You know you're a teenager when...

You know you're a teenager when you greet your high school teacher with... "Wassup?"

Well, I really wasn't expecting Mr Strack to ring me on my mobile while I was on the bus to uni, so I was caught completely off-guard and the greeting unwittingly tumbled out of my mouth. Maybe he didn't find it as hilariously ridiculous as I did, since he simply went on to ask me what he wanted to ask about the Titration Stakes.

Good ol' Mr Strack... ^_^ I liked his chemistry classes. He wasn't one of the popular "cool" teachers who knew how to engage with even the toughest of rebels, but rather he was the more soft-spoken and serious type who always seems to know what he was teaching. He was also willing to take extra time to come in early in the mornings to train students in the art of titration. (That used to be the role of Mr Hammond -- the other great chem teacher of mine -- but Mr Strack took over one year and decided not to give the job back)

Anyway, Carine SHS is sending 2 teams to the nationals this time. Good work, guys! =)

Alas, not all titrations go well. This morning's lab was the most horrendous one in my entire life. Somehow, I wasn't upset though. I remember feeling highly restless last semester when I my demonstrator snatched my lab notebook out of my slow hands. Have I learnt to stop caring...?

Decisions regarding the microbial realm

Drugs help you by doing funny things inside your body, which is why I'm generally wary of them. Especially antibiotics. And yet, I've decided to major in Pharmacology (ah, the irony). I'd rather let my body fight the bugs without sending in chemical reinforcements, unless I become immobilized and feel utterly crap lah, in which case I'd guai guai visit our medicine box.

One thing we need to consider though, is that being a stubborn git and shunning the doctor results in longer periods of contagiousness. Infecting others is NOT a cool thing to do, so that means... we have the obligation to pump our bodies with medicinal concoctions to protect those around us. It's off to the doc for me, I guess! *cough cough cough*