Sunday, May 9, 2010

SOO BUSY! 9:52 AM

I had no time to blog until today... boss was trying to make me rush the project out but then this week he decided screw it.. we're too far behind.. (told you I needed a technician, Boss... all to myself I mean). And he said to think of something new to do or to explore another angle.. I'm working on both right now, from the comfort of home.. Ahhh... can't remember the last time I did not have to go into lab at all over the weekend. Finally got some much needed laundry done, and housekeeping taken care of. Maybe I can even make a nice dinner for myself tonight! Got some readings to do and homework, but hope to finish that very quickly so I have time to do non-work related stuff hehe.

Took a class taught by a world-renowned scientist, and when I compare him to the other famous scientists I have met personally and had a chance to interact with or even just read about from interviews, I realize I see a pattern. These people are risk takers. Like the one who took our class... his pet phrase was "set the world on fire". Judging from the fact that he's the most highly scientist in the world right now, I guess he must have achieved what he aimed to do. If the project is replicating what someone else has already done before in another disease, its not important. And if the project is what someone else can easily do, its not important either. The average number of citations for journal papers in the world is ZERO, so what this means is, these papers have actually done nothing to better the world, because no one else finds the work important. To actually create an impact, think about things that are unconventional, that you're not sure whether or not they would succeed, but if they do, promise high pay backs. It was a really exciting talk, and I loved it precisely because my boss is not a risk taker. I personally would not call myself a high risk taker, but I would love to take calculated risks. And like he said, there are only certain points in your life when you can do that, like when you're a graduate student or a junior post doc, where failure would have little or no ramifications. Like me right now. Hehe... calculated risks. Not stupid risks.

Strangely though, for a world famous scientists whose pet phrase is "set the world on fire" and who is famous for being a risk taker, he is oddly close-minded when it comes to widely accepted theories in science.. is this a case of talking the walk but not walking the talk? I'm sure in his younger days he must have had been a great risk taker.. but right now, I'm not so sure. But after going for his class, I opened up the book Wj bought for me a while ago but I had not had time to read for the longest time, "Apprentice to Genius, making of a scientific dynasty". And just reading it, I found that the great scientists in the book all had the same risk taking mindset. And thats how they came to their greatest discoveries. And this risk-taking value rubs off on their subordinates, people they train. Hmm.. maybe I should aim for a post doc with this famous scientist after all.. and hopefully try to convert him in terms of certain scientific theories that I believe in but not him.

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武林盟主 is this pugilistic genius everyone calls a deranged lunatic. But that's cos they haven't witnessed her great powers yet! She can be regarded as the best product coming from the Pugislistic World in the past 100 years, and 武當, 少林 and 峨嵋 are scrambling to get her to be their 掌门人. She likes think of herself as the next 杨过, 郭靖 or 张无忌.

武林盟主 also has this slightly straight slightly crooked sexuality. At times when the Estrogen triumphs, she preys on hot guys. Other times when the Testosterone levels peak, she preys on hot girls. Some say that is a side effect of the 葵花宝典. Her doctors are still working to establish that.

Many say she's invincible. But that's not true. Bring a DURIAN in front of her, and she will ditch her sword and raise the white flag. She's still desperately trying to master the 闭气功 so she can overcome this weakness.

She now resides in a tiny little room in a tiny little building in a tiny little university/hospital in the tiny little city of Baltimore, studying her tiny little life away in the hopes of getting some Permanent Head Damage. If you feel you can communicate at her level and wish for her to be your soulmate, feel free send her a note of pugilistic admiration and alliance!