Achala Basu

                                 i Gem 2011

DAY 1, 24th may: The last i remember of science was saying good riddance to it a year ago after my final school examinations got over. Science never really was my cup of tea back when i was in school. The biggest happiness i got out of leaving school was leaving science and pursuing art. HA! who knew i would be spending the first summer vacation of college studying synthetic biology, genetics and DNA? What made me take it up, i'm not sure yet. On my way to class, my mind was still getting over relaxation period and i was having second doubts on taking part. But that seemed to have vanished soon enough after one hour of class with yashas. I never really thought synthetic biology or anything related to science was interesting, thanks to the monotonous teaching in school. But today was different. I actually managed to understand a lot today than i ever did in my entire schooling life. I never really thought how people got blue eyes or curly brown hair from their parents? or what caused these traits? was genes all about x's and y's? I finally understood the structure of DNA, something i'v never been able to figure out all my life. I'm still very confused with many things, like differences between enzyme and proteins. Bacteria and living things. but i'm hoping to learn soon.