Busy week to say the least ^^
Monday, we had our cluster outing to Kenko fish spa.. yeah I know I had the same reaction but surprisingly it turned out to be an interesting session. Basically the fish nibble off the dead skin on your legs and it feels like pins and needles ^^ After a while it got pretty fun observing the fish, but when they chiong it gets really ticklish =P I think after that, all of us had really nice smooth legs =P
Wednesday, had to analyze our abalone slide results in NTU.. I spent almost 12 hours in the lab from 9 to 9 just running the SEM and FTIR on our samples.. god that was an unforgivably tiring day. My prof offered me a job in his lab! ^^ at a better pay then my current one too! I'd probably have to give it some thought..
In any case the results we've gotten are pretty conflicting to say the least.. we may be on to something new here ^^
We need to begin doing our poster for the research conference.. I'm afraid I've been too busy trying to fit everything, including relaxing, into my holidays =P
I'm really pissed of by whoever scheduled me to work on Thursday. There was ONE of me and THREE supervisors on shift in the morning! I mean I have never heard of THREE supervisors in one shift.. and since supervisors NEVER lend a hand at cleaning up, I handled the afternoon crowd and was then expected to clean up the mess in the back, all by myself! I tell you I was freakin pissed, my tag says sandwich artist not cleaning lady dammit! It is not fair of them to schedule only one non-management personnel when supervisors seem to think it beneath them to clear up and obviously I have to be the one doing everything!
In any case, I'm glad that
someone doesn't have enough guts to approach me... Means I don't get harassed while working.. Our store has become the dumping ground for all the creeps and retards for some reason.. Is it really too much to ask for competent staff??
Yesterday one of the supervisors over baked a whole batch of cookies.. means I get to bring them home ^^ because they can't be sold but they're still edible.. haha I think I got more then 30 cookies.. My dad was like grinning from ear to ear.. my whole family consists of leeches =D
I stumbled across an interesting article concerning a new category of friends.. Won't put it up here, but you can ask me for the link... it's an interesting thought
Went to watch Prince Caspian yesterday and I'm sorry to say that I was GREATLY disappointed... As a loyal fan of the Narnia series, I feel it impossible that the same people who managed to make The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe could turn around and produce this road kill of a movie let alone an adaptation. I mean the Telmarines sounded like Spaniards struggling to speak English, the dialogue was clumsy and they inserted a *spoiler*
pairing between Caspian and Susan that NEVER EXISTED in the novel!! *spoiler* The movie started of fine, but then somewhere along the way, someone decided that this needed to be more of a teen film rather then a dignified fantasy adaptation and the film suddenly lost focus (not to mention proper dialogue). Somehow by the time the film ended, it felt like everything after the first half of the film was rushed and was very abrupt and not well thought through.. sigh.. and I was so hoping that this would turn out nicely.. Although Reepicheep was really cute(!<3) and at least not that much of a disappointment since he's my favourite character ^^ (I like him better in the Dawn Treader though)
"Not yet" ? I sincerely hope he was joking..
3:53 PM
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More updates on the project..
We've bought more abalone! However the adult ones were apparently out of stock so we got baby ones instead!! They're just the cutest things ever <3 ^^
We have quite a busy month ahead of us though having to juggle the timing and the analyzing of our results.. god NTU is just so in-the-middle-of-nowhere... In the 3 times I've been there so far, travelling there and back hasn't gotten any better >.<
Our prof was quite enthusiastic about showing us his shell collection.. some of them are really large! and have really nice colourings =D
Went Lynn's church concert on Saturday.. too bad we didn't get to shout out our message of support! heheheh *evil grin*
Some of the songs were quite nice but I didn't really understand the chinese ones (what else is new!!) Too bad they couldn't get us to convert since most of us are christian anyway ^^
Went to watch Indiana Jones on Sunday!! I watched the first three movies when I was young so I've always been a big fan of the franchise =) I must say that the 4th movie did manage to live up to my expectations and I was apparently right about *spoiler* The boy being Indiana's son.. *spoiler* Yay Marion returns! I liked her alot better then that stupid screaming damsel in distress in the second movie >.<
I did notice however a significant lack of booby traps throughout the movie!!! No Indie film is complete without a few booby traps ^^ *spoiler* the alien thing was a bit weird *spoiler* but otherwise the movie was fine! =D
gah Jack is so short!! I despair >.<
1:49 PM
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19/05/08:
Omg I'm SO GROSSED OUT!!!! *shiver*
Work today was good.. I didn't have black footprints!! Kinda missed seeing whoever is left of the original crew..
Mr Creepy came back but I managed to look very preoccupied in the kitchen preparing food and not have to go out and serve him..My brother saw him on a bus with a woman so I bet he's gotten a girlfriend already.. good for me XD
I think the store looks best during a shift run only by women.. I mean everything is SPOTLESS!! Cleaner then I've seen it in a while.. <3
Someone had a day off and came back today to visit.. I think there really is no hope for that one.. he's so weird (like someone in school) And then Bryine told me something and I'm officially grossed and weirded out!!! So DISGUSTING!!! I can't take it man.. and to imagine I might have to share my shift with him >.< ewww
20/05/08
Today was the first day of SIMC.. Doing photog duty during the opening ceremony was fine but then running around during the school tour and stupid AMAZING RACE as the attached photographer was pure TORTURE! Today was like the HOTTEST day of the year!! To make it worse, the SLOs get $5 for dinner at the end of the day and we photographers get... NOTHING! I mean how unfair is that? We ran around all day just like the SLOs so why should we not get $5 for dinner at the end of the day??? I think it's a great oversight on the part of the organizers of each committee to not consider this.. I'm just glad my group's teacher in charge was nice enough to pass us whatever little was left of the money for the group..
I must say that I'm also greatly disappointed in the standard of the posters from the school's from our country.. namely ACSI. They had pieces of paper stuck all over onto a board and didn't even bother to print out a proper poster! Shameful! Even the foreigners did better..
Something funny did happen though.. Our SLO is a total Ah Lian and every time we got a new clue, she'd shout out to the rest of the group in her Ah Lian voice and the WHOLE MRT knew where we were going! Then at Doby Ghaut, she was complaining in Singlish about how the travellator was a total waste of money. Then my friend asked one of the participants from America if she understood what she(AhLian) just said and the participant suddenly looked at us and said "Oh, was she speaking in English!?" then this Singaporean lady near us burst into laughter hahahahahahaha! I think this totally speaks for itself!
Another thing that struck me was how differently we view the term "emo"
I guess to us emo is a little angsty or perhaps more being more emotional or pensive... but when Marianne asked one of the guys in our group why he looked so emo, he vehemently denied it " I don't look emo! Don't say things like that man!.. " I guess his defensive reaction to being labelled emo made me realize that in school, we use the term emo rather broadly and does not share the same detrimental social effect of being labelled emo as other societies..
1:09 PM
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This is the second time we've ponned school to go out ^^
Yesterday we crashed KenWei's house to do some gaming and I ended up playing SSBB and TOS again! Lol Kirby is as cute as always haha =D
It's been a long time since I played TOS.. kinda miss it, but Colette is still such a sucky character!!
Today I got the class to push forward the classroom cleanup so we could all leave school early.. After that we all suddenly started playing bridge, and I finally got to learn how to play! Usually people try to teach me but never finish cus they're too busy playing =( After that we finally got our progress reports!! I'm like so pleased!!! Not only did I manage to maintain my previous CAP, but I actually improved (if only by a little bit)!!! I was so shocked because I would never have expected this.. I actually sat down and calculated that I might get lower then last sem but eventually my art got an A! She even put down in my comments that she feels my Breadth section was stronger! I think it's possibly because I did the Concentration section when I was fumbling around with photography, so naturally my most recent work would be much better..
I even got an A for English! and Mr Sim's comments were so nice =D
After that, Me,Lynn,Ernest and Kenwei headed of to Vivo for a movie but Kenwei left us early since he had to go for voice lessons.. we watched Iron Man! I personally didn't have a good impression of it at first since it had ROBERT DOWNEY JR (and nothing he acts in could possibly be good) but surprisingly it wasn't all that bad.. Just forget that he's ROBERT DOWNEY JR and concentrate on the cool graphics and it'll be fine ^^ The storyline is rather typical.. but this was a Marvel Comic so what else could I expect? *eyeroll* I think I jumped in my seat so many times due to all the sudden explosions ^^
After the movie we wandered around Vivo and I finally, finally managed to get a watch to replace my old one (and I did NOT take half an hour!! hmph >.< ) Had some dinner at BK (I don't think I'll ever look at a drink the same way again hahaha) then went into Toys R Us (for the first time in I don't know how long?)
After that Lynn had to leave and we hung out at the bookstore until we had to go..
Gah tmr is the NE retreat thing (and when they say retreat, they mean come back to school for training.. eeps >.<) Now I can't go home..
I think I've more or less given up on them all.. seriously
But..I think I'm this close to doing something I shouldn't. I've thought about it alot, and even though I've recently realised why it's happening.. is it too late to hold myself back?
12:47 AM
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For the last one and a half months, I haven't
touched a newspaper...
read a book..
watched tv...
seen a movie..
looked out a bloody window!!
This last month has been just SO awful.. I-just-can't-believe-its-really-finally-absolutely-completely-OVER!
Art History was just terrible! Of all the past papers.. (and I have been doing quite a lot of them over the past year and a half..) this paper was by far the most difficult! It's like they decided that this is the year they'll spring something on us and make us all fail! This paper is nothing compared to all the past papers! Seriously.. everything I prepared for either did not come out or had little significance in the paper.. All sorts of random and abstract questions that I've never seen in the past papers!! There goes my 4 "5"s T.T
I mean seriously it's ART HISTORY and the last question asks about art from the PRESENT!! I was completely flawed! I ended up using Ms Ching's artwork at the National Museum hahahahahahahaha I so can't believe I did that.. NEVER in my life would I have known I'd resort to smth like that hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha (I still can't believe I did that =D )
Going to the SAS kind of reminds me of why I'm grateful for NUSHS they way it is.. I doubt I'd ever get any serious studying in a place like that.. but some of the guys are like so totally tall.. AND hot! *I love brunettes sorry =P *
The teachers were always fluttering around me during the exam to make sure I was doing ok.. until finally someone beside me asked "You mean you don't go to SAS?" haha it feels good not to speech singlish =)
I'm like so totally so broke today.. haha post exam shopping spree!!! <3
Well I found a place to scream.. felt soooo gooood
I SWEAR I'm going to really take care of myself this holidays and capping it off I have ASF in Adelaide before school starts!! I NEED A FREAKING BREAK!!!!
I really don't recommend that any juniors take the APs I took.. I'm surprised I don't have white hairs yet..
Lol ZheYu's in NY!
10:04 PM
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LOL
God I need your help on this one..
1:56 AM
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I don't want to
I don't want to
I don't want to..
But I have to
But I have to
But I have to..
Somebody SAVE me!!! or at least take my place XD
I'm being like so coherent right now..
Art History is just like Bio Pt2!!! There's like this enormous pressure on me to score on this one cus I'm the only one taking it.. so there's no escaping..
115 MCQ in 60 mins!! I should just shoot myself in the head..
*bang*
12:58 PM
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Bio DOWN!
Today started out terrible! I was supposed to wake up early to do a bit of revision prior to the exam but ended up waking up with just enough time to get down while it was starting >.< baaaaaad.. I never do that before an exam but I was actually quite tired from all the practice papers the night before..
So without any last minute look at my notes I had to take the exam (and I even forgot my jacket.. lucky me! >.<)
Surprisingly, the paper was not as difficult as I anticipated.. obviously it wasn't all that easy but compared to the preps and the practice papers, it wasn't so bad really.. I'm SO glad that certain topics didn't come out because I could only cram so much into my brain ^^ Luckily the Hardy-Weinberg principal came in useful!
I now have a whole stack of bio-related stuff next to me that I need to shelve! *attempts to type while peeking over pile of books*
After much persuasion, I finally decided to head off to Margy's house with the Lynn,Karyen,KenWei and Cherm for a bit of relaxation (and hopefully a bit of ArtHist studying =P) Her house is like way cool, with a private lift! We headed down to KAP to get snacks and all camped out and watched a couple of rented movies including the Golden Compass which I did not manage to catch when it was in cinemas. Being the nerds we are, and minds still saturated with bio, we ended up spewing out bio terms in relation to the movie! Lame I know ^^ but could you blame us??
Ended up spending a long long time there and didn't manage to get any constructive studying done, but I guess I owe it to myself to take a good break before the next wave of mugging!
Incidentally, suddenly more and more people are following me to the SAC for my APArtHist.. I was actually supposed to go there by myself, and then suddenly my teacher decides to go with me and now another person is coming too! I can't really imagine why..
MAN U WON!! Yeah man thats what I'm talking about! Scholes!!<3
Ms Wednesday! >.< die!!
I seriously can't believe bio is over.. I never thought it'd be over!!! I think I need to find a place to scream out loud once this is all over..
I feel like throwing caution to the wind! XD
But I might not get it back...
11:28 PM
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AP Calculus is OVER!! YES! now only 2 more to go..
Silly me went and used correction tape on the paper =O
I think I forgot all about it since the last AP paper we took was last year ^^
Finally got around to checking out the critters from the marine tank under a microscope..
It's almost definitely a gastropod and not a baby abalone.. ohwell =(
and the tiny things swimming around look like mini shrimp.. seems the abalone like feeding off it too =P
Another 2 died on Monday and another 2 looked like they were dead but actually weren't! My mentor told me to cut the shell off but the minute I sliced it, it tensed up!! I murdered the abalone!! T.T it was actually alive but barely! It's not my fault... sniffle
In any case, we got wanted to see what the shell looked like after clearing away the top layer of peristracum on the shell by dissolving it in conc HCL..
Man the minute the drop touched the shell it started fizzling ferociously and totally dissolved a layer on the shell =O
Je regarde partout, n'importe ou ailleurs quand je sais que ce que je cherche est droit ici devant moi pourquoi ne peux pas je me laisse l'accepter ?
peut-etre il est parce que je sais que cela ne fonctionnerait jamais, et a la fin, je vais juste perdre un ami.. ahhh je pense que je devrais fermer ma bouche maintenant..
Je ne peux pas attendre tout ceci a etre termine. J'avais etudie depuis avril ! Il est un long marathon de l'enfer et je ne suis aucun coureur de fond...Je veux ma repos!!! >.<
2:35 AM
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I think this is the closest I've seen to a rainbow in any of the sunset's I've seen from the hostel..
Anyway something interesting has happened lately.. my bank account received $90 from a Belgarath Investments which I found out, happens to be one of the shareholders of Subway in S'pore.. My pay comes directly from the store and I've never received anything from this company before.. so they sent me $90 for no apparent reason??? o.O
There's nothing wrong with the Blueberry Pie, just people make other choices. You can't blame the Blueberry Pie, it's just... no one wants it.
I really think that's the best quote that applies to your situation.. I'm not going to tell you that you deserve better or that you need to get over it because I think you should already know that. I've watched this situation unfold from the time it started and I've already tried to help you in every way that someone who can only stand back and watch can do. You know what I think and I've said all that I should say about it.. It's really up to you..
12:24 AM
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DAVID COOK - Always Be My Baby
We were as one babe
For a moment in time
And it seemed everlasting
That you would always be mine
Now you want to be free
So I'm letting you fly
Cause I know in my heart babe
Our love will never die
No!
You'll always be a part of me
I'm a part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
I ain't gonna cry no
And I won't beg you to stay
If you're determined to leave girl
I will not stand in your way
But inevitably you'll be back again
Cause ya know in your heart babe
Our love will never end no
You'll always be a part of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
I know that you'll be back girl
When your days and your nights get a little bit colder oooohhh
I know that, you'll be right back, babe
Ooooh! baby believe me it's only a matter of time
You'll always be apart of me
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my my baby....
You'll always be apart of me (you will always be)
I'm part of you indefinitely
Girl don't you know you can't escape me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on (we will linger on....)
Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me
Ooh darling cause you'll always be my baby
Always be my baby
You know, as much as I really love this song and not to mention his voice(!)<3, I think that guys like that would make the WORST ex(s) cus they really don't want to accept when it's over.. "Girl don't you know you can't escape me.."?? I feel like calling the cops! hahaha ^^
10:05 PM
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AP Art Studio IS OVER! YEAH BABY!
FINALLY, COMPLETELY, TOTALLY OVER!
The slides were sent here at 3.. I made the switches and finished up the labelling, did the write up, included the 5 pieces for quality and handed it over to Mr Allan for it to be shipped off today!
OMG you have NO IDEA how relieve I am that this is OVER!! I've spent the last month dying from handling this by myself and ALSO trying to juggle mugging for two info heavy exams at the same time.. Most APs take 2 hours.. this took 2 years! I highly DISCOURAGE ANY of the juniors from taking up photography as their medium for AP Studio..
Firstly, it's SO VERY DIFFICULT to transfer the digital image onto SLIDES
Secondly, in the process much of the original colour, detail and feel is LOST
I think in total I spent over $300 just on the slides and printouts alone.. NOT INCLUDING the admin fee for taking this AP.. Seriously, no one can afford to be poor in this school or you get no education... SO EXPENSIVE!
Then apparently, while I was handling the portfolio today, the NUS prof who is also interested in the abalone project sprang a surprise visit and was shocked at our results since the protein samples we recovered were so much more substantial then anything he's managed to get.(Must be the tender loving care they get from us ^^) He even asked to take some back to his own lab to analyze in NUS. Then also, the marine tank suddenly has countless tiny white organisms that appeared almost overnight on the walls of the tank which the prof thinks could be BABY ABALONE! <3
The structure and shape are quite similar to the full grown abalone and there are also countless of other smaller organisms that appeared overnight also which could be the younger stage of the white organisms we already see or something else..
That's more or less what they look like under the microscope.. so yeah
If they are baby abalone we're gonna be RICH! MUAHAHAHAHAHA! (ok just joking here..)
so..JOY! Today was a freakin WONDERFUL day and just one last thing at the end of today made it complete! =)
All that remains now is for all this TIME, MONEY, BLOOD, SWEAT and not that many tears.. to translate into a big fat 5 for this AP
6:30 PM
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Some of those quizzes Lynn introduced me to..
How Boycrazy Are You?
You're not boycrazy -- you're boy-sane.
You are the opposite of boycrazy. No matter how much you like a guy, you're able to be your practical, clear-thinking self in his presence. Even in a room full of cute guys, you'd probably be just as calm, self-assured, and down to earth as you always are. In your life, boycraziness is unnecessary -- boys are probably crazy about YOU.
What Time Of Day Are You?
You are 10:02 a.m.
You are breakfasty, like a pile of pancakes on a Sunday morning that have just the right amount of syrup, so every bite is sweet perfection and not a soppy mess. You are a glass of orange juice that's cool, refreshing, and not overly pulpy. You are the time of day that's just right for turning the pages of a newspaper, flipping through channels, or clicking around online to get a sense of how the world changed during the night. You don't want to stumble sleepily through life, so you make a real effort to wake your brain up and get it thinking. You feel inspired to accomplish things (whether it's checking something off your to-do list or changing the world), but there's plenty of time for making things happen later in the day. First, pancakes.
What Kind Of Roommate Are You?
You're detail-oriented? to put it mildly.
You always know exactly whose dirty sock that is in the middle of the living room floor, whose turn it is to clean the bathroom, and how much each person owes on the next cable bill. If you buy a 24-pack of soda, you'll notice right away if a roommate snags one. We wouldn't be surprised if you have a favorite calculator. You might plan out every detail of your life in a neatly organized personal calendar, but if you start trying to plan your roommates' lives, it's not going to go over so well. Still feel compelled to make cleaning charts and hang them on the fridge? Go ahead and do it, but keep your expectations low. The next time the place doesn't seem clean enough, you could always clean it yourself ? or just loosen your definition of the word "clean."
(Omg this is like amazingly accurate^^ right down to the personal timetable and being a clean freak XD)
Apparently Chi is the Forgetful,Untidy type that drives the schedule-oriented neat freak crazy hahahahahaha.. what a match!
How Much Like Your Mum Are You?
You two are practically twins.
You and your mom are so much alike. If it weren't for the age difference, you'd seem more like siblings than mother and child. Your relationship probably involves lots of sharing ? whether it's family secrets, relationship advice, or a big bowl of popcorn during a movie you both love. You trust your mom to help you make decisions, because you know she understands where you're coming from. You and your mom have tons in common, but sometimes all those similarities start to get on your nerves. Wouldn't it be nice to have a mom who didn't borrow your stuff without asking? Yup, and she probably feels exactly the same way about you!
How Funny Are You?
One Funny Bunny, Honey.
You knee slapper, you. You rib tickler. You chucklepatch! You're the type who thinks any situation can be funny if you have the right attitude. You laugh stressful things off to keep yourself happy, and you use your sense of humor to help other people do the same. As long as you don't point that humor hose at anyone who doesn't exactly appreciate it, your funny bone will serve you well.
Can You Keep A Secret?
You can keep a secret—sometimes!
When you hear a secret, you do a little math equation in your head. You multiply the juiciness of the gossip by the number of people you could tell, add in the amount of fun you'll have spreading it, and then subtract the amount of trouble you'll be in if you get caught. Some secrets are so silly or weird you have to spread them, but others you know you'd regret spilling. To you, secrets and gossip are a crucial part of staying informed. If you share a secret with someone, he/she might pay you back in funny or useful knowledge sometime in the future. Sharing secrets is a complicated game, but you do your best to play it without hurting the people you love.
How Bad Is Your Senioritis?
You've got a mild case.
Your senioritis isn't bad -- it's just making you a little itchy.... itchy to skip school and go to the beach, to watch a Degrassi marathon instead of studying for finals, and to wear flip-flops every day, even if your school has a strict dress code. But most of all, you're itching to finish high school and get on with your life. So what can you do to make all that itching go away? Put on a graduation robe. They've got this nice, smooth fabric that cures senioritis like magic.
11:54 PM
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...or would it be a waste
even if i knew my place should i leave it there.
should i give up
or should i just keep chasing pavements
even if it leads nowhere...
I think the choreography for this song is cool ^^ and her voice is so good <3
5:37 PM
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