So little time...

I need more time..Its flying by so quickly!!

Ish's parents arrived on Sunday and then we went to Riverdance the following night and now they're all in France. All that just zoomed by...

I'm going for Electric Picnic this weekend (which I totally forgot!), 2 Abstracts due in next week, final draft of my report next week, Juniors pouring in next week, Auditor training next week, class starting the following week, my 1st poster presentation that week and FINALLY my summer vacation to Lisbon.

I've go sooooooo many things going on every single day.

So little time, so many things to do.... ="(


* Lisbon was such a last minute thing. I decided that I needed some time to actually do nothing and worry bout nothing before my crazy classes and hectic schedules starts again. I want my summer holiday, I've been on the move with research since June and I'm very tired. I haven't gotten more than 2 days entirely to myself. I need to get some good Vit D au natural before the winter kicks in.

Finished..sorta

100...!!!!

I'm just so glad to be finally done with the research and also have reached our target!!!....Now is time to upload all the data and start interpreting them.

It was great working with Michelle, thank goodness I have her as my partner or not I wouldn't have gotten things done. She's so unbelievably focus and determined. Wouldn't have asked for a better partner..!

Indecisive people...

I finished work today on a very very bad note. I never end my work like this esp not on a weekend. I've always believe in starting and ending my day on a good note.

I've just realized that since I've been back so long I've never written a single post regarding my Research that I'm doing for the summer. Well, I got accepted last minute into the SSRA program for a project tittled - The home environment and the symptoms of hyperactivity and inattention. So its a clinical research than a lab research, something very new to me. I'm actually seeing patients and asking questions (some invasive) and also going into people's home (which is a little intrusive).

This is a great opportunity for to me learn more on the patient contact side of things and communication skills. One skill that I had to learn during the start of the research was to communicate on the phone. I'm absolutely terrible on it. Well that said I can easily chat with a friend on the phone for hours. This is a totally different situation.

All the families that I've been calling in the first few weeks were saying No to me, with a few Yes here and there. I knew there was something really really wrong with how I was conveying my message across the phone.

I go back into Muji practically every week to see the girls and also to rant to them about EVERYTHING. Well that's cuz they're like my family here. They listen to my problems and try to solve it for me or at least come up with something for me. I love them to bits. So I was telling Elaine and Claire B (who also has left long time ago but wanders in like me) about my phone situation. So here and behold, Ms Elaine who was working on the telemarketing line and customers service line before this was giving me a 30 min prep talk and guess what...the next week all the calls that I did was YESs!!

My bad note today is on people who would say that they'll call you back or the clinic but DIDN'T or that they say that they'll think about it and that I should call back tomorrow or next week but when I do, they either DON'T pick up or BARRED my phone or REJECT my calls as if I'm a loan shark or when they say YES and asked me to call on a certain date to do the 1st part of the research for them to REJECT my calls or ask their child to LIE to me or even worse HANG UP on me half way.

If you don't want to participate, please say No!! I don't bite, I'm on the other side of the phone miles away - I can't!... When people say No, I just say no problem and thank you for listening to me and then I hang up.

I HATE INDECISIVE PEOPLE..!! With a passion!! Make up your mind. You are full grown adult who can make easy decisions like Yes or No.

You can even lie to me and say that you'll be out of the country till September when you clearly have an appointment next week. At least I get an answer. I just can't stand people who can't give me an answer when they can.

ArGh..Geram!!!!....

I've already ranted to poor Ish in explicit language and rage once I stepped into the door. Dannie is coming home from London tonight, so I'm trying to get all my anger out before she get thru the door and hope to put on a smile for her.

EeWei Wei Wei Weiiii....

My cousie Ms [Eva] Teoh Ee Wei was over for the Bank Holiday weekend from KL. Soooooo happy to have her over cuz..

1. Haven't had family over to this country before. (But I'll be having loads soon!)
2. Haven't seen her in ages.
3. Haven't had the chance to bond with her despite seeing her here and there when I'm back.
4. She's my family and that practically says everything..plus Mama always say that we're both very alike. The way we talk and that we also look alike.

I think she has a way sharper tongue than me and I don't see much similarities look-wise (till I saw one picture that left me flabbergasted!)

We were just chatting and updating each other on practically everything..gossips and all the girlie things. Every juicy bits. Laughing to her antics and stories.

Your visit was definitely the best part of my Summer holiday here. The weather was also better!!...I hope you enjoyed your stay here. (^^)

08.08.08

Happy eight-eight-eight!!!..

Today is the Beijing Olympics..!! I missed the opening ceremony live on TV cuz of work but I'm determined to watch it some day - once i find it!. I heard about people talking about the drums and also how the chinese people were singing their national anthem.

I might not be from China but I'm Chinese and I'm proud of what China is right now.

Another thing to remember about this day was that I got lock in the building today!..

I was told that the building closes at 8.30pm. I stayed back in work after our last home-visit and decided to bring my paper work home because i wasn't even near done yet and didn't want to risked being locked in. So I left my office around 8.10pm. The clinic's main door has to be locked from the inside so I headed out the side door to exit from the main building. At the door, the exit button wouldn't work and the security guard wasn't there!!

I gave it about 10 mins just incase he went to the toilet or out to the shops nearby. Then it was about half an hour that I decided to inform my partner Michelle that I was stuck in, she told me to get the name of the security company and she'll call them to ask them to contact the security guard on duty today. I got so restless that I took my book out and started reading.

Michelle then texted me that she couldn't get thru to the security company and will give it a few minutes before she'll call the Garda aka police!!. Thank goodness the security guard turned up, looking very startled.

The was doing his rounds on the floors and was wondering on which floor did I manage to hide from him. When i told him that I was from the Clinic, he said that the cleaners told him there is no one there!!

I cannot believe that they said that when they clearly saw me when I was photocopying stuffs and also when they were cleaning the outside of my room. I even said Hi to one of them!!!!

So in total I waited an hour for him and only got home around 9pm going to 10pm.

What a 08.08.08 day for me...

PDA

I'm not talking about Personal Digital Assistant (that will be another post).

I'm talking about Public Displays of Affection.

I personally have nothing against it even though its not allowed in my country (I don't know why), but it totally sucks when you're alone and you're surround by these PDA couple.

It was pouring rain today and I know I just missed the 11 bus. Not willing to wait in the rain for another half an hour, I decided to go catch a movie - The Dark Knight. Managed to get tickets and got myself a pretty decent seat - right in the middle. I was watching it in Savoy in Theater 1, so it is huge and has a huge screen.

More and more people were coming in. There was actually a queue to come into the Theater just to get to your seats (they are not assigned here) even though the movie has been shown for weeks already. First an Irish-Jap couple sat on my right, then another sticky couple in front of me AND then another one on my left. Being surrounded my couples didn't bother me at all until they all started PDA-ing!!!...

My whole 180 degrees view was of couples PDA-ing...even a few rows in front and back of me. Irish-Jap couple was talking about their 1st kiss and bla bla. Once a guy's tone of voice changes, you know he wants something...the Irish lad was just soo eager to get his tongue down her throat.

The WORST was the couple in front of me, they were feeding each other ice-cream. I've got nothing against this..i think its sweet, its just not sweet when you kiss each other every other scoop of ice-cream and then full on lock lips like you've never kissed before! They were going all out - hands roaming and all...I was so tempted to say "This is a cinema, go find a room!!"

Couple on the left was very decent, they're probably on their 1st or second date.

Thank goodness the cinema darken and the movie started. I might get an epileptic fit if I was to witness anymore PDA-ing.


*Seriously I have nothing against PDA. I think it is good that couples are showing they're affections for each other, but there should be a limit.

*Why was I alone?..I sometimes a loner.

Reflecting

I've been reflecting a lot about my life lately, about things that has happened in the past few years mainly the past year and I'm still trying to learn from it. I can't believe so much has happened, with my life, my family and the people around me.

This falling down, standing back up and dusting your self, keeping your chin high and keeping on walking cycle never seems to end. Life is full of surprises - its like a box of chocolates, you'll never know what you're gonna get. You'll like them if they're the ones that you like or you'll hate them like the yucky cherry ones but there will always be the chocolate to take the bitterness away. Just like how all the obstacle that I had to jump thru, my chocolate is at the end where I learn from the lesson.

Life is all about lessons. Its like a big book. The phases that your are going through in life are like the chapters and the plot are the lessons. I'm still compiling my book. Its not even half way there. There are still many blank pages that needs to be filled and drawn...

A good listener friend of mind told me that I'm now a very stubborn person. He said ever since I've started this new chapter of my life, I've been making decisions on my account and once I've made my mind on something, I'm pretty hard to change. Its actually quite shocking to hear that because I thought ever since I've moved here, I've change a lot. I actually listen to people's suggestions and opinions now, I take them into account, I actually talk to people when I hit a brick wall and hope to learn something in return hearing it from their point of view. I gather my thoughts before making a decision and I've also learned not to be so ridged anymore and understand that things happen for a reason and plans can change.

On other things that this weird country has done to me is that I can actually bite my tongue and not say anything till things are thought through in my head first, I actually ask for help on a lot of things that I cannot solve, I try not to keep bad feelings in me because I know I'm a pressure cooker, I've learned how to reason out with myself and others before jumping off a cliff or going straight for a person's neck with my bare hands and most of all - I have not lost my temper for the past 3 years, which is a BIG thing. I'm ashamed to say that I had a very bad temper and I'm very well known for it. People back home know well not to mess with me and to stay away once I fire up. This cold country has surprisingly cooled me down and tamed my anger and rage.

I'm the youngest of the youngest, double combo, the little one that everybody dotes on and you know what they say about the youngest child in the family, we always get what we want and we can get away from murder all the time (I can see my sister nodding her head like a nodding donkey now). I do get what I want most of the time (but I never had the habit of asking) and get away from anything with my crocodile tears when I was younger. I thank my parents for bringing me up in a way that would have been any better for me and for setting rules on manners and behavior and also for instilling the fear for my dad (The only person I'm afraid of!). I'm so glad I didn't turn out to be a brat!!!...

Mimi, Baba and Jie always tells me that Belle is like me. Seeing how the monkey queen can be - Oh god, I've got no idea how they managed to handle me, my crazy crying clingy moments and also the gift of the gab. Mom always said that I'm the opposite of Sis, that she's the clam that won't talk and me a broken radio that won't turn off!! Belle has taken over that tittle..Hehe.

I can't wait for the moment my whole family (minus my Bro and Papa) to FINALLY be here. I'm so excited ! Can't wait to actually run around with Belle and carry Baby Cassie. I actually don't mind babysitting them while you guys go shopping. I might regret it but I'm all up for it!!

*I totally went off topic towards the end..but what the heck its my blog. (^^)