To be happy, or (nor?) sad

 Sunset yesterday!

So magical, the sun rays over Jurong...

As the title says... Well yeah today I don't know if I should feel happy or sad after the discussion I had with Dr Simon. But then that was in the morning after we discussed. At the end of the day... I think I should feel happier haha. Thanks to the Dalai Lama Book "Art of Happiness" I've been reading hahaha. Well yup I feel happier, after weighing the sadness down.

Just a reminder to myself, that things happen for a reason.

So yup today was a normal Thursday I suppose. Gosh can't believe it's Thursday already, Monday felt like yesterday! :O So anyway today was an alright day I guess, just a normal Thursday that goes as it is. So yay. Things dawn upon me that well, we take one step at a time! :) I know I'll finish this, and I'll finish this well. I know that I will finish my project. We will all finish it well!

Been raining for the past three days, the weather has gotten chilly and people are falling sick! So please take care of yourself people! Drink more water and don't forget the vitamin and juices and fruits and vegetables and exercise hehe. The drastic change of the weather I think is one of the factors that we're all falling sick so please take care alright! :)

So thanks to the chilly weather today I decided to have yong tau foo for dinner at Clementi. Oh so yummy, warms me up in such a cold day hehe. An at home I just rest well, laying on my bed watching TV (oh how healthy!) and I played some piano too. Funny how I spent about 2 hours watching TV and times seems to fly so fast -_- well, life is life.

Hmm... Currently thinking of decisions. I hope I don't make irrational ones but I know I don't! Haha. Just time will tell that's for sure... I hope I made the right one. I know I made the right one. Oh well.... Nevermind, one more day to decide. Though tonight I was doing some research.

Alright that's all for tonight! TGIF tomorrow! Woots :D

Things happen for a reason
If they don't happen for a reason
They wouldn't have happened at all

When I'm sad, I run

 This is my hometown

Happy Sunday everyone....! Right even though it's sort of ended now haha. Oh well still, happy Sunday and may you have a great week ahead! Today was a normal Sunday I guess. Oh, a rainy one too. I went to the temple as usual in the morning, and it was really cloudy in  Eunos. Then as I took the bus back it poured so heavily in town! Thankfully it got lighter when I arrived.

Then the sun shines again....

Anyway today at the Sunday Puja, a Bhante from Mangala Vihara (sorry I forgot his name :[ ) was talking to us, about human versus nature. How we humans are weaker than nature but with faith, we can overcome problems. Not in the context of like natural disasters and we overcome them, but more of how we grow back to recover. And also in the context of diseases.

I think he's very true. Come to think of it, we humans don't have the ability to just "throw away" our sickness the next day and get better. We can't just "get away" from a disaster and somehow get better totally the next day. We can't. But well our faith can. If we've the will to live, if we have the will to fight, we can go back to where we started, and get out from the condition.

The mind! Is everything. I think not only in Buddhist context, but generally, faith.

I fell asleep in the afternoon after the usual grocery shopping. I -almost- wanted to give my run a miss but hey I decided to still go for one cause I'm two weeks away to Safra 10K! Oh gosh, left with next Sunday for my last run before the race. But I can do this hehe. Today's run was longer and I somehow enjoy it, though I have not run since like two weeks ago too.

Somehow today after my run, as I was having my long walk to cool down... I was pondering about life. Everything that I went through during my walk, everything, was somehow related to life. I don't know how and why, but I just have that thoughts inside my head. Then as I ended my walk, I was just looking at the sky above me. This unexplainable sense of happiness and positivity rushed through me. Feels... Weirdly awesome. Somehow, the future played in my head. A bright future ahead.

I don't know why either, but it's good to dream, to visualise your goals right? And what's best is... They just play in my head. How, somehow, everything is going to happen.

Alright perhaps I can enlighten your more with my thoughts soon. I'll write them here. As for now I need to go to bed! Week 20 starts tomorrow! Ahwooh! Awesome week ahead (Y)

Free yourself

If One Day

 Boat ride

Today was such a great Saturday hehe. An exciting one, and once again I did something for the first time in my life which I reckon to be something worth blogging about! :) I had a great weekend so far, and well I'm thankful that my days were getting better after I'm back here though I was feeling terrible after my 6 days leave. May my days be better here then! :)

Anyway today.... I did a studio photoshoot for the first time! Yup with all those cool gadgets and the trigger flash and so on. I have no experience in this, and thus I was feeling rather nervous before we start. Didn't manage to get nice shots in the beginning. Cause we used a wrong setting (the person told us after the first half of the shoot). But we get awesome shots after that.

Yup I'm helping Kai to take photos of her models (which is her best friend and her sister) for her blogshop! They really know how to pose so that's good, they're natural in front of the camera. I have no experience in studio photoshoot. I did read up on some in one magazine but I couldn't remember every detail. And most of the thoughts and ideas came from... Watching fashion shows like ANTM, Project Runway and also from my sister's magazines! Heh blessing in disguise.

So anyway thank you Kai for giving me the opportunity. To be honest I've been wanting to try to do a photoshoot for models, I think it's a cool thing :P So when she asked me if I can help her part of me doubted myself thanks to no-experience, and part of me is excited too! So yup thanks for giving me that opportunity and I hope you like the photos though we didn't manage to get nice ones in the beginning. And thanks to your mum for sending me back to Clementi! :D

After the shoot I went home, wanted to head out to get dinner but I ended up falling asleep from like 6 to 8 -_- so much for "I'm getting up at 7 to buy food" haha. So well laziness kicked in and I had supermi for dinner instead, which is still yummy and a perfect comfort food. Cause I want to eat something soupy as well. Instant noodles FTW!

Yesterday was a bonding day for the people at my intern company! So we went to Ubin for a day out, cycling and kayaking hehe. Oh I love the island so much. And for a $10 deal for both activities I think it's really a great deal! I enjoyed my day with them :) To Kayak with Ciara and just floating around the sea and had a chat with Kat and Victor haha so awesome (Y)

After that I went for dinner and a drink with Vithya, Kai and Candy. It's a post-birthday celebration for Vithya! Happy belated birthday woman, hope you enjoyed the dinner and the drink hehe. Gosh we were so high yesterday, I couldn't exactly remember what happened haha. But it was fun, I enjoyed going out with them. Talking about nothing else but life. And had a good laugh too!

Alright I guess that's all for now. Can't believe it will be the last week of August next week. It's nearing. The end that is. Okay I can't wait to go to the temple tomorrow! And going for a run too. Awesome Sunday waiting for me ahead, awesome week waiting for me ahead.

If one day you feel like it's the end
Take a look back, that long road
Ventured by you, turns and bends
Take a look ahead, a road so braod
You went through this far
You have a long way ahead
So why give up?

Back to work

Hello, yes today is the last day of my leave. It's a 3-day leave but with the weekends, it turned into six. But well yeah I really had a great time for the past 6 days. So great, the six felt like three. But well yes, before I left for Indonesia I told myself I want to have a great time, I want to rejuvenate and I want to take a good break for that 4 days back at home. And sure I did, as I said 4 days seems like a nice duration for a getaway, especially home.

And I returned to Singapore on Monday with my mum, sister, brother and his girlfriend. My mum, sis and I stayed at Marina Bay Sands Hotel! First time staying there and it's so freaking awesome. Though we got a room on the second floor, and... Not much view can be seen. But I love the hotel. Service was great and everything's cool there.

I had a great 3 days in Singapore as well, walking and traveling around with my mum and sister. Shopping, seeing stuff, and eating. I think I ate so much in the last three days I definitely gained some kilos. Oh well I will shed it off haha no worries. Well come to think of it it's been 10 years since my mum and I traveled abroad together. Usually it's her who comes here and visit me. Now, both of us went to Singapore together. And it feels good of course.

And it's been 2 years since she last visited Singapore. Time flies huh, it felt like yesterday. But nevertheless it felt good, the past three days, going out together with her, my sis, brother and his girlfriend. Which is pretty much something I've been wanting to do, since I'm most of the time away from them.

Now that well, I'm going back to work tomorrow, I just feel sad of course. Cause I had such a great time in the past 6 days and now I'm back to work, back to reality I suppose? Haha. Well as I've always believe and tell myself whenever I feel sad to go back to Singapore (be it school or etc) I always tell myself that there's time for everything in life. Time to have fun, time to be serious, time to get to work.

I wished for a short getaway, and my wish is granted. I wished to go back for a while, my wish is granted. So now yup, I can't be selfish and wish for a nice getaway all the time right? So it's time to go back to work, and my wish is to lets just finish my project. Time is running out and I still have quite a few to do. So yup, lets just finish my experiments. And I want to finish my report as well, and presentation. I want to give in all my best and make this the best presentation I've done, and report I've ever written. I can do this!

On the side note...

Going back last week, I know, was the right thing to do, and the right choice I made. Going back got me thinking. Thinking quite further and deeper, that the decision I've made was the right one. I guess I knew it long ago that one day, I have to make that decision. And that one day is here. And now I'm just waiting for me to carry out that decision. Which will come real soon.

Well. Time is time.

Dear life, give me strength and get me out of this sadness I've been having for the past 4 hours. I don't know why, may tomorrow shine bright and smile widely to me. And may I smile as wide as tomorrow too. Yup, as bright as the sun would shine on a fine summer's day.

Funny how today I became that boy who came to Singapore 10 years ago.
Today I'm sad because I understand.
While back then I was sad because I didn't

Homed

 Just some photos I took two days ago :)

Hello everyone! I'm home! Heh. Well... Yeah home now, and I'm coming back tomorrow :( With my mum, sis, bro and his girlfriend though at least. I'll still be on leave till Wednesday that is. But yeah, I'm coming back to Singapore tomorrow. Sigh... Oh well at least I really enjoyed my four days spent here! I think 4 days is a perfect duration for a holiday. Especially home :)

Well yup sorry for not blogging for the past three days. I'll get so tired and sleepy at night that I ended up not blogging. I either fell asleep or yeah. But the past three days have been awesome. Really awesome. It's been 11 years really since I was last home for hari raya. Or we call it lebaran here. Well I'm not a Muslim and I don't celebrate hari raya but I just simple love the atmosphere of lebaran here in my hometown. Every year is it something we look forward to. Pretty good huh?

So yes, it's been 11 years, so it feels really good and fortunate to once again experience it. Things never fully change I suppose. The takbiran is still there. The rhythm of the bedug. The chattering of people. I guess this time round it feels kind of empty. Cause back when I experienced it the last time, my cousins were still here. My aunt, my grandma and yeah. So more lively I suppose. But it's okay, I got my siblings here. My family too, and it's great :) [Though the more the merrier]

The first day here was spent at my dad's garden and yup, so many things have change of wow! More beautiful that is. With my dad's factory being closed for hari raya, it feels pretty quiet here. The road however was quite jammed because perhaps people are rushing to prepare for hari raya. The last minute shopping and so on. And also people who are going back to their hometowns as well. That explain the jammed road.

In Hari Raya eve or the malam takbiran, that's when things get exciting haha. The takbiran, then sounds of the bedug, children, youths and people saying the takbir through the loudspeaker from the mosques (though I heard it's recording....) makes me feel, truly home. I really miss the atmosphere of the takbiran. And it feels good to experience it once again. And oh we also went for a barbecueing session in the evening too, just like the old times.

As for today, the streets were really empty. I guess people stayed at home or were going for house visits, that's why the roads were empty. But then it got lively again in the evening when people start to go out for shopping sessions and so on. I spent the evening at my dad's garden again too, which is really lovely cause the weather was so lovely and nice. Oh, and fireworks too!

Well... Yes, somehow going home was the right things, was the right choice to do. As I said, I don't know why but I just need to go home even though it was 4 months ago since I was last home, and usually I can not-go-back for like 6 months straight or so. Don't ask me why, I'm home now and I feel good. I know I made the right choice and yeah home is good. I really have to say that yes, 4 days is really a great duration for a holiday haha.

2 I call it the desperate holiday, 3 is the not too-long and 4 is nice :)

I'm coming back to Singapore tomorrow, though I'll only be back to work on Thursday. Thanks to the public holiday tomorrow! If not I really have to take a 4-day leave instead. With a limited number of leaves I have to plan my days properly. 3 were already taken out of my plan so yeah. I'll make full good use of it I suppose. I have to.

I'll be coming back home again in November for my brother's engagement teehee. So yeah dear home, I'll see you again in 2 months time I suppose. I can't wait for the December holidays. That's when I'll be done with ITP and FYP, a great 3-week holiday is all I need yeah? And I can't wait for January even more, AKA the new year. Cause I'm finally coming back as a student! Haha. Full time student that is. Though I'll also be sad that my poly life will soon come to an end.

Well whatever it is, I'm really recharged now from this break I took. Though it was short, I truly reckon that it was needed. I hope that when I'm back in the office, I'll be kicking again, ready to tackle the work I'll have. And also I will finish my project smoothly and I'll prepare for the last stretch of it. As Dr Simon said before I leave on Thursday, take a good break, come back and be ready to finish your project.

And of course, I, will, finish the project :)

Okay I guess that's all for now. Can't run away from the fact that I'm coming back tomorrow, and I'm starting work again on Thursday. And of course at the same time, I know that I have fully enjoyed myself here. Let's go for the last stretch, I'll end this meaningfully, beautifully. As my sister said to me, the last three months will be very fast. Must make the best out of everything!

Good night.

I'm finally coming home

 I'm finally here

Not to fetch someone

Nor send someone off

But to take a plane

And fly home

Hello everyone! I'm currently at Changi Airport terminal 3. Sitting on this really comfy chair beside this huge ass window. Writing, blogging, and just chilling over a bottle of green tea that I bought just now hahaha. Anyway yes. I'm finally going back home! The day I've been waiting for is here, the moment I've been waiting for will be here soon too hah.

Well yup... Somehow in my ten years of studying here I have never felt so homesick before. I don't know why. Especially in July, I think it's the month I've been feeling real homesick hah. So yeah to know that I'll be going back, it's good. I just want to rest over the next couple of days. I want to forget about work, forget about life, and just enjoy and rejuvenate myself.

Today co-incidentally marks the 4th month of internship. So yeah, it also means 4 months since the last time I've been home. I used to go back home in like after 8 months of school or something like that. 6 maybe. Now, four months. See, I've been feeling kinda homesick and I don't know why. Maybe the environment that I'm being exposed to, and the life I'm living is different of a student's life. Right?

Oh well whatever it is, I'm happy that I'm finally coming home. That I'm finally coming back, seeing my family, enjoying good food. And once again be in my hometown. So yes, I hope in the next 4 days I can go back and rejuvenate myself. I know that going back is the right choice for me. I hope that when I'm back next week, I'll be recharged, and fully awesome! Ready for work.

Yeah, I'm coming home. So well, I'll see you in Sukabumi then! :)

Today was a sad sad Tuesday

Well as the title says... Yes today was a sad day for me. Just sad. But the weird thing is? Today was a normal day, everything goes as it is, there's nothing majorly wrong that makes me feel sad, nor there is something majorly sad that makes me sad. I'm just sad. I don't know why either, just this wave of sadness rushing over me. And it sucks. When you don't know what's going on hah.

I don't know, is it the hormones, is it that time of the month, is it just me.

Or, is it just life

Whatever the case is, I know tomorrow will be a better day, and so will Thursday, as I'll be going back! On Thursday night baby. I can't wait to get on that plane to make it on my way home. Though it will only be for a short 3 days, I will enjoy myself as much as I can and I know I will. I think going back will be a great thing for me. Cause I've been really needing a break. And I haven't got a proper one since April. And plus, I terribly miss home. So much.

It's quite funny, as I once said that in the past 10 years of studying here, I've never gotten so homesick like now, like this year. Well yeah, I don't know why either but well, home is where my heart yearn to belong. No matter where am I, home will always be in my heart.

Okay just a short update. May tomorrow be a much better and happier day for me.

Goodnight.

4 days away from home

 Meow

I wish I was a cat at times

Yes as the title says, I'm 4 days away from home! Haha. I'll be going back to Indonesia this Thursday. Yup I took a 3-day leave and I'm using the Hari-Raya public holiday on Monday so I get to go back longer hehe. Can't wait to go back! To reach home once again and meet my family once more. Weird, it's only 4 months since I last went back. And I'm missing home badly.

Though last time I remembered that I could spend like 8 months in Singapore till the next holiday. Perhaps things are different now, than back then. What I went through, and so on. Oh well whatever the case is I'm coming back home, and it's good yes. Though I don't like to think of the sadness I'm going to experience once I'm coming back here again. I'll only be home for a short 4 days anyway.

Talking about home, I was dreaming of home last night and it felt so real. Seriously. I dreamt I was back at home, it was 3 AM and as usual I was helping my mum to cook dinner for my dad (cause he eats dinner at that time). I just returned home and yep in my dream I was helping my mum cook. It felt so real... Felt like I'm back at home again cause everything felt the same in my dream, as my home.

I guess yes, I pretty much miss home very much.

Today was an ordinary Sunday I suppose. I went to the temple as usual. Was early so I made it for Puja whew! I thought I was gonna be late but yay I wasn't. I decided to go for Kathina this year, and yes it's my first time. So I bought a robe today to be given to the monk on Kathina day which is in October. Can't wait for it! New experience, new exposure :)

Went to Somerset today to get more stuff to bring back. So I decided to have lunch there too, then heading back for grocery shopping. Quite funny how at times I want to go back ASAP from the temple, and have a good rest at home. Then at times I want to stay in Starbucks for a while to chill and write my journal. Today was the first choice. Plus I have quite a few things to do.

Thanks to the on-going Olympcis, going for a run today was an extra-pushy one! Haha. I didn't run for two weeks already now (I swapped running to swimming last week heh) and I was just watching the 4x400m relay yesterday and I was really sort of inspired by the athletes! I kept on telling myself to not give up, and just imagine myself as a 5000m runner haha. Great run though :) I'm glad I didn't stop, and that my timing is sort of maintained. Yay :D

I was given some work to do on Friday and was determined to finish it today. My plan was to do it in the afternoon but damn I fell asleep so I didn't do it. But I did it before running, 1/4 of it. Then was thinking of doing it at night. But after my run I decided to push it and I finished it before dinner! It was good, I had time for myself after dinner hehe.

Well I'm glad that the week I've been waiting for is finally here. The week that I'll be going back! Can't wait for Thursday night to arrive. To be on that plane to Jakarta, to be in my car to Sukabumi, and to be in my room sleeping once again. I hope time will fly more quickly from tomorrow till Thursday, and as slowly as possible from Friday to next Wednesday haha.

To an awesome and great and quick week 18! :)

Hard Work Paid Off

 Good job to us! :) Awesome job :D

Today was a great day! A really great day for us, my awesome space challenge team! Cause we won the challenge under mission three which is the next generation healthcare and medical technology! (Y) Great job to the three of us, Vithya, Syazwani and I who came to NTU to present today. And thank you Mr Woo for being an awesome lecturer to accompany us there, and to send us back to SP as well.

I really couldn't believe that we won. Well I guess all I can say is that great job, thank you for your hard work you put in. The Sunday nights we have burnt and the other days when we need to do our assignment as well. Thank you for everything. To come up with such a report, and then eventually being selected for the presentation when we don't have any time to meet except for Sunday nights, and best part? Through Skype! So thank you, our hard work is surely paid off.

Thank you Syazwani and Vithya as well who came down to present despite of you both taking a leave today. And to Kai who managed to squeeze her schedule to come for the presentation but couldn't make it in the end. To Candy as well, though sadly you fell sick today (get well soon!) Basically to all of us, we couldn't have made it here without each of our hard work. We're a team, and there's no I in it. Whatever you gave no matter how big or small, is, still, part of our achievement.

I know that the past few days have been really uneasy between you and me. But all I want to say is let's just let things go. Whatever happened, happened. And whatever will happen will happen. Everything is over now so yup lets cheers to our hardwork! Thank you for everything once and for all. We'll discuss one day on the prize but of course we'll spread it evenly. And your certs are with me anyway.

It's over. Smile okay? :)

Anyway after the presentation and prize ceremony, I went to Vivo to meet Ade, Jes, WQ, MF and Neal for dinner! We had a hard time choosing what to eat but ended up settling at Asian Kitchen. Really yummy duck noodle soup omg. I wish I had two bowls though :P And yep it was a great catch-up with them especially to Adeline and MF who are starting their universities life next week! All the best guys and have fun ok! A new chapter is beginning so jiayou! :)

Alright I guess that's all for now. Really tired and I'm heading off to bed. So see you! :)

I'm happy that my hard work is paid off too.

Happy 47th Birthday Singapore!

 Photos I took at Holland V today

Happy Birthday Singapore!

First of all.... Wishing Singapore

A Happy 47th Birthday!

May you prosper and grow always! And become more beautiful hehe. Oh wow, it's been 10 years since I spent my life studying in this sunny island. 10 National Day Parades (though I missed the 2002 one cause I went back hah) and many memories. So yeah, thank you for the friendship forged, chances given and memories made.

You will always have a place in my heart as I grow old, no matter where I'll be in the future.

Today is national day so yes it's a holiday! I had a great 10 hours of sleep last night. Which hmm kinda ruined my plan for the day. I was planning to get up early, like 10 AM and clean up my room. And then do some stuff for the space presentation tomorrow, and then just spend the afternoon resting, and getting dinner, then watch NDP.

Of course the second two things happened as per planned haha. I woke up at 11:30 today. So well yes, whatever happened happened. So I woke up and made myself some guacamole! For lunch. Just had a craving for it like on Sunday but since my avocado hasn't ripened yet,  and it ripened today, so yes I just made it today. Really good for a first time, but not as good as the one I had in the US.

Then I moved on to cleaning up my room, which happened like only 70% of it. Damn, could have done more but procrastination get the better of me. And was settling some of the space stuff too so yep. And was craving for C.Jade fried rice last night (please don't ask me why the weird cravings) so I got it for today's dinner! Yummy.

And as usual, National Day's evening is spent at home watching National Day haha.

I kinda like this year's parade. Every parade there's something new so it's good. Love the marching segment as always cause it made me miss my TSMB days where we would march and do drills. And also I like the performance with the fire thingy! The explosion at the end was damn cool haha. NDP is always great, and at the same time it made me feel old too, that time flies.

It's been 10 years since I began my study journey here in Singapore. 2002 was the year, it began with me studying at NYU language centre cause I couldn't speak English fluently. Those were the days where I would go to Adelphi Building at City Hall for lessons. From 9 to 1 I think. With my Indonesian housemate Vesti. Me, a small 10 year old boy... It was just so.... Hahaha.

Then I entered Pei Tong Primary in 2003 as a P4 kid, took my PSLE and then moved into Tanglin Secondary School. The 4 years were really awesome, the O Level days, it was really fun. I think secondary school is the period where I grow the most I guess, as a young man. Leaving teenhood and then yup. Left Tanglin in 2009, and now I'm in my 3rd year in SP since 2010.

As I was typing those words above, That 2 paragraph is how my life went for the past 10 years, in a very very short summary. Feels like the speed of that 10 years is equal to the speed of me typing these two paragraphs. I can still remember some memories that would sometimes flashes in my mind. A train ride to city hall. A bus ride to Tanglin. A walk home after school in Pei Tong. Memories.

Oh well, I know that one day I would leave this sunny city. And well perhaps this will be the last time that I would watch NDP in the comfort of my room here in Singapore. I just hope that in the future I can come back for another National Day :) I hope to be one of the people in red watching the parade live. It's gonna be a dream come true for me.

Okay tonight will be a busy night with lots of things to prepare for space. So lets go! All the best to us tomorrow for the presentation at NTU. I hope we can bring back some good news. And even if we don't, I'm sure we will bring some good experience. Good night!

This is home, truly

Music unites

 

 Bird Fly Free

Carry my troubles away from me

Taken today

Hello everyone, whew what a day it has been I supposed. I'm now lying down on my bed blogging, life's really good haha. Finally been waiting for today cause tomorrow is National Day so it's a holiday! I get to take a break hehe. And so tonight gonna take it easy and just chill. Finally a break after about 2 months of no holiday heh.

Anyway today was alright I guess... I woke up with a heavy heart. I don't want to talk about it here. But well today was just alright, I'm glad that it's over. Oh I haven't told you but we have been selected to present for the SPACE final presentation on Friday! Can't believe this but well what to expect as well since there are two teams only. But I'm kinda excited! Haha.

It's my first time going for this kind of competition so that's why I'm kinda excited for this. Plus we're just one step away from the end of this whole thing so just push it through I guess. Win or lose, I'm just going to give it a go. If we win we take home the prize. If we lose we take home the experience. Though I just have this feeling that we have a high chance of winning heh.

Anyway today was a company half day so we went for KTV session in the afternoon! It was almost like 6 hours of singing. It was great though that I get to sing and bond with them. Nothing beats the joy of singing my heart out to let the stress out haha. And hehehe I get to see another side to my colleagues! We just had fun, and it was awesome :)

Alright I guess that's all for tonight. I shall keep an update tomorrow. Singapore is growing older by a year tomorrow. Time flies huh. Ten years it has been :)

Good night.

We live in a day

 

Hello, sorry for not writing yesterday. Somehow somewhat I forgot to write. Keyword: Somehow somewhat haha. But well yep here I am writing. Horrible, opened my blog page on 10:57 and it's 12:10 now and I just started writing. Oh well my mind always wander to the places my body couldn't go. Was watching some nice videos too haha.

Anyway today's the first day of week 17. Gonna be a short week I suppose with National Day on Thursday. I guess the week started off well, we did our third round of immunostaining today and we did antigen retrieval this time round, so I'm really hoping it can work. Hope the heat really does retrieve those shy antigens being blocked by the cross-links.

Tomorrow we'll continue and on Wednesday we will image it. Cross our fingers!

Today was a somehow... I-feel-tired-at-the-end-of-the-day day. Perhaps due to the fact that I couldn't sleep last night (I slept at 2:30 AM -_-) and yeah. I reached home at about 6:15 today and was just lying down to watch the TV. Was about to prepare dinner at 7 but I found myself sleeping and I woke up at like 7:30. Then... I don't know why but I craved for chocolate so I ate one.

Then.... I fell asleep again and woke up at 10 -_- oh gosh I don't know why but yeah. And somehow that chocolate made me really full and I ended up not eating dinner at all. I just had blueberries and cucumber for a snack just now haha. Now I'm in a state of being hungry and being not. Weirdest feeling ever I must say. Hope I won't wake up tomorrow morning feeling famished.

Perhaps yeah I'm really tired from the lack of sleep. I'm heading to bed soon anyway, hopefully enough rest till tomorrow. Planning to go back to band to practice as well.

I've been feeling pretty rather weird these few days. Or just in fact today. Like somehow after work, I don't want to go back home straight. But I want to go somewhere for a while before I head back home. It was weird to an extent that I was on the urge of taking a cab somewhere just to go somewhere basically. But of course I didn't do that. Peak hour = expensive.

Telling myself I've been wanting a break somewhere. Well I guess my wish is coming true with my going back next Thursday, so I can't wait for that. Perhaps this weekend I should go somewhere to take a break too. And when I mean somewhere of course somewhere like ECP or something like that haha. Music, wind, sky, me time, good time.

Can't wait for Thursday, I'm planning a major room clean up on that day. I hope it will be successful! Haha. And I hope procrastination won't get the better of me. Meow. Okay goodnight everyone, may the rest of week 17 be as awesome!

We live in a day,
A moment of our lives
Seemingly insignificant in many ways
But we don't know
We understimate
The power of a moment

Suns of August

 Lets go for a getaway!

Whew, hello there, finally I'm blogging now. The last day of the week. Yup I guess I don't have to give the reason why I didn't blog for the entire week. When I reached home all I wanna do is just to rest and unwind, watch some TV and just yeah, chill after a long day of work. Or at times I just don't feel like blogging. But well here am I. Been a long week, I can write now.

This week has been a great one I suppose. We did lots of experiments so yeah it's good. And well it's kinda depressing that our immunostaining failed on Wednesday when we visualised it with confocal. But after redoing it a second time yesterday, today we see great results! I heaved a sigh of relief as I went whew, like as if I can enjoy the weekend well now.

Though we need to do a few optimising.

Anyway yes, it's been a long week, this 16th week. I just want to rest for the weekend. Of course I can spend it by just staying at home doing nothing. Watch TV, a nice drink on an afternoon. But well I might go out tomorrow. Somewhere, ECP maybe. Somewhere where beach and sun meets haha. I just need a short getaway. Yup somewhere nice with music and my book and pen.

It's quite funny how I've been telling myself to go to these "trips" to the beach, or the park. But well so far I've never done that (latest was Labrador Park, which was in February back in year 2). Sometimes perhaps it's just time, and fatigue. Or laziness. But yeah, I hope I can go to one soon. Just maybe a few hours by the beach listening to music.

I've always wished for a holiday overseas. Somewhere exotic. Of course in my situation now, time wouldn't let me do it. Life wouldn't let me do it. So just a trip to a beach would be lovely, even though I didn't leave overseas for a break. Just go for a getaway to forget about life, for that mere 2 hours or so maybe. And then perhaps I can get lost, to know myself.

I really do hope though, that in December after everything is over, I get to go for a short holiday somewhere. Thinking of Laos. Or Vietnam. Maybe somewhere closer to home like Bali. But well still have a long way to go so I'll worry about it later I guess. But yeah just a short break. I'm sure all of us deserve one right? At the end of the day.

Oh well. Human nature will always be human nature.

Alright I guess I shall stop now. I hope I get to do something relaxing and fulfilling tomorrow! Let's make my weekend a wonderful weekend! Ciao :)