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June 29

Great weekend part 2

Today we set forward to Leeds. Allan and the family will meet us there later. We have decided to go to Leeds for visiting the saints there and also for the Lord's table meeting. We were delighted when knowing -- [click here for more]
June 23

开始很想念了

现在只剩下九个月了。如果可以就会变成七个月。很快很快的会过去。要一直屦续的 -- [click here for more]
June 20

Another great weekend away (part 1)

Saturday for me meant to be a slightly longer lie in day since I have been up at 6am from Mon to Fri getting ready for work. However this day (14th Jun 08) I got up at 6:30am to catch my train at 7:30am. Bearing with my half opened and half closed eye I reached the train station, printed out the pre-booked fast ticket and boarded the train. Yeah! I'm heading to York to [click here for more]
June 17

中国普通话VS马来西亚华语

A.. 朋友啊。希望你能真真的喜乐起来。暂时post this 让你笑笑。我是从我的email拿的。

中国普通话VS马来西亚华语
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马来西亚华人乃是晚清时广东省和闽南移民华侨的后代。

> 当地华人对华教的坚持、文化的传承是不留余力的。

> 我们堪称是海外华人中中文水准颇高的华人,但且看我们的普通话.............
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中国人:今晚你有空吗?我没空!
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马来西亚华人:今晚你得不得空?我不得空!
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中国人:饼干受潮了
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马来西亚华人:饼干'漏风'
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中国人:从上海去苏州要多少个小时?
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马来西亚华人:从上海去苏州要几粒钟?
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中国人:难道他不可以来吗?
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马来西亚华人:你不给他不来啊?
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中国人:周杰伦不喜欢穿内裤。
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马来西亚华人:周杰伦不喜欢穿底裤。
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中国人:我一向都是这样的
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马来西亚人:我一路来都是这样的啦
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中国人:我的手机掉进沟渠了。
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马来西亚华人:我的手机掉进龙沟了。
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中国人:这样你不是很不值得吗?
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马来西亚华人:这样你''很不 ''
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中国人:你真是聪明!
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马来西亚华人:你真是pan nai(源自马来语pandai,聪明的意思)
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中国人:你安静!
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马来西亚华人:你diam diam(源自马来语diam,安静的意思)
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中国人:我要去银行取款。
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马来西亚华人:我要去银行'按钱'
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中国人:为什么?
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马来西亚华人:做么?
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中国人:你很强~
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马来西亚华人:你很够力~
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中国人:明天也叫他一起去吧!
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马来西亚华人:明天叫''他一起去!
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中国人:我很郁闷~~~
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马来西亚华人:我很''sien)啊~~~~''比郁闷的境界更高)
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中国人:你再说我就打你!
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马来西亚华人:你再说我就hood你!(有点粗俗的)
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中国人:你在说什么?
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马来西亚华人:你在说sommok
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中国人:你不要令我丢脸~
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马来西亚华人:你不要'下水'~
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中国人:真被你气到
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马来西亚华人:被你炸到
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中国人:你别乱来~
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马来西亚华人:你表乱乱来~
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中国人:你很无聊
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马来西亚华人:你很废
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中国人:XX
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马来西亚华人:Kanasai(意思是像大便一样,骂人的话)
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中国人:迫切
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马来西亚华人:bek chek
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中国人:我们一起吃这碗面~
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马来西亚华人:我们'公司'吃这碗面~(源自马来语的kongsi,就是一起分享的意思)
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中国人:我们结婚吧!
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马来西亚华人:我们结''吧!(''字受粤语影响,所以音不标准)
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中国人:今天的天气很热~
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马来西亚华人:今天的天气热到。。。。。。。。。。。。。。~~~~~~~''字要拉长,然后没有下文了)

> 中国人:为什么会这样的呢?
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马来西亚华人:做莫会酱的?

> 中国人:他的人很骄傲。
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> 马来西亚华人:他很''!
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> 中国人:哇!
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> 马来西亚华人:哇捞weh!!!!
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> 中国人:我受不了他!
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> 马来西亚华人:我behtahan!

June 02

So...."dropping of my glasses"

Are you a judgemental person? I try not to. But I will always do when it comes to big artist and those wannabes. However today I should get a new pair of glasses again coz i have dropped them. (p.s. If you dont get the joke maybe find someone from Cantonese background to help you :P)
It happened when I came across ---- [click here for more]
June 01

Xmas Party 2007 from Work

Yeap! I know this post supposes to be up earlier ago and definately not now. But I have promised a friend. So... [click her for more]

May 31

To say I care

My dear friends, i do care for you. Sorry if [click her for more]
May 06

Eating Crayfish - It's your call

Just received a forwarded chain email from a dear friend. I knew her because of my sister (well..her best friend). Anyway the email --[click here for more]
March 26

让我爱而不受感戴 Let me Love and Not be Respected

Chinese version of -  Let me Love and Not be Respected
 
Do you know who is this 祢 here??
 
让我爱而不受感戴,
让我事而不受赏赐;
让我尽力而不被人记,
让我受苦而不被人睹。

只知倾酒,不知饮酒;
只想擘饼,不想留饼。
倒出生命来使人得幸福,
舍弃安宁而使人得舒服。

不受体恤,不受眷顾,
不受推崇,不受安抚;
宁可凄凉,宁可孤苦,
宁可无告,宁可被负。

愿意以血泪作为冠冕的代价,
愿意受亏损来度旅客的生涯。

因为当祢活在这里时,
祢也是如此过日子,
欣然忍受一切的损失,
好使近祢的人得安适。

我今不知前途究有多远,
这条道路一去就不再还原;
所以让我学习祢那样的完全,
时常被人辜负心不生怨。

求祢在这惨淡时期之内,
擦干我一切暗中的眼泪;
学习知道祢是我的安慰,
并求别人喜悦以度此岁。
March 24

My You Tube Video - Europe Trip Paris

 
March 16

My second blogging site -- http://christinafoo.multiply.com

Dear peeps,
 
Where have you been? Is that what you are asking me?Surprised
My apology. I have been away to get married. Ooo b4 that..my dear friends and everyone, thank you for your kind blessing. I am glad there was faith to bring me to know you and I still have you in my life and my heart Red heart. Here in my space I have added some wedding photos and hope to share this wonderful moment with you. I am a slow updater in life. Please forgive me. However I will always remember u. Please dont feel hestitate to say hi to me after many years and of course I hope you will not feel weird if I say hi to you after many years.
 
Actually I am here to promote my new site http://christinafoo.multiply.com 
 
So if you wanna check checka me outh *haha* you now have another place to go.
 
This is lame. But here you go. My Hanging out site: Friendster, Facebook, Window Live (previously known as MSN space), Multiply.
 
Christina
 
November 20

Let me love and not be respected

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Let me love and not be respected;
Let me serve and not be rewarded;
Let me labor and not be remembered;
Let me suffer and not be regarded.
 
'Tis the pouring, not the drinking;
'Tis the breaking, not the keeping--
A life suffering to seek others' blessing.
A life loving and true comfort giving.
 
Not expecting pity and concern,
Not accepting solace and applause;
Even lonely, even forgotten.
Even wordless, even forsaken.
 
Tears and blood my price
For the righteous crown shall be;
Losing all, my cost for a
Faithful pilgrim's life.
 
'Twas the life, O Lord,
That You chose to live
In those days when on earth You walked.
Gladly suffering all injuries and loss
So that all might draw near and repose.
 
I cannot see how much farther I shall go;
Still I press on, knowing there is no return.
Let me follow Your pattern, so perfect and true,
Bearing ingratitudes without complaint.
 
In this time of trial, oh my Lord, I pray
That You'd wipe all my hidden tears away;
Let me learn, O Lord, You are my reward,
Let me be others' blessing all my days.
 
This song is of a person who love the Lord so much and willing to consecrate himself to Him for he knowing only Christ is his reward. My today success (since studying in UK until finding a job) does not come from my own capability and Christ has given me all this sure must be for a purpose. What kind of purpose i don't know but i want to be ready when He calls. My trust for Him is slim and thin and everyday I pray He becomes my trust for me to trust Him and love Him more. So much that I can overcome the daily human being's obsession & frustation. For whatever reason all things on the earth is only a shadow and will expire when Christ return. He will return because His word in the Bible has said so and I hope His return will be soon and so soon i.e. tomorrow. Lord prepare me for your return and please keep me close.
November 19

How to Save Money on Petrol (TIPS!)

Dear reader,
 
I have got this from one of my Multiply bloger's site. I would like to take the chance to share it as well....especially to poor people like me who have to drive (not yet) around everyday trying to earn money for the tummy. LOL.
 
Gas (Petrol) Tips

Someone who has been in petroleum pipeline business for about 31 years and is currently working for the Kinder-Morgan Pipeline in San Jose, CA wrote the following information:

We deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period from the pipe line; one day it's diesel, the next day it's jet fuel and gasoline. We have 34 storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Here are some tricks to help you get your money's worth.

1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the afternoon or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are significant. Every truckload that we load is temperature-compensated so that the indicated gallonage is actually the amount pumped. A one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't have temperature compensation at their pumps.

2. If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank.

3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full (or half-empty), because the more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially when it's warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating 'roof' membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation.)

4. If you look at the trigger you'll see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to the high setting.
You should be pumping at the slow setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the high setting, the agitated gasoline contains more vapor, which is being sucked back into the underground tank, so you're getting less gas for your money.

Hope this will help ease your 'pain at the pump'!
August 23

Disturbing Feel

Hai,
 
Feeling very disturb after reading this article and the blog discussion -

Brief highlights from the First Malaysian Student Leaders Summit 2007

 
I hope my partner can see beyond the mist.
 
Christina
August 07

Just For You.

I'm writing this poem,
for a dear friend who's lost his light.
This is my guiding star,
I want you to have it.
 
It is to be shared,
and it hopes to be shared.
I hope it helps him,
and also you as well.
I hope you read them all,
and one day you'll say I did tell.
 
 
 
To make it short,
it all started with the two trees.
They're planted in Eden Garden.
The trees were the choices
for Man to choose for.
 
Choosing the Tree of Life will bring Life.
Choosing the Tree of Wisdom will bring Sin in
thus leads to Death.
 
Sadly Man has fallen and chosed the wrong tree.
Why God put the wrong tree up
when He know such outcomes' bad?
That's because He is Fairness.
  
 
 
 
If we have a vision,
we should see one thing.
Yet it doesn't matter can you see
it's mattered will you listen.
 
The thing I'm saying,
is a thing we owed.
Who and what we owe to?
It is our Life we owe.
 
We used to owe to Death,
because the Sin's come in us.
Yet it is redeemable
but only through the blood.
 
Today it is redeemed
and never shall we owe.
Whose blood is that
who did it free?
 
I ask I ask I ask.
I ask again and the light shown up.
Hallelujah It's the blood our Christ has paid.
Do you think it's just a myth?
Well the Bible can never lie.
 
 
 
 
If we have a vision,
we should see one thing.
Yet it doesn't matter can you see
it's mattered will you listen.
 
The World has a yoke,
that's to put more Men beneath it.
What is the yoke?
It's anything that gives you burden.
 
The more you're bearing it yourself,
the heavier the burden goes.
When you bear it with Christ,
Christ lighten the burden.
Calling 'O Lord Jesus' deeply,
and that's when it's lighten.
 
The World has a system,
and Men's living depends it.
The system says Men live,
when Men're bearing its yoke.
 
Who's created this yoke?
It is the enemy of Christ.
Did Christ just leave Men so?
Your spirit will tell he won't.
 
The Cross that Christ was on,
not only bleed for us.
He's also judged the World
and His enemy as well.
 
Hallelujah today they're judged.
But when is the ex'cution?
It will be just around the corner.
 
For the exact timing,
no one knows and no one sees.
Can we leave the World?
No no sorry we can't.
But there's a way to live
that's by enjoying Christ.
 
He will lighten you burden,
and makes the yoke lighter.
Do you think it's just a myth?
Well the Bible can never lie.
 
 
 
 
Many centuries have passed,
the Enemy is sly as snake.
The Truth was lost,
but slowly being recovered.
 
Believer in Christ
is known as Christian.
The enemy's blinded many
so all think it's a religion.
 
It is not a religion
but it is a belief.
When Christians're gathered,
and that's the Church is formed.
 
The Church is not a building,
it's the formation of the believers.
The Church itself,
symbolises the Body of Christ.
Christ is the head and
all Christians are the body.
The Church is not a building,
it is also a dwelling place for Christ.
 
Tell you a little history,
the Church was started in Antioch
since Christ was resurrected.
 
The Church is every much needed
and building it up is urgent.
The Enemy himself,
will do anything to distract,
because once the Church is up,
his execution is there.
 
If you really want to watch out,
you may observe the "middle east peace".
It is often in the news
and also on the telly.
Israelis the chosen ones,
will rebuild their temple.
 
The temple was lost when Babylon attacked.
It won't be long for now,
till the temple is re-built.
 
Once the temple's built,
the last seven years will come.
First three and half year is peace,
but the remaining ones are not.
 
The age will end
with the last Arrmagedon War.
The Enemy and his followers,
will be in the lake of fire.
 
Do you think it's just a myth?
Well the Bible can never lie.
The Truth is already there,
Christ came was to help us.
Hallelujah Christ came!
 
 
 
 
 
Many're looking at me,
and envy my success.
She has a good job a stable life,
what else can she not please.
 
Nothing she says indeed.
Christ provides her shelter
Christ provides her Life.
But what about Christ?
Has He has a dwelling place?
Hardly ever have.
 
I shall cut my word short,
I thank the mercy and grace
that Christ has given me.
 
My msn titled
To be like a seed
planted in North East,
to die but grow out many grains.
 
I will pray for you
and ask Christ to lighten your yoke.
Try calling 'O Lord Jesus' deeply,
and that's when it's lighten.
 
'O Lord Jesus' Save me from this misery.
You gives Life to me.
 
A song saying He came to bear our burden.
 
一 人生不定无长久,我的所有遭剥夺, 
  无奈承受痛与羞,独自绝望中倒卧, 
  深深苦情无人怜,重重患难谁来遣, 
  以为生命即消散,祂竟出现在眼前。 
(副)今生今世我口最爱提说,就是我主祂来过, 
  驱走黑暗,担我软弱,作我平安永稳妥。 
二 祂用油酒来敷裹,我心伤痛与坎坷, 
  怀我肩我扶助我,哪有我一点我配得, 
  我这才知何为爱,竟然施于我无赖, 
  为使一生都开怀,接我到神家里来。
三 别看今我有何长,若非主我早崩溃, 
  我命我爱我力量,全都属祂不别归, 
  喜乐盼望真明显,救恩全备又有能, 
  我口颂赞心感铭,一生因祂乐欢腾。
 
June 28

Posh Food

I just came across to this lady's article in Observer Food Monthly. Quite interesting and true. How posh is your nosh?, by Mary Killen. Just as with clothing, houses and cars, now there is food. She listed the Posh food and the opposite one.  Well the list did help me to know what to serve especially if I'm having some posh guest cominng. Honestly I do enjoy them both…and its very much. Then I have this issue in determining to get my figure back (..there is a reason).. Anyway here’s the list goes:

 

The opposite ones 

Anything on an oval plate

Anything where the cook seems to have tried too hard or with too many ingredients or stacking

Any dish made easy to 'feed' from rather than eat from, ie without cutlery while watching television

Anything not in season

Anything microwaved

Quartered tomatoes, particularly serrated and particularly not in salad

Onion rings

All potatoes in non-recognisable shapes such as croquette, oven chips and above all Smash

Minted lamb

The word 'cereal'. It should be 'cornflakes' whether they are or not

Farmed fish (particularly salmon)

All fish not in recognisable fish shapes (however, posh children eat fish fingers every day)

Trout with almonds

Lemon wedges (the word) not the actual lemon quarter

Crisps

Sprigs of parsley as a garnish (either use a lot of flat-leafed parsley in the dish itself or none at all). Ditto paper hats on rack of lamb or radishes in the shape of flowers

Salad cream

The word 'meal'

Cheesecake and other mucked-about food such as apple strudel

Home-made cappuccino with non-dairy aerosol 'cream'

Sweetcorn off the cob

White pepper unless with cockles

Philadelphia with breadsticks

Meat stuffed and tied up with string

Thick marmalade, particularly if not home-made

Lobster thermidor

Fresh meat bought for curry (leftover meat should always be used)

The word 'nibbles'

 

Posh food

Very grand food is not only food that is difficult to come by (home-grown vegetables or fruit and hand-bagged game ) but also anything difficult to cook and that would make a non-U person shudder, eg sweetbreads or oxtail, such as:

All fruits and vegetables in season, ideally home-grown

Cold pea soup/nettle soup/gazpacho

Game in season, particularly grouse at beginning of season

Partridge is the top game bird/ptarmigan/ortolan

Your own free-range chickens

Venison

Sweetbreads

Pig's trotters

Brains

Oxtail

Hare (German recipe)

Properly mature mutton

Fry-ups (because honest)

Gulls' eggs with celery salt

Oysters

Any fish with head on which has been gutted by person cooking it

Wild salmon (telltale colour is grey rather than farmed-salmon pink)

Whitebait

Potted shrimps

Crab

Lobster with fresh mayonnaise

Sea bass

Halibut

Turnips, swedes, parsnips

Sweetcorn on the cob

Beetroot

Riced potato

Baked pears

Home-made custard

Baked bananas

Eton Mess (meringue, double cream, raspberries or strawberries)

Bread-and-butter pudding

Rice pudding

Junket

Black chocolate

Local cheddar

Oatcakes

Sage-and-anchovy canapés

Tinned food. Most tinned food is common but some exceptions include: rice pudding, pineapple chunks, corned-beef hash

Home-made mayonnaise

Mustard made from Colman's powder, never ready-mixed

 

June 26

Wondering thoughts again

Maybe that is me getting older. I sometime describe being in this world is like under the yoke. There is some power controlling over it if you can see through the mist. So many things and idols in the world for us to pursue however they all come down to sacrifice your time, money and your whole life. In the end I still feel vain and nothing. I’m now working 7 days a week, Mon to Sun and there goes the cycle. 5 days in Avecia Biotech and 2 days in Greggs. My collegs have been wonderful and I’m now earning billions for the company. They appreciate me and I should be content. Please don’t get me wrong that I’m sad. I just want to know my answer to my wondering thought. People ask why don’t you find sometime for yourself or work less? To be honest I want to but it’s just not yet. Then I start thinking there must be a purpose to live. If I have a great job, husband and a family will I be content? I guess my answer is still no. Am I too greedy? No either. Then why is this? What else do I want to feel content?

I have a great friend. I imitate him a lot because with life he seems to enjoy himself so much. I get myself to enjoy things and start building up interest still deep down I know I’m faking. That’s because the very next day I find this feeling back again. Gosh! I so want to know what is that. Has the mist been too thick to see? Has I missed something from life that I supposed to know and pursue?

June 22

Le Knowledge

I have just come back from BBaloysia’s blog. By reading what she wrote makes me reflect about my depth of knowledge. People says you are what you eat and input is always equal to output which I think that is quite true. I do admire BBaloysia’s sense like how she can talk for so many things e.g. from a very old movie, music, book etc up to an ethical debate. However I believe getting to know a thing is never impossible because our world is information loaded. Or maybe is possible if that thing never appears. Haha …

Anyway what is mattered should because of that person’s interest. I realise anything you will do or happy doing all come down to your interest. BBaloysia must have such a wide interest, effort and time until she’s capable of knowing and talk about them. For me… I have the interest and like to know but never take the effort to find out.

 I’m not here to promote her site but just to express my own disappointment in incompetency for general knowledge. Maybe this will be one of the thing I will pursue if I live until 200 yrs old.

June 21

Back again.... ASK for MORE!

I’m a very bad blogger OK. All my readers have gone. I’m now starting up again. Please keep support my space. I love you all….

Well this is what people will normally write. What they have been doing when they’re not writing. Here goes mine.

I was battling through my final year exams and assignments.

Then I’m back to Avecia where I did my one year internship.

Now I am still living in Newcastle and also working for Greggs.

Few more weeks later I will have my graduation and a trip in a motorhome with my family.

I just know a group of funny people. So funny that I hv to mentioned his name here….Mike… blessed him… I hope a relationship with the other friend of his he likes to tease may work out…since I think they r so what I want to c from a couple… unless I’m blind.

 

Check out our motorhome:

 

 

 

 

November 13

Research Project 3 - Isolating Genomic DNA, Amplifying Genes of Interest, Visualization of genomic DNA

Hooray....genomic DNA is isolated....but when trying to amplify that gene of my interest....
 
SAD, SAD.
 
After PCR 1 and 2 did not succeed, due to incorrect temperature applied, I'm force to do a third time PCR. It wasn't any of our fault. If to blame, blame that DNA polymerase - being fussy about its suitable temperature.
 
Hopefully coming Friday will be a success....if not it will mean another day wasted and irreplaceable.
 
 
October 22

Researc Project 2 - Applying Bioinformatic to Search Protein of Interest's AA Sequence

After a meeting with Gary, i finally obtain the name of my protein of interest - GHSCO0372 . This protein is from glucosidase hyadrolase family number 106 and it is produced in S.coelicolor a Gram +ve bacteria.
 
By applying our knowledge in Bioinformatic, we did a serch on NCBI for that protein sequence. The protein sequence was then analysed using Signal IP for transmembrane sequence and signal peptide (they are just the so call "address" found on the protein, so the mature protein will be delivered to the right site in the cell). Knowing that we then using BLASTP to align our protein of interest in the protein database to search for other proteins which have sequences similar to ours.
 
 
 
(XXX = i'll get back to u later).
 
COOL!
October 06

Research Project - Screening for Proteins of Interest.

Maybe it is a good thing to log in my very important Research Project here.
 
Today is my first project day minus previous introduction session. I hv chosen Molecular Biology so GB is my supervisor. We were assigned to do a search on proteins of interest from CAZY (Internet).
Criteria is (1) nobody has research on it yet (2) the organism's genomic DNA is withing our school currently available's genomic DNA bank (3) if it's not, the protein's sequence has to be lest than 200aa. I guess that it so.
 
I have spent almost 4hours on it and it wasn't finished yet. This was quite boring. Hopefully it'll get better.
May 19

Happenings

Funny stuff happened in my city. But please do pay respect to people who do arts.
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My childhood princess has evolved into "desperate housewife". Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting
 

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