My Undergraduate Life is OVER!!!

I finally managed to submit my honours thesis on the 28th Oct (2010) after 2 sleepless nights.. And as usually, I do not think it is UP TO MARK, but anyway, is SUBMITTED!! Had the thesis defense a couple of days ago.. If you were to ask me, I think it went well (or OK), nothing major or too difficult. The good news was, I was hinted that I will probably get the first class!! *FINGERS (and toes) CROSSED*

Now, is backed to getting all the amendment corrected, done and printed for submission of the hard bound copy, then it will be OFFICIALLY OVER!! =( And that will also mean that I will be back to a working adult life SOON AGAIN!! HAHA.. =P

Life after thesis submission is MORE stress than expected. I am suddenly SWAMPED with stuff that I DESPERATELY need to complete before i return to Singapore; experiments after EXPERIMENTS, PACKING for departure, CLEANING UP the house for inspection, and tonnes of other ADMINISTRATIVE stuff to be done TOO!! =( Let's hope that I will get all the MOTIVATIONS I will need to get it DONE and also finished it ON TIME!!

I MISS home and yet i do not want to go back (NOT THAT I LIKE THIS PLACE)!! How irony??

FINAL Honours Seminar

Done with the final presentation for my honours year today! Frankly speaking, if you were to ask me, I would say, it can't get any WORST!! But well.. I SURVIVED and is time to let go, move forth and to write up a GOOD THESIS!!

Went to check out what was wrong with the QC for the FACSAria, and got to know that the target value was positioned wrongly (somehow) and it so happen that the in-charge was there and I was the ONLY user all this while... And YES, you got it! It seem that the BLAME had somehow shifted toward me.. =( Honestly, I HATE THAT SHIT HOLE...

Well well well, ONE MORE MONTH, or maybe 2!!

HUPO 2010

Was away for a FANTASTIC conference at Sydney Convention Hall this week.. Honestly, I was BLOWN AWAY by the technologies and the things that are actually going on!! I am glad that I went, not only for the GOOD SCIENCE but also to be able to catch up with a couple of GOOD friends from Singapore.. Through this, NOW I KNOW, friends had kept me sane!!

Well well well.. time to get back to work! The clock is TICKING and I have got about a month till my submission!! Keep me going people...

Till then... =)

I Wish I was STRONGER.. MUCH STRONGER!!

=(

陪我

Music/Lyrics: Amy Sand

我不喜歡一個人 孤獨一個人
數算夜空的星辰
我期待有人陪我 陪我渡過
每個日出每個日落

曾經總是一個人 孤獨一個人
面對生命的所有
我期待有人陪我 陪我渡過
每個春夏和秋冬

陪我一起歡笑 陪我一起流淚陪我回憶 陪我夢
給我一個擁抱 一些些安慰
低落時不離開我
陪我一起歡笑 陪我一起流淚陪我回憶 陪我夢
分享我的一切 喜樂與哀愁
陪著我天長地久


如今不再一個人 孤獨一個人
面對生命的所有
找到一份真愛 耶穌的愛
陪我伴我到永久

what a day, A BAD DAY!!

I officially HATE FACSAria!!

Nothing that involved this instrument seem to be able to work for me, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! And the worst thing is, the person in charge of the equipment (or the facility) isn't gonna do anything much about it!! What's more, everytime I report a fault, it SOOOOOOooo seem that I am incapable of using the instrument!!

FED UP!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhh!!

Leading a Quiet Life...

"Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody."

-- 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 --

Haiz...

I have got a news today, a BAD news... HAIZ.. =(

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will;That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. Amen!

--Reinhold Niebuhr

Juz a little EMO-ing

Alot of flashbacks appeared in my mind when I was following the lyrics of that song... The happy memories WE once shall together! I guess, I never intended to let go but I did, eventually! Deep in my heart, my blessing goes to you!!

Enjoy the song ====>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ2hoghGh24



P.S.: 这一次，当妳在出现在我世界里的时后，我会紧握妳的手和妳过完这一生．．．

Lab Ranting...

In a blink of an eye, I am into the 11th week of my honours year..

So what are my thoughts? Well.. things HASN'T been that smooth; the column get CHOKED so every often, the FACS machine get DOWN every time I want to use it and worst of all, I had lost the inspiration to WRITE.. BUT STILL, I am pushing on..

Coming back on the weekend become a norm, not that I am SUPER HARDWORKING or SIAO (as Maine put it), BUT, I am trying to catch up on the lost time (given that I need FIVE DAYS to prepare my sample) and also to gain back my research momentum!! I must say, I do enjoy the peace I get in the lab during the weekend!!

My Workbench in Lab 202 (SHARED w my Supervisor)

I once told someone or a couple of you that I needed to stick around during the autoclaving process and I promised to tell you all just WHY in my blog post.. AND HERE IS IT!! Presenting THE Autoclave of Lab 202...

THE Autoclave (A PRESSURE COOKER)

To be frank, I am kinda of in a dilemma.. I am longing to end this "SHIT" but at the same time, I am worried of the "shit" that will be WAITING FOR ME ahead.. HAIZ...

P.S.: Pray that I still have a SOUND MIND when I return to SINGAPORE.. =(

An APPLE a Day...

An old saying goes.. "An APPLE a day, keeps the Doctor away..."



And so, for the sake of my THESIS's IMMUNITY, I decided to buy the APPLE!! =P So now, may I present to you all, my NEW MACBOOK PRO.. *drum roll*

MacBook PRO @ A$1399.00 (student price)

I shall now named it Lesti~, for that is what I am known here, and its birth day shall be 27 Apr 2010.. =P

Well.. so what's my comments on this new gadget of mine? It shall be VIRUS FREE (as much as it possibly can); it has a NICE mouse (or track) pad indeed; and it is just.... GREAT!!

But still, being a PC user for most of my life (till date), I am still trying to get use to the new platform, but SOON (and soon enough), our friendship shall start to blossom!! =P

A Lonely Cold Wednesday MORNING...

I woke up particularly early today!! I do not know why.. As usual, prepared myself for Uni but had the extra time for breakfast today and of cos.. COFFEE too!!

Walk up the endless steps again.. into the upper campus.. BUT it was exceptionally COLD today and the sense of loneliness just creeps in.. Oh, and did I mention, today marks the start of my 26th year on earth.. Felt OLD? LONELY? COLD? and worse.. all my WORKS didn't seem to have gone my way today!!

But well..

I have and made MANY great friends in Sydney.. although they will boss me around a little at times (JUST JOKING) but they are NICE people!! BEAUTI-FULL as one had put it!! haha..

They actually plan a "surprise" party for me, refused to acknowledge that it was my birthday today.. until SOMEONE spoils it all.. n i PRETENDED!! haha..

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESTER!! us @ dinner

Thanks Friends for the thoughts and the MANY well wishes on FB..

Another chapter kept!!

WELCOME HOME (to sydney that is.. =( )

In a blink of an eye, 3 months had passed.. Left on a Jet plane once again on the 27 2040 but this time, I do not know when I will be back again!!

Before I left, there were many things UNDONE and what's ahead are many uncertainity.. BUT I do believed I will be able to pull through (with strength from above!!)

I had enjoyed my time in Singapore.. THANKS and catch up pals...