Predictions

Overall, Year 2009 was a great year. Lots of newcomers for the music scene.
Sadly, my Avril Lavigne didnt produce anything this year, but I am eagerly waiting for her new album, its coming out soon!

Alrights, so here it is....

Song of the Year:
Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling

I remembered they grabbed the same title back in 2003 with “Where Is The Love”. The BIG question: Will history repeat itself this year? Well, very likely. This 2nd single off their “The E.N.D” album was a brilliant shout and is the best summer party song being released this year. There is absolutely no doubt the Peas are still able to get people onto the dance floor. After a long day of work, you probably would want to listen to some music to throw all the stress away.

Chart Performance:
Singapore - 11 weeks overall, 3 weeks at the peak
US – 28 weeks overall, 14 weeks at the peak
UK – 24 weeks overall, 2 weeks at the peak

Runner-up:
Owl City - Fireflies

Female act of the Year:
Lady GaGa

A close fight between GaGa and Taylor.
It’s been a great and interesting year for both of them in fact. Gaga’s original tunes and great vocals are just the perfect ingredients for mainstream music. Drag queen isn't a bad starting point when describing the other side of Lady GaGa. Her image is both high fashion and trashy - she favours platinum blonde hair extensions, oversized sunglasses and catsuits. A stylish and ambitious gal!

Chart Performance:
1. Just Dance – 10 weeks overall, 2 weeks at the peak
2. Poker Face - 10 weeks overall, 2 weeks at the peak
3. LoveGame - 9 weeks overall, 2 weeks at the peak
4. Paparazzi - 9 weeks overall, 2 weeks at the peak

Male act of the Year:
None

Unfortunately, this is a year where the guys are really behind. Haha, sadly to say, but I really have no pick for this title. Where is Justin Timberlake? lol

Best Band of the Year:
Black Eyed Peas

It has to be them, no surprise! They spent a phenomenon 26 weeks with Boom Boom Pow and I Gotta Feeling on the US charts! BEP replacing BEP on the top spot with another song, lol. Its been some time since any one did that. They came down for F1, but I didn’t have the capital to buy a ticket to see them, boo!

Chart Performance:
1. Boom Boom Pow – 9 weeks overall, 2 weeks at the peak
2. I Gotta Feeling - 11 weeks overall, 3 weeks at the peak
3. Meet Me Halfway – 6 weeks overall, 1 week at the peak

想了很久，终于做了决定

有些事发生了就无法挽救
原谅我到现在还无法踏出那一步 。。。
原谅我那自私的行为，真相是残酷的，我不想隐瞒，但很无奈
我只知道现在的我很幸福，你也很快乐。

只想过简单的生活

Merry Christmas!

Day 1 - Dec 23

Woke up feeling ‘stuffy’, unwell, didn’t go lab
A random met-up with kh in the afternoon in town, thanks buddy for coming out so last min
Took a stroll downtown, visited 313, had Tiramisu Latte at Blue Mountain Cafe, nice!
Then went Daiso, Art house, Spotlight to shop for xmas DIY stuff n stickers

Day 2 - Dec 24

It was x’mas eve, pretty cold in the morning.
Appetite zero :x
decided to purchase Ensure from TTSH, been a long time since I did that.
Whole day I was on Ensure, didn’t eat much during the xmas dinner feast, sometimes its miserable to pretend
Sent relative back to Jurong, then back to town to meet meiy and deph.
Had my first foot reflexology, felt relaxed after half n hour 
Then we walked to all the way to Bugis, then went Minds Café for the first time, reached home at 3am, had fun tho with the games.
Gave meiy a DIY xmas farm, or shd I call it a cottage, eh, unsure.
Was embarrassed cuz I didn’t stick those men well onto the ‘snow’ styroform, then they started fallin off.
Lesson learnt: The ‘elephant glue’ dissolves the styroform. Something not known to MisterLyon whu is not good with arts n crafts, but likes to experiment.
Gave Deph a TAMA kimidoll. Tama’s spirit is precious/rare.
Deph’s a great friend to meiy, a gem that she has found in her life.

Day 3 - Dec 25

Merry Xmas!
Today was a simple day spent at the airport. Contented.
Simplicity is beautiful. 
Always have the habit to visit it on NY’s eve, but brought the trip forward this time round.
Searching for tranquility? Airport is the best option.
Really miss the time travelling…

Day 4 - Dec 26

Cousin’s wedding. I was one of the drivers.
Realize that the wedding day is the most tiring day, but then it’s the happiest day of their life.
So I guess all the preparation/efforts and money spent is worth it.
Overall, it was a simple wedding and also a gathering for all the cousins. Many changed lots, perhaps we don’t really meet up often, not even on CNY these years.
When people grow up, they tend to think differently and maturely. So even their parents can’t do much abt them but to let go.
Banquet was at Expo’s Bliss Restaurant.
I was suddenly pulled to the reception table and to assign seats to the guests,
when I don’t even know most of them.
Then the seating arrangement was so funny, but frustrated me at moments.
“So ermm, u from AMK right? Okie, pls go to this table.
Hi, where are u from? Toa Payoh ah? Okie, that table pls.”
Not enough preparation and coordination for this banquet. But….
Standard of the food: 9/10

Marriage is...
a dynamic process of discovery, a journey, not an arrival.
It is a partnership in which two people can proclaim their love and commitment to each other. Marriage is starting to love, over and over again.
It is a life's work requiring trust and respect for one another, thought and effort. In marriage, being the right person is as important as finding the right person.
Marriage means...
learning to share,
learning to give and receive love generously;
learning to be open, honest and understanding, and
learning to search for the good and the beautiful in yourself and your partner.

Untitled

My watch reminded me...
Dec 23 has arrived, sooner than I expected :(
Time to countdown 31 days.
and of course to deal with any unsettled business as soon as possible.

Met up with ESESC 1st MC for SEP farewell dinner tonight.
That seems to be one of the items on my list, so striking it off now.
Everyone was happy, so am I.
Thanks to those who came.

Lab Moving Day

Shifted most of our stuff to the new T-Lab,
I have lost count of the number of boxes that I sealed, carried and pushed.
There were only 2 workers assisting, sighz;
So everybody helped out :)
Tmrw shifting the fridges :x
Oh, and my PhD student treated us and the workers to coffee and muffins today,
which I felt was rather thoughful :)

A little kind gesture goes a long way.
I'm Touched. Thank u.

Watching 下一站,幸福
Tat Liang Xiao Le is so cute haha

好歌推荐： 09 年 12 月

推荐歌曲：雨爱
歌手姓名：楊丞琳
专辑名称：Rainie & Love...

It’s a rainy December, pretty apt for me to recommend this song, first single off her upcoming album which will be released 1 Jan 2010. I have not watched《海派甜心》, but I know Xiao Zhu has a mushroom head in this show lol. But I kinda like this song; it is now on repeat mode, 10 times daily. Didn’t really like her last album, maybe because her first album was such a success and I am still listening to 理想情人 quite often, yup, but nevertheless, this song would be real hot in the near future.

And the lyrics…haha, very touching lehz :)

听雨的声音
一滴滴清晰
你的呼吸象雨滴滲入我的愛里
真希望雨能下不停
让想念继续
让爱变透明
我愛上給我勇气的 Rainie love

窗外的雨滴
一滴滴累積
屋內的濕氣象儲存愛你的記憶
真希望雨能下不停
雨愛的秘密
能一直延续我相信
我就会看到 彩虹的美丽

Wanna Sleep

Just arrived home.
Today I was really frustrated with myself.
Today I was really frustrated with myself.
Today I was really frustrated with myself.

I am going to have a good rest,
keep myself at home today
I wanna sort my thoughts out, PLS!

Scary

Drops of blood from the living room to my bedroom,
It seems rather scary, but I am still unsure of what actually happened.
All I could recall:
430am, I sat on the floor of my bedroom, the lights were on, saw droplets of blood,
then realized that I cut my toe really badly,
used tissue to stop the bleeding,
reached out to my wallet to retrive a plaster (I always have one to standby)
then I went to sleep after cleaning the blood stains on the floor. Zzz...

I didnt know there was blood in the living room still, until my parents woke me up at 6,
I guess it was dark when the incident happened,

But what actually took place? How did i cut my toe?
Am mysteriously dazzled by it.

So I am limping, can't wear covered shoes cuz it hurts...
Tough luck

Oh, lookin forward to "Swan Lake" tmrw,
though there may be a possibility I can't catch it,
didnt know the tix are in high demand, so fast full house le
so hoping to hear good news from my friend tmrw
and oh, I sincerely apologize to him for the last min request

The storyline of Swan Lake is really touching, 4 different acts, just wondering whats the ending gonna be like cuz there are various endings performed in other countries

Okay, I admit, MisterLyon is an emotional person lol :P
He will feel really touched when pple do little little things just for him haha
Tats a secret...Shhh

Dotz

When things don't go as planned,
we just have to deal with it accordingly.

Its frustrating to know that certain things are just beyond our control.
So near, yet it seems so far.
If you worked extremely hard for a goal, and out of a sudden,
u are faced with an unexpected barrier.
So are u going to try to overcome it?
or
secretly think of despicable ways to get rid of the barrier?

Time is just running out

Sometimes I do 'hate' myself for helping the people around me,
and at the same time, hurting myself, getting all the unnecessary comments from other people.
What for?
You help a friend, yet get screwed by another friend. Is that really what I want?
Must there always be a motive for helping people? Why are some people so practical?

MisterLyon shd just wake up, face the harsh reality!
I hope I will recover soon from my cold

Holidays

I guess I have been watching too much Taiwan dramas, HK serials, sighz,
and Lyon is getting so emotionally affected by them, tho I shdn't,
dramas are just dramas, but then part of me believes that certain scenarios do surface in our life.
Its hard to believe tt most of the time, drama reflects what happen in reality
so we, human beings, are just meant to deal with watever situation that arise,
hopefully to the best of our abilities....

Gosh, I am supposed to churn out some fyp reports for her, I havnt do yet :x

Away from weepy dramas, so I decided to listen to my mp3.
sighz, randomly, Taylor's "Teardrops on my Guitar" started playin,
my ipod really knows what I am thinking

Yawns...Zzz...

So we'll crawl
Till we can walk again
Then we'll run
Until we're strong enough to jump
Then we'll fly
Until there is no wind

Nights in Rodanthe

Its a sad movie, according to wat meiling said.

Its tells the tale of a doctor (Richard Gere) en route to reconcile with his estranged son when his benevolent mission is sidelined upon checking into a North Carolina beach-town inn. When the doctor arrives at the inn, he enters into a passionate affair with an unhappily married woman (Diane Lane) who is currently considering divorce. So a geniune romance was borne.
The doctor left her eventually to live with his own son, but before he was able to be with her again, he was killed in a flash mudslide.....

So....
Its important to cherish every second with your loved ones,
because you do not know when they will be leaving you.

Lyon has always been keeping a memory box,
all the cards he has received, stickers, photos, movie tickets ....
he treasures them deeply :)

Stuffy Lyon

.................

I was tossing in my bed for 25 mins, and I can't seem to enter slumberland :(
But then later need to wake up early for fyp lehz, mum is gg to scold me for not waking up early

Starting to get worried now.
Tonight seems so weird.
Heart beating faster than usual :x
Felt rather stuffy;
Have been bottling things up lately, not abt fyp, but......
Lyon is becoming quieter, not that he wants to but he is left with no choice,
Miserable inside, 'strong' on the outside, but wat for?
Who says a guy can't shed tears?
I wish dere's a talking robot infront of me now, sighz

or maybe a glass bottle where I can keep all my secrets.
I was wrong, seems like my 2nd blog doesnt really help

Alright, I will try to slp again. I must try cuz I really need rest le
Good Night, may tmrw be a better day....

Its tough to say it out, neither is it tough to forget

Inspiration

I came across a book at Borders.
"Brida" written by Paulo Coelho.
The synopsis at the back of the book reads -

'But how will I know who my Soulmate is?'
'By taking risks,' she said to Brida
'By risking failures, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.'

Stucked

Today didnt go for Sushi buffet with Joan, kj they all....
So joined them for pool in the afternoon,
was a fun day afterall,
but something was on my mind.

Received bad news yesterday night, something which i didnt expect, but it happened.
I was shocked,
2.5 yrs already, how time flies
yet it has to end up this way...
Its a tough decision to make, and I don't think I am in a position to ask why
so trying to salvage everything,
Have seen similar cases, but this one is a tough nut to crack
Lyon is trying to help out here, but sometimes he isnt sure if certain things are correct or wrong, so havin tat kind of hesitating feeling which is rather irritating.
hoping that everything will work out fine this weekend.

The following song is to both of u...
No matter what happens

Song Recommendation: December 2009

Last song for this year before I do a rundown of the best hits of 2009....

Enjoy

Title: Two Is Better Than One
Artiste: Boys Like Girls / Taylor Swift
Album: Love Drunk

They are continuing the success of their new album, Love Drunk, with yet another hit song. Different from their usual rock sound, they are now displaying a softer side. I feel that punk rock bands are now taking a lot from pop mainstream. Well, I guess it’s the never-ending competition in the music scene. Anws, I totally dig this song, there is definitely a lot of chemistry between Boys Like Girls and Taylor Swift, didn’t expect this collaboration tho.

Lead singer/songwriter Martin Johnson's falsetto complements Taylor's sweet tone, and producer Brian Howes builds an orchestral arrangement around their vocals that would be well-suited to a climatic movie moment.

Awesome!

'Cause maybe it's true, that I can't live without you
Well maybe two is better than one
There's so much time, to figure out the rest of my life
And you've already got me coming undone
And I'm thinking two, is better than one

Btw, I give this song 4.2 out of 5 leaves....

Again...

Today she raised her voice at me,
sighz, did something wrong again :(
Too many wells in my agar
Guessed I deserve it
*spank*

Sleeping Sunday

Reached home at 4am, haha,
Preparing tuition materials now, later 9am got tuition till 11,
then coming home and catch my sleep :P

ESESC 2nd Comm Retreat

Its 213am now...
guess where I am?

Outside Borders, at the Coffee Club...
Really missing my Hazulnut cappucino, so came over to satisfy my craving :)
The atmosphere here is really nice, its not really hot cuz the nice waiter sat me under the cold aircon, woohoo
haha, wise of me to bring along my lappie with me, its always there to keep me company lol
Meiy will be done at 3am, she is enjoying herself la.
Patiently waiting while surfing the net + kopi-ing
Fetching her home later :)

So today was esesc 2nd comm retreat,
well it looked more like a gathering to me, i dun recall we doing anything esesc-related
Then we introduce ourselves, I intro myself as the roots of the plant. The foundation..but then come to think abt it, I dun really like drinking water haha
then played pictionary, chose the category 'Personality', and got the words "Lady GaGa", haha, so hengz, my fav singer this year, wanted to draw her special pair of specs from Paparazzi video, but doubt anyone will watch, then suddenly think of her hit song "Poker Face"....yup, just draw dots on the face la..lol

Then we split into groups to find food, it was a potluck for dinner, kind of like this idea where we buy lots of food put onto the table, like buffet lol.

So lastly was the skit, our group did a combination of many fairy tales: 3 little pigs, snow white, goldilocks & 3 bears blah blah...so the snow white came in to eat the porridge that the pigs cooked, so tired she fell asleep, just then the random frog came in to kiss her, then lol frog became wolf, and snow white became fairy godma. So the wolf tried to blow the straw and wooden house, success! But then when he tried to blow the pumpkin house, guess wat
.......
.......
the whole house with the pigs + godma FLEW away!!!
lol

Random

Some things need not be said to be communicated;
It need not be clearly written out;
because the meaning is understood by the heart.

Mei Ling's 22nd

So it was Mei Ling's 22nd Birthday today,
one day before her last paper, one day after my last paper, lol
And since we didnt get to celebrate her 21st here, decided to organise a mini birthday celebration together with the juniors, since she has been studying with them for the past wks.

Went over to AllanBakes (http://www.allanbakes.com) yesterday evening to order a carrot cake and luckily I was able to collect it this morning. Nice little cafe at The Village Center. The baker/owner was really friendly and trusted me cuz I forgot to bring cash for deposit, he said its okay :)

Photos....

The Birthday Gal

Year 4s

Year 3s

Nice thoughtful gift from Meiy :)

A card which I chose, since she likes sailing so much, haha

2nd time organising bday celebration this yr,
I kinda like the feelin of organising liao lol
Cuz I like to give surprises, haha, she was surprised, so I guess I was successful hoho :D
Everyone was happy today, at least they had a little break from their studies which I thought was rather necessary. Still remember the days when I took the ese 3000 mods, scary :x

Alright, last but not least,
Happy Birthday Meiling :)

Over blah blah blah

This semester is over, whee!

Had 2 exams back to back. Today's TE was a Tsunami (copyright KL :p), haha, almost drowned when I saw the first 3 qns. Its like the big wave approaching liao, cannot siam. Seems like I can only complete the graphs with ease, and my calculations were rather messy. Luckily got Qn 4, my swimming float lol, somehow its seems "friendlier" then the first 3, or else I would probably be lying on the seabed right now, motionless :x
So did I manage to swim back to shore with the float? haha, shall see on Dec 22.

Maths UE was one day before, and right after the exam the solutions were posted onto ivle, but didnt dare to download it, not really bothered abt it. Just felt that the lecturer shd include more difficult examples in the notes and tut, suan le...I felt a bit cheated :<

Is 2012 a nice movie? Everyone is talking abt it, but dun think I can sit there for 3 hours lol

Oh, and Swan Lake is coming to esplanade, very nice dance ballet, I want to go!

Some thoughts

I am like a broken compass, its that feeling where u are kinda stuck at a junction, and everywhere seems to be the right way. So which way shd I go?

Perhaps I'm running too fast in my life. Chasing over things that I may not able to handle it yet. Its no use realizing your fast pace when u have already neglected the beautiful things that have always been around. Went AMK Hub to shop around after sch. Shoppers were waiting patiently their turn to board a cab; likewise cabs were patiently moving forward to pick up their passengers. It reminded me that sometimes, there are things that I can't rush them to happen. Patiently, given time, things will fall into their own right places.

I believe, given time, I shall be boarding a cab to a journey I will enjoy.

I shall indulge myself with ice creams after the exams.
Miss Haato n Swensens, aww...

Dad's Birthday Celebration

just came back from dinner,

so Dad's turning 60 next week,
so we had a meal as a family to celebrate his bday early instead of next sat.
It was our first attempt at Pow Sing（报喜）Restaurant at Serangoon Garden Way.
Its that restaurant featured for the best chicken rice on some food hunt programme a couple of yrs ago...
4 dishes + 1 soup , it came up to 80 plus dollars,
Chicken was very tender, of cos it has to be the best, its the 主角
But my fav was the pork ribs, which was rather crispy, had that unique sauce :)

It was my treat, lol, my very first dinner treat to my family :)
Tho a simple dinner,
but wats more impt is having the whole family sit down together and enjoy a meal

Its a hot day

I just checked my MSN, and it is freaking 34 degrees now!! Desert life lol

Studying alone in EA now, taking a break...

So today went to ntu to eat breakfast :) tho I told kl that I will be gg in Dec. It was a random move, and I took a stroll around the engine building n realized they actually have rooms that are named "Examination Room", its like only opened for this purpose. Yup, and students were waiting outside still reading their notes, having the nervous look, its the same scenario over here. And their study room realli look like an office, all got separate cubicles one. Anws I think I am now more familiar with the roads over there, dun have to find street directory to hunt for NIE and Engine blk le. Hopefully I can watch some musical play/concert at ntu soon, but then I wun know unless someone informs me, haha. I havent been to their urms "UCC", its quite nicely decorated on the outside tho.

Angela told me she is a procrastinator, I think I am a bigger one. I am in the 'crawling' stage when it comes to studying for my MA, so inefficient lehz, havnt started on my TE *fainting*

Recently, I realized I am very nagging, nobody told me that but I just felt that way, talk and talk over the same issue again and again. Could somebody just tell me to shut up?

I zip myself :x
Tightly :xx

Letting go isn't about giving up. It's about accepting that there are things that cannot be....

Its late at night

yup,
trying to fill up 4 pages of cheat sheet for MA exam. Almost done :)
Its time-consuming actually, but then its the last lapse before everything is over, so might as well give it my best shot.
Hopefully my efforts will reap in the As....
Mid term didnt do well, low 60s, so i ain't expecting much.

This module is definitely not for the weak-hearted, oh well..
Racing to the pitstop!

Just realized that "Poker King" has been taken out from the cinemas :(
so surprisingly fast.
Feeling hungry now, missing NTU Palette Breakfast Set C
:p

Cravings

For some unknown reasons, suddenly having a craving for Fish n Co. My appetite is realli weird, and I got a feeling ttsh has given up on me. Currently feeding on Remeron, but I wanna be freed from tat asap.

Exams are near, yet I am watching Korean drama. Done with epi 14 of You're Beautiful. Somehow the plot reminds me of some ch8 TV drama tat was aired donkey years ago, can't remember the title. Fell in love with the OST, the theme song esp and the song that was played in epi 1, "I will promise you" something something....lol. Anws this drama brings back some memories, yup, somehow it does....I watched le, so anyway, jus 2 more episodes to the end.

Had coffee with meiling today. Everyone is mugging so hard, so I guess we should just take a short break once in a while to chit chat. Or perhaps I just needed someone to talk to. Random..

Lent my old labby to Jerry who has a Dreamweaver assignment to be submitted on Thurs and his own labby is under servicing. Went for a short walk at Punggol Park after meeting him. Felt refreshed tho a lil' tired.

I wonder...
Why am I asking the same qn everyday when I already know your answer?

好歌推荐： 09 年 11 月

推荐歌曲：画沙

歌手姓名：袁詠琳 / 周杰伦

专辑名称：同名专辑Cindy

19岁的她，诞生了第一张个人全创作专辑。

这次找来师兄周杰伦， 在他跨刀声援下，推出第一首单曲《画沙》。由袁詠琳创作，这首融合了小提琴，大提琴和钢琴的古典轻快R&B 曲风的对唱歌曲，是周董第一次唱他人创作的合唱情歌。

用手中的流沙画一个你呀
曾说过的永远我们一定不会擦
我的青春开始在喧哗
因为大声说爱你而沙哑
用手中流沙轻描着你的脸颊
也答应说好的未来绝不会重画
许过的承诺我就不会再去拿
因为我爱你呀

End of Reading Week

It just rained again, making the day seem so dull -_-
MisterLyon is sleepy Zzzz....
So I stayed at home today, woke up late, decided nt to go school
Trying to go through Calculus again and again, tho some concepts seem weird to me.
And no friends to discuss and revise with me :(
So have to do everything myself.
Hope can finish calculus today, stats by weekends, then nx week start on ese TE.

Boring day...lalala

Sometimes I wonder....

Sometimes I like to question myself if this is the life that I want, when there are so much uncertainities and unpredictability of the outcome emerging from my actions. The situation seems to be much more complicated than what I have always thought it would be. Hopes are just lil' dreams, and when they do come true in reality, I would very much be contented. If they do not, I guess its just fate, something we can't really take control of.

I often ask myself if I am doing the right thing. I ponder over my actions recently and wonder if I am trying to force something out of nowhere. Do anyone really understand what I want to achieve? Are my efforts going down the drain? Perhaps I should just stop and give up. But then again, I know I ain't that kind of person who will throw in the towel so easily.

I can't do a U-turn, can I? Should I? But I don't want to. It could be too late for me, and I am afraid that I would regret in the future. Perhaps I am asking too much, worrying too much about things that do not actually happen. I envy my friends very often, they seem to be very satisfied and happy with their own life. I guess it shouldnt very difficult to achieve that.

-是多么不容易才默默放手

Late at night

To my HORROR!
My broadband went haywire, so I am tapping on somebody else's wireless, shhh....
dunnoe what happened tho :(
later 8am will call and SOS lol

Slept at 710pm, woke up at 11pm. Hence, I am now very awake haha

Med appt later with Dr Alice. Not sure what I will tell her.
Have been constantly changing appt dates due to sch work, but I guess I shd go.

Watched AR today, 4 teams left, three weeks more to finale.
Support Meghan and Cheyne. Four #1 finishes already!
Hate Ericka's impatience and her constant screaming on Bryan.
Flight Time & Big Easy always win in a foot race, if they get into top 3, most likely they might win.
Sam & Dan, well, physical strong, mentally hmm...dunnoe abt that. They kept screaming at each other during the Roadblock switchback in Sweden.

My top 3 prediction:
Meghan & Cheyne (I just want them to win!)
Flight Time & Big Easy (Sometimes its fun to see tall giants walking ard lol)
Bryan & Erika (They are the weakest so far, so pls enter to make up the numbers lol)

Next week to Prague, which AR will span for 2 weeks at this location. So one of these 2 epi will be a non-elimination worz :p

Reading week

Woke up at 430 today, didnt sleep much tho, and realized I can't sleep further, so decided to blog :p

Sending my Grandma off to HK later in the morning before gg sch to mug.

I was slacking the whole weekend. Confession! *spank myself*

Returned back to Celebral Palsy Centre on sat to help out, wanted to give myself a break for one day, but actually I do miss my friends over there. Felt rather guilty for being absent for 11 mths and they actually went to Hongkong in Aug for their competition, then visited Disneyland, wah cool!

There are more patients this time round, sad :(
but then again its not up to them to choose this path. So they are rather shorthanded for volunteers for this period and probably I will be gg there more often. Somehow I have forgotten the incident tat happened last Dec, its getting rather insignificant to me, its a good thing tat I don't really think much of it these days, really.

So went bowling with Jerry at our lao di fang. If I had known he had PE classes the day before, I wouldnt drag him over there. Could tell how tired his hands were from the way he threw the balls. Played only 1 game eventually and we went Ya Kun for coffee and to 谈心事. Ya, got something out of my chest finally, but the prob is still unsolved :(
But anws THANKS to my bro for providing the listening ear.

Perhaps I need to lock myself up in my own room for 1 week, don't need 七七四十九天, I still need to take exams hor! No laptop = no MSN + no facebook, just that stack of NOTES, argghh! Oh ya, not forgetting my coffee doses and my iPod :D

MisterLyon needs to enter a new dimension, so where is it?

Timer begins:
15 days to 1st paper,
16 days to last paper

My ME friends + meiy are having their modeling quiz (50%) today, so
Loads of LUCK to them!

Maybe

Maybe it was just my selfish thought
Maybe it was just an unappreciated gesture
Maybe it was just my wishful thinking

Maybe...many maybes....

Silence hurts, it really does
Holding back the tears, not for long

FYP day

Doin my fyp today, am in lab now waiting for my results.
its gonna be a long day -_-
hopefully it will end by 7pm, crossing my fingers and toes :p
Discovered some fresh results a couple of wks ago, but then when I redid the expt again, there was nothing to be seen on my agar. Sianz, so its 一场欢喜一场空.
And I think I am not a good agar maker. My soft agar broke into pieces before I even use them.
So so so fragile, haha, just like my heart, yups, sad.
Getting a bit uncomfortable and troubled recently, but Jerry was there for me, so I appreciate my bro beri beri much.

Okie, back to the point, so I am not a jelly person. Oh, feel like eating ice kacang now :)

Exams are coming, so is the stress!

沙沙的

满园的落叶任风吹
听出沙沙的谁
离开的声音急促的令人心碎
你一脸的无邪
却连笑都不给
诗句语带威胁
结局要怎么完美

满园的落叶任风吹
听出沙沙的谁
你的脚步声匆忙的那么零碎
我转过身背对
你远去的感觉
安静的为你
写下一首诗
再落泪

The best alternative

When things don't work out the way you want it to be,
its wise to change the approach method

FULL STOP

Poker Poker!

Its out finally! Woohoo! I wanna watch la :D

Design Project over!

Yay! DP is finally over. I have lost count of the number of nights that I actually slpt at 4am and waking up at 530am. Crazy biological clock of mine, but I don't really have a choice right?

Our presentation was okay, nicely done :) But we screwed up the Q&A. It seems tat Prof Chen actually pointed out certain concept that was wrong. Can't ans his questions, Prof Hu made things worse. And cx actually mentioned a process that we didnt do in our treatment train. But she said we did. -_- I guess Prof Hu is gonna read our biological treatment thoroughly liao. Sianz.

Kudos to all my team members. I have 4 ladies working with me, yet we don't have much conflict at all throughout these 12 weeks. Kosing is best when it comes down to technical details and she provide a good support for the team. Claudine is our 'designer', she drew a very nice treatment train which really impressed me. haha. Nice girl who will always ask me even in the wee hours if I need help. Huixian didnt do any calculations, was on the safe side, but she did well in the EIA report and was in charge of most of the theoretical stuff that needs to be included. CX has very concise ideas and was a capable assistant to Kosing.

Although we think we didnt do well in today's presentation, we have tried our best. So crossing fingers that can get a least a B. haha, A better lah, who doesnt want? 12 weeks of hard work lehz :p


My first cert from ESE. The girls deserve one too.

ESE welfare pack

This year's welfare pack given to ESE students is the best I have ever seen.
Not the quantity of the items given, but the effort that Siew Noi and her team put into each and every pack. *Thumbs Up*

Compact and nice =)
No more plastic bags..

Came home early after submitting DP report.
Didnt manage to eat anything for lunch, so decided to cook maggie mee myself since there was only 1 curry flavour left, my fav :D
Its fun to be able to spend some time in the kitchen alone, grab watever I can find in the fridge. It just felt as if I was still in the states.

Anws, felt really tired.

I realized tat I have fallen into the deep ‘hole’ once again
It wasn’t easy to escape one months ago, but fell again
The hole was deeper this time round;
I am trapped :(
Nowhere to return

Weekends...I am bored

Its a dragging weekend, one where most of my classmates will be preparing for the final phase of DP, compiling and making sure everything is alright. Massive changes have been done to my group's calculations, everything looks good, well at least to me. But I ain't sure if there is anything wrong tat we have not discovered. I am struggling with Mass Balance today, tats the most tricky part. Dunoe wat to do lehz. So keeping my fingers crossed. Submission is tmrw, presentation on Thurs. Then this module will be done, yippee :)

Havent been slping well these few days, feelin a bit emo and heaty :(

Went to watch the Subaru Impreza Challenge yesterday. 8th year already. *clap*
But yesterday was raining so heavily in the evening, then many pulled out, tian bu zuo mei.
Hope this year's winner can last 95 hrs. Its a $81k car, haha, the motivation.

SO yesterday was a downpour raining evening. A day where I decided to get myself a new laptop. I actually reformatted my Acer on Fri at $50. Then realized CD player down, tink the chip is corrupted. Then my office 2007 got locked. Cuz I not using licensed software.
Then need to rush DP, and there was this Compaq labby promotion that will end on 31 oct. The specifications are fine, can upgrade to Window 7 free. But I will go with Vista first.

So after buying labby, kinda broke, haha, so gonna save a lot more money in the coming days, cuz Dad's 60th Bday coming soon, and I havnt found a nice place for the family to dine.

Its a lazy sunday...Zzz...

la la la

Just arrived home.
Design Project meeting till 8pm today.
Spent the whole day ‘diffusing bombs’, realized some fatal error, trying to salvage..
Certain group member not cooperating well, sloppy work :(
While others are slogging their guts out to put together the end product…
As the leader, it breaks my heart to see them work till late, attempting to save the situation.
MisterLyon learns a lot from these girls, lucky to be part of the team :)
3 days to submission :x

This week seems so quiet.
A bit different from the norm.

Somehow...
I realized the jealously level in me is pretty high.
Should I do something abt it?
I really do not wish to burst the bubble
-Self-control-

Just me

Currently nursing a swollen throat, feels terrible :(
now I can't scream :x
Missed today's morning class. Pain was too strong for me to wake at 530.
Then quarrelled with my mum.
Getting frustrated with her own views.
Went sch, came back, a lil pissed.
and because of some certain events in Dec, I can't go Beijing to backpack :(
Wanna see doc, but I can't :(

Bursting with anger, and a lil bit of fear.
Appetite dropped to the lowest point, just afraid, dunnoe why :s
Running out on Remeron. Checked the date of purchase: 6th Aug 2008.
Too many things to say, but I don't wanna complain, its just not me.
Keeping everything to myself, cuz I don't wanna let it out and bother other pple when they are already busy with their own life.

BAD DAY!
~chill -_-

Happiness

Being Happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect.
It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections.
:)

~Unknown

Sharon's Bday Party

Just came back from Sharon's 21st Birthday Party held at Guilin View which houses nice and tall condominiums. Jason's relatives live on the 30th floor. Too bad I didnt have the chance to see Guilin's Lake.

Went to J8 tat afternoon to shop for Yumiko but didnt find any. Somehow I thought that would be the ideal gift for Sharon. Couldnt find it so had to find a substitute soft toy which Siewnoi carefully chose, haha. Was really last minute, but was good timing cuz when I paid the cashier, Deph called. So drove to pick up meiy and jaslin and off to bukit batok, a place where I always lose my directions, but not today. Somehow I am more familiar with this area now :)

Beach GLAM theme.
Food was nice, esp the marinated chicken wings. Went early to do deco for the place and meiy did a really pretty banner for her. Then I went to get the cake which I thot was a huge one. 2kg Carrot cake, homebaked by the chef himself. Nice =) There wasnt enuf charcoal (Jason bought only 1 kg -_-''') so I volunteered to head out and buy...went to a few nearby neighbourhood area, was getting a bit frustrated when many shops did not sell charcoal at all, now I know 7 eleven doesnt sell this kind of thing. Perhaps only those at chalet will have charcoal for sale. But in the end I found it, the pebble charcoal which looked rather cute. Didnt eat much also, not very hungry even tho I was infront of the pit for a couple of hours.
Happy Birthday Sharon! Wishing her the very best in the coming years :)

and today I broke my record, I think I unknowingly covered all of the expressways except TPE...lol....Let me see, I went on SLE, BKE and KJE to bukit batok. PIE and AYE to South buona vista to collect cake. Lastly, CTE, KPE and ECP to send Jaslin home. I just realized :p

Now back to DP. Its getting a bit uncomfortable on my side already. Lots of problems to solve :(

Time flies

Tmr is 24 oct, a simple yet significant date to me for the past 2 years.
But this year onwards, its gonna be quite different.
Relieving those memories ~

FYP

This morning I came at 730am to do my FYP, was rather eager to know the results because I am now doing something that is new. Or shall I say I am creating my own experiment using local water samples. The results turned out well, at least I have detected some Tetracycline resistance gene.

Feels encouraging to derive some results after numerous expt failures and obtaining negative results.

Working hard for FYP, I really am. I can't let my PhD student down cuz she really taught me a lot and I guess I am really lucky to have met her. Hope that I can produce some great expt discovery for her. Or at least I hope my presence can assist her in some way.

........

Some things are better left unsaid;
Its hard to articulate the way one desires,
because its also hard to accept the truth.

Keep it hidden in the heart, tho its unfair and painful,
tell yourself tat it is the best solution ever.

好歌推荐： 09 年 10 月

推荐歌曲：Thank You
歌手姓名：言承旭
专辑名称：多出来的自由

一转眼就五年，他回来了。。。

在我眼里，F4 的成员当中他是最勤奋的。我好喜欢他在《白色巨塔》的角色。很多人以为偶像歌手又拍广告，又拍偶像剧，又拍电影的所谓歌手，只会让音乐变质。因此，他近期推出的这张专辑也站在了风口浪尖。很快的，他的新戏《就想赖着你》也要上映了。

也许很少人能发觉他在唱功细节上的用心。这首歌旋律简单，难度也不高，但是想一想，其实平淡的歌会更难唱。他在气息和情感的把控上掌握地非常好。这也是他自己在专辑中最喜欢的一首歌， 唱出了对于曾爱过自己，为自己付出太多的另一半的歉疚于感谢。曲中带有中板R&B 味道，营造出深刻动人的情境。仔细听，这首也挑战他的假音唱法，让我看到了他唱功的成长。

这是新专辑第二波主打，上周龙虎榜的冠军，这个十月我要把它好好的推荐。

在你的生命中，是不是有某人在爱着你，为你付出一切呢？

Weird wednesday

Kept myself in Central Library the whole day, its been a while since I actually sat in the library to study. Realized there are too many things on my mind to actually think through, lots of thoughts and questions which have yet to be answered.

On a side note, I have been sleeping regularly these few days. Sounds gd to many pple. Usually not my style. Always wanted to take a short nap but ended up sleeping the whole night. There's a risk of not doing my assignments/proj if I fall asleep this way. There's a TE mid term today but fell asleep yesterday without studying it. Tats not me, but then I guess I am too tired tho I felt I didnt do anything much. Anyway, today just read thru the notes, it was MCQ test, but then I felt I didnt do well. "Unstable" performance today. There's an unknown feeling inside of me telling me that I should not score well because I didnt study enough. Only had a waffle the whole day, bad appitite, but had great KFC supper :D

Happy Birthday to my bro, Jerry! 24th Bday in half an hours time!
Wishing him all the best in his poly studies :)

Happy 22nd!!!

Happy 22nd Birthday to Meiying!!!

Best wishes and hope everything goes well for her :)

Untitled

Whats the feeling when u do a whole day of experiments but end up with negative results? Redo and Redo!

Frustrated :(

*MisterLyon still stratching his head for the reason*

E-learning Week

The very first E-learning week!

To me, it just felt like it was another recess week. A week that we can catch up with the lectures, tut, projects and also rest :) But somehow the pace slows down suddenly, a bit uncomfortable haha but I am enjoying it. Can I have one more wk??

FYP last sunday. Very cool cuz nobody is in the lab except the few of us. And I realized those phD students who came back to do lab never wear labcoat! Probably because they know nobody is gg to check. I wore, so I seem to be the odd one out. Trying to get as much results to prepare for the interim presentation in December. Nothing fresh yet, still trying out the water samples from Punggol, Yishun and Clementi. PCR is quite easy to do, somehow I can remember the procedures after doing it a few times. Then I have to deal with agar again, refreshed memories from ese3301 lab. This time round I have to prepare an agar, poked 30 small wells for me to inject my 3 uL mixture into them. Then finally, use UV to check if there is any resistence gene. The whole process takes ...ermm....a whole day, 9-5 ba...depending on number of samples. The tue night where I stayed till 1030pm, we did abt 220 samples :x I am starting to mix around with the ese lab staff and phD students, nice people who will make me feel at home. Then last sunday we ate mooncake in the office, 'wu ren' mooncake, nice! :D

Monday morning I was so tired that I slept on bus 165 till Clementi interchange, all the way to the bus park!!! haha, then the uncle came up and said: "Eh, 你还没有走啊？"
lol...So embarrassing! Like what Aunty Lucy always said :p

Ate breakfast on Tue and Wed with meiy :D
Its been a while since I ate at Olive....missed their maple french toast while in US.

Ooohh...and today, somehow I "landed" myself in MegaBites (like aliens from UFO, lol)....Then I saw the breakfast promotion!! Looks so much like my fav breakfast from NTU! $2.50 only with coffee :)I am gg to try it very very soon....muhahaha...
我来了！你们要等我！

Song Recommendation: October 2009

Whee…..The PARTY song for Summer 2009!!

This is the phenomenon year for them as the Peas set a new U.S. pop chart record with the longest successive No. 1 streak on the Billboard Hot 100. "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling" spent an incredible combined 26 weeks at No. 1. An awesome start for their new album ‘The E.N.D’, aka The Energy Never Dies.

A feel-good song. It has an abrupt change in musical style from the electro of “Boom Boom Pow”, but this is their trademark, Musical Eclecticism! Havn’t heard from the Peas for a few years, thought they were breaking up when Fergie and Will.I.Am released their own production. Luckily nope…they don’t seem to do very well when they venture out alone anyway.

Overall, a song to listen to
- when u drive to a party
- after a long day or week at work
- destress, yesh :D
- When you are about to lose your cool

This is the only song that peaked on the Sg chart for 3 consecutive weeks this year. Big question….Could this be the song of the year? ?

Btw, I give this song 5.0 out of 5 leaves....

October is here....

I gave up on one in March,
maybe I shouldnt deserve another one so soon.

Fully recovered from my fever, MisterLyon has to work harder from now on..

*Jiayou to myself*
Oh, and October is here :D
The 4th quarter of 2009!

Long Tuesday

Just arrived home :(

Didnt really expect the FYP expt to take so long today, 9am to 1030pm. Tats 13 hrs!! Made a lot of mistakes today, almost pissed my PhD student off. So depressing. Simple things yet it was so difficult for me to perform. Sometimes I just hate myself lar, anws it wasnt going smooth today, tats the point.

So tmr Maths Mid Term, wat a great timing, 8pm!
So unreluctantly have to miss my TE class.
But then Misterlyon hasn't studied, very worried, regretted taking this module.

But good news! He is hanging on :)

Amazing Race 15

Woohoo =) Finally, its BACK! 15th season :D

12 teams of 2 racing across 8 countries, over 25,000 miles! Who will win the US$1M?

Starting in Los Angeles, California --> Japan ---> Vietnam ---> Cambodia ---> United Arab Emirates ---> Netherlands ---> Sweden ---> Estonia ---> Czech Republic and ending in Las Vegas, Nevada!

The funnie thing is that one team will be eliminated at the starting line. hoho

Recess Week

Yesh! Finally the long awaited recess week is here!
But....Design Proj, FYP and a mid term next wed night which I havnt revised my tutorials.
And to make things worse, I fell sick! right in the middle of the week, which is like today!

Didnt want to miss yesterday's safety day tho I was a lil' feverish...but luckily everything went well :)

Did not go to school today, asked the rest to discuss DP first, but in the end, they decided to cancel the meeting coz somebody else couldnt make it. watever...haiz..

好歌推荐： 09 年 9 月

歌曲名称：你还有个我
歌手姓名：群星
专辑名称：你还有个我

刚买了这张非常有意义的专辑。收录这首全新特为Down Syndrome Association (Singapore) 唐氏綜合癥协会而制作的2009主题歌“你还有个我”。目的是要用音乐来教导人们行善为乐，温暖更多需要得到帮助的人的心扉。专辑里的歌曲大部分功在词曲，有廖化作用，希望在目前经济萧条的社会，能够令人在情绪低落的灰暗时期，振奋人心，勇往直前！

专辑里也收录了新传媒电视八频道重头剧的一些主题曲：

- <未來不是夢>主題曲《拭目以待》以及 插曲《安全區》
- <沸騰冰點> 主題曲《解凍》和插曲《火》

It took too long..

Project Mickey commenced on 19 September 2009 at 8pm sharp, ended at 150am.

Had a 15 mins break in between :p

So overall timing: 5 hr 35 mins!

My first try, still not so bad I guess, must jiayou next time!

Rainy day

Was a cold day today, somehow the rain dampens the mood.
Felt really unhappy towards the end of today,
Perhaps things didnt work out the way I planned,
perhaps I didnt have tat golden opportunity,
or maybe simply because I was a shy person...

Weird feeling reappears;

I guess I am really tired, I do need a rest!

Song Recommendation: September 2009

Title: Paparazzi

Artiste: Lady GaGa

Album: The Fame

Most likely to be this year’s favorite female artiste!

Just Dance, Poker Face, LoveGame, Paparazzi….Her first 4 singles, each accomplished 2 straight weeks at the top of Singapore Charts! *Clap*

She emerged out of nowhere and has already spread her fame (her album name is so apt) to every corner of this world, just like swine flu lol. But for these first 8 months, her fame has reached ‘pandemic’ level. 8 weeks at the top of the charts, who would forget the “GaGa” style?

This recommended single, unlike the first three, is rather slow and is considered a midtempo track. Personally, I like the catchy chorus and celebrity-themed lyrics.

Check out her hilarious 8 mins video. A murderous plot line involving a doomed starlet who is constantly followed by photographers. Nice!

Btw, I give this song 5.0 out of 5 leaves....

Sheng Kee Chicken Rice

After watching Buzzing Cashier 2, finally they are 'saving' a Chicken Rice stall.

Okay, so last Tue, the 'thought-he-was-very-free' Lyon went all the way to Blk 704 Bedok Reservoir Road to try. It was my third time btw. Gave up waiting for the previous 2 trips made, coz the queue is supersuper long. There is a big carpark behind the coffee shop, so not very difficult to find a lot.

....Waited..waited for I think roughly 1hr 20 mins. Shouldn't have gone during lunch peak, shd go like 11am, maybe tat would be more suitable.

Personally, I really like the chilli cuz it has that X-factor that really makes it stand out from the rest. Not very sweet tho, but for chicken rice still okay. $2.50 is pretty reasonable. Of cuz, it taste really good, maybe I was too hungry after waiting so long..afterall, it was taught by hotel chef, so must at least keep up the standard. Only the stall owner knows the secret formula, so he has to do most of the preparation by himself. Not many helpers also...his wife is mainly doing the packing and collecting of money.

Perhaps, after a few months, things will get better for them.

- Untitled -

What's past is past
But its hard to forget when you still hear about it
I did nothing wrong
so my conscience is clear

Look forward!

好歌推荐： 09 年 8 月

歌曲名称：DNA

歌手姓名：五月天

来临星期五和六，828, 829, 他们的DNA創造演唱會即将引爆！

一直以来都觉得阿信的词作的真美，甚至演唱会的主题也营造了不同以往的想像力。DNA是生命起源的最小单位，而对他们五位來说，从在街头演唱的第一位歌迷到現在世界巡迴演唱會超过三十万的歌迷，每一场每一位歌迷都像是“創造”五月天强大生命力缺一不可的最基本核心。DNA創造了宇宙万物的生命，而五月天用青春岁月創造了音乐。

2009《DNA五月天創造演唱會》势必又将为华人演唱会”創造”出全新的定义。

门票太贵了，我应该不会去，但依然期盼演唱会DVD!

Weekends here!

Its finally Friday. This week flew past really quick, its the end of week 2, so tutorials will start next week. But I only have one, so I guess I am really lucky.

Had breakfast at Palette today, Set C breakfast, its been a month since I went NTU anyway. Somehow the carpark gantries are not working, or maybe they are doing some redevelopment, so I parked for FREE :D Its weird tat a simple breakfast set can lure me to go all the way to the west, but I think it's worth it. Wanted to end the day with Haato at Ridgeclose, really missed the gelato, and I havnt been back there since I came back from the States. But dropped the idea cuz its not really advisable to eat ice cream during a cold day.

Today wasnt a good day for me. Drenched slightly and almost got knocked dwn by a car, my negligence lar :x

On the bright side, ESESC is forming its 2nd management committee currently, the exco and directors have been selected. Its going to be a new start with the freshies leading the teams and I hoped everything goes well. Its been a year since this small but mightly club was born. I used the word 'mightly' because I did not expect so many club-organised activities to happen within this year. ESE camp and graduation dinner went really smoothly, thou there were hiccups along the way. Happiness comes from planning. I guess all of us in the club achieved a certain level of that 'happiness' from the various events that were organised by the brave directors. Felt rather confident that Wenwei will lead the club in a better direction this time round.

Great changes may not happen right away,
but with effort even the difficult may become easy.

MisterLyon is doing FYP with a PhD student who is on maternity leave and now in China. How interesting! She is going to design the expt for me and explain to me via MSN chat. Then Dr He is always so busy. So I guess I am going to be alone in the labs doing expt in the future. Must check feng shui, hmmm...

I want to

- Watch 'Where Got Ghost' or 'The Proposal' during this lunar 7th month
- Eat Haato ice cream and Haatlets at Ridgeclose
- Eat Furong chicken set at Makan Place at Ngee Ann Poly
- Taste the chicken rice at Blk 704 Bedok Reservoir Road Kopitiam
- play bowling

and lots more....

幸福的体贴

能够体贴一个人是很幸福的事
不管是对朋友还是情人
相信对方得到了那份体贴之后
也能感受到自己有多幸福。。。

Graduation 2009

After the ESE camp, was really shag, but luckily there was a Thurs for me to rest at home. But somehow I felt an urge to wonder out and scout for gifts for the poly girls from my class.

Its there BIG day afterall!

Congratuations!

Guideng, who is going for his Masters in Business. All the best!

Dingquan, currently doing his Ph.D, will probably see him around in the lab soon :)

WangLei, who has found a job in his IA company, BCA (Building and Construction Authority)

His namecard says that he is a Senior Development Officer....oh...senior...

Zhiwei, Mr. Tech Savvy

May & Nang bought the NUS lion for Minghui. See how happy she is!

I snatched the lion from Patryce to take pic with Sling :p

According to the seniors, Cyndi is the "gang leader" for the poly girls,

in chinese they call it the 龙头, which stands for dragon head..

Tay Pauling, haha, she got attached le worz..

Patryce holding my gift, nice, haha!

Next year...2010...轮到我了！

Vote and say YES to Earth!

I only got 1 line...haha
Vote and say YES to Earth!

1st week of school

In sch right now, waiting for design proj, then going home to rest. Not feeling well :( , probably didn't sleep much yesterday. 3 - 530am, okay, just 2.5 hrs. Little!

Attended the MA1421 today for the first time. 8am at "hill-top" LT32. I think this is the 2nd time I having lec there. The prof just like Prof Bai, boring but his level of humor is a little bit higher than Bai. Squeeze Theory = Sandwich Theory, he can actually use his own-made sandwich to explain -_- With the ham and the cheese...haha. On the other hand, mass transfer lec was okay, perhaps we were only served the "appetizer" yesterday. So awaiting the main meal coming. Calculations is something I like, but how many times can I form the mass transfer eqn correctly? Felt rather lost, the mods at UC didnt really touch on mass transfer, or the easier kind was taught to me.

Talking abt UC, hah, long-awaited transcript is now in my hands! Last step is to map all credits, which Jolene will take care of it. Kind of miss the campus, I miss the buses, miss my Route 16. and of cos my friends!

Oh, and we had a Banana Slug meeting this monday for the few of us who went there for exchange! Just for info, 'Banana slug' was the mascot for UCSC. We ate, played pool, and LAN. I gave up on LAN, something which I didnt really like ever since I started Counter Strike. Not playing it anymore, next outing, I WANT BOWLING!


Sadly, I have yet updated my London n Paris trip. I will think abt it. Slowly, I will post something up =P

MisterLyon lazing ard, when sch had already started...

Song Recommendation: August 2009

Title: Nobody
Artiste: Wonder Girls
Album: The Wonder Years — Trilogy

I want Nobody Nobody but You! *Clap clap….

Their age range from 17 to 20, yet these 5 young Korean girls had already released 4 albums and this song is actually their third #1 hit single. There was a huge sensation when this number was first released last year online in the original Korean version. And this year, their record company made a wise choice to release an English one, breaking into the US market. Now, it can be played officially on radio! They are everywhere!!

I had to admit this is an amazing song. The tune itself is so catchy, even my 7-year-old cousin recognizes it when it was played on TV. And of course, their dance moves…..with the clap clap. Who wouldn’t remember?

Set to release their first FULL English album soon after their current tour. They ain’t coming to the Lion City tho. This single is really hot on all radio channels here and could probably be taking over the throne for this year’s hit song. I am waiting to see how it will do on the charts. Most pple would prefer the Korean version, me included, cuz there are a few notes that are seriously OFF on the Eng version, probably due to their uneasiness with the language. And, btw, I heard the Eng version was recorded line by line in the studio. But then, mind you, they are Korean singers, it isn’t easy.

Do u think Stefanie Sun can sing Jap???

Btw, I give this song 4.5 out of 5 leaves....

I am a Final Year Student!

*Clap* MisterLyon is a Final Year Student!

So Yr 4 sem 1 starts today.....

Sent poor Angela to sch, terrible sore throat but she still hanging on. Wonder how she gonna teach tuition later. Hope she get well soon :)

Crashed Victor's module today, MA1100, can't imagined there were 180 SM2 students, means confirmed cannot score le. haha...all the PRCs taking this mod as part of their bridging course. A lot of mathematical proving required. Can't find any reason for me to keep this mod, so most likely taking MA1421. Looks better to me, like repeating MA1505 which is pretty gd. Can recap differentiation and integration, double, triple..watever...Was a bit worried abt my cap for lvl 1 mods, but Jolene said there isn't any cap. Was really glad. I don't have any S/U to fall back on. Though Space and Health looks appealing to me....but, I have to maintain my honor class, so falling back on Maths to help me out this last sem..

好歌推荐： 09 年 6 月

歌曲名称：在树上唱歌
歌手姓名：郭静
专辑名称：在树上唱歌

好喜欢去年她那首《下一个天亮》，今年的她剪了一头亮丽短发，让人眼前一亮，甜而不腻的歌声再次让歌迷们听出耳油。延续之前的情歌路线，这张新专辑里自然少不了大家熟悉的纯爱情歌。
首波主打歌《在树上唱歌》里那轻快的民谣节奏配上她那甜蜜的歌声，让人仿佛看见一个光着脚丫坐在树上哼着歌曲的女孩，把疲惫的心情都驱走了。或许是因为郭静尚未跳出“纯爱”的框框， 因此新专辑没有给我带来惊喜。有的只是单纯、甜美的嗓音。但有几首都会是很好K的。非常期待她下一张专辑的成长。。

不想对每件事都那么严格 弄得全世界好像只剩挫折

爱一朵花不猜它能开多久 放宽的心情 把什么都变美了

Dilemma

I am at a loss at my FYP choices, I really don't know what I shd do. Have been pondering over this for a week, looking at the project descriptions over and over again. Also, partly this allocation is most likely based on CAP, and mine isn't high, so in the end, I may not even get what I really wanted to do. So luck plays a part! Its true, to some extent.. Some profs have really great projects, but I dun really like the profs.

Lots of stuff coming up...

1. ESE camp, something which I am still trying to get myself involved. Just came back from o/s, then a lot of stuff still unsure. So trying to find out as much as I can cuz it is like 6-7 days to the actual camp, a bit rush...and also Meiy is busy with her work and esesc stuff. Its really tiring to cope with two impt issues on your hand.

2. NYAA. I am lagging behind. Actually I am almost giving this thing up, but a part of me tells me that it is still possible. Shd I do boccia for the service section? I can go for it, but I can't seem to avoid Jeralyn. Jerry said to heck care, but can I? I am really bad at handling social relationship stuff. Some pple can do certain things easily, but I can't.

3. Grad dinner. Hope everything goes well, currently there is still some time cuz we still have abt three wks or so.

Am trying to meet up with some friends these few weeks. A certain portion of my luggage is still unpacked. And I am still having problems with my sleep, so now I can feel easily tired at abt 7-9pm, and then I can only fall aslp like 5am in the morning.

Waiting for my transcript to reach nus, then I can continue with my mapping....

Hoping to go nearby for a short vacation before sch starts, but then the flu issue is getting serious over here. An increasing rate of 100 cases everyday, moh is gg to come up with some serious advisory soon.....

Its the end of June, half a yr has passed just like tat, and there is not a single song tat can actually hold the top of the charts for more than 2 wks. Perhaps, that phenomenon song hasnt arrived yet....

2 continents, 4 countries, 8 cities, over 35,000 miles....Finally Back!!

Woah, gd weather for me, esp today when I just arrived back home. It is about to rain, so its quite cooling...

Once again, *thumbs up for Singapore Airlines for their great service and food. The last and final flight back home was my own record broken. My first non stop 15 Hours flight to Hongkong was a challenge, slept, eat, watch movies...thats the routine in my little space of mine on the window seat. The last 4 hrs back home was nothing, with the hope of reaching hometown very soon got me perked up.

Stirfried chicken with chilli-black bean sauce, seasonal vegetables and steamed rice

Then, Scrambled egg with chicken sausage, baked beans and potatoes (My Favourite)

Lots to blog about...photos of London and Paris soon...needs rest! MisterLyon is finally feeling tired... yawnz....Its only 5pm now....Jet lag.

French Cuisine

Had dinner with Wang Qi today, since it was my last dinner in Paris.

We were at the restaurant for like 3 hrs, just like what French pple like to do, have their dinner slowly and enjoying it till midnight..

We had lots to catch up, then she mentioned something out of nowhere.....something which made me ponder for a while on my way back, because I told myself not to think abt it anymore.

In London

Currently in Central London, living in Swinton Hotel (nothing to do with Swine Flu btw)...lol

Arrived late last night at Heathrow, it was 9pm and the sky was still so bright, kind of surprised, but it gets dark easily after that....The 12 hrs flight was long but I was very glad to choose my favourite Air Canada for this trip. I love this airline, other than SIA, this is the by far the best airline in terms of in-flight entertainment and service. I love the airline logo too!

The room I am living right now is very small, don't even have space to move freely. But accomodation to me is not very important, cuz I will be out hunting for tourist atttractions most of the time...like right now....

Photos soon!

Multi-Emo

225am now, I am lying not on my bed, but on the sleeping bag. The rented furnitures were returned today, together with the chairs. And I have sold my tables. Now my room is so empty that I can easily hear echoes. Eerie~~

Packed my luggages le, but may exceed by 1 bag. And I realize I have one baggage full of presents!! How did that happen? I didnt realize I bought so much. How many pple actually asked me to help them get branded stuff? I told KL mei just now that if too heavy, I might sacrifice her Sephora! haha, no lar, Uncle 不敢！:p

Hopefully I get past Engineering Professionalism, it wasn't difficult, considering I went through the qns and answered them within 20 mins. I knew abt 20 out of 35. So the rest tikam! Tikam fill in the blanks qns....Like the prof said, if u know it, u know it. If can't get it, dun bother. Quite true, at least for this module, have to memorise the theories! I'll be thrilled with a B.

Today's pre-statistics was a breeze, yippee, one last paper on Thur, Statistics!

My roommate went off without cleaning her room and helping out in the cleaning of the house. So bu zi dong! Inconsiderate pple, haiz, enough of her....
Arms are aching, just finished washing the toilet. Ya, MisterLyon realize that US toilets are more difficult to wash compared to those in Sg...

Tmr engaged carpet cleaning services for the house, required by agent and the tenants have to pay....$135 for whole house, 3 bedroom, 1 living rm, 1 stairs...

Zzzz.....after 2 days of insufficient slp....

Last week in Santa Cruz!

Exams Mon, Tue & Thur..but I seem to be really slacking, so must buck up these few days.

Sighz, first to hit me will be Engineering Professionalism! :(
Just hope that Gene will have mercy on us, lol

Flying off on Thurs night, another 5500 miles, looking forward to tat =)

Last phase

I went to have my last haircut today in Santa Cruz and it was done by a Vietnamese girl. Went into the salon because there were no one around and I thought this would be a quick one. She knew I wasn't a local and told me she came from Vietnam and is still studying in College. We had a good chat and I told her I would be leaving soon. When asked abt her summer plans, she said she had no money to return home to see her family.

I felt really fortunate. Some people had to leave their hometown and work part time to support her family and studies. This is one kind of person I really admired. I don't think I would choose to go so far away to work next time.

Really missed Singapore and the hot weather..hahaz..

Counting down:

8 days to Exams...
12 days to London...
15 days to Paris....
Less than 20 days to ta-da!

好歌推荐： 09 年 5 月

歌曲名称：距离

歌手姓名：陈绮贞

专辑名称：太阳

她的声音，音乐的清脆，搭配简单的吉他旋律，简单而有力，打进了我的心。。。

一首叙述着远距离的爱情。。。

远距离恋爱其实很困难，总令人感觉甜蜜中带有很多心酸。搏斗久了，多数人都会无奈地选择放弃这种甜中带酸的关系。远距离恋爱，会多了一些些的疑问和不肯定，同时也需要安全感的渴求。

两个人在一起，就必须要明白，大家都是不一样的。如果出现任何冲突，请用心聆听对方的话，看看大家的不一样。。。

写得太棒了!

Most important ethic in life: Honesty

I couldn't believe my eyes today.

A week ago, our mid term was given back to us. Out of 100, I scored a low 42 and she had 39. She called n looked for me urgently after class, asking me abt my score and requested to see my scripts. She said she wanted to know which were the questions she had answered wrongly. I was puzzled. I left my script with her and she returned them to me that evening.

Today, I realized that she amended her scripts and resubmitted to the prof. I happened to browse thru her script among the pile of assignments given back to us. Her 39 became 62. It seemed that she erased her wrong answers and wrote the correct ones. It was so obvious! Those questions which she had amended were the ones I got correctly while she didn't during the mid term.

I cannot understand why she did that. I felt really unhappy and sad after the class today. Not because she had a higher score than me. I just can't figure out why she had cheated.

Its a shame to NUS, sighz.... :(

A lot of my friends said she is a very attractive girl, I used to agree with them, but now I am taking it back....

What good is her appearance if she don't possess a clear conscience...

Back soon!

Oh my, I just saw the countdown clock on the right and realized that I have less than 30 days left in the States. Should I be sad or happy? I think both. I dunnoe how much I have learnt and achieved in these past 5 months, but at least I think I am more independent now. Free to do what I want, know what I need to do, think the right way! Thats most impt to me, do things the smart way. Apparently, MisterLyon is a very blur person, hahaz..

There are lots of ups and downs living alone esp in a country that is so far away from home. I agree sometimes, life is pretty tough, but one has to experience it to know how it taste like. I realized that most of my blog posts this yr are abt me travelling around, having fun. Not many entries on the difficulties that I actually faced in this new life of mine. Not that there are none, but I have decided not to publish it out. Sometimes, it is best just to keep it to yourself, at least I believe certain stuff needs to be hidden inside my heart. okie, sound a bit emo liao....

Anyway, Hip Hop class ended yesterday and only 9 students turned up. Perhaps most pple thought there was going to be a test. Hahz, nope, luckily! But there were photos and videos taken during the class. Its is really fun to join a dance class in another country and then start to see the difference in the teaching methods. The instructor, Harold McCord, teaches his own unique style of Tru-School Hip Hop and street dance. And I really had a lot of fun attending his class, though there were like 2 guys including me, and abt 20 girls...hahaz.....Its abt the dance, not the girls!!!

I woke up this morning and received 3 Sch alert SMSes informing me that East campus gate is closed because there was some unidentified object observed in a stormwater drain near the main entrance to campus. The bomb team also arrived! First qn on my mind: Was there a bomb found? Its not surprising because recently, police found explosives in one of the houses near my city. And then there was some state elections this week. Maybe got some pple not happy or wat, wanna start something naughty. After 3 hours, the police announced that it was a geo-cache!

It is actually a piece of tupperware, something like the one in the center of the pic. It must be non-transparent. I dun have the exact pic, the above was taken from wiki, cuz I also dunnoe what exactly is a geo-cache. According to the news, it was determined to be a box associated with a hide and seek, scavenger hunt-type game for GPS users, called Geocaching. In the game, players use a Global Positioning System receiver to hide and seek containers called geocaches. The caches are typically small waterproof containers that have a logbook and "treasure", often toys or trinkets.

Maybe somebody lost one of the cache, maybe it got kicked into the drain...This cache caused the traffic jam to the campus West entrance and my 1hr to reach the sch instead of just 15 mins. Now pple are blaming the police of making such a big hooha over such a small thing. Hmm, but what if it was a real bomb... In Singapore, if u see an opaque box in the drain, would u alert the police? I don't think anyone will bother.

My engine ethics lecturer initially guessed and told the class that the unidentified object could be somebody doing homework on the street....ya, very funnie...ha ha ha...

New York 4

Statue of Liberty Tour

It was a rainy day, but that didnt put our mood down.

Ferry to Liberty Island

It was cold and windy. Had to put on my gloves!

Approaching.....

There!

Then we went to Ellis Island after lunch...

It used to be the main entry facility for immigrants entering the US...