I stopped blogging for a few weeks. A lot of things happened in these few weeks. I guess I am kind of sick with blogging everyday. My research performance is at its slowest rate now. I lost the motivation somehow. A few things I can remember is that I joined friendster. I happened to find Ronald Susilo, my old ACS(I) classmate plus badminton teammate. He is a badminton superstar in Singapore now. I guess I need to refocus and prioritize my workload. I hate myself when I don't make any progress on the stuff that I am working on. I also need to sleep at proper hours...have been sleeping at odd hours lately.

Besides that, I am going for bone scan later using nuclear scan. Apparently, there is a cyst in my lower right rib. Hopefully, the scan is good.

I went to see a doctor today at UHS because I got slight pain in my lower right stomach...The doctor is specialized in internal medicine. She asked me to go for X-rays. The radiologist took at least 5 shots on my lower right stomach. Don't know how many thousands of my body cells were killed. Anyway, she can't see anything from the X-rays...She suspected that there is inflamation in my intestines...Man, that's a bit scary, I hope the inflamation will cure fast. Other than that, nothing much to write today...How about my mood today? Well, not so well...since I felt weird ard my lower right stomach...

I went to watch Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban...The movie was great! Meet my expectation. I went to play badminton after the movie. Weekend almost came to an end. New week is going to start and I hope it is going to be a good week. Question of the day (to myself): Is there any reason I should go back to Asia after I graduate next year? I was hoping that I will have one compelling reason for me to go back...Hope my judgement is good, never mind...

I woke up so late today, around noon time...That's bad...Spent my afternoon playing computer game, then went to Beryl's fund raising munchies...I spent 9 bucks on the food. After the dinner, I went to do grocery shopping. After that, Liew called me up for bowling at Colonial Lanes. It was a good deal, we (including Yap, Helen, Yansen, and Klaus) only paid 10 bucks for 3 hours of game. I teamed up with Yap and Liew. Out of 6 games, we only won one time...hehehe...It is ok, all of us enjoyed the night very much. Liew gave me a bowling ball, that's extremely very nice of him. Thanks a lot, Liew! After all, spring term is not that bad...Hope everyday is a beautiful day.

Today is not a bad day at all...Started my day with Software group meeting followed by RFID meeting, then followed by meeting with Cylinder Bore Inspection team. By then, half day was gone. My afternoon was filled with RFID research on suppliers. I went to play badminton at 7.30 pm, got minor sprain on my right feet when playing a mixed double...It is a minor one...hopefully, it will recover by sunday evening.

I called my friend in S'pore. Haven't talked to her for a month..Feel good to talk to her once in a while. I spent my evening watching A Few Good Men. I have watched that movie at least 4 times already, but I still like watching it from time to time. One of my favorites...I am going to hit the sack earlier tonight...well, it is 2.30 am anyway...it is not that early...hehehe...I am happy today!

RFID...RFID...RFID...What an RFID day for me! RFID is cool but complicated. I thought the implementation will not be hard, but I guess I am wrong. Well, this is not the first time that I am wrong...I have done more wrongs and rights...hehehe. Anyway, I think the AMT 2004 conference killed my enthusiasm in research currently. 88.8% probability that I will not pursue PhD next year, and this percentage is projected to hit 100% by July 30th, 2004...before I go back to Spore.
Statistically, my prediction on this kind of thing can be wrong. Last time, I told myself that I wouldn't do master, but look at me now...Pursuing master in IOE.

I think my brain is too crowded now, thinking about future like jobs, girlfriend, research, business...sigh...I wish I can be smarter. I guess I gotta take things step by step and one at a time...Probably shouldn't be too ambitious...That's a problem with Aries...Fast moving Aries needs a calm steady Virgo to cool/slow him down, I guess=)

Just came back from London Ontario. I was there since Monday for AMT 2004 conference. The conference is ok, not too bad...I have kinda lost interest in research at this moment. I can't imagine why people are so eager to get PhD. I think I am not going to do PhD next year.

In one of the lunch events during the conference, one guy commented that flexible/reconfigurable manufacturing is an overkill. He made this comment after hearing a GM research engineer mentioning that GM plant had to stop for 5 hours when thing broke down. The guy said that it was highly possible that the reconfigurable/flexible line that GM has is not stable, causing too much trouble. Anyway, so much talk about research...

During this conference trip, I realized that it wasn't fun to go for conference alone. I had to eat dinner alone in an alien town. No fun at all...No one to talk to while I was waiting for the food to come out. This added to my belief that I shouldn't do PhD.

I am going to look into more business related work, probably business consulting specialized in manufacturing. Gotta be a stable guy financially, before finding the one...hehehe.
I guess I don't have much time to establish myself in business world. I gotta work harder and harder in smart way, as work hard with no useful result is the same as not working.

I was distracted lately. Can't concentrate...Well, I hope I can overcome it soon. That's it for today.