Today I got some hands-on practise on the diving PAM. The theory was all nice but using the diving PAM could run into some tricky situations that can only be overcome with experience. Therefore, it was wonderful to get some great tips from Paul Fisher. He also teamed me with another PhD student, Tom who had been using the diving PAM for a long time for his research. We were PAMing some aiptasia anemone. It was great to see how the PAM really works! It is relatively easy to use, when there is no problem! So, keeping my fingers crossed and hope it is as easy PAMing the corals for my own experiment.
We got done by 3pm today, and I took the rest of the day off. I had nothing much to do, and it seemed that I was constantly in the way of the others. They needed to work on their own research, and yet they needed to take care of me. Therefore, I decided to leave the lab at around 3pm, and went around to explore Wellington central. Actually, I just ened up walking around Cuba Street. I went browsing around in this comic shop - brought back memories of when I was collecting comic books (I am sure I still have three boxes of high-value comic books at my mom's place in Singapore!). Had coffee at this cafe, Fidel - which was highly recommended by the staff at the hostel, and on various tourist website. Came back to the hostel at around 6.30pm, prepare the presentation for tomorrow's meeting, relaxed and just surfed the internet.
About 2 more months before I am leaving for Taiwan for my first experiment. Getting more nervous and excited as the dates drew nearer. In the meantime, I am still waiting eagerly for an answer from my Taiwan colleagues for the location of my lab work. Hopefully, Dr. Tang's colleague, Dr. Allen Chen would have some good news for me tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed.
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