Archive for May, 2008

My 100th Post~

Friday, May 30th, 2008

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Somebody once said to me,
"Blogging is for those who are free"
As for me, blogging is for remembrance,
All the little things that happen in my life,
Big or small, I want to remember them all.

   

Even i don’t have the luxury of time,
I would find time, to blog,
to jot down all the memory of mine,
of my friends,
of my dining experience,
of my emotions.
All these form my precious memories,
of my past that i want to hold on to.

   

Friends,
We might not go through all thick and thin together,
but i want you to know,
Once my friend, always my friend.

   

We might not keep in close contact,
You might not hear from me from a very very long time.
It is not that i have forgotten about you,
but I’m under serious time constraint.
I’m sorry my friends…

   

I will not forget each and everyone of you,
My friends,
For each of you are precious gift from God to me… 

              Happy 100th Post to my little blog.

         And for all my friends, Thank You for being part of my life…

 

Japanese Spring Festival, NTU

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

I got tonnes of Back Log and i am really sorry. *Sumimaseh"

I wanted to introduce to an interesting festival back in the month of March.

Japanese Appreciation Club  celebrated Spring Festival towards the end of March.
Booths were set up in front of OCBC open area.

In a Japanese occasion, how can we forget someone/something important???
Who is it then? OR should i ask, what is it then???

   
   

   The Answer is….
   

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                                                              HELLO KITTY~
   
Yes, we had hello kitty for our very own….
   

   
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It was so funny to see people trying to scoop a goldfish from a plastic inflatable baby pool.
They tried all means and ways to get the goldfish into their given container.
"Corner the fish"
"Teamwork"
   


 
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Very funny scene. Entertaining indeed. Only at a fraction of the cost. SGD$1.
The entertainment value? Priceless.
   
   

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Besides the Scoop-A-Goldfish, they also had a booth for Yukata photo taking. I’m not sure whether it’s free or they need to pay, but it looked pretty fun! Btw, Yukata is the Summer version of kimono.
   
   
They were selling Meiji’s product which i bought none. $$ constraint. But again, i want to declare, I LOVE MEIJI *nyek nyek nyek*
   
A short post, just want to clear my back log. And this is my 99th Post. Whoo~Hoo~

Ichiban Sushi @ Jurong Point, Singapore

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

It was a long & tiring week,
eventhough it meant to be a short week,
with only 4 days,
Without Monday Blues~

Who knows that there was a Mistletoe Tuesday,
Which activated the whole lab to stay OT until 9++pm,
Meaning i had a 12+hrs of lab~ T.T
With a hungry stomach waiting to be fed.

Then came Wednesday which was disastrous,
Got reprimanded by my Big Boss,
For not practicing GLP,
Caught Red-Handed, My bad~  T.T

Then came Thursday,
Without much of a hiccup,
Beside not closing the column door properly,
Causing fluctuation of temperature of my HPLC~ T.T

Here it came, lonely Friday,
Which i thought it was,
FYP haunting my friends,
and I’m left all alone.

No that i had nothing to do,
Neither was i Bored,
Just feeling too tired,
Staying in NTU all week long.

A call at 4+pm changed it all,
Delighted, heart leaping in joy!
"I am GOING OUT!!! On a Friday NIGHT!!"
After all, I am not alone.

   

Finally, I have a date, on a Friday night…

 

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Where to meet? A simple Question.
We are the West People and We are Tired.
Simple Answer. Boonlay.
Very straight forward.

It is the second time.
One-on-one.
I was the one waited,
On both occasions.

I am not complaining.
Cos he is a dear friend of mine.
Holding a special position.
That it is not easily shaken.

Primary & secondary schoolmate,
We were in the class of 2(3),
With Jesing as monitor,
Lu Yean & I were the Asst Monitresses.

 

Those were the days…

      
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Two tired people with lots to catch up.
Three meals in school/workplace.
We share such similarity.
It’s time for some Food Comfort.

Japanese Food was our choice,
Dining of two made things even easier.
Skip the step of waiting for a table,
Table for two is easily available. *Yay*

 
   

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                                                        Vegetable Roll SGD$2.10

A refreshing dish. Covered with sesame and bits of dried seaweed, and crunchy french beans, corn, carrot & cucumber in the center.

                                                   

I gotta shout, " I am loving it~"

   

   

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                                                       Ebiko Temaki @ SGD$2.10

Yup, it’s a Temaki, but not with the normal seaweed wrap that you see. It’s wrapped with crepe. Together with the crunchy salad leaf & the fried bacon stripe, i never know temaki can taste so GOoooD!!!

Maybe is the bacon… Maybe it’s the Ebiko… Or maybe, it’s because of the mayo they added that makes all the different. Or maybe, it’s the cheapest of them all, the salad leaf???

Who knows?
But i fell in love with bacon for the first time.

   

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                                            Unagi with Cheese Sushi @ SGD$ 3.90

I gotta shout, I gotta Shout, I gotta SHOUT!!!
This is not the ordinary thinly-sliced-until-u-can’t-taste kind of Unagi. This is the premium Unagi that you get on the Unagi Don!!!

The thick flesh of Unagi melting in your mouth before it burst into its full flavour. Enhanced with the flavour from the sliced Cheddar cheese&seaweed hidden between the Japanese rice, who could resist the heavenly-match sushi?

Especially to someone who loves both Unagi and cheese…

       

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                                                             Inari Sushi @ SGD$2.10

A typical Inari Sushi caught my friend’s attention. Nothing uncommon but nothing to complain about. It’s just Inari Sushi.

   
   

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                                           Curry Chicken Katsu Don @ SGD$11.90

Jim Jim always wanted to try Japanese Curry. To his surprise (dismay perhaps?), he says it tasted exactly like the "ah neh’s curry" aka indian curry when he was studying in UK. A tiny weeny bit of spice, more of the sweet curry. For me, its taste is comparable to the Japanese stall in the food court in NTU. Hmm… I like it, i like Japanese Curry. But if i can pay 1/3 of the price here to eat the exact dish in NTU minus the two slices of oranges and the bowl of miso soup, why should i order this out of school? *i wonder, wonder*

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Both of us were too full to have any dessert,
though the tempura  ice-cream was calling,
and fiesta Japanese cheesecake is whistling,
"Jojo, Jojo, aren’t we lovely?"

Indiana Jones and The  Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,
On a Friday night,
It seems like a date,
With a primary schoolmate.

"I scare I’ll fall asleep in the cinema" i was told,
Came out with lots of Q’s marks in his head,
I felt bad to drag him for a show,
Which he didn’t know what was going on.

Thank Q Jim Jim for the treat,
A lovely Friday evening indeed.
I am glad i have you,
As a friend who come to my rescue.

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JOjo is very happy,
Cos I got my R square = 1.
Although my error bar "sucks",
I still thank God,
Cos I got R square equals to 1.
*Grinning away*

 

原来。。。

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

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                                                 独自一人,我有我的FUN~

 

原来,不是不在乎,
而是,侧重,已经不同而已。

 

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                                               早晨的阳光,代表着新的开始。

 

决定,公主与奴才的关系,
不能再继续下去。

决定,小公主必须迈入另一个阶段,
更独立、坚强。

决定,在奴才找到属于自己的花儿的时候,
让他好好地、呵护、爱护她。

决定,不能应为任性、孤单与疲惫,
而欺负奴才,让他活受罪。

决定,自己照顾自己,
因为同时照顾两个人,太累人了吧!

所以,我亲爱的奴才,
谢谢你。

对你,有万分的感激,
无法只用言语表述。

你不单是奴才,也是我的师傅,
更是倾听我心中话的益友。

我因该会想念你吧!
想念你带我到处逛的日子。
 
怎么办?
我还有很多想去和象吃的地方呢!
   

我在想啊,我们打的钩钩,
约定还要不要遵守啊?

   
公主与奴才,是作不下去了。
不过,我因该不会失去一个肝胆相照的朋友吧?

 

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                                                             我的大树呢?

 

最近,周边压力特大,
离我最近、最亲的朋友,
都交男朋友、女朋友啦!!!

我?贞守自我~
没办法,生活过于忙碌,
社交圈子太小。

我看呀,每天泡在实验室的我,
该是时候跟我的黄连、钩藤聊聊天,
培养、培养感情吧!哇哈哈~

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                                           漫长崎岖的路,我会一直走下去
    

我的选择,是我的决定。
我选择我要走的路。

 

五味参杂

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

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Dr Ong请吃饭,去了NTU 新开的Executive Cafe。

东西很不错,气氛也很好,超开心! \(^o^)/

很久没吃好吃的了。

我可爱的Dr Ong,你人真好,又有耐心,又笑脸迎人。

为什么不结婚呢?养条狗狗陪你,真的就够了吗?

 

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昨天下午被骂,做错事被逮个正着。

也不是什么大事,只是在化学实验室里没戴安全眼罩,

加上让Wash Bottle’s Mouth动到Volumetric Flask,会Contamination。

可是,我在实验室里,一直都没有做错事;

Mentor对我超好,我跟他学了很多,也没被他凶过。

昨日,被大老板凶,非常严厉的凶了一轮!

结果,还要Dr Ong帮我解围,*被疼啦!*

不过最可怜的是,我害我的Mentor被大老板骂,

“小老师没教好学生……”

对不起,对不起,万分抱歉~ 呜呜~

被骂的时候,还真得有点想要哭,太脆弱了!!!

不是啦,其实是在家父母也没凶我,太久没被凶了啦~ 结果就想哭,完蛋了~

依稀记得最后一次有类似的感觉是在中五的时候吧!

那时是被老师冤枉,被责备,也是这种感觉。

可能从小到大,一直都很在乎老师对我的评价,所以被老师凶,会特别感到委屈和难过。

不管是被冤枉还是真的做错事。。。

 

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最近已经没有特权了。

我说:“很累,快要死了。不过不是因为累死。”

可能是,失望而死吧~

 

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原来,你的在乎,

对我,还是很重要。

 

When Exam is over~! So…

Saturday, May 17th, 2008
Spring is gone and summer is here
Exam is gone and FYP* is here
Thursday, the 24th, The double shot
And Monday, the 28th, Started my FYP.

When others are on Holidays,
I’m more like a slave,
but i enjoy being one,
who is guided by a very good one.

Two weeks had passed,
more work to be done.
Computer is down and i haven’t blog for a while.
Long hours in lab drains Jojo away.

Chemicals are dangerous so i practise GLP*.
Hair is tied, labcoat is put on,
Gloves in the pocket you can never go wrong,
Wearing Safety google is a norm.

Biohazard waste in biohazard bin,
Chemical-saturated lab is not a good thing.
Wash your hands before you leave,
You wouldn’t want to bring back unwanted things.

So far so good, i would say,
Hope i can get result in the end.
Research is not as easy as i thought it would be,
But i want to give my best shot, none the less.

Pardon me for my lack of posting,
But my FYP is of 15 credits,
"Buang’ing" it is not in my dictionary,
For all the effort that i’ve put in.

So Thank YOU for your kind encouragement,
It keeps my research momentum,
11 weeks before my thesis submission,
Many late nights is in my prediction.

So, for now i’ll slow down in my "Blog Spying" mission,
As well as for "Eye-looking, Mouth-drooling" reaction,
As i embark on my FYP mission,
Encouragement is much apprecitated.

So Thank You, Thank You, Thank You,
For i know i got your recognition,
I’m not gone, just missing for a moment,
So WATCH OUT, cos I’LL BE BACK!!!

It’s a random post while waiting to check on my HPLC run. I’ll be back in action real soon, when my pc is back. I’m actually using my phD mentor’s laptop in the lab now *bleah* So back to work, tata for now~

HPLC: High-performance Liquid Chromatography

FYP: Final Year Project
GLP: Good Laboratory Practice