I want to know more

The image that I have myself is someone who's on the brainy side, who likes looking at things from an intellectual side, who likes thinking critically and gleaning knowledge from everywhere and anywhere.

In a sense, it does fit my profile because I do enjoy learning and thinking about things from an intellectual perspective. And I guess that this passion has inflated my ego a bit too much, as I recently started thinking of myself as someone knowledgable.

Being in Durham University, and surrounded by people (from Durham and not from Durham alike) who are just so knowledgable, so smart, so quick-thinking, has been such a humbling experience. But instead of putting myself down for not knowing more (e.g. this morning I had mixed Zurich and Munich up), I'm just so thankful for all these individuals for showing me that knowledge is everywhere, and that every person has pieces of knowledge they can offer. More than that, there are so many commonsense, general knowledge that I realised that I still do not know, and that I have never questioned about. Being around all these wonderful people (re)ignited my desire to humble myself, to open up my eyes and ears more, and to absorb more from the world around me.

Thank you everyone who's been so contributive to the sharpening of my mind, and who's constantly keeping me on my toes, because you have reminded me time and again that there is so much of the world I have yet to experience, yet to see, yet to understand, yet to know. The amount of knowledge one has never remains stagnant, and I'm just so thrilled at the idea that there's just so much more out there for me to learn.