Saturday, August 19, 2006

You are a Great Girlfriend

When it comes to your guy, you're very thoughtful But you also haven't stopped thinking of yourself You're the perfect blend of independent and caring You're a total catch - make sure your guy knows it too!

- at 10:32 AM

Friday, August 18, 2006
EKKA 2006!
















amount chocos mel bought!
the bottom right fudges are mine... 2 only lah...

bought other stuff as well!












stars sponge! sooooo cute! how i wish i can play with them now... miss those days @ The Magic Hall... most importantly, i miss my mr pmc...
- at 7:23 PM


i ate a mutated strawberry!!! it was flat, fat and big!

it is time to put my revision aside and relax for atinywhile..
after all the rushing of SDLs, PBLs and revision i seriously need to have a gd rest. its like a routine now to wake up at 6:45am and slp at a weird timing between 1-3am at night.. or should i say morning.. is it normal to have this type of lifestyle when u are in uni? i can feel the pressure and stress building up at the back of my head..

i think its because of that one freaky subject - Human Endocrinology... why on earth did i even choose to take this subject man? coz it was the only available subject that fits perfectly into my timetable... if i were to change it to any others, i would have to change the whole timetable... so there.

side track, my toe nail polish is coming out!!! i need to get a nail polish removal soon before my toe nails turn ugly... the going-to-come-out polish will look like some dirt sticking on to the nails.

anyway.. i feel quite relaxed today! hehe... completed my gene therapy SDL all thanks to mel as she chionged me to get it done before the lecturer can even ask us to do. left a bit of revision to do and that's it for today!

things on hand:
- ecology lit review
- gonorrhoea summary (due in 3 weeks time)

die! tml i must chiong for the gonorrhoea summary! arrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh......

alright i shall stop here and continue my revision... i feel like a toot toad. i am going to watch movie after revision... casablanca!
- at 6:59 PM

Wednesday, August 16, 2006
the ideal viral vector for gene therapy should be:
- safe
- readily made
- easily introduced into the appropriate target tissues in patients
- provide life-long expression of the gene of interest at appropriate levels.

sadly to say, at present there is no single viral vector that can fulfil all these factors yet as they will either lack one or two of the factors.

to date, there are 3 classes of viral vectors being used and each of the viral vector has their own characteristics:

1) retrovirus
pros:
- can accomodate up to 8kb of inserts (DNA segments), commodious enough for many genes that might be transffered
- only allow low number of the DNA to integrate with the chromosome and the integrated DNA is stable
- non toxic to the cells

cons:
- viral DNA does not integrate with non-dividing cells therefore it is unable to use in many of the tissues.

2) adenovirus
pros:
- able to integrate in dividing and non-dividing cells
- able to accomodate inserts from 30 to 35 kbs
- they can be obtained at high titer and able to infect a wide variety of cell types

cons:
- often elicit a strong immune and inflammatory response
- they are able to multiple independently (episomal) and expressed only transiently in the target cells.

3) adeno-associated virus
pros:
- they are said to be the best viral vectors as they elicit no adverse reaction
- they also infect dividing and non-dividing cells
- they can exist episomally or stably integrated into a host chromosome.

cons:
- but they can only accomodate inserts up to 5kb...

so there... good things comes in small package.. HAHA! anyone understands the morale of the story?
- at 4:11 PM


the ideal viral vector for gene therapy should be:
- safe
- readily made
- easily introduced into the appropriate target tissues in patients
- provide life-long expression of the gene of interest at appropriate levels.
- at 4:11 PM

Monday, August 14, 2006
nothing beats the aroma of the freshly brewed camomile tea! used to drink it quite often at The Magic Hall... was so happy when i found the similar brand at coles last week. hehe... so cheap!

btw, their magazines are 100 X more interesting to read than those selling in S'pore... and i actually spent 1 hour plus reading their mag... hehe so happy! got 2 more magazines to read... more entertainment to keep myself awake... we relax to run longer journey!

more ODD SPOTs!

ODD SPOT #113 :
the first man-made item to exceed the spped of sound is the bull's hip or leather whip.

ODD SPOT #4 :
the most common non-contagious disease in the world is tooth decay.

ODD SPOT #78 :
the smallest man ever was Gul Mohammed of India, who measured 1 foot, 10 inches.

ODD SPOT #160 :
a cat's jaw cannot move sideways.

ODD SPOT #37 :
the names of all the continents end with the same letter they start with.

ODD SPOT #117 :
if you stand at the bottom of a well, you would be able to see the stars even in the daytime.

ODD SPOT #8 :
grapes explode when you put them in the microwave.

ODD SPOT #95 :
the word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word you want.


hehe... i love it when u call me in the middle of the night. muacks....
- at 10:35 PM

Sunday, August 13, 2006
i feel so motivated to study hard when my baby is working so hard. everytime i wanna slack i will think of how hard he is working and i will stop myself from watching drama and slacking ard... and i sinned yst! i slpt early and i revised only a half a page. god... how efficient i am.

muahaha... first time i'm motivated by pmc man! so happy... ok we shall work hard together. not hand in hand nor face to face but heart to heart! muacks. =)

finished endocrine lecture 9 and human genetics 9 revision.. still got quite alot more to go.. last two days i didn't have the energy and mood (pms) to revise coz i was chionging my assignments. and the lectures pile up day by day... how man... and worse.. i am like slacking right now. lol...

found this on the non-sticky side paper of the sanitary pad.... (got 2 free australian brand sample pad - libra)
ODD SPOT #27:
wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.

ODD SPOT 43#:
the world's oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old.

ODD SPOT #140:
studies show that the principal reason people lie is to aviod punishment.

ODD SPOT #22: (i like this one the best... haha)
if the population of china walked past you in a single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.

ODD SPOT #106:
the vocabulary of the average person consist of 5000 to 6000 words.

ODD SPOT #21:
the average human body contains enough sulfur to kill all the fleas on an average dog.

ODD SPOT #62:
of all the sense, smell is the most closely linked to memory.

ODD SPOT #122:
arachibutyrophobia (who the hell invented this name man. i hate difficult spellings! GONORRHOEAE!) is the fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth.
- at 11:23 AM