goldfish memory

i'm so afraid i might forget/mix up the day i will just write it down here, hopefully i will remember (by then) =S
(i DID forget, and that i have to log on to the ancient friendster to retrieve -.-" and guess what, i realized many people still actively playing friendster lol. i shall try log on my icq one day. heh.)

okie, this is it--
AUGUST 26!!!!

oh god, please bestow me superb memory power. amen!

The Storyteller passed away

i know it's wayyy too late to post up something has to do with CNY.
but i lurve this ad.



the director for the ads, Yasmin Ahmad, that i mentioned for several times in my previous entries, passed away.
stroke and brain hemorrhage.
that's how fragile and unpredictable life is.
we will be missing you for all the brilliant ads you ever made. (and guess we won't have some good one for coming Hari Kebangsaan and Hari Raya and Deepavali).
rest in peace.

p/s* she also directed "Family"(previously mentioned) and "Funeral" for Singapore Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.

"...in the end, it's these small things that you remember, the little imperfections that made them perfect... for you." -- from Funeral.

there, i've changed this again. back to the white background i likey. =)

when do i start blogging?

i almost forgot when do i start to blog. or why. or both.
until mja*, my online buddy from icq (yes u see it right, of coz already transferred to msn now) that i never meet before, asked me about it.
it took me more than a couple of hours to recall. and i finally did when i was taking shower just now. my memory is indeed failing me. now, i have both short and long term memory lost!

this is it. the place i started to blog. no. not blogspot. not livejournal. not wordpress. but the ancient not-as-popular MULTIPLY.
and that was wayyyyy back to 2004!

as i flipped through those entries, to say i feel like-me is an understatement. i'm totally astonished! some of those i mentioned in the entries - i cant even remember who are they. thanks to the lousy naming system i used last time.

i don't even bother to change the name of the blog. or the -ahem- very weird looking photo in that account. and you might feel surprise why i still remember the password, eh? truth is, i always use this ONE password for all my accounts be it personal or not. thus i'm so NOT going to forget my password. most of the time, i forgot my userID =p

looking back at those ah-lian teenager writing style, suddenly i feel old. lol.

ROFL

*cough cough cough*
it's SO hilarious that i keep laughing (and coughing)!

my friend xbmmbdf* insists that i should try this application on FB that claims to "predict who you're destined to marry using advanced calculations".

and the results?
-drum roll-


jsjt* younger brother, who is NINE YEARS younger, top the list!
really, suuuuuuper hilarious, i cant help but roll on floor laughing! (plus coughing!)
ha, what a way to end a day. lol.


side track:
1. sorry hor, i'm not against 姐弟恋 (younger than 2 years range still ok, after all, 3 years = generation gap), but the result is wayyyyyyyy too hilarious. 9 YEARS ler, not 9 MONTHS. i wonder on what the 'advanced calculations' is based on.
ROFL!
*cough cough*
2. sorry ah xbmmbdf*, i know u said i'm the 1st in your list *eyes baffled* but according to the "advanced calculations", i would "run at the altar"! doesnt tally ler!
3. who is this 'mun'??
4. and the not-playing-fb and totally innocent bernard tan is on the list as well. what the -.-"

rubbish!! muawahahhaaaa.... *cough cough cough*

the scientist symptom

- constantly not enough sleep.
- constantly mixed up days in a week (the very -ahem- successful scientist aka my boss actually thought it's THURSDAY tomorrow. roarrrRRR)
- have either super long lunch hour (due to long incubation) or no lunch hour at all.
- u have an open mind but brain kept falling out.
- u accept that what has been told to u to be a fact was proved wrong the next day/week/month/year.
- playing with bubble wraps used in packaging if new machine comes in *POP POP POP POP POP*
- playing with dry ice after use by splashing water to create the bride-walking-down-the-aisle moment.
- keep promising yourself u will go on leave when u are done with your project, but alas! money not enough.


shall update again if i come across more =)
niteyz world.
*cough cough cough*

ima sucha dumb!

*&^$(&^()*)(Y#2*&@@&)_?!

i can't believe it.
i did it again. tonight. just now.
no idea what? see here.

i could have gone for my drama series to bed more than an hour earlier, should this never happened!
and i can also confirm i used it during those sneezing and coughing! &^(*)@##*(

stupid lar. gah.

this becomes an entry after i find my reply to ju on my previous entry was wayyyy too long to be a 'reply'. *cough cough*

well, i didn't really go for any laboratory testing to confrim whether it IS H1N1 or not- then again, according to the GP, if one is having flu-like symptom now, chances are, you are right hit on!

not to mention that my colleague's sister is a H1N1 positive case. and my colleague was down with flu last week. so yea. let your imagination run wild (or not?) and do your math on probability count whether i DO have it or not.

i guess it's getting more and more common now as what reported on the news some days ago, that my boss thinks that 'it's no big deal that one catches h1n1 and should come to work if it's not too serious'.
so there, i still report to work as usual. although i do have mc from GP. *sniff sniff*
my colleagues are saying they are so gonna haunt me if i really take the full 5 days mc. lolx.

- with mask on and constant coughings and some sneezings and i'm really like a big walking bug in the lab now.
- mask is good. i can cough cough cough cough cough my lungs out and there will be something to catch them. *cough cough**clear throat**ahemmm*
- my voice is huskily sexy now the whoever at the other end of phone line has no idea what am i talking about.
- i have sudden craves for roast duck and been having roast duck hor fun for lunch for past 2 3 days. although according to colleague jtb*, this is an awful way of taking care of yourself when you are sick.
- i beg to differ since i have to work when sick, i DO think i must treat myself better and satisfy whatever cravings that hit. =p

colleague jtb* still hopes he will get the bug from me. well, if he never get it from colleague kifivj*, chances that he WILL be getting one is SO low. or almost never.
he's a strong boy. lol.


sidetrack:
--i lost my password to the chatbox and still trying to fix it up.
--the dream seems SO real. i can still remember every single details that it freaks me out.

1. i have to promise myself not to take cab to work anymore. i hate how i lose my money on cab rides.
although the thought of that deadly sloooope is damn tiring, i shall think positive - the effect it's gonna have on my thigh, calf, back, or even -ahem- butt muscle.
heh.

2. i had a weirdest dream last night. i dreamt of this someone (sorry can't tell. and i've run out of ways to code and de-code since all my friends/readers are very smart). maybe i will tell u if we meet up.
and i dreamt of my grandma who is quarterly paralysed. =(
it's so heartbreaking to see someone that holds/feeds/takes care of you when you were young, doen't recognize you anymore.

3. cfs* called from aussie on sunday (or was it saturday?) and we chatted the longest time since i know him (or was it?)
oh well, before u think too much, his lappie crashed. that's why. heh.

4. ms cbo* called me this morning when i felt all lethargic and unwilling to work (sore throat is SO killing me), all hysterical and hyper, that she saw zfpxlifpoh* on her way to uni.
she almost breaks my eardrum. heh. =p
i'm sure i will visit again some day lar, okie? remember u promised u will let me bunk in hor. =)

5. met up with jsjt* with her sis on sunday. (oh oh, it was sat when cfs* called!) and i feel suuuuuuper guilty after that 'coz i think i was the one who spread the as-though-not-that-deadly h1n1 to jsjt*.
i'm so sorry. rest more and be well soon, okie.
*heart you from the bottom of my heart*

6. people are bound to be more vulnerable when fell sick.
i even miss my brother who always scold me as cacat and noob when i don't understand his alien youngster msn language.

7. july is over soon =) kiss the disasters goodbye. solar eclipse tomorrow. eh, we won't be seeing any in singapore anyway.

8. i'm gonna use a total of 20 min (counting down) on this blog. i promise myself to head bed by 12.30 midnight, latest.
goodnite world.

what the heck.

i can't find my locker keys. =S

So it was my birthday

as in my previous entry, i was on-leave =)

other than the sleep-till-my-heart's-content-fix-meal-eat-bath-nua-in-front-of-computer, i did something which i've been wanting to do but somewhat been procrastinate:

I WENT FOR MY FIRST BLOOD DONATION.

when i was a lil younger -ahem-, i wasn't eligible for blood donation coz i was underweight. (ah, those days..)

and when i think i might be eligible for blood donation (as in the weight factor), work is always too busy, and i have to impression that i must get one day mc after donating blood, which given the work load, impossible.

[read: excuses]

since it was a totally spontaneous decision made (alright i'll just admit it, i was bore to max) - no time slot is available at HSA when i made the call for registration at about 2pm- i went to NUH blood donation centre. it feels funny that even if i was on leave, i was still taking the same route as if i'm going to work.

the whole process was okie. far better than what i speculate. except the intradermal local anesthesia is more than just 'ant's-bite'. i could even see the bump formed - which somehow reminds me of those cute little mice of mine (more on this later)- and so when the very gentle nurse push in the 16G needle, i feel totally nothing.

according to the nurse, my vein is big- so it takes just a while to get the bag of 450ml filled.

my first blood donation experience, i would say it's really great. nothing too stressful, nothing too painful. and the most important, you feel great after the process, and most likely you don't mind donating again.

sidetrack:
1) i feel complately okie after the process and things are just as normal. i still stay up late (like now).

2) i was wondering about blood stock and did some simple googling. to my astonishment, A group blood is running low! i thought that suppose to be some common blood group and they will have gallon of such blood. so, i was wrong.
link here.

3) then i wonder again, if one was to donate blood at hospital instead of HSA, will be blood collected be send to HSA, or the individual hospital have access to that blood? and thus, the indicator thingy on Point 2 only indicates the blood stock in HSA, or the whole singapore?

4) back to the issue of mice, i once accidentally perform an intradermal injection to a mouse (instead of intramuscular injection) 'coz i didn't push the needle deep enough. now that i really know how's an intradermal injection feels like, i will try to be more careful in the future.

5) i asked bmbo* about Point 3 'coz i thought he might know since he worked in SGH before (somewhat nearer to HSA). but my question remained unresolved. =( i shall wait until my next visit to blood donation centre.

Random random random

this is suppose to be a random post. and how lengthy is this depends on when my farm town finish loading =(

somewhat i'm regret- in order to save that 8+ bucks i got myself a 1Mbps internet plan instead of a 2Mbps one. and it's definitely slower than what i think i can endure (must be the over-spoil in Aussie). and it sucks when:
1) farm town takes forever to load (that's almost my one and only brainless entertainment, can?)

2) even when farm town finish loading, the connection server is lost and thus have to reload. average at every 10-15 minutes.

3) with such turtle speed, literature review at home is out of question. (but i'm loving it! leave your work at work and never bring back home okie).

4) even if i blog like now, i must constantly remember to Select All and Ctrl+ C, just in case after the whole entry went off, as i constantly see something like this:


(the font is small, but it says "Could not contact Blogger.com. Saving and publishing may fail. Retrying...".)

5) transferring files/songs/pics over msn is superrrrr slow.
(please email me instead and i will try to download the files/songs/pics when i'm at work (read below), which they use 100Mbps. it means 100X faster, theoretically).

6) paying bills online with slow connection is risky, coz when you send in the request and the page stop loading after a while coz it's too slow and you brilliantly click refresh, it sends in your request twice, and thus you make your payment TWICE. that happened to my previous Singtel mobile bill, which costs me SGD103.09 (i have some previous bills yet to pay). but twice, it means another SGD103.09. i can don't pay my bill for at least the next 2 months. but i'm broke now.

That's all i can think of (for now), then again i know i shouldn't have complained too much, but this is suppose to be some entry to kill time. so bear with me, please. =p

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talking about checking emails, all my mail box are flooded. =( the thought of checking emails freak me out with my internet speed. and i hardly have time during work.

1) my yahoo mail box is flooded with all the comments made after some pictures my friends posted and tagged. and i haven't really clear the inbox since then.

2) my hotmail is flooded with my own mail forwarded from my work email, since there are some problems with the printer settings and we can only print out documents from that particular computer BUT only with administrator log-in. but i'm not administrator for that computer. so i have to log in administrator account, but Microsoft Outlook won't be mine. so i have to use personal email. gah, hard to explain here.

3) my work email is flooded by my hotmail (sometimes to mail back to my account after changes made before final printing), my colleagues, and mainly, my boss, who likes everything in black and white and thus CC us in whatever email conversation with others.

4) even my FB mail box is 'flooded'. (not literally). but i have TEN messages there - it suppose to be a ZERO unread mail stuff.


Other than number 3, (oh well, i still check my work office mail no matter how busy, at least at the end of the day before i cheong home), i seldom check the rest nowadays. so if you have any files/songs/pics that you tried to send to me via msn but FAILED, do NOT leave your email subject as [No Subject], 'coz i will definitely miss read (or worst, never read). waste your effort. not a very good thing to do, eh?

the one and ONLY mail box which is still quite free is my google mail! ha, but i'm not telling what's the address, just in case i have more and more mail box to clear.

+++

i've been schedule and re-schedule my time slot/ experiments slot. end result? i do things spontaneously.

1) i spontaneously decide to go back to JB on past weekend as the training session is spontaneouly postpone to one week later. (ah, coz my sister is going back to Penang and my bro is back to JB from Seremban, so it's like, last get-together before their next semester break).

2) i spontaneously say okie and yes to whatever requests made by others. =/

3) i spontaneously re-schedule my cell culture experiment when i realize i forgot to prebook the biosafety cabinet the day before, and end up having dinner first and back to the lab for cell culture work.

4) i spontaneously decide to take leave tomorrow since there is lesser work (as compared to other days). hence here am i playing farm town + blog my time away.

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something totally irrelevant to this entry.
1) i lost my EZ link card. again =S

2) my colleague kjfivj* brought me to Paulaner Brauhaus German located at MWalk for dinner. nice nice ^^. and we are going again this Thursday.

3) i'm still listening to Penny's latest album. the longest ear bug announced.

4) i realize it's madness to read each and every 'updates' they have on FB, when i have about 200 friends. i think those have 500 friends either a) never read a single updates, or b) only read the first page when they logged in.

5) the microinjection training is fun fun FUN. albeit sophisticated, i believe we can do it! luck is needed as well, no doubt.

6) tbuptij* from Japan are bringing his parent to NZ and will be having their transit in Singapore. DINNER SCHEDULED. gosh, that's September and i'm so think that i'll forget when time reach. someone anyone can remind me of that?

7) i decided to just leave my desktop Marvin as it is, instead of trying to photoshop the eye to red.


with black eyes.
i had a terrible scary dream last night with the red eye one -.-"
DON'T PANIC!

p/s =) nice company online. thanks for the wishes.