I have booked my tickets to Japan as below:
17/9/2010 - Seoul to Osaka
26/9/2010 - Nagoya to Seoul
10 days of roadtrip! The only thing I look forward in 2010 is my trip of the year: Japan!
We planned to scale Mt Fuji! And hopefully I can realise this because I miss the adventures and adrenaline rush after being dormant during winter.
Anybody wana go japan? We can meet up there! haha it'll be so fun and its a different feeling to meet your friends overseas =D
Friday, April 9, 2010
Down with....
Flu, projects, research, exams....
My throat is inflammed and I dread using my voicebox. haha aint it a miracle to hear this from me? ^^
Went to Costco (a hyper mart from USA) yesterday with Inas (my senior) and bought 50,000 worth of food that sharkie told me to stop buying food for the next 1 mth =X
My throat got worst yesterday and I popped 1 prednisolone, 2 serriatiopeptidase and 1 panadol. It worked and luckily the sore did not worsen and no fever, else I think I will die on my way to school due to the hectic schedule this week.
Woke up 7am and reach lab 820am.
Performed time-dependent drug experiments till 930am.
Lab meeting 930am - 12pm
I have 6hr, 9hr, 12hr, 24hr plates of cell to harvest for today and tomorrow,simultaneously with WB experiments. So, I'm sure no one would wish to wake up at 7am to go to the lab with a flu and a throbbing head =(
Haha given me in the past, I'd surely take an MC.
I realise I need ALOT of self-discipline for performing time-based assays. But now I admit to fate.
PhD is not a test of knowledge but an excruciating test of self-discipline and independence, and mine stops at MSc. ^o^
I chose this path, I must finish it perfectly.
The research in SNU or rather my faculty is intensive. The students are usually left by themselves to perform research and they usually manage to generate paper, even for MS students. The competition is high.
Esp if I'm a foreigner, all eyes will be on me and my experimental data. Ppl expect more especially if you're from advanced countries. Stress... I really don't wish to be linked to my country for everything I do. Like ppl will say ''oh, you're from spore so you'll surely speak eng well, I expect more from you, this well that well...'' In their eyes, Spore is a role model.
I used to lament alot about korea, their culture and ppl but after being here for almost 10 mths, I think Korea is not that bad afterall. You just have to assimilate into the culture. Eg: Shoving your way in subway, being mean to ppl who are mean to you. haha nah kidding.
We had the freshman's party last friday and it was a blast. so funny. The students did cross dressing and are creative in their plays. The difference btw korean SCIENCE students and spore science students: More creative, more daring, more fashionable and more manly.
The students are fashion followers. Haha I like to look at some of their dressing. Kinda inspirational and school is not boring with EYE CANDIES! Girls & guys alike. So, I got a fashion shock when I went back to Spore for CNY. Orchard Rd is filled with kids in slippers and ugly cotton on basics. City hall is slightly better. There is no place you can DRESS UP in Spore. Ppl will think you are weird. This is so sad.....Where can I wear my MJ jacket to?! =(
Celebrated our 5th mth. haha yea. so wu liao right. every mth also must celeb. haha we went to COEX for Clash of Titans in 3D. Not really amazing. I still prefer LOTR. 3D is nothing to hype about. Thanks for planning and trying to do things that I like =) Appreciate it. Simple but happy.
Lijia has went back to China. Sometimes I lunch alone or with my Nepal friend. I don't know since when being alone is no longer intimidating...in fact, it has become my time to think about stuff, to slow down my 'korean' pace and be myself.
After I graduate maybe I should do a trip alone. haha like the Bai Quan Nu wang show! Travel ard Taiwan and coincidentally meet Lucas! Woohoo!
Alrighty, I am talking non-stop coz I am waiting to harvest my 9hr cells and do western blot....
*Where should I go next?''
My throat is inflammed and I dread using my voicebox. haha aint it a miracle to hear this from me? ^^
Went to Costco (a hyper mart from USA) yesterday with Inas (my senior) and bought 50,000 worth of food that sharkie told me to stop buying food for the next 1 mth =X
My throat got worst yesterday and I popped 1 prednisolone, 2 serriatiopeptidase and 1 panadol. It worked and luckily the sore did not worsen and no fever, else I think I will die on my way to school due to the hectic schedule this week.
Woke up 7am and reach lab 820am.
Performed time-dependent drug experiments till 930am.
Lab meeting 930am - 12pm
I have 6hr, 9hr, 12hr, 24hr plates of cell to harvest for today and tomorrow,simultaneously with WB experiments. So, I'm sure no one would wish to wake up at 7am to go to the lab with a flu and a throbbing head =(
Haha given me in the past, I'd surely take an MC.
I realise I need ALOT of self-discipline for performing time-based assays. But now I admit to fate.
PhD is not a test of knowledge but an excruciating test of self-discipline and independence, and mine stops at MSc. ^o^
I chose this path, I must finish it perfectly.
The research in SNU or rather my faculty is intensive. The students are usually left by themselves to perform research and they usually manage to generate paper, even for MS students. The competition is high.
Esp if I'm a foreigner, all eyes will be on me and my experimental data. Ppl expect more especially if you're from advanced countries. Stress... I really don't wish to be linked to my country for everything I do. Like ppl will say ''oh, you're from spore so you'll surely speak eng well, I expect more from you, this well that well...'' In their eyes, Spore is a role model.
I used to lament alot about korea, their culture and ppl but after being here for almost 10 mths, I think Korea is not that bad afterall. You just have to assimilate into the culture. Eg: Shoving your way in subway, being mean to ppl who are mean to you. haha nah kidding.
We had the freshman's party last friday and it was a blast. so funny. The students did cross dressing and are creative in their plays. The difference btw korean SCIENCE students and spore science students: More creative, more daring, more fashionable and more manly.
The students are fashion followers. Haha I like to look at some of their dressing. Kinda inspirational and school is not boring with EYE CANDIES! Girls & guys alike. So, I got a fashion shock when I went back to Spore for CNY. Orchard Rd is filled with kids in slippers and ugly cotton on basics. City hall is slightly better. There is no place you can DRESS UP in Spore. Ppl will think you are weird. This is so sad.....Where can I wear my MJ jacket to?! =(
Celebrated our 5th mth. haha yea. so wu liao right. every mth also must celeb. haha we went to COEX for Clash of Titans in 3D. Not really amazing. I still prefer LOTR. 3D is nothing to hype about. Thanks for planning and trying to do things that I like =) Appreciate it. Simple but happy.
Lijia has went back to China. Sometimes I lunch alone or with my Nepal friend. I don't know since when being alone is no longer intimidating...in fact, it has become my time to think about stuff, to slow down my 'korean' pace and be myself.
After I graduate maybe I should do a trip alone. haha like the Bai Quan Nu wang show! Travel ard Taiwan and coincidentally meet Lucas! Woohoo!
Alrighty, I am talking non-stop coz I am waiting to harvest my 9hr cells and do western blot....
*Where should I go next?''
Saturday, March 20, 2010
I love Ethan!
My life gets boring once the 2nd semester started. Well...no more weekends outings =(
But I promised myself I'll go on a road trip soon after I got my experiment results. haha otherwise how to ask for leave? (PS: Learn from Dr Ethan Lai)
haha oh speaking about Ethan!! I have this weird attraction towards guys named Ethan. haha I mean it sounds so manly and suave. Just that no Ethan is Ethan Ruan Jing Tian =(
I am so engrossed in 'My Queen' Bai Quan Nu wang that I sat still from 12pm - 9pm with eyes glued to my computer screen.
How can someone like Lucas actually exist?!! Darn! All these drama series makes me believe that such 100% exist So rare to find cute+handsome in a package, HOT BOD, nice fashion sense- A guy to die for (ok, maybe not so serious)
But if I am Wu Shuang, is there any reason I should say no except the stupid 8 yr age gap?! Hell NO! I'll pounced on him on first sight!!! hahaha so scary yea? But at least he is an eye candy and I have strict QC. Unlike our local director who takes on ANYBODY who has a female sexual organ (its crude to just say vagina right?)
Men are visual animals, girls too (well, I am.) Anyway, I cannot tolerate guys cheating on their spouse/gf/ anyone whom they said 'I LOVE YOU' too with those doe-looking face. I told sharkie to be careful. If he is caught cheating, I promise he'll not be able to go to the washroom for months. I will not be like those TV drama who cries and begs with their eyes raining. Save me that. Haha anw, he knows what I'm capable of. ^^
I would rather you come forth and slap me with the truth than to backstab me behind my back. Nobody likes to be backstabbed right?
Sometimes I feel the society is so unfair to women. Well, some women are really weak.
Why should women shed all these tears? Endure all these, needless to say bear them children only to lose their figure and consequently, their husband.
I have this saddistic mindset: If guys can, why can't girls? Sometimes I want to try cheating, to see why doesn't conscience prick them? To see why they can sleep at ease with the person whom they'd cheated on? Most importantly, to spin lies with a loving face... I wanted to see what is so thrilling behind all these.... (Haha don't worry, I'm still faithful to my hammerhead. I mean I'm only curious, and only when you've been in their shoes can you understand the true feeling behind it) Science facts are only for references.
Well actually my life isn't really that boring.... I go out on weekends either w friends or zw, I have nice dinner outside but no pictures. =(
Lab is fun recently that I know this korean guy who is a freshman. He is 1986 too. Well...he is the only one who talks to me on MSN in English! It is nice to have a korean friend who doesn't shy away from me just because I speaks english =(
I realise Vincent is a very mature guy. I hope to have more java chocolate drinks talks!! haha =D Thanks to his pointers I decided to take a step back and think. Well...thanks to myself too.
I mean hey! I am an egoistic girl too! For me to step back is like asking me to do physics.
So much pressure build up. Just like a pressure cooker. It exploded. I've thought about many things- yes, including ending this pressure. But somehow I feel that I should not escape and if it is really what I want, then I should work hard for it (haha, him sounds weird here, so I used it). Nothing comes cheap. The harder you strive for your goals, the more you'll cherish them. Even if it doesn't work out in the end, I will not regret. (ok, I'll feel sad but time heals)
The worst thing in my life is to have regrets I cannot amend.
Nobody can predict the future, so why not enjoy today to the fullest?
Just like how I enjoy Ethan Ruan to the fullest for 9 hours! Gosh!! Am I so free and bored?!!!
Friday, March 12, 2010
Saturation point
Too much happiness that it has saturated.
Too much tears that I can't believe it myself.
Too numb to feel anything.
Suffocation.
Through all the bad times and good times, you were only there for the latter.
Its time for the water to stop boiling & the ice to melt...
When everything come to naught, we will learn to treasure more.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Letter to me
Dear Diary,
The wind chime outside my window tinkles softly. The trees are green all year round. Nothing has changed- much.
''It is not cold anymore. Spring is coming.'' I read on a Seoul meetup website. I must have too much time on hand in Spore that so much is going through my head when I read this. Time pass really fast. Soon 2 yrs will be up and I'll be returning to where all my dreams originated.
A part of me don't want to return. It feels like I've worked hard to achieve what I have- the freedom, the new sights, the independence, the feeling of accomplishment...I don't want them to end- not so soon.
''It is not cold anymore. Spring is coming.'' I read on a Seoul meetup website. I must have too much time on hand in Spore that so much is going through my head when I read this. Time pass really fast. Soon 2 yrs will be up and I'll be returning to where all my dreams originated.
A part of me don't want to return. It feels like I've worked hard to achieve what I have- the freedom, the new sights, the independence, the feeling of accomplishment...I don't want them to end- not so soon.
When season changes, the trees become bare, the cold wind chill your spine mercilessly, no sight of life. I hate the cold, hate the dull sky, hate the early dusk but when I begin to find my own way of liking this season, it ends. An analogy to my 2yrs stay. Maybe when I begin to feel comfy, I need to leave this dream....
People change (yes,my weight included haha). Many times I cannot admit the fact that I want to run away. Far away. To escape all the daggers unknowingly thrown to us, to escape all the superficiality, to be true to myself.
People change (yes,my weight included haha). Many times I cannot admit the fact that I want to run away. Far away. To escape all the daggers unknowingly thrown to us, to escape all the superficiality, to be true to myself.
The grey region sucked me in like a whirlpool. I need to get out- fast.
Nobody admits. Everybody hides. Everybody doubts. I can smile, laugh and joke but thoughts tucked deep beneath cannot be erased, only hidden. Those thoughts and sights resurfaced. I have a million questions but they will never be answered.
I just hope people are not so selfish and understands that this affects me too. Nobody understands.
I just hope people are not so selfish and understands that this affects me too. Nobody understands.
I will be like a fish out of water if I don't find myself back. I cannot cling on old memories to live. I pursue my dreams and create new memories as I live.
When will yesterday is back again?
Everything needs to have a balance.
I hope like the season, after the heartless winter we can feel spring's love again...No matter how long it takes, I'll wait and hope for that day. That is when I can stop worrying and face everyone truely. That is when the skies are clear and nobody cries. That is when I will stop escaping.
Seasons change expectedly but humans, unexpectedly...
I have another new dream to pursue, to go abroad again....
Sincerely,
Yours.
Monday, February 22, 2010
七年 by Alex Fong & Stephy Teng
Their new 2009 duet which I've been waiting for so long since 十分爱.
Alex Fong has a good vocal and is surely an eye candy too which makes all their MV interesting.
But he did not really starred in his MV. He directed it. The MV aint very nice coz the actors inside are erm...weird and I don't like the story line.
PS: Go watch Alex Fong's movie. For all his duet with Stephy, they produced movies with similar headings. So nice.
Not forgetting he was a national swimmer and graduated frm HKU. Talking about an all-rounder who is cute!!! *o*
Friday, February 19, 2010
Lost luggage
and I lost my 1 of my luggage on my way back to Singapore. What a way to start off the CNY!
Anw, I am sorry that I blew my top and lost my patience. Its just...unbelievable. haha I mean who the hell lose their luggage?!
Well yes. Your dear friend CPY does everything that doesn't happen to NORMAL travellers. Miss flight, miss boat, miss bus, lost USD and all my taiwan cash in LA and now after a 3yrs hiatus, I lost my luggage adding to the jinxed list.
Am I just jinxed during travelling or what? Or am I an airhead that all these can happen? Alright maybe both. I need like a device tag on ALL of my belonging and maybe an electrocute-you alarm clock since normal ones don't work.
I cried. Tears of anguish and shocked. haha I think I shocked all the custom officers and the flight attendent. I vent my anger on the poor shark. But well, you can'tblame me. haha I need someone to direct the anger and fault to before I finally cool down and think about this issue again.
This is me. Nothing is my fault initially. Is that why they say you have higher expectations of each other?
What is inside the baggage:
1. Red ginseng concentrate extract KRW 79,000
2. Skin food purchases for PF KRW 70,000
3. Limited edition F21 skirt which I bought to wear during my stay in Sin KRW 29,000
4. All comestics and nail polish for friends KRW 80,000
5. All cookies and chocolates KRW 59,000
This is fate. The ultimate punishment for a shopaholic.
To sharkie: Did you remember you said you'll bring me shopping & pay for my purchases?? Haha Don't think I forget!! I am coming back on 27th to claim my reimbursement =)
I'll write more on my CNY in Singapore!
PS: The purpose of this post is to find out who are my TRUE friends. haha those who choose souvenirs over ME can excuse themselves. And I REALLY don't like ppl to ask if I REALLY lost it or just that I did not buy.
This is NOT a joke to me.
I'm serious.
Happy CNY folks! And SG is really HOT! I hate ba****a
Anw, I am sorry that I blew my top and lost my patience. Its just...unbelievable. haha I mean who the hell lose their luggage?!
Well yes. Your dear friend CPY does everything that doesn't happen to NORMAL travellers. Miss flight, miss boat, miss bus, lost USD and all my taiwan cash in LA and now after a 3yrs hiatus, I lost my luggage adding to the jinxed list.
Am I just jinxed during travelling or what? Or am I an airhead that all these can happen? Alright maybe both. I need like a device tag on ALL of my belonging and maybe an electrocute-you alarm clock since normal ones don't work.
I cried. Tears of anguish and shocked. haha I think I shocked all the custom officers and the flight attendent. I vent my anger on the poor shark. But well, you can'tblame me. haha I need someone to direct the anger and fault to before I finally cool down and think about this issue again.
This is me. Nothing is my fault initially. Is that why they say you have higher expectations of each other?
What is inside the baggage:
1. Red ginseng concentrate extract KRW 79,000
2. Skin food purchases for PF KRW 70,000
3. Limited edition F21 skirt which I bought to wear during my stay in Sin KRW 29,000
4. All comestics and nail polish for friends KRW 80,000
5. All cookies and chocolates KRW 59,000
This is fate. The ultimate punishment for a shopaholic.
To sharkie: Did you remember you said you'll bring me shopping & pay for my purchases?? Haha Don't think I forget!! I am coming back on 27th to claim my reimbursement =)
I'll write more on my CNY in Singapore!
PS: The purpose of this post is to find out who are my TRUE friends. haha those who choose souvenirs over ME can excuse themselves. And I REALLY don't like ppl to ask if I REALLY lost it or just that I did not buy.
This is NOT a joke to me.
I'm serious.
Happy CNY folks! And SG is really HOT! I hate ba****a
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