First Day of Intern At Pathlab

 

I’M BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

From Miri at least.^,^

 

Oh well.. Actually i have been back since Saturday afternoon but only now i had the mood to blog. Ah well, anyway, i started my internship today! Well.. You cant say an internship but more of industrial training that’s what is stated on my offer letter.

 

Girl in picture is NOT my friend. I got the picture from Google. =)

 

First day’s very…… I don't know… Very boring? =) Like all first days, i wouldn’t want to judge too fast. Maybe everything will turn out good after all like it always does. But anyway, i learnt loads of things here at Pathlab, Kelana Jaya branch on the first day. Hold On! Pathlab? What is it you ask? (I will just perasan-ly answer your non existent question) It actually stands for Pathology & Clinical Laboratory. Yeah… Okay continuing that, This company specifically functions to take in swabs or biological samples from humans all around south east asia and then test the tubes with different reagents to see the reactions. Or a more simpler job, they take your sample, and run it through the machine, and tell you you are normal or not. =) And they ship or fly the samples into my lab through FedEx.

 

*Smiles* Who knew? *Grins*

 

FedEx Delivery Service!

 

Bloody blood sample. Cant see the plasma layer here though..

The samples are our normal secretory fluids… Sputum, stool, blood, plasma, serum, urine and much much more i haven’t known yet. (Plasma & serum are both components of the blood) And they have these machines that are so techie and cool looking with all those lights, action, sounds and robotic arms picking samples with micro needles, and then planting them to another tube for more tests. ITS DAMN COOL. And since there are machines running all the tests, we humans actually haven’t much to do accept for analyzing the results. But I didn’t exactly do this too. My function is just to help about the process making everyone have an easier day. =)

 

But i realised… That every time i see a bad result, like too high glucose levels in blood (means the guy has diabetes) or if there are pink uric acid crystals in the urine sample (means something wrong with kidney), i would feel sad for the person. Imagine how’s his/her expression like if they knew? What about the family? =( Guess god has different paths for each and everyone of us. As Buddhism and my parents always teach, There is always a reason for everything. And they really mean EVERYTHING from tripping yourself up and getting the neighbour’s dog to chase you down the road. Maybe these people have these diseases to teach them about family love and bonding? Sighs.. Life’s fair for everyone. It always is.

 

 

Anyway! I read a book today, its says, Success is getting what you want, and Happiness is wanting what you get. I learnt from that, that we have to be contented with what were each given, meaning only the WANTS. Things that we can live without. NOT NEEDS. Or we will be forever and eternally be damned to be always craving for better things. When you are satisfied and wanting what you already have, THEN better stuffs will come pouring in. Well.. All this according to the book of course! I am no philosopher. Owe it ALL to Ernie J. Zelinski!

 

(Recommended book : 101 Really Important Things You Already Know, But Keep Forgetting.)

 

All the more practice for me i suppose!

 

Have to go sleep early so i can get up at 6AM tomorrow. *Grumbles* See you soon! ^,^

 

Love,

June

 

P.S. Will Blog about Miri trip soon! =)

 

(Recommended song : Taylor Swift – You Belong With Me (Piano Cover) by iwillbot on Youtube)

This Just In

Will be flying off tomorrow Saturday morning at 7.40 and back by NEXT saturday 12 something. One whole week...

IM GOING TO MIRI!!! WHOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

Wish me luck guys! =) Have-a-lovely-day to you too!

(all smiles)

Love,

June

Ps. I haven't packed yet.. *Grumbles*

Cloning?

Swinburne Here I COME!!

HOHO!! I have gotten my offer letter from Swinburne!! Choir of Joy to the World begins:

"Joy to the world, the angels sing.. lala, lala, lalaaaa (i dont know this part). Praise the dukes and duchessES of heavens! I have been waiting one whole month before this and when i went to my INTI Australain fair last friday, the lady made a few calls to the Faculty and VOILA! My offer came a few hours later. Bless those efficient Australians. =) Got the Bachelor of Science (Biomedical Science) WHEEEE!!

So, my parents have been bossing me about and giving me those "Its-good-for-your-future-talks" which can last ages about sending parcels over to aussie, i have to learn to cook my own food otherwise i will have gastric, i MUST not skip meals OR ELSE i will have gastric, reinforcing the bus and train routes that neither of us are familiar with and of course, what to pack. GAH! Eventhough its longwinded, its pretty nice come to think of it. =) But the down side here is that... I am going there alone. And flight booking dates are all NEARLY confirmed.

16th or 18th February. AT 1.00AM.. The first impression Australians are going to get from me is a small panda (under eye dark circles) stumbling out from the plane. =(

Sighs.. Chinese New Year (14th i suppose?) for two days and off i go to the foreign land where i have to work hard to get my rep up for the permanent recidency. Well, at least i can salvage a bit of cash. And maybe a little more since i am going overseas. Down side of CNY, i will be the talk of the family with "Jun jun is going Aus-trah-liah" "So fast?" and hopefully "She needs cash or not? Let's give some to her for groceries". Not that i think i will buy groceries but CASH for "groceries" will do. =)

Have not gone through the procedures for accepting my offer for Swinburne yet actually. For the procrastinator i am, this is going at a pretty fast pace if you asked me. Teehee. But i will accept it SOON. As well as trying to get a job for this coming holidays before uni ends.

Two more weeks in INTI! OWH NO! WHAT AM I TO DO!

Confused,
June

Greetings, World.

Morning everyone! Its 10:03am and i am writing a blog when i can be sleeping more but i cant even if i wanted to. But this morning is a produtive morning. I just discovered that in USA there are i-dont-know-how-many-states, but i now know TWO of them! With their cities too! First would be Nebraska (city Lincoln) and Indiana (city IndianaPOLIS) and Eugene which i dont know is a state or city but i couldnt bring myself to google it.. Hands still malfunctioning at this hour. Gah! I still have much to learn. And in the educational side of things, remember i told you some thing bout biosurfactants as my report writing thing? Yeah.. At LAST i got to doing it a little and guess what i found out, here's an excerpt from Wikipedia (First on Google):


"Biosurfactants are surface-active substances synthesised by living cells. They have the properties of reducing surface tension, stabilising emulsions, promoting foaming and are generally non-toxic and biodegradable."
"Interest in microbial surfactants has been steadily increasing in recent years due to their diversity, environmentally friendly nature, possibility of large-scale production, selectivity, performance under extreme conditions and potential applications in environmental protection" (Wikipedia, Biosurfactants, cited 6th October 2009)


Haha! Loads of horrfying details after THAT. Hmm.. but biosurfactants ARE really becoming an important tool especially in bioremediation, a scientifically tech-ie term which means they use microorgansms or living organisms (thus the word BIO) to clear up wastes such as heavy metal deposition in water, or the most common, clearing up oil spills and from Wikipedia:


"herbicides and pesticides formulations, detergents, health care and cosmetics, pulp and paper, coal, textiles, ceramic processing and food industries, uranium ore-processing and mechanical dewatering of peat" (Wikipedia, Biosurfactants, cited 6th October 2009)


All dead useful to us and the environment if you asked me. But in health care and cosmetics.... I dont think i would want to put anything BIOSURFACTANT-ey in my body. So there. Full stop. Yeah.. So this is what green management people together with scientists do to save Mother Nature.. Anyway, i have to go! Future scientist needs to do more work on her project before class. See you!

Love,
June

Treehouse Bistro & Cafe

Ah, by the way i went to the Treehouse Bistro and Cafe yesterday night! Its really nice! Well they called it "Treehouse" because its situated above ground level with loads of bushy beachy trees and straw huts bunched up together. The place sells Thai, Western and Malaysian food which i ordered some chicken cheese burger. And eventhough the place LOOKS like it sells alcohols, it apparently doesnt. PLus it has all this Jazz bands i heard to be playing sometimes. I didnt get to hear it though. (Pouts) Haha! Sadly, I have no pictures except to find from someone else's blog. Recommended place!

(Thanks owner of blog which i presume is Eunice) =)

Click here for link!

Tree House Bistro & CafeAddress :
Terrace Level, Uptown 2
No.2, Jalan SS21/37
Damansara Uptown
47400 Petaling Jaya.

Contact :
03-7728 4622

Opening Hours :
12:30pm-3:00pm
6:00pm-2:00am

Opportunities & Chances Are The Future

Couldnt get the english version of the poster. Just couldnt load. (screams loads of decent words)

Just watched The or A Perferct Getaway yesterday night and i have to admit, the previews of other movies during the commercials scared me more than the movie. And the beginning of the show was pretty slow, but when it comes to the middle parts, OHOHO. Everyone starts suspecting each other of being the murderer of the island's killing killing cases. >,<

And from yesterday, i think i would give myself chances and not being so closed minded anymore. Teehee. Well better go off to do my small group discussion aka SGD report bout biosurfactants. Gah! What the hell is THAT? Well.. I am about to find out. See you next time!

Ps. Its raining cats and dogs! WHY OH WHY!

"Chickity china the chinese chicken

You have a drumstick and your brain stops tickin

Watchin x-files with no lights on, were dans la maison"

Barenaked Ladies - One Week

(I find this song hilarious)

Love,

June