The Taste of Failure...

Been working hard on my research project for the past 3 weeks. It is really a long and painstaking process since each step in the synthesis of the bulk film would take at least 1 day. Extra care is also needed to be taken in the handling the ceramic powder to prevent contamination in the sample. Contamination is a real serious problem in nano processing as it has an adverse effect in the crystalline structure of the piezoelectric bulk film. This structure will in turn affect the electrical and physical properties of the piezoelectric thick film. Finally, after 3 weeks, I managed to prepare my very first batch of bulk film. Sent my samples for x-ray diffraction today and found that the crystal structure of the film is not we wanted, which means that my 3 weeks of work has gone down the drain. Well, now my sup is working on another composition for the film which hopefully can work. So, after my sup has finally come up with the new composition, I'll have to redo the whole processing again. Well...this is what research is all about. Doing the same process again and again until the optimum result is obtained. Hence, patience is the key to research and so is the ability to recover from failure. This is also very applicable in our daily life. We need to be patient in whatever we do and also not giving up easily when faced with obstacles. With these attitudes, we can then overcome the barriers in our life!

Live action 'Simpsons'

The British has actually recreated a video of the introduction to "The Simpsons" with live actors. The video was originally intended as an on-air promotion for the Sky One network, which airs new episodes of "The Simpsons" in the UK. Check out the Real Life Simpsons Intro video

Any fans of classical music out there??? Is you are a fan of classical music, you will simply love this video. It is an improvised version of Canon in D Major by Johann Pachebel played on an electric guitar!!! The guy is simply awesome...Watch the video for yourself Canon

Doing Things With A Passion...

Woke up at 7.30am on Sunday morning to help out in the youth seminar organised by YEC. I can't imagine anyone would actually come for a seminar on Sunday morning 9am. I would rather have slept through the morning than attend such a seminar. Anyway, I dun even wake up so early on Sunday morning for church manz!!! hehe.. at least the CC is catering a lunch buffet. The theme of the seminar is on youth leadership and the target audiences are the YEC members and the committee members of the various youth organisation in the Whampoa area. On the whole, I would say that the talk is very inspiring and it really make us probe about the issue of leadership, how we could actually make changes to the society and not just waiting for things to happen, initiative being the key point. However, the ultimate driving force that motivates us to completing whatever tasks assigned to us is the passion for the tasks. This is so true! Without passion, we can't sustain long in whatever we do, be it the events we organise or the careers that we are going to take up. Well.. I was chatting with Samuel the other day and the word passion was also mentioned during our conversation. It is really important that we chose a job because we have a passion for that job and not just because the company is paying well!!! Else we will end up working for the money and hence lose sight of our life....

Well.. it was yet another uneventful day in IMRE. Today is a day of washings!!! After5 weeks in IMRE, this is the first day I officially started work in the lab!! Wooohoo!! Sounds exciting eh?? Well... maybe not.. I'm supposed to clean up all the beakers in the oven and all the apparatus required for the experiment. You should have seen the number of beakers in the oven manz..I nearly fainted at the sight of them...All the beakers are in one big mess!!! So.... I spent the whole day washing the glasswares. This is the first time I washed so many apparatus in my life!!! Well... looking on the bright side, I'm going to start my experiment tomorrow! Yeah!!! All these while, I have been doing so many readings on the project...So kinda look forward to tomorrow!!!

A Walk Down Memory Lane....

It's the time of the year, the first saturday of March when all the Victorians would gather in VJC. Well...it's the annual Victorians' Day!!! As usual, we would meet up on this special day to go back to our college. This time round only KX, ZH, Dennis, TH and I went back. We had lunch at Parkway Parade food court before making our way to VJ. The college has really changed quite a bit. One of these is the new guard house at the entrance of the college. All of us still couldn't understand why is there a need for the guard house. They should have used the resources else where. As we were walked along the road leading to the canteen, we were greeted by an overwhelming tree house on our left! We were like what the ... ...what is that tree house doing in the college??? Must be the works of the ODAC ppl!!! We went to the staff room to look for Mr Lam and Mrs Choo but they are not around. So we wandered around the college. It really brings back alot of memories of our college days such as 'buanging' our common tests and being called up for remedials. Anyway, we saw Mr Lam in the hall and they are having an alumuni floorball game. I was so glad to learn that Mr Lam is having his 2nd child already! He is really working hard I must say....

As we came out of the hall, we could hear very familar music. It's the songs for the college dance! And we also saw Victorians dressed in the yellow and white PE t-shirt doing the familar moves for the college dances like the mash potato thingy in the friendship dance. Those were the days manz! I'm really amazed that until now they did not change the songs for the college dance. It has already been more 7 yrs ago!!! Oh..anyway.. they were also selling this limited edition Victorian bear at $15 which KX, ZH and Dennis bought. Here's a picture of the bear. Isn't it cute!!!


We went to the newly renovated student lounge. I must say that I'm pretty impressed with the facilities. There is a pool table and PS 2!!! We played a few round of pool before making out way out of the college.