SWOT Vac!!

After all the tests and assignment, it's time for exam now! :( Boooo....
hm... SWOT Vac = swoting VACATION. a nice name which means it's time for us to burn midnight oil!!

Had my first 1500 words uni assignment this sem, just handed in last Tuesday, for our Biomed core subject.
after collecting info from books and few journals (just for the sake of pleasing the marker haha!), spent my whole 3 days writing the essay. Now I can feel how stressfull is it to write an 1500 words essay within the short time period. and can understand how is it like to rush for assignment till 4am.
A big solute to those ppl who can do it within one day!!

As a 'reward' after handing in the essay, went to chinatown for egg tart! haha! then met few frens there and decided to have late lunch together.

last Thursday... last test for this sem.
after the test, again... as a 'reward', went to chinatown (different shop) for egg tart with a fren! haha!

Looking forward for exam to end! Have lots of things to do!
Bros coming, so can travel around with him (or can be considered as bringing him around).
And I'm joining the MUOSS midyear orientation as a volunteer! Yay!
Hope it's fun! hehe!!

Ok, after all the 'day-dreaming'... need to get back to exam now...
One of our genetics lecturer, Len's part of exam is really really tough!!!
There are many things that I 'used to' understand.. but now, don't know them anymore!! Plenty to catch up! especially the past year ppr for his section, really scare me away!
Oh well... it's time to study now...
till here...
hope i'm not carried away by MSN... haha!

Oh! Touchwood!

'Yesterday', 14th of May was the last show of CTG's production: Oh! Touchwood!
I'm a sets & backstage crew of the canto production. To be honest, this is the production that I enjoyed most (although this is just the 2nd production that i've taken part in). It turned out better than what I've expected.
Especially for those ppl who are having this year as their last year of uni, this production is really a good one! Everyone's having fun.
Being 'on duty' for some of shows is actually the time for me to relax. Coz don't have to think abt assignment and studies, but play cards and UNO. haha!
Hope that there's a next production for me to join and play.

Tired and sleepy now... came back not too long ago from the post-production dinner.
Going to sleep now... Tuesday have test ar! assignment also haven't done yet!

WHY?!

Unlucky me...
Being rejected for 2 of my 2 applications recently!
Well, being rejected for a reason... i can accept that...
But if being rejected without knowing the reason?!

WHY?!!

*speechless*

It's May!

Woa.. May is the most stressful month for me in this sem.
Tests, assignment and CTG production!
hope i can cope well with all of those. aih...
I'm busy until forgot that my friends are goin to USA and didn't get the chance to say bye and safe journey to them. :( hm.... Anyway, they'll be fine... haha!

CTG's having 8 shows. I'm on duty as a backstage crew for 4 shows. It was fun though... hehe!

And tests.... IBS test again! the hardest subject for me this year. and some seniors said 2nd year is the toughest year.

plus IBS assignment! Who says Biomed ppl don't have assignment?! haha!
This is the first long essay for me since I went into uni. and I haven't started it yet! well, at least I've done my research so far. And on Friday, I was pissed by my 'unfriendly' tutor! Who didn't read my email properly, straight away refused to answer my email after he read my first sentence in that email. Even if he's not suppose to help me on my first question, he didn't bother to read the following enquiries that i have! Anyway, I emailed him again and he did answer.... but doesn't sound happy. haha! Or it's just me guessing?!

4 more weeks before my 1st paper in June! That's fast!! scary....
ok, need to go back to study now...

I need sleep!

Woa.... I slept quite late yesterday night...
So this morning 8am lecture, I was totally can't concentrate on the IBS lecture!
It was so so very bad! Just tried all my best to scribble everything i can into my lecture notes. But nothing much went into my head. Missed so many things and things that i managed to write down were just crap!
Felt bad coz this lecture was not a boring one but I just couldn't make myself listen to him.
So, the moral of the story is.... I need sleep!

Anyways, the IBS prac today was quite ok. not a hard one though...

hmm... wat else..... feel quite happy today despite that early 8am lecture and then the boring 9am analytical chem lecture. haha!

Stranger?

It's a fine sunny Saturday evening....
I went down to the restaurant to buy my dinner. Met this girl who is also waiting to da pao her food... so we started to chat... from 'I can recognise you taking tram from the stop near our place (but I don't remember seeing her before)', 'where and wat are u studying?', 'where do u stay? (well, she stays in the same building as me)', 'wat's abt Biomed?' ...... to 'can i have your phone number?' ... that's the last question she asked me after my food was ready. After a short hesitation, i gave her my hp no and she misscalled me back so that i can hv hers too.

Have this strange thought about the incident...
she's a stranger!
will she do me any harm?
should i pick up her phone if she really calles me one day?

Wat do you think ppl?


Ian: I've got the post card you sent me! thank you very much! Wish I could go travel in Holland too!
but you still wrote my name wrongly!

I miss my high school life...

Had lunch with 3 of my Albert House buddies this afternoon.
Good to catch up with you guys...

Had dinner with 3 other frens and my housemate at an Indian restaurant in Brunswick.
The food there was nice!
We ate until very full and now, my stomach is still very full. haha!

Just finish listening to a live radio thing online. The DJ was a senior from my high school. Although I don't know him in person, but sort of know who is he.
He's studying in Taiwan I think. So things he said online was pretty much wat we overseas students are thinking.... miss high school life! :(

Aih... monday uni starts again! duh... don't feel like goin to uni at all! haha
coz uni = study = tests = exam = stress... sien!

Anyway, this is life.. haha!

Yummy!

Went to SheeChien's place to make sago kuih this afternoon.
It was sooooooo yumm! Although the texture of the kuih wasn't right when it first came out from the steamer, it turned good after we put it into the fridge.
I just had one piece of it just now and it was even better! hahahaha!!! So happy! ;)

Moomba festival 2005 

Easter break

After an 'exhausting' day at Smith St and Camberwell yesterday, I feel so bored today!

Woke up at almost 1pm today.... thanks to daylight savings, I got to sleep for an extra hour. then, study till dinner time, watch DVD till 9pm....
play games for 'a while'... then online... then... dunno wat to do liao....
sien....

How come some ppl can have enjoyable, happening easter break. But i hvn't had any plans yet. is that a good thing? so that I can do watever i like anytime?

well, let the time prove everything...

I can hear the footsteps of winter ... it was only 5.30pm today and the sky was already dark. and the weather is getting colder... yesterday nite, the heater in my room already '重出江湖'. haha!

Lost and Found

Yesterday nite, just before I went to sleep, I realised that my mp3 player was left in the lec th after my 9am lec yesterday!
Panic!

This morning, woke up at usual time, but without lagging here and there, i left home 30 mins after I woke up to uni to find my lost property.
Straight away into the lecture th... (wow! it was totally dark in there until I opened the lecture theatre door, and the lights were all on automatically!)
Disappointed.... nothing in the lec th...
went to union house information desk....
Disappointed.... no new found properties reported...
went to Biomed Library info desk....
Disappointed....

felt so down during throughout lecs and tute.... till 2pm... went to Microbiology building general office and asked....
Bingo! A lecturer found it and handed in to them.
The person there told me that I'm so lucky coz they haven't been recieving any lost properties for years!
haha... is that becoz i'm lucky or noone has been as careless as me for years?

Then, after thanking the lecturer by sending her an email... went home happily with my found property. haha!
Stopped by the mobile phone shop and asked if they got the dvd player in stock (that's free when I signed my hp plan but they din hv the stock that time)
So, lucky me! they've got it now! :)

Came home.... wanted to have some yoghurt and muesli as my lunch (at 3pm)...
found out that my yoghurt had expired 2 days ago... hmm... should i eat it?!

Moomba!!

Went to the Moomba Festival last nite for the fireworks with a few friends. It was fantastic!!!!! Those fireworks are very very beautiful!!! Much better than those last year. I think it's because this year is the 50th Moomba Festival.
The fireworks started at 9.30pm sharp but by the time we reached there at around 8.30, the grass lawn along the both sides of Yarra River was already packed with ppl, sitting on the grass, waiting for the firework to start. Lucky that we got a nice seat.
the firework lasted for 15 mins. I can't stress this enough that it was sooooo bloody good!! the firework was fired from 5 (I think) different platforms on the Yarra River. Everyone cheered when the first blast was fired. And we all clapped and cheered when it ended 15 mins later.
this is the best firework i've ever seen so far.. haha!
I'll definitely go for the next Moomba firework again next year, every year as long as I'm still in Melb.
Yup... I'm a 'firework person' since long ago. Always feel excited when watching firework during CNY. And always wish that I could watch those huge firework during New Year countdown at Sydney Harbour Bridge or the London Bridge with my own eyes (not through tv of course). haha!

After that, few friends came to my place, watched concert vcd and baked cake! haha!
It was 3 o'clock in the morning when we finally sit down, blow the candle (for some reason) and cut the cake together. haha! Crazy ppl!
Then chat... eat... chat... till 5 something am!
I slept at almost 6am this morning.

Woke up at 12 to go to the library to complete my prac prelabs for monday's prac.

I can 'conclude' that I had a good weekend. How bout u all? haha!

Today, after watching a small part of a tv programme, I 'learned' a 'fact' which is very true: Life is too short to wait.
I remembered that i heard from somewhere something like this...
a person has 24 hours a day to spend, after 8 hours or mayb less of sleep plus shower, toilet breaks, hanging around doin nothing, eat.... a person actually only have abt 2/3 of a day to spend on those 'useful & productive' stuff.
let's assume that a person can live till 90 years of age, but actually, he only lived for 60 years. If you cut off those days or years when you learned to crawl, walk, talk.... How many years in your entire life did you actually utilise properly? as in... you actually know wat u're doin, know how to spend ur life. and are you sure you can live till 90 years old?

Hm.... well, that makes me thing that life is really too short.
Wat do u think?

Busy weekend

Today... Friday.... went for lunch with an extremely empty stomach with my other high school friends.
at night, went to the MCS 'dinner'. at 7pm.
the dinner was better than wat i expected.
come back .... reach home at 12 plus? i think....
dunno why... feel miserable now... sien...

ya.. by the way, heard that SPM result was out. wat abt STPM?
hope to hear from you guys who took STPM really soon.

Studie... again...

Uni starts dee... but i'm still in my holiday mood.
first week of uni had passed. well, not too bad 0verall. but still not used to it. Have to wake up so morning everyday.... 9am lec every day except thursday.... 8am!
and all those are IBS lecture! stupid ibs! haha... that's our biomed core subject by the way. so, no choice. have to do well too. :(
19 contact hours a week is a good thing for me. but, most of the slots are in between classes. so can't go anywhere or come back earlier except staying in the library in uni. so... hmm....

went to Ez's house-warming gathering today. a good location to stay. but... the lift wasn't working when i went there! haah... bad luck! luckily it was repaired before we left.

Hot summer day

Once again.. i'm 'back' in melb now... walao! the first thing i want to say is... it's so hot over here!

pity that I still can't get back my own voice... coz talked too much in the airport... aih... actually it sounded much better that morning.. but.... ruined again...
the flight was full of ppl, especially students! it took me more than 3 hours to get home since the flight landed this morning.
just wish that i don't have to talk much tomorrow... can keep my voice for few days before class starts on monday!
Although I can't talk much, but I can still type here..haha

yesterday nite... left KL .... felt very sad when mum and dad each gave me a hug.... :'( althuogh this is the 3rd year coming over, the feeling is still about the same. aih....
as soon as I reach this 'home' in Melb, after putting down the stuff, take a good look around the apartment, then start vacumming my room, then switch on the com, online....
took a good shower.... it's a big hot day!!
After having my lunch (porridge cook by JY!!), started to unpack my stuff while chatting online.

now, finish all the unpacking, but left with stacks of clothes to be ironed!

it's 22nd today!

Ooh.. it's 22nd today! which means... i'm leaving for Melb tomorrow! wow... that's fast man!
started packing yesterday... found that I couldn't manage to bring all the things that i want to. so, will leave some behind and ask bro to bring them over for me in July. yup... he's goin to melb during my winter break. yay! hehe....
well, everything's been fine with me here.. except having bad throat infection.. that's wat the doctor said to me this morning. aiyo... it's good that this happen at the end of CNY so that I won't miss all the CNY yummies... but it's bad to have it now coz i'm flying off tomorrow!
anyway... hope it turn better tomorrow.
k, since can't check my complete timetble yet, gonna offline and continue to watch the HK series loh... the last 2 episode of the total of 42.. hehe... that's part of my entertainment at home in this holiday... this is my 3rd HK series that i've watched, dled from someone.

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

It's Chinese New Year!!
Happy CNY to all of u!!
yup, went to Penang, my hometown for 5 days, collected angpaos, ate lots of junk food, play mahjong, met cousins and other relatives... this is how i spent my time in Penang.
It's quite suprise that there aren't many cars and ppl in Penang until the 3rd day of CNY. which is quite unusual. coz usually duing CNY, Penang will be crowded... cars and ppl everywhere... traffic jam... but this year, not that bad until 2nd or 3rd day of CNY.

Came back from Penang on friday, after giving JY a visit.
today, went to visit some of my dad's friends and relative. and at nite, went to meet up with SinYee, and said bye to her before she go to S'pore. 'Take care ya! see you again at the end of this year!'

less than 2 weeks, goin to melb dee...

Back at home...

Have been back in KL for few days....
Wat hv I done at home so far? hmm.. .nothing much... did some shopping, bought stuff to buy over to Melb. u know lar... most of the stuff are more ex there.
and ya... gathering!! tomorow having gathering with old Albert House friends. yay! haven't seen them for more than one month. time for everyone to update ourselves. haha

and.. happy b'day to EZ and WanYen!!

Take care!!

Today is my last day in the lab....
Surprisingly (to me)... i felt sad to leave NIE, and all the ppl there...
before that, i always looked forward to weekends coz don't need to work... but now... haha..

And today, there is another poly-student who came to attach in the lab, had her last day in NIE too. so Irene gave 2 of us a 'speech' on behalf of prof who is too busy..haha... she talked abt her experience she went through in the life science pathway... made me think quite a lot abt my own future. I even questioned myself whether Biomed is the right thing for me! anyway, I still don't have the answer.

Oh ya... we observed the results from the experiment that we did on Wed. It was...well, not too successful but we still manage to get one positive result, out of the 5 that we did. can feel the happiness and (some) satisfaction when we saw the +ve result. well, the 'some' for me is coz... mayb coz the experiemnt.. although is interesting, fun, but not that 'big' to me. so.... hmm...am i sounding too.... having too high expectation?! yaya... i know... i'm only a first year kid... can't expect something too big right?!

at abt 1145pm, 7 of my frens in NTU brought supper to my place. this might be the last time i see them before i go back to Melb in Feb. dunno when will i see them again.... end of the year? next year? few years later? ten years later?! who knows?

after one month i've been staying in S'pore....
I think that...well, S'pore is quite a nice place to stay... despite the fast pace of this city-like country. and so far, ppl that i've met here are nice (well, not that i've met many new ppl), not as bad as wat i expected.
other than that... if compared to those studying in other overseas countries, S'pore uni students (who are fighting to stay in the campus) are packed with activities everyday! that's why when i saw them, i think they all became much thinner than they used to be in high school... (not like me...aih)

as for my high school frens in S'pore.... some of you had changed ... some are still the same old you ....
although we din manage to get together too often when I'm here, i know that you all had tried the best to make time out to get together. thank you all!
Thanks for all the time we spent together, even like having lunch in can A for that short while, or sometimes when you all are chatting in those short forms that i don't really understand (well, another thing i found out abt the ppl here is that they like to use short forms).

well, take care you guys! eat more arr! Study hard and play hard! till the day we meet again...

I've learned my lessonssss

Wow... wat a day I had today!
firstly, learned that Malaysians can only stay in S'pore for not more than 14 days with the normal visitor pass. secondly, learned that read the protocol carefully! Every single word counts!

Well, went to the Immigration and checkpoint authority office today to settle my problem, paid fine, wrote a 'I regretted that....' letter. Then... phew.... feel much better now.

before that, in the morning, I was doing plasmid extraction from E.coli . and because of my carelessness, i ruined the whole thing! after someone's hard work of inserting the gene, transforming, and growing the bacteria, all gone.. because of ME!! felt so sorry about that! the thing is... can't repeat the whole thing again coz no more genome to be used! :(
Anyway, the person incharge in the lab is so nice that she din scold me at all! she explained to me and let me do another batch of plasmid extraction.
so sorry to the proff that brought the genome back from some other country.

well... last Sunday, me and 4 other NTU friends went down to Chinatown (they call it niu2 che1 shui3 in chinese) to meet other friends from NUS.
It was so crowded and packed with CNY stuff! U can really feel that CNY is just around the corner! all the stalls are so red!
then we had lunch there at a food court. I had loh bak (hope you guys know wat's that... well, cherry actually said that she actually din know wat that is) and ais kacang. yum.... never been eating those for almost a year already!
later, went to this cake and dessert shop recommended by SiaoBoon. we all bought ourselves egg tart there. another yummy thing that i wanted to eat so much! haha... in melb, it's AUD1.20 per egg tart, and it's S$0.60 for one here! such a big difference! and the egg tarts in that shop have the special pastry... the thicker ones that looks as if have many layers (hope it's well described. haha).

after that, walked pass this stall that sells 'bing1 tang2 hu2 lu2'... the one we always see ppl eat in those HK movies arr... 4 reddish fishball-like thing on a satay stick that kind leh.... haha...
anyway, it doesn't taste as good as we expected. but, that's experience.. haha!

then went back after looking into some of the shops. oh ya... we who came back to NTU ate the egg tart at MRT station. haha! Yummy!! I want more!!