Last Floor "The twelfth"

During the past two months I, Rey J. Santiago Crespo spend my summer in a Research Experience for Undergraduate. I made this internship in the University At Buffalo in New York. There I met with two graduated students (Jesus Velazquez and Ivonne M. Ferrer) that made my trip one I would not regret. They also made their Bachelor degree in Chemistry At University of Puerto Rico at Cayey. Thanks to this I was able to be confident in each step I made during the summer. I learned a lot of things about the life of a graduate student from them and other student in my laboratory group. My mentor teacher, professor Janet Morrow worked with me in Inorganic Biochemistry giving to me my own project to work with. I was able to work with many instruments including a Master Optical Paramagnetic Oscillator used to measure the luminescence spectrum of lanthanides. Also I used an Inova 500 NMR, UV/Vis and Fluor-meter.

In the picture above there are Karina my trip partner from UPR Cayey, Dr. Luis Colón the guy who made our experience possible, he's from Puerto Rico and he also graduated from UPR at Cayey. About my career, I definitely want to continue studying; Jesus and Ivonne were my inspiration to make this decision a final one. I want to make a last undergraduate research internship next summer to see what University is the one I wants to go. I know that this experience helped me to see many things I was unsure about. Also I could improve and practice my English language while enjoying my trip in Buffalo. There are not too much Spanish speaker there so English was the instrument to communicated with them. I made many friends from Buffalo and from different towns.

People who taught me new words and new things about the life in the USA. I also visit a lot of food places, I went to the Niagara Falls, also visited Canada and Cleveland. I went to an amusement park named Darien Lake, here I did ride every ride and for free and in Canada we went to a haunted house called Nightmare Wow! Everything was Awesome.

The last day before coming to Puerto Rico many people met in Jesus house to share a last moment and Jesus said--talking about me and Karina--: “ The first day they get here we went out to have dinner and they didn’t know how to order but look at them Know.”

At the end of this Summer I made the fourth place in the poster presentation with my project named Selective Nucleotide Detection by a Eu (III) Phenantrholine Complex, Free And Incorporated to the DNA. Working in Janet Morrow group gave me the opportunity to decide what to study, and that is chemistry.

Eleventh Floor

Nice view huh?... Who wouldn't like to be right here thinking about nothing and just sit back and relax knowing that you're having a great time. I would die to be there right now

but that's not the real thing I'm sitting here on my desk chair studying for the Biology class wondering what life has for me when I depart my destiny... This week was a little exiting for the reason that I receive the new that I'm working with the director of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program. I'll be working on molecules for the recognition of quadruplexes and nucleic acid bulges. This would involve synthesis and fluorescence measurements and perhaps gel electrophoresis. This might seem a speech in another language but it simply new areas of research for me so I'll have the chance to learn new techniques and areas of chemistry related to medicine. This is awesome because it combine the two areas of my interest chemistry and medicine.

Now besides that on Wednesday I took an economic test the rest of the week was a piece of cake free of stress week... The resting time is to feel free and study for my test of Biology the one that I have to get an A because I got and F on the last one, it was so hard to me but nothing ... I'll just Live every moment, laugh every day and love beyond words... ♡☮✯Peace✯☮♡

The 10Th Floor

Hey people, how are you? I'm ok but feeling sick again making this a three weeks in a row being like this. But like I said before "life is a box of chocolate... Now did you know that your tooth paste is made of many ingredient that you would never put on your mouth. Some of them are Antifreeze, formaldehyde, Seaweed, even chalk, yes the same that your second grade teacher use in her blackboard to write down everything that you have to write too. You may think that I went a little random here but I just talking about a Short essay I read for my English class oral presentation that it's call "What's in your toothpaste." It was cool because while you're reading it you make the picture in your mind of you everytime you wash your mouth.

Also during my week I can tell that my Social Science test was very easy if I had study more. On Friday I took my traditional quiz, because every Friday I have one, About reproduction system and I think that I did it right. It was a piece of cake.

Now Im resting here in my bed thinking about what I did and did not, Thinking about my lovely girlfriend that I want to see right now!!!!

Finally I wondering how I am going to wake up of my bed to do some shores and homeworks :(

The 9th Floor

This is my ninth floor of this reflexion tower. Here I expressed myself every week writing about it. It was a nice week, it was not, things like that. I can tell that during the beginning of the tower I was very expressive and I had a lot of motivation. But know is different, now I being feeling sick since the past two weeks. Life is not easy, right, well about this week of spring break I did a lot of things, well not a lot but I did some. I went in the weekend with my girlfriend and my bestfriend to the beach. Also during the week I went to the river with some friends and we spend some good time although that the water was very cold.

I also spent a lot of time with my puppy, it is so big now contrasting it with the first day that I saw it. I tought him how to sit on the floor and how to lay down. This dog capacity is awesome for the reason that I did not have to spend a week teaching him. He learned in approximately a half of an hour to sit. I think that I love that dog...

8th Floor

This week...bah I did not like it because I got and F on Biology, this was hard to me to accept it but this is true life. After this my car spend two days in the mechanics because of something that still sound wear but such is life. Now I'm only waiting for this spring break to take a rest. I'm a little tire of studying until the sun rise up, literally. I want to feel free for a while in my house and hang out with my friends an family. Now I feel sorry for you guys that follow my Reflexing tower but now i Don't want to talk to much I feel stress and not in mood, but I promise that my other Floor would be a lot more fun. Bye!!!

7th Floor of the Tower

What a stress this week... I had three tests, one laboratory work, and one quiz. Also to complicate the situation I was sick and without sleep on Monday night, and Thursday night. Sincerely this past week was horrible.

Now talking about other thing... I spend the whole weekend with my family: on Friday only slept the rest of the day, on Saturday I went to my aunt house to celebrate her daughter 23th birthday,it was awesome because it had been a long thing since the last time I played pool table, and that night I only loose 2 of about 10 games, including wining to my aunt's ex husband. Now on Sunday I spend my day helping my mom with the shores of the house( cleaning and all that), then at night I went to my girlfriend's dorm to visit her and give her a surprise-I brought my puppy with me to let her to see him. At last I past a great weekend resting out my nightmare.

The sixth floor

Well Hi everybody, here I am again telling you that life is a box of chocolate you never know what you are going to get. That's right this week was one of to much intensity for the reason that I have several things to do and to many tests. Today I took two of them, bad news 'huh,' but that is not all also in the Biology lab. the professor gave us the grade of the tests I took last week. It was a little uncomfortable when he said" There is only one A", oh my lord at that moment i shocked but then he said that the A was someone who was not giving his or her potential in the quizzes and apparently that person study a lot for the test. I though, well I did not study a week before but I think that in one day I can force myself to study hard. Finally, you know what? The only A that was in the group and the guy that haven't study a lot for the quizzes was me. I think that new was the best thing of this day.

Second I said the quote of the box of chocolate because at this moment I'm feeling that problems or bad luck always ride behind my back. I'm tired of having to waste my money fixing every car that I have. Also it is difficult to me to think about test and all that while carrying with a cargo on top of me. Ahhhhh! I really can not deal with this problems.

The 5th floor

Well, now I'm here in my 5th floor reflexing about all the things I did on this past week. First being stress about the Biology class laboratory test but I already busted out that exam on Friday's evening. It was not so much difficult I think... Okay, second there is this common Tuesday- and is not with Morrie- of having just a little quiz in English class about some definitions of words that we suppose to know from the story: "The Story of an Hour." I did know all of the words meanings but I have to admit that I was not prepare to define them. On this day and the other that came after it I did nothing for sure, the only thing I did on Wednesday was getting upset with someone... Then here comes Thursday, wow my longest day of the week -despite that on Friday I stay from 7:00 in the morning trough seven p.m.- because I have to be all day in college even is hard to say that the only class that i like is the one that I take at three thirty in the evening. That's right English class. I was never so much motivated with this course until now. You have to know that I've never offered myself as voluntary to read something or stand in from of everyone to read my stories. Sincerely I was terrify by this language but now that I know that I have to improve it, I am forcing myself with the motivation of the summer research that I am going to participate in Buffalo NY.

Finally, I want to say that I am so excited because

I'am going to have a puppy.After all the time waiting to have a mini Schnauzer today I am going to have one.

4th Floor of the Tower

Hi I'm here again saying that I'm in love with my life, that's right, at this time I'm here with my girlfriend studying for many classes. The reason for this are: tests, exams, quizzes, homeworks a lot of things! But this is college folks. Here you have to endure your knowledge and skills. This is the place where you have to make sure you build a strong base to support your future life.

On the other hand I have to mention the test that I took on Tuesday, oh my lord, it was really long and hard, it had fifty one True or False exercises and twenty multiple selections. I think that is unfair for us. We student, at least me, study what we think is important and have significance but how can you make a test of seventy items about only two lectures, that's insane.

Finally On Friday after the college I went to my house with my soul mate to spend some time with my family. Then we all went to Sizzler where I got full. Later when we were in my house we play a dancing game " Pump it Up " and we got a lot of fun.

What can I say After all, yesterday was a perfect day. Later...

Third Floor of the tower

Willing to be a better good man, like always...

Today is February 19, 2010, I'm here at my home computer waiting until 12:00 am to go and get my sister at her school party( her first party). Well, now about my week I can say that it was a little perfect independently of only one disagreeable situation. But life is not perfect, and you have to give your best and laugh out to the world.

This week in class we were discussing a story of the female author Kate Chopin "The Story of an Hour". The reason I am mentioning this is for the reason that I want to remember the message that I got from it: It does not matter if you feel that life betrayed you or just knocked you down, get up laugh and keep going.

If God gives you just one chance to choose a way to be a the top of the world will you accept the offer or you just wait for... Not this is not going to happen because He can not offer you the world, you have to work hard for it. What I am trying to say is that... lately I'm being feeling a little lazy and God is not going to bring down everything just like that to me I have to do my best in life and work very hard to own my future.

My second entrance to the tower

Hi everybody, first I want to thanks god for let me be here now writing. Second I want to say congratulations to me, this, for the reason that I have being selected to go to the University of Buffalo in New York. I would be there to make a research investigation. I also, want to say that this week was one of the best, first I received the news from the RISE program, second my girlfriend and I celebrated two months of being boyfriends. That's nice.

Well there are many other things that happen besides of giving thanks and being happy. Today Wednesday 10, 2010 I woke up at 3:00 am to study for the Biology test. At that time i can't even stand awake, but thanks to God I finished reading and take the exam. I hope that I get a nice A in this test.

I don't know what to say... Oh I love Krispy Kream, I have to say it because that and a bunch of flowers were the gift that I gave my girl yesterday. I'm very proud of her, she got chosen to but the bad news is that she is going to North Carolina State University. That means 2 months without my lovely baby.

My First entrance to the tower

I want to start with a nice quote:

"It's only in the mysterious equations of love that any logical reason can be found. I'm here because of you. You are the only reason I am... You are all my reasons."



I'm Actually at my English Class 3202. This Class is The reason of making this blogger. I'm here without haven't taken the third part 3201. But You know what? That is not a problem to me.

Know I want to talk about the opportunity of going to do a research investigation on summer. On thursday I have an interview with Dr. Luis Colon of the University Of Buffalo, NY. I'm really nervous because I haven't being trouht this before but I'm sure everything is going to be alright.

Friday 5 2010

Well, what can i say, about the interview yesterday it works just fine. Now I'm eager because I want to now what student did the Dr. Chose. The only thing I can say about that is that I leave all to the will of God.