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Wednesday, 6 June 2007

Real-time Update

It's 9.40 and my boss is still no where to be seen. Got this email on Monday:


Grace, having you finished the slides? I'll be coming back on Wed morning. If possible, please try to send me the slides tomorrow so that I can look through and make the changes on Wed in office.

Monday
Panicked and decided to wrap up my experiments to start on the slides... (yes, I have not even started on the slides yet) OT-ed till 9.30 PM to finish up experiments. Wanted to start working on the slides but was really really (said it twice.. so better believe it) knackered. Drove myself home and still I had to go online.. even if only for a while. Crashed at ~midnight. Made sure to set my hp to wake me up at 6.15AM.

Tuesday
7.15AM - Home phone rings. "Harlow.. Ah Man Ling ah... Da Gu here. I will bring Ah Hong Xia's future mother in law to see the house today. Just let you know first ah..." KNN how many times does one have to view the freaking place... it's not like I live in a mansion... it's a freaking 3 bed room flat... You seen it inside out, outside in..... Does it not occur to you that it is rather inconvenient for you to pop by as and when you like... If it happens one more time, I swear I'll change the locks to the house! At least I'll get peace and quiet for the next 4 months!
Oh... and uh... 7.15AM??? F*CK. My alarm failed me... I think it's God's way of telling me, you need more sleep... Whatever, got to work at 8.30AM... Along with the rest of the colleagues who bus it in. (I was aiming to be at work by 7.30AM latest). Started the mundane crystal measuring routine.. then plotted graphs.. then got a few calls here and there... and then... and then... ZZzzz. Started working on the slides ~11AM. Skipped lunch altogether. Jozel offered to tapau but I simply could've fork out any time to chew. And we all know I can't multitask well. Ploughed through the rest of the day doing the same thing.
5.30PM - Received an sms from SukFart who was also under a lot of stressed. Decided to take a breather (since I was at slide # 51 at that point) and gave her a call to check on things... Heard her complain for a while and hung up not too long after. Carried on with slides #52 - 57 and decided to leave it as that. Sent boss the slides and left. (Note:Boss is on leave)

Wednesday
Here I am 10AM now... still no sign of boss.. she cheat my feelings.. Promised me she'll come in today early morning to work on the slides... seriously, am I the only one working on the project??? I need a partner man... Ok there's a safety meeting.. gotta go...


Indeed, a demoralised scientist.


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