House, M.D.

Recently, I got hooked to this drama series. The more I watched, the more intrigued I got.

The human body, so beautifully designed and crafted. Fragile yet with strong defenses. The constant battle we face with the microscopic world is often taken with ignorance, but the body does a splendid job at it! At least to a large extent.

Tying in with what I have learnt in Metabolism and my other various classes, I salute the human body! More importantly, I marvel at the One who designed this entire engineering feat.

And.. I'm once again inspired why I'm treading this path I'm treading.

3/4 mark

Over lunch, couple of my course mates and I were commenting on the workload we are facing this semester. No kidding, it's truely deceptively relaxing. Relaxing, because we have no lab reports to write, unlike the last semester, where it was reports and tests alternating without end. Relaxing, because half of our modules have MCQ/Take home quizzes/project. Relaxing, because we ended up skipping lectures for almost half of our modules... well, because webcasts are available, and there isn't much value-addedness for attending those lectures. (lecturer practically reads off the slides)

Deceptive, because I'm getting kind of worried that there's a soothing aura. Deceptive, because I'm getting Bs despite legitimate effort.

One thing I'm sure, this is going to be my most relaxed semester as an Undergrad (unless I go for exchange) despite attempting an extra module. I'm getting tired of the motion, and I can't wait for the long break!

I want to see Taiwan, and I'm thinking of a solo trip =)

Ken Lee

Poor lady. She looks so sincere.

A Place to Go

I think I'm starting to piss off the people at the Students Exchange Office. hmmm. I've been sporadically emailing them queries of late and today, when I called to ask something over the phone, I thought I heard a change in tone when I mentioned my name. Hmmmmm

The dilemma of whether to accept Uni. of Calgary made me lose my head for a moment. A first come first serve basis, and a dateline of next week doesn't help much. Plus, it's more or less now or never, for the Jan-Jun '09 semester. But for 4 months of frigid Canadian ice... I think I'll have to pass. That leaves me to either try for the Jun-Dec '09 or the Jan-Jun '10 semesters. And this time round, I won't be choosing from the leftovers. Grrrr. So much for the priority given to year 2 students. Wished UChicago was in the list though, then I can go find you Shaun. =) But I suppose both Universities are of a different league. Sometimes I wonder how we got into the top 20 Uni. rankings (I'm not complaining bout anything... =p)

MCQ on metabolism tomorrow, and I'm left with Amino Acids!
I just needed a break.

school's good for you

This semester's modules are a wierd bunch.

I'm headed for 2 mcq & 1 short answer tests at the end of this week and its only till recently that I started feeling a little more urgent about it. The problem is, I've been reading the same stuff over and over again for the last 2 weeks, and I just can't seem to really remember the facts. Thank goodness it's MCQ, or should I be more worried about that?

Submitted my first philo paper yesterday and I hope it'll be a good one. 25% isn't a small amount.

Can't wait to move on to the next semester. Think this semester's choice of mods were a little too diversified. And collectively, they really did a splendid job inducing a deceptively false sense of security and serenity.

SEP application was rejected. UPenn must be too hot for me. Oh well, try again next semester. They tried offering me the leftovers though. Considering York University... but winter in Canada for 4 months? I really have to think thrice.