You know, when you pick a friend, you've got to find one who's able to hold an intelligent conversation with you. Or at least be on the same wavelength. I guess that's why I'm such good friends with Ger.
We're both equally insane, you see.
It started with me being disgruntled about lab today.
Schmetterling blogged says:
oh
Schmetterling blogged says:
today me and my lab partner were the last ones to leave
Schmetterling blogged says:
the stupid lecturer made us do the control experiment as well as the main one
Schmetterling blogged says:
*dies*
Ger says:
tell him his protocol sucks
Ger says:
hhahaaha
Schmetterling blogged says:
and he talks like a football coach
Ger says:
lol!
Ger says:
tell him to coach the england team then
Schmetterling blogged says:
and dresses like one, when he's not in the lab coat
Schmetterling blogged says:
LOL
Ger says:
they probably need some help
Schmetterling blogged says:
they'll all die a tragic death
Schmetterling blogged says:
he'll make them run gels instead of laps
Ger says:
lol
Ger says:
that's.... sad
Ger says:
for the gels.
Ger says:
imagine rooney peering at a slab of agarose
Schmetterling blogged says:
with a big cartoon question mark
Ger says:
-pokes-
Ger says:
where's the band?
Schmetterling blogged says:
and then it disintegrates
Ger says:
and then he starts looking like a bulldog
Schmetterling blogged says:
...
Ger says:
in anger
Ger says:
ladidaaa
Schmetterling blogged says:
and then the coach makes him do 200 pipette push-ups as punishment
Ger says:
omg.
Ger says:
and then on the 157th one
Ger says:
he breaks his thumb
Schmetterling blogged says:
lol
Ger says:
we need a life
Schmetterling blogged says:
agreed.
Schmetterling blogged says:
i'm so posting this on my blog
Ger says:
...........................................
Ger says:
i shall stay awake to see it
Schmetterling blogged says:
The Very Intelligent Conversation I Had With Geraldine
Ger says:
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Ger says:
my excuse is that it's 1.15am in the morning
Ger says:
what's yours?
says:
Schmetterling blogged says:
I just drank coffee
Which is as good an excuse as any, eh?
Monday, February 25, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008
A Day in the Life of S.
6.30 AM
My alarm goes off. I swat it. My roommate's alarm goes off. She swats it. This goes on for about an hour.
7.30 AM or thereabouts
We both proceed to the kitchen, where there is really not enough room for two people to prepare breakfast at the same time. The fridge door swings dangerously back and forth. There is worship of caffeinated beverages.
8-9.30AM
Slacking about in front of the computer/post-breakfast nap. Caffeinated naps are interesting.
10AM
First lecture of the day. I usually sit in the first three rows so I will be more motivated to take notes. I usually end up spacing out anyway.
11AM
Lunch break. Sometimes I go back to the flat, other times I stay in school and diligently read journal articles/surf Facebook/delete spam mails promising the permanent enlargement of an organ I do not possess.
1 PM
German.
Me: Have you studied for today's test?
Classmate (with finality): No.
Me (resigned): Me neither.
There is much death of brain cells.
2PM
Afternoon lectures. I sit in the front three rows to prevent myself from falling asleep. This never works unless I bring coffee with me. As a result, most of my lecture notes from the afternoon lectures are covered with pen skid marks from me nodding off. At least the lecturers don't seem to mind very much.
Sometimes there is lab in the afternoon. Counting 800 cells under a microscope is fun.
5PM
Slacking in front of the computer/ post-afternoon-lecture-nap nap.
7.30PM
Dinner. In a house of biologists and biochemists, there is invariably very interesting conversation at the dinner table. Also, a couple of them are obsessed with sex, and tend to speak of things that should not be spoken of when one's dining companions have food/liquid in their mouths.
My alarm goes off. I swat it. My roommate's alarm goes off. She swats it. This goes on for about an hour.
7.30 AM or thereabouts
We both proceed to the kitchen, where there is really not enough room for two people to prepare breakfast at the same time. The fridge door swings dangerously back and forth. There is worship of caffeinated beverages.
8-9.30AM
Slacking about in front of the computer/post-breakfast nap. Caffeinated naps are interesting.
10AM
First lecture of the day. I usually sit in the first three rows so I will be more motivated to take notes. I usually end up spacing out anyway.
11AM
Lunch break. Sometimes I go back to the flat, other times I stay in school and diligently read journal articles/surf Facebook/delete spam mails promising the permanent enlargement of an organ I do not possess.
1 PM
German.
Me: Have you studied for today's test?
Classmate (with finality): No.
Me (resigned): Me neither.
There is much death of brain cells.
2PM
Afternoon lectures. I sit in the front three rows to prevent myself from falling asleep. This never works unless I bring coffee with me. As a result, most of my lecture notes from the afternoon lectures are covered with pen skid marks from me nodding off. At least the lecturers don't seem to mind very much.
Sometimes there is lab in the afternoon. Counting 800 cells under a microscope is fun.
5PM
Slacking in front of the computer/ post-afternoon-lecture-nap nap.
7.30PM
Dinner. In a house of biologists and biochemists, there is invariably very interesting conversation at the dinner table. Also, a couple of them are obsessed with sex, and tend to speak of things that should not be spoken of when one's dining companions have food/liquid in their mouths.
Saturday, February 09, 2008
The Obligatory CNY Post
Ok ok, happy CNY, everyone.
End of entry.
....
Just kidding.
S-Ensemble (Imperial's micro-mini-co) performed at the Victoria and Albert Museum today, as part of a Chinese New Year thingum put together by people from the big London universities.
Small children are scared of lion dance *snicker*.
And there was a rock band with a vocalist of shower-singing standards. Really. Even my friend said he couldn't figure out if she was actually singing or rapping or heaven-knows-what.
Also, I had this deja-vu moment:
古琴player from LSE: 你的笙从中国拿来的啊?
Me (after a brief "..." period): 其实呢, 我是新加坡人.
I should migrate to China and be done with it.
End of entry.
....
Just kidding.
S-Ensemble (Imperial's micro-mini-co) performed at the Victoria and Albert Museum today, as part of a Chinese New Year thingum put together by people from the big London universities.
Small children are scared of lion dance *snicker*.
And there was a rock band with a vocalist of shower-singing standards. Really. Even my friend said he couldn't figure out if she was actually singing or rapping or heaven-knows-what.
Also, I had this deja-vu moment:
古琴player from LSE: 你的笙从中国拿来的啊?
Me (after a brief "..." period): 其实呢, 我是新加坡人.
I should migrate to China and be done with it.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Just When I Thought I Had Left That Crazy World Behind...
The mad old days of CO are back.
Well, sort of. It's not the same without a big group and sweltering weather.
Just when I thought I'd left the main challenge to my sanity back in Singapore for at least a little while, a miniature CO gets set up in Imperial! Enter the S-Ensemble, a group of extremely thick-skinned mostly-Singaporeans who think that less than a month is enough to practice for a concert.
Yep, we just had our concert yesterday. Sample repertoire: <<拜年>>, <<花好月圆>>,<< 甜密密>> and other blandly entertaining small ensemble music (but we had fun anyway), things like <<战马奔腾>> played by our "大师" from HK (one of those guys that seems to be super-talented and just about anything...), and mildly disturbing transcriptions of pop songs (that I of course have never ever heard).
Next week being CNY, we're pretty in demand right now. Tomorrow we're off to Cambridge to make some more noise (and get free dinner), and next week we have stuff on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. I am happy--haven't performed in a while. On the other hand, my sheng is very unhappy and refuses to work properly in the middle of this dull London winter.
And of course, this being a sort of CO, everybody is at least slightly insane. But that's another blog post for another day. I have to sleep now-- don't really want to miss the train to C. tomorrow.
Well, sort of. It's not the same without a big group and sweltering weather.
Just when I thought I'd left the main challenge to my sanity back in Singapore for at least a little while, a miniature CO gets set up in Imperial! Enter the S-Ensemble, a group of extremely thick-skinned mostly-Singaporeans who think that less than a month is enough to practice for a concert.
Yep, we just had our concert yesterday. Sample repertoire: <<拜年>>, <<花好月圆>>,<< 甜密密>> and other blandly entertaining small ensemble music (but we had fun anyway), things like <<战马奔腾>> played by our "大师" from HK (one of those guys that seems to be super-talented and just about anything...), and mildly disturbing transcriptions of pop songs (that I of course have never ever heard).
Next week being CNY, we're pretty in demand right now. Tomorrow we're off to Cambridge to make some more noise (and get free dinner), and next week we have stuff on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. I am happy--haven't performed in a while. On the other hand, my sheng is very unhappy and refuses to work properly in the middle of this dull London winter.
And of course, this being a sort of CO, everybody is at least slightly insane. But that's another blog post for another day. I have to sleep now-- don't really want to miss the train to C. tomorrow.
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