Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Change in the tide

It's funny how the best laid plans are never set in stone. Our environment is constantly changing, whether we notice it or not. The subtle alterations in our microenvironment. Maybe just a twitch of our facial muscle, and the outcome of the something, anything, might be totally different.

I, or rather, me and my friends, went for a meeting with this company, MedKlinn, who wants us to do clinical studies on their product, iOsis. The meeting was all about how to use the product, and what they expect from the clinical studies that they hoped we would do for our Masters.

iOsis by Medklinn
*This is not an advertistment*

Let's start at the beginning of the story. Bioscience in UTAR is located in Kampar campus, meaning us bioscience students, have to relocate to Kampar. There were mixed feelings about this. Two of us wanted to stay in KL, one wanted to leave KL, one couldn't care less where she was. My supervisor was quite reluctant to travel to Kampar.

Anyway, we pulled ourselves together, and started focusing on The Big Move. We had planned on our accomodation *we were to stay together*, we had planned on our transportation *we had a car*, we had planned on a lot of things. Well, maybe Kampar could be fun, you know, with friends and all.

Then, this meeting came up. And now it seems, we don't even have to go into the lab. It's clinical studies. We do not have any lab work, all the lab work is done by hospital labs or private labs, since all we need is regular blood test results from patients. Completely all field work.

Where do we get these patients? In hospitals. Which hospitals do we get patients from all walks of life? KL hospitals. So we're back here. Again, mixed feelings about this. We have already gotten used to the idea of going to Kampar, and we have to adjust ourselves to the thought of staying back.

This might change again, depending on which direction the wind blows. For now, we haven't even submitted our proposals yet, there are still too many questions to be asked, and nothing is answered. It's exciting, yes, but at the same time, it's scary, it's overwhelming, it's confusing. When will the wind be just right? When do I set sail?

The tide turns every six hours. I have to push off soon. Wish me luck in making the right decisions.

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