I'd break in two over you,
I'd break in two over you! Over you
I'd break in two,
I would break in two for you.
Now you see me, now you don't.
Now you need me, now you don't.
I'd break in two over you! Over you
I'd break in two,
I would break in two for you.
Now you see me, now you don't.
Now you need me, now you don't.
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Today was the day of the UMAT. For those wanting to do medicine or any health sciences, today was probably just as important as the final year exams. Truly an intimidating atmosphere. Thousands of people turned up, and that was just for this morning's session. And they all looked smart. And they all wanted a good ranking. Such an evil system when you think about it, pitting students against each other, making them work together with the same people who might eventually bring them down. If thought about too much, this could cultivate an aura of coldness among students, rather than the air of camaraderie experienced by those suffering similar trials. The very same person who you help out might eventually bring you down. Doubt VTAC or anyone else really cares.
Those of us who did the test skipped school today, mainly because it clashed with school times, but also because we would probably be too brain dead to go back to school after the UMAT, and vice versa for those in the afternoon session.
But guess what, I had to have Uni prac today, so no going home and collapsing out of exhaustion, 3 hours of prac work instead!Fscking great!
However, it didn't quite turn out as bad a day as I expected it to be. Met up with Ai Lin, this girl from my Uni Biology class who also did the UMAT at the same time, and also had the same prac time as me. So we had about 2 hours to kill from the end of UMAT till prac started.
So we went for lunch and stuff, was quite nice to know that we weren't alone in getting our brains fried and exploded. The odd thing about Uni life is, you can probably go through your entire degree and not make a single friend, quite easily in fact. Such is the structure of lectures and such. Never really knew anyone in my Uni Bio class, barely acquaintences for the most part. But today was a nice opportunity just to get to know someone a little better. Ai Lin's (Aileen to the Australians haha) from Malaysia, and migrated here at the same time I did. She's actually a really nice girl, sociable, and pleasant to chat with and get to know. Not to mention smart and sophisticated. Interesting given that we probably haven't exchanged more than a few words throughout this entire year so far, despite seeing each other every week.
And then we found out that it seems they tried to put all the UMEP students on the same prac bench, and when there's any sort of conversation at all, everyone soon joins in. Very socially fruitful day, to say the least, having got to know an additional four other people from my class. I'm not a very social person, to be honest, yet sometimes people just draw you in automatically. It's got to do with the company and the people who make it up, after all. Oh, and being the only guy there didn't exactly result in any feelings of isolation or such. Interesting bunch indeed.
And then the funniest thing today. We were doing the prac on fruitflies, regarding inheritance and stuff. So we had some test tubes stoppered up with live Drosophila samples, which we were to drug with chloroform and examine with a dissection microscope.
So then the question is raised: "When we're done with the flies, do we just dump them back into the test tube colonies or into the bins?" to which the lecturer replied, "No. They... have somewhere to go." Upon which he flashes on the TV screens, a jar labelled "FLY MORGUE".
I think the whole room of about a hundred students just burst out laughing at the same time. It was just the way the lecturer said it, it was absolutely hilarious. The flammable symbol didn't help at all. That's a picture of us on our bench dumping some flies.
Between myself and my partner, we had two escapes. One was due to carelessness... The other was just impressive. So these flies are completely drugged and are lying on the tile. Barely twitching. After observing their phenotypes, we're about to dump them into the MORGUE when just as their tipping in, one fly just gets up and flies off at top speed. I swear they were all super drugged and unable to even get up. Survival instincts... Fear the morgue!
Ok, Maths Competition, Chem Competition, and CHEM SAC all tomorrow. And I had to post instead of study. Or sleep. Or do anything more productive. Go me. Yeah, that's right Chem, you better grovel.
'Til next time.
Today was the day of the UMAT. For those wanting to do medicine or any health sciences, today was probably just as important as the final year exams. Truly an intimidating atmosphere. Thousands of people turned up, and that was just for this morning's session. And they all looked smart. And they all wanted a good ranking. Such an evil system when you think about it, pitting students against each other, making them work together with the same people who might eventually bring them down. If thought about too much, this could cultivate an aura of coldness among students, rather than the air of camaraderie experienced by those suffering similar trials. The very same person who you help out might eventually bring you down. Doubt VTAC or anyone else really cares.
Those of us who did the test skipped school today, mainly because it clashed with school times, but also because we would probably be too brain dead to go back to school after the UMAT, and vice versa for those in the afternoon session.
But guess what, I had to have Uni prac today, so no going home and collapsing out of exhaustion, 3 hours of prac work instead!
However, it didn't quite turn out as bad a day as I expected it to be. Met up with Ai Lin, this girl from my Uni Biology class who also did the UMAT at the same time, and also had the same prac time as me. So we had about 2 hours to kill from the end of UMAT till prac started.
So we went for lunch and stuff, was quite nice to know that we weren't alone in getting our brains fried and exploded. The odd thing about Uni life is, you can probably go through your entire degree and not make a single friend, quite easily in fact. Such is the structure of lectures and such. Never really knew anyone in my Uni Bio class, barely acquaintences for the most part. But today was a nice opportunity just to get to know someone a little better. Ai Lin's (Aileen to the Australians haha) from Malaysia, and migrated here at the same time I did. She's actually a really nice girl, sociable, and pleasant to chat with and get to know. Not to mention smart and sophisticated. Interesting given that we probably haven't exchanged more than a few words throughout this entire year so far, despite seeing each other every week.
And then we found out that it seems they tried to put all the UMEP students on the same prac bench, and when there's any sort of conversation at all, everyone soon joins in. Very socially fruitful day, to say the least, having got to know an additional four other people from my class. I'm not a very social person, to be honest, yet sometimes people just draw you in automatically. It's got to do with the company and the people who make it up, after all. Oh, and being the only guy there didn't exactly result in any feelings of isolation or such. Interesting bunch indeed.
And then the funniest thing today. We were doing the prac on fruitflies, regarding inheritance and stuff. So we had some test tubes stoppered up with live Drosophila samples, which we were to drug with chloroform and examine with a dissection microscope.
So then the question is raised: "When we're done with the flies, do we just dump them back into the test tube colonies or into the bins?" to which the lecturer replied, "No. They... have somewhere to go." Upon which he flashes on the TV screens, a jar labelled "FLY MORGUE".
I think the whole room of about a hundred students just burst out laughing at the same time. It was just the way the lecturer said it, it was absolutely hilarious. The flammable symbol didn't help at all. That's a picture of us on our bench dumping some flies.
Between myself and my partner, we had two escapes. One was due to carelessness... The other was just impressive. So these flies are completely drugged and are lying on the tile. Barely twitching. After observing their phenotypes, we're about to dump them into the MORGUE when just as their tipping in, one fly just gets up and flies off at top speed. I swear they were all super drugged and unable to even get up. Survival instincts... Fear the morgue!
Ok, Maths Competition, Chem Competition, and CHEM SAC all tomorrow. And I had to post instead of study. Or sleep. Or do anything more productive. Go me. Yeah, that's right Chem, you better grovel.
'Til next time.
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