Depressing Day

Ugh... Drizzle, rain, drizzle. Dark, gloomy, dark. I thought spring is upon us?

I haven't been able to wake up on time ever since the time change. I've been practically running to the bus-stop for the past three days.

What can top gloomy weather? Dumb-assed experiments gone wrong. Purification of my PCR amplicons with Qiagen purification kit somehow didn't work as expected. I still see the bands after the process, albeit weaker. But since there was some dilution, I don't think that's a huge issue. However when testing the concentration and quality on the Nanodrop... ARGH! A total mess. There is absolutely no peak at 260nm, worse still some result in negative concentration. Less than the blank? How can that be possible??? I saw the bands after purification! What do you think is wrong? The Nanodrop, Qiagen kit, or me?

*fume*

The handle on my laptop carrying case is falling apart. I believe the stitching has come loose. Dang. Must I buy one here? I haven't seen any nice ones. Then again, I haven't been looking for one. But I have seen some rather nice ones in Singapore's Apple Store that I've already shortlisted in my shopping list for when I return. Sekali the handle breaks without warning how?

*fume fume*

And for some reason, they are shifting me out of my table/room at SLU. Some other person is coming and the department head wants to seat him there. And the icing on the cake is... He's going to be at SLU for only a very short period of time. When he leaves, I'll still be around. They are giving me another table/room on the same corridor. Er... Why can't they put the new guest there, instead of moving me around like some object? This goes to show how much I'm wanted here.

*fume fume fume*

Quick, somebody tell me something that will cheer me up.