my week
finally the end of the week. First week of the new year, first week on my new job. So far so good.Was practising on larvae dissection in the afternoon... its really quite a challenge to have to coordinate what i see with what i am doing. In a way my proprioception has to be adjusted. Looking through the scope, trying to get the tweezers to pick up the pins (0.025inches?) and driving them through the larvae at certain spots. Have to be be careful not to spew out the entire gut. Using the scope and seeing magnifies tweezers is wierd. And because there is a layer of water on the surface, it get confusing too when the water distorts your field of vision.
Somehow, i can't seem to find the stomach. Apparently that is where i have to cut the gut away and leave watever neurons behind. I am actually thinking that maybe all those larvae today has no stomach??!!
my boss just went back to germany and brought like bars of chocolates back. They are really yummy... "Feinherb Nuss.. Edel-Feinherb-Schokolade mit ganze haselnuessen" can't stop eating them. (i am still eating them...)
This week has been a crazy week. Lack of sleep really. I've learned that one shouldn't drink so much wine the nite before your first day at work. One should not go out and then reach home at 4 am on wednesday -- i was impressed that i survived through work on thurs -- i even sat thru a presentation (over an hour) and i listened!
I am thinking of giving up coffee. Its not easy to have to do dissection if your hand shakes -- coffee does that to me.
within a week, i am suddenly in love with flies. like they are really easy to work with and no guilt pangs when u kill them!
posted by eline @ 6:23 PM
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