posted by Dennise Castro July 7, 2009  I had my first day in Biomodd Lab. I had to drag myself to the lab. Sobrang tinatamad kasi ako. Feeling ko ang layo-layo!
I travelled 2 hours from Las Piñas to NCC-Diliman.
I together with Angelo ( "Mr. Biomodd", as he introduced himself to me
) took the shuttle service. Manong Naldo, started driving exactly 15:08
from NCC-Diliman, and the smooth traffic-less drizzling afternoon trip
took us 2 hrs to arrive at Biomodd.
Upon arrival, I was shocked by the complete silence
of the place, I felt like I was on an island, and the only noise that
you can hear are the frogs on the street (katumbas ng mga tambay sa
mga kanto namin ), the birds tweeting ( katumbas ng mga lasenggong
nagkakantahan pag may birthday party ), and the clapping of the leaves
blown by the air (parang mga gangster na nagpapalatakan )..
hahahaha... it was untolerable silence, until Mr. Biomodd ( Angelo )
started to give me a tour in the lab. Breaking the silence kumbaga.
Reading the website alone, is truly amazing, but it was way too
different to see how the lab is working.
After the quick introduction, Mr. Biomodd and I
went to the cafeteria near (or in, I am not sure) IRRI. We met Diego
and friends and had a quick bite with them. ( oh, Mr. Biomodd, did I
say thank you for the food, well, thanks! sarap kumain pag libre!!! lol
). After the early dinner. We went back to the lab and Angelo started
to give me things to do.
It wasnt hard assignments that I had. I check all
the plants, watered it all, added soil to some and had it all sprayed
with water.. (may sprinkler na may electric fan, naaliw naman ako dun!
). after which, i cleaned one of the aquariums ( Mr. Biomodd said that
it was never cleaned since it was built, first time! ako ang naglinis!
:p ). I fed the fish as well. And, pinaayos ni Diego yung malaking
halaman na nasa gitna ng Biomodd model. And then, they sent me home. (
hoy! hindi madali ang mga ginawa ko ha! dugo't pawis ang pinuhunan ko
dun, lol )
I had to ride a jeepney from UPOU to Calamba Bus
Station. From there, I took a bus to Alabang, and Alabang to Las Piñas.
It was another 2 hours. ( malamig sa biyahe, partida, ordinary bus and
sinakyan ko! )
All in all, iIt was a very nice experience and i
have a good feeling as of now. Very light yung atmosphere sa lab, bukod
sa tahimik! I call my professors by their first names! San ka pa?! And
i felt like, we are out of the Philippines. May I English ako. Hahaha.
But kidding aside, I never thought that it will be that fun to be in
the lab. Wag lang araw-araw. Baka mabaliw ako sa sobrang katahimikan ng
Los Baños.
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