Chilling out with the lab people..

Yesterday was really a great day! Went out with the lab people.. Nico, Stefano, Laura, Sabine, Dom and his gf.. it was really enjoyable.. didn't really go out with the lab ppl before.. though we usually talk and joke around in the lab.. but the experience was really different and it was great too.. We went to Ayam Goreng 99 at Kingsford and ordered a lot of food.. their food was delicious.. especially their CHILLI!! SO HOT and POWERFUL!! hehe.. Dom and her bf really loves them .. but the rest try not to touch them.. oops.. i forgot Nico.. i am sure he loves those chilli too...

We really ordered quite alot of stuffs:

1. Ayam Goreng
2. Ayam Goreng (Javanese style)
3. Mushroom wrapped in banana leaves
4. Tofu wrapped in banana leaves
5. Beef Rendang (This was SOSOSO GOOOOOOOOOOD!!!)
6. Coconut rice
7. Some Durian drink (I was so scared of it..everyone tried except me.. am i an Asian?? hehe)
8. Tempe: Fermented beans
9. Sweet and Sour soup
10. Kang Kung...

WOW!! It is like a 10 course dinner!! So scrumptious.. don't know if i had used the correct to describe.. i am too lazy to check at the dictionary too.. hehe..

I had to get to lab tomorrow at 7am!! So EARLY!! And today.. i had worked from 10 plus am to 9 plus pm.. so long hours.. i think i should go and sleep soon.. Good night everyone!

I really love the lab... Everyone is so nice and friendly.. Really appreciate the help that they had given me!

GJ Article! Never seen it b4..

OooOOoooo........ Kevin just send me this.. I never seen it before. .and i didn't even knew that i was on newspaper!! Hehe.. but then.. look at the caption under the picture: Many Malaysian students.....

Oh my goodness... Malaysian??? I was laughing when i saw this.. maybe i should just convert my nationality..hehe.. but ok la.. they write MANY ...not ALL .. if not i will SUE them ar.. haha.. just joking.. fellow malaysian reading my blog.. please do not come and see me with a knife or a chopper...hehe..

This article is really interesting.. i must keep it as a momento.. =)

Thanks KeV!

A Great Day TodaY!!

Today is really a great day!! Everything went very very smoothly.. i never had this feeling for a long long time.. because my mass spec has been failing and failing and also, I don't even trust my own EM results.. however, after meeting rick today, he said that i should trust my own result and don't think too much.. I am really elated that he trusted me.. really really delighted!

Most importantly, after so many months.. finally.. my mass spec is working and there are some preliminary results.. i will do the data analysis tomorrow and see what happen.. but at least there are protein ID now.. Initially, i was so unsure.. the gel was so pale.. i was so scared that there weren't any proteins.. but thank GOD, there were.. really need to thank god.. Thank you!!

Hope that my subsequent will be alright and i really need the blessing.. I am only left with 5 weeks and I hope that i could at least have a replicate.. PLEASE!!!

Just hope that my experiment can go smoothly now... if not i will really start crying in the lab...

A Hectic Day~

Today is really very hectic for me.. have been staying lab till late nights these few days.. so tired.. but the worse thing is..i am feeling really HUNGRRY now!! GRRR~~~

Wanted to join the rest for dinner tonight but didn't get a chance to... was caught in my SDS-PAGE.. juz hope that all the sacrifices were worth it.. Couldn't really know until mass spec is run.. though somehow, i do not dare to pin high hopes on it..

The day started with staining my gel that i had fixed overnight.. however, the gel looks really very very weird after i stain it.. i hardly feel lost when it comes to experiment (i think-sometime i do but maybe not as bad as today).. but today.. i am completely lost.. was staring at the gel till i didn't even have the mood to eat.. the cultures that i spent a month growing was also ignored.. wanted to do TFF for that 1L culture.. however, the gel came as a shock for me.. so i just decided.. i will forgo the TFF experiment and concentrate on my gel.. since i have a booking on wed and till now, i don't have any solid result to write in my thesis.. i guess it is more important to run my gels than doing other stuffs.. 30 more mins to go before my gel will finish running.. i hardly write blog when I am in Sg; however, i seem to be writing so much when i am in SYDNEY.. i guess i am really too bored.. nothing better to do.. hehe..

Pray that lord will grant me wisdom and luck.. 1.5 more month left! i really don't have any more time to spare...

10,000BC

Watch the 10,000 BC last tuesday with Ruiping, Kuan, Weisheng and Kelvin at Greater Union! First time in the cinema since i came here for my undergraduate studies.. very 夸张ar.. haha.. As we watched it on a tuesday night, it is only $10.. as compared to the prices of other days.. it is consider cheaper already.. even in SG.. now the cheaper rate is also about $7-$7.50.. not the Ulu cinema of course..

Oh ya.. back to the show.. Generally.. the show was ok.. i will give it around 3.5/5 stars.. It can be seen that the investment for this show is somehow huge...with all the animation and also the settings.. Actually, i went in to see the show before I even know what the show was about.. Coz Kuan was saying that the show looks nice.. so we decided to go.. but the most impressive thing about the whole movie trip was the cinema it self.. NOT the show.. LOL..

The cinema seat was really comfortable.. it was really big and comfortable.. very wide and spacious.. The cinema screen was also HUGE.. and it is concave.. really interesting.. but because we went to the cinema late.. we need to seat like 5 rows from the front.. so I am REALLY NEAR the screen.. my neck hurts after the show.. coz i need to turn and turn and hold my head up.. hehe..

After the show, i actually wanted to go for some desserts.. but didn't dare to say.. Coz everyone looks kind of tired and not interested in any after event, so i guess it is better to go home.. I remember it was already 11.15pm.. and we need to all go to school or work tomorrow..

Hmm..this post is kind of long.. maybe i should stop here =)

Wanted to talk about the scrumptous but cheap dinner at the Taiwanese restuarant.. maybe another time then...

P.S. Going to buy air tickets for my parents and sis and mama to come.. so excited!!! Finally the trip is confirmed! The $$ i had saved is worth it! Hope the trip is going to be GREAT! I am sure it will!!

Another day in lab~ What do you want in life?

Hmm.. another long day in lab again.. though i will only be in school for 2-3hrs because i only need to run a gel.. but in the end.. it took me about 6 hours.. spend a few hours trying to concentrate my proteins.. wonder how my protein gel will look like tomorrow... hopefully the bands will be intense enough for me to do mass spec.. and also.. that the 3 supernatants have about the same intensity. in that case, i will need to worry much anymore..

Only about 1.5 months before the end of honours.. suprisingly, i am not as panicked and worried as i thought i will be.. still kind of slow in doing things.. though sometime i feel the heat that I am only left with 1.5months but most of the time, i put it behind me.. think i really mean what i say - there are more important things in life than just a honours..

I understand that pursuing for good grades in studies are very important, but then, at the end of the day, what do you really get? Are you really happy? Does getting a A or a B really change your life drastically? Seriously.. i don't think that grades or even a doctorate or so are that important anymore.. It may make my life smoother.. but not necessary better..it also depends what i want in life.. To me, people around me are more important.. so i guess that should be my main focus.. of course, do my best in my work too =) Having said this, it doesn't mean that i can forget about all my work because that it is not the main focus! It is just that i had learn to let go even more...

Weisheng says that i am very different after the trip back from Singapore.. I wonder if i really changed that much.. He said that i am a happier person.. and maybe by letting more things go.. i am happier? seriously, i do not even know the truth.. i do not even understand myself now..

Gathering at Rick's place!!

Today was really hectic!! came to lab in the morning.. work and work..till ard 4pm and i was not done yet.. suppose to meet Charmaine at 4.15pm but i was still doing filtration.. didnt understand why it takes so long this time.. coz the previous time was pretty quick.. therefore, in the end, only managed to leave school ard 5pm.. haha... (we are suppose to reach at 5pm) =P

When we reach there, i was SOO HUNGRY!!! but now.. i am so full..can imagine what are the good food there??? hehe.. .tell you about it (so sad that i didnt bring a camera)... There were:

1. Tom yum beehoon (Charmaine)
2. Brownies and cheese (Sabine)
3. German beers (Olli)
4. Wines (Tim)
5. Pies (Don't know from who?)
6. Indonesian ... (cannot rem what it is called: from nico)
7. Gado-gado (Lily)
8. Prawn Cassava? (Flavia)
9. 2 Parlovas (Dom and Kristen)
10. Fried rice (unknown)
11. Tandorri Chicken (Sohail)

WAH... hope i didnt miss out anything!! hehe... there were really GREAT food.. i bet everyone brought their best dishes..hehe!! really enjoyed the food.. though i was full.. i didnt stop eating.. juz eat and eat.. till i cant take it.. then it was time to come back to lab and suffer again..

Now i am still in lab..and it is almost 1am... it is really horrible to do all these.. all these late nights in school.. however, if it is going to give me results, i really don't mind... but most of the time, my results are.... oh god... pls help me!! If not, i really don't know how i can write my thesis...

Another 2 more hours in lab at least.. hope that it will end quickly.. think i shant be lazy tonight.. i should just call the security to pick me up! will call them 10mins earlier as there's often a waiting time of 15mins..

Promise that i will get some photos up soon.. havent been taking pictures for my blog!! Maybe put up my gels if it runs well.. but dunno if i can..hehe...