End of Semester 1, 2012

It is the end of Semester 1, 2012. I have officially finished my tutor assignments for the labs. Hannah and I will be marking the exams for both BIOSCI 101 and BIOSCI 107 in the upcoming weeks. Since it is already June (half a year has passed!), it is a good idea to do a quick review of the goals I have made for 2012.

1. Finish and publish the two papers I have been working on for the past 3 months (ON-GOING) .
2. Portions of the PhD research to be done : location recce (ACHIEVED), collaborators negotiation (ACHIEVED), literature review (ON-GOING), experimental design (ON-GOING).
3. Publish at least one paper from my PhD research before end of 2012.
4. Pass our GUE fundamentals (ACHIEVED)and Rec 3 (Trimix) (ON-GOING) .
5. Conduct at least one exploration dive on the Blue Creek resurgence with TechDive NZ.
6. Clock a total of at least 40 recreational dives and 10 technical dives  (ON-GOING) . 
7. Teach 2 labs per week (this will help with the monthly finances as well :) )(ACHIEVED)
8. Stick to a strict exercise regime ( I already have a regime, but sticking to it is another story :P). (OPPS!)
9. Run the Auckland Marathon.
10. Call home (Singapore) at least once every fortnight  (ON-GOING) .
11. Go home (Singapore) at least one time in year 2012 (not counting the wedding date!) (ACHIEVED).
12. Go back to Iron Mountain.