Happy Valentine's day!

First of all, let me wish all the pple to have a Happy Valentine's day!

In japan, during valentine's day, a girl will usually make chocolates or chocolate cakes to their love ones, like Daddy and boyfriend etc. Besides those love ones, they will also give some kind of "obligation chocolate" to guys who treat her good -- maybe in school or at work, no feelings attached. This day is also a special day to confess to the one she likes.. and it may turn out to be a surprise for her.

Beside's Valentine's day, there's also a white day on March 14 for the guys who had received chocolates from girls to return them a gift. This gift is usually white chocolates, or some other accessories.

Living in singapore, there are very little pple who will exchange chocolates anymore.. especially homemake ones. The gifts are rather, chosen directly or indirectly by hinting their partners. For my case, i chose them... I think that choosing gifts and giving them directly (without wrappers) seems a bit not romantic... but no choice. It is difficult to be romantic when being a thirfty and realistic singaporean (like me). Heh. =P

Last day

Des last day was last Friday. I did heard pple mentioning that she's leaving.. just that i dun know the exact date, until she came to me and gave me a card, stating to keep in contact.

This is the sunflower we gave her.. and a huge card with this cute lil bubbly pic. Take care and all the best to you, Des.





Anyway, there's an annoucement that Kim is leaving us in April 4th....

Fireworks

Yesterday went to Esplanade to watch fireworks. Heard from SC that everyday til the 15th of lunar new year, there will be fireworks.. so i went there, with kk, of course. heh~ First we went marina square and had our dinner at swensen, then we walked around sorta aimlessly.. finally we walked to esplanade and waited til 9.30pm when the fire works started. It's so nice~

Buzzing fry... or fly?

i have a pair of tired eyes today.. not sleepy, just tired.. i guess it's because i faced computer for such a long time yesterday... 9 hours at work.. and continued several hours at home.. tried to control myself.. but i cant.. my Vcds are able to play only on computer.. Also, i recently found a website that can read manga..

Today our company is having some sort of "recognition" program.. to recognise those who have significantly contribute to the company. Me? Nah~ Recognition is for those "big" pple and those who worked long enough in the company. I am just a small fry... *buzz*.....who is dispensable *spat!*

9th day of lunar new year

I had fun over the weekends. heh.

Saturday: Kk accompanied me to the IPL session at taka and after that we went around shopping. Kk had 60 dollars taka voucher and didnt know what to spend for.. after some thinking, we finally agreed on something. Silver couple rings =) You know, we are still young and dun have that amount of money to get real stuff, hence, we decided on silver.. real one has to wait. heh. I also bought 3 ties for him as a Valentine's day gift. =) Kk, make sure you dun lose it again~!

We went home after that and brought mum to Great world city to eat kenny rogers quarter chicken. yummy~~. hee~ I love their corns and mash potato! I saw a bag that i liked last time in one of the shops in great world and decided to go ahead and get it on Sat.. I went in the shop, chose a color and asked them to get a new one for me (coz the display one had some stiches problem) A girl actually wanted to look for me.. but the other simply replied "thats the last one" What? Anyway, since she said that, I chose not to buy.. although i really liked the bag..

Sunday: Sis and mum went to get sis's wedding items.. those bathtubs, spittoons, toothpaste etc etc.. to prepare for this coming sat when her mother-in-law will come with the bride price. Kk and I went to pick them up after that. We got home and rested for a while.. mum went to 4D and toto. hee~ after that, we brought mum to the Fountain of Wealth at suntec city to touch the fortune water as well as the fishes in Koi garden.

We got a bit bored in Suntec and drove out to esplanade to see the "river angbao". Although new year season is already ending soon, there were still a lot of pple there. We even saw some Indian families taking pictures with the "Cai Shen"! I guess everyone wants to win the 10 million? angbao in this new year. We took some pics, and ate some snackz before we went home, all tired.

Current: Changed a new template and a new shoutbox. Moved some of the picture links to my archive page.

Outstanding Debts

So fast it's feb already... received the school fees for this sem.. so much~~ *sigh* It's only new year and i received the letter for payment before end of Feb.

Chu San

Today is the third day of new year. Here we are, lazing around the house doing nothing... dun feel like going out.. and no one visits us.. hence.. mum is lying on the bed, bro is watching his anime, and i'm blogging.

Hope that everyone had fun for the past few days. I dun. actually. some things happened. but i wont say much. coz i am tired to talk about dad's bad habit, despite the happy day we had on his birthday.

yesterday's lunch

Let's see what everyone was looking at... so focused...
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Waiting for nana to distribute our food!! hee~

This was also one of our food for lunch yumyum!

*poor picture resolution coz its from a camera phone.

Memoirs of a Geisha - Mad Version.

Hi guys.. didnt have enough Memoirs of a Geisha? See this link. It's VERY funny. Highly recommended.

Memoirs of a Geisha - Mad Version.

Happiest day.

yesterday may be the happiest day for father... It was his birthday and sis treated all of us to dinner. Father, being an impatient person, waited for all of us to come home before we set off for dinner in a nearby coffee shop.

We each gave him a total of 500bucks as birthday present.. and we could see his smiling face throughout the whole dinner. After dinner, we asked him to go home and cut his cake.. but he walked off.. I thought since he didnt like cakes and celebrations, he would not be home... so mum sis and me went to NTUC to stock up for some goodies for new year..

We reached home about 8.50 and dad and bro were already at home.. So dad actually came home to wait for us? =) We took out the cake and sang him a birthday song. I think this is the first time we celebrated his bday. we took some pictures of dad cutting his cake.. and i took a pic with dad... I think for such long years, this was the first time i took a pic with dad.. I will treasure the memories of yesterday.. coz yesterday was the happiest day for my whole family.

Happy Birthday!!

First of all, I will like to say Happy Birthday to 2 person. My dad and Hilary!!! Hope that they can stay healthy and happy always. hee~ Hil, let me wish you the best of luck in job hunting!

Today is Wed.. I will be going to Jurong point after work to collect my spoilt shoes and my cheque... Talking about this, it's really frustrating. I went to this shoe shop in Jurong point - mister minit and wanted to change the soles of my boots.... I paid for 52 bucks as they wrote "payment has to be in full amount because of guaranteed workmanship" something like that.. ok i trust this shop and paid. The guy told me to come back 1 week later to collect. And off i went.

1 week later, i went down to the shop and he said that my shoes were not ready.. i was getting a little bit angry because it took me all the way to come down here and he said its not ready? Well anyway, I cant do anything much and hence went home. Another week later, I decided to call them and asked them whether my shoes were ready (smarter this time) and not to get another wasted trip... I searched for the reciept to look for their phone number.. and there's none.. i went online to search.. yellowpages etc.. i cant find any!! hm.. no choice i got to go down again..

I got there, presented my receipt, and they said its still not ready yet. Asked me to come another day. What?? this was wat you said 2 weeks ago!! I'm getting angrier and my attitude got a bit bad... I asked them for phone number and guess what they say? "Our shop DOESNT have a phone". gosh. Then how am i supposed to know if my shoes were ready? They said they will call me... and it took forever..

The thing went ding donging a few times.. (i made a lot of wasted trip) and finally i got back my shoes.. and guess what, its TORN and TATTERED!!! I demanded an explanation and the thing again go ding donging back and forth... until last week, they told me to collect the 52 bucks cheque and the shoes back.. and yeah... they are not compensating me for the spoilt shoes. Fu*k. but anyway, i dun think that matters so much..at least i can get back my 52 bucks. i'm just hoping that they wont say my cheque is not ready... or else, I will really file for a complain.

So after this incident, i swear that i will not ever visit this MISTER MINIT again.

yesterday

Yesterday we (mum, sis, kk and i) went shopping around Jurong neighbourhood in search of nice cushion covers... We walked around and finally found 1 shop. bought a pink color set of cushion cover. This year our house concept is pink. When everything is up nice and tidy, I'll post up a pic.

Anyway, was feeling very hot and sticky while waiting.. and decided to pose for a picture to have some fun to forget about the sticky feeling we had....



Wonder what we were waiting? I think everyone knows what the shop below sells....
Dear was giving me a strange kind of expression when i forced him to take a picture too. heh

as there was a long queue, i got a lot of time to spare. Hm.. everyone is dreaming of getting the 1 million angbao for the new year... Good luck! Anyway, I saw this strange looking signboard and took a pic of it... looks like monster inc - mike, the one eye monster. hehee

We went on to shop for drinks.. and i came across this strange, eerie looking fruit for the new year.. and it's suppose to call "zhao cai fuo shou" - fortune calling buddha hand.

At last, we got what we wanted... sent mum and sis home, and we went out again to watch Memoirs of the Geisha. Nice show!

Wedding stress.

Ok.. there's nothing much to do now in the office... coz the tedious one is currently postponed til further notice... just hope that it wont spoil my plan on going overseas in early March. Bro was supposed to call up the agency group. but then i think he is lazy to.. (same as me lah) So drag some more lah.. may be end up not going..

So tired of working right now.. really feel like giving up, which is quitting this job and turn to part time.. but then after serious consideration, i think i decided to stay on... then i have the money to study, to give mummy, to learn driving and also, preparing for my future family. heh.

Recently saw that sis is really busy preparing for her wedding... with her old traditional mother in law... i can only use one word. "terrible". She already prewarn sis not to do this and not to do that.. a lot of rules and regulations to live with her. Worse still, when sis wants to move out, her mother in law say..."I'm going to move in with you guys so that i can take care of my grandchild". Argh~~ i'm so stressed up even by listening. Die liao lah. sure quarrel one...

I start to wonder.... what if my future mother in law also lidat? then... eh.... i got nothing much to say liao loh.. kk reassured me that his mum is not that kind of person.. (which i believes so since they are all living and working in US for some years, which is an open minded country - or else they will not get use to the environment there)..

Friday 13th

Ok.. friday 13th. A lot of pple took leave and MC today... hm... bad day? I dunno.. But i know it's someone's birthday today.. hee~ hope that it is a good day for him.

All alone in the lab.. a lot of things to clear.. and a lot of things to do.. however, I'm still feeling happy... this is because... my EXAM is OVER!! Its not that i did well in my exam.. just that i dun have the stress!! I'm FREE... at least for 2 months. hehe~ I'm planning to go Taiwan within the next 2 months.. just hope that nothing crops up.

Also, I got 4 sets of new animes to watch!! Yippee~!!

Waiting for tonight

Ok, back to blogging again. Well, today is the day of my final exam... confident? urm... not sure yet... but i can tell you after that. More or less the informations are in my head.. just that when i am facing those questions... will i be able to regurgitate the information? Just pray hard. hee~

Ok.. i got some pictures i took at my sis ROM.. i will put them up soon after i am free.... which is probably next week... (i already planned activities this week, after my exam)

Just realised that Shirz is back to mel... without saying goodbye to me.. *sob sob* But anyway, since she's starting her course once again, let's work hard together!

Boring post

Lazy day... cleared up my work over these few days.. currently, there's really nothing much.. except to followup with some of the issues that are still dangling from 2005.

Next monday to Thur I will be staying at home and be a good girl... coz i need to study for my final exam. i kept saying that i want to study I want to study.. but then I dun seem to have the motivation to fully concentrate on reading my notes.. I am also easily distracted by television and games and computers and my bed...etc etc... Sigh.

Decomposing.

just now went SIM to have our lunch. LY's new car... Mazda 5.. nice! It's black color and cost only 80 thousand.. for a MVP its cheap!

Ok.. smelt a foul smell somewhere near CRU... and they told me the smell is actually from a dead rat in linen room. Yucks. I cant imagine how many days the dead rat was there during the christmas closure... to decompose in the aircon pipeline... and now.. the foul smell had slowly spreaded...... worse still, the body has not been found.

Happy New Year~

Hi guys,

Happy New Year to all of you. I guess most pple return to work today (except for kk)... new year, new hair cut for a lot of my colleagues! hehe~

Ok.. during the last week break.. i did nothing much.. except to accompany sis to do minor things. Now that her ROM is over... I dun have any more reason to slack. hehe. Got to study hard from today onwards.. coz my final exam is approaching..

New year resolution? Hm.. i think i want to find some time to go overseas to relax and do some sightseeing... expecially for the coming 2 months.. coz my next module only start in March.. Besides overseas trip, I hope that i can do well in my studies!

Over

Alright, christmas is over.. although they said that there are 12 days of christmas. heh. every shops are now ready for new year...

Hm.. i'm at work right now... waiting for the blood to clot before i can centrifuge it...

Yesterday me and bro shared the price of nokia 3230 and gave it to sis for her wedding gift. I dunno whether she like it or not.. but i like it definitely!!! *Envious* We bought it without contract for 480 bucks. KK also bought a pair of japanese wedding Kokeshi dolls (hand made) So kawaii~~ I chose that... but he paid for it.. hehe~

Alright. stop here first. I go check the blood again.

Merry christmas to all!

Hi Hi! I will like to wish everyone to have a Merry christmas and a happy new year!!

Christmas eve..

Last day of work yesterday. Our dear LianYong decided to give us half day off.. Thats very nice! however things cropped up, we have to wait for the 1 of the study results to come back... worst still, the subject had one of his results flagged high. We have to recall the subject and as him to come back... and we couldnt locate him... thats when we can only watch pple go but have to stay back ourselves. Anyway, we manage to locate him.. and the subject can only come back at 5pm. I off work at 4 .. so Vic had to stay back.. I received an sms yesterday from HC.. i think i have to work on next week... when the company is closed...

Anyway, yesterday's gathering was alright. At least. Bought pizzas up for the pot luck.. after that we went to watch movie, Narnia. nice show!!

Last day of work.. gifts exchange.

I wonder why everyone is exchanging gifts this year... more bonus? hehe~ i dunno. anyway i receive the most number of gifts this year and I tell you all something... I am so HAPPY!! Thanks Vivien, Shirley, Puiyee, Jerayna, Hwee Ching, Victor, Bee chin, Adeline and Xiaohong! I really appreciate your thoughts! I'm really sorry that I didnt get anything for you guys.. because I really didnt expected it! That's why I soooooooo Happy!! Thank you!

Thursday

I'm looking forward to tonight... Long beach.. getting to see shirz again.. and carrying little baby Ethan.. Finally i think i have to courage to carry a baby.. haha

Anyway, I'm also looking forward to tmr. Last day in the office.. Xmas exchange... and then no work til next year.. yeah!!!

Happenings.

hm.. baldwin drives a RX8... RX8...RX8... RX8...RX8!!! It's becoming my fav car now... besides volkswagon beetle, mini cooper and Miata. Eh.. seems like i like small cars huh. heee~ Anyway, i think i started to like Mazda car.. maybe because of my bf? ha~ his car is not bad lah.. just need to plus 5 and he'll get 8 =P

Anyway, there's a lot of happenings these few days... just didnt have the time to update.

This sat will be my 2nd MCQ test.. cant seem to understand all the lectures.. but, still have to study.. Sat is also the dead line for my assignment. I dun think i will get high grades for that.. coz i'm not good in producing report... and wat's worse, referencing to journals. Please give me a pass. At least.

Next, Sis is getting ROM at the end of this month. It's so mafan to find an auspicious date... but no choice.. it's either this time, or the next good date for them will take a long time. My sis and her Bf can wait.. but her bf's parents cant.. I think they are quite old and want a "inner " grandchild soon. See, old pple's thinking.. daughter's children arent grandchild too? Pple are so unfair..

Sis wedding is a rush.. very little discussion with her actually.. i think she need to listen to her bf's mum.. everything she said is "kk's mum said, kk's mum want" (by the way, my sis bf had the same initial - kk - as my bf). My mum just leave everything to them to decide... coz we dun want to put sis into a difficult situation. By the way, she's getting married soon and guess what, my family and their family have not met up yet... hm.. if they are that traditional... arent they suppose to pay a visit to our house and ask for my sis's hand? Are they really sincere? I dun know. but i guess so. ha~!

YEF 2005

Just received the photos for our YEF. Some pictures were great.. but some.. heh. i looked funny in them. Click on the link and view =)

Plain

Hm.. created a very plain template.. anyway, i thought to change a little since christmas is coming. heh~ Anyway, this is what happened before i went to lunch today.

Right now i am wearing the new tank top given to me by Joann... L.H saw me just before i went for lunch and said

She: "why do you use this?"
Me: "What do you mean by use this?" i actually know she was referring to my top but i feign ignorance.. (furthermore she's using the wrong english)
She repeated "why are you using this?"
Me: "Do you mean my top?"
She: "ya."
Me: "I thought CRTs dont have uniform guidelines?"
She: "Ya, but still you have to wear properly, at least something not sleeveless."
Me: "Ok. I know. Now is lunch time and i got my cardigan with me today."

What the? Old fashion thinking. Just like my sis's going-to-be mother-in-law. I dun like that. bleh~

She's irritating.

Today we finally opened our hamper to distribute.. a hamper we gotten from the year end function. Everyone was courteous to let each other choose what we prefer.. and due to this kind of courtesy, that irritating agency nurse took advantage of the situation and took a lot! She's like, "chopping" the biggest tin of biscuits she can find. Furthermore, she wanted to take that bottle of wine too! (lucky someone stopped her) plus, there's a lot of items we can share and distribute... and as expected, she took the most! In 1 swoop, she got her plastic bag full. Guess what she said after that? "I dun actually eat these stuff I took. I just take lo". WTH?? that take so much for what? She's really greedy and I just cant stand her.

By the way, you want to know who the greedy person is, right? Chiang.

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Hm.. gotta hand up my assignment next week and yet I havent even touch it. Sianz.. and then yesterday practical.. i dun know what i am doing also. Results were screw.. Explaination was not clear.. well. I'm having a little bit of bad mood now.. Anyway, i think i'll be fine soon.. dun worry. Girls are like that. Mood swings ya?

My Weekend

My weekend.

Sat - Company's year end function at Amara hotel. I won an early bird draw.. My prize? Royce chocolate that worth 20 to 30 bucks. I ate some.. it's generally nice.. but then it tasted a bit like... cocopops? hehe~ Anyway, we had fun. We played a group game and got a hamper. Will be splitting the hamper when Vieth get back tmr. We also acted a short scene from Crouching Tiger hidden dragon.. haa~ it's really funny. Vieth got the best actress award. hee~

After the YEF, we went Great world to watch movie "prime". It's not a very fantastic show.. as there's no ending to it...

Sun - Went to watch chicken little.. its a very cute and funny show. I recommend those mummies and daddies to bring their kids to watch. =) After the show, we got home and had dinner with mum.. Stingray~~ yummy~

Ikea was closed early

Was a little bit disappointed yesterday... we took a cab down to Ikea and when we reached there, we saw a bit that stated "Ikea will be closed on 1st Dec after 4.30 for Annual Dinner and Dance, and will be open on 2nd Dec 10am." No choice, we got to find another place to walk walk and chit chat. Hence we took a bus down to Holland V.

We walked around and finally had our dinner at Tangos. My main course (deep fried half chicken), PY's seafood soup were both a disappointment. Not nice. Her soup was too salty and my chicken was too bland! We ordered some finger food too.. and only the calamari rings and deep fried tofu could make it.

Got home around 9pm.. laze around and slept early at 11pm.. its been days since i last had time to sleep early. hee~~

It's friday once again.. will be going out with the girls again to try out pedicure. =)

Ikea's next.

so sleepy. supposed to be going back soon.. however, just agreed to go out with the girls. to ikea. hm.. i wonder what can we get over there? I think they just want to go walk walk... Anyway, mum's not cooking tonight.. she's now at Grandma house.

Hm.. this sat is the Year End Function of my company. I think the budget is getting lower and lower? This time round is high tea session at amara hotel. I hope it will be fun.. coz i have decided to skip the lecture on Sat. (i took a long time to decide whether to skip the lesson.. as you know, I'm a hardworking person =p)

Next week will be a better week.. but right now, I need to get energised.

Tired

Yesterday had my first MCQ test for Immunology. Generally its ok. Sure pass one lah. But then got some questions i really dunno whats the answer.. so ti kam loh. hee~ see if i got the luck to ti kam correctly or not. heehee~

Later I'm having my practical lesson.. starting from yesterday, my lecturer is changed.. a bit not used to it. She speaks with a strange tone and essence.. and then her way of teaching is to read from the presentation slides with little diagrams and pictures to go with... so a little bit boring lah. I even switched off my mind and cant catch any hints for the exam.. Although we have the lecture recorded, the mike was dead yesterday.. so got video no audio also no use... sianz...

Ok lah.. 1 and a half more hours to go... gotta stay awake.. coz I'm feeling a little bit sleepy now.. *Yawnz*

Working and studying

Working and studying at the same time is really tiring.... yesterday i had night class.. and this morning i am working morning shift... tonight, I'm having classes again.. tmr I will be working early! To add on, next week is my first test already.. so fast.. i dun seem to be able to absorb all information yet.. how leh? heard from the professor that there will have 50 questions in total.. hm.. and those choices to choose from will be tricky.. and i have to choose the best answer out of 5 choices.. so the percentage of me guessing correctly is far lesser than those times when i have MCQ test with only 4 choices.... sigh...

anyway, something to cheer me up... i'm off work soon. ;p

I see a mountain

Heh. This morning as i went to the office and opened my email.. wow. 105 new mails and 30 over junkmails. Took quite some time to clear up but didnt really read through everything... it's too much!

After that... i worked non stop (except lunch break and 2 toilet break) til 5.30pm. Did a lot of things today and felt satisfied. haa~ strange right? I think is because i managed to clear up a lot of mess. I still got a lot of things to do actually.. and i dun like to delegate. As usual (except my 4 days MC lah). I rather do all things by myself rather than checking other pple's work after they helped me. if things go wrong, the arrow still points back to me right? Maybe i'm a perfectionist... and maybe i'm too petty... coz i always see mistakes in other pple's work and i cant stand them.. especially when it's my protocol...

That is why I dun care whether the others in the lab are free or have nothing to do or not.. But i know that Vic had his own protocols/SOPs/Validation etc to deal with. Maybe if you have nothing to do and surfing net or something else... DONT hide (coz i usually dun).. hiding makes it more OBVIOUS... surfing net and then clicking back to the default lotus note when others or me came back into the office..

I'm working tmr!!

Yesterday mum and sis accompanied me to Taka =) I went for the IPL session while they went ahead to shop around. (sis was getting 2 wedding gifts for her 2 friends who are getting married soon, i think.) After my session, I went to join them and we had China food again at Imperial Treasure Restaurant.. Nice ambient, good service... but then very ex leh.. we only ate very little and it cost us about 60bucks.. but anyway, if mum's happy, I am too. hee~

I went to class after my lunch.. and after class, i went back to orchard and meet Joann. Hee~ long time since i saw her liao.. she gave me souveniors from Bangkok.. Nice nice.. i like it a lot. They are a white tank top and a necklace. Thank you! We had a nice time chatting and making jokes.. if we were both not tired, I'm sure we could chat til later~! Let's meet again sometime.. coz i forget to bring the necklace you lent me last time. hee~

Alright, just realised that i have a MCQ test the following monday.. i guess i need to study liao.. there's too much information i need to study and get them all into my head.. if not.. die liao.. First thing first. I need to get something to eat so that i can have the energy to study. hehee~ tata.

Friday.

Last day of my MC. It's weekend... after that i will have to get back to work again. heh. I feared what i'm going to see this coming monday.. sure that are a lot of work piled up, waiting for me to clear.. sigh...

This is the first week of my study. Immunology. Everything's ok.. except that it's quite boring when you got to study the same thing every week. (coz 1 module this sem)... Or maybe its because i am more relaxed? coz dun have to work and study at the same time... Anyway, I'll know when i get back to work..

I seems to be forgetting a lot of stuffs taught by Dr Ramsay.... furthermore, i'm used to being spoon fed. haha~ thats a very bad attitude to have in a student. And of course, I'll try my best to change... my aim is to get good grades!

0030hrs

Usually if I am working tmr, I will be way asleep.. deep in my dreams.. however, right now, i just finished creating my 2nd template skin. Chicken little is very cute~~ I like the dancing one on the right hand side.

Alright.. heard from Vic that today the lab was like a madhouse. heh. He said that he will describe the scenerio to me when i'm back. hm.. i wonder if they made any mistakes? haha~ anyway, i dun need to worry much.. i'll know when i get back to the office.

For now... i think i better turn in... maybe accompany mum to go NUH tmr. good night!

Resting at home

I'm worried about my work. 4 days mc was given to me.. i should be happy right? but then there's really a lot of things to be handled.. i want to go back today and clear some things.. but then my supervisor doesnt want me to go around infecting others. hee~ ya loh. thats true also. All i can do now is hope that i wont forget anything thats supposed to be passed to them.. and also hope that they wont miss out anything that i ask them to do. Chicken pox.. i wonder if they come on the right timing or not..

Anyway, happy birthday angela!! hope that you will have fun over there. Take care and may all your wishes come true!

Good things and bad things balances.

Good thing - There. here is my purple gold ring i mentioned. well, the picture is a bit blur.. but aga aga can see lah.

Bad thing - I noticed small red spots appearing on my body over the past few days.. they got really itche and hence i went to a doc today. guess what, I got CHICKEN POX! A little good thing is that.. i got myself vaccinated about 5 years ago.. hence mine is not a full blown case. No fever, no other symptoms except red itche spots. He wanted to give me MC.. but i was thinking i got a lot of work to do and I am fine, just the itch. hence, i was given a cream to apply, some anti-itch pills and was also told not to go too close to pregnant women and babies, get more rest/sleep and drink lots of water.

First.

I got my first purple gold ring!! I bought it myself yesterday. my first jewellery. =) It's a heart shape ring with a very very small diamond etch on. =) after 40% discount, I got it about 376 bucks. Nice nice. Will put up a picture soon.

Great Lunchie~~

Had my lunch at Great World City's Crystal Jade Restaurant. Steve's treat. hee~ He said he missed Hilary's farewell the other day.. so he want to make it up. So nice of him. That's what makes him different from the rest of the ppl.. he's generous and thoughtful.. quite a gentlemen too =)

We did not order much.. and he seems to eat only a little.. (but we are really full) Maybe he's shy in front of us? Young girls? heehee~ In the end, we still cant finish the food. gotta pack back.. hee~

Once again, Thank you! I enjoyed the food especially the Xiao long bao!!

Memories...so nice... so nostalgic

As I laid back on my bed.. I plugged in my earphones and started listening to the songs in my MP3 player... my room was dark.. slowly, i drifted away.. into my own thoughts.. I started to remember the days when I was a kid..

It was a rainy day... dad told me to remain at the place and wait for him to come back. I can see him running into the rain, across the street.... minutes later, he's back with a brand new umbrella. He carried me up and walked home together.

I was playful. I refused to get up from the bathtub when mum wanted to add in more hot water for us to bath.. I scald myself from the boiling water.. I can still remember how mum carried me and rushed me to the hospital...

It was my first movie. The Lion King.. Sis brought me there. It was her treat using her savings. I enjoyed myself. I love the movie. I bought the soundtrack after that and we had a sing-a-long session.

First time working together in Disney with brother. I had fun. Bro was afraid that I may make mistakes and so he was strict at me. I can understand. He has always been looking out for me since i was a kid.

Those mentioned above are only a small part of my memory. Even though there were days when we suffered, days when we are not happy.. but as long as I am with my family, those memories... gave me the strength to carry on. I love them. If there is next life, I still want to be together with dad, mum, bro and sis.

I want to go home

So boring.. so tired.. so sleepy... i think i need a cuppa coffee from the staff lounge after this post. Half cup will do.. since i'm not a coffee lover.. just need a little to keep myself awake.

It's friday today.. the sky is dark and gloomy... how i wish that i am at home, either lying on my bed or watching my animes. heh. I'll be starting my lessons next week liao. Cannot play play anymore... i think i will need more coffee then. my timepoint for sleeping is 10pm remember? haha~

Nothing interesting so far. it's been some time since i last saw Joann. Time to call her up n fix an "appointment" with her since she's so busy nowadays. heh.

Middle of the Week

Ok. I managed to survive to the middle of this week. hee~ it's soooo boring that i cant find anything to do. Lucky today got outpatient PK.. hence first half of the day was easier to get over.

ok, updated my pics.. rearranged and added in some new ones. Changed to bigger fonts, easier to read! haha~ i need something to do~~!

Monday

A lot of pple are not around today...

There's a heavy rain this morning... although i had my umbrella with me, I was still drenched from head to toe.. the wind was too strong liao. My hair was wet.. my pants were soaked.. so uncomfortable working in this way.. I can change into the subject's pants.. but then i chose not to.. so strange. haha.

Heard that Vi was in the hospital due to a dog bite. Get well soon. I miss you. Hope that owner will be dealt with. hmph!! irresponsible.

Resting at home

Resting at home today.. eat and sleep, watched anime and then eat again. For today, I felt fat. But then it's been a while since i got the chance to rest at home.. and didnt meet boyfriend. heh. Totally a day to myself.. =)

Feel like giving up.. but... yet, not giving up so soon.

I had a tough day today. Tried to keep myself calm this morning... 2 protocols running at the same time with only 1 me. you think i'm superwoman? well, tell ya, I'm not.

Relax

Hm.. today is a good day... there's work for me to do and there's also time for me to rest. Hee~

Tmr will be day 7... a day with lots of samples again.. sigh~ hope that we can manage well and nothing will happen again... ( like change in processes or overlooked something)

Alright, I'm now at home.... relaxing once again.. maybe i'll go and collect my student pass tmr... deadline is this week.

Home alone, Long post.

Sunday morning.... I'm all alone at home... Sis and Bro went working... mum went for a 1 day tour in Malaysia.. and dad... i dunno where he went..

Yesterday we met up at caught a movie together.. we watched Skeleton Key... It's ok ok... but definitely not a very fantastic show.. so unless if you are really free, then you may want to consider watching it. After the show, we went for the pepper lunch together. I ate pepper beef rice... Actually it tasted good.. however there's too much butter (making the rice a bit too salty) and there's too much meat... (coz I'm more a herbivore) But generally, I still like the place. Hee~ will go again and try another dish sometime =)

We went home at around 9 plus.. we went individual ways because Vi and Na took a bus, Jan and me took opp directions of the mrt. I got off the mrt and walked towards the exit.. you know, ppl usually walked with arms swinging motion... I thought i accidentally hit the other uncle's hand using my right hand.. so I said sorry to him...

I didnt think much.. just continue walking.. but then after walking for some distance, i felt another hit on my left. I turned around is that uncle!!! This time i seriously think he did it on purpose. I walked very slowly and let him overtake me.. but who knows, he turned over, saw me, pretend, and stopped by a fruit stall.. this time i walked real quickly and over took him... i walked as fast as i can, cross the main road together with the family.. and luckily, he was no where to be found... I'm really scared at tat time...

Dad went crazy again yesterday... mum just said something like "next time i'm not going to work with you on sat and sun".. he got angry and hit the table... after that there's a silence.. He suddenly got up and said "I more i think of what you said, the angrier I am" and he banged the table again. this time he took the tv remote control and threw it on the floor.. and it crashed, splitted into pieces.. yeah~ thats how strong my dad is.. and then he kept shorting and railing until my bro cant stand it.. Just because of a simple sentence my mum said - did he need to do all this? My bro shouted at my dad.. dad said it's none of his business and wanted to hit him.. mum pushed dad away.. he also wanted to chase bro out of the house.. but bro stood still. dad shouted like "i'm going to burn this house down"

What the?? Because you lose money in gambling doesnt need to do this to us right? Why is he always like that? I hate his gambling friend.. I hate my 3rd uncle... it's all because of them that dad went back to heavy gambling EVERYDAY again (he usually gambles..but not to the heavy extend). I hate them for making use of my dad's money.. I HATE THEM!

If I got a wish from angel... It'll be removing my dad's gambling habit...
if I got a wish from a devil, I'll like all his gambling friends to drop dead.

Hmph!

My RPG game had reached the final Amalgam boss and I used about 15-20mins to defeat it. It was a long but quite an easy fight... just as I was watching the rounding up scenes, the game disc hanged!!! I was not able to finish watching the completion and the credits~~ *angry* So disappointed...

Anyway, I'm going to sleep soon... finally can rest til a bit later tmr.. will be getting up at 9am tmr.. got IPL session. After that I am meeting Vi and Na for the movie "Flight Plan". We will also be meeting Janice for dinner tmr. It's been some time since we last met up.

I need to kill 3 hours after my IPL session because I will only be meeting Vi et al at 3pm... I think I'll bring some of my poly notes and find a place for revision (maybe orchard library?).. afterall my course is starting soon and I really need to "restart/reboot" my brain system, maybe defrag? hee~ so that it can include more information and be more organized.

*Yawnz* Good night... I'll enjoy my weekend... coz next week will be hell again.. for those ppl who's reading this, enjoy and have fun for your weekends!

Day 1

There were still some hiccups for today... I wonder what the external lab will respond to my email.. I really hope that there's nothing serious... if not... I cant imagine what will happen...

However, in general.. today is much better... At least I'm able to finish my work and go home at 4.15pm. 15mins extra.. better than yesterday =)

Went IMM with some of the girls today.. bought a facial brush to try out.. *scrub scrub* Mabybe this will leave my face cleaner... and maybe, lesser pimples. =(

I'm working like mad

Sianz....... I'm really really busy at work.. there's too many things to be done... and too many things to oversee... attachment students, the 2 men in the lab... only I, myself is 100% sure of the protocol. I had told them a lot of times to take note of this, to take note of that.. but then they all still ask the same questions... there's only 1 me and there's no way I can manage so many things... so guess what, I need to work OT - about 40mins.

So things arent really that smooth today after all...... I dread tmr.. but still, I have to continue to work.. because if I'm not there.. i dun think they can manage at all... exaggerated? no. I dun think so..

I really hope that there's someone to help me... i just need another one who is 80% sure of whats going on... thats all... but... Sigh~~ i dun think so lah. haha~

Ler's pray it's better tmr. I'm sure it will.

Lost

I'm feeling a bit lost today.. wonder if it because Hil isnt around to help me.. or I'm just getting nervous of the protocol that's starting tmr...

Funny/blur things i made today... (Of coz, they were resolved)
*Holding on to the benchsheets, walking around aimlessly and then putting back into the drawer again. Then i realised i actually wanted to get the benchsheets to lay on the biohazard hood..
*Prewriting on the sample transfer form with today's day instead of tmr.
*Brought the collection tubes out to the study room without preloading the 2 additives required.
*Attachment student added wrong additive to the wrong tube and i didnt realise.. (lucky its only 2 tubes).

Now I'm back home.. hope that everything will go on smoothly tmr.. **fingers crossed**

A post dedicated to Hilary

Today is Hilary's last working day.. Today she's busy packing up and handing over her work to me. Although she's busy, she still wants to help me til the very last min.. I'm so touched and I'm so sad...

The next paragraph is my little "speech" I wanted to say to you but cant bring myself to say during your farewell session this afternoon.. (coz my tears were already welling up...)

I've seen many pple come and go... but this is the first time i felt so deeply affected... you have been working hand in hand with me for the past 1 year... even though you are my mentee, you had also taught me a lot of things... You were my best working partner as a CRT ever since you started work as an EDB attachment employee. Of course, besides work, you are my best friend too. You are diligent, kind, sweet, blur, helpful, responsible and sometimes, funny. We shared problems at work, talked about personal experiences, bought tidbits and snacks together, shared laughter & tears (today) and even, cracked lame jokes together... having you around is fun.. I can always hear your laughter... and, the munching sound from your snacks... I hope that we can still do the same (like sharing experiences and laughter). Remember to keep in contact!

There are so many things I want to say to you.. but then some words just cannot be expressed into words. I think you understand how this feels too.

I'll definitely miss you.. but I also know that we have to part someday too... hence I want to wish you good luck in finding a new job, all the best in your new job and good grades for your studies. Hope to see you around in the campus when my course in PSB starts too. Take care.

Oh ya, update your blog when you have the time...so that we can update each other =)

Happy Birthday to my dear~!

Although our day is cut short by your lesson, i think we'll still have fun =) Let's enjoy!

Happy birthday to you~

Went shopping yesterday and got myself a long skirt... yup.. long skirt. heee~ some of you who have known me for many years will know that i dun like to wear skirt... but this time round, I'm wearing it for my dear's birthday.. I wonder how I will look on that day.. weird? Not the usual me? I'm not sure.. but i'm excited... hee~ will try to take a picture of myself if I remember.. hee~

Will be going for a korean bbq steamboat somewhere in cityhall this wednesday. will be celebrating Liyi's birthday~~ hm.. seems like there's a lot of pple born in Oct... every year this month I'll definitely be broke... pressies, celebrations...

Changed back

This is the template I did some time ago... =) Just thought of re-using it.. hee~ will do all the necessary editing tmr. Time for some gaming now. tata.

Late for work~

I tried out some new alarm feature yesterday on my handphone... today I was suppose to start work at 7am... and I actually woke up at 6.50am. My first reaction was.. how come the alarm clock didnt sound off? Then I quickly give a call to the office to tell them I will be late.

I had a quick shower, brush teeth and drank my milo.. I was all ready in 10 mins!!! wow~ I never realised that i can be that fast. heh. It was drizzling this morning and the ground was wet.. I was walking a bit faster today, and I nearly slipped and fall for a number of times.. lucky there's not many, or no one was around.. or esle... so malu.. hehe~

Anyway, I reached office about 7.30am.. phew.. I was not late for the study conduct. I went back to check my handphone alarm and realised that I'd wrongly use the new alarm feature.. hm.. guess that I wont try that new alarm tonight again. Just in case.

Movie..... marathon?

It's been sometime since I last caught a movie.. hence decided to go for 3 movies over the weekends. All were nice and touching. I watched "Wait til you are older" starred Andy Lau, "Corpse bride" Voice over Johnny Depp and "The Myth" starred Jackie Chan.

I liked to mention something about the movies here.. but I'm not good at keeping it spoiler free.. hence i can only tell you which part of the movie i liked most.

I liked the touching part when Andy Lau and his dad reunited with each other... the part where corpse bride decided to free her human husband-to-be to be with another human bride (oh ya, i also like the soundtrack of corpse bride) and I liked the exaggerated fighting scenes of "the myth"

It's a tired weekend for me.. but definitely an enjoyable one. A fresh new week starts now and I'm going to do some work soon. hee~ Cant be lazy!

Blogging

Heh~ managed to get another person got hooked on HTML.. It's fun and nice changing templates.. especially when you have nothing to do =)

Now, after teaching and guiding her to do her template... it makes me feel like changing mine as well.

Chatbox removed

Removed the chatbox.. since there's an in activity for a period of time.. depending on situation.. may put it up again. =P

Computer Down

Well, my computer (home) is down since last friday.. Virus attack. Ya, again... bro will try to fix it today.. reformatting..

The orientation on Friday was a short one.. a brief presentation by the pple from UWA.. then some forms filling for pple with exemptions... I saw familiar faces like Yibin(g?) who is taking Genetics, Mingxiang, who is taking Biotech with Lewis et al.. and me taking Pharmaceutical Science... Oh ya, I saw my new colleague from other department too! Gina from the GCDM. Ok, one thing is... my course is starting in Nov 12.. got more time to play and finish my current gaming. heh.

back to studying.

I'm going for my orientation tomorrow... urm.. feeling a bit excited...

My condolences

I choose not to believe when I received this sms from my friend 2 days ago:

" Perry, from Tanglin, has proclaimed dead a few hours ago when he collapsed during a soccer game and went into a series of fits. Let's all pray for him"

I replied my friend:

"Are you sure? Where did you get this info? I'll pray for him"

It's been a day without news.. hence i thought the sms was a hoax...

Today, another friend called me and told me the same news..

This afternoon, one of my colleague said she saw the news saying of a young guy collapsed and passed away during soccer yesterday...

It was shocking... my secondary schoolmate...

He was a goodlooking guy and friendly.. a promising 23 year old young man and a pilot in NS... I dun know him quite well and only talked to him for only a few times... ( although he was in the same prefectorial board as me and during one of those peer leadership camp, he was in the same team as me.) But still, to receive this news about my schoolmate was a little shocking..

For now, I can only pray for him....

Happy Birthday mum~

Mum's birthday today. Happy birthday to you~ Hope you are enjoying yourself over there~~

I miss Mum..

Days are really bored when mum's not around in the house.. I wonder if she enjoys herself in Korea.. I think she does.. this is the first time she go overseas.. how i wish that i can be with her.. I think sis will take care of her over there...

Last friday was my company's sports day... will upload pictures and place the link in here. So stay tuned.

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Sat and Sun updates.

Saturday was the Alumni dinner for NP biotech pple.. I think we are the youngest group there... graduated in 2003.. Initially I thought there will have a lot of pple from our batch.. but then when i was there.. there were only a total of 12. Anyway, we did had some time catching up.. So it's not that bad afterall.. The food was so so only. not that fantastic...maybe next time when they are having alumni dinner, I can recommend some good ones for Dr chang. =)

Yesterday was my Sis graduation day. Bachelor of Science in Business Studies i think. It was held at Shangri-la hotel. I was the camera woman yesterday.. Taking pics from her registering and getting her seat number, robing, all the way til the end. I was quite happy to be the camera woman... Coz I like to take pictures. hee~ I bet she'll be glad that i took so much pictures for her.. Once in a lifetime mah.. unless she wants to continue studying? heh. I dun think so. she'll be preparing for her marriage....

This week will be another busy week for me... and i think busy is good. will update again. ta.

Pickpocketers pickpocketing.

KK called me yesterday and told me his phone was pickpocketed. Apparently, he said that the pickpocter put his hand into his pocket and pickpocket. I was wondering, how come leh? Well, he said that he lost it when walking back to his hotel.. and there's a lot of pple there.. then when he came to realise, it's gone. So suay right? That time he was lucky to get back his handphone.. I told him to back up the details inside his handphone and he didnt!! now, see... he's contacts are really gone.. this time round i dun think he can get it back.. KL leh~ there's a lot of pickpocketers around.. I wonder where pickpocketers learn their pickpocketing skills...

Friends, as you go along, you'll make more...

Ok. Hil is taking sick leave today and annual leave tomorrow. Guess I'll be lonely. Anyway, I do have to get use of the days without her in the lab.. Coz her contract with my company is ending soon, and she will be off to find another job - one that she likes better. It's tough to choose between likes and friends.. but i think, likes is much more important.. as friends, you can make more of them as you go along... I think she is really a nice friend to have. Somehow, I really dun wish her to leave this place... if i can stop her by tying her up and threatening her, I think i will.. heh~...

An email from him brightens my day.

Received an email yesterday from a friend whom we didnt contact for a long time... I felt happy. He was the one to take care of me, when i am all alone in the lab during attachment days (in brisbane). I remembered the days when he brought food to share with me.. and the days when he drove me home, coz was a little late. He was just like a brother to me.. furthermore, he's an asian. hence, he made me felt more comfortable with him.

Anyway, I think he is facing a little technical difficulties with his PhD work. Hope that he can solve the problem soon. Good Luck!!

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Today KK is going to KL for a business trip.. so good.. he got the chance to go overseas.. he will be back on friday.. seems sooo long to me... hehe~ but anyway, he said that he will be coming to meet me on friday, as well as sat. =) have fun!

Me and my Ba Zhang

Went to do some volunteer work yesterday. (organised by our social commitee members) . There's Steve, Nellie, Hwee ching, Kwee Poo, Lorriane, Leong Woo, Ibrahim, Hilary, Sheron and me. We brought the kids from Melrose home to Prawn Fishing at Pasir Ris town park. There were 25 children. From the youngest 5 to the oldest about 11. The whole event was nice and fun..some kids were really nice and they even tried to remember our names. they'll call us Jie jie and hold on to our hands. The children enjoyed fishing and prawning, playing games, getting prizes etc etc. In general, the event was a sucess. =)

However, there were small accidents happened, like, being pinched by the prawns, my fingers being hooked by the children's fishing hook and the worse, shelter falling into the pond, landing down on my right feet, scraping off a little skin. Ouch. I think I'm having bad luck. heh. Here's the pictures of my "ba zhang"

I cant focus.

Tonight Kk and I will be meeting our friend for dinner.. Time and place should be 7pm at Tiong Bahru. I not that sure because I was invited through Kk. =) Bought her a moshi moshi accessory. very nice. I like it myself too.

Anyway, had nothing much on hand now. so i browse the airline companies to see if there are any cheap deals. we are planning to go Penang and visit kk's granny. Seems like he's too busy these few days.. so i took the initiative to look around. It's easy looking for air tickets now... just a few clicks away.

Found 1 deal. great. But i dun have a credit card. hence gotta wait for kk again. haha~ another reason that i dun want to book the tickets now because i need a second pair of eyes (afraid of making mistakes).. and i need him to provide me with some details. hee~

11am now. still got a long time before knocking off. My eyes are tired. cant really keep my eyes focus on the screen. *yawnz*

Phone comparison.

They got new phones. Bro's gf got herself Sonyericsson k700i(left) and bro himself got k750i (right).

Let me give some specifications of the 2 phones.

Sony Ericsson k700i: VGA camera, blue tooth and infrared, not forgetting video recording. It has an inbuilt of 41 MB memory and weigh 93g.

Sony Ericsson k750i: 2 Mega pixel camera (auto focus), bluetooth and infrared plus video recording. It has an inbuilt memory of 34Mb plus a 64Mb memory stick included. You can change the memory stick to 1Gb. There are also loads of functions to explore. It comes with the PC software and the cable. oh ya, its a MP3 player too. The 3rd pic is the backview of k750i. cool right? It looks exactly like a camera from behind. the lens are also protected by the slide cover and plus, there's photolight!! I tried it yesterday and the light is really bright~

Summary: My brother's phone is cool!! and it's cheap!! its about 488 dollars and you get a camera plus mp3 player plus handphone all fused together!!



Ok.. this is my phone. Features: Dual display, VGA camera (4x zoom, night mode), video recorder (Up to 4 mins), Voice recorder (Up to 3 mins), MP3 player, infrared only. Weigh 121g.

This is a not so good phone in terms of feature wise. but it looks good (exterior). It has similar functions as the k700i.. just that it weighs much more heavier. One stupid thing about this phone is, it is a mp3 player... but of no use at ALL. Inbuilt memory of 13 mB and cannot support any external memory card. This phone cost my dear 338 bucks. I still like it a lot. coz it's a flip phone!!! (stupid reason huh)

Beside the phone is my camera. 2 mega pixels with mp3 player. cost me 450 bucks. Super expensive when it first launched.. cost we are buying the technology of the fusion of camera and mp3... (i didnt predict that multipurpose handphones like k750i will be out so soon - anyway, i bought the camera cause i need it that time.) Now the camera cost only 300 plus. I like this camera because it is super slim. only 9mm wide and with rotating lens, voice and video recording. guess what, its much more lighter than my phone! (i dunno the exact weight though).

In total summary...... all phones/cameras got its pros and cons. cant really compare that much.. but you really have to consider the features of the phone/camera.. whether you need it or not.. If not, buying an expensive phone/camera and you seldom use it... doesnt worth it too. Most importantly, do not buy in impulse!!

Testers for sale.

Went to look for perfume for Rach's birthday gift yesterday at lucky plaza.. I'm not a frequent user of perfume. Hence i only realise that testers can be for sale too. Testers are not those on the shelves where pple use it (or sometimes "abuse") to test on their body, skin, clothes etc.. The testers for sale are new without the nice box wrapping we usually see. I guess it's nicer to buy those boxes when you are getting it as a gift.. and for those testers, its much more cheaper if you are getting it for yourself. heh. I learnt something new.

Yesterday's grandma's 75th birthday!

10 course buffet that cost 400 bucks. Ex, but yummy!!

This is the melted birthday cake.. mango flavour =)

Singing birthday song for grandma. She looked really happy!! (mum and sis were in the pic too)

Blowing out candles.. (Mummy, not your birthday leh~ why you blow the candles also?)

Cake cutting time! (Mum's helping to take out the candles).

Irritating pple are everywhere

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Happy Birthday to you!

Happy Birthday to you Nana~!!! Hope you can get well soon~~ poor thing.. having a headache on your birthday. Your present is with me leh~~ have to give you a belated present liao... Must rest more and come back to work soon ok?

We will be going Ginza to have our lunch today. hee~ farewell lunch to Sheron and Mary *wave hand* Take care my friends. *dabs tears*

Do You Know?

This is some of the interesting facts I read from the yahoo news some time ago and I think I can share this.

1) Chattering teeth is one way the body tries to generate heat.
When the body gets too cold, the area of the brain called the hypothalamus alerts the rest of the body to begin warming up. Shivering, the rapid muscle movement that generates heat, then begins. Teeth chattering represents localized shivering.

2) During the course of their research, Goldberg and Leyner found reports of gonorrhea, pinworm and roundworm found on toilet seats -- but catching something from it isn't common.
The authors discovered that an office setting might be worse for your health than toilet seats. Charles Gerba, a microbiologist at the University of Arizona, found the typical office desk harbors some 400 times more disease-causing bacteria than the average toilet seat.

BURNING QUESTIONS

Some of the burning questions answered in the humorous book include "What causes morning breath?" and "Why do beans give you gas?"

Goldberg says morning breath results from anaerobic bacteria, the xerostomia (dry mouth) or the volatile sulfur compounds (which are waste products from the bacteria). Other contributing factors to foul oral odor includes medication, alcohol, sugar, smoking, caffeine, and eating dairy products.

Beans contain high percentages of sugars that our bodies are unable to digest, Goldberg explains. When the sugars make it to the intestines, bacteria go to work and start producing large amounts of gas.

And if you're ever bitten by a poisonous snake, sucking at the bite to remove the poison, as often shown in the movies and on TV is not only ineffective, but could lead to an infection.
Instead, the bite should be washed with soap and water and immobilized. The bitten area should also be kept lower than the heart. Medical help should be sought immediately.
And why do men have nipples?

While only females have mammary glands, we all start out in a similar way in the embryo, the authors explain. The embryo follows a female template until about six weeks, when the male sex chromosome kicks in.

Men, however, have already developed nipples.

Dim Sum Dollies

So sleepy. ya. Again. hehe~ there's very little pple here today. Some day off, some on leave.. tml public holiday mah...

Went to watch the Dim Sum Dollies yesterday. I think its really nice and worth every price of it! (Although i got the cheapest tix.) They played and sang and danced. Their jokes are really hilarious. They are adding 3 more shows. So for those who missed it, you still have a chance to catch them before they go! I highly recommend this musical. =)

Tmr we'll be going one of my colleague's house for a house warming session at pasir ris from 5 to 8pm.. so faaaaaarrr~~ plus next day i gotta work at 7am.... hm... lucky i got company.......... PY hehee~ she stay near me and so we can go back together. hee~

Study~~

Received the letter from University of Western Australia. Heh. Yeah~ Bachelor of Science (Phamaceutical Science) 2nd Year. I'm exempted from 8 modules.. organic and inorganic chemistry and stats were 2 of them. I'm really lousy in these 2 subjects.. so lucky that i dun have to take it again. hee~

Course will be starting in 24 Sept. First Sem only got 1 module. Good. hee~ I'm nervous as well as excited.. I'm soon a student once again. Will I be able to cope? My brain is getting rusty... hehee~

Lost

Just received a call from kk.. he said he lost his mobile... or rather, he had left it in his customer's place (he's a doctor, by the way). Sigh.. he just got me a new phone and now, he lost his. He said he's going to call his customer's office to get it back tmr.. however, if his customer's not honest.. then.. he can say goodbye to his phone... a phone that contains impt contacts, my smses... and my pics. =p hee~ I really really hope he can get back his phone.. so customer, be a good guy and return my kk's phone to him k? Thanks a lot. Wish you strike Toto and 4D.

A long entry to summarise Friday, saturday and sunday

We had our car rally last friday... our group had various stops like, labrador park, Airbase museum, Alexander hospital, Changi beach, st andrew cathedral and pasir ris park. There were a total of 9 stages, and all groups didnt have the chance to complete all.. too many stages with too little time allocated. (we missed the punggol stop and the japanese cemetry.. i forgot the other one)

I was the youngest, yet, weakest amongst my group.. our first stop was labrador park and we need to do a lot of physical activities... like counting the number of planks of the aerial staircase, running down slopes and walking up slopes were a challenge for me. I felt nausea after all that activities.. worse still, sorching hot sun!! I was sweating profusely.. Another contributing factor to my nausea was driving around with constant braking from our dear driver! Oh gosh.. motion sickness made me thought of giving up. Nevertheless, I persevered and carried on until our event coordinator called us to say "time's up".. and meeting point was our MD's place.

All the hardwork I experienced did not go down to drain.. our group managed to answer a lot of questions and took all pics. Hence, we came up the third. hee~

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Saturday I met Ting, Liyi and Ping.. we had a nice time chatting and eating at Big 'O'. It's been a while since we last sat together eating and chatting heartily. It's nice to see them all doing well now. Liyi, the blur one, forgot to bring my gift, Ting and Ping wanted me to choose my gift on the day itself.. but i couldnt find one. hence, a belated one, maybe. We hang around orchard until about 6.30pm and kk came to meet me up after work.

You guys were wondering whats Kk's surprises were? Right
1) popping a bouquet of flowers - purple roses
2) bringing me to night safari
3) presenting my fav phone 7270 in front of me, ready to use.

That's soooooooo sweet!! You know, that was the first time i received a Bouquet of flowers.. and first time going night safari!! Everything's so exciting and i really really enjoyed myself that night.. Thanks and I love ya!

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I received many wishes from my friends and family, like mum, sis, bro, kerk, meiyin, Kk, ting, ping, liyi, ying, jooyee, danny, wenwei, angela, shirley, shirz, dennis, CRU folks, adela, steve, qiuling, lixing, jason, sam etc etc.. a lot lah. If i missed anyone out here, pls dun be angry hor~ i really cant remember so many.. I just want to say a very BIG THANK YOU to all of you.. you guys really make me happy. =)

I also went to Vieth's house to see little Ethan.. He's so cute, so small =) After eating lunch and staying for about 3 hours or so, I left and head home to have a little cake cutting "ceremony". kk then brought me out to eat "mee sua" til we're so full... we only had our dinner with mum at around 8.30pm. KFC for dinner.

Thanks once again to all!!

Happy day~

Today's a happy day.. I think it's because of brother.. I receive cash from my bro today as my bday gift.. Wow!! 200 Bucks!! I initially wanted to take only half of it (coz i know that he wants to save money for marriage) but he insisted and said that i can use the money to get my favourite handphone! He's sooooooooo great! I love you bro! Thanks! hee~

Ting called me yesterday to "book" me for next weekend. hee~ although i am having a training on Sat, i will be meeting her after tat to celebrate her bday. Then also, Sunday we will meet again to watch Dim Sum dollies at the esplanade! I really look forward to next weekend!

Cake cutting

At about 2.52pm.. my supervisor, HC, came in and asked me to go to the staff lounge.. someone was asking me to take pictures.. i was wondering, wats the occassion? oh maybe it's a farewell thingy for faith and mary.. but when i get there, surprised!! birthday cake for us! (those jul babies) I was really surprise!! Thanks everyone for the thoughts=)

Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Today's wednesday.. middle of the week.. going to have fun from this friday onwards.

Friday - Our company is having a car rally (something like amazing race). We are being randomized into different groups. My group members are Eric (IT guy), Faith, Soh chin and myself. =) 3 females.. oh no.. I cant read maps!! reading books on a moving vehicle.. i guess i need to bring plastic bags along.. I'll get carsick. >< After the car rally, we will be going to our MD house to have dinner. Nice nice. Thats the 2nd time i'm invited to his house. Big house.. with 2 obedient labradors. cutie~

Saturday - Meeting Ping and Ting. I wonder if Sen can make it or not.. she may have to work on that day.. Yi cant make it.. she said she's going JB to do hair!! hmph! Hair is more important then friends... sob sob.

Sunday - my actual bday... Will be going to vieth's house first, then back to my house... then after that dunno go where leh~ but cake cutting will be at night... with my family. hee~

Quiz..

1) What is your name ?
::Huishan::

2) Where have you been today?
::Now in the office loh::

3) with..?
::my colleagues::

4) what did you have for your lunch?
::Not lunch time yet... still got half an hour::

5) with..?
::nana, fran, PY, Chin i think with mum and sis. they came NUH =)::

6) where are you now?
::Office::

7) last song you listened?
::I think some soundtrack from Naruto::

8) Who did you last chat with ?
::Msn - Elaine::

9) about..?
::outing on my bday::

10) last talked to on the fone?
::PY::

11) about..?
::she gave me some pants, i took home and tried.. i told her i looked as if i'm having
bird legs!::

12) last sms with?
::Nasir::

13) last thing u bought?
::tu tu cake yesterday::

14) last thing you did?
::edited my blog template font::

15) fav food?
::Jap, mum's cooking::

16) fav dessert?
::glutinous riceball (peanut)::

17) fav fruit?
::watermelon::

18) fav thing ?
::my bed::

19) who is/are your best friend(s) ?
::Ting, ying and some of my close ones at work::

20) when did you last cry?
::last week::

22) Do you believe in love at first sight?
::yup::

23) Do you have a b/f or g/f ?
::yup::

24) Are you in love right now ?
::hmmmm::

25) Do you own a house?
::nop::

26)Who do you confide your problems to..?
::my soft toy doggy given by shirz::

27) Are you happy go lucky?
::i think so::

28) Is your life miserable?
::not really but there are times i felt like that::

29) who/ what make your life miserable?
::money probs? haha::

30) What are you looking forward to now?
::my application to study.. so long haven receive any
news::

31) who do you wish to call you?
::hm.. i dun actually like to talk on phone::

32) who do you wish to see ?
::dear and my friends::

33) why do you want to see him/her?
::they always make me happy::

34) What are you wearing now?
::tshirt and pants with sweater on::

35) what is your ambition?
::hm.. i didnt think of this::

36) Do you like outings?
::depends::

37) Where do you like to go ?
::Japan, Paris, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong etc etc::

38) What is your fav subject?
::music, chinese, biology::

39) Who is your fav teacher?
::Cant remember there names.. oh ya, Huang yan - proteomics
lecturer in poly::

40) who do you hang out with in sch?
::Ting, liyi and ping in sec sch, poly - kun, lewis, ying::

41) after school?
::depends::

42) fav animal ?
::doggys - golden retriever::

43) fav cartoon character?
::Simba::

44) fav actor?
::none::

45) fav movie ?
::The Lion King::

Monday, Tuesday... sianz... life's beautiful, but sometimes it does get a bit boring... Tired of doing routine job, tired of complaining the same thing over and over again. I found myself to be getting more petty. Hah. I cant understand myself sometimes... I wasnt like that before i started working.. Guess, worklife changed me..

I'm lazy too.. yah~ i think thats born natural.. everyone has the traits in them... just that the traits lie dormant in some pple. Unlike me, I'm a full blown lazy pig. hehee~ I'm not proud of my laziness.. I'm always thinking of ways to prevent me from getting lazy. Anyone can help? I think not.

Well, Sunday is approaching.. and it's going to be a celebration day for me, and baby Ethan as well. =)

*toot*

All alone in the lab. The toad is on urgent leave today and Hil is having half day leave.. (she's going to remove her wisdom tooth.) Good luck girl! get well soon k? 5 days MC leh~ i'll be be missing you.. coz there's no one to accompany me.. and share my yummy goodies.

The new lab tech who is supposed to be sitting in the CRU office (coz our lab can only seat 3 persons) came to use the *toot*s desk. Sianz.. I dun like other pple to invade.. coz... coz... aiyah coz I'm starting to dislike him. Why leh? I cant put it into words.. just a kinda feeling that comes naturally.. I think partly because he is a guy and he inherited the lazy traits from *toot* etc etc. haha. (did i say i cant put it into words?) Anyway, he's not around not.. if not, from the *toot*s position, he can see what i typed..

Alright.. we had a free lunch today... CRUC's treat. bee hoon and chicken wings.. although cheap, the food taste great. Thanks!

Someone's blogger account and gmail account has been hacked. Yeah, if you frequent her blog, I guess you should know who I am talking about - XiaXue. Poor thing. She lost her 3 years of hardwork. Just hope that she can restore her blog soon... just imagine if my not-famous-blog is being hacked.. (which i guess thats not possible coz my blog is not interesting) I'll be very sad too..

Anyway, Vieth will be holding Ethan's 1st month celebration next sunday, on 31st July (which is also my birthday *hint hint*) Looking forward to it. However i think i will not stay long.. I need to celebrate my bday with my family too. (they will be ordering a cake with a cute tigger's face on it - still childish huh?)

Takkie good care of yourself friends... dun fall sick!

It's been 6 days since I last blogged. heh. As usual, Lazy and tired coz of working 7-4.. When I get home around 4.30, I would then lazy around, or even take a short nap. hee~ blogging during office hours on busy days are impossible.. and, there's nothing interesting to write about right? You guys may be tired of I mentioning the sickening toad. haha.

Well, heard from vieth sometime ago that she's been busy taking care of Ethan and had caught a flu. Hope that she's alright now. Also, read from joe's entry that shirz had a fever after returning from her skiing trip... You have to take care of yourself too ya?

A meaningful day.

Went off early with a group of my colleagues to do some volunteer work at Melrose children home. It was fun. except for the rain that makes everything eeeky.

We were washing those equipments in the drizzle... squeezing detergent onto those slides and little houses and scrubing them. I guess it has been a very long time since those are being washed... or maybe they werent wash at all. heh. Those slides were very dirty, with leaves and algaes on them. we tried scrubbing them but to no avail. I guess those algae had penetrate into the slides and made a little comfy home, until we came and disturb their habitat.

After we rinsed the playground, ants, spiders and centipedes and all sorts of organisms you can think of came out crawling from the soil which was flooded with water and detergent. EEks! we quickly finish our job and go on with the painting..

Painting was easier - just touching up the colours (the group before us did those painting). However, we need to wipe of the rain drops before we could apply the paint. we had to be careful so that we dun have to keep on touching up!

At around 7.10pm, we went off together and had dinner. Steve's treat =) Thank you!

Think think think

When I have nothing better to do, I will start to think... think of my studies, my work and my friends...

Studies: Currently still waiting for the reply from the university.

Work: wondering why the sickening toad doesnt clean up his shite after a day's work

Friends: Am I neglecting my friends? It has been some time since i last met Joann and Yingz.. Also for some other friends, do they still remember me?

Babies are soooo cute!!

Ok. Uploaded the pics I took while me and some of my colleagues went for a 2 days 1 night JB trip. If you are free, just click on the link at the left column and it should bring you there.

Yesterday went to bee chin's baby 1 month old celebration... He's sooo cute =) Not forgetting, vieth's baby is cute too!!

Left: Ethan Ng. (Vieth's 9 day old baby)

Right: Issac Poh. (Bee chin's 4 days to 1 complete month baby)

Bits and pieces.

Nana they all should be having fun at Sentosa right now with all their dogs... I didnt join them... coz i gotta work.. then after that went westmall to cut my hair... The end result... ok lah.. have to see the actual one after i wash my hair again.. sigh.. i hope its not that bad as i imagine it to be...

Next Thurs onwards I will be working 7-4pm again... yeah~ its been a long time since i last work this timing. hee~ i wonder if i can get use to it or not...

I've applied for PSB academy some time ago. I guess UWA already receive my application now.. just waiting for the letter from them to tell me how many modules do i get exempted.. I hope the more the better. hee~

Alright. Time to go do something else... will upload some photos, hopefully by tmr... the JB trip one.

My mood is = happy

Thursday. Time Flies. I guess its because of the 2 days training on Monday and Tuesday, a CREST program about group effectiveness by SNEF. It's fun and interesting.. especially those materials he used to "test" our IQs. Hee~ I think I got a low IQ.. or maybe because, I dun use my brain that often huh?

This Sat some of the colleagues are going to Sentosa. For me, it depends on whether I need to work or not.

Oh ya, I received a parcel from Shirz yesterday!! hee~ I thought the parcel was for Vieth.. hence I didnt open it up and passed to Vieth... (lucky she opened the parcel on the spot) and we realised that the parcel's contents were meant for Nana, Vieth and myself. Hee~ I'm so happy when I saw the photoframe. Nice thoughts from Shirz! I also like the fruity smell highlighters ( i saw in one of the bookshops here but didnt want to waste money to get them) And lastly a gravity pen for me to use as I am going to study in Sept =) Thanks!!

Short post

Had been busy lately... Went JB for 2 days 1 night last weekend. Overall was fun.. and the main thing was to eat and shop. the others got a good time shopping.. but for i think, i had a good time eating (coz i didnt get a lot of things for myself. Only 2 tops from factory outlet store.) We took little pics.. I will upload them once Doreen send us her pics=)

Next, we went to see Vieth and her little baby. All of us had our chances to carry her tiny little baby. He is soooo cute!! Will also upload the pics once I receive them. hee~

Ok. this is a short post. I gotta get back to work.