Several things to rejoice over.
So what happens if I end up staying longer? How? I am rejoicing over the prospect. But I still miss people back home. And that can’t be solved as easily as being paid 8 euros per hour for feeding fishies
Trust Austria to have such a large effect on me, that my interest for science is returning a bit.
The inner nerd has returned!
I am looking forward to some awesome stuff coming up.
If it gets planned properly…
Snowboarding on Thurs or Fri.
Headed to Venice for Carnival on Sat the 2nd of Feb till the 6th.
Then its 5 days of studying and rest till we jet-set off to Haupstadt of Deutschland, Berlin on the 11th.
My days are packed full and crazy. Keep in mind I still have an exam that I have NOT planned yet.
And now, 3 things I need to do.
Uniball was a blast. But to cut things short, it was crazy madness, numerous music halls, from traditional waltz to disco to jazz to rock. Not bad at all. And everyone was so so formally dressed. And there were people dancing with beer/champagne/wine in their hands. And just a really cool experience. But of course theres the price to pay. Like lack of sleep. I think I can sleep a lot a lot tonight too but unfortunately I have Übung tomorrow. And also 2 blisters on my right foot, pins and needles on the middle toes on my left foot. That is SO not pleasant. Austrian girls are crazy. I have no idea how they tolerate wearing those 4 inch high heels all night AND dancing. Crazy people. My feet were pretty much dying after 2 hours. And anyway, I think the Uniball is another testament to how much Austrians know how to enjoy themselves. =D
Today was spent: Reading papers, falling asleep on my table reading papers, day dreaming, trying to write my report. Basically not being productive. Haha. Exam on Wednesday! And also oral exam for neurobio with that boring guy Prof Moser. I finally feel like I am sort of a student now. Coz I actually need to study and learn and do work. The past 3 months was just playing. =D But then the term is ending soon too. So basically I can say I enjoyed this semester.
Every day that passes makes me more convinced that I should do an internship here. How???!!???
well well. The thought is still tempting me. What to do? What if?
I cannot decide what to do.
I am having strange thoughts in my head recently.
Like the tempting thought of staying in Austria forever.
HOW?!?
Danio rerio
Also known as Zebrafish. These buggers have eggs the size of a pinhead and you are supposed to manipulate them. I really really dislike manipulating them. Especially when I have to remove the dumb chorion, this extremely thin membrane that covers those titchy tiny squirming creatures. Worst is when they start moving. When they start moving, its like trying to catch a rat while being strapped onto a jackhammer. And microscope work is just killing my eyesight. On the other hand, I don’t think I would get to do this in Sg. None of those chorion removal and microinjection stuff for NUS. Everything is premade for you. Just add and pour and shake. No messy potential practical harming procedures to ensure success. And also to have a Prof all to yourself (okay not all to myself but shared between 4 people). Thats pretty rare, considering the 200 students per lab that is considered normal. Its more like 16 students per teaching assistant, don’t even mention professors. They hardly even appear in the lab. And it is really hands on here. No one helps you do anything. Well, they do help if you ask. But yah, there is a lot to learn. And I am tired. I hate 8 to 8 days. 12 hrs in school is no joke.
Sometimes you can’t make it
The best you can do is to fake it
Sometimes you can’t make it on your own
Went shopping for prom dress today. And NO Katy Smith. I am NOT indecisive. I just have ideas on what I want and usually the stuff they have in shops don’t fit into the idea of what I like. And omg everything was on sale (not the dress I bought though. Damnit). I was so tempted to get more Zara stuff. I feel like there is SO much stuff to buy. Like seriously seriously. And of course still there’s me waiting for the cool spring collection to come out. I am SO looking forward to that. And I need to go to China one day. Think of all the custom tailored clothes I can buy. Tops, dresses, pants (to fit my huge ass), omg EVERYTHING. But anyway.
Yes the lack of sleep is finally catching up with me.
Generally, lack of sleep may result in:
I can’t concentrate enough to count how many of the symptoms of Sleep Deprivation I have. But I think I have less cross-outs than included.
Don’t mess with Germans. They make potent Sekt. Or maybe they just can’t count and 11% is more like 40%
Ouch. My heart is pounding
I have been under immense stress for the past 3 days.So what happened on Monday was, in the morning I had the Übung with Prof Lütz, which was really nice, although I do think, I should do a PhD here or something. And then at 4pm, when it was all dark and everything, I had to cycle down to Technik 3km away to go for my other Übung briefing. Which was something of a shock, coz I mixed up the timing. I thought the Übung was the last week of January but its actually going to be next week. But oh well, all was still good. Even as I found out that news, I was like, oh goodie goodie. Lessons going to end on time/ahead of time. Venice here I come. But still, I ended up reaching home 6pm, something I am not happy about, coz road conditions in the dark and on a bike is really unpleasant. I am never going to take the lights present on every single road in Singapore for granted again. Its like not dark enough for my light to be really visible, but neither was it bright enough from the surrounding building lights to properly light up my path. And so, it was a rather uncomfortable ride, although I tried to avoid as many of the numerous potholes as possible. And also, at the briefing, I was told that we SHOULD prepare for this presentation which me and my presentation partner have not started on. So going back, it was just rush rush put together pictures put together slides and try to think of what to say for the presentation. That plus dinner took till 8pm. And I wanted to study, coz I have an exam on Wednesday. But NO! My roommate decided to sleep at 9pm. Hurray hurray. And so, I was denied of the comforts of not having to move my numerous books, and had to move stuff over to Lizzy/Katy’s room to study. And Lizzy and I also talked a bit about going to Venice. For Carnival. Awesome stuff. And we sort of looked at available hostels and stuff and also hoped and prayed the cheap Sparscheine tickets were still available. I studied until they went to bed/I ran out of battery and went back to my own room to konk out.Tuesday was wake up immensely early day, coz of my 8.15am lecture at Technik, and so woke up feeling tired from yesterday’s lack of sleep, and rush rush out to Technik and I really am starting to hate the 3k ride to Technik. And even though I took a potent brew of green tea before I left, I was nodding off by the time I reached the halfway mark of the lecture. Which is bad, coz I am not learning enough to pass the exam damnit. And so listen listen, doze off, stare into space. And finally, end of lecture! And so went to the lovely big Eurospar to get groceries for the week before I went to Botanik, which is near my house but not as convenient as you would think. Thats because, even though Innsbruck is quite flat, Botanik is located halfway up the mountain. So it was push my bicycle up all the way to the top and before reaching Botanik there is this slope where I have to cycle up and its TIRING. Especially if you have already did 6k in the morning. And then it was just one straight day of Übung and work work work. But thats not the end of it. I had the presentation at 6pm! Horrible right?So I got back, and rested a bit, and HURRAY Lizzy got the cheap Sparscheine tickets! So we ARE going Venice. SO exciting omg. CARNIVAL! And Lizzy is going to get her forehead ashed on Ash Wednesday at the Basilica di San Marco a Venezia which is going to be a really really different and interesting experience. Okay back to my Tuesday story. 6pm, got to Technik, sat in for the presentation of 2 other people. Prof bought BEER. Haha. Wonderful. I would love the day when a TA doles out beer at a tutorial in Singapore. Maybe I should be the first to do that. Although I won’t do beer. Probably something sparkling though. Anyway, one presentation took till 7pm, and that was understandable. At 7pm I was starting to despair for my exam the next day. But the 2nd presentation got dragged out even more till 8+pm and at the end of it I was like SHIT. I AM GOING TO FAIL MY EXAM. And so it was pedal pedal madly home and take a really quick dinner. And roomie decided to sleep really early today, so I was like DAMNIT and decided to just leave her alone and move into Katy/Lizzy’s room for the night. And thus, my trusty bought-in-austria self-inflating sleeping mat was put into good use. I studied till 2am (and learnt more about Apple’s new Macbook Air. OMG gorgeousness.) and then konked out.And I must mention this. Katy was SO drunk. She was SO SO oblivious to what she was doing and saying. And it was really really hilarious. I was highly amused. She hates commies (communists) and and talked about global warming, and the world spinning (duh it spins all the time) and also how Hilary Clinton is a commie and all sorts of funny stuff. And she did NOT remember me being in the room although I remember distinctively that she was telling me she was SO glad I spoke english! Haha. And you could smell her when she opened her mouth. It was funny. Although I would think she would think twice about trying that again. It looked potentially painful.And so, big day, Wednesday! Exam date! (PANIC PANIC!) Shall make this short and sweet. Woke up at 7am, went back to my room. Damn sleepy, damn tired, totally NOT alert, was zoning out a lot during the day. Exam was ok 20 true or false question with one open ended which I hope I randomly put the correct acids, but I think passing will be no problem, just how good the grade is. And then cycle 3km back to Studentenheim and then up to Botanik to do the Übung again. And stress stress, Biva, she’s nice but I don’t think she is that efficient about doing experiments. There was a few times she did the chlorophyll fluorescence experiment, which I am quite sure she screwed the results by stopping the measurement early. And we mixed up the concentrations of the Gibberallic Acid experiment coz she forgot one of the concentrations in the fridge. (ARGH!) I would actually like to write my report separately from hers, but we shall see. And so, we finished close to 5pm and now I can finally sigh and tell you about the high concentration of cortisol present in my blood for the past 3 days.Time to chill and relax a bit. Phew.
Just recording the day I guess.
Weather: Good, not cold, no rain, no sun either but no rain is good enough for me.
Tiredness Index: Not too bad, not exhausted tired but not really perked up to do work either. Haha.
Accomplishment Index: Pretty high. Managed to 1. Not fall asleep during sermon despite a night of drinking 2. Went for frisbee training and discovered my stamina isn’t thattt bad. (But still needs lots more exercise)
Studying Success Index: If it was out of 10, with 10 being highest, its probably 4. =\ No comments on that.
Ah. Another day gone by. How swift Time runs.
An icy loop around me
Too hard to hold
I have to remember to keep my Nutella away from the window to keep it from freezing up. And how interesting German is. Like a simple thing like fertilizer is called Kunstdünger. Which literally means artificial dung.Pflanzenphysiologieübung (plant physiology practical) tomorrow. Should go to bed now. Ciao Ciao!
AH I NEED TO STUDY MY HEAD OFF!
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