Things i have learned:
- to lock doors in NZ you turn then lock the opposite way than you do in the US.
- macdonalds is called mackers
- a homer simpson pizza consists of spaghetti, pineapple and pepperoni
- the cafe by my apartment makes a delicious chai latte
- chocolaté croissants in NZ consist of bread with a little bit of chocolate. Once you get past the lack of flaky goodness, it tastes just like fresh bread and nutella....mmm.
- it's silly to abide by crosswalks here...they're not very functional
- although its very cold in the morning, it is surprisingly warm in the afternoon. This makes choosing outfits to wear difficult.
- the botanic gardens are not that impressive in winter
Update on life:
Yesterday, I finally for started on lab work. It was quite exciting. I met David, one of Dr. Nappers students and he showed me his technique for gavaging adolescents. After watching him for a while I tried one. Following a couple of mishaps I successfully gavaged the animal. However, that was the only success of the day. I was unable to gavage the remainder of the animals. So I have work to so. After this, David showed me some pre-processed brains that are stained with Hoechst to see apoptotic cells. The microscope here is pretty sweet. I am very jealous of how awesome it is. Very fancy.
Today, it has been somewhat of a repeat, but on my own this time. I handled my animals in the morning (they hadn't been handled before I got here, making them a tad bit jumpy) and practiced wrapping them in a towel (which is done when they are gavaged). I personally feel I have improved on this aspect. Next, I went down and got trained on the scope (took 2 seconds) and started looking at some slides and taking pictures of apoptotic cell death. It's a pretty sweet stain and easy to see. I'm scheduled for the scope again later this afternoon.
So yeah good stuff.
Also, I found a cafe that has magic shows! I need to find out when these are because I am going.
That's all for now.
You use the word "gavage" a lot in this post. Perhaps I should not have read it while eating breakfast.
ReplyDeleteFew questions:
ReplyDeleteHomer Simpson Pizza: Is this a standard flavor in NZ like "hawaiian" is in the US? Is it Spaghetti noodles with sauce, or just pasta?
I would like to know more about these chocolate Croissants. They sound absolutely amazing.
I actually didn't know what "gavage" meant until I looked it up on Wikipedia. I also regret reading while eating :P
apologies for the use of the word gavage...but you do realize that's why I came over here, right? Well...that's the guise I'm using so I can explore this country.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I tried another chocolate croissant today from another cafe. This time it was flaky, but still nutella inside. It's pretty awesome.
homer simpson pizza has spaghetti and sauce in the place of where the tomato sauce would go (it's like heinz spaghetti that you would put on toast). It's delicious.