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16/100 days of productivity
song of the day: abyss- the weeknd
feeling better today so went to my lab workshop. actually threw away the flow through while doing pcr so that was really fun. luckily I have enough so I don’t need to restart. I want to get lots of sleep before my midterms so I’ll leave my chemistry review to tomorrow.
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15/100 days of productivity
wasn’t feeling very well today after running errands and having labs all day. still went to my evening tutorial but sleeping early tonight.
250130
14/100 days of productivity
finished lab report, started my chemistry midterm review
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13/100 days of productivity
song of the day: spartacus: ballet suite no. 2:1. adagio of spartacus and phrygia- aram khachaturian
woke up late and had to skip my biology lecture. went to my next lecture and headed to the library to do work. wifi went out campus wide when i was submitting my research application so i was struggling to connect to my data for two hours.
academic: finished my biology pre lab. attended a networking event with some professors and had a fun time with my chemistry professors.
tomorrow: biology post lab, physics problem set, physics pre lab, review for chemistry midterm.
250128
12/100 days of productivity
song of the day: muse au musée- isolde lasoen
got some free stuff from the club fair and went out to dinner to celebrate chinese new year. did some statistics and physics homework.
250127
11/100 days of productivity
song of the day: lune noire-isolde lasoen
pretty okay day today. starting to lose my motivation a little bit but i have midterms coming up. i have a chemistry one next week and i am very behind on content which is... unfortunate.
academic: finished my chemistry lab and my lab report. finished my calculus problem set. halfway finished my physics problem set. finished my chemistry quiz with a friend. attended an engineering symposium and got free pizza.
research: did some research into egg albumen adhesives. apparently our wet lab is using it as a control so i'll have to add the protocol to our paper. it was very interesting though.
selfcare: got myself a nice turkey apple brie sandwich today. i had no idea the sandwiches at my school's sandwich and soup bar were that good. it was so yummy i will be buying it again. sadly they close at 2 but i want to try other sandwiches.
tomorrow: i have to submit my appliation for a summer research position since it's due in 3 days. my school is having a club fair so i will be getting free stuff.
250126
10/100 days of productivity
song of the day: headlock-imogen heap
got quite a lot done. had to catch up on a lot since i've spent the past week hanging out with friends and attending events.
academic: completed physics and chemistry notes, a physics problem set, a biology problem set, and started reviewing for my chemistry midterm next week.
research: had to organize a lot today with the wet lab team and had a meeting with my co-lead about our paper. i had to read a ton of research papers but it was quite fun.
selfcare: did my laundry and cooked dinner! dinner didn't turn out as well as i had hoped but it was my first time cooking in over a month. took a lot of energy so i'll prioritize sleeping tonight.
tomorrow: i need to finish my calculus problem set which is due in 5 days and submit a research application. i'll try and finish my paper for the journal but i don't think it's doable in one day. i also have a chemistry lab that i still don't fully understand yet.
250125
9/100 days of productivity
attended a biomedical engineering conference today! i got lots of free stuff and learned a lot. i spoke with my country's leading researchers and one is accepting students in the summer so i will be applying! if i get the position i will abandon all my other offers with no second thoughts. afterwards i finished watching arcane with a friend and went out for dinner.
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8/100 days of productivity
almost done my calculus problem set and applied for a scholarship. just have citations left for my article. have a biomedical engineering conference tomorrow that i am very excited for.
250123
7/100 days of productivity
did my physics notes and some calculus practice. tiring day today.
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6/100 days of productivity
song of the day: zwitter- rammstein
finished my physics notes and almost done my research application. finished my chemistry and biology pre labs. attended a very interesting symposium by one of my professors who works at NASA about how her team got the first picture of a black hole (M87* & Sgr A*) and other facts about supermassive black holes. never regretting coming to this school ever again.
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5/100 days of productivity
song of the day: the line-twenty one pilots
finished my physics problem set, started on my calculus set. finished editing my blog article for the second round. sent out some emails to profs confirming interviews.
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4/100 days of productivity
song of the day: L no theme- hideki taniuchi
stayed in bed until 3 pm recovering from last night. eventually got up to send out some emails and work on my physics problem set. finished my physics pre lecture readings. debating switching professors for my summer research but i'll have to speak with both. i guess today wasn't that productive but i had to distract myself and at least i got something done. i'll save the rest for tomorrow.
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3/100 days of productivity
song of the day: you're in love- joe hisaishi
pretty good day today! my physics labs haven't started yet so i only had one lecture today.
academic: went library hopping and finished notes for 3/4 of my classes. (my biology slides actually make no sense). got started on my physics problem set and prepared for my lab workshop tomorrow.
self-care: might be masochistic but i find writing notes very relaxing! i suppose that counts as self care. i was watching let's plays while studying so now i really want to play a game. side note: i just found out that poppy playtime chapter 4 is coming out in 2 weeks? very exciting.
tomorrow: i don't think i'll have much time after my 5 hour lab and a party with my friends but if i do i'll work on my physics and math problem sets! i really need to stop putting off my biology notes but formatting it is just a nightmare.
welcome everyone who has been following me recently! i love making new mutuals- it's very heartwarming.
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2/100 days of productivity
song of the day: me gustas tu- manu chao
very tiring day today, i regret not taking an afternoon nap. but quite productive! i came back from my 8:30 pm lab to find the power out which was quite fun. gone were my plans of crashing right on my bed and i proceeded to drag myself to the library. it is now 10:30 pm and apparently the power is back so i'll crawl up the hill back home once i finish up my chemistry notes!
research: halfway through editing my article. only one body paragraph left to rewrite.
academic: did calculus until my brain exploded. physics was very fun and the fire alarm fortunately did not go off this time. my ta for my 2 hour long calculus tutorial is not so endearingly clueless so needless to say i will not be attending calculus tutorials anymore.
self care: actually didn't do too much today and i am very very tired. but i am in surprisingly good spirits considering everything that has happened today! i really like this "library": it is actually the basement of our math building, nicknamed "the dungeon", but i love the atmosphere. photo attached below!
250115
1/100 days of productivity
song of the day: vienna- billy joel
had three very tiring but very productive meetings today!
the fire alarm went off during my physics lecture so i had to stand outside for 30 minutes. also met with an upper year bioengineering student and now i'm very interested in applying for a transfer.
research: met with a bioengineering/biomedical engineering professor and i can happily say that i now work in a bioengineering lab. also met with my research team for the first time since the break.
academic: finished my chemistry lab report and did some calculus problems. worked on some notes.
self care: got a bit of exercise (walking) in today! unfortunately i wore my doc martens for too long yesterday so it was a little painful.
above: icicles hanging off our museum, snowflake that landed on my sleeve
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song of the day: futile devices- sufjan stevens
not the most productive day today.
academics: completed next week's notes and half of next week's readings. spent most of my time revising physics.
selfcare: took a nice hot shower. then the hot water cut out. it was not pleasant.
tomorrow's goal: do last week's practice problems and get started on this week's problem sets so i'm ready before class. also need to prepare for my lab on monday.
notes: i, in fact, did not figure out my program and am still debating transferring.
250108
song of the day: metamodernity- vansire
very chilly day today. my life flashed before my eyes too many times to count. why is my campus on an icy hill.
research: finished citations for my article and submitted it for editing. started the outline for my next article. bugged my team about finding our introduction for our paper (it has been over a month). sent out a few emails to profs.
academics: finished some online lab training courses for my upcoming synthetic biology lab workshops. am very excited!
selfcare: learned a little bit about game design. i know next to nothing about coding but i have to learn it eventually. ordered myself a very nice and comforting hot meal.
tomorrow's goal: i need to start doing reading assignments before i fall behind. i'll try to finish my pre labs before labs start next week.
notes: i didn't post for the past few days as i was quite stressed about my program. i was debating transferring to engineering, even transferring to another school. but i've figured it out so it's all good now.
some notes from fall semester
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song of the day: the price of ambition-arcane
spent some quality time with my sister today and got some things off my chest. went out to eat and it was glorious. i love mashed potatoes.
research: finished and uploaded my blog article on fungal molds for editing but i want to be extra and make a drawing. almost done with the intro for our research paper and started on the methodology section. hopefully we can finish the outline before the wet lab data comes back.
tomorrow: tomorrow will be a calculus day: i plan to review all of calc 1 and have a tutor review calc 2 so i get a headstart.
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song of the day: sticky- tyler, the creator
about halfway through priming for my courses. i was a little disappointed with the poor quality of the notebooks at the store but at least i have something to write in now.
also planned out my new years which helped destress.
sadly didn't get 100% completion in the horror game i wanted to finish: it is about 2 hours long and i must replay it for the zero deaths run. maybe i'll finish it in a few months.
research: didn't get any writing done today but since the base structure is already there, i just need a little more information and edit. i hope to finish it tomorrow but it will probably take a few days, realistically.
tomorrow's goal: finish priming for my courses and get started on calculus review (didn't get the best mark last semester). bake cookies? go swimming.
it's really shocking and sad to think that i only have a week left with my family before i go across the country and back to being totally alone. but i'm enjoying the time i have now which is all that matters.
intro.
welcome to my little blog. here I document my daily life and anything interesting. reason? because i am lonely and need motivation.
about me:
vin (he/him). born in 2007.
first year, BSc in anatomy & cell biology. minor in biomedical engineering.
pre med, studying to become a cardiac surgeon.
academic interests: nanotechnology, medical technology, synthetic biology, biomedical engineering, tissue engineering, biomaterials
hobbies: writing, badminton, oil painting, gaming (wanted hobbies: motorcycling, cello, archery, fencing)
languages: english, mandarin chinese, A2/B1 french. want to learn italian and spanish.
goals: become someone i will never regret, give my parents a comfortable life, make a personal impact in someone's life.
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Theorem: Take a circle, the area of this circle is the same as area of a right triangle that has one leg equal to the radius and one leg equal to the circumference of the circle..
A long time ago in a faraway land people led simple lives by the means of agriculture. There was plenty of food to eat and to be merry. They had roofs on their head and fresh river water flowing nearby. Life seemed perfect but it was not. Every year when the rains 🌂 began, the river nearby would flood into the village and destroy their lands and homes. The people in the village would move to a nearby village for shelter with their cattle. When the rain stopped they used to come back and each time they came back they found their place in destruction. Their houses had to be rebuilt and their lands had to be outlined again. Fights were a common scene on how the outline was before the water washed it away. So the concept of the area came to maintain peace.
Finding areas of lands made with straight lines was easy but how to find the area of a land that is a curve ?
Firstly instead of taking a land made up of crazy curves let's take a land made up of the simplest curve, the circle.Draw a circle and fill in its area. Then divide it into large equal parts and arrange them in a rectangle.
It's not yet a perfect rectangle.So divide the circle in parts and try arranging these sections into a rectangle.You'll get a thing that starts looking like rectangle.
Now as you divide the circle more and more and try to arrange those parts you'll get a more nice rectangle. This more and more is nothing but the concept of limits in calculus.
So the area of the circle is the area of the rectangle.The area of the rectangle is Base×Height. Here the height of the rectangle is the radius of the circle and Base is equal to twice the area of the circle. So cut up the rectangle diagonally and you'll get a right-angled triangle with a Base as the radius of the circle and height as the circumference of a circle.
Hello, welcome to mayusthings where I'll be simply talking about my daily life as a maths undergrad and topics in mathematics that gets me jumping out of happiness!
I hope through this blog that people will get to see that mathematics is a cool subject that can be conquered one step at a time. I also want to make it more accessible to everyone.
Hope to see you around:)
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