listening to "home" by Michael Buble, and later another "home" by Chris Daughtry, it's obviously because of the title of the songs, who cares about what the lyrics really mean, i just wanna have the feeling, the longing feel of going home....
another 2 hours of lab meeting today, a little unusual this time, other than the usual updates from some of the members, boss had, personally, spoken a lot more....
i guess it's probably because few of the post-doc research fellow came back from overseas with experiences in other lab through short attachment or conferences, boss was analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the lab, suggesting possible opportunities around, figuring out the potential "threat" posed by other labs......
not forgetting to remember of boss's usual kind of motivation for everyone to work hard, well everyone, except for me, he sorta went through the hierarchy and gave different advices and suggestions from post-doc to post-grad students to RA to honour students, and finally when he reached me, he simply said "wei feng, you're a happy guy, just stay where you are"
while that made a laughter for the whole lab, i'm not so sure if that's what he really meant, or giving a hint that he's somehow disappointed by me....
after second thought the joke from boss sounds perfectly normal, the distance between the head of department of physio and a rookie in lab, not even an honour student is way too much for him to bother much, well at least he's being kind and put everything in a very soft way.....
truth to be told, having 28 members in the lab just makes it looks pretty much like a mini corporate, where there are always external threats or competition and internal conflict of interests, despite its decent contribution to medical sciences, academia is pretty much just like any other industrial sector, perhaps a lot less interesting comparatively.....
anyway, things in lab still ain't going smooth and well for me, my proteins are still playing hide and seek with me, and seems do not have intention to show up anytime.......
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