Quite a fulfilling day today. The day ended with some discussions with Dr. Lu on his Bioorganic lecture. The only drawback is that the NMR spectrum of my starting material didn't turn out the way I expect it to be. I am suspecting that it is contaminated with some monoalkylated product. If there's really the case, then it's really bad.
The day began with lab; rushed for Advanced Coordination Chemistry tutorial at 12pm and then lunch with Yuan-Ting and Zhijie after that. Rushed back to complete lab before Bioorganic lecture at 5pm. I used to find joy in such hectic day because many things can be accomplished. I am neutral to it now; I have learnt to take things a little slowly after my exchange stint in HK. I am not sure why; is it because I have grown older? Lame. Or is it because there is something more important in life now, something which I have discovered during my exchange? Whatever the case, it doesn't really matter; Chemistry is my passion and it has not change. It's just the way I work; probably taking things slowly will increase productivity. It lets me think through what I have done. It prevents me from "overworking" myself from the start. There is always this danger of "overworking" as if that happens, one will get "burn" towards the middle and feel lethargic. Doing lab is like running a marathon; we need to start slowly and pick up in the middle.
Anyway thanks Emily dear for the words of encouragement. I am fine and I am sorry to make you worried.
My Chinese New Year holidays were spent mostly at home, except on Monday when I visited Emily after a movie with Chun Ser and Teck Loon. Had a short chat with her humourous dad and the lunch was good. She came over to my place after that and we had home-made "wu xiang" rolls, courtesy of my mom. :)
The movie "Huo Yan Jia" was not too bad. It made me think through some issue in life. How the mindless pursue of "the no. 1 title" can lead to one's destruction and how when you are the best, those who came knocking at your doors are mostly untrustworthy; they only wanted to share your fame. Let's see whether these people will still be around when you become ordinary.
The day began with lab; rushed for Advanced Coordination Chemistry tutorial at 12pm and then lunch with Yuan-Ting and Zhijie after that. Rushed back to complete lab before Bioorganic lecture at 5pm. I used to find joy in such hectic day because many things can be accomplished. I am neutral to it now; I have learnt to take things a little slowly after my exchange stint in HK. I am not sure why; is it because I have grown older? Lame. Or is it because there is something more important in life now, something which I have discovered during my exchange? Whatever the case, it doesn't really matter; Chemistry is my passion and it has not change. It's just the way I work; probably taking things slowly will increase productivity. It lets me think through what I have done. It prevents me from "overworking" myself from the start. There is always this danger of "overworking" as if that happens, one will get "burn" towards the middle and feel lethargic. Doing lab is like running a marathon; we need to start slowly and pick up in the middle.
Anyway thanks Emily dear for the words of encouragement. I am fine and I am sorry to make you worried.
My Chinese New Year holidays were spent mostly at home, except on Monday when I visited Emily after a movie with Chun Ser and Teck Loon. Had a short chat with her humourous dad and the lunch was good. She came over to my place after that and we had home-made "wu xiang" rolls, courtesy of my mom. :)
The movie "Huo Yan Jia" was not too bad. It made me think through some issue in life. How the mindless pursue of "the no. 1 title" can lead to one's destruction and how when you are the best, those who came knocking at your doors are mostly untrustworthy; they only wanted to share your fame. Let's see whether these people will still be around when you become ordinary.
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