When I started my PhD I have had a bet with a senior researcher friend, on whether I will still be excited after 4 years when I finish it. The first time I realized my passion towards my topic is that once thinking about it, I feel my heart racing. The physical signal won’t lie!

Now half year past since I commenced, I finally had my first low tide by realizing my obstacle is my impatience - like to seize high productivity but rush things (the opposite type of perfectionist!) It takes me for a while to realize I need to take time to learn and to reflect.

That is also when I realize my PhD journey might be a spiritual practice for myself, for not only exploring the knowledge of my academic field but also my inner self.

Winter River Tracing Happy Lunar Tiger New Year🐯

I feel again that the road of my PhD study is reshaping the way I do things. Like today reflecting on how my supervisor dealt with the extended due date, I should avoid my personality that likes to rush everything and seize every available time to refine my artefact (the paper).

I've had many repeated similar dreams, dreamed of an earthquake or a war... I've crossed the line of fire trying to get my LapTop I've left at home. Why? Because I realized that my research data and paper have not been uploaded to the cloud yet...🤣

Just attended the EMOCHI workshop this afternoon, and realized one thing I like about academia is that there are so many opportunities to exchange sparkling ideas with other great scholars, regardless of different cultural backgrounds, ages, or disciplines. And that feels great!

Except for the educators' responses, students should also be involved in the discussion of ethical "emotion AI", if this is the future of education.

The unstoppable time is like the string of a kite, and the kite is my restless surging energy that has been tied...

I always feel that taking notes on a book while reading is like having a conversation with the author across time and space. Like Glenn Herbert Gould communicating with Johann Sebastian Bach when Gould was humming when playing Bach’s music.

An inspiration of my research: in class surveillance distracts learning… you just can’t concentrate when this big brother is watching👀

Booked my flight back to Australia. And say bye to my band and the B-side of my life when work remotely, but…it’s been three years and I’m back!!!

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Yeeeeessss!!! Super excited to open the session and enjoyed the first day of the talks!

Finally reunioned with my supervisors after almost two years offshore studying! A/Prof. Dana McKay George Buchanan

Can the OpenAI/ChatGPT count as a talkative participant for my Story Completion Research?

Ólafur Arnalds | Nils Frahm - Mix Collection (Pt.1&2) youtube.com/watch?v=15yztN… via YouTube This is a loyal companion of mine while working.

And finally we meet in person!!