I'm still not done with my exams . The fact that it's cold, it snows and I have to get up early to study combined with the stress that's always associated with it makes everyday a torture during exams :).
The week before I started my exams, I had an interview for a project at Astrazeneca at their Centre for Cancer Research in Alderley Park, Cheshire. And just so you know, I'm not a biologist or neither am I related to the medical field, but I'm from a Computer Science background so it might sound a bit strange :) . The project is in the field of NLP( Natural Language Processing) with respect to the medical literature. I will not go into detail about the project as I know most of you will be bored to death hehe .
So, the project is supposed to be supervised by a Professor from my University and a Senior Research Scientist from Astrazeneca. As I had already submitted my CV to the potential supervisor and had a very lengthy technical interview with him , I was up for another interview from the Industrial supervisor that day. Since Alderly Edge is around 15 miles from Manchester, I decided to go by train.
The interview was scheduled for 2 pm so I reached the train station at around 12:20 . I changed trains at Piccadilly and from there the train goes straight to Alderley Edge. I reached Alderley Edge around 1:10 , and walked straight from the station to find a bus which goes to Alderley Park. Since I have never been to Alderley Edge before, it's not a surprise that I couldn't find the bus station :D . I walked and walked, then finally decided to go back to the train station. When I got back there, arghh, there was a huge road map which displays everything about the onward journey. Uff, I don't know how I missed that. Then I got the bus to Alderley Park. Since I don't know where it was exactly , I decided to sit near the window to look for any sign post when suddenly I saw the main gate of Astrazeneca and I panicked lol. But, the bus was running so fast that when I finally pressed the stop button, we had already gone a long way . The bus driver looked quite confused that I wanted to get off in the middle of nowhere but I thanked him and got down anyway hehe. Then I walked back to the gate and reached the Parkland building just before 2:00 .
Then I was interviewed for about an hour. Finally it was over and I took the train back home. And guess what? Today the project list got published and I got the project!! *big grin* . While to some this may not be a big thing, but I am super excited because this is a project that I have been eyeing for quite a while, so yayyyy!! again :) . But it seems there is a super daunting task of reading huge loads of biomedical books and I have to be familiar with lots and lots of bio-related terms, so I won't have any break after exams :( . But it still rocks *happy happy happy* .
The week before I started my exams, I had an interview for a project at Astrazeneca at their Centre for Cancer Research in Alderley Park, Cheshire. And just so you know, I'm not a biologist or neither am I related to the medical field, but I'm from a Computer Science background so it might sound a bit strange :) . The project is in the field of NLP( Natural Language Processing) with respect to the medical literature. I will not go into detail about the project as I know most of you will be bored to death hehe .
So, the project is supposed to be supervised by a Professor from my University and a Senior Research Scientist from Astrazeneca. As I had already submitted my CV to the potential supervisor and had a very lengthy technical interview with him , I was up for another interview from the Industrial supervisor that day. Since Alderly Edge is around 15 miles from Manchester, I decided to go by train.
The interview was scheduled for 2 pm so I reached the train station at around 12:20 . I changed trains at Piccadilly and from there the train goes straight to Alderley Edge. I reached Alderley Edge around 1:10 , and walked straight from the station to find a bus which goes to Alderley Park. Since I have never been to Alderley Edge before, it's not a surprise that I couldn't find the bus station :D . I walked and walked, then finally decided to go back to the train station. When I got back there, arghh, there was a huge road map which displays everything about the onward journey. Uff, I don't know how I missed that. Then I got the bus to Alderley Park. Since I don't know where it was exactly , I decided to sit near the window to look for any sign post when suddenly I saw the main gate of Astrazeneca and I panicked lol. But, the bus was running so fast that when I finally pressed the stop button, we had already gone a long way . The bus driver looked quite confused that I wanted to get off in the middle of nowhere but I thanked him and got down anyway hehe. Then I walked back to the gate and reached the Parkland building just before 2:00 .
Then I was interviewed for about an hour. Finally it was over and I took the train back home. And guess what? Today the project list got published and I got the project!! *big grin* . While to some this may not be a big thing, but I am super excited because this is a project that I have been eyeing for quite a while, so yayyyy!! again :) . But it seems there is a super daunting task of reading huge loads of biomedical books and I have to be familiar with lots and lots of bio-related terms, so I won't have any break after exams :( . But it still rocks *happy happy happy* .
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| Inside Astrazeneca , mind you, these sheeps are not being tested upon, they are just happy sheeps :D |
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| Acres and acres of green fields on the left while the office buildings are on the right side |
Wow, you really are an independent woman. I don't think I would have done all that on my own. That was a very interesting journey you had :) And congrats on getting the project!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd nice, comp science background huh? Interesting :) There must be so many new things to learn now! Back during my Comp Sc Engineering days, we didn't even have C++ because it wasn't "invented" yet. And one of our subjects was a study on Internet Explorer, the browser :D
Thanks and yes, it was quite a journey hehe. But if it was Bangalore or any other Indian cities as a matter of fact I know I wouldn't be able to find the place :D as people will probably point whichever way they want.
DeleteYes,I did my Comp science engineering in Bangalore :). Wow, if C++ was not invented during your days then it must be a long long time ago lol.
Being from remote village of mizoram, couldnt relate well with those route and their namesnames...but congrats for the project
ReplyDeleteThanks,you're still my idol :)
DeleteWell Written & Congrtz. Should we pronounce the 'Che' part from Cheshire as we do as in pronouncing 'Che' part from 'Chelsea.' or 'Che Guevara' :D hehe just askin.....probably got familiar with the 'shire' but not the che much.
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