Having a funny habit, that is reading horoscope in Friendster each morning; and as for today's it goes like this " Take things at a leisurely today, because time is going to be on side!". Wa, great, blessing......
Yesterday, I think, it would be very appropriate to be called "a day of waiting". I went to the laboratory earlier yesterday to get things ready as there was a meeting with my supervisor, post-doctoral fellow, and newly employed research assistant. The meeting was schedule on 1030 am yesterday just to tolerate the post-doctoral fellow's busy schedule. After waiting for 15 min for his arrival, we just found out that he, in deed, forgotten his appointment with us for the meeting.
"What?? Can't he pay us a bit of respect to this long-scheduled meeting???" I started to feel uneasy about it, but what to do, we waited for his arrival again for another 10 minutes, and finally our meeting started around 11 am, which at that time, the meeting, by right, should be ended , if he actually puncture......
And there was another waiting that take place simultaneously yesterday ; that was, around 830 am, I received a phone call from a clinician informing me that there would be a feline mastectomy surgery scheduled yesterday, and he wished to confirm whether or not I was ready for the tumor sample to be cultured as feline mammary gland tumor cell line? Of course, I am ready, I told him, as I am expecting this case for more than a week, ever since my supervisor informed me that there was a feline mammary gland tumor case admitted, which is extremely rare.
And feline mammary gland tumor is a perfect model for human breast cancer.
Tentatively, the sample should be ready by 4 pm, but by 4:05 pm, I was informed that I can only get the sample the soonest by today, 8:30 am. A bit disappointed as I can't process the sample yesterday, but yet I am very grateful that the clinician informed me about the delay, rather than forgotten about it, since their schedule was extremely packed.
There is a Chinese proverb that goes like this "一寸光阴，一寸金；寸金难买寸光阴。"; which means metaphorically an inch of time comparably to an inch of gold; an inch of gold can hardly buy an inch of time. I am very punctual person, and I hate those who like to be not on time, just feel like they are stealing my right to be able to use my time properly......
I can continue to complaint about it, but suddenly there is a saying from Buddha that suddenly cross my mind "Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone." That's right, I still can do my best to complete anything that is undone which should be completed while waiting others to be puncture......
Yesterday, I think, it would be very appropriate to be called "a day of waiting". I went to the laboratory earlier yesterday to get things ready as there was a meeting with my supervisor, post-doctoral fellow, and newly employed research assistant. The meeting was schedule on 1030 am yesterday just to tolerate the post-doctoral fellow's busy schedule. After waiting for 15 min for his arrival, we just found out that he, in deed, forgotten his appointment with us for the meeting.
"What?? Can't he pay us a bit of respect to this long-scheduled meeting???" I started to feel uneasy about it, but what to do, we waited for his arrival again for another 10 minutes, and finally our meeting started around 11 am, which at that time, the meeting, by right, should be ended , if he actually puncture......
And there was another waiting that take place simultaneously yesterday ; that was, around 830 am, I received a phone call from a clinician informing me that there would be a feline mastectomy surgery scheduled yesterday, and he wished to confirm whether or not I was ready for the tumor sample to be cultured as feline mammary gland tumor cell line? Of course, I am ready, I told him, as I am expecting this case for more than a week, ever since my supervisor informed me that there was a feline mammary gland tumor case admitted, which is extremely rare.
And feline mammary gland tumor is a perfect model for human breast cancer.
Tentatively, the sample should be ready by 4 pm, but by 4:05 pm, I was informed that I can only get the sample the soonest by today, 8:30 am. A bit disappointed as I can't process the sample yesterday, but yet I am very grateful that the clinician informed me about the delay, rather than forgotten about it, since their schedule was extremely packed.
There is a Chinese proverb that goes like this "一寸光阴，一寸金；寸金难买寸光阴。"; which means metaphorically an inch of time comparably to an inch of gold; an inch of gold can hardly buy an inch of time. I am very punctual person, and I hate those who like to be not on time, just feel like they are stealing my right to be able to use my time properly......
I can continue to complaint about it, but suddenly there is a saying from Buddha that suddenly cross my mind "Pay no attention to the faults of others, things done or left undone by others. Consider only what by oneself is done or left undone." That's right, I still can do my best to complete anything that is undone which should be completed while waiting others to be puncture......
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