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coolohohOk. Booked my flights and hotel on Friday night. And unsup replied me this morning asking what I'd like to do. (Do I eat durian - MY FAVOURITE, YES YES YES. Like dude, we talked about it before, after you got your throat all sore, while pregnant, from eating durian back in your hometown... Want to go hiking? Sure... As long as you super fit people don't walk too fast and leave me behind... Want to go to interactive museums or temples? I think maybe more temples...? Not that I mind either...)
Well, then there's a Arashi fan that I meet through fb and mixlr from Penang who'll be glad to bring me around. Yay! I think I'm all set. Kinda. Just have to erm... You know, get through the week alive.
I'm not actually feeling that bad now. Getting the flights and hotel booked made me happy. Though it also made me dream of unsup. Like twice. Two nights in a row, and about the same thing too I believe. The first time I dreamt of it, I woke up at 5am, then went back to sleep. And pretty much forgot the dream by the time I woke up again yesterday morning. And today... I believe it was the same dream. Dreamt that I'd booked the tickets to visit unsup, in Korea (why is she even there?). And then we're flying off to Paris during the trip and so I have to book the flight to Paris with her and I need to check if the flight she's on (she sent me the flight details) still has seats available. Weird dreams. But I can definitely see the connection between what's going to happen and my dreams. Only that my dreams gets kind of scary in that I dream that I'm texting her and asking about it, or emailing her etc... And thankfully I don't sleepwalk. Because I can't imagine what would happen if I'd really sent out sleep induced, absolutely weird messages. Like, I'd wake up trying to reassure myself that I did not actually do those things. Thankfully.
Still it's not as creepy as the dream I had of unsup previously... That I'm still writing into fics... So I don't want to spoil it... And it's only the second day of unsup dreams. My previous record was 5 days. Let's see if this one will continue. Lol.
Oh yes!!! Washi tape!
I made a washi tape box last night!!! I think it's really cute! Check it out here.
Anyone interested to buy washi tape boxes? Hahaha. Oh darn, the shipping would be a bit troublesome... Well, I can fold the box though... :P
I'll like to try making washi tape mini shopping bags or bags next time. Just for the fun of it.
Hmm what else do I want to say?
Oh! Mac! I got word that my iMac will be arriving on Tuesday! Yayyyyyy iMac! New computer! *chants*
Finally!
Wahahaha!
I'll make some blog posts about the apps that I'll have to install on my new iToy on my randomrants blog I guess. That's where all my computer stuff would go... It's also another of my personal blog.
Of course, I need to make more posts on NM! One for this weekend, and another for next weekend since I'll be on holiday! Whee. Holiday. *trying to sound excited*
I am a little excited I guess. Then again... Not really. I hardly *feel* anything these days. Not watching any Arashi so no dorky boys to laugh at. No unsup to put a smile to my face either. Like I wrote in my super long self intro, I don't *feel* anything anymore. It's going back to those days. I don't laugh because there's nothing to laugh about. I'm just... Not that type of person who laughs easily otherwise... Gah unsup. I miss her. I don't recall anyone besides my sec sch chem teacher who'd make me smirk and laugh like that. Like, all the time. No other person... Not that I can think of. And I've been trying to think pretty hard. Sure, my first mentor was a really nice guy too, but he didn't make me smirk as much. Laugh yes. But not smirk. Well the word smirk doesn't quite capture how I feel. It's the, stand there, look at them and laugh at how they are, because that's how that person is and you knew that person would behave exactly like that. Ok, maybe I did feel that way with 1st mentor. Or maybe not. I can't remember that well anymore... But the overall feel was that it wasn't as epic. Or maybe I'm just more in girls. *shrugs*
I previously noted on my other blog that there are things that I'm trying to do, and things that I've tried and found it doesn't work for me.
Well. Podcasts was one of the things that I wanted to try.. Ever since unsup introduced me to TWIM, or This Week in Microbiology. Well. I tried listening to them and boy, I love podcasts now. Especially since you can speed up the play. I listen to it at variable speed, they have the auto skip pauses and stuff... But the slider is set at roughly 1.5 - 1.6x regular speed. Just too slow to listen at regular speed for me. But yeah, it's really fun to listen to podcasts. But I can't do much when I'm listening to them though. Cos I have to concentrate on listening. Simple experiments yes. But then these days so many people have been talking to me in the lab... It's really irritating.
Yes, that was what sparked off my previous post really.
I'm the last remaining microbiology person, actively doing microbiology experiments in our lab. So what happens when someone wants to do some microbio stuff? They borrow my reagents. My consumables. Which isn't too bad until... They do SO MUCH stuff at once, and so many of them using... That all my consumables are finished. And you know, I have to autoclave the stuff before I can use them. Which takes time. And for those pipette tips, I have to fill up those tip boxes before I can autoclave. Which takes time. And then after autoclaving they need to dry overnight in the oven. It's all time consuming endeavors. You get the idea.
Plus, with the new people doing microbio work, and using any old tip to dip into my solutions... Nope, I can't use them for RNA work anymore. I wonder if I should even use them for DNA work... But then I'll have to get new quotations and place orders. Sigh. Very, very troublesome. And if I order the new reagents, I'll have to keep them away from others too. Even more troublesome. I just ordered some racked pipette tips so that will at least save me some time in the future. More expensive, but it's not my money. Not even my project funding. I'm using the center's core funding so to speak. So I really don't give a damn. I'll definitely get back to applying for more jobs. Two possible jobs for me popped up over the past week so yeah.
I'm definitely enjoying my new jays. Unfortunately the increase in base power isn't that obvious to me... Maybe because the base isn't as overwhelming in the a jays 5... And also because the Apple earpods have improved over their older model. Still. The noise cancellation is good for listening to podcasts on the go. I hate the thick rubber cables that makes a buffeting sort of sound when walking... But when on the train and stuff, it's good because I can concentrate on the podcasts better. And trust me, I do need to concentrate. Even when I do, there's just stuff that goes completely over my head because I'm not at their level, and much of the stuff mentioned in completely new to me. And of course, I'm listening at 1.5x speed haha. I love TWIM, and all the other podcasts by that same guy. He has a really pleasant, soothing voice to listen to, on top of the podcasts being very informative. They usually discuss a paper or two each podcast. And boy does Vincent have a ton of podcasts. One for virology - that's his first one, because he's actually a virology guy. One about parasitism, one about microbiology, one about agriculture, and his latest one on evolution. I love the evolution podcast, no less because I'm most familiar with that topic. Plus, it just started last year on is on it's 7th podcast now, so I could listen to it from the start (I love doing that, that's what I like to do with Arashi shows too.) and hear all about how the podcast came about, how they picked the music for the opening and ending... Etc.
It's really nice to listen to. And now I certainly know more about the US... If only about the weather and the universities the hosts and guests are from. Heck. It's getting to the point that sometimes I don't want to do anything but just sit around and listen. Not very good huh? Hahaha.
Alright. That's all for now, for LJ. I'll go update my other blogs. While I'm still in the mood to blog. It's blogging Sunday, yay!
Well, then there's a Arashi fan that I meet through fb and mixlr from Penang who'll be glad to bring me around. Yay! I think I'm all set. Kinda. Just have to erm... You know, get through the week alive.
I'm not actually feeling that bad now. Getting the flights and hotel booked made me happy. Though it also made me dream of unsup. Like twice. Two nights in a row, and about the same thing too I believe. The first time I dreamt of it, I woke up at 5am, then went back to sleep. And pretty much forgot the dream by the time I woke up again yesterday morning. And today... I believe it was the same dream. Dreamt that I'd booked the tickets to visit unsup, in Korea (why is she even there?). And then we're flying off to Paris during the trip and so I have to book the flight to Paris with her and I need to check if the flight she's on (she sent me the flight details) still has seats available. Weird dreams. But I can definitely see the connection between what's going to happen and my dreams. Only that my dreams gets kind of scary in that I dream that I'm texting her and asking about it, or emailing her etc... And thankfully I don't sleepwalk. Because I can't imagine what would happen if I'd really sent out sleep induced, absolutely weird messages. Like, I'd wake up trying to reassure myself that I did not actually do those things. Thankfully.
Still it's not as creepy as the dream I had of unsup previously... That I'm still writing into fics... So I don't want to spoil it... And it's only the second day of unsup dreams. My previous record was 5 days. Let's see if this one will continue. Lol.
Oh yes!!! Washi tape!
I made a washi tape box last night!!! I think it's really cute! Check it out here.
Anyone interested to buy washi tape boxes? Hahaha. Oh darn, the shipping would be a bit troublesome... Well, I can fold the box though... :P
I'll like to try making washi tape mini shopping bags or bags next time. Just for the fun of it.
Hmm what else do I want to say?
Oh! Mac! I got word that my iMac will be arriving on Tuesday! Yayyyyyy iMac! New computer! *chants*
Finally!
Wahahaha!
I'll make some blog posts about the apps that I'll have to install on my new iToy on my randomrants blog I guess. That's where all my computer stuff would go... It's also another of my personal blog.
Of course, I need to make more posts on NM! One for this weekend, and another for next weekend since I'll be on holiday! Whee. Holiday. *trying to sound excited*
I am a little excited I guess. Then again... Not really. I hardly *feel* anything these days. Not watching any Arashi so no dorky boys to laugh at. No unsup to put a smile to my face either. Like I wrote in my super long self intro, I don't *feel* anything anymore. It's going back to those days. I don't laugh because there's nothing to laugh about. I'm just... Not that type of person who laughs easily otherwise... Gah unsup. I miss her. I don't recall anyone besides my sec sch chem teacher who'd make me smirk and laugh like that. Like, all the time. No other person... Not that I can think of. And I've been trying to think pretty hard. Sure, my first mentor was a really nice guy too, but he didn't make me smirk as much. Laugh yes. But not smirk. Well the word smirk doesn't quite capture how I feel. It's the, stand there, look at them and laugh at how they are, because that's how that person is and you knew that person would behave exactly like that. Ok, maybe I did feel that way with 1st mentor. Or maybe not. I can't remember that well anymore... But the overall feel was that it wasn't as epic. Or maybe I'm just more in girls. *shrugs*
I previously noted on my other blog that there are things that I'm trying to do, and things that I've tried and found it doesn't work for me.
Well. Podcasts was one of the things that I wanted to try.. Ever since unsup introduced me to TWIM, or This Week in Microbiology. Well. I tried listening to them and boy, I love podcasts now. Especially since you can speed up the play. I listen to it at variable speed, they have the auto skip pauses and stuff... But the slider is set at roughly 1.5 - 1.6x regular speed. Just too slow to listen at regular speed for me. But yeah, it's really fun to listen to podcasts. But I can't do much when I'm listening to them though. Cos I have to concentrate on listening. Simple experiments yes. But then these days so many people have been talking to me in the lab... It's really irritating.
Yes, that was what sparked off my previous post really.
I'm the last remaining microbiology person, actively doing microbiology experiments in our lab. So what happens when someone wants to do some microbio stuff? They borrow my reagents. My consumables. Which isn't too bad until... They do SO MUCH stuff at once, and so many of them using... That all my consumables are finished. And you know, I have to autoclave the stuff before I can use them. Which takes time. And for those pipette tips, I have to fill up those tip boxes before I can autoclave. Which takes time. And then after autoclaving they need to dry overnight in the oven. It's all time consuming endeavors. You get the idea.
Plus, with the new people doing microbio work, and using any old tip to dip into my solutions... Nope, I can't use them for RNA work anymore. I wonder if I should even use them for DNA work... But then I'll have to get new quotations and place orders. Sigh. Very, very troublesome. And if I order the new reagents, I'll have to keep them away from others too. Even more troublesome. I just ordered some racked pipette tips so that will at least save me some time in the future. More expensive, but it's not my money. Not even my project funding. I'm using the center's core funding so to speak. So I really don't give a damn. I'll definitely get back to applying for more jobs. Two possible jobs for me popped up over the past week so yeah.
I'm definitely enjoying my new jays. Unfortunately the increase in base power isn't that obvious to me... Maybe because the base isn't as overwhelming in the a jays 5... And also because the Apple earpods have improved over their older model. Still. The noise cancellation is good for listening to podcasts on the go. I hate the thick rubber cables that makes a buffeting sort of sound when walking... But when on the train and stuff, it's good because I can concentrate on the podcasts better. And trust me, I do need to concentrate. Even when I do, there's just stuff that goes completely over my head because I'm not at their level, and much of the stuff mentioned in completely new to me. And of course, I'm listening at 1.5x speed haha. I love TWIM, and all the other podcasts by that same guy. He has a really pleasant, soothing voice to listen to, on top of the podcasts being very informative. They usually discuss a paper or two each podcast. And boy does Vincent have a ton of podcasts. One for virology - that's his first one, because he's actually a virology guy. One about parasitism, one about microbiology, one about agriculture, and his latest one on evolution. I love the evolution podcast, no less because I'm most familiar with that topic. Plus, it just started last year on is on it's 7th podcast now, so I could listen to it from the start (I love doing that, that's what I like to do with Arashi shows too.) and hear all about how the podcast came about, how they picked the music for the opening and ending... Etc.
It's really nice to listen to. And now I certainly know more about the US... If only about the weather and the universities the hosts and guests are from. Heck. It's getting to the point that sometimes I don't want to do anything but just sit around and listen. Not very good huh? Hahaha.
Alright. That's all for now, for LJ. I'll go update my other blogs. While I'm still in the mood to blog. It's blogging Sunday, yay!
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Date: 2016-05-22 05:01 am (UTC)