"What is this place...? It's dark, I can't see anything."

Waking up still feeling a bit sleepy, I find myself in a dark place. Last time I remember I was organizing data as my research supervisor told me.

It was a whole load of chore. I wonder why I keep getting pushed with this kind of thing? Don't you normally leave something like this to the undergrad slave or master servant?¹(1) Lab hierarchy: Professor > Post-doc > PhD student > Masters > Undergrads. If I remember correctly in PHD comics, students are given the most menial type of jobs inside lab. Especially those in the lowest position in the ladder: undergrad. It probably also varies with different countries. I also have similar even if somewhat different experience. I was the most senior undergrad in a research group, and the most senior one under lecturers (no master and PhD students in our group). So I was guilty of offloading most works to my juniors. I know I'm a bit smarter than others, doesn't mean I can do anything and everything... sigh...

"Is it a blackout? Oi! Anyone else here?!"

I tried to reach out my phone in my pocket... wait I have no pocket... actually I don't have anything on me... literally. Why am I naked?

"What's that?"

I saw what seem like a faint light and approach it.

tap tap tap

I keep walking towards the light, the closer I approach it, the brighter it becomes.

tap tap tap

The light keeps getting brighter and brighter, however somehow my consciousness also feels like it start to fade as I get closer towards the source of light.

tap tap tap

"Ah... not good.."

I feel a bright darkness suddenly came...

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"uuu..." feeling sleepily, I'm opening my eyes but was struck blind by the sudden bright light.

"Where is this...?" is what I meant to say, but what surprisingly came out from my mouth was random gibberish.

"How is he doctor...?"

"It's a healthy baby madam."

Eh, listening to the conversation, am I in a delivery room...? Why...? Don't tell me...

"Let me hold him, doctor."

It seems I reincarnated.

(1) Lab hierarchy: Professor > Post-doc > PhD student > Masters > Undergrads. If I remember correctly in PHD comics, students are given the most menial type of jobs inside lab. Especially those in the lowest position in the ladder: undergrad. It probably also varies with different countries. I also have similar even if somewhat different experience. I was the most senior undergrad in a research group, and the most senior one under lecturers (no master and PhD students in our group). So I was guilty of offloading most works to my juniors.