Literally Broke Back

Hmm... My back hurts.. Like seriously... To the stage that I cant really walk properly...

I injured it once in CA before... Equally bad...

Could be a relapse.... Hmm... The pain goes to the thigh as well...

Saw a doctr @ UHC. After doing sme stretching, he concluded that

1. I have excellent flexibility
2. I have a slightly crooked spinal cord
3. It is a muscle injury (right lumbar) and I shouldnt be too worried

AND... ALL he prescribed was a tube of COUNTERPAIN. !@#$%$^&*((*@#@%^&*&^

oh well.... Not selected for Bouldermania. Partly it was my choice.. And also I am not in the best of conditions with this back problem and FYP... oh well.. Till my back recovers, I will probably stay away from rock. And I seriously need to train hard... To prove that I can still do it....

So looking forward to the grad trip. And come to think about it... I will be spending my birthday overseas...

And I found an iinteresting job online. @ HSA as an forensic scientist. Challenging! KIV yeah?

some random photos....

ONE NIGHT @ ICE CREAM CHEF.... IT WAS THE BATTLE OF THE IPHONEs......

Vincent trying to be funny...

CAUGHT

Long time

Ok. Christmas is over. A couple of nice gifts... Dragon pants. Dragon 3quarts. 20L Ocean Pack from Ken.

Thanks everyone. Sorry yixiang that you got my lousy organiser. Well... At least it is a MUJI organiser and not some cheapo one. Sorry once again.

24th Dec dinner was at Foo Lin Yong Tau Foo. Next,I spent some time surprising Michelle @ her place with Yixiang and Matt. Vincent couldnt make it cos he was at sister's island. Got her a UNIQLO purple jeans. hopefully she likes it. Felt abit awkward to be invited into the house thou. Cos we are like leeching on the free food. Oh well. Played with two dogs! Pebble and Spiky. Cute! Photos FB. Then it was off to some Tau Huay place @ geylang to meet Jud, Ken, Shu and Bert. They were at Timbre.

25th Dec was spent @ KEN's PLACE!!! WII to the max! till 0145h! hahaha! ok. I am officially the toilet paper! Sucked @ it.

26th Dec was spent @ FEL's place. Hmm... Last min gift shopping. Lousy present choice. Oh well... Food and company were ok at FEL's place. First defeat of the season in MJ. Didnt enjoy it cos it was noisy and everyone was crowding around and stuff. Not the most conducive environment for MJ. Oh well... Expensive dinner...

Oh.. 27th I collected my LEvis Jeans that Ibought on 26th! Same cutting. 522. Keep spending alot of money... Eyeing a couple more tops and bottoms...

BUT I GOT TO SAVE. GRAD TRIP IS coming up real soon.... ZHAOXIU!!!! COME COME!!!!!!!

Hmm... Forgot to mention my results.... NOt fantastic.. But manageable..

Toxicology- A-
Understanding the Universe - A-
Cell biology- B
Pharmacogenetics- B

Overall Cap 4.03.

Hanging by a thread. All down to FYP... Time to head to the lab.....

YAWN..

There is this pain in my lower back. Strains all the way down to my right leg.. Bothering me... DAMn.

Vertigo Convertant

Back from a great short trip with Vince, Jenny, Clara, Youjie, Jud, Lala and Ken. Super fun bunch of people to go on a trip with.

All very easy-going. Not wishy washy. Very decisive. Not much time wasted deciding what to eat unlike some other trips. Very efficient!

Food.
We had a great variety. From 530am dimsum, to ramly burgers, to Fexpensive Chilli's, to cheap cheap fish and chips and not forgetting all time favourtie Secret Recipe.

10points deducted from Secret Recipe @ Bukit Bintang thou. For the Fousy customer service. How can a secret recipe staff not know what cake he is serving.

Weather

The weather in KL was hot as usual, measuring up to 36C at one point in time. The last day rained however. It was deja vu all again. haHaa. reminder of what happen for a previous team trip where it flooded pretty bad. We were lucky this time round though as we managed to escape the downpour in time.

Climbing

Climbing was good. Very focused. My aim for the trip was to do vertical and I achieved it. Totally. Spent 90% of my time there climbing high wall. Alot of interesting routes. But I kinda focused more on the more inclined walls rather than the chimney, balancing routes. Managed to send two 7a+s! Not sure if the grades are really solid. But still, it was really a personal achievement for me! Never thought I could send anything harder than a 6b+. So these sends kinda motivated me for the trip.

Somehow I manage to find some sort of serenity when I am doing vertical. I like it.

Overall, it was a great trip. Cheap movies, Cheap food, SO-SO lodging, and most importantly, Great COMPANY.

Youjie, Jensen- All the best with your work
Clara- All the best for your 50pages FYP
Ken- Hope you regained your confidence!
vincent- Thanks for the talkie! and........................so.........WHATCHA SAY!
Jud, lala- UTU results coming out!!!!

Vertigo

Alright.

Heading for Camp5 with the lonely souls left in Singapore

11-14th Dec.

Short trip.

Good break from FYP.

Hopefully my climbing at CA will help me conquer some rutes in Camp5.

Going to upload Progression into my PSP and watch it before climbing. Hopefully can get some psyche into me. ok. Lame.

Take care people.

Yixiang, hope you send some hard stuff in CM.

Down

Hmmm... Exams over not too long ago....

Hopefully CAP wont drop too much. Papers were ok. Eventually it will be down to my FYP.

The team is heading for Chiangmai tmr. I have never missed a team trip before. This is the first time. Due to FYP again. It is depressing? Depressing that I am unable to attend the last team trip. Love team trip. For the climbing as well as company. Hmm....DAMN IT. oh well... I know I have to save up for my own grad trip too... Oh well.... Please take care in Chiangmai.

FYP haven been very smooth. Alot of weird results. And I wasted on INSULIN kit worth $350 last week. Forgot to centrifuge the samples. Plus mentor told me wrong dilution factor = GG. Lucky supervisor nice enough to buy one more for me. Progress really slow. Lots of assays to do... LOTS of readings to do to support the results. LOTS of data to tabulate. OMG.

IT IS THE FREAKING HOLIDAYS DAMN IT. It doesnt feel like it at all....

Hmm.. One last sem to go. One last hurdle.

One last competition season with the team. Probably what I will miss most about my 4years in university. Somewhere I call my second home.....

To Yixiang, MAtthew and Clara, All the best for your MARATHON! Too bad I cant join you guys this year due to my lousy knees. RUN for me!!!

To the team, Have a uber safe trip. See you guys soon.............

It just sOOoooooooooooooooooooooo...........................................

Winter Solstice

Managed to catch 2012 today. First row but it was worth every cent of my $8. Hands Down.

Alot of after thoughts. Firstly, I could relate to a few of my acquired knowledge from Understanding the Universe module..... Planets...Prominence...Solar Flare and every other stuff.

I felt that it was all so real. I mean.. Scientists have proven that it will not happen to Earth in the near future at least millions of year.....



BUT... Still... The magnitude of destruction is unforgiving. it is like FHUGEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee. ASTRONOMICAL! oh my.....It wakes you up as a person and makes you wonder about how small mankind is compared to nature. Be nice to Earth. Hard to explain in words. But really sets you thinking what you do when such a calamity actually happen.

Seriously....It MIGHT happen. And what will happen to us then? Small fry like me would have the buying chip to get myself a spot for any form of survival transport.

The image of humanity struggling desperately for survival against the forces of nature.

How people (leaders) standing up for their beliefs and not leaving their men behind.

The unconditional love of parents.....Sacrificing themselves for the love one.

The dilemma in decision making - Whether to save all and jeopardize the survival of our Species or to be objective in the pragmatic world.

Dirty politics and the power of money.....

Go watch it people. feel the power of mother Earth. PLANET. haha. ok lame.

Finally. $8.50 for 50mins of parking. BEAT THAT. damn it.

Brotherhood

Proud to be in the Brotherhood of Deformed Joints.

It is like a common understanding among the 4 of us. Understanding each other's expectation and putting in the extra effort till the last moment in order not to let each other down. Squeezing the extra juice left in that pumping forearm just to get the extra points from the bonus.

We set the target to be the 1st NUS team and we reached it.

We set the target to improve our ranking from last year. We are 4th.

To Yixiang, Matthew and Jensen, thanks for making this year's climb on! meaningful. Hopefully the brotherhood continues......

On another note, I have finished Phase1 of my FYP- the feeding phase. Now I am onto assays assay and more assays. Own time own target from now on. Hopefully everything will be fine!

Have some pictures of the rats that I kept. But sure if I should post it though. Cos I am not allowed to snap photos in the first place. =P

Exams coming. Study hard people. And Zhaoxiu...STOP PARTYING in Canada! HORRIBLE YOU! muhahaha. ok random. Bye....

Brotherhood of deformed joints.

And so another weekend has passed.

Hmm... Rather hectic week. But glad that it passed quickly with great companionship. And not stuck alone in lab.

So the whole weekend was spent at Climberprix. Literally the WHOLE weekend. All thanks to....

1. Superb adminstration
2. Lack of allen keys and impact drivers.
3. Lack of ladders
4. Numerous cyclops
5. Last but not the least, lots of eye power.

Anyway managed to squeeze into the finals. Not a convincing one though cos i qualified last and there were alot of mistakes with the tabulations of results........So....i am considered lucky.

Finals was good. With one top. I thought my forte was crimps.... But i flopped on a crimp route and I topped a sloper route. =P oh well... Proud of myself. Have something to declare.. This is my first time finishing a competition route... SINCe....................Lets see... Pumpfest 2007? the one I won? haHha.. What a open noob.... if only i managed to do route3.................

Hmm.... Thanks to everyone who supported this short old planet. Hmm..... People like Claudia, Sandra, Jensen, Youjie, Matthew, YIXIANG (my buddy), Jud as well as my team. Appreciated man.... Makes competiting for the team all worth well.
Mind you.... It is not easy being a spectator ok? Especially for ROCKMASTER and Climberprix.

Come to think about it, this could jolly well be my last competition or second last that I am representing the team.. AWwww.. oh well.... move on.............

Now that this weekend is over, I am officially down with a flu and a sore throat...

2 more weekends to go.... Nike run and Sports award next.

Did I mention I got a new pair of shoes? =))))))))

Qouting Jenny...... "I like to start first. Cos if i finish the route, I can f!@$% with people's mind"

I totally agree....

Fucking stress

My FYP results is screwed up. WHAT CAN I DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
And now i am slapped with a two weeks extension....missing climberprix... missing nike run.... missing climb on. seriously....

Hongkong doesnt have my size for DRAGON. SINGAPORE ran out of sizes. AND guess what... THEY ARE NOT BRINGING IN DRAGON ANYMORE. WTF....

Seriously down in luck. Really...

I just need some light.........................................I need to breathe.....................................................................................................

It's my fault

I am not proud of working with 50rats and having to kill at least 1 a day. Seriously

I am trying my best to be careful but somehow shit happens.

Today was the first day of 14 of chronic feeding. The very first session went wrong.

I was distracted and I accidentally caused the death of 1rat. Hmm... Somehow the rat choked on the liquid drug and yea....The rest is self explanatory. No need for details.

I am seriously traumatised by the whole damn incident. Imagine staring blankly at a dying animal. Hmm.... Bloody sinful... I didn't sign up for this.

The whole incident really dampens my confidence and morale for th whole project. Started off wel but somehow alot of mishaps along the way... Partially due to unforeseencircumstances... And also due to my negliance, short concentration span, carelessness. I need to wake up.

On one end, there is the ethical issue of working with rats. I feel sad and down whenever one dies. On the other hand, when each sample dies, I lose one valuable data source. It is really pressurizing. Got to be careful so as to not harm any animals by accidentally (which causes great guilt) and also got to be careful so that I do not shrink my sample size any smaller.

The whole incident is haunting me. Putting 16 live rats into one gas chamber at one go (as instructed) and having an animal suffocating due to your own negliance IS NOT EDUCATIONAL at all.

No wonder Matthew says that FYP are a waste of money.

And now I can truly understand why Chloe changed her diet preference.

This is a dark post.

Till the End of Oct

Hmm... Rock camp just over... It's the last rock camp that I will be attending. Oh my... Thinking back about the previous camps.... Ranging from flying chickens, to CB yuen talk, to lots of sentosa and blah blah blah. Definitely unforgettable memories. No doubt, climbing team is my second family. Ok. Stop emo-ing.

Anyway... Straight after climbing carnival, I had lab. Got to prepare samples and drugs for the rats the next day. Ended around evening time. Shagged.

And then..........................The next day... I struggled to wake up in the rainy morning and left yixiang's room hastily for lab at 830am...

Guess what time i ended. Holy crap................ 745pm..... Thats like nearly 12hours of lab. With 20min chicken rice alone break. I pipetted the most number of wells on a microplate in my entire 4years in NUS. Continuously for 1hour. Pipette until pump. microlitres of reagents.... Volume so minute that you dont even feel you are adding anything in. Crap. To make things worse... the aircon cold until I wanna sleep while pipetting.

And then...............................I got to run back and fro between Animal Holding Unit (AHU) and my lab. Multipe times. Not fun, I tell you....

And then............................ Luckily my lab supervisor is nice enough to help me deal with the blood drawing as I perform microplate reading. Otherwise... 12hours lab becomes 24hours lab....

BUT.......................at the end of the whole day...it was all worth while. Managed to obtain relatively good results and objectives of the last few weeks were met. So thats a consolation. *Pat Pat on the back.

then it was off to yixiang's room. Packed up and off in a jerky cab.

With the attained effective dose of 150mg/kg, I will start the phase two of my FYP. 3weeks of chronic feeding with the TCM. Which means 3weeks of school everyday. Including saturdays and sunday. =(

Now... it is back to Universe and Cell bio. And many many many projects... pls start ok?

End of Oct.... come come....

Stalled.

Dam sian.

The animal holding unit just told me that they are unable to hold the next batch of rats due to the lack of space.

so I might have to delay the second batch of experiments.

Which means, it will eat into the exams period. Really GG already. Just when I thought I planned everything nice nice... aRGH! !@#@$%^%&^*&(*&^%$@#$%

Please help me....

Two of my purchases for the month.

Haystack in a coalmine

School started! Quite a relaxing week so far. More climbing than studying! Shouldn't be the case since I am yr4! Should spend more time in the lab instead of gym!

According to Joyce, it is rumoured that FYP students are graded according to the amount of hours spent in the lab rather than results! mauahah. Must show face more!

And so I have decided to be garang and squeeze 4modules this semester on top of my 16MC FYP.

1. Pharmacogenetics LSM4212
2. Toxicology LSM 4211
3. Advanced cell biology LSM4232
4. Understanding the Universe GEK1520

Hopefully it will not be too bad? Being year4 feels different. It seems that we have more time yet not enough time. Doesnt help when the rest of your Life science peers are always in their lab and my lab mates and I are not doing much. haHAHa.

Hmm...I have just completed my chemical safety course too. Which means I can now order my rats. and probably start my work by end of August. Time to start the project man! Scary. Not forgetting that I have to go to school everyday for one month! just to perform chronic feeding on the rats. Oh well....

AHM is this weekend. Yet to train. Good day... Hopefully yixiang will drag me along the 21km...

About time

Hmm... Haven't been updating for a long time. Dont really know where to start.

School is starting soon.

FYPs are kicking in.

Wonder if things will be the same...Better I hope. I really hope.

Time perhaps will not be on my side. But heart will be. I hope you will.

As simple as a cup of tea...And 3 egg tarts...Promise.

Krabi....

Krabi has been wonderful. Both climbing and the non climbing aspect.

Climbing wise.... I managed to climb many beautiful routes. Just to name a few...

• Missing Snow
• Quarks
• Lion King
• Kitty toes
• Tidal Wave
• Baby gorilla
• Muay thai
• Short and savage
• LARS and LARS

Sent some. Projected some. If only I had more time to finish baby gorilla and many other routes. Too nua at the start perhaps? This is the first time I climbed so man vertical routes. Felt quite accomplished. No major injuries. A couple of big falls. Thanks for the safe belay. =) Overall 9/10 for climbing. I also think DWS is not my thing. Perhaps due to the sea sick.

Moving away from hardcore cranking on the wall, Krabi is really a great place for one to relax his soul.. Free his mind and just slack. Basically you do nothing. Live like a villager and look like one (for my case). Love the place totally. The wind. The sun. The sand. The waves.

I thoroughly enjoyed all 11days of the trip. Every single one of them. Many reasons for them. Some of which all of you know and feel the same.

Alot of random moments that I treasure dearly.

Somehw I wished the trip never end. =) Till then.

Photos on FB.

Will post random thoughts about the trip again when the inspiration comes. =)

Thanks!

Wait.

Back from Krabi.

Villager.

99.9999999%

Will update soon.

Company. Every night.

Silly

Off to Krabi

6th- 17th July

Wish me luck

Godspeed Planet

9..... 5..... 38

Hmm... and so I haven't been updating my blog....alot of things happening. No time you see.....

Alot of random impromptu ups and downs.

A few listed here...

Transfomers. FICE

Esplanade. FICE

Flyer. FICE

Keppel Island. FICE

Rockmaster. FOUSY too..

Expo Adidas Sale. FOUSY

Expo Robinson's Sale. Pedro is on SALEs! Totally! But I never buy anything.

Clinic waiting (Polyclinic and GP) Paranoid SIA! Almost couldnt make it.

ICMAT 2009 with alot of sleeping. Really ALOT. And lots of food. ALOT

Supper random last min ice cream chef. Not so nice Mocha with almond nuts ice cream. Not a big fan of nuts. Then went some random place to relac and talk.

And today was spent buying things for the trip. The krabi trip. And then the rain came. Super heavy. Bus stop chit chats... And good bye....

Tmr I am leaving for Krabi. Not prepared for this trip at all. Usually I will be... Hm.. Not this one. Dont know why.Maybe alot of things on my mind. Will go as planned before. Hmm...

Just wanna spend some quality time in Krabi. Till then. See you guys soon.

Matt. Mich. Vincent- See you guys soon man! Stay healthy.

Bus. Train. Impromptu. I like.

Hmm. Today I attended RCULA course. Responsible Care and Use of Laboratory Animals. The subjects were white rats, each the size of your forearm. Quite tamed I would say. Very cute. Too bad I couldn't snap a few photos. The people there are quite strict over the rules and regulations.

Ok now. I must say... although there are guidelines to govern all the animal handling and all the ethnical methods and what not... I must say that lab rats are seriously SAD. It is really quite cruel.

The way some of the noobs ( these includes some Kiasu China man, some ignorant guy, some who thinks he knows it all guy) handled the rats is really a torture to the rats I must say. They dont follow the proper anaesthetic procedures. They inject the rats and draw blood from the heart of the poor rat when it is not even fully anaesthized. Seriously, I feel like smacking them. FIRRATING. The rats were obviously in pain. ARGH! Hmm... and they happily poke and poke and poke and poke and poke, trying to draw some minute amount of blood when their technique is wrong! AND they were using the wrong needle size.

We learnt the following....

1. Restraining the animal
2. Determining the sex of the animal
3. Blood collection from the tail, the neck and the heart
4. Injection through various pathway.

The sad thing is... after all the experiments... The rats will all be euthanized in a CO2 chamber where they will be put to sleep. To demostrate the terminal blood collection from the heart, the instructor prick the heart of the rat and the next thing we know, the rat is delivered to the chamber. The reason being the moment the rat recovers from the anaesthetic effect, it will in serious pain. So to minimize its suffering, it goes to the chamber.

Alritey. So much for the course. Quite a experience. Not a very pleasant one though.

Tmr will be mice handling. Hopefully it will be slightly better?

After the course, it was lunch at engine. Then off to swimming! yeS! swimming. haHAa! slack and stoned before being pushed to swim 1 pathetic lap. hAHaha. tired la....Just like to slack in the pool. haha! After swimming, it was supposedly climbing session. BUT.. you know... after bathing, you feel so comfortable, you just dont wanna move. hahaa! so left th gym and headed home for some nice afternoon nap! till now....

And what did I do for the past few days? Lets see......

Wednesday

Climbing for 2hours then Via ferrata! quite fun i would say! Very safe and the height is quite exciting. Especially the abseiling part. Thanks to Lydia and Andy for the warm hospitality there man! Much appreciated. They provided sturdy Canon Camera, clipped onto our harnesses! cool stuff man! Seriously, now i am considering working there part time. It is something I like! I can feel it. Some say it might get boring after awhile. But... it seems fine to me! Should i?

Tuesday

Work as usual. I managed to get a whooping 16calls that day! Each worth 7bucks! wooHoo! Luck was on my side I must say! After work, I went home and went for a jog. I didnt know how long the route was. I clocked 10km...around 53mins... Tsk... I was dragging myself man.. Mumbling words to keep myself focused. Hmm... Then at night, went for random FROLICK tasting. Hmm.. I must say I personally prefer YAMI (or is it YUMI) yoghurt. hahaah!

Monday

Work as usual then left early to meet some of them at Keppel Island for Shu's birthday. It is a very nice place to take photos. Go facebook to check out some of the photos. Not too pro but enough for viewing pleasure.

Sunday and Saturday

Rockmaster! Spent the whole day there supporting the team. Hmm. Routes were quite ok I supposed? Though some of the endings were slightly hard? Yeah. Super endurance kind of routes. Then in between categories, it was MacDonald's trip. Random nuggets and Fries and to top it off, Ice cold COKE. =) After the competition on Sunday, we went 18chefs and then airport to sort of celebrate shu's birthday on the dot! haha!

Hmm... I TALKED SO MUCH! My blog is like constipation. No words for a couple of days/weeks. But once I have the mood to post, it floods. Muahaha. Words.... Nothing much coming up in the next few weeks. Rockmaster should be the highlight. WORK, CLIMB (vertical), Convention and the ever uncertain Krabi trip. HMm.. Bloody H1N1 is messing up everything!



oh oh! I forgot to mention. I bought my a seagate hard disk from the pc show! 320gb for $119. Yixiang got it at $109. hahaha! Damn.

Ice cream chef is nice too!

OH OH! ONE LAST THING! I wanna buy that north face bag from ken! The red one. BUT.. it has abit of pink in it!

Awaiting for more random and impromptu events to occur. Love it. =) More More!

Essential yet appealed

Hmm... I did 6 vertical climbs today. Not too bad. Never pumped out too quickly. Courage level up. Muahaha.

Considering how long I never climbed vertical already, I think I did fine today. Though abit hestitant once in a while. But with Boris. I mean Doris and Sandra around, motivating and supporting you in unconventionl ways, I was quite psyched to try routes today. The finale was the red route which I gave up. hahaa. Till next time...

Then it was off to town to cut hair and walk around while waiting for Doris and Shuhui to finish their meeting. Walked around aimlessly with Jud and San. Talk cock and alot of other frandom stuff. Dinner at Shohuku? Shodaku? Shohaku? I don't know how to spell la. the MArche style japanese food chain B1 of heeren. hahaHa. so so only la. Refused to buy the FExpensive can drink which costs like 4follars. =P

Then walked to Orchard Central where the Via ferrata wall is. Cool stuff man. Damn high. Nice. First 10 customers of the day for the next 2 weeks get free climbs! so boys and girls. LEts GO...

And I returned home with a silver head thanks to Doris and Jud.

This kinda sums up my day....

Tmr going for tetanus jab. Hopefully I dont fall sick. Got to work at CA tmr. Leading a course. 1st time. Hopefully it turns out well....

Lots of things happening. Lots of things not happening. Just go with the flow....

Sideline waiting.

Hmm...

This has been bugging me for a couple of days. And I need to let it out now since I am having a moodswing now. So might as well. If anyone involved feels offended, I apologise in advance.

I had a course last week at Climb Asia. It was a course for the young boys and girls. Super energetic kids. I took charge of bouldering introduction with Izzat, Sum and Winfred.

The kids were running around and it was quite messy. We had to like spot kids while they messed around. At one point in time, I was walking around trying to follow some kids who wanted to climb another wall and Liting (the lady in charge of the instructors) commented on something that I felt was rather disturbing. She commented I seem to be EATING SNAKE (slacking).

I have worked for so many courses and I dare say I have never lazed around when I am taking a course. Yes I may seem uninterested at times but I dare say I carry out my duties professionally. I dare swear. Just because I wasnt doing anything at the moment, doesnt mean I slacked.

I wasnt in charge of doing vertical belaying for that particular course. But seeing that Farah was shorthanded, I helped belayed a couple of the kids. It wasnt an obligation but I did it. Not claiming any credits here but you get what I mean.

K. Enough said. I didnt bother to explain to her at that point in time. Perhaps it was just a sweeping casual statement and perhaps she didnt mean it. I know she didnt mean it. I dont blame her and I will forget about this issue very soon. No hard feelings. After all, she is the boss and its her duty to ensure instructors are up to the standard.

But I just hate being accused of doing something that I never did. IT IS NOT JUSTIFIED. FPISSED. Especially when it comes to work.

To top it off, it doesnt help when you get a notification at 3am telling you that due to some cancellation of participants, you do not need to report to work the next day.

Yes. I am complaining and I am slightly upset. Yes. Moodswing perhaps

Not retaliating to nonsense and bullying doesnt mean the subject is fine with all the crap it is recieving. There is a limit and i believe most of the time you guys cross it unknowingly. In army we used to say... When you are too nice, people will take advantage of you and shit on your head.

On a lighter note.... here's a couple of photos.

Zhang Yao Dong

Joanne Peh

While eating dinner with family

I just don't like it when people doubt my integrity and my work capabilities. Perhaps I should stop being Mr Nice.

Erased

I happily went to update my E71 firmware without backing up my phone data.

DESPITE THE INSTRUCTIONS TELLING ME TO DO SO!

I thought Nokia would be similar to Ericsson.

BUT NO!

hai.... sad. Lost all my birthday messages. Lost all my overseas MMS. Lost all of other precious details..... Hmm... pain...

PAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Busy week ahead. Courses @ CA.

This song keeps playing in my mind.

Uncover Folly

Pack LOADS of Cocaine, Bupivacaine and Lidocaine into a FIGANTIC bag and perform a INTRAVENOUS route of adminstration into me.

You get instant anaesthesia

As, Bs, Cs and Hopefully no Ds

Hmm.... I am bored... Just went out with family for a vegetarian meal. Oh my.. I need meat man....

Half the day is gone after lunch. Supposed to go climbing. Argh.

Hmm.. Working at the telesurveyor thingy is not too bad. Flexible working time. Ok pay. BUT... it is rather boring and your throat suffers...

I am coupled this job with a couple of others. CA instructor..... Bert's convention.. Brian's virtual machine and what not....

I am officially 24 now. Updates of my birthday is abit laggy.

16th May was spent at Pumpfest with the team. Didn't do well considering how much I have slacked before the competition. But it was alright I guess. At least I had the team with me there to celebrate my birthday.

Thank you Doris for the card. Thank you Reg and Gerry for organising the pleasant surprise. Thank you ZX for the bubble tea. And thanks to the team for the nice levi's top.

And of cos... to my clique. thankS for the dragon pants man. FNICE.. =)))))

My FYP prof is requesting to meet me soon. And I am going to attend an animal handling course soon. Oh my....

It is the Year 4 syndrome man.

Not so smooth

What a time to be injured.

Saturday is Pumpfest and I have a strained or sprained ( Don't know which) left wrist.

Cannot do push ups.

Cannot load much.

Sharp pain at certain angles.

GG

and the clinical trial thingy. Seems to be unsafe.

Dilemma.

When my birthday is coming.

GG

Bipolar Depression

Bipolar Depression- Alternating periods of depression and mania

Hmm.... Thats kinda what I am experiencing from time to time. Not too extreme. But I am experiencing slight symptoms.

Fly kite

Preparing for thursday's pharmacology paper. Hmm... Right now I am in the depressive stage. Watch out for the mania phase.

Piece of @!$@#%@#$^@$#^@$

What a dreamer.

Alritey. Finally some free time and inspiration to do an update.

Let's see... This semester's exams seem to be gone in a flash. Never really mug alot. But somehow the time just passed Fuper FFast. So... how were the papers...

• LSM 3213 Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology - Hopefully the 60% paper will be able to pull up my under par CA. Should be ok.
  


• SC1101E Making NO sense of Society- Gone. GG
  


• LSM 3251- Ecology and Environmental Processes - Should be fine. 40% paper. 30MCQs and 2 essays. Should be ok.

So... now I am on left with 7days and a paper. LSM 3221- Human Pharmacology. Need to score this man. Otherwise... My Cap.......Fdropped.

Hmm.. All the late nights... Lead to a damaged face. damn it.. stupid yixiong saw me and was like as if I am disfigured la.... I need help. Like can some pro girls bring me go see some skin consultant. like seriously.

Ok. And today I went climbing. IT WAS LIKE FACKED! LIKE SERIOUSLY PACKED. all the jc kids. oh well. Michelle's first climb after numerous years. But I wasn't a good host la... too engrossed with my own climbing and Matthew's nice routes. haHaa. All the studying really brought down my climbing a little. The technique and stuff still there.. but the stamina ah.. oh my. I kinda exerted too fast too furious? And i felt like puking. Maybe overcrowding led to low oxygen level....hMm... Hopefully will be in time for Pumpfest.... 16th MAY! ; )

and..... I saw this nice pair of climbing pants.......Dragon Climber. I like. It's those kind convertible between berms and pants. Cool stuff. Hai. no money. The pants will be handy for europe's grad trip... Which brings me to the next point....

Saw Kelly Khiew at CA. So was just talking to her.. Then I decided to ask her about her trip to Europe in preparation for my own trip next year ( I know its still some time away.. But its always good to look forward to something). So she was telling me about accomodations and stuff in SPAIN. SO looking forward to it. Yixiang and I need some YING spirit. If you are eligible to join us (like Zhaoxiu) please apply via godspeed07@gmail.com or vitaminx75@hotmail.com. Thanks!
We are being ambitious. 2months max- SPAIN, ITALY, FRANCE and UK.

Ok... I talked alot for one post. Could have been more. But I summarized quite abit.

Some random pictures....

If you scroll to the post exactly around this time last year. you will see exactly the same thing. According to SHU, redbull makes you FFAT.

A Mushroom cloud. Or... with abit more imagination...... a turtle! can visualise?

Say it with Music

I NEED TO DECLARE THIS....

I don't know since when.......BUT... I put on BLOODY 3KG of FATS? MUSCLES?

wth....Must be all the non stop eating while mugging.

This is what I eat each day as I study.

• 1 chocolate ice cream.


• One packet of economic rice with alot of meat.


• One packet of milo


• Alot of chocolate ( bOOSt, Hershey blah blah blah)


• Alot of Kueh


• Chips..

ARGH.......... SYF = Single, Young, FUNNY FAT (no wonder my knees have been giving me so much problem these days when I run)

Oh well. Time to cut down on all this rubbish. Alritey. Oh YA. Which reminds me... I went for Supper on Saturday aannnnd..... MONDAY.. alot of damage done.

Crowne Plaza

Hmm.. so much for tonight. Studying neurology is not easy.... seriously.

And I have sorted of confirmed my FYP Project. IF nothing goes wrong, I will be doing something along this line..

Effects of TCM on Diabetics rats ---> Anti-diabetics screening

Hopes this is fun. One thing off my mind.. Thanks for the advise in making this decision.

Hmm.... I feel weird. Need to say it out.. but how.

Hmm... So little time left.... I wish I know.

Defining right and wrong

I hate studying for arts module. Open book exams. read Read REad READ... just keep reading and reading. damn it. Pissed. I hate reading. SERIOUSLY.

Ok.. Here's what I have learnt from the FAMILY SOCIOLOGY LECTURE...

4Factors to MATE SELECTION

1. Pure romantic love
   
2. Marriage resources (economic and cultural capital)---> This is the assets in term of financial assets, status, values, tastes and knowledge that we bring to the marriage market to attract mates and compete against rivals.
   
3. Third parties ---> A marriage between people from 2different groups may threaten the internal cohesion of one or both groups. As such, whom we fall in love with and choose to marry is determined partly by the influence of these third parties.
   
4. Demograhic (propinquity)---> Whome we fall in love with and choose to marry is determined partly by the size, geographical disperon and sex ratio of the groups we belong to and the social composition of the local marriage markets we frequent.

Factor 2+3+4 will give us the degree of endogamy (marrying within a group).

As a result of the operation of these three sets of social forces, the process of falling in love and choosing a mate is far from random. Social forces constrain our choices to varying degrees...

Understand what I am writing? You must read the full text to understand. The gist is... it is rare that our choice is governed just by pure romantic love.

Ok. I am just being naggy. Hmm.... Having time alone these days really set me thinking. As the semester draws to a close, I reflected on my past decisions... Every single one of them. Do they actually make sense? I am not sure myself. I think I have changed. Changed to a person whom I dont really understand myself. Hmm.... Its just weird sometimes when you look behind into time, and realise all the folly I have committed.

Anyway.. I emailed DSO.. got a negative reply. Means I cannot do my FYP with them anymore. Trying to locate more Profs now... hopefully something related to sports..... or exercise performance I hope....

I cant concentrate now.

I leave you with a song yet again.. old school... but same effect

Ask for it. And you shall not get it

Hmm.... So much have been happening. So much as that I no longer know where I am heading.

mostly school work. Kinda screw up this semester. We shall see....

No nice photos this time round. No time to take. No mood to take.

I just want to get over this semester and everything else.

I am growing white hair at the speed of light. Almost. I just don't know what to say. Wheeeeeeeeeeeee.............

If only. Till then.

Walk in the rain :: Rain in the walk

Thursday night.... Simple and talkactive dinner at Marche. Button mushrooms... =)

The talkactive night continued... staring up the sky. lying on an open field. Watching formations of clouds floated past. And as usual, the night was filled with stupid dares. Rain took over the night and it was time for home...

Friday is free day. Free day was spent sending my Laptop to the doctor to get the fan and keyboard replaced. I waited 1week plus for the spare parts to arrive. Sent my Laptop in at 1pm. Lady told me she will call me by 7pm to collect it back. Which means I had 6hours to kill.

Went Art friend to check out Vanguard. Went library to read CLIMBER magazine. Too cold. Took some random shots.




And I went into the Mac besides Bra Brasah to get a hot fudge sundae. Sitting besides the glass window, I looked across and I saw this sign - MINT TOY MUSEUM. I finished my ice cream and jaywalked my way to the museum. Admission fee $15. I walked out. Walked over to Raffles Hotel and explored the interior a little bit. Came across this nice ice cream place. Shall try it one day. Wanna come along? Once again, took a few random shots..

Wandered my way to the National Musuem. But I was intercepted by the Peranakan Museum. Detour (since it's free for NUS students). More photos..... from both musuem....

Hmmm... today was spent entirely by myself. I hardly have time for myself. Quite glad that I managed to walk around alone today. Spent alot of time thinking...about everything. And... i discovered alot of new places that I never knew existed. It's quite cool. Walking alone. Looking like tourist. Just going where my legs and instinct tells me to. Aimlessly. Hmm... just aimlessly.... till the time is up.



I leave you with a song that I really like?

sometimes, it is just not funny. And there is a limit. I am just being nice.

Spilled M&Ms

Hmm... Hell week is finally over. Wheeee..... FINALLY! time to have a short break before i work on more assignments.

Boulderactive was great. Feeling the post event syndrome. The emptiness I feel every year. Lazy to post the pictures. So many. Don't know which to choose to post here. Refer to Facebook.

I realised my Black Diamond bag has a cut on the bottom. ARGH......

I feel weird these days. I don't know why. I seem to be living in my own Wonderland. If sure if it is real or is it a dream? Delusion or reality. Maybe it is just denial.

My pimples are getting worse. I don't know why. Maybe its all the stress and all the problems I have been going through.

Shed me some light.

Will be back soon. Recently my posts consist of all words. Cos there isn't any concrete photo to reflect my mood recently. Stay tuned thou.

Good night all.

R.&.S Sleepyhead.

I am physically and mentally burnt out. Seriously tired.

Myasthenia gravis- fluctuating muscle weakness.

I think I am suffering from this disorder. In particular, to the eyelids.........

Tiring and stressful as it may be... These few days had been fulfiling, new and unique.

Boulderactive is here.

It's all just random.

Empathic Accuracy

But Love is blind, and lovers cant see... ......The pretty follies they themselves commit....




-Shakespeare. The Merchant of Vernice.




Delusion are as necessary to our happiness as realities....

5 to 6

Finally finished my 1200 words essay. To an Arts Student, 1200words is Feasy. But....


I am a Science student who only know how to write scientific lab report. Ok. Shall not be whiney.

ANWAY......busy busy week ahead. Just finished Gravical last week. Hence 5 to 6. If you know what i mean. Oh well..... Doesn't matter since I fulfiled my target for this competition. Yup. Thanks to all those with their Powerful DSLRs, namely Yixiang and Daryl. Thanks to those who video-ed my climbs.

Congrats to Jenny for clearing the long dusty dirty road of OPEN climbing! wOooohOoooooo!

And to the rest... like Zx said... we are all in the same banana boat.

how apt.....


And so I hve been enjoying Climbing these few weeks. Disappointment yes. But its ok! Just enjoy climbing. (Jups. 2008) The sport that hurts me the most. Literally and figuratively.

I have one neuro test on Friday 20th March. One pharmaco test on 25th March. One SDL essay due 31st March. and the rest of the semester should tone down a little. Hell Week ahead. And BOULDERACTIVE IS THIS WEEKEND! I hate to miss any parts and events for boulderactive. For the past few years, I have never missed any events. Usually I will not have any class on friday. BUT.. this year... i got test... sadly... so i got to miss a few events.. oh well... what to doo.... hmmm... plus i usually set at least one route for the competition. But this year, I simply cant afford any time to spare. Feel guilty. But i will contribute somehow. See if i can squeeze in some time to head down to do abit of route testing and maybe help out with a bit (little bit) of route setting. I want to set.. seriously......but............oh well... STop whining planet....

ok. Go study now. SEeya....

The strength.

Ugly haircut....


Wrong Singlet cutting....


Pressurizing datelines....


Shoulder strains....


Locating FYP profs.....


High climbing expectations....


It is the weakness within.



Just move along.......with each passing day......

Urban Climber

The Mountain is my church. Climbing is the only way to worship them


-Tommy Caldwell

Symbolic Interaction

Hmmm.... have a couple of photos that I have yet to post....

Rainbow one week ahead. I saw this in Tampines. Yixiang saw it in school Did we see the same rainbow?

Tea time at Fosters. Some English Rose restuarant. Peppermint tea that is so refreshing. Tasted just like Wrigley's chewing gum. Nicee..................Scones were good.

This is the FFFern that I have been working on for my Ecology Lab. Vittaria ensiformis (italise the scientific name, otherwise you will be penalised). common name: Shoestring fern. 5pages of report = 60% of my total grade. Madness...

I just finished preparing for a mini presentation for "Making Sense of Society".

The Conflict Theory:

Privileged Class Versus the Less Privileged Class. The privileged class will try to maintain its advantage while the subordinate class will struggle to increase their status.

Gravical is this weekend. Somehow the competition feeling is missing. Maybe it is not so exciting for me anymore. Come to think about it. This is potential the last competition season that I might go through, considering yr4 might be busy and what not.


Hmm......... Something to think about...........................................

I just emailed on Prof regarding FYP. Following the trend. Life Science majors are kind of....................................

Falling like Ragdoll

Mynahs come in pairs.

Hmm... Einstein test was quite a killer. But... I shall believe in the power of moderation. =) Usually my CAP will drop during Sem 2. Seems like it is going to head towards the same fate again for this sem.

Lets see.. Time passed so quickly that I cant seem to remember what I did the past few days....

Last friday was spent with Zhaoxiu, Yixiang (BF =best friend, not boyfriend), Shaoting, HH and JH at island creamery, Keppel Island and Henderson Waves. Random photos. A few of the nicer photos.

Spent the night at Yixiang's. First time I slept so well at his place man. Thanks to Zx for her spare blanket and the mattress and the cannot make it pillow. muahaha.

Saturday was mock comp day. Shall not talk too much about it. Hmm. The usual la.... you know what I mean. Hmm. kind of used to it. Yeah. Quoting what Jups said... "Don't forget to have fun while climbing." Somehow, I seem to forget the fun element in climbing. Getting tired... Hmm.....

Oh and saturday was yixiang's birthday. Zhaoxiu, BF and myself spent the saturday night at Changi village. Ayam Penyet + $1 ice cream by the sea, watching the planes flew past above our heads. Qantas has the fattest fuselage ( pronounced as FHUGE SER LARGE or somewhere along that line). AND it is the loudest. haHaha. just in time to wish my buddy Happy 24th. Bark Cafe is quite a nice place to chill out.

Sunday...... What did we do........ Sentosa. Rain. Shopping. Mahjong. Supper @ Simpang.

Lady Luck

That's all for now man... Tired.

TONNES OF ASSIGNMENTS.... TONNES TONNES.. ARGHZZZZ

Einstein

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. .....................THAT'S relativity.”

Could have been better.

Sometimes... doing your best just ain't enough.

What do you do then?

Just be happy. Have no expectation. And don't hope for anything in return.

thats what it should be all about.

Godspeed.

Milo Truck

plan⋅et 

Astronomy.
a.
Also called major planet. any of the nine large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto in the order of their proximity to the sun.
b.
a similar body revolving about a star other than the sun.
c.
(formerly) a celestial body moving in the sky, as distinguished from a fixed star, applied also to the sun and moon.


2.
Astrology. the sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, or Pluto: considered sources of energy or consciousness in the interpretation of horoscopes.

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The word originated from a greek word with the meaning of wandering/wanderer/to wander.



Hmm..... My shoulder feels weird. And I am wandering.

Lack the Pump

1. I am damn strong.

2. I am numb.

3. I don't know what to say regarding Monday.

Pick one.


Fhuge moon tonight. I can see Jack and Jill. So sweet.

Oh. And did I mention that I almost pop my shoulder today? It was so close. I could literally feel it popping. As a result, I am having involuntary twitching around my right shoulder currently.
=)

Good night. Sleep on it yeah?

Lack the Glow

Busy week.

Rushing from Point A to Point B almost everyday. Was almost an uneventful except for a couple of stuff.

It was my free Friday and I actually went back to School after NIKE sale. GET A LIFE PLANET.

I bought a nice nice polo tee and a nice nice berms for climbing thou =)

So I studied from 2pm till 6? After which I went to climb (impromptu) while waiting for star gazing to start at 730pm. It is always nice to climb with people like Caleb, Liuli and Youjie. They set routes of different styles and most importantly tough but do-able routes. It is the kind of climbing session I like besides training.

Then the rain came. Dampened my mood totally. Like I waited the whole day just to attend this star gazing and it was on the verge of being cancelled. BUT.... the rain stopped just in time for us to take look @ VENUS (no girls on it) and the Moon (JACK AND JILL). Luckily I persuaded Zhaoxiu to stay on otherwise she would have gone home. =)

Dinner with ZX, Caleb and YJ at some random Kopitiam. Somehow friends are always there to accompany you when you need them.

Saturday was great. Great climb at TJ. Climb till shagged. Like totally shagged. Then talk alot of cock with the juniors at the "famous" hawker center opp TJ. As usual, Ely is like so evil with her comments. muahaha.

Then it was back home and out again to celebrate The Hunk's 24th Birthday. Steamboat at Bugis followed by KTV followed by Mount Faber. Really cool (literally) place to go to at night.

Amazing groups of friends whom we have almost agreed to be Godfather and Godmother of all our children next time. Watching our children climb as we gossip in the future. muahahaha.

WHAT.....alritey. so much for this post. Back to my drugs.

Tell me. Stick it or Drop it?

Light. Fight. Flight

Give me some light.

2.38am. Sleepless.

Denial or Hope

Mock comp yesterday wasn't good. Shall not talk too much about it.

School hasn't been very good. Shall not talk too much about it too.

Seems like there is nothing much to talk about.

Lots of late nights. Rushing. Hoping to meet the dateline. Hoping to get it done.

The past few weeks have been rather eventful. Alot of incidents. Nice ones that kept me going. Not so nice ones that made me ponder if.......

Denial or Hope. I choose Hope

ps. Planet is human

Mike and Ike

Friday was spent having lunch at TM. Wanted to eat pastamania but ended up in the food court =). Took the train down to school, looked at some specs. Nice. Don't worry. Then it was off to the gym once again. Din really climbed much thou cos i din want to get all sweaty and stuff. Set some routes. But the trip to school was worthwhile.

Advanced to town. Walked around alone for a couple of hours. Looking for ideas and gifts. Overflowing ideas but zero decisions made. Finally reached NIKE. Nice stuff there. Met the LSM gangs and ate fish & co. Super not worth it since I ate fish & co in KL last december. (half price mind you). Had alot of lame forfeits. Including wearing shades and asking the waitress for a refill of passion fruit.
Rushed down to TM (after pangsehing LSM gang) to catch RED HILL with yx, matt and charl. Nice. but abit drama (as usual).

Saturday = Climbing day. Turned ou to be ERRAND running day too.

Productive climbs at Yishun. Finally a training that i feel pumped and stretched out. Shiok. Then lunch at foodcourt. =) Had a nice chat with Ely. Be nice. =) hahahaha.

Cab to Tg Rhu to collect 8kg worth of goods from US. One FCUK and one Northface top for me this time round. $27 worth of Cab fare to and fro = broke. Reached home, dumped the 8kg stuff and took bus31 to marine parade to deliver some food to my aunt. Wheee.............. and it was back to TM for dinner. bananas +chocolates +pasta + nice talk + TONNES of people. ok. i am exaggerating. Cooling walk and one stop bus ride back home. MJ session next with the usual. Net win = $-1. You see... I won $9. But i owe Yx $10 for RED HILL. hAHAHaha. ThaNKs....... fell asleep while watching FA CUP with laptop on my lap. Missed all the goals when I woke up la... What.............................

Sunday. Stayed home. Research on the net and youtube. Did random stuff. Trying to find things to do. But nothing. Like NOTHING. Wanted to run. Then it rained. Then lazy. Then nap. Then rnadom things again. haHAha. Then Reunion dinner. Quiet one this year w/o Marie. =( Oh well. Mum nagged for going out so often and not helping her with new year preparation. Like what.........=). oh well.....

I think I need to take more photos. To avoid all these chunks of words. And I think I need to blog more often. Again to avoid all these chunks of words. I think I need...

Picasa is quite useful.

Romancing the Brick Wall

Finally done (I think) with my shopping. Bought a pair of loafers and a bag. Thats it. I am not going to spend anymore. The rest shall be from US if my sis manage to find good deals.

How about sch? Ecology field trip 1 was kinda boring. Walked around campus. Identified plants that you would never have noticed. Probably the next few trips would be more interesting. Pharmacology is interesting as ever. Making sense of society is not too bad. Manged to catch up with friend who has toured almost the whole of Europe. Einstein is......confusing but fun as got two others to disturb and talk crap. All the lame jokes.

Neurology on the other hand... IS KILLING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGHZZZZ... should have taken physiology man. Shall stop being adventurous next time and not try modules that sound interesting.

How about climbing? What can I say?......I just hate to lose my temper and vent it on the wall. Ya... not sportsman like and all.... It is just wrong...... But I have no outlet to let my rants out. It is constantly building. The frustration. The disappointment. Its all building up. And so. Monday. Flared up and yup. Lost my cool. Hmm...Shouldn't have done it. Like how i asked everyone who messaged me that day... Why is it that the thing you love most, always hurt you badly? I need to regain my zen.

I know its just not my day. And i know no use gettin so frustrated. And I know no point feeling all down and sad. However, it is just hard. You know what I mean? There is so much expectation from myself. I just want myself to do so badly. I am able to advise people all the time when they are down, disappointed and stuff like that. But I don't seem to be able to apply these theories to myself. It's harder than I thought it would be. To those who have noticed, thanks for your concern.

Along the same line... INSPIRATION, FAITH and everything along that line. Regina introduced me to this book. THE LAST LECTURE -Prof Randy Pausch. What can I say? I was in awe when I first read the book. This man is strong. Not physically. But emotionally and mentally. The book is packed with inspirational qoutes which I shall name a few of them which I particularly like. 1. Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something.

2. Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

3. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

Go ahead, read this book. I am sure you will find something unique for yourself.

This is a man who lived his last few months to the fullest with no regrets. What would you do if you are left with one month to live?




I would be lost.

Double McChicken

3rd Day of school.

10am Lessons everyday means

1. Wake up at 750am
2. Drag myself out of bed at 8am
3. Cold shower and breakfast at 810am
4. Leave house at 815am
5. Board the mrt at 825am
6. Reached sch at 935am
7. Print notes and attend lecture at 955am

Daily routine. Alritey. Boring modules do not help at all.

Neurobiology + Ecology + Human pharmacology + Einstein + Making sense of Society

So much for school. I have been climbing quite abit. Climbed Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Going to climb on thursday and friday and saturday! Shiok. But my fingers are undergoing fatigue. =) Should be able to last.

Momentum is building and I am feeling my climbing sense. It is something so personal to me... and I really need to start building on my confidence once again. Taking it slow and steady is a good way for me to build my confidence (I finally realised). So I am starting to do easier routes. Then slower work towards harder ones.. I feel as though I just learnt how to climb once again.

Alot to look forward to. Lots of competition. But somehow I just don't feel the stress.

Alot of uncertainty in life nowadays. Just go to learn how to handle it. Hmm......

Powerless Needless beating.

And so I sort of recovered from my gastric flu. Just feeling fbloated whenver I eat something. So I haven been eating well.

Everything is going on well except for one thing. Climbing. I don't know why. Maybe I haven been climbing. Maybe I have deproved.

I guess its all a vicious cycle.

Drop in Strength and Endurance -----> Cannot finish route ------> Can finish route but unglam ------>Morale drop ------> Sian mood -----> Don't feel like climbing ------> Drop in Strength and Endurance.

And you see, I used to be able to finish routes. Flashed and stuff. But recently, I lack that ability. It is like Clarke Kent losing his body of steel when that lightning struck. Powerless.

This weak feeling is killing me. And the faint enthusiasm is not helping.

Now I look worn out and tired. Eye bags. Dark rings. Pimples. And school is starting. And training is starting. And competition are coming. And Planet is currently unavailable.

Till further notice.

Late night Craving

Smallville + Pineapple tarts (lots of them) @ 3am = 6times of vomiting.

Felt so sick in the morning. Puked and Puked like I never puke before. Must be the tarts.

Wanted to stay home to rest. But decided to go sch. Cos I need to get something done.

Was so lethagic during the cleanup. So guilty. Just lie around. Unable to do much. Cos I puked whatever I attempt to eat.

Slacker planet.

Now I am running a slight fever. Hopefully it will go down by tmr. Otherwise got to give it a miss. =(

Vintage night rides.

Dockers Bag -$90


Project Shop Sling Bag - $149.90

Moving on.... 2009 has been nice so far.

1st Jan

• 1st Run of the year. 8km 41mins.


• Ice cream chef. Tried Kaya ice cream! Wasn't that bad!

2nd Jan

• Met Mich for a short shopping trip. She wanted to get this organizer from MoleSkine (nv heard of it). But ended up seeing alot more options. =)


• Bought a Docker's short sleeve top which was slightly too big. Mum altered it for free.


• Decided on the pair of Chaco sandals I wanna get from US


• Saw this UBER nice Project shop bag that trashes Docker's bag FLAT like a prata in Simpang Bedok.


• Had lunch at Out of The Pan in Raffles City. I mentioned in my previous post that I would like to try different kinds of teas. Tried Earl Gray this time round. Hmm.... Not exactly my kind of tea. It was abit too flavoured and too strong for my liking. I prefer something more... bitter? plain? Earl Gray smells abit like aroma therapy oil.
  

3rd Jan

• Went Giant and Ikea with my mum to get some cushion for the Sofa. Finally ate the Ikea Ice cream that I have been craving for since exams.


• Mahjong session at Charl's place with Matt, Vince, Charl and Yixiang. No. 5 people can't play Mahjong. Yixiang was self entertaining with laptop and Matthew's PSP.


• Had quite abit of good luck that night.

Played till around 2am. Then we decided to go Bedok 85. But sadly, it was closed. So we headed to Kembangan instead for the Herbal Mian Xian. Nice......... The ride home was crazy too. Off the aircon, wind down the window and enjoy the cold wind at night. Not forgetting all the classic old songs.

School is reopening soon. Alot of people to meet. Alot of things to buy. Presents for birthdays.. Presents to reward myself. This.. and That..... Too little time for too many things. Just have to figure out a way to squeeze everything in before the term begins.

Bidding hasn't been very smooth sailing for me. Changed my mind a couple of times. Now I am having trouble finding people to do Einstein's wierdness with me. Hmm... Kinda lousy feeling to do project with people you don't know man. Crap. And this is the first time I am going to clash my lab with lectures. Oh man........Dilemma Dilemma.... But the good thing is... I have 2S/U in hand! =)

Will definitely be an exciting semester ahead. Just heard from Jensen about next sem's climbing programme. Mixed feelings. Somehow I just think I am not up to it. Ah CRap... COME ON! really need to push myself more sometimes....Hmm... it is just different these days...walking alone and pushing is quite hard. But I believe I can manage it. Hmm... And the best part is.... I pulled my tendon like a few weeks ago. Brilliant. =)