Feeling really down, because should not have said things about diamond_storm. Am dreading of losing a friend: but egan, you've brought this on yourself! You should apologise, or shut your big trap!
Yesterday was boring. However, I didn't make an effort to make it more fulfilling at all. Don't know why am not feeling cheerful at all. So much to do...not really, just don't feel like doing any work, just want to type some blog or do some experiment, but due to mental blockage and equipment break-down, there will not be any experiments today.
Made up KCl solution to store ORP meter. Not interesting, just adding quite a lot of KCl into a small bottle of reverse osmosis water (RO water) then shake/mix.
Met Laura in F.1.14 (university room number, pc room), and tried to write up my 15/10/14 results without success. I am lazy. Just don't feel like doing anything because there's no motivation.
Robert is leaving, am feeling sad about that and don't want to talk to anyone in the function because it's... just meaningless I suppose. People are expandable in organisation, must make a note of that and work extremely hard, otherwise will be fired.
Don't know if dad's application to Robert's position is successful or not, hopefully he will get to the interview stage. Should warn him if he wants the job, don't talk about Forth too much. I don't know... he is even more arrogant and rude than me. I don't think he actually wants the job, so he keeps annoyting the HR people. Very devious guy, but you know, he is my dad so I should know better.
My supervisor is taking her annual leave today, long weekend! But she is not particularly happy (doesn't show). Is it because old people are like that? Or am I just not mature enough? Oh ok, just checking. People are like that, eh?
About diamond_storm thing: what I think is, if she's like that then I don't have to care so much. Why? For what? I don't really have to feel bad anymore, one part of me keeps feeling bad and can't sleep and the other part is thinking, so what... (the devious part) don't want this friend anymore... Man, I know that's evil, and bad, but really need to stop thinking, otherwise my head will explode.
Office is awfully quiet. Everyone seems to be working very hard, better get back to transcribing my messy lab notes into another lab note book.
Snobish co-workers! That's why I don't want to talk to them...I know, because they are not friendly to me. They don't have to be, they are like that. Grow up, Egan, otherwise you will never understand and keeps giving yourself grief.
10/29/2004
10/28/2004
Reading interesting blogs
After 10 minutes, I have found Braidwood's blog! Again! YA! It's in my IE address history. So silly. I was trying to search for it but blogspot does not have a proper search engine for other people's blog. Or I haven't found the proper way to search for other people's blog.
Today I have a mental breakthrough. I have finally written up 14 October 2004's ozone indigo reagent results. *sigh* I know that this experiment does not have a "Blank", which contains the highest amount of blue Indigo reagent and should have the highest reading. Hmm... at least I know what I did wrong. I told my boss about this and she seems to be happy about the transcribed notebook.
However, I haven't done much work since 10:30. Now it's 11:46 am, my boss and all my colleagues are in a meeting, and I am glad that I don't have to be in one. Nothing to present now, but here comes Emma my workmate.
Better go now, otherwise will be caught blogging during work time. Hahahaha
Today I have a mental breakthrough. I have finally written up 14 October 2004's ozone indigo reagent results. *sigh* I know that this experiment does not have a "Blank", which contains the highest amount of blue Indigo reagent and should have the highest reading. Hmm... at least I know what I did wrong. I told my boss about this and she seems to be happy about the transcribed notebook.
However, I haven't done much work since 10:30. Now it's 11:46 am, my boss and all my colleagues are in a meeting, and I am glad that I don't have to be in one. Nothing to present now, but here comes Emma my workmate.
Better go now, otherwise will be caught blogging during work time. Hahahaha
10/26/2004
These 3 days
I will start from today. This morning I was in university trying to do experiment on my ozone generator machine again. Can you imagine that I had to take the ozone generator, the computer, my bag, and the redox meter back down from 2nd floor, C.2.03 lab? It took me two trips in the morning. So tired in the morning, especially after the Labour weekend.
Sweating now. Ah... it's not that bad. Stop complaining, but I can't help it.
However, my university supervisor told me off. He said if the ozone generator is not working, then stop wasting time here (!) Oh, alright. I then take the heavy thing down with me to work, which is at another site in Dexcel. This place is about 10 minutes drive from university if you do 100 km/hr.
I don't think my experimental set-up was very good because after today's grilling, heated discussion with my boss, I figure that it needs quite a lot of improvement to get to Masters level.
There are simply not enough information from my expereiment. The data needs to be better managed. For example, I should have listed what each data strip was, A or B, etc. I should have also listed redox readings, time in the day, and time after starting ozone generator and planned how many repeated reading I should have taken for each set of ozone sample. I should have been tidier on writing down my raw data so it can be refered to later. Jane, my supervisor suggested that in future experiment I should write all my raw data and scribble on a scribble notebook. And put the good data in another notebook. Great idea! Why haven't I thought about that?
The rain is pouring down in the afternoon, so I drive quickly to get from A to B, from Dexcel to Waikato University. I spent about 2 hours trying to track down a 1974 paper for shrinking bottle, also regarding using Indigo reagent to measure the amount of ozone present in my solution. Whew... so tired after running up and down the stairs and walking in the rain is not very good for me. I don't feel too well.
Haha... I am trying to organise a Halloween Party as well. However, people are reluctant to dress up. Why? Have some fun, people. Oh, alright. I have to concede to let them dress semi-formally. I am so soft to them.
It's Diamond_storm (Faz)'s 23rd birthday today. Happy Birthday to her! Hope she is happy. ^_^
Labour day yesterday, however, didn't feel very well because Faz's experiment did not work. Her gel did not form at all. I think she is stressed about that. We had to go to city to get nice coffee to console our broken heart. So tired! So hard to make gel. Why? Why can't her supervisor just let her use the easier type of casting gel method, huh? That just doesn't make any sense.
My younger sister had her first exam before summer, which was Physics. It went well, I suppose. She is studying for the next one, which is Biology. I wish they all go well, so she can pass them all and enjoy the summer. Of course, finding a job will be great, too.
I will send dad's CV to Dexcel tomorrow so he can find a job, too. He was telling me that he will "Bring home the Bread" in the future. Haha...it should have been "Bring home the Bacon", right?
I don't know. Met my cuz. She is so cool. I like her a lot. However, she is busy in meeting at the moment. Hope the tropical cyclone in Taiwan did not wreck too much damage. However, it's inevitable that it will cause some damage to building. Hopefully the weather will be calmer now.
How's people who are doing Ramadan now? Hope you guys are ok. Please don't fall down from starvation. Peace, eat something in the evening please.
Sweating now. Ah... it's not that bad. Stop complaining, but I can't help it.
However, my university supervisor told me off. He said if the ozone generator is not working, then stop wasting time here (!) Oh, alright. I then take the heavy thing down with me to work, which is at another site in Dexcel. This place is about 10 minutes drive from university if you do 100 km/hr.
I don't think my experimental set-up was very good because after today's grilling, heated discussion with my boss, I figure that it needs quite a lot of improvement to get to Masters level.
There are simply not enough information from my expereiment. The data needs to be better managed. For example, I should have listed what each data strip was, A or B, etc. I should have also listed redox readings, time in the day, and time after starting ozone generator and planned how many repeated reading I should have taken for each set of ozone sample. I should have been tidier on writing down my raw data so it can be refered to later. Jane, my supervisor suggested that in future experiment I should write all my raw data and scribble on a scribble notebook. And put the good data in another notebook. Great idea! Why haven't I thought about that?
The rain is pouring down in the afternoon, so I drive quickly to get from A to B, from Dexcel to Waikato University. I spent about 2 hours trying to track down a 1974 paper for shrinking bottle, also regarding using Indigo reagent to measure the amount of ozone present in my solution. Whew... so tired after running up and down the stairs and walking in the rain is not very good for me. I don't feel too well.
Haha... I am trying to organise a Halloween Party as well. However, people are reluctant to dress up. Why? Have some fun, people. Oh, alright. I have to concede to let them dress semi-formally. I am so soft to them.
It's Diamond_storm (Faz)'s 23rd birthday today. Happy Birthday to her! Hope she is happy. ^_^
Labour day yesterday, however, didn't feel very well because Faz's experiment did not work. Her gel did not form at all. I think she is stressed about that. We had to go to city to get nice coffee to console our broken heart. So tired! So hard to make gel. Why? Why can't her supervisor just let her use the easier type of casting gel method, huh? That just doesn't make any sense.
My younger sister had her first exam before summer, which was Physics. It went well, I suppose. She is studying for the next one, which is Biology. I wish they all go well, so she can pass them all and enjoy the summer. Of course, finding a job will be great, too.
I will send dad's CV to Dexcel tomorrow so he can find a job, too. He was telling me that he will "Bring home the Bread" in the future. Haha...it should have been "Bring home the Bacon", right?
I don't know. Met my cuz. She is so cool. I like her a lot. However, she is busy in meeting at the moment. Hope the tropical cyclone in Taiwan did not wreck too much damage. However, it's inevitable that it will cause some damage to building. Hopefully the weather will be calmer now.
How's people who are doing Ramadan now? Hope you guys are ok. Please don't fall down from starvation. Peace, eat something in the evening please.
10/24/2004
The second half of 24 October 2004
It's raining right now. What a drag! Why does it always rain in Hamilton? Must check out the weather broadcast, but it's going to rain on Sunday as well. It's great that I don't have to go to university on Monday. So warm, and no one who has time to talk is working in the lab. I'd better not go to university to bother them, and slow down their work.
The 80th party was, *cough*, ok. It was boring. I am sorry to say, but it was boring. All the people were from the birthday girl's family, and we don't really have anything to say to them. It's so boring, we just talked with one another then come home. Mingle wouldn't have worked because we don't know many of them. We only knew our neighbour, but she was very busy talking to people in the party.
All of my family felt quite tired, so we rested. Time goes real fast in summer, and it's already 7 when I wake up. Very tired.
Had some beef noddle tonight, very yummy, and feel compasionate about all people who are in Ramadan. (Sorry about the spelling) Peace. They are so good at it, not eating at all in the mornings. I can never do that! I love food. God, please be merciful for those who are not eating, do not make it so hard, ok? I am sure you from the above is merciful and all-seeing and all-knowing, will hear their prayers.
Right, this is not about Religion. I should go to sleep and clear my head for tomorrow. It's another day. Wish the weather is ok, and pumpkin is growing.
Talked to Diamond girl and Abu again this evening. They are both well.
The 80th party was, *cough*, ok. It was boring. I am sorry to say, but it was boring. All the people were from the birthday girl's family, and we don't really have anything to say to them. It's so boring, we just talked with one another then come home. Mingle wouldn't have worked because we don't know many of them. We only knew our neighbour, but she was very busy talking to people in the party.
All of my family felt quite tired, so we rested. Time goes real fast in summer, and it's already 7 when I wake up. Very tired.
Had some beef noddle tonight, very yummy, and feel compasionate about all people who are in Ramadan. (Sorry about the spelling) Peace. They are so good at it, not eating at all in the mornings. I can never do that! I love food. God, please be merciful for those who are not eating, do not make it so hard, ok? I am sure you from the above is merciful and all-seeing and all-knowing, will hear their prayers.
Right, this is not about Religion. I should go to sleep and clear my head for tomorrow. It's another day. Wish the weather is ok, and pumpkin is growing.
Talked to Diamond girl and Abu again this evening. They are both well.
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