Wednesday, February 18, 2009

no more a log!

yeah the title spells it all.. no more cumsa!

a teeny weeny bit more time n many more assignments to come. mug mode n training mode now on. gotta catch up on doing reports once again.. urgh!

Sunday, February 8, 2009

week 4

fight on...

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

my resolve

coming to end of week 3 and yes it has been overwhelming. first 2 weeks started with ease and i thot chem eng will be this relax.. not now i suppose..
i guess being in so many different things do overwhelm me.. and i get too caught up with things! i get to see lotsa things going on, know how people work, people's attitude! people here dont listen to comments, they only think they are right (n tt's damn bloody annoying). so, here's wad i have decided on. i shall not bother talking too much, do the minimal and do wad i want..
ha.. tt's damn bastardy.. since everyone's liddat, i shall go with the flow. enjoy life and mug hard! oxymoron! =(

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

my term thus far

2nd year just started for me and it's coming to the end of week 2 already.. well year 2 is definitely different. no more freshies stuffs, abit more focused.. but definitely more smashing! at least i realised what i really wanted to join and do.. and that's the cool thing! AWESOME is the word to describe the start of my term.. i joined college frisbee ( this is super cool) and uni canoeing ( abit of canoeing and canoe polo).. it's fun and i got to do sports! being in a sports grp is definitely diff from the rest! pple tend to be more outgoing and receptive and you play with people of the same interest! =)
amidst all these stuffs.. chem eng! a small cosy dept, glad to have the chance to know more pple and soon everyone in my year! =) well.. start has been pretty fine i guess.. wait till the full work start swinging into action.. =S and i realise the most crazy thing i ever did! i joined 5 soc this year.. damn! i must be out of my mind.. cumsa, i-banking, buddhist soc, canoeing and frisbee! well to be fair.. i din really commit much to everything.. so i am kinda e annoying ass who does the minimal.. but, cant really be bothered since pple are showing the same attitude too! haha! wad i cant wait is for lent to come and offload lots of stuffs! =)

ttata!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

this summer..

well this summer had came and ended in a flash =( 16 weeks of holidays will be ending very very soon and i am flying off tonight! i have to admit this holiday was indeed filled with fun, excitement and lotsa new experience, and i got to come back to sunny Singapore! i only learn to appreciate and really love singapore only after i am overseas for 9 mths! =)

home's still the best! the same familiar faces, familiar environment and friends! i do miss home! it's great not having to cook my own meals, wash my clothes and do lotsa small small things! and of coz, the SUN! you dont get such strong sun and rain in uk! =) as for food, i think i have been busily stuffing myself with lotsa yummy delicious food! chilli crab, duck rice, hokkien mee, fish!, yong tau fu, dim sum, jap food and many many more! i dont mind putting an extra few pounds just for these food! uk food is terrible! =S

this summer, i went on a week long hols to Prague and Berlin before i came back to Sing! was really pretty and nice, and got to eat quite alot of local food! =) then i took up a supposedly 8 week long internship with CSIP, which i ended in 6 weeks time. was attached to MHA, SCDF, pretty boring but enriching indeed. after that, i think i became an adhoc relief teacher yet again at rv! taught geog, history, singapore studies, pe! =) then was the much anticipated Brunei/mulu trip! fun fun fun!

okie.. time to continue packing yet again.. urgh!

goodbye my home!!

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

with less than 48 hrs to go..

in the midst of packing, meeting up and savouring every last moment of singaporean food, i keep having to remind myself to prepare for the upcoming academic year. 1 year passed so fast, so date/time last year, i flew off to faraway uk, not having an exact idea what it's going to be like, the big unknown! now this exact same day and time, i am flying off yet again. but, the feeling is kinda weird. i know what i will be going thru more of less this year, but it feels even more unbearable. home's still the best place i guess =S

people. 1 year has passed and lotsa things have changed, in me, in people, in the area. it's kinda sian to leave all your good frens and start all out again in a new evn.. =( and i am certain i will nvr find good working buddies and frens like oac ppl n 4i pple! okie i have seen lotsa ppl n sometimes their attitude realli startle me. all talk no work, talk is cheap. tt's the ang moh style of thing and i think i shld start to embrace tt kind of culture when working with pple there. even the sing i work with, HUH, feels like crap! yeap i guess i am annoyed to some sense. been busy settling all the printing and admin stuffs for pple, for pple who promised to do, farted and pretend to forget. feels like sth is wrong with the younger gen today (though they are 1-2 yrs younger only). =(
大头小心雷公嘴, 会吃不会放屁

Sunday, September 21, 2008

what i hate about packing..

am leaving on thursday and totally hate packing to the core.. well to do justice, i have to say it's not the first time i packed my stuffs.. with the strict camb residence policy, packing is a termly affair.. and this becomes 1 big reason why i dont usually decorate my room! =(
oh well, back to the title. packing sucks! i think the main reason i hate packing is cause it reminds me that i have to leave yet again. leaving my lovely home and room, my parents, my good frens, my good sunshine and good food! cant really describe the feeling but it's really depressing! =( i dont want to leave yet again! =(
ppl say it's easier once we went overseas for the first time. on the contrary, i find it harder, harder to leave what's behind cause i know what it will be like over in uk. =(

Friday, September 12, 2008

back from Mulu!

okie i think i should start updating my blog! went to Brunei/Sarawak for 8 days! what i thought will be a fun and relaxing holiday with my uni friends turned out to be filled with adventure, fatigue and excitement! =) am tooo lazy to go into details so you can read jinyang's blog if u wan to know more!

there were a total of 8 pple in this trip; 3 Singaporeans, 3 Ipoh-ians, 1 Miri-ian, 1 Bruneian! Sounds pretty much like mini Asean! we spent the 1st nite in william's place and took off the next morning! so off we go into the jungles of mulu via the Fokker 50, not knowing what was in store for us. =S

on our 2nd day, we went into deer cave and lang cave! it was a pretty fun and interesting experience in deer cave, cause the guide decide to bring us off course=) guanon (sp) was gross but oh well, it's still an experience!

3rd day, we set off for camp 5, dropping by clearwater cave and young lady cave along the day. our bags were heavy, but our spirits were high. though i wasnt very prepared to go into the water to push the boat, but i still did anyway. =) the 8.8km march from our so called jetty to camp 5 was filled with mud, mossies, leeches! got stung by 2 tiger leeches along the way, 1 while i was washing my feet, the other when i got to camp 5. pretty unlucky huh..

4th day, woke up super early in the morning to scale mt abi, the pinancles! it was 2.4km in distance and 1.2km in height. I wasnt really prepared for such a steep and tough climb, and i think most of us arent. the 5 caucasians in our group were very fast ahead of us, but oh well, there's no price in getting 1st! after 3-4 hrs of tough, ardous and gruelling climb, we managed to reach the top! and pinancles was indeed magnificent and worth the climb! =) and the reward for the day, bak kwa and pork floss for lunch! climb down took even longer coz of the rain and some hiccups along the day, but glad we made it before sky turns dark!

5th day, it's the 8.8k march back to the supposedly jetty, and this time round, we were very much faster! =) went to racer cave to do some real cave climbing! was pretty fun and was glad my past rockclimbing skills came into good use! we end up getting dirty, wet and HAPPY! =)))) went back to hq spending the rest of the day nuaing, jenga-ing, carom-ing =)

6th to 8th day, back to civilisation! took the flight back to miri! jinyang's dad brought us back to brunei and we stayed in the Empire! simply magnificent and befitting of it's 6 star status (less the breakfast) it was merry making from that moment on =)











Thursday, June 26, 2008

this feeling,,

finally touched down this morning at 8am! A380 was awesome, really spacious, comfy n nice, except for the stewards n stewardess who tend to pretend to be more frenly to foreigners than to singaporeans.. typical!

it feels so surreal to be home, cant believe that i left home for 9 mths alr.. everything seems to be pretty alright, upgrading going on at my block, dad n mum seem to have aged, prices of almost everything gone up! and singapore is hot!!! have to start getting used to the weather again! nonetheless, i love the sun! =)

waiting for results.. the feeling is urgh!

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Leaving on a jet plane!

i cant believe this! i am going home now!!! =)

YAY!!!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

end of year 1

alright i know this is a pretty late entry.. but anw an update is an update...

exam ended on 11th june, went london the next day, was busy on 13th with bop, 14th had Buddhist soc garden party and preparation for the cumsa garden party, 15th garden party and new hall garden party. went back, packed my ass out, and left at 3am the next day for my hols! sounds pretty packed.. wad was i thinking.... =S

anyway, 11th june 2008 marks the end of my 1st year in Cambridge. A year with mixed feelings, where i learnt more about myself, taught myself to be independent and exposed myself to this big huge world! Nonetheless, this a remarkable moment and memorable academic year thus far. No more, will i be a Nat Sci. No longer do i have sat lectures, no longer do i have 30 hrs week, no longer do i have to write crazy cells essays and meet crazy deadlines and so on n so forth.. you get the drift. But grass is always greener on the other side of the pasture, hopefully Chem Engine will be filled with lovely surprises and many interesting people. Finally get to have a department to call home, and a small class.. 60 pple i think!

1st year out in the uk. was pretty intimidating for a start. It's like getting plunged into this big big world where i have to learn to take care of myself. no longer will there be parents acting as support, and i have to start looking for new frens, frens close to heart. It's practically like resettling yourself in a whole new world, where your room is your own home! was pretty tiring for a start and i think i lost my direction for a brief moment at the beginning. studying abroad is fun yet intimidating. fun coz you have all the time in ur hands, no one's there to nag at you and you can do wadever you want. intimidating coz you got to learn to make your own decisions, manage your finance and try to get a life!

one thing i learnt most during this short 1 year (9 mths actually) is to cook. coming up with dishes i have never tried before, trying to emulate home-cooked food.. it's fun! and of coz cookouts are the best! you get to share home cooked food with your frens, mingle, feels like home! strangely, singaporeans only gel when they are not in sing.. exclude those el. at. though... and what i hate most is to do laundry! it's such a chore and really takes up lotsa time and effort.. sometimes the machine decides to go on strike and there goes my money and time... and i still cant iron properly! it's appalling yet annoying... i must learn how to iron or or or.. ask my to iron my clothes!! haha MY get the hint??

i think i am going to miss my 1st year.. where i dunno where my time went to, where i mug like there's no tomorrow, where i can do dumb things n get away with it.. this is life! camb has manage to bring out the best and worst in people. and it's amazing! during term time, it's like 8 weeks of hell.. the heavy workloads and activities and formals.. tt can definitely kill.. just y cant they extend term time and cut short our hols? n if onli if.. changing the start of the week from thursdays to mondays will help to avoid alot of trouble... but oh well... traditions are hard to change especially in a place like this...

alright.. 12 hrs to my flight home.. i cant wait to get back home!

shall update on my trip soon!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

parts of the brain...

good way of learning.. by ms tan!

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

who am i today..

today i started off being a gene.. looking at how i can be replicated using dna techniques. and i begin look for my close siblings, RNAs, how we are being spied on by machines, microarrays, southern blot, zoo blot n what not..
then i became a no., matrices in particular.. i journeyed through transformation, identifying and learning myself..
after a mini break, i decided to take on the identity of waves/particles. i learnt how to express my inner particulate nature and to hide under the disguise of being good old wave. i got to know my fave buddy, the hydrogen atom, where ride waves of quantum mechanic vibrations, tunnelled thru to out galaxies..
and soon i will become small particulate molecules... what will i become tomorrow?

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

a less than normal day

alright.. 7 days to exams! yay!! not like i am well prepared or anything, but it's killing me! just cant wait for it to be over..
went to this camb overseas trust reception. supposed to be welcome ceremony for pple like me.. under bursary! it's like am here for nearly a year alr.. duh! anw it turns out to be a eat n talk cock session. met up with a no. of sing, malaysian n hk peepz.. talk cock, eat aimlessly for ard 2 hrs.. untill GOH finally turned up. prince of wales.. yes prince charles.. he's in his usual attire n coat/shirt combi.. and the funny thing was that i just watch The Queen yesterday! the way the media portrayed him n the real series of events behind the whole hoohaa.. it's questionable.. but anw it's not like he has tt much *ahem* of a reputation anwa... and he is like some cAMP secretory gene.. he beats dictyostelium for sure! anw everyone tried to take his photo, shake his hand n wad not.. but i didnt.. too troublesome! so here's his pic!!























n this is wad i do when i am bored!


okie time to make up for the lost time!!! boohoo

Sunday, May 25, 2008

when studying gets u cranky..

i think this is the only period when i am most active blogging..
exams in 8 days' time!!! n i am still mugging my ass off.. oh well.. tt's not a surprise anyway!

i realised i have never been so hardworking in my entire life!! in the past, i will nua abit, mug abit.. but now here in uni.. there's this compelling factor.. to keep me mugging, in hope that i can do well.. n probably it may be due to the fact that there's no much entertainment here other than my laptop.. the only thing i can do is to watch movies.. but there arent that many movies out there tt's nice to watch! looking back this past 9 mths.. it's been kinds terrifying i guess.. cant really run/do much sports, no tv to watch/have no watched tv, no games to play, not that many place to walk walk.. sounds like i am in some ulu place rite? but nah.. nono! brits usually hang out in the bar.. but i see no point in getting myself tipsy every night.. cant drink that much anyway..

and i start to have weird dreams! i dream about going back almost everyday!!! not that i dont like here.. but it's kinda strange.. the anticipation of going back home outweighs the scary motion of the impending exams! hmm.. i am not well prepared.. but nonetheless, who will say he/she is 100% prepared. i've got a point to prove, n i need to show what i am capable of..

i suddenly have this weird longing.. longing for food even after i have had my dinner. it's a weird n strange feeling.. and it makes me miserable! sains closed, hall closed n i am left with chocs which i dun feel like eating.. help me!

blogger/mugger..

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Section B

Discuss the similarities and differences.



Friday, May 23, 2008

when the mugging gets tough..

10 days to exams! and 21 days to freedom!! 1 mth to going home!!!

ha enjoying this study break! shld be studying n i am trying my best.. but strangely aint that scared of the impending exams although i know i do still have alot of reading to do.. why leh? i also dunno! but anyway.. it's good not having to wake up early in the morning for lectures, being able to enjoy the beautiful day in my room.. keeping myself busy with notes, movies, it's good stuff! but the annoying thing is having to go for sups, keep getting tripos papers for homework... 1 paper = 3 hrs.. i have 3 more papers to do.. how how how?
i have decided to avoid getting fat during exams! i shall TRY to exercise..
and i cant wait go get HOME!

when u r bored of muggin n e ingenuity of paint.. by meiyi!




mugger tan.. MIA!

Sunday, May 18, 2008

in exam term..

2 weeks to exams and the feeling sucks.. everyone's mugging/hiding in their room to mug/mug at lib/pretending to mug(me)!!!
it feels so dead to mug mug n mug.. i need some life! and as a matter of fact.. i cant seem to find back the kind of focus i had back in jc days... how detrimental a 2 year gap can be..
and 1 annoying thing about exam term.. pple who dont usually cook starts cooking.. n making a mess out of the whole kitchen n setting off the fire alarm!!!!! sad to say, i am just next to the kitchen n it's pretty irritating when pple go into the kitchen early in the morning slams the door n shelves as though they own everything.. urgh!! inconsiderate fellows.. n they made a mess of my nice nice kitchen! =( totally shuts my appetite everytime i try to cook.. boohoohooo..

i need a run.. but it's so cooooold! =S

Saturday, May 17, 2008

reflections..

the feeling of near death is the stark realisaiton that lotsa things are waiting to be done..

Sunday, May 4, 2008

=)

thank you for being by my side! =)

u have always been wonderful!