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2010-10-01T00:09:00.002+08:00

It's been a long time since I have updated this blog. Seriously speaking, I have nothing much to update about my life.. Perhaps because it's very personal stuffs and I dont want to broadcast for the entire world to know.

Anyway, I'm going back to melbourne next monday. =( This time, I really dont want to go back because I'm gonna miss my family and friends... I just wish time can go faster so that next yr would come and I'll be back in singapore. During my 2wks stay in singapore, I managed to meet up with Rachel,Vonne,Grace,Siti and yee loong.. I guess the rest of my friends are currently busy with their work/studies, so guys, it's okay that we dont get to meet this time round. There's always another time. =)

Right now inside me, I'm feeling kinda weird? It's hard to describe the feeling, but I know this feeling is not good. It's sort of like 90% guilt + 10% happiness. Damn! It's making me sick and affecting my mood. I hate to feel this way and deep down inside me, I know I shouldnt be doing it in the first place, yet I cant control myself and things just happened as it did. What was I supposed to do? How was I supposed to know? 1 part of me wants it so much but the other side of me is repelling whatever is coming my way. It has been a battle and yet I didnt realised it until now. That part of me has actually been dormant inside me for so long, and now it chooses to explode. RIGHT WHEN I'M BACK IN SINGAPORE, WHEN I'M ABOUT TO GO BACK TO MELBOURNE NEXT WEEK.

Seriously, is this some kind of game? Why did it have to wait for so long for me to realise it? I must have been either blinded by all other things or I chose not to believe it. Perhaps I thought that by not believing it or even think about it, the thing would gradually disappear, like magic. Well.. Initially I believed this would be the case, but who knows it has resurfaced again. And the timing that it has chosen is just perfect. Just too perfect. But all in all, who can I blame for the situation that I am in right now? The answer is no one but me. Anything decision that I make right now, I will have to bear the consequences in the future. But it's already torturing me like hell. Right now I cant sleep well. Can you imagine waking up in the middle of the night, feeling this guilt? It's like food getting stuck in your stomach and no matter how you try to get it out, nothing works. I, myself know what I have to do to rectify the whole thing, but the problem is, do I want to and can I bear to do so? Deep down inside me, I already know the answer. All I need now is the courage to do it. Or should I just stick to what happen next and let nature takes its course? What should I do? I dont want to repeat the same mistake I did in the past but having said that, it's already all too late. Nothing I do now will change the situation. No matter how you look at the situation, the resulting conclusion would still be the same. I'm the cause of it. Nothing will ever change that. I'm starting to begrudge my life. I'm feeling very terrible right now. The sense of guilt is too strong for me to ignore. It's like a parasite in my body, slowly eating up my strength, my life, my will.

Please. Let me have the courage to do the right thing even if I know it's gonna hurt even more. Please.

2010-06-30T09:43:00.005+08:00

Stupid blogger just deleted what i wrote.. Well.. I cant be bothered to type again so I shall just post some pictures. Note: They are in reverse order..

26 June 10

Dinner at Bistro Vue
430 Little Collins St
Melbourne

Dessert: Lemon Parfait

Dessert: Tarte Tatin. This is seriously delicious!

Fresh water trout wrapped with proscuitto ham

Braised beef cheek.

3 June 10

On my birthday

2010-06-28T20:50:00.002+08:00

Finally Honours year is completed!

Had the final mcq exam today. 2/3 of the paper was based on epilepsy qns and I don even wanna talk or think abt it coz it's just too depressing. Anyway, a few of us had korean buffet in chinatown area before heading back to the lab. Michaela was so nice to bake a cake for us to celebrate the end of exam. =) So right now, I'm officially free from any work, studying-related stuffs (unless i volunteer to go back to lab, which i prolly will if I'm too bored at hme) I cant believe how fast time has passed. Benji is coming next wed, I'm graduating and hopefully will get my visa to work here.

I think I'm in my emo mood right now.. I can feel the emptiness within me and I have started to daydream most of the day and yet I don even remember what I was thinking. This feeling sucks. I'm always falling back into this vicious cycle of mentally self-torment and depressing state.. Dont worry, I'm not in depression. Every woman will have a period of time whereby she just feels sucky and there's nth she can do about it. Arg! I need to do something to distract my mind.. Prolly will try to baking tmr or just go out..

P.S. I wanted to post pictures that I have taken since my b'day but I'm just too lazy and not in the mood to do so.. So you guys just have to be patient with me. =)

2010-05-17T20:15:00.002+08:00

Today was a unproductive day. Had 2 lectures, 10.30am and 2pm. It basically screwed up my time today.. I had no mood to do anything today. Tried writing my thesis but nothing came to my mind. So I decided to edit the photos but they were so many to edit.

What's going on with me? I seems to have lose my focus around here. Wake up Chin Chin!!! Stop dreaming and get back to reality! I hate the way I'm feeling right now. It's neither here nor there. I tried so hard not to think about it, but it just keeps coming back to me. Deep down I know that it's not gonna happen but the feeling just wont go away. And just when I thought I have sorted out everything, BANG! Everything just came back to me like a bullet train.

Stop being so naive and behaving like a kid. You know that it's impossible and there wont be a good ending to it. Why bother to go down that pathway when you already know the ending? It will only hurt more in the end. You can only blame yourself for everything that has happened up till now.

I have to snap out of it and stop living in my own fantasy world.

The truth is, it's hard to fight back the emotions and pretend nothing has happened. Whatever the situation is, I just have to force myself not to sink deeper into it. I need someone to pull me out of the quicksand that dragging me slowly right now. All the dilemma, frustration and anxiety are killing me right now. I just need to know the truth. Just tell me and I'll be okay. Stop playing games with me cause I really can't take it anymore.

I'm mentally drained...

Pls.. Either be in or out of my life.

2010-05-16T20:52:00.003+08:00

I'm back for another round of update..

I must be either very free or crazy to update my blog now cause thesis submission is in 1wk time! But I just had to urge to post 1 entry right now..

My mum just called me (again), just to check on how I'm doing right now.. My niece and nephew are at our place and they just had dinner. I just miss the warmth of my family. All the fun and laughter that I share with Faith and Lucas. When I came over to melbourne, I was afraid that they would forget about me. A part of me wanted to stay in Singapore because I know I would miss my family. However, everyone has to make sacrifices in their lifetime. For me, it's been my dream to study overseas and so this is one heart-breaking decision I had to make..

But when I was talking to Faith and asked her if she misses me, she said YES! I was so touched at that moment. And she said it in the most nicest and sweetest way.. I miss all the times we spent playing silly doll games, or when she wants me to carry her despite she's already 7yrs old. No wonder what she ask from me, I'll always try to fulfill them. Honestly speaking, I dote alot on my niece. Perhaps it's because I have taken care of her since she was borned. Somehow I feel that I'm her 1/2 aunt and 1/2 mum.

I miss her so much! =(

2010-05-15T10:58:00.000+08:00

Thesis submission date has been changed to a later date, (24 May) and oral presentation is on 7 June.. Though it's after my birthday, I'm still glad that the department changed the dates. =)

So for the past few days I've been mugging to write my thesis. OMG! There's so many things to write. Intro, M&M, Results, discussion, figures and tables! Editing the pictures alone took me hours just to finish. Darn! But I'm glad to have my supervisors helping me out. I must admit that I'm very fortunate to be under their guidance. They really care alot for us, especially our future. It would be wonderful if I get the PhD scholarship.

No wait... I WILL get the scholarship so that I can continue to stay in melbourne, in our lab, and learn more from them.

It's the final sprint. I have to cherish every single moment and do my very best!

To side track, I finally managed to watch Iron Man 2, despite my hectic schedule. Somehow I feel that the both Iron man movies ended very abruptly. First the bad guy comes out, then they fought for less than 5 min and BANG! The baddie is dead! Where's the action? I thought there would be more fighting scenes between Iron man and the baddie. Oh well, but overall, I think the movie is pretty satisfying, it just needs more action tt's all. The other movies that I wanna watch are Robin Hood, Prince of Persia and my favourite of all, Nightmare on Elm street!!!! It's showing in Melbourne on 20 May! Cant watch for it to be in the cinemas and hopefully it would be as good as the previous ones as Robert Englund is not portraying as Freddie Krueger in this movie.
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Well.... This period is really stressful for me. My emotions are running like a wild rollercoaster ride. I hate this kind of feeling, sometimes it's so unbearable that I just wanna scream at the top of my voice. I know that certain things happen for a reason but why do they always have to occur at the wrong time? Perhaps it's just me who is thinking that this is the wrong time but in fact is the perfect time? I know for certainty that it will go away soon. I had it before and I knew it. I'm just going through 1 of those phase in my life where my thoughts and emotions are clouded. I just want all these to end. It's taking its toll on me, draining every single drop of energy that I have. It's hard to conceal this within me. I have to put on a strong front in front of everyone because I dont like to affect people with my erractic moods, but on the other hand, sometimes I just cant control and let it all out. I know it's annoying and sometimes I hate myself for behaving the way I am. I just have to control my emotions and try not to be a nuisance to the others.

Damn it! I just need to get a hold of myself! You know it's not gonna end up the way you wan it and you don wan it either.. Arg!

2010-04-07T20:12:00.013+08:00

Well well.. I'm back for another round of updates!

I must say I had a very enjoyable easter holiday this year. Initially I planned to go to the lab everyday but I'm glad friends asked me out and I got the excuse to take a break to clear my mind off work.

3/4/10 Sat

I met up with Janet to watch 'How to Train Your Dragon' in 3D at the Imax theatre. The movie is fantastic! I had doubts about it at first but I was totally blown away by the movie. Now I understand why everyone is so obsessed with this movie. =)

After that we went to Melbourne central to get tix for 'Clash of the titans'. Yap! We watched 2 movies in a day! Well. Janet wanted to watch Dragons while i wanted to watch titans so we decided to compromise and watched both! Anyway, after getting the tix, we went to Cumulus Inc to have lunch. We've read good reviews about this restaurant and decided to try it out.

Complimentary sourdough bread

From left (clockwise): wagyu, proscuitto, rabbit terrine and salami

Rocket salad with candied walnut

Whoooo.. Rum at lunch time?

Steamed Chocolate pudding with creme frachie and hazelnut toffee

Rum baba.

So have you guessed what's the rum for?

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Tada!

It goes with the sponge cake! You're supposed to cut it 1/2 and pour as much rum as you like. But I wouldnt advise anyone to pour too much as the cake would soak up the rum and taste bitter.

Janet, with her dessert

4/4/10 Easter Sunday

I went back to the lab on sunday. (yesh I know it's freaking sunday and I shldnt have gone back!) Was supposed to do expt but my cells werent looking good so I cant do it. Anyway, I went to Esther's place ard 5pm to help out cooking for our Easter dinner! =D

Ppl busy in the kitchen cooking...

Hmmm.. What are they doing?

Lol! It's our dessert! Pastry sheets filled with dark chocolate cube. Somehow it resembles samosa. Never mind abt the weird looking shaped thingy..

End product!

Squid vongole. Kinda looks like hokkien mee. Hahas..

Lamb shank pie!!

We had lotsa of alcohol at dinner. For lamb shank pie, we used up 1/2 bottle of red wine and for vongole, it was white wine. We also opened a bottle of moscato and white wine. Tsk tsk tsk.. Sinful dinner. =P

5/4/10 Easter Monday

Ballarat trip on Easter Monday! Thanks to Ley hian and hui xuan for inviting me to the trip with them. And thanks to their friend, zhen dong who was the driver of the day. Just a little info on Ballarat. During 1850s, people from all over Australia and other countries came rushing to ballarat when gold was found. Yeah! You heard me right! Ballarat used to be a gold mine! Sovereign Hill was the location of the gold mine.

Look at all the "gold diggers'!

whooo!! A real gold bar!

The gold bar is freaking heavy! And it's worth $524,000++

Mode of transportation during 1850s

Colourful candles

Masquerade masks!

Most of the staffs wear traditional costumes that people wore in 1850s. I wonder how they can tolerate the heat.

Bowling alley

Marching Band

Well.. This pretty much sums up my easter holiday. Right now, I must get out of my comfort zone and concentrate on writing thesis and doing my expts!

Ciao!

2010-03-21T10:06:00.011+08:00

Okay.. Seems that I haven't update myself for quite some time. Right now, work in the lab is getting more and more stressful, needless to say, more hectic as well. Thesis submission is on 17 May and oral presentation is on 31 May. I have approximately 2mths from now to write it but I'm still not even halfway through it! Damn! Oh man.. Please please please let all my experiments work and have the results that i wan to put in my thesis. I'm seriously stressing out over here. =(

Anyway, our lab had a farewell lunch on thurs (18/3) for caroline cause she's leaving for PNG on Monday. We went to Garage cafe near Uni, which serves indonesian food and as the name suggests, it's in a garage! Lolx.

Me, Carol, Upeksha,Wina

This is what PhD student and supervisors do during lunch break! Hahas

Gabby and Shamista

Then again, ytd we had a farewell bbq for caroline at Gaoqian's place. She's prolly gonna stay there for ~6mths to get her samples and analyze them. I am really amazed by carol. Ever since the start of her PhD, or even during honours, she has been putting in so much effort in her work, sometimes staying late in the lab just to analyze the results. Guess it takes alot of effort and determination to be able to do this.

Less with the talking and more on the photos!

Carol, we're gonna miss you! =(

Men in action!

Carol was supposed to be helping but guess she's scared of the fire.

Cuttlefish!

Michaela with the 'green fingers'

Ricardo

Little mikey!

Last but not least, a photo of me, for those who misses me. =)

2010-02-01T20:55:00.002+08:00

Okay. I'm back for a short update.

Honours is coming to an end. Right now, I'm rushing to get my work done, still in the midst of getting some results. Damn! Everything is going so fast but I'm not getting any good results. Getting very panicky and anxious. And I'll be going back to Singapore on 12 feb for CNY. I'm so looking forward to it. I cant wait to gorge myself with all my favourite food! =)

Been feeling very moody for these past few weeks. Perhaps I'm stressing myself out over my experiments. Needless to say, all the irregular meals and snacking on my favourite Arnotts biscuits have contributed to my erratic behaviour. My mood swings are kinda like a roller coaster ride, going up and down like nobody's business. Sigh. What can I say? I'm just another normal human being, with emotions so strong that it could beat the hell out of you.

Guess right now I have to concentrate on my experiments and pray for the best that I can get results to put in my thesis.

2009-12-20T22:26:00.002+08:00

You're right.

I dont deserve anything. I'm just someone who deserves to be disappointed all the time. Trusting people easily and eventually people just break their promises.

You made a promise to me yet once again you have broken it. You have no idea how that affects me. Perhaps to you, breaking a promise is not a big deal, but to me it is. Bringing my hopes up and smashing it to the ground in an instant. You have no idea how that feels.

And thanks to you, I'll be here alone.

All alone during this festive seasons where everyone shld be with their beloved ones.

I'm just nobody.

Like you said, I dont deserve anything.

Everything is repeating all over again.

2009-12-20T19:30:00.004+08:00

Christmas is just around the corner.

So being in the Xmas festive mood, I decided to head down to the city today (and ytd) to just do some window shopping. I saw 2 dresses at myers, but they cost $150/piece! Damn! And I'll have to wait for Boxing day sales, which is next sat, and hopefully pray that there'll still be my size left. =(

Anyway, I bought a samsonite luggage bag for $337 after 35% discount (RRP$519). Hehe.. It's cream white in colour, and yes I know it's kinda redundant to buy a white one cause eventually it'll get all the unglam scratches and whatsoever. But again, I dont really care abt that.. =D

I'm glad to say that I wont be spending Christmas alone this year! I'll be celebrating it with some of my friends and we're gonna have a christmas dinner! Weeee! I cant wait for it! We'll be having (I think) ham,dessert,alcohol etc. And as usual, I'll be preparing the dessert.. I've been researching for the past few days on what to make for Xmas. Initially i wanted to make plum pudding cause it's the tradition xmas dessert but the processing of making it is long and I dont have the appropriate crockery for it. So I guess it'll be either cheesecake brownie, shortbread cookies, coconut macaroons or maybe tiramisu? Hahas..

Tmr I'll be having a small gathering with some friends for dinner and xmas gift exchange. At least that's one thing I'm looking forward to right now. =

Side track:

My friends graduated on 17 Dec 2009 (Thurs). Mine would be next yr august. Looking at all their happy faces, I suddenly have the urge of graduating now! Hahas.. Anyway, congrats to all you guys! =)

Esther, Me, Janet

Kelly and I

Kelly, Amanda, Edmund, Chor Teck, Sindy, Esther

Amanda,Chor teck and Edmund

Edmund, with his causal style for graduation

Janet,Me,Chor Teck,Edmund,Kelly

Janet and I

Graduants of 2009!

2009-11-29T18:43:00.002+08:00

I'm back again with another post...

This time it didnt take too long for me to update again. Hahas..

Well.. Lets see what have I been doing in this week.

Mon - Lab, left at ard 8pm.
Tues - Lab, left at ard 8pm again.
Wed - Lab, left at 7pm
Thurs - Lab, left at 7.3opm
Fri - TGIF!! Had TGIF party, cheese, crackers, alcohol and juice. =)

For my weekends, I have been doing on my ethics essay which is due tomorrow! 400 more words to go! Then next monday is deadline for my 5-10 pages of introduction for my thesis! Sharks! I have yet to start on that! I'm soooooooo dead!

Busy doing my experiments + procastination = last minute work and panic!

Well.. After 7th Dec, I'll be slightly relieved and finally I can go to the beach!! Cant wait to soak myself under the warmth of the sun. Sylvia will be organising it and hopefully the weather would be perfect. Hehe..

Christmas is coming soon and i'm not going back to sg this time round. Guess i'll be experiencing xmas alone? Unless my friends are free to 'entertain' me. Anyway, I'm looking forward to the sales on Boxing day! All the major stores and branded labels like Guess, Nine West, Burberry etc would be having more than 70% sales!!! How great is that! My parents have told me to buy anything I want for xmas since I've been working so hard. Hahas.. I love my parents to bits!

And and and..... My sis-in-law's colleague would be gg to U.S and my mum asked me if I wanted to buy any coach bags. The colleague can get a further discount of 20-30%.. Wahaha.. Double happiness. =) I have chosen 3 bags but i cant decide which one to buy. I cant possibly buy all 3. That would be too much.

I cant wait for CNY to come... More good things coming.. =)

Okay. Back to my ethics essay..

Paranormal activity next week. =D

2009-11-25T20:03:00.005+08:00

Okay. I'm back with another post..

Finally the wait is over! Ever since I knew that New Moon was coming out on 19 Nov, I've been counting down to that day. I was so excited that I think practically everyone in the lab knew abt it. So I dated Sylvia for the movie last Sat. The company was great. We had lunch at Block M, indonesia cuisine. Food was pretty good. Then we went for coffee-hot chocolate at Max brenner. We talked quite alot and it was fun reminisicing the past. And Pey chee, we do miss you! Faster come back here! =D

We bought the tix for 6.45pm show. We reached the cinema at ard 6.40pm and it was alr swarmed with lots of ppl. They were anxiously waiting for the door to be opened. Haven't seen this kinda scene for quite some time. Hahas. Anyway, it was good that we managed to get good seats in the theatre. We wouldn't wanna watch it if we were to sit at the front rows.

The movie was pretty good. Well.. There were alot more mentioned in the book that wasnt shown in the movie but i guess this is usually what happens when someone makes a movie based on a book. I'll just hope that they wont cut too much on the final one, cause that's where all the actions are.

Right now, I cant wait for Eclipse to be out, which is on 30 Jun 2010. Oh man! That's like 268days of waiting!! =S

Some photos of the day!

Sylvia

Me!

Sylvia with her banana chocolate frappe

Me, with my dark chocolate mocha frappe

Us! =)

2009-11-09T20:10:00.002+08:00

Okay.. I realised I haven been updating my blog nowadays. Well... I guess there's nth much for me to say coz everyday is pretty mundane for me.

So everyday i try to wake up at 7.45am, but in the end I always snooze till 8.30am, then wash up, reached lab by 9.30am. Then it's doing my blood smear, or experiments. Sometimes ard 10.30am, ppl in my lab will go for morning tea. Yeap. You heard me right. Morning tea. Hahas.. So if I'm not busy, I'll join them. Then it's lunchtime. Sometimes it's early, other times it's late, or I just work thru lunch.

Right now, I feel the pressure and stress. Sometimes it's so frustrating when my experiments don work. But wad choice do I have? It's all part and parcel of the research. I just pray that I'll be able to get my results asap to put in my thesis. Oh man.

To add on, the weather in melbourne is freaking burning hot! Last yr during this period, the weather was still rather cooling, with unexpected showers. But look at the situation now.. The temperatures are soaring up to 34degrees! It's so much worse than sg. I need more sunblock!!
It would be great to go to the beach or botanical gardens for picnic, but it's the exam period and all my Uni friends are mugging for it. Anyway, I wouldnt be free this weekend coz I have to prepare my presentation for next mon. Damn.. Should have started it long time ago. All thanks to my laziness. =(

Okay. Better head back to work...

2009-10-07T18:41:00.002+08:00

I know I havent been updating for ages.

Daylight saving has started. So now Melbourne is 3hrs ahead of singapore. Somehow it's a good thing coz I've been staying in the lab for the past few weeks till 7pm plus and the sky was always alr dark by 6.30pm. So with DST, the sun would still be up to 7.30pm.

Anyway, life is pretty much mundane right now. Everyday I'll reach lab ard 9.30am and end work by 6pm. Sometimes it might be earlier or later, but 75% of the time I end late. Right now, I can feel the stress and work load piling up. It's like an invisible force that's sitting on my shoulder, and it's getting heavier each day. In addition, my meals are screwed up. I eat like 1 or 2 meals per day and I hardly have the time to cook nowadays. Damn it. My meat and fish have been frozen in my fridge for 2wks. And I just cooked a proper meal for myself today becoz I went home early due to my painful and horrible cramps.

Time passes really fast when we're busy. Without realising it, I have been in melbourne for over a year. Living away from home, my family, has taught me quite alot of things. I know it sounds cliche but I have been living in my comfort zone for the past 20yrs of my life. Ever since I was borned, my parents have always been there for me. I was treated like a princess as I am the only daughter in the family. I was also the cry-baby of the family. I would cry over the smallest matter and wouldnt stop unless my parents promised to buy stuffs that I wanted. When my younger brother was borned, everything changed. My parents began to focus their attention on him coz he was still a infant. As a usual I grew jealous of him and started to be nasty to him. We practically grew up fighting, like any other siblings, yet we still had moments of joy and fun. When I looked at our childhood photos, I would unknowningly smile to myself. This is because my younger brother looked so adorable when he was a child. I've never noticed it till a few yrs back when I was re-organizing my photos. Now thinking back of all the things I've done to him, I feel so guilty. I feel that I havent done my part as a sister. Now as both of us have our own world to deal with, the r/s seems to be drifting apart. Well. It has never been strong in the first place, so it's difficult for me now to connect with him. Nonetheless, I still have faith in myself and my brother that our r/s would improve and we can have the best sis-brother r/s ever.

I still have more to write but my cramp is giving me hell lots of pain now. So I'll just stop here and hopefully it wont be long for my next post.

2009-08-16T18:00:00.002+08:00

I'm sick and tired of everything.

I try to organize my time so that I can attend to other important matters, but what do i get in return?

Since u're so busy, then don bother coming back.

Wtf. So much for my effort and time. Everyday I reach lab at abt 9.15am and work for the entire day, sometimes ending work at 7.30pm. I spend almost 9hrs in the lab everyday. I try to get my work done so that I can come back w/o worrying abt my experiments.

Do you understand all these? No. You dont.

Yes, I admit I have a temper. But have you considered all the stuffs I have to go through so that I can make it back? I'm constantly under lots of stressed but you dont care. All you care is whether I'm coming back! Hey! Wake up! You think I can come back as I wish! I need to prove that I'm capable of handling my work! I need to prove to my supervisor that I'm worthy of him accepting me as his honours student!

You have no idea how much stress I am handling.

FYI, I love working in my lab! Though I have to spend most of my time in the lab, I enjoy what I am doing right now.

Dont force me to make the decision.

2009-08-03T19:51:00.002+08:00

It's been a week since Honours started.

1st week was rather busy, ending work around 6 plus everyday except on Fri. Apparently, thereis a TGIF party once every 2month on the last friday. There'll be booze and snacks for us to enjoy. Hahas. Everyone that I've met in the department is friendly and nice. Got to know a few people who're working in other labs.

Michaela, my co-supervisor, is a extremely nice lady. She's currently doing her post-doc in RMH. Although she's busy, she's still very patient with Melvin and I and explained everything that we're uncertain.

My supervisor, Mike, is also another friendly fellow. At least now I feel comfortable in the lab and I'm starting to enjoy my research, though it's stressful and I'll have to spend long hours in sch. I guess I'll just have to learn to handle with this stress and strive to perform my best.

Anyway, I forsee that the subsequent weeks would be very hectic for me. I've already started designing primers for my expt, with Mike's help and growing my parasite culture. There'll be cloning expt, immunoprecipitation, western blot etc etc. Not forgetting 14 journals that I have to read. Oh ya! I forgot to mention what my research is about. I'll try to summarise it in layman terms so that most people would understand what I'm talking abt. Hahas..

Basically, I'm researching on Plasmodium falciparum, the cause of malaria. Specifically, i'll be focusing on the epigenetic of malaria. The parasite is able to undergo antigenic variation such that it can escape the human immune detection, hence people are suspectible to malaria infections even after a primary infection. I'll be looking at histones that are thought to control the transcription of certain important genes such as PfEMP1. The regulation of transciption in this case is through epigenetic,referring to changes in phenotype (appearance) or gene expression without changing the underlying DNA sequence.

Okay... I still think it's pretty technical for some people to understand. Hahas..

National Day is this Sunday.. Still wondering if I shld go for the pre-celebration event at Seven and the NDP celebration on sunday....

2009-07-24T09:15:00.002+08:00

School is starting next monday. Feeling kinda excited yet afraid. Afraid because I dont know what's in stall for me.

Anyway, this week has been a busy one for me. I had to settle my visa renewal, go for medical checkup, settle enrolment etc etc. Janet, Kelly and I went to k-box ytd and we had lotsa fun. After that Janet and I went to watch 'Drag me to Hell' while kelly went to her friend's place for dinner.. The movie was okay. Probably because the old woman kept appearing out of nowhere and with her mouth wide open. What's with her mouth anyway? It seems that everytime she's out, she wants to put her mouth into Christine's mouth. Christine, by the way, is the main actress in the movie. I find it amusing and disgusting, rather than horrifying. Lolx.

Next movie that I'm going to watch is Harry Potter. Yes, I know it's been out for 1wk plus and I guess most of my friends have watched it. Well. Not guess, but certainly they have watched it. Luckily, cinema nova is showing the movie and it's only $6 if i watch before 4pm on monday. Gonna watch this movie by myself. I have always wanted to watch a movie by myself. To know how it feels like to be watching it alone. Hopefully I dont have to do much in the lab on monday. =D

2009-06-19T13:44:00.002+08:00

1 more paper to go and I'm a degree holder!

Weeee!

I cant wait for holidays to come. And I'm already in the holiday mood. Tsk tsk tsk..

Come on! Hang on! Just 1 more paper to go and you're done!

2009-06-01T20:57:00.002+08:00

Well..

This week is the the study week for exam. Somehow I feel that this semester is ending so fast. Or should I say my time spent in melbourne seems to be getting faster each day. I could still remember the 1st day of orientation in MelbUni. There were 10 of us from spore, sitting in a small lecture hall and waiting for Palmina (course advisor) to brief us.

Then there was choosing our subjects, attending lectures and practical class etc etc. It was my 1st time experiencing winter. The weather was so cold and every night I was freezing. Being a mid-yr intake has its disadvantage. It was the final semester for most 3rd yr students, but it was my 1st semester. Therefore I had to adapt to a new environment and at the same time, cope with all the reports, assignment and quizzes. Nonetheless, I enjoyed myself because I got to know a really good bunch of friends like Miss Chai, Sylvia, Melvin etc.

This semester is more relaxing than last semester. Perhaps it's because I have only 3 papers for exam? Hahas.. But one thing I love during in this semester is that I got to enjoy myself even more. Been hanging out with friends, clubbing, pot-luck session etc. At least I dont feel so lonely as compared to last year.

I cant believe that I'm graduating soon. Everything seems to be going so fast that I can hardly catch my breath. This is the final sprint. 1 final exam and I'll be a graduant of MelbUni.

Good Luck to those having exams! Let's strive for the best and end it with a glorious victory! =)

Bored

2009-04-23T11:00:00.002+08:00

I'm so bored now.

Nearly fell asleep during Cellular pathogens lecture. The lecturer was speaking way too softly! It's kinda like a hypnotic voice that can put you automatically to sleep.

Anyway, I'm kinda done with my micro report which is due tmr. Cellular pathogen test is next mon, Frontier cell biology reivew is on next Fri and Immunology test is 2wks later. Shit man. How am I suppose to finish doing everything! I just don have the 'feel' to do the cell bio review. Hahas.. I'm becoming lazy. =S

I just cant wait for exams to be over and go for my holis! =)

Ooohhhh ya.. I was browsing thru some singapore food blogs and I was surprised to know that there's a japanese market in Tampines!!! OMG! I saw all the delicious food on the blogs and I was drooling. I'm gonna patronize that area when I return to singapore. But why does all the gd stuff always have to be in the east area? *sigh* Traveling from west to east is such a long journey. Anyway, I'm off to do my work now.

Shld update when I have the time. College square internet connection is seriously bad!

2009-03-27T13:50:00.001+08:00

21 Mar, Sat

Had potluck party at Sylvia's place. Hahas.. It was lotsa fun and laughter and good food! Must give credit to Peychee and Dennis for their lasagna. It was delicious! After that, it was games and drinking. I'm still in the processing of collecting the pics from other ppl so here's what I have.

Starting clockwise. Lassgna, curry chicken (Ming hao and Lin), chicken chop (Cooked by Melvin and I!), soy chicken (Shermin)

And not forgetting Sylvia's beef stew!

Here's a photo of us after dinner. From the pic, I don think you guys can see it but my face was extremely red! Hahas.. Close friends would know tt I get red easily, but not drunk, after drinking.

Peychee, Lin Chin, Me.

Okay. Blogger is giving me problems uploading photos again. Shld just stop here. I'll try to update more often cause now I'm so busy with sch work.

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Happy 21st B'day Pey Chee! =)

2009-03-13T22:54:00.003+08:00

Well Well...

School has started for 2 weeks now. Everything seems to be going well. Except for lecture clashes and 9 hrs of prac per week.

Was supposed to go clubbing with pey chee and sylvia but it was cancelled in the end. Lolx. Cause we were tired and kinda lazy to go. Anyway, there's always a next time. =)

I was blog reading again. Why? Cause I'm just bored and wanted to know how's everyone doing. Then I came across this friend's blog. Well. I don't know why but I seem to be quite affected by what was written. I just feel kinda emo all of a sudden. Sometimes I wander if things are meant to be like that. Perhaps what laura said is correct. Perhaps we have simply grown tired of trying to make things right. Perhaps you value ur current friends more important old ones.

I guess I've already tried my best. Maybe I'm not like them who can crap with you or whatsoever. But whatever it is, I've tried my best. I just don't think I can ever be like them.

I just wanna drown all my frustrations now.

Philip Island

2009-02-27T11:26:00.001+08:00

21 Feb 09

We went on a 1 day tour to Philip Island to see the penguins! Our first stop was at Tooradin Village where we had our brunch. Apparently it was named after a monster that lived there long time ago.

My Superdog with onion, cheese and bacon. =)

Then we proceeded on to the next destination, Maru Fauna Park. It's more like a farm actually. There're kangeroos, koala, tasmania devils, dingoes etc.

Here's my dad feeding some animal. Gosh. I totally forgot what this animal is.

Me feeding the animal. =)

Okie.. That's for now. Will try to update asap. =)

2009-02-14T00:48:00.002+08:00

Happy Valentine Day!

Huai An should be on the plane now, heading towards Brisbane and celebrating his valentine on the plane. Hahas..

Met yee loong and his JJ badminton friends at T2 in the evening. We had dinner at Fish&Co while waiting for Huai An to arrive. His flight was at 11.10pm and he reached around 9.30pm. We only managed to take a few photos and chatted for a while before he had to go in.

To Huai An: Take care of yourself! And remember what ur Dad told you yeah? Hahas. =) If everything goes smoothly, I might visit you during july! Hahas.. =)

So... For this year Valentine Day, Darling is not around cause he's currently in field camp. Sigh. I guess I'll just have to accept the fact that he would not be here around for me when I need him. Arg! Feeling emo again..

Going to sleep now.. *yawns*

2009-02-02T23:59:00.004+08:00

Dad drove Mum and I to Muar on Chu 2. Initially Dad wanted me to drive while we're halfway thru, but there were lotsa of cars, so he said I shall drive when we return to singapore. Anyway, we reached Muar ard 2.20pm and had lunch at one of their coffeeshops before gg to my Ah ma's place.

My cousins were already there, watching tv when we arrived. Hahas.. I guess there's nothing else we can do at ah ma's hse ever since she passed away. When she was still around, I would look forward to going back because everyone would gather at ah ma's hse for chinese new year. The hse would be filled with kids running about and screaming while the adults would be talking and reminiscing about the past. Then during dinner, the tables would be divided into children's and adult's table. Hahas.. The most exciting part is after dinner whereby we would gamble. Once again, we're split into children and adult. Then when we're bored, we'll start to fight. That was the best part. We would just take the pillow and start bashing each other.

Oh man. Debbie, if you're reading this, I'm sure you remember that time when we pulled down someone's pants! Hahas.. =)

Okay, back to topic. As for this year, I'm still excited to go back to Muar, but the excitement is only because I'm gonna see my cousins. Other than that, I don see much reason in returning anymore. Anyway, we had dinner at a restaurant that was near ah ma's hse.

Debbie and I at my cousin's place.

The adult table. I was being dragged into the pic.

'Children's' table.

After dinner, we went back and play blackjack until 11pm before we went to bathe. Actually we wanted to play mahjong but we didnt know where the tiles were! As a result we just chatted until it was time to sleep.

We went back to Singapore the next day. And I got to drive the car! I was sooooooo happy! It's so freaking cool to drive on the highway. It was a good chance for me to learn. My maximum speed was 160km/h! Hahas. My mum didnt even know until I told her ytd. All along she thought I was driving at 110km/h. Tsk Tsk.. At that speed, I'll probably take 3hrs to reach singapore. Hahas.

1 Feb 09

I met Darling in the afternoon to have lunch at Waraku at katong area. Then I went to his hse to watch Ip man while he did his homework. And he got me a bear in camp. Seriously speaking, the bear looks kinda retard but I don't know why I always laugh when I looked at it. Even Darling feels the same way. Hahas..

Me, holding the bear.

I couldn't send him to Boon lay cause I was having dinner at my brother's hse. =( But Darling was so kind enough to take bus with me to the place and then took mrt. =D

Lucas and Faith who were so happy when they saw their favourite crackers. The one that is used for yu sheng.

Dinner was great and I ended up eating too much. My kor keep putting food into my bowl and insisted I finished them. Then we played mahjong and I nv win a single round! Saded man. I must polish up my skills and my luck.
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Feeling very sad right now. This weekend will be the last time I'm meeting Darling before I left for Melbourne. All because of the stupid field camp that I can't see him on Valentine's Day which falls on Saturday! Arg! Why must the field camp be in Feb? Why can't it be in March! Sometimes I just hate the management. Nothing can ease my anger right now. It'll be another 5-6months before I'll get to see Darling again.

Life isn't fair. I can't even get to see him when I fly. And you know what's the thing that anger me the most? It's that his field camp ends on 19 Feb, the day that I depart for Melbourne. But but, he has to stay in camp for another 2 days and so he will only book out on 21 Feb!

WTF!!! And right now, Melbourne is having daylight savings till April. So this means that its 3hrs ahead of S'pore time. So let's say he calls me at 10pm (S'pore time), it'll be 1am in Melbourne!

Arg! I was feeling tired when I started writing. Right now, I'm so agitated that I can't sleep!

I just want to go to somewhere, where there's no one around so that I can scream for all I want.

2009-01-26T01:54:00.002+08:00

Happy New Year to All!

Strangely, I don't have the CYN feeling this year. Perhaps it came too early that I didn't even have the time to prepare. =x

I went to Darling's place in the afternoon for reunion lunch with his mum and sis. We had steamboat and it was delicious. =) I just love homecooked food. Left the hse ard 3plus for my place. It's his turn to come to my place for reunion dinner. Hahas.

This yr reunion dinner was at Ah yat seafood restaurant at turf city. Food was so-so but price was expensive. But it's the company that counts. Had lotsa fun with my niece and nephew who were constantly running around and shouting. After that it was home sweet home.

As for later (Mon), I'll be going out with darling for hi-tea buffet at pariss international seafood restaurant. Hopefully the food is good and fresh. =D

I will be going back to Muar on tuesday to my ah ma's place and returning on wed. I know it's ridiculous to travel back and fro but we have no choice. Luckily my dad is not complaining. *phew* I can't wait to see my cousins especially May Lynn. I miss her so much. We only get to meet like once a year, sometimes once in 2 years. Sigh. I cant blame anyone cause we're living in different countries and it's not convenient for us to travel now cause of uni.

Getting emo while writing this entry.

Seems that I've been forgotten. I don't know how to describe this feeling but sometimes feigning ignorance is good. I guess rebuilding friendship is difficult. Especially when I don't know where to start from. Perhaps leaving the way things are right now is the best.

I'm always the odd one in your company of friends. I guess in our 6yrs of friendship, you never notice it, do you?

Damn. Getting tired and emo now. Shall retreat to my comfy bed and forget about everything.

2009-01-07T23:12:00.002+08:00

Fcuked!

I'm full of emotions now. Anger, sad, frustration.

Arg!!

Some people just wont try to understand what's behind the reason we do things.

Fine! Be stubborn for all you want.

I wont give a fcuking concern or damn about it!

Happy New Year!

2008-12-31T23:49:00.007+08:00

This will be the last post for 2008!

Met up with darling at jurong point just now. Sigh.. He only got to book out today and has to book in tmr by 8pm. =(

There were lots of people at jurong point and it was difficult deciding where to eat. Eventually we settled on Billy bombers.

Shall let the pictures to do the talking!

Mocktail

Carrot and clam chowder soup

Main course!

Darling

Take 1

Take 2

Take 3

On the bus.

I'm meeting darling again tmr! I miss him so much. Must treasure the time I spend with him, my family and my friends before I fly back.

Happy New Year! =)

Welcome 2009!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T23:48:00.002+08:00

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Met up with Darling in the morning to have steamboat buffet at kallang. After that we went to Jurong point. The most saddest part was that he had to book in today! =( Therefore although this yr Christmas celebration is only a simple one, I am still happy that I got to spend it with Darling. =)

Jurong point is huge! The new extension area has alot of shops and restaurants. And they also have my favourite dessert shop, Ji De Chi! Hahas.. Now I dont have to go all the way to Bugis for my dessert. Hehe..

I've been going out everyday this week. Gosh. My legs are killing me. I'm going shopping tmr with mum and brother. Sec school gathering is on sat and I'm probably meeting some of my poly friends on Sunday. Tsk Tsk. I'm a busy woman.

Okay then. Shall go and watch movie online now. I'll update on the pics as soon as I have the time and energy! =)

2008-12-13T01:15:00.000+08:00

10 Dec 08

It was Darling's POP day. Met his sis and mum at pasir ris mrt station and then we headed down to the shuttle bus station. I saw a few familiar faces. Mostly from SP and some secondary school friends.

Well.. The event was rather short. Basically I can't even spot him from my seat. Hahas.. It was only when they marched towards the audience then I was able to spot him. After the whole event, it was photo-taking session. Managed to take only 1 photo with chian hwee.. He's still funny as before.

We were the second last group to leave Tekong and by the time we reached pasir ris, it was already 7.20pm. Then we had dinner at the food court in White sands.

12 Dec 08

Darling and I went to Cathay to watch twilight! I have been waiting for this movie for a long time! Love the movie, even though there was more of talking than action. Nonetheless, it was still a great movie. Kinda different from the book but the main plot is there. Oh ya. I bought the rest of the series and it cost me $60++. =) More books to read during this holis. After the movie, we went to Mango and Espirit as they were having sales. There were lotsa ppl at all the Mango outlets in orchard. I was still thinking of going in but decided not to when I saw the queue. Darling bought a shirt at Espirit. Lucky for the staff discount, he got it for $48. All thanks to my da sao who has a friend working at Espirit. =)

Then we walked to far east to have some light snack at Full house. Drank my milk tea. =D Eventually we ended up in Carl's Junior cause I was craving for the Beef chilli fries. Hahas.. Then it was home sweet home.

I'm feel so happy now!

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My exam results are out!

I got H1 for all 4 subjects! =)

Considering I didnt manage to complete all the questions for 2 papers and I just scraped thru to get H1. Hahas.. I'm damn lucky!

2008-12-01T16:54:00.001+08:00

Finally I'm back home! Home sweet home. =)

I arrived singapore on 28 Nov, Friday, ard 4pm. Darling was booking out early on that day at 7pm and so I decided to give him a surprise by showing up at pasir ris. I waited for abt 2hrs before he finally reached pasir ris.

His expression was priceless. Hahas. Think he had a heart attack for a moment. Well.. He thought i was coming back on 5th Dec, which I was supposed to. But I changed the date when I knew my exam was ended on 18 nov. =)

29 Nov, Sat

I met him at PS and we had sakae sushi buffet! I miss jap food soooooo much! Total bill was $35 and we ate 35 plates. =) Then we went walking ard orchard road. Went to far east and I had my milk tea! It's been 4 months since I last drank milk tea and it was so delicious. And I'll have to think what to eat with him when he book out next week. =D

30 Nov, Sun

Had lunch with my parents before going to find him. Spent a few hrs with him and then off to pasir ris. I saw a few of my friends from sec sch and poly. And they happen to be in the same company as him. Such a coincidence. Then I saw Phang Chian Hwee! Lolx. It feels so great to see you ever since our last class gathering. =)

Before I log off, here's some of the pictures I took during Singapore Day in Melbourne. I'm still trying to sort out the photos! Got quite a number of them so pls be patient as I slowly take my time to arrange them. Hahahs. =)

2008-11-26T12:56:00.002+08:00

Went to Border just now. Finally I bought the book 'Twilight'. Been wanting to get that book for a long time. The movie is coming soon in singapore, i guess. Lolx. Can't wait to go back to see it. Can you imagine not going to the movies for 4 months? Tsk tsk..

Anyway, the book was on discount. AUD$12.50! Hahas. I wanted to get the rest of the series, but they aren't on discount. Perhaps I shall get them when I'm back in singapore. =)

Side track.. I'm so sad that my laptop is spoilt. =( It has only been with me for less than 2 yrs! I was so devastated when I couldn't switch on my laptop. Hopefully it can be fix.

2008-11-25T08:31:00.002+08:00

I'm back!

Finally I'm able to use the computer. My laptop die on me just before my exam ended. What a great timing. So now I'm using my friend's laptop to blog. =)

Been shopping since exam ended. Bought lotsa clothes. Wonder how am I suppose to bring everything back to Singapore.. Anyway, I can't wait to go back! Gonna eat all my favourite food. Dim sum, korean bbq, sushi, tony romas etc..

2008-11-11T16:17:00.002+08:00

Had my first ever Uni exam in my life today. Biotech in Practice..

It was still okay. Managed to remember everything that I have studied. Now it's time for me to focus on Viruses and Plant biotech which is on thurs and fri.

Praying very hard to do well for viruses. There's just too many things to remember. Replication cycle of HIV, HepB and C, Influenza, Measles, Polio.. Just to name a few..

But as each day passes, I feel more excited cause I'll be going back home soon! I miss my family, friends and my darling! Lots of things have been happening back at home. My niece has a rabbit pet! I'm so envious of her. I nv got to have a real animal as a pet. Gonna play with the rabbit when I get home. =)

To add on, my dad bought a new TV again. Yes, again. I'm not sure whether it's a plasma or LCD one but I dont know why he bought another TV again! We just got one not long ago from the lucky draw that my dad took part at RSYC. It was a samsung plasma, ard 42inch Tv.. I was so happy to have it and now apparently, he 'upsized' the TV. God knows how big my new TV is.

Well. Christmas is coming and I can't wait to be back home again. =)

2008-10-23T20:41:00.002+08:00

Decided to blog now since I have the time...

This semester is coming to an end. Exams are coming in less than 3 weeks time. Today is the last practical for Plant biotech and we didn't have to do anything! Hahas.. Instead, Prof Ed and the demostrators prepared snacks for us. Had lotsa biscuts and dips and peanuts and chips! Imagine eating and chatting at the roof top of the lab. Josh and sushma, the demostrators are so fun and nice to chat with. Hmmm.. To think of it, why wasn't there a mini party for after the last Proteomics prac? =x

Anyway, Darling is very busy today and only msged me twice. Can't remember what he's doing in army now. Next week, he has field camp so that means 7 days of no contact! Arg! I'm gonna be sad and lonely. But but but but............. I'm coming back to singapore in Dec! Can't wait to go back home and sleep on my comfy bed with all my favourite soft toys. Oops! Hahas..

Yawns.. I'm gg to bed now.. Feeling so tired nowadays..

Counting down to Dec! =D

Bored

2008-09-28T18:05:00.002+08:00

Okay. I'm so tired of doing all the reports and essay that I'm blogging now.

And I didn't go to the gym today. Woke up with a slight sore throat. Must be due to the chocolates again. =( I will take a pic of the amt of snacks I have in my cabinet for you guys to see. Hahas.. It's alot alot of snacks and I'm bringing all back to Singapore. I have lotsa tim tams, 1 big packet of starburst and abt 8 bars of Cadbury chocolate. I think I just buy them on impulse cause of the discounts.

I talked to mum abt an hour ago. She was telling me all abt the F1 racing and asking whether I could watch it from here. Seriously speaking, I'm not very excited abt it. Perhaps it's because I'm in melb now and I can't get to see the real show! But it's okay. I'm looking forward to Singapore Day next sat! I read that a few singapore artists will be here to perform. Tay ping hui is one of them i think. =)

I can't wait to be back in Singapore. Not that I dont like it in Melb, but I miss the food. My cooking skills aren't that fantastic and eating the same dishes weekly is boring. I either cook stir-fry beef or salmon or veges such as celery, carrots and broccolli. Sometimes I'm just too lazy to cook. Because if i cook, i'll have to wash the dishes. =(

I'm just lazy to do all these. =)

2008-09-27T18:40:00.000+08:00

Hey everyone!

Finally I'm back to update my blog. Well. Been very busy and lazy at the same time to update my blog.

I'm having my spring break now! Happy cause I'm able to slack all day. Sad because I have to finish doing my reports and essay and study for virology test, which is on Mon, first day of sch. =(

Life here is pretty good. The weather today is so nice! Warm and sunny! I love the sun! Hohoho. I went out with pey chee today. First we went to Queen victoria market to buy our groceries. Yes. We both agree that we're somehow like housewife now. Tsk Tsk.. But even before gg to buy our stuff, we decided to check out the shops ard QV. There was a big area at the back of the market where they sell lotsa stuff. Kinda like Pasar malam in Singapore. So we looked ard and we saw this store selling Liquid sand art. Basically, the artist (who happens to be the owner) said he spend 25 hrs doing 1 Extra large frame liquid sand art. I can tell you, the art pieces are really gorgeous. So I bought 2 large frames for $55. Pey chee and I were asking for discounts. Lolx.. Typical singaporeans. Hahas. The owner was so kind to give us discount. Hmm.. Maybe it's because pey chee bought a Extra large frame.

Anyway, we went to buy our groceries after that and went home. I changed into my dress cause the weather was getting too warm. Then we went to the city to have lunch at some japanese restaurant. Regretted eating so much man. Now I'm feeling damn bloated.

After our heavy lunch, we went shopping! Went to cotton on, supre and valley girl.. Bought 2 shirts from cotton on for $40. Then it was home sweet home.

Ps. I think I'm gaining weight! =( Must have been the tim tams and snacks that I've been eating. Arg! I don wanna grow fat.. Shld embark on my physical training tmr! That's if i can drag myself to exercise tmr. =D

Sick

2008-08-29T19:20:00.002+08:00

Feeling damn horrible now.

Sore throat and headache are killing me.

All thanks to rushing for reports, eating irregular meals and lack of sleep.

I just wish everything would turn out for the best. Things would just fall into places.

Arg... Off to do my assignments now.

8 Aug 08

2008-08-08T18:48:00.002+08:00

Time: 8.50pm

Today is the auspicious day. 8/8/08. It's also the day where Olympics commences. Luckily my very old and out-dated tv is able to receive the main channel that is broadcasting Olympics. =) For those who don know, my tv is damn old and I'm still waiting for the mangement to replace it with the new ones. However, the stocks have not arrived and I have to wait. Hmph..

Feeling very low now. With all the lectures, reports and assignments piling up. I have a report due on 22 Aug and 7 reports due in Oct. How am I gonna complete them? Getting entry into a direct 3rd yr student may or may not be a good thing. One thing that I have to deal with is stress. I can sense all the competition coming from everyone. The Australians in my class are damn smart. They seems to know alot of stuffs and they also know what qns to ask.

For me, I just sit in the class, listen to the lecture and approach them for help if I don understand anything. But find them for help, you have to make an appt cause they're very busy. For the past few days, I've been trying to read up to refresh my memory on the basics that I've learnt in Poly. Hopefully it will help me in my studies now.

I just hope that the exams will not be so tough.

Just pray...

First day of Uni Life

2008-07-29T10:28:00.004+08:00

Time: 12.37pm (Melb is 2hrs ahead of Singapore)

Ytd was the first day of school. Had virology in the morning, then biotech in practice and in the afternoon, Molecular Genetic Basis of Diease. =(

I was so lost at the lectures. Cause the lecturers thought eveyone had studied the basic stuff before so they went thru the lesson briefly. Worst still, I have to read up on my immunology! I think I have forgotten half of the stuffs.

As for today, I'll be slacking at home all day. Actually no. I should be revising! Some of my friends are gg to watch dark knight in the evening. =( I wanna watch too. *sobx* Doubt i'll be gg out. It's too cold at night. I rather stay at home and use my laptop. Hahas. Just plain lazy to move my butt out of my seat.

Okay. I better go revise my work. Shall update with more pics next time. =)

Melbourne!

2008-07-24T16:01:00.008+08:00

Hey! I'm back. Finally I'm free to update my blog. For those who don't know, I'm currently in Melbourne, studying in Uni of Melb. The weather has been rather cold lately. Today is the only day that the sun was out the whole day. Ah.. I love the warmth.

Orientation has been rather fun. Attended the Australian Bush dance and host program. It was really enjoyable and I got to taste kangeroo meat for the first time! Well. The meat tasted like beef, but it's abit more harder. =) In Melbourne, you get to see different people from different countries. It's a multi-cultural society here. There's people from Germany, France, Paris, Italy, Sweden, New York, Mauritus etc.

For my course, there's only 10(myself included) poly students entering as 3rd yr. 6 from NYP, 3 NP and of course 1 from SP. Lolx. Hopefully I get to see familiar faces during lectures.

Okay. Now let me give you guys a little peek into my cosy apartment. Hm.. Or shld I say small? Hahas.

The total area of my room is 32square metres. Basically, it's a studio apartment, meaning there's a bathroom, kitchen, Lounge, study area and bedroom.

The kitchen. If you can see, the door is the entrance to my apartment.

Bathroom. The shower is the reflection.

My study area.

Lounge area.

My bedroom!

Okay. That's all for today. I'll try to update soon. Bye =)

PC Show 2008

2008-06-14T02:14:00.002+08:00

Been to the PC Show at Suntec for the past 2 days. Singtel was having promotions and I got the phone that I wanted! $148. =) Bought mouse, screen protector and pouches for my hp and camera. Gosh. The place was packed like a sardine. People were pushing and banging everywhere. Promotors were talking so loudly, trying to sell their stuffs. And I heard this promotor saying, " Come ar come ar. Buy our products and get a free plastic bag!"

Hahas.. My goodness. Am I hearing things? Well to think of it. NTUC has made a rule that everyday wednesday, shoppers have to bring their own carrier, otherwise they will have to pay for the plastic bags. Anyway, after buying my stuffs, mum and I went to have dinner at Sakae sushi. My mum got a craving for sushi. So we headed down to the outlet at Suntec. Initially we wanted to take the ala carte, however the manager said the buffet was more worth it. After asking about the price, we settled for the normal buffet. I didn't know they had normal buffet. Cause it wasn't written on the menu itself.

Below 21 yrs old (student card): $17.90
Above 21: $20.90
Senior citizen (Above 55): $17.90

Luckily I asked about the prices, else we would have paid more for the sashimi buffet. =) Amazingly, we ate 26 plates! I was so full by then but my mum said she still had room for abit more. -_- This is one of the strange days whereby my mum has such a huge appetite. After dinner we went to buy donuts and headed down to my brother's place to give my nephew a birthday surprise. It was at their doorstep that I suddenly thought that they might be out for dinner. And I was right. So we waited for them to return. Played with my 2 adorable niece and nephew. =)

Dad came to pick us up ard 11pm and we headed down to Bukit Timah Food Centre. Dad da pao hor fun for dinner and we went home. Guess what? My mum was hungry and she 'steal' some hor fun from my dad. I wonder what's inside my mum's stomach. I can still feel the food churning in my stomach. I'm so bloated now!

Oh man! I've been eating too much these few days. Gonna go down to gym later in the afternoon. Must shed off those fats!

Darling! I miss you so much!

Faster fly back from Germany!!!

2008-06-10T15:10:00.002+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. Been going out everyday for these few weeks that I hardly got time to update. Hopefully now I can upload all the pics onto my blog. =)

3rd June

It was my big day! Finally turning 20. I would like to thank my Darling, Benji, Rachel, Huai an, Hui Xian, Chuan Bee, Dee, Sharon, Wen man, Xue li, xiang ming, chian hwee, may lynn, wilson and those on friendster for their wishes.

Darling actually surprised me by coming to my house! Hahas. Had lunch at billy bombers, watched Narnia at Ps and dinner at Coffee club. Darling, thanks for the cake! =) Then he came to my house and celebrated my birthday with my parents.

I love the present that you gave!

7 June

Had a birthday party for my nephew, Lucas. Darling came to help out after his rehearsal. Had bbq and some bee hoon and curry vege. The guys were in charge of bbq while I was busy playing with my niece and nephew. hahas. My brother and da sao gave me a ipod nano for present! Love the present. So now I'm left with my phone. Anyone out there wanna buy me one for present?

9 June
Met rachel in the afternoon at Wisma and shopped around. She managed to buy her flats and dress. Then we went to Far east to shop again. And as usual, we had our nai cha session at man jia le. We had a great chat and after that I went to meet darling while she went for her manicure. Met darling and his friends at city hall mrt station to go pasir ris for sihan birthday party. I was dead tired by then cause of lack of sleep and excessively walking for the past few days. We left the place ard 9.45pm. Imagine the journey from pasir ris to clementi. -_-

Okay. Back to now. Darling is having rehearsal for the germany trip. Sigh. He's flying tmr and would only be back on the 24. =( I can't get to see him for 2 weeks. He can't even bring his laptop over and overseas calls are expensive. So this means I can't contact him!

Please take care while you're there. Miss you.

Side track abit. Nokia N95, Nokia N81 or Samsung G800?

Graduation!

2008-05-29T23:45:00.005+08:00

Finally, I'm a graduate! =)

Rachel, Me, Chian Hwee,Wei Chang, Devester

With Rachel

With Wei Kang and Wayne

Shall post more photos when I have the time. =)

2008-04-29T22:25:00.004+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates! Been kinda busy and lazy to go online nowadays. =P

26 April, Saturday

I was supposed to wake up at 6.30am as I had to reach SYC (Soka Youth Centre) by 8.30am to prepare for the performance. But I was too tired and lazy to drag myself out of the the bed that I continued to sleep until it was 7.40! Lolx. Luckily dad was around and he drove me down. Meeting ended around 1pm plus and I rushed home to get changed to meet xueli and jian zhong at bugis. We wandered around, ate desserts, before heading down to Zhen Ling's 21st birthday party! It was held at karoake room at West Coast Community Centre (opp Ginza Plaza).

We were one of the earliest who reached there. The others began to come in around 8pm. Dinner was catered by Botak Jones. =) Cajun chicken, my favourite. I managed to see friends that I haven seen in a long time. Such as Casper, Hui si, Ming Jian, Krayon, Hua xiong, Eric, Arens, Teck Chau, Feldy etc. Had lotsa fun and laughter at the party. =)

Soke yin, Xueli, Me, Hui si.

With krayon.

27 April, Sunday

Yippee! I get to drive again. I drove to Raffles city and had lunch with my parents and brother at Sushi Tei. After that we went to Winter Time at MS to buy my winter clothings. Damn. The stuffs are expensive. My heart is still aching now. =( I'm officially broke. All my money are spent on buying essential stuffs for my overseas studies.

Oops! I forgot to mention that I'm fly off on 15 July to Melbourne. I got accepted into The University of Melbourne for Bachelor of Science. Feeling happy yet afraid at the same time. I just pray that I'll adapt to the new environment and people.

2008-04-11T00:57:00.005+08:00

Wed

Went to Victoria concert hall with my mum to watch darling's performance. I must admit this is one of the best concert I've ever been to. Esp the last song that they played. It was magnificant and I totally love the choir. =)

Mum and I outside VCH

Darling. =)

As for ytd, I went for shopping spree at far east. Bought heels, dress and a shirt from bugis. I didn't know how much I've spent until I took out my wallet to buy snacks. I was left with 20 bucks by then. =(

Oh well. Let's pray that my mum doesn't know about it. Hahas.

Happy birthday Rachel!

2008-04-02T16:36:00.004+08:00

Finally I'm back from CSCC 08/09 FO camp. Going back to help out as a senior/old bird. I was happy to see some of the seniors such as You wei, Lester, Han qi, Irene, Zi qing, Daryl, Jason and Yu hong. It's been a long time since I've seen them.

Seeing the GLs and campers reminded me of the time when I was a GL. That was 2 yrs ago. I'm sure the GLs won't forget the time they spent with their kids. =)

Okay. Now for the most important thing...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RACHEL

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Ytd, Benji, Rachel and I went to Vivo to celebrate rachel's birthday. Had dinner at Mussels Guy, but the food was so-so. I don't think I would go back there again. After that we had desserts at Haagen Daz. We bought a ring for her as birthday present. =D

2008-03-17T14:34:00.002+08:00

Finally I get to drive ytd. =) Drove my parents to Boon keng area for lunch. But judging from my driving, I need more practice with the car cause I'm still not familiar with it. After that i drove home to take some stuff and went to Nafa to pick up darling and my brother before going to Expo to attend First Youth For Peace Interfaith Symposium. George Yeo, minister for foreign affairs was the guest of honour and there were also other different religious leaders. Everyone received a copy of a book: 180° Yearning for Peace.

If study ends up robbing people of their humanity, its purpose is completely destroyed. Studying is important, of course, but the real purpose of study is to enrich oneself as a human being, to make valuable contributions that will benefit many people. -Daisaku Ikeda

I find this quote very meaningful. Many of us study for the sake of study and because our parents want us to study. However, have we ever thought what is the purpose of studying? Some people keep on going for higher degrees because they want to enrich themselves with more knowledge. But if they apply their knowledge in the wrong field, then the purpose of studying is destroyed. An example would be bioterrorism. The use of anthrax to harm human beings. Who would ever think of such a cruel way to destroy life? Perhaps these people are trying to convey their anger or disagreements through such methods. But is this the only method? Resorting to violence would not solve problem. Everyone wishes for world peace and harmony, yet these people are going against it. In order to have world peace, we must start with our lifes first. Peace within family and friends. Eventually it would lead to the society, country and globally. Though it takes a long time to achieve, it doesn't mean that it can't be achieved.

Okay. I think I'm kinda inspired by the talk. =)

Stupid blogger. Having problem uploading the photos again. Nvm. I shall post them next time.

2008-03-15T21:23:00.007+08:00

Bored at home. Nothing on tv is nice to watch now.

Anyway, I saw rachel ytd at Central. Hahas.. Such a coincidence. I was still wondering whether I would bump into her there. And then I saw her at August Rush. Then we walked ard and chit-chatted. I miss you so much! And ben of course. wahaha..

I must find some courses to take. It's like what ben said. I'm turning white!! *yikes*

I need sunshine!

FO prep camp and FO camp is from 24 - 31 March. Finally I get to do what I love. Gonna meet all my friends who I have not seen for months. More chatting and gossipings during camp. =)

Darling is now at Expo performing for Jeff Zhang Xin Zhe. My mum wanted to go but the tix were sold out! Now she wants me to accompany her to Zhen Ni concert. -_- Perhaps I'll think about it. Hopefully she doesn't remember and starts to bug me to go.

Okay. Since now blogger is functioning normal again, I shall post some pics.

With evon and Krystle (Birthday girl) on Leap yr.

With Krystie! They're twins.

With Kaile! =)

With laura. =D

My very hiao darling. Still wear Brown contact lens

Last pic of the day. Taken on Dad's birthday. =)

Bored

2008-03-04T00:15:00.002+08:00

Results were released last wednesday. I'm quite happy with my results except that if it had increased a little bit more, I might be qualified for scholarship. Hahas.. But nvm. I'm contended! =)

Had a great weekend. Krystle and Krystie birthday celebration on leap year. Post Chingay Celebration on Saturday. Dad's birthday on sunday.

For celebrating my dad's birthday, we went to Tung Lok Signature at Vivo city for dinner. The ambience was good and my elder bro specifically reserved the table that had the seaview. Hmmm.. Perhaps part of the seaview. Hahas. I can't imagine how time passes so quickly. I'm a graduate now and my dad is 61 this yr.

Anyway, I've been rotting at home like crazy. Waking up ard 11-12pm, eat my lunch, watch tv all the way till midnight. Damn. At this rate, I'm gonna gain weight.

My darling has tons and tons of practices and rehearsals. Jia you wor. =)

Chingay 2008!

2008-02-17T20:59:00.010+08:00

Finally Chingay 2008 has come to an end. After 4 months of practicing our dance steps and rehearsing, we did a fantastic job during our performance! =)

GREAT JOB EVERYONE! =D

I never regretted participating in this yr Chingay. I still remembered the day wen man told me about this event. Initially I was contemplating whether I shld join cause I was afraid I wouldn't have time for trainings, plus I still had my FYP and it was my final year. However, after thinking through, I decided to give it a shot. I have been waiting to join Chingay for years and now I am given the chance. Thus I went for the audition and was selected.

WAVE. This is the group that I was assigned to. There are 28 girls in this group, from different institutions. I got to know more friends and I look forward to all the trainings. Our trainers, Melissa and Su man were trying their best to teach us. Initially, there were a few problems but after that everything went on smoothly. I also got to know laurel, tracy and kai le. You guys really make the whole training process enjoyable, with the invention of the ocean of harmony fist to all the weird dancing and jokes. =) I will definitely remember you guys as well as Chingay 2008.

Laurel, good luck for your exams! Hopefully we'll meet up after that. =D

Moving back to ytd, after Chingay ended we went to MS to change and had our dinner. Then we proceeded to the post Chingay party just outside the Supreme court. We were given free tixs. Hahas. The whole party was great! We kept dancing all the way to abt 1am plus. There were lots of photographers and camera aiming at the big group of us. It was so much fun. =)

Laurel and I, with part of the make-up done

Us again. With make-up and hair done. =)

Kai le and Me

Tracy, Laurel, Kai le, Me

With Katherine.

With laurel, Liza, Rathna and Hui Chin

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Darling! =P

Sick! =(

2008-02-13T23:04:00.003+08:00

With 3 more days to Chingay and I'm down with a terrible sore throat!!!

Must be all the good food I have eaten during CNY. I went to see the doc early in the morning ard 9am plus. Got my number at the clinic. No. 33. But the doc was only beginning to see patient No. 5. So I went to eat breakfast with my parents before heading back to the clinic. This time it was at No. 22. -_- Damn sian cause I waited for at least an hour before it was my turn. The doc told me my sore throat was very very bad and told me not to talk and rest well. Lolx.. And I told him to give me stronger med as I'm performing in Chingay in 3 days time. So he gave me stronger antibiotics. Amoxycillin i think. I have never taken this type of med before. I must say this antibiotic is strong cause my throat is getting better. In the morning it was so swollen that I can hardly swallow.

Tmr is Valentine's Day. Hopefully i'll return by then.

Arg! I hate getting sick.

Happy Chinese New Year

2008-02-07T23:07:00.000+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR TO ALL

Finally I have the time to blog. Been rather busy these few days. Ytd I had reunion dinner with my family at a Teochew restaurant near merchant road. There were so many ppl in the restaurant and we had to wait for our table to be cleared. This yr dinner was special cause Darling was also invited. =)

Dinner was served around 8.30pm and I must say the quality and quantity of the food was amazing. The food were super delicious and there were alot. We had the normal yu sheng follwed by yi pin wor, glutinous rice stuffed in a roasted chicken, crabmeat with broccoli, steamed pomfret, teochew style noodle, kong ba pau and almond with longan for dessert. Quite alot for 7 7 adults and 2 kids.

Me and Yr.

(Ps: I think the makeup ard my eyes were too thick. lolx)

My brother and his son, Lucas.

Well.. As for today, my brother and da sao came to my hse for lunch. Another sumptuous meal. After that we gambled Blackjack. My mum is the best man. I think this is the first time I ever encountered a banker who lost almost $100 in 30mins. Hahas.. I guess she just doesn't have enough luck. Lolx.. After they left, my mum asked me whether if i wanna drive the car out. Hahas.. I was so happy and lucky my dad didn't object. Thus the 3 of us went out, with me as the DRIVER! =D Had quite a difficult time trying to adjust to my dad's car. The feeling is totally different. The braking system is soooo much better than those old cars in BBDC. Hahas. My dad also taught me how to park the car (w/o poles). Oh man. It was difficult and I still can't see or feel whether the car is straight. But overall, it was still okay. Everything was perfect. =) Must practice more before I dare to drive the car alone.

List of events for the upcoming week

8 Feb (Fri): Go Brother's hse for dinner. (Oh man, keep eating so much these few days)
9 Feb (Sat): Bai Nian with DBT/22
10 Feb (Sun): Faith Birthday celebration
11 Feb (Mon): Faith's b'day! Maybe I'll be gg out.
12 Feb (Tues): Don't know
13 Feb (Wed): Chingay rehearsal =D
14 Feb (Thurs): Valentine's Day!!!! and Chingay prayer meeting
15 Feb (Fri): Chingay Preview. Wahaha
16 FEB (SAT): CHINGAY 2008!

Exams stress

2008-01-19T21:33:00.000+08:00

Actually I should be studying for exams right now. But laziness got hold of me and I decided to blog. Well, I spent the whole day studying animal cell culture. There's seriously too many topics. And I still haven touch on bioprocess, Genomic techniques and Plant biotech. Next friday is ACC. Hopefully I'll be able to remember all the facts in my brain. Any remedy for expanding brain capacity? Or to improve memory?

All the studying has made me gone crazy. Or should i say hungry? One thing for sure, studying at home makes me feel hungry. Why? Because my mum bought lotsa snacks and I would go to the kitchen every 30mins just to munch on something. Luckily she hasn't buy any New year goodies. If not my brother and I can finish them in just a few days time.

Tmr will be the last day I'm going for Chingay rehearsal. After that I will have to miss 5 trainings cause of exams. Sobx. I really enjoy all the trainings since last november. All of the wave girls have put in so much effort. And not to mention that majority of us have no background in dancing, so this was also one of the challenges.

Before I go, I shall post a pic of us during chingay training. =)

Kai le, Laurel, Me, Tracy. =D

Okay. Back to study now. Bye.

Oops. Forgot to mention one important thing.

I PASSED MY DRIVING TEST!

New Year 2008

2008-01-01T18:28:00.000+08:00

First of all, let me wish a very very Happy New Year to everyone! =)

Ytd was the last day of 2007. Hope everyone had enjoyed their day. For me, I was happy to spend my day with my darling. We met up in the afternoon and headed down to Cine to watch AVP2. The movie was rather okay. The same usual fighing scene, just that now more humans are killed.

After that, we roamed around orchard before going off to tampiness for annual general meeting. Reached the kaikan around 6.50pm, then waited for him to settle all this stuffs and get his name tag. Congratulation darling, for getting the cultural award! =) Darling was so lucky cause Wang Chien Fu (Jeff wang) sat beside him! The meeting ended ard 9.45pm and we had free mua chee! Hehe. It was delicious! =D
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2007 has come to an end. This also means that I'll be graduating from poly soon. Thinking back, I feel that my life in poly has been a wonderful and fruitful one. I still remember the first day of school in 2005, I met my classmates for the first time and we were in one of the classrooms at T1A. The girls and guys were seated away from each other, girls on the right and guys on the left. Our PT at that time was Ms Wendy shu. I still remembered she gave us kit-kat as present. Then for class outing, we ate at Swensens, Holland V. During yr 1, Vonne and I were constantly going to clubhouse after sch ended. Inside clubhse, we chit chat and met up with our camp mates and seniors. I also participated in several camps and got to know more friends.

Moving on to yr 2, our assignments began to increase and so did the club stuffs. For Freshmen orientation 06/07, I was one of the GL. My'husband' was Alvin and we had a group of Scorpion kids.Hahas.. They are a bunch of funny, loving and energetic kids. It was so fun to have them in my group. This was also the period of time where I was very busy. Busy with school work, club, attending camps etc.. It was also this year that my class become more bonded (i guess). We had chalet and drank alcohol. I also went to Balcony with Ben, Rach, Grace and Dee to drink. Then towards the end of the yr, we went to Shiraz, located at Clark Quay. Tequila Sunrise. My favourite drink cause it's sweet! =) Then it was ITP period and I went to Perth for 2 months. I experienced a totally different lifestyle and learn to be independent (for that 2 mths). Hahas...

Then came Yr 3. Starting of FYP. The most important and scariest project ever. 10 months of working on the project and then 12 mins of presentation and 8 mins of Q and A, the project ended. Now, it's left with the final examinations before we graduate. After that, the guys are going to army while for us girls, we might work or continue to study. One thing for certain, I'm gonna miss all my friends and the fun times we had.

Emo feeling now. Hahas.

School starts tmr at 8am! Oc presentation. =(

2007-12-21T01:11:00.000+08:00

18 Dec, Tuesday

Had our class outing at ECP. I was supposed to meet Ben at Clementi at 11am. But in the end I woke up at 11. Actually it was his call that woke me up if not I would have continued to sleep. =P
I took bus 196 to ECP. The journey was freaking long! Anyway once I reached there, it started to drizzle. =( Eventually we managed to find a shelter in front of subway and decided to have our picnic there. We had sushi, sandwiches, salad, pineapple-sasuage on a stick, chocolate agar agar, fishball and keropok. Then we played some forfeit games so that the loser had to clear the food. Sushi + wasabi! Think i was rather lucky cause I nv kena forfeit. However, Jie yun and Chuan bee were the unlucky ones. Esp, Bee bee cause after she ate one, she lost the game again and had to eat one more.

Arnold brought his dog, ToTo along too! Hahas. Toto was so hyper-active. I think everyone who was present knew what happened between Alwin and Toto so i shall not further elaborate. =P
Then we decided to cycle despite of the drizzle. Hahas.. I was so excited cause I finally get to cycle after duno how many months. We cycled from Mac all the way to Changi Airport! It was so great seeing the planes taking off. =)

19 Dec, Wed

Chingay training as usual. This time there were a few changes to our formation and we also learned more new dance steps. Lolx. Can't reveal too much on what we're doing. So you guys will have to watch Chingay to see our performance! =)

Guess that's all for the updates.. Gonna sleep now. Nights. =)

2007-12-11T00:20:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates. Very busy for these past few weeks. Though FYP is over, there are still tests and datasheets to be completed. Not forgetting my Chingay training and shopping spree with my love ones. Lolx..

Holiday will start next week! Can't wait for it come.

18 Dec: Class outing. [Hope it doesnt rain]

19 Dec: Chingay training

21 Dec: Dinner at Mr Xu's hse

23 Dec: Chingay training

Animal Cell Culture test is on Thurs. Hopefully I'll be able to finish my revision for it. But I'm alr in the holiday mood. How!! And I'm going to shop with mum and da sao tmr. Hohoho..

Shopping = bigger hole in pocket.

Anyway, I know I owe lotsa ppl photos Sorry for not posting or sending. I'll do asap. You guys just need to be patience and wait for a few more days. So sorry!

Finally 1 successful pic being uploaded! =)

Buddy class and us at Miss Yee's wedding in KL

KL tmr!

2007-11-29T23:50:00.000+08:00

FYP presentation is finally over!

I can't imagine how we manage to endure these past 7 months of intense researching and experiments. Nonetheless, we have finally completed our project and presentation. Well done Yvonne and Jie yun! =)

Anyway, tmr I'm going to KL with some of my classmates! Feeling so excited about it. Everyone will be dress so nicely on saturday for Miss Yee's wedding.

Watched The Tattooist at PS today. Well... The movie was rather okay, maybe cause the first hour was kinda draggy and lotsa talking. The first scene was filmed in Singapore. Everyone was giggling in the cinema. Kinda funny. But the scene was rather short, about 20mins if i'm not wrong. Caroline appeared in the scene in New Zealand. Kinda weird cause of the difference in accent. However I feel that her acting was not bad. Overall rating for this movie: 3/5

Okay. I'm gonna pack my bag then do my datasheet! =)

Be back on sunday, approximately 8pm

Miss Pang's wedding

2007-11-27T14:18:00.001+08:00

Saturday 17 Nov

Attended miss pang at St John St Margaret Church at Dover Cresent. Saw a number of hyss teachers. Finally i uploaded the pics. Sorry for the delaying cause I was busy with fyp.

2007-11-10T23:57:00.000+08:00

Today I went out to buy miss pang's wedding gift with hui xian and yee loong. James joined us at 4pm. As for Mr. Zheng Huai An, he forgot about the meeting!!! Think he's getting older, that's why he can't remember. Lolx..

Anyway, we practically walked into all the jewellery shops in Suntec before deciding to buy the necklace at CitiGems. Hui xian had to leave early cause of organ lesson. So in the end, James, Yee Loong and I went to scout for wedding card. And once again we walked around Suntec, City link and Raffles city. Finally we bought the card at MPH.

To ex-E401 Bio students, please tell Yee Loong whether you're going for miss pang's wedding reception and also whether you're sharing the present. Cause he paid for everything and we have to pay him back. Also, we'll be meeting early so as to write our wishes in the card.

We had dinner at NYDC and food was delicious. =)

Then we went to Gloria Jean for dessert. Yee Loong suggested going there and we ate mudpie! Yummy. =)

Pics will be posted shortly. =)

2007-11-04T01:15:00.000+08:00

Heya!

It's been such a long time since i update my blog. Think it's collecting cobwebs.

Anyway, holiday has come to an end. Actually it wasn't a holiday in the first place. Even though E-learning was supposed to be done at home, I still went back to school everyday for Fyp. Currently, everyone is rushing report. And worse still, I haven study my revision for plant biotech test, which happen to be on Monday! =(

Friday

Went to Esplanade with Siti and Eddie to revise for Jap. We had fun asking each other qns; however we end up chit chatting and gossiping! *Shhhhh* I left around 6pm for chingay meeting at Telok Blangah. Yap. I'm performing in Chingay. Decided to participate in the end cause it's always been my desire to perform in Chingay. I received the schedule for the trainings and wasn't surprised to see that trainings will be on wed and sunday. But i can already forsee that i'll miss some of the trainings cause of fyp and exams. The worst thing is that training will be at People's association, which is at Stadium Link!

It is freaking far!!! Imagine training ends at 9.30pm on wed and i have to rush home after that. Unless someone drives me home or sponsor money for the cab, else i'll have to take train home. Sigh. Well.. I shouldn't be thinking on the negative side right? Trainings have yet to start and i'm already complaining. Tsk Tsk

Saturday

Once again, I met up with Siti and Eddie at Mac in Scotts Isetan to study. As usual, we were asking each other qns and eventually end up chatting. Lolx. After studying for 5 hours, we decided to walk around before going for Jap lesson.

Murata sensei revised the things we had learnt during the last 2 months. Initially i thought the oral and written test would be difficult. But it turns out to be rather easy. [but i made a few minor mistakes! =( ] Results will be out on Monday. Hopefully I'll get good grades! Hohoho.

Note: Eddie can really eat alot! He's always asking us whether we want to eat. Lolx.

Okay. I shall stop here now as I need to edit my report!

I need Perseverance, determination and motivation!

2007-10-25T22:45:00.000+08:00

Driving test tmr!!

Very excited but at the same time nervous!

Wish me luck. =)

2007-10-24T22:47:00.000+08:00

In the Japanese fishing village of Taiji, fishermen are rounding up and slaughtering hundreds and even thousands of dolphins right now.

Japan kills over 20,000 dolphins and small whales annually, most of which wind up in meat markets. The dirty secret of the slaughter, however, is that the international aquarium industry subsidizes these massacres by paying upwards of US$45,000 for prime live specimens for aquariums, dolphin-shows and swim-with-dolphins programs. A dead dolphin sells for about US$600 on the market for meat.

Fishermen attract the dolphins by sounding metal rods beneath the water surface interferes with the dolphins' sonar. Once disorientated and enclosed within the net, dolphins panicked. Then fishermen would injure some of the dolphins with spear thrust or knife slash. Since dolphins nv abandon wounded family members. The dolphins cried as the fishermen slashed them with hooks and knives and the lagoon filled with their blood.

It takes a dolphin up to six minutes to die, and they cry the entire time, with their eyes wide open. The dolphins fought for their lives, even as their guts were ripped from their bellies and blood gushed out of their blowholes. But their screams had no effect on the trainers. Some of the dolphins were even alive when dragged to the killing lagoon.

These dolphin massacres must stop. They are inherently brutal and cruel. They've done nothing wrong to deserve this. I really don't understand how some human beings are so heartless and brutal to do such acts. They kill without blinking an eye and still can rejoyce and live peacefully after all these.

This link shows the process of how they lure the dolphins and kill them subsequently. I cried after watching it cause the scene was too unbearable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85srTdF5YXQ

Pls help save the dolphins. Next time when you watch a dolphin performance, think of what had been done to them.

2007-10-22T22:27:00.000+08:00

Next week would be E-learning week. Though we don't have to go to school for lessons, there's already piles of assignments for us to be done.

Datasheets + Fyp report = STRESSED

Currently I'm doing my part for the 1st draft of Fyp report. There's so many things to be written down and research to be done. The deadline is getting closer!

Friday. Driving test.

Will I pass?

Wish me luck.

* Stupid blogger. It doesn't allow me to upload images again. Arg!!

Wth.

Bird Park.

2007-10-16T21:38:00.000+08:00

Went to Jurong Bird Park with Jz last sunday. Yap. You heard me right. It's THE Bird Park. I haven been there for years so I was very excited and acted like a kid. Lolx. The best thing was we got free entry cause xueli is working there temporary for ITP. Actually the main purpose was to visit her cause she has to work 7 days and the only break she has is on tuesday, which unfortunately, she has to come back to school for lessons.

As she was bus working, Jz and I went to tour around. First we went to see penguin feeding and then Bird of prey show. There were eagles and vultures. And one of them kept flying very low towards us. And my head was directly in its path. Lucky i managed to duck away from it, otherwise my head is gone. *Phew*

After that we wandered around and ended up at the SouthEast Asia Birds Aviary. The bird-keeper gave us breads so that we could feed the birds. Initially it was fun but then the birds began come nearer to us (esp me). And I sorta got attacked by a bird. It flew over my head and landed on it! It was damn scary la. It just appeared out of no where and came towards me. Got so much shocked in a day. Or should i say 2 hours.

Dinner was at Jp and xueli was treating us. Felt bad but she insisted. Thanks girl! =) Had our dinner at Billy bombers! I had honey spring chicken set meal and cookies and cream milkshake. It was extremely sinful! And there was even dessert after that. *Faints* We were so bloated by then. Nonetheless, I had fun hanging out with you guys. So much so that i forgot to take pics with you!! Nvm. There's always a next time. =)

Anyway, I received a phone call from my friend just now. She was asking me whether i was interested in joining chingay for next yr. Audition starts this sunday! Should i go? Cause i really love to perform. But then this is my final yr and i'm packed with Fyp and studies. I'm so scared that i wont be able to handle so many stuffs. Sigh...

How? How? How? How? *Tearing my hair out*

Enough of blogging. Have to do my datasheet now.

Driving lesson tmr.

Driving test next friday!

2007-10-12T13:07:00.000+08:00

Now in my lab, waiting for yvonne and jie yun to come so that we can do our fyp.

The deadline is getting nearer and nearer. Everyone is kinda affected by it cause there's reports to be done but the results aren't looking too good. After submittion of reports, we still need to rush ppt slides and practice on presentation.

To all my dear friends, jia you for Fyp! It'll all be over in 1 month time! =)

2007-10-03T21:26:00.000+08:00

Went for driving lesson today. Today was as per normal, I drove around bukit gombak and teck whye and did my parkings, S and crank course. But I was feeling so lethargic before the lesson. Had a few minor mistakes during the lesson. 1 major mistake I made was during a right turn I made at junction. I supposed i was so tired that i thought i had checked that there was no cars on the opposite lane. But it turns out that there were 2 cars on the extreme right lane. Lucky both of them were learner cars.

Anyway, Happy Birthday Wilson Ang!

I'm so so so tired now.. Yawns.. Off to watch tv........

Tired

2007-09-27T19:42:00.000+08:00

Today was a tiring day and cold day..

Morning lessons were animal cell culture then genomic techniques then animal cell culture again and finally bioinformatics..

But looking on the bright side, tmr is friday! And I only have 2 hours of lecture. After which I'll be having my driving lesson and then off to meet rach and grace for dinner to celebrate grace's birthday in advance.

The past few days were difficult for me. But I'm glad everything is back to normal. =)

2007-09-16T01:20:00.000+08:00

List out your top 5 birthday presents that you wish for:

1. Family,friends,darling to be happy and healthy.
2. Bags!
3. Shoes
4. Master Japanese Language
5. Able to cook well.

Answer the following questions:

1. The person who tag you is? Ouyang

2. Your relationship with him/her is? She's my classmate and friend

3. Your 5 impressions of him/her? Friendly, kind-hearted, blur blur, soft-spoken and funny at times

4. The most memorable thing he/she had done for you? Hmm.. Going for singing session n Settlers' Cafe

5. The most memorable words he/she had said to you? Hmm.. None i guess.

6. If he/she becomes your lover, you will? Be good to her and make her happy and the most blissful lady in the whole.

7. If he/she becomes your lover, things he/she has to improve on will be? Being tgt means compromise and accepting the person. So i guess there's no need for any improvements.

8. If he/she becomes your enemy you will? Try to work things out tgt. It's not a single-sided issue. Both sides must have done or said something to cause this kinda situation.

9. If he/she becomes your enemy, the reason will be? Perhaps attitude.

10.The most desire thing you want to do for him/her now is? Make her feel happy and confident abt herself.

11.Your overall impression of him/her is? A good buddy. =)

12.How you think people around you will feel about you? Slightly short-tempered, Showing my emotions, always speaking too loud, crazy at times, violent, fierce, rough, brave, friendly, caring, emo at times, faithful, outgoing, sporty, abit dominating, good listener, paranoid etc...

13.The character(s) you love of yourself is/are?.. .. maybe its friendliness, sporty.

14.On the contrary, the character(s) you hate of yourself is/are? Being tom-boyish at times, my temper.

15.The most ideal person you want to be is? Like ouyang said, there's no ideal person. No one is perfect. Everyone has flaws. For me, i just want to change my temper.

16.Pass this quiz to 10 people.in alphabetic order.
(1) Cheryl
(2) Hui Xian
(3) Huai An
(4) Janes
(5) James
(6) Liting
(7) Melissa Chew
(8) Xueli
(9) Yongrui
(10) Zheng Xiang

Had 2nd Jap lesson. Murata sensei taught us lotsa stuffs today. Abit blur now but i'll do my best to understand, speak and write the words!

Army Open House

2007-09-03T23:19:00.000+08:00

2 Sept 07, Sunday

Benji, Rachel and I went to Army Open House. Alot of ppl were there and there were events going on. Like there was live fire shooting and you can actually try it out. But the queue was extrememly long so we decided not to try. Also, the weather was rather unpredictable. One minute it was raining and then it stopped.

But the most exciting thing was that i saw Pierre Png and Ix shen! They were there to sorta promote the army i guess. Cause they acted in the channel 8 drama series, Honour and Passion (Bao Jia Wei Guo)

Shall upload the pics later.. Blogger seems to dislike me cause it's not allowing me to upload the pics. =(

Anyway, I went back to school for Fyp today then headed for driving lessons in the afternoon. Drove in the rain today. =) My instructor was so funny. We saw this test car doing vertical parking and he told me the student in trouble. Lolx.. Cause the side mirror hit the pole and was tilted to one side. =x

Think I'm getting the same instructor tmr. *grins*

2007-08-29T20:14:00.000+08:00

Sorry for the lack of posts lately.

Very busy these few days. Having driving lessons everyday. Now at Stage 3.04 i think. Just learnt crank and S course and also directional change. Having drivining stimulator course and driving lesson tmr. Hahas.. And coincidently, I saw Alan for consecutive 2 days. And we're having our test on the same day too! 26 Oct! But mine is in the late afternoon while his is in the noon.

The raining season is back again. Arg! Keep raining all day long. Feeling so cold almost everyday.... Sigh. Anyone has any good idea of treating sore throat? My throat has been giving me lotsa problems lately. =(

Anyway, Subway is opening in West Mall! Wahahaha. Finally it's in West Mall and near to my house.

I'm going to sleep now. Yes. I know it's early. But i have this feeling that i'm sick.

2007-08-13T20:30:00.000+08:00

Today is the official day of exams.

Agrotech is on 21 Aug

Immunology is on 23 Aug

1 more week to study!

Anyway, ytd I went to ms to had ice cream at yuki yaki with dear and his friends. Actually he didn't know I was going cause it was meant to be a surprise for him. Thanks to his friends Cq and Jane. =D

And I got to know 5 new friends. Jane, Susy, Liting, Ci qing and Chang Boon.

So here goes the plot: I was hiding at GV while waiting for Jane and Liting to come. After that we went to buy batteries for camera cause they wanted to film the whole process down.

Then we entered Yuki Yaki and walked towards the table and I blindfolded him using my hands. The aim was to make him guess who I was. Hahas.. His reaction was so shocked when he knew it was me. Lolx. Totally priceless. =)

Okay. That's for now.. Gonna get back to study.

2007-08-05T01:14:00.000+08:00

So sorry for the lack of posts this week. Have been extremely busy with studying for my tests.

Finally I'm getting my weekend off just to breathe. Seriously speaking, all the studying and countless of brain cells used for memorization are draining up my energy. Exams in 3 weeks time. I have to buck up!

Anyway, I had an enjoyable day. =D

2007-07-28T00:25:00.000+08:00

Finally the weekend has arrived.

This whole week has been a hectic one. Had gems presentation on Monday, Agrotechnology and Molecular modelling test on Tues and GLMP test on Thurs and Napfa on Friday.

2 more tests next week. Hybridoma and Immunology on Wed and Friday.

Then it'll be time to study for exams. Actually I should have start now but just lazy to touch on my books. Currently busy with FYP and other stuffs.

But I am still happy cause I finally realised something. =)

Thanks to all my dear friends. =)

sick

2007-07-21T00:29:00.001+08:00

Damn. I'm sick again.

Cold and sore throat.

Very irritated now. Feel so terrible.

Perhaps I'm paranoid. But the same old feeling is back.

Whatever. I'm always getting this kinda shit.

Who understands?

No one.

I'm already used to it anyway.

Perhaps my presence is not significant.

Yes. I admit (once again) that I'm paranoid.

I have always been so.

But can you blame me?

What can I do?

Nothing.

Just pretend nothing has happened and smile.

Smiling is the best way to hide the sorrow and sadness behind my face.

I'm tired. Giddy now.

=)

2007-07-17T23:30:00.000+08:00

Went to Vivo city with Rachel, Grace, Von and Ben..

Shop ard Vivo but I didn't manage to find something that i like. Then we went for ice cream at Ben n Jerry. Lolx.. Had 1 pint of ice cream again. This time they allowed us to choose 4 flavours. Cherry Glarica, fudge brownie, phish food and mango sorbet! Yummy. =D

Here are the pics...

Connection camp

2007-07-15T22:59:00.000+08:00

Connection camp ended today.

But I'm too tired to blog about anything now.

Love my day.

Love the sea.

Love the beach.

Love you.

Tmr we'll have to dress nerdy to sch!

Wahaha.. What should i wear??????

=D

Stressed

2007-07-13T00:10:00.000+08:00

Poly 50 is now over.

We got 28th in position while the junior team was in 35th. Great job everyone! =)

Anyway, I went for driving lesson ytd. Was kinda tired throughout the whole lesson. Nearly fell asleep cause I was either driving on a straight road or making left turns, checking blind spots.

But i was feeling very sad cause this is the 2nd time that i can't go out with von, ben, grace and rachel. Damn stupid la. Always missing out the fun.

Currently, i'm still rushing to complete hybridoma datasheet and i have yet to touch on my fyp. I'm in deep trouble now. Why? Cause i'm very tired now and i think i might just dozed off while doing. =(

Hai. My schedule is so fully packed. Having Cscc connection camp later and wont be back home till sunday. Agro report and datasheet are due next wed and i haven even start on it. Then when i finally found the time to relax and do my own stuffs, i'm bombarded with assignments again.

Shall continue doing hybridoma now.
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Sometimes i feel outcast.. Perhaps i'm just thinking too much? Or are you guys drifting away from me?

Emo freak now.

080707

2007-07-08T23:43:00.000+08:00

080707

Esplanade --> Queensway --> Ikea --> Home

Lunch: Sunny island. =D

Dinner: Poached salmon and meatballs.

Splendid day spent.

Thanks for everything. *grin*

2007-07-07T01:02:00.000+08:00

Okay.. Had poly50 training ytd. We ran 50 runs around the actual road. Great job everyone! We'll be able to hit our target on Wednesday! =)

Anyway, the sole of my sport shoes came off!! Arg! What a great time for it to be spoilt. Just 5 days before Poly50. Just applied some elephant glue to it. Hopefully they're able to last me after poly50 on Wed.

GLMP test on thurs was a goner. Totally gave Dr cui back the 9 marks. Hai.. There's just too much information for us to remember. It's not like we have super memory bank or smth in our brain.

Having performance later at Singapore Indoor Stadium. Luckily we're meeting 3.30pm at city hall station. Cause i'll be able to sleep till 12pm plus.

I need my beauty sleep!! =D

Happy birthday Yvonne!

2007-07-02T23:08:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday Yvonne!

Hope you'll enjoy today and remain as jovial and pretty as ever! =D

Sorry that the celebration wasn't very grand. But don't worry. Tmr you'll get a surprise from me.. Wahaha. As a compensation to today's celebration!

Okay.. Back track abit.. Had milkrun on sunday. Stomp was a success! Thanks everyone especially the trainers, for your hard work and patience in teaching us. I totally appreciate it! =D

One good new is that we're able to perform on 777!! Hahas. It's a rare opportunity for us. So i'm really excited. Hohohoho

2007-06-30T02:03:00.000+08:00

Finally weekend has arrived!

Performed at Tampines KaiKan just now. Lolx. It was fun! Everyone, keep up the good work. On Sunday, we should put in our 1000% effort! =)

Have been sleeping very late for the past few days cause of rushing reports and reaching home late cause of rehearsals. But now that reports are done, STOMP is the only thing that is in my mind now! Hohohoho.

I'm bored.. So i tried this out... lolx

Stressed

2007-06-27T21:09:00.000+08:00

Stressed is the only word that is popping in my mind now..

FYP, tests, reports, rehearsals, driving and Jap lessons!

My schedule is fully booked that I don't even have the time to catch my breath.

Hope this week will pass very quickly.

Going to register for Jap lessons with siti and her friend this coming Sat. Can't wait for the lessons to start. Later in the evening, I'm gg to Singapore Indoor Stadium with mummy to watch performance by Soka. Then MILKrun is on sunday! I'm so excited about it. And we're gonna have a performance before the race starts! Excited Excited Excited!!! Cause I'll get to perform and............. Hehehe. I'm a happy girl! =D

And I'm looking forward to Transformers! Hope it wont disappoint me. =)

2007-06-17T19:29:00.000+08:00

Watched Fantastic 4 with Yee loong and James ytd marina square. Sorry for turning up late cause i overslept! =P

I must say the movie is better than the 1st one. At least there's more fighting scene this time round. And Jessica Alba is still as hot and sexy as ever. Lolx..

Anyway, after the movie, we roamed around Suntec, not knowing what to do. Eventually we walked to Liang Seah Street to eat dessert.. YL was the one who suggested it. After that we walked to City hall to meet the rest for dinner.

Think 20 ppl turned up for this gathering with Mrs Siow. It's been such a long time since we met up with one another. Initially there wasn't much to chat but soon everyone was laughing and chatting happily. Food was not bad but service was poor. The waiter got our orders mixed up and we waited for a long time for our drinks. And my iced barley tasted bitter. *Yuck*

After dinner, we didn't know where to go so we walked to Esplanade and took photos with Mrs siow. Some suggested going to k-box,bowling and pool. But it was alr late (to me la) and since it's weekend, the price would be very expensive. So We, meaning Xue li, melissa and I decided to head home. We chatted all the way from city hall till clementi. Haven chatted with them for a long time.

Can't wait for our next gathering! Hahas.. Looking forward to it! =D

Here are some of the pics taken:

2007-06-13T00:45:00.000+08:00

First week of school holidays..

Up till now, I have only completed Agro Practical 4 and a portion of reports. Die Die Die.. There's still alot to be done. And I'm still slacking through my way.. Time is never enough for me..

Monday

I went for Stomp practice at Jurong Kaikan. Hahas.. Had lotsa fun with my newly-made friends. And I'll be playing the sticks on the actual day! Milkrun is on 1st July and our performance is before the race. Actually I'm excited about the race as well as the performance. Can't wait for the next practice cause we'll be learning the dance steps! Kenneth can really dance! =)

Tuesday

I went for my 2nd driving lesson today. Finally I get to drive on the road! Hahas.. I was kinda nervous at first but eventually i got the hang of it. Just that I need to practice more on my brake. Must master how to brake smoothly. After the lesson, my right leg was kinda numb. Cause i kept holding onto the brake then accelerator then brake again. But it was fun driving on the road and I drove 70km/hr! Hahas.. The instructor just told me to accelerate until 70km/hr. Fun Fun Fun! =)

And I saw you! ALOYSIUS TAN YI TONG!!

Hahas.. I know you wont be reading my blog so I purposely capitalised your name. Heee.. It's been such a long time since i met him. My good old buddy in secondary sch.. The guy who will always call me to chit chat and suan me. Hahas. Hm... And you changed quite abit. More handsome? Hahas.. Well. Happy that you got a gf now.

Okay. I'm off to bed. Gonna wake up at 8 plus later to go sch to do fyp.

Lights out everyone.

2007-06-09T22:38:00.000+08:00

Finally the holidays have arrived!

Lotsa assignments to be completed within these 2 weeks.. Hope I still have the time to go out with my friends, excerise and watch tv.. Hehe

Friday

Went to Settlers with ben, dee, grace and siti. Hahas.. Had lotsa fun. Played a number of games.. After that we went bugis to shop but there wasn't anything much to see.. Probably because of the human traffic. Too cramp and stuffy..

Today

Went for my dental appointment in the morning at Park mall.. My doc is still as humourous as ever. Lolx. He just makes my day happy. =) After that, I went to shop ard.. Bought my nephew's birthday present at Taka. Then went to Kino, Zara, Charles & Keith, Forever 21, Topshop, Guess.. Hai.. Didn't find anything i like so i went home..

Just came back from the birthday celebration. Glad my nephew like the present I gave him! hahas.. He's so sweet!

Should post his pics later! =)

19 yrs old

2007-06-03T22:04:00.000+08:00

Today is my birthday!

Happy 19 to myself! =P

Didn't go out today cause I was down with sore throat and flu. What a great time to fall sick.

However, I enjoyed my day ytd with Grace and Ben. Met up with them at Orchard and went shopping. =) Thanks for the present! I really love it. Grace is so thoughtful. This is the best present ever! Hahas.. Can't wait to wear it. Hehe.. Had dinner at Yuki Yaki at MS. Then walked around at Suntec..

Special thanks to my friends who wished me happy birthday.

Ben,Grace,Xian xu,Huai an,Dee,Wei en,Jie yun,Melissa,Yvonne,You Wei,Wan lu,Nicholas,Zheng Xiang,Wen fang,Wei kang,Wei chong etc.

Sorry if i miss out anyone! =)

Well. 19 yrs old now. 1 more yr and my age will start with the number '2'. Time flies quickly. Too quickly that I don have enough time to catch my breath, to enjoy the scenery and to hang out with my friends. It is also less than a year before I graduate from poly. Time is nv enough. It has always been this case. Nevertheless, as long as we cherished all the times we have with everyone, we wont complain of time.

Haas. Me and my emo-ness on the day of my b'day. =P
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Take care of yourself. It's cold in UK now.

2007-05-27T15:18:00.000+08:00

School starts tmr for us but it's the start of holidays for pri,sec and jc students.

Sad sad sad... I haven even completed immunology report. Been going back to school during the E-learning week just to meet up for projects and to do E-learning assignments. The school system just sucks. It keeps lagging, especially when you're doing online quizes.

Anyway, had class bbq at Ben's hse last monday. Lolx.. There were plenty of food. His parents were generous and bought even more stuffs for us like mussels and salmon fish head for bbq! Imagine a salmon fish head on the bbq pit. Hahas.. We stayed at ben hse to watch saw 3 after everyone had left. Think i fell asleep cause i was too tired.. Lolx.. It's so fun to watch movie in the dark! Hahas.. Right Grace?

Bored

2007-05-17T19:13:00.000+08:00

Finally blogger is back to normal!

Went to Oh Chin Huat Hydroponics Farm ytd. Learn about the different type of systems used to grow the crops. And we were given free xiao bai cai! Hahas.. I also bought a pot of plant called corkscrew (gong zi hua). Weird name right? It reminds me of the rollercoast in Genting.

E-learning is next week and there's tonnes and tonnes of assignments to complete. Sometimes i wonder what's the use of having E-learning when we still need to go back to school? Abit redundant.

Anyway, there's no point ranting cause we still have to complete it. C'mon girl. You can do it! =)

Can't for bbq at Ben's hse next monday. Wahaha. Going to buy the bbq food on saturday. I'm sure it'll be fun marinating and preparing the food. =D

Here are the pics i took during the blood donation

See how thick the needle is.

Blood blood blood.

Losing blood in process...

Dim sum dim sum.. Here i come.. Craze for dim sum! =D

2007-05-12T23:14:00.000+08:00

Went for blood donation on Wednesday with Choon Seng and Ben.. We waited for 3 hours before it was our turn. Freaky long...

First time donating blood... The needle was thick. But there wasn't any pain when the lady poked into my vein.. However, i didnt managed to fill the whole bag (it can hold 450mL). Then the lady lifted up the needle and pushed it further in and asked me whether i felt pain. I said no until she poked for duno how many times.. Damn pain. Felt sad cause i wasn't able to fill the whole bag and it caused a very big bruise on my hand...

Anyway, I went to Ps with Grace and Siti ytd to have our cakes at Secret Recipe! Finally i get to eat my Chocolate Fudge this time! wahaha.

Grace! When is the next baking session? =D

Hmm.. Saw 2 persons that i thought they were familar. Then i recalled who they were. To look at them and smiled or to just pretend i don't know them when they actually know who i am and i too know who they are? Difficult decision to make. Anyway, it would be weird to look at them and smile and pretend to know them. So i chose the latter. At least i am spared of the embarrassment. And Grace was so funny! Hahas.. Thanks girl! I would be lost if you weren't there. =)

2007-05-09T00:36:00.000+08:00

It's fun! Go to this wbsite: http://www.typequick.com.au/ttest/testyourskills.html

This is my results:

Number of words typed: 163
Test duration: 3 min
Speed: 54.4 words/min. (272 keystrokes/min.)
Error penalty: 7
Accuracy: 95.7%

Going to sleep now. *Yawn*

I wan my dim sum!! =(

2007-05-06T00:47:00.000+08:00

Watched Spiderman 3 with Grace, Dee and Ben at Ps. Luckily we were able to get the 7th row. At least it wasn't near to the screen.

Anyway, the movie was rather good. Quite action-packed. But it had a sad ending. At least that's how i feel. I'll give it 8/10.

Then we went to Paradiz to play pool. After which Ben went home as he had to attend pre-camp. Thus Dee, Grace and I decided to wait for Suntec since we haven been there for a long time. Walk aimlessly around Suntec. Hahas.. We had a great time talking about lotsa stuffs. Had dinner at Kenny Rogers and dessert at Secret Receipe. Once again, they didn't have the cake i wanted! =( In the end, we settled for White chocolate macademia, chocolate indulgence and brownie walnut. Really had a good laughing time with them. Dee was so funny la. Grace and I were laughing our heads off. =P

Then we went to Carrefour to buy drinks. Grace and I did something damn funny. We each hold onto Dee's arm and walked from Carrefour to City hall mrt station. Lolx. Lotsa ppl were looking at us along the way. Dee, you're such a fortunate guy! Wahaha...

Parted with them at station cause i was taking a bus home..

Was taking the escalator when i thought i saw someone familar. Then i think someone called my name but when i turned back, the person was gone.

Was it my illusion or did i really saw his friends?

My heart tells me it's the latter.
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I know the truth.
Reality is just pure pain.

Dee's driving!

2007-05-02T20:27:00.000+08:00

Had a wonderful labour day ytd.

Went to Expo for City harvest carnival with Von, Grace, Ben and Dee. Free tickets for the 1st entry. Ben, Dee and I went to sat in the rotating machine. It was so exciting!

Oh.. I forgot the most important part..

Devester drove us!!!!!

Hahas.. It was so fun sitting in his car. It was even exciting than sitting the rollercoaster. =)
Dee drove us to ECP to have dinner. I miss the food! It's been a very very long time since we ate there. We ordered our usual food. Stingray, kang kong, chicken wings, la-la and my favourite, OYSTER OMETTLET! Hahas.. =)

Left Ecp ard 7 plus and we didn't know where to go. Lolx.. Eventually we decided to go Geylang. Hahas.. We were laughing on our way there. Dee drove from Lor 41 to Lor 1. Lolx.. We saw lotsa Bangalah. Tsk Tsk.. The whole street was crowded with them. Scary.

Then Von suggested going to Bugis for dessert. Thus our good and friendly Dee drove us there. But to our disappointment, there was no parking lot. Eventually we went to Maxwell foodcourt at Chinatown..

What a fruitful day for us. Travelled from Expo->ECP>Geylang>Bugis>Chinatown.

Lolx.. From East to central.

Dee, you're a great driver! =)

2007-04-27T00:02:00.000+08:00

Quarrels, quarrels and more quarrels.

When will all these come to an end?

What's wrong with the world?

What's wrong with my family?

What's wrong with everyone?

Arg!. I'm damn pissed off now.

I'm definitely not in a very very good mood.

Just do me a favour.

GET LOST!

2007-04-19T17:32:00.000+08:00

Year 3 has finally begin. Last yr being in poly.

The lecturers have already started on teaching the topics. Final year project is starting soon. And I'm sick. Sore throat and flu. What a great time to fall sick. And it's only the first week of school.

I have been thinking alot when i was in Perth doing my ITP. What's the definition of best friend? Or should i say close friend? You may think that the friends you have now are ur good/close friends but everything changes if they offend you unintentionally. It is at this point of time that you really wonder why all these happen. Aren't friends suppose to accept each other for what they are? Be it whether they're rich, poor, ugly, clever, ill-mannered? Changing the outward appearance is simple. All you need to do is to dress more apprioprate,style your hair abit and you're done. However changing your character is difficult. It is the environment and the friends you hang out with that shapes your character.

I do treasure my close friends alot. They are like treasures that accumulate in their values as we all grow older and are close to our hearts. Unique to every one of us. I know everyone has their faults and it's not easy to find a friend you can really get along with. At least for me, I do know my own faults and i have been trying very hard to change it. But it takes time. It's not like changing new clothes everyday. If you dislike it, you can just leave it aside. It's something more deeper and requires time and patience. Friends become my close friends when i unconditionally accept their faults as part of their character. In this way, i wont see their faults anymore.

We can have many friends. But close friends are only a handful.

Enough of my emo-ness. My sickness must be getting into my head.
Off to rest.
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I just realised how much I miss you. Everything is back again.

2007-04-05T17:00:00.000+08:00

1 more week before ITP ends.. Seriously speaking, I don't wish for ITP to end so soon. I like the environment, people,food, beachs... Maybe except the weather, which is always extremely cold. Think there was 1 night last week and the temperature dropped to 6 degree celsius!

My shopping is roughly done. And i realised i have bought alot of stuffs. Seriously ALOT of stuffs. Let me recall the stuffs:

1) 11 packets of Tim Tam. [mint flavour is reserved for Grace. =D]
2) About $80 to $100 of chocolates and sweets!
3) 3 bottles of wine
4) 2 jackets. [Feel like buying 1 more!]
5) 4 Lanolin creams
6) Souvenirs [Shall be kept as a secret]
7) Pencil box [Mine was smudged on the 1st week of work]
8) 1 500g and 1kg and 3 250g of honey.
9) 1 denim jean
10) 1 tube dress
11) 5 shirts. [4 for me, 1 for brother]
12) Necklace for mummy. Bracelet for me
13) 3 pairs of slippers

Oh my goodness! Look at the amount of stuffs i am bringing back to Singapore. I seriously hope these stuffs are able to fit into my luggage bag and it wont exceed the buggage limit. *Keeping my fingers cross*

But then i still wanna buy more stuffs like bags and shoes. My mum told me to buy anything that i like but i can't seem to find nice-looking, affordable bags. The ones i wanted are like over $100. How am i supposed to buy them?

On the brighter side, tmr and monday will be a public holiday. Cause tmr is Good friday and Monday is Easter day!

Chuan bee and I received easter eggs chocolates from Clare and Amanda today.. Hahas.. Everyone seems to be in a festive mood.

Okay.. I'm off now. Going to Rottnest Island tmr! =)

Happy Easter day in advance! =)

2007-03-23T15:06:00.000+08:00

Time: 4.08pm

Work just ended for me today.. Yippy!

Did staining of cells today so that they could be examined under a fluorescent microscope. The images were gorgeous! =)

I'm in a hurry to go home now cause we're going shopping later! =D

But before i go, I wanna say something in advance cause i have no internet access during the weekends.

24 March

Happy birthday Mum! =)

Hope you'll enjoy ur birthday and be pretty forever! Sorry that i can't celebrate your birthday with you. But i'll be buying something from Perth as a birthday present for you. ^_^

25 March

Happy birthday to Tackey!

Finally he's 25. He has completed 1/4 of his lifetime and has more to go.. Hope you'll produce more good songs and remain as kawaii as before! =)

2007-03-20T11:30:00.000+08:00

Finally i have the time to update.. Hahas.. This is the 4th week of my ITP. Time really pass very fast. 7 weeks in Perth will end quickly within the blink of an eye. Think i'm gonna miss my friends here, as well as the cute guy at the lodge. =D

Shall brieftly update about what i have done for the past 2 weeks.

10 March, Saturday

Went clubbing for the first time! Lolx.. Reached Burswood ard 1am. There'a casino at the ground level and the ruby room was at the first level. $8 for entry with no free drinks. =( But nvm, i wasn't in the mood to drink anyway.. The place was okay. 1 thing i like about it is they ban people from smoking in the club. Hahas.. Unlike in Singapore where people are allowed to smoke in clubs. I just hate the smell of cigarettes.

As for the rest of the week, it was going back to UWA and doing gel electrophoresis, RNA isolation, centrifugation, culturing of breastmilk cells etc. Oh ya. And ben and I bought a 2L tub of Triple chocolate cadbury ice cream. Lolx. We ate almost 3/4 of the ice cream and i think i ate the most. =P

17 March, Saturday

Went shopping at Harbour Town and i only managed to buy a tube dress.. I saw lotsa stuffs that i wanna buy but the prices were kinda steep. Shoes were also on discount! I'm going crazy just looking at them. Some clothes were selling for as low as $4. Hahas.. I can sense the hole in my wallet getting bigger and bigger.

18 March, Sunday

We went to Cottlesloe beach in the afternoon. Beautiful scenery and the water was soooo cold! Didn't swim cause i wasn't feeling too well. Cher mui and i were around collecting seashells. =)

Me and Cher Mui

Hahas. Caught on camera

Posing. =)

Dee and Me

US!

See what Dee is trying to do.

Them.

My craving for Tim Tam, Starburst and Liquorice. (=

Triple chocolae ice cream!

That's all for today! Hahas.. Stay tune for more updates.

Slacking

2007-03-07T11:15:00.000+08:00

Time: 12.20pm

Currently having my lunch break now.. 2 apples for lunch an I'm already full. Haven got any appetite for anything these few days. Had instant noodles and sausages for dinner ytd. Got free beef pies from one of the ppl there. Apparently they were too full to finish all the 4 pies so they gave it to us. And we gave 1 to this grandma who just moved in 4 days ago. She looked lonely and so we decided to talk to her. It was funny just trying to figure out what she's saying. But i was able to understand most of it. Dee and Bee kept nodding their heads at whatever she said. It was so comical.

Back-track abit to last Sat and Sun.. Finally our long waiting weekend arrived. We went to Fremantle on Saturday. The bus fare is so expensive. It cost $3.20 just to take a bus to Fremantle! There are 150 shops in Fremantle. Saw lotsa of billabong, quiksilver,roxy and rusty stuffs. I was so tempted to buy them! There were also lotsa sales going around. I bought 1 shirt from Jay Jays for $15 and 2 shirts from JeanWest for $35.

We had Chinese food for lunch. The stall owner was rather strange. We paid $7.90 for the large plate and she said we could take as much food as we can as long as the food can fit the plate. So Ben, Devester, Chuan Bee and I shared 2 plates of overloaded food.

Before

After. =)

Later in the afternoon, we went to Fremantle Prison for a tour. It cost $16 and the tour lasted for 1hr 30 mins. So it's still a reasonable price. The tour started at 5pm and the guide, Steve told us a brief history of the prison. The prison was built by convicts in the 1850s. It became a colonial prison in the 1880s and its inmates extended to include women as well as men. It was officially closed down in 1991 and the Inmates and staff of Fremantle Prison were transferred to the new metropolitan maximum security prison at Casuarina, about 20 kms south of Perth.

He told us that sex-offenders and some others were separated from the other convicts. This was to protect them from the sex-offenders. Also, there were no proper sanitation in the prison. Hence the inmates had to do their 'business' in a bucket. Even if 2 inmates were sharing the cell, they only had 1 bucket. Imagine the smell during summer when the temperature is as high as 50 degree. The stench is so unbearable. The guide said that after the inmates moved, it took 1 yr for the smell to go away.

Doesn't this look like Prison Break?

Kitchen

There's only 1 toilet and over 100 inmates had to share it in the morning. And they only have 5 mins to wash up.

Painting was not allowed in the prison until a few months before it was closed.

The paintings have faded due to long exposure to light and rain. But all of them have 1 thing in common. FREEDOM. All the pics did not contain any barrier.

Church in the prison

This was drawn in the cell.

This was where flogging was done. The person would be tighted to this structure and the warden would use a whip, cat of 9 tails to whip the person. After that, the inmate would laid on their backs and the warden would use salt and rub it on their backs. That is excruciating pain. The most number of whips that they gave was 100.

This is the solitary room.

This room is the last place where the inmates would wait for their hanging. Hanging took place only on monday at 8am. The guide also said that monday was the day where they had the high rate of absentees of officers. This was because the Superindentant would only inform the officers if they were going to witness the hanging of the inmate on that day itself. And many of the officers didn't want to do it cause it was a traumatizing experience.

This is where hanging took place. It is the same as the one we have in Changi Prison. Australia has already abolished death by hanging but in Singapore, we're still carrying out. The person will push the handle bar and smack! The 2nd and 3rd vertebra of the neck would snap. The last sound that the inmate would hear would be the pushing of the handle bar. It's a really loud bang sound. To the inmate, it would be like firing a gun shot. A total of 44 people, inculding 1 woman were hung at this prison. The last person to be hang was Eric Cooke on 26 Oct 1964.

The experience at Fremantle Prison was rather ....... (I don't know what word could describe my feelings). You must be there in order to understand and feel what they felt while living there.

Okay. This is a long entry for today. Off to lab for work again! =)

1 more pic before i go.