It had turned out that the coldness in IME is affecting my ability to blog... The stiffness suffered due to prolonged exposure to the low temperature is freezing the brain cells... The drowsiness that lingered on and on prevented the smooth functioning of consciousness... Major writer block is expected to last for quite a long time... And the doctor advised to steer clear of forcing the brain to work too hard... Constantly take naps whenever possible... Stay away from doing too much physical tasks and snack more to keep warm... In short... Serious health alert for the over-taxed brain!!

Okay, I am obviously not thinking right... Hardly easy to keep a clear mind when everyday is so boring... I am facing some sort of depression... Hence the lack of updates for my blog... The motivation I normally felt is killed by some dark shadows lurking in the back of my mind... Something which I could not quite put my hands on... Maybe I am trying too hard... So ended up landing on the wrong side of everything...

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Nothing much happened during attachment... I am sticking to the "doing fabrication and literature review" routine... With only minor improvement in my actuator design... My supervisor had instructed me to get samples from the supplier... And hence I am guaranteed for some real time testing... I wonder how I would feel upon putting my idea into work... Even when I understood that this project is going no way... As confirmed by one mentor... They are closing the entire project soon... So many months of effort on their behalf are not turing up any results... They had came to the stage where they realized that continuing on would only mean wasting more resources and time... But I think my supervisor just wanted me to get some results out of the project planned for me... So the fate of the overall project would not so much as affect me... Maybe only in terms of reducing my workload by not doing fabrication...

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Travelling on the train and bus to get to work is really getting on my nerves and foot... Am I sporting a huge sign that invites people to go ahead and step me? It is irritating and painful to have your foot stepped on... Jerking you rudely out of the daze and having the pain shooting through the poor feet, making me hissed and almost swearing out loud... What is wrong with those people? Don't they know that they have to be mindful of their footing, even if caught in a crowded train or bus? I could still be forgiving if the said person is a guy... But high heels? Pardon my cursing but I am not prepared to be walking around with a sore feet in a big fat ugly cast... Those ladies need to be screamed at and send off to take some basic course in balancing... Or at least not to over-estimate their skills in it when it concerns the well-being of my foot...

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Renovation is still on-going... What more could I say? Better to hold my tongue now before I bite off anyone's head... A statement of advise from Xue Ying... Never engage that company for any other renovation works again...

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我身边走过一千人,我却能清楚地听出你的脚步声。
因为九百九十九人踏着大地,而你却踏着我的心。
他们是我身边的匆匆过客，你却是我用心留住的人。