The USD$6k robot came in yesterday, all the way from Colorado, Boulder. But it was missing the remote control and the 'smart' charger. Now that really sucks because the power adapter gave me hell. I had merely plugged the end into the robot and not into the mains, and the entire adapter got really hot. I could smell the sickening plastic.
After running some tests I figured out that the adapter had a short, which meant connecting it to the robot created a short circuit, thus sending high current through the adapter, causing the smell. I dun care much about that adapter, but the prospect that the $6k robot could have been fried by this current surge, is really freaking me out. Thankfully there is a fuse on the robot, but until I see it moving around on the lab floor, I am keeping my finger, toes and eyes crossed. :(
I get really freaked out whenever I have to send out important-sounding emails to professors around Singapore (well the western part, mostly). There's this huge mailing list of extremely brainy people that I have to forward the email to,
and I keep re-reading every word and syllable to make sure I don't end up saying something stupid-sounding. Or make a wrong assumption which my prof will simply overwrite in a later email. Which he loves to do.
Went to Biz canteen at dinner time to meet up with project-mates for a discussion. Reached early and took out the research paper to start to read, which I was supposed to have already finished. Halfway through the extremely poorly-worded paper, I dozed off in the middle of the noisy canteen with poor lighting and which constantly smells of soy sauce. Woke up hoping no one noticed.
My right eyelid is twitching really often these days. And I think I see more white hairs growing out of my diminishing crop. Sighs.
Seems like I've unwittingly gotten a reputation as an alcoholic somehow..ever since I got back from the UK two years ago. I have no idea how that came about - I merely enjoy the occasional, okay maybe weekly, beer to unwind from work. It's quite a contrast to have to constantly resist invitations to go out in the UK, while here in Singapore, drinking buddies are few and far between.
And beer here is insanely expensive. And the local beer stinks. I am really looking forward to Oktoberfest to try out the new beer flavors. And hopefully I can find someone to clink some beer mugs with.
[adjective]:
Visually addictive
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Sometimes I feel like I was rushed through my childhood and that I didn't have enough time to do things I really wanted to. Adventurous things, silly things..
All I wanted to do was to hold on to whatever time and friends I had, and yet all that seemed to vanish in the blink of an eye. All that 16 years of studying - it got me to where I am today, but did it make me a better person? There's so much I dont understand, or know how to react to. Could life have been a better teacher?
Now I seem to be chasing my lost childhood dreams that I wish I had. I think it's really silly. But I always feel a sense of comfort looking back at my naivete. And I'd wish that time didn't pass so fast.
