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...
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Slept through my alarm again, oops. That afternoon I volunteered at a USU "sandwich making" event for children at school without lunch. It was quite a funny experience and gave me a sense of accomplishment. I was one of…
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Today I participated in the Wastefighters Society's coastal cleanup walk. We (a group of about 20-25 people) gathered at Circular Quay (not pronounced "kweej" but like the English "key"), where I saw an Aboriginal musician playing music. Again…
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The original plan for today was to go on a Bushwalker Society walking trip, but apparently I hadn't set an alarm yesterday, so that was a miss. But it did mean I had time to bake a cake for Sunny's…
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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...
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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...
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This website or blog is to document my time in Sydney (and any travels?), to share with family/friends and to look back on later : ) I'm studying at the University of Sydney from August to December 2025…
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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...
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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...
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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…
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