Waiting for my mentor to get back after lunch. I thought I would be back later than her since I left for lunch later, so I was kind of surprised that she wasn’t back yet when I came in a while ago. But it’s ok, I shall just relax until she gets back.

Took the Fusionopolis bus to Holland Village for lunch since that one came before the Biopolis bus. But I guess next time I should try to stick to the Biopolis bus on my way back! The Fusionopolis bus that we took just now made a big round into the private estate behind Biopolis, only to stop at this deserted bus stop where no one wanted to get on or off. I’m not in a rush so I’m fine, but I think Jasmine’s friends needed to get back to their labs soon, so it wasn’t a good thing that they took that bus. Walking back might have been even faster!

Today’s a pretty relaxing day. There’s nothing to do in the lab so far, and until now, I’ve only analysed the set of data we obtained from the experiment done on Monday. I think generally, the interns here don’t have much to do, which can be a good or bad thing, depending on how you see it. I’m lucky to have a computer that I can use (for now at least), so I can surf the net or blog when I have nothing else to do. Poor Jasmine (Lim) upstairs seems to be more bored than me, since she hasn’t done anything in the lab and she doesn’t have a computer that she can use either. Too bad we’re not on the same floor, otherwise I can have someone else to chat to. Oh well.

Went over to one of the labs at Immunos just now, and the lab is really nice! The lab space is huge, clean and really bright. And they have areas where they can change their labcoats too. Nice sliding doors to access the lab and nice chairs to rest on too! I like! Jas would be there if she had gotten that attachment… too bad she’s at TLL now. (I know too many Jasmines! It’s getting difficult to differentiate all of them when I write their names.)

It’s 2pm now… 4 hours till I get to go home! (Yay!) I don’t think I have a lot of things to do later. I think I need to meet my boss to discuss the results and I don’t know… do some PCR?

I’m so sleepy now.

It is said that the eyes are the windows to one’s soul. Who was the one who originally said this and why did he say so? If you agree with this statement, why do you think so?

The eyes are a beautiful part of our body. They not only allow us to see, but also, by looking at one’s eyes, we can tell how a person is feeling. There is another saying that “The eyes don’t lie.” I do believe that there is some truth in that. Someone might be smiling, and whether this smile is a genuine one or not can sometimes be determined from the look in his or her eyes. There are times when we try not to show how we’re really feeling, but the expression in our eyes gives us away to those who are observant enough.

I’m no artist by any means, but I do believe that the eyes are one of those things that are difficult to draw well. (Perhaps someone who draws can tell me if I’m right about this?) For me, it’s not just about the shape and the proportions, but also how well the expression comes through.

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If you have tried accessing this page over the past few days, I’m sure you’d have gotten a “connection timed out” error. I received an email from my host a few days ago stating that there was going to be a 1 hour downtime due to an emergency server migration to a new facility. That 1 hour downtime turned into a 4 day nightmare due to IP propagation issues and perhaps other problems as well. It’s honestly frustrating, especially since the site had to go down just when I wanted to update it!

Having 4 days of downtime is really unacceptable. Other than not being able to access my site and blog, I’m not really affected by this. But think of those hosting business sites, 4 days of downtime means 4 days worth of revenue lost!

Hopefully now that the servers are at a new facility, the stability and uptime will be back to how it used to be, or even better. If not, I guess it means time to go shopping for a new host again.