these dark chocolate truffles are infused with coffee liquor and coated with pistachio or almond or hundreds and thousands! so tempting! i want to eat them all!
unfortunately i don't think i made enough.
unfortunately i don't think i made enough.
what is cooking in the oven?
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nothing really. haha. making chocolate truffles for christmas picnic tomorrow. hence do not require the use of an oven. fingers crossed the rain clouds will be no where in sight!
i. am. obsessive. compulsive.
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hi. i am obsessive compulsive. i started organizing my projects for next year. i am even looking into every single detail possible. but sometimes things just aren't that simple when you're working with other people. the boss changes his mind. the collaborator changes his mind. almost every other day. how is an obsessive compulsive girl going to plan her experiments like that. guess i just have to learn to live with last minute decisions. and not plan to far ahead. yet i want to finish my phd on time. come on people. do something already.
a month of love
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i don't know about you guys but this year seems to be the year with the most weddings going on from my point of view. perhaps it's because i'm at that age where people around me are starting to tie the knot and embarking in the next chapter of their life. looking at photos after photos. i've picked up some trends. i realized malay wedding don't have all those hype about bridesmaids. i realized some people would prefer their bridesmaid to just wear dresses of the same colour but of they own choices while others would have them all in the same theme dresses. i personally think the latter looks much nicer. but i guess with the economy downturn and all. even the costs for wedding have to be on a tight budget. which is fair enough. i realized there is a lot of auspicious date in september as well. be it from chinese or western culture. imagine that so many marriages happen in 2009 that there will be many 2010 babies!
seeing spring is here. perhaps more people will be in the mood for love.
do you prefer to see photos here or on facebook?
seeing spring is here. perhaps more people will be in the mood for love.
do you prefer to see photos here or on facebook?
are you out if you're not in trend
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twitter has been around for ages but all of a sudden it is becoming an epidemic. you even see people cursing twitter when the service was down. it is like one of those thing people can't live without. at present time. it intrigues me how one thing that has been introduced many years ago only suddenly become in trend when celebrities do it. they tweet on the go. anyone can follow them. and with the introduction of iphone...microblogging is now the IN thing to do.
talking about iphone is another craze. this one is a more extreme IN trend to follow because this one actually costs money. do you know how much phone companies are earning from just people constantly wanting an iphone...whether or not they actually NEED an iphone. i for one would not get an iphone just because it is the IN thing to have at the moment. i think people need to realize that corporations are smart. they know how to manipulate the market. ya make everyone get an iphone then introduce a better one few months down the road. who is to say it will stop at iphone 3G S. you know they will come up with a better, lighter, sleeker model in no time and then the whole craze will start over. people. you can never keep up with the TREND. of course no offense to those who really need a mobile upgrade from those bulky old school blue screen polyphonic ringtone handset.
the other thing i noticed increasingly while blog surfing is that people tended to use same expressions. it used to be WTF or WTH. now everyone is using FML. it doesn't even seemed to be the appropriate expression to anything. sometimes it doesn't even fit into the context of discussion.
this is totally the same as things that are IN fashion. was out and about window shopping over the weekend and realized that various stores were selling similar fashion apparel. once you see it on the red carpet or in a fashion show...replicas of them will appear in the market...made affordable. like that is not good enough. no. you will see even more replicas of lower quality appearing in bargain stores. who puts the VALUE into what fashion is worth anyways. you'll just end up being BROKE if you were to keep up with fashion. it is a vicious cycle. only if there's plenty of space around the world...people should just hand down clothings from one generation to another as we know the fashion will soon take its cycle and repeat itself.
seeing how the world goes round.
talking about iphone is another craze. this one is a more extreme IN trend to follow because this one actually costs money. do you know how much phone companies are earning from just people constantly wanting an iphone...whether or not they actually NEED an iphone. i for one would not get an iphone just because it is the IN thing to have at the moment. i think people need to realize that corporations are smart. they know how to manipulate the market. ya make everyone get an iphone then introduce a better one few months down the road. who is to say it will stop at iphone 3G S. you know they will come up with a better, lighter, sleeker model in no time and then the whole craze will start over. people. you can never keep up with the TREND. of course no offense to those who really need a mobile upgrade from those bulky old school blue screen polyphonic ringtone handset.
the other thing i noticed increasingly while blog surfing is that people tended to use same expressions. it used to be WTF or WTH. now everyone is using FML. it doesn't even seemed to be the appropriate expression to anything. sometimes it doesn't even fit into the context of discussion.
this is totally the same as things that are IN fashion. was out and about window shopping over the weekend and realized that various stores were selling similar fashion apparel. once you see it on the red carpet or in a fashion show...replicas of them will appear in the market...made affordable. like that is not good enough. no. you will see even more replicas of lower quality appearing in bargain stores. who puts the VALUE into what fashion is worth anyways. you'll just end up being BROKE if you were to keep up with fashion. it is a vicious cycle. only if there's plenty of space around the world...people should just hand down clothings from one generation to another as we know the fashion will soon take its cycle and repeat itself.
seeing how the world goes round.
anything can be an excuse
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i am annoyed at how everyone says they are saving money. to the extend that they can't even go to all-you-can-eat for only AUD 20. i think that saving money is something that should be done continuously. it shouldn't be when you already planned a holiday and only start to save up after. just taking that for example means that these people will not have a life until they decided that they've save up enough. so from now on, i'm expecting a boring phd life. just work and no play.
and no. i don't need to use the excuse of need-to-save-money. i won't even be bothered to try and organize events anymore. just have to find my own entertainment from now on. or maybe find new friends to hang out with. hah.
chillaxing
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having a relaxing weekend at the moment. melbourne weather has been great (only during middays). looks like winter is coming to an end. it's good to not think about work on weekends. yum cha was enjoyable eventhough there were only 3 of us. can't wait to go shopping!
not an imposter
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if everything goes well tomorrow, i'll be a REAL PhD candidate! woo hoo! ok maybe a bit early to celebrate but i'm kind of over it already. want to move on with my life now. so many things awaiting to be done.
life as a phd student
life as a phd student
makes one wonder
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when will be the day that one truly grow up. how can one grow up when they are over protected. how can one adapt to a whole new culture. how can one accepts that it is a norm. how can one be in terms with situations. hopefully one day. soon enough. i doubt so though.
just when you think it is impossible
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things always fall into place in the end. just last week...totally thought wouldn't be able to finish up confirmation stuff at all. then freaked out on tuesday because only found out the report was due on monday instead of a wednesday. had a very very long day burning midnight oil and managed to get a draft out on time. and of course at the end of the day it's too long. but thankfully it was all good and not much changes needed to be done. now just have to work on the presentation for the next week. seriously can't wait for all these to be over. but also knowing that once it's over there's so many other things waiting to be done.
life as a phd student.
crunchy or not?
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can't decide which part of the brownie i like. what about you? do you prefer the corners which are always crunchier or do you prefer the centres which are more moist?
just tried a new brownie recipe today. i made a chocolate chip cookie brownie. it's a hybrid between a chocolate chip cookie and a chocolate brownie. wait i forgotten to take picture of it.
money can't buy love
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of course money can't buy love. although it's always good to have money because money makes the world go round. without it we can't possibly do anything at all and just be content that you've found love. but this is all random. i think my brain is overworked these days. still another 3 more weeks to presevere. 3 more weeks til the end of all these confirmation what not. then i'll know if i am no longer a probationary phd candidate. sounds pretty freaky huh. what if they think my projects are crap then that's it. haha.
(see how random and jumbled my thoughts are...how am i supposed to write concise statements. sigh)
anyways the whole point of this post was to thank someone. as most who knows me should know that my birthday is around the corner...a phone conversation went something like that.
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f: nowadays carry bag with laptop plus a stack of papers while walking to and fro work is seriously killing me. last time just laptop only still bearable.
m: of course la. carry so many things how to not "die".
f: yeahlor. that y must really go buy one for home so i don't have to carry it around all the time. so detrimental to health.
m: you still haven't buy meh? thought you already decided to buy long time ago already?
f: aiya. i keep going back and forth on which one i should buy. the one i want is like so expensive. plus if i buy online then i have to use the credit card.
m: why you don't want use the credit card? you don't want "d" to pay is it?
f: i still got savings ma. thought i can pay for myself ma.
m: (talking to "d" at the background who is always listening in on the conversation.)
d: (how much is it?)
f: expensive lor. few thousand dollars.
m: wah. why so expensive one?
f: have always been like that but i think it'll definitely last longer and have longer battery life...the new one says up to 8 hours leh! not like my stupid one now...only two years and it's telling me my battery is dead.
m: then how?
f: i'm going to try to ask my supervisor to buy me a new battery. since he don't have to buy me a laptop i'm sure he can buy me one battery right. summore i use it for work one.
m: ask "d" whether he wants to pay for you or not la. wait i pass the phone to him.
d: hello. so you want to buy one how much?
f: almost AUD 2000 something with student discount.
d: my new one they say battery life also can last 8 hours what. they say you should drain the battery before you plug in ac cable all the time so that the battery will last longer, just like hp battery.
f: no way! that's a misconception! you go read online and see. sure cheat people one.
d: yeala. they say can last that long if you don't really use it much.
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.
.
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f: so so my birthday coming...what do i get for birthday pressie? haha.
d: oh ya hor. 25th rite?
f: aiks...how come you remember one? you always remember 24th one wor.
d: haha. i thought it was 24th. then your brother told me it's 25th. don't know why i always remember 24th (24th is my brothers birth date). wednesday i going bangkok...then friday i going philipines...so if i remember i'll sms you la.
f: haha. ok.
d: maybe just buy you the laptop for your birthday? then ma got birthday present already lor.
f: wah! crazy ar! so expensive leh!
d: yeahla. if it's a requirement then buy ma.
f: yeahla. i will need one la. else too troublesome already. so much easier if i don't have to carry it back and forth.
d: just charge it to the card lor.
f: wah! really ar!? THANK YOU!!
so yes peeps. my dad is paying for my new macbook pro. yay!
hope you enjoyed the story!
have a good day!
(see how random and jumbled my thoughts are...how am i supposed to write concise statements. sigh)
anyways the whole point of this post was to thank someone. as most who knows me should know that my birthday is around the corner...a phone conversation went something like that.
.
.
.
.
f: nowadays carry bag with laptop plus a stack of papers while walking to and fro work is seriously killing me. last time just laptop only still bearable.
m: of course la. carry so many things how to not "die".
f: yeahlor. that y must really go buy one for home so i don't have to carry it around all the time. so detrimental to health.
m: you still haven't buy meh? thought you already decided to buy long time ago already?
f: aiya. i keep going back and forth on which one i should buy. the one i want is like so expensive. plus if i buy online then i have to use the credit card.
m: why you don't want use the credit card? you don't want "d" to pay is it?
f: i still got savings ma. thought i can pay for myself ma.
m: (talking to "d" at the background who is always listening in on the conversation.)
d: (how much is it?)
f: expensive lor. few thousand dollars.
m: wah. why so expensive one?
f: have always been like that but i think it'll definitely last longer and have longer battery life...the new one says up to 8 hours leh! not like my stupid one now...only two years and it's telling me my battery is dead.
m: then how?
f: i'm going to try to ask my supervisor to buy me a new battery. since he don't have to buy me a laptop i'm sure he can buy me one battery right. summore i use it for work one.
m: ask "d" whether he wants to pay for you or not la. wait i pass the phone to him.
d: hello. so you want to buy one how much?
f: almost AUD 2000 something with student discount.
d: my new one they say battery life also can last 8 hours what. they say you should drain the battery before you plug in ac cable all the time so that the battery will last longer, just like hp battery.
f: no way! that's a misconception! you go read online and see. sure cheat people one.
d: yeala. they say can last that long if you don't really use it much.
.
.
.
.
f: so so my birthday coming...what do i get for birthday pressie? haha.
d: oh ya hor. 25th rite?
f: aiks...how come you remember one? you always remember 24th one wor.
d: haha. i thought it was 24th. then your brother told me it's 25th. don't know why i always remember 24th (24th is my brothers birth date). wednesday i going bangkok...then friday i going philipines...so if i remember i'll sms you la.
f: haha. ok.
d: maybe just buy you the laptop for your birthday? then ma got birthday present already lor.
f: wah! crazy ar! so expensive leh!
d: yeahla. if it's a requirement then buy ma.
f: yeahla. i will need one la. else too troublesome already. so much easier if i don't have to carry it back and forth.
d: just charge it to the card lor.
f: wah! really ar!? THANK YOU!!
so yes peeps. my dad is paying for my new macbook pro. yay!
hope you enjoyed the story!
have a good day!
second world record breaking day
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what record? this is the second time in 2 weeks that i've got to work by 7 am in the morning. it's kind of nice walking to work so early in the morning when i could actually get out of bed. the sky was still dark but everything was crystal clear. the dimly lit streets not cluttered with people. birds were chirping as early as 4 am i reckoned.
it's going to be a long long day as we have plans later in the evening. now i just have to find stuff to do to occupy my time for the rest of the day. seeing my empty google calendar is not helping. haha.
have a productive day everyone!
p/s: i think i might possibly be falling asleep on my desk by noon. =S
it's going to be a long long day as we have plans later in the evening. now i just have to find stuff to do to occupy my time for the rest of the day. seeing my empty google calendar is not helping. haha.
have a productive day everyone!
p/s: i think i might possibly be falling asleep on my desk by noon. =S
beyond explanation
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it's so hard to explain what is going on. but all i can tell you is everything is alright. it is what you think it is but not exactly. it will come a point in time that you would understand.
meanwhile...i'm living my life.
meanwhile...i'm living my life.
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yes i was on the radio
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dear all,
so here's some entertainment to make your day courtesy of yours truly.
click on the mp3 link on this page
http://rrrfm.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=486338
or visit http://einsteinagogo.net/ and look under recent podcast on the right.
now and go judge it for yourself...good night world...
if you've not already heard...i was on a melbourne radio talkshow on may 31st. it was a panel of 3 radio hosts interviewing three invited guest for intervals of 10 to 15 mins regarding their project in conjunction with australian society of medical research week. the live broadcast was conducted in the foyer of mind and body gallery at melbourne museum on a foggy sunday morning.
so here's some entertainment to make your day courtesy of yours truly.
click on the mp3 link on this page
http://rrrfm.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=486338
or visit http://einsteinagogo.net/ and look under recent podcast on the right.
now and go judge it for yourself...good night world...
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