another life blog

Today we went over our different coliform (fecal/non-fecal) plates for E.Coil. Unfortunately, none of ours grew. Then, we looked over our fungus/yeast growth. Those grew okay. The 4 different types of fungus — aspergillus, penicillum, mucor, and rhizopus all grew differently and looked all funky like. We examined the yeast [...]

Skipped so I can go to genetics lab.

At the start of the lecture, Dr White went over 3 different serial dilution problems that we might encounter on the test, wasn’t anything difficult, but still, it can get confusing.
Lecture Notes
Summary:
We went over the various effects of growth different things would have on the bacteria. Like temperature would help bacteria grow up to [...]

I arrived to class 20 minutes late due to me having trouble finding dry cleaner in the morning. Still, we only went back over neuromuscular junction synapses and the class ended early (5 minutes after I arrived).

Today I went to Monday’s lab section instead of the usual Tuesday because I would be missing class tomorrow. We did two different lab procedures today. The first was to plot out the degree of absorption a standard DNA sample curve by serial diluting a known concentration sample, then plotting out the [...]

When I first started watching Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha again yesterday, I did not have much expectation since I fell asleep previously while watching the second episode. This time around, I gritted my teeth through the first few episodes, and found myself pleased with the show.

For Lab 09, we did an optional quiz for extra credit. Took 10 minutes and we were finished!

I went to do the MCB lab instead of staying for an exciting lecture with Dr Selby.

SI Exam Review @ Hercules Programming Center Saturday from 12 noon – 2 pm EST
Today’s lecture started with Dr White telling us there’s trouble in the lab! We must hurry to the lab after class and get our asses in gear because the bacteria won’t wait till Monday to over grow!
So we spent like [...]

Wow, I don’t know if going to class would’ve helped me for test #2. It sure is hard once again. I do regret not starting to study the test earlier… made a lot of flash cards, but didn’t have time to memorize all 350 of them. Very unfortunate =( Well, [...]

The second step of the 4 step multisynthesis. Lab 10 takes the benzoin we made last week, and turns it into benzil via oxidation reaction with nitric acid. Nothing much to talk about this lab, except when we’re doing the reflux, we had to cap the top and the fume that’s coming out [...]

Wonder who’d pay more for the device… the husband or the wife?

A special headset was placed on my cranium by my hosts during a recent demonstration at an NTT research center. It sent a very low voltage electric current from the back of my ears through my head, either from left to right or right [...]

Let’s see…
Lab 13 (10/10) – We finished up with the gram positive staph vs strep identification and moved on to gram negative ID of salmonella.
Lab 14 (10/12) – We looked at the gram positive culture results in Nitrate Broth, coagulase, DNAse, and Catalase. Basically, Staph is positive for all, and strep is negative for [...]

Yup, I skipped 8 lectures in a row! 3 due to sickness, 1 lecture cancelled due to Hurricane Wilma (24th), and 4 more skipping … just because! Ah, how laid back I am and silly too! I will be a better student come Monday the 31st. Promise!

Lab cancelled due to Wilma