The Force

I love this scene. 

It had been 2 years since I last watched Star Wars. (all 6 movies/episodes)
I haven't owned a light saber yet. :(
Or a Jedi Robe. 

I haven't finished David Tennant's Dr Who series. I don't know whether I could bear to watch the final episode. Too much feelings... T___T
I want my own Sonic Screwdriver
And a TARDIS.
And a red high cut Converse Sneakers.

The Future of Research (and the broad definition of a 'Scientist')

Not in general, but what I had planned for myself.

Taking 2 research subjects and slaving over my research projects for 3 consecutive semesters had taken its toll on me, emotionally, mentally and physically. Well, not physically. Not really. 

When I first started my research project, I felt happy being in the lab. Alone. I mean, I love being alone most of the time. But being in a lab alone by myself, with my research materials in front of me, waiting to be meddled with (hahaha), then that's double the happiness! 

I felt so calm; it was so peaceful. I knew that I wanted my own laboratory in the future. I knew that I wanted to become a researcher/scientist. To become a scientist had been my dream since I was 8, because I was influenced by the popular science-fiction series 'Spellbinder' back then. Not many 8 year-olds wanted to become a scientist back then. And when my teacher saw that I had written 'scientist' in the list of ambitions, she said 'Very good! Study hard, okay!'. And tadaaa...16 years later, I had graduated as a pharmacist Scientist. 

(Well, actually, the term scientist is very broad. Anyone who takes any subject related to science, then you're a scientist! :P)

But when I had to rush for the deadline, all those peaceful elements had been replaced by stress, agony, worry and other negative feelings that lead to me contemplating my future as a researcher. This feeling of restlessness had been quadrupled with the undesirable experimental results. You felt like giving up. But no, you have to scrape through this whole ordeal. That was when I learned about the dark sides of research/being a researcher. So-called dark sides.

Research is about searching, and researching, researching again. It's very rare that you could get the results that you wanted in just single trial/attempt. It also depends on luck. Really. 

One thing I learned about research is that no matter how meticulous and precise you are, no matter how accurate each measurement is, in the end, you will have to leave everything to Allah to decide whether it will become a success or not. Kun Fayakun. 

It's different from examinations. Research is about venturing into the unknown world, to learn about something that had never been learned before, to discover something new that no one had ever discovered. And to do this, you have to rely on Allah. 

Research in a way, measures your spiritual quotient. It could also get you closer to Allah, by means relying on Him, and to pray to Him. Because only He has the power to change anything into something. Get what I mean? 

Thus, it is not easy to become a researcher. You need to have a high level of perseverance and tolerance (with bacteria, people, instruments, hahaha!) to become a good researcher. That, plus knowledge and reliance towards Allah, insya Allah you will find the 'Light' while venturing in this dark tunnel of Research. xD

I had a discussion with my dad about research, more like explaining to him about 'Research', of which I would just sum the whole discussion in point form:

• You could not do your research alone. You must have your own research team. Well, you could do it alone, but it will take a long time. Plus, you do not have all the skills needed, so you need to borrow someone else's skills. 
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• To make a patented drug, it does not take a mere 5 to 10 years. It takes elevenses of years, or tens of years. Because there are many steps and levels that we have to undergo to make drugs. First it was the laboratory scale, pilot plant scale, and lastly, production scale. In lab scale, you have many tests like the isolation of bioactive compounds, toxicity test, etc.
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• Plants have a lot of chemicals. Millions of them. It will take a long time for us to identify and isolate the bioactive compounds responsible for the various medicinal properties. 
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• Once we had identified and isolated the secondary metabolites,there is also the probability that the particular compound will not give any desired medicinal property when it was used on its own as compared to when it was used in its whole plant form. Because as there are many secondary metabolites in the plant, those other so-called 'insignificant' metabolites play vital roles in enhancing the..let's say, antimicrobial property of the once isolated desired bioactive compound. It could be aptly summarised with the phrase 'divided we fall, united we stand'. 
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• There had been a lack of research..Very lacking, I must say, in the medicinal properties of the Malaysian herbs, as compared to herbs of other countries. For example, there's the ginseng and whatnots oriental herbs from China, Korea and Japan. Then there's the 'St John's Worts' and 'Evening Primrose Oil' from the Western countries. What about Malaysia? The renowned ones are just 'Tongkat Ali' and 'Kacip Fatimah', of which the only properties known and identified were as 'aphrodisiacs'. There were also the 'Hempedu Bumi', and other local plants. Their medicinal properties were identified of course, but somehow, these plants were not being commercialised into drug forms, and that they were not as widely known as the 'Tongkat Ali' and 'Kacip Fatimah'.( I took the subjects 'Herbal Medicines' and 'Pharmacognosy' for my Pharmacy degree). Core courses, mind you. I made a poster presentation about the medicinal properties of 'Paku Pakis Tanduk Rusa'. Very difficult to find the studies that support this hypothesis, I tell you. I mostly relied on the traditional properties documented in an Indonesian literature. 

Which later leads to me thinking 'Well, I feel like conducting research about these plants'. The thought of doing research scares me, because I'm not sure whether I'm ready to face all the trials and tribulations of research once again. But someone has to do it.

I'm going to be a Pharmacist by profession, but the field of science is so vast, broad, endless! I have a lecturer who was a Medical Doctor, and yet for his post-doctorate studies, he took a 'Drug Discovery' program, which deals with chemical structures and elements. Like I said, the term 'Scientist' is very broad. As long as you are taking any science-related program, you could choose to go anywhere you wanted to. If you have a Biomedicine Degree, you could take Masters in Pharmacy (true story), or even a Medical degree (more years to be spent of course but heyy seeking knowledge is not a waste of time)  And the perks of taking a 'science program' is that you could also choose to embrace the 'Artistic side of you', by becoming a writer, painter, carpenter, historian/curator of a museum! :P Do you know that a pharmacist could also become a Lawyer? We even took the subject 'Ethics and Law in Pharmacy' for our degree. There is even the 'Pharmacy Law/Law in Pharmacy' programme for postgraduate studies. 

Oh well, I'm thinking of pursuing my Masters' Degree after 1-2 years of working (after I obtained my Drug Dealer's License, muahahaha). But for now, I'd just concentrate on Clinical Pharmacy. Perhaps after I achieved a Doctorate in Clinical Pharmacy (and become the a Doctor and built my own Tardis), I would take the chance of expanding my knowledge into the field of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, and that the Lab will greet me 'Welcome home, Sarah!'. Hahahaha. That's it, my Lab is my TARDIS!!! I shall call my lab 'TARDIS' and I shall paint the door dark blue with the 'Police Box' sign on top. Sorry I can't help being geeky. I'm a Ravenclaw. :P

Insya Allah. I'll need all the prayers from everyone. :)

Fandoms Merged!

I was scrolling down my Facebook Timeline and I saw this!!!

And.I.Shrieked.In.Delight!!!!

Whoever made this meme is brilliant!!!

The Tenth Doctor is a fellow Ravenclaw! :))
but let us ignore the fact that Barty Crouch Junior was in Slytherin get what I mean?

I'm a happy Whovian Ravenclaw. :)))

Whovian

I didn't know what to expect of this series when I first 'obtained' it from Jem, a school friend. I've heard of Dr Who. My friend Maddy (another school friend) started being obsessed with this show after we finished our SPM. I thus checked the wikipedia on what this series is all about. What...It had been aired since 1963? With TEN doctors(all of them played by different actors) to date (as in 2008)? Do I have to watch from the beginning or something? Never mind..

Then, university years began. A friend of mine who goes under the pseudonym 'The Batman' had been raving about the 'wonderful world' of Dr Who. Sort of. Said that I gotta try watching it. All right all right. . 

I clicked one episode titled 'Love and Monsters' on the Daily Motion site and was surprised to see an alien monster like the one I saw in Power Rangers-a favourite childhood show, plus the 10th doctor and Rose, running around and away from the alien like a scene in Scooby Doo. 

What is this? People actually love this series? It's so childish! Fake monsters and all. Pfftt...(I gotta admit, I was a pompous so-called adult back then)

I used to love this kind of show and back then when I was a kid, I couldn't fathom why adults don't like watching Power Rangers. I didn't realize that I had turned into one of those adults. Dr Who is not for me, I guess.

In 2013, Google created a brilliant Google Doodle/Games to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this series. I had fun playing it and even created a record of finishing the whole game in just 4 minutes! Dr Who must be something big. 

And thus in 2014, after finishing the 1st season of Gilmore Girls, I decided that I should give this series a try.

I had mixed feelings when I first watched it. I didn't like Rose Tyler. I didn't like the 1st episode. So phony with cheap editing. Then later, the episode went back in time to the Dickensian era, and I realized that Dr Who is not entirely about aliens and spaceships played around in Star Trek sets, they are showcased in more creative settings with supernatural elements in them. Those supernatural elements perceived as 'Ghosts' are of course...aliens.

Rose Tyler and the Ninth Doctor

I forced myself to watch more episodes and couldn't wait for the ninth doctor to regenerate into the tenth doctor played by David Tennant ( I originally wanted to watch Dr Who because of him as I couldn't get enough of him in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Hahaha)

But later on, I found myself hooked to the show.My first favourite episode would be 'Father's Day', of which Rose and the Doctor went back to the past and she saved her father, leading to undesirable consequences due to the interference with time/fate.
Then, in 'Empty Child', I was introduced to a very handsome man, Captain Jack Harkness! 'Empty Child' is one of the best episodes of 'Doctor Who', in my opinion, and it's not just because of Jack Harkness. :P

You'll like him, Lisa. xD

By then, I had grown accustomed to Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor, and by the time he regenerated into the once-much-anticipated tenth doctor, I had a brief moment of resentment  with David Tennant. It took time to get used to him being the Doctor. And it seemed like he did not care much about Rose like how Eccleston did.

the tenth doctor 

But as I progressed through series 2, I had begun to adapt the idea and to accept the fact that both the 9th and 10th Doctor are the same doctor. Their physical appearances might change, with a bit of quirky traits here and there upon regeneration,  but they are the same doctor. From the 1st till the existing 12th Doctor, they are the same.  

And that both of them love Rose Tyler. This is not a love story all right. But their friendship/comradeship managed to stir my emotions right until the end of the series. 

At the end of the second series, titled 'Doomsday', the 10th doctor, together with Rose had reopened the void which then sucked the Daleks and Cybermen into it in a vacuum-like manner. Rose was almost sucked into it as well, but was rescued in time by Peter, who then transported her to the parallel world. By then, the void had been closed. No one could go in or out of it.

As a result, the 10th doctor couldn't go to the parallel universe, and Rose couldn't return to the real world. They couldn't meet each other. Ever.Again. It is really sad when both the Doctor and Rose standing in front of the wall, trying to accept the fact that they lost each other.

(though I read on wikipedia that Rose will appear again in an episode or 2 in series 4)

This episode breaks my heart. I kinda cried when I saw the Doctor cried. :((

He's cute when he cries though. :P

I now get the idea of why people like 'Dr Who'. The moment I told myself that I wanted to build a Tardis, I know that I had transformed into a Whovian.

Now, there are about 5 series left in my harddisk. I am dreading, and and at the same time, anticipating the next moment of regeneration into the 11th Doctor, and the 12th. I might resent the new actors playing the Beloved Doctor for a while, and I might compare their portrayals of the Doctor, but I know that even if there are 100 Doctors, they would always be the same doctor. 

Well, it's kinda late for me to join in the fandom, there's a lot of catching up to do. :P
But heyy..better late than never!

Images googled

"There are posts on Sundays, Vernon Dursley,"

Just received this:

Not the posting letter everyone had been waiting for but heyy...I'm finally employed! :P

Alhamdulillah.  

Of Travelling and Souvenirs

I just bought a new cork board from Daiso (Oh, I love the 100 yen wonderland) and after tacking it to the wall, I rummaged through my collections of postcards, souvenirs and old pictures, choosing which ones would have the honour to be pinned at that particular cork board.

I spent about 10 minutes doing so and my real-life pinterest is filled with postcards of various places, foreign banknotes, a spur-of-the-moment sketch of Google Doodle's Sheridan Le Fanu's 200th Birthday, Arashi group picture (no longer a fan but why not? :P) among others.

Then I looked at the large number of stuffs that didn't get the honour to be featured on my corkboard. I had a not-so-huge pile of souvenirs I bought from different trips either in Malaysia or overseas.

I'm a sucker for souvenirs. A simple wooden chopstick that you could get in Malaysia would be something worth-buying when you're in China, or Japan. I bought the souvenirs because I wanted to give them to people as, you know...souvenirs. But after I bought them and returned home, I sat cross-legged on the floor of my bedroom, having headaches and confusion on which souvenirs should I give to other people. They are sooo pretty and I don't feel like giving them away. Thus, I ended up keeping those souvenirs for myself. What is wrong with you, Sarah?

In short, I indirectly bought those souvenirs for myself. And that I have quite a number of them, of which I don't know whether I should display them (not enough room) or that they should be kept in a Famous Amos cookies tin (of which I did).

That's the things about souvenirs. You went to that place of interest, you bought some interesting things to be brought home, you admired them for a while and you kept them somewhere, never to be opened again, only during some unsuspecting random moments.

Whenever I went travelling without my family (with friends, of course), which also means that I'm in charge of my own expenditures, I would almost always get nervous over stuffs like "Oh God, I haven't bought a souvenir for this person!" or "I have ran out of yuans to buy this for Dad!"

Instead of fully enjoying my trip (of which I did, 90% of it), 10% of my mind would be occupied with two things: Money and souvenirs.
Money is not really a problem. It's the lack of money changer counters! Seriously, always convert 90% of your Malaysian Ringgits to the foreign currency. It's very hard to find a money changer agent there. Or you could convert to US Dollars. Apparently, the Taiwanese had never heard of 'Malaysian Ringgit' before. *rolled eyes*.

Because I didn't convert enough foreign money, I ended up agonising over this: no money to enjoy myself, must buy souvenir.

Travelling is about experiencing culture, not shopping for souvenirs! I can't believe I'm turning into a Becky Brandon nee Bloomwood!

Buying souvenirs costs money! I'm tired of making a budget of how much to spend for souvenirs, and I got scared when I exceeded the allocated budget. I like to buy stuffs that have the taste and flavour of the places I've been to, because I wanted the receivers of those souvenirs to experience the same excitement I've felt, to feel that they have a piece of that particular country with them. But those stuffs are usually expensive. And that it is impossible for them to feel all that unless they actually set foot to that place.
That's it! I'm gonna buy cheap keychains for everyone next time I go traveling. After all, you can have a piece of China with you with a Made-in-China keychain. Pun intended.

Besides, souvenirs, no matter how quaint, expensive, cheap, big or small they are, they would eventually be left to collect dust on that shelf up there. People would forget about those souvenirs some day. There is a possibility that it would be thrown away when they decided to de-clutter their house or move somewhere else. Souvenirs are overrated!

Actually, why should I buy a souvenir? Souvenir serves as a keepsake, to reminds me of the places I've been to. It could be anything! A simple wooden chopstick sealed with paper wrapper they gave you at the hotel is a potential keepsake! The teabags with indecipherable ideogram Chinese writings on it could become a reminder of that place. 

So, I would like to give an advice to myself.

1. Don't buy Snow Globes. They are usually expensive, and that you don't intend to open a 'Snow Globes Around the World Museum".  Say no to expensive snow globes! Unless they're cheap.
   
2. Don't buy expensive stuffs. By expensive I mean that the first thought that came into your mind upon hearing the price is "It's expensive!" 
3. Buy cheap key-chains sold in bulks. 
4. Buy T-shirts only when they are cheap. 
5. Buy cheap stuffs. 
6. Instead of wasting your money buying souvenirs for others, why don't you include a 'printing your travel photos' in your trip budget. Pictures worth more than any souvenirs you bought. You could show various albums of 'Grandma's Trips around the World' to your grandchildren, inspiring them to do the same as well. And it could become a family tradition, LOL. 
7. Spend on experiences. Like spending on foods you could only get there and activities you could not try anywhere else. 

Potential cheap (and free!) souvenirs

1. Anything free they gave you at the streets (be careful! It might be drugs!- an advice from the future drug dealer aha!) or the hotel/hostel you are staying. Teabags, chopsticks, bedroom slippers, cute shampoo/bath gel bottles. HAHA.
2. Snacks/foods/delicacies of that country! (Halal ones of course) Then everyone in the family could get a piece of China inside of them, literally. 
3. Postcards with you writing on it, "Hello from Cambodia!" or "I'm in the plane when I'm writing this, and it seems that there is no post-office here," and oh, buy some foreign stamps too if you want. 
4. Leftover foreign bank notes/coins. Trust me, the recipients would treasure them more than any key-chain that costs more than that 1 dollar bank note. Come on, it's money! 
5. Soft drink cans and bottles. They could double up as drinks and souvenirs. You get to drink it, and that person got it as a souvenir. A win-win situation. Cheapskate betoii...

Basically, that's it. I don't recommend you plucking leaves or flowers at those places. You might get fined. 

In conclusion, don't spend too much on souvenirs!!!! Spend on experiences!!! :D

P/S Buy more cork boards from Daiso! They are cheap!! Definitely cheaper than IKEA's! 

Heavenly-Chocolatey!!!

Hello comrades. It's another episode of "Sarah's Culinary Adventures". 

A week ago, childhood friend Jem (we've been friends since we were 9) suggested that we should have a some sort of a cooking adventure. Thus, she came to my house and she brought all the necessary pre-measure ingredients used to bake her famous amous moist chocolate cake!  

She even so kindly typed the recipe of the moist chocolate cake and printed it out! :')

So basically, the instructions are there. So comprehensive!

Jem brought out the ingredients from her carrier bag and I took out the baking utensils from the box.

It's the same procedure as my first attempt of baking, it's just that this time, I did not use any instant cake mixture. Trust me, it's better not to do so.

And from baking sifu Jem, I learned some handy things about baking.

1. You don't have to wait until the butter is softened/melted to mix it. You can just do it right there and then. It was difficult to mix as the butter is still in its solid form, but it will turn out all right in the end. Just keep mixing and maintain the same medium to high mixing speed. 
2. You can use 2 mixer whips at the same time *headpalm*. No wonder I took a really long time to mix my cake batter last time. Hahaha. 
3. How to double boil the chocolate to make chocolate syrup. I was so fascinated!!! 

We pre-heated the old oven my mother inherited from my late grandmother for 5 minutes at 170 degrees celsius. 

The cake batter was ready, we divided it by transferring into 2 cake tins and put them into the oven to bake for 45 minutes. 

Halfway through the baking process, we smelled some sort of the familiar burning smell. Oh nooo..not again!!!

Jem checked the cake and yeah, it turned out that the cake placed at the top row of the oven had burnt to its distinctive charcoal black colour, hahaha. 

Jem laughed and said it was the first time this ever happening to her. 

To which I gleefully said "It means that I was not at fault before this! It wasn't my fault that my cake burnt! The oven is the culprit!!!" Yaaay!!

And Jem agreed "Yes, it's not your fault". 

So ladies and gentleman, I'm a good first time baker. It's the oven's fault. xD

 Jem tried to salvage the burnt cake by scraping off the burnt bits and edges. 

The cake of the 2nd row of the oven turned out all right, alhamdulillah. 

Jem prepared the chocolate syrup using the double boiling method (as stated in the recipe). 

The best part was pouring the syrup over the moist chocolate cake!

Tadaaa!!! Presenting, Chocolate Moist Cake with Chocolate Syrup topping, best served chilled together with vanilla ice cream. Jem's hands there... :P

It tastes heavenly chocolatey!!! :D My mom cut half of the cake and brought it to her workplace, telling her friends that "My daughter baked it :P" She spruced it up a little, adding chocolate rainbow sprinkles.

I think I'm beginning to love baking. I love watching baking tutorials on youtube (LOL) and there are several kinds cakes that I want to bake someday.

Rainbow cake. It's basically vanilla flavoured cake dyed with different colours. 

Ombre cake. Similar to a rainbow cake, but with slightly different shades of the colour spectrum

.Strawberry cheesecake/any other cheesecakes

And someday, I would love to learn how to decorate cakes, hahaha... I have this dream of opening up a coffee+tea+cakes+books cafe...How lovely would that be. 

Okay, THE END. 

Disclaimer: The last three images are tumblr-ed. :D 

IIUM Pharmacy 101: "Novice Researchers' Programme"- Research Project 2

Sorry for the hiatus. Just got back from a short visit to kampung Singapore, and...good news!!! My honorable maid had returned to our home after almost 2 months in Indonesia and we lived happily ever after. :DD And oh... I don't have mood to blog soon after. I'm forcing myself to do this now.

This post is the final part of the "Novice Researchers' Programme"-self named by yours truly! Hahaha.

Less than 20% of the class had taken Research Project 2. 

What are the differences between Research Project 1 and Research Project 2?

RP 2 is basically the continuation from RP 1. If there is more things that you want to discover further from RP1, you can do it in RP2. 

As for me, I used the same methods used in RP1, only that there are now 3 different antibiotics to be tested together with the plant extract.

I registered for my Research Project 2 during my final semester of my final year in KOP (that's Kulliyyah of Pharmacy for you non-IIU-ans out there).
We only took 2 core courses for that particular semester. 6 credit hours each. SIX! The first 7 weeks were the Industrial Pharmacy, whereby we had to intern at the 'drug factory' (will be further explained in upcoming post-not sure when though ;P) from 8.30 am till 5.30 pm. While the next 7 weeks were spent doing Hospital Attachment in Pekan (of which will be explained as well someday) from 8 am till 5 pm.

Now, how on Earth am I going to sneak into the lab to do my lab works?

The process
You must meet your lecturer, keep in touch with her throughout the semester, until you had finally done with your research lab works, submit a report and graduate.
You should not meet your lecturer only after the 14 weeks are over (of which you did not even contacted her once) and nonchalantly tell her "I want to continue this research project but I just realized that the stuff that I'm going to use had finished so can you please order it for me and make sure it arrived in 1 week time?"
Try doing that, if you want to be kicked out from the lecturer's room.

The challenges (you can skip this part if you want to) 

As for me, the vancomycin that I wanted to use for my research project had finished, but I did inform her within that 14 weeks of the Industrial and Hospital attachment. I think I had informed her a little bit late (my fault) so I could not use vancomycin.

Being a good researcher means that you have to have the willingness to explore every possibilities and not just sticking to that one purpose that you want to achieve with that one way that you want to use to achieve that purpose.

A good cook could cook using anything available in her kitchen and make a splendid dish.
The inventor of the post-it notes didn't intend to invent the post-it notes. He discovered it when he ran out of glue, or something. I read it somewhere on brainpickings.

Thus, a good researcher must make do with whatever there is available in the laboratory.

In this case, it's three different types of antibiotics.
Amoxicillin
Ciprofloxacin
Erythromycin

Yup, instead of vancomycin, I decided to use these 3 antibiotics (after suggestion from Dr A, of course).

MRSA is already resistant to these 3 antibiotics (in most cases) so in a way, I know that these 3 drugs wouldn't have much effects onto the MRSA and hence, I couldn't really achieve the desired outcome. T___T
But, berpantang ajal sebelum maut, at least I must try to test these drugs in combination with my plant to see the effects against MRSA (synergistic/antagonistic/additive).

Soon after my comrades and I had finished our last paper, our FINAL, LAST paper that marks the end of our degree study, I went to Dr A's lab and gathered all the apparatus, materials and equipments needed for my lab works.

My working area, the laminar flow cabinet

The next day, I autoclaved all those stuffs using the autoclave machine, set at the temperature of 121 degrees celsius to effectively kill all viable microorganism or spores residing in my apparatus. Second day, all right.

I must inoculate my MRSA into the Nutrient Broth. I inoculated it and incubate the broth in the incubator set at 37 degrees celsius for 8 hours.

The next day, I checked the nutrient broth. If it's cloudy, then there's a presence of bacterial growth, if it's not, then it's dead and I'm gonna have to repeat it again thus delaying the progression of my labworks. T___T

I was elated to see that the MRSA grew well in the broth!

The far right bottle contains the control broth, hence the clarity of the solution. 

On my 3rd day, it was Saturday. I went to the laboratory, spent my day there from 8 am till almost 6 pm ALONE, doing the broth microdilution method and checkerboard assay method.

I then put the microtitre plates into the incubator for 8 hours.

The next day, I returned to the lab to look at the results.

Well, it didn't look promising.

Dr A said that I should but MTT mixture into it. If there's bacterial growth, it will turn from yellow to purple.

So at night, at around 8 pm, my friend and I, went to the laboratory to complete our labworks. And I did the MTT thing there.

Everything done. I procrastinated in writing my RP report but successfully completing it and submitting it on time. That's me. I would procrastinate, but I would never hand in my assignments later than the submission date. I always submit my assignments/reports ON TIME. That's the number one rule of procrastination. Procrastinate all you like, but make sure you could finish it on time.
Whoa, I should make a Procrastinators' Guide Book.

It seems like Dr A was satisfied with the 1st draft of my RP report. I just had to make minor changes to it. And then, I submitted the final report and yaay...I've unofficially graduated!

The Fruit of Success
I got a B PLUS... HAHAHAHA apa ni semakin menurun but heyy B plus is okay, considering that I had committed ahemm...something that breached the ethics of research T__T.

Final Thoughts
1. Really, KOP should make a guideline/a class to explain about this whole research thing. For example, the do's and don'ts, the safety procedures. Well, there was a one hour briefing for RP 1 but still, as mere human beings, we tend to forget easily and thus need to be constantly reminded don't we? :P
2. KOP should create special cards for us RP students to gain access to the laboratories.
3. There should be a guideline for lecturers/supervisors as well, on what kind of procedures/research tasks that should be delegated to the students. We are undergraduate pharmacy students, and this is just an elective subject, not a final year project. Some of my friends had to perform lab works that rival the works of a Masters/Ph.D students. Some had it relatively easier than others. Okay, enough said.

So, this basically concludes the end of the three parts of IIUM Pharmacy 101 series: "Novice Researchers' Programme". Thank you for reading. :)