PhD

I made it!!!!!!! PTL!!!!!!!

Milestone

My thesis has been accepted!

But my University says that I have to send them 2 hardbound copies before they can do the paper work, so that my Faculty will give the approval, and then the degree can be awarded on 11 Oct 2007. The Faculty has to give the approval by 23 Sept 2007. If the deadline cannot be met, I will have to wait until 6 December 2007 for my pee hedge dee...

I do not want any more waiting................

So I have sent my thesis for printing and hardcover binding by express service... these 2 copies will cost me S$104!!! That is 4 uni sashimis!!!!!!!

I can collect them on Monday and send them out to my University in Australia on Tuesday.

But I have another problem...

I want to use Speedpost Express which will take only 2 days for my stuff to reach Australia.

However the address of the Research Coordinator is a GPO box and they can't deliver by Express to a GPO box.......

So I have written to the Research Coordinator for a non-GPO box address....

They do not have the habit of returning emails over the weekend... so I will have to pray that she will get back to me on Monday..........

If I don't have a non-GPO box address, I will have to use the EMS service that will take 4 days...
So that means she will probably receive my thesis on Tuesday, 25 September.......

And if she is kind enough, hope that she will still lodge the paperwork with the Faculty............

I want my degree to be conferred on 11 October 2007 no matter what lah!!!!!!!

May God help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ichiban at Parkway 14 Sept 2007

uni sashimi - sea urchin. this is great stuff!!!

salmon sashimi - a bit too thickly sliced.

half udon - half the normal portion, a brilliant idea for those who are conscious about carbo intake.

the works - one smashingly nice dinner...

*clang* i heard coins dropping onto the floor because there is a big hole in my pocket!!! =ppp

Lemon Grass at Siglap

Nice thai lunch. Loved the mango salad and pineapple rice.

My New Book Light

It has a cool LED bulb that gives off white light.
I like white lights!!!

Aqua Massage

*note: auntie in picture is not me =ppp









When i was in it, i thought to myself that that was how lying inside a coffin would feel like =ppp
As if it is not morbid enough, there is a big black bag kind of thing that will enclose your body as the capsule shuts tight, so that the water jets will gush down on your "black bag" and not directly on you so you won't get wet.

The massage was quite an interesting experience. It was good for my tired feet and ankles after a day's grueling shopping trip but the water pressure wasn't strong enough to work the shoulders and back.

However, it was fun. =ppp

=p

i met ditzy and mooku yesterday =pppp

i have never intended to meet anyone in the forums
or rather i have purposed not to meet anyone in the forums

but i did afterall =pppp

hope they didn't mind me and my nonsense =pppp

good to meet you peeps!!! =pppp

Malaysia Trip

红zao鸡


Jusco Shopping Centre



Low Cost Housing - aka our HDB
(but they are all 2-bedroom, these and the terrace house type, which cost the same amount - RM20,000 or something like that - but you don't get to choose whether you want the flat or the terrace, they go by ballot system and the housing is given to you at ramdom)
Please appreciate your HDB more...




organic farm

Dragon fruit tree (pic 1)

it belongs to the cactus family

Dragon fruit tree (pic 2)

cute malay girls and purple kuehs - PURPLE! my favourite colour...

Indian guy making traditional fook chew noodles...

has he ever bruised his xdd? =p

rubber price has increased in the past months...

happy birthday

原来他一直爱着她
原来她一直爱着他

但是命运弄人，他们永远也不能在一起。

上网到crunchyroll.com去看吧。

Udon Set

Someone took me to Tonkichi today
Had a udon set
The soup was heavenly
and the thin slices of pork swimming in the soup was very tasty
no pork smell at all
(i don't usually take pork and i don't like fried stuff.
i didn't want to spoil the person's fun by telling him that - because the restaurant specialises in pork dishes!!! And they are famous for their Japanese deep fried pork cutlet (katsu). They serve premium pork fillet (hire) and loins (rosu) that are crispy, juicy and tender.)
I didn't want to have those fried stuff.
So i chose a udon set that comes with udon with pork, prawn salad, and fried mashed potato.
It turned out to be very nice
So I had something different today - pork and no sashimi in a Japanese restaurant!

Udon Set


Fried Oysters and Fried Pork Fillet Set.

Flower Tea

I bought this very cool flower tea from Tea Pal at Marketplace (Raffles City) for my colleauge's brithday.
She is the one who introduced us to this type of flower tea some months ago when she took us to the Legend at Fort Canning.
So far that is the only restaurant I know that serves this unique tea.
So I found them selling the 'flowers' at Tea Pal and decided to get them for her.
Basically what you do is: you throw the flower into a mug, preferrably a clear glass one, and pour hot water into it, the flower will expand and the tea leaves surrounding the flower will start to give out its aroma...
the tea tastes nice and the flower is pretty to look at
And the metal tin is chic too...

C.H. Spurgeon

"May your convictions be deep, your love real, your desires earnest."
- C. H. Spurgeon


Whatever we do, we should do it with convictions.
Must have a cause for doing what we do... must believe in what we do...
And we must do it with love for people.
And earnestly desire to achieve success.
Success is not measured in monetary terms, or by whether we gain recognition or applause.
It is measured by whether people benefit from our work, whether we evoke positive changes in their lives.
That will be our contribution to humanity.
In a nutshell, we must live with convictions
It wil give meaning to life when we impart ourselves unto others, thus impacting them, impacting the world.

Roman Couple

this is a painting hung on the wall of my supervisor's room
i have been looking for it in google for a few days
finally found it

the man is holding a scroll
it depicts authority of a male because writings with ink on a pyparus is permanent
whereas the woman is holding a stylus and a template probably made of wax
meaning her writings are temporary - not to be taken seriously

it shows the patriachal, androcentric world of ancient days
(it's a roman painting - dunno which century, wished somebody can tell me)

pompeii

This is a painting found in pompeii
I wished I know more about it

best lemonade

prata kosong - my breakfast today

this lemonade i bought from cold storage is very nice

(can you see my tingkat in the background?!)

we (ie. me and my mum) have food delivered to us in tingkats on weekdays

i gave / sold away all my things in adelaide before I came home

but i just had to lug this clock back

because it's so handsome!!!

Parkway Parade Raw Fish and Porridge

this is one of my favourite food - cantonese raw fish with porridge!
i love salmon sashimi
but i also love cantonese raw fish
that day i had some at bedok interchange
their porridge came with a crispy you tiao!
and it was quite cheap
fish was S$3 and the plain porrideg with the you tiao was only S$1.50
but the plate of raw fish was kind of little
the next time i go i will take a pic!

today i went to parkway parade
and had this in the picture
fish was S$5, the servig was much more than the S$3 one I got at Bedok Interchange
but their plain porridge costs S$3.20!
and no you tiao some more

so i ordered their century egg porridge
also S$3.20, funny...

it was altogether very nice!

Cakes

Durian Cake and Chocolate Mousse Cake

From the neighbourhood confectionery

The durian one was hopeless... let's hope that the chocolate one will taste better =p

Cool Bin

I spotted this bin near my market

Don't know who painted it

Cool right?!

Reminded me of some pics I took in Adelaide's Central Market using my previous camera (ie. lousy camera)

art on the bench

art on the escalator

dinner

Had dinner at this place

Bedok Laksa and Mangoes

Address is Bedok Noth Ave 2 Blk 418

(just across the road from the Interchange)

yummy laksa 加 hum

S$3.50

the gravy is not too lemak

i emptied the whole bowl and slurpped up every drop of the gravy haha..

you will love it especially if you like hums that are fresh and firm

and gravy that is not too lemak

and then i bought mangoes at the Interchange

3 fat ones for S$10

(wednesday night I saw two other stalls selling 4 fatter ones for S$10 but the stalls are not open today)

picture shows only two because I shared one with my mum when i came home

and they are placed next to a tablespoon to let you visualise the size
the flesh is firm but there's not much mango taste

so verdict is: they're not recommended