I haven't posted for so long man!!
Just been busy I guess....
Anyway, being IWA...it's kinda expected to be this busy :P
Wait a minute...I wasn't all that busy...in fact, I wasn't doing much last week...just sleeping a lot...hehe...
Well...it all started after my last posting...on the 4th...my housemate started to be very sick...actually it was the 3rd nite...but i got home late and never see...just assumed she has slept early that day...
The next day...she msg me to ask whether I'm gg home early the day...would like me to get dinner since she was sick...hmm...that din sound rite...she must be really sick...
Indeed she was...with really high fever...up to 39 degrees!!
The next day same thing...still having a fever...went back to see the doc who refered her to TTSH for a blood test...suspected dengue...uhoh...
Anyway, blood test result was inconclusive...with pretty low platelet...but not at a critical level...so she was sent home...
Apparently she had an interesting episode there...haha...some "kuku" guy (her words) was there...kept requesting for "X-ray! X-ray!"...apparently his slot was for 11 Jan 10.30am...so he was asked to go home...
On Sat...she went back for another test...again...same thing...and the "kuku" guys was also there...haha...
Anyway, I went to donate blood that morning...my hemoglobin was 14.1..very good...last month couldn't donate 'cos Hb was a little low 12.1 :P
Sunday..same thing for Ms Lim...
But Feei and I went Vivocity for her b'day lunch with a few other ASEAN ppl...had to leave the lawyer at home...hehe...but we'll get some non-oily sandwich for her...she hasn't been able to eat well and been puking out most of wat she ate...she figured it's too oily...and she dreamt of salad and sandwich the nigth b4...haha...
How to find non oily sandwich in Vivocity?? In the end never get anything...instead I went out again in the evening and got sushi for her...it's kinda non-oily rite :P
On Mon...still not well...so her dad decided to send her mom and sis over to rescue her...hehe...
That afternoon...I started to feel..not too good...but anyway, I had plans to meet up with Mr Koh and the NUS tennis gals that evening...so I just hanged ard in school till we met up...
It was nice to meet up with ppl like Joanne and Sharon Liu again!! Busy lawyers...luckily we met up in Raffles City...they could drop by after work :D
...I found out Joanne works in Drew n Napier...same same as my Ms Lim...not only her...Grace Lai is also there...and someone else from the guys team...was it Ray? Haha...everybody works there?
Too bad Grace had plans that nite liao...Stacey also just happened to have left the country that morning...forgot abt Mei Ling...oops...but ChenMei said she's in Germany...phew...hehe
Anyway, it was nice meeting with all those that ppl again...haven't seen each other since after graduation man!!
I was pretty much "gone" after dinner...luckily got a lift home from Mr Koh :D
Tue...even though I was still kinda feverish...I had to go back to the lab to stop the overnight reaction I had started the day b4...gotta work it up...extract..then rotavap...wash my glasswares, clean up the bench...blah blah blah...then home I go ;)
Wei Lee's mum and sis was ard...anyway, I just went home and sleep till it's time to meet Vorlacks for dinner...oh ya...Vorlacks just got back on Sat...and will be leaving again on Sat...that's the only day I'm available to meet him...and find out from him abt his interesting posting on the blog!! Angel and Lili were there too...
It was Tue...so waffles were at 50% off...hehe...I left after one waffle...Vorlacks and Lili wanted another one...but the wait was 30 mins...I wanna sleep liao lah :P
Wed...I din go sch...just nua at home...even meals were settled by Wei Lee's mum...hehe...when to see doc and had a blood test there..just in case...platelets were normal...230..and WBC was normal but on the low side...4.6...
Thur...same thing...except I went to work in the evening...hehe
Wei Lee doesn't seem to have dengue...based on serum antibody...so the docs think it's Chikugunya...it's just a different virus...but basically the same as dengue...spread by Aedes, symptoms similar except different rash pattern...
Fri...went to the lab for a while in the morning...got someone to replace me for work that evening since I was gg to Malacca the next morning...needed more sleep :P
Sat and Sun...I was in Malacca for a day and a half for various interesting and exciting talks! So exciting that I developed a slight fever again on Sun nite :P
Mon...din go sch again...haha...tried to prepare that poster for the OLS opening on the 5 and 6 of next month...oh shucks...it's still not done yet...maybe I need to panick liao...since I have another presentation to prepare for next next Wed's group meeting...
Anyway, this week was just busy in the lab...synthesizing some cpds and purifying some other cpds by Combiflash...I love Combiflash...save me the trouble of packing my own column...and it's so much faster!!! of course that makes it more expensive...but who cares :P
Ok that's all for now...time to get off work soon...wahaha :P
Oh ya...Wei Lee has just been added to the statistics for Chikugunya yesterday...hehe...so wat did I have?
Friday, January 19, 2007
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
X'mas and new year!!
There were so many holidays the past couple of weeks...so many long weekends!!
First there was X'mas...then there was Hari Raya Haji...and followed by New Year's Day!!
Oh ya...and followed by Feei's b'day..haha :P
So guess wat I did for the holidays??!!
I worked!! Very IWA indeed huh?
Worked at TPY on X'mas day...busy as usual...but ok ;)
Then I was at AMK on New Year's Day and the following day (replacement hol for Hari Raya Haji)...wah...that place is madness...that new hub isn't even all ready...wonder y the rush to open *shrug*
There's only one way down to the basement now...takes me 1 minute to ride on one escalator...ya..i was so irritated...i decided to time my ride...oh ya...there r 2 escalators each way...so...for a 30 min lunch break...I need to spend 5-10 mins getting in and out of that basement...arghhhhh!!
Oh ya..and that place is crowded as hell...dun u guys have another place to go...y all come and crowd in AMK...so irritating...I hate crowds :P
...and then there r the drug addicts...so crowded also u guys wanna come...wat's ur problem??!!
...and does the dispensary at AMK look a lot more like the cashier then any other shop??!! Stop coming to the dispensary to make ur payment...the word "CASHIER" is damn huge and u guys can ask me where's the cashier??!! U all irritate the hell out of me!!
Oh ya...I think a taller stool is necessary for the dispensary...or maybe just longer arms?? I can't even sit down to use the computer or write anything on the desk...design sucks man :P
Oh well...that was the sucky 2 days I had at AMK...at least I'm paid...although if I knew it were this busy and irritating...dun think I would I have chosen to work :P
Anyway, thankfully it's not all work the last couple of weeks...
There was the x'mas party the sat b4 x'mas...I was supposed to be santa elf...but in the end...din get the costume :P
I was a microphone stand instead...wahaha...
It was fun...with plenty of food and entertainment in the form of skit, cooking demo and singing...we sure have great singers ard ;)
Then last Sat it was KC's wedding lunch...met up with quite a few ASEAN ppl...with special guest appearance all the way from Canada...Ms Choy Lye Sim...hehe...
That evening...our lab also had a new year-cum-farewell dinner for Huiwen...at Xiaoling's place...wah...more yummy food...
Then after that..at home...we have the "sim"s...Lye Sim and Win Sim..and Yee Ling over at our place...just to drink and chat...
Lye Sim got really red after a little drink...that's a lot of acetaldehyde produced by her body...haha...not good!!
Anyway, the next day...there was the ultramarathon at MR...well...I totally forgot abt it...shld have noted it down on my PDA :P
Instead I had lunch with Angel...and her dad...hehe...she just got off work...and since she's on call...her dad came to pick her up ;)
That evening...went for countdown at grand plaza hotel...b4 that had dinner with kaizhen...with plenty of time to spare, I took the shuttle bus down to marina square and walked back to city hall...I was so against the human traffic flow...haha...everyone else is headed towards esplanade...no way I'm gg there...I hate crowds...hmm...think I have mentioned that b4 :P
After counting down, we just continued to hang ard...while I played with helium balloons...haha...I really talk like a cartoon after inhaling helium :D
Now I feel like dismantling the helium tank attached to the mass spec machine...and make more helium balloons....Sek Eng will sure kill me if i do that ;)
Oh and finally, yesterday we had a surprise b'day celebration for Feei...with her "friend" ard...hmm...interesting how come this "friend" (yup...just a fren) of hers always get to spend all those special times with her...haha
That's how I spent my x'mas and new year....
So now it's back to work....synthesis, synthesis, synthesis!!
When can I use the mass spec?? I need to confirm my compound b4 I make more of it!!
First there was X'mas...then there was Hari Raya Haji...and followed by New Year's Day!!
Oh ya...and followed by Feei's b'day..haha :P
So guess wat I did for the holidays??!!
I worked!! Very IWA indeed huh?
Worked at TPY on X'mas day...busy as usual...but ok ;)
Then I was at AMK on New Year's Day and the following day (replacement hol for Hari Raya Haji)...wah...that place is madness...that new hub isn't even all ready...wonder y the rush to open *shrug*
There's only one way down to the basement now...takes me 1 minute to ride on one escalator...ya..i was so irritated...i decided to time my ride...oh ya...there r 2 escalators each way...so...for a 30 min lunch break...I need to spend 5-10 mins getting in and out of that basement...arghhhhh!!
Oh ya..and that place is crowded as hell...dun u guys have another place to go...y all come and crowd in AMK...so irritating...I hate crowds :P
...and then there r the drug addicts...so crowded also u guys wanna come...wat's ur problem??!!
...and does the dispensary at AMK look a lot more like the cashier then any other shop??!! Stop coming to the dispensary to make ur payment...the word "CASHIER" is damn huge and u guys can ask me where's the cashier??!! U all irritate the hell out of me!!
Oh ya...I think a taller stool is necessary for the dispensary...or maybe just longer arms?? I can't even sit down to use the computer or write anything on the desk...design sucks man :P
Oh well...that was the sucky 2 days I had at AMK...at least I'm paid...although if I knew it were this busy and irritating...dun think I would I have chosen to work :P
Anyway, thankfully it's not all work the last couple of weeks...
There was the x'mas party the sat b4 x'mas...I was supposed to be santa elf...but in the end...din get the costume :P
I was a microphone stand instead...wahaha...
It was fun...with plenty of food and entertainment in the form of skit, cooking demo and singing...we sure have great singers ard ;)
Then last Sat it was KC's wedding lunch...met up with quite a few ASEAN ppl...with special guest appearance all the way from Canada...Ms Choy Lye Sim...hehe...
That evening...our lab also had a new year-cum-farewell dinner for Huiwen...at Xiaoling's place...wah...more yummy food...
Then after that..at home...we have the "sim"s...Lye Sim and Win Sim..and Yee Ling over at our place...just to drink and chat...
Lye Sim got really red after a little drink...that's a lot of acetaldehyde produced by her body...haha...not good!!
Anyway, the next day...there was the ultramarathon at MR...well...I totally forgot abt it...shld have noted it down on my PDA :P
Instead I had lunch with Angel...and her dad...hehe...she just got off work...and since she's on call...her dad came to pick her up ;)
That evening...went for countdown at grand plaza hotel...b4 that had dinner with kaizhen...with plenty of time to spare, I took the shuttle bus down to marina square and walked back to city hall...I was so against the human traffic flow...haha...everyone else is headed towards esplanade...no way I'm gg there...I hate crowds...hmm...think I have mentioned that b4 :P
After counting down, we just continued to hang ard...while I played with helium balloons...haha...I really talk like a cartoon after inhaling helium :D
Now I feel like dismantling the helium tank attached to the mass spec machine...and make more helium balloons....Sek Eng will sure kill me if i do that ;)
Oh and finally, yesterday we had a surprise b'day celebration for Feei...with her "friend" ard...hmm...interesting how come this "friend" (yup...just a fren) of hers always get to spend all those special times with her...haha
That's how I spent my x'mas and new year....
So now it's back to work....synthesis, synthesis, synthesis!!
When can I use the mass spec?? I need to confirm my compound b4 I make more of it!!
Monday, January 01, 2007
Happy New Year!!
It's 2007 already!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
So wat's ur new year resolution???
I never seem to have a new year resolution b4...so this year my new year resolution is to have a new year resolution...woohoo...am I crappy or wat :P
Ok...time to sleep...dun wanna sell the wrong drugs to customers tomorrow...or rather later today :P
Will write more abt recent happenings later ;)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! again...hehe...
Zzzzzzzzzz....
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
So wat's ur new year resolution???
I never seem to have a new year resolution b4...so this year my new year resolution is to have a new year resolution...woohoo...am I crappy or wat :P
Ok...time to sleep...dun wanna sell the wrong drugs to customers tomorrow...or rather later today :P
Will write more abt recent happenings later ;)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! again...hehe...
Zzzzzzzzzz....
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