The Structure and Function of Macromolecules
One down, five to go!
Well, today's exam wasn't as bad as it might have been. It was definately my least favourite paper and potentially one of the worst. Of the three questions I had to answer (from 9) the one on membrane proteins was a gift and the one on NMR and X-ray crystallography wasn't too bad, but after that I stuggled to find aonther one to do and I'd over-run on time. I eventually waffled on for a couple of sides about Optical Tweezers, Electrospay Mass Spectrometry, Sedimentation Coefficients and the Green Fluorenscent Protein - all a hell of a lot of fun, really!
On a much more interesting note, I took an hour off yesterday evening and headed to the Randolf Hotel to check out the Oxford Cup Poker Tournament that was going on. Man, I wish I could have played; it was so exciting. There were 20 or so pros there of whom I recognised a few names, but one stood out a mile off (probably some to do with the massive gold braclet he was wearing!) - none other than James Vogel, winner of this year's £2000 buyin No-Limit Holdem event at the WSOP. He collected a hefty $400,000 and of course - the coveted Gold Braclet. I watched him play a few hands, but nothing much was going on. A guy who I play with quite regularly was at the same table and had apparently re-bought 7 or 8 times, which would have cost him about £180 and from the size of Vogel's stack I was guessing that most of it had ended up there!
Unfortuantely I couldn't stay for long and I had to aviod the temptation of joining in with some of the ring games that were starting up. I saw another guy who I play with take down a sizable pot with quad 6s and I also managed to catch up with a guy who was in college last year (Deiter) and is now playing pro, but that was about all I had time for and I reluctantly slipped away, back to my desk!
...which is what I'm gonna have to do now. Tomorrow's exam is "Energetics and Metabolic Processes" and it's not gonna be pretty if I sit at the computer all afternoon!
Well, today's exam wasn't as bad as it might have been. It was definately my least favourite paper and potentially one of the worst. Of the three questions I had to answer (from 9) the one on membrane proteins was a gift and the one on NMR and X-ray crystallography wasn't too bad, but after that I stuggled to find aonther one to do and I'd over-run on time. I eventually waffled on for a couple of sides about Optical Tweezers, Electrospay Mass Spectrometry, Sedimentation Coefficients and the Green Fluorenscent Protein - all a hell of a lot of fun, really!
On a much more interesting note, I took an hour off yesterday evening and headed to the Randolf Hotel to check out the Oxford Cup Poker Tournament that was going on. Man, I wish I could have played; it was so exciting. There were 20 or so pros there of whom I recognised a few names, but one stood out a mile off (probably some to do with the massive gold braclet he was wearing!) - none other than James Vogel, winner of this year's £2000 buyin No-Limit Holdem event at the WSOP. He collected a hefty $400,000 and of course - the coveted Gold Braclet. I watched him play a few hands, but nothing much was going on. A guy who I play with quite regularly was at the same table and had apparently re-bought 7 or 8 times, which would have cost him about £180 and from the size of Vogel's stack I was guessing that most of it had ended up there!
Unfortuantely I couldn't stay for long and I had to aviod the temptation of joining in with some of the ring games that were starting up. I saw another guy who I play with take down a sizable pot with quad 6s and I also managed to catch up with a guy who was in college last year (Deiter) and is now playing pro, but that was about all I had time for and I reluctantly slipped away, back to my desk!
...which is what I'm gonna have to do now. Tomorrow's exam is "Energetics and Metabolic Processes" and it's not gonna be pretty if I sit at the computer all afternoon!
posted by Pinky @ 2:32 PM
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