Sunday, September 28, 2008
Happy 19th birthday to me! Haha! It's actually yesterday and thanks for those who celebrated with me and thanks for the gifts too! =) I really appreciated alot. Thanks people!
I went to meet up with Mildred on Friday for dinner. As usual, I was OT-ing again, and I left TLL at about 7, so ended up meeting late.. =( The dinner was good and we went to have "supper" after that, and left for home after that. Not forgetting all the catching-up as well. Thanks for the chocs. =)
Went to celebrate with my family for lunch at Prima revolving restaurant near Vivo City there. We celebrated their wedding anniversary too, as it fell on 1 day before my birthday. So, it's always celebrated together every year. We went to Vivo City to shop after that and I bought a shirt, which I wanted to get a few months ago. Hung around there for 5 hours before meeting with Nic, Liwei, Khim, Gary, Juan and Jiahui for dinner at 8pm. Thanks for the cake and the Havainas sandals, and not forgetting the Bicycle deck from Nic. Thanks guys. =)
Gonna be very busy today with all the lab reports to write. To be exact, it's 1 week of reports! ZZZzzzz.. and I need to start on my project synopsis already, coz the deadline is on 10 Oct. It's getting nearer and nearer..
Once again, before signing off, Thanks to all for the celebrations and gifts!! =))
1:14 PM
Saturday, September 20, 2008
My SIP had started for 2 weeks already.. OK.... didn't get what I had expected, coz I expected that I could do some animal-related research project there, but only to find out that I'm going to do on the genetics on Drosophila... =.= And it's on the somatic control on the female germline stem cell thing.. Everything sounded so chim to me la, and I don't understand anything.. I'm the only vet science student among the 10 of us who are attached there, and this makes me at a disadvantaged position, as I didn't learn what the biomolecular students learnt, about all the genetics stuff, except for MGen & MBio, which were my weakest subjects... ZZZZ..
I'm still kinda struggling with the work, protocols, theories and whatseoever that are related to my SIP and MP. Man... I don't think I'm really up to it, as genetics do bore me.. haiz... It's only 2 weeks, and I don't know how to survive for the next 18 weeks to come.. Anyway, everyday is like an OT day for me, as I always finished my work after office hours.. sianz.. and I was always the latest to leave (among the 10 of us). And, today was the latest, which was at 8.15pm or so. Walking out of NUS requires about 15 minutes of leisure walking. Lol. Took a bus to Vivo City and had my dinner alone, and went to shop around after that. I wanted to buy a pair of Nike sneakers just now, but I was contemplating whether to buy it or not. But in the end, I didn't buy it. Haha.. Reached home at 10+ pm, and this was like a routine to me.. sianz... Leaving TLL at 7+ and by the time I reached home its 8+, and after dinner and washing up, it would be close to 10pm already... haiz.. Where got time to relax? I haven't even start on my project proposal and synopsis. Coz I don't have the time and I don't know how to start...
It's getting late, and I'm feeling super sleepy now. I never had enough sleep since the start of SIP. SIP really drains me out...
12:43 AM
Sunday, September 07, 2008
OK... My SIP is finally confirmed, and I'm posted to Temasek Life Sciences Laboratories (TLL), which is located in NUS. All the while, I wish to be attached to NUS for my SIP, and fortunately, my application to TLL was successful. I should be contented, even though I didn't manage to go Australia for OSIP.
I'm still having that kind of jittery feeling inside me as I'm the only vet science student in amongst the 10 people attached to TLL, and I'm not good in genetics stuff and I didn't learn those biomolecular stuff which the biomolecular students had learnt before. Haiz.. feeling kinda worried as I'm scared that I couldn't do a good job over there and affect both my SIP and MP results..
Anyway, went to recee at NUS today in my father's car, and I realized that there is a shorter route, rather than taking a train to Buona Vista. I can take a train to Harbourfront and change a bus and walk in, for a distance.. haha.. I guess I shall take this route to TLL but will still be going to Buona Vista to meet the rest for the first day.
Hope everything goes well for me...
12:30 AM
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
I finished my NAPFA today, and it was quite ok as there were 2 As, and I'm glad that my 2.4km run was a pass. HOWEVER, I didn't manage to pass my sit & reach, hence, I failed the whole test... =.= Feeling damn sianz la, and the thing was that I failed my sit & reach by only 2cm!!! Haiz... My body is simply rigid la.. And this is my 1st time failing NAPFA sia... ZZZZZ
This means that I had to retake my NAPFA in order not to go in to NS for the extra 3 weeks, and I need to work harder to obtain my silver award.
I'm having my Basic Theory Test tomorrow morning, and I just simply read through the book. I'm really scared will fail la.. haiz... Hope tomorrow will turn out fine..
11:00 PM