Thursday, July 24, 2008

July 24th

played basketball outside CCRB with Jon, Josh, Zack, Wei, and other guys. We won a 21 point game and a 7 point game. I think I was the player who scored most, and amazing shot like spin move followed by left-hand lay-up and 3 point shooting as well. That's a good game.

After language class I was doing lab work from 4 pm to around mid night (0 am). that was tough to deal with a cracked flask with all my product in it, though finally I made it. I took some pictures of the lab and the chem biulding.

I called J when I came back to dorm. Her sound was so sweet.
lab day again. feeling tired.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

July 23rd




Well, I have started my English blog, which also means I might not have time to keep my own Chinese diary. Since my diary has been full of "Liushuizhang", which contains more routine work and objective facts but less personal feeling, I'm still struggling on whether stick to the old style or not. Definitely, starting an English blog will benefit me on language learning, especially when my GRE AW is coming soon. What is also apparent, it will be quite tough to express myself effectively, either for a short or long time period.






I decide to call today "a lab day"--I was working in the lab from 8 am. to 9 pm. After a relax yesterday, I felt pretty energetic this morning. Having dealed with the product I left yesterday and set up a substrate making reaction, I ran a Grignard reaction with the help of Jon. Well, pushing a 60 mL syringe was such a energy and time consuming work almost like physical training. I also went to Prof. Sension's lecture about laser in dynamic chemistry reseach, but it was a pity that Jon's presentation at the organimetallic seminar was at the same time so that I missed it. Matt and Goergia were back from vacation, and the lab begined to be filled with laughter as soon as Matt came back.






I feel more and more difficult to keep up with my GRE learning plan... plus there will be poster session soon... well, although I've done about 20 or 30 palladium reactions, still haven't got ant satisfying result yet, the substrates keep decomposing. But that is research. And so is the life itself, isn't it?






I miss you, J.


Tuesday, July 22, 2008

test test

here is the test to make an entry in my blog.

the debut

hello everyone~