"An intellectual is a person who has discovered something more interesting than sex."
A quote from work. Lol. Read this while browsing through my emails. (Gmail is fun!)
Oh yea! Immediately after exams ended I started work again at SyUC. Hehe. Gonna work until the next semester starts and then go back to working once a week. =)
You should watch this. Really! You don't want to miss this.
Got it from the kylelandry forums. (Yes, I'm supposed to be studying...)
Last day tomorrow!!!!
Two papers down and two more to go! It's so nice to be halfway through but the really tough subjects start now. At least I have enough time to prepare.
What am I doing here blogging?
Well, my cousins visited. And took us out for dinner at a chinese restaurant. (Yes, in Eastin Hotel!) I just had to blog about it!
Chinese Restaurant @ Eastin Hotel (Album link)
Overall, I really enjoyed this meal in terms of food. We had this "chawanmushi" sort of dish made in a tall glass but it has shark fins lining the surface and mushrooms cooked inside. There was a dish with dry noodles covered in sauce and really huge prawns. We had soup, chicken and vegie, that I really liked. We also had green jelly for dessert and ginger tong yuen (the tong yuen was huge with black sesame filling I think. I liked it.). A lot of the dishes were served by the waiter so we didn't have to get up and get them ourselves. Some, like the pork and the noodles were left to ourselves to get them. We had dishes after dishes for 2 hours. Not sure how many altogether because I just ate and ate. Haha. Oh, we didn't have rice.
There was one more but I think I won't put them up here. (Sorry!) I was there with 10 other people. My immediate and extended family. My cousins just came back after being away for close to 6 years. So it was a happy occassion. I stayed with them when I was in Aussie so it's good to see them again. They're going back tomorrow after being here for a week.
Sigh... why must they come when I have exams~! (;___;)
In case most of you haven't noticed... =P
I've added new links to the "anime, manga, songs" section. They're links to more song sites where I have been downloading piano sheets again recently (was hooked to this guy's playing on youtube: kylelandry).
I've been practicing Eternal Harvest ever since and am now studying very hard for tomorrow's exam!
T_____T
EDIT: It sounded like I didn't study at all last week. Well... I did! So there. =P
I'm often reminded everyday why it is so important to know who God is and what following him means.
This may be a little irrevelant to what I just said but while studying, I came accross several slides on ethics in science. Everytime they asked the question "is this ethical?" or "is this immoral?" or "is this right?" They would refer to the vaticans, the muslims, the protestants, the jewish, etc. Or should I just sum it up and say 'the religious'?
Science if often thought of as a body of knowledge or a society that is apart from religion. Simply because science is not governed by doctrine but by discovery (in a very loose sense). Yet, every time they need to make a decision on "is this right or wrong?" they refer to religious views.
Shouldn't we, as Christians, always be ready to give them answers as God says in the Bible? Shouldn't we always be prepared such that God's views are always at the tip of our tongues? Shouldn't we always be able to say what the Bible says?
It's already June!
Exam starts on the 10th!
I'm panicking!
My brother found a private Maple Story server and it's pretty distracting!
I started and stopped Tales of Pirates again too!
Why am I shouting?!
Remember that event I mentioned where I found out about my "health problems"? Well, I've finally remembered to post the pictures! Hehe.
It was an event I organized on behalf of the Omega Leo Club of Monash University on April the 21st and 22nd. We invited the National Blood Bank over for two days and we also got the National Kidney Foundation to drop by with their health screening bus (it's a huge long bus set up like a clinic).
Anyway, here are the pics. The photos were taken with my 2.0MP Sony Ericsson k530i. Didn't bring my better camera with me since my mom was using it. (All photos in my blog will, from now on, be clickable thumbnails. The previous food post reminded me of why I've always put up clickable thumbnails.)
Blood Donation, 21 - 22 April 2008
Registration first. Here's where leo members are stationed to explain to blood donors as to what are they supposed to do. There are certain forms to fill for first timers and certain criteria to be made clear as not everyone can donate (like me).
Here, they check for blood type and weight. If you can make out the table just to the left of the one in front, that's where they check your blood pressure and finalize whether you're truly fit to donate blood. Here, I found out I had low blood pressure and that I am not fit to donate blood. Boo!
9-10 AM when they were first setting up.
Our first few donors. It seems that people take to blood donation very readily. A lot wanted to donate and most were extremely disappointed when they found out they couldn't. A total of 191 registered and 149 were eligible to donate. The rest found out they couldn't donate before they could register.
Donors were given bread, milo, cookies and even zinc pills. These are especially for those who might become anemic after losing blood.
As you can see, we were in open space. The concourse area to be exact. This is where almost all students had to pass through in the uni so it was pretty strategic.
Lots of people came and the NBB team were almost always busy. They told me on the second day that they'd prefered it if I invited them over for longer as it would lessen their work and they could get more response.
Health Screening, 21 April 2008
Actually, not only students were interested in donating blood but staff members too! I couldn't tell them apart at the registration counter at first but I recognized some of them here at the health screening bus. They're all waiting for their turn to board the bus and beginning their check up. (It's priced at RM2 per health check. But I found out later that there were others who gave more.)
Waiting in between stations. They have seats inside the bus as well. There are about 6 stations altogether. You get your initial blood pressure checked at the first, BMI at the second, waist circumference at the third, urine analysis at the fourth, blood glucose and cholesterol at the fifth, and counseling at the sixth. Yes, you get counselled.
The first, third and fourth stations. The second station was behind me and the picture didn't turn out well at all. (Not that the pictures here are perfect...) But as you can see, they're really just small tables where you sit across the health screening team and they tell you your results on the spot.
The blood test station... how can my cholesterol level be high when my blood pressure is low???!!
The counselling station... I was told NOT to eat loads of stuff. Others were told to cut down on everything I was forbidden to eat! Then again, they didn't have high cholesterol like me...
Outside again, the waiting area. That guy standing there made sure that everyone had a registration form and that they entered the bus in turn.
The bus was pretty long so they took awhile to actually park where they parked. It's at the foyer, a stone's throw away from the blood donation area.
That's it for the event post. I haven't planned an event like this since... high school! Lol! And this was a dual event too. So many people to communicate. I had forgotten about that part. The part where you have to talk to people and make sure everyone's happy with what you have decided. The making sure they were happy part was... tough. I'm glad I had the help I had.
Today marks the day when I have to really start studying. It's not only the time when I have to study but the time when I really have to study.
(That did not make sense.)
Exams begin on June the 10th and ends on the second last day of the final examinations, June 24th. I'm thankful for having only four papers to worry about rather than six or so like last year.
That's why I have to start studying!
Before that, a funny story from last saturday. Haha. My brother and I were blessed with a good friend who would fetch us for dinner with the rest of the cell group (we usually drive ourselves). So, my brother went out first with the friend (they have lots to talk about) and I followed after getting all my things and making sure the lights were all off etc. After locking the doors, and getting into the car, my brother turned around, "did you take the house keys?"
We were locked out of the house! And mom wasn't going to come back until much later that night! Our dinner was set at 6.30pm and we finished by about 8pm (at a very nice chinese restaurant). Very early. We were stranded for almost two hours with nowhere to go. At least our friend was kind enough to let us hang out at his place. Even though he had to study for his exams! (So sorry! And thank you lots!)
Noble Restaurant, Klang (Town area)
This was the place where we had our chinese dinner. I must apologize for the lack of photos. We only had time to take pictures of the first dish. The rest came in a blur because, not only were we too busy eating, we ate so fast and the dishes came twice as fast! Having 12 persons at a table is certainly something else. Haha. It was good though. I have nothing to complain of in terms of taste and service. They cleaned up our plates after the second dish as our plates were already full of bits and pieces that couldn't be eaten. Like prawn skin and the such. It was a very good and pleasant experience.
The first dish was really amazing. I took a lot of photos of this dish. The fish that we see is actually made of yam. You know the usual yam basket we get as a first dish for chinese dinners especially? That's what it is. It's filled with the usual yam basket contents and it's entirely made up of yam. Then we have the tofu pouch, fried balls with prawns in them (ate it and got allergies), cold slices of meat, and a selection of scallops and vegetables.
When this dish came out, I thought to myself, I have to snap a photo of this. Well, I wasn't the only one who thought so because everyone else started snapping with their camera phones. Haha. One of our elder members mentioned that kids these days all use camera phones while we still carry digital cameras around (our age difference is about 3 years so... they're not like uncles or aunties).
At first all we could do was stare and wait for everyone to snap photos. But finally we decided we had to eat.
They finally turned the lazy-susan around to serve the individual portions.
This presentation was meant for ten persons. We had 12. So the extra ones get special plates with all the extra bits. Haha. There's only one fish though.
Those who didn't get the extra plates had to, of course, arrange our portions nicely on our plates and bowls. Hehe. This was my plate.
May.20.05:Tuesday
+ lab test ended at 10.43am today +
+ had to demonstrate gel loading technique +
+ laptop crashed last week +
+ was without laptop since... last Monday +
+ I think I did not install the drivers correctly when reinstalling windows +
+ now... blue screen appears spontaneously +
May.19.05:Monday
+ InterCG Life Monopoly with cell group members +
+ set up a life size monopoly board at church +
+ board version had to do with 'offering' +
+ was interesting and fun +
+ had lunch at McD +
May.17.05:Saturday
+ reformatted laptop +
+ reinstalling drivers is a pain +
+ lost my corel painter CD +
May.16.05:Friday
+ dad's blood test came out +
+ Praise God! He's cleared of infection +
+ doctors want to continue the full treatment to be 100% sure he is bacteria-free +
+ open heart surgery to correct damaged valve still required +
May.15.05:Thursday
+ finished first project: web-design +
+ will probably have to fix it through +
May.08.05:Thursday
+ started part-time job at SyUC +
+ working as a student helper +
+ given four projects to complete +
+ dad got a haircut +
Everytime I think about food, Ice Age 2's OST comes to mind. I'm still not sure if I should be happy about that or worried.
Anyway, last week, I've been visiting Dad everyday. Weekends have been reserved for visitors so I've decided not to tire Dad out.
Also, last week had been pretty eventful. I found out I had high cholesterol and that I have low blood pressure (from an event I organized, but I'll blog about that in another post). Instead of worrying about it, I pretty much started food-hunting! In this post, I'll show you the food places I've been to just last week.
Yogur Berry @ Sunway Pyramid
First of all, here are some photos of the place itself. Yogur Berry is found in the lowest floor in Sunway Pyramid 2. They've offered a 30% discount to students in Monash Sunway who picked up this certain free MYC magazine so, my friends and I have taken a magazine each and we're all set for good yoghurt until June. Heh. (I'm including pictures from two occassions since I've been there twice thus far.)
They had a nice heart made of roses hanging on one wall. Mirrors were well employed to make the place seem bigger. The shop's theme was pretty much red, pink, white, and... sparkles o.o
A little table for kids.
Yogur Berry balloons.
Yvonne, Mei Lin, and Pui Ming. It's very rare for Mei Lin to join us so it's worth remarking her presence. =P
The food itself. They have two types of yoghurt base: snowy and frozen. The snowy yoghurt base is smoother. You get to choose 56 different toppings and a selection of syrups to place over your yoghurt. Fruit toppings taste better with the yoghurt, I might add. They have nice cakes with red bean pastes as well.
Pumpkin cake. Didn't dare taste it but Mei Lin ordered it on both occassions, so it should be good.
Pui Ming had hers with loads of fruits. Red bean seems to be a good choice too.
This is why I have high cholesterol. There wasn't a single fruit in my yoghurt. =X
More yoghurts. I was smarter this second round. My choccie yoghurt did not taste good at all! Fruits definitely tasted better with the yoghurt.
An attraction of yogur berry. They offer games of all sorts to play. This was us playing Jenga while waiting for our order. Mei Lin was pointing to the spoon saying that's her face in the pic. (Everyone else was hiding!)
For every RM10 extra you spend, you get a chance to shoot at that board and get free food!
They only serve a handful of cakes and two types of coffee: Kacip Fatimah and Tongkat Ali coffee. Hmm. The chocolate cake wasn't too appetizing. I was quite sick of it by the last bite.
My chocolate cake and coffee.
Yi Mei and Yi Peng were also with us on both trips. They're twins =P
Uno.
The Anpan that took so long to appear but did not have any red bean in them! They made another one for us immediately and gave us a complementary yoghurt.
Playing memory, for the lack of games to think of.
Yong Tau Foo / Cheong Fan @ SS17, PJ
I'm still craving for more!
Pui Ming waiting for our order.
Testing the sweet sauce.
Cheong Fan.
I just thought this picture was cool so I added it here.
Wendy's @ Sunway Pyramid
It was okay. I don't know much about the food her but it's pretty much like a fast food store with a great variety of burgers.
My grilled chicken set.
The chicken was so juicy!
J-Co @ Sunway Pyramid
Myself did not have any doughnuts but Pui Ming and Yvonne shared half a dozen themselves. I had coffee.
The place.
My cappucino.
Chow Yang Market @ SS2, PJ
We came here after our yong tau fu at SS17. Walking around did good for digestion. I had to park so far too. The stalls were literally set up around the block.
Latest Recipe @ KL Hilton (Le Meridian)
Uncle came to visit from Aussie. We were therefore invited for a nice free buffet dinner at KL Hilton where he was staying. (Edit: you know... there were little stirrers on the table that said Le Meridian as well but I was super confused when I got to the lobby and saw KL Hilton... and now I came across the Le Meridian website and the address was right but it's still just Le Meridian. So, I may be wrong about where Latest Recipe was.)
I didn't get to take good photos since, I was too busy eating! I only remembered I wanted photos after my tastebuds were satisfied. Hah. This dish has a funny story. My brother followed me to the Jap stall, next to the teppanyaki, to get lovely sashimi. We took lots of salmon and tuna; and my brother got himself tako as well. Well, he got slightly confused when I walked straight back to my table with all those raw fish. His words: "Jie (older sis), aren't we going to cook the fish?" I just took one good look at him and ate my salmon whole. He promptly gave me his plate and walked off to get cooked food. (Score!)
Dessert.
More dessert! =D I love bread, cake, pastries... well, any type of dessert!
My brother getting fondue.
How can anyone resist fondue =X (The dark chocolate sucks by the way. Milk choccie and white tasted glorious though.)
Marshmellows and cakes for the fondue.
Such a long post. Lol. Maybe I should've split them up... nah...
