Sunday, November 29, 2009
Peeve #1: Don't attempt to call me by my chinese name if you do not know me well enough. Its reserved for those whom I love and who loves me.
Peeve #2: Lazy people who can't be bothered to type out phrases. I'm okie with shortform of words because a few letters difference still allows me to decipher the word but phrases... Its freaking irritating. Does it take so much to type it all out? With the time saved, can you do something really outstanding?
Peeve #3: Msn. If you want to talk to me, please be present. I hate it when there are multiple typos and when I carry out the whole conversation. Please it is called a conversation and not a Q&A session for a reason. Its particularly irritating when the typos do not make sense at all.
Peeve #4: "Chill" and "relax" used by GUYS to dismiss any ill feelings directed at them from GIRLS. Can't you understand that we are worked up, and if we have a reason to be worked up, stop adding fuel to the fire and dismiss what we have to say. Its plain RUDE.
No way is this the end of my pet peeves. Just those on the top of my head right now.
Urgh. Someone started me off on this.
I'm really in a lousy mood today.
Peeve #2: Lazy people who can't be bothered to type out phrases. I'm okie with shortform of words because a few letters difference still allows me to decipher the word but phrases... Its freaking irritating. Does it take so much to type it all out? With the time saved, can you do something really outstanding?
Peeve #3: Msn. If you want to talk to me, please be present. I hate it when there are multiple typos and when I carry out the whole conversation. Please it is called a conversation and not a Q&A session for a reason. Its particularly irritating when the typos do not make sense at all.
Peeve #4: "Chill" and "relax" used by GUYS to dismiss any ill feelings directed at them from GIRLS. Can't you understand that we are worked up, and if we have a reason to be worked up, stop adding fuel to the fire and dismiss what we have to say. Its plain RUDE.
No way is this the end of my pet peeves. Just those on the top of my head right now.
Urgh. Someone started me off on this.
I'm really in a lousy mood today.
Friday, November 27, 2009
I don't know why my blog entries always end up so long. =S
Will you unmask yourself and show me that lovely smile I'm sure you have on underneath that faceless facade? Even my dreams are playing with me.
Will you unmask yourself and show me that lovely smile I'm sure you have on underneath that faceless facade? Even my dreams are playing with me.
I've decided to blog a little before i head off to dreamland.
A while ago, I just went for a flu jab. I've been constantly having them for quite a few years now. I think probably for 5-6 years. The first time I went for one, I remember being apprehensive about the effects and possible benefits I would get but I have to say, I never did once regret these jabs. It would be too much of a stretch to say that the flu jabs prevented me from ever falling ill. Yet I think it is within reason to say that they have kept me flu-free most of the time. Nowadays I get bitten by the flu bug maybe twice a year. Pretty impressive considering I used to fall sick every other month. For $30 I think it is really worth it. I HATE having flu, especially runny rose. Urgh. Huge pain to have to keep stopping the flow or to keep looking out for dustbins to get rid of all the disgusting mucus-full tissue papers. =S
Hmm talking about JABS. I had a couple of jabs for an entirely different reason a couple of months ago. Cervarix, it is called. I took them because dad said that they would help prevent cervical cancer. Incidentally, I had picked up a brochure from school which was about cervical cancer. I learnt then that it is one of the BIG KILLERS. 5th most common cancer in Singapore (HPB), with the Chinese having the highest incidence rate. I've always feared contracting cancer and the likes of terminal diseases so I thought, "Why not?", prevention is better than cure.
Cerarix is best administered when you are 16 and above, and sexually naive. (I'm sure you know what that means...). It is given in 3 separate dosages. The second one is one month after the first jab while the third follows 6 months after the 2nd. After these 3 dosages, the effects are said to last for life.
I've had 2 jabs since. I can't say that I'm looking forward to the last one. The jabs, I won't lie, are the worst I've ever had. Taking into account the fact that I have had a fair amount of needles poked into me through the years, including and not restricting to the flu jabs, Hep B jabs and even an IV drip, you can imagine my pain. I could be an isolated case though. I asked my doctor about the pain and numbness. She said that individuals react differently to the drug. I'm one of those who feel soreness and numbness and even pain. She told me however that BCG is still the worst (I've never had it so I can't tell you), followed by Hep B(which wasn't bad for me. weird) then probably Cerarix.
Well, the first time I had Cerarix, I took it on my left forearm. The needle went in fine. When the doctor started applying pressure to the syringe to inject the solution into my muscle, ah that's when the soreness starts. I thought nothing of it, attributing it to the fact that my muscles are not used to the drug. I waved off doctor's concerned suggestions of a cream to relief the soreness and went home. Oh, that night was horrible. It wasn't so much painful as it was a hindrance to my sleep. I could hardly lie on my arm and I was forced to sleep on my back, wincing each time I forgot about my tender arm and placed my body weight on it. Terrible. It lasted for 2 days, easing off only on the 3rd day. Awful.
One month later, I was once again sitting in my doctor's waiting room, awaiting my 2nd dosage. This time I was a little smarter. I requested for the injection to be administered to my butt region. Because there is more flesh there, it usually hurts much less. After ensuring that I was in a comfortable position, doctor asked me to relax and, there goes my 2nd dosage. Urgh. I still don't like it all that much. This time around, I could still feel the soreness but at least it wasn't as pronounced as the last time. I had problems sitting properly for a while though, being unable to apply my whole body weight to the injection spot. I basically sat on one butt cheek. My back hurts from that position. Compared to the previous time, it was a little less discomfort but still quite uncomfortable.
Its worth it though. Its pricey treatment, $140 a jab but, at least I would be insured against cervical cancer (for the most part). My last jab... is in 5 months time. I opt for the butt again. Poor butt, I'm sorry you have to suffer, but I'd rather you than left forearm. =x
Consider those 2 jabs (if you are a female of course!) and the flu one (if you are a guy). I strongly recommend!! =)
No I'm not a sadist, I do not have a morbid liking of needles.
A while ago, I just went for a flu jab. I've been constantly having them for quite a few years now. I think probably for 5-6 years. The first time I went for one, I remember being apprehensive about the effects and possible benefits I would get but I have to say, I never did once regret these jabs. It would be too much of a stretch to say that the flu jabs prevented me from ever falling ill. Yet I think it is within reason to say that they have kept me flu-free most of the time. Nowadays I get bitten by the flu bug maybe twice a year. Pretty impressive considering I used to fall sick every other month. For $30 I think it is really worth it. I HATE having flu, especially runny rose. Urgh. Huge pain to have to keep stopping the flow or to keep looking out for dustbins to get rid of all the disgusting mucus-full tissue papers. =S
Hmm talking about JABS. I had a couple of jabs for an entirely different reason a couple of months ago. Cervarix, it is called. I took them because dad said that they would help prevent cervical cancer. Incidentally, I had picked up a brochure from school which was about cervical cancer. I learnt then that it is one of the BIG KILLERS. 5th most common cancer in Singapore (HPB), with the Chinese having the highest incidence rate. I've always feared contracting cancer and the likes of terminal diseases so I thought, "Why not?", prevention is better than cure.
Cerarix is best administered when you are 16 and above, and sexually naive. (I'm sure you know what that means...). It is given in 3 separate dosages. The second one is one month after the first jab while the third follows 6 months after the 2nd. After these 3 dosages, the effects are said to last for life.
I've had 2 jabs since. I can't say that I'm looking forward to the last one. The jabs, I won't lie, are the worst I've ever had. Taking into account the fact that I have had a fair amount of needles poked into me through the years, including and not restricting to the flu jabs, Hep B jabs and even an IV drip, you can imagine my pain. I could be an isolated case though. I asked my doctor about the pain and numbness. She said that individuals react differently to the drug. I'm one of those who feel soreness and numbness and even pain. She told me however that BCG is still the worst (I've never had it so I can't tell you), followed by Hep B(which wasn't bad for me. weird) then probably Cerarix.
Well, the first time I had Cerarix, I took it on my left forearm. The needle went in fine. When the doctor started applying pressure to the syringe to inject the solution into my muscle, ah that's when the soreness starts. I thought nothing of it, attributing it to the fact that my muscles are not used to the drug. I waved off doctor's concerned suggestions of a cream to relief the soreness and went home. Oh, that night was horrible. It wasn't so much painful as it was a hindrance to my sleep. I could hardly lie on my arm and I was forced to sleep on my back, wincing each time I forgot about my tender arm and placed my body weight on it. Terrible. It lasted for 2 days, easing off only on the 3rd day. Awful.
One month later, I was once again sitting in my doctor's waiting room, awaiting my 2nd dosage. This time I was a little smarter. I requested for the injection to be administered to my butt region. Because there is more flesh there, it usually hurts much less. After ensuring that I was in a comfortable position, doctor asked me to relax and, there goes my 2nd dosage. Urgh. I still don't like it all that much. This time around, I could still feel the soreness but at least it wasn't as pronounced as the last time. I had problems sitting properly for a while though, being unable to apply my whole body weight to the injection spot. I basically sat on one butt cheek. My back hurts from that position. Compared to the previous time, it was a little less discomfort but still quite uncomfortable.
Its worth it though. Its pricey treatment, $140 a jab but, at least I would be insured against cervical cancer (for the most part). My last jab... is in 5 months time. I opt for the butt again. Poor butt, I'm sorry you have to suffer, but I'd rather you than left forearm. =x
Consider those 2 jabs (if you are a female of course!) and the flu one (if you are a guy). I strongly recommend!! =)
No I'm not a sadist, I do not have a morbid liking of needles.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
I will do this again after tml's exams.
Instructions:
- Look at the list and bold those you have read
- Italicise the ones you want to read
- Underline the books you really loved andstrikethrough the ones really didn't enjoy
- Reprint this list in your own journal if you want to... you know you want to.
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (how about incomplete?)
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis - isn't this the same as Chronicles?
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In A Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Instructions:
- Look at the list and bold those you have read
- Italicise the ones you want to read
- Underline the books you really loved and
- Reprint this list in your own journal if you want to... you know you want to.
1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare (how about incomplete?)
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis - isn't this the same as Chronicles?
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In A Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo
Sunday, November 15, 2009
My 2208 design module is DONE and OVER and OUT OF MY LIFE.
The fruits of my labour is up on THIS website.
Take a look if you are interested. I can't say that i'm a professional designer but I have to say that for the amount of work that I have put in, I stand by every single piece of work that I have done.
The fruits of my labour is up on THIS website.
Take a look if you are interested. I can't say that i'm a professional designer but I have to say that for the amount of work that I have put in, I stand by every single piece of work that I have done.
I absolutely love days out with my lovelies. =)
Estella joined us today and it was great seeing her again. Took the above neoprints and pictures much to Jiesheng's distress. HAHA. poor thing has to endure our girly-ness every single time. I secretly think that it is great training for him... in the future. He better thank us. hahahaha.
Anyway, Happy Birthday JOJO. Hope that you've enjoyed urself a whole lot today. The japanese food and the after dinner coffee and the chat. =)I know you read this.
Estella joined us today and it was great seeing her again. Took the above neoprints and pictures much to Jiesheng's distress. HAHA. poor thing has to endure our girly-ness every single time. I secretly think that it is great training for him... in the future. He better thank us. hahahaha.
Anyway, Happy Birthday JOJO. Hope that you've enjoyed urself a whole lot today. The japanese food and the after dinner coffee and the chat. =)I know you read this.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
