Prof of Philosophy

Decided to go to PLUS tonight since there was Professor of Philosophy from USyd just talking about his work and Christian life. On average, it takes a person 2/3 of their career to become a Professor. That is like...25 years of study after high school....yeah, no thanks...Still need to finish an undergrad degree first...

I think what was most interesting was his way of tying both his career and Christian life. They both seem so conflicting and someone asked how does he draw the line between them-well, you don't. The way he phrased it was that they both tie in which each other, and his knowledge and faith is strong enough to question the other person back, because studying the fundamentals of nature in philosophy also links back to the Bible. Also because people change their 'scaffolding' and once you can prove someone right or wrong, then it's easier to change their way of thinking (well for most people anyway). I think I was still lost after Q&A, but it was really inspiring how he managed to build a church, faith and career all at the same time, and also he somehow got fast tracked to a Prof by moving countries. 

my worst enemy

Struggles of having weak fingers trying to open autoclaved lenses yday. Normally there's a tab to pull it, but it broke off before the bottom, and someone took the scissors from the room. I eventually got the metal cap opened, after like 10mins. 

It's ironic how we wanted more participants and we had more responses than we could physically handle. Even with less participants than what we need, there's still a stack of data to start to go through. First time having an excel sheet with a column up to 'GC.' Really hope the supervisor can get one of his interns to do all the data entry with us. Our research already takes more time compared to other people, but I guess I prefer to be kept busy rather than only trekking to uni for only an hour or 2 of class each day. The trek to uni ain't cheap either, equivalent to one serving of cake. More free time isn't that great either, you know you can start assignments later, compared to having all the subjects at the same time where I would generally start straight away. 

I got a sample of the Singaporean Breakfast tea from T2 the other day and finally made a cup (thanks Happy Apple for the recommendation). It's smells so good when you brew it. Need to get myself a box after I finish at least some of my teas in my stash...

I did it guys! I somehow survived 200mb for 10 days i.e. not use any data at all. Finally can check how late my buses are. After a year of contemplating, decided to upgrade to 3gb, still nothing compared to other people, but it's double of what I've had since I started uni. Always running out at the end of the month, but guess I went out too much during Aug and ran out way too early. I think I can actually leave my mobile data on rather than turning it on when I need it. Maybe I can actually use Google Maps with the navigation on since I have enough data, rather than in car since it's much faster to type on the phone than slowly put everything into the car GPS. I hope I don't spend more time on my phone though. I think I would still keep my mobile data off out of habit, and to make my battery last (even though my phone is not even a year old).