PAAAART AAAAAAA !! :p (GETTIT)

Weeeel as promised , had to get up pictures of the Class party , was a great laugh :) Everybody mixed well and thankfully there was no awkwardness between the various groups in the class, we're an easy going bunch :) Unfortuntately , we arrived to the party expecting free pizza and vodka jello shots ( a must have at any college class party ) but stupid Biochem Heads stole them all before we got a foot in the door ! Outrageous !

Who says scientists can't have fun eeh? I might explain the crazy look on my face aswell....I passed the dreaded Chemistry test with flying colours!! I was absolutely gobsmacked as I had really no clue what to expect ! It really was worth staying up all those nights, nothing beats the satisfaction of achieving something you worked hard for. After we recieved the results I had this look plastered on my face for the enitre class party, and well into the weekend I;m happy to report !

The following morning it was safe to say that our clas wasn't the most alert in our 9 o clock Cell Biology lab ! It wasn't the most demanding lab we've ever done so at least I was able to follow most of what was going on , despite my poor sore head , (all self inflicted , which apparently gets no sympathy , well according to my mother anyways :( ) Despite the groggy head , I still manage to take a few snaps. We were informed that this lab would be our last before the dreaded Lab Practical so I decided to document this momentous event with my tiny purple camera , which comes everywhere with me these days thanks to C.Mod :) (not complaining by the way , I always promise myself I'll take more photos , now  I have an excuse :)

Well there you have it :) No doubt there'll be a few blogs in the future complaining about the numerous assesments we have approaching in the next week or two ..EEEEK!

Deirdre x

I can never really think of titles.......

Em, I know I haven't been the best blogger, I just never know what to say!!
In person you can't shut me up, but when its just me and my (new snazzy) laptop i draw a blank! This is my 7th time sitting down to write this!

College wise everything seems to be going well, we had out math's exam on Thursday. I think it went OK, but maths was never my strong point, and the negative marking was plus one minus one which is seriously tough!

Also on Thursday was the epicness that is CIT Christmas Day!! Which was so much fun! We had such a rush going from exam mind set straight to party mind set! But i think we did our level best!! Facebook is riddled with groups about CIT christmas, my favourties are....
"the akward moment when a CIT student celebrates Christmas one month early"
and
"the akward moment when a UCC student celebtares CIT Christmas"
We're definately stuck in the middle!!

While I'm talking about CIT Christmas, I just want to say how happy I am to have found such good friends in this course. I can honestly say that I've made some friends for life! If we're this close after only 3 months I can't wait to see what we're like in 4years!!

Class partaaay time!

  Hello this is the first Friday we have had since starting college that we are finished at one wooooooooooooooooo! No more late Fridays, well until February anywayz... We had another class party last night and i have to say us biomeds know how to partay!

  Oh gawd, we have exams and practicals comming up aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Stressfull times ahead but we get our Christmas holidays the week after them so that will keep me going. We started Microbiology labs at the beginning of November and i have to say Mondays lab was torture.... I managed to put the stain all over my books instead of the slides!

K im going to go now the weekend is here woop!

Byee.....KatexX

Breithlá Shona Dom? :)

Well i never thought it would happen , but i'm nineteen eek:P Now i'm really going to have to start acting like a grown up , on the plus side , I can now sucessfully get myself into cubins on a Thursday , ketching ! :)  Unfortunately , I can't spend too much time celebrating , as we have a very busy week this week , Group 3 that is anyways . We have to put the final touches on our presentation and e-portfolio . Would be really nice to get all the project work sorted before the exams , then major relaxism ( definately not a word)  for our two weeks off . To top it all off , our second newsletter has rolled around ! It seems like only yesterday that our first newsletter was being painstakingly prepared :) Hopefully it will all come together , which means not much time for celebrations , but sure I'm a big girl now :)



On a more enthusiastic note , our class party is on tonight . Should be a final chance to let our hair down before we get into another painful bout of assements, practicals etc :) The last one was a great laugh and a chance for everybody to get to know each other in a more relaxed atmosphere :) Here's hoping this one is even better :) Should get a few pics up hopefully , to show a more relaxed side of these biomedical science students :) 
Deirdre x

Only my 1st injection!

After being sick for the 1st round of hep b vaccines I'm only just after getting my 1st one, and thankfully it was so easy! don't know what everyone was moaning about!!

Well i'm very happy to report that this is my 1st post on my new laptop! it is just the most beautiful laptop ever! super duper sony vaoi, i love it i love it i love it! seriously, its probably worth more than my car!

(in this picture, the dog is better than me!!)

So the main thing thats troubling me at the moment is the physics. i mean seriously! it was been almost 6 years since i did it for junior cert and i just feel like and old dog and these new tricks just aren't sinking in! I've been getting help from a friend of mine who's doing a masters in civil engineering and he just can't get it through to me!! I think i may be a lost cause!!

I know its all everyone's been talking about but this weather is insane!! i honestly thought my car was going to blow away in the wind, i really don't hope there's another flood week! i did not enjoy last year's one!!!!! wet shoes all round :(

Injection time...... again!

  Yup as the title says its time for the second injection for hep B! Its all good though cause i dont care about injections!!



omg this Friday is our last Friday staying in until 5 for this semester wooooooooooooooooooooooo! no more having to rush for buses and more importantly no more chemistry labs woop!! Oh ya went into the new bar at last on campus the other night and got some cocktails(yum).



oh gawd the lecturers are starting to talk about exams already... at least they are not till next month but i'll prob leave everything to last minute which is not good! ok im gonna go now and try that physics homework yuk....

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

KatexX

Well group 3 had a very productive week this week in my opinion ! We finally decided on a topic for our presentation so work will be needed for that soon  ! It was suprisingly easy to decide on a topic , everybody had some ideas but when Soracha suggested our topic I knew it would be really interesting , so we decided as a group to go with that idea :) Watch this space!
        Well got back two of our assesments and I passed them both !! I was absolutely delighted with the results! Maybe I'm not so terrible after all :) Still waiting on the Chemistry results though , really anxious to get them back ! Sooo curious to see how I got on!

         On Wednesday , I headed up to the student march in Dublin . I felt it was really important that the government realise they can't put a price on our future ! .......and it was a day off college, which I felt was deserved ! BUT DON'T WORRY....I got my notes ;) Kate , another member of the fabulous group threee also went up for the march , but in the confusion we never actually got to find each other....in this crowd, could you blame us !?

I was with some other people from the course though! We had a great day out screaming at the government and luckily avoided all the police brutality that apparently went on ! The only down side was that it took us a good six and a half hours to come back from Dublin . This may not seem to bad , but when that includes being stuck with rowdy drunk u.c.c students, it seemed like twelve hours ! I was never so glad to be a (half) C.I.T student :)
We also met up with our mentors Síle Keane and Orla Power this week. The girls were lovely and gave us loads of helpful advice . Orla was especially great , giving us loads of notes and some books from next year . They put our minds at ease and assured us that things are going to get more interesting next semester and even next year, if we make it that is ! Unfortunately , I forgot to get a photograph of the event but we will definately be meeting up again in the future , and I will get a picture up then ! I'm off anyways, x-factor's calling :) Toodles , Deirdre x 

Another week as a biomed student!

This week has been busy as usual.. Got our results back for them exams passed them wooooooooooooop! I went protesting on Wednesday it was so funny and crazy, some laugh on the bus up to Dublin! At one stage i was between the cit and ucc crowd so it was hard trying to shout for both. I forgot to take photos but heres a pic of what was going on.....



 

Oh ya we met our mentors, orla and sile, on Thursday. They are really nice thanks for all the info on the course girlz really helpfull! K have to go now byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

KatexX

 

 

 

 

 

Presentation!

Sorry i haven't posted in a while, i have been so busy the last few weeks! Between working 35 hours in 3 days over the jazz weekend, a week full of exams and trying to get everything sorted for work and halloween i've barely had time to breath! but now i can finally take a breath.
We've started work on our presentation recently, and i have to say, i love our topic! its just so very topical, whats more relevant to biomedical students than how alcohol effects the body?! We may be hard working biomeds but we're also students and there's no shying away from the fact that we have active social lives!!
Any way, i just locked myself down in the boole computer lab and hashed out the 1st draft of our presentation! i cant wait to hear the girls' comments and imputs, but if i may say so myself, so far its looking pretty snazzy!! http://prezi.com/presentation/110361179@umail.ucc.ie/gwnx2mk/#14_3207235

Freedom.......

Wooooooooooooooo we finished our exams last Thursday! We r  free well until the 25th of November when we have to do maths aaaaaaaaaaaah! The exams were hard especially with that negative marking  gawd wat a pain... Studying everything the night before does not work. Buuuuuut the thought of all the Halloween parties to come gave me the strenght to get through it ha!

Yup datz me der in the devil horns gawd could not function the day after!!

  But anyway back to the course... For anyone thinking about doing  biomed there is ALOT of physics and maths. They dont tell you that on the open days! I tried doing the physics homework there a while ago but just sat there thinking what the hell is this stuff!



K im gonna go now, have some telly to catch up on! Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Katex

Dog days are over!

Well , well , well, I'm delighted to announce that our assesments, lab assesments and assignments are over and done with for a little while! I can't begin to describe the feelings of relief as I put down the pen after my last assesment, Biomedical science intro . I didn't feel great about the actual test however, got no sleep the night before and didn't feel as prepared as I should have. But just the thought of being finished for at least a few weeks was priceless! Can't relax for too long though , have to get another newsletter and portfolio up and running ! Sometimes it seems like this course never stops ! At least it keeps it on our toes I suppose!

Can't complain too much as I got a grand chance to leave my hair down at the weekend as it was Halloween ! Went out on the tiles and forgot all the stress of exams , or assesments as they're called, trying to fool us into thinking they're not that scary ! Saw some dodgy characters out in town , including this certain biomedical science student... exciting bunch we are!

Finally feel like i'm settling into the course now. Its still tough as ever but thankfully I have found people who I can moan with when times get hard ! I better run now , am gonna try keep on top of the studying instead of leaving everything to the last minute, a lesson learned from the assesments! Tirrah!

Deirdre x