As the program slowly comes to the end, we only have less than 48 hours till we leave Purdue. Monday marks an end to what we have done for the program, where every group needs to submit their final report of what they did from the past 5 weeks. I want to say a good lesson I learned from SSP is to never procrastinate and plan your time accordingly. Since I did watch a few groups frustrated and stressed over how they are not close to finishing their report.
This morning we all spent our time nervously waiting for the faculty members to review reports. Let’s just say there were positive comments and not so good comments. Some groups got a lot of comments but I am very thankful our group didn’t have much to change. Where I would love to say it’s due to the great lab group I have. Here I would love to include a quote of Xuan where she’s got tired of revising her report.
“William is not here, I don’t have my punching bag” -Xuan (joke)
Fun Memories:
Julia Z ate little too many cough drops (maybe overdose)
Michelle forgetting her lanyard two days in a row.
Julia Z accidently removed Cory from her spam account.
Xuan and I had a little nail salon and were able to get many customers (Julia Z, Dimitra, Eric, Brian, and Michelle). Our business didn’t do that well as many people did not trust us. 🙁 But I would love to say my hair salon business is going pretty well. With Brian being the most successful consumer.
I also got some plants at the farmers market. Here’s their growing process!
Xuan attempted to eat Antiseptic Spray. (not really)
Since today we wrap our final report I would like to have a little spot dedicated to my lab mates.
Cory – The lifesaver to our group. Always saving Kevin and me from struggling. He’s also very good at playing piano and he trusted me to do highlights on his hair (didn’t really work but it’s okay).
Kevin – Who always wants to call me Alaina when my name is Alina and question me why it can’t be Alaina. So next time you see Kevin make sure to call him Calvin. Also if you didn’t know Kevin is in charge of running our instagram page. Make sure to follow @sspbiochempur22.
My blog is kinda short so I chased people down for quotes.
“6 weeks of pretending protein proficiency” – Xuan, Sehyun
“SSP is great” – Brian
“Alina is from Missouri?” – Phillip (he figured it out two days before the program’s end that we only live an hour from each other)
“Some people already know this, but i never ordered unsweet tea for any of the boxed lunches, but i felt like trying one so i took one from the cooler. if you didn’t get the tea you ordered once, that’s probably because i took it >:D” -A confession from an unknown person
“Ahh” – Calvin (Kevin)
“reject biochem, embrace geoguessr” – Julia M
“I would not actually hurt my lab group” – Xuan
“I love Michelle” – Alina (got forced to put this)
“Nathan it’s work time.” – Dimitra
“Everything will be fine ~ that’s what I always tell myself when our group goes through chaotic but fun challenges” – Victoria
Credits
I would like to thank Xuan, Julia Z, and Dimitra. for sending me a bunch of pictures for my blog. I would also like to thank people who provided quotes for my blog.
Hi my name is Alina (not Alaina). A rising senior from Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia, MO. In my free time I enjoy reading books and watching TV shows. I would also like to say that I also love eating throughout the day so I bought a bunch of random stuff. Like Michelle would say “Alina you’re really gonna live here for a long time”.
