Valentines 2011

I received some concerns from friends regarding my hard disk's crash. Don't worry people! I'm okay!謝謝 (thanks) Ling for the card! It was so sweet of ya! :)
I will 加油! So 感动!


I told my pHD student and she said it was okie. It would be better if i can reproduce my result.

Somehow, God seems to be saying to me, "Don't be contented with what u have. Strive to be better."

Cos if my hard disk didn't crash, i was already satisfied with my current results and didn't really want to make more improvements to them. After it did, i redid everything and got better results.

My FYP progress till now seems okie but Prof is still pressing me for more. Sometimes his words hurt. I took a day or two to recover from this hurt. Omg. I'm still a weak person. :(


U know, i am a 笨女人. Sometimes, i didn't think very deeply about the things i do. It seems to him that i dunno anything.

I dunno when i can be resistant to such remarks. I definitely hope that FYP will end quickly. I really don't mind getting not-so-good grades eventually or doing lab till late everyday. I just hope Prof will be more patient with me. I'm scared! FYP stole my happiness! I want it back soon! It's difficult to cope with Prof.. :~(


Then again... What doesn't kill me makes me stronger! :D



Hope u guys had a great CNY and Valentines' Day! I had a great one :)
After giving tuition, Simba and i had lunch at Swensens. The day was supposed to be postponed to another day since Simba had to go back to his lab to observe the stem cells. Hence we thought of just having lunch at Swensens and i go home to wait for him.





I always like to capture candid shots. Yeah, so some photos are blur :) especially when he always moves.





















We wanna order a lunch set but decided not to in the end since we wanna have desserts somewhere else. But the lunch comes with desserts! We thought it would only be 2 complimentary single scoop ice creams and i wanna have the raisin rum flavor. It tastes like wine! I like! But the waiter told us to choose Sundaes instead! Wow, we got 2 complimentary sundaes on Valentines' Day!







I chose Mint flavoured sundae. I know it tastes like toothpaste everytime but i just like it somehow.





This 'vase' of ice water is always given with our 2 cups so that we don't have to keep calling the waiters to pour ice water for us. And Simba accidentally drank from it. LOLS! I exaggerated and said, "Omg! U know maybe they never wash this 'vase' since they expected everyone to drink from the cups!!"




My all-time favourite at Swensens!
Simba said he has bought something for me. But he always liked to keep it in his bag and gave it to me at the end of the day. I tried to open his bag by force and found a big box inside! I was so excited to know what was inside. Maybe he has forgotten that he already gave me an advanced Valentines' Day gift.





After lunch, he had to go to his lab and he gave me the present! :)
I rushed home, wanting to open it quickly!

And it was .....



A CHOCO FUJIFLIM POLAROID CAMERA!
I love it! I wanna buy it for a long long time :)









Took my Cinamorolls & Sugar Bunnies to enhance the photo :)
LOLS! Ling gave me her brown cinamoroll too :) :P :D I heart it!












i was home slacking for an hour or so when Simba called me and he said the cells aren't ready for the next stage so he could meet me!


He said he wanna go sit on the Bum Boat and he was so excited :D










He also bought the Winnie The Pooh films! CUTE!










































Was just walking to Liang Court and taking photos on the way.















The fountain!










Went to Streats Hong Kong Cafe for dinner!






My bangle from Taipei Ximending.













i was looking at the group project photo of Sharon, Bi Er and Carine on facebook! HAHAHAHA. Wanna put this as my profile pic and tag them LOL!







Super hungry that night!





























We went to the Bum Boat Booth outside Liang Court. Took a half an hour round trip ($15 each).
The boatman was so friendly!
Many kids on board and they shouted like crows lols.







I didn't know Singapore's night scenery is so magnificent and beautiful until i sat on the boat. It is definitely worth the money :)

























































We only took one photo using the polaroid camera in the end with the help of the boatman.
We wanted to try taking it ourselves but it was too risky lols. (And the film is expensive!)

I will update soon.
Missed my blog but was really busy!
Once again happy cny! Happy valentines day! ;)

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! A toast to all the couples i know! ;)
I am looking forward to this year's Valentine's! Cos previous years Simba and I were so busy with schoolwork and quizzes that we only spend the evening having a good dinner and then go home. lols! But this time i have no school on Monday and Simba is planning. YEAH!


On the fateful day (9th Feb), i dropped my hard disk hard on the ground and it crashed. I couldn't detect it on the computer lab's computers. I spent 1 hr plus in the train on my way home worrying about it and hoping that my own laptop will detect it. All my FYP stuff are inside!! I googled, "Dropped external hard disk not detected by computer." And all i get were negative comments! I heard the "click click click" sound made by my hard disk and it is actually known as the "Clicks of Death".

I was disappointed but mentally prepared for the worst. I got home and as predicted, my laptop couldn't detect it. I rushed to the Challenger store at Nex and the IT pro told me he couldn't do anything about it.

At the moment, i calmly asked, "Is there any way i can recover my data??"
He shook his head and i left. I was in a daze! i called Simba and teared.

My mind was in a whirl. I wasnt thinking right and i told him that i will call him later, and need to recover from my shock. I went home, lie on my bed for half an hour with my eyes wide open. I was so shocked!

Simba told me that it may just be a blessing in disguise!
After that Simba accompanied me back to school and I tried to redo my experiments. We stayed overnight and slept for an hour at the computer lab! It really turned out that I have better experimental results. Of cos I couldnt finish all in a night. It would burn some weekends to get them done. I felt quite energetic the next day in the lecture despite the lack of sleep but poor Simba was dozing off. ;(
Poor Simba has been my experimental subject throughout and I pumped the pressure cuff on him a couple of times and his arm got very numb. And in order for me to get good experimental results, he tried not to move an inch and pressed the source and detector light fibers so hard on his arams until they formed deep cavities everytime.

I didn't get to sleep until 10pm that day. Went to have a meeting with my phd student and it took pretty long. It wad tiring but i am quite lucky to have a nice phd student! ;)


The com lab computers have some of my data and I am so thankful. ;)
The hard disk has also many of my previous school documents and irreplaceable photos! But I always bucked up my data in Facebook and this blog! Perhaps I didnt lose that much after all! By the next day the sadness was completely gone. A few days later Simba asked why I recovered so quickly. He was afraid that I kept my feelings inside and didnt let them out. Haha. I said Simba helped me with my experiments and didnt complain about staying late in school or coming back on weekends with me on top of his FYP already and if I am still unhappy I am not being grateful and fair.

;) Please back up all your data. Never assume that your hard disk won't fail u, like I did.
Have a great day, my friends ;)

CNY 2011 & Eye Candy lookalike

Happy CNY!
It is the first day of CNY today. :)
Uncles and aunts again asked about whether i'm working or which year i'm in, or when i will get married.
Ate like i never eat for years. Haha! Chiong for free food 4ver!



Omg! My cousin (a year younger than me) is still serving his NS. After the 3 months in Tekong, he slimmed down. (He used to be a fat boy, but gradually losing weight). His features became sharper with a slimmer face & looks actually like my eye candy in Uni lols! Became really excited and showed my younger bro my eye candy's photo from Facebook. "He looks like my eye candy!"



And my mum has to peep at the photo i'm showing my younger bro and i said, "Mum, he looks like my... erm ... friend!" (If i say eye candy, i will be landing myself into deep trouble!)



I was thinking that i am so faithful in Uni! I only have one eye candy! I used to have dozens in poly! LOL. Now my eye candy is Jun Wen's FYP mate oops! :P


My uncle thought i went to work at Mediacorp. If u watch the 萤火虫的梦 or 想握你的手, u may have realised that one of the young actors looks like me. I have quite a few friends telling me that too.


Again, got laughed by my younger cousins for being so old.
Drank Honey Choya with my cousin and it was great! I love it.
Cousin said i always never contact her. She always has to take the initiative. Haha. Sorry cousin, i will ask u out when u are free k!



Had a great CNY. Hope yours is great too!




The iphone cover my cousin gave me. She ordered from Korea. I love it lots.













She loves the workout machine. lols!

Happy CNY!
Often at the start of the year, i saw many blogged about the summary of the previous year and what they hope to achieve at that very year!

I shall do it too...
As many of u know, my life is not really ups and downs. It is kind of quite calm lols! Not really smooth sailing but just nothing really major happens.

Let me sum up the overalls.

Family 2010

I tried to talk more to my parents for the past year. My parents have always been nice, especially dad. I tried to listen more to my mum's opinions, although sometimes i didn't agree with her. Yeah.. I still lose my cool once in awhile when i find her quite unreasonable and stubborn.. Felt bad to say that. Maybe i should be more patient. Tried to stay at home more too and watch TV with them.

My elder brother has been improving his temper and i am glad that i don't have to stay in my room, thinking he will kill me sometime (LOL). He hasn't scream and hit things for the past year. And he has been lesser at home and started going out with his friends, which is good since he used to just stay at home for many days and be alone. I hope he can get a girlfriend soon.

My younger brother is still the same. Funny, vain, charismatic and well-liked by his friends. There's nothing much to worry about him. I can get along with him just fine. Was hoping that he could really achieve what he wants and needs in life.

Friends 2010

I am elated that i haven't lost any of my secondary school friends after so long. The attendance for our gatherings is always almost full or full. I think in year 2010 the frequency of our gatherings is higher than previous years & we seemed to be much bonded and closer. Thanks guys, i know i can always count on u all. :) I guess when we grow older, we are afraid of sharing our thoughts or ideas to people we know later in life. My secondary school friends are people i know since 13,14 or 15! At that age, we practically say anything that comes to our mind. We got close easily and the closeness stays till even now. Still, thanks for coming to me with all your problems! i am always ready to listen and help. :) They are the only friends i spent every birthdays, xmas, new year & CNY with. I can just be myself with them. i know we will still stay in contact when we can hardly walk and remember each other's names. Maybe our gatherings will be the visits to the polyclinic.




With regards to my poly friends, we meet lesser the past year i suppose. I guess everyone is pretty busy. Jason went to Australia and only comes back like twice a year? Of cos, it is great that we still meet up & always laugh like crazy everytime we meet. Facebook has helped a great deal to keep us informed of each other's updates. (Oh pls don't worry, i am never a stalker!) I always enjoy all your company!

Love 2010

My relationship with Simba has gone well and i hope we will continue to stay happy with each other's company. He has been awesome. He accepts me for who i am and never tried to change me. He guides me in doing better, corrects me gently when he thinks i am wrong and encourages me when i feel so down. He never once did lose his patience or temper with me. I guess a wise man is never an easily angered man. My gratefulness for him has gone far beyond words.

School 2010

I did my Industrial Attachment during the first half of the year and as u know, i had a great internship! My supervisor and colleagues are very nice people. :) I really enjoyed my days there and kind of missed it.
The second half was Final Year Project and 4 modules. It was a hectic semester with so many formal presentations, so much read-up & research and a strict Prof. I am relieved that i survived it and my exams turned out to be okay. One of my modules is Astronomy and I really like it! :)

After all i have said, yeah! Year 2010 seems great for me! Hope yours went well too.
Year 2011 will be better don't u think? :P

Sorry Samsung Pixon M8800.


U are indeed very beautiful. U are metallic pink. All my girlfriends who love pink love u. They were full of envy when I first got u. They kept using u to take images of them. I love u too. I love the icons on u and love the pictures u took of me or for me. But u changed few months after i bought u. U start to hang and not vibrate when i got a call or sms. U also can't withstand the change of weather. When i came back from Japan last Dec, u completely hang! I send u to the hospital and u made a slow recovery. U stay alright for another few months until i entered my new office that has ultra strong air-con. U CMI (cannot make it) again. I can't lock u. If not u will disallow me to call and receive any calls. Since i can't lock u, i will accidentally call the person i last dialled. Since u are out of warranty, i can't send u for therapy anymore.

I tried my best to keep u in a perfect condition. U are the first phone I totally took care of since u look too beautiful. I can swear that u have only a small scratch after these years. But u failed me again and again.
I have to let u go.. I am sorry..







I'm disappointed in Samsung.
Ling said Nokia always lasts me! lols! i think that's very true!



Introducing my new phone...

An advanced V Day present since Samsung Pixon has died on me! :D