Première Semaine
wow...the first week really flew by...training has been so intense and the learning just never stops. protocols...procedures...method development...instrumentation designs....they actually worked me pretty darn hard for the first week of co-op. this is definitely gonna be my most challenging placement...hopefully it'll be just as rewarding. for the nerdy scientists out there...i'm currently working on an HPLC injection program for a method to determine the degradates of a specific API. i'll also (hopefully) be working on some well-plates (64) protocol development stuff as well.
so i have like zero social-life here after work. it takes me half an hour to walk to work and 30 mins to get back (that's already an hr gone) then...i work around...8.5-9 hr days...i leave before the sun rises and return after the sun sets. get home...cook...eat...shower...and it's pretty much bed time...haha. but i'm taking a DE course (on Love and Friendship) to make up for my lackluster performance in this area.
but yea...despite the exhausting week...it's been real fun getting to know the co-ops. we're all pretty much from different universities, backgrounds, and labs. i savour the time during lunch where we eat...and complain about reading SOPs. i wish i took french more seriously in high school...cause yea, a lot of ppl speak it and it's really really hard to read the menus here...ah well...i've been trying to pick things up from people tho...which has been an interesting learnin' experience.
so i explored the ONE mall in DDO (Fairview) and it's quite...lame. it's full of clothing stores (those who know me know that i despise clothing shopping. i'd rather watch polyester decompose than shop)...and the food court really didn't impress me. ah well...but i did get a healthy helping of pad thai (which was flavoured really well). i wanna get me some smoked meat/ham, poutine, and beaver tail one of these weekends.
so yea...last sunday i ended up walking into an Anglican church instead of the United one. this weekend i wanna visit my friend's church downtown...hopefully i won't get too lost.
the weather has been pretty funk-i lately too. sometimes it'd be super cold then it'd get super warm. then it'd rain, and snow...at the same time.
i'm so glad i can sleep in tmr!
Je me demande pourquoi je suis célibataire parfois. Alors j'ai réalise, c'est vendredi nuit et j'à la maison fais la blanchisserie et mets à jour mon Blog.
so i have like zero social-life here after work. it takes me half an hour to walk to work and 30 mins to get back (that's already an hr gone) then...i work around...8.5-9 hr days...i leave before the sun rises and return after the sun sets. get home...cook...eat...shower...and it's pretty much bed time...haha. but i'm taking a DE course (on Love and Friendship) to make up for my lackluster performance in this area.
but yea...despite the exhausting week...it's been real fun getting to know the co-ops. we're all pretty much from different universities, backgrounds, and labs. i savour the time during lunch where we eat...and complain about reading SOPs. i wish i took french more seriously in high school...cause yea, a lot of ppl speak it and it's really really hard to read the menus here...ah well...i've been trying to pick things up from people tho...which has been an interesting learnin' experience.
so i explored the ONE mall in DDO (Fairview) and it's quite...lame. it's full of clothing stores (those who know me know that i despise clothing shopping. i'd rather watch polyester decompose than shop)...and the food court really didn't impress me. ah well...but i did get a healthy helping of pad thai (which was flavoured really well). i wanna get me some smoked meat/ham, poutine, and beaver tail one of these weekends.
so yea...last sunday i ended up walking into an Anglican church instead of the United one. this weekend i wanna visit my friend's church downtown...hopefully i won't get too lost.
the weather has been pretty funk-i lately too. sometimes it'd be super cold then it'd get super warm. then it'd rain, and snow...at the same time.
i'm so glad i can sleep in tmr!
Je me demande pourquoi je suis célibataire parfois. Alors j'ai réalise, c'est vendredi nuit et j'à la maison fais la blanchisserie et mets à jour mon Blog.
posted by Sam Hsieh at 8:24 PM
6 Comments:
can't you get a bike and then it'd take you 10 mins to work.. and you could use the 40 or so minutes you save to go out :)
and oh oh.. i think i know this friend of yours from first-yr :D say hi for me, will ya?
take care buddy
Hi Sam!!!! =)
wow i totally didn't get the whole science talk. but i like that last part. the french part haha.
"keep warm but stay cool" ;)
HAHA sharon told me about that lil comment up there..HAHA CHEESEEE :P think u're influencing her. anywaysss totally missin u here in TO hsieh! and i kinda understood that french down there! something....about i realize it's friday night and something house..and something on my blog. HAHA good enuf. :P this is what happens when you stop french after grade 9. :P hope u hafing a good time :) and freak boy reply my emails :P
josh: i was thinkin' of gettin' a bike...then it started snowing and the ground became ice...haha. and Robyn says HI back =) she's gonna be working in Tokyo after she graduates eh?
sammi: hola!!! comment ca va? =D
kate-sauce: haha, i'm glad you understood the french part...as a prize, you can make fun of me as much as you want...haha. =)
agnes: i thought that comment from kate was pretty original...haha, i'm such a good role model =D
i'll definitely cya soon...hopefully...maybe? haha, g'luck with exams!
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