Yes. Experimental Molecular Biology. I took this module in the same semester as I started this blog. Very interesting module I must say. Ok. It differs from person to person. I do not really know how is it if you choose other labs. However, from what I know, Microbiology lab is the best! Perhaps it is because of the fantastic TA (Yup. EVERYONE simply has to agree that she did a fantastic job. No doubt about it.) and because of the wonderful company on the bench (That is why I organized a lunch meeting).
Ok. Not everyone (there are 12 people per bench). Just the four of us -- two girls, two guys. We went to this Japanese steamboat joint at Marina Square. I have been there before -- farewell dinner for a certain friend a year ago. Since the food was nice, I suggested the place this time. Despite not seeing each other for at least half a year, we still got a long together super well. Not that they changed a lot though. It was just like before. Okok. One of the girls gotten prettier since I seen her. She is quite good-looking before, but a lot better now. Maybe it is because she kept her hair longer, dress better etc etc etc. Breaking new grounds among my friends I can say. So the limit for beauty has risen yet again.
After lunch, we went for a bit of shopping. Miss good-looking wants to buy a cap. After that she had to leave for wakeboarding practice (Very cool girl. But attached already.) The remaining three of us went to the Helix bridge. Ok. It is supposed to resemble chromosome. The thing that is made of DNA. [Ok. Let me flaunt a bit of biology knowledge from junior college. The famous double-helix elucidated by James Watson and Francis Crick (not forgetting Rosamund Frankin) in 1953. The real DNA double helix is generally said to have 10 base-pairs per turn, a width of 2 nanometer (nm), the distance between each base-pair being 0.36nm and so the length of a complete helical turn is 3.6 nm.] No matter how we count, each turn of the helix bridge (the bridge, not the one in our cells) has more than 10 base-pairs per turn. Perhaps they are trying to replicate other DNA forms. DNA can take three forms. [I cannot remember them without looking at university notes. However, each of them has different number of base-pairs per turn.] There are also strange plates on the ground with the letters a and t paired together or g and c paired together. We suspect that they represent conventional Watson and Crick base-pairing rule. [This is also the address of this blog: ATCG.] Since we did not see any board that provides a background of the bridge, we cannot be sure.
Oh yah. One more thing. If you every want to go to the helix bridge, try to go in the evening. Sure, the view in the afternoon is very nice. You get a very good view of Marina Bay area. However, it is also extremely warm. There is no cover from the sun. I suggest you go by a particular exit/entrance of Marina Square near John Little at Level 2. The entire length of the bridge is not open for pedestrian yet, unfortunately.
After I got back home, I went for a run. Somehow, body felt very very tired as well. I cannot explain. I do not think it is because of "eating" several hours of eye candy (Of course not!). Shall try running again tomorrow.
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