Finally submitted the WR.
Very very very relieved and happy.
Sorry if I have become really really really irritable the past week.
Rebecca had nice food during Chinese lesson.
Weeshan's group had a picture that was in black and white for some reason.
So they decided to come my house to print.
Quite interesting.
They thought that the black cat at my block was really big and scary.
Well, I have seen bigger and scarier cats such as Garfield, another cat in the estate.
It is big, yellow and damn ugly.
Seriously, you would think it had some disease or something.
And they said its eyes were scary too.
They are really fascinating.
By the way, did you know that Pig is albino?
Didn't freak out as much when they saw all the mess.
But after that they started looking at pictures of 'pretty people.
Also printed out a nice CD cover for the soft copy of the WR.
Went back to school.
Passed it up.
SO happy.
At lunch at the canteen with the rest.
Contrary to Andy's opinion, it wasn't a debate.
More of a clarification.
Question: Do you feel fuller if you ate noodles that have soaked up a bowl of soup compared to when the noodles did not soak up the soup.
Answer: Yes.
Although the mass of both are the same.
It all boils down to the physiology of the digestive system.
Firstly, when you first ingest something, the muscles of the pyloric sphincter contact and causes it to close.
This prevents food from leaving the stomach to ensure enough time for the enzymes and the acid to act on the food particle for better digestion.
However, tight as the pylorus may be, it does not completely prevent liquids from passing through.
Hence, if the noodles have not soaked up the water, the noodles will not be able to pass through and would remain in the stomach and the water would be able to pass through, resulting in a less full stomach.
If the noodles have soaked up the water, it now has to depend on the water potentials.
As it takes some time for the water to leave the starch complexes of the noodles, considering that it took some time for the water to enter in the first place, the volume of food remaining in the stomach is larger.
The stomach is able to expand to about five times its normal size depending on the amount of food present.
The nerves around the stomach respond to the expansion and transmits signals to the brain, resulting in the feeling fullness.
The feeling of fullness also corresponds to the stimulation from the stomach.
Hence, when there is more food in the stomach, you would feel more full. (duh)
And to think that I am going to have only 5 days to go through 1000 pages?
And at the rate that this will go, I would have to study 1 page every 2 minutes.
Hope that it would be worth it.
