Post Created 2011-11-28 3:58:47 PM

Elusive, tsk. But I'm tired of running, chasing...
Nobody is playing hide and seek. But I just want to be found for once.

skiing

One of the joys of living in Alberta is playing all sorts of winter sports. You don't have to go far, it was about 30 mins only by lrt+bus. I gave up on snowboarding 2 years ago, but I've decided to switch to skiing. If my memory serves me right, it wasn't THAT hard when I tried for the first time in New Zealand. But here I am, blogging from bed with bruises, sore bum and shoulders from falling too fast (duh, not on the bunny hill lah obviously). Its ok, I actually had fun, if I practice more often maybe I'll actually be good at it

P/s: kat sini takde abang-abang senior yg pro main ski ke? Semua reti snowboard je...

will keep updating this

No facebook day #3:
-Baked/ cooked too much whenever boredom sets in
-No longer up to other people's business
-Got more text messages than usual because people have to contact me old school ie through the phone
-people are beginning to notice my absence from the virtual world. I'm not sick or depressed or broke I just need some time off and focus on more important things at the moment

feist's concert review

Managed to grab a pretty decent seat for Feist's concert (first balcony for $70 only whatttupp! :D ). Planned to get the main floor's seat but those were sold out. Practically full house...with 30/40 something women. Might be one of the youngest in the crowd, and it doesnt help that I'm going solo to this concert too.
Her latest album, Metals, contains sounds that I wasn't so sure if it was computer generated or played by instruments. I got this question answered when I saw the amount of instruments on the stage. It was possible to recreate all of those sounds in live performance! All of the instruments were placed closely together, giving the performance a much denser quality compared to the recordings.
Leslie Feist was not only a talented singer/ song-writer, but also a great performer. My $70 was so worth it!

For all you geneticist and biologists out there

RIP Dr. Gobind Khorana, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.

He was one of the scientist who discovered the triplet codon: three nucleotides in the RNA (which came from DNA) produces one amino acid.

He was also well-known for other things such as the first to synthesize a fully functional gene from off-the-shelf chemicals.

Btw, Happy 24 hours divorce anniversary, Facebook

I totally forgot that H&M X Versace was launched last Thursday. I was too preoccupied with my music assignment and chemistry analyses. I doubt if that collection was launched in Canada anyways.

But, I make up for that by going to the American Apparel warehouse sale. Plus I manage to snap some balcony seating tickets to watch Feist's concert this Sunday.

all in all, it was a good week :)

This isn't as 'sacred' or as 'fragile' as I thought it would be. I can bend and mould it as I see fit for myself.

Now that certain rules have changed, it is a different way to play this game.

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Dearest, most acquainted Friend,

Sometimes I wonder is it a blessing or a curse that our path crossed. You have always pushed me to do better, look better, and feel better about myself, yet your method might be wrong or are against my principles. I'm not the perfect example, yet I feel that as a friend I have such a big obligation to take action. Not just sit and pray, hoping one day things will get better. I'm sure deep down inside, there is a part of you that wants to do it too, and your ego should not be stopping you.

Signed,

Your Friend, always.

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I have the urge to rebel, do exactly the opposite that you want me to, ignoring you, nananananana not listening to you

music 201

It is such a shame that I am unfamiliar with western paintings, western history and economics, western literature, and philosophy. And how my classmates are using these big words to debate their own stands and values. Ok I feel so inferior I'm gonna start reading more Jane Austen, Descartes (but strictly no Freud because it is against my scientific conscience) and start familiarising with Rembrandt's paintings.
Now off to Chapters to buy a book.

how jay ingram saved my university career

Today Jay Ingram from Discovery Channel's Daily Planet was invited to give a talk in my cell biology class. I recognised him from his voice. He took microbiology when he was an undergrad student at the U of Alberta (just like yours truly) and was clueless about what he wants to do next (again, just like yours truly). He loved science yet he hates working in labs (duh, yours truly, again) and he told us how he went from lecturing to broadcasting. He admitted that he made some mistakes along the way, and luck is a factor, yet to be lucky is to be able to take risks.
I would have never thought this is possible, as I thought my life is already set for me as a lab-bound microbiologist but there is more to that. I can definately use my science degree for something more than just research.

P/s: I have made a vow to stop shopping for new clothes/shoes/handbag/cosmetics/gadgets until I achieve my targeted grades. However, I am allowed to accompany my friend for his/her shopping trip but only to window-shop.