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July 03, 2006
This weekend, I...
Here's a photo of my lab station, part of it, that is. Da ge, I was about to take a photo of the cryostat machine you asked about when the camera's battery died on me. Next time lah!
This weekend, I...
1)...get an extra day off on MONDAY YAYYYYY!!! This means no horrible sectionings normally scheduled on that day!!
2)...cooked nasi lemak for Ulrika's birthday party!! Oh, she's a lab member, who incidentally is a German, whose country incidentally won against Argentina in the World Cup 2006 prelim match on that day lol!
3)...found out that Batu Pahat has it's own little black dot on Malaysia page in the world atlas owned by Professor Fekete and her husband Professor Hollenback. (I don't know the publisher, but thanks a lot for making my hometown significant to the world!)
4)...found out shortly later that Professor Hollenback is going to be my biology professor for course BIOL 231 next semester! *gasp* what a coincidence!!
5)...finally got to become a fourth-degree friend with Jay Chou!! I got to know a Taiwanese, whose friend's friend had my favourite singer over to his birthday party last year and had friendly basketball matches with him!! (okay, i know that doesn't count as a 4th-degree, but heck, I'm at least a bit connected k! Better than nothing)
6)...made a feeble effort to find a place to stay after my current lease ends on 23rd July. Asked the Taiwanese friend to help me look around for good deals coz all the on campus summer housing are full already. Hope i can get one in time, or else, erm, the lab station looks comparably more luxurious than jalan kaki lima. (Just joking!)
7)...finished reading 'Life of Pi'! It's a fantastic book! Simply superb! I like the humours (one very memorable phrase goes something like this: "So, Murti Jesus, are you going to complete the Hajj journey this year?" asked Ravi) but also cringe at the trying times Pi had to suffer through on board of the lifeboat with a royal Bengal tiger.. but towards the ending chapters, I was confused by 2 versions of Pi's story.. which is the real one? I would rather believe the animal story like the 2 Japanese Maritime officers did coz the other version is just too.. brutal. There are lots of horrifying moments during the shipwreck days, but to believe the cannibalism in the 2nd story is just too much. Anyways, the whole book speaks of untold courage, intellect and faith of a boy against all odds and finally his triumph in surviving the harsh slappings of cruel fate.
8)...watched 'Click' by Adam Sandler. It's a great movie IMHO, and apart from Spanglish, this is the first time Adam Sandler mix a bit of drama and parental responsibility into his comedic acts. Definitely different from his Waterboy days! And Kate Beckinsale (made famous from, among other movies, Underworld and Underworld: Evolution) is absolutely gorgeous! However, there's a cheesy part to the whole plot(spoiler alert!): who in the world would walk into Bed, Bath & Beyond and find himself in the dark corridors of the 'Beyond' part looking for a universal remote controller only to find a death angel masquerading as a product inspector giving the controller for free? Then it all ends up with (more spoiler alert!) Adam Sandler purportedly waking up from a really bad 'dream', learning how to cherish his family and finding out that the controller really existed. Hello, this is not a modernized version of the Christmas Carol show, is it? But all in all, no doubt Adam Sandler topped the box office again with his flair for comedy.
Posted by peixin at July 3, 2006 01:12 PM
Comments
wah... your lab station looks so cool! Hmm... 4th degree friend... doesn't that make Jay Chou my 5th degree friend? Life of Pi is a great book on faith. I think the second version of the story is what actually happened... but then again, Pi mentioned: "Tiger exists, lifeboats exist, oceans exist. Because the three have never come together in your narrow, limited experience, you refuse to believe they might".
Posted by: zx at July 4, 2006 02:08 PM