Friday, 23 December 2011
Lack of slp
Today decided to see doctor for my persistent headache which Panadol doesn't help for days. Suspected due to lack of slp n true enough. N best part, found out tt lack of slp oso cos chest pain/discomfort which I did tell dear a couple of times le. So though I initially did think of asking d doc bout my chest discomfort n though I didn't eventually, I found out d root cause of it. So all my friends pls take note to try sleep early k.
Sunday, 18 December 2011
growin up
end of last week, i received my 1st x'mas card fr 1 of my uni xiao mei. it's not exactly much of a surprise since she had asked me for my add jus recently but receiving it reminds me of myself long long time ago.
like her, i used to send greeting cards to my grandma, godma, uncles, aunts, teachers, & friends. it's a practice tt my mum trained me since young & I jus cont'd after. I used to spend efforts in searching for nice & pretty greeting cards but subsequently I slowly stopped doing so esp in recent yrs. thr had been so much of other things for me to take care of. studies & work had been draining off my energy & nw another sets of stuffs for me to take care of.
sometimes, i really wished i had more than 24/7. i oso wished i m a robot so i no need to slp but then robot oso would need servicing & lubricating & robot would oso breakdown. i oso wished i don ve a heart so i can b 铁石心肠. i oso wished i don ve a brain so my head would b v light n not ve d constant tightness feel tt sometimes felt like it can explode any moment. n if i can choose, i rather not b a virgo & not ve d virgo traits of being a perfectionist & keep thinking & worrying. i really wished i can ignore everything. i wished i could chop off my head. indeed crying out will help slightly but it doesn't really help much when everything came clashing in.
so it actually reflected back to me if i m suitable for sales kinda job w datelines & target to hit kinda stress even if d ease of meetin & tokin to diff ppl can b trained. so wat worries me most is d ability to cope w tt kinda stress. i jus noe tt i cant stay in NTU forever. i had been here for 8.5 yrs. but d ultimate reason for me is tt i'd gotta a new flat at Sengkang. tt's jus too far fr NTU. so i need to get out of NTU, out of my comfort zone. anw, d other reason is d pay cos it will jus allow me to get thru my basic needs, givin min to my parents. i'm afraid. i'm scared of rainy days. ppl will nvr understand wat i had been thru & i hate it when parents jus spend on rolex, massage chair, etc w/o worryin of rainy days. so until nw, i don quite fancy branded products. those r luxury items & unless necessary, if not i won't get.
friends would also asked me to buy things if we went out tgt, they would say they feel stress seeing tt i m empty-handed while they had their hands full but if nothing catches my eyes & nothing is necessary or if thr r reasons for me to buy, i won't buy at all. even my colleagues who kept shoppin said tt they can influence me n i should go out w them but i nvr go out w them & i don wanna get influence. in fact, recently i had spend quite alot fr online shopping but it's on for necessary items. items tt i need & r much cheaper than outside.
w d new house comin, savin of $ is impt. reno, furnishin, electric appliances, basic necessities, basic essential items, misc items all can mark up to a significant amt even if gettin only those necessary.
d things to do lists r also increasin b it at work or at home. lab can b busy till i had to bring back log book home to write or sequencin results to check. while at home, thr r so many things to check & research on with diff 'datelines'. plus to add on, dad would come to me for mio, iphone, ipad 2, etc prob. so can anybody understand how pack & heavy my brain can b? i only ve 2 hands & i only got 24/7 like everybody else & like everyone, i oso need sufficient rest. i kept workin my brain till every night, i only go to bed at ave 2-3 am & wakin up on ave 7 am & mostly i got trouble sleepin & i noe d main reason is tt i worked my brain too hard. if not b'cos when dear's ard, tt i'll ve limited things to do s he's usin d laptop plus, he wouldn't slp late, i oso wont b able to slp earlier when he's ard.
& i had already gone to d extent tt i need assistant fr my iphone reminder to remind me of all my bills date, etc. i can easily forget things tt i had been doin if i'm jus being distracted for a while & tt happened quite a few times in d lab. i can feel lost on wat i wanna do. my body & soul can even b out of sync. i can b tired but when i wanna slp i jus cant & got insomnia.
& w all these gg on in my head, my mood & temper is oso affected & i noe it too but i cant help it. i wanna laugh whole-heartedly. i wanna enjoy my life, enjoy every process. but i'm stress. i can say i don wanna care & try to slp but end up, my mind is still thinkin till i can't help but cry. i don wan it to b like tt. it made me feel like maybe i should take a break fr my usual routine, maybe to go to d beach or simply jus westcoast park to get my body, mind & eyes off d usual tasks & to simply cry it out like last time when i couldn't stand it further. but den, i oso wanted to save my leave for better things. life is such a dilemma. it's so contradicting & complicated.
if can, i wanna go back to d past. i noe bein a kid is impossible but at least can i ve sufficient rest & balance out everything? i cant wait till d time tt i can jus laze at home on weekends/PH. if not b'cos of all d things to accomplish by these few weekends, i oso wished i could jus stay home but can i?
like her, i used to send greeting cards to my grandma, godma, uncles, aunts, teachers, & friends. it's a practice tt my mum trained me since young & I jus cont'd after. I used to spend efforts in searching for nice & pretty greeting cards but subsequently I slowly stopped doing so esp in recent yrs. thr had been so much of other things for me to take care of. studies & work had been draining off my energy & nw another sets of stuffs for me to take care of.
sometimes, i really wished i had more than 24/7. i oso wished i m a robot so i no need to slp but then robot oso would need servicing & lubricating & robot would oso breakdown. i oso wished i don ve a heart so i can b 铁石心肠. i oso wished i don ve a brain so my head would b v light n not ve d constant tightness feel tt sometimes felt like it can explode any moment. n if i can choose, i rather not b a virgo & not ve d virgo traits of being a perfectionist & keep thinking & worrying. i really wished i can ignore everything. i wished i could chop off my head. indeed crying out will help slightly but it doesn't really help much when everything came clashing in.
so it actually reflected back to me if i m suitable for sales kinda job w datelines & target to hit kinda stress even if d ease of meetin & tokin to diff ppl can b trained. so wat worries me most is d ability to cope w tt kinda stress. i jus noe tt i cant stay in NTU forever. i had been here for 8.5 yrs. but d ultimate reason for me is tt i'd gotta a new flat at Sengkang. tt's jus too far fr NTU. so i need to get out of NTU, out of my comfort zone. anw, d other reason is d pay cos it will jus allow me to get thru my basic needs, givin min to my parents. i'm afraid. i'm scared of rainy days. ppl will nvr understand wat i had been thru & i hate it when parents jus spend on rolex, massage chair, etc w/o worryin of rainy days. so until nw, i don quite fancy branded products. those r luxury items & unless necessary, if not i won't get.
friends would also asked me to buy things if we went out tgt, they would say they feel stress seeing tt i m empty-handed while they had their hands full but if nothing catches my eyes & nothing is necessary or if thr r reasons for me to buy, i won't buy at all. even my colleagues who kept shoppin said tt they can influence me n i should go out w them but i nvr go out w them & i don wanna get influence. in fact, recently i had spend quite alot fr online shopping but it's on for necessary items. items tt i need & r much cheaper than outside.
w d new house comin, savin of $ is impt. reno, furnishin, electric appliances, basic necessities, basic essential items, misc items all can mark up to a significant amt even if gettin only those necessary.
d things to do lists r also increasin b it at work or at home. lab can b busy till i had to bring back log book home to write or sequencin results to check. while at home, thr r so many things to check & research on with diff 'datelines'. plus to add on, dad would come to me for mio, iphone, ipad 2, etc prob. so can anybody understand how pack & heavy my brain can b? i only ve 2 hands & i only got 24/7 like everybody else & like everyone, i oso need sufficient rest. i kept workin my brain till every night, i only go to bed at ave 2-3 am & wakin up on ave 7 am & mostly i got trouble sleepin & i noe d main reason is tt i worked my brain too hard. if not b'cos when dear's ard, tt i'll ve limited things to do s he's usin d laptop plus, he wouldn't slp late, i oso wont b able to slp earlier when he's ard.
& i had already gone to d extent tt i need assistant fr my iphone reminder to remind me of all my bills date, etc. i can easily forget things tt i had been doin if i'm jus being distracted for a while & tt happened quite a few times in d lab. i can feel lost on wat i wanna do. my body & soul can even b out of sync. i can b tired but when i wanna slp i jus cant & got insomnia.
& w all these gg on in my head, my mood & temper is oso affected & i noe it too but i cant help it. i wanna laugh whole-heartedly. i wanna enjoy my life, enjoy every process. but i'm stress. i can say i don wanna care & try to slp but end up, my mind is still thinkin till i can't help but cry. i don wan it to b like tt. it made me feel like maybe i should take a break fr my usual routine, maybe to go to d beach or simply jus westcoast park to get my body, mind & eyes off d usual tasks & to simply cry it out like last time when i couldn't stand it further. but den, i oso wanted to save my leave for better things. life is such a dilemma. it's so contradicting & complicated.
if can, i wanna go back to d past. i noe bein a kid is impossible but at least can i ve sufficient rest & balance out everything? i cant wait till d time tt i can jus laze at home on weekends/PH. if not b'cos of all d things to accomplish by these few weekends, i oso wished i could jus stay home but can i?
Sunday, 27 November 2011
avoidable
wat is unavoidable is still unavoidable. last nite, dad passed me his thumbdrive to help him upload photos into FB. before i do so, i browse thru d photos. they r jus pictures. capture of how the place he visited looked like. even d red moon is jus 1 round red circle right smack in the middle of the photo with no nice background scenaries. no depth of field, no color contrast, etc. furthermore, d photos contains none of my relatives. thus, to me, even if i don ve such photos, it fine. they will jus b photos jus to rmbr d place but if i wan, i can jus snap myself. so, y did he want to insist to open d FB acc & to insist to upload d photos.
well, i guess d main ans is tt, 'got ppl wan my photos leh'. guess mayb it jus d proud & satisfied feeling ba. but even if d person nvr save d image, will he know? maybe jus a 随口说说.
d other ans might b cos, ppl got FB, i oso wan. ppl got iphone i oso wan. ppl got ipad, i oso wan. but does he really need? actually no. since b4 he got d ipad, i did ask him wat will he do w it. ppl use for work, ppl use it to read, ppl use it to do impt things. but still he buy & end up so far jus played games. i refused to let him know that it might b possible to load movies/drama to watch. i refused to touch his ipad. cos i noe, if i did, i'll get more task.
& jus nw, while waitin for dinner, tt time i was quite sad cos b4 gg out for dinner, parents were outside & asked about dinner. i repeated my ans but mum didn't hear & when i speak louder, she don't seem happy & hang up shortly. wat is this? she couldn't hear cos of wherever she is & yet i got no right to speak louder so she oculd hear? so durin dinner, while waiting i really didn't wan to face them & so i took iphone to play game but i noe for sure dad will asked & even see wat i play & even asked me to load for him. certain games r paid version, some i got when they r free but not nw. i don wanna use my acc to load for him cos when needed update, he'll sure keep lookin for me & even bug me for my p/w which i got no intention to give. so in d end, i oso cant play d game i wanted but a game which i oso load to his b4. & true enough, he asked me waht i play & look at my screen. it proofed to me tt he wanted watever others have but does it mean tt wat i play suit him like maplestory? etc?
& i jus can't stand it that every gadget got prob, he'll look for me. like d mio tv. i nvr use it b4 so hw i noe hw to rectify & hw i noe wat d exact prob unlike internet? wat will i tell d person when i call? who noe best should call wat. in past when i m a kid, hw they settle all d prob?
he wanted to go batam & unsure of which hotel oso look for me. tot d agency ppl should noe best? he asked me to call for him to check which is best. hw i noe wat he wanted? diff hotel diff location, diff package. some gd for shoppin, some gd for others. he should noe wat he want best. & keep askin where i stay b4 & said i went thr many time & so stay which one better. er... i not stay batam, i not work thr, hw i noe. end up, he still settle himself & not even knowing where exactly he's stayin. i really got nothing much to say.
it's jus like ppl do wat, they wanna follow. they oso didn't seemed to bother if it would trouble others or wat & can jus comment & asked my uncle & viet aunt to bring them to viet at yr end. did they asked if they free to go? they can say asked my nephew to bring them to taiwan next yr end oso cos he went b4.
well, i guess d main ans is tt, 'got ppl wan my photos leh'. guess mayb it jus d proud & satisfied feeling ba. but even if d person nvr save d image, will he know? maybe jus a 随口说说.
d other ans might b cos, ppl got FB, i oso wan. ppl got iphone i oso wan. ppl got ipad, i oso wan. but does he really need? actually no. since b4 he got d ipad, i did ask him wat will he do w it. ppl use for work, ppl use it to read, ppl use it to do impt things. but still he buy & end up so far jus played games. i refused to let him know that it might b possible to load movies/drama to watch. i refused to touch his ipad. cos i noe, if i did, i'll get more task.
& jus nw, while waitin for dinner, tt time i was quite sad cos b4 gg out for dinner, parents were outside & asked about dinner. i repeated my ans but mum didn't hear & when i speak louder, she don't seem happy & hang up shortly. wat is this? she couldn't hear cos of wherever she is & yet i got no right to speak louder so she oculd hear? so durin dinner, while waiting i really didn't wan to face them & so i took iphone to play game but i noe for sure dad will asked & even see wat i play & even asked me to load for him. certain games r paid version, some i got when they r free but not nw. i don wanna use my acc to load for him cos when needed update, he'll sure keep lookin for me & even bug me for my p/w which i got no intention to give. so in d end, i oso cant play d game i wanted but a game which i oso load to his b4. & true enough, he asked me waht i play & look at my screen. it proofed to me tt he wanted watever others have but does it mean tt wat i play suit him like maplestory? etc?
& i jus can't stand it that every gadget got prob, he'll look for me. like d mio tv. i nvr use it b4 so hw i noe hw to rectify & hw i noe wat d exact prob unlike internet? wat will i tell d person when i call? who noe best should call wat. in past when i m a kid, hw they settle all d prob?
he wanted to go batam & unsure of which hotel oso look for me. tot d agency ppl should noe best? he asked me to call for him to check which is best. hw i noe wat he wanted? diff hotel diff location, diff package. some gd for shoppin, some gd for others. he should noe wat he want best. & keep askin where i stay b4 & said i went thr many time & so stay which one better. er... i not stay batam, i not work thr, hw i noe. end up, he still settle himself & not even knowing where exactly he's stayin. i really got nothing much to say.
it's jus like ppl do wat, they wanna follow. they oso didn't seemed to bother if it would trouble others or wat & can jus comment & asked my uncle & viet aunt to bring them to viet at yr end. did they asked if they free to go? they can say asked my nephew to bring them to taiwan next yr end oso cos he went b4.
his or my FB acc?
jus s expected... last nite, dad came to my rm & pass me his thumbdrive tellin me to help him to upload d photos. gosh... cant imagine if everytime he took photos den he ask me to upload for him all d time. cant he jus learn & do it himself? den wat for he got d FB acc? & i don see any special bout those photos he took & had selected. so upload or not make no special meaning. @@ haiz
Sunday, 20 November 2011
dad made me created a FB acc for him
OMG!!!
almost d moment parents got back fr their 1D malaysia trip w my da yi & her eldest daughter, dad asked me if creatin FB acc is difficult. mum said cousin wan dad's photos & so i bet my cousin asked if dad got FB acc. dad said he tried but cannot. isn't creatin such acc jus followin d instructions?
of cos if can, i'll drag forever to delay helpin him. so mayb 1 day he'll do it & learn himself or mayb he might eventually decided not to do so. end up, wat cant b avoided can nvr b avoided. shortly aft he asked me, he came to my rm askin me hw to do. so i do in front of him for him while followin d instruction. he understood english so i don understand hw he cant do it. he jus wanna rely on me, expectin me to do. den wat for creatin d acc? cos it is not maintained by him. dear said tt it's cos he wanted watever ppl ve. ppl got new hp he itch for it. ppl got iphone he oso wan. ppl got ipad he oso go buy. end up wat they did w d ipad? play games only & even mum commented so.
well, though i believed they can oso watch movie on ipad, i refused to figure out or to tell them. even till nw, they don even noe i actually got apps to transfer movies to my iphone to watch movie cos they would definitely asked me to do it for them all d time. i really really don ve tt many spare time. thr r so many things to do & sometimes i still bring back work to do like designin primers, creatin slides, checkin sequences, writin logbk cos i really got no time at work. i alrdy spend much less time on game. i do ve a few 'fake' acc for d game but den nwadays, i can even not login to play on those acc. even d main i only play much shorter time s before.
anw, while creatin his FB acc, i cont'd to do my stuff & aft it was finally created, he asked me hw to u/l photos & i simply jus tell him to go to his name & click on photos den d link w 'upload photos' will show up. i was tryin not to do for him & yet jus s he was leavin, he asked me to teach him tml, sayin tt i'm doin my stuff nw & it's late den. erm... tml i got my dental appt aft work. i'm alrdy worried if thr is infection. & i oso got other things i wished to do. yet he's here disruptin my plans? w tt final demand, i told myslef tt i shan't deceived myself further. it'll b my job to u/l for him in future. but hello, 1D trip can take hundreds of photos. need time to transfer to comp leh. & need time to vet thru oso & need time to u/l to FB. tt amt of time i can do many other things leh. since he duno hw to do, & don seemed to wish to learn or to read thoroughly by himself, den y bother to wanna do it. it's not like wan me to do hsework or wat. hsework i noe cant avoid but even washin toilet i oso too shag to do it ever since i started workin.
imagine rushin lab work & don even ve time for purchasin duties & comin back w either work or other things to do till i even spend lesser time on game & yet i cant complete wat i wish to accomplish. & thr r forever things or new things to do or to find out. i m so tired out tt i really got no energy to wash d common bathrm till it was super dirty till i really cannot tahan tt i ended up washin on my 1st day of MC fr my wisdom tooth surgery.
can u imagine hw crazy i am? jus hrs ago at ard 2000hr, i completed d wisdom tooth surgery, & it hurt whenever i rest till i gotta do things to distract myself fr d pain & so i got trouble fallin aslp. & yet at 1200hr + d next day, i washed clothes & washed d bathrm & tidied my rm cos i could no longer take d mess. it's not i don wanna do but i 有心无力. so unless if necessary like hsework, if not, can don give me extra work to do? esp if not impt task? at least when u back hm, u can watch tv & slp leh. at least once u hm, u no need to do work. at least u oso no need to do hsework. can spare me?
w d FB creation, etc. i cant help but felt tt my virtual self is gradually losin my virtual habit, my privacy. it's gettin so much limited on wat i can say or to post online. i even wish i could jus delete off my acc. though i 光明磊落but i still don like it tt eventually they can see my post or friends' b it serious or jokin. they wont like it & i'll suffer.
mayb it might really b gd if wat d fengshui master at china said is true tt i should venture overseas for my career. at least i'll b free fr them fr all these tasks. & i'll b a free piggy... but tt brings me to a pt tt actually did d fengshui master felt so or mayb cos he had seen hw my parents could still force me to write my name down when i'm alrdy at my age & so he commented so? sometimes, certain things don ve to guess, jus by 细心观察, everything will tell. looks like i can nvr 脱离my parent's clutch...
almost d moment parents got back fr their 1D malaysia trip w my da yi & her eldest daughter, dad asked me if creatin FB acc is difficult. mum said cousin wan dad's photos & so i bet my cousin asked if dad got FB acc. dad said he tried but cannot. isn't creatin such acc jus followin d instructions?
of cos if can, i'll drag forever to delay helpin him. so mayb 1 day he'll do it & learn himself or mayb he might eventually decided not to do so. end up, wat cant b avoided can nvr b avoided. shortly aft he asked me, he came to my rm askin me hw to do. so i do in front of him for him while followin d instruction. he understood english so i don understand hw he cant do it. he jus wanna rely on me, expectin me to do. den wat for creatin d acc? cos it is not maintained by him. dear said tt it's cos he wanted watever ppl ve. ppl got new hp he itch for it. ppl got iphone he oso wan. ppl got ipad he oso go buy. end up wat they did w d ipad? play games only & even mum commented so.
well, though i believed they can oso watch movie on ipad, i refused to figure out or to tell them. even till nw, they don even noe i actually got apps to transfer movies to my iphone to watch movie cos they would definitely asked me to do it for them all d time. i really really don ve tt many spare time. thr r so many things to do & sometimes i still bring back work to do like designin primers, creatin slides, checkin sequences, writin logbk cos i really got no time at work. i alrdy spend much less time on game. i do ve a few 'fake' acc for d game but den nwadays, i can even not login to play on those acc. even d main i only play much shorter time s before.
anw, while creatin his FB acc, i cont'd to do my stuff & aft it was finally created, he asked me hw to u/l photos & i simply jus tell him to go to his name & click on photos den d link w 'upload photos' will show up. i was tryin not to do for him & yet jus s he was leavin, he asked me to teach him tml, sayin tt i'm doin my stuff nw & it's late den. erm... tml i got my dental appt aft work. i'm alrdy worried if thr is infection. & i oso got other things i wished to do. yet he's here disruptin my plans? w tt final demand, i told myslef tt i shan't deceived myself further. it'll b my job to u/l for him in future. but hello, 1D trip can take hundreds of photos. need time to transfer to comp leh. & need time to vet thru oso & need time to u/l to FB. tt amt of time i can do many other things leh. since he duno hw to do, & don seemed to wish to learn or to read thoroughly by himself, den y bother to wanna do it. it's not like wan me to do hsework or wat. hsework i noe cant avoid but even washin toilet i oso too shag to do it ever since i started workin.
imagine rushin lab work & don even ve time for purchasin duties & comin back w either work or other things to do till i even spend lesser time on game & yet i cant complete wat i wish to accomplish. & thr r forever things or new things to do or to find out. i m so tired out tt i really got no energy to wash d common bathrm till it was super dirty till i really cannot tahan tt i ended up washin on my 1st day of MC fr my wisdom tooth surgery.
can u imagine hw crazy i am? jus hrs ago at ard 2000hr, i completed d wisdom tooth surgery, & it hurt whenever i rest till i gotta do things to distract myself fr d pain & so i got trouble fallin aslp. & yet at 1200hr + d next day, i washed clothes & washed d bathrm & tidied my rm cos i could no longer take d mess. it's not i don wanna do but i 有心无力. so unless if necessary like hsework, if not, can don give me extra work to do? esp if not impt task? at least when u back hm, u can watch tv & slp leh. at least once u hm, u no need to do work. at least u oso no need to do hsework. can spare me?
w d FB creation, etc. i cant help but felt tt my virtual self is gradually losin my virtual habit, my privacy. it's gettin so much limited on wat i can say or to post online. i even wish i could jus delete off my acc. though i 光明磊落but i still don like it tt eventually they can see my post or friends' b it serious or jokin. they wont like it & i'll suffer.
mayb it might really b gd if wat d fengshui master at china said is true tt i should venture overseas for my career. at least i'll b free fr them fr all these tasks. & i'll b a free piggy... but tt brings me to a pt tt actually did d fengshui master felt so or mayb cos he had seen hw my parents could still force me to write my name down when i'm alrdy at my age & so he commented so? sometimes, certain things don ve to guess, jus by 细心观察, everything will tell. looks like i can nvr 脱离my parent's clutch...
Monday, 7 November 2011
busy busy busy
it had been weeks of hard works, fun, laughters, heartpain & more hard works ever since oct...
startin w d commencement of bi-weekly lab mtgs + me fallin unwell... actually even till nw, my nose & cough still persist actually. tried western & oso even TCM. haiz...
anw, cos of d lab mtg, when at krabi, i still try to retrieve my sequencin results cos jus b4 i left, my mio down again. so in case no internet access, no choice but to hard work a bit at krabi. tt's d only flaw for my trip den but ended up no lab mtg.
den a weekend aft tt trip, went to batam. found d polo ralph lauren shop finally & more shoppin area. so finally see d other side of batam rather than d usual rest & relax side of batam.
since no news of lab mtg, we had started to do things at normal pace till tt time boss suddenly called for another lab mtg for dis comin fri. so next few days gotta struggle w slides again... aiyo... anw, since he called for d mtg only end of last week, oso no time for us to rush for our work alrdy esp mine is dependant on lots of cells growth so forget it.
jus on fri & sat, went for 1 ROM dinner & 1 weddin dinner. d ROM dinner is kinda rush but d we were too early for d weddin dinner cos we ended d appt b4 much earlier than expected. i'm glad dear went w me for tt dinner or i think i'll feel really awkward eatin w jus 1 new colleague & my boss & his wife. so overall, d dinner still manageable.
though this weekend is supposely a long weekend, w dinner on fri & sat evenin plus appointments to attend make d weekend really short. jus on sun itself, had 7 appt... in fact, i'm jus too tired & wish to rest. & i'm not sure if i'll get to rest 1 week ltr cos i had book appt to extract my wisdom tooth. a tough decision. but i bet it's a must.
w all d things gg on, i really hope i can really get well fr my cough & blk nose. but i duno when i can finally slow down for a teeny tiny bit...
startin w d commencement of bi-weekly lab mtgs + me fallin unwell... actually even till nw, my nose & cough still persist actually. tried western & oso even TCM. haiz...
anw, cos of d lab mtg, when at krabi, i still try to retrieve my sequencin results cos jus b4 i left, my mio down again. so in case no internet access, no choice but to hard work a bit at krabi. tt's d only flaw for my trip den but ended up no lab mtg.
den a weekend aft tt trip, went to batam. found d polo ralph lauren shop finally & more shoppin area. so finally see d other side of batam rather than d usual rest & relax side of batam.
since no news of lab mtg, we had started to do things at normal pace till tt time boss suddenly called for another lab mtg for dis comin fri. so next few days gotta struggle w slides again... aiyo... anw, since he called for d mtg only end of last week, oso no time for us to rush for our work alrdy esp mine is dependant on lots of cells growth so forget it.
jus on fri & sat, went for 1 ROM dinner & 1 weddin dinner. d ROM dinner is kinda rush but d we were too early for d weddin dinner cos we ended d appt b4 much earlier than expected. i'm glad dear went w me for tt dinner or i think i'll feel really awkward eatin w jus 1 new colleague & my boss & his wife. so overall, d dinner still manageable.
though this weekend is supposely a long weekend, w dinner on fri & sat evenin plus appointments to attend make d weekend really short. jus on sun itself, had 7 appt... in fact, i'm jus too tired & wish to rest. & i'm not sure if i'll get to rest 1 week ltr cos i had book appt to extract my wisdom tooth. a tough decision. but i bet it's a must.
w all d things gg on, i really hope i can really get well fr my cough & blk nose. but i duno when i can finally slow down for a teeny tiny bit...
Thursday, 20 October 2011
4D3N Krabi Tour
Day 1:
MRT to Changi Airport then transfer shuttle bus to budget terminal for Tiger Airway flight to Krabi. Upon reaching Krabi Airport, we were brought to their Tiger Cave Temple to look around. It is a cave where people believed that there is a tiger that lived in d cave & died there & the tiger spirit is still there. The temple is built into the cave itself.
Following on, we were bought to their 'restaurant' for duck noodle or fried rice. the guide said that we can eat fried rice anywhere & so most of us chose duck noodle. the taste of the soup actually reminded me of an instant duck noodle which I bought & eat before in Singapore. Anyway, though I had got 2 duck thighs with their noodle aka small kway teow, it is still not that filling. well, why I said 'restaurant' is because, actually it isn't d restaurant like what we have in Singapore. it's open concept & built of wood & in a ulu location.
We were then brought to a souvenior shop which I almost faint when I see 'Pearl' at the entrance (memories of Shanghai tour flash back). luckily the pearl shop is partition in side d souvenior shop and the souvenior shop is simply just a shop selling some foods like mee sua, shrimp paste, etc. I only bought a package of mee sua for my mum as there is nothing interesting to get.
The last iternary for the 1/2 day tour is to a marine breeding ground. It is not compulsory depending if all of us wanted to go but none rejected and so off we go. there were hugh ponds where there were small & larges fishes and even a huge stingray that swam up towards us, poping it's eyes beyond the water as if to see if we would feed it.
in the sheltered building, there were glass tanks with different fishes & even lionfish. further in, there were large concret tank where they breed marine fishes like seahorses, nemo aka clownfishes, etc. i'd seen baby seahorse before so nothing new to me but baby fishes & baby nemo are just so tiny. so small till we have to look carefully to notice that actually the tank is filled with fishes and not dirts debris. we were told that what they do is actually to collect the weaker fishes in the sea and then breed them. they will then sell 1/2 the population and return the other 1/2 back to the sea.
actually even till now, i still can't decide if it's a good or bad idea. at least they don't catch from the sea to sell, disrupting the eco-system but will those breeded fish be able to survive the harsh environment beyond their breeding tank?
anyway, after that tour, we were brought to our hotel aka resort. i'm super surprised at the tiny stoned path entrance and a recept counter in a small hut. but later that night, i realized the reason. It's because their actual main entrance and reception area is under renovation. though we can't get the pool access room, our room is still not that bad. a king sized bed in a relatively huge room with a balcony that can see the pool but i realized that their staircase is really narrow. Only 1 pax can pass at a time only.
Since it isn't that late, we decided to walk out. our hotel is quite near to a stretch of shops where we can shop and there are many restaurants around too. our purpose then is to search for massage but actually i also bought 2 dresses. that was because we were told that there is snorkeling activities and I never bought enough clothes for such activities as it wasn't in the stated iternary. i'd packed swim wear as i know there is swimming pool in the hotel so i'm still lucky enough.
after strolling through a stretch of shops, we stopped for a massage & by the time we were done, there were heavy downpour. it's really raining cats & dogs. totally out of expectation as the sky seemed alright when we entered the shop for massage.
Though we had umbrella, it's still not enough & so we just stopped over a restaurant for our dinner with their tom yam soup, pineapple rice, fried prawn but we were still not full after that & so we ordered another hawaiian pizza. by then the rain almost stopped. actually, during our dinner, the rain stopped & just when shop owners outside started to reopen their shops & the restaurant staffs opened up the sheltered, it downpour again. it's really an unpredictable weather.
Day 2:
after breakfast at the hotel, we set off for our 4 island hopping tour. there isn't many people around, the water is super clear, the sand is thin & soft, the beach 'backdrop' r d rocky hills covered with trees. it's just paradise.
for the 2nd island, actually, we never landed on any island but we went off for snorkeling. my 1st ever snorkeling. i always wanted to try but never got the chance to & i'm so glad that it's actually included in the package if not i wonder if i would still get to try after this but i know if my parents were around, I'm sure i would never get to try it because to them, i don't know how to swim. To some extend, true because i self-mastered just frog style & seldom swim so my stamina aren't strong but i still strongly believed with life vest, i should be fine. anyway, from the longtail boat, i can see that there were many of 1 type of fish which I think is called sergeant fish or similar to what I had just google out.
well, of course, before going down the water, i would worry if the water will get into the mouth pieces for breathing from the top if i got too deep in the water. I would worry how deep is the water & if i would be able to hop & touch the bottom which would make me feel safer. & when i heard that the water seem quite deep, it make me more nervous. inside the water, when i'm able to float, i felt better but i simply just keep sucking in salt water instead of breathing in air when i use the mouthpiece. i took a while to get season to how to breath through the mouthpiece but there is another problem. i'm not sure if i didn't tighten the goggle properly that water seep in or because of my incorrect breathing & thus, making my goggle even more blur & thus irritated my eyes till it tears. but after a while, after tightening my goggle and wetting it, i seemed to be able to see better. The next problem come, it's not as easy to move wherever I wanted to or to stay still especially with people cluttered around as I keep kicking whoever in my path as I didn't know how to control & at time, i'm being swept to float chest up or side way till i gotta try to position myself back. & with all these positioning, my google became blur again so i always can't really see clearly in the water till I wondered if my contact lens had dropped off from the tearing. dear had pointed to me to other position & yet i really couldn't see anything except blury rocks. it's only after dear told me to wet the goggle again then I managed to see another type of fish which is the moorish idol, the one which is in Finding Nemo cartoon. it's so much bigger than i expected. it's so exciting. if not because the life vest had caused painful abrasion on my right arm, i would wish to stay in the water longer, to get more used to snorkeling & to see better & hopefully more fishes too. if i got a 2nd chance, i would wear a tee over my swim wear so as to minimize d abrasion from the life vest.
after getting real wet, we went off to the 3rd island which is interlink of 2 different islands. the waves came from 2 different direction, hitting on the sandy pathway. & then we were off to the 4th island with our lunch. our lunch is fried rice in a much shallow styrofoam box s compared to d type used in singapore so not really tt filling again so we had an ice cream after our meal.
oh by the way, to go up the longtail boat for our 4 island tour, our legs would get wet because we gotta walk into the water before we could climb up and into our boat.
after a slight washup at the hotel, we went out again to see if we could catch another land activity before ending off the day. if so, then we could catch another water activity the following day which is suppose to be free and easy. otherwise, we would leave relatively early on the last day.
we managed to find, book & go for a land package on day 2 afternoon starting with a >30 min elephant ride which i don't enjoy very much after seeing a open wound of at least 50 cent coin big on d head of the elephant plus, there were a few other lacerated heeled up wounds on the top of its head.
we then had an ATV ride through the race course and into the 'wood' with path & along the way, the ground is muddy so i tried not to go too fast on that so as not to get splash too much. i guess because of that & the winding path, dear's ATV keep stalling as I think he keep using the break which I had been told not to touch. & while waiting for him, my engine also died a couple of times. after the ride, i then realized that actually his ATV & mine is different. his is to turn for speed like motor cycle while mine is to press using my right thumb. i pressed till my thumb hurts as it's pretty tight.
following ATV ride, we had our try on the Go-Kart. it's also something which I also had been wanting to try. But instead of trying on the race track, we were brought to the road. yes. we drive the Go-Kart on the road with cars, motors, vans, buses, etc passing by us. but we don't have side or rear mirrors so gotta turn back to look out. once again, the stirring wheel is bit tight & the break and accelerator is also tight to press behind the stirring wheel. but it's an experience. after the journey, i realized that actually it was stated on the Go-Kart not to go on public road. Oops... LOL... & we ended off the day with another massage before a free dinner at the hotel before turning off.
Day 3:
After breakfast, we went to another town for water rafting. It's also something which i wanted to try. Dear also wanted to try but hesitated because he had promised my mum to take care of me. so on day 1 when we were told that the ATV, Go-Kart & elephant ride would take 1 day while the water rafting would take another. with only 1 day free, dear actually chose ATV & Go-Kart as he said that might be more safe. i did try to talk him into more consideration as water rafting may not be as common as Go-Kart. If not because we could do the ATV and Go-Kart in the afternoon of Day 2, I am unsure if i would still get the chance for water rafting in my life.
in our boat, there was another couple from singapore. but they only have 2 extra peddle for the 2 guys in our group. dear didn't hold much to the rope even though it would get more bumpy & so i ended up slidin my hand through his life vest strip before grabbing on to the robe. well, of course if he will fall, i might be dragged down too but my strength is relative strong. that had been tested when d staff tried to but failed to tug me down to the water when we were at a peaceful area where some people went down to swim. the only proble is that i feel the pain on my sun burnt shoulders while he tugged me.
overall, it's really a fun experience. even if you don't get that wet from the bumping through the rapids, you will get splashed by either of the 2 staffs that follow you. otherwise, from other staffs from other boats or even other passengers like us who were holding on to the peddles. so we also had fun splashin other people.
my boat got stuck once & i'm quite amazed that the staffs simply just jumped down & dragged the boat before jumping back in. they were really profesional. & many times, they would purposely stirred the boat to bump to rocks, etc so as to make you fly off your sitting position.
the only thing i don't understand is why would ladies wanted to go for such activities, wearing make-up & worse is non-waterproof make-up like mascara. sitting opposit me is the lady of the other couple with us. initially, she was also laughing but there is once when we were splashed by the staff & her mascara melt, she lost her laughter & trying to wipe her eyes. i really don't understand why such people wanted adventure & yet wanted to be so 'ku niang'.
after the water rafting, is buffet lunch (provided) then we head on to a waterfall where people jumped in from a height even though there is a sign that said 'do not jump'. before my group could head in, i saw an ang-moh lady pointing to a really bruised last toe of her feet. looking at the sign, i really feel that sometimes, it really what these people were asking for. Anyway, because we had already bath & changed as the guide initially said the waterfall activities had been cancelled, thus, we never get into the water to get ourselves wet.
we then head to the 2nd camp where we had our fish spa, while others had other activities like elephant rides & ATV ride. since we had it the day before, we never signed up for those activities & thus, we had to wait for them before seeing the monkey & elephant shows.
our last destination is a fruit farm but we didn't go in. they displayed harvested fruits at a side while getting us seated in 2 huts with cuts fruits for us to eat. there is guava, red dragonfruit, pineapples, watermelon, chiku & also a fuit which i only know the term in dialect which is called 'leng kim'. there are 5 other people sitting with us. all of which are Singaporean & they didn't know there is red dragonfruits, they never know and tasted chiku & leng kim before which i'm quite surprise. there are many chiku plants just in my neighbourhood & also in my tiny garden outside. actually, i also had grow dragonfruit just that i'm not sure what colour they would be.
we ended our final evening with a seafood dinner consisting of fried fish in thai sauce, fried lala, bbq prawns, fried kang kong, rice & 2 coconut juice plus, watermelon & pineapple as free desert & the meals cost only 710 baht which cost less than SGD30 for 2 pax.
after all these activities, i thank dear for bring me & allowing me to continue & also pled him to never to leave me out if he wanted to go for more in future. i wanted to do & try while i'm still young, while i still can & not regret in future.
if you asked me to choose, i would choose adventure trip instead of shopping spree because one can never stay forever young and energetic for all the activities.
MRT to Changi Airport then transfer shuttle bus to budget terminal for Tiger Airway flight to Krabi. Upon reaching Krabi Airport, we were brought to their Tiger Cave Temple to look around. It is a cave where people believed that there is a tiger that lived in d cave & died there & the tiger spirit is still there. The temple is built into the cave itself.
Following on, we were bought to their 'restaurant' for duck noodle or fried rice. the guide said that we can eat fried rice anywhere & so most of us chose duck noodle. the taste of the soup actually reminded me of an instant duck noodle which I bought & eat before in Singapore. Anyway, though I had got 2 duck thighs with their noodle aka small kway teow, it is still not that filling. well, why I said 'restaurant' is because, actually it isn't d restaurant like what we have in Singapore. it's open concept & built of wood & in a ulu location.
We were then brought to a souvenior shop which I almost faint when I see 'Pearl' at the entrance (memories of Shanghai tour flash back). luckily the pearl shop is partition in side d souvenior shop and the souvenior shop is simply just a shop selling some foods like mee sua, shrimp paste, etc. I only bought a package of mee sua for my mum as there is nothing interesting to get.
The last iternary for the 1/2 day tour is to a marine breeding ground. It is not compulsory depending if all of us wanted to go but none rejected and so off we go. there were hugh ponds where there were small & larges fishes and even a huge stingray that swam up towards us, poping it's eyes beyond the water as if to see if we would feed it.
in the sheltered building, there were glass tanks with different fishes & even lionfish. further in, there were large concret tank where they breed marine fishes like seahorses, nemo aka clownfishes, etc. i'd seen baby seahorse before so nothing new to me but baby fishes & baby nemo are just so tiny. so small till we have to look carefully to notice that actually the tank is filled with fishes and not dirts debris. we were told that what they do is actually to collect the weaker fishes in the sea and then breed them. they will then sell 1/2 the population and return the other 1/2 back to the sea.
actually even till now, i still can't decide if it's a good or bad idea. at least they don't catch from the sea to sell, disrupting the eco-system but will those breeded fish be able to survive the harsh environment beyond their breeding tank?
anyway, after that tour, we were brought to our hotel aka resort. i'm super surprised at the tiny stoned path entrance and a recept counter in a small hut. but later that night, i realized the reason. It's because their actual main entrance and reception area is under renovation. though we can't get the pool access room, our room is still not that bad. a king sized bed in a relatively huge room with a balcony that can see the pool but i realized that their staircase is really narrow. Only 1 pax can pass at a time only.
Since it isn't that late, we decided to walk out. our hotel is quite near to a stretch of shops where we can shop and there are many restaurants around too. our purpose then is to search for massage but actually i also bought 2 dresses. that was because we were told that there is snorkeling activities and I never bought enough clothes for such activities as it wasn't in the stated iternary. i'd packed swim wear as i know there is swimming pool in the hotel so i'm still lucky enough.
after strolling through a stretch of shops, we stopped for a massage & by the time we were done, there were heavy downpour. it's really raining cats & dogs. totally out of expectation as the sky seemed alright when we entered the shop for massage.
Though we had umbrella, it's still not enough & so we just stopped over a restaurant for our dinner with their tom yam soup, pineapple rice, fried prawn but we were still not full after that & so we ordered another hawaiian pizza. by then the rain almost stopped. actually, during our dinner, the rain stopped & just when shop owners outside started to reopen their shops & the restaurant staffs opened up the sheltered, it downpour again. it's really an unpredictable weather.
Day 2:
after breakfast at the hotel, we set off for our 4 island hopping tour. there isn't many people around, the water is super clear, the sand is thin & soft, the beach 'backdrop' r d rocky hills covered with trees. it's just paradise.
for the 2nd island, actually, we never landed on any island but we went off for snorkeling. my 1st ever snorkeling. i always wanted to try but never got the chance to & i'm so glad that it's actually included in the package if not i wonder if i would still get to try after this but i know if my parents were around, I'm sure i would never get to try it because to them, i don't know how to swim. To some extend, true because i self-mastered just frog style & seldom swim so my stamina aren't strong but i still strongly believed with life vest, i should be fine. anyway, from the longtail boat, i can see that there were many of 1 type of fish which I think is called sergeant fish or similar to what I had just google out.
well, of course, before going down the water, i would worry if the water will get into the mouth pieces for breathing from the top if i got too deep in the water. I would worry how deep is the water & if i would be able to hop & touch the bottom which would make me feel safer. & when i heard that the water seem quite deep, it make me more nervous. inside the water, when i'm able to float, i felt better but i simply just keep sucking in salt water instead of breathing in air when i use the mouthpiece. i took a while to get season to how to breath through the mouthpiece but there is another problem. i'm not sure if i didn't tighten the goggle properly that water seep in or because of my incorrect breathing & thus, making my goggle even more blur & thus irritated my eyes till it tears. but after a while, after tightening my goggle and wetting it, i seemed to be able to see better. The next problem come, it's not as easy to move wherever I wanted to or to stay still especially with people cluttered around as I keep kicking whoever in my path as I didn't know how to control & at time, i'm being swept to float chest up or side way till i gotta try to position myself back. & with all these positioning, my google became blur again so i always can't really see clearly in the water till I wondered if my contact lens had dropped off from the tearing. dear had pointed to me to other position & yet i really couldn't see anything except blury rocks. it's only after dear told me to wet the goggle again then I managed to see another type of fish which is the moorish idol, the one which is in Finding Nemo cartoon. it's so much bigger than i expected. it's so exciting. if not because the life vest had caused painful abrasion on my right arm, i would wish to stay in the water longer, to get more used to snorkeling & to see better & hopefully more fishes too. if i got a 2nd chance, i would wear a tee over my swim wear so as to minimize d abrasion from the life vest.
after getting real wet, we went off to the 3rd island which is interlink of 2 different islands. the waves came from 2 different direction, hitting on the sandy pathway. & then we were off to the 4th island with our lunch. our lunch is fried rice in a much shallow styrofoam box s compared to d type used in singapore so not really tt filling again so we had an ice cream after our meal.
oh by the way, to go up the longtail boat for our 4 island tour, our legs would get wet because we gotta walk into the water before we could climb up and into our boat.
after a slight washup at the hotel, we went out again to see if we could catch another land activity before ending off the day. if so, then we could catch another water activity the following day which is suppose to be free and easy. otherwise, we would leave relatively early on the last day.
we managed to find, book & go for a land package on day 2 afternoon starting with a >30 min elephant ride which i don't enjoy very much after seeing a open wound of at least 50 cent coin big on d head of the elephant plus, there were a few other lacerated heeled up wounds on the top of its head.
we then had an ATV ride through the race course and into the 'wood' with path & along the way, the ground is muddy so i tried not to go too fast on that so as not to get splash too much. i guess because of that & the winding path, dear's ATV keep stalling as I think he keep using the break which I had been told not to touch. & while waiting for him, my engine also died a couple of times. after the ride, i then realized that actually his ATV & mine is different. his is to turn for speed like motor cycle while mine is to press using my right thumb. i pressed till my thumb hurts as it's pretty tight.
following ATV ride, we had our try on the Go-Kart. it's also something which I also had been wanting to try. But instead of trying on the race track, we were brought to the road. yes. we drive the Go-Kart on the road with cars, motors, vans, buses, etc passing by us. but we don't have side or rear mirrors so gotta turn back to look out. once again, the stirring wheel is bit tight & the break and accelerator is also tight to press behind the stirring wheel. but it's an experience. after the journey, i realized that actually it was stated on the Go-Kart not to go on public road. Oops... LOL... & we ended off the day with another massage before a free dinner at the hotel before turning off.
Day 3:
After breakfast, we went to another town for water rafting. It's also something which i wanted to try. Dear also wanted to try but hesitated because he had promised my mum to take care of me. so on day 1 when we were told that the ATV, Go-Kart & elephant ride would take 1 day while the water rafting would take another. with only 1 day free, dear actually chose ATV & Go-Kart as he said that might be more safe. i did try to talk him into more consideration as water rafting may not be as common as Go-Kart. If not because we could do the ATV and Go-Kart in the afternoon of Day 2, I am unsure if i would still get the chance for water rafting in my life.
in our boat, there was another couple from singapore. but they only have 2 extra peddle for the 2 guys in our group. dear didn't hold much to the rope even though it would get more bumpy & so i ended up slidin my hand through his life vest strip before grabbing on to the robe. well, of course if he will fall, i might be dragged down too but my strength is relative strong. that had been tested when d staff tried to but failed to tug me down to the water when we were at a peaceful area where some people went down to swim. the only proble is that i feel the pain on my sun burnt shoulders while he tugged me.
overall, it's really a fun experience. even if you don't get that wet from the bumping through the rapids, you will get splashed by either of the 2 staffs that follow you. otherwise, from other staffs from other boats or even other passengers like us who were holding on to the peddles. so we also had fun splashin other people.
my boat got stuck once & i'm quite amazed that the staffs simply just jumped down & dragged the boat before jumping back in. they were really profesional. & many times, they would purposely stirred the boat to bump to rocks, etc so as to make you fly off your sitting position.
the only thing i don't understand is why would ladies wanted to go for such activities, wearing make-up & worse is non-waterproof make-up like mascara. sitting opposit me is the lady of the other couple with us. initially, she was also laughing but there is once when we were splashed by the staff & her mascara melt, she lost her laughter & trying to wipe her eyes. i really don't understand why such people wanted adventure & yet wanted to be so 'ku niang'.
after the water rafting, is buffet lunch (provided) then we head on to a waterfall where people jumped in from a height even though there is a sign that said 'do not jump'. before my group could head in, i saw an ang-moh lady pointing to a really bruised last toe of her feet. looking at the sign, i really feel that sometimes, it really what these people were asking for. Anyway, because we had already bath & changed as the guide initially said the waterfall activities had been cancelled, thus, we never get into the water to get ourselves wet.
we then head to the 2nd camp where we had our fish spa, while others had other activities like elephant rides & ATV ride. since we had it the day before, we never signed up for those activities & thus, we had to wait for them before seeing the monkey & elephant shows.
our last destination is a fruit farm but we didn't go in. they displayed harvested fruits at a side while getting us seated in 2 huts with cuts fruits for us to eat. there is guava, red dragonfruit, pineapples, watermelon, chiku & also a fuit which i only know the term in dialect which is called 'leng kim'. there are 5 other people sitting with us. all of which are Singaporean & they didn't know there is red dragonfruits, they never know and tasted chiku & leng kim before which i'm quite surprise. there are many chiku plants just in my neighbourhood & also in my tiny garden outside. actually, i also had grow dragonfruit just that i'm not sure what colour they would be.
we ended our final evening with a seafood dinner consisting of fried fish in thai sauce, fried lala, bbq prawns, fried kang kong, rice & 2 coconut juice plus, watermelon & pineapple as free desert & the meals cost only 710 baht which cost less than SGD30 for 2 pax.
after all these activities, i thank dear for bring me & allowing me to continue & also pled him to never to leave me out if he wanted to go for more in future. i wanted to do & try while i'm still young, while i still can & not regret in future.
if you asked me to choose, i would choose adventure trip instead of shopping spree because one can never stay forever young and energetic for all the activities.
general
aft a few crazy wks due to d mc followed by lab mtg, n den another wk to rush for another lab mtg b4 gg on OL, i'm alrdy back fr a 4d3n trip to krabi... gd times always fly pass so swiftly... but at least thr is no lab mtg s scheduled tml... but i'm super duper sun burnt esp on my shoulder n i believed my head too... will i get mc if i see doc for tt sun burnt? cos a slight brush thru a small area can oso hurt badly till nw i wear tube top instead of norm sleeveless top or tees... oso bit lazy go back jus for 1 day n i cant do much oso in 1 day cos i need continuous days for my exp... anw, my nose started peelin alrdy...
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
acknowledgement or demanding???
recently, prof seemed to wanna start a series of lab mtg aft mtg... jus last fri, i'd my 1st ever lab mtg in my life & is oso d 1st ever i noe of since i'd been w his lab for ~4 mth attachment in mid 2010; den ~4 mth FYP in early 2011 & den ~2 mth s his PO.
b4 tt, s i was waitin for d 2nd ab, my proj + another co-operated w a Ph.D student had been stagnant & think he saw me quite free den & gave me another proj. well, he did ask politely if he can add on but i noe cant reject la. but tt's sort of my 1st proj tt aft he told me more than jus briefly, i did my own research n plannin n discussed w him rather than i'm bein spoon-fed cos usually, he'll talk w me n d Ph.D student so she'll explain to me or advice me wat to do. anw, haven really start tt proj yet. more or less still at plannin stage but once sequencin results is back n ok, i'm ready to proceed.
today, thr is an interviewee. not sure for student or staff but like usual, prof will intro to each of us n wat we r doin. in d office when he came out w d interviewee, thr is only 3 staff includin me. he intro to d only guy staff 1st n jus said v briefin on a proj tt he's doin. den when my turn, he said tt i'm currently doin quite a few things. to research on dis n blah blah blah. said till i got numerous things on hand n v busy.
well, currently still not exactly busy cos was waitin for my cells to grow so i can lyse them. will have to do numerous lysis & run numerous gel & den western blots... so i bet i can oso get super busy. but while waitin for d cells, i can sit almost whole day in office n do d necessary purchasin la. so when he said so, i sort of felt quite guilty cos nw not productive in lab work.
but tt doesn't mean i no do work. i got my asset. my past experience n memories of purchasin & so in jus a while, i can source like 9 co sellin d item which prof is lookin at... plus, i'm thinkin beyond d current step on wat i shoudl proceed on eventually. till d Ph.D student told me tt i can think s time goes cos d mutation i gonna do might take quite a while.
on d other hand, i felt tt actually, it seemed like other than pushin me to b more 'productive' in lab work, i oso felt tt actually he do noe tt i'd all these projects on hand n tt he 'recognized' my effort? so i guess, it's still a gd thing tt he noe & hopefully if i can get d hypothesized results, den will do gd for my 'career', resume, ...
Friday, 23 September 2011
Stunned
I noe tt my prof likes to ask, 'hw's thing?' n he's referring to experiment. He ESP like to ask when he sees tt we seemed to b in office for too long. But ytd morning I was stunned by his questions...
While running my sds-page, I was back to d office n serve net awhile n then prof came in w his mac coffee cup. When he was taking key to open his office. He turned to face me n ask his fav line. Aft answering him, he turned back n I cont'd wat I was doin.
Den he suddenly turned back n blurt out, 'J, r u married?'
Me: *stunned* 'no'
Me: *thinking* (huh? Y he ask? Tot he should noe? He hire me so should ve seen my profile. Plus he oso noe I jus graduated so hw possible?)
Prof then asked something like 'y not?', or 'when?'
Me became super stunned n blur cos I totally nvr expect to get tt kinda questions at this time when I been working here for 2 mths le so not s if i'm applying for a job... Thus hw can I not b stunned...
While running my sds-page, I was back to d office n serve net awhile n then prof came in w his mac coffee cup. When he was taking key to open his office. He turned to face me n ask his fav line. Aft answering him, he turned back n I cont'd wat I was doin.
Den he suddenly turned back n blurt out, 'J, r u married?'
Me: *stunned* 'no'
Me: *thinking* (huh? Y he ask? Tot he should noe? He hire me so should ve seen my profile. Plus he oso noe I jus graduated so hw possible?)
Prof then asked something like 'y not?', or 'when?'
Me became super stunned n blur cos I totally nvr expect to get tt kinda questions at this time when I been working here for 2 mths le so not s if i'm applying for a job... Thus hw can I not b stunned...
Tuesday, 20 September 2011
complicated humans
while on d journey home today, thoughts flash thru my mind. thinkin of this, thinkin of tt, wonderin if it work, wonderin when is d best time... humans r really a complicated species... if can, i wish i can don grow up, or rather i hope in this world thr is no $$, no tradin, & tt d world won't progress so fast...
well, i don exactly like research but i don mind doin experiments... yet, i'm in a research lab now. though i'm jus a project officer, i'm hired under research grant & so, i must & ve to do research which will affect my PB & increment. & PB is my only bonus cos thr r none others for this contract. at least i'm glad i got a job immediately aft the endin of my FYP & graduation trips. at least i'm paid though not exactly well-paid cos overall, not much diff fr my previous full-time job.
tt made me think of jumpin out, findin another job but i feel bad if i search & leave nw cos my prof is nice enough to take me in. so i tot to give myself more time. but jus nw, i ponder to myself. is it a wise decision? which is d best decision?
s i'm workin, i'm gainin more insights & knowledge of workin in a research environment. dis fri i'll ve my 1st ever lab meetin whr we need to present. i'm assigned projects to do s though i'm 1 of d Ph.D student, i'm expected to find some source of information myself. & if gg well, my name be added in published papers. tt'll b gd for me, for my resume if i wanna stay in dis field esp when my paper qualification sucks. so for dis reason, i shoudl stay on right? furthermore, so far here aint s bad yet cos i may b v busy runnin ard at times but den at least more or less i can go back on time. can even meet dear for lunch if he workin late in d afternoon cos he stay not tt far away. & so all in all, i feel i'm gettin quite used to it here.
on d other hand, mainly cos of d pay, i feel tt i should venture out. but tt'll b a bold step out. i'd been in d same environment for more than 8 yrs. it'll b steppin out of my comfort zone. but i felt tt i should cos i can't possibly stay on here forever right? though thr r many familiar faces.
but surely i noe i wont venture out to research anymore. mayb sales or purchasin? & tt bring bout another Qs. though i got experience in purchasin b it d SAP or d GeBIZ, is it really enough to bring me out? Is it really worth to venture out oso? like d give n take, will i end up spend more though i may earn more? hw much more can i earn? savin will b more or less aft removin all changed expenditure?
& i oso ended up wonderin if i shouldn't ve taken my degree. mayb i should ve tried others like biz mgmt or so den mayb tt way i'll b on better stand to venture out. & tt actually made me think back. if i had not taken my degree, whr would i b? if i'd not taken my 1st job wantin & hopin to further studies, i guess i would had become a paramedic. if i had not taken biotech in poly, i guess i might b in nursin sch in NYP then. if i'd chosen to change sec sch, would i still take d same path s now?
but if i'm given a 2nd chance, i guess i might not ve choosen sci s my path cos it's like w jus a degree, u r jus hangin in mid air w extreme low chance to climb up at all cos w tt qualification, cant even manage ppl. it's like u r stuck in btw.
feelin stuck, & yet feelin in comfort zone, if not cos of $$ & location factor, i guess i might end up stayin on for life. guess tt's y my friend told me tt actually i shoudl leave ASAP if not cos i felt bad if i do so.
i'd been tellin myself tt i shoudl work for mayb 6 mth to 1 yr den leave but den jus nw, i wonder if tt's a gd time. cos wat my next job would b is still unknown. is it really a pay jump or a pay cut? my savin & CPF income would become uncertain which is not gd. well, esp when i'd jus sign up for more insurance policy cos i'm not covered totally in case of anything happen. though wat i sign up nw is jus coverin a little, at least better than none. hear case of accident & become paralyse, etc. jus too scary. plus, i oso need to save up too... so based on dis, it seemed like it's best to source out nw but i still feel bad leh.
well, nw, my current decision is sort of to try find job mayb in nov cos tt might b a mth whr ppl might tender aft gettin their yr end bonus. & yet i hope i can only start mayb aft 1Q 2012. & yet i oso hope tt btw d 2 job, i can get a break aka holiday too. but i oso noe tt i can't stay unemployed for long due to many reasons. gosh... tt's y i say humans r complicated... haiz
well, i don exactly like research but i don mind doin experiments... yet, i'm in a research lab now. though i'm jus a project officer, i'm hired under research grant & so, i must & ve to do research which will affect my PB & increment. & PB is my only bonus cos thr r none others for this contract. at least i'm glad i got a job immediately aft the endin of my FYP & graduation trips. at least i'm paid though not exactly well-paid cos overall, not much diff fr my previous full-time job.
tt made me think of jumpin out, findin another job but i feel bad if i search & leave nw cos my prof is nice enough to take me in. so i tot to give myself more time. but jus nw, i ponder to myself. is it a wise decision? which is d best decision?
s i'm workin, i'm gainin more insights & knowledge of workin in a research environment. dis fri i'll ve my 1st ever lab meetin whr we need to present. i'm assigned projects to do s though i'm 1 of d Ph.D student, i'm expected to find some source of information myself. & if gg well, my name be added in published papers. tt'll b gd for me, for my resume if i wanna stay in dis field esp when my paper qualification sucks. so for dis reason, i shoudl stay on right? furthermore, so far here aint s bad yet cos i may b v busy runnin ard at times but den at least more or less i can go back on time. can even meet dear for lunch if he workin late in d afternoon cos he stay not tt far away. & so all in all, i feel i'm gettin quite used to it here.
on d other hand, mainly cos of d pay, i feel tt i should venture out. but tt'll b a bold step out. i'd been in d same environment for more than 8 yrs. it'll b steppin out of my comfort zone. but i felt tt i should cos i can't possibly stay on here forever right? though thr r many familiar faces.
but surely i noe i wont venture out to research anymore. mayb sales or purchasin? & tt bring bout another Qs. though i got experience in purchasin b it d SAP or d GeBIZ, is it really enough to bring me out? Is it really worth to venture out oso? like d give n take, will i end up spend more though i may earn more? hw much more can i earn? savin will b more or less aft removin all changed expenditure?
& i oso ended up wonderin if i shouldn't ve taken my degree. mayb i should ve tried others like biz mgmt or so den mayb tt way i'll b on better stand to venture out. & tt actually made me think back. if i had not taken my degree, whr would i b? if i'd not taken my 1st job wantin & hopin to further studies, i guess i would had become a paramedic. if i had not taken biotech in poly, i guess i might b in nursin sch in NYP then. if i'd chosen to change sec sch, would i still take d same path s now?
but if i'm given a 2nd chance, i guess i might not ve choosen sci s my path cos it's like w jus a degree, u r jus hangin in mid air w extreme low chance to climb up at all cos w tt qualification, cant even manage ppl. it's like u r stuck in btw.
feelin stuck, & yet feelin in comfort zone, if not cos of $$ & location factor, i guess i might end up stayin on for life. guess tt's y my friend told me tt actually i shoudl leave ASAP if not cos i felt bad if i do so.
i'd been tellin myself tt i shoudl work for mayb 6 mth to 1 yr den leave but den jus nw, i wonder if tt's a gd time. cos wat my next job would b is still unknown. is it really a pay jump or a pay cut? my savin & CPF income would become uncertain which is not gd. well, esp when i'd jus sign up for more insurance policy cos i'm not covered totally in case of anything happen. though wat i sign up nw is jus coverin a little, at least better than none. hear case of accident & become paralyse, etc. jus too scary. plus, i oso need to save up too... so based on dis, it seemed like it's best to source out nw but i still feel bad leh.
well, nw, my current decision is sort of to try find job mayb in nov cos tt might b a mth whr ppl might tender aft gettin their yr end bonus. & yet i hope i can only start mayb aft 1Q 2012. & yet i oso hope tt btw d 2 job, i can get a break aka holiday too. but i oso noe tt i can't stay unemployed for long due to many reasons. gosh... tt's y i say humans r complicated... haiz
Friday, 9 September 2011
to their benefits & to our disadvantages
to summarize, things been fine when i started work. purchasin etc is fine w me cos i got past experience. & i like to keep track of my purchasin so i noe d status. so since my colleague (Y) was leavin, i'd been chasin aft her, volunteerin to take over all her present purchase. best part is she left everything hangin in mid air. expectin me to noe everything.
1) a requester (F) ask me status of an item den realize i got no info & so FC check my email & den no choice, she go source again & pass me info. even prof worried tt actually Y purchase & he was hesitatin when cfm-in to get me to buy.
2) d microscope servicin status. totally no idea hw. no contact, no service contract no, etc. was chased aft by prof for status twice 2 weeks ago. den finally got a name fr Y which she only rmbr & all her info she oso cant access cos she no longer can. & yet d main company couldn't find d guy & so no ans. end up prof dig out a useful email w d guy's full name & contact no. found out Y gave him wrong contact no of mine & forward to wrong ppl. + she gave away my HP no (though wrong) jus like tt.
3) in 1 of Y's last email, she jus say tt she did purchase secondary anti-mouse & will get back to us once she got d status. den, d other purchaser (L) was chased twice for d status last week & then L come & chase aft me. thanks lor. found thr is a purchase in jun but tt's bit too long for delivery. today finally can contact Y & yet she forget wat name & company. WTH... but managed to figure out d brand & name for her to check & asked for her to get me her updated status record too.
3) aft much delay, i finally received d record fr Y & best part of all. her last purchase was 'passed' to me but i totally got no idea. she den say mayb she email wrong ppl again & ask me get quotation again 'tml'. diao. tml sat leh. not working leh. so i tot can do it on mon. but decided to check on d web since can get quotation online. well, y i did cos d name seem incomplete again. den to be nice, i asked her to let me noe who requested for it so i can cfm w d person & yet, tt person is F, d one gg to India tgt w Y in tonight flight. peng. tried calling d F but HP off so i had to calm down den call Y. cos i really need d info cos if not den hw i purchase? end up F oso cant rmbr exactly & so no choice gotta put off lor. can only pray hard tt prof wont not happy w me cos it's really really not my fault.
i really cant wait to get over this crazy period cos dealin w d mess is really crazy. but in a way, i'm lucky tt i got her record today so at least i found out tt thr is such a 'pendin' purchase. at least if d prof really not happy, i can say i only got to noe today & tt i totally got no detailed info to proceed for d purchasin.
on d other side, dear's OL for Krabi in Oct w me seemed to b drawn out by duno who. thr seemed to have a ghost at his workplace swoppin his shift & cancelin his OL cos no 1 wanna admit. so i super duper pissed off w all these black sheep.
y cant ppl do wat they suppose to do? y for their benefit & yet to our disadvantage? Today is fri, i got many things i planna do & yet thanks to such ppl, i spend lots of time tryin to find d item, tryin to clear ppl's mess. i'm really really angry tt i really don wish to see d person again. she still ve d cheek to say she will come back & visit us b4 leavin for her further studies. i really don wish to see her at this pt of time.
1) a requester (F) ask me status of an item den realize i got no info & so FC check my email & den no choice, she go source again & pass me info. even prof worried tt actually Y purchase & he was hesitatin when cfm-in to get me to buy.
2) d microscope servicin status. totally no idea hw. no contact, no service contract no, etc. was chased aft by prof for status twice 2 weeks ago. den finally got a name fr Y which she only rmbr & all her info she oso cant access cos she no longer can. & yet d main company couldn't find d guy & so no ans. end up prof dig out a useful email w d guy's full name & contact no. found out Y gave him wrong contact no of mine & forward to wrong ppl. + she gave away my HP no (though wrong) jus like tt.
3) in 1 of Y's last email, she jus say tt she did purchase secondary anti-mouse & will get back to us once she got d status. den, d other purchaser (L) was chased twice for d status last week & then L come & chase aft me. thanks lor. found thr is a purchase in jun but tt's bit too long for delivery. today finally can contact Y & yet she forget wat name & company. WTH... but managed to figure out d brand & name for her to check & asked for her to get me her updated status record too.
3) aft much delay, i finally received d record fr Y & best part of all. her last purchase was 'passed' to me but i totally got no idea. she den say mayb she email wrong ppl again & ask me get quotation again 'tml'. diao. tml sat leh. not working leh. so i tot can do it on mon. but decided to check on d web since can get quotation online. well, y i did cos d name seem incomplete again. den to be nice, i asked her to let me noe who requested for it so i can cfm w d person & yet, tt person is F, d one gg to India tgt w Y in tonight flight. peng. tried calling d F but HP off so i had to calm down den call Y. cos i really need d info cos if not den hw i purchase? end up F oso cant rmbr exactly & so no choice gotta put off lor. can only pray hard tt prof wont not happy w me cos it's really really not my fault.
i really cant wait to get over this crazy period cos dealin w d mess is really crazy. but in a way, i'm lucky tt i got her record today so at least i found out tt thr is such a 'pendin' purchase. at least if d prof really not happy, i can say i only got to noe today & tt i totally got no detailed info to proceed for d purchasin.
on d other side, dear's OL for Krabi in Oct w me seemed to b drawn out by duno who. thr seemed to have a ghost at his workplace swoppin his shift & cancelin his OL cos no 1 wanna admit. so i super duper pissed off w all these black sheep.
y cant ppl do wat they suppose to do? y for their benefit & yet to our disadvantage? Today is fri, i got many things i planna do & yet thanks to such ppl, i spend lots of time tryin to find d item, tryin to clear ppl's mess. i'm really really angry tt i really don wish to see d person again. she still ve d cheek to say she will come back & visit us b4 leavin for her further studies. i really don wish to see her at this pt of time.
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
BIG MESS
it's almost 2 mth since i started work. & nw, i'm felt i'm dump w mess again like d time when i started my 1st perm job. however, it's much diff than last time. at least thr is no on-going purchasin, servicin, etc to track & at least d mess ain't tt much cos it was a relatively much newer lab than now.
well, i sort of concluded tt actually i prefer to work in a new lab, startin off everything afresh & keepin clear record of everything esp since i'd got d template to track d purchasin & could spend much lesser time to source rather than flip thru d piles of doc manually like searchin needles in d sea. if not possible, at least work in a much newer lab ba. w 4 yrs of workin experiences w d 1st yr tryin to settle & get all d records, i felt tt subsequent yrs seemed to b much easier.
durin my 4 yrs break for studies, i oso continued doin diff part time. & oso in d purchasin dept too. i really don understand y ppl can jus pat their backside & leave a big mess for d next person. esp w missin records or info. hw do they expect ppl to source out? & nw, i felt d mess pilin on me.
anw, 1 question, hw to differentiate btw friends/colleagues?
yes. i'm in a place tt i'm familiar w. i noe d prof for more than 8 yrs. i prep d prac for d prof for 4 yrs, i did my attachment in his lab more than a yr ago, i did my FYP thr & nw i cont'd workin in his lab. i noe most of d ppl well & we're closed. so i bet we're friends & i wished to believe so. but i'm not so sure now. will a friend leave a mess for his/her friends? or is it cos of d age gap? or differences in d seriousness lvl? i rmbr i updated everything properly before leaving for my studies last time. i even track d time & reminded my friend when she should do certain things. i forwarded all impt emails to my yahoo mail cos i noe d work mail will be inactivated. tt's for sure. hw can anyone not noe? tt's common sense right?
currently, i'm sort of taking over a friend or rather ex-colleague who is leaving for studies oso. much b4 she left, i reminded her many times to update me & pass me everything. day b4 shee left, i still check w her even for d servcing, i found out she had an excel file which she will sort of update for purchasin, though not s comprehensive than mine, at least min she shoudl send a final copy to me b4 she left but she didnt.
is it cos d lab is too lenient? prof allow ppl to come in by 10am & didn't really comment much bout disappearance so i admit once a while i took longer lunch when i meet dear. but mostly i don leave tt early like near 1 & i try get back by slightly aft 2. but i see tt ppl took chances to go to JP, to go to service ctr, to go to ambassy.
on d last day of my ex-colleague, she went to d ambassy to get her visa. k. fine. i treat s if i dono. however, when she got back, i still check w her even till i die die wanna leave. cos i alrdy miss my bus cos i was waiting for her updates. i waited till i give up but i trusted her to pass me all items. guess it's bad move. but do i ve to chase aft her & till wat time? if it's my experiment or cos of prof i accept but cos of an irresponsible colleague who keep delayin? hw can i accept tt?
& thanks to her, last week, i was asked twice by my prof on status of d microscope servicing, w d only info tt she called Nikon directly, i ve no other info. this kinda matter is best either u got d service contract no or at least d DID of d person in-charge but i'd none. a PhD student can contact her so i seek her help & was told tt my colleague emailed me. i swear i nvr receive it. & true enough after d student search my email acc. den i was told tt my ex-colleague could no longer access her email. great. but she got a name w no surname so i call d company but i couldn't find d person in-charge. & then my prof check w me for d status for d 3rd time. F*** luckily d prof got d mail & printed for me.
guess wat. i found tt she had given my HP & email to d guy but gave him 9 digit HP no instead of 8. i'm not happy tt she jus give my HP no away jus like tt. i super don like it like tt. she should ve d courtesy to check w me if not den give d lab no la. & d email add is oso wrong. she had search for a student instead of a staff & happily said she forward me d mail. it's not even my undergrad email add lor. i really 'pei fu' her. whr is her heart s she work? photoshop? photography? friends? fun?
today, i was asked by another student on d delivery of another item. & best part. d only info i got fr her excel file is tt thr is a similar or same item bought in june & supposely pending delivery but d file update is till mid of jul only. so is it really pending delivery? is it tt item? so i can jus try contact d company? or had it been delieved & thr is another item from same or diff company aft mid jul? she did send me an email w regards to tt matter. she said she will check w d company via email & get back to me & she nvr forward me d details of her conversation. & nw, i guess she can say tt cos her email acc is locked, she could n't check le lor. wah lan eh. hw many more mess had she left behind? hw many more do i ve to clear?
best part. for purchasin, i'm not d only one doing, thr is another gal & both of us had d acc to purchase fr GS. however, ppl in d lab only keep tellin me they need this they need tt. helo! thr is 1 more person when i'm busy lor. & even best part. ytd, tt gal w d acc came & tell me tt 1 of d item is finishin & she was gg to rest at her desk then. seein so, though i free then, i felt tt i shouldn't 'zhong rong' them. i told her bluntly, 'then buy lor'. y did she have to tell me? if i need something & i'm free, instead of tellin her, i would rather ask if she had anything to buy den i consolidat & get tgt ma. so wat? she is expectin me to buy when she is free? if tt's d case, she can b free fr d duty le la.
previously, before d risk assessment audit, b4 d long weekend, prof wanted someone to volunteer to update d MSDS but no 1 did & so i did. i noe surely many things r missing & true enough. I need to search, print & update in jus 1 day & i couldn't finish. Luckily thr r ppl who volunteer to help me. if not, i cant even finish if auditor really came in. i guess they noe all these r messy stuff so no one wanna b d one in charge ba.
tt's y i say, it's really gd if i can help start of a new lab or at least a realatively new lab so things ain't tt messy. & can really c d true color of ppl when such things happen. i'm really disappointed w tt so call friend who jus pat her backside & leave.
Monday, 5 September 2011
weird dreams/nightmares
wat is it tt will cos ppl to dream? y do ppl dream? though dreamin may b common, & wakin up cant rmbring any dream is oso v common. but once a blue moon, i would tend to get weird dreams or mayb u can call it nightmares.
previously, i dreamt of scratches tt open up into open wounds; escapin fr war scene; of my late grandma being trapped & i unlock her & she came back to find me; & oso finding weird eggs while fishin out in d sea tt become worms then evolved to diff forms of large creatures which is illegal to rear, etc.
last nite, i had weird & eerie dreams again. & i not sure if it's 2 or actually it's linked up cos their is a common character which is my grandma. however, it's jus weird. cos my grandma don ve long curly hair.
let us say it's 2 diff dreams.
1)
i was out somewhr w my grandma. it's like a open space carpark whr i saw a man smashing a big box of cigarette & a young lady got really mad (think it's hers ba). den aft i walk 1 round around d place, i found another big pack of cigarette. somehow, for duno wat reasons, d lady's anger become mine, as if i'm her & i started to throw d cigarette out & up but i didn't throw in 1 location but walked ard & throw. then d place evolved. d place had more trees ard. in d middle area whr d carpark is was rows of trees. s i throw, it was s though i was givin d cigarette to d underworld ppl. some of d cigarette even got stuck on d tree brunches. at tt time, d sky got darker & d wind got stronger. d place started to become misty/foggy too. it's s though it is getting more & more eerie & d eerie-ness creep into me. but knowing i had nothing to b afraid of, this time i started finding my grandma & thr is a landmark for me to locate d spot whr is left her. (i was at d back of d place actually) & as i move forward to find d spot, it seemed like i was at a cemetry w tombstone. when i reach, i couldn't find her but thr is a young girl who call me 'jie jie'. s we looked ard, we spotted 'our' grandma. she is at d front corner squatin down trying to lit joss sticks. s we approached her, she managed to lit 4 joss sticks & said something like to ask d evil spirit to go away as tt is not d place for them & asked all of us to apologise. we did & at tt point of time, d sky started to clear & only then in front of me, i saw an unconsious boy waking up & wat's more weird is tt he's my bro.
2)
in memory, i was told by my mum tt grandma wanted someone to accompany her for shopping. in d 'reality' i was bringin my grandma w dear to a supermarket whr it sell diff kinda deep frozen fishes, etc. 1st round, grandma picked her items. den duno y, we walked ard den i sense tt her leg hurts. so i asked if she needs to rest before continuing or does she wanted to go back. well, she doesn't seem to wanna go back. so i carried her bags of 'loot' & walked another round w her. this time, i even see frozen sharks. & in her bags, it's mixtures of raw stuffs like frog legs, weird looking fishes, etc. it looked so yucky but had no choice but to carry for her. & for duno wat reasons, thr is a point whr i'm all alone, s though i'm lost in a big shopping mall. a place i nvr being before. den wat i rmbr next is tt i'm w my grandma & my mum was lookin at clothes at a pushcart stall & then think we all left to take bus back. it's only 1/2 way along d journey tt i realized & wonder y we taking bus cos dear's ard & he jus said to me tt he's not driving to my place. y is he not driving? he gonna take public transport back fr my place? s all these questions flashed in my head, i woke up.
in btw both dreams, i woke up. so i'm not sure if thr is any link btw both but it's jus weird. really weird. my 'grandma' don seemed like mine, i got a 'bro' & 'sis', y i got mad over d cigarette? y i throw d other found box of cigarette, y d place can suddenly become so eerie & then gone aft 'grandma' burn joss stick & ask d evil spirit to go away & aft we apologize, my 'bro' wake up? & whr is d mall tt i went to when i nvr see tt place b4? & d supermarket inside is so big & thr r deep frozen meats & even sharks? if it's not real, den y r there real characters like my mum & dear? & y he didn't wanna drive? & y i nvr notice in d 1st place tt we r taking bus instead of his car?
well, in my dreams thr is much more details but hard to explain out totally. like my friend said, weird dreams oso mean bad quality sleep esp to start of d week but i'm jus more puzzled now than to think of quality sleep. & somemore, actually think thr is more weird dreams tt i can't rmbr even for a short trip s i dozed of btw home & work. wat's d meaning?
previously, i dreamt of scratches tt open up into open wounds; escapin fr war scene; of my late grandma being trapped & i unlock her & she came back to find me; & oso finding weird eggs while fishin out in d sea tt become worms then evolved to diff forms of large creatures which is illegal to rear, etc.
last nite, i had weird & eerie dreams again. & i not sure if it's 2 or actually it's linked up cos their is a common character which is my grandma. however, it's jus weird. cos my grandma don ve long curly hair.
let us say it's 2 diff dreams.
1)
i was out somewhr w my grandma. it's like a open space carpark whr i saw a man smashing a big box of cigarette & a young lady got really mad (think it's hers ba). den aft i walk 1 round around d place, i found another big pack of cigarette. somehow, for duno wat reasons, d lady's anger become mine, as if i'm her & i started to throw d cigarette out & up but i didn't throw in 1 location but walked ard & throw. then d place evolved. d place had more trees ard. in d middle area whr d carpark is was rows of trees. s i throw, it was s though i was givin d cigarette to d underworld ppl. some of d cigarette even got stuck on d tree brunches. at tt time, d sky got darker & d wind got stronger. d place started to become misty/foggy too. it's s though it is getting more & more eerie & d eerie-ness creep into me. but knowing i had nothing to b afraid of, this time i started finding my grandma & thr is a landmark for me to locate d spot whr is left her. (i was at d back of d place actually) & as i move forward to find d spot, it seemed like i was at a cemetry w tombstone. when i reach, i couldn't find her but thr is a young girl who call me 'jie jie'. s we looked ard, we spotted 'our' grandma. she is at d front corner squatin down trying to lit joss sticks. s we approached her, she managed to lit 4 joss sticks & said something like to ask d evil spirit to go away as tt is not d place for them & asked all of us to apologise. we did & at tt point of time, d sky started to clear & only then in front of me, i saw an unconsious boy waking up & wat's more weird is tt he's my bro.
2)
in memory, i was told by my mum tt grandma wanted someone to accompany her for shopping. in d 'reality' i was bringin my grandma w dear to a supermarket whr it sell diff kinda deep frozen fishes, etc. 1st round, grandma picked her items. den duno y, we walked ard den i sense tt her leg hurts. so i asked if she needs to rest before continuing or does she wanted to go back. well, she doesn't seem to wanna go back. so i carried her bags of 'loot' & walked another round w her. this time, i even see frozen sharks. & in her bags, it's mixtures of raw stuffs like frog legs, weird looking fishes, etc. it looked so yucky but had no choice but to carry for her. & for duno wat reasons, thr is a point whr i'm all alone, s though i'm lost in a big shopping mall. a place i nvr being before. den wat i rmbr next is tt i'm w my grandma & my mum was lookin at clothes at a pushcart stall & then think we all left to take bus back. it's only 1/2 way along d journey tt i realized & wonder y we taking bus cos dear's ard & he jus said to me tt he's not driving to my place. y is he not driving? he gonna take public transport back fr my place? s all these questions flashed in my head, i woke up.
in btw both dreams, i woke up. so i'm not sure if thr is any link btw both but it's jus weird. really weird. my 'grandma' don seemed like mine, i got a 'bro' & 'sis', y i got mad over d cigarette? y i throw d other found box of cigarette, y d place can suddenly become so eerie & then gone aft 'grandma' burn joss stick & ask d evil spirit to go away & aft we apologize, my 'bro' wake up? & whr is d mall tt i went to when i nvr see tt place b4? & d supermarket inside is so big & thr r deep frozen meats & even sharks? if it's not real, den y r there real characters like my mum & dear? & y he didn't wanna drive? & y i nvr notice in d 1st place tt we r taking bus instead of his car?
well, in my dreams thr is much more details but hard to explain out totally. like my friend said, weird dreams oso mean bad quality sleep esp to start of d week but i'm jus more puzzled now than to think of quality sleep. & somemore, actually think thr is more weird dreams tt i can't rmbr even for a short trip s i dozed of btw home & work. wat's d meaning?
Friday, 5 August 2011
问心无愧
is it cos boss had been promoted up & so encountering more stress? my fellow colleagues said tt it seemed like he's gg thru PMS like women. lol. but he seemed more grumpy recently. i oso concluded so cos comparing to d period when i do attachment (3 mths) & FYP (4 mths), think he only called everyone in to scold. ya. even me s a attachment & FYP student wasn't spared. however, since i started work in july, when it's not even 1 mth. jus this week, all of us were called in twice le.
well, all these while all actually not my prob except for d indirect case jus days ago. so it's quite sian tt i'm called in & got to face the music.
if tok bout punctuality, i can b d 1st to reach btw 8.15 to 8.40 depending on my staff bus & traffic. so when he emphasized tt he wanted all to b in latest by 10. it's not a prob for me. somemore i'm a staff. so i should noe when i need to b in. & i'm independant enough to do d lab work or anything by myself w/o assistant. so long s i'm told hw to do, i can jus do alone. anw, he scolded tt not jus once le. till i reminded d Ph.D student tt i follow to note cos of her timing.
den for d FYP case, d 1st one. I was thr duno 1st or 2nd day. end up being called in & got scolded for d waste bin tt was overfilling. er... not my fault right? n those who knew me sure know i wont do tt. right?
tt special case whr i said it is indirectly my fault was cos think prof see me in office often cos d reagent i need is depletin n new stock is awaiting delivery. but i never do nothing. i type out my protocol so i can jus 'ctrl+F' to find rather than flippin here & thr. i oso did purchasin, & awaiting boss confirmation on d item. & seeing d mail bout d risk management audit in sep, i decided to complete my personal risk assessment form which i'd been putting back. but i guess he couldn't see my screen so i guess too bad la. but anw, it's not this issue i wanna say.
it's cos, of d experiment which i did, actually, for each set of experiment, i use equal number of cells for each condition. but i never count d no of cells which i used. it's not cos i lazy but cos d graduate student said tt it doesn't matter so long as there r equal no for each & every condition for every batch. so i follow. how on earth do i noe tt it's really not appropiate since thr is such advice. end up 'ALL' was called in to prof office & he scolded till say tt we weren't serious, we jus come here to play & have fun & tt we should jus leave. yes. he said v directly n crudely. haiz. i can't say not totally my fault but i did check & i don ve experience like them to hypothesize project & protocols. i'm d kind, u give me proj, & protocols, i do & return u d results lor. if i so clever, i oso shoudl consider doing Ph.D.
he oso scolded bout keepin record of d protocol. i do have a written copy in d lab & also had typed out with hard copy in my office & in my CPU, thumbdrive, ext HDD & also my personal lappy. so for tt, felt quite sian again.
oh ya. if u notice, d 'all' above is cap. reason: prof left out a new guy who was thr for 2 days le. i don see y he had to be left out. in d 1st place, though he knew me for ~8yrs, when i was an attachment student n had come in on time, why did he need me to go in for the scolding. 2nd, when it was jus my 1st few days s a FYP student, y was i being called to scold bout d waste? & also punctuality? y wasn't d other FYP student being called in? & oso, tt time, thr is a new Ph.D student who was thr oso jus 1 or 2 day & he also asked her to go in & get scolded & be warned. so why did the new guy have privilege? jus cos he's a guy? jus cos he's d ONLY guy other than d prof himself? pian xin... anw, i don see why he shouldn't go in to listen sicne prof also wanna emphasize bout noting down protocols, etc. actually, all d more he should listen too.
well, forget bout tt. today, aft lunch, all was called in to prof office again. this time is really all. prof found out a microscope is down & seemed like down for a while & ppl noe but never report. 1st person prof ask is me. he pointed to me & ask firmly, angrily & seriously, 'J, do you know d microscope in d tissue culture rm is down?' me: shake head, 'no i don'. den he seemed not convinced & said tt we shouldn't lie & had to be frank. he then turn to d guy & ask. he oso didn't noe. he only 2nd day startin experiment lor. den he ask d Ph.D student & they knew. great... who is d culprit?
i was quite upset tt he didn't seemed convinced tt i didn't noe. er... if i noe, u think i wont try to solve meh? whr was i fr? wat exp do i ve? i was a lab tech before leh. i oso take care of eqpt & maintenance & liase for servicing. given protocol, i can try to rectify myself before callin engineer wor. do i need to keep quiet? & it's those who r guilty for all d scoldin tt dare not talk to boss so y i need to be afraid of? i even had my past record of purchasing & d name cards of as much as possible lor. jus tt it's bit outdated la. but i can check w my ex-colleague for contacts since we r under d same sch so vendor/engineer should b d same lor. if i got no record, i wont noe d estimated price of d freezer & if i had no experience, i wont noe whr to check d freezer information fr d freezer le lor. hello!!! can boss pls wake up?
& if i really so lazy, actually beginning of d week, it's my turn to clear waste & i cleared partially if not cos thr is not enough biohazard waste bag. den d next in d roster had alrdy change to her name on d whiteboard. so in a way, i can say i no need to tie up d waste & send down today. if i could clear at beginning of week, i only got 3 bag of waste, at most 4 but nw i got 6 lor.
if i'm tt lazy, i oso won't go & ask d new guy for mobile no. not cos i wanna get to noe him. but cos we need to update our emergency contact list in d lab & office. i even thought of re-typing cos i don ve soft copies fr previous but my colleague send me eventually. i oso updated d roster list so tt everybody will noe. & in d morning, i oso use d time to type d risk assessment lor. i even copied all risk assessment for d whole lab rather than individual & save a copy before deleting & editing into my own copy. if i don care bout d lab, i oso wont check w d 2 other new staffs (1 earlier than me & d new guy) if they did d risk assessment form yet since d audit is comin. i even send them d full template & not d one amended for my duty so tt they can jus do some minor changes only lor.
well, my workplace can b quite an enjoyable place w nice ppl ard except for d pay which i wish to get more, if not, i won't mind staying for long but den, seeing d boss gettin more grumpy & picky recently, i cant help but feel tt it might b a pushin factor tt would chase me out of thr. but it wont b anytime soon. if i can find a new place w gd pay & gd location & gd time, tt'll b most ripe time to leave. if not so long s 1 or more of those factors were in, i might jus go 1st b4 thinkin of next step. i shall give it till 2012. i don wanna rush nw & end up felt guilty cos actually boss is kind enough to take me in when i had no news fr all d jobs i applied for.
well, now, i can only say, time shall speak out for me. to show wat i can do under my boss now & den whr i shall proceed next. no pt getting sore bout anything so long as 问心无愧...
well, all these while all actually not my prob except for d indirect case jus days ago. so it's quite sian tt i'm called in & got to face the music.
if tok bout punctuality, i can b d 1st to reach btw 8.15 to 8.40 depending on my staff bus & traffic. so when he emphasized tt he wanted all to b in latest by 10. it's not a prob for me. somemore i'm a staff. so i should noe when i need to b in. & i'm independant enough to do d lab work or anything by myself w/o assistant. so long s i'm told hw to do, i can jus do alone. anw, he scolded tt not jus once le. till i reminded d Ph.D student tt i follow to note cos of her timing.
den for d FYP case, d 1st one. I was thr duno 1st or 2nd day. end up being called in & got scolded for d waste bin tt was overfilling. er... not my fault right? n those who knew me sure know i wont do tt. right?
tt special case whr i said it is indirectly my fault was cos think prof see me in office often cos d reagent i need is depletin n new stock is awaiting delivery. but i never do nothing. i type out my protocol so i can jus 'ctrl+F' to find rather than flippin here & thr. i oso did purchasin, & awaiting boss confirmation on d item. & seeing d mail bout d risk management audit in sep, i decided to complete my personal risk assessment form which i'd been putting back. but i guess he couldn't see my screen so i guess too bad la. but anw, it's not this issue i wanna say.
it's cos, of d experiment which i did, actually, for each set of experiment, i use equal number of cells for each condition. but i never count d no of cells which i used. it's not cos i lazy but cos d graduate student said tt it doesn't matter so long as there r equal no for each & every condition for every batch. so i follow. how on earth do i noe tt it's really not appropiate since thr is such advice. end up 'ALL' was called in to prof office & he scolded till say tt we weren't serious, we jus come here to play & have fun & tt we should jus leave. yes. he said v directly n crudely. haiz. i can't say not totally my fault but i did check & i don ve experience like them to hypothesize project & protocols. i'm d kind, u give me proj, & protocols, i do & return u d results lor. if i so clever, i oso shoudl consider doing Ph.D.
he oso scolded bout keepin record of d protocol. i do have a written copy in d lab & also had typed out with hard copy in my office & in my CPU, thumbdrive, ext HDD & also my personal lappy. so for tt, felt quite sian again.
oh ya. if u notice, d 'all' above is cap. reason: prof left out a new guy who was thr for 2 days le. i don see y he had to be left out. in d 1st place, though he knew me for ~8yrs, when i was an attachment student n had come in on time, why did he need me to go in for the scolding. 2nd, when it was jus my 1st few days s a FYP student, y was i being called to scold bout d waste? & also punctuality? y wasn't d other FYP student being called in? & oso, tt time, thr is a new Ph.D student who was thr oso jus 1 or 2 day & he also asked her to go in & get scolded & be warned. so why did the new guy have privilege? jus cos he's a guy? jus cos he's d ONLY guy other than d prof himself? pian xin... anw, i don see why he shouldn't go in to listen sicne prof also wanna emphasize bout noting down protocols, etc. actually, all d more he should listen too.
well, forget bout tt. today, aft lunch, all was called in to prof office again. this time is really all. prof found out a microscope is down & seemed like down for a while & ppl noe but never report. 1st person prof ask is me. he pointed to me & ask firmly, angrily & seriously, 'J, do you know d microscope in d tissue culture rm is down?' me: shake head, 'no i don'. den he seemed not convinced & said tt we shouldn't lie & had to be frank. he then turn to d guy & ask. he oso didn't noe. he only 2nd day startin experiment lor. den he ask d Ph.D student & they knew. great... who is d culprit?
i was quite upset tt he didn't seemed convinced tt i didn't noe. er... if i noe, u think i wont try to solve meh? whr was i fr? wat exp do i ve? i was a lab tech before leh. i oso take care of eqpt & maintenance & liase for servicing. given protocol, i can try to rectify myself before callin engineer wor. do i need to keep quiet? & it's those who r guilty for all d scoldin tt dare not talk to boss so y i need to be afraid of? i even had my past record of purchasing & d name cards of as much as possible lor. jus tt it's bit outdated la. but i can check w my ex-colleague for contacts since we r under d same sch so vendor/engineer should b d same lor. if i got no record, i wont noe d estimated price of d freezer & if i had no experience, i wont noe whr to check d freezer information fr d freezer le lor. hello!!! can boss pls wake up?
& if i really so lazy, actually beginning of d week, it's my turn to clear waste & i cleared partially if not cos thr is not enough biohazard waste bag. den d next in d roster had alrdy change to her name on d whiteboard. so in a way, i can say i no need to tie up d waste & send down today. if i could clear at beginning of week, i only got 3 bag of waste, at most 4 but nw i got 6 lor.
if i'm tt lazy, i oso won't go & ask d new guy for mobile no. not cos i wanna get to noe him. but cos we need to update our emergency contact list in d lab & office. i even thought of re-typing cos i don ve soft copies fr previous but my colleague send me eventually. i oso updated d roster list so tt everybody will noe. & in d morning, i oso use d time to type d risk assessment lor. i even copied all risk assessment for d whole lab rather than individual & save a copy before deleting & editing into my own copy. if i don care bout d lab, i oso wont check w d 2 other new staffs (1 earlier than me & d new guy) if they did d risk assessment form yet since d audit is comin. i even send them d full template & not d one amended for my duty so tt they can jus do some minor changes only lor.
well, my workplace can b quite an enjoyable place w nice ppl ard except for d pay which i wish to get more, if not, i won't mind staying for long but den, seeing d boss gettin more grumpy & picky recently, i cant help but feel tt it might b a pushin factor tt would chase me out of thr. but it wont b anytime soon. if i can find a new place w gd pay & gd location & gd time, tt'll b most ripe time to leave. if not so long s 1 or more of those factors were in, i might jus go 1st b4 thinkin of next step. i shall give it till 2012. i don wanna rush nw & end up felt guilty cos actually boss is kind enough to take me in when i had no news fr all d jobs i applied for.
well, now, i can only say, time shall speak out for me. to show wat i can do under my boss now & den whr i shall proceed next. no pt getting sore bout anything so long as 问心无愧...
Friday, 29 July 2011
conclusion
it finally concluded. it's finally over... it had been a tiring & strugglin 4 yrs but it's over. since it's over, there is no turning back. no pt to regret d decision. can only move forward hopin tt it's d best decision made. jus gotta strive on.
Friday, 22 July 2011
warmth
on a cold rainy day, it's so nice n comfty w d warmth beside dear when he met me for lunch aft my live cell imaging trainin today...
plans
一转眼，第二个星期也过了... ya... ended my 2nd work week le n thr r more to go. well, actually, i do think of next plan... s in my future endeavour... shall i cont'd here forever or for long??? i doubt so cos of d pay oso la. but i'm glad i'm employed now. can u imagine if i not workin nw. totally no income leh plus gotta pay poly sch fee. but nw tt i'm employed, i decided n had increase my mthly repayment amt. i wanna clear debt in shortest possible time. esp b4 uni fee started comin n rollin.
i was stupid n naive last time. dad had a pt, payin min means less siong for me. but den, w not many friends n no exp, i believed tt though i b payin interest, at least it's to dad. however, nw, i find tt it's not tt true. bank loan or cpf loan, both oso got interest. if i no touch his cpf, his cpf money will oso cont'd to grow interest. d interest incurred to me is oso wat he could earn if i didn't use his account for edu. so i had been payin his interest all these yrs for him instead of he got d interest fr d cpf board aka govt. so in a way, actually, i should pay whatever i could afford last time. den i pay less interest. i save tt amt of interest for my use while dad will still cont'd to accumulate d interest fr cpf board. thus, w/o tellin dad, i increase my amt le. s for my uni fee, i oso check out d max amt i can repay in d shortest possible time though can repay in 12 yrs installment. by payin d max amt i can afford, i can save 2-2.5k of interest leh. n not say dad wont get tt 2-2.5k. he will oso, so it's a win-win situation. guess d economics n biz mgmt course i took oso did make me 开窍. haha.
oh well, anw, back track to last week. prof assigned me a proj trial w d graduate student i was under last time durin attachment & FYP & so i guess i'll b pairin w her. workin w her. in a way, oso quite gd for me la. cos we partner till in a way tt i reach work early, i start work 1st, den she go back ltr, so she cont'd. n since weekend she comin back to do exp plus i get cells fr her, basically i can say i mostly no need go back on weekend or PH. so i guess it's gd for me. this is wat attract me to stay on. but she will oso graduate in 1-2 yrs. so she'll oso leave den surely i wont b so 好命 la. watever it is, 走一步看一步ba...
sat, went to my friend's new place at punggol. a nice n cosy place jus for 2 pax. not tt many things oso. tt's my aim for future cos seein my hse so pack make it look so much smaller. plus, oso not tt easy to clean. so it'll b gd w s little things, min deco items, smooth, plain surface for easy wipin. haha. anw, i like d idea of savin water in her bathrooms. at least wont waste water. well, at her place, felt kind sua ku. cos recent flat no longer use bamboo pole to dry clothes le. so i was like snappin photo here n thr. hehe.
tt same day, i last min met up w d friend who we always try to catch each other. somehow, tt day she oso tryin to find if i free to watch harry potter but den i didn't noe. so by d time, it was too late. left only front 2 row or something like tt so we forget it. cos both of us experience d agony for sittin on 1st row esp tt was an action pack movie aka transformer part 1.
she told me bout her interview encounter & gave me advice. n she asked me to job hop within 3 mths. er... bit kua zhang. i jus started work lor. well, tt friend actually advice me to jump totally out. she insists tt i do ve experience like my purchasin background n say tt i must push all these knowlegde out. it's like wat she was sayin was like wat d manager of my ex-colleagues had told me last week. so i shall heel their advice when i managed to find n b shortlisted for interview. but before tt, i must prep CV instead of jus resume. resume is summary of everything. it doesn't emphasis what i noe or did before. lots of work need to b done but wat had to b done will ve to b done.
aft wat my ex-colleagues' manager n wat my friend had told me, it made me think bout it. 3 mths to job hop is bit kua zhang n i'll feel bad so i give it till 2012? 2-3 days ago, prof suddenly jus ask me find quotation n purchase things. tt's wat i did b4 so i not sure if tt's d reason, so he simply jus tell me wat he wanted. n i had no other info. well, lucky me. i did save d info fr my previous job. it's of use nw. it really did cos d vendor gave me quotation of a much sophisicated n much expensive equipment n it's d same vendor i looked for yrs ago. hehe. don treat me s a noble can? u messin w wrong pax. haha.
n gettin quotation n doin purchasing is wat i did b4 so it's really nothing new to me. no need learn much. jus need update of info cos i'd been away for 4 yrs. so in a way, it really proof to me tt i do ve such experience like wat my friend n d manager had told me. but instead of total switch of field, which i bet thr is still difficulties though i can try sell wat i can do, i ve another idea. but i need to find out more. cos tt'll b a steppin stone oso. n hopefully i can earn bit more. but i don 排除 total field switch. well, quite bad of me to think of leavin when i was in midst of 2nd workin week. haha. ;p
so my 1st step is to find out more fr my friends. if suitable, i shall implement my search. oso cos i must try to earn more plus i'm not 18 or 19 anymore to play ard. but at least w a job now, i'm still financially 'stable' for me to find out more. i hope i can get wat i wanted.
anw, i fail my plan to sell off my piano though i nvr tot of profitting fr it cos i'll gave money back to dad. mum seemed to wanna keep it which i see no pt since thr r still many yrs of warranty now. best to sell it b4 it become valueless ma. so i guess unless i can find real gd value for it, if not, i guess i'll ve to keep it n cont'd w d maintenance. haiz... guess gotta keep aside $1/day for d maintenance le. it may not b much but den d livin std is gettin more exp. $1/day is actually alot in a way than to waste it off like tt. at least i can eat slightly better leh. watever la. see hw in future but if anyone know of someone gettin a 2nd hand piano, let me noe wor.
i was stupid n naive last time. dad had a pt, payin min means less siong for me. but den, w not many friends n no exp, i believed tt though i b payin interest, at least it's to dad. however, nw, i find tt it's not tt true. bank loan or cpf loan, both oso got interest. if i no touch his cpf, his cpf money will oso cont'd to grow interest. d interest incurred to me is oso wat he could earn if i didn't use his account for edu. so i had been payin his interest all these yrs for him instead of he got d interest fr d cpf board aka govt. so in a way, actually, i should pay whatever i could afford last time. den i pay less interest. i save tt amt of interest for my use while dad will still cont'd to accumulate d interest fr cpf board. thus, w/o tellin dad, i increase my amt le. s for my uni fee, i oso check out d max amt i can repay in d shortest possible time though can repay in 12 yrs installment. by payin d max amt i can afford, i can save 2-2.5k of interest leh. n not say dad wont get tt 2-2.5k. he will oso, so it's a win-win situation. guess d economics n biz mgmt course i took oso did make me 开窍. haha.
oh well, anw, back track to last week. prof assigned me a proj trial w d graduate student i was under last time durin attachment & FYP & so i guess i'll b pairin w her. workin w her. in a way, oso quite gd for me la. cos we partner till in a way tt i reach work early, i start work 1st, den she go back ltr, so she cont'd. n since weekend she comin back to do exp plus i get cells fr her, basically i can say i mostly no need go back on weekend or PH. so i guess it's gd for me. this is wat attract me to stay on. but she will oso graduate in 1-2 yrs. so she'll oso leave den surely i wont b so 好命 la. watever it is, 走一步看一步ba...
sat, went to my friend's new place at punggol. a nice n cosy place jus for 2 pax. not tt many things oso. tt's my aim for future cos seein my hse so pack make it look so much smaller. plus, oso not tt easy to clean. so it'll b gd w s little things, min deco items, smooth, plain surface for easy wipin. haha. anw, i like d idea of savin water in her bathrooms. at least wont waste water. well, at her place, felt kind sua ku. cos recent flat no longer use bamboo pole to dry clothes le. so i was like snappin photo here n thr. hehe.
tt same day, i last min met up w d friend who we always try to catch each other. somehow, tt day she oso tryin to find if i free to watch harry potter but den i didn't noe. so by d time, it was too late. left only front 2 row or something like tt so we forget it. cos both of us experience d agony for sittin on 1st row esp tt was an action pack movie aka transformer part 1.
she told me bout her interview encounter & gave me advice. n she asked me to job hop within 3 mths. er... bit kua zhang. i jus started work lor. well, tt friend actually advice me to jump totally out. she insists tt i do ve experience like my purchasin background n say tt i must push all these knowlegde out. it's like wat she was sayin was like wat d manager of my ex-colleagues had told me last week. so i shall heel their advice when i managed to find n b shortlisted for interview. but before tt, i must prep CV instead of jus resume. resume is summary of everything. it doesn't emphasis what i noe or did before. lots of work need to b done but wat had to b done will ve to b done.
aft wat my ex-colleagues' manager n wat my friend had told me, it made me think bout it. 3 mths to job hop is bit kua zhang n i'll feel bad so i give it till 2012? 2-3 days ago, prof suddenly jus ask me find quotation n purchase things. tt's wat i did b4 so i not sure if tt's d reason, so he simply jus tell me wat he wanted. n i had no other info. well, lucky me. i did save d info fr my previous job. it's of use nw. it really did cos d vendor gave me quotation of a much sophisicated n much expensive equipment n it's d same vendor i looked for yrs ago. hehe. don treat me s a noble can? u messin w wrong pax. haha.
n gettin quotation n doin purchasing is wat i did b4 so it's really nothing new to me. no need learn much. jus need update of info cos i'd been away for 4 yrs. so in a way, it really proof to me tt i do ve such experience like wat my friend n d manager had told me. but instead of total switch of field, which i bet thr is still difficulties though i can try sell wat i can do, i ve another idea. but i need to find out more. cos tt'll b a steppin stone oso. n hopefully i can earn bit more. but i don 排除 total field switch. well, quite bad of me to think of leavin when i was in midst of 2nd workin week. haha. ;p
so my 1st step is to find out more fr my friends. if suitable, i shall implement my search. oso cos i must try to earn more plus i'm not 18 or 19 anymore to play ard. but at least w a job now, i'm still financially 'stable' for me to find out more. i hope i can get wat i wanted.
anw, i fail my plan to sell off my piano though i nvr tot of profitting fr it cos i'll gave money back to dad. mum seemed to wanna keep it which i see no pt since thr r still many yrs of warranty now. best to sell it b4 it become valueless ma. so i guess unless i can find real gd value for it, if not, i guess i'll ve to keep it n cont'd w d maintenance. haiz... guess gotta keep aside $1/day for d maintenance le. it may not b much but den d livin std is gettin more exp. $1/day is actually alot in a way than to waste it off like tt. at least i can eat slightly better leh. watever la. see hw in future but if anyone know of someone gettin a 2nd hand piano, let me noe wor.
Thursday, 14 July 2011
stuck but secured
though i'm d 1st to leave amg d gp of friends, aft makin a big round, i'm still stuck in d same place. d only diff is i'm always holdin diff positions confusin those othes who noe me.
havin worked 4 yrs s a lab tech, i become a student for another 4 yrs, n nw workin s a PO. hopefully wont stay another 4 yrs till i move on le ba. tt's bit too long le.
while i was a student, i got many opportunities to work in lab, in office, in store, s attachment student, s FYP student, etc. thus, i knew i confused countless of ppl who must b wonderin wat position i'm holdin. but nw, don worry. i'm not back for more confusion. jus wanna b employed while searchin for a better offer elsewhr. preferrably non-lab based or non-research based w better prospect n advancement, n w better pay n benefit too. i wont request for even higher pay job but min same pay s nw w all d bonus n benefit la. if thr r such lobang, let me noe.
well, aft days of worries n slpless night, i finalized my expenditure budget n budget plans for my poly n uni repayment.
sorry dear for buggin u w d figures all these days till u say u got sick of it. but i still wanna thank you for ur support cos nw tt i finalized, though really really min savings, so long s i 省着点用, i might still b able to save slightly slightly more n by slightly more than 5 yrs, i should b clear of debts. n if i can find a job w addition of bonuses, i cfm believed i'll do even better than nw. so keepin fingers cross for nw.
cant imagine if i nvr take up this job offer though eventually found out tt thr r no bonus. if not, den i duno ve to wait for duno hw long den i'll get my 1st pay. think i cant even survive till den cos broke liao. at least nw, every mth i still got $$ to clear bills, meals, transport, poly sch fees, etc.
anw, aiming to clear poly sch fee by mid 2012. don wanna pay min anymore cos will drag till 2013. at least by den, i can focus on my uni fee. n i oso wanna clear in d shortest possible yrs to min d interest incur. since when $$ go into dad's cpf acc, he can oso accumulate d same remaining interets fr cpf ma. n yet i no need pay d extra interest. he get his interest, i get to save more. win-win wor.
i jus realized i so stupid when i graduated fr poly. tt time, go listen to dad n pay min sum. true tt it wont hit me so much every mth, but d amt of interest tt accumulate is not gonna b a small sum. esp when i cant clear off n den had to put on hold while i study n d interest cont'd accumulate. tt time, i should ve jus clear off d remaining but scare not enough $$ to last till i graduate ma.
oso realized tt actually, cpf loan fr dad or fr bank actually not much diff. mayb diff is d interest rate ba. but eventually still gotta pay interest. so no matter whr u loan fr. even if fr bank, dad's cpf will still accumulate interest fr cpf board. was really brain washed by them tt time but nw i got more sharp le.
well well, nw tt i settle my calculation, i bet i can slp better tonight. i really hope so. it's really hard to last thru d day like tt. d only time i can slp better is when dear is beside. while he surf d net, i doze off beside leanin on his shoulder cos felt so relax n secure cos he's thr givin me support but he is only ard for a short while den all d worries kick in. pls pls let me slp better tonight ba
havin worked 4 yrs s a lab tech, i become a student for another 4 yrs, n nw workin s a PO. hopefully wont stay another 4 yrs till i move on le ba. tt's bit too long le.
while i was a student, i got many opportunities to work in lab, in office, in store, s attachment student, s FYP student, etc. thus, i knew i confused countless of ppl who must b wonderin wat position i'm holdin. but nw, don worry. i'm not back for more confusion. jus wanna b employed while searchin for a better offer elsewhr. preferrably non-lab based or non-research based w better prospect n advancement, n w better pay n benefit too. i wont request for even higher pay job but min same pay s nw w all d bonus n benefit la. if thr r such lobang, let me noe.
well, aft days of worries n slpless night, i finalized my expenditure budget n budget plans for my poly n uni repayment.
sorry dear for buggin u w d figures all these days till u say u got sick of it. but i still wanna thank you for ur support cos nw tt i finalized, though really really min savings, so long s i 省着点用, i might still b able to save slightly slightly more n by slightly more than 5 yrs, i should b clear of debts. n if i can find a job w addition of bonuses, i cfm believed i'll do even better than nw. so keepin fingers cross for nw.
cant imagine if i nvr take up this job offer though eventually found out tt thr r no bonus. if not, den i duno ve to wait for duno hw long den i'll get my 1st pay. think i cant even survive till den cos broke liao. at least nw, every mth i still got $$ to clear bills, meals, transport, poly sch fees, etc.
anw, aiming to clear poly sch fee by mid 2012. don wanna pay min anymore cos will drag till 2013. at least by den, i can focus on my uni fee. n i oso wanna clear in d shortest possible yrs to min d interest incur. since when $$ go into dad's cpf acc, he can oso accumulate d same remaining interets fr cpf ma. n yet i no need pay d extra interest. he get his interest, i get to save more. win-win wor.
i jus realized i so stupid when i graduated fr poly. tt time, go listen to dad n pay min sum. true tt it wont hit me so much every mth, but d amt of interest tt accumulate is not gonna b a small sum. esp when i cant clear off n den had to put on hold while i study n d interest cont'd accumulate. tt time, i should ve jus clear off d remaining but scare not enough $$ to last till i graduate ma.
oso realized tt actually, cpf loan fr dad or fr bank actually not much diff. mayb diff is d interest rate ba. but eventually still gotta pay interest. so no matter whr u loan fr. even if fr bank, dad's cpf will still accumulate interest fr cpf board. was really brain washed by them tt time but nw i got more sharp le.
well well, nw tt i settle my calculation, i bet i can slp better tonight. i really hope so. it's really hard to last thru d day like tt. d only time i can slp better is when dear is beside. while he surf d net, i doze off beside leanin on his shoulder cos felt so relax n secure cos he's thr givin me support but he is only ard for a short while den all d worries kick in. pls pls let me slp better tonight ba
Monday, 11 July 2011
job lobang?
anyone if got lobang for a job w at least $2.5k take home pay with bonus like d 13th mth plse let me noe.
i'm a b.sc graduate in bio sci w dip in biotech. had 4 yrs of lab tech work exp tt did purchasing, etc n did many part time in HR, admin, support, etc. i'm willin to learn even fr scratch. i'm willin to venture out of my field of study.
d only disadvantage for me is tt i don wan shift work, n pref s close to office hr or even flexi hr.
thank you very much... will deeply appreciate ur help.
i'm a b.sc graduate in bio sci w dip in biotech. had 4 yrs of lab tech work exp tt did purchasing, etc n did many part time in HR, admin, support, etc. i'm willin to learn even fr scratch. i'm willin to venture out of my field of study.
d only disadvantage for me is tt i don wan shift work, n pref s close to office hr or even flexi hr.
thank you very much... will deeply appreciate ur help.
solve w plain bread s all my meals?
solution: eat plain bread daily, drink water fr water cooler, don fall sick, n mayb i should sell off my piano. though money should go to my dad cos he paid most of it except tt i pay mayb one fifth to one quarter of d amt only. at least i no need to maintain it every yr.
oh ya. leisure n tour is no longer included in my expenses le. & oso i jus realized i nvr tot of gettin even clothes for myself once a while. great... mayb shall cont'd wear clothes even if torn...
if they still not satisfied n wanna compare w their friends/colleagues, mayb they should kill me instead. no no. mayb they should curse me to die immediately in an accident. once n for all, den they can get d insurance money. haiz...
oh ya. leisure n tour is no longer included in my expenses le. & oso i jus realized i nvr tot of gettin even clothes for myself once a while. great... mayb shall cont'd wear clothes even if torn...
if they still not satisfied n wanna compare w their friends/colleagues, mayb they should kill me instead. no no. mayb they should curse me to die immediately in an accident. once n for all, den they can get d insurance money. haiz...
financial crisis
OMG...
today is my 1st day of work. last nite insomnia again. this time cos i was vex w d pay amt & hw to sort things out s in for all d expenses. thks to d small pay & oso no bonus...
option 1: i give my parents more but den in far future, i ve to cut their 'salaries'.
option 2: i give them watever i could afford in future rather than nw so no 'pay cut' for them?
think of it, option 2 seems gd. it oso means i can save up d rest of d amt nw. but... d prob is... i'm in debt of my poly n uni fee...
today, my friend told me tt actually d pay amt stated exclude own cpf contribution so which means i need to minus 20% off. n based on logic, my uni fee min payback sum should b d 4 times of my poly min sum. but is it really true? or is it more?
substracting only my own expenses for insurance, food n transport n all d cfm gifts amt for occassion like bday, mothers' day, CNY, mid-autumn fest, x'mas, weddins, hse warming, bb showers, etc etc, n oso all d basic necessities, utilities, misc, i'm jus left w estimate of less than $200. this exclude d amt for my uni sch fee n d amt to give my parents n grandma n godma.
so, even option 2 is not applicable for me. but if i don give any to them, surely they wont b happy. they alrdy been sayin their friends/colleagues got like hundreds fr their kids every mth n on their bday. but den even my plan for their bday celebration amt is jus a 2 whole no & no whr near d 3 digit figure which they seemed to b expecting.
w only less than 200 to settle their allowance n my uni fee, even if i gave my parents only w jus 100 per mth, it oso seemed too little. n tt means my uni fee is another prob.
i shouldn't ve study uni since there isn't much increase in pay anyway esp when there is no bonus. i b better off w/o d uni cert cos i wont b in d heavier debt of d uni sch fee s compared to my poly sch fee.
wat should i do? i noe cfm i cannot give them more nw. tt's for sure though cpf haven bug me to return d $$. cos if by den, i sure ve to cut d amt even more to give them.
tt's y i was so stress up on sat when mum kip sayin tt my aunt should get money fr my cousin for all d trips, etc. i'm in d wrong field la. even my dad earn so much more than me lor.
today is my 1st day of work. last nite insomnia again. this time cos i was vex w d pay amt & hw to sort things out s in for all d expenses. thks to d small pay & oso no bonus...
option 1: i give my parents more but den in far future, i ve to cut their 'salaries'.
option 2: i give them watever i could afford in future rather than nw so no 'pay cut' for them?
think of it, option 2 seems gd. it oso means i can save up d rest of d amt nw. but... d prob is... i'm in debt of my poly n uni fee...
today, my friend told me tt actually d pay amt stated exclude own cpf contribution so which means i need to minus 20% off. n based on logic, my uni fee min payback sum should b d 4 times of my poly min sum. but is it really true? or is it more?
substracting only my own expenses for insurance, food n transport n all d cfm gifts amt for occassion like bday, mothers' day, CNY, mid-autumn fest, x'mas, weddins, hse warming, bb showers, etc etc, n oso all d basic necessities, utilities, misc, i'm jus left w estimate of less than $200. this exclude d amt for my uni sch fee n d amt to give my parents n grandma n godma.
so, even option 2 is not applicable for me. but if i don give any to them, surely they wont b happy. they alrdy been sayin their friends/colleagues got like hundreds fr their kids every mth n on their bday. but den even my plan for their bday celebration amt is jus a 2 whole no & no whr near d 3 digit figure which they seemed to b expecting.
w only less than 200 to settle their allowance n my uni fee, even if i gave my parents only w jus 100 per mth, it oso seemed too little. n tt means my uni fee is another prob.
i shouldn't ve study uni since there isn't much increase in pay anyway esp when there is no bonus. i b better off w/o d uni cert cos i wont b in d heavier debt of d uni sch fee s compared to my poly sch fee.
wat should i do? i noe cfm i cannot give them more nw. tt's for sure though cpf haven bug me to return d $$. cos if by den, i sure ve to cut d amt even more to give them.
tt's y i was so stress up on sat when mum kip sayin tt my aunt should get money fr my cousin for all d trips, etc. i'm in d wrong field la. even my dad earn so much more than me lor.
Sunday, 10 July 2011
Graduation trip
Went for a longer trip with my parents & dear. initially i only asked if dear can accompany me for a slight longer trip instead of just 3d2n. was expectin like mayb 5d4n or so but in d end, aft researchin on, he found d shanghai trip worth gg for cos it's 7-8 days. & since it's gp tour n need to ve a min no of ppl b4 it's green light for d tour to proceed, he asked my parents along.
we left singapore in d afternoon of 24 june & reach hangzhou 12 midnight +/- & we left hangzhou jus aft 12 midnight on 2 July. we went to many places like hangzhou, suzhou, wuxi, luzhi, nanjing and spend 3 nights in shanghai. followin tour, many places like d pearl ctr, jade ctr, etc r unavoidable but sorry ah. not catchin my attention for such places. brought some tea back so can put in office n at home to drink.
btw, d ave travellin time fr places to place is ~1.5-3 h. plus d flight is bout 5 h in budget airline w/o much room for movement. it's really a torture durin all d travelling. but it's an eye opener. their expressway/highway is unlike ours whr we only ve 1 layer of overlap. theirs seemed to loop ard w many layers. think i got see up to 4 or 5 layers fr d bottom up n i'm not sure hw high but definitely more than 7 or 8 stories high for d 3th or 4th layer.
i was dyin to get back to sg even when we haven even reach shanghai cos i got sick of d chinese meals daily. ave excludin white rice n most of d time dessert of water melon, thr r total of 9-10 other dishes for both lunch n dinner. most of d time, we got cabbage, egg, tomato, big bean sprout & when i think tt lunch or dinner is comin, though hungry, my stomach started to turn off. i miss singapore whr we can get variety of food, jap, korean, chinese, western, italian, etc. i got so sick tt till nw, i still repel fr mixed veg rice or similar. *shivered* & their beer is like their plain water. every meal oso got. my 1st time drink beer for every meal when i reach thr but i stopped aft i got sick of d food cos i noe beer is no gd for my tummy den.
well, in addition to d amt we pay in singapore for air tix, accom & tours, thr is an additional compulsory tour of rmb 400 plus d tour guide n bell boy tips of rmb 250. we oso add on an addition trip to a shoppin area + a performance at shanghai 'esplanade' for rmb 280 which we felt tt d whole trip is worth cos all d hotel we stay seemed really gd. for some, we seemed to be stayin in those biz suite.
anw, d photo below summarized most of d trip:
Cruise on West Lake (Hangzhou) - it's raining cats & dogs; dampen the whole atmosphere if not it would ve such nice n beautiful view - a big disappointment
Lunch at Hangzhou
Suzhou Industrial Park - place whr singapore seemed to help build or so
Hanshan Temple & Santang Historial and Cultural Street in Suzhou (but for the Santang place, we only were thr to take pic)
Dinner in Suzhou
Check in to Nanlin Hotel in Suzhou after our dinner
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Wangshi Garden in Suzhou - status of the wealthy ppl
Lunch after visiting Longevity Silk Factory - bought a set of king size silk mattress cover & blanket (our king size is their queen size & they had got 2 size larger than our king size bed. wow)
Dr Sun Yat-Sen's Mausoleum (Nanjing) - the place where Dr Sun was buried & we have to climb 300 flights of stairs before reaching the top to see the statue but it's worth the climb to see the majestic view of scenaries.
Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall - this place showcase people who were killed by the Jap. It's theme is black & white (pic taken by dad)
Dinner at Nanjing
Fuzimiao District (Nanjing) - they sell squirrel oso, n all pets were cages in small enclosure. poor things
Glarun Jinling Hotel (Nanjing)
we left singapore in d afternoon of 24 june & reach hangzhou 12 midnight +/- & we left hangzhou jus aft 12 midnight on 2 July. we went to many places like hangzhou, suzhou, wuxi, luzhi, nanjing and spend 3 nights in shanghai. followin tour, many places like d pearl ctr, jade ctr, etc r unavoidable but sorry ah. not catchin my attention for such places. brought some tea back so can put in office n at home to drink.
btw, d ave travellin time fr places to place is ~1.5-3 h. plus d flight is bout 5 h in budget airline w/o much room for movement. it's really a torture durin all d travelling. but it's an eye opener. their expressway/highway is unlike ours whr we only ve 1 layer of overlap. theirs seemed to loop ard w many layers. think i got see up to 4 or 5 layers fr d bottom up n i'm not sure hw high but definitely more than 7 or 8 stories high for d 3th or 4th layer.
i was dyin to get back to sg even when we haven even reach shanghai cos i got sick of d chinese meals daily. ave excludin white rice n most of d time dessert of water melon, thr r total of 9-10 other dishes for both lunch n dinner. most of d time, we got cabbage, egg, tomato, big bean sprout & when i think tt lunch or dinner is comin, though hungry, my stomach started to turn off. i miss singapore whr we can get variety of food, jap, korean, chinese, western, italian, etc. i got so sick tt till nw, i still repel fr mixed veg rice or similar. *shivered* & their beer is like their plain water. every meal oso got. my 1st time drink beer for every meal when i reach thr but i stopped aft i got sick of d food cos i noe beer is no gd for my tummy den.
well, in addition to d amt we pay in singapore for air tix, accom & tours, thr is an additional compulsory tour of rmb 400 plus d tour guide n bell boy tips of rmb 250. we oso add on an addition trip to a shoppin area + a performance at shanghai 'esplanade' for rmb 280 which we felt tt d whole trip is worth cos all d hotel we stay seemed really gd. for some, we seemed to be stayin in those biz suite.
anw, d photo below summarized most of d trip:
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Haiwaihai Baina Hotel at Hangzhou - check in after 12 midnight; mornin call at 6.30 am; check out after 8 am
Cruise on West Lake (Hangzhou) - it's raining cats & dogs; dampen the whole atmosphere if not it would ve such nice n beautiful view - a big disappointment
Lunch at Hangzhou
Suzhou Industrial Park - place whr singapore seemed to help build or so
Hanshan Temple & Santang Historial and Cultural Street in Suzhou (but for the Santang place, we only were thr to take pic)
Dinner in Suzhou
Check in to Nanlin Hotel in Suzhou after our dinner
20110626
Wangshi Garden in Suzhou - status of the wealthy ppl
Lunch after visiting Longevity Silk Factory - bought a set of king size silk mattress cover & blanket (our king size is their queen size & they had got 2 size larger than our king size bed. wow)
Dr Sun Yat-Sen's Mausoleum (Nanjing) - the place where Dr Sun was buried & we have to climb 300 flights of stairs before reaching the top to see the statue but it's worth the climb to see the majestic view of scenaries.
Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall - this place showcase people who were killed by the Jap. It's theme is black & white (pic taken by dad)
Dinner at Nanjing
Fuzimiao District (Nanjing) - they sell squirrel oso, n all pets were cages in small enclosure. poor things
Glarun Jinling Hotel (Nanjing)
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Jade-craving exhibition Centre (Nanjing)
Yangtze River Bridge (Nanjing) - the bridge was build by human only even in the river & to avoid buildin in fast water, they build it during winter & some died of cold...
Lunch
Taihu Film and TV studio (Wuxi) - the place where they film three kindom
Dinner at Wuxi
Landison Hotel (Wuxi)
Jade-craving exhibition Centre (Nanjing)
Yangtze River Bridge (Nanjing) - the bridge was build by human only even in the river & to avoid buildin in fast water, they build it during winter & some died of cold...
Lunch
Taihu Film and TV studio (Wuxi) - the place where they film three kindom
Dinner at Wuxi
Landison Hotel (Wuxi)
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Lihu Lake Scenic Area (Wuxi)
Lunch at Wuxi
Luzhi Water town - thr r super many mini studio whr ppl can take pics in d gu zhuang like d wu xia show
Yu-Shanghai Dinner - a meal which i finally not feel so fan wei cos it's more close to our singapore taste. think it's opened by singapore or so
Chenghuangmiao (Shanghai)
Yinxing Crown Plaza Hotel (Shanghai)
Lihu Lake Scenic Area (Wuxi)
Lunch at Wuxi
Luzhi Water town - thr r super many mini studio whr ppl can take pics in d gu zhuang like d wu xia show
Yu-Shanghai Dinner - a meal which i finally not feel so fan wei cos it's more close to our singapore taste. think it's opened by singapore or so
Chenghuangmiao (Shanghai)
Yinxing Crown Plaza Hotel (Shanghai)
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Shanghai World Financial Centre - we all went up to d highest lvl w some see thru floor n mum dare not walk on those cos scare it will break
Lunch (Shanghai)
Madame Tussauds wax museum (Shanghai) - not tt many celebraties, etc.
Nanjing Road (Shanghai) - walkin thr, it's something like walkin at orchard so knowin me, of cos no spending oso la.
Dinner (Shanghai)
ERA performance (Shanghai) - finale w a metal cage w 8 running motorcycles n 2 of d cyclists r girls. so don play play. seat price tt we were told we had is rmb 300 plus
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The Bund (Shanghai) - 1 side see d new shanghai like our cityhall/raffles place, another is d olden days shanghai whr d other countries take over.
Xianghuang Yidu (Shanghai) & the expressway/highway - look at d expressway i was talking bout. this is d best i took le.
Lunch (Shanghai)
Qi Bao Gu Zheng (Shanghai) - this is d place whr we opt to do when we were supposed to b free n easy. this is d place w nicer xiao long bao.
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Bullet Train (Shanghai-Hangzhou) - d highest speed is 351 km/h for our train.
Grandma's Cuisine Lunch (Hangzhou)
Another part of west lake (Hangzhou)
Longjing Tea Plantation (Hangzhou) - d man fried d tea w bare hand on d wok tt temp can go to more than 100 or 200 deg C...
Dinner at Hangzhou
West Lake Performance (Hangzhou) - d cheapest for this seat cos rmb 160 or so
Shanghai World Financial Centre - we all went up to d highest lvl w some see thru floor n mum dare not walk on those cos scare it will break
Lunch (Shanghai)
Madame Tussauds wax museum (Shanghai) - not tt many celebraties, etc.
Nanjing Road (Shanghai) - walkin thr, it's something like walkin at orchard so knowin me, of cos no spending oso la.
Dinner (Shanghai)
ERA performance (Shanghai) - finale w a metal cage w 8 running motorcycles n 2 of d cyclists r girls. so don play play. seat price tt we were told we had is rmb 300 plus
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The Bund (Shanghai) - 1 side see d new shanghai like our cityhall/raffles place, another is d olden days shanghai whr d other countries take over.
Xianghuang Yidu (Shanghai) & the expressway/highway - look at d expressway i was talking bout. this is d best i took le.
Lunch (Shanghai)
Qi Bao Gu Zheng (Shanghai) - this is d place whr we opt to do when we were supposed to b free n easy. this is d place w nicer xiao long bao.
20110701
Bullet Train (Shanghai-Hangzhou) - d highest speed is 351 km/h for our train.
Grandma's Cuisine Lunch (Hangzhou)
Another part of west lake (Hangzhou)
Longjing Tea Plantation (Hangzhou) - d man fried d tea w bare hand on d wok tt temp can go to more than 100 or 200 deg C...
Dinner at Hangzhou
West Lake Performance (Hangzhou) - d cheapest for this seat cos rmb 160 or so
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