sigh.

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edit: aiyah write wrongly. only the cheena binbin noticed it. haha.

prayer requests, coming to pass!!

ok this is rather cool.

i actually had to start work today, once the GeBIZ number was assigned to the new lab, so i can start making purchases and get quotations from vendors.

i am loathe to start so early, so i made a prayer request (part of my church's 5000 warriors thingie; before we take prayer requests from 20 people, we were supposed to submit our own requests and have our leaders pray over them first).

my requests were: a 2.5k starting salary (that's quite some for a common Lab Officer), and that i don't have to start work till the month of june.

the GeBIZ number (i need that to make purchases) was supposed to have been assigned last week, but noooo... it's not out yet.

so. NO NEED TO GO TO WORK! yay. and i am trusting God to allow me another 2 days of holidays.

but on the flipside, i am suddenly very free. hmm.

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edit: 'the number is not coming in till 2 to 3 weeks later'.

WOOHOO!!!! XD

this is even better than expected!! wahahahahaha

Graduation Dinner for Life Sciences Honors Graduates

in a minute...

this could very well be the last time i check for my results. perhaps this is my last semester ever!

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(1 minute later)

Honours Project: B+
Medical Microbiology: B+
Chemical Biology: A-

YATTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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T_T

alvin did so well. i'm so proud of him!!! XD

settlers

the 5 of us honors students from KT lab made our way to settlers at holland village to take advantage of the student package before our matric cards became void.

IT WAS SO FUN!!!

we played PITS, which was like heart attack, but u do trading instead of passing the cards around. crazy painful sh*t. i managed to avoid getting hit on the hand coz after awhile i gave up trading (it was a mighty mess) and just decided to watch the table and aim to place my hands at the bottom of the pile... until Hon missed and hit my ARM. thanks, buddy.

and that alvin!!! cheaterbug!!! i kept shouting 'OI OI OI OI!!!' because everytime there was an opportunity for a three way trade, somehow alvin will grab the other person's and the other person will grab his. which leaves me out. damn pek cek, so i'm stuck with the same card over and over.

or when we pile our hands HE WILL SQUEEZE HIS HAND UNDER MY HAND. and say 'what? my fingers were under yours!!'

oi, so were mine lor!!! /kick!!

apparently, once the two of us play games, there's no more romance/helping each other/helping your girlfriend who is so hapless etc/loving-kindness/sharing/winning together etc ANYMORE, HOR? EH???

T_T

(ok la, sayang ok? i say all this for effect only!! don't pout. i can see it coming already.)

we also played a variant of PITS, but we grabbed for bones on the sly, once someone's done. it was hilarious to watch KC continue trading and shouting '1, 1, 1!! eh, no 2, 2, 2!!!' on his own. by the time he realized, he scrabbled for a bone, but it was all taken already.

WAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

next, we also tried FISHMARKET which was really not bad, coz there was a lot of bargaining, hence the title. we played 2 rounds of that, which i really didn't mind. teehee.

but i felt that the best was YOU MUST BE AN IDIOT. it was a relatively new looking box (PITS and its variant were very battered) and it's like polar bear! u can vote!!

ok so we have a Genius who asks a question. by giving out cards to each player, every player is predetermined to either be an Intelligent or an Idiot.

Intelligent people are to guess the answer correctly. they move 2 spaces if they're right.

Idiot people are supposed to guess wrongly. they move 3 spaces if no one catches them, or none if someone does.

ok so, first round:

Q: "in which city was Jesus born?"

ok quick, think of the answer!!!

have u got it??

...

ok now read on.

i was supposed to be the idiot. but when angeline read out the question, i was all 'OH CRAP!!! i really don't know~!!!!!'

i wrote Jerusalem.

GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH /kicks myself in the butt

then all of us were asked to show our answers. these were the variants: Jerusalem (me - 'cannot make it'-Christian), Galilee (Hon - Christian), Bethlehem (Alvin - Christian, KC - non-Christian T_T).

WAH LAU EVEN KC KNEW LOR!!! THIS IS TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

so Alvin and KC opened up their cards which showed they were supposed to be Intelligent, and the round opened to vote for who everyone thought was the Idiot. i was wailing, 'wah lau i really didn't know lor!' it was extremely convincing, because i am the real IDIOT, boo-hoohoo.

apparently Hon was an Idiot too, but when queried, he did know the correct answer. well, u can imagine how i felt after that round.

"i'm not worthy... i'm not worthy~!!!"

then there was another one where alvin asked, "who is the Roman god of the sea?"

i was the idiot (again!!) and i really had no clue, but they made sooooo many Poseidon jokes over the past week, and i knew Poseidon was a Greek name, so i knew i could pass off as an Intelligent with a wrong answer.

whee!! it worked! and the answer is NEPTUNE. *shrug* he sounded English to me. or Dutch or something. *shrug again*

hahahahhaa. i've got to play You Must Be An Idiot again. it's my kinda thing.

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oh, oh, i just remembered: it was funnier when alvin kena to be the Idiot, because he had such easy questions HE COULDN'T SMOKE HIS WAY THROUGH.

Q: who betrayed Jesus?
Alvin's Idiot Answer: Judah?

i caught him.

Q: how many finger holes do bowling balls have?
Alvin's Idiot Answer: 4

everyone caught him.

other questions asked -

Q: which Shakespearean character murdered Juliet?

at this i exclaimed, 'WHAT??!?! didn't she kill herself???!!'

ok, before u bash me over the head for being so darned stupid (alvin wanted to bash my head in this afternoon already) IT WAS A TECHNICALITY OK. coz suicide is... not really murder?

technicalities!!!

aglio olio!!

ooh, ooh, chekkittt - alvin the cook:

my favourite condiment for my pasta is aglio olio, and it's alvin's favourite too. since it's generally easy enough to make, we decided to make some! for our lunch!

in the following pictures, you will see alvin doing all the work, and me? nothing! coz i was so hungry i was about to keel over already. it was 230pm when we started...










that's a WHOLE lot of pasta. (but i finished everything on my plate... and then some.)




garlic, oh, lovely garlic!! abit more, please. yes, yes, abit more. MORE!! MORE!!!!!!!!!! *tips jar over*




add the bacon bits...




and add the chili flakes...




VOILA~!!!


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damn, i am getting hungry again.

anyways, we tried going cycling again today BUT IT RAINED. AGAIN. the same amount of rain, and the same time as yesterday. grrr.

oh well, tennis at edelweiss was fun though. everyone should play tennis!!! XD

pictures from bangkok!

-day 1-



on the way to bangkok!!




khao san road before nightfall.










khao san at its busiest!


-day 2-



as seen in platinum fashion mall.




bargaining at the memorial bridge night market!


-day 3-



tuk-tuk!!!






at chatuchak!








lunch at MK Suki at MBK!






dinner at Sushi Tei at MBK!




a final group shot in the girls' room before we leave for homeland tomorrow.


-day 4-



at the train station!










we spotted this at Central World. i was stoked! haha!!






back at the hotel after last-minute shopping. can DIE, i tell you.




we went home with a few bags of extra luggage. heh.




gosh, binbin looks so 'lang bei' repacking his stuff at the airport.




alvin is very proud of the amount of lingerie he bought for... himself? his relatives? family? i don't know, but it's A LOT.




flying pandaaaa~!!!




happy to be going home!!!






the nightlights from unknown country.

pictures from phuket!

-day 1-





the magnificent sunrise!! that's singapore below it. :)




on the way to khai islands... that's the french couple behind us.




positively glowing after snorkelling for the first time. heeh!




bangla road!!




hon is extremely disturbed by the trannies.




-day 2-



frisbee!






on the way to hongs!!




ahhhhhh the sea breeze~












we had to enter through this teeny weeny hole. close your mouth folks! or the water from the rocks will get in!




paradise within the caves!




this is how we had to lie down to get through the small hole. bob and the canoeist took the chance to get COSY. hahahahahaha.










our loy kratongs!!








-day 3-



crazy speedboat ride to phiphi island!!






WOOHOO~!!!!!!!




ooh, storm incoming. can u see the torrents of rain?




we made it to phiphi! chuu was all green already. this is maya bay, where The Beach was filmed.








check out the clear waters!






fishyfishyfishy.




in my snorkelling gear!!






at monkey island. seriously.




pancake man!!!!!!!! *lublublub* (omg i look how greedy lar.)