Feeling a little down today, and i don't know why. nothing's really gone horribly wrong, yet i can't help but feel as though i messed up something major. i guess it's also partially because my lab senior (the scariest one) kind of reprimanded me over some lab stuff. then again, it wasn't really a reprimand...more like he pointed out some potential issues in my experimental set-up, and told me what not to do in the future. guess it's the way he talks. while he's not condescending or abrasive or anything negative like that, he's very serious, and to-the-point. that makes him sound gruff, though i don't think he means to. i find it hard to get better acquainted with him, and compared to the other lab seniors, there's a greater distance. maybe i need to hang out more often with him in more social settings...though with school ongoing, that may not be easy, or even possible.
another reason why i'm not entirely happy is that my reaction is showing signs of failing. nothing happened even after leaving it for 12 hours. of course, i could be misinterpreting the observations. whatever the case, i'll check on it tomorrow, hopefully with a clearer mind to interpret the results. if things don't go as planned, it's probably because the starting material wasn't pure enough...which means i have to synthesize another lot, which means another long column.
spent a couple of hours configuring the laptop. it's more or less set up to my satisfaction already. managed to install antivirus along with microsoft office, and connecting to the school internet and printers was relatively easy. slight problem is that i can't connect to the school intranet...as in, i can't use my NUS ID to log on to windows. turns out that that function is only supported by windows 7 professional and enterprise, and not by home premium, which is what i'm using. well, no big loss. at least the important stuff works. so far, everything works great, though the provided mouse is kind of small. guess i'll survive using the touchpad, until i see the need to invest in a bigger mouse.
group seminar is cancelled this coming weekend, which means i get saturday free. have to do some reorganization and general housekeeping. also, think i'll drop by turf city. it's been too long since i last made an appearance. if all goes well, nobody will cancel tuition, and it'll still be kind of a productive day. fingers crossed.
another reason why i'm not entirely happy is that my reaction is showing signs of failing. nothing happened even after leaving it for 12 hours. of course, i could be misinterpreting the observations. whatever the case, i'll check on it tomorrow, hopefully with a clearer mind to interpret the results. if things don't go as planned, it's probably because the starting material wasn't pure enough...which means i have to synthesize another lot, which means another long column.
spent a couple of hours configuring the laptop. it's more or less set up to my satisfaction already. managed to install antivirus along with microsoft office, and connecting to the school internet and printers was relatively easy. slight problem is that i can't connect to the school intranet...as in, i can't use my NUS ID to log on to windows. turns out that that function is only supported by windows 7 professional and enterprise, and not by home premium, which is what i'm using. well, no big loss. at least the important stuff works. so far, everything works great, though the provided mouse is kind of small. guess i'll survive using the touchpad, until i see the need to invest in a bigger mouse.
group seminar is cancelled this coming weekend, which means i get saturday free. have to do some reorganization and general housekeeping. also, think i'll drop by turf city. it's been too long since i last made an appearance. if all goes well, nobody will cancel tuition, and it'll still be kind of a productive day. fingers crossed.
-random thought of the day: Wish women were more rational.-
No comments:
Post a Comment