The end of the year already?
Gosh, time really has no intention of speeding up, does it?
It seems like it was just yesterday that I was mulling over the stream choices in my head, sitting with my science textbook (The three sciences in ONE textbook? What sorcery is this?!!) next to me and the stream options in my hand. Was the radio playing? I think it was...
Do I ever regret taking the science stream? I get asked this question a lot.
While there isn't a doubt that I would have been exceptionally good in the subjects my school offers for the Arts stream, there is no denying that I've always loved Science, all the three core sciences - Physics (gasp!), Chemistry and Biology with varying intensities and in my own way.
I still remember how lightning and thunder used to frighten me as a little girl, especially in India. One night in Bangalore, the weather was especially bad and sleep stayed as far away as possible from me. Curled up in my blanket, with my eyes wide in a soon-to-be-realized-as-an-irrational fear, I voiced my concerns with the weather out loud. My older cousin brother came to my rescue - and started telling me about what lightning and thunder was. About the charge differences and composition of clouds, about the speeds of light and sound - all this seemed fantastic to a little girl who just began grasping the concept of matter. By the time he started explaining the structure of the atom, complete with the nucleus, electrons, subatomic particles such as leptons, gluons and quarks, my fears had been quelled and I drifted of into a restful slumber - with the rain lashing against the window pane.
Chemistry? Many of my friends could vouch for the fascination I have for organic chemistry and Benzene rings...
I mean, come on! They're the very definition of AWESOME:
And of course who could forget coordination compounds and complexes?
To my fellow science students: that's an EDTA chelate ;) Beautiful, isn't it?
Biology - words cannot describe my fascination with living things and the intricacies of the processes that keep us alive.
That dissection of the white rat we did in Grade 11 - I love it not for the gore and horror but simply for the way everything fit into the little rodent's body.
To my fellow Bio students, and a few of my friends who could see him: Felix :)
I can't ever regret taking the Science stream.
Never.
My marks may not have been the best - but the knowledge I've gained and the comprehension of my surroundings that I now have? It's invaluable.
The choice has given me an incredible bunch of experiences and opportunities, some that I can't even imagine my life without.
So as the year comes to its impending (and dramatic - 2012!) close, and as the boards loom ever closer...
I bid you, 2012, a fond farewell. This year has been amazing - a metamorphosis at its end and a beginning in the horizon.
I choose to end with two lines from a poem I wrote:
"A little belief works in mysterious ways
Pushing, persevering for the hope of better days."
Gosh, time really has no intention of speeding up, does it?
It seems like it was just yesterday that I was mulling over the stream choices in my head, sitting with my science textbook (The three sciences in ONE textbook? What sorcery is this?!!) next to me and the stream options in my hand. Was the radio playing? I think it was...
Do I ever regret taking the science stream? I get asked this question a lot.
While there isn't a doubt that I would have been exceptionally good in the subjects my school offers for the Arts stream, there is no denying that I've always loved Science, all the three core sciences - Physics (gasp!), Chemistry and Biology with varying intensities and in my own way.
I still remember how lightning and thunder used to frighten me as a little girl, especially in India. One night in Bangalore, the weather was especially bad and sleep stayed as far away as possible from me. Curled up in my blanket, with my eyes wide in a soon-to-be-realized-as-an-irrational fear, I voiced my concerns with the weather out loud. My older cousin brother came to my rescue - and started telling me about what lightning and thunder was. About the charge differences and composition of clouds, about the speeds of light and sound - all this seemed fantastic to a little girl who just began grasping the concept of matter. By the time he started explaining the structure of the atom, complete with the nucleus, electrons, subatomic particles such as leptons, gluons and quarks, my fears had been quelled and I drifted of into a restful slumber - with the rain lashing against the window pane.
Chemistry? Many of my friends could vouch for the fascination I have for organic chemistry and Benzene rings...
I mean, come on! They're the very definition of AWESOME:
Benzene
Biology - words cannot describe my fascination with living things and the intricacies of the processes that keep us alive.
That dissection of the white rat we did in Grade 11 - I love it not for the gore and horror but simply for the way everything fit into the little rodent's body.
To my fellow Bio students, and a few of my friends who could see him: Felix :)
I can't ever regret taking the Science stream.
Never.
My marks may not have been the best - but the knowledge I've gained and the comprehension of my surroundings that I now have? It's invaluable.
The choice has given me an incredible bunch of experiences and opportunities, some that I can't even imagine my life without.
So as the year comes to its impending (and dramatic - 2012!) close, and as the boards loom ever closer...
I bid you, 2012, a fond farewell. This year has been amazing - a metamorphosis at its end and a beginning in the horizon.
I choose to end with two lines from a poem I wrote:
"A little belief works in mysterious ways
Pushing, persevering for the hope of better days."
