Listening to: Unwell - Matchbox20

Let's see. I have the following due next week.
1) C programming tutorial by wednesday (already half done)
2) C programming lab by wednesday as well ( no idea how/what to do)
3) Animal development report on myoD expression in zebrafish.( half done)
4)Chemistry lab report (by friday)

And what am I doing? Blogging. Pfft. And I have yet to reply Lianne's mail. Maybe I'll do it tomorrow. If I can find the time, that is. Don't even know I can spare the time to watch the concert on the 2nd. *mutters to self*

Today's lab was mildly interesting, maybe because it was gross and morbid. We dealt with drosophila larvae for the first part of lab. We were supposed to stain polytene chromosomes found in the salivary glands of the larvae. So.. the first part, naturally, required us to obtain ( or rather.. FIND ) the salivary glands. Not that easy. I put one of those things under the light microscope, looked at it for 2 seconds, looked up and asked,"Which end is the arse man?" Coz honestly, I couldnt quite tell which end was which. Shuqin ( she was sitting on my right ) said to look for weird short protrusions sticking out. So i took another look, and well, both ends had weird short protrusions. I looked at Shuqin, and she was already poking at her worm. I simply HAD to figure out which end was which. So i asked the tutor ( Leon ), who said," DUH. Look at the direction in which the larvae is moving." Right. Except the larva was happily swimming in circles on my slide. It was clockwise, then anti clockwise. and clockwise again. And I thought perhaps the poor thing didnt know which end was which as well. I managed to figure out which was arse and which was head after a lil while. And it's only because it decided to take a crap. Then I impaled it right in the center with one needle. It squirmed and wriggled around alot, so I stuck another needle near the head. And ripped the worm apart. *evil laugh* It stopped moving after a few sporadic twitches. Then i started to tear it into tiny pieces.. attempting to look for the salivary glands. Couldnt find it. I think it got lost with all the intestines in the way. So? rinse and repeat with a new worm. I got the salivary glands I wanted after the 5th worm.

Then we worked on C elegans. Which are really tiny worms. can't be seen unless under the microscope. Was so worried I'd get some in my hair or something. I mean you can't really SEE a worm that is about 100 to 200 cells big.. What we did was.. transfer some worms on molten agar, wait for the agar to become semi-solid, then dump bleach on them. For some reason or other, bleach induces egg laying. I mean.. Hey, whatever works for them.. *laugh* I didnt get to see the eggs though. The worms I had on my slide refused to lay :( BAH.

Aaanyway... it's time for me to get back to my report. Ta ta!

Listening to: God must hate me - simple plan

I'm not sure if I should apologize for not posting for such a long period of time. I don't think any of you are THAT big a fan of this blog *grin*

I have been pretty busy, of course. With nothing in particular. I was supposed to have been at least midway through my zebrafish report thing.. Mmm.. well.. supposed to. I haven't really started. I DID attempt to though.. typed in "zebrafish in situ hybridization" in google search.. just never got around to clicking on the links the search came up with :p I can't remember what it was that distracted me at that point in time, but I'm hoping I'll actually get started on it by this thursday.

I got to school way early today. Which was something totally unexpected. I DID miss the stupid bus again. It happens every single morning without fail. I would be on the other side of the road, waiting to cross.. and my bus would ALWAYS choose to appear at that time. And I would NEVER catch that bus. Then, it would be long wait at the bus-stop for the next bus.. but guess what, the next bus would be too packed for me to get up. so i wait again. I normally get on the third or fourth bus. There was once I got on the FIFTH bus.. ( And that was when I was in a mad rush for the pharmacology test too. Was 15 minutes late for a 30 minute quiz. you can see how bad the situation is ).. Anyway, i digress. yeah. i missed that bus, as usual. then I got to the bus-stop and Heeeeyyy... an empty bus pulls into the bus-stop. must be my lucky day. *mumble* I got to school 30 mins early for class.

Gave Jen her present today ( yeah she finally decided to come for chemistry lecture ) She seemed pleased with it at least. I should have gotten her a golfball. Wonder why I didn't think of that *beams at jen*

Oooo and I got stuck in the lift today.. which was.. erm.. well, i've never been trapped in the lift for such a long time. Was on my way to the comp lab. Took the lift at S15.. only to have it stop somewhere between the 3rd and 4th floor. Was thankful that lights and vent fan were working. This guy was muttering that it was the 2nd time he was stuck in the stupid lift. Another dude was... frantic, to say the least. kept pressing the alarm.. calling ppl here and there.. 2 other girls whipped out their notes and started to study. *rolls eyes* i mean.. PUH-LEASE.. I plopped myself down on the floor.. msged jen and melvin, plugged in my earphones and proceeded to feel bored. We did get out.. after 45 minutes to an hour of waiting. If it was possible to die from boredom, you'd be attending my funeral by now. I can't believe those 2 girls! *snorts*