A wonderful journey & unforgettable memories

People say experience of life consists of the things you have done and of the people you have met. Looking back at the journey in my final year project (FYP): I have worked with my lab partner for 3 months in formulating lactic acid serum from scratch. After all, not everything throughout this journey was perfect but this is life and this is science. It will never be anywhere near perfect.

This is just the perfect timing to write up because the project is coming to an end. This also sums up my personal review of these past days and months.

The Things

Already at the beginning I knew it would be an exciting journey to experience new field apart from academic, but I didn’t realise beforehand how many new experiences and how much value and unforgettable memories this project would bring to me. What I appreciate the most is my supervisor´s attitude: how he is always willing to share his opinions and experiences, and at the same time he is a good listener (& also a good pâtissier) and willing to hear us and respect our thoughts. We have planned our project together based on our interests and literature reviews, and as a result, this project has brought me more than I expected.

The People

I also want to express my sincere gratitude to all the people who I have worked with as well as who I am still working with because they make my journey meaningful. I am very lucky because I can chat freely with my supervisor and seniors about our concerns and feelings about work. They always give me friendly and open advices based on their experiences and share their own stories.

What I also appreciate is that I have luckily gotten to know some people who I see as role models to me and I believe having such role models at the very beginning of my journey can definitely make a big difference in my life. Their professionalism and attitude towards work always motivate me and make me consider seriously what kind of a person I want to become. Also, I will never forget those people with whom we celebrated their birthdays, went on jungle trekking, teamed up for some mischiefs in lab, and hung out for after-work drinks etc. All this indeed makes my journey colourful and unforgettable.

Words cannot express all my feelings about every moment of this journey, but when looking back I realise how many things I have gone through and how much memories I will have of this project. Just like one saying expresses it:

“The past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later and thus we don’t have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”