In the ideal world: Oh, RNA-seq! A revolutionary tool! Oh, I will have the opportunity to uncover novel genes involved in inner ear development! Oh, how promising!
In the real world: ...demultiplexing? alignment? wait, PCA? The only PCA I've learned was Patient Controlled Analgesia. Principal component whatty whatty?
That, ladies and gentleman, is me opening up Pandora's box. That, is me just dipping a teeny tiny bit into the dark world of bioinformatics. That, ladies and gents, is what I have done.
Oh boy.
How did I end up here?
To be honest, when Boss threw the idea at me, I didn't actually responded in a manner that shows extreme terror or anxiety. Rather, I welcomed the idea of learning something new. In all honesty, I was actually looking forward to demystifying this puzzling yet promising world where biological data gets digitalized. I wanted to learn about it and I did not have a mental/emotional breakdown post R/RNAseq analysis courses. I was optimistic.
But now...actually having the data at hand. And all these super foreign terminologies thrown at me, and feeling my eyes and my head getting heavy by page 2 of A Beginner's Guide to Analysis of RNA-sequencing Data.. I am, by now, worried.
Its so foreign!!
Ya Allah, help me get through this and bestow on me Your Mercy. Allow me to make sense of this new knowledge that truly belongs to You. Allow me to persevere and come out on top. Allow me to purify my intentions for learning this and may the knowledge and skills that develop from this training becomes one of my deeds to attain your Rahmah.
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