LAST DAY

Wow.

a whole month passes by so quickly when you're working. its been a wonderful experience and everybody was really nice

i spent the last two days just talking to more people around the office. I got around to talk to E about his story and i got -alot- from him. i got a couple of people's contacts and i definetly will be talking to them again.

work so extremely different from school im not sure if im ready for it yet. well... if i really had to i probably would be okay with it.. but i'd much rather stay in school. although, i cant do that forever.

its been great just meeting new people while i would never get the chance to do if not for this opportunity (considering how bad i am at talking to people) it was easy somewhat cause people just told me their story like that. it was like.... they had always wanted to talk about it and they jsut went on. i didn't really have to do much to keep the conversation going! it was good for me.

today, P brought doughnuts for everyone in the office because it was nearing his two year anniversary at the company. two years seems like a lot to me but considering the rest of the experience that other people have had its is just tiny fraction. so i guess i shouldnt worry too much about how long something takes me to do because 5 - 10 years is a short time.

I got to somewhat learn how to sleep and wake up early ( i'm already tired at 12! i usually get tired much later) so im hoping i keep this cycle (hard because i procrastinate all the time! :( ))
and working life makes you more mature? i guess.


I am very much looking forward to the people there again beacuse they are extremely nice people and im very glad i got to go to them and not anywhere else.

day 18

two more days till its over! wow time passes way too fast when you're at work. tooooooo fast.

today laurence came over and i did my prensentation on my project and lotsa people came to watch. (like 10... that was a lot for me) anyways i think i rushed it a bit but it wasnt too horrible. now im just make moar formulations and doing moar ftir analysises(is that a word?)

day 17

Friday
Monday
Monday
Tuesday

Tuesday

Oops procrastination caused me to not update for the past two days. but fear not! triple entry today to make up for it!

so on friday i practically didn't step into the secret lab at all because we were held up in our experiments due to equipments. I took the time to finish up my presentation and report. again. also, i got a tiny bit sick and i noticed that whenever i sneezed or coughed in my cubicle, the sound would bounce back at me like a wierd high pitched echo.

On monday I spent more time in the lab, but mostly waiting around for reactions to finish. Floated around the labs. again.

Today i made up final formulations just to make sure everything ive done was correct.

Also, I pity the IT people. they have to fix SO MANY THINGS.

day 14

today was a relaxing day. i finished up my report and presentation. and then floated around the labs.

I found out why M sits in the dark. its cause she has sensitive eyes! Also i noted a number of things

- when i go to the back storage, its always in anxiousness because i have to pass the compressor which tends to make loud noises all of a sudden.
- It was cold today so I really wanted to go hang out in the 40 C storage cupboard. But if i go in, i wont be able to get out
- every one had heaps of meetings today which i wasn't allowed into.

Day 13

Today was enjoyable. finised upone of my projects, well almost.

i forgot to mention that yesterday i was almost late because one of the busses was late. but THANK GOD girl P was driving to work and saw me walking to the office with 5 mins to spare and she drove me the rest of the way, so i wasnt late. PHEW.

Also, M is back at work i think shes the coolest person there. I want to hang out with her but shes always hangin out with L in the library, or writing/reading there in the dark. So secretive. I think she like the quiet. Her lab is all the way in the corner too. But shes so cool.

Oh. I sneaked a photo during lunch time. ahah.

day 12

double lunch photo!!

anyway today was a tiring day again and all of a sudden i have a gazillion things to do: report, presentation, school project and PSS website. all by end of this week!

today there was a journal club thing where 2 people had to presnet ideas to the company. it was good but i dont see a big enough incentive to put effort into it if your idea was most likely gonna get shelved anyways.

okay i better get started on my presentation. its already 9!! ARGH

day11

instant food mondays.. ahhh. I hadn't put enough water in the instant fried rice and it came out uncooked, even after 10 mins of cooking. it was still edible and the msg and other taste enhancers fixed that though. Ahhh robustness. but still. i shouldn't ever eat this again.

Anyway, today I hardly stepped into the lab. only once in the morning and once just before i left. the rest of the time was spent working on my report because we had met a road block in the experiment because we didn't have access to a freeze dryer or a spray dryer.

So we had one of those weekly meetings with R to let him know about the progress and all... and apparantly, we're meant to lay out the whole aim and everything out again, just in case he forgot haha.

P also told me that when I leave my table, I should make it a habit to cover all my important information lest some random comes and copies it. OOOhh super top secret. haha I keep thinking someone like austin powers would come along with a mini camera and take photos of my 'blueprints' hur hur hur. maybe i should get some blue lined paper and write with a blue pen they will actually be called 'blueprints'