Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Wish list 1

Be careful what you wish for.

Fulfilment of Wish List... only 1 item Yes, I am now employed.
I guess this paves the way for the rest of my wishes.

I miss the feeling of having nothing to do. Yet I am already beginning to lose sleep over work. Learning. Learning the techniques shouldn't be tough. Its just following. But as usual, I am the idiot. I want to understand what is happening. I want to see the big picture. I am not satisfied with just doing without knowing. And this is what makes life so difficult sometimes. You try so hard to understand, and later you wonder why. Is it worth it? Compared to someone who doesn't understand, there is essentially no difference superficially since the work gets done.

Talk about lab safety. After having been in my ultra-paranoid lab for a year, I have to admit that some of it rubbed off. Today, I saw a girl open hold the door handle with gloves on (she was trying to keep it open), and a guy holding a piece of paper with golves -- paper which we bring out of the lab. According to my paranoid lab mates -- that paper is contaminated. I can't help feeling that even my desk in the lab, which should not be used for lab work, has been contaminated. I bring my bag in -- its contaminated too. I can go on... i can't believe i sound like this! And the way some of the people freely touch the bench surfaces without gloves, lean on the bench etc etc.. argh! A part of me simply cringe whenever I see that. Its the yunshi-effect. I
am so serious.

I need sleep. dAys are long with much standing.