Sunday, June 24, 2007
My goodness! I am so lazy now. I have so much time and I don't feel like blogging... this post will be just a random compilation of things from the last post till now. Nothing much changed, except that I am now back in Singapore. It felt surreal upon landing at Changi Airport. I guess it is because everything was happening so quickly. After finals, it was packing and moving out of the dorms. Then it was the New York trip. I felt as though I was being pushed forward by the tide of time.
It feels good to be home after 9 months. Meeting family and old friends once again. Getting to eat Hokkien Mee and Chicken Rice once again. The only thing about Singapore is the heat and humidity. I miss the weather in Madison! ahh! but I should not be so greedy...
haha! whilst shopping at Ho CHi Minh city, my sister and I mistook wooden chopsticks for hairsticks!
HAIRSTICKS!
oh my goodness! So we wanted to buy ONE hairstick. And the lady took another identical stick and told us the cost of a pair. So we thought we had to buy a minimum of 2 hairsticks. So put the one that she gave us back and chose a different pattern. But she told us that the 2 had to be of the same pattern. Haha... we did not know the reason why then... But after walking around Ben Thanh market for awhile, we realise that those were chopsticks! Argh!!
And during the trip, I saw the most adorable baby girl ever! Her name is Tashi!
Aww!
My sister is so good with carrying her! I try to carry her... but see what happens.. Haha! she's trying to leap away from me!! oops!
And I have started my 8 week attachment at IMCB. It's really fun and interesting, and the people in my lab are really nice people. Especially my mentor who is so patient with me... (I can be quite a disaster in lab) The only thing I don't like about lab is the cold room. I find it really cold inside... but it's only 4 degrees celcius in there! Oh man! Imagine the amount of adapting installed when I get back to Madison! And there is also the dark room, which is really dark... It's pitch dark, except for the red light. I couldn't see anything despite the red light, but my mentor could navigate her way around the room without any difficulty! It's pretty scary because you keep hearing noises but you cannot make out the source of the noise... And imagine if you are the only one in there... if someone ever tries to pull a prank on me in the dark room, I think i will be scared out of my wits. I should eat more carrots to improve my dark vision!:)