of falling sick
In all aspects, my training has been largely restricted to immunological/microbiological work in the context of infectious diseases. So when I fall sick from a viral fever, I keep imagining stuff. I wonder when the innate immunity response/"septic shock" (yes I like to exaggerate) is over, when the viral replication cycle completes, which lymphocyte response I'm getting (B or T, helper or cytotoxic) etc. while I shiver in my bed. I think it's because my nephew sneezed in my face twice. Dang!
Speaking of my nephew, I visited my uncle and his family at San Jose this weekend. My uncle moved to the bay area in the late 80s and started work for oracle. After the start-up boom in Silicon Valley (Stanford gave the spin-offs yahoo, HP, SUN microsystems etc.), he upgraded and moved his whole family to San Jose. I was completely blown away when I saw his house. It's huge (I would say at least 3000sq ft) and has a nice backyard with a pond and greenhouse, views of the Californian rolling hills in the distance and complete with grape vines!
Of course it's too easy to get envious of what others have (sometimes it's really not fun being a poor scientific researcher) so here I am, telling myself that I will be happy at the end of the day because one day, I might come up with a cure to this darn viral fever I have!
I miss you guys!
Speaking of my nephew, I visited my uncle and his family at San Jose this weekend. My uncle moved to the bay area in the late 80s and started work for oracle. After the start-up boom in Silicon Valley (Stanford gave the spin-offs yahoo, HP, SUN microsystems etc.), he upgraded and moved his whole family to San Jose. I was completely blown away when I saw his house. It's huge (I would say at least 3000sq ft) and has a nice backyard with a pond and greenhouse, views of the Californian rolling hills in the distance and complete with grape vines!
Of course it's too easy to get envious of what others have (sometimes it's really not fun being a poor scientific researcher) so here I am, telling myself that I will be happy at the end of the day because one day, I might come up with a cure to this darn viral fever I have!
I miss you guys!