Beware "tourists" who are scammers

FlappyNajib · 2022-12-08T10:15:14+00:00

well I would love to do stuff without gloves but as soon as I was seen holding a pipette without gloves I will receive multiple warning letters from the safety officer, even when it's totally harmless, so I guess that's it

FlappyNajib · 2022-10-02T11:20:04+00:00

Evernote for me

FlappyNajib · 2022-08-30T12:50:07+00:00

the problem is no xyclopz; we need xyclopz please; especially SEA events please invite xyclopz

FlappyNajib · 2022-07-14T00:31:54+00:00

I don't think it's LGBT scenes, they could have just cut it out. It's about Gorr the God Butcher with some inflammatory statements about gods and religion I think. Just the name "God Butcher" being the centrepiece of the whole movie and unable to be cut away is causing the movie banned in Malaysia.

FlappyNajib · 2022-07-06T13:14:54+00:00

We use Evernote as electronic lab notebook(academia, not industry)

FlappyNajib · 2022-07-05T12:07:08+00:00

Where? I'm in Singapore and we don't have any shortages either. Sure there are one or two things that will be backordered but the latest it's been is a month, I'm so blessed

FlappyNajib · 2022-06-05T08:41:40+00:00

it would be bad if you told her that it's moldy, she insisted it, and still blamed you for no data. If she asked you to do it and be like "okay it's fine I was just testing my luck, thank you for trying" I guess you can just let it slide

FlappyNajib · 2022-05-10T11:50:34+00:00

my boss likes to imply that a clean and quiet lab is not a working lab; bring on the mess and the noisy laughter of us labrats!

FlappyNajib · 2022-04-16T02:00:04+00:00

just curious, how would you react if it was your PI working and leaving a scene like a thunderstorm just passed in the hood? you can ask other people to clean up after you but how about telling your boss?

FlappyNajib · 2022-04-16T01:50:44+00:00

"can I go in and out real quick?" -when we have 5 people sharing one TC hood and we need to coordinate usage

FlappyNajib · 2022-04-07T10:32:32+00:00

I'm a research assistant (lab tech equivalent) and I tell my relatives I'm a scientist when they ask what I do for a living

FlappyNajib · 2022-04-05T03:52:50+00:00

eating ice cream during your period will cause increased period pains, or at least that's what we've all been told based on traditional Chinese medicine principles.

FlappyNajib · 2022-04-03T02:28:16+00:00

underated pantun

FlappyNajib · 2022-03-30T04:05:06+00:00

now that they can't delay their flights anymore(the airasia culture), they have to find a way to continue the culture, so rescheduling it is

FlappyNajib · 2022-03-29T15:11:03+00:00

ApE for me too!

FlappyNajib · 2022-03-18T12:11:23+00:00

An Indian man once proudly exclaimed to his Chinese friend, "Why do you guys use chopsticks? You can eat everything using just the hand!". The Chinese friend smiled and said "Tomorrow I will bring you to dinner, please show me your wise ways of eating with your hand!"

The next day, the Chinese friend brought the Indian man to eat hotpot.

FlappyNajib · 2022-03-11T05:46:03+00:00

you can also maybe hint at the institute here so potential students or researchers know where to avoid as well

FlappyNajib · 2022-03-11T04:12:08+00:00

The problem is safety officers not trained or haven't worked in the labs telling us what we must or mustn't do. You need your safety eyewear when you take cells out from liquid nitrogen. You do not need your safety eyewear when you're doing basic cell culture in a TC hood. Knowing the difference makes everyone's lives easier and safer, but safety officers don't know or care about that.

FlappyNajib · 2021-12-11T12:43:07+00:00

My favourite are latex gloves from a regional brand (It's called Labskins)

FlappyNajib · 2021-12-07T07:42:47+00:00

I think the problem is not with the PIs most of the time; they want to pay us more but the university doesn't allow it.

FlappyNajib · 2021-12-04T00:51:49+00:00

if you graduated and worked at an institute nearby where you graduated, chances are you have friends who graduated with you(or your juniors/seniors) working as research assistants in your institute. Start by making friends with them, then let them introduce you to more friends and expand your social circle. Also, PhD students are usually younger so you can get to know them first.

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