ok lets start with US first
I think top of my list is NCIS, yeah I am not like others who is crazy about gossip girl, desperate housewives or those law stuff or funny stuff like how i met your mother
to me NCIS is fun to watch because it is funny especially a character named Dinozzo, and I have the dvDs from season 1 to 6 now..and starting on 7. and there is Ziva who always mixed up her English “jargon” and becomes very funny..well of course only if u know the finer points of english language,ok its not literature stuff and those who speak english on daily basis should be able to understand.
to me it is like those Jack Neo Movies that is in Hokkien, some of the Hokkien jokes that I often heard in Singapore I will understand, but most of them I wont and reading subtitles cannot really make me understand the full joke.
NCIS stands for naval criminal investigative service..which is kinda like CSI but different, not as dry as CSI i think.
anyway watch it and you will see what i mean
they have another spinoff called NCIS LA, quite the same formula, humorous with fun sciency stuff,
other series that I have includes Sex and the City (I think it is boring, i just wanted to see the fashion that everyone raves about, sometimes I think I follow the media too much)
Desperate Housewives, which is getting crazier, so I stopped watching, I am at season 4 only I think and I haven’t watch those DVds that I have bought
Gossip Girl, I have season 1 and I am bored of it already, i mean blake Lively and the other girl are beautiful, but really no value in watching
LOST, i like it but stopped watching after season 2 cos they r still lost
and Prison Break, one of my favourites but I haven’t continue watching the rest of the seasons.. cos yeah very busy
other reality tv shows like American Next top model, Idol and so you think you can dance are also some of the good ones.
btw I also have girl next door, to see what it was all about but as you might know, its just showing the huge mansion and the mundane things that the three girlfriends do, most stupid show ever
oh well
home sweet home now, by the time you read this
PS: really like budget airlines, I can afford to go home once a month, Cos, once a week I will also spend around 50 bucks on going out and watch a movie and have a meal outside, so rather than do that I can go home, eat home cooked food, play wii with my sis n bro, and go shopping/eating in rupiah, and paid by mommy and daddy
so happy
ok happy new year everyone
especially to my fellow tigers…Huat AH!!!
as of now,
I havent decided what to eat for the birthday dinner tmr and the birthday cake too
well all those are trivial stuff
but for my new year resolutions and my birthday wishes, they are simple, to be closer to God, Family and friends
and to get a good job and good grades in my last semester
Happy birthday to Me!!
phew thanks to Blackra1n,
its a simple affair now
but I forgot about appsync n deleted my favourite apps thinking that they were useless
upgraded my iPhone to the 16gb one, thanks to mrK
and my first book of the year
the mile hi! club, by Janet Chew, a book about the experiences of stewardess
anyway
last piece of news, I AM taking Japanese this semester, long overdue!!! I love languages but i think Jap is a major challenge cos we need to master not just 1 or 2 styles of writing but 3, namely hiragana, katagana and kanji!!!
oh wish me luck and
shitsuree shimasu
ever since I had the iPhone and its accompanying RSS reader, I have been a faithful reader of this GRS blog. It basically highlights tips on personal finance, eg eliminate debt, have emergency funds etc etc
to ways to cut down on living expenses.
There was one story on how one reader managed to cut his COMCAST (cable service in US) by half without any kind of service reduction.
so while I am the loser in the iPhone war, my BF brother bought the new 32GB iPhone 3GS only at 8 bucks compared to me… at 700 bucks.
I can take heart that I managed to cut down at least 5 bucks of my monthly subscription plus they are giving me free caller-id again, all it takes was one phone-call.
I will try to call and ask for better deal if they come up with one again.
all you have to do is ask
so I have been practising other things that the blog preach, but thats for another topic cos I am still far away from getting rich, it lets do it slowly
I had a great holidays, albeit a short one
and I will update more soon, right now I am busy with new school semester, taking a new language course and hopefully getting a job soon
I am also updating my iPhone to the latest firmware, so that will take sometime as usual.
and I am going on a short holiday in the coming weekend too.
and my new year resolutions are 5 simple things
1> Lose weight
2> Get a good-paying and non-boring job
3> Procastinate less
4> Get closer to God
5> Travel to a new country and read at least 10 more books
happy new year everyone!!
My first Craft project
herbal Pack,
Recipe
Rice/buckwheat/corn mix in a bowl with essential oils of ur choice
fill up into a cotton “bag” sew them up
I also made an outer covering so that its easy to wash it next time
made 2, one for me another one for MrK colleague
till now, smell still quite strong, but need to sewsome rubber so that it will stay on during sleep.
Board games cafe mania
till now only tried 2 cafes
pitstop cafe, not bad their location and easy to find parking and all around there is good food!
decoder’s cafe, being in clementi, it is more convenient!
Thats me at Pitstop Cafe, playing Ticket to Ride
some of my colleagues who went to decoders also love the idea of a board games cafe!
really although a little expensive it can be quite fun!
now my new hobby is to be an interior designer
downloaded the free software sweet home 3D
to play around with my future DREAM house!!
well, as some of you might know, this semester i am doing my internship, it is at Schering Plough Singapore.. which will soon be no more as we are merging with Merck.
I joined a project team doing Cleaning improvement in the API plant. Probably I would not bother explaining some of the terms.
and I am quite glad cos I received lots of training, I am almost qualified to be a laboratory analyst already with all the trainings I get. Plus the most memorable of all is the Project Management Bootcamp.
to learn more visit www.pmi.org
and you will know more about what I am talking about.
Plus I just went back home to give my lil sis my Wii, she quite enjoyed it and we had several games of tennis.
and My family is adopting a new dog. will post pictures of him soon
Currently we have 4 dogs and they are getting very old, my oldest, is already 8 years old and because daddy believes in getting his dogs fat just like how I was (maybe still is) his favourite cos I ate the most and never fall sick, I believe Clinton (the dog’s name) is suffering from diabetes, he is not as energetic and his skin is easily scarred.
anyway, I am sure he still have a long way to go but since the new dog is unwanted by the owner due to space restriction, he decided to help and adopt it
and other things, I have joined Facebook, but not really using it except to talk to my family.. yeah I am quite weird in that sense because my sis n mom has the blackberry… oh I will talk about blackberry craze soon.
and its almost like the book the tipping point.
anyway, sorry about lack of pictures, but i am quite lazy to take much pictures nowadays though i still have a tonnes from the iphone from all the food we ate.
look out for them
Nanoparticles can be seen by naked eye, of course only when there are tonnes of them
RECENTLY, I just concluded my final year project on nanoparticles, Of course I cannot reveal the exact details as to the nature of my research project cos I am still hoping the results will someday be published and I can make my mark in the academic work.
Anyway, here are the gold nanoparticles I made, each of these worth a lot lot, because the gold I used, 1g cost more than 200 bucks
and I think here, should have around 50 bucks worth
These are spheres
These are the seeds, the very small 2nm nanoparticles that can grow to become spheres or rods- shaped nanoparticles
and these are rods all of them different sizes
of course if you google nanoparticles images, you can see their real shape, under special microscopes
but these are how gold nanoparticles look like as they are unstable and thus being a transition metal, they have many different colours, ranging from red, orange to grey and brown
very fascinating right,
yeah Science Rocks!!
I consider myself to be of normal skin, though a little oily in the T zone area and dry towards the eyes and neck area.
But since I am still young, I have very simple skincare routine.
My skin problems is uneven skintone and dark eye rings. I also start forming wrinkles around the eyes probably due to dryness from the excessive air conditioning that envelopes me everyday.
in the past teenage years, I use clean and clear 3 steps and I was free from acne throughout my life.
then Mom reccomended me to use Dr Secret, OVERPRICED AND NOT worth it skincare line by multi level marketing company. Please do not use their products, filled with harsh chemicals and in the long run, it only RUINS your skin.
But of course I need to finish using it first
well here it goes
Morning:
Wash face with water
Dry with cotton (usually my t shirt that I am wearing, yeah I know its kinda unhygienic but I dont really dry thoroughly, the rest of the water is air-dried)
Sunblock from Dr SECRET (SPF 25 Only and I am so changing it!!)
Origins lip Protector lipbalm SPF 8 (very strong peppermint taste, when I finish it up i am also changing it)
NIGHT (more complicated)
Origins Checks and Balances Frothy face wash
Himalayan Herbals Exfoliating face scrub in Wheatgerm (2-3x a week as a substitute of the regular face wash)
I only tone before I sleep and after I brush my teeth
Clean and Clear toner (the blue color one) (I am also changing this one, so drying and full of alcohol!!)
The face shop Raspberry roots sleeping mask as a moisturiser all over face and neck
Some vitE gel as lip balm (I am getting a proper lip balm soon too)
and once or twice a week
Queen Helene Mint Julep mask
or Origins Clear Improvement Active Charcoal Mask
I am trying to finish up all the masks I bought so far, so sometimes I also use Freeman Blueberry and Champagne peel off mask. Watson’s Bird Nest’s Paper masks etc
well simple and short right,
but I have more added soon cos I just ordered some stuff from Garden of Wisdom, I will get back when my loots arrive.
For the body moisturisers, I use Boots hands and cream MEDITERRANIAN range, I also mix it with Dr Secret moisturisers, both are depleting and I am using all other moisturisers I bought so far to just mix and slather, when all this finish I am switching to full organics skincare.
after reading about all harsh chemicals I am really scared. and I am changing all my products or at least try to cos organics are really expensive from hair products, to makeup (all mineral but its very messy) and skincare.