TGIW

and i really mean thank god it's the weekends!!! don know why this week take so long to pass... finally got PM for TOC and the ever so duhz.. how to use a balance beam... -.-

so glad fri was finally here... weekends can sleep late and wake up late.. thurs went to Weathervane for lobster meal.. the amt of food we ordered was overwhelming... 3 fish and chips, a scallop and haddock... a fried shrimps and clam strips... and the lead for the night... 4 lobsters... which came with a large plate of mashed potatoes and a baked potato... and everything adds up to A LOT OF FOOD... din manage to finish all so packed some back...

fri.. cos it was the start of the weekends.. we had a little drink at home.. late nights... we sat in front of the tv... i downed 3 tequila shots... and about 80% of a can of beer... if i din rem wrongly.. this should be the 1st time i am drinking tequila shots... its taste isn't one of my favourite though... but after sucking the lemon.. the fiery feeling in ur mouth disappear... the after effect's not too bad.. haha... so after the above mentioned.. i guess everyone was high... started crapping.. don think we were drunk though.. cos think the things we say were still pretty coherent... just a little swirly in the head... keep on swaying here and there and lying on watever we see.. haha.. pretty funny to see them can't walk straight and wobbling around.. haha... think it's the first time i let myself drink to this state... maybe cos when in sg we normally drink outside.. plus i always have to look after frens who drink too much.. so my drinking if pretty controlled.. but the feeling is pretty weird though.. haha.. din drink much.. so i guess the shots are powerful.. haha...

the next day everyone was shagged out... woke up for lunch.. then all fell back asleep... till evening before we kinda recovered... well.. shouldn't do this too often.. not good for health.. haha...

today we went to Fort Constitution... it's a fort somewhat like the one in sentosa... with those observation tower overlooking the sea... and there's a lighthouse... queued to go up... started raining when we were queueing... we crossed the wooden bridge to reach the base of the lighthouse... then climbed up this swirly stairs up to the watch tower... then a ladder up to where the light is... pretty cool.. don think i have been up a lighthouse before.. well.. maybe i have.. but can't rem le..

below are some pics of the day... put together in a primitive manner.. haha.. but well... better than having to upload all one at a time la..

back to work tmrw... -.-

-jiahua

First week of work

1st week at work... read lots of SOPs... tried to keep awake... observing and carrying out practice TOC... a few more practise and i think should be able to get PM already... after which would probably be doing a month of TOC... pple teaching us how to do are really nice.. Big funny Chris..curly hair Pete and big baldie Dave... hahaha...

wed had a little break from work... had kinda like an annual QC Day where the whole dept get together and hang out.. we went to Newcastle... at a park called New Island Common... nice place... it's supposed to be an island... and looks kinda like Pasir Ris park... with rocky coast filled with seaweed and a small beach... and lot of greens for u to picnic.. play frisbee.. court for volley ball.. and playground for the kids... we had a BBQ there.. and the one cooking the food is none other than our QC big boss Adam Mott... haha... quite shuai... and really nice... asked him whether can take a pic with him and he blushed.. so cute! hahaha... well.. at least i wasn't crazy over him like somebody... had quite a good time la.. relaxing.. eating and watching pple play volley and frisbee... anything away from work is good.. hahaha...

fri went to eat at TGIF after work... had steak.. food's not too bad... the girls are moving out on tat day.. so when i reach back home.. they have already moved their mattresses and luggages over to their house... i can actually see floor in my bedrm.. hahaha... suddenly look spacious... a little not used to it...

yest went to Canobie Lake Park... i knew i dare not take most of the rides... but thought just hang out with the group lor... though not cheap.. went to take this 'haunted house' ride... totally boliao... then took the carousel... a bit.. erhm.. haha... don know when was the last time i took tat... weird la.. taking with all the small little kids.. haha... then took the teacup thingy... and this is no ordinary slow moving teacup ok.. it's super fast revolving... we were initially sitted well distributed around the cup... and my 2 other frens were swung into a bunch... took the rotating swing thingy... quite fun... though a bit yun after tat... haha... overall not too bad la.. though dare not take the roller coaster and viking ship the rest took... ended the day with fireworks... and the long ride home... oh ya.. SC won a toy giraffe from Madagascar for ah muay... and they name it 'Long Long' cos long neck mah... and was given the surname 'Ba'... so it's official.. it shall be called Ba Long Long... hahaha.. super funny...

we did a bit of cleaning up in the house today... nothing much to do now... slack lor.. tmrw's another week at work... more SOPs! -.-

-jiahua

weekend before work starts

fri went to Paddy's for dinner after games of frisbee and captain's ball which the guys abuse and force me to go... had fish and chips...not too bad la... but portion quite big... very filling... the ambience of the place quite nice... had a live band outside too...

sat went to buy food for sunday's BBQ... then in the evening.. went to Jas's place for some bon fire thingy... her place is super ulu... about half an hour drive away.. and her surroundings are all forest... it's like a house in the middle of the woods... but the place quite nice la.. very country style cottage... and they have a super BIG dog Kramer... the gathering was pretty fun.. ate and drank beer... crap a lot... took quite a bit of photos... it was super cold tat night... but luckily there was this big bon fire where we hung around... a pretty nice experience.. din know it was going to be a 'campfire-like' thingy so was like 'wow' when we saw them starting the fire... literally chopping down the surrounding trees to burn... and there was a bit of fireworks.. such freedom... plus it's in the ulu areas... the sky was filled with stars.. nice feeling to sit under the blanket of stars and just enjoy the company of frens...

sunday.. we invited TAP frens over for a BBQ... bought lots of food... practically every flavour of Lays chips leh... and 14 bottles of soft drinks... and lettuce which are still sitting in our fridge... the BBQ was ok la.. oh i finally went over to the ah muays' place to visit... their place pretty cosy la.. rms all had study tables... nicely decorated and colour coordinated rms... which further accentuate the minimalist 'theme' of our house.. hahaha... well.. generally hope everyone enjoyed themselves la.. wasn't really a very good host...

today was my 1st day at work... freaking boring!! keep on reading and reading... managed to clocked in the maximum 9 articles a day... how many more 9s i need before i finish all?? faintz... think at least 2 weeks ah... we managed to go observe TOC analysis... pretty boring also.. like my previous work.. load the tubes... key in the IDs... and let it run... each tube runs for about half an hour.. so u won't be the one to continue the 2nd part of the procedure...

ok... another boring day tmrw for me...

-jiahua

Housemates

this week's orientation week.. very much like lectures... listening to talks on safety... gowning... cGMP... SOPs... blah blah blah... very sian... always feel like sleeping... seems like back to the NUS days.. haha... oh ya.. today is National Day! we all agreed to wear red to work... but of cos not everyone wore la.. some got no red Ts... some probably weren't informed... and well.. maybe some just couldn't care less.. hahaha.. and we did catch the attention of the Lonza pple... haha.. told them it's our 'Independence Day'.. but a bit weird la.. cos we seem to just wear for the sake of wearing... don really have any get together or anything... so seems like just another day....

din really take much photos of my place as yet... but shall take more when the 'squatters' in my place move out la.. haha.. cos until then can i give a clear account of how my house looks like.. cos now it's cluttered with their suitcases.. mattresses... and everything... but think it should be fun with them around for a week... more noisy and lively bah the house.. but don know whether will have problem with 10 ppls living under one roof not.. haha.. we'll see...

ok here's a photo of my house from the outside... it's the side with the open door... my rm is the window above the door... a pig and a squirrel stays in the rm above me.. hahaha...

this is my rm... before i move in.. so relatively empty... and the view outside is the forest i mentioned.. haha...

hmm.. maybe i shall talk about my housemates... below is a 'family photo'... taken on the 3rd floor landing...

starting from the left... GT... also know as the irritating pig to me.. hahaha... likes to irritate and bully me... and also nags at me a lot... -.- next is YM.. the youngest in the house... eats a lot... sleep the earliest... hahaha.. bully me at times... well.. he's the youngest.. wat can i say... next is the ever so nice.. ME!! hahahahaa... then it's CK... looks like squirrel i think... haha... can be quite nuah at times.. but funny at times.. sometimes hear some womanly voices he makes.. makes me wonder when our house got another woman.. hahaha... the last is Kor kor... the oldest in the group! a good 9 years older than me.. hahaha... but i think he is the nicest to me in the house le... though he does jump in to make fun of me at times.. haha... and he's funny.. cos he's the oldest.. so when he makes those act cute faces... then super funny.. haha...

ok.. those are my housemates... an ok but can be annoying and irritating bunch of pple.. hahah... hmm... staying with a house of guys is so different... sometimes feels a little out.. but well.. wat to do.. decision's made..

ok.. today's cold.. gotta go bathe...

-jiahua

New house!

went to Boston on Sunday! the drive there got me a little drowsy... Boston is really a city man! i mean as compared to a small little quiet place like New Hampshire... it is considered bustling liao.. with more varieties of pple.. and blacks spewing vulgarities in the streets... ahhaah... the walking about got me all tired... think i over-stretched my back previously.. the long walks just made it worse.. hurts like anything lor...

and the thing we realised was... toilets are super hard to find can! walked like down streets and turn corners just to find a miserable toilet that need to put a token to unlock the door... luckily the food court stuff were nice enough to give us 2 tokens even though we din eat there... and the funny thing occurred in the toilet... maybe not as funny when i say it here.. but when we were in the cubicle.. we heard this SUPER LOUD fart... it can literally be described as 'explosive'.. i think it's the loudest and most high pressured fart i ever heard in my life lor! i was like stunned for a while.. then went out and saw my other frens.. and we just couldn't help but burst into laughter... the ang moh aunties were like wondering wat's wrong with these asian girls.. hahaha...

took a walk in the park... saw some cute squirrels which we offered strawberries.. they came down and ate the strawberries.. and even posed for us to take photos.. so cute... oh ya.. went to chinatown to get the chinese groceries that we cannot find in supermarkets... desperate for home cooked food la.. haha... bought so much food.. both from chinese shops and supermarkets that our house is like so stocked up with food liao.. can hibernate already...

finally moved house... and has been staying in there for about 2 days now.. quite ok la.. not too bad.. bed is nice and comfy... except gotta stay on the 2nd floor alone while the guys are on the 3rd.. so a little scary at night... and the view from the window not comforting as well.. ahha.. all forest... but generally.. don think too much and it's still ok... just now had our first home cooked dinner ever... stirfry gailan and bah kut teh... hahaha.. not too bad la.. considering it's cooked by the guys.. haha... din have the mental energy to cook today.. too tired.. din sleep well.. plus someone called me at 5am! thanks leh pple... don call me when u off work can.. u r disturbing my sleep.. hahaha... don make me shag again hor..

ok.. gotta sleep.. if not tmrw's orientation lecture will feel like sleeping again...

-jiahua

Moving soon

these few days we are busy moving house and buying things for the house.. yest went to get kitchen and household stuff... today went to get bedding stuff and curtains... almost there! just short of food in the kitchen and we are all set to start living in the house! i think moving house is fun... buying new stuff... moving in.. starting a new place... except tat u need to spend la.. haha.. come to think of it.. i haven really moved house before... the last time was when i was 4... when we move from our kampong in eunos to the place now.. been there ever since... so to be exact... i don really have recollections of moving house... missed the fun.. ahha.. but then of cos moving is tiring.. so that's when the only good thing about living with guys comes in... they can carry stuff... hahaha... hopefully staying with them won't make me faint too much... (yes i mean u da shu... if u happen to see this.. hahaha...) think i got to make do with living minimalistically... some pple even don let me buy my bin for my toilet lor.... see la.. poor me... haha...

oh ya.. went to the guy's hotel rm... and they made dinner.. though not from scratch.. just some spaghetti.. broccoli and campbell soup... but taste ok la... it's interesting to watch guys cook though... haha.. looks so funny... well.. at least they can do work.. or i can shake legs le... hahaha...

-jiahua

New updates

forgot to mention in my previous entry tat i have been down to the company to meet my future supervisor... a lady called christen or christ-something.. haha.. couldn't quite catch also.. very hard to rem ang moh names leh.. esp their last names.. if u never see how is it spelt... i was like '???' nvm.. think after a while should be can rem le... oh.. i'll be doing QC work... immunology... most prob doing a lot of ELISA testing... no shift.. normal lab stuff.. should be quite ok bah.. don know the details yet.. plus don know why that day i was pretty brain dead.. din really catch much things also.. haha...

went to Hampton beach on sunday... finding a parking space was tough... 1 quarter for 10 min.. now we know why we always see pple slotting in lots of coin into the parking meter in the shows... the place was ok.. but i still like my Bondi beach better... haha... there was quite a bit of pple... and there's the miss hampton pageant thingy going on... but i think cannot make it lor.. some not thin lor... and some don know how to walk.. hahaha.. well.. not my cup of tea.. basically just hang around the beach area... take photos.. slack.. some of them went to play frisbee and beach volley with the locals... while i just watch and get baked... nothing much really.. went for dinner after that... quite ok.. $20 for 4 pple.. share a chicken.. 3 side dishes... corn bread... choc fudge cake and free flow of drinks.. the cup they gave us was super big! it's like a small bucket... and it actually has a handle like a bucket for u to carry... think my frens took it back to use it to wash clothes.. hahah...

went for medical checkup on mon... it was pretty fun! hahaah.. esp the physical exam.. the doctor... Mike.. was super funny and cute... though his belly super big... hahaha... make me do all sorts of funny actions to test my joints and coordination.. like resist when he push/ pull my wrist... bend and touch my toes... close eyes and touch my nose... after the session i said 'that was fun...' and he said 'u bet' hahaha.. so cute right... but the eye test was tiring... lots of circles to see... after the thing my vision was blur... and the urine test was something new... she got u to wash ur hands with soap before u go... then she will off the water supply.. then after tat.. she come back and collect already.. then turn the water back on for u to wash hand... hmm...

these few days... everyone has been busy trying to find a suitable place to stay... busy calling and viewing... was pretty lost when we can't find anything and always seems to get the answering machine... but at least now all's settled... although a lot of things happened lately to make me feel faintz all the time.. but i guess everything is pretty much set...

will probably be moving in with the guys... hope i made the right decision though... well.. i din actually make any decisions... just merely opening options and see how things turn out... but i do feel a little bad for having to leave my group and stay in another house... but well.. just hope everything turns out well and everyone is happy staying together with whoever they are staying with....

-jiahua