aaannnd that marks the end of the twenties together :)

I think I have a love-hate relationship with writing. I absolutely detest the initial starting phase, be it a 200 word abstract, a proposal, a paper or the $%!@# thesis, which is probably why I only blog when I have to write .. I'd much rather write nonsense than write science. However once I get "in the zone" there is a endorphic sense of high ( Read more... )

Why is it that when you drop rice on a white floor, you can never seem to find it no matter how hard you vacumn/wipe/magic mop/stare at the floor, but the minute you step on the floor you step on bits of the $(#@! rice!! 

As usual, I only blog regularly when I have alot of work to do. In this case it's a bunch of readings to read, trawl pubmed for literature, a shitload of data to analyze (so what's new right) and my immunology textbook to pore over since I've practically given back everything to my lecturers. We just killed 5 mice the other day and I'm just looking ( Read more... )

After weeks of bugging the Win to go camping, he finally succumbed under my relentless prattering of campingcampingcamping and we drove up to the North Rim, Grand Canyon. My lab mates were highly amused at the camping equipment we had acquired which in addition to a tent of course, included a (shit) shovel, expensive firewood, lamp/splunker torch, ( Read more... )

Yay you are a(nother) year older!

Good thing you did your mid life crisis at 24 ...

Yet another fluffy, uninsightful post but I've never claimed otherwise. I think I've adapted pretty well to living alone, especially having accomplished how to have the maximum variety of home cooked meals with the minimum amount of time spent standing over the stove, like cooking a week's worth of rice to go with various things, although I always ( Read more... )

"Mum bought u a cheap t shirt u want anything else?"

For some reason that just totally cracked me up .. if you know my mum, it's somehow just SO. HER. I think 
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How the HELL do you write your own reference letter without sounding like an egoistical idiot, OR a meek measly little mouse?? Bah. Is there like a good template or format out there for this?? I've written about 5 lines and stopped cos I started feeling really really stupid. Maybe I should go take a nap and sleep off the 8.99 Indian lunch buffet ( Read more... )

Omg. It's been so long since I've last posted. Thanks to
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