i've taken a quick moment for this despite the fact that i'm super busy today =/

My Co-Worker Is a Slacker ... and My Boss Doesn't Care!
(click to read the full article)

excerpts from the article:

"Ignoring a slacking colleague's behavior might seem easier than a confrontation, but when one person on the team is slacking off, it usually affects everyone else's productivity, too.
Kerry Patterson, workplace communications expert and co-author of "Crucial Confrontations" and "Crucial Conversations," says slacker workers not only create more work for others, but their behavior also affects morale and team cohesiveness.

"As individuals tire of carrying more than their fair share of the load, they become upset. Sometimes their anger is aimed at the person in question, but it's equally common for people to become disappointed in the team's leadership," Patterson says.

"[They] ask such questions as, 'Why do the bosses allow this to continue?' and 'Why do hard-working employees receive greater and more complicated assignments while low performers are allowed to slide?' As employees spend more time thinking about, complaining about and talking to their friends about inequitable treatment, productivity takes a dive."

i think all bosses should read this article. oh, slacker too.

finally..

after about 2 months (wait let me check my logbook, oh i started to work on this on 2 Oct 2009 - oh that's when i stop writing for a while!), the construct finally comes out! (yayy!)

1st trial:

-- totally wrong insert! =S changed ligation system.

trial 2:

-- still fail, insert size doesnt tally!


Trial 3:

--yessss yess!! finally! at least the insert size tally. of coz, it needs to be sequenced. and i already send them for sequencing. now it's like what i told yanming, it better comes back after chistmas! *chuckle*

my boss is going on leave for 2 weeks! spare me from his mumbles and nagginess (double yayy!!)
i'm so in holiday mood now, with my lab manager chatting with her friend on the company phone behind me.

i guess EVERYONE is in holiday mood now!

HAPPY HOLIDAY! (although it still quite sometimes away..)


p/s* corrections, i didn't do the construct like full time 24/7 - some other works like cell culture, ES cells, WB, transfection, was on-going during the 2 months. you thought my boss was so good only let u concentrating on ONE task at any ONE time?? FAT HOPE!! duh...

some friends commented why i never post anything lately.

reason(s):
a) i'm busy
b) of (a), i'm beat
c) i've got nothing to write
d) of (c), i don't feel like writing them down
e) All the above