Record

10km in 50:22

new record

Its scary how the marathon's coming up so fast, best to keep up with the training schedule- due dilligence

Monday

The 3 best answers to explain experimental anomalies in thesis defence:

1. The activation of the Large Hadron Collider messed with my Results

2. The +ve Chi values were not normalised for the fengshui of the incubator

3. My mom said so

Standing at the end of my uni obligations, I begin to wonder what could await me.. A sense of relief for me.. I feel this strange feeling that I look forward to begining NS- its as if I get to start a brand new chapter/phase of life.

I look forward to serving my duty to my country, it is about time

But before I do that, the tired honours student must sleep.. Goodnight all..

Ionised

Radiation Biology can be addictive when you start to get technical.. :)

From Poison to Antidote

Consider these 2 examples:

Cyclophosphmide was a WWII developed from a chemical weapon, commonly known as mustard gas.. today, it is a standard use chemotherapeutic drug for most cancers.

Atropine, a poison famous in the ancient world from the Deadly Nightshade (Belladona atropa).. is used today as an antidote to organophosphate (nerve gas) poisoning and for the treatment of ocular pathologies such as glaucoma.

It brings a new dimension to "poison" and "cure".. its as if saying in terms of pharmacology- there's no drug or compound that is absolutely good or absolutely bad.. it is the dose and the concentration determines whether the outcome is physiologically favourable or not. Effectively dismissing the assignment of poison and cure (probably too much moral baggage to put onto molecules).. and saying that it is all relative. An overdose of cyclophosphamide is probably just like mustard gas poisoning, it will kill. An overdose of atropine, and you will probably die convulsing to death.. so the right dose and right usage can potentially make it a cure..

Doesn it make u think about how we can then use other things we call "poisons" as potential therapeutics? we just need to figure out how to and how much..

Storm

Sweat falls like a spring squall

Hurricane force gusts thru the lungs

Veins like lightning, mark the limbs

The deep rumble of blood coursing the vessels

A distant thunderstorm in the mind

As feet bear the frame swiftly...and relentlessly

Hiatus

My aching body tells me that my hiatus from running has been way too long..

Patched up with muscle relaxant.. its a grave warning to get disciplined and back into the regimen..

I think chemotherapeutic regimens have witty names like CHOP (Cyclophosphamide, Hydroxydaunorubicin (Adriamycin), Oncovin (Vinblastine), Prednisolone) and MOPP (Mechlorethamine, Oncovin (Vinblastine), Procarbazine, Prednisolone).. so u CHOP and u MOPP cancer away.. witty..