Give Me A Break!

Sleeping at 3-5am every morning, waking up at 7:30, working from 9am til 9pm, then doing my own stuff at home until 3-5am again isn't my idea of a perfect daily cycle, but currently this is the only way I can have a full-time job and still do my own research/study/play games/socialize... etc.

Sure, I develop courses for Games Development and Digital Visual Effects at work, but my personal interests range from mathematics, quantum physics, technology, anime, movies and music to philosophy, metaphysics and spirituality. While more of a armchair scientist than a hardcore researcher, I nevertheless wish for more time to do my own explorations into the world of string theory, game theory, chaos theory and TOE. Ideally, make money while doing so too.

The only thing I dislike about my day job is the paper and administrative work. I don't mind teaching, developing curriculum, doing research and projects all day, but I'm really not interested in coordinating people, booking facilities and making sure all the right forms are signed and filed. I want to get paid to build fantastic virtual worlds, not waste time dotting my i's and covering my ass with the necessarily paper trail.

In Singapore, managers are valued more than ground people because they can get incapable people to do seemingly impossible tasks and make everything appear more impressive than they actually are. Stay too long, and one may even be convinced by the system, that sheep needs to be shepherded, but anyone who does a little bit of research and independent thinking can see right through the con job.