The songs in my life

There are some times in my life when I will be addicted to a song. Sometimes it'll be playing over and over again in my head that the only way for me to get it out is to sing it out. And it sometimes irritate my friends and family cos I'll be singing the same stanza from the song for days. But it's not like I can help it. These catchy songs are constantly around me! Like after I finished the series of a drama, the song from the show will instantly be in my head for the next couple of days. Or when my high school mates kept playing Jay Chou's Qi Li Xiang for days every time our class had a break. Or when I set my ipod to play Independent Women by Destiny's Child so that I can walk faster to my workplace.

But when I stopped listening to them and then start listening to them again after a few months, the feeling I had at that time when I was hocked on the songs will come back to me. For instance, when my ipod starts playing Independent Women while I'm walking home from school, the dreaded feeling of going to work would hit me and for a second, my brain receives mixed signals. It cannot tell if I'm feeling relief that my day is over or if adrenalin should be pumped into my muscles so that I can run to work.

And because I have this tendency of associating the songs I'd listened to with the whole physical, emotional situation that I was in when listening to them, I have come to dislike many songs. Not for their lyrics or the singer or anything. But purely because I have attached negative feelings to them. One of the songs which had the misfortune of being my morning alarm and hence has acquired my dislike is RISE-ASEAN by Stefanie Sun. However I need to mention that this is a great song (mind you, this was the official theme song for ASEAN's 40th anniversary celebrations) and Sun is one of my favourite singers (I love her voice and music style).

For a few seconds there, I searched my mind for a song I liked best. But there are so many of them and I cannot choose a favourite. I like upbeat songs like Lian Ai ING by Mayday, Are You Gonna Be My Girl by JET, Five Colours In Her Hair by Mcfly, First Day by Stefanie Sun, FIR and Mayday, and the list goes on. What are some of your favourite songs?

Let the good times roll

Hello everyone! Thought I should update a bit on the happenings in my life. I went to watch UP in 3D! I was a little apprehensive at first cos I didn't know what it was about only that its a cartoon animation but it turned out to be a very interesting and inspiring movie. The themes were conveyed using simple, everyday-life examples and so it was very easy to relate to it. Plus we get to keep the geeky 3D specs as a memento.

And then the next day, Friday, we went to celebrate mooncake festival in advance. There were free mooncakes and the traditional cai deng mi. The next picture shows me and my partner in crime of craziness, Sze. The whole bunch of us carried the candle-lit lanterns and walked from uni all the way to Elder Park, attracting the eyes of many passerbys.

Lantern size ratio. 1 (Sze): 0.25 (Peng Soon): 1 (Ling)

Im not sure if its noteworthly but earlier that day, we dissected the very same joey we did one week before. But this time we had to remove the muscle to see the bones and joints so as you can imagine, there was quite a lot of blood involved. I really wish I have a photo of that to show you.

Lab days are over for all but one

Heya! I've just finished my last wet pract for the semester! What a relief! All living science students would be able to relate to the euphoria I'm feeling now. No more late hours in school. No more long, boring practorials (i.e practicals + tutorials). And MORE daylight to be spent on other fun and exciting things. Even watching the television programs in Aust counts as an exciting activity when compared to attending practs. My tues, wed and thurs afternoons are free:D

Oh I've forgot to mention that I've had my virgin dissection of a whole animal last friday. It was quite an experience. We decided on a joey (baby kangaroo) cos one of my friends didn't want to dissect the chicken and another refuse to cut up any part of a dog. Initially we were all pretty shy and didn't know what to do but we soon got the hang of it and before we know it, we had the whole of the front and hind leg de-skined, exposing the muscles and ligaments underneath. But before all that, Sze had to pull out the animal's insides which includes the heart, liver, stomach, small and large intestines. The bloody sight aside, the overwhelming stench almost caused me to throw up. So although the coming friday is the last day of school before term break, I'm not looking forward to the dissection that comes with it.

I need a break.

Adelaide Show

Hello peeps its Sept! It's crazily hot today as was yesterday. I am very happy because the hols are just a week away! In light of that, we decided to have an early celebration so we went to the Adelaide Show yesterday night.




Its like an annual funfair thing that goes on for about a week or two at the Adelaide Showground. There were all the typical things you'll see at a funfair and more!


I especially liked the car and motor bike stunts! Its amazing how the driver can have so much control over the machine during the drift (chinese: piao yi) and the group performance was flawless. I caught my breath many times during the 10 mins bike stunts where the bikers jumped the ramp and a few of them actually flew at the top of their jump! What they did was they let go of their bikes and for a few seconds in air, the biker and bike were not in any physical contact. I would love to show you some visuals but was too caught up with the performance that before I know it, it was already over. I'll try and see if Sze has some pictures of the fireworks:)