Light at the end of the tunnel...

My significant other wants to write a book.

Actually she voiced this to me many moons ago and wanted my help to find a suitable subject.

She said it may not be an academic book, although her carrier involves one. The important thing is that she has to have one that may make her CV look nice.

It may sound as if just because many of her peers have their names on a book cover, so she should have one too. But it is actually more complicated than that.

It has been sometime ago that she had her name on a book cover. But this time around she wants to have her name on it alone, if possible. Compiled and edited by is okay, but no more a co-author.

Until yesterday she is still clueless about what she wants to write about.

So, last night I threw her this proposition. I asked her if she had read about the latest breakthrough in eye therapy - the bionic eye. She said she had read about it a few years ago but was not interested because it is not what she is working on.

She said it is not something that she can write or comment about if she is not into it technically. Furthermore, she said the technology is about bionics and physics, not the biology or physiology, of which she is involved with.

I argued she doesn't have to know or needs to detail out the nitty-gritty technical parts with the write-up. She may be specialised with the biological of physiological aspects of it, so she can write what she thinks about the bionic eye with regards to her knowledge.

And that the book is a semi-academic, meant for the lay but educated person -- those with a basic understanding of science, at least at the secondary level -- better still at the tertiary level.

And of course more ideas were thrown in...and many of my suggestions were either met with acquiescence, with modification or mere rejection. Some were emphasized while others were subjected to further discussion and analysis.

And that I will help compile all the materials for her and also do the basic write-up and leave the editing part to her, provided she gets to do the gritty part of it -- detailing the table of contents.

And finally she agreed.

Then I threw her the proposition of my imaginary title of the book as stated in the title of this blog entry.

Ermmm...no, she said it could be the running or subtitle, but not the real title of the book...

So, she threw her idea of the title of book and I jot it down....

And so, there you go, another productive day on 1st of April.

But no, this is not an April Fools joke. (Bukan cobaan... tapi betul-betul...).

And tonight, to make sure this project becomes a reality, I am going to throw her another proposition.

Nak tau apa...?

Esok sajalah....