Dr Gerald's P&T Treat cum R3 Retreat

Date: 23rd December 2011
Time: 6.15pm
Venue: Hyatt Hotel (Straits Kitchen)

Jane, Ken, Chun Yian, Yiwei and Yan Yan joined us for the dinner too. It was great being able to catch up with the graduated RAs after almost 1.5 years.


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"The Ph.Diddy is on the scene"

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Driving Test

Passed!! Yippee!!

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You know you´re ...

... a biologist when

You open the toothpaste with one hand.
You wash your hands before and after using to the washroom.
When you hear tween, you think of the surfactant not the age group.
For you, media is something which increases your culture.
You can identify organs on roadkills.
You have a callus on your thumb.
You use the word "aliquot" in regular sentences.
Sometimes you momentarily vanish from social activities because of a timepoint.
You've never worn a clean lab coat.
You don't fear rodents, rodents fear you.
You say "orders of magnitude" in regular sentences.
You flinch when you hear the word "significant".
Showing up at 10AM and having a coffee is a productive day.
You can't stand god-like physicians, while secretly wishing you had their job.
You're very good at diluting things.
You're also very good at transferring small amounts of liquid between containers.
You are fed up of people saying alcohol, when they mean ethanol.
You hear the word ‘Molar’ and teeth are the last thing on your mind.
You say “conjugation” instead of “sex”, and "pili" sounds dirty.
SOB is not an insult, it's what you grow your bugs in.
You say "mills" and "megs".
No-one in your family has any idea what you do.
You can make a short film in power point.
You consider a green laser pointer to be science bling.
A falcon is not a bird....
And you have 5 of them with different types of water.
When your fruits go bad and you get fruit flies, you can't help but check their eye colour
You own invitrogen t-shirts and actually wear them.
You think that drosophila geneticists have a good sense of humour.
You refer to your children as the F1.
You've suffered carpal tunnel from the pipetman.
You've used kimwipes as kleenex.
A timer clipped to the hip is not only practical, but dead sexy.
You've played Battleship using tip boxes.
The front pages of Science is your light reading.
You think the following is a quality insult: "I've seen cells more competent than you!".
The scent of latex reminds you of work, not play.
You're looking for a cooking book by maniatis.
You've made dry ice grenades.
You've lost many friends to ice grenades... 

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Sunburst EAGLES Photos


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Sunburst Eagles Programme

Sunburst EAGLES Program where alumni from Sunburst Youth Camp who are young managers and active and passionate in championing social programs in their country are invited back to Singapore for a leadership programme.


Date: 6th December - 9th December 2011
Venue: NUS University Town



Objectives of the Sunburst Eagles Program
  1. Enhance leadership capabilities in the context of today’s changing global business environment
  2. Tools which provide you the opportunity to reflect on your leadership styles and effectiveness
  3. Inculcate a sense of giving back to society through working on a country project as well as participating in a community (CSR) program
  4. Create a networking platform for SYC Alumni across countries

E - Energize
- Enhancing leadership capabilities by knowing yourself and being aware of diversity
Discover and Manage Self and Others

A - Achieve
- Acquiring skills to drive for high performance
- Behaviours of a high performance team
Focus and Drive for Results

G - Galvanize
- Learning key people skills to influence and persuade
Influence, Motivate and Persuade

L - Lead
- Understanding what it means to lead
- Pre-requisites of a good leader
- Leveraging on leadership styles
Understanding What It Means To Lead

E - Empower
- Accomplishing through others by providing leadership and inspiration
Enable and Own

S - Soar
- Moving out of your comfort zone to scale greater heights and looking beyond the horizon
Grow and Develop

**Photos to come later...


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Today My Life Begins

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POEMS Stock Challenge 2011

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Finally collected our prizes. No cash prize this year but the prizes are not too bad either. Yay!

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35th World Othello Championship 2011

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Congrats on getting 8 wins!! Yay!! Well done!!

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