rainy day, lazy day. time to listen to some John Legend and work on my assignments!

i can't believe it took me this long to finally YouTube a Potter Puppet Pal clip... but XD!

etsy/crafty links

going through a handmade plush phase (etsy)! will remember to browse those sections next time i'm in kino!


anyway, here are some etsy sellers that i've come across and couldn't stop stalking their sites and saving pics of their creations (i'm not crazy).
- My Paper Crane (plushies: etsy, website, flickr, Kidrobot collaboration: on blog & shop)
- amiamour (amigurumi/crocheted toys & patterns: etsy - including this REALLY cute Kero (from Cardcaptor Sakura) amigurumi!, website)
- Memi the Rainbow (rubber stamps & other things: etsy, blog)
- Dandyrions (super cute bear rug coasters and "wrapped fox" shirts! etsy)
- SarabiRose (crochet-hats for cats! etsy)
- Pysselbolaget (mouse toy/coin purse tutorial on blog)

another parry gripp video! 

another one: and then he's all, o-nom-o-nom-o-nom-nom

smile-inducing time waster of the day: locking in/out of my iphone just to admire my new screensavers ;D (if you're wondering what they are: the ones Eat Drink Chic made & a photo of yayoi kusama's installation - aftermath of obliteration of eternity)

horses.

to add to the topics-that-bore-me list (so far consists of skin pathology and fungi)
good thing lots of the content next semester will be on horses and skin :D (!)

i hateeeee assignmentssssssssssssssssssssss (except ones where you get to draw and colour in things / feel like you're in primary school again :))

can't believe i'm doing assignments while on holidays... 6 essays :( and i can't seem to do them quickly... end up like doing a literature review for each. damn compulsion to find all related info T__T

so sleeeeepy ;((

a list of what bores me (this list will probably bore you)

- fungi

- skin pathology

typing study notes and just remembered a funny quote from the fish lecturer:

(apparently, some shellfish have a really pointy tooth that they use to stab and kill other shellfish with)

"next time you eat a mussel, and you see a hole in its shell, you know it has been MURDERED."

source: 9gag.com

monkey read monkey get

inflammation; hypersensitivity; carpal tunnel (ok, not really, but just general soreness from typing)
3 more to go!

*i am so cute!*

next week i will be panicking - two important exams the week after which i've not finished (one which i haven't started) notes for.
in the meantime, look at these cute -real!- animal pictures from my marsupials & rodents lecture!

swamp rat

greater glider

http://totallylookslike.com/
such a good site to waste time on

either my right foot is growing or the pinky toe is expanding sidewards.
i hope i don't have to buy new shoes!

to do list:
start/finish POD q.
start/finish horse essay.
make POD notes.
make VCB notes.
watch scott pilgrim v's the world.

omg microsoft silverlight features, why do you appear now..
(from a random microsoft update)
another thing to add to my holiday list!

fimo! (again)

some last minute time-waste...

made some brooches a few days ago!

haven't touched the fimo since christmas two years ago... so they all hardened and were painful to mold. but turns out if you wrap softer pieces around them, it's way easier to incorporate. ye anyway. red hands. but they are still fun :)

the super glue made the back go all white for some reason...

mmm pastelly...

hope you had a good easter!

hello c. the colours of your cupcake decorations were so prettyyy! so i took photos :D

*to all who don't know, these are by 'i eat sweet...'
hehe advert X)

at home.

seeing as i'm supposed to stay inside and study this whole week, there's been lots of enggghhh so boring... trips to the backyard to stare at the pets.

the hulk (mimip is a girl)


disapproving bunny face while groomed


earless bun (note i didn't scare her)

how's biscotti doing you ask?




default face lol.
reminds me of this slide the lecturer made:



legless bun (the definition of sitting like a bird! or when biscotti 'tucks in' her arms)





*don't touch my shrooms.*

how many types of BO are there? the really pungent smell that floats as this person walks past, and the one that was accumulating in the (air-con/no window) bus on the way home, was so similar. it's like when i clean up the rabbits' dirty newspapers, stuff them in the plastic bag, press the bag down, and all the urine/toxic gases get pushed out onto my face.
i get worried when i don't notice the smell anymore.

helep me.

my assignment and what i don't understand:

Required Information:
• Tell us a little about the organism and its taxonomy.
• Why was the organism sequenced?
• How big is the genome? (How did they find out?)
• Are any accessory resources available for this genome :
o e.g. SNP map – what is a SNP?
o Genotyping array: What is a genotyping array?
o BAC library- what is a BAC library and why would you want one?
o Transcriptomics or cDNA or mRNA sequences (What are they? How many? Done as part of project?)
o Why were these resources created?
o What is an ortholog (orthologue) how many one to one orthologs with human does this species have?
• How was the genome sequenced (Technology used? How does it work?)
• Genome statistics (What is an N50? What is a contig? What is a scaffold or super-contig? How much of the euchromatic sequence was covered? What is euchromatic sequence?
• Is there an active research community for this organism-Can you show a table listing locations for research community other web resources for this species?

so many questions T__T... they mislead you into thinking it was a fun assignment...."make a poster about a species' genetic profile"...
it's worth 15% of the genetics mark. which means it's ONLY SEVEN AND A HALF PERCENT of the total "genetics AND biometry" subject! why.