Three weeks of studying at the University of Canterbury are completed, and things have never been as good. It was a big decision to come all the way to Christchurch but I couldn't have done anything better, cause I'm loving every second.
Same thing is to say about the choice of my courses: Antarctic Studies is cool, Geology rocks and Biology is just in my genes... the latter is definitely the core, involving lots of studying as well as two lab-sessions per week, but I have no problem whatsoever to come up with motivation. There are so many fascinating things in every little bit of live, no matter what it is.
Two examples:
1. Because they are the origin of all life, we first studied a good deal of bacteria. They might appear boring, since you never see them and only think about them when you catch a disease, but these guys are totally important and hugely diverse. Today I examined them for the first time under a microscope with a lense that increases sight by a 1000 times. And it was an oddly exciting feeling to see these tiny busy organisms swimming around in the water.
2. Yesterday I was watching the late news on TV One and they showed some pictures of dolphins, playing with air-bubbles they blow themselves, for sheer fun's sake. Especially if I hear about all the bad things happening in this world - the terror-attack on Sri Lankas cricket team in Pakistan, the assault on Tsvangirai and his wife in Zimbabwe or the shooting tragedy in Germany to name just a few happening recently, not to speak about all the repression and tragedy not making it to the news - compared to the lightheartedness of a dolphin enjoying his community and playing with these jewels of air, I seriously doubt whether human beings are so superior to everything as we think we are. Probably there is a good deal more we can learn from animals than just how they manage to survive.
If you've never seen it, have a look at Youtube under air-bubble blowing dolphins.
Friday, March 13, 2009
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