivy Hall verbal mastery. EK offers strategies which i find here but explained more in detail in a way that i like. Ivy Hall goes into question types and tells you to read and all that but the RCB offers that and something more. It actually offers practice.
Plus it includes stuff from myreading lab. So far, it's talked about transitional phrases, active reading and context clues for meanings. I think this is the best of everything.
So, i'll use this for the rest of december, do their passage type training and see how i do when i start TPR tests. Must i add that i think i'm reading a little faster now and i'm vocalizing less. I'll post an update on how i'm doing later.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Relapsing
I made a couple purchases at my favorite retailer for shoes black friday week. then purchased another last week and today i made 4 purchases, 3 shoes and a handbag. What happened to the recovering shopaholic i knew.
The deal now is no more shoe purchases till next year. Since I didn't get time to open the box for the brown skechers boots, i'm starting to think it wouldn't be too much of a bad idea to have UPS pick it up and return it. That's something worth considering.
Must i say that i purchased all shoes and bags today at 60% off with an additional 30% off. So in essence, i purchased hundred dollar shape-ups for less than 28 bucks. In my defense, i made the purchase because the last pair of skechers i bought during the black friday sale, i paid $37.60 and i considered that a very good deal. These are 10 bucks less. The rampage bag was something i'd been eyeing for a long time, and at that discount, i just couldn't pass it up. The last shoe i purchased was a 5" lauren jones pump, would pass for a louboutin, but anyway, by adding it to the other 3 items, it came out about 24 bucks. That shoe actually costs about 110. I ended up paying 63 bucks with my card because i had a gift card balance.
I was planning on using the gift card balance for those traciela books but it turns out powerscore has the same thing for $22. I'm waiting for another gift card from chase and God help me use it for the powerscore book and nothing else.
The worst part of today, i was supposed to finish up kinematics and equilibrium. What did i do? nada. I did finish up supporting details in my reading lab.
It's december, hospitals experience low census during this time and i think with all the extra free time i'll get, i need to chanel that to finishing the TPR books instead of spending it shopping. Heaven knows i've no room for more shoes. Plus, i'm earning less, too.
The deal now is no more shoe purchases till next year. Since I didn't get time to open the box for the brown skechers boots, i'm starting to think it wouldn't be too much of a bad idea to have UPS pick it up and return it. That's something worth considering.
Must i say that i purchased all shoes and bags today at 60% off with an additional 30% off. So in essence, i purchased hundred dollar shape-ups for less than 28 bucks. In my defense, i made the purchase because the last pair of skechers i bought during the black friday sale, i paid $37.60 and i considered that a very good deal. These are 10 bucks less. The rampage bag was something i'd been eyeing for a long time, and at that discount, i just couldn't pass it up. The last shoe i purchased was a 5" lauren jones pump, would pass for a louboutin, but anyway, by adding it to the other 3 items, it came out about 24 bucks. That shoe actually costs about 110. I ended up paying 63 bucks with my card because i had a gift card balance.
I was planning on using the gift card balance for those traciela books but it turns out powerscore has the same thing for $22. I'm waiting for another gift card from chase and God help me use it for the powerscore book and nothing else.
The worst part of today, i was supposed to finish up kinematics and equilibrium. What did i do? nada. I did finish up supporting details in my reading lab.
It's december, hospitals experience low census during this time and i think with all the extra free time i'll get, i need to chanel that to finishing the TPR books instead of spending it shopping. Heaven knows i've no room for more shoes. Plus, i'm earning less, too.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Berkeley Review
Last year, i mailed my check to BR before thanksgiving and received my books about 4 weeks later. i think i was 2 or 4 days away from the 4 week mark.
This year, i mailed it on December 3rd. Today is the 13th and i see the check in my account so i'll see how long it takes to get the books. I have a feeling i may get them by the end of next week. I believe they'll hold onto the check for a while but i'm thinking the by the 24th, they'll be here.
My initial anticipation was that They'll make it here by the 28th or 29th. My fear was that they'll make it here after the first. Right now, only time will tell.
This year, i mailed it on December 3rd. Today is the 13th and i see the check in my account so i'll see how long it takes to get the books. I have a feeling i may get them by the end of next week. I believe they'll hold onto the check for a while but i'm thinking the by the 24th, they'll be here.
My initial anticipation was that They'll make it here by the 28th or 29th. My fear was that they'll make it here after the first. Right now, only time will tell.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
evaluating my readin
The first time i took a speed reading test from reader's edge, it was online and my wpm was over 300. That was after practicing with acereader pro, mostly playing their games. Prior to that, my effective reading rate was about 201.
Anyway, when i downloaded the program 2 days later, my initial reading rate with reader's edge was 275 with 100% comprehension, 325 with 75%, 324 with 100% comprehension and 280wpm with 100% comprehension.
After a week of going through 41% of their material, doing the recognition, motility, horizontal and vertical excerices, i take a comprehension test and my rate is 266 with 100% comprehension. So my comprehension level is the same but my rate is down. The report generated by the program shows a downward trend.
Should i have gone with my gut feeling and ordered acereader pro considering the fact that i tried increased my rate from 200 to 300+ in just a nights use? Right now, i'll keep doing the exercises daily for the next whatever days on the reader's edge and see how i do. if i continue to go down, i'll certainly take advantage of the moneyback guarantee and try acereaderpro instead.
Anyway, when i downloaded the program 2 days later, my initial reading rate with reader's edge was 275 with 100% comprehension, 325 with 75%, 324 with 100% comprehension and 280wpm with 100% comprehension.
After a week of going through 41% of their material, doing the recognition, motility, horizontal and vertical excerices, i take a comprehension test and my rate is 266 with 100% comprehension. So my comprehension level is the same but my rate is down. The report generated by the program shows a downward trend.
Should i have gone with my gut feeling and ordered acereader pro considering the fact that i tried increased my rate from 200 to 300+ in just a nights use? Right now, i'll keep doing the exercises daily for the next whatever days on the reader's edge and see how i do. if i continue to go down, i'll certainly take advantage of the moneyback guarantee and try acereaderpro instead.
evaluating my readin
The first time i took a speed reading test from reader's edge, it was online and my wpm was over 300. That was after practicing with acereader pro, mostly playing their games. Prior to that, my effective reading rate was about 201.
Anyway, when i downloaded the program 2 days later, my initial reading rate with reader's edge was 275 with 100% comprehension, 325 with 75%, 324 with 100% comprehension and 280wpm with 100% comprehension.
After a week of going through 41% of their material, doing the recognition, motility, horizontal and vertical excerices, i take a comprehension test and my rate is 266 with 100% comprehension. So my comprehension level is the same but my rate is down. The report generated by the program shows a downward trend.
Should i have gone with my gut feeling and ordered acereader pro considering the fact that i tried increased my rate from 200 to 300+ in just a nights use? Right now, i'll keep doing the exercises daily for the next whatever days on the reader's edge and see how i do. if i continue to go down, i'll certainly take advantage of the moneyback guarantee and try acereaderpro instead.
Anyway, when i downloaded the program 2 days later, my initial reading rate with reader's edge was 275 with 100% comprehension, 325 with 75%, 324 with 100% comprehension and 280wpm with 100% comprehension.
After a week of going through 41% of their material, doing the recognition, motility, horizontal and vertical excerices, i take a comprehension test and my rate is 266 with 100% comprehension. So my comprehension level is the same but my rate is down. The report generated by the program shows a downward trend.
Should i have gone with my gut feeling and ordered acereader pro considering the fact that i tried increased my rate from 200 to 300+ in just a nights use? Right now, i'll keep doing the exercises daily for the next whatever days on the reader's edge and see how i do. if i continue to go down, i'll certainly take advantage of the moneyback guarantee and try acereaderpro instead.
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