well, this weeks been fantastic..partly because its 1.5 days of sch and 3 days of IMCB trangenic frog thing

i wake up pretty early everyday. ate breakfast everyday. keeps me going for the rest of they day. no wonder they say breakfast is the most impt meal of the day.
what i did in IMCB almost = i have done in RV + gene manipulation lect in HC.
today fed the froggs. they eat the same thing as my prawny eats. blood worms-frozen.


did micro injection. was quite anyhow and i wasnt really astonished when all my frog eggs died after 3h. the lab tech said "all rotten" after peering at my petri dish under the microscope for 30 secs. haha. but the success rate is 1-2% for first timers they said..and i didnt even do a hundred eggs. maybe around 20+
saw wenqi's photo last year when she went for the same course. in her nanyang uniform and the gigantic white coat that reaches to my knees. (it makes the chinese high boys shorts-less)


we all disected ONE frog. to get erm, an organ of interest. ha. The SCGS girls were like almost going to cryy. and the guys were requesting to cut up different parts to explore the insides of a Xenopus (the frog species)


then the lab tech forcefully squeezed eggs out of the frogs. after they injected HCG in them. he made it sound very simple when explaining. but when he did it.. it was almost killing the frog.. gross.
another worker there told us how they primed the frogs with HCG. but didnt know what HCG stands for..-.-"
(human chronic gonadotrophin) as usual, i know it cos of Mr Chow's kiasu teachings last year. he even taught us everything on gene manipulation. except that i was busy chatting with my gang and caught only half of the lesson.



had a good 4k run with mummy meiyi ytd evening. haha. was quite a good run except that i think i aggrevated my knee injury againn. It's suppose to heal so that i can take NAPFA next week. else this yr i'll have no NAPFA results for medical reasons..i can literally feel my joints rubbing against each other when i move my leg this morning.