homeward bound Mariah I amjust now reading your latest blog and you have had a lifetime experience one you will never forget and probably look back at your blogs and laugh alot about some of the things you did. The 3 weeks are over and you are probably on your way home. I hate for you those long layovers. I have really enjoyed all the blogs you have sent us and also the pics. I have been on my computor more the last 3 weeks than I have been for months. I would get upin the morning and see if you had wrote one. Now is when the real work starts probably some late nites in the lab and working on your book but it will be worth it in the end. Love you have a safe trip home and get some Dr PEPPER grandma veit
amazing stuff Its been entertaining and educational reading your blogs...thanks for sharing this experiene with us and have a safe trip back home. You'll probably sleep for 24 hours when you get home and I'm sure your hubby will be so thrilled to have you back.
Love you.
I will miss your blogs, but I am so excited to have you back home. What an amazing experience. I know about the Chinese and cutting in line. Dad and I were in Banf waiting in line for the shuttle, we got there early to make sure we had our place in line, then as it got there and started loading theses chinese people came up and just shoved their way in front of us and got on the shuttle, needless to say I was mortified as line cutting, whether in person or in a car, is a huge pet peeve of mine. You Dad told me that was normal for their culture, WHATEVER, I still think it is terribly rude!
Have a safe journey home. Love you XOXO
the start of my day I got to work and went tothe computer to hear from you, I will keep every page and reread them. What an experience you have had, and also for me personally, thank you. Be safe and can't wait to see you, all my love your name sake Meme Beth
I was just telling steve about the bottomless infant pants! Anyway, glad to hear you end on a positive note and i'll see you in a week! Going to the great wall tomorrow and then LOTS of shopping on saturday! Tell ming i will make him eat these cigerettes when i get back to the US...
Thank you so much Mariah! I have enjoyed reading your Blog and being a part of your adventures every day! Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this! I have always wanted to know my "family" and this was such a neat way to get to know YOU!
I know you will be so glad to get home to your own bed (and your hubby), and of course to American FOOD!!!!
Take Care!
Connie
Hole for pooping Poop Hole huh?? OMG... I am still laughing about this! While it may be a gross the visual, in my head it could almost make me cry from laughing.
As for singing... I can confirm this. You are the only person to be the 1st one out (every time) on American Idol karaoke. Considering I didn't even know the words to a song and made them up as a went I still did better... shameful!
Regardless I will be happy to have my tone deaf wife home soon where she can enjoy comfy beds, Mac n Cheese and a separate Shower/Toilet combo.
how about 35 before starting a family Mariah Just kidding but it will never be the same after you have children all your time and thoughts are on them in fact you never quit worring about them until you die. Sure sounds like you got a lot of experience in 1 week but that is good you should have a lot more to put in your book. Hope you have a pleasant trip home and ready togo to work at Purdue also hope you get the DR Pepper in Chicago and call Josh to have the house clean and some cold Dr. Pepper in frig. Will see you when you get back to Oklahoma. Love grandma
I am going to miss reading your blog after you return home. I was cracking up when I read all of the foods you are dreaming about eating upon your return. It was so interesting to read about your work in the lab even though it was all going way over my head...LOL!
So, if 29 is too old, I guess I am out of luck! Funny, I saw the veterinarian I worked for over last weekend. He asked if I had found anyone to date yet, when I responded the usual "no," he asked me if I'm gay. Apparently if I can't find anyone to date that doesn't fart all the way through dinner, then I MUST be gay. Go figure. Anyhow, if you give me the recipe for your mac-n-cheese, I will make it for you. Oh, and I'm not sure when you're back? I know its the end of this week, but is it Friday or Saturday? I know you gave me the recipe once, but my brain is too full of other crap to remember the exact ingredients...
I know it feels like your days are forever long, but trust me, they will fly by and you'll be so happy that you did have the experience in cloning things... one more bright spot to add to a resume. You've done great things over there, you have to be very proud of yourself!
Carrie
Feeling the pressure Hey, Mariah.
I think everyone gets to a point in their research when they have to work 16-20 hours days...it is a drag, but you feel so good when it is over! Sometimes the marathons are really productive. I find I do the same thing when I make pies, so I only make pies on holidays...after I get all the stuff out and have flour on my kitchen floor anyway, I just keep baking them until I run out of ingredients or my pastry starts getting tough. So, just keep cloning and picking until you start wasting more than you are saving, and it will soon be over. You are right...you would never get by with the short cuts at Purdue...but love the data! Hugs from all of us.
Papa John's in China, who knew. Your research sounds exciting and tedious. I bet the rice field was a sight to see. If only you lived here I would make you all your favorites for a return dinnner home, but I'll just to have to save that for Christmas break. Your trip home will be here before you know it. Josh is right you can do anything for 3 days.
Another entertaining blog Half-Pint, I will be be thrilled to have you home, but I will miss your blogs.
Love you XOXO
not too old. Hey 29 is not too old, I had your mother about that age, and thats not bad. I was very interested in the closing, but 16 hours thats a long time, I don't know how you keep your concentration. Smooth ride home, love you, MemeBeth
29 can sometimes be too young You're only as old as you feel. Twenty-nine is not too old. I was older than that and little Thor doesn't make me feel old or tired.
I ate a LOT of cheese and other dairy products when I returned home. I'm still waiting for my Italian food but the Mexican food was fantastic! And the deli sandwich I bought at the airport was one of the best I had eaten.
True love is a fiesta taco... I still stand behind the fact you can do anything for 3 days... Of all the places you want to eat Fiesta was not one of them, I am shocked but not surprised that Bueno is #1. Also, oddly enough this is not the 1st time I have been referred to as "John" not sure why, I guess Josh just isn't common enough lol. Keep up the good work and congrats on learning a new lab technique, if nothing else that is pretty cool.
deep in the hoop lah Mariah,
Your days may be long but I can tell you are truely in your element. There is joy in your words when you describe the grueling but rewarding days. You can almost put your remaining time in China into hours instead of days. Having you home safe and sound will be your gift to me. Be safe. Love Dad
Heck if 29 is too old, then check me out lol. What you lose in energy, you gain in patience.....or so I'm told. Congrats on the cloning. That's how my cloning went in my first couple of years, especially when we were working on my paper. Once you do it for a while, you begin to love it. I find cloning soothing these days lol. And no worries about the ethanol :) We only ethanol our gloves in a tissue culture hood. DNA is actually kind of hard to contaminate. I'm excited for you. Maybe you can bring new protocols back with you. Have a great time!
I loved the adjectives in the first paragraph... sounds like you were speaking from experience? I'm glad you're getting to eat again! Sounds like Hong Kong is totally the place to visit. Plus, I love the peace sign your friend flashed for the photo. Very American! Too bad on the knock-off purses, though I'm sure you can buy one here just as easily :) See you soon, adventurista!
Sounds great! Mariah, I am so glad that you got some food in you...nausea sometimes goes along with low caloric intake, but it sounds like you had lots of good choices that will carry you another week. How exciting to do some cloning! I have never done that, either, but you have done lots of things that I have not...like visit China. So, enjoy this next week, and good luck with the work.
Bad Italian is better than no Italian Another entertaining blog for me and fantastic experience for you. good luck on the primers, so I guess the 100 mark isn't happening. LOL I can't wait to see all of your pictures when you get back. I'll keep you posted on GH.
Love you XOXO
Hong Kong is King Mariah,
I knew you would enjoy Hong Kong. It was a British colony up untill 1997 and very modern. You've just withessed the effects of one culture vs another and the influence it has on development. I did not realize the smog had become such a problem but with that many people I guess it's just a by product of civilization. Now back to work with the isolates then home. I hope a day in the rice fields will let you relax with a low stress day. Do you get to wear one of those "rice field" hats like you see in movies? If so I need a pic. Be Safe, Love Dad
HK is Sweet! Hong Honk seems awesome and I bet that you (and Ming) have some amazing pictures! Now that you made friends there I think we will need a visit in the future :D Only a few more days and then you can have all the McDonald's you can handle.
Great Writer Mariah, I so look forward to your blogs. I take them home and read them again. You are a great writer with a strong sense of humor. I live vicariusly through your travels. Hope you are well, the food thing worries me. MeMe Beth
I am a PhD candidate at Purdue University and I am traveling to China with the NSF funded GK12 program. Starting in Nanjing/Wuxi to observe and participate in their science education program then to Guangzhou to do collabrative research on rice blast disease. I hope to take a few weekend trips to Shanghi and Hong Kong before returning home. No matter what it is going to be an adventure!!... full info
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Mariah I amjust now reading your latest blog and you have had a lifetime experience one you will never forget and probably look back at your blogs and laugh alot about some of the things you did. The 3 weeks are over and you are probably on your way home. I hate for you those long layovers. I have really enjoyed all the blogs you have sent us and also the pics. I have been on my computor more the last 3 weeks than I have been for months. I would get upin the morning and see if you had wrote one. Now is when the real work starts probably some late nites in the lab and working on your book but it will be worth it in the end. Love you have a safe trip home and get some Dr PEPPER grandma veit