It's freaking hot in Penang, it's spring in Japan, it's cool in Australia...it's freezing cold in Michigan!! March is here and yet the snow are still piled up at every corner of the road. Not only that but weather forecasters predict that there'll be more snow by the end of this week. We're having a week break from school and it's called the Spring Break but the weather does not act like it at all. Don't get me wrong, I love the snow but the low temperature is just too much to bare. It's the kind of chill that goes straight into your bone and makes your fingers get so cold that you can't even touch anything. I'm ready for any sign of temperature boost anytime. The sun is out today and it would be such a great day to stroll along Grand River Ave. and lick on an ice-cream with my shorts and tee on my flip-flops. But why am I still in here in the lab eating chicken rice with kurma curry? The view is actually a camouflage of the freeze-my-butt-off weather. So there'll be no lunch outing until another month or so.
Spring break is a one week holiday during the Spring semester, usually in March. There is no religious celebration but merely a break for undergraduates to relax and refresh so that they can come back to school a week later feeling psyched again. So what does most students do? They flood the beach in Florida or California. They have one of the best beaches there (definitely better than Batu Feringghi or Muka Head) and all kinds of activities to get involved in. Some students also take the opportunity to gain some working experience by working as lifeguards, waiter/waitress, bartendar and other high demand jobs due to the large crowd during Spring break. Unfortunately, while undergrads are having fun, it is time for graduate students to catch up with research work that was neglected due to class thought by professors who think that their students only take their class and nothing else.
As for me, the Spring break week is loaded with research plans and managed to get through most of my list in time. Plans for the week..
1. Finish critically reviewing my notes for the one class I'm taking this semester.
2. Update my lab notebook on the Mac.
3. Update my references that are piling up on Endnote.
4. Read at least two novel.
5. Take the written exam to get the Temporary Instruction Permit (TIP) to apply for a driver's license.
6. Upload photos of my new apartment onto Yahoo! Photos.
7. Start bile assay experiments.
8. Start research for mini-proposal.
9. Play pool!!!!
It's been a great week so far...let's hope I'll accomplish at least 75% of the list above.
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