I am such a procrastinator

What is the first thing you do when you turn on your computer? For me, it is checking my email, follow by returning all those sometimes-I-think not so important messages, then surfing the net, reading articles about diving, science, the world etc, obviously there is also facebook... and before I know it, it is ALREADY afternoon!

I always lament that I do not have enough time! However, I think too much time has been wasted on trivial stuffs. I want to spend more time on the various items :
- working out to feel healthy and good
- writing my journal paper
- research, reading for my PhD
- my website and blog

So, today is my first step.... I am a compulsive email checker! And this is certainly one area I can cut down. I started using a program call AwayFind, which will scan the messages on my Gmail. It will notify me whenever I received an important email. Thus, I do not need to constantly checking my emails every 3 seconds!

First step to be more efficient.

Glimpse of spring

It has been a while since I post  here. My day usually starts with squeezing in an hour in the morning reading and replying emails, do a quick check on facebook :P, and then start working in the lab. After that, a quick lunch and start writing the proposal or papers until rushing to the ferry to get home at about 5pm. At home, the whole writing starts again after dinner and a quick break. Weekdays, weekends.... everyday seems to blend together into one LONG day! It has been busy.

Managed to caught a quick glimpse of spring the other day when I was working at home.

It has been raining all these time... pretty rainbow after the rain

The daffodil is blooming

The pomegranate is budding

Even the long awaited orchid flowers are budding this year!