A series of event has happened that caused a lot of events to occur. Well, first and foremost, I have landed a research job in the Genomics Central Research Center in Taipei! It is directly funded by the Taiwanese government. So this place is quite prestigious. So this early morning, Blu-Jay and I took the train and headed up north at 6:30 AM.
Around 8:30 AM, my mom and I said good bye to Blu-Jay at the train station. From then on, we got on the taipei subway and toured around for about an hour before we finally arrived at the front gate of the research ground. It was quite a bumpy ride on the bus....the Taiwanese bus drivers are pretty darn reckless. On top of that, the Taiwanese roads are pretty bumpy due to the constant constructions. Therefore, it was quite an unpleasant experience to say at the very least. Nonetheless, we made it...
Thankfully, the research facility definitely lives up to its reputation as the national central research ground. Each buildings house different fields of science research equipments as well as work forces. I myself am assigned to work under the Genomics Research Center, which definitely am related to my major. So this will be quite an experience for the future!
I have met with the person that will be in charge of me. He is quite a scholar. He got his PhD in the famous Cambridge University. so hopefully I will be able to learn while working under him. He kindly showed me around the lab. And to be honest, I was quite astounded by the similarity between this working ground and that of a graduate student in UIUC. In all honesty, the set ups are quite similar, with only one big difference: the costs of the machineries used in this place is definitely way beyond the ones that our school provides. A random test tube can cost up to 80,000 NTD! Like honestly...what the hell?! I sure hope I don't break anything here....
With that said, it is easy to assume that I will be spending the majority of my time in the city of Taipei. On weekends, I will be returning to Miaoli to spend some time with my parents. But this upcoming weekend, I think bboy Blu-jay, my roommate, and myself will be going to the beach in taipei together! Hopefully that is something to be looking forward to ^_^
The living arrangements will be quite random. I will be living with my cousins who just got married. In fact, she just gave birth to a cute little nephew not too long ago. So i will be living in their apartment. Thankfully, it is somewhat "close" to where I will be working. So hopefully that will work out...and not awkward >.<
Well, that's about it for now! I am currently using the Wi FI in the McDonalds to get this post on the blog. More to come later tonight when I finally settles down!
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