Kuli

My experimental rig is in problem. It does not work as it supposed to be. The postdoc who work on it tried his best to make it according to blueprint given to him, but it was just not to the supposed working standard.

And I was left with an incomplete set of mock loop. I can't proceed with my experimental plan and it has been almost a month since I first tried it.

When I first tried it, although I knew it was not perfect, I had to test my prototype in order to present some result to my SV. I still remember his comment.

"You result is rubbish."

Fuhh....terduduk aku. well, technically i'm already seated so it was more as a metaphorical statement.but still, the harsh response is although understandable still present me with a mind and not to mention emotional blow.

The reason was technical. The mock loop has pocket of air distal to aortic valve, hence giving an inertance value too high for the mock loop. also the pocket of air are giving misleading reading to the pressure transducer.

So I tried rectifying the whole damn thing, but to no avail. I just lacked the experience to operate the mock loop. Two unproductive weeks with nothing to achieve. It was frustrating.

So I took a break to Ireland. heh.

Balik je dari Ireland, ada sorang budak master dari QUT datang melawat atas tujuan nak belajar cara guna PIV. It so happens that he has been working on mock loop for his master thesis. So dia la yang buat macam2 cadangan nak improve the mock loop.
And its working. Alhamdulillah.
walaupun in the process, aku terasa macam kuli jek kena suruh buat itu ini, tapi demi mock loop yang fully operational, layankan je la.

Bagus gak. tau la camne nak potong bar, nak buat lubang, you know the nitty gritty work of lab.

Next week, we'll be testing the mock loop and pray to Allah it works. I really need to get my experiment going.