As quite a few of my friends have blogged, I kind of feel like I should.
So what's been happening?
Well, lectures have restarted, and seem interesting, if a little hard in place. For example, we had a whole lecture on opening cells and separating the contents, including using a centrifuge. Included in all of that was the physics and equations behind it... oh dear!! But we are looking at things that are more relevant to my course and chosen career path.
The application grant for my summer project was completed and sent off over a week ago, which is good. It is to do an 8 week summer project working with RNase E, found in E. Coli, for which the crystal structure of it was found by my project supervisor. If we get the grant it should be a good experience, as well as working in an interesting field of research.
Ok, non-sciencey people can start reading again. It's been quite a socially active week, with people coming round, or us going out nearly every day this week, including seeing the UPBB playing and going to a kid's party, thrown by Paul. Although, I get the feeling that most children wouldn't be playing monopoly!!
Tonight, I am going to the launch of Student Alpha at King's which is very exciting. There's not much planned for the next few weeks, just hopefully trying to keep on top of work, and understand it all!!
TTFN
Clare xxx
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Two hours sleep...
does not set you up for a productive day!! I can be very silly sometimes. But there is reason, not just seeing how long it takes for my body to give up, although it is trying, very hard.
I was having a conversation with one of my friends, and we were talking about some of the things we wanted to do, one of which, for me, was watch a sunrise. It is one of those targets that is achievable with just a small amount of effort. So I decided to do it, I have a week off from uni, nothing to get up for, take the opportunity whilst I can, and go watch the sunrise...on my own...ok not such a great plan. So I ask Ben and Sarah if they were interested, and surprisingly they were :). A plan was formed!! SO this morning, at 5:30, having gone to bed at 3:30...woops, I got up. We left at around 6:30 to head to the sea front, being the best place to watch. And it was worth it, even if I'm now very tired, and will probably sleep for a week. It was nice to spend some time with friends, even if it was a little chilly, and watch the sun as it climed up the sky, spreading light and warmth to the world!
Lent started today, and instead of giving up something, it was chocolate last year, remember? That was hard! I've decided to take something up, reading the Bible everyday, because, I will admit, that isn't my strong point. I have three different sources so hopefully I can keep it up. I also hope that putting it on here will alert people to it, and that you will help encourage me, guide me etc, into something that I hope to continue for more that the 40 days of lent. Because last year, after lent I started eating chocolate again, this year I want to keep it up.
I think I've rambled on for long enough. Just to warn you I haven't re-read this so who knows what I've put!!
And thanks to the grammar police. :P
Clare xxx
I was having a conversation with one of my friends, and we were talking about some of the things we wanted to do, one of which, for me, was watch a sunrise. It is one of those targets that is achievable with just a small amount of effort. So I decided to do it, I have a week off from uni, nothing to get up for, take the opportunity whilst I can, and go watch the sunrise...on my own...ok not such a great plan. So I ask Ben and Sarah if they were interested, and surprisingly they were :). A plan was formed!! SO this morning, at 5:30, having gone to bed at 3:30...woops, I got up. We left at around 6:30 to head to the sea front, being the best place to watch. And it was worth it, even if I'm now very tired, and will probably sleep for a week. It was nice to spend some time with friends, even if it was a little chilly, and watch the sun as it climed up the sky, spreading light and warmth to the world!
Lent started today, and instead of giving up something, it was chocolate last year, remember? That was hard! I've decided to take something up, reading the Bible everyday, because, I will admit, that isn't my strong point. I have three different sources so hopefully I can keep it up. I also hope that putting it on here will alert people to it, and that you will help encourage me, guide me etc, into something that I hope to continue for more that the 40 days of lent. Because last year, after lent I started eating chocolate again, this year I want to keep it up.
I think I've rambled on for long enough. Just to warn you I haven't re-read this so who knows what I've put!!
And thanks to the grammar police. :P
Clare xxx
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Truth Time
Ok, I need to be honest about this, as hard as it is. I am struggling quite a bit at the moment, with "keeping my chin up" and "staying positive", when revision is nasty. It's a stupid thing, but it's when I'm tired, looking at exam papers and despairing, that old thoughts and feeling come back. And I really hope that good thoughts will come and over come them. I've got some great friends, but I ask if you are reading this and are Christian, can you please pray for me and my exams, that I will get thought them in one piece.
Now to make it sound like a news report!! :P (can you tell that I really don't want to learn about PCR??)
Firstly, the sky is pink. This is nothing to worry about, and will pass in about an hour, by which point it will be dark.
Secondly, I can confirm that the light house on the seafront has always been black and white, but Third, I'm sure that if you want it in red and white you could photoshop it!!
Fourth, My Japanese is done, finished, over!! I just really hope I passed, I think there's a good chance I have!
Fifth, there has been a spieght of grammar police checks happening, victims of which have included "The Whom" and "Doctor Whom". And this report will probably be stopped, checked, corrected and found guilty against crimes against punctuation.
Six, and most exciting, I have a possible placement for summer research here at the University! It will be looking at inhibiting RNase-E in E. coli. (does anyone know what I'm on about??)
And finally, this reporter is convinced that she has forgotten to add something, but she's sure it doesn't matter.
For all those that are revising, and have exams, all the best.
See told you it was dark!!
And Dan, great lamb last night!!
Clare signing off now,
good night, well evening, ish...what, its only 5:25???
Clare xx
Now to make it sound like a news report!! :P (can you tell that I really don't want to learn about PCR??)
Firstly, the sky is pink. This is nothing to worry about, and will pass in about an hour, by which point it will be dark.
Secondly, I can confirm that the light house on the seafront has always been black and white, but Third, I'm sure that if you want it in red and white you could photoshop it!!
Fourth, My Japanese is done, finished, over!! I just really hope I passed, I think there's a good chance I have!
Fifth, there has been a spieght of grammar police checks happening, victims of which have included "The Whom" and "Doctor Whom". And this report will probably be stopped, checked, corrected and found guilty against crimes against punctuation.
Six, and most exciting, I have a possible placement for summer research here at the University! It will be looking at inhibiting RNase-E in E. coli. (does anyone know what I'm on about??)
And finally, this reporter is convinced that she has forgotten to add something, but she's sure it doesn't matter.
For all those that are revising, and have exams, all the best.
See told you it was dark!!
And Dan, great lamb last night!!
Clare signing off now,
good night, well evening, ish...what, its only 5:25???
Clare xx
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Sorry
...I haven't blogged recently and that I've been a bit grouchy. My stress levels have been through the roof, mainly caused by a poster group project that we had to do, that virtually consumed my life some days. We seemed to have issue after issue, weren't entirely sure what we had to do, and still had to put it together by the due date yesterday morning. But remarkably everything seemed to come together and we all got over 90% for it, which was nice, made it more worth it. Today I had my Japanese Reading and Listening exams, and was convinced they weren't going to go very well, and had just about upgraded myself from a fail to a scraped pass when I entered the exam. Even doing a review at the beginning of the exam scared me, but it went well, my brain co-operated and the answers were mostly there. Thank you to those that knew about the exam and were praying, with out a doubt it helped!!
Life is generally pottering along, having to fight the dark days more than usual, and remember the good in life. My raised stress levels mean that everything gets to me that little bit more. I become that bit more clingy, cuddling teddies more often... :P but it helps, and the love and support that I have around me, makes life easier.
I still have more exams to come, but I'm hoping that things will ease of a bit, and the I'll have a chance to catch up with myself at the end of the exams before starting the next slog. Also that I will stop feeling so drained and tired all the time. I wanted to go to church on Sunday but didn't cos I felt so tired.
Hope that the positives have come through ok, because are are many, but I felt I had to voice the negatives so that I'm no longer carrying them on my own.
Ok, that's enough for now,
Until next time...
Clare xxx
Life is generally pottering along, having to fight the dark days more than usual, and remember the good in life. My raised stress levels mean that everything gets to me that little bit more. I become that bit more clingy, cuddling teddies more often... :P but it helps, and the love and support that I have around me, makes life easier.
I still have more exams to come, but I'm hoping that things will ease of a bit, and the I'll have a chance to catch up with myself at the end of the exams before starting the next slog. Also that I will stop feeling so drained and tired all the time. I wanted to go to church on Sunday but didn't cos I felt so tired.
Hope that the positives have come through ok, because are are many, but I felt I had to voice the negatives so that I'm no longer carrying them on my own.
Ok, that's enough for now,
Until next time...
Clare xxx
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas!!
Hope that this post finds you all well, having have a good Christmas day, how ever you chose to celebrate it.
I did the usual family thing today, with my brother spending half the day with us. Having been to midnight mass at my dads church, I was still a bit tired when I woke up, but still managed to have time to open my stocking in my parents room before church!! The service was good, the usual section of the children showing what they had got, intermixed with carols. There was then a gap before Christmas dinner, great as always!!! The washing up, had to be done, then presents!! All great this year, including a Rubik's cube, the Snowman DVD and a microwavable bear, one where you microwave the whole bear! It was good to see how well the presents I got went down, given that I deviated from any list given!!
Have a great break, what you have left, and a Blessed New Year!
God Bless,
Ruth xxx
I did the usual family thing today, with my brother spending half the day with us. Having been to midnight mass at my dads church, I was still a bit tired when I woke up, but still managed to have time to open my stocking in my parents room before church!! The service was good, the usual section of the children showing what they had got, intermixed with carols. There was then a gap before Christmas dinner, great as always!!! The washing up, had to be done, then presents!! All great this year, including a Rubik's cube, the Snowman DVD and a microwavable bear, one where you microwave the whole bear! It was good to see how well the presents I got went down, given that I deviated from any list given!!
Have a great break, what you have left, and a Blessed New Year!
God Bless,
Ruth xxx
Monday, December 17, 2007
Home again!
I'm back in Bristol, having ended my term last Thursday.
So what's been happening?
Well, we've had our house Christmas meal and present swap, which was great fun, but felt "grown up" which was nice! We had a Freshers party at our house for the four "adopted" freshers, which Sarah H and Gill came to. We had party food, more presents, and games. Lastly, there was the King's Cell groups Christmas meal and quiz night, with a nice Christmas dinner and 5 quiz rounds, including the Music Intros round created by Ben, Dan and me. So Christmas has been going for about the last month. I was also asked to help as a steward at the University carol service. That involved greeting people, handing out candles and books, being there in case of an emergency, taking collection and lighting the candles. It was fun, but hard to focus on the service.
It is kind of strange to be home, as, honestly, home is feeling more like a visit, than coming back to my home. I'm not surprised about it, I just didn't expect to feel that way. The good things about being home are: home cooked meals, seeing my family, and getting the post that I had ordered, like the Bourne Ultimatum and the Oceans 13. :D
I am also now a proud owner of the 1:18 F2007 signed Kimi Raikkonen championship presentation car. That's a mouthful...have I lost any one yet?? See the photos below:
I have the usual family Christmas plans, plus the Youth Group meal, and hopefully seeing a few friends.
I will try to update after Christmas!
Clare xxx
So what's been happening?
Well, we've had our house Christmas meal and present swap, which was great fun, but felt "grown up" which was nice! We had a Freshers party at our house for the four "adopted" freshers, which Sarah H and Gill came to. We had party food, more presents, and games. Lastly, there was the King's Cell groups Christmas meal and quiz night, with a nice Christmas dinner and 5 quiz rounds, including the Music Intros round created by Ben, Dan and me. So Christmas has been going for about the last month. I was also asked to help as a steward at the University carol service. That involved greeting people, handing out candles and books, being there in case of an emergency, taking collection and lighting the candles. It was fun, but hard to focus on the service.
It is kind of strange to be home, as, honestly, home is feeling more like a visit, than coming back to my home. I'm not surprised about it, I just didn't expect to feel that way. The good things about being home are: home cooked meals, seeing my family, and getting the post that I had ordered, like the Bourne Ultimatum and the Oceans 13. :D
I am also now a proud owner of the 1:18 F2007 signed Kimi Raikkonen championship presentation car. That's a mouthful...have I lost any one yet?? See the photos below:
I have the usual family Christmas plans, plus the Youth Group meal, and hopefully seeing a few friends.
I will try to update after Christmas!
Clare xxx
Monday, December 03, 2007
Konnichiwa
Well, I've realised that I haven't really put much on here reacently, so I now have to force my brain to co-operate so that I can write this.
Uni has generally been going ok, it has been harder, but I'm not sinking....yet! My main struggle is my Japanese, which I'm finding great fun, but have a few trouble remembering everything, and there's a lot of it!!
I've been away for the past two weekends. Last weekend, I was up in Hedge End, near Southampton, about a half hour train journey, to visit some friends, Richard and Ruth, that we knew from back home. They now have two children, Michael who is 4, and Philippa, who is 1 and a half, and my dad's God daughter. I spent the weekend enjoying being a child again! Michael got a second hand Tracy Island on the Saturday, so spent most of the weekend playing with that. And he let me join in and rescue Thunderbird 3 from Philippa. We also watched some Thunderbird's :). It did also give me a chance to have a girly catch up with Ruth on Saturday evening.
The weekend just gone, I was in Southampton, staying with my friend Karen from home. It was her 21st Birthday on Sunday, and she had a party on Saturday evening. It was Japanese themed with food, drink and costumes with that theme! I was a fun evening, and I got to see some of her friends that I met last year, as well as meeting some more of her friends this year. The only down side was that I have a cold, and really wasn't feeling that great and was sat in the corner for most of it, kinda zoned out. But no one really minded. They did laugh at me when we played "stick the piece of paper on Sonic". We were all blind folded, and most people had a shot and were spun three times. Due to not feeling great I asked if I could miss that bit. I still couldn't walk in a straight line!!
That just about brings me up to date. I've probably missed something, but never mind!!
Clare xxx
Uni has generally been going ok, it has been harder, but I'm not sinking....yet! My main struggle is my Japanese, which I'm finding great fun, but have a few trouble remembering everything, and there's a lot of it!!
I've been away for the past two weekends. Last weekend, I was up in Hedge End, near Southampton, about a half hour train journey, to visit some friends, Richard and Ruth, that we knew from back home. They now have two children, Michael who is 4, and Philippa, who is 1 and a half, and my dad's God daughter. I spent the weekend enjoying being a child again! Michael got a second hand Tracy Island on the Saturday, so spent most of the weekend playing with that. And he let me join in and rescue Thunderbird 3 from Philippa. We also watched some Thunderbird's :). It did also give me a chance to have a girly catch up with Ruth on Saturday evening.
The weekend just gone, I was in Southampton, staying with my friend Karen from home. It was her 21st Birthday on Sunday, and she had a party on Saturday evening. It was Japanese themed with food, drink and costumes with that theme! I was a fun evening, and I got to see some of her friends that I met last year, as well as meeting some more of her friends this year. The only down side was that I have a cold, and really wasn't feeling that great and was sat in the corner for most of it, kinda zoned out. But no one really minded. They did laugh at me when we played "stick the piece of paper on Sonic". We were all blind folded, and most people had a shot and were spun three times. Due to not feeling great I asked if I could miss that bit. I still couldn't walk in a straight line!!
That just about brings me up to date. I've probably missed something, but never mind!!
Clare xxx
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