Hey, has anyone else been watching Dirt Games? It's looking pretty dramatic tonight, jobs lost, trying to finance the new mine, etc. I've really been enjoying it, it's an interesting show. So yeah, check it out if you haven't already.

I can't believe how fast this semester's going! I have an exam tomorrow that's only worth 5%, but you need 70% to pass. The worst thing is, if you don't pass, you have to re-sit and if you don't pass that, you fail the entire course automatically :-(. So we've all been working hard to make sure we get through it. The last one wasn't too hard, so hopefully it will be fine. Still working on the bioremediation report too, as well as the VISY boiler project. Hope everyone else is having a fun week...

Hey, it's been a while since I posted anything so I thought I should, but I'm really not sure what there is to write about... Have been crazy busy at uni and am getting pretty stressed. I'm doing one especially interesting assignment about bioremediation of arsenic in groundwater. Arsenic occurs naturally in a lot of groundwater. It's an area of interest for me because it's a major problem in Cambodia, where the EWB Challenge I worked on over summer was set. People who drink the contaminated water suffer from skin disorders, heart problems, decreased IQ and increased risk of cancer, so it's a pretty big deal. I'm writing about a method of removing arsenic from water using sulphate-reducing bacteria. It's a pretty new idea, but looks like it could have a lot of potential. So yeah, that's been really interesting to look into. I'm also doing an assignment on the boiler at VISY Paper Recycling Mill, which I suppose is interesting too in its own way...