Saturday, April 19, 2003
09:24 p.m.
The final draft of our project is out of our hands now! AHHHHHH!!!! *claps hands in excitement* Can't believe it's done, I cannot believe all the sleepless nights spent slaving over stupid stupid things like the band sizes, gel photos, pages and pages of tabulated data, paragraphs of crap etc, are over. Whee! It's so surreal you know. Kane came over at 8am to help with some stuff, had breakfast and left for school. Ended up "competing" with all our friends for the printers; likewise, they were rushing their report by the stipulated dateline. Partner and I made it with two minutes to spare, heh. And we really can't believe labwork's over and done with, and the report COMPLETED! At long last, all 49 pages of it! Excluding the 100 paged Appendix! It hasn't quite sunk in yet.
Schedule for next week: HUGE stupid test on Monday, worth 30%, I don't even think I've got all my notes. Quiz to be done by Thursday. Another huge major test on Thursday, that's gonna be a killer because I haven't learnt anything particularly note-worthy in that module as yet, other than the "correct" way of mixing things. *rolls eyes* Practical exam Saturday. Oops. Internal Presentation to supervisor the following Monday. Double oops, I'm scared! And the exams start on the 5th. *cowers*
In the meantime.. Lianne and I are manically surfing Victoria's Secret, drooling over the lovely lovely pretty tops and dresses. And this skirt is georgeous! It's so good to finally be able to surf at random again, checking out clothes and stuff online, instead of using the computer soley for ICQ and work-related purposes. *grin* Anyways, I'm off to bed. It's been a crazily hectic week, and it's not gonna lighten up just yet.
Saturday, April 19, 2003
1:06 a.m.
Had Good Friday service this morning, it was so weird going back to my parents' church. Meeting all their/ my old friends, having half the people exclaim I'm becoming aneroxic (couldn't be farther from the truth, I ate like a pig today! Topping off everything with 1/2 a pint of Chocolate and 1/2 pint Strawberry from Haagen Daz doesn't count as being on a perpetual diet, does it?), and the other half going on about "how pretty I've become". Sheesh, all this will get to my head if I had the time to let it, haha. Anyways. Went to Joanna's 21st in the evening, it was good to be with my old classmates again, to be surrounded by people of the "old" module group. Food was good, company was better. (:
Ahhh. Final draft due tomorrow morning. After rushing like crazy, partner and I are 99% done with it. I can't believe how far we've come. Seems like yesterday that things were only in their infancy.
Thursday, April 17, 2003
11:31 p.m.
I really find it amazing how news spread that quickly. Thanks to Lianne, Dr Zaman found out today. And I bet Dr Koh does too; he's a lot more aware of things than he lets on. Huang Yan also found out, and this means Dr Gandhi etc will, as well. About 75% of the people in the LT knew that Kane and I got together by Tuesday, and that was only the second day! I mean, news of other couples didn't spread that fast, I think it took about a week before the general population knew. But sheesh, this fast? It's freaky, haha. Anyways, Lianne said that this was probably because the both of us are relatively high profile, everyone knows who we are. And he's from the other module group, so the people there would know, and vice versa. Oh wells. I just got back from Maundy Thursday service at his church, met his friends there. *grin* And hey, to those who wished us well, whether through sms's, face to face greetings, or guestbook entries (I just read them), thanks. I truly appreciate it, and well, we'll try our very best. (:
Going to bed soon after Joy calls, its been a very long day and I'm tired. Was in school for 11 hours rushing the last set of PCRs (I know I said yesterday was our last day of labwork, but we kinda made a very very major and stupid mistake and had to redo the experiment) and the fourth draft, which was covered with red ink again after my supervisor was done with it. Sigh. At least she said it was major improvement, and we could hand in the final draft after making the amendments. I honestly cannot believe the report is 98% complete. Somebody shake me!
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
11:48 a.m.
Haha, my entire class knows, thanks to Xiulan's loud loud question during IL-2 practical. And his class knows too, because Lianne told Terrence and Terrence told Kai/ Hazel and they told everyone else. Gosh, I wonder what Lian Koon and gang will say when they find out! Because a lot of people have the idea that Lianne and I are fighting over Kane, and they all wonder why we're still such good friends; especially since the three of us hang out very often. Very very amusing, especially when Lewis etc always goes "Eh Sarah, work harder, don't let Lianne win!" Stuff like that. *grin* Poor Lianne though, she's reduced to being a very bright lamppost, she's been talking about buying a flashing neon red sign. And she's got the rolling-eyes thing down pat too, she does that everytime we giggle or well, have identical goofy grins. q: All the lab technicians also know about the both of us, even the unassuming Amy knows. Which means the lecturers will soon find out, if they haven't already! Jona's been *hmmmphing* everything she sees me, pseudo hurt written all over her face, because I said no last time when she asked if we were together - which was the truth! Anyways, my sister was like, it's about time you got yourself another boyfriend! *mock outrage* Yes, it'd take some getting used to, but I think it's worth it. (:
Anyways, it really was our last practical lesson in NP, ever. I kinda went overboard with the digital cam, took over a hundred photos of the 02 people and everyone else, with a whole lot of pictures of us doing our very very last set of PCRs, and there were about six 20 second video clips of Lianne and I in the darkroom, with our whole polaroid taking she-bang. So very fun! I really can't believe it's all over. Bah, and we've got to rush our 4th draft now. Sheesh.
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
12:59 a.m.
Got back not too long ago from Kane's place. *beams* He really is such a dear boy. I don't know what took me so long to wake up to the fact he's lovable the way he is, despite all the things he's not, despite all the things he is, despite all the (VERY) weird and quirky habits he's got. In the meantime, being in a relationship is just so weird and surreal, after nearly 5 years of waiting for someone special to come along. Despite all the cons and the question marks the both of us had, we decided to give it a shot, because otherwise, we'd never know... We must have freaked Amy out as we had our "talk" in her lab this afternoon *grin* And already, Lianne, Yongyi, Limin, Baoling, Xuefen know we're together. Yongyi told Xiulan, Xuefen will prolly tell her gang, and Michelle saw us holding hands. We don't plan to directly tell anyone, prefering to let our actions speak louder than words. Wanted to stroll into the LT this afternoon hand in hand, 15 minutes late, so everyone would see. q: But yes, it's so very surreal. He thinks he's still in a dream; likewise, I don't quite think I'm awake.
But the crux of the matter is this: It's just too easy to love him. And he claims the reverse is true too, but he's probably biased. (:
Sunday, April 13, 2003
11:55 p.m.
I cant fight this feeling any longer
Yet, I'm still afraid to let it flow
What started out as friendship has grown stronger
I only wish I had the strength to let it show
I tell myself that I can't hold out forever
I say there is no reason for my fear
'Cause I feel so secure when we're together
You give my life direction, you make eveything so clear
Even as I wander, I'm keeping you in sight
You're a candle in the window on a cold dark bitter night
And I'm getting closer than I ever though I might...
There now, this ought to make it clear. I've sorted things out over the past couple of weeks and realised that deep down, Kane meant a lot more to me than K ever did. To cut a long story short, I told him that today, and well, we haven't had the chance to decide if we want to start a relationship, especially since I'll be leaving so soon... But I've an inkling we just might. (: I'm a very very happy girl tonight, despite having wrestled with the project report and having people ask me if I've done the BTN online quiz. Anyways, he's a very happy boy, too!
Saturday, April 12, 2003
11:30 p.m.
Kane just left my house, he came over on the pretext of drawing on Michelle's labcoat, but really ended up helping partner and I with Photoshop (again). I suppose this morning's test was okay, although I won't be able to get the 98% I could have gotten for the previous one (save a careless mistake). I think an A would be quite proable, and I'm grateful enough for that, given the amount I studied and the sheer number of things we needed to commit to memory. I'm about as alert as a dimwit now, thanks to the confounding (and differing) results we were analysing the entire afternoon and evening. It was sheer torture, and I'm SO grateful partner was there to help with the mess. And I only had about 3 hours of non-sleep where I wasn't quite sleeping, Proteomics facts were running amok in my mind and everything just got hopelessly mixed up together. And given the fact it was Proteomics we had, it was no wonder; everything sounds the same after a while! After the 6th chapter (whereby I was already struggling to concentrate because things, or more specifically, someone kinda refused to get out of my mind), I couldn't take it anymore and sort of gave up. See, my sentences don't even flow properly anymore. Gah.
I can't fight this feeling any longer
Yet, I'm still afraid to let it flow..