十七年

十七年风雨飘荡
一路走来心思浪
背痠脚疼白头沧
二十四那年回荡

穿越山河无休站
细风轻摆芭蕉扇
明月悬挂清风楼
冬至又临明年奏

我已迈入到尽头
疲厌入髓志残扣
愿我参得龟息眠
唯可开眼见晴天
— 09/09/19

Commentary: I am really tired this time – so razor close to a complete burnt out – never been so close before. It is a combina-tion of years of overwork and lack of long periods of rests.
• February 2003 – started my final semester in Melbourne
• June 2003 – started my honours year
• May 2004 – started my PhD
• June 2004 – started my BSc in computer science
• June 2005 – completed my BSc in computer science
• 01 April 2008 – left Melbourne
• 04 April 2008 – started lecturing in Singapore Polytechnic
• 24 Dec 2009 – passed my PhD
• 15 Dec 2010 – left Singapore Polytechnic
• 16 Dec 2010 – started in Life Technologies
• 04 Jan 2012 – left Life Technologies
• 07 Jan 2012 – started in South Dakota State University after 30 hours of door-to-door flight
• 21 Dec 2012 – left South Dakota
• 03 Jan 2013 – started in Nanyang Technological University
• 28 Feb 2017 – left Nanyang Technological University
• 26 Feb 2017 – first lecture in MDIS
Now, I know how it feels like to be working non-stop for 2 decades. I am almost there.