How I Spent Merdeka Day

Aha, Public holiday, Cun-ted,
During public holidays, Malaysians are divided into 2 categories: those who go to Mid-valley Megamall, and those who don't.So, during the recent Merdeka day, it was high time to fall into the former category...........

.........with ai lyn, chili chung and siew leng(all Maths people who can't count money) 


First stop: Chili's for lunch

Everything is bigger in Texas. Tortillas, chicken salad and triple play.(sounds like a porno movie)

After the food, there was some minor shopping, I bought a saree (with blouse and underskirt)from Kamdar for velly-belly cheap.

Next: Baskin-Robbins , where a paranoid/freaky aunty tried to grab a chair from us for her kids.You wouldn't believe the amount of ppl there. More ppl than stuff .After ice-cream, went to TESCO to get raw chicken for ai lyn..........
........to cook dinner. At this time, Oscar joined us.Mostly, we were half dead, but ai lyn pushed through anyway, and produced chicken curry with broccoli side dish.

Selamat Hari Merdeka.Kepada Tuan-tuan dan Puan-Puan Sekalian.

Sekian, terlima-kaseeh.Kam-sia.dan sebagainya.

What the............

This is the official portrait of the FGA tertiary students' fellowship UPM cell group graduating batch of 2006. Standing from left to right: Rabacca(English Literature), Elizebeth Mah(Microbiology), Florence Toh(BA English), Erin Lim(Microb), James Low(Pertanian), Eugene Tan Lye Song(Human Development), Gloria "Mongolia/aha aha" Jane Kelios(English-exec), Me ( Microb),Jasmine "Spiky Hair" Ng(English), Wendy "Pocahontas" Tan(Accountancy) and Melody Wan (Music). Sitting left to right: Amy-the-Lamy Yong (Food studies) , Joseph Raj "appa" , Eunice Yeap-Raj "Amma" and Siow Yee Leng "curly Long" (TESL)

The digital version of this pix didn't turn out as nice as when it's printed out on canvas. Such a disappointment. Everything looks so red, like gong xi-raya like dat.

Trivia:

- Portrait has been heavily edited by photoshop. Everyone's pimples/blemishes/ unruly hair is gone.Say goodbye to bad skin.

- Lamy wanted to wear her RM4 bathroom slippers to take photo,until appa screamed at her.

-Studio space was actually quiet small, with us standing wall to wall, the backdrop is again the wonders of modern technology.

-Elizebeth is wearing Jeans and t-shirt under her robe.

 

Convocation ,Convocation!

Hi peeps,

Piccies of my convo day.Yayayaya............

 

I'm actually wearing T-shirt and bermudas under the whole robe thing. This was at night after the ceremony over .

With Sam and Mum outside the hall just after ceremony ends.

 Before the ceremony, with the roses Mum bought .

With joseph and Eunice, aka appa and amma.

 

 

 

 

Funny, Nutty, Wooly -Booly.

Dear all,
I am very happy.hepi.harpy,nutty.Have been working in church office for over a month now. Never a monotonous season in my job. Hectic, crazy, but never boring, espcially if you have a boss known as Pastor baii(Punjabi word meaning 'Punjabi guy'). He calls 'ah chee'. Uncle David from Finance thinks it sounds like a name 4 the cleaner aunty. I'm getting on well at the office. Most of the time buried under a mound of paperwork.
The new semester begins today, but since I'm only starting masters next semester, I get a break. Met a dozen new juniors(lost ,hungry,tired,alone) last week during Operation Day one by the TSF UPM CG. Made friends with them, and they started calling for help almost immediately. After Operation Day one last week-end, I spent 7 glorious days in FGA hospitality house with the remnant 2nd years who couldn't check into college yet and some stray alumnis like Jasmine & Amy.
I learned one thing from my stay there: the girls can cook better than Jamie 'i'm-a-celebrity-so i-can-be-messy' Oliver. Especially Yune's & Eugenie's butter prawns, curried fried chicken , etc
Throughout my stay there, every dinner was exotic, either the girls cooked(I washed dishes), or we went to Kajang satay, or Indian food.
Another thing i learned: Hwei Sue can get drunk by drinking sea coconut during supper time.
The last 2 night we went out and got durians.
Agony for Sue who cannot tahan the smell.
Eugenie has the talent of falling asleep during sermon and standing up suddenly when someone elbows her. happened during prayer meeting too, just that nobody elbowed her.

This Sunday, the rest of the Project Day one team and I are going to the MV Doulos. A treat from Appa for all our hard work.Going to get a private tour as well.

So far, where masters is concerned , Got a supervisor( Dr. Wong Mui Yun, Plant protection dept.,Agriculture faculty) butI'm yet to pick a topic. It's between Palm Oil pathology/immunology or banana wilt prevention.Praying 'bout it.

Umm...guess that's all.
Oh, yar ..almost forgot. Convo is on 31st July, the Monday after TSF camp.God answered my prayers to let me go to camp as well as convocate.Hallelujah! I dun have to miss camp.
Current registration: 173 people.

Signing off,
Michelle Chee

Yes. It's been a looong, loooong time.
Here's some briefs:
-Graduated. Dunno when is convo.
-Still in Serdangland
-Talking to the Dean, prof. Khaty about prospective Masters slots in either Medic/Vet/Biotech faculty on monday June 12th.planning to start inDec after stint in church office finishes.
- Now in FGA church office.Working.Typing from here too.Assisting Ps Daniel Singh, who I like to call 'boss', but he'll kill me if I say it to his face.Will be here till December.
-One week ago went to Taiping(land of Jasmine 'Spiky-hair' Ng & L-Amy Long) for TSF leaders' retreat.Found out many things.Esther ooi and Xiao are super-duper-nutcases and Morris is no longer a virgin.Taiping lake Gardens and Zoo(night safari) was visited. Food is tres cheap. Mee rebus RM2.

Thats it about me.Here's something 'bout some friends who graduated with me.
Caroline Manikam: Currently in Dr. Muhajir's lab as a Research asst. until July/Aug. Staying in k14 UPM
Amy Yong: Studied Food science but wants to be a student counsellor.Cool.Now shuttling between taiping & KL. Anybody got any openings for her?
Jasmine Ng: Just came to KL today. TV3 has called her for an interview. Hair has lost its green colour and has gone back to brown.
Florence Toh:Back in Bintulu.Pretty quiet.Speak to me Flo....
Erin lim: Has got a job as research asst. in the Medic Faculty.UPM.Starting in July.
Beth Mah:Has got lots of interviews going on.Latest one in Shah Alam.
James: Doing Practical as a plantation supervisor in the outback of Kedah.
The rest are lepaking at home-lah.

Interesting story;
past 2 nights was spent in Doreen's(and Mel's) place. Dong is doing practical in Selangor turf club.One evening she came back splattered in blood. Vely the geli-fying.Apparently one race horse died mysteriously, and Dong had to perform an autopsy.At night she asked me whether I wanna smell her hand or not, apparently it still smelled of blood. I declined.

In One Month....

I will graduate.
Even as I type the final few chapters of my thesis, I am not unsure, I am full of confidence. I've always thought that after I grad, it will be a time of uncertainty, but there is not a trace of uncertainty now, not one.
When I serve the True and Living God,there is not a moment of worry.He literally drops things into my lap, things I don't even know I want.El-shaddai is the provider of my needs.
What do I mean:
In a season when most of my friends are typing resumes and signing up for interviews, I have not witten one word.
Jesus knows the desires of my heart. It is to continue studying.
So this is what He does-
He , through my TSF FGA pastor offers me a 6 month internship in the church office.*Yay*So I start in June of this year, and end in November.Why is this so unique, so timely?
1)Because Rancangan Malaysia 9 just got announced this morning.Thus far, almost none of my lecturers can take any post-grad students because their previous grants have run out(they're broke).They need to wait for R.M.9 to be announced, send in their project proposals,get approval, get the money, then they can take in students.This will take until the end of this year.
Which is when I'll end my internship in church, and get back to uni life.Probably in the end of December or January.
2)The internship lets me stay in Serdang, I'll be near UPM, which will allow me to settle any convo issues, AND more importantly, keep in contact with my potential supervisor who'll help me prepare a project proposal that I have to hand in as part of my post-grad application.
3) I've always wanted to give my first few months post degree doing something for the Lord.Here it is.

And I still haven't written a single word of resume.

Some Photos from Faculty Night

Pictures from My Faculty Night at dePalma Hotel, Ampang on the 19th of March.

Asilah and me. These pics come from her camera.

Akmal, Asi, Me and Caroline

Me and some coursemates including Dayah(Peach outfit) & Hani(kneeling beside Dayah)

Heart, We will forget him.

Heart! We will forget him!
You and I -- tonight!
You may forget the warmth he gave --
I will forget the light!

When you have done, pray tell me
That I may straight begin!
Haste! lest while you're lagging
I remember him!
-Emily Dickinson

Heart, does thou hear?It is like she says. Let us begin now, even though it will only bring temporary relief to the reignited memories. Let us start, you and I , so that our agony be released.

Currently reading: The Birth of Europe by Gerald Simons

The Heart Asks Pleasure First

The heart asks pleasure first,
And then, excuse from pain;
And then, those little anodynes
That deaden suffering,

And then, to go to sleep;
And then, if it should be
The will of its Inquisitor,
The liberty to die.
-Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson is one of my favourite poets, mainly because I seem to relate to most of the things she writes. She is most comfortable in the subjects of death and loneliness, and pain.She write them not with a sense of depression, but with melancholy.Observe... melancholy without depression. Emily Dickinson captures this element with powerful grace and fluidity.She writes about death as if it were the genial old lady next door, in whose presence she could relax and be herself, yet whom she also holds with awe and respect.So she neither embraces suffering, not welcomes it. She is neither distant from it nor too close. She is just....comfortable that its there. During her lifetime, she lived in total physical seclusion from the world, her only contacts were letters and the occasional visitors.Ironically , many of us today are not physically secluded from other people, but we feel the same loneliness.

Currently listening to: Jane Champion's "The Piano" OST (by Michael Nyman)
Favourite song: The Heart Asks pleasure first.

To hear a sample,click this entry's title(purple) and scroll down until you see a list of songs, then click on the song.

Another Boring Post

Yeah.Nothing remotely interesting ever happens in my life, primarily because:
Love life = Drama/Emo-ness
No love life = No Drama.
Anyway, in the past few weeks, I turned 23, fell sick from a sress-induced infection, experienced the true meaning of overwork and FINALLY completed my project all in a span of 5 days.
I just completed a test about 2 hours ago, and another one in the morning before that.Morning was Virology with Prof. Khaty, a semi open book test.Made a few mistakes. Apparently shingles is a complication of Chicken Pox NOT measles.The night paper was Lipid metabolism. Almost fell asleep completing the 80 objective questions Prof. Noraini set.

Things to look forward to:
1) What: Faculty night
When: Sunday 19th March 2006
Where: DePalma Hotel
Why: Get to hang out with my close friends and see Caroline in a Saree.Also get a ubiquitous award.Everybody seems to be getting one.

2) What: Korean Movie Screening
When: 12 march, Sunday
Where: Jung Sen Saeng Nim's TaeKwonDO centre.
Why: Bref, c'est un film de Korea quoi!

3) What : Extreme Saturday
When: 18th March, Saturday
Where: Full Gospel Assembly, KL.
Why: Closing of the True Love Waits campaign that started with Valentine's night banquet. Altered Frequency performing.

Currently listening to: DiDo's Life for Rent
Favourite song: Sand in my shoes.

Note: Symbols of the French culture includes le coq( the cock, symbolizing the french people's colourful and daring personality), le TGV(Train a Grande Vitesse, like LRT),houte couture(literally high fashion), Marianne(like the statue of Liberty, mother of France and her ideology),le croissant,le vin(wine is cheaper than water in France), la tour Eiffel,le baguette, le champagne et le camembert.

Aidez-moi, Signeur.

Aidez-moi, Signeur.
Je suis tres fatiguee.
Je veux reposer dans Votre bras.
Dans Votre bras d'amour.
Mais,j'ai trop de souci.
Trop de problemes.
Aidez- moi, Signeur.
Aidez-moi.

I'm on the Right Track

You Should Learn French

C'est super! You appreciate the finer things in life... wine, art, cheese, love affairs. You are definitely a Parisian at heart. You just need your tongue to catch up...

What Language Should You Learn?

Vous etes vrai, c'est super.
At least I'm doing SOMETHING right.

You Are Pumpkin Pie

You're the perfect combo of uniqueness and quality Those who like you are looking for something (someone!) special

What Kind of Pie Are You?

Call me Pumpkin Pie!

My Lab Was Robbed

Dear Lord,
Two days ago my lab got robbed, but of course You already know that.The person who did it must have been pretty deperate.Why do I say this? because who in their right mind wants to rob a laboratory? What can you steal-lah? Sodium Permanganate?Potato Dextrose Agar? NaOH?
But Lord, I must thank You that not too much was was stolen(only Sabil's not too new handphone and Emma's bagpack which contained only her matric card). Too bad I wasn't there to witness it.
Thanks for making French mid-sem quite okay. I knew Madame would set some bombastic-worded passage for comprehension. I just thank you that this time it wasn't so bad. But I still dunno why Lucie was "stupefait". Was it because her friend gave her "deux bissous" or because the appartement was too small?
I think I also screwed up the matching answer-quetion one. I didn't know that << Pourquoi est-ce que vous etes jete vote montre?>> meant "Why did you throw your watch away?". I thought it meant why is the party so cheap? hahaha.Anyway the correct answer was "Parce que elle n'est pas marchait", "Because It's not running."
You know the dilemma I'm in now.I put my future in Your hands. I know that if I do Your will, I'll always end up exactly where You want me to be, doing exactly what You want me to do.This is part of the proof:

Your Career Type: Investigative

You are precise, scientific, and intellectual. Your talents lie in understanding and solving math and science problems. You would make an excellent: Architect - Biologist - Chemist Dentist - Electrical Technician - Mathematician Medical Technician - Meteorologist - Pharmacist Physician - Surveyor - Veterinarian The worst career options for your are enterprising careers, like lawyer or real estate agent.

What's Your Ideal Career?

Shake Me Up Jesus(Part 2)

More piccies:

A picture of someone taking a picture. Whoa...deep.

Yee peng showing off her effort. Nowadays kids are very hi-tec.

Shake me up Jesus, From the inside out(inside out), Come on, come on come on Jesus,by Your holy power!

We also gave them some hampers we wrapped last Wednesday, containing stuff we ourselves donated.Mostly junk food. Very cruel, no?  

I've come to realise that this is what I want in life, to give.I'm sorta sick of thinking about myself all the time.It's time to wke up, and look around, the harvest is plentiful but the labourers are few.Ask the Lord of the harvest....................

Shake Me Up Jesus

On Saturday, a group of us from Ikatan Kristian UPM visited Rumah Faith( a branch of Desa Amal Jireh), a children's home in Kajang.We went in 6 cars, one of them was mine, and arrived to find:

Children !( and some big buffaloes that look like UPMers)

They wash their own shoes. Do you?

Amy and Wai Loon are Hot! Check out the cuties on the left.

Ooo.. does that mean that if I give all my money, I don need to pay tax at all?

Somebody enjoying Mamee monster..

My group members...the Ducks! Quack, quack!

Sotong and Kai Lee have their backs turned.

Amy has her hands on her hips..

And I am shocked. Haha.

Miscellaneous Blogstuffs

Bonjour.

Just posting a bit of leftover pics from here,there and everywhere.Firstly is a pix that was taken at my ex-room mate ,Shirina's convo.She was a real good room mate.Very patient and maternal.Anyway, she's now a  biology teacher in her hometown of Mukah, Sarawak.

Shirina in robe and mortar-board, with all the gifts from her fans.

Remember I said I was taking Korean as an elective? Part of the grade comes from us joining this week-end  culture/reading club thingee organized by my lecturer, Ps. Jung.The following pix were taken at the first session (Jan 21st), where I got to try on a hanbok(korean traditional dress) and learned the art of Korean bowing(melutut ,not memanah)

Me and Ps. Jung's daughter, Grace.

The Korean flag is on my right. The club is held in my lecturer's TaeKwanDo centre, that explains the other flag.So now you can sorta figure out that my Sir is a lecturer, TaeKwanDo instructor and ordained Pastor. Talk about multi-tasking!

Swept up in Hallyu

Happy Chinese New Year to all my peeps.
Have been on Non-paid leave from blog because:
1)Plenty Tests (last one on Friday 27/1/06)
2)Went Home after tests for CNY
3)Home has no streamyx
4) Only dial-up
5)Dial-up slow.
6)Too lazy to dial-up.Behind is too heavy. *cough*. Not to mention annoying high pitched noises when dialing.

NEways, CNY was a quiet affair with a lot of Coca-Cola,and Korean Drama VCDs. Which I like, but have no patience to complete.So I take the easy way out: Fast forward and skip all even numbered VCDs.So I managed to complete in 4 days:
1. The Sad Love Story-20 VCDs.Corny title, monotonous story line, but got Kwon Sang Woo inside, which means *watch anyway*.

2. The Road Home -korean movie(not series) which is different because it has no romance. About the relationship btw a boy and his mute grandmother.

3.Divine love - Average Korean movie.Again with cutie Kwon Sang Woo.This time he's a Catholic priest wannabe, who...well ,I can't reveal the ending.Suffice to say that it involves a girl.

4.Windswept- Korean movie.Watched this on TV. Verdict:Boring. Will appeal to people who want their boyfriends turned into wind when/if he dies, and follow them around everywhere as moving air.What a kinky concept.Pour moi, I'd rather have my privacy.

5.Friends (not the Central Perk one)-Collaboration drama between Japan and Korea,with Kyoko Fukada and Won Bin.No chemistry.Proly cos they both dun understand what the other is saying.

6.Pride and Prejudice-English movie. Liked it.Loved it.Was very faithful to Jane Austen's book.Casting very well done.

Etc.

Returned to campus on Saturday February 4th.
Serdang house is chock full of cookies and mandarin oranges.
Evening went to church.
Then dinner with UPM gang at Kuchai Entrepeneur Park.I had KimChi Ramen.

Sunday, went to visit sick friend in Hospital Serdang.Very fancy-smancy, stylo-mylo and hi-tec-by-tec for a government hospital.Building was very modern-scmodern,and UPM's new medic fac is around it.
Tried making a batch of Kim Chi myself.Not bad.Quite easy.Taste a bit like HumChoy.

Monday,Found out that Korean teacher Jung SongSaeNim is actually a Pastor(Presbytarian).Read finish online novel:The Society fot the Betterment of Mankind by Jennifer L. Armstrong.

That's it.
SaturdaynightisTSF'sValentinesBanquet.Havetowearniceniceandgo.

Note:Hallyu or Han ryu means Korean Wave.

Microbiology Portrait

My final year coursemates and I posed for some formal photographs late last year, and these are some of the shots. I only managed to get the digitalized form this morning, from Beth's laptop.The pictures were taken by a professional company, who charged us RM12 for an A4 sized picture, with our names, faculty, course and the university logo printed on it.

An informal shot, with the guys trying to be funny. Beside me is my best friend Caroline.

Another unrehearsed shot. I like this one because everyone is unprepared and spontaneous.

The real formal shot. I'm not hard to spot.My friend Hidayah is in the front row(sitting) showing off her strappy heels. Asilah and Akmal are 2nd and 3rd from left in the front row. Hunny Bunny is 2nd from right in front row( one of those rare moments she's not in Jeans and T-shirt) and Caroline is beside me. Emma, love guru extraodinaire, is top row ,extreme right. These are my closest in the course.

Misty Wet Weekends

Two Crazy weekends in a row. What a joyride!
First of, H20(Tsf water carnival)last Sunday(8/1/06):-
Awesome. I was preparing for it from New Year's Day. At first,lots of people just weren't keen on the idea.Partly because of their own this and that, partly because Ikatan Kristian UPM's Annual General Meeting fell on the same day, albeit at night.I was so worried no one will turn up and no one will sign up for games etc.
I guess I need to trust God more. I was saying to Him after a few dissapointing replies that-- Lord, You are the one that brings people, not us. We may speak/cajole/ blackmail them into coming but truly You are the one that changes their hearts.And guess what? on D-Day itself, a whole busload of UPMers turned up with their friends!
The whole preparation business itself was exiting.The Saturday before, we had service and TSF as usual(with Ps. Daniel sharing on C.o.S.T., the tSF vision/theme).Stayed back quite late for a whole load of announcements on H20 and the Upm retreat (which I just came back from).Finally reached home at 11.00pm and straight went to bed.
Next morning, woke up at 5.50 am and proceeded to pick the game stall volunteers up from their colleges/ homes.We had to be there by 7.00am, hence the early thingee. A miracle was none of us overslept. All punctual.Even Andrew didn't need me to wake him up, he was up even before I miscalled.After that, drove to Bukit Jalil family park following the sketchy map by Timothy(thanks), and almost went astray when Anne and Andrew argued about one particular turning(I didin't bother,just turn only).Anyway, finally got there and put the stall up,then Yee Leng and gang appeared.Games finally began at 10.00am and all was Fun, Fun ,Fun! from then on.Several highlights:
- Amy dancing Sumazau during dance competition(penguin,penguin)
-Joseph Raj getting dunked in the dunking machine.( by Wei Xin, no less)
-Deric soaking me through by pouring a pailful of water on me ( and others, he got taruh later-lah, haha)
-Ps Daniel getting floured, egg-ed and wormed in the dunking machine.
-all the new people we met.(Especially this Bryan fella who kept on scoring full marks at the stall i was doing)
-Green curry on meehoon, which was part of eating competition.
- A GIRL won the tough challenge, which was tough!( Doreen was in it too. You Go, DOng!)
All in all, many showed up, and at the end of the day, to God be the glory. And of course the comittee deserve an applause too( Esther and gang rocks!)AT night, even though we were tired, we went for AGM.Again another miracle, we managed to fulfill the quorum.

In between the weekend:
Monday night- Campus CG in Cheryl's K2 room.There were 11 of us, and strawberry tea with cookies for supper after.
Tuesday night- Surprise birthday party for Joseph,we UPMers drove to his house in Tmn Sri Sentosa , and the rest is history. Thanks to Mel and Lake(TSF's hottest new couple) for organizing this.
Wednesday night- Prayer meeting in church.
Thurs- Met a group of Koreans that my Korean language Sir brought from his former church in Busan.My sir is a Christian see(presbytarian).Anyway , the team that were mostly kids came and sang/danced/talked with us.I had a one on one during lunch( we were to take them out for lunch) with Kim Sung Hee Seongsangnim who was one of the few adults there. She was in her 40s, and I found out from Jung sir that she was a leader in the Ladies fellowship in their Busan church which has about 40,000 people.She was so happy that I was a believer too, that both of us cried/laughed and hugged each other at the cafe itself.Apart from that, I learned a Korean blessing song, and some pronounciation.

This weekend Just Past:
Last Friday: The DAY for TSF UPM retreat has arrived.Gathered at KMR bus stop at 7.30pm with fellow TSF UPMers and some friends.Had dinner and took the bus up to Peacehaven, Genting Highlands. Arrived at about 10.00pm, had a short briefing by Amy(Yay, Amy, camp commandant extraordinaire).Then retired to our rooms/dorms. I shared a room with Mel, Dong, Yee Leng(Curly) and Wendy. Later, Amelia too.Hung out with these ppl plus Lake, Joseph and Eunice until about 1 a.m., then went to bed.

Saturday: Was woken up by Mel and Dong's squeling/gigles (they were attcking each other on the double bed, and then proceeded to attack Yee Leng who was on top of the bunk) at 7.00 am.Had breakfast, and a session with Ps. Chiew Har (Yc leaders were there too) who spoke on positioning ourselves to see Christ. Afternoon Games were fun, each group had to eat 500g of biscuits, celery with cencaluk, and Kopi-o with no sugar.Fastest group wins.Next was newspaper dress-up/cat walk. All the models were really good( Gina, striptease?!!What?)After that, a group of us went up to Genting Theme park, First world Hotel area. None of us went in to the outdoor theme park because it was expensive(RM 37, mahal siut!)and because of time. Amy, Wendy and me bought teh tarik(RM3?!!)/milo and sat down sipping it at First World plaza. We walked around, and bought some unique things not found on level ground.(It rhymes!). At night, Joseph shared on the early church.After supper, a bunch of us went outside and hung out in the cold until about 1 am. when amy herded us all in.Amy herself came to my room and hung out until 2 am. We were singing crazy/funny songs like Curly's "ONe Way....Ticket". and Chin Chia Ho, Pai xin Ya so chin chia ho in english.

Sunday(This Morning): Ps. Mike Raj spoke on remembering why we are here. After that, lots of picture taking, and revealing our Angel/Mortal identities.then back down to earth! and reality!
Retreat Highlites:
- God
-Caroline came!
-Eugene and Moses dressing up as girls.
-Celery in cencaluk
-Korean chocolate
-Amy dancing her famous sumazau dance/stumbling into rooms/lameness/etc.
-Doreen switching of lights because she doesn't want to change in the toilet.
-All the speakers!
That's all. Now it's back to the drudgery of exams, test, quizes and projects!

Liz and Jason's Children

 

Their firstborn, Sean, astride his toy horse Napolean.

Their newest addition, Aidan.Born on the19th of December 2005 .Wonder what izzit with Liz, Jason and Scottish names?

              Elizabeth Teh nee Heng is a long time friend of mine and her children really mean something unique to me. It means I'm no longer a kid.I'm officially an adult. You see, I've known Liz since I was a baby(well, maybe not that early) but as early as I can remember I've known Liz. I have a yellowish photo of her at my first birthday. Back when the photo was taken, Liz was still in primary school, and I was a toddler hanging on at her knee. Now, 20+ years later, we're still friends, and she's the proud mother of two beautiful sons. I got to know her husband Jason when I was in primary school, and they were already in secondary.

           I know also that her children mean a lot to her, because of her difficulty in having them. Now they're here.  Congratulations Liz, and *hugz*.

 

Joyeux Nouvel An! (Happy new Year!)

Cher Signeur,(Dear Lord,)
Cet annee,j'appartiens a toi.Je suis Votre fille, journaliere.Je moi offre et je me rendre a Votre volonte.Je sais que, je suis une epave, mais je Vous aime toujours.Desolee, Signeur parce que je souvent deceveux Vous.Je ne lutte pas, je me rendre. Merci, Signeur pour Votre aimer a moi.Pour mes amis,merci. Pour mon resultats, merci.Pour ma famille, merci ,Et merci, pour Votre Fils.
I know that no matter how hard I try to run away, I will always be exactly where You want me to be. Merci, pour un nouvel an.J'aime Vous, Signeur.So be the Captain of my ship, as I have asked you to be, so many years ago, Vous etes encore.

Michelle

Help! I seem to have lost a year!

Tomorrow is the last day of 2005.Where did all that time go? It's not under the carpet, not in my closet and definitely not under the bed.I've lost it.Completely lost it. Man...

Plans now stand as such:
Tomorrow-Finish literature review for thesis,go for watchnight service in church, and TSF countdown.
New Year's Day- sleep late,Type Lit. review,Print Lit review.
2nd January- To church again to paint props for Tsf water carnival(called H20).Happening on the 8th at Bukit Jalil Family Park( all invited).

No fun.Boring,boring,boring.(Except maybe the TSF countdown)*sigh*
My fault anyway.The lit review thingee was actually due last semester.But nevermind, 85% of my other coursemates also haven't passed up their's.Haha.
Oh, I have another assignment as well.:Constructing an icosahedral model of a T4 bacteriophage virus for virology class(taught by everyone's favourite Prof.- Dr. Khaty).I'll do that later.Dunno when-lah.Just later.
Semester started last Tuesday, after christmas.Took me THREE AND A HALF hours to drive back to Serdang from Melaka.Most of the time I was stuck behind this ugly brown truck.Almost fell asleep.
Christmas was nice, but quiet.On the eve of Christmas eve Mum, Sam and me went to the graveyard and repainted Joshua's headstone where all the golden engravings were washed away with age,as well as cleaning up Dad's and Gong gong's graves.On Christmas eve, My bro and me went to Portuguese settlement(10m from home) to look at the lights and stuff.We bought sparklers, which the both of us haven't touched since we were kids.Mum ordered Portuguese Chicken Pie, and that was super good.
On Christmas day,there was Curry Devil, Roasted chicken and mixed veg. from the same portuguese aunty who made the pies.Food, food, food.

Anyway, This is my LAST SEMESTER.I'm taking Virology,Lipid Metabolism, Korean 1 and French 3.

For now, It's back to my lit review on soy sauce and tempeh.

Tis' Christmas

Time to celebrate the small things.
The faithful friends,the ones you keep and the ones you lose.The ones you learn to love again, and the ones who'll persist in remembering you.
The family within four walls.
The material and the immaterial.
The smooth and rocky path that brought me here.
For when the BIG is taken away,all that's left to do is celebrate the small.
And when I do,I find, the small things matter most.

I celebrate my insecurities, for it makes me dependent on You , O Lord.
I celebrate Love in difficult times.
But most of all,I celebrate You.

When it Rains

Many times has it been quoted, that when misfortune comes, it comes in torrents.Like waters.Help me.

Mum and Sam came down last Wednesday,and stayed til Friday.I bunked in with them at The Summer Inn Hotel in Serdang Perdana, alternating between the lab and the hotel. It was a much needed emotional rest for all of us, after what the family has been through these past months.Went shopping in South City Plaza, but other than that not much.We stayed a lot in the hotel room and talked.
Was so depressed when I had to send them off to PuduRaya to catch a bus back to Melaka.But life goes on, and work helps me keep my mind off missing home.

On Sunday morning, I lost a friend.A sudden death until now not convincingly explained and the details are null.He was still okay when finals started.We can't understand. Why.
The realities of what we have read in our textbooks are now proving real, we begin to feel the pinch of what was only in theory, now affecting us in reality.
A curse on you, Pneumococcus pneumophila
for taking my friend away.

In Memoriam

Chan Wee Lee
(07.07.1983- 04.12.2005)
B.Sc(H)-Biochemistry, 3rd Year
Universiti Putra Malaysia

Was called home to the Lord on Sunday morning, in his hometown of Sibu, Sarawak due to heart failure.

"When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality,then the saying that is written will come true:"Death has been swallowed up in victory."
Where, O death is your victory?
Where, O death is yout sting?"

-1 Corinthians 15:54,55


Loyal friend and ardent student, even to the end.Deeply missed by his friends ,in our labs and our hearts.

'Tis the Season

One month to Christmas.
And a shopping centre I just visited are playing Chinese New Year songs
already,
Go figure.

Mum and Sam are coming down next Wednesday for a short holiday in Serdang,and I've booked them into a hotel.Took me ages to find one that was cheap. The 3-5 star hotels in Serdang cost a bomb.Especially those owned by Mines i.e. Palace of the Golden Horses and Mines Resort.Even Residence Hotel in UNITEN cost like Rm240 a night(mare).
Anyway, with the help of some friends with very good eyesight and memory, I managed to find a good budget hotel near South City Plaza that cost RM80 per night.It's a real hotel too, not a hostel, not an inn.A real Hotel wth Astro in the rooms and carpets and everything.
Thanks to all the friends who kept a look out for me.

Yesterday I went for Asilah's open house in Taman Tun Dr. Ismail in Damansara.Went together with some other coursemates and some biochem students in a convoy of 4 cars(and 2 bikes).Real good food.I wish I had more of that Laksa Johor, but you know -lah.People's house, you're a guest, it's not good to stuff your face.Anyway, there was ABC too, and I requested extra Atapchi in mine.HAHAHA. All the drivers were guys, and I was in Taranjeet's car.Pijol,Azlan and Fendi drove the others.Dee & Afzan were on one bike, Zaid on another.Naim and friends came in a taxi.So Asilah's house was full of Faculty people.She even invited her Lab seniors who were postgrad students.The Iranians brought their wives along.There were plenty people.Her mum was real nice.So was the house, interior designed living room and patio/garden.Hidayah managed to take pictures, so I'll try to post them here later.

Later in the evening,Taran dropped me and Erin near Mid-Valley megamall, and we took a cab to church for evening service.
That was yesterday.

Caroline and I are planning to decorate a part of the lab for Christmas and start singing carols on Monday.Happy holidays to you all.

Nope, I Don't.

Guess its just me, Mum and Sam now.

I miss you guys too,Sin-Lin

I miss all those slumber parties we had together,when we could talk, and the story plot of our lives still seemed to be in our control.
This semester is almost coming to an end .I have my last paper "immunology" tomorrow morning(21st Nov).Then, it's back home to Melaka for a while,but not by choice.I'm back to settle an extended family dispute.Yes,feed me to the wolves.It's a question af inheritance.Feed me to the wolves,I am not afraid.I'm not a kid anymore.
I'll come back on Wednesday the next.
By then I'll know whether I'll still have a family or not.

I'm sick

I'm sick.Last Saturday afternoon, my housemate Tuz Kuang was admitted into Putra Hospital for Dengue fever.He is still there.His platelet count is low,but he will survive.Haven't gone and seen him.
I'm sick.Last Saturday evening as I was staying over in FGA's house 3 for the girl leaders' overnight retreat,I developed fever.Mild fever.I still have it. 37.4 degrees celcius.Do I have dengue?I don't know.Nobody does.We'll have to wait and see.Sunday was all hot flushes and sweating.But I told no one.
I'm sick.Today is Monday and I went to Pusat Kesihatan UPM to see a doctor.No fever detected.Blood pressure normal,appetite normal.Doctor says,we'll wait and see.In the meantime, Panadol and Vitamin C, and drink lots of water.
I'm sick, and my mum is worried sick.My housemates are paranoid, and the mosquitoes are still biting me, even though I've sprayed,turned on the VapeMat and rubbed repellent on my exposed skin.Very persistent creatures.There's something to learn.


I'm sick.Saturday evening as I was sitting down in a chat group with some other girl leaders,I told them about the list.
The list of "Definitions".It's a list I wrote one night,of all
the people that have ever hurt me in one way or another.I'm sick .Hence the list.I still keep it.I haven't come to a point where I want to burn and forget it.I know what God's telling me.Burn it .Let it go.Forgive.But I can't.Not yet.It's blocking me from Him.I know.
Don't try to post advice. I have enough.I already know what's right.I already know what should be done.Don't need you to tell me what to do.Don't assume you know what's going on in my life.Don't assume you're right*Whatever*I don't care.If you want to do something for me,here's what to do.Listen to me.
I'm sick.I'm fed-up.I'm just so sick.
Of people who think they're better than me.
Of people who think I'm stupid, just because i joke a lot.
Of people who assume that its their job to discipline me and tell me off,and are convinced they're doing the right thing.
Of people who talk to me as though I'm retarded.
Of inconciderate people who don't let me sleep at night because of
their noise.
Of people who think they're holier than me ,so they say things like, maybe it's you who is wrong that's why blah blah.
Yeah i know i'm wrong.It's always me .I make people hurt me.I'm horrible.That's why i deserve it.
One day I might just explode, and take something and start blasting these people's guts out.
Because i'm just so sick.I really feel like killing something.

Note:I'm serious.I don't don't need advice.I lost count after unwanted advice number 1544 or something.I need ears.Nobody's listening.They all seem to be talking.I think none of the advice worked because none af them actually listened.They just talked.and talked and talked.

There and Back Again

Two weeks of holiday have been declared by Upm to celebrate Deepa-Raya, starting last Friday,21st Oct to Nov 6th.
But I declare my own holidays now , as all final year students do because of our work commitments.Last Thurs the 20th Oct, after presenting my seminar on Monoclonal Antibodies and sitting for a French Oral test, I drove home to Melaka.Arrived after dark.That was the last day of the semester.
Spent 5 glorious days of nothing doing. Nothing. eat,sleep watch tv,sleep some more.Nothing constructive.And it did wonders for me, now I feel all refreshed.At home, got to eat all the things I missed.Chicken rice balls, satay celup etc,etc.

Then on Wednesday the 26th drove back to Serdang.Arrived at about 6.30pm and was in time to attend Melody's Final Graduation Piano recital at 8pm .She's a TSF/UPM senior, and a music student.This is her final sem.Recital was awesome.She played 4 pieces, Bach,Chopin, Schubert and Wang Jian-Zhong's Liuyang River.After that the whole tSF leadership team and some of us who didn't go back(who were all there to support her) went out for mamak.There were like 50 of us at the (joined) tables.Headache for Uncle,who had to take our orders gradually, like scales.Nice experience for me,cause I've never heard Mel play classical, because in church it's always contemporary when she's song-leading or on the keyboards.

Yesterday was Thursday.Back to the lab.I'm missing the protocols for total carbohydrate analysis of my tempeh extract.Suppose to see Hamim.Where's Hamim? Celebrating an early Raya.Really good news.Now how am I going to assay for sugars?

Oh,no! Dr. Mat Noor is gone too.Now what?Guess I'm on my own.

Borrowed 3 books from the library to fill up my time at night.The Handmaid's tale, Reindeer season,and Brothers Grimm complete collection.

Tomorrow is Saturday.Guy Sebastian is coming to FGA with a team from Paradise church, and I don't fancy him.Haha.Doesn't matter.After that, staying over at House 1 with the other girl TSF leaders for a slumber party.A weekend it is.

Finals for me starts on the 11th of November.Two papers.Statistics and Spanish 1. 6days after that French 2 and three days after that Immunology.

After that,who knows when I can go home again?Maybe before Christmas.No promises.

A big THANK YOU to mum, Joseph Raj(appa) and Dr. Khaty for giving me a ring before I presented the seminar.It helped calm my nerves ,that all of you care.

My literature review is done, but unwritten, and my sauce is going fine.Thanks for asking.

Note:Professor Dr. Khatijah Mohd. Yusoff (or Dr. Khaty as everybody calls her)is my superb seminar supervisor.One of those teachers you never forget.She couldn't attend my seminar because she was ill, but called me beforehand to inform me,and wish all the best.How many ppl do that?

The 2 posts

I had written two posts for this blog in the past week, written them down on paper.But they were both not suitable to print.
The first post I wrote was called "definitions". It's a list people's bad habits.People I have met throughout my life, who have hurt me most deeply. There's definitions of
'Greed', "Impertinance", "Stupidity" , all that sort of thing.Written on a night when I was feeling particularly vengeful and grudgeful,which is bad.

The second post-on-paper is called "Conversations with Emma".About this talk I had with my friend Emma( love life guru and romance extraodinaire) about some personal stuff.She gave me some useful advice(from experience):

1)If you liked someone for forever,but he/she still doesn't know you exist, don't try to forget him/her.Don't run.You'll suffer.Just remain friends.Never run.(Which is what I've always been doing).Running physically okay, but not heart-wise.

2)One day the fella you've liked for forever will notice you( when she said this I sniggered because it'll never happen to me)

3)Stop holding on out of habit.Start opening up to other people.


That's all I'm revealing.The details are on paper,in a file, in a cupboard, in my room, in my apartment, in Serdang, in Selangor,blah,blah,yada,yada.

I'm happy when I think of the miracles He gave me.Like last last Saturday. I was sent by my faculty to listen to a postgraduate scholarship briefing.It was in KL,Jlan Sultan Ismail.After the briefing, at 4.00pm, I asked the abang who was fetching us(me & my fellow fac. representatives) whether he was going to pass Jln Kuchai Lama, that's where my church is. Service suppose to start at 6pm.I know that if I went back all the way to campus, and drove to church, I'll be late.The abang thought a while, and said sorry,no.The miracle is this, as the driver was taking the Sungai Besi road back to campus, he found it extremely jammed. So he took a detour into......Jalan Kuchai Lama.Hahaha!
So I took the chance to ask whether he could drive me to church.He said okay willingly, and there I was, driven to the doorstep.Not a coincidence.Definitely divine.Anyway, my friend Dayah who was in the NAZA KIA with me made me promise to call her if anything happened once I left the car.The NAZA KIA was so cool.It's new.The Faculty just bought it.Me and my friends were poking around when we borded, testing buttons, pulling down armrests.Even the plastic wraps were still on.If only I had so much money.....


Next story..Yesterday was waiting for the bus to church with Flo, Jasmine Ng and Jasonlim, who was reading a paper.He pointed out that this facewash company was having a contest where people sent their pictures in, and if you were gorgeous enough your pix was printed.And they gave you RM100 prize money.It was call the gorgeous face contest or something like that.
So unfair.I said to Flo.Giving money to someone just for being pretty.That's so unfair.What about fat ugly people like me.
Flo shrugged and said, the world loves beauty, and it is indeed unfair.That will never change.
So what about fat ugly people like me?

A Love So....

Powerful that it carries you through anything, never lets you go, even if you've forgotten about it,so many times. A Love that never lets you down, never disappoints, never cheats on you, and will never leave you.If you're my friend, and you're reading this,then this is for you.If you don't know me, this is for you too.
I have lived 22 plus years on earth, and have enjoyed this love for so long, but have never told you about Him. About Jesus. Please don't turn off your PCs or log out of this page.If you already have a relationship with the Lord,that's great. If you don't know Him deeply, personally,please stay,hear me out.I never told anyone about Jesus when I was in school because I didn't want anyone to think I was a religious fanatic. But that's all irrelevant now.If I don't tell you today, I'm scared there's no more chance.Jesus is not a religion. With Him , it's a relationship, like with a parent, like with a best Friend. He's not a statue on the wall that we burn candles to, mutter incantations to or do rituals to.He is the one we run to in times of trouble, He's the one that gives us hugs when we need it the most, He's the one we cry to in the dark of night, when it seems that the whole world has turn it's back on us.He's the one who LOVES us when it seems that nobody does.He's the one who CARES so much he aches when you're depressed, and cries with you when you cry.
I have this with the Lord Jesus. Always had it.I don't know why, but these few nights it just hit me, that I'm being selfish like nothing, if I have something so REAL, but I'm keeping it to myself, because I'm scared of a stupid thing like what you think of me.Steph, Sin-lin, SuBing,and all the rest, I'm talking to you. I don't care anymore if you think I'm weird.I'm stark raving mad for all I care.
You guys are special to me, and I have this wonderful news, I can't keep it inside forever, I just have to share it because I love you guys.Jesus loves you ,always have.Always will. I know you're thinking,so what, christianity is just another religion. It's not a religion.Religion is where you go to a place of worship and find God. With Jesus, it's a relationship, God finds you. I repeat, God finds you.Searches for you, Knocking on your heart, asking to be let in.
I know sometimes in life I screw up, behave like garbage. Please don't reject what I have to say because of that.I'm not good at arguing theoretical stuff.I'm not good at defining concepts, explaining deep religious doctrines.All i say now is done in faith, and from experience.I've experienced a God who has never let me down, who is my Father and my best friend. He offers me so much security.
Some of you know the feeling of falling in love,( or imagining it). The euphoria, the flying feeling, Freedom. The feeling that "I can do anything now that my girlfriend/boyfriend is with me."
That's what I have with God. I understand some of you don't believe me, because God has always been somebody "high-up-there" that you can't touch.
He died for you,yes, for each of you, so that the He can touch you, and you can connect to Him.He died for you so that the "FAR UP THere" concept can be thrown away.
My hands are shaking right now. I'm not selling you a product. I won't be "sacked" from the arms of God if I don't meet a "quota".I'm not pressuring you.It's not about that.I love you. That's why I'm telling you this. Even if you think all this is crap, I'll still be your friend, still love you, and still want to meet up with you when we're both free.
He is real. I'm not imagining stuff up.And this is not an emotional burst type of thing. Please call or e-mail me if you wanna talk more.I'll always have ears.

Recycled for the Killing Cycle

That's what I've been reading for the past hour(or part of it).Got an immunology test coming up this Friday the 7th of October,and a spanish quiz tomorrow.Brain is on overdrive, and I haven't been back home for almost 2 months.I miss my bed and air-con at home, but I can't complain.Somewhere in this house my housemate Tuz Kuang and his crazy coursemates are trying to edit a movie they shot for an assignment, and the apartment can sometimes be filled with unnatural sound effects.The movie has something to do with a hero wearing rubber gloves that saves the world from a villain that looks like a rabbit wearing shorts outside, you get the picture. They're all IT students.I've always found IT students quaint.
Two Saturdays ago. attended Jennifer's and my ex-housemates' convo.And it Was CRAZY. I had to run around dewan besar looking for 7 people,giving them flowers and taking pictures.Somewhat like express dating.But it was cool cos' Jen bought us (me and Esther and Xiao)ice cream later, before we rushed off to church.Later that night, gave Curly Long(YeeLeng,my senior) a surprise birthday party,that almost went awry.This is because Yun Yee(my junior) guffawed at the wrong time.Anyway, we were all at her apartment, hiding in her darkened room, waiting for her to come up,come in and then we'd jump on her with all the effects.That was the elaborate plan.However....SOmeBody started laughing(That's clumsy long for you).
So we improvised.
Clumsy: er-hek haha erhek
Us: die-lah. Plan ruined(in our heads)
Curly: Eh, somebody in my room! You ah, Dong(Doreen Phee,another senior,Curly's housemate,mostly blur)
Us: *dragging Dong, pulling her outside*
Dong: Er, yehs.Hehe
Clumsy: Guffaws again, trying to disguise it as a caugh
Curly: Hah! got somebody else.Yu-Jin, you ah?(a first-year junior,foodscience student,Fantastic cook,always hanging around their apartment)
Yu-Jin: Haiya, you so cleverlah,we wanted to surprise you .Now tak jadi.
(So the conversation goes on in that vein)Until Curly really walks into her room, and the rest of us pounce on her,for good measure.And everything works out fine in the end.Including the chocolate milkshakes.

These 2 weeks are prayer emphasis weeks for TSF, so tomorrow until Friday, I'm going on a normal fast(no solids, only water/liquids) and will be accompanied by all the Muslims cos' Ramadan starts tomorrow too.Difference is, they can break at dusk.I have to keep it up for 3 days straight.Which will be a challenge, since a Ramadan bazaar opens every evening right in front of my apartment block and will continue for the whole of the fasting season.Chia yu!

Mooncake Festival

mooncake balcony, originally uploaded by michelle_upm.

A photo of my current housemates,from left: Chun Wei,Yu Yee,her sister Yen Hsien,Tuz Kuang,my roommate Hui Fen and me.This was taken on Sunday,18/9/2005 in conjunction with the mid-autumn festival a.k.a. mooncake festival on our apartment balcony.

Buffet Photo

buffet, originally uploaded by michelle_upm.

This is a shot of the International Buffet last Friday evening, presented by the final year food science students of UPM.It was held outside in the courtyard of the Food Science Faculty, which was beautifully decorated,like an outdoor garden.The food was wonderfully good.My only complaint was that the weather outdoors was hot, and the entertainment was null.
My friend the cook is in the centre(standing,with striped cap), and the rest are my housemates and some friends.

Happy in Your Arms

Hello fellow friends and Netizens,
As expected of a final year university student,life is extremely packed, therefore blog entries are few and far between. I am no exception.No apologies are required for this transgression, and no explanations demanded.I demand none from my friends, and hopefully you will demand none from me.So, from now onwards i won't apologize for not writing.There are far more important things in life that are higher on "the List".

On a lighter note,
1)Whazzup?
Plenty.Just to give you an idea: last week was mid-sem break for a week but i didn't go home because had to take care of my project,and just this morning I discovered that one of the earthenware jars containing soy sauce (that I'm making myself) is contaminated with maggots.&@!#*$~% maggots.Had to throw the whole jar away and start again.Don't mind starting again. Just that traditional soy sauce takes at least 4 months to ferment completely.That's until December for you.Woohoo.(waht to do,these things happen in a project).
Why not just buy the supermarket one? you ask.(Well, many have)
This is because commercial soy sauce is full of preservatives, and cannot support growth of Bifidobacteria(that's a friendly bact. found in your tummy) whose growth in soy sauce I'm studying. So everything has to be natural and chemical-free.Commercial soy sauce also doesn't ferment naturally.These taukeh kilang all use chemicals to speed up the process.So...
To answer all your questions..Yes, I'm doing a lot of cooking.No, it's not always fun.
Almost every weekend is spent in the lab nowadays.*sigh*

2)Changes
Ya, ya , ya, FGA Sunday evening service is now on Saturday evenings, which is good, because can stay on late after TSF and sleep myself silly on Sunday mornings.

3)Tests,Exams,Assignments and all that rot
Just finished French 2 mid-sem test yesterday.Next week, Statistics test 2 and Spanish 1 Mid-sem exam.
Monday,an Immunology presentation, which my friends and I plan to do as a Mime. yes, you read correct, Mime.None of that boring stand-in-front-with-slides-and-talk kind of things.Everybody does that,and half the time the class is'Muka Tembok' and don't understand anything(trust me, i also muka tembok many times).So we're all gonna dress up as antibodies, cells and bacteria.There's also an umbrella and leather jacket in the props.dun ask.

3)Happy things
My ex-housemates' convo is on saturday the next,and tonight there's an international buffet being presented by the final year Food Science students,so I'm going.It's actually to support a friend who is cooking tonight.Basically all we have to do is pay,eat and fill in the assessment form at the end.So we're actually grading the students (*evil laugh*)on several aspects, not just cooking, but also on overall ambience, cutlery arrangement, service etc.etc.Anyway, my friend has already given the menu to me, sounds interesting.Here it is:

Appetizers/Starters: Garden Salad with 3 different sauces,Tiny buns filled with Salmon(can't remember The German Name) and Potato/Crab meat cream soup

Main courses:
1.Platter of 5 types of Sushi
2.Ayam Percik with white rice
3.Spiralli(pasta) with spicy sausage sauce(the one my friend is cooking)
4.Meatballs in cheese sauce.
5.Fish fillet
6.Sauted Vegetables
7.Tempura vegetables

Dessert: Cheese tartlets,fruits,tea and coffee.

So,life is good.Good things don't have to happen for life to be good. Just the way you look at it.That's why I think in Uni I learn to be contented in God's arms.Contented, no matter what happens.

The Haze Anthem

Negaraku,
Tanah tumpahnya jerebu,
Rakyat hidup, tersesak dan layu,
Rahmat bahgia,
Penjual topeng muka.
Raja kita,
Kena pakai juga.
Rahmat bahgia, penjual topeng muka,
Raja kita,
kena pakai juga.

Note: Haha. Creative isn't it? I didn't write it though.Somebody else did.It's been going around on sms.First heard it when Gloria and Anne sang it last night as a games forfeit.

Dr.M mobbed by UPM students

Dr.M mobbed by UPM students, originally uploaded by michelle_upm.

Thank God that wasn't the headline the morning after Dr. Mahathir came to UPM to give a public lecture last Friday.Anyway, this is the picture my friend James took while standing on a chair behind me in the Dewan Besar. I didn't download this from Bernama or Bloomberg. This is original.Asli.Registered Trademark,Copyrighted(to James).I'm not in the pix though.*sigh*

Les controles , c'est fin

Oui, mon devoir cette semaine est fin.Je suis tres bonne, et le "jerebu" est fin aussi. Aujourd'hui, je suis libre parce que ce matin,j'ai mon dernier epreuve, Statistique.Ensuite, je fete le anniversaire de mon amie Hani, avec un gateau fruit a " Old Flats". Maintenant, je lir le "blog" de mes autres amis avec j'ecrite dans mon blog personal.Demain, il y a le Satay party a ma eglise, FGA.

Translation:Yess! Exams are over.I am very happy, the "jerebu" is also over.Today, I'm very free because this morning, i had my last paper, statistics.After that, I celebrated my friend Hani's birthday at old flats with a fruit cake.Now, I'm reading my other friends blogs and writing in my own.Tomorrow, there's a satay party in my church FGA.

Note:No, I'm not doing it to show off.My french really isn't at all good. I must apologise to all of you who can "parle le langue francais" fluently for my misspellings(computer does not support the proper marks) and horrid grammar.Just thought I'd practice.Someone gave me the idea,because they kept their lab logbook in a foreign language for privacy.I thought since this is a personal log, I could also do that when I want to write something private down.

In other News: The recent haze has caused yours truly to suffer from severe cough, from which I'm still recovering.

The Long Day

Haha.yay Yay.It's friday.TGIF(that's Thank God it's Friday).
I started the day at 8am and it ended at 7pm.And my mind is on overdrive from the adrenaline.Anyway,here are some highlights:

8.40am-Arrived at department.Tried to enter myco lab.Door locked.
8.50am-went for Immunology class.
10.00am-tried to enter lab again,still locked.This time managed to locate lab-mate/guardian of keys Afid,got keys from her, and went in to check on my soya beans,and Caroline's yeast.
11.00am-Spanish class.
12.30pm-went home to get project file and logbook,which I forgot to bring.
1.00pm-Lunch near library.Met jin Nee and Elizebeth
1.15pm-Awwright!I get to keep keys over the weekend.So went in to lab and did sendirian berhad stuff like weighing beans,exploring fridge for reagents,opening drawers to look for chemicals,poking around rotary evaporizer,etc,etc.
1.30pm-Appointment with Dr. Khaty( Dr. Khatijah Yusoff,deputy dean and my seminar supervisor).
2.10 -Returned to lab and re-weighed beans on electronic weighing machine downstairs in MICROB LAB 1. 600g.
3.05-rushed to Dewan Besar for a public lecture by Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad.Very nice.Didn't get to shake hands though.Too many people.I got squashed by the other students mobbing him at the end.
Shall try to post pictures taken by my friend/church-mate/IK-mate James,who I ran into there,who tried to climb on my head to get shots.

5.00pm-went to bank,lined up and checked account(finally)
5.30pm-To Library to photostate journal articles from before 2000,which were not found online.While there,read newspapers also.
6.30pm-Finally came home.Met Flo while tapau-ing McD's at 8.00pm
now-watching Fantastic 4 with housemates on Computer

Money, Money,Money

PTPTN just got in today.This means that............

EVERYBODY IN CAMPUS IS GOING NUTS!
RIOT AT ATM MACHINE!
SAvE Us! SaVe uS!

The lines at the on-campus Bumiputra-Commerce ATM is Looooooong.Really Loooooooooooong.Looooooooooong until the cows come home type of looooooooooong.So this means I'll have to wait until the "I'm-rich-I'm rich" fever dies down,which will be sometime next week.*sigh*
In other news, yours truly has just got Streamyx 2 days ago.Broadband summore.Sharing with the housemates,so I'm only paying RM11 per month.Velly cheap.Cheap.cheap.

Anyway this week,plenty of things are happening.
1)Thursday (tomorrow)- Biotech Exhibition in Conjuction with the launch of the new Biotech Faculty.Minister of higher education coming.I've been recruited by my supervisor to take care of our booth,with my other supervisor-mates.There's plenty of fun things going on.Free tempeh and red-beet coffee samples, free facial with Lingzhi Face products and cooking demonstration.guess we will eat-cook-eat-cook-do facial- and eat some more!
2)Saturday- COST evangelistic concert by TSF in church.
3) Sunday morning-Dogathon.Organized by Vet Faculty.Was invited by my vet friends Gerry, Mark,Doreen & Ah Teh.Plenty of doggies running around.There is a owner-Dog look-a-like contest, doggy race,treasure hunt,doggy dress up and many more.

And....I've got to pass up my proposal.

Hokkien Mee

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That's the name of my group.The others had equally exotic names.Chee Cheong Fun,Pasembor,Karipap,Char keow tiau,Chapati, Wan tan mee,etc.etc.This was taken before we drank some funny concoction(with eggs,celery,chili,garlic,carrots) ,crawled in egg,were pelted by water bombs,put shampoo on our hair,drank and spat out soy sauce,filled a cup with our spit,and other stuff.Picture taken after we drew group logo on each other with our toes.
Note: Thanks to Audrey cruise for 'egging' us on.

Misty Devotion

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My group doing morning devotion outdoors.We were among the few who did it outside in the clouds and cold.But it was fun.I dunno what Soon Yen is doing,trying to prophecy? I'm partially hidden.

TSFcamp Group Picture

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A group photo of us TSFers on last day before leaving.I am in front row,somewhere in the middle,with maroon shawl.See..I wasn't lying about the numbers.
Note:A big Thank You to Lemuel of HELP college for all pictures

More, Lord!

Hello, fellow friends and netizens.
I got my Project title 2 weeks ago, and I wanna thank the Lord for answering my prayers that it be something about fungus, not genetics.(refer to previous,previous,previous post)
Testimony time:(jeng,jeng,jeng)
This year,new faculty name(used to be Fakulti sains&Pengajian alam sekitar, now Fakulti Bioteknologi& Sains Biomolekul) new policy.If before we were assigned supervisors,this time we drew out by lots.So, everyone put their hands in the envelope and took out the name of their supervisor.Very nerve wrecking.So I put hand in....and got a genial old man named Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd. Noor Abdul Wahab.Affectionally known to us students as 'Mat Noor Kulat'.Favourite words include 'Lingzhi' and 'Ganoderma extract'.Also very good at making tempeh.
So after a false start with another title,and some struggles that best friend,sister-in-Christ & prayer partner Caroline(who, by divine miracle,drew out the same supervisor) and I went through,my
title got finalised last Monday.Therefore:-

Title:Effects of Fermented Soybean Cake(Tempeh) extract on the growth of Bifidobacteria in soy sauce.

In essence,I'm doing a lot of cooking,since both tempeh and soy sauce has to be made in the lab.Pure Joy.So I spent the last few days de-hulling soya beans.For those of you wondering how this connects to fungus,both soy sauce and tempeh are basically foods fermented into being by the fungi Rhizopus sp. and Aspergillus respectively.This is a triple miracle, because I not only got my favourite subject(fungi) but it intertwines with my 2nd favourite subject Food Microbiology, and finally, I'm working with Caroline.In a class of 49, what are the chances of ur best friend getting the same supervisor as you?
This is definitely the hand of God.It's a bit too much to just be a coincidence.I don't believe in coincidences.Never will ,especially after what happened over the weekend,and this is the 2nd story.

Testimony 2:
Over last weekend I went up to Genting Highlands with the Tertiary Students Fellowship of FGAKL(church where I'm serving now).It was awesome.Not because of the games(which were fun),not the food, not the speaker,not the cool weather,not even the friends(whom I love), but because of the presence of God.Jesus Christ was there.It was so strong.I saw things I've never seen before.I saw a UPM junior of mine who was usually quite and reserved,who came from an Anglican background,who usually doesn't talk much in CG,I saw her go on her knees and weep in the presence of God.I saw divine boldness come upon her when she went up on stage,took the microphone and prophesied on the camp speaker(Christian Cortes).Yes,you read correctly.I saw people who never danced or even clap during worship start jumping.I saw numbers.In years past,TSF camp never had more than 50 people.This year we had almost 140(or more,can't remember).At the beginning of this semester,as with previous years, UPM group had 30 or less regular church-goers.In Three weeks, Three weeks!, we have grown to almost 60.And will keep on growing.And growing.And Growing.Our current one bus is not enough.Next week we go to church in 2 buses.Amen.People are getting saved in our prayer meetings.Wow.*Exhale*
So,this is what it's like to live in Revival times.
What is the key?one word:Prayer.

O Lord,MORE!MORE!MORE!

Zion CG at wedding

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Above are some members of my on campus cell group who attended the wedding with me.Weng Yan,Jasley and Su Lin are not shown.anyway, L-R is Wendy, Ai Lyn, Caroline, Elizebeth and me.The semester has just started, and I haven't got project title yet.So, all is calm before the storm

Wedding Pictures

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Like I promised, these are some photos taken at Joseph and Eunice's wedding in January of this year.Jo and Eunice(or more affectionately known as appa and amma)are our leaders at Tertiary students fellowship in FGA KL. They are very dear to us, their 40 odd kids.

Thank Heavens for friends

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Wonderful photo colage done by my friend Yeow Sin-Lin. I think it's beautiful.the photos were taken on her mobile when we were out at wings and fulltank cafe. Thank so much , Sin-lin.

Note: I think the others look great.I look horrible, I mean, somebody needs to lose weight.

Inventory

Today, i take an inventory of my life.This kind of thing should be done more often, only that its difficult to find time to be alone with yourself.Last Sunday i went out for a drink(at a cafe) with some Form 5 friends who i'm still close to, and Sin-lin was moaning that we're already 22, so fast.Hence, this inventory. Also lately,because of my work at the hospital lab, I've developed a severe allergic reaction to dunno-what, causing acute dizziness, sneezing, weakness, and chest pain.It's been going on for 6 weeks.I try not to worry, i've been to see 4 doctors and 1 specialist physician, and none can detect anything.So, i'm here hoping it's really nothing, but I can't help being scared. I think the fear is the strongest symptom so far. All sorts of thoughts can creep in when you're fearful.You know, like... what if i have cancer,etc.etc.
Also, I tend to get sentimental when i'm sick.Hence this inventory;
Current good things in life(no particular order)-
-Jesus, who is always there for me,never forgets me, never lets me down.
-1 mum & 1 Younger brother ,Sam
Wonderful friends from school-time, Su Bing, Sin lin , Steph. Hwei hsien,Sook Fun,Adeline, Kwee Hoon.
-Close knit friends in varsity- Caroline, Akmal, emma, hani, Dayah,Asilah.
-All My IK friends
-Jo and Eunice
-My books
-Enough money to study in Uni
-Housemates who treat me like Family
-Good grades
-A Course that i enjoy
-A car that runs
-TV set in my room
-and many others

Things not so good:
-Losing my Dad
-My Form 6 years
-One horrid experience with a horrid 'friend' in first year of Uni.( i did learn to be more careful choosing friends, so i dunno whether this counts as good or bad)

So, you see, or rather, I see, that the Good in life far outweighs the bad.Why don't you try doing one today?

Note: Steph, do you remember Jonathan Brandis? we used to go ga-ga over him and other cute teen stars when we were in Standard 6? Remember Casper, 3 ninjas kickback, seventeen magazines and sweet valley novels littering the classroom? remember Ms Tan and Embroidery?
Are you still keeping yours?
Today I found out online that Jonathan Brandis comitted suicide in Nov 2003. There goes our childhood memories.

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Death and Life and everything besides

Here we are again, at the beginning of another entry.Enjoy.

It's the start of June, and i have one more month of Practical Training at Melaka General Hospital. Last month on the 18th of May a few fellow trainees dragged( well, actually i asked to be dragged) me to a witness a post mortem conducted at the forensic pathology dept. a.k.a. the morgue.
It all began nicely enough, when one of my friends called the morgue in the morning and they said there was a body coming in.So we trooped down to the basement level and walked in.... walked ... walked.... walked....into the bilik pemeriksaan bukan muslim.. and there lying on the steel table was a chinese man. They were sewing him up. What a disapointment.Apparently we were late and the post mort was already done.Anyway, we stayed a while to watch the sewing-up. The male attendant told us the chinese guy was in his 50s and died the evening before after a game of badminton,when he collapsed and died on the spot.Cause of death:Heart attack. What hit me was that the pathologist and attendants don't arrange inner organ back into the body before sewing up. They just stuff everything in...and..they sew up bodies with ..of all things..kite strings.That's what the attendant said, asked him myself:
Me:Uncle, ini jahit punya benang buat dari apa?
Attendant: tu....main layang-layang punya(elaborate up & down hand gestures)ini sendiri beli punya.
Meaning that the strings weren't ordered from some uppity medical supplies company,but bought from your usual neighbourhood kedai runcit.

Anyway, my friends made the morgue people promise to call us once another body arrives. Which happened quite soon.After lunch.
So, we trooped down once again.This time it was a chinese girl. Died after an accident that happened the morning itself.Only after the post mort was done however, did I learn, from various sources that she was 16, that she was on her motorbike going to school when she met with an accident, and died of concussions to the head and other organs from being flung off her bike and hitting the road. Top student.Only sixteen.The day after she died, her entire school took off so that they could go to her funeral.Only sixteen.
this time, i got to see a full post mort.They started by removing her brain, first cutting her scalp from ear to ear,tearing it open to the top and bottom, then drilling through the skull, finally, reaching the brain, snipping off some connective tissue.The brain was weighed, and then the doctor proceeded to slice the brain, to look for clots, which was very much like slicing banana cake. Every half inch, slice, half inch, slice.The brain is placed back into the body by wrapping the mass up in muslin cloth(or cheese cloth, couldn't really tell) and placing it back into the skull compartment, putting back the drilled-off skull top, closing the scalp and sewing it back.Simultaneously,the chest was sliced open with a scalpel, the top ribs were cut off and removed like how one removes a breast-plate of armour, and the doctor literally put her hand in and rummaged for the desired organ...lung, heart,spleen,etc.After that ,it ended with the usual sewing.
Did i mention that the one and only Physician at Patologi forensik is a lady?A quite petite malay lady.She needed an extra wooden platform(about15-20cm high) to be tall enough to bend over the corpse on the steel table.Heart of a lion ,that one.
H'okay.Whew. That's it then. A few afterthoughts:
I don't remember getting quesy and didn't lose my apetite.(thank God)Didn't feel nausea,didn't fell squemish.But I did feel shaky all over until evening.I do remember thinking about the families of both these people.the one thought inside me was the grief, the pain, the sudden emptiness, the void, the hole that these 2 people left on their friends,families. They were real people with friends, loved ones, dreams, aspiration, secrets, sadness, just like me, just like all of us,just like you.
especially the girl.I'm sure the night before as she was packing for school, it never crossed her mind- This might be my last day alive...... or...... tomorrow I die.But it was her last night. I don't think i might ever grasp what her parents are going through.i use the word"are" because the death of a child is the deepest grief on earth, deeper that any other grief and worse than any other pain.Try speaking to people who have lost children. It's the hardest pain to heal, the hardest to let go.I have spoken to one. My Mum.
Ironically, just a few floors above the Forensic Dept. is the Gynaecology & Obstetrics ward, where all the babies are.

Note: Some background info on both victims were obtained from conversations with people who knew people who knew these people.Not all info obtained from conversations with Hospital personnell.Melaka is a small place.

Changes

Yes.... I know, I haven't been writing for the month of April. Let's just say i wanted a break. A long cool break.No writing, nothing very productive, just a time of relaxation.I think it was needful, seeing as the past semester was downright crazy.
On May 2nd i started my Industrial training at Hospital Melaka(Huge place, if i may say so myself).I'm currently attached to the Microbiology department of the Pathology Lab. The past few weeks i have been dealing with plenty of human fluid samples. You name it, we got it.Urine, HVS (high vaginal Swabs), stool(in other words s**t), cerebrospinal fluid, pus, blood, sputum(yuck!), etc, etc...
The workload is not heavy at all, and there's plenty of time to bond with the adults working there, who are surprisingly very warm and friendly.there are about 6 MLTs (medical lab technicians) and several pegawai sains at the microbe lab and I'm treated quite well for a trainee.There's only one other trainee around, and she'll be leaving in a week, which will leave only yours truly at the microbe lab.
This experience is opening doors I can only dream about. This includes watching two post mortems being performed on the same day( an interesting story i will save for the next entry)
and developing an allergy which landed me in the A&E( accidents and Emergency ward) of which account I shall give in full next entry.
So far, many changes. My good friend Deborah has graduated and is going to Thailand on a mission trip before she enters the working world, which is her firstfruit offering to God. To her i wish Godspeed.
All For now, is this.

The eNd Of thE SeMesTer

I am sorely tempted to close this blog down . Sorely.Extremely tempted. This is because I never seem to have any time for anything anymore. Like, reports take up quarter of the time, assignments, lectures, church and cell group take up the rest.
I turned 22 on the 1st of March 2005. That day was a Tuesday, and I had lecture from 9am to 1pm nonstop with a lab session from 2-5pm. So nobody celebrated. Not even me.(but I did get many sms greetings,handshakes and a card from my 6 best friends)
However.......... things got interesting the next day, wednesday the 2nd of March, when i turned up for morning class, the 6 best friends were all dressed in pink, and they (pretended) to say "oh, sorry, we forgot to tell you, today we decided to all wear pink" During lunch break, they sort of suggested we don't eat our normal place and go to this air-coned place. And 2 people pretended to go and photostate something, but were actually going to collect my cake from the facul;ty of food science. Anyway, we were sitting down eating, when suddenly the cake came in and they started singing happy birthday. Hahahaha. that was a surprise. Apparently they all wore pink to celebrate.So that was the first cake. At CG that night, my CG members bought a cake(carrot cake) and we celebrated a second time. the saturday before this, my housemates bought Tiramisu cake and we celebrated. So this year, I had 3 cakes for my birthday, and I'm happy.It's as though God knows i was disappointed last year during my 21st when I didn't celebrate at all because it was the middle of exam week.So, he 's trying to make up.
Anyway, I thank Him for it , a lot.
By the way, have you all seen lemony Snicket's a series of unfortunate events? Saw it last week. Nice ,very nice, I highly recommend.
this is the last week of lecture,
Jo & Eunice are in Bali for their honeymoon.
easter is coming up, and I'm going home today. yay
Note: I don really like pink.i tolerate others wearing it, but will never wear it myself.

After So Many Things

I finally have the time to write, after so many things. Since my last entry I have:
1.Attended the wedding of the century (involving joseph raj and eunice yeap)
2.Celebrated Chinese new year
3. Sat for 4 tests, 2 quizes and written 6 lab reports.
Woooooooo-hoooo.It's all (almost) over(i still have 2 reports to pass up on friday, this).
CNY was sorta restless.It was pitched in the middle of exam season.However, I did get a lot of ang-pau, meet a lot of long lost relatives ,spend quality time with the family and socialize with my Grandma's guard dog,Aloy (Ah-Loy in Chinese).Half golden retriever and half dunno-what.
Now, the wedding.....
-was great
-however, bride got the jitters and dropped the wedding ring in midst of vows.
-all was well when she managed to get it all together.
-ring bearer apparently handed the wrong ring to the bride(*sigh*,patrick,Patrick)
-we UPMers did a song presentation.
-There were 35 of us there.
-that number does not include the UPM alumnis' who were guests.
-Majority of the manpower came from UPm or TSF.(Sharlene Teh was an usherer)
-UPMers were food servers.(so we literally sang for our supper)
-Merina Anu wore a dress.( scandal,scandal)
-After everything ended, at 9.00pm I went back and watched Star-Wars episode 5 .The Empire Strikes Back.(the Luke- I- am- your- father episode)
-At the same time , the bride and groom went home, took a shower and went for Mamak together !
(roti canai and maggi goreng)
-That's where they told the mamak uncle they just got married.and he stared at them in disbelief.
Photos and DVD are going to be released soon. Shall try to put some photos on this website.

The semester is going to end in about 1.5 months.Next sem I'm going to start my project.I'm starting from now to pray that I get a good(sane) supervisor and something to do with fungus, not genetics.

Note: Congratulations to appa & amma .We love you.

In The Midst Of Rest

It's a one week break.Thank God for one week breaks.If they didn't exist, I probably wouldn't exist as well.Soooooo................
This is good, all my friends and I are home with the family, and our agenda is mostly the same:-
1. Eat a lot(of stuff that don't remind you of cafeteria food)
2.Sleep a lot
3.Be happy

My list would include also the following:-
1.Shop till I drop for Chinese new year clothes.
2.Watch plenty of VCDs
3.Read a lot of good story books borrowed from library
4.Go to bank.
5.Play computer games
Generally, my list includes stuff that don't require a lot of brains.However, I did help my brother Sam with add math homework just now, wonder if that counts against me.
Talking about shopping,
It's so terribly hard to get decent clothes nowadays.I scoured the whole of Mahkota Parade yesterday, and only managed to find one blouse.Everything is either too revealing or too 'old' looking.Wazzup with fashion? most of everything I saw either has plunging neckline, too little cloth, too transparent , etc. It seems that the theme this season is " Let's -just-cover-the-essential-parts".*exasperated moan*
Currently, to kill time, I'm reading this book called 'Scarlett' which is the (not too good) sequel to 'Gone with The Wind'.You see, Margaret Mitchell wrote GwTW, but died soon after ,so the (pumpkin headed) members of the Margaret Mitchell foundation hired another lady to write the sequel, which I now(hesitantly) read.the review can be given in the form of a make believe dialogue between the lead characters:-(Note: All conversation in Southern American accent)

Scarlett: Oh,Rhett
R. Butler: Oh' Scarlett, we meet again, in this horrible sequel.
Scarlett: oh,Rhett, the horror, the horror.. why couldn't they just leave us alone?
R. Butler: Darling, can't you see...... they did it for the money
Scarlett: Oh.. those heartless fools.They've killed off some favourite characters
Mammy: Like me.
Scarlett: Oh. Mammy, what are we to do?
Mammy: Nu'thin miz Scarlett.The public ain't no airheads.T'hey gonna figure dis out,and this dumb sequel ain't gonna see the light of day.

Note: Ze author iz an advocate of ze thing called Free Speech.

A Solemn Celebration

JANUARY 2005.
A time of sadness, a time of celebration.We live in a time when the world does not know which to do, to cry or to cheer.And so they do both.
This year, we celebrate the strangest of new years.When the average unaffected person does not know what to do, for the reason to mourn seems irrelevent, yet we must honour those who do.
Somebody downloaded Tsunami disaster amateur footages from CNN on to the desktop of this computer,and I was watching it just now.There was one from Phuket,where the waves came so suddenly that its full strength was not known till it hit the beach,where a few people were still walking about,oblivious to the danger.I hope they are safe.In the footage, the waves were engulfing them and a lot of people from the higher level beachfront were running towards them,trying to save them.The footage ended there.So we do not know.
Chemistry test on the 1st of January was pushed back to the 8th.So my complaint, God answered.To show He still cares, He still listens and He knows.
I spent New year in watchnight service FGA KL.After that, went over to Jo and Eunice's place for a slumber party.Sad, everything was sad and quiet.That was new year's day. Sad ,solemn and quiet. No countdown,no shouts,but I'm not complaining.I saw this footage from CNN that was showed in church while we were at watchnight service praying.
Did you know, there were so many bodies in Sri Lanka that the authorities could not embalm them properly,so what they did was just to spray disinfectant on the bodies piled up.I study this type of things,decomposition of bodies and the microbes that cause that.So that image hit me hard.
I've signed up with church missions team to go to Sri Lanka to help rebuilding somewhere in April.
French lecturer says,If you can't give much money, at least we can give our services.So there.

Test season is almost over except for French paper tomorrow.Au'revoir.

Note:Bonjour mon ami et ma amie a Melaka.Je vais bien.Et vous?