...MOODY...

i have tonnes of assignment coming up....i don't know where to start! We are all waiting for the results from our lecturer...but he didn't give it to us...We are supposed to do a poster presentation as well as analysing the results on the 10th of Feb....argh...pressure rising, stress accumulating, breakouts popping....etc..these are the side effects of study~ haha! (not to mention weight gaining~)

i haven't even touch that assignment yet...You know, when there are days that you just don't even wanted to look that the amount of work that you have to do? I don't know what is happening to me~ (maybe my nickname is working it's way back to me....LAST MINUTE CHAMPION, SLUG of the YEAR...etc)...

guess my resolution is out of the window again~ha-ha...

Tagged~

Rules: It's harder than it looks! Copy to your own note/blog, erase my answers, enter yours, and tag 10 people. Use the first letter of your name to answer each of the following questions. They have to be real . . . nothing made up! If the person before you had the same first initial, you must use different answers. You cannot use any word twice and you can't use your name for the boy/girl name question.

Have Fun!

1. What is your name: Connie

2. A four Letter Word: Cute

3. A boy's Name: Colin

4. A girl's Name: Catherine

5. An occupation: Carpenter

6. A color: Cyan

7. Something you wear: Cardigan

A food: CHOCOLATE (OF COURSE....I am a CHOCOHOLIC~)

10. Something found in the bathroom: Curtain rails

11. A place: Canton-i???

12. A reason for being late: Caught in the rain?

13. Something you shout: Call me!

14. A movie title: City of Angels

15. Something you drink: Carrot Milk...Slluuurrppp~

16. A musical group: Chicago/ Carpenters

17. An animal : Canine!!! my beloved~

18. A street name: Cheapside (i love this street name~)

19. A type of car: Convertible ~ chevrolet?

20. The title of a song: Close to you~

i am kinda lazy to tag people~ hehhehe

everyday is a challenge~

as mentioned in my title....the uni offers a new challenge everyday...

to make our group discussion easier, we had decided to give each other our MSN so that we do not have to meet up so often~ so, one of the barbarians in my group asked me for my MSN address....i took out my small organiser and decide to jot down my email address for her...but i couldn't find my pen...so i asked her..

'umm...do you have a pen?'

Her reply....."what for?"

*silence*

........pen....any other usage at that moment? if this world is animated...i think the best expression will be vomiting 4 litres of blood into her face and die right away...if i were to face these kinds of questions everyday, i think my life would be shorten by half~

let's hope for a better day tomorrow...i am really tired and i'll stop here...i need to replenish my energy and face another battle with the barbarians tomorrow....

i am preparing for battle throughout this year and i am not giving up...

"When life gets tough, Never say 'Why me'....Just say 'Try me' - Anonymous

bad way to start a new year...

first of all, i had been FFKed (aka fong fei kei) by my housemate...she told me she needed my help for the final year project and she will be in the laboratory monday to thursday, 10am to 5pm....so, i woke up early and reached the university by 10am...i reached the laboratory but i couldn't see her anywhere...so i texted her (a wise choice...so that you won't interrupt people from what they are doing)....after half an hour, she replied my text..

'hey hun sorry, am not in the lab today.i'l be in tomorrow. sorry bout that X'

yup, that's it....this is what she replied...i really think i shouldn't waste my time helping those who doesn't even care about their own shit (oppss...1st curse..my resolution gone..darn!)... my class starts at 12pm, and i purposely went to university 2 hours earlier to help her and this is what i get? no wonder she thinks she can't finish her project...

so, i just texted her back, saying it's okay....and i went to the cafeteria to grab my breakfast... MORE BAD NEWS! okie, i guessed one of the barbarians did read my blog...coz he didn't call me to ask about tutorial classes...he texted...let's see what he text me...(i'll retype the whole sms he sent...no editing...i'll keep those texts forever~as evidence~)

every tuesday, i have a tutorial at 12pm..eversince 9th October 2008.. and i wonder why barbarians can't seemed to remember stuff like this...it's like a routine...every tuesday! He texted me today at 11.25am (i checked the text details)

His first text:
'Do we hav tutorials at 1200'
(this is rude! not even a 'hello' or any greetings! and not even a question mark?!)

My reply:
Yes, and complete your PDP form before you meet him... (our tutor)

His second text:
Do we hav to complete employability skills profile as wel
(Damn! did you even bring your ear to uni?)

My reply:
I didn't do that, but if you want, you can complete it as well...

His third text: (THE BEST TEXT EVER..)
Did we had class yesterday
(The instant i saw this text, i was like....WTF?! Did your ass take over your brain?)

My reply:
No...we don't have classes on Monday..

So, i meet my tutor at 12pm and this barbarian didn't even turn up for the tutorial....if he is not going to turn up, why bother to text me? wasting my phone credits....i am really pissed off...so pissed off that i had nothing to comment on this barbarians anymore...i don't know what to say about him...i SALUTE him...as a MSc student, he asked a question like that?? the timetable is written in the handbook...he can't read?! but even if he can't read, he should know every tuesday we are going to meet our tutor! it is like a routine! like eating breakfast in the morning, lunch in the afternoon and dinner in the evening...

so, this is how my 2nd day of chinese new year start off...and....why did i have the feeling that this doesn't end here?? hmm...more to come...i guess...

the Moo-moo year~

it's the new year~ year for the OX.....

i think the best way to start a new year is to talk about resolutions...so, my resolution is....

*thinking*

ahh....i guess it should be....having the willpower to go to the gym at least 4 times a week~ argh...i hate gym, but i LOVE food....i am foodaholic & chocoholic...so, i don't have much choice....i have to go to the gym to burn off all those extra calories i am taking~

by the way, i took a test before...it is something like to test whether you are a foodaholic...(addiction to food)...and i found out that i am SERIOUSLY addicted to food...and chocolate intoxicated....since i can't do anything to reduce my love for food, i should find a new solution to it...so here it is...going to the GYM...

for this new year, i'll turn over a new leaf....(IDEAL-WORLD)
1 - leaving my nicknames behind..(GOD of PROCASTINATION, LAST MINUTE CHAMPION, SLUG of the YEAR, LAZYBONE, FOODAHOLIC, CHOCOHOLIC, SLEEPING BUDDHA...etc..)....

2 - no cursing...(even the words such as 'damn', 'shit', 'darn' etc..will be omitted)

3- pick up barbarians' calls (everytime they call me even in the odd hours)

4 - stop being a chatterbox

(REALITY)
i don't think i can change my habits...we'll see...time proves everything..

my new year's eve~ without my family..

dragon dance....

buffet dishes...ugh..

i know it looks ugly, so does the taste....it matches...but caucasians find it yummy~

(no offense...maybe it's the taste bud's problem..)

this is the most ridiculous thing! firecrackers lit in a safety steel cage with fire extinguishers and firemen surrounding it! RIDICULOUS! if this happens in malaysia, i think jobless is not a problem in malaysia anymore...every chinese will hire firemen~ there might even be firemen shortage~ ha-ha..


siu mai...extremely salty..


sweet n sour dishes...it was better than the others..



peppermint&chocolate chip and vanilla ice cream

(this is the best thing at the buffet...i ate at least 7 bowls)



oh, more firecrackers in steel cages...


umm....sweet n sour, i guess?


noodles, fried rice...and...i have no idea what those are...


oh! this is jelly~ i didn't even tried it...it looks....umm....unpalatable?


i found lou po peng~ okie ler...not bad...but it is topped with shredded coconut...which is weird...


lion dance!

chinatown

ps: i am kinda lazy to organise the photos, so excuse the jumbled up blog...

it should have been my reunion dinner with my family tonight...instead, i ended up having reunion dinner (more like a get to know each other dinner) with my new friends....

i woke up this morning feeling sluggish...i had no mood for any kind of celebration...but i felt the urge to call up my grandpa to wish him happy chinese new year and the best of health...(gong xi fa chai, shen ti jian kang)...after calling him, i chatted with my family members for a while...then, i dressed up and went out to meet my friends at chinatown...

.....

on the way, i bumped into a black guy (not being racist) asking for direction...i don't know what has gone into me, i showed him to his destination (which is in the opposite direction of where i am supposed to meet up my friends)...he kept on thanking me all the way and saying that i am really nice....he even said that without my help, he would be lost....i didn't know it was his luck to meet me or my luck that a complete stranger cheered me up....suddenly, i felt a bit better...and my mood lifted a little...after sending him off, i head off to meet my friends...

.....

my lil' brother (whom i had mentioned in my blog before, the one i helped on the first day he arrived liverpool) and i invited some friends for a buffet dinner.... i don't know his friends, vice versa.... i get to know 2 Hongkies, 2 chinese (China) and 2 Malaysian Chinese....the eight of us went to chinatown because we were told that there will be some sort of parade (keposss)...in the end, we saw a lot of caucasians instead of chinese...and the lion dance and dragon dance were performed by the caucasians as well...

.....

we went to some chinese shop and i bought 'lou po peng'...wife's biscuits....it was okay....around 3pm, we went for buffet...my mood was pretty good throughout the outing...it should be due to the friends around me and the food..

.....

i wish everyone the best of health for the new year

conclusion for the day : after eating so much, i feel a lot better...tomorrow is a new year, so i'll definitely dump all these behind me, and move forward....whether it is university stuff or personal stuff, i will deal with it....

A POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAKES A LONG AND DIFFICULT JOURNEY EASY.....

bad luck!

i had the worst luck!!! my good luck left me!!

argh!!!! i dont know how to express my feelings right now...i am LOST... i am FORCED to be in group with the worst bunch of barbarians coursemates!

GOD, WHAT DID I DO? did i kill them in their past lives and i have to pay them now? argh!

okay, back to this thing...i had a new module...business...which we need to do a lot of critical thinking...we need to come up with a business plan and consider every aspect...such as how to make it work, how much profit..bla bla bla...and we need to link it with our biotechnology stuff... and damn! those barbarians hates mathematics and i don't think their critical thinking is sharp enough (i am not criticising....but i knew it from those previous assignments)...

even a laboratory plan they cant do (the one i did for most of the barbarians...about primers and DNA....)...so, you think they are capable of coming up with a business plan? damn! argh!!! and more bad news....one of the groupmates for this module is the one who called me in the odd hours...(just to ask what time the lectures commence and how was my revision....remember? i mentioned her in previous blogs)...imagine....i had nothing to do with her, she can call me day and night...and now that i am her groupmate, i better be dead....

4 person in a group....and those 3 are the worst among the barbarians....come on!!! how can my luck be this bad?! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...............

okay, okay....i'll try to calm myself down......BUT I CAN'T!!! how can i calm down when i am in this shitty situation? argh!!! i am so pissed off with this!!!! .....................positive thinking.....positive thinking....

*silence*

okay, i cant think of anything positive at all! damn! anyway, if i can survive this, i can survive ANYTHING in the future...just take this as MISSION IMPOSSIBLE....change barbarians into civilised human with critical thinking and love mathematics + statistics....(i am not saying that i have sharp critical thinking or anything....but at least i know my timetable for classes...) i have the rights to doubt those that don't even know their timetable when it is written in the handbook, right? (MSc students??)

......don't even know their timetable....how is that possible for a master's student?.....this is getting really scary....the more i thought about this, the more terrified i am...

sharing for the day:

ahem...imagine you are calling someone (to ask about venue for tomorrow's class)....you called for 5-6 times and no one is picking up your calls....what will you do?

A. Keep Calling
B. Send a text to state why are you calling
C. Stop calling

some dumbass who chooses (A) should be shot to death right away...this means that you have no brain...because it is so damn obvious people are ignoring you! for some trivial matters and you kept calling? you should have just sent a damn text to ask about it!

ps: this is a real life event....two friends from different courses having the same problem...coursemates calling non-stop to ask about tomorrow's timetable...so, if you are type A, please understand that sending a text is a better option...unless the person you are calling is your best buddy or good friends...but not towards someone you had just met and did not share any common interest...

moral of the story: there are lotsa dumbass....

i am really pissed off today...that is why i don't sensor my french~

my indie week~

hehehe! today, i went to my friend's place to watch some movies and play xbox again....actually, i never thought of going until my housemates asked me to help her in the lab today...anyway, i'll be helping her next week...so i'll be super duper busy....everyday after my class, or in between my classes, i'll have to pop over to the lab and help her out with her final year project....

today, i had forgotten to bring my lab coat along...and i am kinda lazy to make another trip back to my residence hall just to get that stupid lab coat...so i just told her that i am not free instead...actually, i am not supposed to help her as i do not have the risk assessment form...i might be expelled if i were found conducting an experiment without that form...argh! i am kinda caught in between...i was dragged into this pile of shitty situation because of all the housemates...they are all asking me to help that girl....she has 5 weeks left to finish her project...i think she has enough time if she really put her time to it....


she only conducts the experiment from monday to thursday....why? she wanted to have fun (clubbing) on friday & saturday (and even next wednesday!)....oh my god....this is what i called 'westerner's life'.... they are not dedicated to work at all...they just wanted to have fun...but i guess i'll have to help her out...not much choice either...


okay, back to today....i went for an indian cuisine....my friend and i ordered extra super hot (we really did)...but it wasn't that spicy....not up to my expectation...the indian restaurant owner was suprised (i think shock would better describe him)! he kept on apologising when he see that we are not even sweating or drinking any water while having the food...he even asked us why we ordered a three person's portion! and we finished everything! hahhaha! he told us that the chef had done his best to make it as spicy as possible...too bad...he asked us if we would like to have some green chilli to top the dishes...


i am like....WHAT? topped it with chilli? then i can cook any spicy dish! just added some chilli then it is spicy...that's silly! we want the food to be blend with the spice, not just add on top of it!


anyway, that shop offered me something i really missed a lot...MANGO LASSI... yay!!! at last! i found mango lassi~


after the dinner, we went to a bar and ordered honey beer...oh, and pickled eggs as well....haha! i had been complaining that i am too full....so, my friend suggested pickled egg....the theory behind it is the sourish taste will ease the bulging stomach, i guess? but the beer make it even worse! so right now, i am too full to even lie down....argh!

here's some photos.....
i had forgotten to take picture of my naan (huge!) and 2 huge bowls of Pilao (pulav) rice! no wonder the owner was shocked when he saw us ordering so much! hahha! we were famished by the time we got there (due to the cold weather)....so, we can really eat a lot!

the restaurant we went (ASHA)

the top dish is lamb bhuna,followed by lamb madras & chicken tikka masala..

(we are carnivorous)

MY MANGO LASSI (my love)

pickled eggs and honey beer...

my THAI's GREEN CURRY...

wow!!! first time i cook a curry~ okay, i didn't cook it from a scratch....hahha! it's those ready made...but still, i have to skin and debone the chicken thighs, prepare ubergines, basil leaves, kasmir leaves and add some other seasoning myself...(kepo...)...actually, i don't know what basil & kasmir leaves are....but i went around liverpool and look for it...(see? i really scarifice for food)....

it turned out great!! instead of using coconut milk, i used whole milk...yea, healthy green curry~ a great green curry!! all my housemates and even those from next door came to try it....they really loved it! i loved it as well...so thank Allysa for the ready made seasoning...hahhaha!

i know i had been talking a lot about food lately....so you guessed it....i am piling on weight!!!! damn! to stop this, i sign up for gym~ today~ hohoho! i sign up for half a year....ahem...hopefully i have the will power to go...anyway, the induction day will be next friday, so i cant go until next friday....hehehehe!

talking about food...it reminds me that i have a buffet on sunday!! BUFFET! damn! more weight gain....am i on weight gaining course? argh!!! and the guy next door is cooking curry on friday! he invited us to dine with him...argh! weight gain, more weight gain!! not to mention he even baked a cake today for us! and it was really a great cake...argh! i hate him!

okie, my purpose for joining gym is just so that i can indulge myself with more food~ chocolates...hehehe! oh! talking about chocolate, that guy next door will be baking a chocolate fondant! he is really trying to outcook the girls here! (we'll not lose!! i'll bake a marble cheesecake soon! after my weight loss...hahhaha!)

here's my green curry~

raw materials

look at the size of the ubergine!!!

cooking process...with milk added

my green curry presentation

weird..

sometimes, i absolutely support PETA...after i saw one of the video clips about skinning the animals ALIVE....i am really upset by that video...and i even cried while watching it! i feel like killing those ruthless people...and skinning them just the way they skinned the animals alive...

however.....i come across a new campaign organised by PETA...they decided to change the name of fish into SEA KITTENS (sea cat???)....damn! i know they think fishing is a bad thing because it hurts the poor fish (and obviously i saw some uncivilised way of killing whales in Denmark...)... anyway, when you change the term, FISH, into SEA KITTENS really sounds kinda funny! not to mentioned stupid! Did they ever stop to think how the kids would be confused? imagine...a two year old kid saw these campaign and thought that fish is actually called sea kittens?

worse come to worst, older kids with wild imagination would think that it is a mutant! (obviously after seeing the picture of cross breed fish and cat in PETA campaign)....whew! if the kids saw little mermaid, they will obviously think that there will be a....catmaid..?? (the cat-head-fish-tailed creature drawn by PETA supporters)...

oh my god! argh! none of my business anyway...i am just a busybody...hahahha! hm....suddenly, something flashed across my mind....will the kids think that it's the job of some EVIL SCIENTIST? DAMN! i am studying biotech...altering genetics....so i am the EVIL SCIENTIST afterall! gosh!

i better go to sleep before my imagination runs wild....guess sleep deprivation can really makes you crazy....

for my friend...

this piece of blog is dedicated to one of my friends...

i heard people saying 'after the storm, you can see the rainbow'......i know you are caught in a rough storm right now, but i am very sure you can find a rainbow after this storm...

If you cry, i'll wipe away all your tears

If you scream, i'll fight away all you fears

just like how it has been, all these years...

it may be hard for you to hold on

but i'll lend you my shoulder to lean on

hoping that you can move on...

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do you know that tears are just as precious as diamonds? do not cry for those who are not worth it....and those who worth your tears will never let you cry....

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here is MY WISH for you......(MY WISH by Rascal Flatts)

I hope the days come easy and the moments pass slow,

And each road leads you where you wanna go,

And if you're faced with a choice, and you have to choose,

I hope you choose the one that means the most to you.

And if one door opens to another door closed,

I hope you keep on walkin' till you find the window,

If it's cold outside, show the world the warmth of your smile.

But more than anything, more than anything...

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,

Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,

You never need to carry more than you can hold,

And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,

I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,

Yeah, this, is my wish.

I hope you never look back, but you never forget,

All the ones who love you, in the place you left,

I hope you always forgive, and you never regret,

And you help somebody every chance you get,

Oh, you find God's grace, in every mistake,

And always give more than you take.

But more than anything, yeah, more than anything...

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,

Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,

You never need to carry more than you can hold,

And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,

I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,

Yeah, this, is my wish. Yeah, yeah.

My wish, for you, is that this life becomes all that you want it to,

Your dreams stay big, your worries stay small,

You never need to carry more than you can hold,

And while you're out there getting where you're getting to,

I hope you know somebody loves you, and wants the same things too,

Yeah, this, is my wish (my wish, for you).

This is my wish (my wish, for you)

I hope you know somebody loves you (my wish, for you).

May all your dreams stay big (my wish, for you).

my outing....

wow...i am so happy...i managed to have dimsum for my breakfast....erm...correction...it should be brunch....i wanted to have a proper chinese breakfast and i mean around 8am....but the damn shop didn't open until 12pm...my friend and i went walk around chinatown until 12.15pm...and we ate till 2pm...(yea, it took us that long to eat it...and we cant manage to finish it)....we are too hungry and ended up ordering a bit too much....10 plates...and only 2 person....

after dimsum, we walked around the town to digest the food...i can barely walk...i ate too much...and i had some allergic reaction as i drank too much alcohol last night...i joined my housemates for a drink at a bar...but i went off with two other housemates earlier as we did not want to club....(yea, i admit, i am such an old hag right now...i say 'no' to club...) i drank mostly ciders last night...strawberry cider (from brothers), pear cider, fruili & apple cider (bulmer)...i even tried the blackcurrant ale...half a pint for each type of ciders...so i drank 2 pints which made me so full...and piling on weight...damn! not to mention i am having skin allergic due to alcohol...

i know, serves me right...i can choose not to drink...hahha! but who cares, i just want to try everything! even if i am allergic to it...so, now you guys know how devoted i am to food & drinks....hahahhaha!

opps...better continue on today....we walked till 4pm and went to have coffee at costa...hehehe! then i went to my friend's house and played Xbox for a while....and watch 2 movies...reached my hostel around 11.30pm....we planned to cook bak kut teh...but most of the shops are closed after 4pm...so we cant make it...anyway, i am contented as i had my dimsum for brunch...hahahhaa!

some photos for the day...

i dunno what this is called...hehhe

some custard bun...this is damn nice!


most of the food..

the white bun is lotus paste bun (damn nice!)& the other bun is bbq pork bun (we ordered the wrong type..this is baked, not steamed)..the one in the middle is beef dimsum...the left one (at the top) is siew long pao...and har kao (left top)

accidentally saw people training~ a dragon~ cny is really near

nice pao~ nice pao

hazelnut latte (mine...one of their signature drinks)

hot chocolate orange (also one of their signature drinks...my friend's..but i drink it anyway)

ps: why am i awake at 4am and blogging? my damn housemate keep on knocking on the door and quarreling with bf...damn! just break up already! (what i really wanted to tell her)

all the girls out there, you WONT die if you leave a jerk...you'll be happier and prettier too~ without the stress and the sleepless nights he gave you, your skin will glow, look younger, reduce wrinkles, reduce dark eye circles, even skin tone, less breakouts and MOST importantly....LIVE LONGER...so, heed my advice...stop making those around you suffer...

yea, i am telling that *tut* outside! damn! still knocking! how can i sleep? really ruined my mood! argh!!!!dimsum, dimsum, dimsum...i'll keep on chanting till she stop knocking...or i'll be killing her....

after exam....

everything went as planned...heheh! we (4 of us minus barbarians) sneaked off without telling the others about it.....we went to wagamama again...i forgot to take picture of my pavlova....but i managed to take picture of my main course...hahhahah! did i mentioned everything went as planned? well, not exactly....i ended up shopping instead of 'just' walking around the town...i bought some clothes....

hey! it's a reward for my hard work, okay??!! i am really really happy today....right after the exam, Prof. Reynolds returned one of our assignments....i am so damn pleased with it...he is the best...he returned it one by one...so, those barbarians couldn't get so see my marks...hohoho! but we had to return the assignment back to him after reading the comments & marks on the assignment...he has to let the external examiner double check the marks...

i know my mum is going to support me for shopping....MMmmmoOOooMMMmmYYYyyy, my reward okay? hahhaha! even if you object now, it'll be useless...i had bought the clothes already....muahahhaha!

anyway, i am pretty sure i can dump all the notes on protein engineering......i am going to pass~~ PASS~ thank god! i hate protein engineering! even in my dreams, i can see the amino acids flying all over the place....not to mention all those numbers, alpha helices....beta sheets...oh my god! now i can finally prepare for the next battle...

i am going to rest now.....prepare for tonight's battle~

my chilli-steak-something-soba...cant remember the name...hahhaha!

my dessert: tamarind and chilli pavlova
a sweet but lightly chilli spiced tamarind pavlova with a crunchy meringue base. served with a raspberry and tamarind sauce

a day before my last exam..

ahem....in less than 24 hours, it'll be my next exam...protein engineering....i don't even understand why am i wasting my time bloggin instead of studying....anyway, this is the REAL connie...doing nothing beneficial....

guess what? i had just broken another record today~ i am so pleased....i even signed up to be YO! Sushi's member....hahhaa! and guess what? i had been planning my after-exam-activities.... right after exam, my friends (without the knowledge of those barbarians), planned to go wagamama again~ hehe! for lunch~ Straightaway, we'll go for shopping (just a walk around the town)...then, at night, my housemates invited me to join them for a few drinks at a bar...continued by clubbing...(i might not be clubbing, but i cant reject the drinks...because it's the trend after exam...as told by one of the housemates...anyway, i know what they are up to..)

on saturday, i will be meeting a girl who has just arrived from malaysia a few weeks ago...when i thought of how we actually get to know each other, it is really funny...one day, after shopping, i went to a chinese restaurant in liverpool....i ordered some food, and waited with all my grocery bags around me...(really, it was THAT much....i am surrounded by grocery bags)...suddenly, she peeped at my shopping bags and both of us smiled...i started telling her which shops having great offer and she started going through my shopping bags....we talked like we knew each other...hahhaha! we ended up exchanging hp numbers and msn....we just clicked...okay, back to the point....i am meeting her to discuss about some discount offered by gyms....

oh, yea, i am planning to join gym...although i am lazy, i really think i should do myself a favour...

let's continue...on sunday, i'll be eating dimsum with another friend~ char siew pau, siew mai, har kao, loh mai kai....here i come!!!! (no wonder i need to go to gym huh?)....after my breakfast, i'll go to buy some meat to cook bak kut teh~ allysa, i'll take photo of it since you send me the bak kut teh seasoning...hohoho!

that's all about my schedule..kinda packed huh?

oh, back to exam....thanks to my sis (baby) and ah yong...i am using the pen you guys bought for me during the exams...here's the lucky pens...

the one at the top given by baby~

the one below given by Ah Yong...

1st paper..DONE

right after my first paper, i bought chocolates...i don't know how i did...but hopefully it turn out fine....i am quite unsure on how i did....i don't know why! argh!

anyway, i am so pissed off last nite..correction..should be this morning...4.34am to be exact! my housemate, just finished her assignment on tuesday and decided to celebrate it by clubbing...(i know...just an assignment, and she used it as an excuse to club...if i were to club after each assignment, i will have to club 3 times a day, DAMN it)....she came back, DRUNK and bringing 3 friends (2 guys and a girl)...four of them were shouting talking in the corridor (right in front of my room)...they even blast music...argh! such an inconsiderate bunch of LOW LIVES....damn! before she went out, she promised me that she wont make too much noise since i'll be having exam...anyway, i am so pissed off by the noise that i started cursing in my bed....

the cool part: connie cursed till she fall asleep...hhahahhaha!

yea, i kept on cursing them (in my heart) until i fell asleep...wow! a good way to start off my exam day...

anyway, Glyn returned one of the assignments after the exam...and i am so happy to get the highest (as told by the peepers)....a bunch of my barbaric coursemates kept on peeping at the marks since it was written on the first page of the papers...(the papers were placed on the first desk and we were to take only our own, so they peeped through everyone's paper)...due to this barbaric/uncivilised bunch of creeps, i sat there waiting for them to finish sorting out the papers...

suddenly, Dr.Burke noticed that they were going through everyone's marks and slowing the queue...(mind you, there was only 11 of us), she said..

'Do you know it is very rude to peep at other people's marks? you should learn your manners'

at that point, i was, like, "OH YEA!! SERVE YOU RIGHT, BARBARIANS!!'


one of the barbarians apologised and stood aside....(refusing to stop peeping, i guess)..when the queue is cleared, i stood up and walked towards my paper...i saw the marks instantly and the first thing that came through my mind was...

"WOW! XX%, SOMEONE DID A GREAT JOB! NOW, WHO THE HELL TOOK MY PAPER? DAMN"

when i managed to read the name, i was greeted by one of the barbarians..

'hey, you got XX%, don't even need to sit for this exam, you have your coursework to compensate'


hmm...at that moment, i was too happy to digest if she was criticising me or praising me, i just said, "thank you, i never thought so...'


now that i recall that moment, i should be well pissed off...anyway, forget about those stuff, i am celebrating for the coursework thingy...i am so speechlessly happy....all this luck should come from the Moo-moo, given by allysa...hahhah!

thank you...and i did brought that moo-moo into the exam hall...hahhaha!

my reward...a very big double choco cookie

this is the paper...i can barely read my name...so, i don't know it was mine...i just saw the marks and assumed that it was one of the girl's paper...

a day before exam..

yea, a day before exam...i am still here blogging...hahha!

i am really surprised today...i received a parcel from my really 'old' friend....allysa....thank you so much for the parcel....i am so happy (i can't seemed to find any superlative to describe my feeling) to receive it....thank you so much! hahha!

it just light up my day...revision really spoiled my mood...hahha! but receiving your gifts really made me so happy....i am going to bring the moo-moo into 'The Hall' tomorrow.....as my super lucky charm....not to forget all those Malaysian food you bought! thank you so much! it must have cost you a fortune...i am going to give you a big kiss + hugssss when i return to Malaysia... you know what? the reason that lifted my mood is not the contents....it's because i can feel the your care and our friendship of 16 years (and still counting) never fade at all....i noticed something....your handwriting never change...hahha! still as neat as always...

thank you so much, my ooollllddddd buddy~

i am still myself...

ahem....i had been playing word challenge for the whole day and did nothing related to study....damn! i even broke the record for 3 times....argh...of all the times, why did i get addicted now??

anyway, this is the REAL connie....she'll do something completely unrelated to studies when the exam approaches...muahhahaa!

i guess i'll study tomorrow since the exam will be on wednesday... hopefully nothing distracts me tomorrow....

gonna play word challenge again...before i sleep....hehehe! hopefully i can break another record before sleeping~ oh yea!!!! (if only this kind of enthusiasm applied in my studies)

heeeLLppppp....

i am NOT being MYSELF at the moment....and i don't know what is happening to me!!! i had been studying....and it's really weird!!!!

my exam is due on next wednesday...which means i have another 2 days before entering 'The Hall for the Stressed'......anyway, the REAL CONNIE GOH wouldn't be studying THIS EARLY!!! I am definitely not myself at all!!! definitely NOT!!

Based on two decades of RESEARCH and OBSERVATION on CONNIE GOH (aka LAZY PIG, GOD of PROCASTINATION, SLUG of the YEAR, LAST MINUTE CHAMPION...etc...), what happening now is an UNUSUAL situation.....no one would see CONNIE studying so early....according to numerous sources and witnesses, this 'sample' will only start studying 12 hours before the exam date....and during the 12-hour-study, she would walk around the house, asking everyone if they wanted to drink anything...she would then make them some Milo or Tea....she would search for food while taking her books around with her....yeah, this should be the REAL connie goh....

NOW: the 'sample' was seen studying 3 days before the exam....although she still search for food & make herself some tea, she is still not herself....she waste her time blogging as well....anyway, all this should be her normal routine during studying period...but these symptoms occured way too early before the exam...

CONCLUSION: connie might be under too much stress...or she is bored to death, so she spend her time studying??!! (sound impossible).....or she suddenly fell in LOVE with study....or she is forced by someone?....anyway, the most appropriate conclusion will be...she is just CRAZY...

Finally, i understand...IMPOSSIBLE is NOTHING....whatever you thought as IMPOSSIBLE before, may actually be POSSIBLE in the future...this is a perfect example for the quote from ADIDAS...

ps: i think my mum noticed that i started revising so early, it made her really worried...she must be thinking..'what has gone into her? maybe i should ask her return to Msia during Chinese New Year and made her visit some 'si fu' to perform some kind of exorcism on her or i'll just bring her to some mental hospital for check-up...'

aha! now i know why my mum asked if i wana return! gotcha! =.='''

i am kidding, mum....hhahha! i should continue my revision session now...tata~

a lil' thing that makes a HUGE difference

i had been really tensed this week...probably due to the exams next week and all those laboratory work....i had just finished the laboratory work yesterday and had been trying to study....i must admit, i had been quite hardworking since i started studying here...might be due to less temptations...hahhaha!

my mum called me just now....and i am so happy with that call and it made me blogged instantly! imagine~~ hahha! although we can use msn or skype to chat, she'll still call me every other day....what makes me so happy? it's a lil' question she asked me during our 30minutes phone call....

"Do you want to come back for chinese new year? Any holiday?"

This question made me fly way up into the sky....although i didn't plan to go back, i am THRILLED that she asked me! I told her that i don't have any holiday and i had never planned to go back until i had graduated....she even asked me if i wanted to go back during March to attend my degree convocation which will be held in KLCC Convention Center...

although i am desperate to go back Malaysia, i won't be returning anytime soon...I'll attend the convocation held in Liverpool instead...hahaha! This lil' question really made my day....i had been quite sluggish since the moment i woke up....right after her question, it just made me feel so good that i have the urge to start studying - minus the sluggish feeling!

Mum, you really know me the best~ LOVE YA LOTS!

my deepest condolence...

my deepest condolence to Prof. David Billington for his loss.....His wife, Dr. Katherine Zuzel, had passed away on 27th of december 2008 with her funeral held on 8th Jan 2009...

I have not met Prof. Billington before, but had bumped into Dr. Zuzel a few times before the holiday...I was waiting for my tutor, Dr. Sharples, every tuesday and his room was located just beside hers...I remember her greeting me everytime she saw me eventhough i wasn't one of her students...

her death made me feel that life is so fragile....she was perfectly healthy lady with a warm smile always....never had i thought that the lady i saw every tuesday for the last semester would be gone by the time i return for my second semester...

life is short, so cherish those beside you......

lab work days...

i had been really really superbly busy for the pass three days....i had been running some tests on my OWN DNA....i am keeping my fingers crossed that i am not a MUTANT! hopefully my DNA turn out alright! for the pass few days, a few of my classmates had been classified as mutants due to failure in producing results using their own DNA...luckily, i passed the first few stages... hmm...until now, we do not know the reasons for the failure...it could be the primers' problems, restriction enyzmes' problems or their plans' problem...not sure though...

i hoped that mine turn out fine for the next few tests...it'll all end on friday and we'll have to do a poster presentation about it....actually, blogging about the lab thingy does help! why? if i can't remember what i did in the methods, i can always refer to my blog...it'll somehow help me in recalling the moments in the lab...and what i had been doing...hahha! which is really useful....

below are a few pictures i had taken in the lab...

some of the reagents used...(i used more than 20 types of reagents...making me headache with all those calculations for diluting it! argh!!! ) hey! the first eppendorf tube contained my DNA!!!!

Almost all my samples...(i still have 3 master mixes, 1 DNA mix, 3 PCR water, 1 PCR Rxn buffer, 1 TBE buffer, EtBr, 4 standard ladder, 1 RE, 1RE buffer, 4 sample Ds, 1 Chelex, 1 BSA, and 1 Autoclaved water not included in the pictures.....)

blue coloured stuff is standard...pink ones are my DNAs....it took me 2 hours to see it moving....and 30 mins for staining, 10 mins destaining and incubation of a few hours...not including running PCR to optimise my DNA..


My DNA in the Gel Bag...i have to do four of these...

Finally, what i visualised..(i had 4 of these pics, but it's damn boring...useless to upload everything)

okie, i have finished my boring and uninteresting blog....i had no choice but to bored you guys to death with this because i can recall what i had done when i write a report out of it by refering to this piece of bull sh*tting blog....

COMPLAIN OF THE DAY:

i have some complaining to do....my coursemate almost scared me to death today....i was at the cafe, having my lunch while waiting for my gel to run, when she suddenly shout out my name (really loud and looking damn serious & concerned)....she asked me 2 questions (my friends having lunch with me saw the colour draining off my face the moment she called out my name) ..

1st question : Connie! Did you put your DNA for incubation along with the RE??!!!

1st answer : ......yes...(timidly and had a bad feeling that i had to redo it!)

2nd question: Oh my god! Did YOU do THAT?!

2nd answer : What's wrong with it??? i am not supposed to do that????

Her last reply : Oh, nothing's wrong with it...i am just wondering if you had done it..bye..

for the rest of the afternoon, my friends can't stop joking about the LOOK on my face...and her weird way of asking me stuff...

as for me....i think my heart had just stopped beating and i almost saw 'the light' at the end of the tunnel the moment she asked me that second question...(reason: if i did the wrong thing at that moment, i'll be wasting all my effort + time = have to redo everything = stupidly wasting my 3 days!)

special day...

Today is a very special day....it is my Daddy's birthday!!! Too bad, i can't celebrate with him this year....anyway, he should be celebrating in Hong Kong by now....hahahah!

Daddy, you are the greatest man ever....You have always been the protective dad, securing every step i take....leading, guiding, advising and providing me with every single thing i need.... i remember how he used to console me when i am scared of getting my results...(yea, i am the lazy type, didn't study much...so i am really scared of the results)....my dad would say..

"result is nothing but a piece of paper...if you failed it, so be it...who cares? you can always re-sit the paper until you are satisfied with the result...i'll pay for your re-sits.."

it wasn't too consoling....who want to re-sit? sigh....my dad....hahhahah! but he is cute, isn't he? RE-SIT UNTIL YOU PASS...hahhaahha! and my daddy's most famous advice....

"Going out at night ah? Use my car, if anyone block the road, RUN him over.."

here's more suggestions/advices from him....

"Hey, don't always stay in the house...i pumped the petrol for you and here's some money, go out 'play'...." (can you imagine a Dad asking his daughter to go out when his daughter stay at home, watching TV?)

"Why you always say 'yes' when i ask you to do things? say 'no' sometimes..." (being obedient is wrong?)

"Go clubbing la....why always see you at home?"...(but he started calling after 12am...asking when i'll be coming home...)

hahahaha! for all these, I LOVE YOU, DAD....HAPPY BIRTHDAY....wishing you the best of health....ahem...getting more and more macho, handsome, cheerful, manly, cool, and happy as day goes by...hahhaha!

...my new year...

ahemm...it's a new year, and i thought that everything will be new...and i just found out that i am naive...who says a new year means a new start? damn that person! it's just normal like any other days~ nothing magical happens~ still, you continue with your OLD job, study the SAME subject, doing the same DAILY routine....

yep, it's kinda weird to start off a new year's blog with complaints...but who cares....i am telling everyone that it's just a normal day....if you are happy, everyday is a new year........muahhaha! so, after all these craps, all i wanted to say is actually....i will be having exam in January....what a way to start my new year......

i dont feel the pressure of the exam until one of the *tut* coursemates called me and asked me if i had started studying! damn! i hate that questions a hell lot!!!! then, she started poisoning my thoughts with all those horrible chapters that we need to study....how many questions we need to do....how fast we need to write for each essay questions....

well, she kept on crapping and i kept on listening....i suddenly asked her one question...

"hey, do you know which module is the first paper?"

she was shocked! (coz i stopped her craps by this stupid question and i honestly dont know which is the 1st paper)....HOWEVER, she didnt answer my question (not surprising)...and started off with new craps....about our next laboratory practical starting 5th jan....talking about selecting laboratory leader...so on and so forth...

i wasnt doing much of the talking....i am more of THE LISTENER.....(in this case only)...i really hated it when the pressure of the exam didnt come from myself, but as a result of the pressure they felt and trying to release it on me~ damn!!!! how many times do i have to go through this same stuff??? eversince high school, the exact same thing happen! yikes! i shouldnt have pick up that call!!!

i ended the conversation by asking another question (which i am really curious about)...

"why did you call me?"

AHA! that's it! i dont know the purpose for her to call me....guess what she replied? (seriously, it pissed me off)..

"oh, wishing you a happy new year and see how much you have studied"

oh, so that's the reason....anyway....i think the wishing part is obviously a fake reason...it was 2nd of January, and we are going to meet on the 5th, what's the point of wishing me a happy new year when you are already late for the wishing part? For your information, 1st Jan is the new-year-wishing-day...

so, the moral of the story is: New year isn't that magical afterall....you are still stuck with the same old bunch of *tut* people....

P/S: she mentioned about how fast we have to write for the essay right? and it kinda freak me out a LOT...coz i just found out that i cant really hold the pen well...hey, i can type faster than i write....and the weather isn't doing my fingers any good....i guess i better start revising and training my writing speed now...

sorry for so much cursing for the first blog for the year....i just cant help it....muhahahahha!