I'm starting this series of topics called UGS Shares. Basically the idea is to post up bits of our lives and explain them to each other. Why? Well, one reason UGS exists is to prevent us from drifting (too much) away from each other. I'm hoping this is a one way to create shared meaning in the digital world. And anyway, I think it's still a pretty cool/interesting thing to do. ;-)
So here's the first UGS Shares topic: How does your desk look like? Show us a picture and then tell us why it looks the way it does. (BTW - even if you're in Kuching, just post anyway - because there are people here who haven't been back in awhile and it'll be interesting to see how your desk looks like.)
Mine looks like this:
This was taken last semester, but not much has changed. The big book you see standing on the table is a math textbook; I just dropped the mug (and destroyed it) this morning. =( That being said, the placement of cables and books are about the same, and I am typing at my laptop right now at the exact same spot.
I'm quite annoyed by the height of the table, to be honest. It's quite bad for typing and writing. And right now - the weather in Singapore's terrible. A few days back it was 35 degrees, and HUMID. So humid I could hang my wet towel and it would still be wet two hours later! So sometimes I have no choice but to go to a study room to study.
And then there's the fact that the light is really quite bad. It doesn't look it - but with the sun shining through the windows behind my screen, there's actually quite a bit of a backlight, and it really strains the eyes. But it's mostly okay at night, because I've got a table lamp high above.
Probably one reason why I don't like working in my room in the afternoons. I like to move my stuff to a study room these days, because it's got good air conditioning. But I'm fairly happy with my desk. It's got a hell of an alarm clock on it - and lots of piles - one is an outbox, and the other is a collection of books I refer to, on and off.
How does your desk look like?
