pressure is on!!

wah.. now only i really realise that results is very important when comes to applying stuff like honours project and as ur first impression for ur 'potential supervisors'. not that before this i always thought that results are not important, although good results do not give you a place in UROP or summer studentship (eg in PeterMac), but the impression of being a good uni student (in terms of results) is really important in this realistic world!
as some of you who read my previous blogs will know what happened in UROP. but why would i say that good result doesn't guarantee you a place in petermac summer studenship? coz for me, this time i got this studentship, a big part is coz of my luck. coz applicants are given (i dunno how they choose lar) to supervisors to be interviewed. and i'm luckiy enough to get interviewed by a supervisor who thinks i'm suitable for his project. coz like one of my frens, although her results is very good, she didn't get her project becoz there's someone else (also one of our frens) who is more suitable and experience in that particular aspect that the supervisor is looking for.
and now i'm looking for honours projects. one of the supervisors that i emailed to for making appointment to see him, actually replied my email by only asking me: 'if possible, can you pls send me your CV and academic transcript.'
and the other supervisor that i had made appointment to see him, well, i met him (and he still remembers me) from the honours open day. but he still asked me to send him my academic transcript before i went to see him. and today, another supervisor in MCRI, well this one's better haha. coz he still sees me and explains a lot to me and only ask for my academic transcript at the end of our meeting. :)
so far, i like the project that i just went to meet the supervisor at mcri. he is so nice lor... and according to his PhD student that i met there, his style of supervision sounds good to me. but still, options are open coz i'm seeing another 2 supervisors later this week.

pressure is on coz...
the fact that i only hv 2 papers and is well-spread out means i have no reason to not do well in the exams!!
and i really need to get good results to get the honours project i want.
dun want to screw up my effort in other semester and throughout this semester. well, there's nothing i can do for the other 2 subjects now coz the assesments are all done by now. 7 best 3rd year subj results are taken into consideration when applying honours. so, i need at least 3 good results this semester!!

End of ugrad

There goes my final day in uni!!
We had a 25% test yday and tht was the only 'class' i went yday coz i had skipped the earlier lec to do my assignments and some last minute revision for the test.
After finishing the test, before handing in the ppr, our core subj coordinator who was there to conduct the exam gave a few words abt us finishing our 3 yrs course. i was so touched lor... trying hard to hold back the tears. then after we left the lec theatre, saw other ppl taking pics. well, i had taken some pics with some of my biomed frens before the test started. then had to rush to the library (1st floor comp lab in bailieu) to finish up my assignment which is due 2 hours later.

I never used that comp lab before in my entire uni life before last week! haha! should have found that place earlier!

this week had been my crazy week... presentation, assignment, project report and test. my biological clock had been working up-side-down. had been sleeping at 4 or 5 in the morning for few days this week. well, last week of uni... work as hard as i can lor (not that i wont do that if it's not the final week of uni).

after handing in the assignment and report, went to meet up with my biomed frens at maxbrenner.

at nite... k-box time!! muahaha!!
we started at 10 something. just me and SW, haha! so syok!
then later on SY came, then Elaine, then LeeYen (with her sister-LeePop), then SamSam. we had 1 special guest and 1 'guest singer' - Alice and Alfred :P.
we sang till 4 something in the morning. thnx to a fren who works there, gave us some really good deal!! unlimited drinks!! how nice of him!!

after k, we went to Doncaster Pancake Parlour that opens 24 hours. we reach there at 5am, had breakfast there!
ya.. my first time there. nice place, nice food, nice frens to chat with.
when i was back at home, it's already almost 7 i think.
wat a happening day. :)
so in holiday mood!!

today woke up at 1 something in the afternoon. went to this Fiesta M'sia at City Square. It's an event for Deepavali and Hari Raya. food stalls, performances and games stalls. when we went there, there was nothin much left. it's almost the end of the event already.
then lepak-lepak in the city to buy fren's bday pressie.

how nice if we had finished our exams!! BUT if we really had finished our exams, most ppl would be either going home or went somewhere else for holiday lar.

oh ya... not to forget mentioning abt this...
my graduation date!! 14th Dec 3.30pm! muahaha!!
that's the date i wanted coz my parents are flying home on the 16th and they couldn't get their flights postponed coz it's all fully-booked.
so now it's all good. :)

光良_-_如果你还爱我(LIVE)

5 days left

ya... 5 days left for my undergrad uni life. :(
dunno how should i do to leave no regrets.
that day, first time ever i went to the comp lab in first floor bailieu lib to book a comp for the discussion of our functional genomics presentation group. feel so 'sua ku' when i failed to scan my own student card. haha!
thought of having lunch in union house every single day coz i think i'll miss having lunch in union hs. but... noone to eat with :( next week ctg have no table during lunch time liao...

PPS

才刚说完觉得自己（还）没有感觉到对produciton 的不舍，没有PPS (post-production syndrome)，
在看完朋友的blog, 再想到今天在学校和朋友提起说她年底毕业后就不要留在澳洲了，眼泪不知不觉地就掉了下来。
再过一个多星期，就是学期结束了。
就不会再像以前那样和coursemates 一起上课，去做 prac, 去library；
不会再像今年以来，在lunch time the table 和他们哈拉一番。
虽然我还会在继续念 honours, 将来的日子会是怎样，真的不知道。
虽然我们都说毕业后还可以约出来见个面，但当大家有各自的生活，各自的忙碌时，真的不知道会怎样了。

散 band 了...

昨晚，我们又为一个CTG production 画上了句点。
虽然不能说是一个完美的句点，但也可说是一个最美的句点。

昨晚的bump-out supper 对我而言，没有像以往的‘好’，感觉就好像平时show 完了以后大家一起去吃个宵夜，只不过人比较多，时间比较晚，大家忙着写booklet。
主要是因为我们那桌是个别叫自己的吃，而不像大家叫菜吃饭的比较有'feel'。
然后我们那桌也没有大家一起的共同话题，
再加上我和我的leader 迟到，当同桌的人都吃完了，我们只吃了一半。

but anyhow, 不知不觉地，这个production 是我再uni的第6个production了（haha！Alice remind me 的）！这个production 是让我最能感觉到我是part of the big family 的。not that 以前的没有，but 这次认识的人比较多，可以说是几乎每一个人,从admin 到 production team 到 casts 都认识了。

well, 现在又是时候回到assignments, tests and presentation 了。
接下来的两个星期又要拼了！
17th Oct Functional Genomics test (5%)
20th Functional Genomics presentation (10%)
24th Experimental genetics project presentation
27th Experimental genetics project report (altogether 40%)
Genes to Phenotype exam (25%)
G & Evolution assignment (10%)

FINAL SHOW of mousetrap

mwahaha!! so happy!!
i fixed up the internet connection just now by trial-and-error. and it works!!
well, after the tpg technical support ppl told me the correct 'incapsulation' although he couldn't help me do the configuration, i try try then mana tahu it works!

well, today... our FINAL SHOW!!
oh no!! that means after today, we'll be back to our study-unilife.
was reading some of the comment that other production/admin ppl wrote for me in my booklet. well, in case you dont know, each production will have a production booklet, which is the same as those for the audience. but we in the production or admin team will pass around our own booklet to write some short msg or comment on each other's booklet.
and it's always funny ones and touching ones written in the booklets. really enjoy reading those when i get my booklet back at the end of the day. and reading back those comments after some time or even years will be a really enjoyable thing to do.

i'm now thinking whether i should join the cantonese production which is in april next year. not sure if i'm ablt to juggle my time between honours and the production.
it's like.. i'll miss the fun of these productions but i really want to do well in my honours. no play play man!!


and this morning, i moved the only pot of plant i have from the balcony to the living room. why??
because the pigeons are back again!!
they came here to 'check out' the place for a few times already and they also started to shift some twigs and plastic 'twigs' into the pot. so i better move the pot away before they lay their eggs there! i dont want to have the mess they left me last year again!

东方神起

wow!! so many 东方神起 video clips here!!
i'm not to the extent that i'm obsessed with them yet haha!
i know them last year but couldn't find their songs...
then as i was watching this korean entertainment show called X-man, they were in the show so it reminded me of their songs. yea.. went to search and manage to find quite a few.
i like their slow songs, too bad i dont understand a single word. they do have some of the songs in chinese version, and jap songs too. hope i wont get sick of them lar coz korean songs all sound quite similar to me. but i can still tell their songs apart lar, like i can tell they are different songs. haha!

i have been sitting infront of the comp searching through the net abt them since... 2something? haha!

woke up at 1pm today.. had the most sleep today! :)
was so tired for the past few days...

our first 2 shows are succesful. so far so good :)
although something hit us for the past few days, we managed to fix them up.
really wierd and was pissed that one of the props went missing the day before our first show!! how can that be except someone did it on purpose?! coz that thing is not worth any money so wat's the reason of it got stolen other than a prank?!!!
anyway, alvar and meiqi had it done over again. thanks!!
one week left and we'll be back to our study study life again :(
hope everything goes smooth for the following week and hope everyone is enjoying the whole process!!

东方神起 Believe


another fav song :)
this is in their latest album

东方神起 Drive

东方神起-SKY

东方神起 - My Little Princess (Chinese Version)

HUG 东方神起

my new fav song :)

>隐形人<

昨天晚上，决定把自己变成隐形人，在MSN消失几天，也不想听电话 （not that 整天有很多电话进来）。但是凌晨一点多就收到一封很长的SMS from AD，不得不处理一下。然后今天早上又不放心，就打了电话给她要把事情做好。她应该还没睡醒吧。

每次心情不好就会把薯片当一餐。
或许是功课还有不少的stress吧，才会想要‘与世隔绝’一下。
真的有太多的事情还没做完，眼看假期就要完了。
这个星期六、日有ctg的事要忙。
很怕啊！

本来和一班coursemates 讲好今年要一起去ski, 从去年底讲到今年winter break，过后就没有人再提了。
之后讲要在这星期weekday 去royal melbourne show。结果他们前天去了，我是星期六才知道他们决定隔天去，因为他们这个week 要做工，不得空。而我早在一星期前就说好我sunday 有 rehearsal。罢...

可能我expect too much from 这班朋友，失望了。越来越觉得和他们在一起时，很left-out。他们开心enjoy，我并没有他们那样开心。罢... sien...

陶喆ft,蔡依林---今天你要嫁给我MV

nice song nice mv :)

CTG Mouse Trap 等著你回來

Melbourne Uni Chinese Theatre Group (CTG) mandarin production 2006

MOBILE phone!!

Wat's the point of having a mobile phone when ppl can't reach you by calling ur mobile phone?!
very sien with this fren coz everytime i call her, 9 out of the 10 times, can't get her. it's either she's sleeping (ya.. even 10pm she is sleeping), or she's busy or she didn't hear the phone ring. ><
very 无奈 arrr!!

today is wednesday liao... i seriously know i have so much work to do and i really need to speed up my pace liao!!

okok.. my target for tonite is... finish Belinda's lectures!! muahaha... doubt that i can make it but i'll try my best... coz i'm a bit sleepy liao now... hmm... mayb i should eat some fruits to keep me awake :D

stressful mid-sem break

slept at almost 5am. but now, 9.30am i'm awake already, not able to continue my sleep becoz of the stress!
as i thought of how much work i need to do, uni work, ctg work, personal stuff... so much to do! and i'm so reluctant to do any of them!! i'm just tired to go through all these. >.<

2 weeks mid-sem break just started.
i have been looking fwd to this break since few weeks ago when all my assignments and tests piled up on me. but now, i'm not happy to hv this break.

how un-malaysian am I?

Congratulations Sze Chern, you are 40% not Malaysian.

That means you're as Malaysian as...

Michelle Yeoh!

How Un-Malaysian Are You?

Whee!! :D

Yay!!
Got offered the summer student scholarship from PeterMac on monday.
was soooo excited when i checked the email at 8pm. and immediately picked up the phone and called my best fren. well, i know i should be calling my parents first. but... haha.. i called them at almost 12.
and i had accepted the offer that night after getting the email for abt 5 hours
then started to realise this potential clash of the summer work with my 'potential' honours project. coz the honours at MCRI (the murdoch children research institute at royal children's hosp) starts in 5th Feb. and i really like some of the projects there. so, after being worried about that and after discussing with a lecturer/my referee and another lecturer, and then i came up with the solution! :)
that is, work for 2 weeks in dec, which means go back m'sia later lor... then come back in early jan to continue. that will be able to let me clear the 6 weeks work by feb. hopefully get some break before starting the honours.
and this morning, got email from the supervisor and he's ok with that. so, everything's good now :D

i woke up at 8.17am this morning and missed my 8am lecture >.<
mayb i didn't set my alarm clocks (ya.. i hv 2 alarms, one radio alarm and one on my handphone) or i woke up and turn them off (but i dont remember me doin that wor)?!

tonite goin to a fren's 21st, yday nite a fren's bday too...
thurs go rehersal, friday ball!!
yay!! this week is so fun :D
after the stressfull 3 previous weeks, i can finally play play and play until term break starts, i hv to do assignments, and study for test and keep up with my lectures again. :(
well, so, let me enjoy first lar!! :D
gtg... go ball shopping with fren now...