Yeah!!! I earned myself one publication :)

Magnetic Nanoparticle Supported Second Generation Hoveyda-Grubbs Catalyst for Metathesis of Unsaturated Fatty Acid Esters
Zhu Yinghuai, Loo Kuijin, Ng Huimin, Li Chuanzhao, Ludger Paul Stubbs, Chia Fu Siong, Tan Muihua, Ship Chee Peng
Published Online: Oct 28 2009 4:23AM
Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis.

My name is there!!!! I am happy:) hehe...

:)

I thought I am doomed when i met my prof this afternoon.I happen to see him just after i open the door of the washroom. Wat a great way of meeting him....He asked me abt my coursework and i somehow bring up the topic of considering stopping labwork temporarily to study for my exam since it is just 2 weeks away. His response was, why? I explain it is for the exam prep. He asked me what about the project i am working on. sigh. I have planned to do 2 tests this week consecutively but i am not sure whether it wud be sucessful. Nevertheless, i said i shd be able to complete it by this week. He said we shall discuss later. I was kind of dumbfounded because I thought it wud be approved right away (4 core modules! and I do not have much foundation zzz)....Luckily I have gd labmates who encouraged me and gave me advices. I think I am really lucky. I really love this lab. I would not bear to say goodbye to them; I really want to work with them in the same lab throughout my 4 years...

Another tiring day

Oh my. Early in the morning at 9am, had a meeting and straightaway, I head to the lab becoz i know that purification step takes a very long time (learn from last monday's experiences). Yep, indeed. The whole day, I was walking back and forth from dirty room to my lab and back again to do sonication and at the same time, prepare some buffer solutions that required filtering. My hands are now aching from exerting much force to force the solvent through the 0.20micron-sized pores of the syringe filter and indeed I have made a few litres of different buffers for FPLC. I know something is wrong with my hand and my guess was affirmed when i saw my red hands and a mark (created by forcing the syringe down). haha. I just came back home from sch. really really tired. No time to enjoy my meals and have to dabao and gobble down my food.

Surrogates

Surrogates is a nice movie if anyone of u like science fiction =) creative concept. I enjoyed the movie very much because the story is original i would say.

Tired

Today, I woke up at 7.30am and leave house for sch to do labwork. I guess today I was early because some of the pg rooms are dark and I get to open the lab for the 1st time. I reached sch b4 9am which was surprising. After some preparations, I made my way back to my lab to start the work today (Saturday!). Manage to successfully incubate and harvest the cells until 7++pm and left for dinner. Reached home at ard 8plus with a tired mind and soul. Phew. Today I have spent 10hrs in lab =) haha.. at least this saturday, I have utilised it properly unlike the last weekend when i did nothing....

celebrations-mid autumn festival

Last friday was an amazing day. Although morning had a group meeting; presentation as usual, the follow up events made it a special day. In the afternoon, my sup treated us to palatte in ntu as a welcome lunch for us "freshies"; me and the other iran gal in the lab. I should have ordered grilled fish, but I, being guilty, dare not do that and chose a chicken cutlet instead. Afterall, I am not used to being treated. It is not comfortable at all!!! Anyway, we had a long lunch and was more like getting-to-know us session. My sup brought his wife with him and I feel that they really are compatible. The way they talk and their outlook matched. During the lunch, I was stunned by a question from my prof which i could nt answer and am embarassed; " Which place do u recommend to go in singapore. Must go places?" haha. yah. Actually i think it is fun to have this kind of gathering. lol. Anyway, I was late for the evening gathering with my piggy friends. The reason that I was late is because i left my stuff; sparklers and bomb bags in the office!!! I was in the bus 179, abt 4 bus stops away from my office. I had to alight and walk back to the office. Perhaps this is the retribution of eating fried chicken. Afterwhich, i made my way to sembawang and joined my piggy friends for dinner. We went sembawang park by car (all thanks to a piggy friend) and the 1st thing we did when we found a spot is to EAT mooncakes; cranberry, green tea, yam, banana. EAT has become our piggy club's motto i guess. Then we were playing the candles and rearrange the word "PIGGY". NICE. Took some photos with sparklers on our hands. Before we left the park, we walked back to the carpark, holding onto the lanterns. Although, sweaty, it was a very fun experience and i had enjoyed myself throughly (esp when blowing bubbles and throwing bomb bags to 'disturb' my friends). hehe.

This monday wasnt a lucky day. I spent the whole day in lab sonication + FPLC + desalting ; 13 hrs+ accumulated and thought that i may missed the last bus because i left lab at ard 11.10pm. phew! I didnt. I was super tired that day.

Tuesday morning was a day i look forward to coz i was going to change my hairstyle.1ST time perming my hair. I regretted to have medium curl instead of large curl.... =(