My thOUghTs exactly...

Supper & Reunion Dinner with Coursemates!

2007-02-09T19:07:00.001+08:00

Hie guys...this is my latest update since my last one in December. Juz finished test recently and went out to supper and reunion dinner with my coursemate (on different days) before going back to mlk for my sem break and also the following CNY celebrations with family. We went for our first late night supper on wednesday night. Audrey, the driver brought us to a place at Jalan Padang Kota Lama where we had our first round of supper which was trying out a sea snail or 'siput' called balitung. It's my first time trying out this siput and it was nice but I could not eat much as I get the 'jelak' feeling after awhile especially with cockles, la la, oysters and etc. Hehehhe... Our second round of supper was at Gurney drive where we had tong shuis like cendol, bubor cha cha, pek kuan ling zhi and some seafood fritters and penang asam laksa included. After supper, we hang out around the area and did some camwhoring...hehehhe...

sze li and rachel

audrey and me

the seaside view at Jalan Padang Kota Lama

balitungs - hot and spicy

me trying out the balitungs...

group photo: (l-r) audrey,me, janet and rachel

Hawker stalls at Gurney Drive

group photo : everyone's in it...hehehhe

rachel and me under the moon light..hahaha

rachel, me and sze li

Next up is the reunion dinner we had yesterday night where it was at a Thai Restaurant called Von Thai. There were eight of us and the restaurant offered set meals for RM9.80 per set. Considered cheap huh for Thai food...Now don't jump into conclusions that the food was small portion and not filling enough with juz two varity of lauk cause the price per set is so cheap. They have 20 tpyes of sets with each having different combinations of four dishes, one rice and one dessert. Of course the portion is for one person but because of the four dishes plus dessert it was kinda filling and very tasty too. AND VERY SPICY!!! The set combination I ordered was...kerabu mango, pud pet chicken (curry dish), stuffed crab shell and a bowl of tom yum soup (with some meat balls, prawns and crab). The dessert for every set is the same which is nangka sago with coconut milk. Kinda interesting. As the food was kinda spicy, I ate until my cheeks were blushed while the others have no obvious facial sign showing their terlalu pedas feelings...they juz say it was very spicy. There was one coursemate who ate until sweat dripping down from his forehead...hahaha. After dinner, we took a group photo before going back home with our bellies full and hearts content...heheh...

janet and sze li tasting their sets

audrey and rachel waiting for their remaining sets

food comes in sets!

my plate of kerabu mango

kerabu sotongs with lots of chili padis' hahha

the stuffed crab shell

after makan...

the nangka sago with coconut milk dessert. (the red thing is the nangka)

Group photo

Well that's all for now. Maybe the coming post will be after CNY..hehhehe yay...CNY coming di, get to eat nice home cooked food and also collect angpao's!!!! Anyway, wish all of you Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Christmas & New Year Greeting!

2006-12-22T22:38:00.000+08:00

Been awhile since my last post...sorry for the non frequent updates. Kinda busy with fyp and also studies. Even during the semester break I was busy, trying my best to finish up my lab works for my fyp. Only had two weeks of holiday from the supposedly six weeks break. Besides being the family chauffeur, did some spring cleaning for my room which was really dusty as part of my room's wall is attached to the bathroom and that wall got infested with termites. The termites ferociously ate my study table-cum-cupboard and also my clothes cabinet.Luckily my clothes only suffer a little damage but the study table and clothes cabinet was beyond repair and had to be thrown away.Sigh,dun have any study table now but have a new cupboard for me to put my books. It took me two days to really cleaned out my room...threw away lots of old stuffs and also gave away my old clothes. Anyways, I'm back in Penang now as the last semester of my studies have started. Suppose to take ko-k as a uni requirement but I replace it with another english subject which is English Pronunciation Skills...where I will learn he proper pronoucement of English words and also learn to read phonetics too.I think when I finished this course and speak to u guys, U'll look at me one kind...hehhe cause of the slang ... hahha... I'll be going back to mlk next weekend cause it's a long weekend. Need to help mum out with the house spring cleaning cause CNY is coming di... For this weekend, I'll be juz doing lots of reading n journals and start writing up my thesis. My fyp lab work still has another part undone but I should be able to write the intro, literature review and the methods first for my supervisor to check... Ok lar... think I'll end here lar cause dun have anything else to add... To those who are celebrating christmas, I wish you a very Merry Christmas and to everyone else a very Happy New Year!!! =)

Weekend Field Trip!

2006-09-04T16:10:00.000+08:00

Hie ppl... sorry for not blogging for quite some time already... hehhehe... kinda busy with FYP stuffs at the moment. By the time I came back from doing those stuff, I was too tired to do any other stuffs. Anyways, my weekend was a fun one. I went for a field trip to Cameron Highlands. Actually it was a compulsory trip for students who took Botany Economy and I am one of the students. I was kinda jittery before the trip due to past experiences. I went to Cameron Highlands once when I was still young with my sis and my cousins and their family. That time, I got motion sickness and vommited quite a lot of times cause of the winding journey. This time it was not so bad. I did feel dizzy even though we took the newer route which is less winding but I din vommit, Thanks to the traveller's pill and hacks manderin orange and ginger flavour sweets. Hehehhe... We visited a few places like Cactus Valley, MARDI plantations, BOH Tea plantations, Kea Farm, Butterfly Farm, Farmers' Arcade and also their pasar malam which is only held on weekends. At the BOH Tea plantation, the USM buses did not go up to the plantation instead they parked somewhere and we had to walked all the way up to the plantation. The walk was very exhausting as we had to walk uphill. Not to mention the very steep steps. By the time we reached the designated place, I was out of breath and so exhausted. Funny thing is, after sitting down for awhile, my breathing went back to normal. I guess it is due to the chilly climate. Yup, it is very chilly in Cameron Highlands and it rained some more when we were there which made the weather even colder. Took many pictures at the places we visited and I bought three potted rose plants. Mum asked me to buy actually. The colours of the roses are very nice. =). We had a great time there enjoying the chilly weather and the food are ok except that it was kinda pricey. Normal lar cause the place is a tourist attraction place. These are the pictures taken at there...

Picture was taken in front of the Bio School before the trip

In the bus

Me on the road leading to Cactus Valley

My friends buying some stuffs at the stalls nearby Cactus Valley

My friends and I posing in front of Cactus Valley

Audrey and me

Group photo at Cactus Valley

Audrey and me again with nice flowers as our background

My group of friends

Cactuses in small pots

More cactuses

Plant carnivors - (only applied to insects)

One of my coursemate and me sittin on the staircase

Nice flower surroundings

Sze Li and me

Audrey, Sze Li and Me

The whole jing bang in front of FAMA office

The whole jing bang again at MARDI

Audrey, me and Sze Li

Me with a Lily Flower in hand

Very big green flower eh! (they are cabbages)

Beds of roses....err.. I mean DAISIES!

Nice pale yellow roses

Audrey, me and the yellow rose

Me, Rachel and Audrey at Boh Tea Plantation Cafeteria

Me on the top of one of the tea hills

Audrey and me

Sze Li and me with Tea bushes as background

Me posing next to a glass cage with small snakes

Very big Bunga Rayas

Nice pink flowers!

Nice yellow roses at Butterfly Farm

That's all from my camera folks... ehehhe...I'll try my best to blog more often... =) Au revoir !

Updates and Industrial Traning Pictures.

2006-07-13T13:24:00.000+08:00

Hie guys...I know it has been a very long time since I last posted a blog. Bout one month plus I think...Heehhe...sorry ye...been very busy with my industrial training. After my training I had a week of hols more before the new semester starts...now I old liao lor...3rd year student...no more junior but senior di...kekekke..Neways,my semester has juz begun this week... had my registration for courses on Monday and also a glimpse of the final project titles. We have to choose at least five titles and all five titles selected cannot be from the same professor. The titles will be given to us based on our current CGPAs. sigh...my CGPA this time wasn't really good...hopefully I can still get the title I have chosen. ( Went to talk to the professor already though...hope she likes me enough....fingers crossed!) Neways, that is that.... my classes started yesterday... Marketing and Economic Botany. Not sure about getting the marketing text book or not... it's about RM49 but if photostat ...all black and white...sien also... for Economic Botany, I will get to go to Cameron Highlands as part of my practicals. Kinda exciting to go there for practical except for thought of getting motion sickness during the trip. Maybe I'll get some medication for it before the journey starts. This sem I only took one language paper which is Spoken English. I din get Chinese language though.. so next sem must apply for another language to fulfill the required university units. I dunno whether this semster I'll get to go back Mlk often or not.. I think I will be very busy with my final year project and studies as well... I dun have more things to blog about anymore.. so, I'll juz post the pictures I took during my Industrial Training for ur viewing then... =)
my friend Audrey

that's me

me again heheh...
my petite friend Sze Li
Audrey and her sifu
Sze Li and me
Audrey and me

Audrey, Tiam Choo, Eng Keat and Sze Li

Angie, Sze Li, Me and Audrey

The three of us and Gee Jun

Nicole, Lin Lin, Me, Sze Li, Audrey and Sharifah

Me, Theam Soon, Sze Li and Audrey

Sze Li smiling sweetly ( that's her sifu behind her, Gee Jun )

Audrey and me. ( If u look closely, u can see that both of us have horns above our heads !!!)

My sifu and me.

Sze Li and me

Audrey pointing at .... either Gee Jun or Tiam Choo.

Audrey and me doing benchwork.

Me in one of the labs

Sze Li

Audrey looking into the microscope

Actually there was another trainee who was with us during the training session. An Indian girl who was from the same Bio School as me but she left early so we did not get to take photos with her. That's all for now.... til next time then. Au revoir! =)

Wesak Day!

2006-05-12T11:45:00.000+08:00

Today is Wesak Day...which is the day that marks the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha.This year I couldn't go to temple to pray cause I am not in my hometown but in Penang for my Industrial Training stint. I know there are temples here in Pg but despite being in Pg for nearly two years; I am still not familiar with the routes here and I don't go out so often to explore Pg. hehhehe....neways, today I shall be a vegetarian for the day.(maybe tmr also...see how lar) After my exam the other day on May 2nd, I went back to Mlk for a few days (bout 4 days)came back to Pg on the 6th May night. Took the opportunity to relax and enjoy after slogging for exams the past one and half months. Went out dinner with my friends and hang out with them. Spent some time with my bf and then Sat morning I attended my friend's wedding ceremony. She was my ex colleague when I was working in EON Bank previously and we still keep in touch after I left for my studies in USM. Well it was the traditional chinese wedding where the groom and his entourage come to "jemput" his wife. They had the tea ceremony before moving out to the groom and bride's new house where the groom's family was there for the reception. It was fun with the usual silly pranks on the groom and his best man and mates as well. I went to her place very early around 8 something to accompany and help her. She was already dressed and had her makeup done by her stylist friend. The only thing that was not ready yet was the putting up of the veil. This had to be done with the presence of the parent ( in my friend's case her uncle and aunty as her parents have passed away) They will hold the veil and attached it to her head with the help of the stylist after a photo was taken. It is juz to signify that they are showing their love before letting her go to her husband's family. Hope u get what I mean. Neways, I accompanied her with another bank colleague whom I also know while the bride's younger cousins as she has no brother or sisters, played the pranks on the groom and his entourage. They had him and his entourage ate a carrot, tied baloons to the groom's head, sing a love song(they sang twinkle twinkle little star instead of a love song), say I LOVE YOU in five languages and answered some questions. The first two task was initially thuoght by the cousins whereas the balance three was my suggestion which included one more task which they din do which is pumping...hehhehe... When I attended my cousins' wedding, we played much more interesting pranks on the groom so for my friend's husband it was kinda tame.hahha...Neways, I followed the bride and groom in their best man's car to their new house. Chatted with them as it took some time to reach the destination. It was really fun...the only sad thing was I din get to go for the dinner at night cause my bus was at 10pm. So I missed my friend's wedding dinner. She gave me a picture of both of them attired in Korean style wedding garments. It is a very nice and lovely picture. =) After I got back to Pg, I started my Industrial Training on Monday, 8th May. This week we din not do much (there are six trainees but divided to two groups as there are two divisions. Four which includes me are put under the Cell Molecular Division while another two are under the Immunoassay Division) We juz observed how the reaserchers work and absorbed as much as we can on whatever they taught us. It is really eye opener as normally in school lab, certain chemicals or experiments were prepared by the lab assistants before hand while we juz learned the theory of the experiment. At the Renogenic Lab, we got to see first hand how they prepare for the experiment and carrying out the experiment. It is a really tedious and occupying task to do the preparation so the result will be concise and consistant. Next week we will be introduced to some task and will be given the chance to have hands on experience on it. Hehhehe... The past few days I will look up on the internet on the stuffs they had taught us briefly every night before going to bed to gain more insight on it. At least I dun feel so blur blur on the experiment that they carry out. Ok lar...that's all for now. Want to do some research and studying liao. Will tell u guys more later bout what experiment they do and what's the uses. =) Aurevoir!

One more paper to go...hehhe!!!

2006-04-26T11:38:00.000+08:00

Hey ppl....I know it has been awhile since my last entry. Well, I wasn't in the mood to blog and also my exams were coming so I had to do my revision. Neways, I went back to Mlk during study week which was one week and came back a day before my exam started. The first week of exam was kinda distressing... three papers in a row starting for the very first day of all exams started. One core subject paper (Plant Physiology), an elective (Plant Pathology) & the third day was French. It shouldn't be really stress on the third day since it was juz a language paper but still I only had one night's preparation for it so I did have some jitters...That day when I took the French paper...well it was kinda weird abit...Why weird? The front page of the exam paper stated there is 3 sections to answer. Section A and Section B carries 70 marks as it tested on Grammar and Vocabulary while Section C carries 30 marks which is for essay. However, the whole paper ONLY had Section A and Section B; NO Section C. Imagine how bewildered I was to learnt that there was no Section C when in fact the French teacher in class had said there will be 3 sections consisting of grammar, vocabulary and an essay (exam tips). I asked the invigilator bout it and she said all the papers are like that and she knows nothing more. ( She's not the French teacher and the French teacher was unavailable ) So, I went on to do all the section A and B questions. After finishing those two sections, I pondered on whether to juz write a simple essay on the blank paper which was rough paper for drafting essay or etc. In the end I went on with penning down some simple facts abt myself. I was the last person to leave the language lab, but there were still other students outside the lab who had finished their paper earlier. I asked them whether they did anything bout the Section C and they said no. Just the questions in the paper. Well, since the paper was over, I juz din think bout it anymore. I went on to revise for another core subject paper (Plant Taxonomy) which was a killer paper. After coming out from the exam hall, I realised that I did a question wrongly and the marks juz fly like that...ish..Damn geram ler...the answers for the other questions weren't really convincing so I had banked on scoring for the question which I had answering wrongly...now the marks gone liao...waaaa...sigh. (what to do....over liao) No use crying over spilled milk....hmmmph! So far I have finished 5 papers with the 5th one yesterday afternoon. It was English. Bet you guys think...aiya English kacang lar..no problem... I would have agreed with had it been normal english but the english paper I took was Medical and Scientific English. It was no kacang paper I tell you. It wasn't very difficult but it was kinda tricky. It has two sections which consists of comprehension and an essay. The comprehension part has vocabulary, objective & subjective questions and a flow chart bout the text. You have to decipher whatever hidden meaning in the text before you are able to answer the questions. It took me an hour & 10 mins to finished the comprehension part which left another 50 mins to write the essay. The essay questions was opinion based which sounds like this Advancement in Science and Technology have found cures to many illnesses. "However, in many countries of the world today, the greater sicknesses than of those are loneliness, lack of love and spiritual poverty," quoted Mother Theresa. Do you agree or disagree with Mother Theresa? Express your views in not more than 350 words. Well, the essay was kinda thought-provoking in my opinion. I wrote alot of things on it. Hopefully it wasn't out of the point...hahhaa... Neways, dun care lar...I left another paper to go which is my minor, Accounts and it is all objectives. So, if dunno the answers also can tikan tikam..kekkee... After this paper, I'm going back to Mlk for a few days and do some catching up with u guys and other friends as well as spending time with my loved ones. Then, have to come back to Penang to do my two-months Industrial Training. Not much of a holiday but then after the training finish I still got one week of hols before the next semester starts..hehhe...! That's it for now...Laters....=) Aurevoir!

Plant physiology experiment due to end soon. Pics!

2006-03-26T22:10:00.000+08:00

Actually, dun really feel like blogging... having mood swings I guess. But to blog seems to be one of the best way I can think off to occupy my mind. Well a busy mind is better than leaving it to wander... just like the saying a free mind is a devil's workshop. Neways, my plant physiology experiment is going to end soon. We will be taking the growth measurements of both long beans plants and lady's fingers plants before clearing everything and turning the greenhouse to its original state. More long beans have sprouted and the previous ones were harvested by the lab assistant who is in charge of the green house. What he did to the long beans, I have no idea (brought it back home for his wife to cook I guess....hehhe...) but the weird thing is he left the lady's fingers alone. Din touched them at all. Throughout the experiment, the lady's fingers plants bore three fruits only and all of them are from pails where there is nutrient deficient while the ones with all the nutrient (as control) din bear any fruits at all. Here are the pics...

this one has two fruits which caused the plant to keep on leaning to one side

this is the control pail which has all the nutrients...sprouts alot of leaf but bears no fruit

the leaf is from the same plant as the picture before...its shape is kinda abnormal

the long beans plants grew until so high up...

the yellow colour thingy is the flower of the long beans plant...and a fruit hanging nearby

the long bean plant flower in close up....

Feedback on my brochure in class...

2006-03-24T22:34:00.000+08:00

This was the feedback I got after presenting my brochure to the class....lets juz say it was not as I expected.

me : gd morning everyone, I have a very interesting brochure to show u...It is specially dedicated for the guys.
class : Hmm.....*serious glances at me*
me : Uhm(gulps)...Well....bla...bla....bla ( presents my brochure with sound effect and gestures added)

after a period of roughly 5 to 7 minutes...my presentation was done and the Q&A sessions begins

teacher : any questions anyone??!!
student 1 : what is the cost like?
me : well, it depends on the individuals as the service is tailored to their needs. So, the cost might differ from one individual to another.
teacher : at least give us a cost range. I'm sure everyone wants to know whether their budget can afford it.
me : right. I would say that ..uhm... roughly that it will be below RM100
teacher : ok. Is it done by a professionnally trained person? or by students on part-time basis?
me : Since we are all university students, so it is more towards freelancing service by students to students.
student 2: how is it different than we juz asking our friend's opinion?
teacher : yes, tell us the difference...
me : *starting to panic*(tough one) Uhmm...well.. we offer a more wider range of suggestions for improvement.
student 3: can girls get them too?
me : well, it is more for the guys. Actually, we are doing this makeover for guys in the girls' point of view. So, it is more to helping the guys.
teacher : well, is it more for the singles? or also for those who are in relationships?
me : Both are welcome. For those guys who are attached, it'll juz help add some spice to their relationship.
teacher : right. any more questions? yes, go ahead student 4
me : (ahh..some more arr...aiyooo)
student 4: uhm...how long does it takes? and btw what's ur contact number?
me : (uh-o....aiya, i forgot) whoopps!!hehehhe...
teacher : *smilling* It seems she forgot about it. Next time do remember to put contact number so potential customers are able to make appointments or enquiries. Now, for the other question.How long does it takes for a session?
me : well, it depends on each person. some might need more than one session or juz one session is enough.
teacher : Does it takes long to get an appointment?
me : Well, no. It's very fast. The max session per customer is 3 and like I said earlier some juz need a session for their makeover.
student 5: Where is your place located?
me : Actually, we are very flexible. We can set up our services at your prefered place whenever you are free.
teacher : Right. Any more questions?
me : (please...please...no more...) *fingers crossed*
class : *shook their heads*
teacher : ok. Thank you, Jamie. Next group's presenter...
me : phew...*breathes a sigh of relief and heads back to seat*

Despite the brochure being a group work thing, it was more of my idea and my putting lots of effort into it with the rough sketches, preparing the presentation and not forgetting presenting it and later on being bombarded by SO MANY QUESTIONS!!! the other groups were questioned so so... Luckily, everything went well...I did have some jitters while presenting and during the Q&A session. All's well ends well... hehehhe...
That's it for today...Adios!

Tell me what you think of my brochure...

2006-03-23T15:14:00.000+08:00

As what I typed in post earlier that I have something interesting to blog about...Well it is actually my english assignment. We are supposed to do a brochure to promote a product, service or create awareness on some facts and then present it in class. After that have an Q&A session. My group consists of five ppl (all girls) and we decided to promote a service. The first idea of service which was suggested by one of my group members was money-lending service a.k.a tai-yi-long or ah-long.(or more notoriusly known...loan-shark) hehehhe...After the teacher found out bout our topic, she carefully broached us to change it to something more light,fun,funny or outrageously silly...ahem..ahem..by giving us alot of subtle hints...hehhe... In the end, after class was over, we decided to have another discussion later in the evening on another topic.Then, we went for classes as usual. I had a test from 3-5pm...(accounting)which i finished early and went along with Sze Li to the next class's venue. So, I sat there thinking of a suitable service to promote. Had a few ideas like trip to the moon, speed-dating and etc etc until I hit upon the idea of pets-pampering service(pets wash and cut/curl,specially cooked meals,pets boutique, pets walking/gym.As my mind goes into hyper mode to think of what more to add the the service...suddenly another more interesting idea pop up which was taken from the show Queer Eye for A Straight Guy... Hehehe.... Well I adapted it to suit my group lar...
Which in the end sounds like this Queer Eye for a Guy cause since none of my group members and I are males or gay....Hehehe... Seems the same eh.. wait till u see the brochure.... I have two roughly drawn brochures... where the first was done during the discussion and the latter at home with much more pictorial expressions. After which I enlisted the help of Sze Li, my housemate-cum-coursemate who is good in drawings. The funny thing was... while she was drawing the pics,her mind wandered so far and we ended up in fits of laughters from the nonsensical thoughts and talks. hehhehe... well... I'm sure you are anxious to see the pic of how the brochure turned out...hold your horses... here it is........

Rough copy number 1

Rough copy number 2

Ta Da!!!! Final and Finshed Copy

hehhee....okies that's all for today... =) Aurevoir!!

Wahh...so many Birthdayssss??!!

2006-03-23T13:09:00.000+08:00

Did you know that March is the longest among the other months????... No, right??! Hehehe...This is the month where my circle of friends and family's birthday falls...I buy their b'day prezzies until I become bancrupt ler...
waaaaa... My mommy's b'day falls on the 15 of this month and coincidentally, one of my coursemate, Audrey whose b'day also falls on the same day. Juz got my mum a card and wished her on that day... here is the pic of the card which I added some graffitti(sort of) onto it..heheh...

then the next day which is the 16th is my housemate-cum-coursemate, Sze Li's b'day. We went to KFC to celebrate her birthday in the evening of that day along with Audrey's and another coursemate, Janet whose birthday falls on the 21st . I took some photos of the birthday girls along with the other friends...

the whole bunch...........................................Sze li & Janet

Audrey & Sze Li..............................................Janet & Ken

the chocolate brownie b'day cake

b'day girl Sze Li.....................................b'day girl Audrey

3 leng lui's b'day..............................................b'day girl Janet

the 2 guys in our group.....

well..this is not it as there is more surprises for the day's birthday gal...at the apartment where my housemates and I and a few guys from next door surprises her with another cake...hehheheh...

Surprise..surprise..surprise!!! hehehe...

b'day girl making her wish.................... b'day girl posing with her cake

Chocolate banana cake...yum..yum...

all of the housemates together

right...still got some more birthday pics..this time it is my grannie's birthday!. I took an afternoon bus down to KL to join in the celebration. beria-ia man...hehehe..Upon reaching KL nearing to the city centre ... I got motion sickness pula... luckily I didn't vommitted but juz feel VERY dizzy and pangs of nausea waves hit me...Sigh, this is why I dun like to sit day bus... the thing is..I had to wait for my sis to come get me at PUDU station. While waiting for her ( she took the LRT) I sat at a bench opposite a hot dog stall and next to a coffee station called Pronto Coffee... Dizzy as I was.. and my headache pounding like mad.. I managed to witness a argument between a lady and her bf I think. She was draped from head to toe with a bagpack, her laptop, and other smaller begs as she walk past me sulking. AND she was doing it loudly as in showing her tantrum.. as she neared her bf who was standing in front of the Pronto Coffee station, she began to scold her bf.. very loudly ..in front of everyone... Well, it would be very loud if it weren't for the fact that PUDU was so crowded and noisy. Despite her bf's effort to soothe and calm her down..she kept on merajuking and scolding him.. In the end, her bf got pissed off and scolded her back before stalking off... He took a round I think cause I saw him passing me at opposite end of Pronto Coffee... And she juz kept looking at him furiously...hehhe...aiyoo..common lar.. must the fella some face also what... scold him so loud in front of so many ppl.. sure he angry also ma...it will juz only reflect how spoiled you are lar ah che....heheh...Neways, back to my grannie's b'day celebration. Well, that night, I took my dinner with my sis at nearly 11pm then later pass out at her apartment til the next morning. The next morning, my sis and I joined my 3rd uncle, his wife and 5th aunty in sending my cousin off at the airport. He is on a study trip to Taiwan for three weeks... after that we went to do some marketing before heading to my 3rd uncle's place where my grannie is staying. We had mi sua for brunch and some sardine sandwiches and banana cake for tea. After that, my sis and I went to Subang Parade to get my grannie a present. Din know what to buy for her so we ended up buying a bouquet of two-toned orange and yellow roses for her. Then met up with my parents who had arrived at my 5th aunty's place at the same time we went to Subang Parade. Later , the 11 of us (grannie, my parents, my sis, my 2nd uncle, my 3rd uncle and his wife, my 4th uncle and his wife and lastly my 5th aunty)went to Easting Hotel where we had buffet dinner and the spread was hot and flamming. Nice spread of mouth-watering dishes...After dinner..we went back to my 3rd uncle's house for the cake-cutting occasion. Feeling very full and stuffed... I head back with my sis to her apartment for the night and my parents and 2nd uncle went to my 5th aunty's place. After brunch the next morning... I followed my parents down to Melaka. So, I was in Melaka on last Sunday but juz for a few hours as I took the night bus back to Penang that night. Here are some pcs of my grannie's birthday!!

Ok then..ehhehe..that's the last pic..hehhee.. going to post something interesting later..hehhehe. Now need to go take shower and do my work first... Laters then!!! =)

Picture Updates of Plant Physiology Experiment

2006-03-13T18:21:00.000+08:00

Here are the picture updates on my plant physiology experiment...the pictures were taken yesterday morning... the picture of the plant on the left is deficient of the mineral Ca. There should be two replicates in one pail but one of the replicate wilted and dead. So the other replicate is growing well but showing some of the Ca deficient symptoms...not very obvious though...hehhehe. The picture below is another pail which the two replicates have wilted and died. The deficient mineral is also Ca.

Following picture is a plant with the lady's fingers fruit....Can you spot it???? Hehehehe........

Yup...the long beans plants have sprouted a few long beans as well....hehhehe.....That's all for the moment... will try to update somemore before the experiment ends... Aurevoir!!! =)

Malam Kungfu at USM Penang

2006-03-12T15:31:00.000+08:00

Yesterday night after dinner around 7.30pm, my housemates and I went for a martial arts performance - Malam Kunfuwhich was held at Dewan Tuanku Syed Putra (DTSP) - {the hall where all USM graduates receive their graduation scrolls} in USM. As one of my housemate and I were trying to squeeze our way through the overcrowded and long queue just to get into the entrance of DTSP hall, a lion dance was performed to mark the start of the night's event. Below is the picture that I manage to take using my hp. Not very clear...{try taking picture while u are stuck in the middle of an overcrowded and moving queue then u'll understand my situation...}hehehe....

Neways, after we had settled down at our free seatings.. I managed to take some pictures of the prelude performance before the speeches of the Yg Dipertua of Kelab Kungfu and the Yang Berhormats that they have invited. It was kinda frustrating while taking the pictures cause of the tall person seated in front of me keeps moving his head to the right side to talk to his "girl friend" which was where the space gap that my camera was focused. GRrrr...feel like strangling him after awhile...However, I din managed to take further pictures after the first performance as I was not feeling well and had to go back to the apartment. It a pity that I had to missed the performances but health comes first.My housemate did take the remainder performance pictures...so here they are...

Pictures of the plant physiology that I was talking about.

2006-03-11T15:34:00.000+08:00

We did two experiments involving nutrients and hormones. We planted two types of vegetables - a) lady's fingers and b) long beans. Experiment for vegetable a), we research on nutrient deficieny while for vegetable b) we researched on hormones affecting its stem elongation and branching.

d plants in d big red pots r long beans while d ones in d small pail r lady's fingers.
me watering the long beans plants
my coursemate taking down some data on d plant growth for lady's finger.
me arranging d long beans plants 4 them to receive full sunlight
me again tying different coloured strings 2 d long beans plants 4 easy recognition
labelled the pots
d lady's finger plants r planted through hydroponic way. 3 types of nutrient deficient, 1 with full nutrients as control & 1 devoid of all nutrients n filled only with piped water. 2 replicates each( means ten pails with two plants in each pail) All pails r added with antibiotics as well 2 prevent bacterial infection.
1 of d lady's fingers plant showing a nutrient deficiency symptom
another deficiency symptom which causes the roots to rot early and disables water uptake by plant
necrosis or burn symptoms also cause by a nutrient deficiency.
this pail lacks of all nutrients as it contains only piped water & antibiotics. So d plant growth is retarded.
d long beans plants have grown and branched alot after hormone was applied on the severed stems.
there is a black millipede with yellow spots on its body at the edge of the pot
a coursemate watering d ever-shooting-up long beans plants..hehhehe!!!
can u guys spot d lady's finger fruit in d picture???????? ehhehe

The experiments is going to end soon something like next week. Just posting the pics for u guys to see so at least u know what I am talking about...hehhehe. Will keep updating as much as I can on my blog. Til then...Au revoir!

Good News! Hehehhe....

2006-02-27T19:39:00.000+08:00

I GOT THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING PLACING ALREADY!!!...hehhehe..feel so happy after receiving a call from RENOGENIC telling me to report for work on the 8th of May at 9 am. ehhehe....actually it was the second call only I knew I got it.The first call and I accidentally off it...well I was sleeping that time...they called at 10 am ( must be thinking why I am still asleep then...cause I slept at 3 am yesterday so I was feeling kinda groggy from not enough sleep) Not enough sleep because yesterday, I burned midnight oil studying for wed's test - accounting. Tmr's plant taxonomy test I've only studied abit...going to study somemore later...Hehehe...so I'll be spending my coming 9 weeks of semester long break in PG to do my training...too bad I can't go back Melaka to attend a friend's wedding which will be held on the 6th of May...I'll still get her a wedding prezzie though...hehhee....Now I am still studying for wed's test. Got three more chapters to go before trying to do the objective questions and then study for tmr's test.hEHEHE...okay lar..i better get back to studying liao...cause tonight will be another night of burning midnight oil again...hehehe...=)!!!

Pictures taken at Port Dickson 2

2006-02-23T19:33:00.000+08:00

the soft shelled crab
me and my bf
him expressing his love with graffiti on the sand... =)
the hermit crabs

Pictures taken at Port Dickson!

2006-02-23T19:29:00.000+08:00

the love shaped pizza
me with the sand turtle
the sand turtle
the tiny mud crab

What's New.....

2006-02-23T14:40:00.000+08:00

Ntg much interesting though...my one week semester break was over and it is back to studies now...feeling kinda lazy...hehhee...one week of relaxation and not studying...slowed down my study engine. Oh well, it's always like that. Neways, I had a great time during my break...I went to Port Dickson for 3 days to celebrate Valentine's Day with my bf. We had lots of fun building sand castles or rather a sand turtle, basking in the sun at the beach when the tide is low...splashing around salty seawater and taking pictures of the sceneries and small crabs including hermit crabs.One of the crabs actually kepit my finger by the fingernail when i picked it up to take a photoof it...the pain was excruciating!...I quickly drop it like touching hot water.We went round the town area and did bbq for two nights.On Valentine's day, we went to eat pizza ( the valentine's set ) It was ok but kinda pricey abit...then my bf got me a love shaped box of Ferrero Roche and a stalk of rose.(hahha bet u're wondering why he so kiam siap...well... one rose means only you... so he juz buys one to tell me i'm the only one in his heart...hehehhe =P)I got sunburned but luckily not too dark...hehhe... before heading home we went to the blue lagoon where the beach is very nice and beautiful...As the tide was low, we waded the seawater until it was quite far out...missed those moment now that I'm back in university...hope to go there again and soon too...kekkeke...well, my industrial training application to IOI was rejected and I managed to apply to another company called RENOGENIC which is located inside my university's compund. Talk about convenience, it's juz opposite where I stay...hehhe... today I have to go for the interview.Keeping my fingers crossed.If successful, I'll be learning alot on ELISA (enzyme-linked immunoassay which has to to do with immunology)and molecullar and cell biology.The company is specializes in biotechnology field and their product is a test kit to test the presence of illegal growth enhancers in food or agricultural products using antibodies binding to antigens.Hmm..I think that's all for now... hehhe...hope to post good news soon on my industrial training...hehehe...gd night then...au revoir!

Happy New Year!!!

2006-01-05T12:41:00.000+08:00

Hie guys,... I knw that I've not been updating my blog very frequently these days... sorry ya.. Hehehe... well i couldn't get to online as often as I like at my hometown cause of no Streamyx access. Neways.. I'm back in Penang for studies. My second semester started last week. Very busy week... meeting up with the academic advisor and the registration of courses...the change of schedules...bla bla bla.... and even lectures started on the first week. This sem I took six subjects juz like last sem. Actually five subjects but ended up taking six. Still no news yet on the industrial training. The clerk says to check back in mid Feb. I had a nice hols though... my friends from university came to visit me and I brought them around Melaka visiting historical places and eating some local delicacies...hahaha.. It was tiring though drving around but fun... They had a great time shopping and trying out the foods...I went to get my hair straighten too..it was nice but this is the last time I'm doing it. No more!!!...hehehe...2 reasons...expensive and damaged hair...hehehe..luckily my hair still ok but abit dry..So have to put hair conditioner. Before coming back to Penang, I helped mom do spring cleaning as CNY is coming soon and there is no one free to help her wash the house. My sis is busy working in KL but she has her share of work also.... I also had a reunion dinner with my ex-classmates before coming back to University... Not to mention the Yum cha sessions with them also. In short, it was a nice hol. Too bad it is jz one month....hehehe... Now that my classes re from mon to fri, it is kinda difficult for me to go back hometown on the weekends as often like last sem. Well at least i get to save some money... Besides, I'm going back home again end of the month.. Hehehhe... For CNY of course... HEheheh... Anyways. that's all for now. here are some pics of places I brought my friends to visit and also picture of my ex-classmates from the dinner reunion. !!!

yum cha session with my uni friends at Coconut Hut

At Tg Keling Beach

1 pretty coursemate picture at Makam Hang Tuah

Another pretty coursemate at Clock Tower

Ex-classmates at reunion dinner in Simply Fish

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Back home!!!

2005-12-01T12:50:00.000+08:00

Hie ppl…. I’m back in Mlk for a few days already… roughly around five days I guess.. well, I sat the Saturday’s night bus from Penang and reached Mlk on Sunday morning…Din do anything much these few days… juz relaxed and sleep (much deprived good night sleep during the exam month)… hahaha.. went to watch Harry Potter though… it was not bad but sadly they edited out some scenes from the movie. Oh well … they did say they had to do that so the show would be two and half hours long… Neways, it was good. =). I’d better enjoy my these few days cause next week I’ll be kinda busy cause my university friends are coming to visit me .. and I have to bring them around Mlk and introduce some nice food and interesting places to visit.. I’d better start cracking my head thinking where to bring them …hehhehe..hmmm My two aunts and grandma came down from KL today… giving us a surprise visit. One of my aunt is due back to England soon.. so she has come to say her goodbyes before boarding the plane to London where she is a citizen and working as a nurse there. Hmm.. dunno what else to write… my Mlk friends haven’t really contacted me yet.. I’m the one who always had to take the inisiatif to call them.. sigh… kinda tiring sometimes.. I did call two of my best friends and asking them what they are doing…and so on… the rest… not yet.. I guess they are busy kua…sigh..hopefully we’ll get to keep in touch soon… missed them a lot. Well okies then… I shall stop here for now. Have a nice day then… Bon jour…=)

Updates!

2005-11-24T21:46:00.000+08:00

Hello! Hehehe.. I know it had been quite some time since I last updated my blog which was around a month plus plus ago?! Hehehe.. I was busy studying and revising for my final semester exams… Time really goes by like nobody’s business.. One minute u’re juz starting ur semester..the next minute u’re taking exams already. Before u even know it, graduation is around the corner. Oh well.. that’s life. Neways, I’ve juz finished my last paper today. It was a language paper…French. My exam schedule was stretched until three weeks…. D 1st week I was nervous and stressed cause the subject I took, the papers were arranged for three days straight before breaking for four days until the next paper. Then another week break before taking one more paper and a day and half before today’s language paper… at first it was kinda hectic then the later subjects were stretched too long… feel sien and bored during that time… hahaha..cause I din go out. Terperap kat apartment studying and daydreaming also… hahaha… some days no mood to study also.. HAHAHA… NOW… I’ve finshed all my papers…. Yahoo… Free liao… got one month holiday hehehe… after today’s paper (which I only took forty five minutes to finish even though the time allotted was two hours, it was simple French. What u expect.. beginners level ma.. hahaha) I went to my school to see my academic advisor on my next semesters subjects and also about Industrial Training. Actually, I am not required to go for the training but I wanted to have some experience even though it is not accounted for the marks in my certificate. Neways, I had to wait for my other two friends to finish their language paper before meeting my PA. had to wait for and hour and half cause the language they took was Korean and according to them they had a lot to answer .. about 13 pages… mine only had 4 pages… hahhaa… when we finally went to see my PA, sigh… he was not in. The student consultation time was only on Monday and Wednesday. Other days, students has to consult with the him before meeting. Argghh.. thought couldn’t ask bout the IT was disappointing. However, we then decided to ask the office clerk about it. Whether she has information on Industrial Training and also on taking up subjects to fulfill the criteria for graduating. Luck was on our side. We managed to get the information we needed. So the whole afternoon was spent searching suitable companies for the industrial training. Finally we decided on IOI research centre which was in Batang Melaka, Negeri Sembilan. According to my dad it is about 45 mins from my house. There were other plantation companies like Golden Hope Plantation which is in KL and provides accommodation. In the end we decided to try this IOI research centre. So, tmr morning I shall return the one letter with the name of the company and those who wants to be involved along with their numbers to my bio school office clerk while my friend sends the other letter to the company. Hopefully all of us can get a place in the company and do the training together. Hehehe.. fingers crossed…. Hmmm tmr I have to return the library key locker and also to press some money. I’ve only five bucks in hand and I think it is not enough to pay for the book which I sent for photocopying today. Hahaha.. I also dunno what else to blog about anymore. Din do much after completing the company search. Slept for awhile cause I was really tired and my brain was like going to explode.. hahaha.. lack of sleep… normal lar. Hehehhe.. okies.. I wana go play some games or watch vcds now… time to relax and enjoy!!! Maybe I’ll go shopping tmr with my housemates. So long din go shopping mall already… hehhehe.. okies… chiao…Aurevoir! Bonne nuit!! =)

Cloudy Monday.

2005-10-17T13:56:00.000+08:00

Yep, it’s a cloudy day…the sun is hiding behind the clouds. The weather is cooling and not too hot. Hmm… my mood have improved… I’ve finished one test juz now at 12pm and luckily the questions were not killing ones.. hehhee… Now I left two more test… which I yet to start revising for the two subjects. Both on plants… one anatomy and the other kingdom. A lot to study about… anyways.. after the test on Thursday, I’ll be going back to Melaka. Hurrah!!! Still I go back home not to enjoy but to study for my finals at my own pace. Better than the tension atmosphere here in Penang. Hehee…I have to bring back a few books and notes …my bag is going to be very heavy… as usual lar.. okay lar I wanna start studying liao. Tmr morning I still have classes so tonight have to sleep early. Til next time then… Aurevoir!

Sometimes Life Sucks!

2005-10-15T21:48:00.000+08:00

Being sick is one thing... mood down is another thing.... arghh... sometimes you feel like banging your head against the wall juz so that the moodiness will go away... feeling damn **** ** now... this feeling sucks! Not to mention that I have to study for tests which are on monday, wednesday and thursday. sigh.. thought that I'll get some affectionate expression instead I was being the receiving end of a moody-silent treatment sort of expression. It not the end of the world when u don't get the result you want !... Now i'm being moody cause of it... yeeshhhh... hopefully by blasting music by Linkin Park will help ease the moodiness...

p/s: sorry juz wanna tell it out or I'll get depressed.

Sick.....sort of cause having the symptoms at the moment.

2005-10-08T21:59:00.000+08:00

Getting the icky feelling...you know.. the usual runny nose, sneezing, dizzy,heavy head... symptoms of flu.... argghh...hate to fall sick. Luckily I've finished my reports and left one more to go which only can be done after the results is known. Still I got three test to study which is in two weeks time then have to revise for finals... So falling sick is going to be damn mafan especially when the exam period is coming...sigh...Tmr Sunday some more.. don't know whether the polyclinic is open or not. If not open have to wait till Monday. Hmmm... must be the raining season now. Everyday rain. Either morning or afternoon or night or middle of the night... dahlah got dengue outbreak here at few places in Penang because of the rain...sheeesh...oh well i'll be going back home after the three test... during study week. Balik Melaka study..hehehe... more comfortable despite having to carry alot of books to and fro...still got mum's cooking and looking after to compensate...hahahah... HMmm today my day was abit boring... went to pasar malam juz now... thought of buying vcd to see... mana tau no interesting shows pula... hai.... vcds at hand watched so many times liao.. can even recite the lines ...hahahha. hmmm..... Don't know what to do now... other than blogging of course... hahaha..I'm talking gibberish already... sigh... think maybe I'll sleep early tonight. Hopefully when I wake up tmr I'll feel much better. That is if I get to sleep lar. The apartment I'm staying now is right across USM Sg Dua gate and directly opposite, there is a mosque. They've been praying and reciting so often the past few days because of the fasting month. They also gave ceramah which is so loud cause of the speaker and it is kinda irritating when u want to sleep. Sigh...can't do anything about it cause it's ppl's religion requirement. So, have to tolerate... hmm..okielar I'll end here now. Pardon the rojak english. Lazy wanna write long long.. Heheheh.. Bonne nuit!

Yay!!! So happy.....

2005-09-29T20:59:00.000+08:00

Hehehhe...going back to Melaka for the weekend!! Will be taking the eleven pm bus tonight. Hmmm... going to be abit wet though getting to the bus station. It's raining cats and dogs here. Still it doesn't dampens my mood. Of course lar going back home wor... Hehehhe... get to eat mom's cooking, watch movie and lunch or dinner with hometown friends, shopping ... hehehhe and the list goes on and on... Kekekekke.... hurray! hahaha...going nuts liao.. too stressed out here so go back home to relax. BUT... still bringing some hw back cause i'm only coming back to Penang on Sunday night..means reach there Monday morning. And my hw which is my report is due on Tuesday. Hmm... nuthing to blog about anymore. Want to take shower and wash my clothes now. Got to get ready cause going to the station early. Scared can't catch bus. Better early than late. Bought a magazine juz now so I can browse through later at the bus station while waiting for the bus. Aurevoir! =) *grinz~

Busy Week!

2005-09-28T21:15:00.000+08:00

This is a busy week for me. On Monday, I had a test in the morning. Then, I was busy doing report from afternoon til evening. Tuesday is even more hectic. Had plant anatomy practical from 10 am til 1 pm. Then in the afternoon I searched for plant anatomy pics on the net for the report. At five pm went for weed science lecture and also the night class at 8.15pm on plant anatomy. After the class, I printed the pictures that I found on the net and also from the lecturer’s collection for the practical report. Phew! This morning went to collect my new matrix card at DPA( Dewan Pelajar A ~ Exam Hall ) before going to the language centre for French class. We did some spelling and pronouncing activities . Kinda fun.!12 pm came back to apartment, had lunch and went on with my chores. After that, sat down and stitched dried plants to drawing block cause need to do identification at the herbarium lab. Gruesome and back-aching task; not to mention the report which I have to do for this subject. Went to the herbarium lab and did the plant ( weeds actually) identification from 3-5pm. Then attended plant kingdom lecture from 5-6pm before going back home to have dinner and relaxed for awhile. Took a bath and washed my clothes. Searched for books on fruits and vegetable morphology and uses, using the university’s library search system for my practical report on fruits before writing this blog. In short, I have 3 reports to do. Two due next week which is the report on fruits and weeds while plant anatomy report is due the following week. Sigh! My pile of work is always increasing. Hmmm….. tomorrow morning I’ll still be going to the herbarium lab to finish up the plant identification before going to the library to browse through the books which I’ve searched just now from the varsity’s library search system . The good news is that I’m going back Melaka for the weekend tomorrow night. Yahooo! Really missed home a lot. Heheheheh….. Anyways, before I log off to do my work, the pictures below are my matrix card. Guess which one is the new matrix card? Hehehe…. Cheerios! Aurevoir!!! =)

Chaud et Pluvieux Mecredi!

2005-09-21T20:27:00.000+08:00

The weather today is hot the whole morning, rainy in the afternoon and humid in the evening! Weird and unexpected… Well, this morning went to take picture for the new matrix card. Compulsory for everyone except the juniors as they are using the new matrix card already. Why change a new one when the old one can use? I’m not sure either. Only heard rumours that they are going to set an automatic scanning post at the campus gate that requires identification in the matrix card from students or staffs before entering the university compound. Zut difficile! Luckily the people who are in charge of processing the new matrix card are very efficient and the whole process only took ten minutes. After that, I went for my French class at the language centre. In today’s class we were divided in groups of three or four and were given a situation. We were assign to do a dialogue between two friends on the telephone where one will invite the other for an outing or other activities and then the second is to introduce another foreign friend who is visiting Malaysia and being brought along to the outing. It wasn’t easy to figure out what to say but it was kinda fun.. hehehhe.. Anyways, I went back to the apartment and had my lunch before attending to my chores. Mecredi is my duty day. So, I boiled water, threw the rubbish and swept the floor. As I was sweeping my room halfway, one room mate came in and said that she wanted to sweep the room today too as it was dusty and hairs were all over the place but I was already doing the task. So, she mopped the floor instead while I went on to do my practical report drawings. This time the drawings are on fruits and vegetables. Hahha… better than drawing flowers as they are much easier to draw. Then it started to rain heavily for awhile and it was so nice and cooling….enticing me to sleep. Hahaha… I didn’t sleep though, instead I went to take a shower before going to my faculty to attend lecture. I went there early cause I needed to go to the computer lab to save an practical assignment module into diskette. Went for lecture after that and when it finished my stomach was already growling, so hurried back to buy chup fan and ate it while watching the six o’clock Chinese show. After the show ended, I went to my room and here I am blogging while listening to music and doing my practical report drawings! Alors, je dois continuer mon travail me cause maintenant plus tard veuxétudier pour un essai qui a lieu le prochain Lundi. A bientot!

Mooncake Festival Bbq!

2005-09-18T14:43:00.000+08:00

Yuppie…..! Finished a test this morning. Phew! Felt so relieved after slogging and burning midnight oil for the past week. Then again can’t be too happy yet. I still have a pile of practical reports to do and to be handed up on Tuesday. Waaa…..sigh. Oh well, have to look at the bright side of things. Hehehhe…. Looking forward to tonight’s barbeque. My housemates decided to have bbq today to celebrate the moon cake festival.. yay!! Hopefully the rain doesn’t goes on til evening. It was so nice to sleep after coming back from the exam hall as it was raining heavily. Hmm.. I wonder how many ppl are coming for tonight’s bbq. Each of us are suppose to invite two person to the bbq but only one of my friend whom I invited will be coming. The other one said she has some activities going on and might not make it. Then my course-cum-housemate is going out with her “friend”. So, just it is just my friend and me only with my housemates and their friends. Hmmm…hopefully it will lots of fun. Anyways, I wanna get back to my report so I can enjoy myself tonight and not worry about it. Happy Mooncake Festival!!!Adios!

Zzzz....

2005-09-14T21:42:00.000+08:00

I'm too tired to blog alot today. Was outdoor the whole day again until six pm. Came back and cooked maggi mee for dinner. Kinda low on money so had to eat maggi mee. After dinner, i went on with my chores as it was my duty today. Threw the rubish, washed the sink, cleaned the stove cause no one bothers to do it even though it is already so oily...arrghhh... boiled water and swept the floor.
Then I swept and mopped my room which i shared with three room mates, cleaned my table fan and washed the toilet before taking my shower and washing my clothes. So, you see I'm really exhausted and want to sleep but obligation towards studies can't be ignored...oh well... time to study now... cya! Aurevoir!

Outdoor the whole day.

2005-09-13T20:36:00.000+08:00

Busy would be the best word to describe how my day was…. I was up at six thirty in the morning and had to rush through breakfast just to make it on time for my French class. The class was held at the language centre which was located uphill and it took me about fifteen minutes of brisk walking to reach there. Yhessh! Actually I have two French lessons per week. One on Monday afternoon and the other on Wednesday morning. The new French teacher was busy on Monday so she cancelled that day’s class and asked us to fit into another group’s session either on Tuesday morning or Friday afternoon. The Wednesday class was still on as usual. Sigh! Very tiresome as our group was already very far behind from the other group cause we had few classes cancelled. I had to split my two hour class to two one hour class as I’m only free for one hour on those two days. So, I went for today’s class from 8 -9 am and then walked downhill to attend another lecture which is at the library building. Was late for a few minutes for the lecture cause the walk from the language centre to the library building was quite a distance. After the lecture, I went for my practical at my school faculty. The practical was tedious as expected as it involves looking at slides of plant anatomy through microscope and drawing the structure. The due date for this practical report is two weeks time. After two hours and half hours of looking through slides for one of my group member to draw the structure, we finally pack our things and went for lunch. After lunch, I went to scout for an empty lecture hall to use for studying. Did not go back to apartment as I had another class at five pm. However, there were no empty lecture halls available and I had to sit outside. So, I sat there looking at my French book, trying to translate the exercises (from French to English ) that we were suppose to do had our classes not been cancelled. Well, have to try catching up with the other group because I was at loss when I join their class today. Even though my French teacher said “ Ecoutez et repetez;…”, I was still kind of blurr… Arrghhh…. After doing the translating for awhile, I felt kind of sleepy but there were so many people passing by where I was sitting. So, I head to the library’s audio room and slept in there while listening to music for about an hour. After that, I went to the nearby café to get something to munch before heading for my five o’clock class. My course mate, Rachel was already there as she went there straight after her Korean class. So, I chatted with her for awhile while waiting for the other students to fill the lecture hall. It was the second lecturer’s turn to teach. She is ok but she kept faltering while talking. When the lecture ended at six pm just now, I was really exhausted. Went to have dinner with my other course mate cum housemate and then back to apartment. Washed my clothes and took my shower before sitting down and typing this blog. Very tired now but I still have to study so I’ll stop here. Want to study and then go to bed. Aurevoir!

One down another to go.

2005-09-12T21:53:00.000+08:00

Yup, the report on plant anatomy that I’ve been blogging about the past two days is done. Finished it this afternoon with my group members. We compiled the micrograph pictures of plant cells together, labelled it and answered the questions ...phew…one practical report done. Still have another practical report ( plant morphology) due for next Tuesday. Not to mention the possibility of an impromptu test tomorrow and management second test on Sunday. Busy like hell. Sigh. There will be another practical (plant anatomy) tomorrow and I’m sure I’ll be loaded with another gruelling report to do. Anyways, my day was not bad, hehhe .. overslept this morning and was absent for the 8 am lecture . Couldn’t help it…hehehe…Had two more lectures for the day…hmmm…feel so sien to attend lecture. Surprisingly, time past like nobody’s business. I felt like I just sat down for awhile to listen to the first lecture on plant kingdom and the next thing I know, it was time to move on to another lecture. The latter lecture was far more interesting as we were grouped in the previous lecture to do a presentation on the uses of weeds. The first group representative was very good in presenting the facts that they collected. The rest was juz ok and there was one who juz show the slides without talking much. Boring! Hahah… my group representative was ok. At the end of the lecture it was already twelve pm and my stomach was starting to rumble. Coincidentally today is my coursemate’s birthday . so, we had planned earlier to surprise her today for lunch. We went to Mc Donalds to celebrate her birthday. The three of us, ( me, Sze Li and Rachel{birthday girl}) began walking to Mc Donald. After reaching there..we did not order our food straight away. We had to wait for three more coursemates. Two were attending tutorial while the other one went to buy the birthday cake. Hehehe … the birthday girl was not expecting a cake so she was surprised to see the coursemate who was in charge of buying the cake, brought the cake to her after fifteen minutes upon arriving at Mc Donalds. We waited for another ten minutes more for the other two coursemate to arrive. When they arrive we went to order our food and I paid for the birthday girl’s share first. ( later collect money from others). After getting the tomato and chilli sauce, we dig into our food to fill our rumbling stomachs. Then we got the cake ready for candle blowing...
.BUT… one of my coursemate said, “Eh ,we forget to bring matches or lighter leh…” Another said “hmm .. don’t know whether they ( mc donalds) have lighter or not ?”…after pondering what to do for awhile , Sze Li ( my housemate also) said why don’t we ask the other patrons. So, she got up and ask a couple sitting behind us whether they have lighter or not. Luckily for us, he had one and we borrowed it to light the candles.

Hehehe….…. After lighting the candles, we sang happy birthday to Rachel and she made a wish before blowing the candles.

I had to use my handphone camera to take the birthday pictures as Sze Li forgot to bring her digital camera despite me reminding her in the morning before going for lectures.Blur!! Not enough sleep I guess.. hahha. Well.. that is all for today. Happy 21st Birthday, Rachel. May all your wishes come true! Hehhehe…p/s: You can vote liao!Hahhaha….Cheerios!Aurevoir!

Just another day.

2005-09-11T23:02:00.000+08:00

Today is just like every other day...for me that is...For ppl in USA, it is actually the fourth anniversary of those who died because of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre. May you all rest in peace! Anyways, back to my blogging.... Woke up this morning around nine something. Dragged myself up actually...wanted to sleep til noon but the amount of piling hw dettered me.So, i went on with my daily routine of showering, washing and hanging clothes,having breakfast consisting of a cup of nescafe with toast bread and a banana. Then I'm off to continuing my assignments. Like yesterday, i sat by my desk facing the laptop, patiently browsing through the web searching for plant cell pictures for my group report. Yes,the report is not finish yet. Neverending...HAHa...After an hour and half I got restless and started to fidget around. Couldn’t sit still so I left the laptop on and went downstairs to see what my coursemate(who coincidentally is my housemate also)doing. She was cooking porridge for brunch and asked me whether I wanted a share. I said ok and after she finished cooking she passed me a bowl of the porridge. I sat down by the table and atebit slowly.In the porridge was a combination of fishball, crabstick, carrots, cabbage and anchovies including some Chinese parseley. Heheh odd combination eh. Well the porridge I cooked had the same contents also except I used spinach instead of cabbage. Sometimes I even add tuna flakes into the porridge. After that, the feeling of restlessness had settled abit and I went on with my work. However after two hours, drowsiness began to set in so i decided to have a nap. Didn’t sleep straight away though. Studied the balance pages of chapter 1 on the course of weeds.ZZzz...!Fell asleep without even realising it. After an hour I woke up feeling refreshed. Went downstairs to make a cup of tea.Ate some biscuits and a banana. Resumed my work until around six pm and stopped again for dinner. Went to a mamak restaurant nearby with my coursemate to have dinner. We ordered a set of plain roti nan with tandoori chicken to share.(To try it out actually!)Then she ordered two roti canai while I ordered nasi goreng paprika.The roti nan was not bad but my nasi paprik gravy was very salty. After dinner we went to the shops to buy some things b4 going back to apartment. Around ten minutes to eight I went to the ground floor of the apartment with my other housemates to pool area for a swim. My coursemate did not join us as she wanted to finish printing the pics we searched the past two days for the practical report. Swimming around for about forty minutes made me feel relaxed and less stressed. When I got back, my coursemate was having problem with her pc in printing the pics. Luckily my laptop had the cable port for the her type of old printer. So she used my laptop while I went to take my shower. After showering, I helped her out with the printing and we chatted for awhile, discussing the places to give another coursemate a surprise birthday lunch tomorrow. Then when the printing had finished I connected back the internet cable and here I am typing my very long blog for today. Heheh. Well I’m tired now and would like to resume my studiying; so that’s all for now. Til tomorrow then. Aurevoir!

Introduction!

2005-09-10T18:45:00.000+08:00

Hie...at last I've decided 2 start my own blog. I was chatting with Midori d other day and she said i should start my own blog. Told her I might ...one day... hahah... Well I was really busy with my hw & practicals, I did not give it a second thought. What made me decided to start it?... STRESS!!! With d neverending pilling hw & test which i've yet 2 study coming made me gave d second thought a chance. Hopefully i'll feel better & less stress out after blogging! Still i've have to get back to surfing the web, looking at pictures & pictures & pictures of plant anatomy .... 4 my practical report which is due next Tuesday. I've got a test on that day too and the subject is bout weeds. Ive only studied the first chapter a few pages only. Got another test the coming Sunday bout Management. At least I've seven days more to plough through 145 pages which is 5 chapters before taking the test. I've got a batch of herbarium identification undone yet. Need to stitch the dried plants to the drawing block b4 bringing it to the lab for identification. AND...another practical drawings of flowers for d subject plant kingdom which until now i still can't find the floral diagrams i need and it's making me damn frustrated. I've have to search the diagrams from a book which is written in german and i can't read it. Just looking at the diagrams and putting the two together. I think that's all for the moment. Don't know what to write some more hahah.Maybe later after going to pasar malam now i'll post another blog or maybe tommorrow. Cheerios! Aurevoir!