星期四, 7月 12, 2012

倒數八小時

一直覺得自己算是邊界型的 hoarder 吧

一張張小小的紙片經常都捨不得丟。與其說這些垃圾都是生活的回憶,更不如說是想把自己包裹在熟悉的事物中而得到安全感。

晚上終於把再也用不到棉被跟枕頭還有許多亂七八糟的票根紙片都丟了,早已解約的支票本撕碎淋上漂白水泡在廚房水槽(水銷法是也)。

稍微有點呼吸困難。

卻忽然見到一直掛在床頭,其實卻沒怎麼用過的白版一側吊勾鬆脫,歪歪斜斜地吊在哪。解下白版,收起幾張照片跟明信片,丟掉其他紙頭,把白板放到威廉桑房間。

嗯,該把這條六年來一直掛在我的(不管哪一個)房間角落的吊飾解下來了。

星期日, 7月 08, 2012

車賣掉了


車賣掉了,現金在手很高興,但是想到我以後大概也不太可能再開雙門小跑就覺得有點哀傷,特此 po 文留念並附上美照一張。

星期六, 7月 07, 2012

說起這單身歧視啊...



在臉書上看到這個 <反單身歧視宣言>

轉貼之餘藉機抒懷一下:

每次被人問起我為什麼還單身,總是回答這不是我願意的啊。但是說真的,捫心自問,我知道這是我自己的選擇。在美國這六年,也是碰過ㄧ些不錯的女孩。也不是 說只要我下手哪有不手到擒來啦,但願意總是可以試試看的吧。可我自己總覺得自己未來會漂泊到哪裡都不知道(結果還真的博班期間沒料到地多漂泊了一回),還是維持朋友界線,省得將來牽腸掛肚一番以後還不是得分開(btw, no I DO NOT believe in long distance relationship)。但結果是,就算從來沒有開始,真正要離開了也沒有比較瀟灑。


當初離開 Case 也是跟一干朋友說反正我 committee meeeting, defense, 畢業典禮還是會回來。但事實是,回是回了,每次都匆匆來回,偶爾可以見到幾個人但是大部分都沒見到,還有些人在我不在的這段期間就已經畢業離開了。最後,一直到畢業典禮結束走出 Case 校園門口時才真的感覺到,當初在 Case 瀟灑告別的很多朋友已經四年沒見,也很可能此生不會在見到了。

或許說來說去都是給自己的被動畏縮找藉口吧。找女朋友如是,與朋友相處如是,找工作亦如是。反正要回台灣了,以後也沒有這些藉口啦。下次誰要是再聽我說甚麼 "過兩年要去北部南部中部還不知道" 這種鬼話,請結結實實賞我一記修正拳吧。

星期日, 4月 01, 2012

久違的一 po

三個多月沒更新。扣掉上一篇等於是轉錄文章以外,甚至可以算是半年沒更新了。原因當然是在忙著畢業論文/口試/求職等等的事宜啦。

當然,雖然說是很忙,這半年也不是沒有出去哪裡走走甚麼的啦,只是畢業死線這樣一把達摩克里斯之劍掛在頭上,出遊回來要維持興致好好寫篇 blog 實在是不太可能。所以,比方說口試前的一個週末跑去附近小鎮散心,就請看這裡就好:http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_675a052a0100yemt.html

另外我自己的 Picasaweb 上其實也一直有更新。千言萬語不如看照片,這裡請。

終於,話說就在那西元二零一二年三月二十八日,我通過我的學位口試啦啦啦!雖然最後的畢業論文還有一點 miner revision 要弄,不過基本上算是學成啦!

以後請叫我六博 XD

星期一, 12月 12, 2011

Biologist checklist

出處 1: http://dna-protein.blogspot.com/2011/07/you-know-youre.html
出處 2: http://bayblab.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-know-youre-biologist-when.html

You know you´re ...
... a biologist when
You open the toothpaste with one hand. - sometimes

You wash your hands before and after using to the washroom. - nope

When you hear tween, you think of the surfactant not the age group. - check!

For you, media is something which increases your culture. - check!
##CONTINUE##
You can identify organs on roadkills. - sometimes

You have a callus on your thumb. - nope. On my index finger middle finger, tho.

You use the word "aliquot" in regular sentences. - check! especially useful when cooking.

Sometimes you momentarily vanish from social activities because of a timepoint. - check!

You've never worn a clean lab coat. - nope. I rare wear them so they are pretty clean.

You don't fear rodents, rodents fear you. DOUBLE check!

You say "orders of magnitude" in regular sentences. - check!

You flinch when you hear the word "significant". - check!

Showing up at 10AM and having a coffee is a productive day. - nope

You can't stand god-like physicians, while secretly wishing you had their job. - check!

You're very good at diluting things. - check!

You're also very good at transferring small amounts of liquid between containers. - check!

You are fed up of people saying alcohol, when they mean ethanol. - nope. I don't really mind.

You hear the word ‘Molar’ and teeth are the last thing on your mind. - check!

You say “conjugation” instead of “sex”, and "pili" sounds dirty. - nope

SOB is not an insult, it's what you grow your bugs in. - check!

You say "mills" and "megs". - check!

No-one in your family has any idea what you do. - Double check!

You can make a short film in power point. - check!

You consider a green laser pointer to be science bling. - nope. Blue is even cooler.

A falcon is not a bird.... - check!

And you have 5 of them with different types of water. - check!

When your fruits go bad and you get fruit flies, you can't help but check their eye colour - nope

You own invitrogen t-shirts and actually wear them. - no Invitrogen, but I do have GeneTools t-shirts.

You think that drosophila geneticists have a good sense of humour. - nope

You refer to your children as the F1 (I LOVE this one:-)). - check. I don't have one but I refer to any children as F1 :p

You've suffered carpal tunnel from the pipetman. - I did.

You've used kimwipes as kleenex. - check!

A timer clipped to the hip is not only practical, but dead sexy. - nope

You've played Battleship using tip boxes. - nope

The front pages of Science is your light reading. - check!

You think the following is a quality insult: "I've seen cells more competent than you!". - check!

The scent of latex reminds you of work, not play. - check!

You're looking for a cooking book by maniatis. - check!

You've made dry ice grenades (so true:-)). - nope

You've lost many friends to ice grenades...- nope

星期日, 9月 18, 2011

死前一定要作的事之:看到極光並在極光下拍照,達成!

其實 Duluth 本來就是有機會看到極光的地方,但是機率不及阿拉斯加十分之一,還要配合天候良好,真正看到極光的時機當然就少了。剛好九月九號的太陽噴發造成了相當強烈的地磁風暴,那天晚上天氣又好,晚上十點多我的 Aurora Buddy App 響起警報,那,當然就衝啦。

一開始我們去了 Duluth 面北視野最好的地方之一:Hawk Ridge. 但是在那看了一個多小時也沒有看到什麼,加上快到中秋,月亮又大又亮,感覺今晚看極光無望,只好包袱款款準備回家。結果在回家的路上 William 桑大叫有極光!我們把車停在不知名的路旁下車,傑克這真是太神奇了!在星輝與月光之下(還有城裡的一些光害 -.-),北方的天空裡忽隱忽現地可見綠色的極光。說實話再多的照片影片--雖然上面這張五秒曝光的照片裡的極光比肉眼可見得更清晰明亮--也沒有辦法傳達親眼看到極光的 magical moment 之感於萬一。

Bucket list: seeing aurora, check!

星期一, 9月 12, 2011

中秋大挑戰之作月餅

今年室友們心血來潮想作月餅應景。

要作當然就要挑戰廣式月餅!!

洗沙根據這裡的步驟作

餅皮的配方根據這裡的三號配方--因為我手邊沒有鹼水,這三號配方是用小蘇打代替鹼水,剛剛好。

餅皮跟餡的比例根據這裡的數字,但是我發現我們這種新手作的時候時皮會多用一點,所以最後餡還有剩。

沒有模子所以用手塑形。作出來的月餅有一點澎(用鹼水的話應該完全不會澎),有一點裂,看起來像蛋黃酥多過於廣式月餅,但是聞起來很棒。現在正在放置一天等它回油,如果回油良好的話就算看起來不太像也沒關係啦。