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