Time to Prepare or Repair

Another truthful statement: If you do not invest time to prepare, you will waste time to repair, by Dr Billy Kueek. It underscores the importance of preparation. In my experience, preparation comes in at least two forms; either I am fully prepared or I am partially prepared. Although I know the degree of preparedness makes a lot of difference, at times I still prepare myself half-way, treading on the line of 'just enough'. Sometimes I am right but sometimes I am in trouble as a result. Then wasting time to repair is the consequence though the repairing process itself is not necessary a bad thing. I still learn something there. The point is why risk it when I have the time to prepare. I know there are instances when I need to improvise, such as giving an impromptu explanation on something, but it does not diminish the significance of preparation. Once prepared, concentration, determination and pliability all will develop simultaneously and progressively.

The Art of Explaining Things

Saw this on facebook. How true the statement is. During my presentations in the first year, I felt I explained too much. Instead of demonstrating to my supervisor and to the panels in different occasions how much I had understood, I actually exposed myself how little I had read and understood. Bearing no hard feeling, I know these are but learning curves. There will be more presentations and colloquiums soon, and I am looking forward to taking these opportunities to do well and learn again.

PhD Challenging Journey

The journey has been challenging so far, not because of the research itself, but managing a few things (research, work and family) concurrently for the past two years. I could have spent more time on my research but have no regrets about "wasting" too much time on my work (church work in particular) and my family. I am glad to have a very understanding and capable supervisor, who is also a Christian and a father himself. Slowly but surely, I am moving forward.

2-day SEM-AMOS Workshop

Attending a 2-day SEM workshop by Prof T. Ramayah. People have been saying drawing is the tedious part... I actually find it interesting and straightforward. The part that I struggle is the analytical part, especially when it deals with statistics. Hopefully I can overcome it when I start using SEM on a regular basis.