Alhamdulillah ~ first joint paper has been accepted for publication in Fungal Ecology..AND new sampling site for this year - Kew Garden.. 

two bits of good news for today! :):)

My Research Skill Training courses this year

Creativity, Motivation & Personal Effectiveness

Academic Writing Skills (SCIENCE)

Writing Abstract ( SCIENCE)

Writing The Doctoral Thesis (HSS/SCIENCE)

Getting Published (Science)

Applying for Grants & Fellowships PostDoc Funding DONE!

Selecting a Conference, Presenting & Networking

done with the meeting, let's work it out!

Alhamdulillah, the meeting today was successful as I hope it would be

my sv looks happy and satisfied with my progress

so, next thing to do is to keep and maintain that situations throughout the years to come...haha!

well..well..well

it is decided that my 2nd project of the year will officially start next week

so, i'll be spending most of the time in the lab while doing my fungal sampling in the forest once/twice in a weekly basis

oh, not to forget i am gonna have one research training skill course to attend to on next week as well

will probably be busy as bee!

you know like suddenly i had this kind of not-so-great idea but i think it could enhance my creativity in writing..bluurgh!

and i am thinking of doing a scrap book for fungi found in or around RHUL.. at least it could enhance my technique of identifying those species and having them recorded for my very own collection.. i won't think beyond than what i could imagined for this idea but i hope i could find as many species as possible while i'm studying here.. yeah, could share it with my sv later! haha

ok, that's it for now

time to start working!!!

while looking out for Hypholoma, I found them as well...

well.. this is what i'm after for my next project, but it wouldn't be the only species alone in the forest right?




all pictures are likely taken from the Internet as I have no time to take pictures of them today..

Mycena alcalina

Lepiota felina

Lepista sordida

Stropharia aeruginosa
this is one of the unique fungus i've ever seen! i've made spore prints of the fungus and can't wait to check em' out tomorrow under the microscope

Coprinus comatus

Scleroderma verrucosum

Armillaria mellea


guess what? i found all of them at the back garden of Royal Holloway! hopefully more species will turn out soon!

co-incidence or reality? :)

i did it my way

my bench looked clean today as I'd only used lamina flow for my fungal isolation experiment

well..most chemicals on the rack weren't mine anyway.. menyempit je dekat situ

i really wanna put my reference books and my other stuff on the table so that I don't have to bring those heavy books every time i need them but things that happened on the past has taught me to keep my papers somewhere safe -- at home

i got myself a new note book and stationeries for the new term.. red makes me more energetic and hot..HOT!!?? i hope this changes at least will put some colours and brightening my study days for another term/year.. :) it is not just the kids who need new back-to-school thingy, aight?

my tasks has done for today!!

yeay!!