August 27: The neuroscience tutorial was fine, with a bit of explanation and assignments. We got lunch at Laneway (where they have $5 lunches while supplies last). Then we had the chemistry lab, but it was a complete mess. The chemicals...
Aug 24: Took the train to Auburn Botanical Gardens, because there was a cherry blossom festival there! Apparently, it was the same train as Cailene and Cynthia, so when I walked up the stairs at Auburn Station, Cailene quietly walked beside me until...
Aug 19: Genome lab was halfway interesting today, though I did have to crack open a gel for the first time, which was fun! After the lab, I chatted a bit with the group I was in the same line with and walked a bit together to...
Yesterday I went to the pharma tutorial, and thankfully the group has now grown to four people! One of them feels too good to provide input on the questions, as he's already been through all this and is doing it...
August 9: Called home, did a bit of university work, and made some really ugly chocolate chip cookies (but they were delicious, so good enough). Someone came by today to fix the leak. Yeeey, now there's a literal hole in the...
The lab was still introductory. I learned how to work with these IR and fluorescence machines, a bit different from home, otherwise not very exciting. I quickly ate something at home and then headed to the trial shift! One of my colleagues explained everything to me...
After my lecture, I had a job interview at Calico Café. I'm not entirely convinced they'll hire me, as I don't have much availability. I have a trial shift tomorrow. In my pharma tutorial, we had to form groups based on a card...
After two lectures with Tania, a Norwegian I met during the introductory week, we had lunch together and caught up – it was great! We had our first lab session, mostly preparing and getting acquainted with this lab, which looks a bit different than in Nijmegen…
More Welcome Fest, I went to some stalls to check out some interesting clubs. I had two lectures from my other two courses. Now I've had a lecture from each course, and they seem interesting, yay! A lecturer was a nice addition...
Officially the start of the semester! First lectures, mostly introductory talks for each course. The lecture halls are a little different; there are fold-out tables, fixed tables, and hockey locker room-style benches. The layout varies quite a bit from lecture hall to lecture hall. A bit…
