Remove all my possessions from the old lab...check.
burn a DVD containing all my data and safety stuff...check.
update the safety documentation...check.
send my last update to my (now ex-)professor...check.
move everything into the new lab...[]
hand over the DVD...[]
tank one last safety check...[]
submit the change of supervisor form...[]
that sums up the progress of my transfer so far. although the unchecked items still outnumber the checked items, i'm essentially out of the old lab already. like 3 to 4 boxes, 2 or 3 (big) plastic bags, and a plastic tray's worth of stuff have been deposited in the new lab. oh, the safari bed, too. can't forget that. hopefully i won't have to use it at all from now on. all that aside, i still have 2 (small-ish) cloth bags, my laptop, speakers, and maybe some other various bits and pieces to go. should be able to make it in another 2 trips, maximum.
digression: from this post on, the lab i transferred out of will be known as my old lab, and the hong kong professor will be known as my previous supervisor (including variations). "my current lab" (and variations) will now refer to the organometallics lab, and likewise "my current professor" (and variations) will refer to the organometallics professor. just wanted to clear things up there.
somehow, the faculty safety people had really good timing. i mean good as in "good" of course...which is to say it severely sucked. see, this is my last week in the old lab. i don't expect them to know that, considering that they have a whole faculty to take care of. but SOMEHOW, they decided to spring a surprise check on the lab this week. if they'd only waited for like one more week, i'd have gotten out of this mess cleanly. but no...they HAD to choose this week. needless to say, we failed miserably. i think the findings from the previous 3 safety checks put together don't even match what they found on this most recent one. due to the magnitude of this thing, and the very real possibility of the lab being closed for cleanup, my old professor asked me to help with the re-inspection this coming wednesday. it's only an afternoon, so i agreed. after that, i'll have really completely moved over. i was quite grateful that he didn't ask me to help to clean up the lab...just to update the documentation and be present for the check only. i figure he won't pull any stunts, since he's been pretty nice ever since the whole storm blew over.
if you'll remember, i was scheduled to attend group meeting for the organometallics lab. the lab group is split into 2 smaller groups. to my knowledge, one small group does platinum-based stuff. that's where i've been assigned. the other small group handles "everything else". my friend, who does gold drugs, is assigned there, as are some other people who are working on rhodium, and perhaps other metals i don't know that we deal with. these 2 groups alternate weeks for group meeting, meaning that students have to present their progress fortnightly...although i'm also set to go for next week's "everything else" group meeting, just for a formal introduction and to better understand what goes on in the lab. although i'm not sure how much info i can absorb. even my group's group meeting was a bit intimidating, so i'm not too optimistic about being able to absorb and understand what the other group's doing. considering that i'm from an asymmetric synthesis/organic background, i'm very used to seeing synthesis routes, drawings of compounds, crystal structures, ee's, stuff like that. instead, i'm now seeing graphs, charts, IC50 values...if i didn't know better, i'd say it was a life science research group instead. well, it *is* kind of half-bio, but whatever.
2 things in the group meeting made me...not exactly uncomfortable. more like they weirded me out a little. the first is the standard of the slides! you see, in my previous group, the standard slide format was the bare minimum of plain white background, black text. extremely simple, can be thrown together really quickly. for the platinum group, their slides were pretty! like there was colour, an NUS logo, stuff that i'd expect to see at the FYP progress report, not at a simple group meeting. but i can handle that pretty easily. the more major thing that kind of threw me off for a second was that the professor checks all the students' log books at group meeting, and will even sign and date on the most recent page. that's one of the first (of what i hope will only be a few) culture shocks i've gotten so far.
got an update about the relationship situation earlier this evening. seems "person" played "advisor" too...as predicted. i don't mean to gloat, sound heartless, or anything, but i am SO SO HAPPY AND RELIEVED that i decided to get out of it when i did. admittedly, a bit earlier would have been nice, but i guess i needed to learn a (somewhat painful) lesson. since i'm supposed to no longer be entangled in this whole mess, i'm not supposed to care too much. nevertheless, i hope for 2 things: that karma bites "person" hard soon, and that "advisor" emerges from this as a stronger individual. somewhat ironically, the only person of the three with whom i feel ok-ish now is "competition", who very recently got in a relationship with some other nice person, who has been approved by a few of our mutual friends. i'm not jealous that "competition" got together with that particular person. however, i'm mildly jealous of the fact that "competition" got together with anyone at all, because i wish i could do the same. not with that existing person, since i'm not into breaking couples up, but with a person of my own.
i really really should snap out of it. with all the catch-up i have to do, i don't have time to go around hunting for romance. prioritize! but i suppose i can let myself enjoy my last really free weekend. blogging prompts for a future post: how do you ask for help, and going out with non-singaporean friends.
burn a DVD containing all my data and safety stuff...check.
update the safety documentation...check.
send my last update to my (now ex-)professor...check.
move everything into the new lab...[]
hand over the DVD...[]
tank one last safety check...[]
submit the change of supervisor form...[]
that sums up the progress of my transfer so far. although the unchecked items still outnumber the checked items, i'm essentially out of the old lab already. like 3 to 4 boxes, 2 or 3 (big) plastic bags, and a plastic tray's worth of stuff have been deposited in the new lab. oh, the safari bed, too. can't forget that. hopefully i won't have to use it at all from now on. all that aside, i still have 2 (small-ish) cloth bags, my laptop, speakers, and maybe some other various bits and pieces to go. should be able to make it in another 2 trips, maximum.
digression: from this post on, the lab i transferred out of will be known as my old lab, and the hong kong professor will be known as my previous supervisor (including variations). "my current lab" (and variations) will now refer to the organometallics lab, and likewise "my current professor" (and variations) will refer to the organometallics professor. just wanted to clear things up there.
somehow, the faculty safety people had really good timing. i mean good as in "good" of course...which is to say it severely sucked. see, this is my last week in the old lab. i don't expect them to know that, considering that they have a whole faculty to take care of. but SOMEHOW, they decided to spring a surprise check on the lab this week. if they'd only waited for like one more week, i'd have gotten out of this mess cleanly. but no...they HAD to choose this week. needless to say, we failed miserably. i think the findings from the previous 3 safety checks put together don't even match what they found on this most recent one. due to the magnitude of this thing, and the very real possibility of the lab being closed for cleanup, my old professor asked me to help with the re-inspection this coming wednesday. it's only an afternoon, so i agreed. after that, i'll have really completely moved over. i was quite grateful that he didn't ask me to help to clean up the lab...just to update the documentation and be present for the check only. i figure he won't pull any stunts, since he's been pretty nice ever since the whole storm blew over.
if you'll remember, i was scheduled to attend group meeting for the organometallics lab. the lab group is split into 2 smaller groups. to my knowledge, one small group does platinum-based stuff. that's where i've been assigned. the other small group handles "everything else". my friend, who does gold drugs, is assigned there, as are some other people who are working on rhodium, and perhaps other metals i don't know that we deal with. these 2 groups alternate weeks for group meeting, meaning that students have to present their progress fortnightly...although i'm also set to go for next week's "everything else" group meeting, just for a formal introduction and to better understand what goes on in the lab. although i'm not sure how much info i can absorb. even my group's group meeting was a bit intimidating, so i'm not too optimistic about being able to absorb and understand what the other group's doing. considering that i'm from an asymmetric synthesis/organic background, i'm very used to seeing synthesis routes, drawings of compounds, crystal structures, ee's, stuff like that. instead, i'm now seeing graphs, charts, IC50 values...if i didn't know better, i'd say it was a life science research group instead. well, it *is* kind of half-bio, but whatever.
2 things in the group meeting made me...not exactly uncomfortable. more like they weirded me out a little. the first is the standard of the slides! you see, in my previous group, the standard slide format was the bare minimum of plain white background, black text. extremely simple, can be thrown together really quickly. for the platinum group, their slides were pretty! like there was colour, an NUS logo, stuff that i'd expect to see at the FYP progress report, not at a simple group meeting. but i can handle that pretty easily. the more major thing that kind of threw me off for a second was that the professor checks all the students' log books at group meeting, and will even sign and date on the most recent page. that's one of the first (of what i hope will only be a few) culture shocks i've gotten so far.
got an update about the relationship situation earlier this evening. seems "person" played "advisor" too...as predicted. i don't mean to gloat, sound heartless, or anything, but i am SO SO HAPPY AND RELIEVED that i decided to get out of it when i did. admittedly, a bit earlier would have been nice, but i guess i needed to learn a (somewhat painful) lesson. since i'm supposed to no longer be entangled in this whole mess, i'm not supposed to care too much. nevertheless, i hope for 2 things: that karma bites "person" hard soon, and that "advisor" emerges from this as a stronger individual. somewhat ironically, the only person of the three with whom i feel ok-ish now is "competition", who very recently got in a relationship with some other nice person, who has been approved by a few of our mutual friends. i'm not jealous that "competition" got together with that particular person. however, i'm mildly jealous of the fact that "competition" got together with anyone at all, because i wish i could do the same. not with that existing person, since i'm not into breaking couples up, but with a person of my own.
i really really should snap out of it. with all the catch-up i have to do, i don't have time to go around hunting for romance. prioritize! but i suppose i can let myself enjoy my last really free weekend. blogging prompts for a future post: how do you ask for help, and going out with non-singaporean friends.
-random thought of the day: Fuel economy for this tank sucked. 300+km for 40+L!-
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