Movie!!!

There is a new movie in town!! coming next year!!
A movie about scientists, the plot is quite interesting though.. A scientist discovered a new strand of mutant potatoes.. yes.. you heard it right.. and the potatoes are trying to outcompete the human race!!

1 week!!

Finally.. the first week of hols have passed..
Not that i was looking forward to school reopening, but rather that my ops-manning is going to end soon.. tmr will be the last day and tmr will also be the day i register my modules..=X

Anyhow, dear came over to my hse yesterday and accompany mi for the afternoon.. we tried something diff.. lol.. playing online game under the same roof.. lol.. cooperation to the max..
Then at night we went over to sembawang sunplaza for dinner!!
I was having trouble deciding whether to eat pasta mania or sakae, since i have not eaten both for god know how long..

In the end.. i had Chicken and Ham sauages baked rice!!! wahahaha.. CHEESE!! *slurp*..
Then we went on a long awaited walk ard dear's breezy, erm windy to be exact neighbourhood!! And someone was afraid that there will be dogs stalking her and she refuse to walk along the path next to the forest=P

Fun day!! Waiting for the next..

Another day..

Raining now!! Juz the way i like my lazy day to be.. cooling..
I dun like the heat that accompanied the hot and humid days.. coupled with the sunlight that shone directly into my room.. it makes my room hotter than usual..

Yesterday RT was tougher than expected man.. damn tired.. haha.. although it was slack but we did alot of static excerise.. ppl were cheating as usual..
Take running for example: 3km run.. no one to supervise.. and there were ppl who didnt sweat, 3 times the size of mi coming back earlier than i did.. OMG! haha.. but i shant complaint.. cos its their own fitness not mine..

Recently started reading a new book called Parasite Eve.. For video games avid, you should have played the game before.. Anyhow, its about mitochondria.. a sci-fi horror.. and before you ppl say that i m a geek.. read that book and you will know its nice.. talking abt a man obsession to let his dead wife live forever.. lol..

If time is really the problem.. y not spend more time together physically and not thr present day communication devices into the wee hours of the night? If the latter was chosen.. isnt it the same as a long dist relationship.. where talking on the phone for long period was the sole comfort for the 2 of them?
What to do when a person is tired? Do you allow him/her to slp? or do you want them to accompany you on the phone? unless one realize that mistake and not indulge in the world of ones own reasonings, then can all the problems be solved. Sometimes, we have to give and take, and not taking all the time..

Interested can msg mi!!!

A 60-minute 4-person decision game
- In each 4-person game, the winner will $40 and the losers
will get $5

- Time slots available:
o December 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
o 10:00-11:00am
o 11:30am-12:30pm
o 2:00-3:00pm
o 3:30-4:30pm

Total about $55, we can spilt among ourself.. okie.. i need 3 more ppl..

Seriously..

Sorry that i haven blogged for a long time.. haha..
No time to blog becos of exams and stuffs.. but now..
EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!

But i dun have the mood to enjoy the hols..
Firstly, tired, exhausted.. got to do RT.. cos i failed my ippt.. i was sick on the day i did my ippt.. haiz..
Nvm.. take it as a training.. wahahha.. free one some more.. then SAF still give us money.. lol..

From 2nd till 9th dec i have to do ops manning.. Army stuff again.. cant seems to escape from them even after ORD-ing for like 3 yrs alr.. What to do.. i m a Singaporean Male!
But i guess army still let the guys learnt alot of things that we dun usually learnt in our everyday lives..
Fruitful to say the least! But still some things in army are really too by the book for mi..

Okie i have to go for my RT later in the evening at 6pm.. 4 hrs.. until 10pm.. wth rite?

Pls go and DIE!

SCREWED UP WORLD..
SCREWED UP BRIAN..
SCREWED UP MY MOOD..

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I M SO IRRITABLE............
EVERYTHING I DID TODAE ALL WENT WRONG..
EVERYTHING IS MY OWN UNDOING..

TO HELL WITH THE WORLD..

Long Hard Week..

Everything is going spiraling downwards..

Neuro sux.. even i can teach better than the prof, provided i know the knowledge he knows..
Developmental is so messy.. so dis-orangised..

However, i did managed to get the much awaited excerise i wanted.. Basketball!!
Alot of ppl turned up and its been such a long time since we had so many ppl..
total i think we had close to 20 ppl.. including Dr li hoi yong!

Todae is my off day, and i m spending my time trying to do my work..
Trying to get somethings off my mind..
trying to get some deserved rest, which i will get aplenty comes recess week!

Life's been tough..

New Course!!!

Yes! You have seen it right.
Its called RS101 which refers to Principles of Relationship Management.

This is a course that teaches you about how to present yourself to the other half, how to handle dates, temper, arguments and more importantly how to run a relationship well.
However there are more to that!
Credits or AU will be awarded to students taking this elective but the downside is the prerequiste that you must be attached in order to register for the course.

Hmm..
How will the exam be like?
MCQ?
Qn: If your girlfriend say "i Dont Know" what is she implying?

a. You decide
b. She really dont know
c. Whatever it is just dont ask me again
d. All of the above

Essay?
Senario Qn:

You and your girlfriend are going for lunch on a busy and hot sunday afternoon at Orchard. As she has been walking under the hot sun for a long period of time before getting to the restaurant, she is sweating heavily and is getting really moody. The only way to bring up her mood is to get to the restaurant soon. However, as both of you reached the restaurant, you were told the seats you reserved had been given away due to you being late by a min.

Your girlfriend is really pissed now and you have no place to dine. What will you do to cheer her up and get to dine in the restaurant she likes?

On a side note, i cooked these up=P

Bad week..

1 week has passed since i came back..
But this whole week was a horrible week..
Nothing has gone right for mi..
Nothing..

Everything i did.. Every move i have made.. Every words that i have spoken..
Nothing seems right..

I m having a very hard time trying to pick myself up..
Been really down on mood..
Is it that i have changed since i came back from France?
Or
Perhaps every other things changes except mi?

Back!

By this time tmr.. i will be back in Singapore..
2 and a half months of internship..
with new things learnt and mistakes made..

I hope i have grown..haha..
finally.. back to sg..
I missed the food=P
haha..

Okie.. going to do my final packing..

5th week!!

Jardin du Luxembourg (Luxembourg garden)

Palais du Luxembourg (Luxembourg garden)

Big Head..

Obelisk from the egyptian 3000 yrs ago.. with the eiffel tower as backdrop..

Statue of Liberty!! I m in America!! (actually in france-_-)
FYI: There are 2 statue in the world.. 1 in new york and 1 in france..

Tour de Eiffel (Eiffel tower)

Mi and the Eiffel!!

Quotes..

Don't give up.. just be you..
Cause life's too short to be anybody else..

No matter how powerful is our yellow sun,
Half the world will always be shrouded in darkness..

Its the fifth week here.. half down.. half more to go..
life has nv been easy..
not even when i was here..

Compliments from the researchers in my labs..
though they nv tell mi, the phd sharing my office overheard them talking..
And she came and told mi the news..

Was happy that i was recognised.. that what i did proved to be more than what they expect..
But it comes with its price..
Less time..
More stress..

Time after labs were boring..
too far to go anywhere decent..
lucky there is skype to bring away the after-hours..
Having EURO2008 was another major plus plus..
Watching shows online.. Smallville,supernatural..

What will i do after all these end?
I dunno.. i guess i just have to figure out by myself..
Giving up is not a choice..

3rd week..

Wat a day..

Got to lab in the morning and immediately i was thrown with so much work..
But luckily, i managed to organised them.. and i stopped work at 5..
Came back to my room and waited for dear to skype..
But she had overtime and so didnt managed to talk to her until 1am..

Can u imagine the disappointment?
I certainly felt the full force of it..
i guess i juz got the "hang" of it..

The weather here are juz so gloomy.. so depressing..
I juz need someone to be there for mi.. help mi brighten up my day..

Musee du Lourve...

2nd day out..

Not a bad day.. weather was good.. view was good.. but very tiring..
Musee du Lourve was so big.. i spent 3 hrs only on 2 sections..
Nonetheless.. every photos were well taken..
Wahaha..

At Le Lourve!!!

Artistic pic taken by moi..

Mi and Mona Lisa...

Status of Venus..

Mi on carpet grass=)


Masterpiece of picasso..

Out..

Haha.. finally went out to paris todae..
Much await..
The bulidings are all so ancient..
So majestic..
But thats only in paris.. haha..
Only went to 2 places todae..
Cathedrale Notre Dame and Arcde Tromphe..
Belows are the pics..
Enjoy!!

the road down..

Notre Dame

In side the cathedrale..

Mi!!!
Arc de triophme

Sliver!!

Todae was a long day for mi..
PCR.. run gel.. purify.. run gel..
So mundane.. haiz..
Wat to do.. have to get protein in order to do more interesting experiments..
Haha..

Anyway, when the day came to an end, i checked my NTU email..
The results of the URECA poster competition is out!!
And i got sliver!! YAY!!
Haha.. finally i have some encouragements to further my interest in research..
My lab senior got the platinum awards.. congrats!!
Jiayi also got a peer review assessment!!
Great job guys!!

Brr..

Okie.. i woke up with a shock..
I looked out of my windows and see white fog..
So i open and window and ITS super COLD..

Its been raining here for 2 days..
And i can see the condensation from my breath..
Its that cold.. i hope it wont rain again tmr..
Pls.. i juz wan normal air con..
Not freezer..

Tired..

Lab was long.. lasted from 9am to 7pm..
After that i immediately rush back to my room to talk to my dear..
Haha..
Then after that i read some blogs and came across this..


Before Marriage

He: Yes. At last. It was so hard to wait.

She: Do you want me to leave?

He: NO! Don't even think about it.

She: Do you love me?

He: Of course! Over and over!

She: Have you ever cheated on me?

He: NO! Why are you even asking?

She: Will you kiss me?

He: Every chance i get!

She: Will you hit me?

He: Are you crazy! I'm not that kind of person!

She: Can i trust you?

He: Yes.

She: Darling!


After Marriage..

Simply read from bottom to top.

1 week!!

1 week!!! I survived!!!
The weather in France is good.. maybe abit dry..
Food is salty but still edible..

Spent a week in lab and got some results going..
For ppl who are interested, i m working on Pyrococcus Abassi MetRS..
For those who are not (actually i dun think ppl will be interested)..
Tell u ppl something interesting..

I went down to get my scholarship on wed, while on the train, there are actually ppl performing..
This guy was playing the violin on the train and it was nice!!
Maybe streetperformers in singapore can do so!!

There are graffiti all over the place, even on walls of bungalows..lol..
France isnt as developed as u ppl may think..
Its quite "old", dirty and maybe worn down.. I think this apply to all the big nations..

Now the French are very elitist in their thinking..
Ecole poly is the top school in France and if u get here is like a major news..
50% of listed companies CEO in France are from Ecole!! Can u believe it?
Each university in France is governed by a ministry and Ecole happened to be a military institute and so its governed by the Ministry of Defence..
Which happens to make this school super rich.. but the place is so worn down=P

The way french do things here are very different. they are very sociable..
"Bonjour" "Salu" greetings that can be heard from strangers..
They hold the doors for strangers.. and they are very polite..
Things we can learn..

Some photos for ppl to see the place i stay in..

Okie i shall end here..

Dear..although i cannot be there for u these 2 months..
U know i will think of u everyday=)
miss ya..

Gare Du Nord

Went down to Gare Du Nord (north station)..
The station is huge man.. got shops inside somemore..
Made my way to the Metro station and went to EGIDE( Organisation for international personnels)..
Got my scholarship from there.. 840euros!! for the month of may and june..
Think not enuf one.. haiz..

I have to say something..
Ecole Polytechnique is on a hill top..
Climbing 300++(steep) steps up to get to the place is no joke..
I almost died..(imagine 8 degrees and i still sweat..)

There is no shops ard here.. cos this place where the school is Lozere(lor-air)..
Is a place for executive housing..
I have no place to shop.. unless i go paris(par-ree)

So i guess i juz have to make do with it..
May not have time to get gifts for ppl..

20/05/08

Today i went to lab..
And i got my pass..
The temp is hotter now.. 18 degrees..

The lab is not bad..
still work-able..
Only 4 person per lab..
Haha..

Did my first experiment todae..
Restriction digest to check which plasmid contains the correct insert..
Got my first Agarose gel pic todae..
Hope tmr goes well..

Tmr i need to go down to Gare de Nord (station of the north)
Then go down to a dunno wat place to get my monthly allowance.. OMG!!
I hope i dun get lost pls..

Okie signing off.. shall blog tmr..

Arrived!!

Okie.. I have no internet connections today..

So i m using the office com..

and their key board are so different from ours..

Having a hard time typing..

Tell u ppl truthfully..

This place is terrible..

The bulidings are all so worn down..

School so big(3xNTU) but only 2000 students..

My hostel looks so eerie..

Weather is super cold..8degrees..

Food is also cold..

i m feeling so slpy now.. but i cant slp.. cos its like only3++pm..

I hope the 2 and a half months pass quicky..

Pls let mi survive this..

Oh btw..they offer mi a scholarship..

But i have to travel to the city center to get it.. alone..

Dear can skype u le.. but hor.. pls appear online everytime k.. throughout the day.. so when i can skype i will skype u..

Alone..

Tmr will be flying off to France..
I m sort of lost..
Dunno wat to expect..
cos i m the only one going..
Alone..

2 and a half months later i will be back..
Kinda feeling lost..

Got to finish my report by 30th june..
i will miss FOC..
I will miss my frens..
I will miss my parents..
i will miss my gf..

almost finish packing..
I think i brought all i had to bring..
18th May at 2340 will be leaving my last mark on Singapore soil..
29th July will be coming home..

On a side note..
i was told this..
" if u cant find the experimental results u wan.. do it again and again until u find them.. that is what we are doing.. RE-SEARCH!"

12 more..

12 more days to go..
Sorry ppl.. tmr i cant join ur for dinner..
Mum's Birthday..
Todae.. dinner will be alone again..
Anyone wish to accompany mi?? Pls call and wait for queue no=P

Nothing much else for mi to blog abt.. cos i dunno wat to write..
maybe 1 word..
Empty..

Exams Are OVER...

Yes!! Its finally over..
All the profs stunned us..

208: MCQ Q stands for question!! We got statement..

207: Study so much.. 2 topics nv came out..
Instead same topic 2 qns(total 40 marks)

206: 3 yr back was 92 true/false..
2 yr back alot theories..
1 yr back calculations galore..
Ours mcqs galore..

209: Pretty str8 forward

210: Haiz.. i think i nv do well.. Screwed it up..

After exam ppl rest, relax..
I am still busy..
Busy in lab.. to complete my experiments and my report..
Busy with getting prepared for France..

2 more weeks ppl.. and i will be gone..
To the place "french" fries was born..
To the place where Romance can be drank as water..
Eaten as staple food..

If you peeps would like.. arrange outings..

Official count down: 14 days..

Ecole Polytechnique

Its confirmed..
I will be going over to Paris, France..
Internship at Ecole Polytechnique..

Made one of the most impt decisions of my life to date..
Accepting the offer to go over, and to finish my Ureca thesis by june..
Its going to be a hell of a sem for mi again..
I will overcome it.. Yes i will..

Will be leaving in Mid May and work till end of July..
Which means i will not be able to be in FOC this yr..
I m sorry for this.. But i hope u ppl can understand..

Its once a lifetime opportunity..

Wrong..

What the hell is wrong with sem 2??
First its so many tests coming up at once..
Then u cancel one of the test like 2 days b4..
No reasons given..
Juz will notify u one week b4 the test..
What is this???

Disruption to wat was alr planned..
I know life doesnt always goes as u wanted..
Then again..
Dun play us ard ur fingers..
U wan test u give.. U dun wan U take away..

Things always happen in a sequence..
ALWAYS in the same seq..
Didnt all of us noticed?
Someone gets moody or angry..
then we try to know wats going on..
try to make them feel better..
But ended in being hurt..

Like this world.. everything goes ard, comes ard..
Okie time to study for my Viro test coming up..
and its raining alr..
someone wanted rain and its here..
enjoy ur rain then..
And cuddling in ur blanket..

This Week..

Its a bright sunny friday morning..
Finally free from the torture of rain..
Not that i mind the coldness..
It's juz the hazzle of getting wet.. haha..

This week is down man..
Got to know there will be 2 test coming up next week..
plus we have to do an online test thats 70 lv x 5qns/lv = 350qns!!!

After the viro and biophysic tests, we have immuno test the following week!!
20 lects worth of stuff to study.. OMG!!!
For yr 1s reading this.. Be PREPARED..
To add to these will be SBS beloved LAB REPORTS..

So as the prep to HELL weeks begin,
We had our very own SBS Symposium and SBS Day..
Haha..
Was a VIP assistant at the symposium for S*Bio..
SBS day was great although i was sick..haha..
Winning Eleven was fun man.. Mi and Weili has great team work man..
Think we won all the matches we played together..=P

Now below is delicated purely to my dear..
Thanks for giving mi the mental support when i m stressed..
Muz take care of urself k..
Got flower(s) on ur butt..=P
Thx for insisting i take a cab back yesterday..
If not i think i would have collasped somewhere..

Ps: sorry i couldnt get u the flowers, will try to make it up..
u decide wat u wan mi to do..

UpDaTes..

Omg.. i have been so busy that i didnt update my blog..
Paisei..

Okie some recent things,
first of all i m officially sick..
Juz got back from see my doc..
Hope i can recover soon..

Yesterday..
Great day man..
woke up at 630am to prepare for my URECA poster exhibtion..
Was so happy to finally been able to see my printed poster..
haha..
Then something unexpected happened..
Dear bought mi lunch..
Wahahaha..
so Happy.. hee..
"爱心" Lunch..
Hee although i cant eat them str8..
But it was good..
Thx Dear..

Then i got home and i was sicked.. haha..

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Haha.. my first post of the new year..
YEAH!!

CNY eve was great..
Ate dinner with cher at woodlands..
Our seats was occupied by 2 person when there are so many seats ard-_-ll
Went to take flowers at her aunt place, but first her heels rest on my toe with the strength of a bull=P
Reunion dinner at Indian Resturant..
Gaming at my cousin's place..
Slpt only at 3am..
haha..

Todae was great..
But my ang baos too little!!! (haha)
Play.. Play.. and more playing..
My nephew was ke-ai wor=P(pun intended)
haha..
My grandma's place was too empty for my comfort..
Mainly becos she is in the hospital..
Went to visit her in the afternoon..
And see can recognise mi!!!

Oh ya.. before i forget..
"someone" was talking to mi on the phone..
Then "someone" panic..
"where's my phone?"
"ARG!!"
"WHERE'S MY PHONE???"

Then "someone" realised..
"OH!! I m using my phone"
Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha...

Hello..

Its been quite a while since i last updated this blog..
Busy with school work..
Need to buck up man.. dun want to be down again..

Applying internship in France, getting all the necessary stuffs done..
Deadline: 31th jan
Hope they will choose mi=)

Another thing: URECA poster
Deadline: 31th Jan
Submitting it for competition and exhibition on L.I.F.E@NTU..
Hope i can get some comment on my work=)

For now, these are all the updates..
Anything else pls feel free to contact mi..
=P

There are estimated to be over 200 billion stars in the Milkay Way galaxy alone. How many of these could have planets? Here's an interesting analogy: Imagine that each star represents 1 mL of water. To put all of this water in one place, you would need at least 80 Olympic-sized swimming pools to hold all of this water(50 m long, 25 m wide). We are just one small mL of water in that enourmous amount of water. To assume that we are the only form of life is pure human arrogance at it's largest.

First week of sem 2..

As expected..
Mon was crap man..
Imaging 4 lects from 830 to 530pm all in the same room..
Nearly died of boredom.. haha..

Juz accompanied my dear to buy her fav fake sharkfin.. haha..
Although its a tat too far away..
nonetheless being my good natured self..
Plus i m still in the hols mood..
haha..
Normally its 100g..
Todae the auntie give like 200?
The box was full..
haha.. my gf muz be laughing like mad now..=P

Last Day of Hols...=(

End of a "relaxing" hols for mi..(pun intended)
Omg.. y did 1 month pass so soon!!!
Start of sem 2..
everyone lets work hard.. haha..

Last 3 days of my hols were fab..

Fri had dinner at joleen's place..
Imaging a buffet dinner juz for 8 of us.. WAHAHAHAHA..
I felt like a Prince=P
Plus her place juz rocks..
The chemistry the 5th maincomm shared..
guess thats wat u call "made for each other"..
I certainly would miss and rmb them..
Thx joleen..

Sat celebrated UY bdae at ichiban boshi..
Got to say it was fun and filling man..
worth every cents i paid for the food.. haha..

Sun..
Boon Piang came over to my hse for dinner..
haha.. food was nice rite?
My mum is the best cook..
wahahahaha..
"next time come no need to buy things hor?"
rmb this sentence.. told u no need le lo=P

2008

A new year..
A new beginning..
A new start..

I ended my 2007 with the company of Cher at the Botanics Gardens..
Wind was at our command..
The clouds was at our command..
Most importantly, time is at our command..
How i wish school wouldnt start..
And we could spend the days relaxing..

Looking back, 2007 was a good yr..
working as a Sony promoter let mi hone my communication skills..
Taiwan trip allowed mi to try something new..
FOC let mi made more frens.. and my present sweetheart..=)
From that day onwards..
For everything that has been thrown at mi..
I learnt alot..
I guessed i have grown..
Yr 2 was a hectic yr for mi..
i knew from the start i couldnt cope..
i muz give it a try..
i did..
i didnt succeed..
poor results..

But hey.. its the NEW YEAR..
So Everyone..
Lets lift our heads up..
Look at the clear blue sky..
Stretch out ur hands and reach for the stars!!
I will succeed..
I promise..

To u my dear..
Thx for everything..
i enjoyed the company..
i enjoyed suan-ing u in front of ur frens..=P
But most importantly.. u shld know how much u meant to mi..