rice- free?

I think for the first time in my life, I haven't eaten rice for 2 days. At home, rice is a must. Now, it's a side dish. ^^ Since it's puasa month, the cafe is not open. We have to wait till evening for all the stalls to open with ready- cooked dishes all arranged on the table upfront. It's fast, cheap and convenient. For them, that is. Hunger is something very tempting.

I went to the dentist for my crowning treatment and it was supposed to be the last today but apparently, the technician wrongly calculated the gap in between and so, the dentist asked me to come next week as he asked them to re-do the tooth. But he did some other fillings for my teeth, inner ones which are more prone to decay. And whoosh....another 200 bucks gone in a blink of an eye. By the end of the semester, I would have spent over a thousand for my teeth alone. There goes my ptptn. T_T Though, my dad did chuck in some $$ for me hehe....xD

Anyways, back to the rice-free thingy, i wonder if I should go buy dinner tonight. If i do, what should I get? Maybe I should just finish my wholemeal bread, and also the pau my aunt bought for me just now. Oh, I ate Wan Tan Mee for lunch. xD No rice again!

My aunt bought a new car after selling off their Wira. I had the chance to ride in the new MPV for the first time just now when they fetch me back from dentist ^^ It's Nissan Grand Livina. Quite comfy. Love the leather seats and the air-conditioner is good.

Oh, and then it occured to me whether I'll ever be able to get a car like that when I work soon. Oh my future somehow seems bleak to me atm. Just a feeling. I had a dream last night. It's damn weird. Oh like my dreams couldn't get any weirder or scarier. I've been chased before, people with guns, knives and I've run like I've never run before or do stuffs I never knew I could. Anyways, yes, I was being chased in the dream, again. The person who chased me, though is someone from real life. Not gonna disclose who but it's funny how that person appeared though, someone I've only seen few times. Oh narrow escape I tell you, and I woke up before I knew the ending to my dream lol...

nutella is YUM!

I had Wholemeal bread with Nutella for dinner. I wasn't into wholemeal bread before, though my mum loves them to bits and would always buy them. Only my mum and dad eats them lol...me? I tried to stay away from them as much as I can. But now, things changed. I like them, not love yet but like. I know they're really healthy and all. So, i guess, from now on, I'll try to get wholemeal bread rather than the normal ones. ^^

Anyways, Nutella is YUM ^^ Great stuffs. I wonder if it's fattening though...haha, didn't dare to eat much. Just one or two once.

2 days of work = worthy ^^

Ok, if I were to say that I'm not happy or the least relieved the fact that these last 2 days of work in the lab is definitely fulfilling, then I'm a totally hypocritical @$$. That said, I am happy! But most of all, relieved!

Because you see, me and a fren had been working on genome extraction for this fungi A. niger which is like just the 1st REAL STEP in our entire thesis, and it needed 2 whole days. well, if things went much more smoothly, then it'll be maybe 1 1/2 days, the least. But since this is the first time we have to prepare ALL the solutions/ chemicals we need to make magic work (last time, everything is prepared and we only have to mix and carry out the procedures accordingly, textbooked-ly, no need to worry bout not having enough alcohol, or autoclaved SS34 tubes, or tips, etc...) so, basically, things were bit rough the first time, but after we learned little by little on how to operate things and plan time wisely, prepare all the equipments we need, it actually progressed better!

I have to say though, it's a really really tiring process. It's tedious and you have to wait and wait during the extraction for the machine to run and stuffs. I finally finished at around 6.30pm today. Well over the lab working time, but heck, we need to finish this. And the result? According to the senior, it's pretty good! Except for the blob at the bottom, showing the undigested RNAs, but it's ok, as long as our genome is there!

Totally happy about it. I mean, if it doesn't work, we have to repeat everything and another 2 days spent. And seriously, I would never want to repeat again. It's mind challenging and my feet hurts from walking to and fro from 1st level to 3rd level (unless we take the lift, but it's damn slow) and time is something that flies by when you do experiments. trust me. You wish you have 48 hours in a day.

But since it came out fine, it's worth the sore, pain and definitely sore throat as well. Yes, see...when you do lab works, you tend to forget to drink. You just go on and on, and until you actually have time to rest, you realize your bottle is still full of H20. My poor dehydrated body these 2 days. I feel like I'm having puasa with them too, sometimes. ^^

Anyways, it paid well enough. with this, we can carry on to the next step...and hopefully, things go as planned and I won't have to stay back for my thesis after finals. But even if i have to, maybe only for a week. I sure as hell don't want to stay here anymore when it's hols.

burger king vs Carl's Junior?

Carl's Jr. vs Burger King (piccies above)

Okay, so let's say you're hungry and there are two fast food chains side by side to each other, no other stores available, don't even bother McD here, it's not there. Two choices with one hungry tummy. Never mind if you haven't tried either one before, make a pick.

I want to see which one is the more preferable choice >.< Price wise, I know Carl's Jr starts from Rm15 and above, right? Most of their combos are RM20+...Burger King...? Not sure. xD

Anyways, opinions please!!!

another tiring day

Woke up around 7am, bathed briefly and got ready for Japanese class, and then right after, another class at faculty. And then, it was lab works till evening 5.30pm. Seriously, I'm feeling like there's no resting time anymore and I don't even have the urge to watch anything anymore when I'm in my room.

Last few semesters, I loved the feeling of going back to the room, turning on my laptop, changed my clothes to the room clothes ^^ and then started watching dramas while eating lunch or dinner. Those were my favorite period of time in a day. But somehow, it has started to fade. It's not there anymore, the urge. Now, I just felt like sleeping once I reach my room. I'm deprived of sleep!

Tomorrow, I'll have to wake up early again for Japanese class and then lab works. I think tomorrow's lab will last maybe 3-4 hours, hopefully nothing goes wrong. I hate it when you got everything planned carefully and things were prepared, but becoz of sth trivial, the whole schedule gets pushed forward (i mean, lagged) and it so happened today. We could have finished everything by 4pm! But becoz of that one little thing, we got delayed. But anyhow, I'm glad things went much smoothly this time around than the first. So...^^

I should sleep early later. Oh and I should've kept to my initial plan of eating a cup of Milo and biscuits for dinner if I hadn't been persuaded by my growling tummy just now which made me go tapau this really spicy Mee Goreng Mamak. Jeez...that's also one of the reasons why I prefer to eat Quick Mee or just anything edible in my room from my stock rather than those sold at the cafe. What? I suffer ok when I tried to swallow those thing. And it made my nose go all watery and then irritates my throat. I don't wanna get sick at this kind of period. That's it. I'm gonna eat stuffs in my room tomorrow, not gonna tapau anything.

food that I crave for now

French toast and maybe a fulfilling ham sandwich for breakfast.




Other options? Burritos!!! (I'm curious how these Mexican cuisine taste like, they look similar to those kebab thingy. they look so damn yummy!!!


The last time I ate a real steak was like 2 months ago? It was at this store called Station 1 (or sth) that was right beside our condo during our LI period. And it was great, juicy and totally soft! I would definitely go and have a go again, if I have the chance though.

I can live without rice, seriously. I can just live by eating all these, of course, not the steak the whole time, something healthy and fulfilling at the same time. Ever since coming to KL, I realized that rice isn't a necessity for me anymore.

The next time I go out to town again, I shall make sure that I visit these stores for lunch or dinner, don't care bout the $$. ^^

Movie LIST

My new movie list:

1. Julie & Julia



2. The Time Traveler's Wife (sounds romantic and tragic ^^)



3. The Burning Plain
4. Post Grad
(basically coz it's related, well in a year...I'd be asking myself " Now What?" So maybe I might be able to learn something here, like you know, get a headstart...haha)



5. The Ugly Truth
Gerard Butler is nice to look at...he gives the same vibe as Clive Owen, don't ask.

Uh, that's all for now ^^

every other saturday

i love saturdays. Love them to bits. it's like the middle weekend day and nothing much to worry. it's the day where I just relax and try to enjoy the moment you know. Woke up around 9am this morning, had a pretty weird dream last night. It's...kinda ironic how I dreamed about my teeth rotting when I just drank a bottle of milk for dinner. (see, my mum insists that I drink at least 3 times a week for calcium). It freaked me out for a while till I woke up and realized it's just a dream. It's funny how dreams can really scare you, like some of your worst fears.

Anyways, what makes today even better is the fact that it rained. So, it was cool I love the smell after the rain. It's so fresh. I didn't go buy lunch, since I woke up late, I drank a cup of milo and some biscuits. And I was full. It's the start of Puasa, meaning no stalls will open till evening.

Did some revision for the paper in two weeks time. A lot to cover, and of course, memorize. I never get the whole memorizing thing and then forgetting every single thing the next day after the test. it's kinda bull, ya know. Useless. I want something practical that will last longer.

Watched some 15 Malaysia videos. Not very impressive as of what I've seen except for the one called Chocolate by Yasmin Ahmad (RIP). The others I don't really get some of them. I don't know what they wanted to convey really. But it's definitely open for discussion.

What else? Watching The Mentalist now. Kinda fun to watch.

pfftt.....

There's only one word that can describe my day. Burnt. Not that I burnt myself or anything to do with fire. In fact, I burnt quite a few calories today. And this form of exercise has never occurred in my mind before.

I did genome extraction from 8.30m - 4pm non-stop today. Like literally non-stop. Except for one hour break coz we need to wait for the incubation period. Anyways, I think I burnt calories by rushing up and down 3 flights of stairs during that period of time as we need to go down to the 1st level lab to use the centrifuge, coz apparently the one in our lab is spoilt! (I don't know, I just think that having one or two things spoilt in the lab is really annoying, it's a waste of time to go up and down you know) There's lift, but it's slow. And sometimes we can's leave our cells too long like that.

SIIIGGHHHH............it's been a tough day. I need to rest my mind and feet. It's painful now.

saya mau skate shoes

YUP!!! I want to buy new shoes. I've always wanted a pair of skate shoes. Though I don't skate, but like what's that gotta do with wanting to buy skate shoes anyway? So what if I don't use them to skate? I can still use them whenever I go out.

Well, I've considered Nike shoes but if I were to get Nike, I need to prepare at least Rm200 and above to get one decent pair. And from what I've seen, I;m not into sports shoes (i mean, i don't do sports and going to class in sport shoes is weird) They're you know...yeah.



And then there's Adidas. Not so into the 3 stripes thingy. The closest I can get to is the DC shoes. They're mainly skater designed shoes which is what I wanted. Problem is, where to get them? I know Sungei Wang banyak la...and even in Kajang stores ada juga, tapi itu ciplak punya.




Not that I want to buy originals coz i think they'd be very expensive...but at least something with good quality la. If can, i want white themed ones, hard to look after but helll....i want a white pair of shoes for once. (not counting the school shoes).

I've considered you know...Converse shoes or the kind that I'm wearing now...Ah...bila lagi I will go out shopping really. I've been terribly busy lately and then there's the flu pandemic thing again. I shall wear masks when I go out. I WILL. I know I'll be wearing one when I go back Kuching soon. ^^

OMG, i cant wait to go back!!!

coffee makes me sleepy

Coffee is known to make people stay awake and normally they drink when they wanna burn midnight oil or whatever, but on the contrary, it tends to have opposite effect on me.

i wonder what's wrong with my system lol...

the script

The Man Who Can't Be Moved by this band is goood. They're this Irish band who only released one album so far. They should be releasing another next year. I kinda like their style. It's different. (Gotta thank my friend who has that song and when i heard it, i immediately searched for their album, got it now ^^).

Like I said, I've been listening to the 90s tracks and I got myself almost all albums from Backstreet Boys...I know...cheesy. But like, I need some music that is different from the ones we have now and these are good to hear. It's a phase, i know it. It'll wear out. Only time knows when.

Today I went to the dentist to do " crowning". Basically, they put a 'crown' or cap onto my tooth to protect it. Somehow I felt sad when he started to shape my tooth into smaller size so the cap can fit in. I don't know, it's sad you know. It's like there goes my tooth. But I know it's for the best. That way, my tooth will live longer and the crown will give extra- protection. This year, I'm spending the most on my teeth alone, seriously. I still need to go for another final visit for the permanent crown. So, hopefully it'll be fine.

But I need it to eat, munch, basically to LIVE! So it's worth it. ^^

Miyazaki + Hisaishi = Awesomeness!!!

I went out for lunch and happened to see this DVD on sale in one of those entertainment stores. And Studio Ghibli never fails to amuse me, whether by the animation or the music alike, they are good stuffs.

So i picked it up and bought it. ^^

It's to commemorate Hayao Miyazaki and Joe Hisaishi's collaboration for 25 years. I mean, I can not possibly not watch this. Even if it's not the anniversary or whatever, but I would not miss any of Joe Hisaishi's orchestra. (Of coz, mostly only the works he does for Studio Ghibli though)



And I should be shameful to say this but I'm not gonna keep it a secret. I *teared* during the first 10 minutes when I first watched it. I don't know why I was overwhelmed by it. The music isn't even from my FAV movie, but he changed some of the arrangements and had this bunch of choir to sing along, and they were just...great. So filled with emotions!



And the latest work by Miyazaki, Ponyo on the Cliff By the Sea, which was pretty good by the way, but of course couldn't surpass his other classics, still it was fun to watch. A bit childish but hey, no harm watching if it makes you laugh. (It's not the same range of humor from movies like Night At the Museum, though). I think you get what I mean. And I recognized this kid!!! She's the one from Shiroi Haru! She co-starred with Abe Hiroshi. Lucky girl. But her voice totally OWNS the theme song for Ponyo. Then there's Ayaka Hirahara. Not bad really, but I think her vocals doesn't really suit the theme for Spirited Away. A bit too low and husky. But overall, it's still good.




Then there were other pieces from the likes of Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke...etc.



It was great to see how Miyazaki appeared before the Encore to give him a bouquet of flowers. And seeing them shaking hands, was like...it's a great feeling you know. Two wonderful creators working together. ^^ This DVD is worth it.

the return of the 90s

It all started when a friend was looking for songs from the past...and I was looking through my music lists. It strikes me how little songs from the 90s that I have! I mean, from those boy groups who dominated the charts back then with their pop songs, Britney aside since I don't listen to her. But I'm not boycotting her or anything, just maybe her style's different from mine. Anyways, back to the boy groups, I listen to these a lot back then. I was probably going through the late years of primary school.



I don't know why really but POP was the huge thing back then. And then suddenly, it faded and comes these pop/rock versions with signs of rebels from boy bands and females alike, then now it's mostly the R&B. Not that I'm complaining but I wonder who still continues singing those Pop songs from then now. Scarce.



But they're nice to listen to. This is nostalgic! I only listen to Backstreet Boys and a little of Boyzone really. 98 degrees is fine. Westlife? Not really. I don't know why, though. Oh and N'Sync...Those were the times when these people's songs were played all over and fans going crazy over them, those cute bois...(Boyzone is mature though).

I should go DL all of Backstreet Boys' albums and keep them. When I get tired of today's songs, I can always revert to the 90s. They were catchy!

mindless peeps disgust me

Well, before getting into the main story, let's just briefly go through my day today:
1. went for replacement class (means I don't have class 2molo!!!)
2. had Hiragana Test which went quite well (hopefully)
3. accompany a friend to clinic, she has flu, apparently I wasn't allowed to go inside (only patients are) so I was forced to wait outside in the hot weather (got seats and roof la, but still hot, plus I was really sleepy) but I managed to finish my Jpn homework, while waiting.
4. met a friend who drives while waiting for bus, so yay^^
5. Assignment was given by our Virology lecturer- find out the causes of deaths in our country for H1N1 (basically, the background checks of those who died)
6. went to washroom to wash my cup and this brings to the main story.

Well, it's not like it's big deal or anything but I just wanna say how much I hate people who throw their leftover food (those that can't be rinsed down through the hole) and as a result, left there unattended. I mean, if you have a right mind or maybe have the slightest courtesy to THINK of the other maybe...20 ppl staying on the same floor, sharing the same sink with you, you'd have thrown them into the bin, right? Without causing the sink to clog and looking all disgusting like that. I was totally appalled when I walked in and saw one of the sinks being disfigured with leftover fried eggs and onions, with no sign of attempting to rinse them away at all. It's as if the sink itself was used as a rubbish bin!!! What the hell's wrong with their minds anyway?

This is of course, the worst case scenario. Another case would be when they pour those curry soups all over the place, making the white sink look orangy and red. What the F**K? Can't they slowly pour them directly into the hole? And then rinse with water? It makes the whole sink OILY!!!

Ok, that's all. I sometimes pity the worker who cleans our washroom. It's like she has to put up with these acts.

dekita!!!

finally it's over. Apparently, the examiner is in good mood today, plus my supervisor was trying to keep the atmosphere light by giggling by himself and all smiles (in a way) when speaking to the examiner. And i guess in a way, becoz they didn't want to hurt each other's feelings (trying to maintain mutual friendship) we were getting through the whole process pretty smoothly with no shouts of scoldings.

So yeah ^^ But now, I have to finish my proposal (paperwork) and then there's this assignment due next week. And also Mid Sem!!! But I'll have to work out for tomorrow's Hiragana Test first ^^

Oh and I watched this movie, Definitely, Maybe (Ryan Reynolds xD) It's pretty good. I like all the memories and especially the ending, of course! The ending was what I wanted it to be, so yay!

lost and found

I went to print some notes and apparently left my pendrive at the shop. And the thing is, it took me like 4-5 hours to realize that I went away without my pendrive.

And so i rushed back after I finally realized it wasn't with me, then thank God the worker kept it safe and sound in this drawer. Ahhh....seeing it again makes me so happy. Mainly coz this is my first pendrive and it just has lots of memories. ^^ Wee...xD

confidence please?

trying to relax myself for the big day. Next Monday, I have to present my proposal in front of my supervisor, an examiner and my group of friends. Thing is, I've never really done lots of presentation in my entire life and feeling nervous to go upfront, facing everyone, with their feisty eyes on you tend to scare me. It makes me uncomfortable. I hate being watched, you see. Anyway, the point is, I guess it's just normal to feel nervous.

I'm not entirely afraid of presenting my proposal, I'm actually much more worried about what comes after. The questioning part. And who knows what kinds of questions will be asked. Something too detailed will be disastrous. So I'm hoping for something that I have read about, familiarized myself with and please let me know how to answer.

Sigh....dear God, help me get through Monday smoothly.

missing in action

these few days have been busy as hell, preparing my proposal presentation which is next Monday, and as if that's not enough, I'm apparently the 2nd person to present in my group. You know how the examiners tend to pay more attention early in the sessions...yeah, and so, I am desperately in need of faith and confidence to be able to speak well and not mumble or don't know how to answer questions asked by the examiners. I am nervous. If I say I'm not, then I'm definitely lying. I don't know how much marks this sole presentation is gonna contribute to my entire thesis evaluation, but God, please help me get pass this obstacle smoothly.

I have to rehearse. Gonna start tonight. Then rehearse again and again for the next two days till Monday morning. My presentation is in the afternoon, gives me some time to prepare beforehand, and after that, I have to prepare for my Hiragana Test (Japanese) the next day. T_T

compare!

So, recently I've just watched Burning Flame III (HK drama) and it's about firefighters. And then, I remembered there was this Japanese drama named Rescue which also tells on rescue operations and such. Although in Rescue, they're not entirely focused on firefighter alone. They're more into special operations that need extra assistance and there are more types of different situations.

Then, I can't help but compare their suits...I know, I just got a bit taken aback when I first saw the Japanese firefighter suits...they're like this sparkling silver!!! rather than the normal black, yellow, orange coloured suits. And somehow I thought they looked like space suits lol...

And thus, the comparison begins.

This is the Hong Kong version of firemen.


Typical black colored suits with yellow helmets. The right side showed the variety of suits for different occasions, I guess...

This one below is our very own Malaysian Bomba. And well...not to be disrespectful, but i can't really understand why our government likes to blend weird colors together. I mean, why can't they just pick one color and go with it but they have to blend orange and black and what...grey? They look kinda dirty you know. And it's not even army. I can understand if it's army uniforms, coz you need to camouflage in the jungles, so stripes is fine. But FIRE? Why would you wanna camouflage yourself from fire?


At least the orange uniform looks decent though and white helmets look fine.


That said, let's move to the Japanese ones...Now, let me say this again, it might just be for production purposes that their uniform might look better and cleaner since I took these from dramas. But I think they're trying to keep good image. ^^

Look at the Space Suits!!!


And the rear Flappings make them look like samurai! seriously, if you just compare the uniforms together from 3 different countries, theirs look more sophisticated and well equipped. But I kinda feel suffocated myself seeing them wearing those haha...



Above is another type of uniform for other purposes...



I think the rational behind the glimmering, shining, sparkling elements are that it'll reflect heat. Black absorbs heat, we all know that. And Brighter colours reflects them. At least, that's one of the reasons I can think of for the choice of style. If not the, maybe they just like to be different from the rest of the world.

emptiness that tempts

There is truth in certain songs' lyrics that is related to my current phase/ chapter of my life.
' This place is so empty my thoughts are so tempting' - I don't know, it rings so damn true to my ears. I used to wonder from time to time about the things that I have been doing all these years. I don't know where my life is heading, seriously.

I can't help but feel dull sometimes when I'm with my coursemates. Like, ah...what significance have I made to make my life worthwhile at all in my entire 21---> turning 22 years. What 'big' thing have I ever done? What 'memorable event' have I ever done?

You know it's like those typical office workers who go to work, then come back home and do the same thing again and again. I know, I'm like that too. But see, even when I'm out with my 'friends' here, it's lacking something and like there's an invisible border between us.

Let's not go there anymore...So anyways, I'm blasting my room with loud music. Like what I did back in F4, yes...I did that, so what, I just wanna forget about the 'dull life' that I'm having and drift to someplace else for a while. Loud music somehow heals me. Music's so loud that I won't hear a thing from outside or anyone, and so there's no need to bother about anything in the world. I bet some of my neighbours would have suffered since a year ago having me around lol...but since no one's complained before, I shall continue.

Screw those people who can't stand loud music, it's their problem.

wedding dress...anyone?

I gotta say, I only found out that Aya Ueto has ventured into Wedding Dress business recently...and these are the results. The typical white fluffy gowns have gone to drain as she tried out different colours. Well, truth be told, it won't be something normal people would wear for their wedding, right? It reminds me of Ayumi's costumes during her concert!!!

Anyways, though I doubt that the line she's designing will make real profits, I do like some of them. The black, bluish polka dot style ain't that bad, after all. They might sound very wrong in words but the overall product looks fine.




Purple works very well too...surprisingly. Although, like I said, I think these dresses are only for wedding photos purposes...^^


oooh...wow....looks pretty fierce, eh?



Lastly, the traditional typical white dress...although, i don't think i like the layering in the middle part, looks disproportionate like that.