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.
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