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[himmelstudies]

9 November 2022

Cramming session, hope information stays inside my brain and not diffuse back into the surrounding again

[himmelstudies]

15 August 2023

I'm back. Today marks the first day of my last academic year as an undergraduate student. I had a 3 hour long lecture in the morning which didn't really end well. I have been sick for the past 1 week and don't do well in cold spots as it aggravates my cough. So the 3 hour lecture felt more like torture to me. But hey, warm water helps a lot and it made me feel better.

I had my first lab session for my final year project today as well. It was really fun. I am looking forward to tomorrow as I have yet another lab session to check on my cell cultures. Hoping that the cells grow well!

[himmelstudies]

16 August 2023 & 17 August 2023

I had sushi yesterday with my partner and got my favourite mentaiko sauce on the cooked items. 🍙 (My stomach cannot handle raw food sadly so no sashimi :c) Afterwhich, I went to listen to a research seminar and attended my lab session to check on my cells. There are growing pretty well I would say! 😄

My supervisor was really nice and has taught me a lot on how to handle the cells properly. I had to write up a manual for all the stuff he taught me for record purposes as well. But I do find it rather necessary as we are mainly conversing in our mother tongue, which I don't normally use when I am talking to anyone in the lab. So I am pretty glad there was this system in place to ensure I am understanding the information correctly! I didn't really do much after my lab ended when I got home as I am extremely exhausted and was supposed to have an early morning the next day but...

I slept past my alarm. By an hour. I had to rush to wash up and do my hair in 30 minutes without eating any food, except lozenges for my throat/cough. I managed to make it to my lecture hall kinda in time... I was late by 5 minutes but the professor was still doing the course introduction. So thank goodness for that. 🫣 Honestly glad to not be missing this class as I loved this module to bits. Second image was taken in my lecture hall. Since I was late, I felt bad to sit at the back, so I sat near the front of the professor. 🫥

After my lecture, I met with my partner again for lunch and headed to my school area for a short session to write up my lab manual and some key observations for my project so future me won't be dumb enough to do the steps incorrectly and risk re-culturing all the cells again. I will be heading to the lab again tomorrow after my lectures to do more lab training. 🦠 I am honestly kinda surprised that mammalian cells are quite easy to work with. (for now. This is my current impression. I feel like I might take these words back some time in future.) Hoping for tomorrow's session to be smoothsailing! ❤️💙

P.S. my old laptop died so I got a new laptop! Praying it will survive long! My old laptop lasted me 5 years before it died of multi-organ failure (AKA wifi card died, USB port all failed, keyboard malfunctioning, hinge for screen wobbly, trackpad having issues registering, audio port failure, and more... yep, I call it multi-organ failure 🥲)

[himmelstudies]

29 November 2022

Blurting and note taking, hoping for finals season to end soon. 🥲📚

[himmelstudies]

24 November 2022

Brain dumping as i cram for my imaging paper. It works really well for me and I am better understanding how the medical devices work to perform their specific function.

P.s. this is in my head cos of the flipping of spin components using a 180 degrees rf pulse, this resonates with my current cramming topic so well 🥲

[himmelstudies]

22 October 2022

Currently studying cardio since my quiz is coming soon. I am really behind on my classes. October has been a roller cycle. From falling really sick with a flu, losing my voice twice, and making someone potentially hate me for having an honest chat with her. I hope things can go uphill now. This month has been exhausting. I sure hope everyone is doing alright so far!

[himmelstudies]

30 August 2022

Been a while since I have been on. Skipped 2 days of lectures so I will take some time to catch up again. Now that classes are all held on campus, it has been getting more difficult to find time to rest and post here. :(

Here is a short update of the past 1 month:

Applied for 15+ companies for internship but got response for 1 company

Started working on my CAD group project with my friends

Planning a trip back to indonesia to visit family members in december before internship

Currently, I am making notes for cardiovascular and watching Stephanie Soo's videos as a background music haha. Been a stressful month so far, but I am coping. I havent had much time to come on here, so please understand if i havent respond to you yet! ❤️

Anyhow, how has everyone been here? I missed you all!

[himmelstudies]

8 May 2022

And exams has ended! It is now time for a long break! Will be taking this time to recharge since i didnt take much of a break during my last end of academic year holiday. I will probably start studying a bit of german soon hahaha😓 Just some pictures of the past few days!