Thursday, October 27, 2011
First Pay and Clothes Buffet
I always wonder how it will be like to see my first pay deposited into my account. The feeling was awesome! I felt the excitement~ Finally it's time to get paid for your hard work! Felt especially touched when we were told that we will get a full month pay even though we worked for 3 weeks! Life has been great since then. Jun Wen was even more thrilled than me in the night before and also the morning! I promised him a all expenses paid weekend! (He would get his pay only in mid Nov. So late right!)
Have u been to a Clothes Buffet? I heard of such an event from my cousin! She brought me to Victoria Jomo at Haji Lane last week. U just have to pay $55 for a ziplock bag which u stuff everything u like into. The event starts at 2pm and ends at 2 20pm. At about 1 55pm girls will queue outside the shop all ready to rush in and grab clothes!
The scene of how every girl acted surprised me so much! They browsed through the clothes at high speed and whispered throughout. I think the whispering is to prevent alarming other girls so that they don't snatch the clothes u like! Lol. Although the actions of these girls created panic in me, I tried to stay calm and look from shelf to shelf at a fairly slow pace. But Cousin kept hurrying me to hold in my arms the clothes I like and decide later on how to stuff them all into the ziplock bag. Lol! I got really panicky and grab a few without much consideration or looking. The shop owners would keep record of the remaining time we had left and shout it out. This made my heart pump so hard!
Finally at the last minute all the girls kneeled down on the floor and began pushing the clothes, belts and purses into the small tight ziplock bags. Such a memorable sight! My cousin can't stuff in her 5 clothings, 1 purse and 1 iPhone cover and in the end gave up 2 blouses. I stuff in 3 maxi dresses and 2 blouses, one of which is of denim material. Pro right! My bag burst open after I got out of the shop. :D The shop owner was so friendly and somehow made me embarrassed as she teased me about my poor ziplock bag that can't contain the pressure anymore.
Razor TV was there the whole time filming. If u see me racing around like a mad woman, please don't be surprised! Lol.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Zoo Part One
The past week has gone by so fast. :D We had been tidying the lab to make it more homely for all of us.
I have been so much of myself at work. Pui Haan and Kar Perng are so fun to be with. I learnt alot about Singapore from them. Shame on me! They are Malaysians! They also taught me Malay and Cantonese. Lols! I have been reciting those Cantonese words with Jun Wen so that I remembered them.
I'm so proud of myself being able to sing in front of people I have known for 3 weeks. I lied about getting first in a singing competition and Pui Haan laughed so hard. She couldn't believe it! LOL! I really like friends who are so honest. :D
We competed on who could fill the pipette tips into the pipette box faster and i lost most of the time! Was called a loser because of that. Pui Haan would give me a very snobby face when she wins. And when she loses, she would give excuses like her fingers slipped since she has such smooth fingers or that she was diverting her focus to the others' conversations.
I volunteered to climb under the desk to reach all the way in order to pull out the telephone line and put in a new one. I was taking such a long time mainly because I can't really reach it. Beads of perspiration began to form on my forehead. Pui Haan was telling our supervisor, "Can I try instead? My arm is longer than hers!" Our supervisor being a more serious lady, her face turned -__-". She is only 6cm taller than me and I don't think her arm is any longer. LOL.
And she thought that I'm a very Malaysian Singaporean. Lol! Did I tell u guys one of my favourite hobbies is to imitate the Malaysian accent? Yes, I love their accent cos it is so funny. I blended in with them when I talked and they didn't discover that I deliberately copied them. I think I have succeeded! Yeahs!
The 3 of us were planning to hop by every lab on our level someday and get to know all the other researchers. "Hey, Lab 501, we are Lab 505!" we would say. But we haven't find the guts to do that as the aftermath might turn out to be disastrous. Lols.
Jun Wen has been hurrying me to blog about the zoo visit we had, but I was too tired! So finally today, I have some time to blog an entry before I sleep.
The last time I went to the zoo was when I was 14. That was 10 years ago! Lol.
Our zoo tickets. Admission is $20 each.
But it's so worth it. :D
Still Singapore zoo rocks. I tell u why as we go along.
Cotton Top Tamarin.
The tree these tamarins are on is so small and we could see its top from our heights. The tamarins are so close to us that we could reach and touch it. I mean, of course before we could touch one, it would have already swung away.
We didn't even have to zoom in.
Main reason why Singapore Zoo rocks: Nature becomes so close to us.
There are no enclosures for some animals who won't harm us humans. :D
The souvenir shop.
Jun Wen went for the Night Safari run and passed by many souvenir shops and we thought there would be plenty on our way through the Zoo but much to our surprise, there are only 3! One at the entrance and one in the middle, and one at the exit. I'm pretty sure about it since we managed to cover the entire zoo using our feets as the mode of transport.
We did what we usually do. Hold plushies up in souvenir stores for photos.
Papa Emperor Penguin and Child Emperor Penguin
Nowsadays Merlions are getting cuter. They come in different colours too. Lol.
The Rangers' truck.
Jun Wen said he didn't mind being a ranger but it wasn't meant to be! The animal-related companies didn't respond to his applications!
Siamangs are apes with long arms! They only like being near the top of many tall trees so we had difficulty spotting them. The snapshots of them were unclear since their black fur couldn't be seen clearly with such dull green leaves surrounding them.
Under our bridges were crocodiles. They seldom move and I almost thought they were fake, like those in Hong Kong Disneyland. A float was tied at the bridge in case we fall down the bridge into the mouths of those crocodiles!
Those squirrels in the zoo were so different from those we saw in the parks. They are so trained i tell u! They don't shy away from visitors. So cute! They go wherever the nuts are placed. And of course the nuts are placed in places near the sight of visitors. Again, this squirrel was just above us.
We saw many species of monkeys in the initial part of our visit. There are 2 particular species that made loud noisy sounds and we were wondering where those noises came from. I thought it came from lots of cries of many children. As we walked nearer to these sounds, we saw Flamingos and Jun Wen exclamied, "So they came from the flamingos!" Lol! I told him it was impossible for flamingos to make such sounds since they are quiet animals and the fact that they didn't even open their mouths confirm that my analysis is right!
I finally persuaded Jun Wen that those sounds came from the monkeys situated on trees in front of the flamingos. Lols! The monkeys on the trees were shouting for the monkeys on the ground to climb up to join them.
A small tortoise escaped from the barely enclosed enclosure and Jun Wen played with it. I was terrified! Lols! I bet it was terrified too! Imagine a giant picked u up after u tried hard to escape from the zoo. Poor tortoise.
Very long necked turtle.
Otters! :D
Got this knitwear from lipsyditsy. This blogshop has the loveliest things! :o
The fish that according to Jun Wen, looks really funny.
The turtle which can fly in the waters.
The hippo walking in the pool. It always walks with both left legs and loves the attention it gets from visitors!
The white tiger. The 2 females were asleep. Only this male one which looks much bigger sized is awake and parading on the edge of its habitat.
We saw from the information board that this particular tiger loves swimming too.
The otters were asleep when we first got there. But were awake when we passed by its enclosure the 2nd time. They can move very fast. Sometimes they move in a speed that our human eyes cannot process fast enough.
These are.. I forgot the exact names! They are wild boars with tusks. :D
Cute swimmer monkey.
I forgot how red monkeys' butts are. Lols! They were so red and shaped like hearts.
Took some patience and luck to take this photo. Looked as though it was sitting beside him the whole time.
Headed to the next secion of the zoo to see kangeroos.
I love kangeroos. They are so cute!
The fences are so low and we wondered why kangeroos wouldn't want to jump out of such fences and try to escape. Is the life in the zoo too comfy? U don't have to look for food and have a large capacity of people admiring u!
I have been so much of myself at work. Pui Haan and Kar Perng are so fun to be with. I learnt alot about Singapore from them. Shame on me! They are Malaysians! They also taught me Malay and Cantonese. Lols! I have been reciting those Cantonese words with Jun Wen so that I remembered them.
I'm so proud of myself being able to sing in front of people I have known for 3 weeks. I lied about getting first in a singing competition and Pui Haan laughed so hard. She couldn't believe it! LOL! I really like friends who are so honest. :D
We competed on who could fill the pipette tips into the pipette box faster and i lost most of the time! Was called a loser because of that. Pui Haan would give me a very snobby face when she wins. And when she loses, she would give excuses like her fingers slipped since she has such smooth fingers or that she was diverting her focus to the others' conversations.
I volunteered to climb under the desk to reach all the way in order to pull out the telephone line and put in a new one. I was taking such a long time mainly because I can't really reach it. Beads of perspiration began to form on my forehead. Pui Haan was telling our supervisor, "Can I try instead? My arm is longer than hers!" Our supervisor being a more serious lady, her face turned -__-". She is only 6cm taller than me and I don't think her arm is any longer. LOL.
And she thought that I'm a very Malaysian Singaporean. Lol! Did I tell u guys one of my favourite hobbies is to imitate the Malaysian accent? Yes, I love their accent cos it is so funny. I blended in with them when I talked and they didn't discover that I deliberately copied them. I think I have succeeded! Yeahs!
The 3 of us were planning to hop by every lab on our level someday and get to know all the other researchers. "Hey, Lab 501, we are Lab 505!" we would say. But we haven't find the guts to do that as the aftermath might turn out to be disastrous. Lols.
Jun Wen has been hurrying me to blog about the zoo visit we had, but I was too tired! So finally today, I have some time to blog an entry before I sleep.
The last time I went to the zoo was when I was 14. That was 10 years ago! Lol.
Our zoo tickets. Admission is $20 each.
But it's so worth it. :D
Still Singapore zoo rocks. I tell u why as we go along.
Cotton Top Tamarin.
The tree these tamarins are on is so small and we could see its top from our heights. The tamarins are so close to us that we could reach and touch it. I mean, of course before we could touch one, it would have already swung away.
We didn't even have to zoom in.
Main reason why Singapore Zoo rocks: Nature becomes so close to us.
There are no enclosures for some animals who won't harm us humans. :D
The souvenir shop.
Jun Wen went for the Night Safari run and passed by many souvenir shops and we thought there would be plenty on our way through the Zoo but much to our surprise, there are only 3! One at the entrance and one in the middle, and one at the exit. I'm pretty sure about it since we managed to cover the entire zoo using our feets as the mode of transport.
We did what we usually do. Hold plushies up in souvenir stores for photos.
Papa Emperor Penguin and Child Emperor Penguin
Nowsadays Merlions are getting cuter. They come in different colours too. Lol.
The Rangers' truck.
Jun Wen said he didn't mind being a ranger but it wasn't meant to be! The animal-related companies didn't respond to his applications!
Siamangs are apes with long arms! They only like being near the top of many tall trees so we had difficulty spotting them. The snapshots of them were unclear since their black fur couldn't be seen clearly with such dull green leaves surrounding them.
Under our bridges were crocodiles. They seldom move and I almost thought they were fake, like those in Hong Kong Disneyland. A float was tied at the bridge in case we fall down the bridge into the mouths of those crocodiles!
Those squirrels in the zoo were so different from those we saw in the parks. They are so trained i tell u! They don't shy away from visitors. So cute! They go wherever the nuts are placed. And of course the nuts are placed in places near the sight of visitors. Again, this squirrel was just above us.
We saw many species of monkeys in the initial part of our visit. There are 2 particular species that made loud noisy sounds and we were wondering where those noises came from. I thought it came from lots of cries of many children. As we walked nearer to these sounds, we saw Flamingos and Jun Wen exclamied, "So they came from the flamingos!" Lol! I told him it was impossible for flamingos to make such sounds since they are quiet animals and the fact that they didn't even open their mouths confirm that my analysis is right!
I finally persuaded Jun Wen that those sounds came from the monkeys situated on trees in front of the flamingos. Lols! The monkeys on the trees were shouting for the monkeys on the ground to climb up to join them.
A small tortoise escaped from the barely enclosed enclosure and Jun Wen played with it. I was terrified! Lols! I bet it was terrified too! Imagine a giant picked u up after u tried hard to escape from the zoo. Poor tortoise.
Very long necked turtle.
Otters! :D
Got this knitwear from lipsyditsy. This blogshop has the loveliest things! :o
The fish that according to Jun Wen, looks really funny.
The turtle which can fly in the waters.
The hippo walking in the pool. It always walks with both left legs and loves the attention it gets from visitors!
The white tiger. The 2 females were asleep. Only this male one which looks much bigger sized is awake and parading on the edge of its habitat.
We saw from the information board that this particular tiger loves swimming too.
The otters were asleep when we first got there. But were awake when we passed by its enclosure the 2nd time. They can move very fast. Sometimes they move in a speed that our human eyes cannot process fast enough.
These are.. I forgot the exact names! They are wild boars with tusks. :D
Cute swimmer monkey.
I forgot how red monkeys' butts are. Lols! They were so red and shaped like hearts.
Took some patience and luck to take this photo. Looked as though it was sitting beside him the whole time.
Headed to the next secion of the zoo to see kangeroos.
I love kangeroos. They are so cute!
The fences are so low and we wondered why kangeroos wouldn't want to jump out of such fences and try to escape. Is the life in the zoo too comfy? U don't have to look for food and have a large capacity of people admiring u!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
I will be a good supervisor
I was just informed that I am going to have an intern from Poly to assist me in my experiments. Lol! Cool right! Maybe I get to give part of the grade.
I want to give my future intern alot of work, but I promise I will be a nice supervisor.
I want to give my future intern alot of work, but I promise I will be a nice supervisor.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Working hard.
Sorry for the slow update! I'm still learning to cope with work~ Trying to get used to waking up early. Sometimes I worked late and other times I had to give tuition. November comes and I am done with the primary 3 Gifted Education Programme test and the End Year Exams. Now still tired out by work and tuition. Will blog again on Wednesday!
Teamwork is emphasized in my lab. It's so cool! I am working with the other 2 researchers in all the research projects. Which means when I'm stuck somewhere there's still help! Yea! I'm now doing practical work on gene delivery. Cool right! Never done it before!
I have been attending talks. One of them was "How to have fun while doing boring Science". Another one was "Scientific Career Development" to motivate us and guide our ethics. Especially to stand by our thoughts if we think our seniors are wrong on their concepts. That's how the famous but young scientists win their Nobel prize! Lol! We went for all the free food served after the talks. Lol.
The coolest thing is, we can shop at the fair after the talk. There will be very good looking Sales Engineers coming up to us, smiling so widely and attempting to sell us pipettes! Lol. :D
Monday, October 10, 2011
Tutee Joanna
Joanna has passed her first round of Gifted Education Test. She is such a smart kid!
I was staying back at work after work except on days when I rushed to Joanna's house for give her tuition. It is crazy that I spent my weekdays either giving tuition or working overtime. Hoping Joanna's exams would be over before I get exhausted.
Today she said, "Your handwriting is so small but I don't mind since I'm so fond of u."
Lol!
This has made me smile for tonight, even though I have to make a presentation to the doctor in-charge on Wed. Omg, so scared! :D I hope I wont faint! :D
I was staying back at work after work except on days when I rushed to Joanna's house for give her tuition. It is crazy that I spent my weekdays either giving tuition or working overtime. Hoping Joanna's exams would be over before I get exhausted.
Today she said, "Your handwriting is so small but I don't mind since I'm so fond of u."
Lol!
This has made me smile for tonight, even though I have to make a presentation to the doctor in-charge on Wed. Omg, so scared! :D I hope I wont faint! :D
Friday, October 07, 2011
First week as a Research Officer
My first week is fun! I promise I am not lying. Lol!
The senior researchers and my supervisor are nice people. :D Time in the research lab passed quickly since we were doing experiments that I have never done before. One of such is mouse work. Mouse necropsy and drawing blood from mouse. Poor mouse! Will be also planting tumors in mice and killing them via carbon dioxide suffocation and cervical dislocation. Cervical dislocation is a technique to kill the mouse in one swift action by pressing a forceps on the back of its neck and then pulling its backbone such that it breaks quickly. These are the 2 most commonly used ethnical methods to sacrifice mice.
Mouse looks like a toy when it is not breathing anymore. I feel so sad! It's ironic how I kill mice for a living and Jun Wen is an animal lover.
2 licenses to obtain before I can start on my own experiment: laser and mouse.
I was very happy to learn about culturing cells. I mean I wanted to be exposed to do cells stuff but didn't have the opportunity during my internship and FYP. But who would expect my workplace is training me for that now?!
:)
I guess the bad thing i could think out of this job is.. Like any other researchers, I have to study the materials after work. :(
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