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| In the last two weeks the farthest I have walked is less than a mile, I'm sure I could calculate the number of hours I have spent outside (very few), and the number of people I've talked with (also very few), but I really can't calculate how much I've actually gleaned from my studying and now I have exactly 123.5 hours remaining before my prelim and I guess I won't know until then how I'm doing. For the non-biomed grad folks, a prelim is a ridiculously difficult exam that PhD students have to pass in order to be considered a "candidate for a PhD" and mine is an oral exam with three faculty members who can ask me anything about the field of Immunology for 2 hours and then get to decide my fate ... sounds fun, eh? This is the part of being a grad student that I strongly dislike, but if things go well next week, this will be the last time I have to study so much information and then I will be able to return to being a 'normal' scientist and actually do experiments ... I'm sad to say that I really can't think of how long it's been since I've done a noteworthy experiment, hence why I tell my boss that I'm a pseudo-scientist simply occupying space in his lab for the time being ... so if anyone has any questions about their allergies or any other immune-related matter, I technically should be able to answer your questions, at least for the next week before I forget much of what I've crammed into my brain  | | |
| Today, I'm missing having friends and family close by ... perhaps that's why I'm starting a Xanga site when I really should be studying :) January brings a mixture of emotions for me. Usually I've just returned to school after seeing family and sometimes friends, which I love. But coming back to a city I'm still new in is always difficult after being reminded of how much I enjoy the people I love the most. January also brings the reminder of my friend Mike who passed away four years ago. I love remembering him ... I still consider him one of the best friends that I've had and one of the people I respect the most ... and I still miss him. I'm grateful for the ways God has used him in my life even after he physically left my life and I wish I could share that with him. January is symbolically a new start, which even though I've never been keen on new year's resolutions, I do believe in new beginnings and the continual desire to renew, refine, and challenge myself in new ways. | | |
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