3 days to go

That is how close the deadline is. The thesis is near to its completion. Few minor points and tweaking have been added. I will be extremely relieved when all of this is over. Although the job is not exactly finish after the deadline since I need to prepare the thesis for publication...

anyway, to those who have exams in another few weeks, good luck and fortunately for us, we don't have exam this time :).

Define:Google :)

One of the search command you can use in Google is define:yourterm here. It will give you pretty accurate definition of any terms that you are looking for.

Now, instead of using define:google, this blog collected several interesting definitions of google :D.

• Google is the most used search engine in my school, according to interviews.
• Google is a web interface to the world.
• Google represents a Faustian bargain between society and technology.
• Google is a big platform for distributed computing.
• Who needs the Internet? We've got Google cache!
• Google was a search engine. Google is more than the sum of its usable parts. It is an entity that many use to access personalized information and find both new and old ideas alike. It is now an essential part of the Internet.
• Google is the other half of my brain.
• Google is the command line, the start of an OS.
• Google is a gateway to millions of ideas.
• Google is the crossroad where life is transfered from desktops to the Internet.

via Google Operating System

less than a week.

The submission date of the thesis is due this Friday 18th. Expect me to finish it earlier since I need to bind and made 3 copies of the thesis. This one whole year of doing research is almost over :).

The past few months have been quite hectic as I try to finish my data collection and writing the thesis at the same time. And now I have approached the last week of AMS (Advanced Medical Science). After this week, my winter holiday will start to kick in :).

In the same time last year, my life has been quite different. It was the end of Semester 5 and I was preparing to sit for the semester exam. The semester revolves around immune system and all of those nasty germs. Streptococcus, Staph aureus, vancomycin, T-cells, retinoblastoma and other sarcomas......these terms were in my mind at that time. The exam started early; right in the first week of official university exam and ended early too. Those were the days where I have to read medical books and memorize certain concepts and drugs [Starting from next semester, this will be the norm again ;)]

Back to the present time, what I am doing now is completely different. No exams and lectures for one whole year. Just do the research and if you have free time, follow the ward rounds and attend the specialist clinic.

I am not sure which kind of life suits me better. Sitting for semester exams or doing one year of research. The former demand me to study and memorize a lot of stuff and the latter require me to do a lot of literature review and involve writing a looong thesis. Both are stressful life and full of challenges.

Perhaps in this situation, I should follow my fellow comrades. Be a medical student and not a researcher. After all, isn't that what I've been doing in the past few years...

Okay, back to my work again ;).

New interface of Google Analytics

Google Analytics has been upgraded. The new interface seems to be better than previously. However, it wil take several weeks for the old user of Google Analytics to experience the new look. At least this solves my main comment towards Analytics. Previously, the interface is too complicated for new users and not intuitive enough to entice people of using the service.


This is an excellent post describing the new Google Analytics.

Do These Five Things First In V2

draft

There are several things that I need to add to my thesis. I have received the reply from my supervisor last week and she said that there are only few things to be improved and overall it is a good writing. Please note that the draft that I sent to her was not the first draft though. It was draft no 3. Currently I am writing draft no 4 which should be the complete version of my thesis. After the completion of 4th draft / complete thesis, I need to write another draft for publication which basically is my draft no 1 and 2 and summary of draft 4.

I need to update my citation / referencese / bibliography since there are inconsistency in the citations. I think this is caused by alteration of Endnote filters in my laptop and I quote medical journals from two sources.

Following my oral presentations, I gained several interesting points from the audience and I will be incorporating their suggestions into my thesis. That is the advantage of presenting your thesis in front of two audiences and to present it before deadline :).

Back to my work for now....