Touching Comments & Slacking

A touching email reply from Dr. Li, the Molecular Characterization lab instructor:

"Dear Chorng Shin,

I am so happy and touched to hear that and really hope all of the TAs and teachers in Hong Kong, at very school, have the spirits like yours.

Many thanks,
Hungwing"

Actually I didn't do much. I just suggested somethings and told her that I will be willing to offer my experience if required. As I am part of HKUST now, I certainly hope for the best for the undergraduates. This is more so as I will be a teacher in the future. As a teacher, I want to inculcate a passion in learning in the students so that they will move on with life, exceling in whatever areas they want to go into. With passion, they can pick up materials and absorb new knowledge themselves. With passion, they will still move on despite failures. With passion, dreams will come and since everything starts with a dream at certain point, they will have the desire to move on. And with passion, they can influence their peers and spread this passion.

I slacked the whole day today actually. Sigh. I just did some calculation, read a paper and marked 3 reports. I have more important tasks at hand and countless more. Most importantly, I need to define my research direction. I have only 2 years (1.7 years now) and I don't wanna waste it. I also have Dr. Tan's asymmetric synthesis notes to improve on, something which I promised him to be completed by summer. Most importantly, I have a paper to write. If I don't write now, it'll never be completed. :(