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I’m the person with good intention but bad narcolepsy.  Everytime I woke up from my sleep and I realized the lecturer was staring at me, I would smile back at him and go back to my sleep.

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This is bad, but we are still doing it.

I always save my work every once in a while, and I don’t understand why there are some people who start doing things from the scratch to the end, but they never ever try to save the file. When the computer crashed, they cursed.

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I bought Mike ‘Research’ t-shirt at PHD Comics Store, and I found it in my mailbox today (I guess it was delivered on Friday).  I was busy reading papers to write up a literature review for “the functions of linker histones”, and I am still working on it.

This is the picture on the tee, and I tried to wear it.  It fits me.

I took a photo with my handphone in front of a really dirty mirror (the white dots).  I don’t know how to use photoshop, this is the best I can do to cover all the toiletry things behind me, and I can’t slim down my stomach.

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I just ordered this piece of t-shirt from PHD Comics Store.  It’s Mike doing research.

I ordered a Medium size one, hope I can wear it.  The t-shirt only available in charcoal grey, and it’s heavyweight 100$ cotton.  The estimate delivery time is about 2 to 3 weeks.  The tee itself is $17.50 USD, and the shipping fee to Australia is $8.65.  Can’t wait to receive my Mike Research T-shirt.

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Next monday is my new semester. It’s already my final year. Time flies like arrow, and fruit flies like banana.

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When I saw this “Fresh homemade cookies” from PHD Comics, I saw me inside that comic. Not the lecturer, but the student.

I met a lot of lecturers trying every methods to get people attending lectures, these were what they have done:

1. Refuse to record lecture audio, or they might just act like they forget to switch on the recorder. (Lame, due to the protests of the students, they can’t do that.)
2. Refuse to upload any lecture slides online, only give out printouts in the lecture. (This is useful, but due to some environmentalists, they can’t print anymore.)
3. Discuss exam questions during the lecture with least attendance. (Works, but just once in a semester.)
4. Being sarcastic in the audio recorded. (Lame!)
5. Making some mistakes in the lecture notes, and then during the lecture say, “Ahah! I made mistakes. Arghh! Too bad. For those who didn’t attend lectures can’t see where the mistakes are.”
6. Teaching with “this”, “and”, “here”, “there” and “that”. (Example: “From here to there, and this and that, that’s how it works.”)
7. Prohibit you taking the paper for the subject if your attendance rate is low. (Heck, there are so many students enrolled, it’s a tedious job just to take the attendance.)

The following solutions are proudly presented by me to all the lecturers who desperate for higher attendance rate:

1. Waive the tuition fees if attendance rate is more than 90%.
2. Have all the lectures in the afternoon. (No friggin’ 8am lectures.)
3. Bonus are given in finals to those who always attended.

Let’s face it, it’s a realistic world.

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