Saturday 13 June 2009

unlucky me or unprofessional 'them'?

Okay, yesterday, i had this super duper bad day...

i went for my third blood test (coz everything is so normal and i think they doctors/nurses have fun/addicted to jabbing me).... I went ALONE which is already damn scary....and the nurse actually made some MISTAKES! Real situation descibed below:

Connie getting ready for jabbing with eyes tightly closed, heart praying and mind thinking of tom & jerry...

*jabbed*

Nurse: Oh, God!

*connie's heart raced! *God? something MUST be wrong!*

Nurse: dont't look! I am sorry Love...Is it painful? are you okay?

*i can hear the blood being sucked out and churning inside the syringe*
when someone asked you NOT to look, i am pretty sure 90% of NORMAL human would peek..right?...I saw blood on the floor, on my arms and on her hand!!! she didnt wear any gloves and she is busy wiping it off and keep asking me not to look..

Connie: It is painful, but i am okay...(almost cried)

Nurse: do you want me to carry on or do a second time, Love?

Connie: Just carry on....i dont wana get jabbed anymore...

Ending: she didnt get enough blood sample for the last tube (4 tubes all together)...and she has to hold the cotton ball for around 5 mins after the needle has been pulled out...when she released it, the blood is still dripping out (not too much though)...

Why didn't she wear gloves? It is a normal practice to avoid patient's blood, isnt it? hmm... am i unlucky to meet her or is she just unprofessional enough? now, i have a huge bruise and it is a bit painful...sigh..

2nd bad news: My thesis has to be handed in by 1st of sept...but the presentation is 11 of sept...damn it! such a long break! i rather 3rd of sept or even 2nd! Then, the stupid viva is 15th of Oct!!! From 11th sept till 15th oct, i will be loitering!

my lecturer said "you can go home and return by 15th oct, but i would suggest you to wait"

yea right! who the hell wouldn't wait? you think it is funny to travel for 20 hours? I don't know how they can come up with 15th of Oct as the viva thingy! but it is brainless...do they even consider about international students? (80% are international student!)

conclusion : unlucky me to enrol in this course or unprofessional of them to decide this date?

Wednesday 10 June 2009

plunging into HELL...

Life has been kind (not taking account of the barbarians) towards me...and i am always in heaven sort of situation.... HOWEVER...

HOWEVER, eversince i met THE BARBARIANS, life has been a LIVING HELL... Just when i thought life is all peaceful without the barbarians (except meeting one of the everyday coz we are working in the same lab), I fell into deep SH*TTY HELL...

Today, another supervisor (Dr. E) working with one of the barbarians, decided to change the barbarian's project...because she has HAD ENOUGH of him! hahaha! She just put up with him for a month and she give up...I had been putting up with 10 Barbarians for a more than half a year! talk about WILLPOWER and PATIENCE!

BAD NEWS: Dr. E wanted the barbarian to work in my project! coz I can LOOK after him and guide him! although the aim is a bit different, but i have to put up with barbarians again! god damn it! damn damn damn damn damn!

This is the ULTIMATE, SUPER DUPER, WORST EVER NIGHTMARE! not only i have to put up with 3 projects, i have to guide a barbarian?! i rather be doing 10 projects than baby-sitting a barbarian! That g*d damned barbarian keep texting me whole god damn day trying to get hold of all my soft copy information! He should bloody find the information himself!

who the hell gave me information? NO ONE! I did the research on my own and now, that poophead barbarian wanted my hardwork with just one snap of a finger!

I am FUMING right now! if any assassin is reading this blog right now, please contact me via comment...i pay you to finish him off! hahahha!

GOOD NEWS:
one of the researchers said "You are going to continue your PhD right? Coz i think they (my research group) don't want to lose a potential PhD student like yourself"

Wow! that is a major compliment...but comparing to the bad news, this good news didn't even sound good to me..damn!

Tuesday 9 June 2009

2 weeks off is a trick!

I was given a 2 weeks off by my cute supervisor....I was really happy until I was "invited" to join another research...crystallography as well as purification of dimers, tetramers and octamers of histones!

It was meant to be invitation, but the researcher doing crystallography was too enthusiastic and very very keen to get me involved in the research....I am happy to be invited but exhausted at the same time...I had to deal with my last assignment as well...

and damn that NHS! I dont want to talk about it, but everything seems to be annoying!

If i can trade this assignment with 2 researches, I would be more than happy to do it...I will be begging for it on my knees...this assignment is easy, but time consuming as well as being USELESS MODULE...nothing to do with studies...just evidence gathering and methodology write up...for example:

how to access a journal:

1. Use google/yahoo search engine
2.type the "keywords" and click "search"
3. Download the journal by clicking "download"
4. Save it as soft copy by clicking "save" or hard copy by clicking "print"

hahhaha! how does this sound? easy? yes....time consuming? VERY! u have to give step by step on which bloody thing to click! damn it! if u can get a MSc, it will be IMPOSSIBLE you dont know how to google things up! argh! this is driving me CRAZY!

anyway, i had to join the "extra" projects...I can only hope it wont be too hectic...

Monday 1 June 2009

mixed feelings...

Arrived at uni at 8.30am today and just get to finish my research at 6pm! Everyone is GONE, including the Health & Safety officer, lab assistant and even my supervisors! According to Legislation Act, i am not supposed to work alone in the lab...let alone working in a completely empty campus! I had to turn off the lights and make sure the lab is locked properly...

i went for my blood test results at 8.00am, but postponed to 3.20pm due to some irresponsible doctor who's late for his job~ argh! i took my results...here is the good and bad news..

Good news: everything is PERFECTLY FINE...

Bad news: ANOTHER BLOOD TEST to test other stuff!!! darn!

I asked the doctor.."can't you just use the blood from the other day? you taken a lot from me"

Doctor: "Oh, no, no...it has been used and thrown away because the last time, we check for only a few things and I want to test one more thing"

so, for that 'one more thing', i will be jabbed again! i am kinda thinking...i have never had my blood tested until i was 22years old...i guessed that's why i am getting all this jabbing at once~ sob' sob'...

i guess everything will be fine~ haha!

i have just taken my transcript from the school office...happy with this transcript...cant wait for everything to be over!