Starbucks friday

Having the "50%-off starbucks coffee on last fridays of the month" can really brighten one's day.

Hello there beautiful

Due to fact that I was given MC for 2 days by the doctor, I'm stuck at home reading journal papers and resting. Since reading journal papers can be quite tiring, I decided to surf the net for a while just to relax. While reading up on nightingale floors of Nijo castle from Kyoto, I came across some information on ninjas or shinobi. Being the "geek" that I am, I went on to delve further into the ninja subject. Lo and behold, look what I found, check out this cool baby:

2007 Kawasaki Ninja Zx 6R Black Static

A girl can only dream...

Night Safari Halloween Special

On that fateful Saturday evening, the stingrays decided to embark on perilous journey to the Singapore Night Safari Halloween Special. Upon entering the place, we surrounded by ghouls, witches and whatever freaky looking creatures that are found in horror stories. The place was decorated in whatever remains from their vistors and animals: skeletons hanging from trees, bloodied bodies, mangled body parts, deformed animals etc etc. You can never imagine the stench emitted from the surroundings...

Guys with the mangled body parts.

The girls with the tin man (Super funny dude)

Actually hor the stench was from the vistors to night safari. In addition to the massive crowd, the humid weather made everyone perspire like mad. So "occasionally" when you bumped into someone, the "pleasant" smell will assault your senses. The place was so crowded, that walking through the ghost trails isn't that scary as the screams from the front would have prepared you for what's to come. However, the terror tram ride was fantastic. The make-up of the scare party was top-notch and the plot used for each section was captivating. Although at the end of the ride, I believed fish and roy (I'm sitting between them)would have gone deaf from my screams and taichong's arms must have ached(I whacked him like mad for scaring me at the end of the train ride, sorry ven).

One of the staff harassing people

All in all, the trip was really good and we got to see many animals that didn't appear the other time. All these have to be credited to Roy, somehow that dude got some powers to make the animals appear. He just need to say the magical words: "Where's the *animal species*? *Animal species* would then appear!" Please bring him with you if you're going to view animal exhibits. =P

The magical but creepy night.

Japan Trip

I know I'm supposed to update about my trip to japan. Given the mountain load of photos, I'm just too lazy to load them to blogspot. Those interested in viewing them can refer to my facebook account. I've included a short description about the places I've visited as well. Hee.. Hope it'll make up for my laziness.

I'm back

I'm back from Japan. It was a super fun trip though it could do with lesser walking around. Shall post the detailed entries when I've loaded and sorted the photos. Nihon daisuki!

In memory of

I'm still in shock and I'm sure everyone in lab is still in shock. We'll all miss him dearly...

People reading my blog would probably expect me to blog about my recent birthday but I guess my birthday this year is a sombre affair. I really didn't have the mood to celebrate but I would like to thank everyone for the well-wishes.

Short film.

Saw this video while doing some random blog reading. It's a great short film about communication. Though let's hope that people do not go to work looking so jaded like the male character at the start of the film.



A great thank you to fashionation for posting this in their blog. This short film is one of the 2009 Cannes Lions winners.

DNA五月天創造演唱會

I attended the mayday concert yesterday and it's FREAKING AWESOME!!!!! Photos will come at a later date once I get them from my cousin.

I found the official music video of Shoujo S by Scandal. This song is used for the opening theme of the current bleach zanpakutou arc. If only we followed this MV, maybe we would have won the airband competition. LOL!

Kudos to the old hero

I was on my way to meet my jc mates when I came across this incident. You know that there's reserved seats for the elderly, handicapped etc on the trains and usually these seats would be taken up by people who do not belong in these catergories. I must really applaud this old man for standing up for his rights. (He should be in his 70s)

When he entered the train at hougang, he realised that there're no seats available for him. He waited for a while, however no one sitting on the reserved seats gave up their seats for him. Therefore, he walked up to the reserved seat nearest to him, woke the dozing man and demanded that the man give up his seat to him. I'm sure the youngster got quite a shock when he was awakened by the old man and with everyone staring at him, he had no choice but to quickly vacate his seat. So kudos to the old man for doing that and hope that anyone reading would give up their seats(be it on trains or bus) to those in need. Thank you

Seriously...

Seriously... I think some people are way too serious, add on to the fact that they complain about almost every single thing in their life, they're taking themselves way too seriously. Seriously... Now, see what that person made me do.

P.S : Seriously, I wanted to blog about my trip to bro's camp, watching NDP in pasir laba, the trip with the stingrays to night safari etc but i got side-tracked by this serious person. Relax dude!

I'm currently in love at the moment... with 2 people, although one isn't exactly alive or human.

Jennifer Connelly for Balenciaga F/W 09.10 Campaign

Sebastian Michaelis from manga/anime "Kuroshitsuji"

Images from: fashioncopious, fotolog.com

Fairytales

I re-watched Code Geass again over the weekends. When it came to the relationship between Suzaku Kururugi and Euphemia li Britannia; Cornelia li Britannia and Gilbert G.P. Guilford, I can't help but think of this phrase "What's a knight compared to a prince?"

I realise that knights are quite sad creatures as they have to try really hard not to neglect their duties but they will never be the prince and must contend with being bystanders.

Image from deviantart

Convocation

I've finally graduated from NTU. Wooo Hoooo... Shan't say much, let the pictures do the talking.

Main Stage Area

My family, was super touched that my grandparents came.

Bro (Just letting him get a feel of wearing the mortar board. Hee)
JX (He bought my favourite flowers (Lilies) and brownies, Thanks dear)
Joleen, one of my closest friend in NTU. We braved through main comm, FOC, had lessons, meals together.
Marc! My lab buddy and close friend since year 1
Lavin, another close friend same og for hall and SBS focStanley, part of our SBS clique( Joleen, Lavin and marc)
Supposed to be a stingray picture but cos fish (represented by the sunflower) got work and as for roy(the lazy bum OVERSLEPT)

There're so many pictures that I took with my other friends and I can't post all. But all in all, the feeling that you've finally grduated is soooo gooood...

Food for thought?

I was surfing the net, getting my daily dose of fashion news when I came across this youtube video about the model Vlada Roslyakova. In the video, they acknowledge her as their thinspiration princess. Being the mountain tortoise that I am, I went to google the word "thinspiration" and what I found was quite shocking. According to wikipedia.org, thinspiration is a word derived from people who view their "thinspiration" as people they want to be as thin as. This people are usually "Pro-ana" which means they promote having anorexia nervosa as a lifestyle choice.


Vlada at Elie Saab Couture Fall 2009

When I read the articles, I was like what the @#$%&*! These people are crazy, they even have blogs to "help" their fellow "Pro-ana"s lose weight (to skeletal proportions) and suggest ideas to avoid detections by doctors and families. I mean I'm always ranting on and on about going on diet (which never happens) but what these people are doing borders on insanity. Sometimes you never get some people who drive themselves to self-destruction.

Information from wikipedia.org

Went to watch "Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince" with jx on sat night and we came across this signboard. It belongs to a clothing store and it looks kinda amusing so I took a snapshot of it.

To the stingrays reading this post, I think you'll be super amused especially joleen...

Stingrays!

Had stingray outing on sunday and during one of our many 'interesting' conversations, this question came up: "What if zebras have spots instead of stripes?" Of course, the many answers that came up are quite hilarious but I think joleen's answer "rocks". (Then there won't be zebra crossings) Haha... Outings with the stingrays are always filled with laughter. Fish if you're reading this, please remember that you need to accumulate good krama. :P

Image from: wikimedia.org

This image is a common occurrence in my lab. For those not in science, this image is a representation of alot of work being done. To add on to this image, there's another 2 gel tanks running over at the right-hand side. So future FYP students, still interested in coming?

Since the previous post was about M.J and his death, I thought it was befitting that I add this poem I found while surfing the net.

Mary Oliver, White Flowers

Last night
in the fields
I lay down in the darkness
to think about death,
but instead I fell asleep,
as if in a vast and sloping room
filled with those white flowers
that open all summer,
sticky and untidy,
in the warm fields.
When I woke
the morning light was just slipping
in front of the stars,
and I was covered
with blossoms.
I don’t know
how it happened—
I don’t know
if my body went diving down
under the sugary vines
in some sleep-sharpened affinity
with the depths, or whether
that green energy
rose like a wave
and curled over me, claiming me
in its husky arms.
I pushed them away, but I didn’t rise.
Never in my life had I felt so plush,
or so slippery,
or so resplendently empty.
Never in my life
had I felt myself so near
that porous line
where my own body was done with
and the roots and the stems and the flowers
began. (Oliver, 1992, pp. 58-59).

Lovely piece by Mary Oilver linking nature and death. I love how she mentioned not knowing what happened. The "I don't know"s and the phrase about nearing the "porous line" just brings the reader closer to the idea.

Please note that this is not an emo post even though it mentions about death, I just got bitten by a tiny literature bug.