Hippo

Time taken to finish 613 pages of Dan Brown's Angels and Demons: 1 day...



Time taken to finish 100+ pages of a chapter in Kumar and Clarke: 2 days...

Amount of time and knowledge lost due to reading Dan Brown's story book instead of studying: Priceless

There are certain times when knowledge just refuses to get into the brain, for the other times, you will need a working hippocampus.

My encounter with hippos began in kindergarten when i keep seeing the hungry hungry hippo advertisements.. Quite bewildered and excited by the game.



But over time.. i realised that hippos are live and they have the big mouths.. (think i was in primary school then.. in a science lesson)



Then in second year med school.. i realised there's a hippo in the brain or rather a seahorse called hippocampus that aids in memory.. I need it to be alive and kicking now.. most of the time.. so that i can remember stuff all the time. Apparently i might not have trained it well.. It or rather the pair of them seems to be ailing now.. Hai.. how? feed them with essence of chicken? red bull? bird nest? or the plankton they used to eat in their natural habitat?