I got the shock out of me when my supervisor sent me a text this morning. He said he wants the experiment result NOW! I only managed to do the first part of the analysis, which is extracting data from thousands of them and put them into charts and tables.

Went to meet him with just six charts and a table all printed nicely on four pieces of paper. He had a glance and said, “Good job!”

He then proceeded, “I am still waiting for the results which you analyzed using the software. Show me when you have finished them.”

I thought I would be screwed for my snailed pace progress. Thank God everything went well. He even gave me a slight increase for my allowance. Wahaha!

Just because Spain won the match last night, I will be enjoying 50% off to all domestic SMS tomorrow. Aiyo Italy!!! How come??!!

The average knowledge worker switches tasks every three minutes, and, once distracted, a worker takes nearly a half-hour to resume the original task, according to Gloria Mark, a leader in the new field of “interruption science” writes Marci Alboher for the New York Times.

In this very short article, Maggie Jackson who has been invited by Marci Alboher offered her view points on distractions at work and how we can arrive at what she calls a “renaissance of attention.”

According to Maggie, the first step is to learn to speak a language of attention. The exciting news is that the enigma of attention has just begun to be mapped, tracked and decoded by neuroscientists who now consider attention to be a trio of skills: focus, awareness and so-called executive attention.

Think of it this way: You can be “aware” that you’re in a beautiful garden and then you can “focus” on an individual flower. The last piece, “executive attention,” is the ability to plan and make decisions.

Back to how I can apply these very short piece of advice in my daily life. I need to practice to be attentive to my works, in this case research. I also see prayer as a channel for me to concentrate and focus, some of you might want to call it meditation.

When I really need to focus on a particular work, I will just stop hopscotching distractedly through the Internet, switching off my mobile phone, pray for a moment, start collecting my mind and find the time and space to focus.

Let’s focus!