Monday Morning......

Salam..

Just a quick update.. Hehe.. Its been 2 weeks since I've started 'working' and its been relatively quiet.. Just some funny accidents, and miscommunications, added with some reading-up on my part, I can safely say things are beginning to become a routine.

Come in at 8.30 straight to the lab, open up laptop, taking the necessary things outta my bag, read my gene cloning book, going online, facebooking, checking out mysoju for latest episodes (or old ones, depending on my mood), waiting for others to come, getting bored, jalan-jalan mengacau orang, waiting for lunch time, lunch, surau, back to the lab, online again, read again, then walla! its 5.30.. Go back..

Haizzz.... Oh well, things should be picking up soon.. The routine will supposedly be broken today coz I'll be going to FST this afternoon to meet my guide.. Will get the gene template from her and her friend will teach me how to design primers. Hopefully, I will be able to design my forward and backward primer a.s.a.p, so that I could start with PCR..

My terribly cluttered desk, just the way I like it!! =)

Oh well, last week has been full of me getting headaches and questioning if this is what I truly wanted.. There's so many choices, and frankly we are spoiled by 'em, co much that sometimes whatt held us back is just the comfort of things familiar to us..

Entah la.. Berfikir, berfikir dan berfikir... Just hoping that the best choice has been taken.. =)

Wish me luck, people.. And thanks for reading!

Quoting Lady GaGa, "There's Nothing Else I Can Say, Eh Eh....."

Salam..

It's been a week since I started being a research assistant for my lecturer.. It has been mostly uneventful, except for that one time when I had to attend the first meeting for the project group. To tell you the truth, I was freaking out that time because that was the first time I got to know a lot of what I am going to do involves genetic engineering.

Me + Biochemical engineering major + No experience in genetic engineering = ()*&^*(&%$##@@

Haha.. My mind is whirling and swirling with a lot of things while the presentation is being done, mostly because at that time I couldn't understand half of what is being presented! Gosh, how am I going to do that?

Uh oh..

No background, ok, I could read up on DNA, cloning, recombinant technology, PCR, codon, promoters, plasmid, primer, genetic templates so on and so forth, but without any technical experience in this matter, I'm seriously hyper-ventilating!

Huhu.. Its so very challenging for me, and right now I'm still reading up stuffs on genetic engineering.. And at the same time, contacting the various people that I hope could shed some light on all these new things that I will be venturing into.

Please wish me all d best, people.. I'm really interested in doing this, because it's something new.. But dealing with DNA also involves a lot of luck. One colleague of mine told me that she took 27 months to do her research on this particular gene, and that is more than 2 years! Furthermore, for me, not only will I do the genetics part, but I will also continue from that to fermentation stage, and not only that, I will also do the purification!

Oooohhh... Very,very nervous now..

Anyone with PCR expertise?? Call me!

Seriously though, I hope that I could pick up the technical aspects of PCR and cloning, coz even though I somewhat understand the theory, I have no idea on how to achieve that, lab-wise. That is the biggest challenge for me at this moment.

Oh well, no use dwelling too much on the cons of this, I know... I'm trying to look at the bright side.. =)

Again, wish me luck!

Muche gracias..
=)

When Boredom Crashes In....

Salam..

There's tonnes of things to do for certain people while for others, it certainly feels like there's nothing to do, like it did for me. Well, actually there's stuffs to take care of but me being me, I'd rather let my head rest for a while.. After all, unlike many others who aeons ago finishes their thesis@undergrad study, this stretch of time is actually a resting period, time for me to catch up to other study-unrelated things such as relaxing, surfing the net, downloading stuffs, catching up with friends and FB-ing, because in a few weeks time, things will pick up pace again. =)

So what did I do?

The answer is simple : With Internet, there's always things to do!

Primarily for me, I played games such as :

1. Pet Society

This one needs no introduction, after all, a lot of people are already addicted to this months ago. Hehe.. I remember started playing this when Dila introduced me to it.. And soon enough, the whole gang started going gaga over it! There's one thing I looked back fondly on, one day during November last year's semester break (and we're busy starting our laboratory works), after slaving away the whole morning, Zira, Dila, Wan and me opened up our laptops while conquering one whole stretch of tables and hogging the available plugs to play PS.. Seriously, if people saw us from afar, they would think that we were busy doing projects due to the seriousness of our faces.. Hey, we are at the Stadium playing lompat-lompat okay.. =p

My house, 1st floor. And my pet, Noen..

Noen visiting a friend's house.. Lovely house, right? I'm jealous!!

The Food Shop.. For all your pets needs.. =)

The new feature, the Garden! Hehe.. Quite fun, coz u got to plant either trees, veggies of flowers and sell it for money or 'gift'ing it away.. =) The flowers are great as decor tho..

2. Restaurant City

A fairly addictive game, especially when your racing against friends to gain higher levels.. Haha.. First played this while doing my Mechanical Design months ago.. =) You get to employ your friends to work in your restaurant, improve your dishes and offer it as main course, appetizers or dessert, customize the look of your restaurant and your employees, and trade with others for ingredients.. Frankly, I love it!!




3. Farm Town

A simple game, involves a lot of waiting, but still an entertaining one.. Watching the plants grow is nice.. Not for those who don't like waiting tho, coz you'll get bored soon enough..

My simple farm.. Haha.. So malas to decorate @ arrange everything.. For now, I'm thinking money, bebeh! =p

4. Geo Challenge

Those who hated geography, beware! Hehe.. I love this game, coz not only it's fun, but also stimulates your flag & map recognition & memory skills.. Great for people who wants to learn geography in a fun way.

There's four stages; flag (like the pic up there), country map, interesting places and landmarks.. Very challenging while starting out, but get playing and you'll be able to memorize the answers.. =)

5. Word Challenge

Good for your english, and typing skills.. Haha.. 'Nuff said!



6. Who Has The Biggest Brain

Somewhat of an IQ test, and fun to play.. =) Addictive and mind-stimulating.. (yeke??) Haha..


7. Bowling Buddies

Bowl away... =) Just a simple game, using your mouse and you can even get strikes every time! Haven't managed to do that tho.. LoL..



Oh well, those are few of the games I played this past few weeks.. Haha.. Anyways, enjoy people! July is creeping near, only a week left for 'relaxing' purposes..

That been said, have a nice weekend!

Thanks for reading..
=)