2013年10月16日星期三

First class in research methodology.

My research life.

If I am given a 2nd chance to do research, will I reject it?
No. I will probably grab it tightly without any hesitation.IT will be my hobby for life.

I know we should let the past be the past, do not focus it too much as it will lower down your prospect of career and sometimes, leave you in a uncontrolled sad condition. But the injured site will never cure if I never look at it positively. I am not the one who everyday think he is damn excellent without ever looking at the mistake. I will recognize my weakness and face it, and I believe when the opportunity come again, I will have a second chance to redeem my debt. I hope this recall can at least let me have a good memory.

From the first class i attended in UM for research methodology, the first essay title is "Why do you do the research?". I finished it in half an hour while most of my peers are writing on it. It is not because I am outstanding, but because I am running out the time to fix my computational model for the conference deadline. However, it is quite an interesting phenomena when I leave the hall. Personally speaking, I do not think it is a tough question for most of student,but they still take time for finishing it.

Are you doing research for money or for the society welfare? This question stuck me for long before i actually determine to dedicate myself for research. Doing research is always fun and interesting, particularly at the moment where you find out there is something unknown to the world. It is quite amazing when you realize you are not longer a follower, but an inventor or someone who discover something in the world.That feeling, I cannot feel it when I was in the industry. I still remember the excitement i have when I unveil the genetic programming during my first touch with genetic data. I will not exchange it for anything in my life. But never mind, it has become one of many moment in my life.

TO be continued.

2013年10月10日星期四

nugging

Ok. i still dream to become a good lecturer .

o come on, give me the offer...

being an engineer is not the motivation for my life. i would like to do the research if i can have the second time. becoming a tutor is not bad option for me, at least i have some spare time for carrying out the new project.

please, let me go, i am self motivated person. Even though i know i can survive in the industry, provided that i have the skill and knowledge. but in the bottom of my heart, i know i can do bigger things, and impart the knowledge to others is always the one i wish i can do for my rest of my life.

wish dream come true.

2013年10月2日星期三

good engineer?

Today back to earth to work. It is out of my imagination to find out that calibration of one excel platform can only take about 15 minutes and it cost rm 200. what the hell!

The sifu has their own technique. Once entering the service mode of the weighing scale, they adjust it, by setting 600000, 1400, ...etc. they can entering the correct value of weighing scale. by just remember it, they can solve the inaccuracy.

This is just one of case i found which is very astonishing to watch senior technician to work. fantastic work.

first time found out that EOL belong end of life , means the equipment do not has any spare part available in the market. perhaps it is for the industry to earn, but are they willing to spend the earn on the R&D? so sad to see malaysia local company do it only for money, but not for people.

do it for society, but not for money.
I remember the first day i having my engineer in society class,
Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public and shall strive to comply with the principles of sustainable development in the performance of their professional duties.

I finally realize it means we should serve the best to the society, to protect innocent people from hazards, and also bullied by these profitable company. 

2013年10月1日星期二

The day after research life

At the moment, when i am writing this post, i have attended my convocation for Master of Engineering Science in University of Malaya, one of touching moment appeared in my life, it shift my entire career from research to industry. I feel sad because i am going to leave my favorite career-a research life and choose to become an workaholic in a small local hospital. Life is always like that, when you reach the sky, someone is going to give you a punch to push you back, hopefully i can bounce back from it. It is going to take a long long time.

Before officially leaving for my research career (at least in the normal working hour), i would like to thanks for a lot of people, even you may not hear my voice now, but i hope you do feel it. First, thank you for Professor Komiya. Remember the lunch during our last lesson in Telemedicine, you asked me a question, "Ong, do you have any dream?". That question stuck me for long. But now I can answer you although you may not listen it or remember it. My dream is to become a honorable Professor, who can teach our new generation, to be someone who can contributed to the society.

Second people i thanks is Dr.Tan Ching Seong. Your every action is worth for me study. Every step is well planned and do it smart. Thanks for visiting me in University of Malaya, in fact, at that moment, i almost quit the research life. I apologized for rude attitude of the "The special one". I will remember that research means for share and stand for integrity, it should always be open and collaborate with others.It should nit be something which you only take it for yourself, doing it for money or has a better paycheck. I believe that only the person who has good motivation and doing it for the world can stay in the research world. Even the smarter and can published a lot are well reserved in UM, I believe that one day "The special one" will realize it.

Third person i thanks is Dr.Caroline Jee. Your taught in my artificial organ is always recalled in my mind.
"you know, when i as top scholar in UM, i go to British, and i found i am nothing, how surprise I am?"
Everytime i think about you, i will feel encourage. as smart person like you, also will has that moment, I know i will not be alone.

Fourth person is the "The special one", you are the only one who did not hold me back when i said i want to quit after so many project i has completed and followed them.
"I think you can be a good engineer but not a good researcher."as you said, i turned into the industry. And after experiencing it, seeing the death and life in the ICU in the hospital, i know the one i loved still is research works. But sadly to say, i know it is too late for me to go for it.
but still i feel grateful to you, as you keep your promise to let me graduate from master. thanks for your first three month trust on me. I think argument involve two people to happen, so i should take half responsibility. I never regret to join your team, as I give it my best during my research life for cracking problem in biomedical engineering field. thanks for your help in editing my paper, or your paper, as you contributed quite a lot, so i think i will not take it as my own paper not matter how high the impact factor is. The idea for cracking it is actually appear in my dream, when i am so desperate to find a solution for it. Goodbye, and take care. You will be better without me. same thing to my team mate. Don't worry, quit this project will not kill me, it will only make me become stronger.

Hopefully my IELTS 7.5 average can bring me to another country to start my new research career. Thanks for Dr.Matt Might, assistant Professor from University of Utah. Your email reply caught me in surprise. As such a busy man, you reply my email with that sentence," I think you should be able to get a new supervisor.". How wonderful email it is. i will one day go to pay you a visit, if at the end of my life, i can become a Professor.

Any job besides researcher, i will not like it. so being an biomedical engineer or a cleaner, for me are the same stuff. Tomorrow wake up i will become a biomedical engineer. Even i do not like it, i will still need it to feed myself and family.

Guys, wish all the best ~