A Review on Today's Meeting

On our first Super Writers Meeting after Chinese New Year, we ate some desserts and discussed several issues.

Since we all came back from a relaxed vacation being together with our family, the production is not much and it seemed like a confession meeting at first. But you know, it is quite understandable and reasonable to rejoin in the family in this traditional festival since we've been apart so long. So needless to feel guilty, just catch up! (Haha, Lucia always can find an excuss to rationalize laziness:P)

The construction of new campus brought out by Nicol arose heated discussion later on. Some ridiculous arrangement of classroom design workshop and the huge gap between ideal vision and practical measure was identified. It is problematic that the immediate users of classroom were left out in the decision-making procedure and the bureaucracy blocked the full participation of people who are interested in or whose specialty is relevant to the issue. Many insightful opinions were brought about by our super writers, pity we didn't keep a record. That's why Issa suggeted we record our discussion every time for possible reference in future. Given the complex nature of the problem such as research ethic, privacy etc. we will discuss it in next meeting to find out a good solution. If you have any idea on it, please put forward on the blog or the meeting next time.

We also share some strategies for time management and avoid procrastination. Issa will kindly help to scan and circulate a handout from a workshop Lucia attended, which lists the common reasons for us to put off things. Maybe it can help you to reflex on your own habit and try to change.

Last but not least, do remember to 'Have the passion on your postgraduate study and your research!' This is what we agreed on in the meeting:)