lab withdrawal symptoms

sigh~ i miss the lab.

the whiny centrifuges... the perpetually dysfunctional heatblocks... the LUNCHES... the POST LUNCH pre-coffee gossip... the POST LUNCH POST COFFEE gossip... :D i miss my blood brothers and sisters. a lot.

what will july bring but a sepulchral gloom of solitude and silence? the metamorphosis of sweltering summer to the gusty monsoons of autumn brings in its wake a prenatural chill in the chambers of my heart.

huh. even my poetry sucks :P

okok july rabbit pls dun bonk my head. it's just unfortunate that the time of my graduation from lab attachment falls in the month you were given birth in. but such is Murphy's f***ed up law, isn't it :)

i guess i'm going to show u guys a bit more of the wonderful angels who have been sent into my life and given the (behemoth) task of educating and caring for me:



meet XG. he of the completely befuddling gene constructs and transgenes. he of the protein purification columns and embryo microinjections. he who magically appears at 8am every morning despite leaving at midnight the night before. he of the monumentally stunning (not to mention inappropriate) exclamations of "si bei" and "wah lau" :D






this has GOT to be the world's cutest doctorate student.
anyone who doesn't agree, please post me a picture of the phD student/postdoc whose adorable-ness supercedes this guy.
and if i agree that u win, i'll drink a bottle of loading dye (colour of your choice - blue, green or orange) haha :)








my boss. my immediate boss, that is.
HE IS THE WORLD'S BEST MENTOR. EVER.
and no submissions claiming otherwise is allowed! :D








sometimes inexplicable things happen to the lab members (me included), and things like this result. we bear no responsibility for any loss of dignity to any real snowmen and snowladies and snowbabies as a result of this creation from used icebox ice.
but i still chuckle at the ingenuity of the use of pipette tips and loading dye :D