My rat partner is coming to town
My former biomed coursemate, TM, is coming to the US, specifically Piscataway NJ, for some training this weekend. Many years ago, both of us worked together in our respective final year projects under the same professor. Between us, we fed, cleaned after, and tortured 80 rats in that 3-month process…all for the sake of finding a “cure” for diabetes. Not forgetting, we also made MANY rat cages out of welded wire because our professor would not spend RM2500 for the standard-laboratory rat cages that we needed. And there were days where we were almost ready to strangle each other!! 
This Sunday, I’ll be driving to NJ to pick up my rat partner and then we’ll take a train to Manhattan and spend the day touring the must-see (and free) sights of NYC.
Self-monitoring of writing behavior (cummulative record):
2235 words (10 pages)
Glory said,
April 11, 2007 @ 3:18 am
hi Ailsa,
what an upgrade on your blog. I almost thought that I was at a wrong blog.
Good to hear that TM is visiting you. He and his whole family?
When are you finishing your study? and coming back home?
Talking about biomed… really miss some of those good times…those lecturers..and those lab animals…green pastures…
anyway… keep in touch
Ailsa said,
April 11, 2007 @ 8:42 am
And I thought only my mom and dad would be thrown off by the new template
He didn’t mention bringing his wife and son with him. Finishing? Hopefully Dec 2008. There are so many memorable and fun memories from our labs: Venga got caught releasing drosophilas and TM and the headless chick.