random rambling of notes

Random ramblings of my notes cuz i juz thought this would be a nice place for me to write my notes since i need to revise them! Hehehheeee..totally dont feel like sleeping at this moment when im supposed to cuz its good for me.

HIV:
- made up of two single strands RNA [9 genes], reverse transcriptase, integrase, protease
- attacks the CD4+ cells
- cycle: 1. RNA into the cell 2. Reverse transcription to proviral DNA 3. Integrase into host genome 4. Host production of viral components 5. Immature proteins cleaved mature by proteases 6. Assembly of new virus 7. Budding from host cell 8. Cycle repeats
- HIV testing: Enzyme Linked ImmunoAsorbent Assay
- HIV treatment: Highly Active AntiRetroviral Therapy

Influenza
- orthomyxoviridae, enveloped minus strand RNA
- shape and genome sequence are highly varied
- 2 types of protein spikes: 1. Hemagglutinin [mediates viral attachment to host cells] 2. Neuroaminidase [degrades sialic acid in host membrance to release progency virus]
- antigenic drift: creates influenza virus with slightly modified antigens
- antigenic shift: creates influenza virus with entirely novel antigens

a studying sat

A long and boring weekend as usual. Need to stay in to study for the upcoming microbio mid terms on thurs. Taking a toll on me cuz im like having a massive headache from the amount of details i have to memorise...from names of viruses, protozoa to the mechanisms of HIV and influenza. Faints..but still pushing on no matter what!

Talking about my massive headache, optus (mobile phone service here in aussie) contributes to that. Call the operator to ask how long will it take to change my plan to another different one and all he can say is that he doesnt know and i will have to wait 24-48 hours before the system will do it automatically. Ask him is there any other solutions and he was like you had to wait and blah blah..im like argh..i dont have any more credits to call or use my phone..so i need a solution! Not offering any help so i simply gave up after 15 mins of trying to ask him. Luckily...lady luck was nice to me and it finally changed like half an hour ago (: Yays..praise the lord!!

Another thing i wanna mention is that i hope god will look after and take good care of my bff. Shocked to hear that she was in hospital when someone told me. Called her immediately and found out that some complication thing happened so she had to be in the hospital and do a biopsy. Really worried for her and i hope the biopsy results will be well and that nothing much goes wrong. Keeping you in prayer yea!

GB and friends are now touring the great barrier reef as i type this. Can totally imagine the nice blue clear waters with beautiful coral reefs! So wanna go on vacation right now :( hahahhhha a bit the too fast cuz sch juz started 6 weeks ago. Ooopss...kk back to my work first before watching an episode of hk serial (:

Right here with you now.

enjoyable time (:

The past week has been the most fruitful and fun filled week! Done so many things in one week which i wouldnt probably have done even through the whole sem. Went to movie world, wet n wild, eating out everyday, watching movie, shopping and not studying the whole week. But most importantly, the company was great and i miss them already though they left only on mon. I wanna go with them to cairns to do snorkling and white water rafting :( Regardless of that, im very thankful that god has allowed them to come over and spend quality time with me here in aussieland.

Cuz of the lack of work being done throughout the week, now i have tonnes to catch up with. Microbio mid term is next week with tonnes of stuff to memorise due to the fact that he is all over the place and i really dunno where to start memorsing from. Cell bio mid term wasnt that great. Made careless mistakes and lost marks along the way. Really worried that i wouldnt get what i expect myself too. But GB was very comforting and listened to my woes and he cheered me up totally :D Will still strive for my best and see how things go. Leave things into god's hands!

Despite all the stuff, i have a piece of happy news! Im reaching back to sg on the 21st of aug :D:D Really really happy (: Will be back in less than 2 months and this is what keeps me pushing on. Looking forward as at this period of time, everyone is having their vacation and is going back. So yep, makes me feel better that i will be going back in aug!! My jie fu is so gonna complain and say wah..you take airplane like take taxi like that. Keep flying here and there! But its cuz its cheaper for me to go back than stay here and at the same time..can meet up with everyone and most importantly, spend quality time with my family and loved ones!

Half way through semester already and the end is near! (:

There is always something to cheer your day up and i know its you :D

happy gal (:

Happy happy gal right now! Completed most of the tasks that i have self assigned except memorising names of viruses and amino acids (juz realise that i have to remember names of amino acids too >.<) Yay..a slighty more productive weekend. Well worth despite the hard work i had to put it cuz it means a slacker week this coming week (:

The guys are reaching tomorrow!!! Yummy yummy dinner as well as enjoyable company. Looking forward to tonnes of fun with alot of exicitement. Hehhehhee :P Going to movieworld again on wed! Yippeee...that place is heaps of fun. Caroline and i were talking on the way back from dinner about the first time when we went there and coincidentally it happened that it was the first time i went out with her! Awesome time out together and this time im gonna have fun again. Oh ya..wanna go surfing too. Hrmph..gotta ask permission from mummy too cuz she is afraid that i'll get eaten by sharks. Hahahha actually im pretty scared of that myself. Oooopsss..ahhaa i can say im not afraid of most things..but im really scared of sharks after watching so many animal planet shows :(

This week is also something special cuz its dear caroline's 20th bday! Hahhaa welcome to the 2 digit caroline!!!! No worries..im as old as you and we wanna remain young!! Bleh. Someone else's bday is the following week and hahahhaah you too..welcome welcome :P:P:P

Pee pee good luck for the rest of your exams and its juz a while more! So jia you and i will be cheering you on from here!!! See you back here when you return from your awesome hols (:

Too excited to sleeeep...

brgh..brgh..

Snuggled under my warm, comfy blanket now...the heater blasting at high speed. Weather here has changed drastically within the span of one night! Its super duper cold as the temperature has dropped to 6 degrees, when the gold coast is supposed to have temperatures of more than 10 plus, close to 20 as winter hasnt exactly arrived. Im so totally not prepared for this weather and im dying totally. Dont have enought clothes to keep me warm! I really need to go and buy a coat and other stuff. Thought i dint really need it as i still can bear with it cuz it isnt that bad. But with the weather changing at this rate...i think i might become a popsicle if i dont get more clothing.

Been busy with work as there is tonnes of work to be done. Microbio lect was a plain torture to sit through. He kept on blabbering on the stories of the different fungi..from tapeworm to ticks and others. Dont think thats important and he keeps wasting time on how long the worm is and how pple remove these parasites from their body. Lost concentration halfway through. Oh ya, we need to remember the names of all the different viruses! The sky is about to collaspe. There are so many and the names are sooooooooooooooooooo hard to remember. I carnt even seem to pronounce the names, let alone remember the spelling of the names! I think my lousy memory isnt gonna help much either. Sigh...need to bear with this subject for another 8 weeks. Kill meee...dint really microbio from the start, but changed my mind to keep it positive..but now..one word - HOPELESS!

On the other hand, im totally looking forward to next weeeek!!!! :D Yay! Carnt wait to see them. Miss having all the fun and laughter which im totally missing out here. Okie..better get back to finish up my case study first.

List of work to be completed for the weekend:

1. Memorise cell bio wk 4 lect notes
2. Complete cell bio tutorial
3. Memorise microbio wk 4 lect notes [total disaster. gonna take me ages!!!]
4. Study for entre so called "mid term" exam
5. Reading for contem law tutorial - 32 pages worth of academic essay. dotz.

Missing you dearly...wanna talk to you :(

day three

Day three since GB has arrived in aussie and i havent spoken to him on skype. Simply juz not used to it. Tried to sleep early since im done with work..but i juz carnt seem to fall asleep. Takes me like 2 hours to fall asleep and then i keep waking up almost every hour. I think i juz carnt sleep so early. Thats so not me and im totally not used to it anymore. So will juz stick to my normal sleeping time and get my proper rest!

The amount of work is endless! Microbio is driving me nuts as prof is all over the place and there is so much self learning..all cuz he carnt finish the slides and he doesnt explain a lot of stuff. Need to read up a lot a lot and self understand. Pretty troublesome as there are tonnes of new things going on for me to digest. I still need to hurry up and complete more work cuz i wanna play! They went snowboarding today and im envious :( Everyone seems to be having fun. Ruth is back in sg already and im happy for her!!! Your turn has finally come and glad that you can spend precious time with your loved ones (: Hope to see ya soon. Remember to skype me with GB when you both are together kaes.

Glad for miss ong's emails to keep me busy at night =) Happy to read her stories that she writes and reply her with mine! If not i would probably be rotting away at night..watching show i guess to occupy time before i sleep. But at least i get to call to talk to GB so yep..im still happy with that!

Tennis was good yesterday. Totally miss playing tennis. Glad that im back to some form of exercise! The weather is really really cold at night. Was wearing rj shirt and shorts. Almost freezed to death. It wasnt so bad..juz that my hands were ice cold and i couldnt really move them. Besides that..i think its fine. Juz try to bear with it!

Need to head back to entre research now and complete it before i can start studying on microbio yet again and begin on my new case study. Buck up!!!!

When is next week ever gonna come???

away...

A short and quick post.

All cuz of my stupid sore throat, i had to rest most of the weekend away, resulting in hardly any work being done. Argh...explains why im stressed out and have tonnes of stuff to complete:

1. Contem law essay - due on thurs

2. Contem law tutorial - thurs as well

3. Microbio tutorial - also thurs

4. Entre research - THURS!

5. Memorise wk 3 cell and micro bio notes - asap

6. Entre case study wk 6 and 7 - soooonnn

Nevertheless, im still a happy yet stressed gal! (: Contradicting but whatever. Need to get all these hw done soon cuz im gonna have visitors sooooooooonnnnnnn!!! Makes me a really really happpppy gal cuz it means i can spend time off with ahem ahem. Yays =] Looking forward..but first thing to overcome is this mountain of hw. Sigh. Back to memorising notes, watching a show and then off to bed. Must be really surprised that im off to bed real early. But yea..gonna feel weird that there is no one to talk to at night now for the time being. Never mind, the best has yet to come!

happy happy gal!! lovely roses make my day (:

happy birthday to meee

This week has been a really exciting and full of surprises and "surprises". Hahhaa not that im complaining or anything, its juz that this week has been amazing (:

First and foremost, my birthday! First time in my entire life that im spending it overseas without my family or my closest closest friends. But as always, it has been wonderful, all thanks to raisa, caroline, sarah and duncan who celebrated my bday with me! Special thanks to those who left msgs on fb for me as well as called/smsed me happy birthday! Makes me feel less homesick. But still...really miss celebrating my bday back home. Nvm..there will be plenty of opportunities to celebrate back there. Wanna say a big thanks to him too cuz his gift was super meaningful and its was so sweet of him <3

Almost forgot. Hrmph. Told ya to be careful already but still never. So ended up with sitches on his lips. I was pretty scared and shocked when his little sis told me about what happended at first..but now, im glad that he is safe and feeling much better! Keeping you in prayer nevertheless! Remember to take your meds!!!

Had my contem law presentation yesterday and i was nervous like crazy. Ha..but didnt really dare show it cuz its like so embarrassing since its not my first presentation in uni. Had some difficult questions posted to me but according to my prof, i answered it well, when i though it was crappy though. Funny. Anyway, it went pretty well and my marks were much above my expectations. So the dear princess here is a happy happy gal (: Entre quiz was easy too and so, with two assigments down in my second sem here, im happy that everything is going well and will strive to maintain the good results!

Before that, gotta rest now cuz i think my body is totally tired out from some unknown reason. Down with sore throat and an upcoming fever. Feeling so tired...juz hope that i will recover soon cuz i dislike being sick so far away from home...when there is everyone back there to teng me. Gotta go and grab my laundry first. Havent done anything today so gotta hurry and get some rest so that work can be done tomorrow.

anticipating the time that im gonna spend with you here...