1st times!

1. It was my birthday last Monday, and for the first time, I celebrated it with friends. Previous years were with my mum only... So thanks a lot to my dear friends :) (First time eating curly fries at McD late at night too)

2. First time playing Warcraft III (Recently). But I haven't played DOTA yet... Thanks a lot to my labmate...! It's a BIG DEAL becoz this game is so popular but I have never EVER even tried it. Thanks Mimie :) Haha.

3. First time getting my mouth swolled due to some kind of allergy. This happened today during dinner. It could be due to the butter prawns (I removed the shell with my mouth) or maybe the salted fish. Or maybe some Chrysantemum tea polluted with chemicals? I am quite sensitive to chemicals.

4. First time heard the song Matahariku by Agnes Monica this week. It's quite good and I like the lyrics, tune, voice and everything :)

5. First time going OUT of uni for lunch with friends. I mean just a casual lunch...not planned. It's nice :)

6. First time sitting in the front seat of a four wheel drive!! :)

7. Can't think of what else !!! Oh dear...

Tomorrow and Today

Tomorrow will be a long day at lab, I expect. Probably 8-5. Today my internet line sux so bad. Only now it seems to be working fine, but I don't know how long it will last. Anyway, I performed PCR for the second time. My pipetting was much better and I feel confident that I did not have any serious pipetting-errors this time.

Going to:
a) Run gel for PCR tomorrow morning
b) Isolate genomic DNA tomorrow afternoon
and prepare reagents, perform congo red screening and many other things in between. Gonna be a busy day.

I am quite hungry now. Been having a rather good apetite lately :). Had chicken rice for dinner at about 6:30. Now it's 9:30 and I'm hungry. That's great! Probably gonna have cheese, duck and other goodies my mum brought back from Singapore :)

Haha. Anyway, I don't have much to say now. Just wanna say that Facebook sux! Haha. Can't be anonymous and can't delete my account? That sux!

Quite sleepy now actually... but I'm not sure I'd be able to fall asleep. It's still too early. But I do need to sleep early... cause tomorrow is a long day! Sleep early today, and have a great day tomorrow!!

I have yet to catch Twilight at the cinema. I really want to watch it, ALONE!! Somehow I'm getting a thrill when I think of watching movies alone... not sure why. haha. :D

Oh yes, today I also demonstrated my zero - conversation skills (that i sometimes have) when talking to the master student in my lab. Today, I had such bad communication skills that she had trouble understanding me! Hmm... I need to think before i open my mouth. Definitely. And stop mumbling. And I need to improve my posture. POSTURE!! Sit properly right now :)

Okay there. *Presses the publish post after finishing this sentence*

1st times

Monday, 8th December 2008: Cut a really huge papaya

Tuesday, 9th December 2008: Cut a defrosted roast duck into segments

Tuesday, 9th December 2008: First time on a skateboard (Still can't balance)

Cause if one day you wake up, and find that your missing me (Meaningfull songs)

This is the latest song that I've added to my favourites on youtube. I really like the chorus (the tune especially) :

"Cause if one day you wake up,
and find that your missing me,
and your heart starts to wonder,
where on this earth I could be,
Thinking maybe you'd come back here,
to the place that we'd meet,
Then you'd see me waiting for you,
on the corner of the street,
So I'm not movingI'm not moving"

It's quite amazing if someone truly would do this for the person they love. I'm sorry to say, but I don't think I will sacrifice my life waiting for the one to come back (if they come back). Yeah... it sux that I won't. I would prefer if i WOULD want to do something like that. If I were truly loyal to the one...

Song: The man who can't be moved by The Script

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYJmzYsGhGI

Tomorrow

Tomorrow I am going back to university to do labwork after taking more than a week off. I kind off dread going back to the lab, which is quite a surprise. I thought I would LOVE lab work, but now I don't. And it's because things are not going as planned. Yes, when I face something difficult, I am quick to dislike (abandon) it. Just like exercise, or maintaining proper posture. Human nature I guess.

Anyway, my project involves isolating a gene coding for an enzyme from a bacteria. But the bacteria i was supposed to work with has been killed (not by me). And I am given a rather poor substitute that probably does *not* have the gene I want. Yeah, I am complaining. Probably I will have to isolate my own bacteria AND the gene after that... but that means that I have to do lots more research, and I *am* a lazy person.

So I will go and "warm-up" tomorrow. I sometimes need a little warm-up period so it's not so overwhelming. I kinda dread going back to that lab... because everyone else seems to be so "focused", knowing exactly what to do. But here i am, not sure of what to do at every stage. And I kind of dread asking for help even when I need it. A mixture of pride and shyness and social anxiety perhaps. It's not that I don't want to change... Yep, it sux.

So, December 9th. Going back to lab. 825 am leaving my house. What am I going to do tomorrow? Prepare some broth, inoculate. Clear up my old bacteria broth in the fridge. Gotta return overdue library books too.

Okay, bye...goodnight :)

Today

Today was the first day I watched a movie at the cinema alone.

I watched Bolt and really enjoyed it. Maybe it was the freedom of being alone? I was free to be more emotional. I even teared (unbelievable) and laughed out loud(wtf?)!! Haha. Luckily i was sitting alone right at the back, or else people would've thought I was mad. Comparing it to Madagascar 2 which I watched in the cinema with friends, I enjoyed Bolt more. It was really good, and the friendship element in Bolt was much more touching than in Madagascar 2.

And I really enjoyed the Ice Age Trailer too... I must watch that movie too.

I think I may have found a new hobby, but on the other hand, probably not... I'll try and watch Twilight next if possible. A love story huh? Hmm...romantic? Yeah, I should go and watch that!

First post

Good morning people,

I want this blog to be about things that are meaningful to me. Obviously :)

Well, tonight, I started this blog with the intention of putting meaningful lyrics. But why stop there? We'll see where we go from here.

Okay, it's late. 1:02 am. I should sleep earlier. Maybe I will post something. Maybe.