On retrospect

On retrospect many items seems much clearer... especially when I recall how much reading my labmates were doing (those who are pursuring their PhDs), I also recall them constantly at their writing desk, reading and writing. While I on the other hand was busy like a bee at the bench, whipping out loads of experiments, churning out lots of data.

The difference is, they do well-planned, carefully piped out experiments, while I do the ALL-I-Can type.

The difference is, they have the painful part at the begining, the sorting out process, while I have the real pain in the end, trying to make sense of at times senseless information.

I am not sure if they got their different training directly from our sup or was it on their own accord.

But one thing I am sure of now, is I am still has clueless as I was then. ha ha ha

The reason why its called Permanent Head Damage is because there are so many literature out there, everyday someone in some part of the whole is saying a new thing about the topic that you are working on. If you are not careful, you will make the wrong diagnosis, use the wrong information. Sorting through what they have to say and what it means when applied to your own set of information is a real pain.

At least in uni days when the lecturers give us a long list of literature to read, it was pretty much guided, all geared towards a certain theme or message. Now. we are like fisherman, casting a wide wide net, you have to sieve through whatever you catch. If you are lucky, you might come across something useful. But then, you will have to verify how "true" this information is by hunting for other similar information.

Its a long tedious process.

Now I understand why my old labmates always sit on their desk reading and reading away.

Now I understand Su....