good news

sorry for not posting for quite some time.. i donno who is reading anw..

I got a position in an Organic Chemistry Lab, this will definitely add a good line on my resume before I finish my undergraduate studies. Interestingly, they are interested in me because they were impressed with my resume. This really shows how important a good resume is. I am glad I worked hard to get that. More so, this will be exactly the field that I want to go into as it is working on synthesis of a drug target to inhibit cancer cells. The compounds they are working on now have good potential of inhibiting breast cancer cells, leukemia, intestinal cancers, lung cancers and probably a whole lot more. It really excites me that I am going to work there soon, probably starting next week. I am not sure if I will be paid for my work though, I hope they do.


Well, I am not just here to "expand my academic horizon" only. I went down to LA with another 4 exchange students in the long weekend (Monday was Martin Luther King Day, if you don't know who he is, check American History text. Ha). Went to LA downtown, and Hollywood once more. Interestingly, there was this guy who was arrested in the center of Hollywood for deploying a bag, suspected with bomb. He was arrested and handcuffed and crowd were separated from the area. Soon after, LAPD's chopppers were circling on top of the area and probably ard 20 police cars were there. It was really tense. I have nv seen such scenario before and I think it was really an experience. The stand off took about 20 minutes and the bomb squad arrived to handle the bag. Well, fortunately (a little disappointingly for me), it was actually a hoax and everything was back to normal. But this thing really shows how effective LAPD is and they are really good at their job.

Oh yah.. I have some photos.. but really lazy to upload now.. will upload in a couple of days time.