This way to the stars

MICROSCOPES + HEAT = STRESS

We had our botany lab session today from 7:30-11:30 - FOUR STRAIGHT HOURS OF SQUINTING THROUGH A MICROSCOPE trying to find obscure, elusive, tiny, and TRANSPARENT crystals inside plant cells.

Needless to say, it wasn't easy. And besides, since the session was so damned early, I only got to sleep for FOUR STINKING HOURS. Thus, by 12 noon (and I hadn't eaten by then either) I was almost in a knockout mode. It was a good thing that Dr. Chan didn't show for our Botany lab class at 12pm; I haven't experienced migraine yet and I didn't want to start right then.

But that is only half of the story. Read on.

I had my taekwondo class from 2pm to 3pm. It was easy because I already knew the lesson: downward blocking, upper blocking, forward stance, the kicks. It was totally easy-peasy. So maybe you'll wonder why the hell I was so damned exhausted during that very mild one-hour session when I have experienced far more intense two-hour sessions during my Saturday taekwondo lessons.

Hmm. Maybe because the martial arts room was freakkin hot and stuffy with almost no ventilation. Maybe because I found (to my utter horror!) that my cold and newly-bought water bottle had gone into hiding just when I needed it during the precious minute-long water break. Maybe because the ladies' bathroom and changing room was superbly and fantastically humid such that my sweat would be running like a river if I don't wipe my face every minute. Maybe because I only used tissue (which, curiously, was unabsorbent in this case) to wipe my sweaty face because I lent my beloved and much-needed towel to a blockmate in trouble (though I don't regret that).

And, oh yeah, before I forget to add this little tidbit that will finish of this list of woes nicely:

By using a fair, equitable, and scientific method (i.e. "maalis taya"), our botany lab group selected a leader for the next two lab reports (i.e. the one who will do all the work). And GUESS WHAT? It was me.

I might as well appreciate this early introduction to Report Stress, since lab reports are bound to get harder as the topics deepen. Time to get cracking and press my Brain's on button.

Hmm. Is it just me or does the button refuse to work?

posted by steph @ 8:53 PM