01-27-2005: A Hidden Bump

Well, sorry for the absence of my diary…to those who ‘have to’ read it everyday as their newspaper…

How can I say…I’m a very devoted teacher, right ?

ha ha ha… :P

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My day started early today, ‘coz I need to get to ‘Olin Health Center’ for the ‘Skin Test’ result

Dude, I already knew I didn’t have TB (Tuberculosis)…, but when the nurse who’s amazed by my COMPLETE absence of any bump told me that the reddish purple area around the needle stab could be the ‘hidden bump’ instead of just the bruises…and spent 15 min try to prove that…I almost allowed myself to believe that I’m a walking disease…lol (= laugh out loud*)

After that I took bus # 33 to ‘Holden Hall’…where I spent my almost-an-hour quality time taking a nap , then another 50 min of Dr.Rubino’s class (with first 10 min of trying to make the visualizer work…as usual :) )

Joanne dropped us, Prang, Terk, P’Oh and me, at ‘Packaging Building’, we walked to ‘International Building’ for lunch…you wouldn’t believe how huge the crowd of hungry people was !!!

Then we attended our first laboratory: Equilibrium Sorption Isotherm…well, don’t think it’s as easy as the undergrad lab…you (and I, just before the lab briefing start) have no idea how much knowledge behind those simple graphs is :P...at the end of this lab. I think we need to submit a lab. report of at least 30 pages long including 4 different graphs, 5-6 tables and 2-3 solve-it-ourselves equation…Welcome (again) to the graduate student world !

Around 3 pm, I and P’Oh attended another lab., PKG432: Packaging Operations, Process Analysis and Quality Issues which we voluntarily took in order to get our hands on the real packaging machines, ‘coz the course PKG802: Distribution and Machinery (which is required for non-packaging-background graduate student) is an on-line course

Imagine how effective those ‘Long-distance learning’ or ‘On-line MSc degree’ would be ?...without actual practice with the real machine :(

We had so much fun…well, lots of labor too…with the Feeder/Counter and Case sealer machines…How many times will we have a chance to try to be a non-skill, labor worker in the factory ?

Around 4 PM I called it a day…and headed back home

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It was a very long…yet fun and excited day somehow :)

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* thanks to Off who told me it’s ‘laugh out loud’…well, I thought it’s ‘lots of love’ for about a year !!! :P