Tommorrow is my presentation day. So far, I've completed all my powerpoint slides. Now, I just need to go through them and make sure I know what to say for each slide. Don't want to be lost during the presentation! Plus, I need to make sure I know my work inside out because Dr King is a very critical listener. During presentations by other postdoctoral fellows, he has always listened and posed questions to the presenter. At times, those questions are tough. Christian (my supervisor) says that it's a good training for any future presentations that I have to give.

On a different note, here's the address of my new Harvard blog:

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/shenhanlee

Will update again after my presentation tommorrow

This is my last week in Harvard Medical School. But before that, I've got to present my research 'findings' to my principal investigator, who also happens to be the Research Director at the Joslin, and who also happens to be a Professor of Medicine at the medical school. So, I've got to pull up my socks and get lots of work done before my presentation.

Incidentally, I'm also going to shift my blog to the Harvard Law School blog server. I've just gotten an account in the HLS blogsite. This blog site is meant to be the official blog server for members of the Harvard community and not just for the Law School community alone. So, since I am entitled to an account, might as well make full use of this benefit, methinks.

I'll post the website of my new blog in a couple of days from now, since I'm so bogged down with my presentation work. So, keep an eye for the next post!!

I'm in the penultimate week of my time at Harvard. And I have been busy finishing up my experiments and now, I am starting to prepare my presentation slides. Thus, I haven't had the time to update this blog.

Update for the past week: Nothing much. 

Saturday saw me walking along the Freedom trail, tracing the path that connected various landmarks of historical significance. I didn't finish the trail though, since I only went as far as the USS Constitution, a US warship which was important in the War of 1812 between Britian and the newly formed United States. At the giftshop, I  bought authentic replicas of four important historical documents - the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the US Constitution and President Lincoln's Gettysburg speech. Cool, huh?

Then, on Sunday, thanks to Cheng Hau, I gatecrashed the MIT Malaysian Association (MITMASA) Freshman BBQ; never mind that that event was actually open to public. And never mind that I was wearing a big crimson tshirt screaming the word 'Harvard'. (FYI, Harvard and MIT are rivals, though the rivalry is less pronounced than that between Oxford and Cambridge, UK)  And the number of Malaysian MIT freshmen (actually, woman) totalled to just one this year. There, I managed to catch up with some old friends. And made new ones too.

I have wanted to write a short review about all the books I've read this summer so far, but I guess I haven't have the time to sit down and reflect on those books. My work is taking up my time right now. They didn't give me a stipend and a room for 10 weeks just to tour the USA, y'know?

Well, I guess this is just a random post. Just another post to keep my commonplace book alive. Till the next entry, bye!   

As they say, good news are meant to be shared... so here goes!

To Imran Idris and Aliyya!

Two people whom I know - the man from Cambridge University and the lady from INTEC UiTM - and whom I also deeply admire and respect. Future doctors. And most of all, future husband and wife. I feel so excited for them!

Three cheers! Check out Imran's post on this joyous event: http://www.imranidris.com/2006/09/engagement/

Hello again! I've decided to return from an indefinite hiatus to resume blogging. Those who've been to this blog will notice a few distinct changes from my old blog.

Colour - My old blog used to have a blue colour scheme. There's no doubt that blue -especially dark blue - is my favourite colour and will always be. Nonetheless, to reflect on my experiences at Harvard, I've decided to adopt the official colour of Harvard University, Crimson, as the colour scheme of my new blog. I decided that it'll do no harm to experiment with colours, for constancy - to a certain extent - reflects staticism of mind and the lack of self-vigour. Regardless of my choice of colour, I'll always remain a Light Blue at heart.

Content - I used to write a whole gamut of my experiences during my freshman (first) year at college. Now, I'm in my senior year (third and final undergraduate year). As time goes by, the mind matures and brashfulness of youth mellows. So, I'm going to write mainly on my thoughts, opinions and review some of the books or films that I've read/watched. In spite of this, I may sometimes break this rule and write on my experiences/feelings if the need to do so overwhelms the logic against it. But one rule remains: I'll NEVER write about my past. This is a blog of my present and future. I've learnt that we should NEVER dwell in the past.

(I remember reading somewhere that a wise man once said "The greatest suffering is to remember the joys of one's past".)

Character - This new blog oozes character. 'Nuff said. haha. (Some people should catch this joke)

So, some of you may wonder: what has happened to the old 'Hardcore MedSci' blog? As I've said, this is a blog of my present and future. Likewise, all things past have been removed and stored away in some place save, where nobody (except your truly) can ever access them. I had initially thought of deleting all of them - blog entries and comments - but the thought of deleting one years' worth of memories was too much to fathom.

Also, it should be duly noted that entries won't be as frequent as before. I'll only post when I see the need to do so. Life should be more than just sitting in front of the computer and typing away blog entries.

Thank you for visiting my commonplace book (a.k.a. blog) :-)