Enjoy taking my time walking back home half way from uni. Today on my way home, took a tram till latrobe st, just missed the last city circle tram, so i walked home. While i was walking, i kept thinking and 'analysing' what had happened today so far. well, today after class, went to volunteer for the Festival of Nations. felt so sorry for a fren coz i din take care of his chocolate properly. i know that's just a chocolate.. but... :(
then cabut at 330, went to help a fren with the preparation of her little performance :D
then went to fotoholics IGM at 5.15pm i did a bad job as a returning officer (to conduct the election) for the IGM. after the meeting, i so want to find a hole to hide my face!!! >.< i think i made the IGM so dodgy and inorganized. Feel so bad for that. :(
i think i'm having too many mood swings. as in i feel bad easily, i feel down quite easily too. no good right? hmm.. mayb i should be more forgetful? haha!
Finally can have a small break for some 'fresh air'!! this week is a crazy week for me!! it started on monday... had the genomes and evolution 'exam' (it's worth 20%!) which i only studied the day before. sad to did that sort of thing... that is so not me! before that, i started studying for all my tests or exams at least few days before the day. but this time.. sigh... anyway, can't blame anyone for that except myself...
then tuesday, annoyed by a friend... i know i shouldn't say she's annoying... but.. is this friend i knew from a subj last sem. although we are in the same course, i din know her until last sem. this sem, we have 3 common subjects. the annoying part is... well, i dont like her 'following' me around in between classes. even walking with her to another lecture when we have the same lectures continuously. i admit that i might not feel that way if it's not her. today is not the first time she hang around with me between classes. i know i shouldn't feel that way coz she did nothing wrong! and she is a nice person in the sense that she doesn't mind sharing things she know with u, and she taught me quite a lot lsat sem on one of my subjects. it's like.. i just dont have a good reason to dont like her. >.< i felt bad for myself. it's one of the 'bad thinking' that i hv... i'll be irritated/annoyed by some ppl just because the way they act, or the way they talk! and i have no other reason to not like them! the worse part is.. they're nice person, they're nice to me, but i just dont like them becoz of their 'style', their personality! and i shouldn't be like that coz i can't expect everyone in this world to act/talk like me, right?! sigh... then at nite, went to the Genetics department dinner. it was at the University House in uni. It's a semi-formal dinner, where 306 and 304 students are invited, and also the lecturers, postgrad and honours students from the department. That was my first time going to this kind of 'serious' dinner. haha! well, good to experience though... had to say that most of the time i was listening instead of joining in the chat with other ppl on my table (as what i usually do even when goin out with a bunch of frens), mayb coz frequency not too similar? we were chatting abt some 'science-related stuff' and of course other casual stuff too. and the dinner started at 730pm, but when i got home, it was abt 1130 already..
wednesday... went to the open day at PeterMac at 5pm. before that, i quite like the place so was very looking fwd to the openday. well, not many ppl went though... only.. around 20 students? (well, they'll hv another open day in Sep) conclusion is.. the ppl there are more friendly that those at WEHI. (oops.. dont think any ppl from WEHI will be reading this... anyway, no offence!!) and the projects there interest me more than those at WEHI. then, reach home almost 730. then tried hard to stay concentrate on doing those after-lecture-notes for the exam on friday. but had to go to bed early coz can't concentrate at all... too tired..
Thurs morning... woke up early at 8am to continue last nite's work. went to uni for 11am class. met our supervisor of the project on experimental genetics. and we were given an assignment which comprise 25% marks of the project, due on 8th sep. :( yup, it's a project... mentioning abt that... i'm quite pissed when the fren i mentioned earlier abt tuesday... we were at the library during the break between lecs. i was doing my assignment for my bioinfo project. it's a group work and i'm meeting my group mate later that day so had to do my part of the work. so she asked me what was i doin... and i said that's the assignment for my bioinfo project. and u know wat, her reaction was like: 'u have a project?!' i'm like... why can't i have one?!!! many ppl have one this sem! super 'bu shuang' man!! i'm sensitive to the words 'project' and 'urop' these days coz ... aih... another long story... at the mid of my second year, me and a few frens were applying for urop, which is like a research work for undergrad students. u get to work in a research lab and get paid for it. well, i dint get in, even for the interview. another fren, whose results are far far better than us also din get in for the interview. both of us were disappointed... until now, i'm still disappointed and still dunno why both of us got rejected. i know that results do not mean everything. but how can they just reject her based on that application letter and her brilliant results?! that is just not fair. i mentioned abt that to a lecturer last week and he said that... sometimes that's called networking... but but.. that's just not fair! we were still 2nd year, wat kind of networking u expect from us?! and then this year, 2 of our frens got the job. of course, congrats to them!! but i felt a bit down and really left out when they were talking abt the stuff they're doin in urop. and also with another fren who also has a project on for one of her subjects. whenever the 3 of them are talking abt their research stuff... i so want to run away. again, i know that there's no reason for them to avoid talking abt those stuff in front of me. and i shouldn't act that way. but i felt the gap between us... i feel that we are getting farther apart nowadays... :( it's our final semester together in uni now... and i really dun want to lose this group of frens. but ever since this sem, when 2 of them came back from exchange, i felt left out now... last 2 years, we (not just the 3 frens i mentioned, but more of the 1 of them plus another 2) were together most of them time in uni, having so much common topics to talk abt. i think this happens coz i hv another new circle of frens in uni and they dont overlap with them in my course. and i dunno how to balance between them. so i tend to neglect them. :(
thurs nite... went for the open day at StVincent's. really like some of their projects. and the ppl there seems quite nice too.. will find out more after i clear most of my tests and assignemts. then, went for Sarah's graduation. yup... the last graduation i'm attending before my batch's coming up this dac. ahhh!!! time flies!!! then went home.. study like mad for today's exam (25% arr!!) scared and so worried abt the exam!
this morning, woke up at 8am, study study.. skip the 10am lec. yup.. this is my first time skipping my lecture 'consciously' haha! the exam is at 1pm, and i only hv that 10am lecture before that. so... yea... and i think it is absolutely worth it to skip it. :D now... looking at the assignment on my desk... due on monday.. 500 words report for the bioinfo project.. yes! it's a PROJECT!!! and it says so on our sheet! >.< sien... just now after class, i so dont feel like coming home.. coz need to do work when i come back. but anyway, need to do it lar...
i'm sure next week will be another crazy week for me... helping out with festival of nation, Sam's 21st, oh.. and still thinking if i should apply for a summer work at Murdoch, closing on 1st Sep., then the following week will hv 1 test, 2 assignments and a presentation in that same week!! >.< die die lar... never been this busy in my entire uni life!!
talking abt summer work.. another disappointment from PeterMac summer scholarship :( it says we will be notified this week if are short-listed for the interview... sigh...
Wow.. week 3 of the semester lor!! Time flies!! haha handed in my 1st assignment for this sem today. So now i have no reason to not study and follow up the lectures now. :( haha!! and a 20% and a 25% tests are coming up soon! so better study liao. well, hope i can study hard durin weekdays and then can relax more in weekends.
well, so far there are 2 surprise bday for my 2 frens for the past 2 weeks, anymore coming? well, i dont mind planning surprise for ppl's bday. it can be fun and 'satisfying' when the person is really surprised. :D
Well, the only way to 'preserve' videos from youtube is to put it here on my blog :) so here's another crazy moment in CTG camp 06 Psycho.... the shower scream (Bobby's Version)
7 Random Things About Me 1. I'm eating kiwi chocolate from AiHui :) 2. i'm now worrying abt my first assignment for Experimental genetics >.< 3. wishing that i can celebrate my bday in melb (well, doesn't have to be surprise lar.. but.. hehe)!! (being 'thick skin' here) 4. wish to have a piano (or even a digital one) here in melb. 5. i think i'm a boring person, especially if we're not in the 'same channel'. but my 'frequency' is pretty limited. 6. i'm in my final sem now 7. wish to find cure for some genetic disease!!
7 Random Songs At The Moment 1. 侧田 - 决战二世祖 2. 侧田 - 美丽之景 3. 许志安&许慧欣 - 恋爱频率 4. 我等着你回来 5. Michael Buble - Home 6. 侧田 - You'll shine again 7. 林宇中 - 靠岸
7 Things I Like The Most 1. surprise!! 2. laze around at home doin nothing except MSN :D 3. cooking or baking and then have ppl who appreciate it. of course, feedback is important! 4. black or blue stuff coz they look stylish and classy 5. my toy dog :D 6. uni holidays!!! 7. travelling
7 Things That Scare Me 1. when my results are not what i expected 2. when i have dreams abt bad things that happen to ppl whom i know 3. my short-sightedness become worse (which is happening now! :( ) 4. eerie movie 5. the thought abt everyone will leave the world one day 6. dont have enough time to finish my hw or study for test/exam 7. that melb street is not safe at nite.
7 Things I Say The Most 1. Oh... (which means ok) 2. Erm... (when i'm thinking) 3. ok la 4. really?? 5. 'dang kiu' (which means thank you) 6. har?! (means unbelievable!) 7. oh yes ar?!
7 People To Do This 1. AiHui 2. WanYen 3. SiaoWen 4. Hari 5. Anthony 6. James 7. Shelvin
CTG CAMP 2006 one and half week of intensive preparation for the camp, which contains arguements, disagreement, unhappie-ness, sleepless, brain death.....it is all over, it is all worth back!!!all these arguements, disagreements make us understand each others better.... everyone seemed to enjoy the camp......n as the camp committee, that is really what we want to hear...
at first, we did worry about whether the campers will find these games interesting or not, if they dun wan to play then how?? but it's proven that we think too much!!! although there were 2 or 3 ppl who do not want to play certain game, but from this, it makes everyone realised something......putting in effort does not means those will be recognised by all. but i know, some really do realised! thx for those ppl.... Matt matt, u gave a really good speech!!!!
been lacked of sleep pre-camp n during the camp.....first day of camp only slept an hour (erm... well, i slept for almost 3 hours)....playing Killer in the cold morning after all planned activities end, when most of the campers slept...we r crazy ppl...but dun play that time, play when??!!! then the second day, i was really really tired.....though i so want to play...end up sleping at 3am n woke up at 8am.....
DAY 1- 21 JUL 06 highlights 1. ice breaking game- it was quite messy due to someone not coming to camp , n some juz join the camp....make our pre-prepare name list become messy....newspapers game was ok.......their team name n slogan r funny... * Triple C * Tempura, Sushi, Sashimi * Whatever is Whatever * We r f^cking bananas * (and station games!! --> there were 6 stations: spider web, 'crossing the river', hoola hoop, card standing, cans and pens, 8 ppl 7 legs)
2. Da Vinci Code --> treasure hunt.....guess most of them found it difficult...mainly because they dun really know the camp well n it was so dark at night..... (and i'm the devil who always lead u to the wrong direction when they came to ask me question)
* clue of " Only drivers care" leads them to car park instead of the slow down sign near the entrance of the campsite. * "Pig run before king kong" make them headache...dunno where izzit....it meant Ping Pong= table tennis (2 teams asked me abt this one... and i made them think it's something to do with food... sorry guys... >.<) * "Behind the scene" cause the most trouble..cause it should be behind the recreation room. It was my mistake, put the next clue inside the recreation room...but then dunno who, not the comittee members, put it outside the recreation room..make few groups cannot find it... * "Kitty's bed" should be the easiest one....which is in my room, under my hello kitty pillow, i purposely bring my kitty pillow so that they can find it. But still, got teams go to look under my car...Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting * "Fishnet on the ring", which is the basketball court...still many ppl missed it... * "Tweety house"- the bird house, many ppl not even know there is this bird house.
3. Suprisingly, our photo taking game was fun n the campers luv it!!! make our efforts of preparation for this game worth back -- 3 hrs of photo taking (at my place and with the help of my 2 frens and 1 former CTG ppl. thanx guys!!), which need to think of the pose for different level ....the "makeup" flour......make us do the cleanning like hell... (good that many ppl helped lar)
(for photos, pls refer to Sam's blog :D)
DAY 2- 22 JUL 06 highlights
1. Play ground + water bomb game--it was quite a mess for these games at first. cause a few of the campers refused to play it as they said they dun wan to get wet. Because of this, it make all of the committee members realised that putting in effort does not means those will be recognised by all. But as i said before, i know there r lots of them who recognised it!!!n Matt Matt, i have to say that......u gave a really good speech!!! We, the committee members were quite unhappy that time...hence, the instruction given for the playground game was unclear....but then the water bomb game afterward was great!!without those who refused to play!!!!
3 teams were required to stand together on a square wood, then me n Sze Chern take turn to ask questions. then they need to be the fastest to shout out their team slogan to get the chance to asnwer. If answer correct, the other 2 teams will be poured water by other 4 committee members. If answer incorrect, they will be poured water. At the last question, all the committee members chose to stand in front of any teams. They get wet, we get wet as well!!!!Fair right??!! Here is the video that the camper (Eric) put on YouTube!! Water bombs in the camp
(aiks... ya.. i admit that i ran down in that first round.. but the 2nd round, i din... so erm... hehe)
c matt matt already get so wet for the first turn...as all the "pourers" poured at him although the team answered correctly.
2. X-men --> they were given scripts that were pre-written by us. They need to act according to the scripts. There were 4 different scenes(mission) to complete. If they failed, they need to restart again from the first mission although they already completed that mission before. They seem to enjoy it as well!!!
one of the mission- adapted from "Journey to the West" Journey to the West
3. Wasabi Acting game-- the last game for the camp....Each team r required to eat something in front of everyone n act as they like so that other teams cannot guess who had eat the "nice" food.
* 9 vegemitte breads Vs 1 nutella bread * 9 wasabi sushi Vs 1 non-wasabi sushi * 9 lemon juice Vs 1 water * 9 2tsp of coffee powder Vs 1 2tsp of milo * 9 vinegar Vs 1 water
6 of us also acting by eating vegemitte breads n JP ate the nutella breads. omg!!vegemite suck!!!!!!dunno who will like to eat it!!!when i smell also wan to vomit.....dun say eat.... (erm well, i'm quite ok with it mayb coz i used to had marmite with porridge or soup when i was really young)
That the offical activities for Day 2....after that...most campers do their own stuffs, play around..while 6 poor committees got to wash all the dishes used for the acting game...omg...at least 200 glasses lor...luckily have dishwasher....
DAY 3- 23 JUL 06 highlights
last morning of the camp.....least ppl having breakfast...everyone rather sleep than eat....after packing up n cleaning around the campsite..we had our prize giving n group photo taking session before heading back to city.
First day of uni today for my final semester... had a 9am lec just now, 1 hr break now. no where to go, dunno what to do, so here i am in the comp lab in union house. 18 contact hours for me this sem, my timetable was quite nice... except a 4 hours break on tuesday before my prac which ends at 6pm :S
came back from CTG camp yday around 4pm and went to bed at 5pm till this morning 7am. with my eyes half closed, brain not functioning in full mode, got 2 sms (thnx, so sweet of you 2) and a phonecall from my mum. can't really recall what i said to my mum now. haha! It was tiring but definitely a fun camp!! the 'after camp feeling' of being in the camp comittee is really different from a camp participant. felt relieved that everthing went fine this time. and glad that everyone (at least most ppl lar) enjoyed the camp. during this 3 days 2 nights camp, i only slept for not more than 8 hours. and i;m sure most of us did, well especially those who were at the ground floor. :P
sigh.. now.. back to uni days again... will work hard and play hard this final sem!! and cherish every moment while being a undergrad :) alright, time for my 2nd lec... ciao!
sigh... final week of uni holidays la!! few more days left :( many things yet to be done now that uni starts next monday, that reminds me that i hvn't choose/change my subject, hvn't check timetable :(
these few days since i came back from syd, sleeping time is abnormal. slept for 4 hours per day, or even 14 hours per day.
back in melb!! crazy! 5 dozens of krispy kreme!! won't want to do that again! everyone's watching, from syd all the way home! >.< 'wow! how many u got there?!' said the air stewardess. 'ur 1 week supply of doughnuts!' said a skybus passenger. 'i'm sure u like doughnuts!' said the building manager.
miserable weather in melb.. cold, raining. it started raining when i was about to get home. sigh... syd is so sunny!
ok... cont update abt my syd trip... sat: fish market, uni of syd, disney on ice conclusion of the day: will be back for sashimi, will love melb uni more, disney is not just for kids :) i luv it too!
sun: opera house, the rocks, chinatown, DFO, dinner at JuJu (a jap restaurant conclusion of the day: opera hs market is not so worth going, weekend at the rocks is always good with the market although they're abt the same since few years back, breadstory is not bad, 2 tops for me + looking fwd to DFO at spencer st (melb), good food good friends.
mon: Lindt at Martin Pl, Pancake on the rocks conclusion of the day: will be back again for hot choc (dark choc)!!, and pork ribs and of course pancakes!!
tues (today lor): Kingsford airport, Tullamarine airport thought won't hv enough time to get the 'nuts', was panic when couldn't find the krispy kreme stall at first. then was wondering if 5 dozen is too much for the cabin overhead locker. haha! but yea... they fit in just nice :) i was hoping that more ppl will put their bags next to the 'nuts' so that they will 'sit still' in the overhead locker. ended up the 'nuts' shared the space with 2 other small bags and i had 3 seats in a row by myself. phew... next time (if there is), 3 dozen is the max i'll carry! haha!
and i found 3 'cool things' abt syd train (the train itself, train station). i might sound a bit 'sua ku' but.. haha:
1. this thingy where train passengers hold on to it. it's cool coz it's not connected all the way to the bottom
2. the ads and news projected on the wall
3. the seats in the new train which u can change the back of the seats for train going in either direction. coz trains go back the other way after they reach the end station, so if the seats are fixed for one way, ppl will be sitting facing backwards when the train goes the other way. so those seats in the new trains, ppl can just change the 'direction' of the seats so that you can seat 1 of the 2 'directions' u prefer. sounds complicated? :P
Arrived here on wed 4.20pm had korean hotpot as dinner near capitol (not recommended) then went home (where my bro lives)
woke up at 9 something am, vacuum clean part of the house, with the oldest vacuum cleaner i've ever used! took a ferry to circular quay, then train, to Central met up with Ant and his friends. lunch then karaoke! 6.15pm met up with bro at Chatswood. there's a small night market with one of the stalls selling octopus balls. then to Chatswood Westfield. target: houseware :S came home, requested for results. waited from 10pm till 1.15am, gave up... sleep.
this morning, finally got my results! if i'm not mistaken, this is my first time getting my results on 'the day' through SIS itself. i usually request for the results the day before and i'll get it through uni email the night before 'the day'.
it's 5.04 am now... i'm still awake... thought of staying at home spending my time reading (not text books of course!) in my bed whole day yday.
but i ended up went to uni and practise my piano! :D hvn't been touching the keys since beginnig of this yr in kl, and hvn't been playing the pieces i played for my exam ever since i finished the piano exam before i came to trinity! so happy to 'have half of them back', as in... i can't play as smoothly as i did. anyway, it's good to find out that i can always go uni to practise during this holiday!! :D
then, went to watch DaVinci Code in the afternoon. yup... i went alone... first time ever to go to the cinema alone... not a bad experience but i won't want to do that again. haha! coz i hv noone to grab or lean on when it comes to those 'exciting' parts. haha! there were only 10 ppl in total in that cinema! the movie... well... still dont quite understand some of the parts although i'd read the book. and the movie is a bit different from the book. but overall the film was ok-good lor... as in... the whole story happened in a very short period of time... in 1 or 2 days i think... so it's quite rush.
then after dinner, went sing k! :D then went to fed sq for the WC... aus vs italy. i'm not a soccer person, but still, the match was very 'gan jeong'! especially towards the end.
yippie!! finally and officially on holiday now!! so relieved!! yday after the ppr, straight out from the exam hall... felt so so so happy! not because i did well for that ppr, but just happy! met up with Grace who went back last night after the ppr, both of us were too happy and kept on laughing until we got on the tram. haha! i dont remember when was the last time i went home straight after exam. haha!
after the steamboat dinner, which i actually left earlier than some of them coz of the discomfort in my stomach, while waiting for the tram, saw so many shops on sale now!! whee!! want to get myself a wallet this holiday. been 'hunting' for one since 1 month ago... hvn't found one that i really like. ya.. i'm being picky. i think that's good to be picky, so that u won't simply buy things that u'll regret. erm.. well, i did bought things that made me regret of buying lar. haha!
oh and.. talking abt stomach-ache... the chinese medicine i got here is the best!! (ask me for more details if u need it... of course i hope that u don't!) super effective! sigh... this semester.. felt sorry for my poor stomach.. so this holiday must treat it well. :D
last night... felt so happy and senang when i went to bed. during the exam time or uni days, before go to sleep, sure hv things to worry, things to think, things to plan... but last nite... woa... nothing to worry abt.. just 'zzz' is the signal sent through my mind. haha! so happy! 真是无‘试’一身轻! :D
hmm... need to plan wat to do during this hol... watch drama series, movie (including the long 'tahan-ed' DaVinci code), wash my bag, clean the apartment (although not goin to SUPER spring clean it), sort out and scan in our childhood photos, find out abt where to visit in Syd (other than the syd city!) and NZ (still need some research before deciding to go or not), get myself a wallet, hang out with some frens (hopefully), plan wat subject to take next sem ><, erm... wat else?! oh.. and watch soccer! not every match, but at least a few. although i'm not a soccer fan, but how can i not join in the 'fun' during this WC leh?! hvn't watched a single match yet since the WC started.
to everyone having holidays: have a good break!! enjoy urself!
3 more hours before my exam starts!!! >< it's worth 50% of the subj's marks for this sem. it's a prac subj might sound easy huh... but i'm not goin to let them slip through this time all the questions are like problem solving type... so even there's not much materials to go through (1 lecture + a 3 hour prac per week), it can be tough too.
okok... better get going now... last minute glance through, shower, lunch, go!
Can't believe that this is the final week of sem 1 exam period!! and it's tuesday today, which means my paper will be on the day after tmr and last ppr on the following day!!! feel excited about goin to end sem 1 exam so soon but also worried abt the last 2 pprs. :S after my 2nd ppr, which was last tuesday, i've already lost half of the motivation to keep up my study mood. but after yday's study group, my study mood came back again. hope it'll stay with me till friday!! wish me luck!!
