Happy Lunar New Year!!

A very happy lunar new year to all Chinese frens out there!!!

...and happy holidays to all!! :D

Also happy collecting ang pow for the unmarried..
and happy giving ang pow for the married? hehe :P

Improved short-sightedness

I've been short-sighted ever since primary sch...not too sure when it started...but when it was detected at the age of 11...my power was a few hundred on the right side...and perfect on the left side...hence, I always felt I have perfect eye sight :P

A set of specs was made which I still never wore since I could see everything clearly :P

Finally in 1996, when I was at my peak of my competitive tennis "career"...I decided it's better to have good eye sight on both eyes...otherwise games in the evening tend to be quite a problem :P
Then..my power was 400 on the right and 0 or 50 on the left...so I got contact lense on 1 side only..hehe :D

After I started to use the contact lense for a year or so...my left eye start to "balance" itself with the right eye...hehe...
So I switched to specs...since I hated the contact lense :P

From then on...my power just kept climbing every year I went for a check up...
So I get new specs every year!! :P

Anyway, it continued to climb until early last year...it was 550 on the right, and 350 on the left...told u the left one was trying to balance with the right ;)

After I started taking Lifepak (multivitamin/mineral and antioxidant supplement) for a few months...my power actually dropped to 500 and 300...
I added g3 (a high antioxidant health drink)...and now...it has dropped further to 475 and 275...cool right!!
...and I now read a lot more on the bed...haha :P

Maybe if I stop reading on the bed...my eye sight will perfect itself in a year or so :D

Check out the graph of how my power has increased over the years...got the record from my optometrist :D


Lifepak and g3 rocks!! :D

I know I'm just very busy when...

My room is in a big mess and I just can't be bothered...
The kitchen is also dirty and messy...
I have books surrounding me on the bed...hehe
I have thousand over emails in yahoo unsorted...and another 750 in outlook express unsorted...
I haven't been backing up my data as regularly as b4...hmm..maybe I better back it up real soon...
I iron my clothes every other week instead of twice a week now...luckily I have enough clothes for 2 weeks...hehe
My letter tray is piled with weeks of unsorted mails...

Yeah...I'm busy...very IWA indeed :D

No more extremely sensitive nose??!!

I was just cleaning up my super super dusty room...haven't really clean it for weeks I think...or is it months??...hehe...it's still pretty messy now...but much cleaner :P

Previously if I attempt such a massive cleaning...I'm pretty much sneezing all day long...the only way to stop it is to take an antihistamine and sleep...

Amazingly...today...other then some slight sniffling...I'm totally fine...

Hehe...all the supplements I have been taking is doing their work very well indeed...yippee!! :D

U know u ought to be stressed out when...

Ur synthesis is not working...
U can't figure out which is the compound u want from the many many spots on the TLC plate...
U r spending a lot of time trying to confirm the compounds u r synthesizing...
The compounds u r synthesizing seem to be degrading as u r trying to purify it or confirm its identity!!
U bought the wrong starting material for ur synthesis so u r stuck...(how blur can one get :P)
Ur boss is starting to hint that u r getting slack...(and it's true!!)
U have to read up a lot on ur synthesis but u just hate reading such stuff :P
U'll also probably have to start reading up on homology modeling as ur boss has conveniently collaborated with another PI to do some computer work...
U have presentation deadlines staring at u...hmm...but u dun seem to care abt it...
Oh ya...u totally forgot abt ur teaching assistant duty...that'll sure screw up ur plans for lab work :P
Ur email is piling up with plenty of unimportant seminar announcements and u dun even know if u have missed out any impt emails??
U have yet to make any plans for ur trip to Amsterdam in April...air tix and accomodation price may be gg up...
Ur room is starting to get really messy but u just dun have time or the mood to tidy it up...
U just have plenty of other things to do besides ur lab related ones!!!
Finally, u dun really know who to "complain" to...oh well...