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Sunday, April 08, 2012
Moods.Wings
Now that the frantic mad-cap rush of wrapping-up experiments for my paper are finally over, I suddenly find myself with too much time on my hands. When I am suddenly able to end work at 6pm, I'm at a loss of what to do. 'Multi-tasking' and' working my ass off' are mottos that I've been abiding by these few years and 'slacking off' has suddenly become a strange and alien phrase.
Too much time on my hands is a wonderful thing to most people, but to me, it's become an unfamiliar guilty pleasure which I will have to get re-accustomed to.
Yes, I'm in a retrospective mood today, and I've decided to do some online housekeeping.
I've temporarily closed my other personal blog (z) as I no longer feel the need to maintain it to keep in contact with my family, now that I'm back home in Singapore. And I've decided to write an entry here just to keep things going on this blog. Haiz, now that I'm back, its much easier and more instantaneous for the 3 of us to keep in contact via whatsapp and meetups than to blog. So there's been a total lack of active updates. Our previous entry was in Dec 2011 by b, some strange advertisment for Tango which I've taken down.
Many things have happened since I came back in Sept 2011. I travelled to tokyo with tp, b started her grad school, ting changed jobs, b got a flat, me and ting travelled to bangkok with my mum and of course there's the BIG news which i shall leave to ting to announce here :) (of course, if you have fb, the news is all over fb already)
This blog has been our diary of sorts for the past 7 years, detailing bits and pieces of our friendship, our travels, our angsts and random ramblings. An inadvertant written account that is the tip of iceberg documenting our lives for these past 7 years. I am grateful for it, as my memory is beginning to fail me and this blog helps to document certain milestones (or lack thereof) in our lives. It always brings me joy when I read some of the past events that went on in our lives (as well as cringeworthy grammar and 'wth-was-I-thinking-angsty' moments). 7 years is an incredibly long time and I'd like to think that we have matured from young girls to more responsible young adults.
But I never cease to be amazed by ourselves. I was just thinking that this current blog layout looks a bit outdated and childish and that as 'young professionals' we need a more updated sophisticated layout befitting our new-found status. And guess what photo I dug out from my iphone taken just a few months back when we went to watch Wicked?
Too much time on my hands is a wonderful thing to most people, but to me, it's become an unfamiliar guilty pleasure which I will have to get re-accustomed to.
Yes, I'm in a retrospective mood today, and I've decided to do some online housekeeping.
I've temporarily closed my other personal blog (z) as I no longer feel the need to maintain it to keep in contact with my family, now that I'm back home in Singapore. And I've decided to write an entry here just to keep things going on this blog. Haiz, now that I'm back, its much easier and more instantaneous for the 3 of us to keep in contact via whatsapp and meetups than to blog. So there's been a total lack of active updates. Our previous entry was in Dec 2011 by b, some strange advertisment for Tango which I've taken down.
Many things have happened since I came back in Sept 2011. I travelled to tokyo with tp, b started her grad school, ting changed jobs, b got a flat, me and ting travelled to bangkok with my mum and of course there's the BIG news which i shall leave to ting to announce here :) (of course, if you have fb, the news is all over fb already)
This blog has been our diary of sorts for the past 7 years, detailing bits and pieces of our friendship, our travels, our angsts and random ramblings. An inadvertant written account that is the tip of iceberg documenting our lives for these past 7 years. I am grateful for it, as my memory is beginning to fail me and this blog helps to document certain milestones (or lack thereof) in our lives. It always brings me joy when I read some of the past events that went on in our lives (as well as cringeworthy grammar and 'wth-was-I-thinking-angsty' moments). 7 years is an incredibly long time and I'd like to think that we have matured from young girls to more responsible young adults.
But I never cease to be amazed by ourselves. I was just thinking that this current blog layout looks a bit outdated and childish and that as 'young professionals' we need a more updated sophisticated layout befitting our new-found status. And guess what photo I dug out from my iphone taken just a few months back when we went to watch Wicked?
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its good to know that some things never change :)
like how similar is it to the photo at the top of this blog taken a couple of years back?
like how similar is it to the photo at the top of this blog taken a couple of years back?
this post shall end abruptly here as I shall go and do some real-life housekeeping
Sunday, July 17, 2011
amusement.. or the lack of it
Sunday and I am at my usual hangout spot.
6 more hours of work to go, and I have my schedule down to a T.
I'm spending time at my part time job clearing work I can't finish at my full time job. Now how sad can that be??
So much has happened, to a point that it is not quite possible to pen down those rushing fleeting thoughts.
Let's not talk about work shall we?
I need a holiday.
I need some me time.
I need someone to love me.
Greedy?
Maybe I'm pensive cos I just watched the last movie of Harry Potter, and well, there's nothing to look forward to anymore! *horror*
I can feel my brain shutting down.. boy I am sleepy..
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Thursday, May 12, 2011
How big is your heart?
Working in lab at night always makes me puts me in an pensive mood..
How big is your heart?
Is there room only for one?
Can it only fit a few friends and family?
Does it beats for your country?
Lub Dub Lud Dub.
Who's to judge?
yea.. definitely pensive...
back to my rows of data
how exciting
How big is your heart?
Is there room only for one?
Can it only fit a few friends and family?
Does it beats for your country?
Lub Dub Lud Dub.
Who's to judge?
yea.. definitely pensive...
back to my rows of data
how exciting
Feeling Nostalgic
I was feeling nostalgic while working and I dug up this post i wrote waaaaaaaaaay back in 2007 about moving on... who would have thought that me, the one most worried about people moving on.. is now the furthest away from Sg?
I guess there's nothing more dividing than a university education. It's just something that I'd have to accept. Everyone's moving on in a different direction. Slowly but steadily, seeking their eventual monetary and emotional happiness. Or in the case of some, jumping by leaps and bounds. I'm not envious of their achievement, to each their own and all the best.
What bothers me is my lack of foresight. I can't shake the feeling that I'm standing at the crossroads of my life. Literally before me are various roads laid out in front of me, all leading in various unpredictable directions. The BIG UNKNOWN. And all I doing now is trying to suppress my irrational fear and prevent myself from running back to where I come from.
All that's left for me to do is to place one foot in front of the other, to treasure the love and friendship around me, and see where it leads me to.
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And just to scare you a bit. This was wat we looked like 5 years ago!
We need to throw a major party again when I'm back!
Any reason will suffice for me. :)
Sunday, May 01, 2011
are you interested in any external opportunities?
I use this phrase a great number of times nowadays. The new job calls for it. This might actually win my "Any Drug allergies?" phrase in the future as "most-used-phrase at work". (by the way I am at work now, West Mall today, on this gloomy Sunday in Singapore)
Its been a month since i started! And everything does seem to look pretty potential for now, I have a lovely bunch of colleagues who due to perhaps, the narrow age gap and personality are fun and enjoyable to work with (of cos, perhaps the office politics have yet to reveal its ugly head at me yet..) I get to meet or talk to tonnes of people, which is something I find most important. No desk bound job for me thank you very much. Lets see what happens 6 months down the road if I'm meeting my targets and earning the amount I'm looking forward to. =)
Life is generally good now, my cousin just had another baby. (correction, my cousin-in-law, but lets not quibble over details shall we?) Election fever is all the rage now, given the fact that the ENTIRE family can vote, including all of my cousins, and my youngest little brother! If I'm not wrong we are all in the same GRC too! No thanks to the new geographic boundaries, hence I am now a proud member of the CCK GRC. (I think I prefer Hong Kah, I actually think they did a pretty good job with my neighbourhood. But CCK does look like a nice neighbourhood too...)
I shall spend my free time in the store today reading up on the various parties and rallies. I have been sent a good number of links, but barely had time to look through them. (I did go through the TPL and NS ones. *wince* katespade katespade katespade!) Seriously, if I had to get branded, I rather be known as chanel chanel chanel. (and thats just me being bimbotic)
tomorrow is a public holiday! you can call me tomorrow. *beam*
Sunday, April 24, 2011
activism
Nicole Seah and Tin Pei Ling were both from USP in NUS.
Is USP is a cradle for activism? Well, speaking from personal experience, the USP curriculum nurtures independent thinking and certainly encourages pluralism and debate. So activism is more of an emergent property from the curriculum. Conversely, apathy is probably not something you will find in an USP graduate. Of course, activism is not just restricted to the political front. To me, activism is to take an active interest in changing something (with the intention of improving it) based on your ideals/beliefs. It is then not surprising at all to find that the new faces of the next generation of politicians are coming from USP, and I dare predict that more will be coming from USP in the future. To me I think this reflects very well on the USP education system as a whole, and I feel proud as an alumni to be associated with USP. Keep up the good job! :)
While I've never considered myself a feminist (but I am a believer in equal rights and opportunities), I found it heartening to see young women my age entering into politics. But at the same time, I find it quite saddening to see that online debate and intense scrutiny about these two ladies seem to revolve around their physical appearance, mannerisms and marital status. Why the social stigma and stereotyping? Is this what will greet any young women who intend to enter the political arena in the future? However, as the election campaigns are just starting to heat up and I hope Nicole Seah and Tin Pei Ling will be able to rise up to the challenge and prove their mettle.
Although in my opinion, I think I know which of the two I will be rooting for (unless proven otherwise).
On a side note: I find social media quite scary, in terms of the amount of information that they retain about your private life. And it can be quite ruinous as well if you are a politician (just google TPL and kate spade/stomping feet). My paranoia is turning me into a technophobe (I was a hair's breadth away from deleting my facebook account today). You are no longer anonymous.
Our blog din turn up tho. Thank goodness I've disabled public search. But this interesting photo did turn up:
Anyway, let's not get too distracted. To conclude: I guess this is a problem that the next generation of young politician will all face - having something posted in their facebook/twitter/blog that will come back to haunt them.
Enuff ranting. It's just me procrastinating from getting any work done for my presentation and writing up for my paper. xoxo yz
The University Scholars Programme (USP) is an interdisciplinary academic programme for NUS undergraduates.
We admit 180 students each year, and offer the freedom to explore across disciplines, a wide range of extracurricular and overseas opportunities, and a close community of exceptionally motivated and talented students. The aim is to produce graduates with the intellectual rigour, initiative, and innovative spirit to make significant contributions to society.
Is USP is a cradle for activism? Well, speaking from personal experience, the USP curriculum nurtures independent thinking and certainly encourages pluralism and debate. So activism is more of an emergent property from the curriculum. Conversely, apathy is probably not something you will find in an USP graduate. Of course, activism is not just restricted to the political front. To me, activism is to take an active interest in changing something (with the intention of improving it) based on your ideals/beliefs. It is then not surprising at all to find that the new faces of the next generation of politicians are coming from USP, and I dare predict that more will be coming from USP in the future. To me I think this reflects very well on the USP education system as a whole, and I feel proud as an alumni to be associated with USP. Keep up the good job! :)
While I've never considered myself a feminist (but I am a believer in equal rights and opportunities), I found it heartening to see young women my age entering into politics. But at the same time, I find it quite saddening to see that online debate and intense scrutiny about these two ladies seem to revolve around their physical appearance, mannerisms and marital status. Why the social stigma and stereotyping? Is this what will greet any young women who intend to enter the political arena in the future? However, as the election campaigns are just starting to heat up and I hope Nicole Seah and Tin Pei Ling will be able to rise up to the challenge and prove their mettle.
Although in my opinion, I think I know which of the two I will be rooting for (unless proven otherwise).
On a side note: I find social media quite scary, in terms of the amount of information that they retain about your private life. And it can be quite ruinous as well if you are a politician (just google TPL and kate spade/stomping feet). My paranoia is turning me into a technophobe (I was a hair's breadth away from deleting my facebook account today). You are no longer anonymous.
Our blog din turn up tho. Thank goodness I've disabled public search. But this interesting photo did turn up:
Anyway, let's not get too distracted. To conclude: I guess this is a problem that the next generation of young politician will all face - having something posted in their facebook/twitter/blog that will come back to haunt them.
Enuff ranting. It's just me procrastinating from getting any work done for my presentation and writing up for my paper. xoxo yz
election fever
As far away as UK, I'm feeling the heat of the sg elections. Wishing I were in Sg to vote. But as it is, London is not like a hop away for me.
Ironically, as a Commonwealth resident in UK, I have the right to vote here. This openness is something which I doubt will happen anytime soon. As it is, I have exercised my right to vote here last year, and I am most probably going to vote during the referendum in UK in 5th May (vs 7 May in Sg)!
Exercise your right to vote. Make your (tiny) but powerful voice heard!
Ironically, as a Commonwealth resident in UK, I have the right to vote here. This openness is something which I doubt will happen anytime soon. As it is, I have exercised my right to vote here last year, and I am most probably going to vote during the referendum in UK in 5th May (vs 7 May in Sg)!
Exercise your right to vote. Make your (tiny) but powerful voice heard!
