FYP finally OVER!!!

After 1 year of labwork, it's finally over...

MPSH1, where we present our poster

My friends in action

Phew... Finally over...
Glad to see that all of us can still smile at the end of the presentation

Dance Uncensored '09

刚看完Dance Uncensored '09。
整体感觉还不错。
不愧是四大combine hall events里最受欢迎的。

我没半点屁舞蹈背景，不敢在舞蹈上乱作点评
就说说今晚单纯的身为一个观众的感受

1)观众
有时我还是很讨厌看hall办的文艺表演…
因为观众不懂在什么时候适时适量的欢呼…
不是说不能理解他们的行为，毕竟我也有许多好朋友在台上表演
但请你们在MC介绍后，或舞蹈结束后拍手欢呼！
不要在跳到一半的时候打扰我的雅兴！
奇怪为什么我不是先说舞蹈而是先谈观众？
因为我觉得做个好观众是对台上表演者最大的尊重。

2)舞蹈
舞蹈大概可以分成几大类
hip hop, lyrical jazz, swing, traditional
更往年一样hip hop dance还是占了整大半
遗憾的是要hip又hip不到家，要break又break得不够劲

比起hip hop个人比较喜欢有特色的舞
红的Chicago女强人舞(跳得很有Moulin Rouge的味道)，山河舞(KE一贯的武术舞，蛮喜欢山河结合的那一幕)和游乐园射击游戏舞(加了许多小咖，情侣之间的差别反而没那么分明，个人比较喜欢ICN版本)
蓝的Ritual舞(超佩服choreographer善用舞台道具与灯光效果的能力，果然是有production经验的宿舍)
橙的泼妇舞(看起来还蛮free-style，看她们跳自己都觉得累)
青的博物馆舞(蛮有趣的舞，能赢得观众一笑是他们的成功)

3)MC
MC上台前请搞清楚
是King Edward VII Hall不是King Edward 'THE SEVEN' Hall!
继续放在这里不为什么只为时时提醒自己观照自我

3)EMCC (Exxon Mobil Campus Concert)
是不是经济萧条，EMCC也没钱了
灯光效果少了
Booklet quality变差了
一场1700人的UCC Hall变成三场450人的UCC Theatre
而且今年整个NUS Arts Festival都没打到像往年一样热
真的没钱了？还是NUS方向换了？

4)Production Crew
FOH:
炸到！我的票竟然被人领走了！
很明显FOH根本没有检查IC或Matric Card
炸到…真的是给她炸到…

Stage:
今天的lights搞什么鬼
cue走了，lights还没in
一开始还以为是灯光效果，但也未免犯错太多次了吧…

Stage方面还不错
因为几乎都没道具，而且台上人的进出我又看不到，所以出错几率近乎0。
整体flow还不错
只不过上半场舞蹈跟舞蹈之间像赶火车一样，舞蹈员final pose刚摆好，就lights off了。
而且不是dim out，是directly black out的

Sound不过是播CD里的歌，几乎是不可能犯错的
但有经验的混音师和经验不够丰富的水准还是有差
有经验的会让音乐flow得行云流水，没经验的歌与歌之间的transition就做得有点怪怪的
而且有经验的会选择用不损害音质的方法制作，没经验的字典里可能只有mp3
要怎么知道？
只要感受一下一首歌的低频部分能不能够低频到跟UCC Theatre的地板引起resonance就知道了。

BackStage:
我看不到，所以no comment


写着写着，结果我又变成一个不是那么单纯的观众了。
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这里顺便分享一下几个我个人觉得非常惊叹的舞蹈。

飞天

敦煌壁画飞天图

千手观音

注:他们全是聋哑人士

Farewell, Siou Ting..

Last week we bid farewell to our dear Assistant Research Officer (ARO), Siou Ting, as it was her last week here with us in our lab in TLL.
It has been few days since she left for Malaysia.
And it really doesn't feel the same anymore, without her laugher and voice.

I wonder how the lab will be after all of us leave..
Shan Shan, Edwin, Norman, Seng Wee & I, the attachment students leaving after we completed our Honours/UROPS attachment
Sun Bo & Kian Hong most likely leaving in a year's time after they completed their PhD
Then the lab will be left with the Post Doc, Yifeng, Yuki & Kazue, and of cos Boss, Dr Ito...
Well, I guess it's a cycle that every lab faces.
Students come, students go...

A small farewell gathering at the Level 4 Pantry in TLL

Siou Ting giving each of us a pen as a farewell gift.

A last group photo of my whole lab, with Siou Ting
(from left: Yifeng, Yuki, Dr Ito, Kian Hong, Seng Wee, Siou Ting, Me, Shan Shan, Edwin, Sun Bo, Norman)

When you are away..

The souvenir from Siou Ting

We will miss you...

开学了…我却等着过年…

First day of school, and I'm thinking of Chinese New Year.
Can't help it.
Take away Saturday and Sunday, there are only 10 school days
to the date I would be flying back to Land of Kolomee.

Woo hoo!
Kolomee, Laksa, Char Kueh Teow, Kueh Chap.. Wait for me..
I'm coming home again.
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Yesterday went to John Little Sales at Expo with Shin, Kane, Ellen & Charlie.
To surprisingly, it isn't as crowded as I thought, as compared to those PC fair like, COMEX.
Well.. maybe everyone came during the 1st two days to buy all the goodies.
Unlike PC fair, where you can bargain for cheaper price and more freebies on the last days especially when it is about to close,
In this kind of John Little or Robinson sales, going later doesn't benefit at all.
In fact, all the common sizes will be snatched by the early birds, leaving behind clothes that are either too big or too small for average Asian man.

I bought 2 shirts, undies, socks, and swimwear + 2 Famous Amos cookies.
Now left with a pair of shoes to buy, and maybe one more shirt and that's it for New Year.
*My last pair of shoes was badly infested with ants in the cracks on the sole, over the holiday that I have to throw them away...

Gonna control my buying for the next semester...
Just the thought of having to move all the stuff by the end of the sem exhausts me..
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小黑有伴了！
在新加坡找了好久，慧歆终于在KL找到了小红
=)

跟小红比起来，小黑很明显被睡扁了...

小黑全家福

Back from E712 to E713

I am back!
To those who frequent my blog, a sincere apology to all of you.

I just move back to my room few days back.
But this time, I dun bother to unpack my stuff.
Just one more sem in KE7, I dun wanna go through all the process of packing again..
This December holiday is not a very boring holiday, but it is a very slack holiday.
So slack that I dun even wanna blog.
With so many free time to slowly do things.. which finally resulted in not accomplishing anything. =)

Looking back, this is the first time I spent my Dec holiday this way.
In my Year 1 & 2, I was busy all over with XQRJ
Year 3, I was back at home, preparing for my semester of Exchange Studies in Sweden.
This holiday, though I still wake up ~9am,
I just nua & nua, til 10+am...
watch a few episodes of anime..
surf net randomly..
catch a few mice..
all the way til noon...
and finally have a brunch before setting off for lab to do my FYP.
then at night, its anime, random websites & blogs, and mice again..
and the cycle repeats itself everyday...
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School is starting tomorrow...
At this will be my last semester in NUS..

好怀念‘四个懒人’的日子
矛盾的心里一边期待着快开课，一边又想着放假...

我考完了！！！

只想大声说

可以'暂时'把NOTES丢一边了。

Panda KILLER!!!

arRRGGHH!
Someone killed my Panda...

So poor thing...
only 1 panda left...

Titbits~ the best medicine for treating 嘴巴痒 during revision

inspired by Kae Lin. =)

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It's NUS exam week again.
Taking only 3 modules this sem, I have comparatively less stuff to prepare for exams.
but no matter how much time I 'may' have during term time,
it still end up in the SAME situation: study last minute...
I think it has become an axiom, a truth taken for granted, a cycle every student faces every sem...
This is the 6th day I wake up at 7.40am
'Nua' til 8.20am
brush & wash up to go down for breakfast at 8.30am
then take either the 8.45 or 9am bus to Biz Library to return my overnight-loaned RBR book.
not bringing my biggest distraction... my Laptop...

Compared to the Science Library, the Biz Library really have much less people,
which make it a very conducive place for me to study.
But dunno if it's just me, but I personally find that ppl there have less sense...
in the sense that some can talk in their normal voice in the study area.
some can chat thru the handphone at a not-so-corner corner.
some will talk aloud in the opened printing room, allowing his conversation to slip through the open door.
etc.

Dunno la.. i prefer the 2 weekends where I spent my time in a not-so-many-people Biz Lib...
less distractions...

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Counting down my last 2 semester in NUS...


Attachment: Bloody Panda.zip

Exam Supper!!!

It's Master's exam supper again.
Even though the dishes are forever the same, I still love them.
Eclair
Swiss roll
Curry puff
Fruity cream tart
etc...

Yummy...

How nice it would be if we can have this kind of supper more frequently. =)
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I must say I have not seen so many ppl in the dining hall at the same time since a long time ago.
Look at the queue!!
From the dining counter all the way to the entrance, and this is taken at 10.15pm..
Sure reminds me of the time I queue to enter the Vatican Museum...
And all this queuing once again ignite my desire to set up an experiment to test my hypothesis: "People in Singapore love to queue"
had been rehearsing this experiment in my mind many many times..
1. find a few bo-liao friends
2. find a place with many walking crowds
3. stand in the middle of no where and start queuing
4. observe if anybody will queue behind us blindly thinking that some company is giving out freebies

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Surprisingly, a comm which I had always recognize as 'slacker comm' really make me 另眼相看tonight.
The efficiency and the fairness in serving the food had ensure no hungry KEVIIan leave the dining hall disappointed.
2 thumbs up, Welfare Comm!
Hope to see more initiatives from you all!
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Wa lau eh... Dun cut queue la. M字头的...

The most anticipated 喜事

This is definitely the most anticipated 喜事
at least in my 4 years in KE7, I have never seen this kind of tsunami of gossips and big hoo-ha sweeping across the hall, as swift as this one.

Update: 54 comments in 1 day
with more comments on another thread with name revealed.
And trust me.. it's still counting
http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=639862416

E-block Comm Yahoo!Group

E-Block Blog

http://keviieblock.blogspot.com/

THE OFFICIAL HALL BLOG!!

http://ke7news.wordpress.com/gossips/

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AND...

THE 定情信物…

to know more about the 来历 of this, plz refer to the video by Angel in http://www.new.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=48111171180

XQRJ: NUS Student Achievement Awards

After so many years...
Finally 心情溶剂 (aka Xin Qing Rong Ji, XQRJ) had finally gotten its recognition from the University.
Still remember, just few years back, XQRJ doesn't really have a say in hall.
And now, it is a model for study for many CCAs, an activity recognized by Hall Master and the SCRC, and that almost all freshmen know is the best in KE7.
Things had changed. And I am happy for you, 心情溶剂, a place where I can call home.

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31 October 2008
NUS Student Achievement Awards @ Sheraton Towers

Signing in

The Well-decorated Ballroom

Receiving the SAA Awards from the NUS President, Professor Tan Chor Chuan

Time for Dinner

The first Student Achievement Awards won by 心情溶剂 for King Edward VII Hall.
A moment that I will cherish forever

The many photos taken in front of the boardA photo with the NUS President, Prof Tan Chor Chuan

The Trophy won

希望这一个奖杯会引起一股新的推动力把心情溶剂带向另一个高峰...


Read more at KE7news.wordpress.com HERE

My Balls

NUS... Innovating others...

Raining Catz n Dogz...

Showered by a torrential downpour last night...
Waking up only to see a complete mess in my room...
The wind was too strong, that the rain came splashing in,
and there goes everything on the table right next to the window, soaked in rain water...

Drying my notes...

After Drying... really become 咸菜...
Wuhong's 咸菜 Tissue

A lot of wiping & cleaning to do...

Broken Tree...Fallen branches n leaves everywhere...
NO!!!! my dragon fruit plant!!!

Now have to use toothpick to support... so poor thing...

Good News from the Sky

就在我在愁年尾 Vacation Stay 要找谁 squat 省钱，Office of Financial Service 突然寄来了封信


From: Financial Aid Sent: Tue 28/10/2008 16:04
Subject: IMPORTANT - Updates on Living Allowance commencing AY2008/2009

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Dear Student,

REVISION OF ASEAN UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP LIVING ALLOWANCE QUANTUM

We are pleased to inform you that the living allowance of your ASEAN Undergraduate Scholarship has been increased from $4,300 to $5,800 (up by 35%) per year starting from AY2008/09. Your scholarship sponsor, Ministry of Education (MOE) has decided to increase your living allowance in view of the increase in living and accommodation expenses.

The Office of Financial Services will credit your account with an additional $750 for Semester 1 of AY2008/2009 and you will receive the money by end of October 2008.

Please do not hesitate to contact us at financialaid@nus.edu.sg if you need further clarifications.

Best Regards,

Azizah b Zam Zam (Ms) :: Management Assistant Officer, Student Financial Aid Unit :: Registrar's Office :: National University of Singapore :: University Hall, Lee Kong Chian Wing, UHL #04-01, 21 Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 119077 :: 65-6516 2870 (DID) :: 65-6778 6371 (Fax) :: financialaid@nus.edu.sg (E) :: http://www.nus.edu.sg/financialaid (W) :: Company Registration No: 200604346E

PS Current Undergraduates: You are reminded to read your NUS emails regularly as we do not correspond with you via your personal email account. For ease of correspondence, please retain the email history and sign-off with your full name and matric no. in future emails. Thank you.

Important: This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify us immediately; you should not copy or use it for any purpose, nor disclose its contents to any other person. Thank you.

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MOE当真是雪中送炭
新加坡真会讨我们这些外国学生的欢心

我国的Najib最近也好像比较会做人了 (Najib ready to end special privileges for Malays)
只是不知这个keris-waver是否真有此心，还是真的这样desperate到讨 non-bumi 的 votes.

树大招风…

哇......
是不是很像大耳窿追债用的大字报

“人言可畏”
“树大招风”
“若要人不知，除非己莫为”
“空穴来风必有因”

唉……
当真是…

春风吹兮户家晓，小树亦招风
情关难过英雄过，双燕筑爱巢

My Lab Space

A sneak peak into Lab #04-03 of TLL, the place where I do all my experiments.

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Usually at the beginning of the week, this is how my working area in my lab looks.
Before I start my experiments for the week...
Pipettes, Gloves, etc all nicely place at each corner.
Table wiped with 70% Ethanol to kill microbes, eg: bacteria.
My own set of pipettes placed at a side.
My 'sort of personal'* PCR machine switched off to save energy.

(*Note: it is too old that almost nobody wanna use it)

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But all these don't last long...
When I start to work,
you see used C-fold towel and gloves here n threre,
pipette tips sometime missing the autoclave bag and left lying on the workbench,
pipettes of different volume lying over the place,
all kind of solution (wash/elution buffer, LB, etc) accidentally dripping on the bench, or even worse on my lab log book..

And by the end of the week...
This is how my workbench looks
(*Note: picture does not show actual untidiness, because the things are squeezed to fit my camera. Actual situation can be 20-50% untidier...)

Then why the tidying and cleaning at the end of the week, when you gonna mess it up the following week?!?
Well.. I just want to feel as if someone had clean it for me, to welcome me back for another week of hectic lab life...
I guess it's the same as leaving a light on when you go to work, so that you can feel as if someone is waiting for you to welcome you when you are back...
Just a way of 自我安慰...