The blue ocean of mine

Here, I am my man where I work according to my agenda and one day, I shall find my niche. Niche! That's the word which dashed through my mind once I read a summary on 'The Blue Ocean". The one word love to be uttered by some of the higher management team of the institution. Well, they have their point. It's not easy to be or wanted to be the best but at the end of the day, it's the ground people who need to be counted.

Unfortunately, the ground people is me, one of them.

By saying so, I am in need to search for a niche where I can do my research successfully and will be able to claim that I am the best. Well, is that the definition of the niche or it is the correct 'Blue Ocean strategy? I hesitate on that. Or perhaps I may be wrong and should digest the reality of life to understand all about the ocean.

The main blue ocean strategy is to create a new market or new area or uncontested niche where they will be no other contestant. The idea is creating something new but shall be in demand.

How one do that?

If I look back at a conversation with my former supervisor, Hosoi, long time back, I gathered from our discussion that he did not actually create a new area of research. In his idea, if he wanted to be amongst the most remembered scientist, plus the Nobel Prize receiver, he needed to seek an opportunity to do research on something that can last long and in demand - the other words to say, as long as he was the patriarch of the department. That was one of the reason he did the aquaporin project and projecting all the money on AQP5 of salivary gland since he was a professor of a dental school. His initial thought was that the research area would be the in-thing for another 15 years or so. The upshot of his strategy was that before his retirement day arrived, he almost reached the goal of being one of the best in the field. By being mentioned as one of the well-known scientist in AQP5 field in a website had made him proud. His complacency was proven when he did email me about that.

How about me then? What's my blue ocean? I am not very sure about it at this point of time. Many things are hanging in my mind which implied by my involvement in various projects which were quite diverse. Well, I am still at the entry-level status. I am still swimming on the surface of an ocean. We'll see soon if there is any need to recast the research proposal.

Mind the Attitudes

Well, I went to Mecca to perform the umrah. Came back here almost two weeks. I was happy that I did went there but I can't explained the reason behind it. Scorpio never really tell the whole truth when they explained something regarding their inner feeling. But please, it was never a lie, but only they can't reach for the correct sentences (or so I thought).

People always talk about serenity to be near His house but for me, the place had a sense of intimacy, like I belong to it. On top of that, it was very different from what I thought when I saw it in a picture or film.

Anyhow, nevermind about that.

Since coming back, I felt a bit tired and calm. Too calm that I began to panick but nothing happened, just the usual deep thinking Naba on work again.

Besides, the mind had stated to build a new set of attitudes.

Ready?!

From what I gather from reading the Al-Quran (translational of course!), if God wanted to do something, He will, with all His might.

So, if He had decided something good will happen, it will, and vice versa if it is something bad. My point is that I need not worry too much. Let's leave it all to the All Mighty. We just do our job as best we could, pray that it will turn out to be good at the end of the day (as we want it to be) then leave it to Him.