Monday

If you can think of the smallest things that make you unhappy

What about the small beautiful things that can make you smile?

Have you forgotten about them?

They are there. Sometimes their days are more horrible than us

Cause we don't seem to recognise them when they're in front of us

Well uhh yeah today is Monday! What a great day... Ehh no. Ehh yeah I guess. Kind of a funny day, but at the same time well, it's just another Monday and somehow somewhat everyone seems to get the Monday blues, and yeah including me too. First I woke up late :/ Can't believe I woke up at 850 for a 9 o clock class. Rushed off to school and miraculously reach by 9.13 and thankfully we were just starting as well.

Practical was alright, but I guess we just need to sharpen our... Flowchart and bench top managements. As a result of my carelessness I got pricked twice (it was my fault anyway) and well worth the pain I guess. For the name of science. It's kind of a bad habit that I always assume things. In the science world. NEVER ASSUME. And at the same time, when I double check, people would scold me for not listening.

But anyway as the Chinese Proverb which I found today says:

"Ask a question and appear a fool for five minutes. Don't ask and remain a fool for life"


Meaning? I'd rather double check, get scolding whatever, than get everything wrong. It's the medical world after all, no spot for a single mistake. But well, I just wish... People wouldn't jump into conclusions.

ANYWAY

Okay I'm feeling pretty grumpy today. See? The Monday blues.

So after prac it was lunch and we got the super wrong timing. Went to FC3 and the queues were horrible. Went to FC5 and KFC was awesomely "fast" too. We ended up having 15 minutes for lunch, which I gobbled down all the food and suffer from heartburn and some sort of tummy ache. But pulled through C.chem presentation and lecture.

Next we have Med Micro pre-practical and we got "trolled" by Ms Kwek!!! But same thing, it's our fault for not checking the IC numbers :( Damn you James Lui or Rui or whatever hahaha! And then the long "bad" day was really over. And I met Yisheng to pass him the montage and photo, which Candy joined and we had a good time chatting together. Went to DSD and chatted with Yong An and Clement as well.

But hey! So much for complaining, and well I need to live up to my motto as always - Be grateful in life!

Today's an awesome day, you know why?

Scoldings during C.Chem lesson and Med Micro - as I once said, there's no room for error in the medical world. The scoldings we got today is just a reminder, and a training for us to not repeat these horrible mistakes which can turn lethal and complicated when we're working in the future. Look on the bright side, we'll be more careful next time. Learn from the mistakes we did today!

Long lunch crowd - Well at least I had an enjoyable time queuing up with Syaz and talking with her. And a really hearty meal with my classmate in class. Even though we were rushing, I'm grateful that Mr Ng started the lesson slightly later seeing us still having a little bit of our lunch. And at least we breezed through the lesson and presentation well. Right?

And at the end of the day, I'm given a beautiful sunset by the evening sky :) There's nothing I could wish for is there? So yeah. Today was such an awesome day! :)

You see people, the thing is, we tend to have lots of bad days. And most of the time, it is the small little bad things that make the whole day horrible. But if you have the ability to always look on the bright side and be positive of all the negative things (unless it's really negative, then just forget it), your horrible day is simply a wonderful day. Well I guess it's all in the mind. As I always believe.

So yep people, at the same time, do remember that no matter how horrible your day can be, there are thousands of other people in the world that may be having a more horrible day than yours. Be grateful, be thankful that your day went that way, and not a worst way. Right?

See, I'm being grumpy again. Monday blues!

Alright I guess that's all for now. Need to do some stuff for practical tomorrow. Hopefully tomorrow's practical won't be so hellish as last week's. Remember people, if you can find the reasons why today is such a bad day, it doesn't mean tomorrow won't be an awesome day! :) Nights!

The mind sees what the eyes doesn't see. The heart hears what the ear doesn't hear.

Journey. Never. Ends

I miss the feeling of being among the clouds

Above the clouds

On top of the world

Everyone seems to have a "bad" day, since it's Friday the 13th. But hey! I had an AWESOME day :D Well okay not the beginning I guess. I woke up late -.- and actually... I don't know. It felt so good to fell asleep and then sleep for 8 hours! First time after sleeping for like 4-5 hours for this week, But it was really good. So what happened was I was waiting for my montage to finish saving (it took so long) and then I remembered clearly, it was 1250! Went to bed to "lay down for a while" and woke up at 9. How sweet.

Anyway yeah I woke up late, rushed to school and then yup, went on with our changed-to-haemotology class and yup! Today's lesson is really interesting cause it's about Leukimia! I'm always interested with cancers. Well not to its negative side but well, I'm just interested about it. Hopefully can learn more things about this :) After class went to HV cause I need to print more photos. I went with Vithya! :D

Went to have lunch at the Mexican restaurant we love to go to (I mean she love to go to and I love to go to, our first time eating there haha!). And yes! What a hearty lunch... I had tacos while she had buritos! Then went to take my photos and went back to SP to meet up with my KK peeps to do the preparation! :) It was really good to meet all of them again :) 

So anyway after meeting some of them in the library, printing the necessary stuff, we went to InnoV to set up the place! Thank you so much to those who were there in helping out the setting up of the place. Really great job, and we worked quick! And when the place was once set up, we prepare the slides, montages etc. Thank you Candy for working hard on the video montage! :D And then it was showtime! Mwahaha

I'm really glad that everyone seems to enjoy the montage! :) Thanks to Sigur Ros as well... Hoppipolla for the summit part is just a BRILLIANT choice :) I got goosebumps when watching it too. And I almost teared cause the music, the photos and the memories are just... Too awesome. Feels like this flood of memories just rushed through me. And it's kind of hard to control it. I guess the trip was really awesome. 

Sigh, couldn't get rid of the regret I had for not taking photos AT the summit itself. And a video. Which I actually planned to do that the night before. But AMS stroke and... Too bad I guess. Hmm perhaps it's just the mountain wanting me to climb Mt Kinabalu again! And this time round with my DSLR hohoho... I will! Hehe :)

And the video montage that Candy did. OMG couldn't control my laughter! It was just too funny. My stomach was hurting at that moment cause of excessive laughing heh. But yeah it was pretty good, watching all of these. It's like as if those moments just happened yesterday. Which in fact it happened... WAIT. OMG it happened one month ago! When we summited Mt K. What a beautiful co-incidence no?

Yup after the sharing and everything, I headed home, smiling. I don't know why. Must be the fun, the memories returned, the time travelled. In a sense, it's also the joy. The triumph and glory we all have for summiting mount K. I was just reflecting back on the way home, how I ended up in the trip. How I ended up in the summit of Mt K when climbing a mountain wasn't in my agenda.

I guess when Lao-tzu says "Every journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step", he really mean it. In many ways, we all embark on a journey. I personally believe that life itself is a journey made out of small journeys. Be it a new job, a new school, a new class, a new trip, a new place. It's all a journey. Like my Mt K trip, it's a journey too. And since every journey begins with a single step, so do our KK journey!

Just ask yourself, while everyone would love to spend their holiday nicely, why would you spend it climbing a mountain? When everyone wants to study for their exams, why would you want to sacrifice precious time for trainings every week? Ask yourself, why do you want to go for this trip. And as for me? I want to challenge myself. And I want to fulfil my life-long dream of climbing a mountain. And to travel around the world.

I might not be a thrill-seeker. Nor a sporty and active person. But I sure am someone who loves to challenge myself. And travelling. Plus climbing a mountain is part of my life's to-do list. So yeah. And make more friends of course! I've been through a few school trips. And I've made great friendships with the people there (GT FTW!) and now I have more friends. Friends whom I've spent those 5 days. Or more than that, together as a team. We have a long way to go. And well, it's just great to have all these people with me :)

And I've of course learnt a lot from the trip, please refer back to my post in December. But well, I sort of thought of something. I truly believe that no journey truly ends. In one way or another, it will continue. Be it the memories you carry, or the lessons you learnt. Or the images you have in your mind, or simply the time you spent that you'll never forget.

Yes. Every journey in my life will never end. Take example my Inner Mongolia OCIP. It's been over for almost... 4 months? But I still remember the moments we have there. And definitely I still meet up with my team. I still apply what I've learnt there. And I still remember what I brought back from there. My secondary school? It's been over for almost 3 years. And I still remember the moments.

In a sense, yes, move on. The journey is over, physically. But it will never be over mentally and psychologically. It's with you all the time :)

Okay sorry for the a bit unclear post. But well yeah. Those are my thoughts. I sure have learnt a lot from this KK trip. And will surely carry what I've learnt with me. I guess the only journey that will end is life itself. But I do hope, my journey will be continued by the lives of others :)

Tarima!

Unproductive

Sunset today

Pretty amazing huh

I went to another part of the rooftop

Came back, only to realise this scene was gone

Live every moment of your life - don't miss a single one

Don't forget to live it wonderfully

That's the word I hate. But something I can't avoid. Something I regretted for this weekend. Yes! Me being such a lazy ass :/ But oh well... I have time now to redeem and return my words back to my mouth. So work after blogging! Rawrrr

Anyway just a thought of a lazy Sunday... Packed my stuff cause they're all in boxes now (due to the renovation that was going on in December) and it's not done yet! Still got like 4 boxes but they're books so easy to put back. Not some huge stuff that needs manoeuvring hehe.

Shall finish em soon!

Alright short post today. Just wanna end off with a thought I came about.

Is life really worth living, to complain on the tiniest imperfections it has?


Good night :)

Give back

This is so worth going up the 40th storey

I'll go the distance, to take a photograph

Today was really an awesome day I guess! It's the 3rd and last day of SP Open House and Vithya and I volunteered at the SPCC as course counsellor! It's my 2nd year doing this, and I wanna do it next year! I guess I just love interacting with people. Weird uh, even though I'm one introvert. But well I just like talking to potential Biomed-ers and their parents :)  

Anyway I volunteered yesterday too. Yesterday was alright I guess, mainly O Level graduates less of parents. And as for today they are mainly parents! And students as well. But well I'm happy to see that the parents are not those "demanding" ones. And they let their children choose the course they want and not really "force" their children to take the course. They even let them explore other courses. 

Met lots of potential Biomed-ers and they're reallu interested in.... RESEARCH! Teehee,  But well some are really interested in cardiac, cause they wanna be those in the fore-front, interacting with patients. Sadly they're turned off by the cut-off point. But I always tell them to have faith, since they don't know their results anyway. And a common question is whether they'll get a placing in medicine. Well sure you will, if you work hard :)

Interestingly, many asked me about my poly experience. Which is really AWESOME! Haha. Told them about our practicals and CCAs, and also the OCIPs and more. And even more interestingly, one asked me if Biomed is a competitive course. How are the people? Well, I always tell them - Don't be afraid. Just do your best in school. Cause for me, I don't come to school to compete but to learn :)

Anyway after CLS duty I went for my LEAP duty with Jingjing, Yuewei and Firman! I was late cause I went for lunch first, sorry guys! :P But it was fun. At least... Well the students are more accommodating than the ones on Wednesday hahaha. They're all interested in the wall and not run away from me when I approached them :P After our duty, we went to McCafe to spend out coupons and have a great chat there :)

What a great day really! :D

Well I guess helping out in school events like SPOH is a way for me to pay back to the school, to return a favour to what the school has done for me. I know you guys will say "Like as if the school fee is not expensive enough" but well, just gratitude I guess. Anyway, I totally see nothing wrong in being a volunteer. And it's not as if I'm being forced to go for the open house.

As for those whom I've talked with today, I do hope my explanation about Biomed is enough! And I hope to see you in April this year :) 

After the open house duty I went to Holland V first to develop my KK photos and my film. It was damn stupid of me to... Somehow somewhat alight one stop before my HV stop -.- not sure why, I was tweeting at that time though and then rushed off, and I was like since when HV has a market in front of the the bus stop and then I went. Right.... But anyway had a great small walk and took some nice photos :)

I then rushed off to Clementi to meet Ade, Jes, MF, WQ and Neal cause I was late. I thought the meeting was at 730 hahaha. Sorry guys! But I went off to the 40th floor first for a quick photo cause the sky was so amazing. No idea why I did that too. Just... I don't know. My mind telling myself to do it. It was good though hehe. The photos turned out wonderful.

We ate zhi char at this coffeeshop at Clementi. And then we went to Starbucks to meet Ahmeng. Damn the Zhi char was damn nice! I love the chicken, so crispy and yummy. And it's kinda cheap! 5 meals of prawn, chicken, fish head curry, veggie and you tiao for 12 bucks each a person! Not bad huh... And it was damn filling as well. Good on the tongue, good on the cash :)

And yeah I guess that's all for this wonderful day. 

Alrighty, that's all for now. Gonna go do my assignments tomorrow! Gosh, I should be doing it but oh well :l we'll see how! See ya all :)

Great first week of 2012!

2nd day

Taken on the walk home today

With music, under the blue sky
With my, myself and I.

A mind of peace

A soul of bliss

Whew what a tiring 2nd day was today! Anyway wanted to blog about my first day in school but I was caught up with assignment, and I was damn tired, so I ended up no blogging. Damn. But anyway here I am. The first two days were really alright I guess! Today was kinda bad, cause... Well uhh I was mad tired for staying up to do my assignment (my bad) so I was feeling damn sleepy in class. Rawrh. So gonna get a good sleep tonight!

Anyway the first day was really good! It was our first Med Micro (2nd part) lesson with Ms Kwek in Microbiology. My favourite! And so we were given bacterial names and I'm now S.aureus. How awesome :D :D My favourite bacteria! And you can find me in your armpits. And. Nostril. And. That part behind you below you. OKAY moving on anyway yeah it was fun hehe.

Then I went for dinner with my GT team! Even though there were only 6 of us, (Jess, Kwok, Shihui, KH and Azmi) it was really good. I love going dinner with them, talking with them. I guess the bond we had is just so good that it's just... I don't know. "Normal"? To talk to one another despite the fact that our trip ended months ago. That's why I love my GT! :)

Today was great too, despite of the sleepy part :l but anyway after class I went to help out in the SP Open house! Well my course counselling duty is on Fri and Sat but today I'm helping out with the NYAA and LEAP brochure. Quite fun walking around explaining to people about them, but.... Why are they so scared and shy of me? When I approached them they would just run away -.- Am I that scary mwahaha.

But well it was great fun :) Getting to know and interacting with people there :)

But anyway just to share my thoughts (in case any secondary school/O Level graduates pass by my blog, which  will be very rare) why I join SP!

Well I've always told myself that I will go JC when I was in sec 3 but well my mindset changes in sec 4s after talking to a few people about taking the poly route. So I chose to go SP via the DPA way (sorry it's closed no though, but you can go through JPSAE hehe). And well I didn't know what to expect but I really enjoy my life in poly! :)

Not to scare you all but please, get rid of the mindset that poly = slacking! Well alright I have to agree that poly is less stressful than JC (even though I've never experienced a JC life but seeing from my friends....) but we also do work hard. And well, we also play hard! Life in poly is more robust and exciting I suppose. We're given more opportunities and lots of exciting activities lined up for us by the school :)

And plus now, as a research student, I've done so many things that students in JC may not have done before! All the cool gadgets we have in our laboratories enable us to do experiments that have connections with our future workplace. So well poly truly prepares us for the field we're really interested in :)

Not forgetting the aesthetic side, we do have lots of exciting opportunities too! I've been to Inner Mongolia for an OCIP trip (Seriously freaking awesome!). Korea with SP Symphonic Band for an exchange trip (imagine yourself performing overseas! Cool right :D) and To Mount Kinabalu for mountain climbing! (Which I've never thought of myself to do it before, and yes we did it!)

So yup, if you come to SP, be prepared to embark on exciting journeys like these :) Not forgetting the great camps that you can join in with your friends as well.

In SP, it's So Possible! :D

Alright yup so to those who are interested in joining SP for your next level of education, do visit out open house on 5-7 Jan! We have lots of exciting events lined up for you here :) Do pop by the SP Convention Centre for course counselling and the plaza for CCA showcases. See you in SP!

#possiblewithSP

And so I'm flying again

2011 ended with a bang! 

Lets start 2012 awesomely too :D

Sigh, currently in Jakarta airport's Starbucks again now. Waiting for time to slowly fly and for our flight. Cause well apparently we arrived so early! 2h50m before the flight haha. So we just went into the departure gate and we chilled in Starbucks. Great time so that I can Facebook, Tweet and blog :D

Anyway yeah schools starting tomorrow. Yaaaaay :D Yeah hate it or love it we have no choice but to accept the fact that yes, school is starting tomorrow. This week's gonna be a pretty busy for me with things like open house and well yeah, the school's-starting hypes and excitement. I guess my holiday has been a really great one so yeah... Feel so damn bleah to go back. But pretty excited with the new year :)

And... Yeah we have new groupings in class. When I see my group, I have no comment. At least I have Kai, but I'm so gonna miss my old group :( We're one awesome bunch. I know the intention is good (to mix us around in class) but well. Heh, I guess I just love my group too much. Love it hate it, I'm still going to work with that group so let's make it work! (Tim Gunn's style)

Tomorrow I shall come to school earlier to print my work and finish it. We start at 12, maybe 9 is a good time to go oh gosh T_T But nah should be fine. Can finish it on time! :) Can be done! (As Dr Tan would say it). Gonna be a long day tomorrow with practical. Hope it's a great day to distract my mind off the holiday blues and to get my ass working on the first day of school.

I know we all hate to go back to school (maybe not everyone but...) but hey, at times like this I would just remind myself that everything has its time, and everything has its place. Time keeps on going. So well yup, as much as we all want the holiday to continue or last longer, it can't. Cause there's a time for holiday, and there's definitely time for school. So don't be sad, because if there's time for school, soon, there'll be time for holiday too :)

It's just a matter of waiting, yea I know that that part sucks but well. Just wait.

Okay I shall end here. Will be heading for my gate soon so see you back in Singapore! :)

Everything has its time.

Happy New Year 2012!

We all fear to go to a new place

To walk on a new road

To embark on an unknown journey

But we never stop dreaming

We don't fear to hope

Hello! First of all...

WISHING YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR! MAY 2012 BE AN AWESOME YEAR FOR ALL OF US!


And sorry but I'm cheating cause I'm actually writing this past 12 AM of 1/1/12 cause well, was playing card games with my cousins hehehe. And then I have to go and bathe and so on so well, didn't really manage tot hit before the clock hits 12. But never mind! Cause I'm writing this in the context of the first day of I-know-will-be-another-awesome-year of 2012! So yep, it's the thoughts that counts right? (How ironic, if you realise :P)

Well 2012 will be a new chapter, a new journey, a new page, a new adventure. We never know what lies ahead, but we surely know how to anticipate! And welcome the year with hopeful joy, joyful hope. Always be positive guys! I've learnt that in 2011 and well yeah it really helps. Life's just too short for you to frown. Smile, when you have problems, deal with it and not dwell in it. When there's a will, there's a way :D

I'm sure 2011 has been a great journey for us. A greatly awesome journey, a horrible journey, it's over now. But I'm sure at the same time, we could all take something from 2011 to bring with us to 2012. The bad, we learn and we make sure won't happen again. The good, we carry with us, and smile together with it as we remember them in the future.

I've definitely learnt a lot in 2011. Well uhh sadly somehow, I've realised all these thoughts AFTER writing that year-end post heh. But well, yep I've learnt lots of things. I guess I should list the major things I've learnt?

- That never doubt in yourself, cause you don't know how far you can go in life
- Life's just too short for it to be left undiscovered
- Life's just too short for you to say I can't do it
- No journey truly ends. In one way or another, every journey continues
- Things happen for a reason. If they don't, then they wouldn't have happened at all
- Be happy always. Life's too short for you to always complain, always frown.
- Be grateful with what you have. Stop whining and complaining of our inadequacies

Yup I guess all these? Hehe. Thanks to the events that happened in 2011, I've learnt all of these. And these valuable lessons will surely be carried with me always in 2012, and further. In life :) And of course these lessons will continuously be added! Hopefully everyday! :D

What do I want to make changes in 2012? Of myself, and of life? A lot I guess... And also. What do I hope to achieve in 2012? Myriad of things. Not forgetting my resolutions as well. I've listed down my resolutions (private hehehe). My main resolution will be something quite difficult. But I hope I can achieve it :) And I've written some "funny" resolutions. Hopefully can do them too!

I'm not a fortune teller. Or a sage that can see the future. Not someone who have the power to predict the year. but definitely someone who can dream and anticipate the joys and downs of 2012. Remember, how you embark on your journey is up to you. Things might happen, how you react to these things, is up to you too. And remember, you are the key to your own happiness, sadness and anger. Not others :)

Be it a great year, a so-so year, a bad year, a less-awesome year than 2011 or a better year, I'll embark on this journey with my heart and soul. I'll write this new chapter with my heart and eyes. I'll accept this challenge with a great heart and mind. I'll make 2012 a great year for me, and the people around me :)

Alright signing off now. I'll be going back to Singapore tomorrow (ah well). Been a great holiday here. So great I don't feel that I'm actually going back TOMORROW. Wow -.- must be the fun I had with my cousins the past few days! Okay see ya all then. Have a great new year and an awesome 2012 again!

New chapter. New journey. New adventure. New page. New challenge. Accepted.