my bro, dad, mum and me

jamie, angie, marilyn, melissa, ken and me

cousins

A strong sense of urgency hit me as I was driving to school today. An accident suddenly flashed before my eyes and I saw myself being thrown into the air. Talk about being freaky.

What struck me was the amount of things I had unsaid if I were to pass on. *touch wood. But seriously, if an accident were to suddenly befall you, and you had that one last chance to say something to the people around you, what would it be?

I know what I have left unsaid and I know what I need to do. Do you?

These photos were taken at a company function. Don’t we all just look dashing? =)

and so it was, like 2 pieces of a rock,
they separated, and fell apart.
to the ends of the earth they went,
one in the oceans,
the other landed with a thud.

new paths they’d begin,
new owners who’d pick them up.
the path ahead is ever winding,
the path ahead is bright.

who knows what will happen,
who knows… who knows…

and yet a thread remains,
a thread of a common past.
some call it fond memories,
i call it a friendship that will last.

im glad ive found a friend in you,
im glad we’ll see each other through.

don’t go into something,
with bits of old still left in you.
start the plate, a clean slate,
love like how God’s loved you.

to the one who called me blib,
i just wanna say thank you

to my lil one, don’t be silly, i chose you.

ive been looking back recently at the life ive had, and i must say i feel really blessed…
this may almost sound like im bragging about my life, my family, my friends and you.
the truth is, im not. im just really thankful for having them in my life. thankful for great people constantly popping up in my life. so heres a lil’ something i had to write…

the occasional banter,
the secretive family gossip.
the warm laughter,
the feeling of being together as one.

the great food,
chinese and jap.
the great desserts,
ice cream | gelato.

i really couldnt ask for more.
i love my family.
my mum, dad and my bro.
i love my friends,
tom, dick and harry.

i feel the beat in my step,
the pulse in my heart.
i feel strong and powerful,
i am unstoppable.

so be jealous, be glad,
be happy or be sad.
i really dont care,
because what you think won’t get me down

and yes… i do love you. =)

havent managed to do what i want with this blog yet… perhaps im just giving myself tonnes of excuses… bah… aren’t i great at procrastinating. till next time i guess… out.

4 years, 365 days, 31 30 28 days, 60 secs, 1 min.

Everything comes back round the bend,
everything will return in a full circle.

The sun will still shine tomorrow,
the moon will still hide in the day.
The crows will do their daily banter,
the worm into a butterfly.

Daily troubles will continue to plague us,
each of us will still have to fight our battles.
Some of us falter, some of us cry.
some of us remain, with our heads held up high.

Don’t let life’s little woes get your heart heavy,
don’t drag your feet although you’re weary.

Don’t lose yourself to money in the blink of an eye,
Don’t lose yourself to the people around you,
Don’t lose yourself.

For everything will still end up coming back,
and life will still go on.

Begin your day like its your first
work and have fun like its your last
and somehow, somehow life will unfold herself,
until we breathe our last.

4 years, 365 days, 31 30 28 days, 60 secs, 1 min.

This is a shout out to all those facing some kind of problem today. and yes… im typing this from my lab. =)

I’m going to rant.

i’ve been stuck in the lab doing the same experiment over and over again for the past 3 days. each experiment takes an approximately 3 hours to complete, and each result takes an approximately 30 secs to tell me that I’ve made a mistake - yet again.

9 hours. gone just like that. i still can’t see where i’ve gone wrong. its just basic mixing of chemicals. measure x ml of liquid A, mix with water. measure y ml of liquid B, mix with buffer. take the 2 mixtures and mix. put in incubator. wait for half an hour. do spectrophotometry analysis. period. sounds simple? wait till you actually do it yourself! my lab supervisor told me she had to do it about 10-15 times before she got it right. she mentioned something about a skill, how we needed to measure accurately 10microlitres etc.

in my opinion, this is a waste of time. i dont see myself working in the lab. i dont see myself ever doing experiments again. i just dont see the whole lab coat, lab goggles, lab attitude thing!

i could have finished my book on options trading in the 9 hours wasted. i could have finished my book on neuro-linguistic programming in the 9 hours wasted. i could have done a zillion things i WANTED to do in the 9 hours past.

i guess the only thing im learning from this is never giving up. all i can say is that i learn to be more careful with each experiment past. i learn to be more efficient with each failure met. in fact, it took me only 2 hours to complete the same experiment i took 3 hours to do 2 days ago!

i really just want all of this to be over soon. one more year. no. 6 more months to be exact. and then i graduate!

meanwhile, i just wanna shout out to people like moses, louis, zhenyuan, shijia, shoonghong, fulin, senghuat, felicia, my bro, my parents and you, thanks for being there with me through this crazy mess. life really can take you by the balls and squeeze them hard. heh.

signing off.