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3 hours block of physiology today, and on rather substantial topics. Dr. Levy wasn’t a crazed machine, and didn’t go extremely fast - but still ~ after an hour or two, peoples’ brains tend to shut down a bit, no? But then, the second half was all about review of previous lecture via […]

Four classes in a single day, how exciting is this?! Well, BioChem didn’t really count I guess since we just took a 10 minute quiz and that was it.
BioChem
- Dr. Schreiber
- Topic: First BioChem Quiz
Summary: 8 questions, a bit tricky!
Radiology
- Dr. Mardini
- Power Point Handout for Notes
- Topic: Biological Effect of Radiation, deterministic, stochastic, […]

Heh, I think only a few people may be still studying for the BioChem Quiz ~ I’m taking a quick break and writing this since I decided to slack off all day to watch Simoun. Why? I dunno - I just wasn’t motivated to study since nothing seem difficult yet… (thus the cause […]

Someone asked me how long it takes to create one of these entries… so, let me just write down it’s 11:03 PM EST now. Today is the longest day thus far. Started at 9:30 am, and after an hour lunch break, we ended just short of 3 PM EST. Even though it’s […]

I was just doing a search on my nickname on Google for fun ~ and surprisingly, it turns up from Experts-Exchange.com. For those who don’t know, it’s one place that IT personnels visit for answers when they don’t want to look stupid to their coworkers. Users sign up for accounts, and pay real […]

I believe I watched Closer before - but I didn’t recall that I did when I rented the movie from BPL. I remember the first scene, with the car hitting Natalie Portman, and the trip to the hospital. Strangely, the rest of the movie was new to me - perhaps I fell asleep […]

I don’t remember if I laughed… I think I chuckled? Monty Python and the Holy Grail is really just a reference piece ~ famed for its odd scenes, quotes, and unladen African/European swallow. There’s not much to say about the story itself, and I don’t particularly have a favorite scene either. Actually, […]

Almost full load today! During lunch, Dr. Bergethon held an extra BioChem review which made the whole day a lot tighter (like a tiger). Also started physiology again ~ I think it’s much better than EXCEL Physiology for some unknown reason. Maybe because Dr. Levy had to teach a wide variety of […]

BioChem
- Taught by Dr. Bergethon
- Skipped Class, heard it was about acid & bases, and then protein purification and classification ~ since Mo took some good notes, I’ll just refer to his ^_^
Radiology
- Taught by erm… forgot her name, but she really like cemetaries!
Summary:
She talked mostly about her life, and her PASSION about radiology. […]

BioChem
- Taught by Dr. Bergethon
- Lecture Notes
Summary:
Protein folding is the main topic of the day. We went into how secondary structure is formed (hydrogen bonding interactions) ~ alpha helices and beta-pleated sheets. Then, we talked of Ramachandran’s plot, and how there is free rotation to make the secondary structure then the tertiary structure. […]

This week promises to be even more exciting than the last with the introduction of IDP tomorrow and physiology on Friday! I’m PUMPED! Okay, maybe not that pumped, but… pretty damn pumped. Having one class of Ethics this afternoon thoroughly sucked though… if anything, schedule all classes in the mornin, or afternoon! […]

I’m wondering just how much fun he had with his rare medical condition prior to desiring this surgical procedure.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - An Indian businessman born with two penises wants one of them removed surgically as he wants to marry and lead a normal sexual life, a newspaper report said Saturday.
The 24-year-old man from the […]

I think it was due to scheduling conflicts that I didn’t see The Constant Gardener in the theater… but I think that was a good thing. The movie uses British/African accent, and I couldn’t understand what was going on until I turned the subtitles on! Without the subtitles, I would’ve probably not liked […]

Most of you probably don’t know this, but Mitsubishi makes some of the best rice cookers in the world. Not only are they famed for cars, but in the Asian community, Mitsubishi is synonymous for yummy home cooked rice. I grew up on Mitsubishi rice…
… It was long long ago back in Taiwan, […]