Hi!
This is glutton Sam here. So I was just thinking of my Korea trip which is coming so soon. And I thought of a list of food to try while in Korea.
1. Number one on my list would have to be Ddeokbokki! I didn't like it initially, when I first tried it. I was thinking that it tastes so weird, but now I love it! I guess I'll be the only one eating in Korea because my family is not a fan of it. I'll have to say '아주머니 일인분 주세요!' ><
2. Samgyupsal
Pork belly! This is what all my dieting (well, almost) in Singapore is for. Okay I kid, dieting is to look good in clothes. To have pork belly which is full of saturated and trans fats wrapped in veggie and drizzled with sauce. Must. Have. This!
3. Bibimbap
My family loves this! So I foresee having this pretty often in Korea.
4. Kimchi
I really want to taste the different types of kimchi they have after having the typical nappa cabbage kimchi here in Singapore. Not sure if I can handle the spiciness, but there's always cold water to the rescue, right?
5. Mandoo (Dumplings)
Haha, after running man and Korean 2, I really want to try the mandoos. I wonder what's the difference between the Chinese one and Korean ones.
6. Bulgogi!
Actually this should rank higher in my list, like number 3. I seldom eat beef, but I really really like bulgogi!. The beef is sliced thinly and full of flavour.
I guess without pictures here, I'm just raving to myself. I'll take photos of these food when I have them in Korea and post them here when I get back:D
I've been surfing Gmarket Korea. I know right, online shopping even before I get to Korea. Just to see what to expect on the streets of Dongdaemun. Actually my friend recommended shopping online and have the stuff delivered to where we live, but I'm having second thoughts about it because I don't have a Korean phone number which is required. That aside, I think that is a really good idea because it will definitely be cheaper. But I'll see how it goes since I'll be bringing my laptop over. I'll be receiving my results when I'm in Korea): Don't know what to expect but I really just want to pass all my modules! Twelve more days! I don't think I've been this egg-cited since the Taiwan trip about 2 years ago. I think Korea will be more fun than Taiwan, at least we can wake up when we want and not rush like we did when we followed a tour in Taiwan.
Had a bad dream last night. Of all things, I dreamt of Tumor Bio. It was quite nonsensical, but still a little scary, you know how paranoid I am towards school stuff.
I'm paranoid to the extent that when attemping assignments, I write my name on the header so it appears on each page, but yet when submitting it into the box or tray or wherever, I still have the tendency to doubt whether I wrote my name. And when my friends ask me if I wrote my name on the assignment, I still need to think whether I wrote. Thinking about this, paranoia is quite a huge issue for me. Yet it's perceived as normal. Why is that? Just a random incident that happened on the last day of school when I had to submit 2 assignments. I got really flustered thinking I didn't write my name on the assignments and went back to check. But! The admin staff already took all the assignments which meant I couldn't check.
Saw many recipes online that I want to try, but sadly I can't yet because there are still cupcakes that I made. Don't you get upset when no one wants to eat what you made. I shall distribute them to friend when I meet them so that I can bake more often and try new food, yet not eat too much!:D I like all things peanut butter, chocolate and nutella(sometimes).
Taetiseo's Baby steps is on repeat now because I like the lyrics. And because of my goguma heart. kekeke
I still haven't gotten used to the idea of typing I, I, I all the way in my blog. So maybe I'll attempt another method of blogging. The I, I, I reminds me of someone who is so self centred. And I have no wish of following in his/her footsteps.
Monday, May 14, 2012
LSM3223 Immunology
Interesting module to learn about the body's immune system. T cells, B cells, Lymphocytes, antibodies and everything else. I would say this is an essential module for everyone because it ties in with so many other modules like LSM3212 Cardiopulmonary system, LSM3224 Molecular basis of human diseases, LSM3211 and even LSM4243 Tumor Biology. We learnt experimental techniques like immuno-blotting and flow cytometry which are really common techniques, as I came to know in the semester just past. Really useful for interpreting data from scientific papers and even data included in the lecture notes. So I'd say immunology is an essential module, better to take in your first semester of year 3.
Content wise, it was quite heavy, considering each lecturer had 2 sets of notes for one lecture. You can imagine them rushing through, and not to mention that this module was not webcasted which means that once you miss something, you really miss it. I bought the textbook because I couldn't catch what the lecturers were saying so I would say the textbook is useful for that purpose. And most diagrams were taken from the textbook as well, so I just read the captions to understand the diagrams since the lecturers really go too fast.
But I liked this module more than pharmacology because it was much more interesting than drugs which was more of biochemistry. It was interesting to learn about how long it takes for your body to make various antibodies and how they are made, B cell and T cell maturation and all. The worst part of the lectures were the lectures on hypersensitivity and the content covered by Prof Chew. I was seriously lost and dreaded the lectures. Didn't understand a single thing yet Prof Chew kept going on and on. The worst thing was that he said he would be testing application questions. Like what? I don't even understand what needs to be known and you want me to apply? And the reason why I was so lost was that his content cannot be found in the textbook. Lost means lost.
Lecturers: Prof Wong, Prof Chew FT, Prof Gan and Prof Grotenbreg. (Lecturers are different for different semesters)
Exam format: 1 CA (I think 30%) and 1 final exam (70%) (On a random note, sometimes I dislike modules that have such heavy weightage for the final exam because of the stress, and I found immunology questions really hard. But I guess if you like it enough, it's fine) Practical sessions not graded, no lab reports to do, so lab sessions were fun (for me at least) since it's not graded so my lab partner and I were rather slack although we still managed to get the desired results. We did immuno-blotting, blood coagulation and ELISA.
Not an easy module (maybe I'm just not smart enough) for sure, but I still recommend it because it's interesting and useful.
Content wise, it was quite heavy, considering each lecturer had 2 sets of notes for one lecture. You can imagine them rushing through, and not to mention that this module was not webcasted which means that once you miss something, you really miss it. I bought the textbook because I couldn't catch what the lecturers were saying so I would say the textbook is useful for that purpose. And most diagrams were taken from the textbook as well, so I just read the captions to understand the diagrams since the lecturers really go too fast.
But I liked this module more than pharmacology because it was much more interesting than drugs which was more of biochemistry. It was interesting to learn about how long it takes for your body to make various antibodies and how they are made, B cell and T cell maturation and all. The worst part of the lectures were the lectures on hypersensitivity and the content covered by Prof Chew. I was seriously lost and dreaded the lectures. Didn't understand a single thing yet Prof Chew kept going on and on. The worst thing was that he said he would be testing application questions. Like what? I don't even understand what needs to be known and you want me to apply? And the reason why I was so lost was that his content cannot be found in the textbook. Lost means lost.
Lecturers: Prof Wong, Prof Chew FT, Prof Gan and Prof Grotenbreg. (Lecturers are different for different semesters)
Exam format: 1 CA (I think 30%) and 1 final exam (70%) (On a random note, sometimes I dislike modules that have such heavy weightage for the final exam because of the stress, and I found immunology questions really hard. But I guess if you like it enough, it's fine) Practical sessions not graded, no lab reports to do, so lab sessions were fun (for me at least) since it's not graded so my lab partner and I were rather slack although we still managed to get the desired results. We did immuno-blotting, blood coagulation and ELISA.
Not an easy module (maybe I'm just not smart enough) for sure, but I still recommend it because it's interesting and useful.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
LSM3211: Fundamental Pharmacology
Saw a few google searches for LSM4243 directing to my blog so I decided to start doing some reviews for modules. But the LSM4243 review and others like PL1101e will have to come after the release of my results. For now, I'll do reviews for others I did in the past 5 semesters. Can't guarantee that I can remember everything so I might just selectively do some and the format may have changed as well. Hope they might be useful for some people.
So here goes!(:
Year 2011/2012 Semester 1
LSM3211 Fundamental Pharmacology
As you know from the module title, you can expect lots of drug names to memorise. Content wise, it is alot quite manageable because it's mostly stuff from year 2, but you need to know the drug names and how they work. That's the hard part. I think there are about more than a hundred names to memorise, but the good thing is that the lecturers (some of them) tell you which drugs to memorise. If you are not intending to do honors or do anything science related after you graduate, I suggest that you skip this module and take others instead. But I didn't regret taking this because it is indeed quite useful in everyday life, as in knowing what drugs you have been prescribed and its side effects, but the memorising was really not worth it!):
My lecturers were Prof Fred Wong, Prof Peter Wong, Dr Sethi and Prof P.K. Moore. Lectures were webcasted but I never watched a single one. The module consisted of 1 CA (23%) which was MCQs with true/false questions and negative marking, and final exam which consisted of 28 MCQs (same format as CA) and 3 essay questions (can choose questions). There were practical sessions as well, but they were quite slack because we just had to add reagents and get the data from the computer and input them into an excel file to get a graph and not to mention not graded.
In all, a good module to take if you are doing honors because it's a pre-requisite for many year 4 BMS modules. But I really almost went mad trying to memorise all the drug names.
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