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Went to a university for a talk September 10, 2026

A few days ago, I went to a university in my state about the medicine and dentistry courses they offer. I wasn't too happy with it because it ended very late (around 9pm) and my mum hadn't even told me I was going until the night before. However, I lived and it actually was a very cool and fun experience.

Before the talk, we just asked some of the volunteers questions. At least my friend and our mums did. I just stood there since I didn't have much to ask. We also got some ice cream which tasted so freaking good. It was like "Lotus Biscoff"? I thought it would taste odd but nah. It was so good. They gave us a tote bag, some cookies, a pen and some booklets about the course to us.

The talk started pretty quickly after that. Not quick enough in my opinion but whatever... It was basically about the admission process, what student life is like and a few other fun facts. They also ran a ward simulation for us which also doubled as practice for the students who were partaking in it. Very interesting to watch. The human thing also cried like a baby when it was "groaning" which was funny.

Then the presentation part of the talk ended and we exited the lecture theatre. We got to ask a few more questions and just chat with the volunteers there. Soon they started gathering our group to head down to the pathology museum. Unfortunately... UCAT results came out at that very moment. For those who don't know what UCAT is, it's basically a test that assesses various skills like math, comprehension and other things. You are required to do it if you're applying for medicine, dentistry or veterinary courses in Australia. Luckily, you don't need it if you're applying for other courses though! As far as I know at least... It was funny to see the student volunteers there visibly flinch when they heard my friend and I say "UCAT".

But anyways, yeah, we went to their pathology museum. I won't go into detail due to privacy reasons even if I don't have too much knowledge of what they had but I still want to respect the people who donated their body to science. It was very cool to see though and I was able to learn a whole lot more for human biology, one of the subjects I'm taking for ATAR. It definitely did help me with applying my knowledge to understand the structures and what was going on.

After we were done, we went to their dentistry building to look through a few rooms. It was also just as cool as the pathology museum. We got to see some of the technology they use for taking scans of teeth and also practicing using tools.

Once that was done, we were free to go home! But yeah, it was a super cool experience and I enjoyed myself a lot. The volunteers and guides were also very kind and chill to talk to.

Anyways, this is Cam out. Toodles!

Minecraft videos #2 August 25, 2026

My friend, the same one that told me to watch SFAWTDE/DAWTDE, told me to watch Ish's "1000 Players Simulate Civilization: Rich & Poor" and OMG... IT WAS SO CINEMATIC YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND BRO. Genuinely so captivating to watch and I was immersed in every second of it. Very addicting. I recommend you watch it... It is #PEAK!!!!

It's also nice to watch it considering I have exams in like 2 weeks or so which has been quite stressful alongside school in general. A very well deserved break that was spent wonderfully if I do say so myself. At least there's only 86 days until I'm done with all of this WOOHOOOOOOOO!! Freedom and joy for me! Good luck future me, YOU GOT THIS BRO HIP HIP HOORAYYYYY!

Minecraft videos #1 July 17, 2026

My friend made me watch "Searching for a World That Doesn't Exist" and "Destroying a World That Doesn't Exist" (A Minecraft ARG series by Wifies on YouTube). I ended up watching it just before bed and oh my god... Genuinely one of the best things I have watched in my life. It was actually such a good idea for me to watch it before bed because the setting was absolutely PERFECT. It was dark so I was scared and on edge... It was silent and all I could hear was their voices... It was just amazing. Like no words...

I also finally got time to play Twisted Wonderland again! I downloaded it all the way back in 2022. I just never played it until late last year LOL... I'm sorry guys I should've played when I first got it. IT'S GENUINELY SO PEAKKKKKK! I'm currently up to Book 2 Chapter 24. I feel even more motivated to play because I found an amazing artist who draws Ruggie (and a lot of the other characters!) But alas... I have to study since It's year 12... OH WELL It's ok guys!

Gosh I feel like I'm in primary school again somehow. Watching Minecraft videos and playing games... Haha! I'm even listening to "Home" by BTS while writing this entry :P

Anyways time feels like it's going too fast... It's a bit worrying... I can't wait to graduate soon though!!! Celebration and happiness for everyone.

Visit to the Zoo July 4, 2026

I went to the Zoo for a school excursion this week to study some of the primates. My favourite animals by far were definitely the Bolivian squirrel monkeys and the orangutans. I have a few random facts that I learnt from the experience (warning: I'm not a professional and don't have the best memory so there may be mistakes).

I'll start with the classification of primates. They can be grouped as prosiminans, monkeys (new world and old world), lesser apes or great apes.

Prosimians include primates such as lemurs and lorises. I lowkey forgot a lot of facts about them but they're much smaller than the other primates.

Monkeys can be divided into new world (having prehensile tails where the can utilise their tails during movement or something like that) and old world (non-prehensile tail) monkeys. I forgot examples of them based on new world and old world but in general, it includes howler monkeys, baboons, and macaques.

Lesser apes include gibbons and I don't know if they have any others to be honest.

Great apes include gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, chimpanzees, and humans! We actually have around more than 80% in genetic similiarities. For example, we have like 99% simililarity with chimpanzees. Despite this, that 1% difference can code for so many different genes from each other. There's also gene expression which can cause even more differences due to genes being turned on, off, up, or down.

Another fun thing I learnt was how to differentiate between male and female orangutans. For the males, they're much bigger, have more hairy backs and widers faces. The hair (known as dreadlocks) on the backs can grow really long and apparently having longer dreadlocks makes them more attractive to female orangutans. The females tend to have narrower faces, are smaller and less hairy than the males.

Random facts:

  • Lemurs are a matriarchy.
  • We're the only bipedal great apes.
  • Other great apes have "C-shaped" spines while we have "S-shaped" spines and thus, their foramen magnum is located at the back of their skull.
  • Would add more but my brains fried haha!

I learnt facts abt hominids too (like what adaptations allowed us to be bipedal and theories as to why homo sapiens outlived neanderthals despite having smaller brains than them) but i fear this is already too long... T_T

Anyways, I just finished term 2 of school today! Holidays are here woohooooo! I'm still quite busy since I'll need to study so good luck to me.