Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Return: back to blogging.

The hiatus is over! A need to journal has forced me out to begin writing in this blog again, and I am quite excited,to say the least. From now, my postings on this site shall be rather random than specific. The reason behind this decision is to garner all my essays and discussions in one directory. Someday when I need to refer back to them, querying will be simple. While on vacation from writing here, my activities ranged from web designing to being a student with the usual student routines.
Speaking of web design, I have been working arduously on a various web projects, one of which I look forward to publishing very soon. Although, the content creation is complete, there still need to be some sort of testing before this site is publicly unveiled. Therefore, minor house-keeping routines are currently performed as I scribble this note.
The site in question will (at first) be a non-profit web application that enables students with their class grade analysis and also help them create flash cards, which will be publicly available at their request. Maybe not the best application ever created, but my aim behind this project is to focus specifically on certain aspects pertaining student-life. As you may have understood from the previous sentences, this site will be subdivided into two sections -- the grade analysis section and the flash card (online and printable) section. At this point, however, I refuse to impart the name of the site, but rather wait till September 2nd. You will love what you see! Security will also be a key with time, but that all for now.
When web designing is not occupying my time, surfing the web for new discoveries takes the lead. Although I might not be as great at surfing the web as I might be at ...say... working in the science laboratory, over the past few weeks I have discovered some interesting facts I'd like to share.
One of them- spleen has beneficial functions in the body. Prior to learning this, I'd thought the spleen is never necessary. But after being asked the question "what is the function of spleen?" on the PCAT, I thought it worthwhile to query the word on Google. Actually, the moment I saw that question, I thought "who cares about the spleen?" Even in high school, I don't recall ever being taught the function or location of the spleen. But somewhere within me (during the PCAT) the question seemed less complex than it appeared.
As I queried the spleen on the search tab, the results from the google was so enormous I became curious about the need for animals to possess this feature. Spleen functions a bit like the liver, I learnt. It helps detoxify the blood of dead red blood cells and stores some blood in case of emergency such as hemorrhage. The spleen contains half of the body's monocytes in its reserve. Moreover, it is very significant to also note that the spleen functions in place of the liver early in ones life while the liver develops. Eventually when the liver is fully grown, the function of spleen slightly changes and serves more like an 'alternate' in time of need.
Today, the spleen is surgically removed in many patients after they contact splenomegaly, owing to the finding that one can live without it. A life without a spleen has been proven to be true, but then the individual is more prone to infection. In my opinion, the spleen might be of greater need than what is far fetched, but scientists are yet to uncover and perhaps construe these importance.
That said, recently, I have cut down a great deal on my use of the internet because everything is busier. But summer is almost over now so I look forward to coming back full time to online blogging.

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