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!!
You have an average luck quotient. There's been times when you've been extremely lucky... but also times when you've been very unlucky. You probably know that you can make your own luck in life, if you're open to it. So listen to your intuition as much as you can. It's right more often than you might expect.
What do you ppl think abt lending your notes to other ppl? The only question that make me think about my answer is whether that person is 'worth helping'. as in, If that person had worked hard enough but still don't understand the material, i'm very happy to lend it to him/her. But if that person wants to borrow because he/she always skip lectures without good reasons (anyway, what good reason will that be for a STUDENT to skip classes?), i will say no. I might sound very selfish but honestly, that's what i think.
so if a person came to u 6 days before the final exam for that subject, asking you for your notes, should i say that he/she just don't bother to catch up when he/she was left behind weeks (or even months?) before that day? or should i think that he/she simply need your help on some of the stuff that is bothering him/her?
Pls correct me if my attitude is wrong and PLS don't say that i refused to lend my notes becoz i don't want you to do better than me!! that really hurts!!
Went to an extra swot vac tute today. really worried for not able to answer/understand 90% of the things mentioned in the tute!! the exam for taht ppr is on 23rd, my last ppr. but remembering that during the first lecture for that subject (genetic analysis), the lecturer said half of us will fail this subj. ><
hate myself for being sleepy when i really need to concentrate on my studies. anyone has any suggestion to keep me awake? coffee - not effective other junk food - can't concentrate on studies while eating music - me can only study in complete silence how how how??!!!
today (as in.. yesterday?) is 端午节, in case u're wondering wat that is, it's a chinese festival where ppl will eat the 粽子(err... can call that rice dumplings?) and the festival is to commemorate a chinese warrior (gosh.. my translation is bad!!) well, after the extra tute today (10am till 4pm staight), went down to city to look for 粽子. thinking that after having biscuits for lunch during the tute, can have a nice 粽子for dinner, but couldn't get the one with pork that i want! all left was the sweet one. :( so that's today... 没有粽子的端午节 (the rice dumpling festival without rice dumplings)
Last day of the semester... finally.. all the assignments, reports are cleared! went to hand in the 1500 words ABP report today after my classes. a big relief for that one... spent so much time on the project and report but the report only worth 10%.. hmm.. hopefully it is worth all the effort. stayed up till 5.15am this morning to finish the printing. the 2 copies of 19 pages work took me hours to print them all!! i've wasted 16 pages printed with errors, so had to print those pages over again. Well, perhaps it's because me who wants them to be as perfect as possible so that's the price paid. yday, i had been awake since 7am (for the 8am lecture) till 5am this morning. had a 5 hour sleep and here i am now, still quite energetic. :D
met a fren today in uni, haven't seen her for weeks? months? we talked abt a few trinity friends who are goin overseas exchange next semester. seems that a few ppl around me are goin away next sem, either for 1 sem or 1 yr, so propably won't see them for some time till next yr. wonder how it will be next yr... when many of my friends will be finishing their uni degree, including me. will we all still be in melb? will we still see each other?
uni is different from high school, that uni friends came from many different places, even around the world whereas most high school friends came from the same state, well or at least the same country. although my high school friends are now in kl, s'pore, some in taiwan, uk, aus... as long as we're still studying, we are pretty much in contact, hving the 'similar wavelength'. once we're out in the working world, it'll be so different. can't imagine how it'll be.
well, this semester is a very colourful one to me. i can feel that i didn't waste my semester at all. really looking fwd to the next sem and hope that it'll be a great final sem!!
for now, hv to study for the exams lar! still behind many of the lectures, especially molecular genetics :S happy studying to those who are hving exam soon!!
It's been almost a month since i last updated my blog this will be the last week of the semester in uni. but the final 2 weeks of the sem is my busiest weeks which i have 6 assignments, reports, essays and presentation. but now, i have a report and a 1500 words essay yet to be done. no time to catch up my far left behind lectures. really worry abt my exams! 8, 13, 22, 23 June just can't wait to finish my exams.
had my applied bioinformatics project (ABP) presentation on friday. well, it wasn't too bad i should say. but i'm sure we can do better than that. anyway, we're all happy with that. and to be honest, the marks we got is better than what i've expected.
alright then, hv to start writing my ABP essay now... at least to start reading the articles. :S
