i used to study well in really quiet environments. never liked music in the background..cos i would be humming along and remembering what i have heard rather than what i read.

but things have changed quite abit. i would prefer having some form of distraction! it now seems like i work much much faster in the forum where the music is blasting, people talking and walking all around. the library is too dead quiet...man. i feel this sense of 'guilt' when i ask a friend something...or give out a little cough or flip my pages. every sound is amplified :/ uneasy in there.

used to and still wonder how people can study in fast food restaurants. well...that one i still cannot manage. hee...i will be eating and ordering food now and then..no time for my books. heh. i guess they have greater 'distraction-shut off' levels.

and i think i am gradually building mine up too.

back home..my mum controls the noise levels cos it will distract me. my brother and i used to joke that during school terms, i will be playing the role of 'someone who is studying' instead of sister/daughter in the family etc. yeah my mum is serious about my academic stuff but she's no longer that strict...esp now that i am in uni.

joy learnt in soci that we need some distractions to concentrate. quite a paradox...but definitely works well for multi-taskers. some brains just cannot be satisfied with one task at a time...haha.