Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
bits and pieces of the past week
last monday was when we had our last lecture of the year. it was on the human genome project if my memory didn't fail me. i didn't understand what was going on at all. i only remember that i realized that that lecture was going to be woon's last lecture with me and i was very sad.
the lab session we had last tuesday was the last one for this school year. it was quite a long and tiring one. we had to count yeast cells using the haemocytometer thing which we learnt about in jc. i think we were supposed to count something like 20 big squares (each big square is actually very big and divided into another 4 small squares) and each small square has something like 5 cells on the average? so they actually want us to count 400 cells! i know, it's boring and seemingly pointless. anyway, we had to do this counting at least 4 times, and of course we didn't even count like we were supposed to, provided we didn't misread the instructions. we just counted a few small squares and multiplied accordingly. it felt good after we finished rushing our lab reports on the spot and handed them in at the end of the day. it was that feeling of satisfaction whenever a piece of work is finally completed and ready for submission after all that investment of time and effort. but it was also a weird feeling to have to pack my lab coat into my bag instead of stuffing it back into my locker after that session since it was the last practical of the year. it was that moment when reality sank in, that year 1 had just flown past despite how vivid my memory of my first lab session here was, that there was to be no more coursework to be done, and that the exams are nearing!
we celebrated jun's birthday on wednesday after we had our proteins & enzymes quiz in school. it was a belated surprise birthday celebration because our planned celebration on his actual birthday failed due to unforeseen circumstances, but we had a fun time talking about random things, surfing youtube videos, and even doing the kallang wave! it was possibly the last time the six of us can gather together like that and talk and laugh about the strangest things in the world.
thursday was mark's last day of exams! being in high spirits, he treated us to dinner - bayswater duck! mark rocks. that marked our last wilsonut gathering this year!
the past week was a week of many lasts. i saw many of my hallmates move out, and many others are going to move out soon too. i finally started throwing some clothes into my suitcase, but my table's still in a mess. i spent quite some time today looking for a particular piece of lecture notes! actually i think i spend more time searching for things and sleeping than studying. i woke up quite late today! shan't say what time, but it wasn't that late! i don't know why i sleep so much too. it's not like im perpetually dreaming of icecream, marshmallows, rainbows and all the loveliest things in the world. i don't even dream much. maybe it's because my brain gets too tired easily. sleeping makes me happy! i have a friend who thinks that icecream can make one happy no matter what; even under the most tragic circumstances, icecream brings smiles to faces. i don't know whether that's true, but if it doesn't work, i think sleeping should do the trick, because every single time you wake up, you wake up to a brand new day. and tomorrow will always be better than today! this reminds me of a quote i saw just now. some inspirational quote about life: Smile... tomorrow will be worse. perhaps cynics are actually the most optimistic people around!
the sleepy disease is taking over again! shall stop writing nonsense.
the lab session we had last tuesday was the last one for this school year. it was quite a long and tiring one. we had to count yeast cells using the haemocytometer thing which we learnt about in jc. i think we were supposed to count something like 20 big squares (each big square is actually very big and divided into another 4 small squares) and each small square has something like 5 cells on the average? so they actually want us to count 400 cells! i know, it's boring and seemingly pointless. anyway, we had to do this counting at least 4 times, and of course we didn't even count like we were supposed to, provided we didn't misread the instructions. we just counted a few small squares and multiplied accordingly. it felt good after we finished rushing our lab reports on the spot and handed them in at the end of the day. it was that feeling of satisfaction whenever a piece of work is finally completed and ready for submission after all that investment of time and effort. but it was also a weird feeling to have to pack my lab coat into my bag instead of stuffing it back into my locker after that session since it was the last practical of the year. it was that moment when reality sank in, that year 1 had just flown past despite how vivid my memory of my first lab session here was, that there was to be no more coursework to be done, and that the exams are nearing!
we celebrated jun's birthday on wednesday after we had our proteins & enzymes quiz in school. it was a belated surprise birthday celebration because our planned celebration on his actual birthday failed due to unforeseen circumstances, but we had a fun time talking about random things, surfing youtube videos, and even doing the kallang wave! it was possibly the last time the six of us can gather together like that and talk and laugh about the strangest things in the world.
thursday was mark's last day of exams! being in high spirits, he treated us to dinner - bayswater duck! mark rocks. that marked our last wilsonut gathering this year!
the past week was a week of many lasts. i saw many of my hallmates move out, and many others are going to move out soon too. i finally started throwing some clothes into my suitcase, but my table's still in a mess. i spent quite some time today looking for a particular piece of lecture notes! actually i think i spend more time searching for things and sleeping than studying. i woke up quite late today! shan't say what time, but it wasn't that late! i don't know why i sleep so much too. it's not like im perpetually dreaming of icecream, marshmallows, rainbows and all the loveliest things in the world. i don't even dream much. maybe it's because my brain gets too tired easily. sleeping makes me happy! i have a friend who thinks that icecream can make one happy no matter what; even under the most tragic circumstances, icecream brings smiles to faces. i don't know whether that's true, but if it doesn't work, i think sleeping should do the trick, because every single time you wake up, you wake up to a brand new day. and tomorrow will always be better than today! this reminds me of a quote i saw just now. some inspirational quote about life: Smile... tomorrow will be worse. perhaps cynics are actually the most optimistic people around!
the sleepy disease is taking over again! shall stop writing nonsense.
Sunday, June 01, 2008
mm hmm i want to linger here
i just booked my flight from london to nice where i'll be meeting zx and ying2! i'll be flying off almost immediately after my exams. well, maybe not that immediate, since technically it's one day after my exams. but it's a 7am flight! i don't think i'll have time to sleep after my last paper, because i've got to pack up and dump my things somewhere. i won't have time to properly bid goodbye to nutford too. it seems like just yesterday when i moved into this hall, and now it's already time to start packing.
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