Home is where the Heart is

I went to YIH at about 11am. Thought I was late. Luckily the bus came soon and manage to reach YIH by 11.20am. I tried to check my e-mail this morning if anyone signed up to do today's coverage. But no one did. So I went to school preparing to do the coverage on my own. I can't really remember the people that I'm suppose to meet at BTC so I was a bit worried hoping someone would go with me. Moreover, I have not been to BTC before! I don't want to get lost there. Haa..so when I reached the VPC room, Guo Qi was already there doing his project. He told me that he'll accompany me there today! Yippee! So happy, don't need to go alone. Kim Hung was abled to join us too.

He told me that we'll take the 12.06pm bus to BTC and reach there about 12.30pm. Meanwhile we tried to convert the videos for Bizcom Halloween. Totally forgotten to check the time then when it was 12.04pm, we ran out of the room hoping to catch the bus. Manage to reach the bus stop in time but the bus is no where to be seen. After waiting for awhile, a bus came and we thought maybe there's delay. It came about 12.15pm. But the bus actually made one turn and head back to Kent Vale! Arr..so in the end we only manage to catch the 12.36pm bus and reach BTC at 1pm. Wow..BTC is really nice. Looks more like a university than Kent Ridge Campus.

Tried to contact Foo Kin but he was still in a meeting so we just walk around taking photographs. Oh and I realise BTC and Botanic Gardens is very close. Haa..so cool. Next time can take the bus and walk there.Started to take photos for the NUSSU Council at 1.30pm. And I recognise a few of them from the NUSSU Dinner the other time. So it wasn't that bad after all. Finish at about 2.40pm. Packed up and realise that there's no more shuttle bus. Walked out to take 151 instead. Reached NUS about 3+pm. Super tired and hungry. Ate lunch and came back to PGP.

Just came back from another day out. Woke up quite late this morning because I've got no lessons. Cynthia messaged me if I want to join her for lunch at BIZ then study together at the library. I realise there's a lot for us to study for Marketing. All those in the textbook will be tested although it's not covered in the lecture. Haih..must start studying already if not I won't be able to finish.

Went out of my room at about 12pm. Return the VPC room's key at NUSSU Secretariat then made my way to business canteen. Cynthia was already there and I think her class ended 1 hour ago. Haa..felt so bad making her wait so long. Wei Tong joined us later at 1+pm..haha..and we already finish eating lor..she's having lab at 2pm. Oh we saw a few people in formal wear so we guess they must be doing the marketing presentation especially one of them wearing cheong sam (the Shanghai Tang group).

After lunch, we went to Hon Sui Sen Memorial Library as planned. Manage to read the chapter on promotions. Haa..finish one chapter and I'm already sleepy. Cynthia had to go for lesson at 4pm so we left the library at about 3.45pm. I went back to PGP to sleep..hehe..super tired maybe due to the whole night archiving.

There's going to be coverage tomorrow and I have no idea who to send down. I don't mind going down on my own but I don't have any experience in taking wide angle shots besides in TPJC. So we were trying to contact some of the more experience photographers if they can make it. Unfortunately, most of them can't make it at that timing and those can make it during that time can't travel to BTC. Haa..super troublesome. Guo Qi is helping me with that. I hope he'll come up with a solution for tomorrow's problem. He said he'll message me regarding the decisions. We are trying to ask NUSSU if they can postpone the photo shoot.

Woke up at about 5.45pm then went to eat at Engineering Canteen with Alex. Was suppose to meet him at 6pm but I was late because I overslept. I really set my alarm to wake up at 5.30pm but I don't know why somehow I off it or it didn't ring. Haha..too sleepy already.

Went to West Coast Park after dinner. This time is much nicer there. Got nice sea breeze. Sat near the shore for a while after walking around the playground.

Okie i got nothing much to blog about these few days..feel very lazy to do so..Haha..
Today's lesson are like usual where we just did mass tutorial and for marketing Prof Ang gave us some mock questions to try. Then went to VPC room to do archiving. Haa..have to export the same video like 4-5 times because the programme was faulty. Everytime after exporting I realise either the video cannot be played or there's the logo of the software appearing in the middle of my video. And each time the exporting is about 45 mins - 1hour. Can imagine how long I took to do that Kent Ridge Ministerial Forum archive. Still got ISN and Halloween. So in the end have to do until about 9.30pm and Christopher the NUSSU Logistic Head even went home. Haha..so I have to go look for him tomorrow to return the keys to him:S

A lot of things are not within my control..i just have to stop complaining. in life, we have to give and take. So accept whatever that come by and make the best out of it.
I'm sorry if I had been complaining a lot recently. Thanks for listening. Really appreciate it.

Today's the last lesson for my tuition. Amos will be having his 'A' Levels tomorrow. All the best to him.

Hmm..today's quite an unlucky day for me. Went out of my room at 8.50am. Reach PGP bus stop at 9am and the shuttle bus just left. So I have to wait for another bus. Manage to get onto A2 at about 9.15am. Stop at Central Library and I thought I was very lucky as bus 96 was just behind. I know that my Ezlink card ran out of value so I prepared coins. Took the bus. I'm not sure if it's me who is rushing but I really feel that the uncle drove quite slow. I was hoping to reach Clementi MRT before 9.35am so that I won't be late for my tuition. In the end I reach Clementi at 9.50am. Waa take almost an hour to go Clementi from NUS. So long. Should have just taken 143 or 183 from PGP.

When I was about to top up my Ezlink I realise it's missing. It's not in my wallet neither was it in my bag. I tried to search for it for awhile then I decided maybe I left it in my room. So when I was about to buy the standard ticket, I was so unlucky again!! I don't have small change. I only have $50 with me as I already used all my coins for the bus. I queued up to exchange for smaller change and the uncle told me he don't have enough change for me, he said he only have enough for $20. He suggested I buy an Ezlink card. I didn't want to and I don't think there's a need for it. I went to withdraw $20 from the ATM, queued up again to change for money and he gave me $10 in coins!! He had enough $2 notes but he refuse to give me. So I had no choice but to take the $1 coins. FInally bought my ticket and took MRT to Pasir Ris. Super sleepy and fell asleep on the train.

Reached Pasir Ris at about 10.45am. I was already 15mins late for tuition. Luckily I told Amos that we'll start at 10.45am so I'm not exactly late but imagine if he wanted the lesson to be at 10.30am. I'm already late. Anyway, it's the last lesson and no more next time. Haha..lesson ended at 12.45pm.

Went to Jurong East to have lunch. Had mixed rice (fish, egg and vegetables), quite nice. Made my way to Jurong East library with Mr Tan. The library is really big. Got lots of books and comics. Haha..I went there to read comics. Was planning to do my marketing project but it's halfway done and my laptop ran out of battery. So can't do anything and since I'm there already I shall just explore a bit.

Left the library at around 5.40pm. Went to walk around the area and there's actually 4 coffee shops around. Had dinner at Astons. Then took a bus back to PGP. Took bus 183 and I have no idea what's the route the bus will take so was trying to pay full attention while talking on the phone. Decided that I cannot multitask and hang up the call. When the bus reach Clementi, I was a bit more relax. And I met Michelle on the bus so I guess I'm not that unlucky after all. At least now there's someone to walk back with me.

Michelle shared with me half of her papaya too. So I had desserts today. Haha..nice nice. I guess I was just a bit unlucky in the morning. I'm still lucky so have lots of great friends who will always stand by me.

I'm so happy..Hai Bee came over and visit me today. We had a nice chat together till about 3am. Although I feel very sleepy now (only 4hrs of sleep) but I think it's all worth it. Didn't catch up with her for so long. Maybe since uni started. We are in the same faculty but didn't even meet for once and she's busy with hall activities. So it's so nice that she visit me.

I also had a nice long chat with Evelyn, my dear friend. Haha..in case you are thinking who am I referring to on my msn message, it's her!! She's really my best buddy in school and I don't think anyone can replace her.Although I have close friends in JC, it was nothing compare to the time we had in secondary school. We do almost everything and anything together. Go to school together. Hang out together. Go for lessons together. Eat together. Walk home together. Study together. Play together. I really miss those days. I miss hanging out at your house. I miss talking to you about anything and everything that I feel like talking to and thank you for always being there for me. I know at times you are busy but you never failed to cheer me up when I'm sad, guide me when I'm lost. I think we were even closer than my sister and I. Love ya lots. Hope everything is fine for you there and I do look forward in meeting you end of the year.

Alright, back to what I was doing the night before. Went to central library to try to study. Haha..did a bit of marketing and then a bit of chemistry and a bit of biochem. I realise there's not much food in school on weekends. Reminder to self: Shuttle bus B terminates it's service at 7pm and weekend. Don't waste time waiting. Yea, we were waiting for the shuttle bus for like 15mins and it never come. Suddenly realise that maybe the service ended for the day. And true enough there's no more bus B. So had dinner at MacDonalds instead.

Thank you my dear friends for always there to support me, accompanying me when I'm sad, encouraging me when I'm down, taking care of me and listening when I need someone to talk to. Take care. See you.

Biochem test is finally over. Hope I did well enough this time. Yes cannot score full marks but at least not that bad. Must be above AVERAGE!!

Went to VPC room and meet Guo Qi to collect the camera for Halloween Party at night. Then had lunch at Engin with Ee Lin, Gerard, Mun Lok and Jinfeng. Haha..and we realise that Engin don't have table that can fit 5 people and we can't shift the chairs either. So yeap. Have to separate two tables. After eating go to Central Forum walk walk. No free food and milo. So sad.

Came back to PGP. Went to the TV room and Jinfeng let me try a few brain teasers. Waa..some is like super hard lor..especially one of weighing..haa test my Maths again. Somehow after 'A' Level, my Math deteoriated. I can't even do simple calculations. Haih..We then tried some personality quiz. Not bad. Quite fun but not 100% accurate so cannot be trusted. Haha..

Jinfeng accompanied me until dinner time. Had dinner at PGP then I went back to YIH again. And I'm super in trouble. Forgotten to email the people yesterday. Didn't call Nadhirah. Didn't confirm the people's attendance. And worse of all, didn't charge my phone!! So I was like in front of Munchie Monkey waiting for them and they didn't turn up. The videographers came soon after but the photographers are no where to be seen. Waa..super stress. And I can't call them . I was suppose to meet Jade to go Clementi after passing the cameras to them. Haih..all my fault for not emailing and confirming with them. One is still eating in PGP, another is off-campus.Manage to call Guo Qi, luckily he got nothing on and can help me to cover the event. Haha..super nice. By then I remember I'm suppose to collect the videocamera for tomorrow's event. I'd better confirm everything tonight so the same problem won't happen again.
Reminder to self: Do all the necessary preparation before coverage.

Life is short, Break the rules, Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly, Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably, And never regret anything that made you smile.
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance.

Father: I want you to marry a girl of my choice
Son: I will choose my own bride!
Father: But the girl is Bill Gates's daughter.
Son: Well, in that case....ok

Next Father approaches Bill Gates.
Father: I have a husband for your daughter
Bill Gates: But my daughter is too young to marry!
Father: But this young man is a vice-president of the World Bank.
Bill Gates: Ah, in that case...ok

Finally Father goes to see the president of the World Bank.
Father: I have a young man to be recommended as a vice-president.
President: But I already have more vice-president than I need!
Father: But this young man is Bill Gates's son-in-law.
President: Ah, in that case...ok

This is how business is done!!

Moral: Even if you have nothing. You can get anything but your attitude should be positive.


What is Marketing?

You see a gorgeous girl at a party
You go up to her and say, 'I am very rich. Marry me!'
That's Direct Marketing.

You're at a party with a bunch of friends and see a gorgeous girl.
One of your friends goes up to her and pointing to you says, 'He's very rich. Marry him.'
That's Advertising.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and get her telephone number.
The next day you call and say, 'Hi, I'm very rich. Marry me.'
That's Telemarketing

You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl.
You get up and straighten your tie; you walk up to her and pour her a drink.
You open the door for her, pick up her bag after she drop it, offer her a ride, and then say, 'By the way, I'm very rich. Will you marry me?'
That's Public Relations.

You're at a party and see a gorgeous girl.
She walks up to you and says, 'You are very rich, I want to marry you.'
That's Brand Recognition.

You see a gorgeous girl at a party.
You go up to her and say, 'I'm rich. Marry me'
She gives you a nice hard slap on your face.
That's Customer Feedback.

I realise that going to school isn't that bad after all. I really enjoyed myself today.Went to school around 11am. Met Alicia near LT 25 there. There's the Halloween celebration at the Student's Hub. Went there to take photographs but in the end I was chatting with her most of the time. Was talking about how fun secondary school was and all the things we used to do. Haha..and we realise there's actually we have a lot in common.

Meet Ee Lin and Mun Lok for lunch again around 1pm. Eat in Science this time coz we'll be having lecture at 2pm and considering how 'fast' I can eat, it's better not to travel so far. Haha..But I actually finish quite fast. Still got time for us to sit there and joke joke.

2pm. Time for Biochem lecture. And as usual he have the Life's like that story.
Story 1
There was this sign board which show "Here fresh fishes are sold at cheap prices" in front of a shop which sells fishes. Then came an Englishman. He told the owner, 'See. You put the sign board right in front of your shop so obviously fresh fishes are sold here. So the word 'here' is redundant.' So the owner deleted the word here and the sign became "Fresh Fishes are Sold at Cheap prices" Then came another man who told the owner, 'Look. You can't possibly sell rotten fishes here so the word 'fresh' is redundant.' So the owner took off the word and the sign became "Fishes are Sold at Cheap Prices". Another man came by and told the owner, "Okay. You cannot sell expensive fishes here so the words 'cheap prices' are redundant. So the owner remade the sign and it became "Fishes are sold". A last man walked past saw the sign and told the owner, "What else can you sell besides fish, so the words 'fishes are sold' are redundant'. The owner remove those words and finally he's left with a BLANK sign board.
Lessons learnt: In life there's are many things that we cannot accept people's advice blindly. Make careful consideration before deciding.

Story 2
Bill Gates died and went to the upperworld. As he was at the crossroad between heaven and hell. He met St Peter. St. Peter told him that he have done a lot in easing people's work through the use of computers. But at the same time, he had also some bad things including monopoly of the market. So he's allowed to chose where he want to go - Heaven or Hell. Bill Gates was thinking how he can outsmart St. Peter so he suggested that if he could make a trip to the two places before deciding. St. Peter agreed and Bill Gates went to visit hell first. He saw sunny beaches with people wallking around enjoying themselves. Then he went over to heaven. He saw people wearing white. Sitting and reading. Nothing much special. So he decided that he'll go to hell. St. Peter said, "Are you sure? You can't change your decision after this." Bill Gates answered, "Yes. I'm very sure. I will like it in hell." Thus, St. Peter brought him to hell and this time he saw people are being tortured and caned. Bill Gates was confused. He asked, "What happened to the scence before this?" St. Peter answered, "Oh! That was the SCREENSAVER."
Lessons learnt: Don't see things from the surface. Understand the situation.

Lecture ended quite late. Just nice for us to go for Genetics lecture. Dr. Chew gave us a lot of thinking questions today. Haih..I was super blur coz I have no idea what kind of answer he wanted. Super hard. Anyway, lecture ended exactly at 6pm. So we went for dinner after that. I tried the Mee Hoon Kui. Not bad. But it's very thick. Not sure if it's suppose to be like that. And while eating we were talking about this weekend's F1 race. So sad I can't watch it again. It's going to be shown at 1am and we have Chem lecture the next day. Yea so just have to wait for the results on Monday morning. Yeap and Gerard sent us home again. Hehe..was walking around looking for the car coz his dad drop the car at the carpark. Luckily the carpark was quite empty already.

Shining Friends

Little faith brightens a rainy day

Life is difficult; you can't go away

Don't hide yourselve in the corner

You have my place to stay

Sorrow is gonna say goodbye

Opens up you'll see the happy sunshine

Keep going on with your dream

Chasing tomorrow's sunrise

The spirit can never die

Sun will shine, my friend

Won't let you cry, my dear

Seeing you shed a tear

Make my world disappear

You'll never be alone in darkness

See my smile, my friend

We are with you, holding hands

You have got to believe, you are my destiny

We're meant to be your friends

That's what a friend should be


Thanks for being there with me!!! I love the song:P

"Most people walk in and out of your life, but only FRIENDS leave footprints in your heart".

Just checked my Genetics results. So sad. Scored below expectations again. Haih. Must be the prof dont like my drawing. Haha..yea..he wanted detailed explanation. Remember!! Must do well for the next test.

Tuesday! Oh no. This marks the end of my 5 days of break. So sad. I want more holiday but have to get back to work. So I decided that I shall join Mun Lok and Ee Lin at the library to study. Meet them at about 12pm. Try to study enzymes and I realise there are a lot of things that I can just skip coz there's only 5 MCQs on it. Better to focus more on Membranes, Lipids and PCR and gel electrophoresis and transport. Wow..so much more to study.

We went to Engin to have our lunch. Had bake seafood pasta. Waa..I think I eating too much of seafood and pasta already. Haha..had quite a long lunch. Was there until about 2.30pm. Mun Lok have lecture at 4pm and he didn't feel like going back to PGP and go out again. So I suggested that we go to NUS Museum since they didn't want to study:P.

So off we went to NUS Museum to check out on the exhibits. They told me that the things there are the same since the last time they went. So yeap. We were just looking through and took some photographs.

I'm not sure if it's dinosaur bone or caterpillar..hehe
Handsome Rabbit:P
Futuristic..all integrated:P
Super Rabbit..see the eagle is pleading to the rabbit.
Macho Rabbit
Human Pancake?
Warrior?
Mun Lok trying to do be one too:P
No idea what this is but it looks interesting
Oh this is one of the room we saw. Super nice. Got sofa, TV and laptop to play.
Sculpture
Look how we do it:P
DNA helix around histones?
EeLin's hand..Hehe..
And this is mine..waa..looks so small

There's a lot more photos but I'm too lazy to upload. Thank you very much for cheering me up. I was quite upset in the morning.

Yeap so after our trip to the museum, we went to walk walk around the Conservatory of Music. Waa..super nice. How I wish Science Fac will look like that. Hehe..dreaming:P Then it was almost 4pm so took A2 to go back to Science. Ee Lin went home. Mun Lok goes for lesson. So I decided to go back to PGP and sleep.

Was suppose to meet Jinfeng for dinner at about 5+pm but I only woke up like around 5.50pm? Haha..can't remember also. His phone ran out of battery so I message Leo instead since they are together. But the time I message them they were about to finish eating so I decided not to join them.

Continue my afternoon nap..Haha..super sleepy. Woke up at about 6.45pm when Jade called me to go for dinner. Yeap so we went down for dinner. Hehe..and the uncle is like super nice today. He charge me much cheaper than I usually pay. Only $2 for 3 dishes. So nice:P Usually it will be around $2.40 or $2.50.

Was still contemplating whether I should got for IGC and Jade told me to just go and have fun. Haha..yea so in the end I reach MPSH 4 at about 7.45pm. Didn't play othello today. We played some mining game and train game. Haih my train building skill is so bad. Always got block until cannot complete the route. So sad.

Oh here's how the mining card looks like. Haha..I was busy taking picture that I forgotten to put the card face down!! Everyone can see my card:S

I wish I can help you. But I really don't know how. Please let me know how I can help. Really wish you all the best in whatever you do. Take care.

Oh and Daniel. Hope you are doing fine in Taiwan. Haha..sorry I didn't manage to say bye to you. We go out eat when you come back, k? Take care.

Happy Deepavali and Happy Holiday to all my friends!!

Today's super fun. Finally manage to cook nice pasta (ok maybe not that nice but at least nicer than all the other time). Asked Jade to come over and eat with me. But my clustermate was using the kitchen so we had to eat in my room - malay style. Haha..super funny. I made Carbonara for her. A bit too watery but still nice. Then we had orange for dessert. We wanted to eat ice-cream but then didn't buy. So just settle for fruits. I think the last time I had ice-cream was 3 weeks ago when they gave free ice-cream at central forum.

Studied a bit in the afternoon. Then when I was about to go out to meet my cousin. It started raining. Luckily there's shelter all the way until his house. Was there talking to him. He manage to get to the top class in his level. Congrats!! So happy for him. His friends came over to give him a surprise birthday party. Oh no! I felt so bad because I totally forgotten that his birthday is around the corner. Didn't get him anything. Since he'll most probably be spending most of the time with his friends, my aunt ask me if I want to go out. Then my cousin said that he will call his cousin to come accompany me. Haha..yea so in the end instead of meeting my cousin for dinner, I met my cousin's cousin. Hmm..counted as my cousin also la..haha..I only went out with him twice before this. The first time we went for lunch near his house and the other time was go for movie and shopping at Plaza Singapura.

He reach at about 6+pm. Then the first thing he sees me, he ask "How come didn't go dating today?" =S Haa..so bad. Read my blog and anyhow assume. Anyway I also tease him back why he so free, didn't accompany his girlfriend. We went out for dinner at about 7+pm. He treat me to Penang Seafood Hor Fun. Super expensive. One bowl's like $8.90 and there's not much seafood inside. He said next time don't go eat already. When we were eating he asked me if I learnt how to swim already. Haa..super embarassing coz I think it was 2 years ago I told him I'm going to learn but until now I still can't swim. He said next time can go over and play then he teach me. Then we went to walk walk. Hoping to get something for my cousin. He bring me to the phone shop. Haa..I told him I don't think I can afford to buy a phone for my cousin. Then he was like, "Who said buying for him? Buy for yourself la." Blek..I don't need to change my phone! Still in good working condition although sometimes it's jam and can't be on. But still looks good. Then we went to toy shop. Haha..ended up playing there and still didn't manage to buy anything. Finally, I decided to get him a story book since he like to read a lot. And since I didn't get anything for Mei Mei, he suggested we get her earrings. I also dunno why but he said she wanted to buy recently. Well, I guess he's closer to her than I am. So we went to chose. Bought a dolphin and butterfly and he said he give me the star one. Hehe..so I also got present:P

And as usual I said I sleepy already (I didn't have afternoon nap today!) Then he said I lazy. Never exercise that's why get so tired easily. Waa..so bad kept teasing me. Anyway, we went back to my cousin's house to play. My cousin's and his friends went out so we can use the TV to play Wii. Haha..so fun. Say I didn't exercise so I made him play all the different kind of sports with me. Played tennis, golf, bowling, shooting and many many more. Oh we played Super Mario too. Somehow not sleepy anymore.

We left my cousin's house at about 10pm. Took a bus back to NUS. Haa..have to walk past the back gate. Quite scary to walk at night. So I was like walking super fast hoping to get back to my room asap. Haha..Mr Tan messaged me. This was what he said:
'Mr Tan is concerned that a student of his always falls asleep when working on an assignment. He fells that there is a need for closer monitoring of the student's progress. Student by the name of Chin Fui San is to be detained in a library of her choice for a minimum of three hours, without the possibility of posting bail.'
For a moment I thought he sent the message to the wrong person. Then when I read the last sentence I was shocked. Anyhow give me detention:S

That's all for today.

'It would be selfish to feel sad or negative about my problems. I just have to be very appreciative of everything I have been given.'

If you want someone to warm to you give them a steaming hot drink, say US researchers.

People are more likely to judge strangers as welcoming and trustworthy when they are holding a hot cup of coffee, experiments show.

Volunteers rated people as 11% "warmer" after holding a hot drink than after holding a cold drink, the study in Science reports.

The warmth of a drink also influenced how selfish participants were.

In one test 41 volunteers were tricked into holding a drink while they were being taken from the lobby to the laboratory.

They were then asked to read about a fictional character and rate how cold or warm they found them on a scale of one to seven.

Those who had held the hot drink were significantly more likely to rate the character as a warm person.

But the warmth of the drink had no impact on how the participants judged other personality traits.

Selfishness

In a second study, 53 people were asked to hold heated or frozen therapeutic pads believing they were evaluating a medical product.

Once they had completed a questionnaire about the pads they were offered a choice of a drink for themselves or a voucher they could give to a friend.

Those primed with coldness were more likely to choose a gift for themselves, while those primed with warmth were more likely to choose the gift for a friend.

It is not the first time temperature has been linked with emotion - a recent study found that people who were lonely reported feeling colder.

The researchers said the findings suggests that saying that someone is warm is not just a simple metaphor but a literal description of emotions such as trust, first experienced between mother and child during infancy.

"When we ask whether someone is a warm person or cold person, they both have a temperature of 98.6 [Farenheit, 37 Celsius]," said psychology Professor John Bargh from Yale University.

"These terms implicitly tap into the primitive experience of what it means to be warm and cold."

He added that the power of temperature on character assessments has been backed up by recent brain imaging studies.

"Physical warmth can make us see others as warmer people, but also cause us to be warmer, more generous and trusting as well," he said.

Dr Simon Moore, lecturer in psychology at London Metropolitan University said similar results had been shown in other types of experiments.

For example people asked to memorise a list of words will rate the experience more positively if they are given "warm" words.

"It's basic conditioning - warm sensations are nicer than cold sensations and if you feel something nice you transpose it on to something else."

He added: "It would be interesting to test someone's personality first - I would think the more suggestible they are the greater the effect of the warm cup or cold cup."

UK research done for the National Lottery has found that friendships may be the key to happiness.

It's Sunday again!Have to wake up early for tuition. Left PGP around 8.30am and reach Pasir Ris at 10am. Did a lot of questions with Amos. Haha..I think this is the most productive session. But I still can answer 2 of the questions. And it is actually from my A-Level Paper last year:S So sad. I remember I was super happy after my paper last year coz I can do all the questions. But somehow I just dunno how to start that question.Hmm..

Finish tuition around 1.30pm. Had lunch at White Sands then went to Vivocity to meet my cousin. Shop shop till about 4++pm then came back to PGP. Jinfeng came over after his project meeting. Ate dinner with him at the old canteen. Finish eating around 7.15pm. Grab my notes and water bottle then meet Alex.

Got lost on the way to and fro West Coast Park. I have no idea where it is. Haven't been there before so I can't help much. After making a few turns finally we get to find the place. Walked around the park. So sad got no swing or see-saw for me to play:S Then the things I want to play got kids playing with it. Didn't get to play anything in the end. Just walk walk around the park. And there's no beach there. Just one big patch of sand in the middle. Then there was this group of foreign workers sitting at the grass patch so we decided to turn back. Went over to MacDonalds instead to study. Read 2 chapters of my biochem test for Friday. Still got 2 more to go (or is it 4..haha..i also not sure what is coming out) so must study more tomorrow. Hopefully can finish the first round tomorrow. Luckily it's a public holiday. So happy..

Reach back around 10+pm. Chat online and read emails. Haha..got super a lot of mails.

Had to wake up early and finish my lab report then submit before 12pm. So around 11+ I went to school to print the report and submit it. Checked my CA results from the notice board too and realise that I'm just average again. So sad. When will I be able to score well. I really have to work extra hard.

Had lunch with Leo in Science. He was having a terrible cold. Had chicken rice and he so bad lor. Charge me $5 for the chicken rice..haha..don't care next time he treat me:P Met Nadhirah at YIH around 1pm. Then Guo Qi message said that he's still in Engineering. So we went over to Engin and look for him. Wow..engin's really big. So easy to get lost. Anyway we manage to find LT6 and got the keys from him.

Went back to YIH and we took the wrong bus. Took bus D instead so we took one loop to Science before reaching YIH. The NUSSU Secretariat door was lock. So we had to knock so that someone will open for us. Luckily there's one guy going out so he opened the door for us.

Switched on the computer and realise we forgotten to ask what is the password to the computer. Haih..so had to call Guo Qi again. Then he told me that he haven't install Nero to burn the DVDs. So we decided to arrange the photographs and videos into folders making it easier to burn. Also, we copied all the photos and videos from the cameras. And that took us like super long plus a bit of editing also.

Guo Qi came over at about 3+ to help us install Nero. So we can start burning the files into the DVDs. Wow..super long. We were like rotting there. So find a lot of things to entertain ourselves. Haha..I tried to mess up the Rubik's cube for Nadhirah to solve and wow..She manage to solve it. Then we watch a short interview about shopaholic.

Finish archiving at about 5+ then went to Engin to meet Guo Qi to pass him the keys. Came back to PGP and had my dinner. Super hungry already. Didn't do much since I came back.

I've got the letter from ICA asking me to apply for Permanent Resident. I'm not sure whether I should apply or not since my school fees are now paid for. Anyway, daddy told me to scan the letter for him so he could have a look at it. Mummy was telling me I should go ahead and apply. Anyway I don't think I'll be able to submit the form this year coz they need parent's signature. So have to wait till I get back to Malaysia. And that reminds me I better go check out the tickets for me to go back end of the year. I don't want to end up no place to stay and I really miss home so don't want to miss the chance to go back.

Oh and I manage to find this in one of the folder while saving the scanned documents!!I guess now I know why Winnie the Pooh is yellow. Haha..it don't look good in blue. No matter what I still thinks it's cute:P

I'm so sorry if I had ignored you the past few days or made it seems that I'm not interested in the conversations. I really didn't mean to do that. I was quite busy this week and I'm glad that it's finally coming to an end. Sorry my dear students, I really wanted to help you all but I can hardly help myself. I will try my best but that's the best I can do. I hope you all understand. Sorry my friends, I didn't mean to make you feel sad. I'm sorry if I had made you all angry with me. I should have explained it properly.

Anyway, I'm so glad that our Organic Chem Test is finally over. But it also prove to me that I have lots of catching up to do before the finals. The test wasn't that hard but because they used short forms in the question and I have no idea that that stands for. Anyone got any idea what is MeOH? I think it was quite unfair because they have 2 versions of the paper and in version 2, the reagent is Ac. They actually told them what Ac is but didn't mention anything about Me. Yeap so that was like 20marks gone.

Rush over for marketing lecture. Was late for lecture so didn't manage to find where Yung and the rest was seated. Just grab a seat and listen to the lecturer. And it was such a coincidence. I sat just right in front of her. :P Had lunch at Biz canteen. Then Ee Lin and Mun Lok asked me to go Clementi with them. Yeap so they bring me to the Town Centre which I have not been there before. I realise that there's a lot of shops there. So maybe next time I can continue to explore coz we came back around 3+. Ee Lin had to attend meeting in school.

Okay so I shall update on what happened the past few days.

Tuesday (21/10/08)
Today's my Daddy's Birthday! Wished him early in the morning. So happy. Anyway I was also quite rush in the morning coz I'll need to submit my marketing assignment during tutorial later and still doing some final editing. Studied a bit of Organic Chem then printed my notes for Genetics and Biochem.

Joyce messaged me around 3.30pm. She told me that iPhone do not offer a service because a service is something that is intangible therefore the applications and features in the phone are not considered a service. She also messaged her tutor to asked about the question. I was quite unsure at that time because I didn't really define what service is. Anyway, my lesson is at 4pm so I didn't really have time to edit my answer. When I was waiting for the bus, her tutor replied her and said that the services offered are like warranty and repair. I was totally shock coz to me, those services are not offered by iPhone but rather offered by Apple or the people in the company or the retailers.

So I was hoping Ms Canley will tell us what the answer would be like. But because there wasn't much time after the groups presentation. She said she'll discuss them during our last tutorial session. Yeap, so I'm still unsure of what the answer should be.

Met Jinfeng at Biz Canteen. He recommended me to try the Ipoh Hor Fun there. It was a little spicy but still can take it. Went for othello training. There was also the interview for EXCO members. Played a game with Ke Sin. After the game I decided that I should continue to study for my chem test. There's really a lot for me to read up. Left at around 9.45pm. Alex gave me a lift home again. So didn't need to wait for bus. Reach back around 10pm. Wasn't feeling very well. Got tummy ache. Not sure why. Went to lie on the bed and fell asleep quite soon. Woke up at around 2+am and decided that I should continue sleeping. Switch off the computer and lights and slept.

Wednesday (22/10/08)
Woke up very early in the morning. Luckily is early and not late coz I didn't set alarm. Pack my stuff and go for practical. Tummy's still a bit pain but it's better than the night before. Practical session was quite okay. The TA was quite nice. She helped me a lot. But there's another TA that like to bully me. Always tell me the wrong thing then laugh at me when I believe him:S Purposely make me confuse. The chromatography was horrible. I had to repeat for so many times before my TA tell me to just continue although it's not really accurate coz I'm running out of time. She helped me with vacuum filtration. It was quite hard coz we need to stir the residue to make sure complete washing without poking a hole in the filter paper. Yeap so she helped me wash my compounds. Ee Lin wasn't that lucky though. There's a hole in her filter paper and the compounds cannot dry completely. Anyway drying is not really important in this practical coz we'll need to recrystallise in the following session.

Had lunch with Ee Lin and Shawn in Science then we went over to Central Forum. Just got to know Shawn. He's in Chemical Engineering and was Ee Lin's classmate in secondary school. One thing very funny is that he enjoyed eating. As we were walking past the corridor, there's people selling Peach tarts and he bought a few. He said he was dreaming to eat something 'Peachy' the night before so since he encounter Peach tarts, he have to get them.

Went back to Science for lesson. It was raining so heavily and we were caught in the rain but manage to get to the LT. Dr Swami's lecture is always full of stories and jokes so this week, he told us two jokes. Hmm..maybe you might have heard it before. I did before the lecture.

Joke #1
There was 3 countrymen who went to the pub. They were boasting who's country people are better. Countrymen #1- In my country, the people can build skyscrapers at high as the sky. The other guys were like - Wow, as high as the sky? Countrymen #1: Oh no. Slightly lower. Then it was Countrymen #2's turn - In my country, people can build submarines that can go as deep as the sea. The other guys were surprise too- Wow, as deep as the sea? Countrymen #2: Oh no. Slightly above. They then turn to Countrymen #3. Countrymen #3- In my country, people can eat with their nose. The other 2 guys was shocked - Wow, eating with the nose. Countrymen #3: Oh no. Slightly lower. =D

Joke #2 (also involving 3 countrymen)
So again they were in the pub and trying to compare who's richer. Countrymen #1 took out a cigarette and lit it up using a $100 note. Countrymen #2 not wanting to lose, took out a $1000 note and lit his cigarette with it. They then turn over to Countrymen #3. He took our his cheque book, wrote $1,000,000 on it and lit his cigarette with it.

Dr Chew started his first lecture on Mendelian Genetics. Very interesting. He told us a lot of stories behind what we observe. How our genotype plays a role in determining what we look like and what we see. But it was really a long day and I was starting to fall asleep. Must really revise on what he taught.

Gerard gave me a lift back to PGP and we had dinner in the canteen with Andrew and Michelle. Went online and chat with my friends. Jinfeng also told me the reason why he asked if I was comfortable with people I'm not very close with touching me. Yea of course I'm not. I mean I wouldn't mind if it's my friends but not for someone whom I hardly even talk to.

Continue to study for Organic Chem test. Wanted to get something to munch so I won't fall asleep. But someone ate my apple in the fridge!!! So just took some biscuits. But I still slept earlier than usual.

Thank you my dear friends for always being there to support me to encourage me and to cheer me up when I'm sad. Love ya all.