Back in far-far-away-land for a series of lectures and workshops. I couldn't help but felt that they are treating us like little kids. By little kids, I mean those below 8 years old. I wonder how much enthusiasm they are expecting from us. Consider these: we are going all the way to far-far-away-land during the June holidays, and the LT isn't near to any bus-stop. AND, we have to do so for two weeks. We couldn't help feeling restless. For talks like financial literacy which most of us find beneficial, the LT was silent and people are attentive. Some talks got to be scraped. We shouldn't have such talks and workshops just for the sake of filling up our two weeks, so that we don't get paid for nothing. At the end of the day, there's nothing but mutual displeasure. People are thinking of taking MC to account for their absence and the lecturers are "cursing" that we'll get retribution.

Shouldn't we use our resources wisely to create win-win situations for both parties?

Anyway, half of the time I was engrossed with the combinatorics book and fascinated by how bijectivity is being applied to solve the questions. In this way, time past more quickly, and journeys to far-far-away-land become more bearable.