A year…feels like a dream…Time is definitely over-speeding…
But undoubtedly, I had learnt alot and seen alot…
The most precious and most fun in the past 1 year…is not the trips that I had done…but the new friends that I have made, the friendships and the experience of staying in the UK as an international student.
Thanks to all the people around me, I believe it was the company that make the most difference…
Came back a little too soon though…a year is indeed short…plus the lame visa problem…sighhh…
Missing Glasgow and the people there terribly…and i miss the Scottish accent…and the Irish…
:’(
A week later…
jet lag no more…self quarantine no more…it’s again time,
Didnt realise I havent posted anything for more than a month…
It’s almost mid-February now…deadlines and test are catching up…stress…
For the past one and half months…
1. Research lab was fun! Learnt alot despite not getting good yield for my peptides. Research opportunities are indeed greater in UK than in Malaysia and more lecturers are involved themselves than I could see back home.
2. Had a different Chinese New Year this year…a CNY with all lectures and workshops as usual…no holidays
Our batch hosted an open house in our residential halls, inviting all home students and lecturers. Went well and everyone had fun…& most importantly..it snowed!!! twice in fact! which made everyone crazy! haha..
3. Strathclyde Cup debate was cool!! Seen good debates…had a really good buffet!! It is weird to see that the host of a competition doesnt send out any representatives. & i got to meet with the Strathclyde’s principal himself…who was really frenly..
That pretty much sums up the interesting stuff in previous weeks.
Time really flies…realised as u get older…more troubles and worries would come…& responsibilities get heavier…hmm…but it’s a fine learning process though..
1. Good news…I’ve got a new table lamp! The old one was not functional even after i changed the light bulb. Made a report & they replaced it. COOL!
2. Bad news…My precious pendrive which I left hanging on the old tall table lamp is gone together with the old one!!!
ARGHHHHH!!! went to village office again but there was no technical staff left because it was over office hour…
Hope they didnt throw away my pendrive together with the old table lamp…but…was it not obvious there was something dangling down the table lamp when they were moving it? My pendrive has a long strap!! IShhhh…
My fault for hanging it over there? or their fault for being careless? intentional? ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!
It suddenly struck my mind to google my supervisor’s name and see what would come out…
To my surprise, I found this…
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Cancer Research UK has awarded £2.5 million to scientists at Strathclyde’s new Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences for research into new drugs for prostate cancer.
Professor Simon Mackay of the Strathclyde Institute will investigate ways to overcome the major challenge of drug resistance in the treatment of prostate cancer. The project is a collaborative venture between the Institute and the Department of Pure & Applied Chemistry.
He said: “Targeting specific proteins to treat prostate cancer is currently a very exciting area of research. We’re delighted to receive this Cancer Research UK grant, and hope it will help us discover drugs that target key signalling proteins and provide more effective treatments for the disease.
What’s more exciting is this video i found in Cancer Research UK fundraising page. Watch HERE.
My supervisor is the research team leader!! He looks cool in the video i think…Hahaha.
Prof Sandy Gray and Andrew Paul appear in the video too!
Strathclyde lecturers rock! Probably explains why Strathclyde has one of the top Pharmacy schools in UK…look here.
Too bad the response for the online fundraising was not really encouraging…anyone here kind enough to donate for a good cause? =P
For your information, Cancer Research UK is UK’s leading charity in cancer research…
My research project starting next Monday, is to synthesize a new peptide sequence that theoretically will be able to target a specific prostate cancer pathway…well, just synthesize…doesnt involve testing and all because of the short period of time…but it’s good enough!! I’m proud and happy to be a small part of it…hehehe…
Now that it’s all said and done,
I can’t believe you were the one
To build me up and tear me down,
Like an old abandoned house.
What you said when you left
Just left me cold and out of breath.
I fell too far, was in way too deep.
Guess I let you get the best of me.
Well, I never saw it coming.
I should’ve started running
A long, long time ago.
And I never thought I’d doubt you,
I’m better off without you
More than you, more than you know.
I’m slowly getting closure.
I guess it’s really over.
I’m finally getting better.
And now I’m picking up the pieces.
I’m spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together.
‘Cause the day I thought I’d never get through,
I got over you.
You took a hammer to these walls,
Dragged the memories down the hall,
Packed your bags and walked away.
There was nothing I could say.
And when you slammed the front door shut,
A lot of others opened up,
So did my eyes so I could see
That you never were the best for me.
Well, I never saw it coming.
I should’ve started running
A long, long time ago.
And I never thought I’d doubt you,
I’m better off without you
More than you, more than you know.
I’m slowly getting closure.
I guess it’s really over.
I’m finally getting better.
And now I’m picking up the pieces.
I’m spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together.
‘Cause the day I thought I’d never get through,
I got over you.
Well, I never saw it coming.
I should’ve started running
A long, long time ago.
And I never thought I’d doubt you,
I’m better off without you
More than you, more than you know.
Well, I never saw it coming.
I should’ve started running
A long, long time ago.
And I never thought I’d doubt you,
I’m better off without you
More than you, more than you know.
I’m slowly getting closure.
I guess it’s really over.
I’m finally getting better.
And now I’m picking up the pieces.
I’m spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together.
Well I’m putting my heart back together,
‘Cause I got over you.
Well I got over you.
I got over you.
‘Cause the day I thought I’d never get through,
I got over you.
Just realised I havent posted anything for almost two weeks…
Been really busy lately…workshops…research project…study…graduation ball…nottingham games…debate…some minor responsibilities that i carried from IMU…bla bla bla….
Don’t know if it is just me..always feel that time runs out pretty fast here…probably because now I have to really take care of everything on my own…laundry…house chores…food…groceries…to people who think i do…No i dont have 48 hours a day…& it’s mid-november!!! ArghHH!! sometimes I feel that failing the Alumni Office interview was probably a blessing in disguise…
Weather was cold the last few weeks…but it has turned little warmer recently…
Life in Scotland is not what i expected…yet I guess I am enjoying it in my own way
Kappa = K in Greek. Kappa x2, that's him. An astronomy ex-fanatic who used to like Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
Yet, currently a final year Pharmacy student.
No, not a childhood dream, but the passion is growing. Fated :)
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