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[16 Nov 2009|01:44am] |
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Random conversation in the liquid nitrogen tank room:
D: I have to get these cells from the big tank. :(
Me: That's scary. Didn't you say that Jessie got a really bad burn from these?
D: Yeah...
Me: ... This is what makes me want an office job.
In some ways, I'm enjoying my fifth year a lot (and retaking classes that I didn't too hot in is kind of exciting because I'm relearning all this information that I was kind of forced to relearn in other classes) and I love being an undergrad. But at the same time, I can't wait until I can stop bringing work home. As a student, I'm not supposed to ever stop studying. It gets to be a tiresome lifestyle after a while.
But the bright side? A near month long winter break.
:)
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[13 Nov 2009|01:25am] |
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"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things but one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, which will not be taken away from her."
- Luke 10:41b-42 (emphasis added)
The All Church Retreat this past weekend was much needed spiritual refreshment.
♥
I can't wait until the church plant. :)
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[04 Nov 2009|12:42am] |
I'm going to be a tutor for the writing class that started it all for me! With the professor who inspired me to pursue writing! :) :) :) That has got to be the highlight of my year. ♥
My toenail got jammed into my toe during football practice. Should've cut them before practice. Now the toenail wiggles just like a loose tooth with. Kinda gross but a really strange sensation (albeit unpleasant and kind of painful).
Mmmmmmm. That's all. I want colder weather.
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| I AM ALIVE |
[05 Oct 2009|09:47pm] |
GRE studying, FF7 playing, and general eating and gaining weight.
Then I came back to SD and started working out and eating poorly (again). Yay! :(
Doing a fifth year kind of sucks but need to keep things in perspective. I need this fifth year to kind of think about the future and stuff... and as I'm retaking some classes and am sitting next to sophomores and juniors, it's frustrating. But at the same time, it's ok since the classes are like, 5 times easier this time around since I had to relearn everthing on my own when I was taking the more difficult upper div classes.
Many things going on in my mind right now but, you know, I'm never one to share it on here.
Sleepy. D: But must... finish... book... for writing class...
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| YES |
[22 Aug 2009|12:36am] |
My cells grew. I pulsed. I incubated. I sup'd. I ELISA'd. Success!
First week, I accidentally washed them out of the wells. Second week, they were crapping out and dying. Third week (this week!), was finally able to grow them and do stuff with them.
And man, they were spitting out that IL6.
I am pleased, my cells. I am pleased.
Too bad that I won't be at the lab meeting to present my data. D: And I know that a QPCR is waiting for me when I come back.
(And microbio lab went well too. It was an ok, chill lab but my favorite's still ochem lab.)
******
In other news, going to the fourth summer wedding tomorrow. Not saying that I'm just tallying weddings. I'm truly, truly grateful that I was invited and that I get to see a God honoring ceremony. :) And these are all people very dear to me. I'm especially excited for tomorrow's wedding! I've never been so happy for a couple to get married before.
Also going to be driving home on Monday with a car that has the front break pads at 6mm/2mm (when the minimum should be 5mm... haha). I had to sign a waiver at the shop that I know I am driving an unsafe car (and thus, if the breaks go out and I die and stuff, it's not the shop's fault). Yay! 500 mile drive while knowing that my breaks are 3mm below what's considered safe! :D
Yuri-chan is flying in on Wednesday. YESYESYESYES. She's never been to the States before so it's my job to show her the treasures of San Francisco and to send her off!
Mmmm. Ok. That's all. I get to sleep in tomorrow. Yesssssss.
Bye! :D (I'll probably disappear for another month >_>;;)
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| Microbio lab |
[14 Jul 2009|10:41pm] |
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Microbio lab is madness. It's super chill. And everyone knows what they're doing (for the most part), so that's always a plus. No more being the nerd that all the kids in the bay come to for question asking. :D :D :D
My unknown bacteria is super cute. I think that the genus is Serratia, but am not so sure about the species.
The weather's warmer in San Diego. It's a good thing. :) Wury's gonna teach me how to surf next Monday. Yay! It's a good excuse to go out to get a new swimming suit. Perhaps a bikini, not to sport around (heck noez, I am too self-conscious >_>;;) but for convenience sake. I imagine that it would be a little easier to put on a wet suit.
Grace is in Tucuman right now. It feels like I don't have a roommate since she was only here at our new place a few days before she left. Our room's still a mess. I haven't really gotten around to tidying it up. My eyes have gotten used to boxes.
Anyway. Midterm tomorrow. Not terribly worried since I'm usually keeping up with what we're learning but I still want to know that I know everything. No excuse not to.
Bye. :D
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[30 Jun 2009|07:02pm] |
All that relaxing at home was to prep me for moving. -_- I didn't realize just how weaksauce I was until I started moving. But I was still thankful that I went to the gym as much as I did in the past two years (which is more than I normally would, left to myself).
@_@
In other words, microbio lab's fun. :D I can't wait to see our little colonies tomorrow.
It's chilly in San Diego. But I wouldn't have it any other way right now. @_@
Bye.
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| I am addicted to this song? |
[26 Jun 2009|03:38am] |
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It's very, very, very late. (Or very, very, very early?)
I always get into this strange sleeping pattern while I'm at home. It's ok, I'm going back to a productive life back in San Diego in 36 hours anyway. :D
So here's how the story goes.
My friend was giving me a ride to another friend's house a couple of weeks ago. He usually plays the trash that the radio stations pass off as... music. I, being extremely culturally ignorant of pop culture, usually ignore whatever he's playing in the car.
That day was different. He was listening to country music. Now, understand this: this friend of mine doesn't look like the kinda guy to listen to country music. Later that night, when he dropped Grace and me off at our apartment, a guy who walked past his car said something like, "... Does he usually listen to that?" Ahahaa.
But that's beside the point.
He said that he listens to a lot of country now because it's pretty wholesome and is actually good music. I was kind of skeptical but since I was in his car, I just listened along and realized that hey, it's not too bad.
Once I got home, I started to listen to country too because it was either that or classical music (which I had always enjoyed listening to). Then I came across Taylor Swift.
Yes, Tayyyylor Swift. And this one song, "You Belong With Me," caught my attention 'cause it's so freakin' catchy. Once I start listening to it, I can't stop. It's so crazy. The last song that did this to me was a Hata Motohiro song. @_@_@_@_@ What the crazies is going on.
Ok. This entry is... just getting too long. I need to sleep.
Bye. 8D
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[17 Jun 2009|12:54am] |
Two weddings in two weeks.
"Graduated." (But not really)
Moving out of 2107, finally.
Eyeshield 21 came to an end. ;o;
Life is slowly, yet surely, moving.
Lots of reflections on life. But Grace Mao knows what they are already. I guess that's all that matters.
Still got one more year left in school. Then it's back home for me and... I don't know what I'll be doing.
I should take the GRE ahead of time, huh?
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[04 Jun 2009|11:35pm] |
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I entertain the idea of being a fiction writer sometimes. That means that I would be able to immerse myself in books, in movies, in doing research about buildings, history, crazy people and the like.... Writing, in many ways, is a selfish thing.
But then I think of the *rawr* which will inevitably waiting for me at home and then run away to the safety and comfort of science.
It's not that I can't have one and not the other. It's just a matter of going with what I really want to do.
Granted, I like being in the lab and I like running experiments. I gripe about running ELISAs and about pipetting tiny volumes but at the same time, the hours and hours of incubation and cramp-inducing pipetting is gratifying when you get the results in the end.
But still. I can't explain what it's like for me to write. I've written this many times before, but I just love words. I'm in love with it. The biggest reason why I want to learn Japanese is not for the anime, not for reading manga (and not having to wait for scanlations), or the music. It's so I can write in the language. It's frustrating when I do 'cause my vocabulary's so limited and the denshi jisho can only do so much.
It's really conflicting. I love writing. I do. I love it so much (disclaimer: I say this in a fit of passion) I don't care if I don't make money off of it. I just want to do it. I just want to live my life as a writer. And even then, that title feels too high, too lofty for me right now.
But the sensible, practical side of me tells me that I'm going to have to work a job with a stable income and that it's a good thing that I'm getting a degree in microbiology. You can write as a hobby, my logic says.
In the end, I know what's going to happen. I'm going to get a day job, I'm going to study for GREs, perhaps take some classes here and there, apply to grad school, and (Lord willing, if I get accepted) get a higher degree and probably keep working.
And writing will take the back burner again.
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[28 May 2009|12:14am] |
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Going to be making some very significant decisions about LIFE in the next month.
Either way, though, I'm satisfied with the lot that God's given me in life. :) In the end, it's not about how much I've accomplished, how much I can further accomplished, me, me, me. If I were to find hope in myself alone, and knowing how imperfect and frail I am, I think that I'd be an emotional train wreck? Haha... ha...
And don't get me wrong, this isn't the kind of "I'm so weak, my life sucks, and I need a crutch T_T" kind of faith. Things are going extremely well for me right now but through it all, I know that my faith will be steadfast. There's a hope that's greater than anything else in this world-- this, I'm confident of.
I would enjoy warmer weather in San Diego soon. ;o; I wore a peacoat with a sweater underneath it today. What the heezy, yo. It's the end of May.
Any other general updates in life? Mmm... none that I can think of. I go to school, work on my story, go into the lab, eat somewhere in between, get more sleep than I'm used to, church, Bible study... the usuallll. Which is a good thing. :)
Bye!
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[09 May 2009|04:18pm] |
今にも泣き出しそうな空を見上げて
あなたを想った
君がいない夜だって
もう泣かないよ
がんばっているからね、って
強くなるからね、って
君も見ているだろう
この消えそうな三日月
つながっているからね、って
愛しているからね、って
******
언제나 난 여전히 이곳에 널 기다리고 있어
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[28 Apr 2009|09:44pm] |
Sick five times since February. Am sick with two different things at once.
Didn't go to class or lab today. But I am determined to go into the lab tomorrow.
@_@_@_@_@_@ Mommyyyyy
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| Unicorns |
[25 Apr 2009|05:45pm] |
I don't know why I like unicorns so much, but I do. I drew one in for my scrapbook page at a bridal shower for a friend. Lololol everyone said it looked hideous. D:
I have decided to put unicorns into my story for LTWR106. ... Speaking of which, I need to crank out 13-16 pages this weekend for that story. Goodness. @_@;; It's going to be hard and the first draft is going to suck but IT'S OK. 8D
ELISA and I have become very good friends. I just hate going into the cold room to get the ELISA kits. I feel like I'll get trapped in there and die. I also have decided that the -80 degree freezer in the lab is out to freeze my fingers off. The lids on the boxes are so hard to pry off and I can't read the labels because ice has everything covered over.
Lololol I'm glad that I don't have to work in the vivarium. Dr. Messmer said that a few weeks back, this poor guy was having a bad day in the lab-- the mouse that he was going to inject bit him and then later, he injected himself on accident (with PBS, don't worry). Lolololololol I'd be scared of the mice. I'll just play with your tumor cells and split and expand them. 8D
... Nothing too new in life. I'm living with Wury next year for certain. :) I only have four more classes left until I graduate but since I have a summer session and two quarters to split that up with, I might pick up a few other classes.
I think that I will, indeed, be going with the church plant team to San Jose. We'll have to see, though.
It's cold in San Diego. It doesn't really warm up until June. ;(
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[17 Apr 2009|02:18am] |
Grace has a palolo. (Is the spelling correct, chinita?)
It's been lol worthy and very endearing to see two people close to me (though I don't know if Roger really fitted into that category... let's just say he did) hook up. ;D Wury & Grace Mao down!
It's been kind of frustrating, putting up with people asking, "When're you going, Moon?" 'cause really, I don't care for a bf right now, nor do I think that I'll be caring for one for a few years. Whenever the good Lord decides to do His thing.
A lot has happened this quarter already. I feel somewhat emotionally drained. Nothing that some sleep and a full day of virology can't fix!
Good night!
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| Today is Good Friday |
[10 Apr 2009|03:49pm] |
O to see the dawn of the darkest day
Christ on the road to Calvary
Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten then
Nailed to a cross of wood
This the power of the cross
Christ became sin for us
Took the blame, bore the wrath
We stand forgiven at the cross
O to see the pain written on Your face
Bearing the awesome weight of sin
Every bitter thought, every evil deed
Crowning Your blood-stained brow
This the power of the cross
Christ became sin for us
Took the blame, bore the wrath
We stand forgiven at the cross
Now the daylight flees, now the ground beneath
Quakes as its Maker bows His head
Curtain torn in two, dead are raised to life
Finished the victory cry
This the power of the cross
Christ became sin for us
Took the blame, bore the wrath
We stand forgiven at the cross
O to see my name written in the wounds
For through Your suffering I am free
Death is crushed to death, life is mine to live
Won through Your selfless love
This the power of the cross
Son of God slain for us
What a love! What a cost!
We stand forgiven at the cross!
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[19 Mar 2009|03:15am] |
Grace is coming up to Nor Cal during spring break.
That should suffice as a hefty entry in it of itself.
Good night.
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| Let's be friends |
[16 Mar 2009|12:32am] |
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Dear BIMM120,
I know that our relationship has been rocky from the beginning but in these next two days, I want to make it up to you. On the midterm that you had waiting for me, I know that I rushed through it and marked down answers that I didn't really mean. I got to know your father, Professor Brown, very well and can say that we are on good terms-- will you not accept me too?
I will be waiting for your answer on Tuesday, 11:30 AM at Peterson Hall. Please meet me there and give me your reply.
With love,
Moon
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BIMM120 is kickin' my butt. It's frustrating because looking back at my midterm, I made so many stupid, stupid mistakes that I shouldn't have made. But that's my own fault for not double checking my answers. -_-;;; I will not make the same mistake this time. It's just that by that time, my eyes are so tired and my body is seriously slowing down so much. If I don't get 7 hours of sleep, I feel really messed up the next day. D: Is this what it means to get older? I swear that just two years ago, all nighters were nothinggggggg.
But after bacteriology, I'm done with finals. I'll be finishing at around 2:30 on Tuesday. What kind of sucks is that I have an immunology final right before it but seriously, praise God for having both of them being multiple choice. And for my obsessive interest in immunology that makes it so that I don't have to study super hard for that class. -_-;;;;
Ok, that's all. I plan on making shepherd's pie for dinner on Tuesday and feeding people. :D Namely, my roommates and Joo. Hahhaha. Fet kid.
Bye! Off I go to study!
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| Is this what destiny feels like? |
[11 Mar 2009|04:59pm] |
I'm writing a poem about cytokines. As a Shakespearan sonnet. My professor was excited when I told her about it. I don't know if it's genius or insanity. I will believe that it's the former.
I can't stop thinking about Tokyo. I desperately want to go back, even if it's for a couple of days. Ack. @_@
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[22 Feb 2009|12:17am] |
I can't bring myself to it. I love this LJ. ;o; Even if it has no purpose, I'll keep you.
Things have been busier. But a happy kind of busy.
I added my bacteriology professor on facebook. Lololol. It's awesome.
Natto is delicious.
Good night.
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