Lab Report Glossary

Marking lab reports drove me crazy. They left me speechless and I must have spent hours thinking of nicer ways to express my thoughts. As a result, I've compiled a handy list of comments that may reduce my stress level when marking the remaining ones. 

1. It doesn't make sense at all!
- work on logical flow

2. You're throwing in a random sentence that doesn't tie in with everything else!
- please elaborate

3. How is this important? Why are you telling me this?
- bracket sentence and comment "unnecessary"

4. What are you talking about? Stop using big words if you don't know what it means!
- use clear and concise language
- writing mechanics, word usage, and grammar contain errors that affect paper's content

5. Don't just jot down a bunch of numbers, what's your interpretation of it?
- besides reporting it, you should explain what it means

Googlebrain

We no longer remember phone numbers, cause we have cell phones to save them; we are poor in arithmetic, cause we have calculators to do the calculations; we don't worry about directions, cause we have GPS to figure out the shortest route. All that we need to know is accessible through some sort of electronic device. So what's next? Implanting a microchip that stores all essential information in our brain?

Quick retrieval from more than a thousand databases, customizable profiles for various occasions, minimum two years contract, recyclable for a new virtual brain, and yea, most likely owned by google.

Dear Me

Dear 24-year-old Self,

I feel odd and silly writing this but I feel the need to remind myself the necessity of staying true to thyself. You may have been thrown into a situation that you are not ready for, but please please please, do not compromise your values and beliefs. Don't compromise just to fit in cause you're gonna lose yourself along the way. It's an ongoing challenge but don't worry, you'll survive!

Hang in there, buddy.

Still sane,
Your 21-year-old Self :)

PhD Comics

PhD Comics, my new daily read. It's quite humorous to read about the exaggerated truth of a grad student's life. I guess it's somewhat comforting to know that there are others out there going through the same thing, and that we're all surviving and still able to get a good laugh out of it, hah. Anyhow, I came across this one and could really identify with the last few boxes. In fact, I've just blogged about it two posts ago. I guess I'd say I'm a Chinese American born in Malaysia, currently living in a country I no longer call home but still mildly attached to just because my "home" is coincidentally located on that piece of land. or to a stranger, I'd shorten that to, yea I'm Malaysian. and life goes on...