Do you know what's the meaning of Bossa Nova?

According to Wiki, it comes from the Portuguese word meaning 'new trend'. Ok, before I go on rambling about trends and innovations, I better warn you that I'm really sleepy and drowsy (must be the food I ate at Shah Jahan Indian resetaurant just now..). Yeah, so the only reason why I'm writing this is because I'm bored of studying, trying to keep my eyes open and stimulate my brain cells to think instead of dozing off.

I've got 3 mid-terms next week and this week has just been full of activity. Not necessarily activity in the sense of 'action' but more of emotional activity? I don't know. Well, I'm really happy that a few Korean brothers and sisters actually sent me e-mails. I wrote to Min-ho and Bo-hua but they still haven't replied. =( Only Jongkeun did. Anyway, V's also out.

Back to innovations and new trends... let's see... any idea what's the latest trend this year? Well, for outgoing techies, according to Trendhunter magazine, a useful must-have especially in times of emergencies would be the hand-crank cell phone charger. That would be good hand-exercise.. wonder if they could invent one that can crank off the fats accumulating around my waist. hmm.. okay... going off tangent..

Applying the Diffusion of Innovations theory, I have the feeling that this innovation will probably never reach critical mass, and thus never take off. I, for one, will not spend money on a hand-crank cell phone charger mainly for 2 reasons:

1. I'm not a camper and will most likely not be staying outdoors for more than 2 nights. Hence, my hp is not likely to fail me because I will ensure it is fully charged before I go to camp.
2. As the product hasn't even been released in Singapore according to my knowledge, I doubt I will see it anytime soon due to poor market demand for such items in Singapore which is a technological society that isn't very outgoing. And who on earth would want to carry an extra weight around just to charge the phone for like 5 extra minutes? In the first place, I wonder how long it takes the person to crank the phone in order for it to be charged enough to make a decent call.

Okie, I think I better stop talking nonsense and prepare for meet. Supposed to be playing badminton with my dad now but he's sleeping and I'm too tired to wake him up. There goes the exercise I've been waiting for for 4 months...