Thoughts of a Biotech Graduate

Biotechnology is a very new field that Malaysia is going to develop under the Malaysian Biotechnology Policy 2005 as one of the major economic activities in future.During my student days ( which was not very long ago) , we were so uncertain about our future.Some of us wish to become a researchers/scientists after we finished our undergrad studies but then we all knew that such job opportunity is very very limited. I consider myself as the very lucky one because I got the opportunity to work in a lab,although what I`m doing is not really related to my field of study.

Like I mentioned, we were so uncertain about our future,though we love what we studying and enjoying our lab works.However 5 months after my convocation,most of my batch mates have either got a job or further their studies,I realized that we Biotechnology graduate are the lucky one as compare to other field of studies.
I have batch mates who are working in the lab as a scientists,QA personnel,management,sales person..What a diversity of job scope that we can pursue! Which is very interesting as we can go into the the field that we are interested to.

The pay for a Biotech fresh graduate is very very low as compared to the other fields like engineering,business.I believe that if  we are willing to work smart and enjoy what we`re doing ( like me and most of my friends) , we are on the way to the road of succeed! I can imagine if I chose to go into a specialist course 3 years ago, there`re ready job opportunities with much more better pay as compare to my current salary and my life will me more secure with good title as well. But I might have missed so much to what I am experiencing now.

I`m currently not only enjoying my job but also enjoy to talk with people from different field and listen their stories. Since I have friends who are working in different field I can have a clearer understanding about what`s going on in the society and this have open my mind,further train myself to have point of view from different sides =)

I used to think that my uni`s course is not good enough, for example we were not well trained in presentation skills,lab equipment not enough,course content not enough,being looked down by the big four faculty students...I finally realize I thoughts,all were WRONG after I left the university.It`s a FACT that AIMST management is lousy and like s*it, but then our faculty,Faculty of Applied Science is BRILLIANT! Our beloved dean Prof. Ravi and the lecturers love us like their children.We actually been well trained in presentation skills, strong faundementals  both in theory and practicals which made us better than some of the public universities graduates. This is point the Faculty of Applied Science should receive the compliments as we all found that we are not bad as compare to some other uni.

As a conclusion,I think that Biotechnology is a rapidly growing industry in Malaysia. There are more and more job opportunities coming out there.Our advantage is,we learnt a very wide scope of knowledge during our university time so this had widen the field that we can pursue in.We can "jump" into the other field when  certain field is saturated. That`s why I feel that we the Biotech graduate are very lucky. The only thing that I`m regret is I never pump enough confident in myself when I face despise from some conceited don`t know if they can graduated doctors.I should not hate them but to let them feel shamed on their ignorance.

Some Thoughts about the Lab Coat

I miss those days when I was a Biotechnology student,wearing AIMST lab coat, walked around the lab and busying with my lab works.Although we wore the same coat as MBBS, pharmacy  and faundation students,but for Biotech students,we ONLY wear the lab coats when we are in the LABORATORY.This is because for us, lab coat is the major part of our PPE aka Personal Protective Equipments, that protect us from chemicals and level 1-2 biohazards. Therefore,we DO NOT wear it outside the lab. 

One thing that I could not tolerate during my university time was seeing the students walking around the cafeteria with their lab coat on.Gosh,what are they trying to show?The weather was hot and that was during tea time/ lunch time and they are hanging around with the lab coat on?!Are they trying to bring all those contamination from the lab to the environment?  Can you imagine that while the guy was taking rice,those E.coli,Bacillus sp., Staphylococcus or some fungi that attached on his coat dropped into the rice container at the same time? You might argue that most of the microorganism strains and chemicals that were used in a university lab is non-hazardous so why am I complaint about this ?

From the point of view of a future scientist, self-discipline is an essential for future scientific research works!If  one do not have such awareness from student time, what will happen when they conduct the experiments with higher risks in future? In addition, most of the students in my university are those who are going to expose in the environment that is full of infectious virus which can cause fatal.And yet,they still walk around with the lab coat outside the working places!  Don`t they have the awareness? This phenomenon is not only seen among the students but also the lecturers,professors and even the professionals! Is it really that important to show the identity through the lab coat when one is not at his/her working place? My question is, environmental safety is more important or showing identity through the white coat,that suppose to act as PPE? 

Rethink about it.And for those AIMSTers,do not feel offended as you read this post.As I know this might cause uncomfortable in some of you but I`m just pointing out the fact.I think this phenomenon should be noted and the use of lab coat should only be restricted at the working places.To become a professionals you have to have this kind of discipline because a small detail that we missed can sometimes cause some unsolvable problems.

Anyway.I suddenly feel like want to wear my uni`s lab coat tonight.It`s been a while since I last wore it and I knew won`t have much chance to wear a lab coat with such design.As you know,working in an animal lab  has different design of lab coat that suits our daily works better and their design is totally different from the one I used to wear during my uni time.That`s why I took some pictures for myself on the lab coat =) It will be in a clean plastic bag for a long time until I feel like want to take it out and recall my uni times.Oh,by the way,I miss those time during my final years,when I worked day and night in order to complete my works.I had a wonderful time with my batch mates,seniors and also PCR! 

“是什么让我遇见这样的你”

单看歌词，就令人有种想听听这首歌在唱些什么的冲动。白安的歌声很好，歌词和旋律的意境也很搭。令人有种莫名的感觉。是什么让我遇见这样的你，说到底，就是一个 “缘” 字。缘分，让原本不相干的人们相遇，然后，有了情感上的羁绊。当一方了无牵挂地离开时，那一个在乎对方的，却还在原地，慢慢的。。学习适应遇见对方之前的生活，学习。。不再依赖另一方的好。。。

“若時間注定要讓你離開
   我又該怎麼學會不依賴”  

---《是什么让我遇见这样的你》 白安

美好的一天

我很喜欢今天，因为我终于煮了我最爱的ABC汤。这是我人生中第一次煮这个汤，我不禁在汤的香味中思考着，如果我今天还在美里，我想我应该一辈子都不会亲手煮出这么美味的汤吧。在外头的生活虽然很辛苦，事无大小都得亲自出马，钱财的管理方面更要兢兢业业。。但是，也只有这样，才能成长。这应该是我选择在待在外面生活的其中一个小小原因吧。

午餐过后，读报纸，看看书。。在没有互联网的那几个小时，我又找回了儿时的乐趣。对于大部分的人来水阅读是件很沉闷的事，可是对我来说，这是种乐趣。除了音乐，书本是让我和世界联系的其中一个途径。而我在很小的时候就已经开始在享年受着浩瀚书海所给我的养分。自从上了大学后，我已经越来越少阅读。但是，我希望在往后的日子里，可以重拾从小就培养起来的阅读习惯。


这个新年独自一人在槟城。我的结论是，这样的新年，并没有想象中的糟。因为，我真的很享受一个人的空间。就像现在，在绵绵细雨又有点冷的夜晚，听着Yiruma的钢琴曲，和久违的朋友在fb聊聊天。对我来说，这就是种乐趣。

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不起眼

今天头脑不停的转呀转的。想了很多很多事情。趣事，往事，回忆，又或者是某个他和她的故事。一直在脑海里构思，要怎么样，才能把一段故事叙述得动听而又不乖离事实的本质。表面上，我看起来很专心的完成手头上的事情，其实，我不停的在推敲适当的用词以及，如和把故事说的吸引人。

一段不算刻骨铭心却充满着疑团的故事，虽不至给你的生活带来多大的影响，却总令人在回忆起时有着小小的遗憾。有多少个我们，为了要保护一段友谊，而牺牲了也许快垂手可得的爱情？而你认为该保护的友谊，最终也将会消失在时间的洪流中。所以不管是友情还是爱情，迟早都会失去。我说的迟早，也就是时间的问题罢了。

又或者，选择为爱放手一搏，今天的我们，会否是一对恋人+朋友？还是 过去的恋人 + 朋友 ？ 还是 朋友？或 朋友都做不成？因为我们害怕那最后一个可能性，所以宁愿沉默。沉默的过后，就造成一个不再联络，一个不想被联络上。

一眨眼，已经到了另一个时空。谜团，还在。但，谜团，依旧没有一个解答。