Spent 4 solid hours in the computer lounge this morning...

Since DLK finished a few weeks ago, I have no morning classes on weds and fris in the morning. My 1st lesson on weds starts only at 1330 hrs. So I made good use of the 4 hours to do my various assignments which are due next week. I am about to complete them and the final asignment is due one week before the maths exam. However, I intend to at least start on it tomorrow. Also, now that GESL is over, my fridays are free!! This means I only have a 4 day week.

Read the article below from today's Straits Times.

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Drivers back idea of night races
F1 supremo Ecclestone wants 'a good number', S'pore may be a pit stop
Mar 14, 2007 The Straits Times

LONDON - FORMULA One supremo Bernie Ecclestone's plans to push for night racing have been lauded by several drivers.
The Briton, who arrived in Singapore on Monday, had revealed in an interview before he left London that he wanted to include a 'good number' of night races as early as next season.
Leading drivers, who think any move to increase the sport's spectacle should be embraced, are applauding his plan.
Mark Webber, the Red Bull driver and Grand Prix Drivers' Association director, has welcomed the suggestion, as long as proper testing of running cars in the dark is done, reported Autosport yesterday.
Said the Australian: 'That is a brilliant idea, absolutely brilliant.
'I think we should race at night. It would be great for the sport.
'There will have to be a balance between not having enough lighting and having too much lighting, because you don't want it like day time.
'There needs to be some testing done though. I know the drivers are not important when it comes to a lot of things, but we probably need to test a few things to work out what is sensible and what is not.
'We are a part of a show and we want to make it better.''
Given the heat in Asia, racing at night would also help the drivers cope with warmer temperatures.
Added Webber: 'The tracks will be quick - it is the same at Le Mans, when the cars are quicker at night. The engines like it.
'Night races are good. It would be great in Malaysia actually, because it would be cooler then.'
Honda's Rubens Barrichello is also in favour of night races.
The Brazilian said: 'It will be fine. I have no idea what it will be like in the cockpit - obviously doing 300kmh at night, I don't know what the illumination will give.
'On a kart, it's fine, but I have no idea what it will be like in an F1 car. It will be fun for the public and as long as we have safety in the car, it will be fine.'
Ecclestone has been toying with the idea of night races for a while. China, Japan and Singapore - if it lands a deal to stage a race - are seen as likely candidates due to their time difference with Europe.
He added that he wants next year's calendar to include a record 20 races. The current schedule has 17 events.
He told The Mail last Sunday: 'I'm currently trying to put together a three-year calendar.
'I'm also wanting to stage a good number of night races.
'It is a new development and there will be a novelty factor behind it as well.
'But the main reason is because so many of the Grands Prix are east of Europe. So, instead of having to watch them in the early hours of the morning, Europeans can watch them during the day if staged in the evenings in the East.
'I think it's a terrible shame that the first Grand Prix of the new season should be staged in the afternoon in Australia.
'To get up and watch it in the night over here is not the best way to get the show on the road.'
The 2007 season kicks off in Melbourne on Sunday.
Recent reports claim Singapore could be awarded a race on next year's schedule.
However, the F1 boss remained guarded on whether the reports were accurate.