Everything's getting cranky

Gosh. The computer is really cranky. Checking my email also can get hang. Luckily I can blog else.. Felt so restricted. Drawing nearer to my working day, 4th May. Wish me all the best. I will be out in the workplace. Recently I am quite a clean geek. Been making myself free to clear my room. I really mean SPRING CLEANING. It is a year and a few days since I moved to my current house and I still haven't really unpacked all my things. I managed to start a little each day hoping to finish before I start work. Now I know how it feels being a housewife. Hah.

I think I need to start to be hardworking. I need to decide now.

Random Me

It's been two weeks since I the OCP trip. Things happened and time do not wait. This is how my days passed. Been feeling alot these days as usual. I'm not being emotional just sentimental I would call it. Recalling as hard as I could remember;

Today I went to school to rent the graduation gown. I saw the graduation bear. It's cute, I want it. Can someone buy IT for me? As a gift? $16 only :) grins
After that rot in the library till 7pm for the OCP post trip meeting. Grab a few pizza, chit chat, watched some video footage and took our cert then off we go. Nothing much.

Dad said he will be attending my graduation ceremony. I was surprised. He usually can't stand this kind of event, doze off over a while. Thought of it, parents will be proud of their child achievements.

Just as surprised, I really got the job. Technical officer (Housing & Maintenance) a HDB. I really thought I missed the chance as they took more than 2 weeks to get back to me. Just when I was losing hope and it came unexpectedly. 4th May will be the first day of work.

Yeah. My birthday is coming soon!! I want a laptop, SONY VAIO (red).

down but with chop chop

Yes, it's a new post again. I am not feeling well today. An irritation in my nose and throat since last night. Must have caught the virus from the bus. You know those uncles and aunties cough and sneeze not covering their mouths. Then, the press bell and hand rails full of bacteria and germs. It will be a miracle if I hadn't got it.

One of the worse is that I got to endure the bitterness taste of the malaria tablet. Even sweet treats cannot cover the horrible feeling. I seriously don't enjoy thursday now.

Luckily, there's one thing that could cheer me up now. My pet chop chop. How I wish it was real.. It insisted to drink the sparkling pear juice but I've only got one. That's a naughty one, he don't even want to play the ball. Hehe.

Yep that's chop chop! See the only poo he gave me.

It'll be soon.

What a week I had. Been working almost everyday but fortunatelyI still have time to spare. Luckily I still have The Chronicles of Narnia to accompany me when I'm bored. Not a bad book afterall. I played with my pet society pet, chop chop and I found his first poo. Hurray! I gave him so much "luxury" food yet he took so long. What a wait...

The ocp meeting today was delivering the English and IT lessons as a trial run. The English lessons developed was a success. I do enjoyed it and have a great laugh throughout the whole lesson. Leaving for Laos in a week's time..

Lots of things are happening, I not sure what's more to come, but I hope I can face them with courage and intelligence. Sometimes, I do feel I'm not as capable as I thought though.

Sometimes I do really miss the times when we have fun. Impossible to turn back time, Why not look forward and do your best.

~ Edited the picture myself. Lol.

Brother & Sister

Today I had a wonderful day. Met my brother and went for dinner together. It was quite some time since we both hang out. Thought of buying shoes from the converse sales but gave up the idea in the end. Due to the urgent submission of the medical exam report for the OCP, my brother accompanied me to school. I brought him around the school, like a tour guide. The view of the location near mensa was just breath-taking. Hardly can I see it. Maybe it's because it is whom you see it with.



After strolling at bedok reservoir, we went bedok interchange. Walking around aimlessly and hestitating what to have for dinner, we both decided burger king. To our dismay, it was closed for renovation. Sigh. Finally agreeing to something, then like that. We went library to restore our sore feets and I managed to borrow The Chronicles of Narnia. Woohoo. Next, we went the hawker centre to eat. My brother ordered curry chicken noodles, which tasted alot like peanut, while I ate the duck rice set. The morale of this is called, chicken hand duck foot (ji shou ya jiao). Lol. I really enjoyed myself today.

2.9kg of reader digest, that's really heavy. Am I really going to put THOSE in my lugage?

Library meeting

I went to school eariler yesterday to sort out the donated books which we are bring to Laos. That was the first meeting (or the only meeting) for the library team. Overall, I felt the meeting has given me a chance to know the other team mates better. The interactions were good and I enjoyed it. Though the library team is small, but I think it's a good start. Hope things will get better for me.

The books that have been approved.

I went Bugis for dinner and dessert. The name of the dessert shop was funny. Ahh ahh "Ah Chew" dessert shop. I think it creative and easy to remember thanks to yuli. The mango sago I had was nice. But what I like was the toilet wash basin. One word, traditional.

Cheers Fireman!!

Woohoo. Today FLSM site visit to SCDF training academy was really an experience for me. The live fire that I don't or won't come across so easily was indeed too "hot" to handle. I realised the importance of fire safety and the consequences and damages it can bring. Now the firemen are the greatest of all. Here are some pictures to share.

The fire roll over.

First Aid lesson :)

back again with mixed feelings

Around 3 weeks. I will be at Laos. I do not really feel excited about it nor anticipate what will take place over there. The few meetings had let me taste what is it like. Honestly speaking, I do enjoy what I am doing to contribute to this outreach. But somehow I just have mixed feeling. I am not really sure what is the main cause for it. Maybe there's lots of them or it's just that I'm thinking too much. Intiatially, most of us sign up for this trip but because of reasons only a few of us are going. I felt quite "sian" after that but I asked myself if I'm going there to help then I should have a positive attitude to serve. For that time, that was my motivation. Soon after the meetings, I saw that many of the students actually knew each other and moon had taught them before. Once again, I felt "sian". In total, there are about 40 students going excluding teachers. The group is considered big and the worse can be forseen- Cliques. Now I feel hardly motivated. But I kept encouraging myself everything is going to be ok, just don't think too much and don't give pressure to myself. I remembered something very meaningful of what moon said. That we should humble ourself and not putting ourself as the best one.

I want to feel looking forward to everything.

Put me to the test.

Week 17

Food Dryer 2 cum Infrared Dryer (side view)

Food Dryer 2 (front view)

Food Dryer 1 cum Pressure Swing Dryer

The moisture removal chamber...

It's the seventeenth week of our MP/SIP period and finally it's coming to an end. Nevertheless, it must end with a proper powerpoint presentation and a 1500 words report. Just last week, we were really getting more busy. Unlikely the usual where we still can afford to take a nice afternoon nap whenever we want. Now back to the PR2 that almost make us go a little insane.. Compiling all the necessary data and information needed for our ppt, printing them onto every single sheet of paper clearly, adjusting the best fit line on the graphs, sorting and labelling the photos of the samples, selecting the best quality of the samples.. (so much more to name)

Guess I got to end my post with another tiring day..

haha.. I still haven't gotten over the crazy times where we pressed the START and STOP buttons. =P

Thoughts of the day

The Infrared Heater (Food Dryer 2) is working finally! After dragging for so long, we resumed our testing and today, all the herbs were nicely dried, can say they are at least 99.8% dry. The results were much more better than we expected, in terms of colour, difference in weight, texture, the duration of the process and the efficiency of the dryer.

As the days draws nearer to the submission of our report, all of us are really getting down to our work seriously. I was thinking back though. It all didn't started well and throughout the process I've learned many things and gone through many experiences. True enough, there were times we couldn't get along with each other, we have to put up with each other, and also learn to listen to each other's idea and opinion.

With this bad temper and sucking attitude of mine, disputes and misunderstandings are hard to be avoided. Working with xin yi and qingyi in these 15 weeks had brought me up to another level as I find many areas in my life that I can change for the better. "Doesn't matter how u started but it's how well you end it." Thanks to everyone who makes a part of my life.

Anyway, 1 more day to the month of August and it is going to be an exciting one. N282 multiplication is coming, zhenn's and beng's birthday on the 4th, Festival of Praise on the 1st, 2nd and 3rd, fasting 6am-6pm every tues, wed and thurs, N282 steamboat farewell outing, SOT Graduation, xy's birthday, National Day, Beijing Olympics..

Hmmm.. Too much to mention. But let's get ready as we move on to August!

I'm Back!

*yawn


Hi! I'm back after being lazy for so long.
Hmmm... anyway, change my blog skin for a brand new beginning..
I spend the whole morning changing and setting the template. The result: back pain, eyes tearing.. sniff. sniff.


Now back to the systematic project phase.
Unfotunately to say, I getting quite sick and tired of doing the experiment.
It's been quite physical and emotional draining for me since I got to work, give tuition, project, family, church..


But it's going to be alright! Yeah!
All things will come to past and let's move on!
Everyone who is running the race of life, JIA YOU!

22nd June ECP-CGM

Hock Soon's badly injuired foot..

playing captain's papaya

Zhen Ying, Pamela, Saren, Angela

*hmmm.. did u see Angela's mole? =D

Sarah & Isabel

guitar- sing-along

Sarah & me

Angela & me

it's a bar! heheh.. soy & tomato

Si Yi, me & angela

Isabel

Angela & Si Ling

Resident cat of TP Mensa Canteen

kitten with its mum

feeding milk

3rd June TP Library Level 9 Toilet

These photos were taken like ages ago... dots.. it was during the UP YOUR SERVICE workshop in the library level 9 on 3rd June. I actually took all these from the toilet window. It's so cool because the toilet is using daylighting.. and when you come out of the toilet, this is what you see, a magnificient view..

6th June 2008 TP's Adventure Park

is it mirror or just us??.

toilet at TCC so many cubicles lox.



balancing..~

giant version of see-saw

floating tyres or donuts??.

Bedok Reservoir view