Grammy Award

The one show I'm looking forward to is The Grammy Award. It will be aired at 9am on Monday on Channel 711. Fortunately, Monday is also a publish holiday. So, my Monday morning has been booked for the Grammy.

It has been the talk on E! News, Aol, and many other shows and websites. Even Wikipedia was a part of it by putting up the list of nominees. MSN had a collection of Top 10 Grammy moments. I must say, after browsing through their top 10, I'm more geared up to watch the Grammy's this year.

Among the interesting 'memorable' Grammy moments were:
J. Lo's dress

Elton John and Eminem performing 'Stan' together.
Jon Stewart hosting the Grammy's and striping to his boxers.

Celine Dion and Richard Marx's tribute performance to Luther Vandross.
and others.
This years Grammy should be interesting. It's a fight between Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Black Eyed Peas for the awards. Mostly Beyonce vs Taylor Swift, anyway ;)

Irony

It is a Friday. Many people I talked to planned to go to the uni's library tomorrow, which is a Saturday.

Unfortunately, tomorrow is Thaipusam Day, meaning the library will be closed as it is a public holiday and the same goes for next Monday's Federal Territory holiday.

People were all geared up to spend the weekend in the library but it'll be closed!

Currently:

Eyes feeling tired.

Brain exhausted.

Back aching.

Saturated with info on eye infections...

I'm calling it quits for today................

What I did today:

Class, dance practice, library to research, dance during rehearsal.

Weird thing that happened today:

I took a whole load of books and did my research in one of the glass rooms in the library. Since I had to go for dance practice, I left the books there because I intended to continue my research after the practice. But when I returned, my books were not in the glass room anymore. It was on one of the study tables outside. Damnation to the female who 'threw' me out of the glass room. As I sat at the table where my books were 'misplaced',  I couldn't help but wonder why, of all the glass rooms in the library, she chose mine. I had the disturbing urge to confront her as I watched her occupying 'my' glass room, when there were so many other empty tables around. Maybe next time I should put a sign, "Do not touch. I'll be right back. You touch, you die."

~~

PS: The above was just a thought coming from my evil mind. Never gonna happen since technically, the room was considered vacant if no homosapiens were seen in it. The library's rule....

Bak-tee-rea

I have just completed a practical exam which deals with bacteria. 
6 benches with I think four types of bacterias provided, but we were told we didn't need to wear gloves and lab goggles. After the test, I wanted to wash my hands, but the sink had no soap, and the invigilator was rushing us  to the quarantine room where we were quarantined for two hours. The thought of bacteria being brought into the quarantine room was not something I looked forward to.

One good thing was for group study I had with a bunch of friends before the exam started. I wouldn't have read and focused much about the bacteria I was tested on, if it wasn't for the discussion. Somehow things like that happens occasionally, where the things you least expect and don't want to happen, will happen anyway.

Well, with the end of the exam, there comes a case presentation.
My case: A 34 year old dude working at an abattoir has profuse discharge from his left eye because he accidentally splashed water from a sink used to wash carcasses. His discharge was Gram stained and is showed a field full of pus cells and gram negative bacilli.

I googled abattoir:

A slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir or freezing works, is a facility where animals are killed and processed into meat foods. The animals most commonly slaughtered for food are cattle (for beef and veal), sheep (for lamb and mutton), pigs (for pork), horses (for horsemeat), goats (for chevon), and fowl, largely chickens, turkeys, and ducks, for poultry meat.

Reading the above definition certainly clarified the type of 'wash carcasses'.

Points to ponder thus far:
Purulent - Generally bacteria
Conjunctivitis - could be severe and infectious
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - gram negative bacilli
- sensitive to gentamicin, tobramycin, timentin, ceftazidime and
ciprofloxacin.1
- topical tobramycin, parenteral aminoglycoside, ticarcillin or piperacillin
 And etc....

Heading to Pavillion tonight again :)

The weekend

Weekends right now has been reserved to replenish sleep due to hectic weekdays.
Of course, it wasn't possible to sleep the entire day away. I've tried spending a day just lying in bed and sleeping the entire day, but all that left me was a throbbing head when I woke up. More worrying was when after all that long hours sleeping and just lying in bed, I felt more lethargic, sleepy and basically energy-less.

Yesterday I decided to go to Pavillion because it felt like eons since I last hung out there. I did go to Pavillion to celebrate New Year.. but, three weeks of not going to a mall  feels like an eternity.

The current attraction in Pavillion was probably the Chinese New Year decorations there. The deco outside was filled with pink cherry blossom trees, sky high red lanterns hanging from the ceiling, and variety of flowers all around the main entrance. Inside the main entrance there is a man-made bridge with a four huge fake birds ( i think a stork) where many people stop to take pictures with.

Aside from the lavish decos, I saw some new changes to the shops in Pavillion.
Snowflakes situated in front of Tangs was opened. They are currently having a 'Buy 1 Free 1' promotion till 31st January 2010. I think it was quite worth it since their bowl portion of desserts were huge.
At the Food Republic, Crispy Popiah opened right next to Serai Satay Bar. I had satay for dinner yesterday.

Yes, the festive season is back again. Time really flies. It feels like Christmas and New Year just ended yesterday. Pavillion was packed with people starting their shopping spree for the coming Chinese New Year celebration.

As for me, being a banana, I told my dad, "The only reason I'm chinese was because I love eating yee sang."
Of course, I can foresee the real Chinese people shaking their heads when reading that, but it's the truth.
 
Oh well, it does still fascinate me to see people decorating their houses with all the red colour believed to mean prosperity.

MS drama

Orientation is over.....

Something else is just around the corner....
Presenting...

Two adverts.
The one below is absolutely sweet and charming... :)

Rm2 to watch.. n this is what I'm practicing my malay dance for.

Love Happens

I woke up in the morning and decided to watch Love Happens.

*click to see trailer*

Synopsis:

Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart), is a successful Ph.D. and author of a self-help book that gives advice about dealing with the loss of a loved one. He writes the book after his wife dies in a car accident as a way to deal with the grief. While giving a workshop in Seattle, where his wife was from, he meets Eloise (Jennifer Aniston), a woman who works as a florist. It seems, however, that Burke has not been following his own advice, and in fact has not been dealing with the loss of his wife. In the end, he confesses to an audience that he was driving the car, and not his wife, as he previously maintained. Due to this, he blames himself for her death. Eloise, along with his wife's father, (Martin Sheen), help Burke move past his wife's death.

To me, the movie was like deja vu as to when I was reading PS. I love You - tears streamed down my face.... 
Well, I thought Love Happen was an OK show, but Rotten Tomatoes didnt think so.
Oh well, I might have just been sentimental ;)

Mugging

Preparations for Exams makes the mind drift away from having fun...


It's no fun, but it's surely worth the sacrifice.

~Workaholism~

Juggling

Currently I'm in a hole,
I have a protective shell around me,
I'm not budging if anyone tells me to do things I deem unnecessary,
I'm thinking about me ONLY,
I need ME time.


Lately, I've been preoccupied.

Orientation is here -I give a few hours of my time to it a couple of nights.

MS drama is on 5th Feb - I give a few hours of my time in the mornings for Malay dance practices.

More assignments, deadlines, class test, practical test, presentations.. one after another beginning next week!


I feel like I'm stuffing myself with food eventhough I'm not hungry. I wanna stop, but I'll fail if I stop.....
Basically, I'm up to my neck!


Salute to those who stay back for orientation everyday :)



4 more weeks of Hell


Then 2 weeks of preps for EOS.


Then, finally a breath of fresh air~~

Monte's @ Bangsar Shopping Centre: Round 2 and 3

After my first time having dinner at Monte's with mum, my family and I went to Monte's for dinner again, on the following day.

This time we had:
Escargots and Fried Calamari as appetizers.

For the main course, we ordered:
1) Peppermint lamb

2) Spaghetti Bolognaise

3) Ribs

4) Chicken fillet

Round 3 at Monte's was an invitation to 27 friends to celebrate the birthday of MayHwa, Alex.L, Sophia and Kah Lian- December babies.

Since it was a Monday, Monte's manager recommended ordering from their Monday's Set Lunch Menu.

The set comprised of:
A choice of tea or coffee + soup as appetizer + main course + their dessert of the day = RM25.20(including tax)

The three choices of Main Course from the Set Lunch was:
1) Beef (don't have a picture)


2) Chilli dog ; which i think 75% of th etable ordered.

3) Chicken fillet

A few others ordered frm the ala-carte menu.
Joeryn ordered sphaghetti.

At the end of the lunch, Monte's gave the four birthday people complimentary caramel pudding and presents.

I guess everyone had an Ass-static time:)

The bill:

Fiery

The fire starts when a person enters the house, starts sounding irritated (aka RUDE) when a question asked needed a better explanation.
Thats so GAY.

The fire gets bigger when the person doesn't do what the person was suppose to do as planned.
Thats so GAY.

The fire gets stronger when it is late at night and the person doesn't bother informing the other person that he did something else instead of doing what was planned.
Thats so GAY.

The fire rages when the unsensible argument ensues because that person thinks he is right by trying to twist the words.
Thats so GAY.

The fire burns with smokey black when the person who is wrong says, "I don't want to talk to you. You can go and Die!

Oh so GAYYYYYY!

Cravings

I'm thinking of Monte's and Michelangelo's Restaurant!

I've been to Monte's three times to eat
and Michelangelo on New Year's Eve.

I shall flood my blog with pictures of delicious food tomorrow!

Not So Bad After All

AT HOME:
There are times when I dread going to uni.
It's not like I hate it.
But it is just the feeling when I am home on the comfy bed or chair or homey atmosphere,
leaving home feels like a burden.

AFTER UNI:
I come home from uni, sit on the comfy couch,
and ponder..
Hmm.. I had fun in uni today.
Smiley people, cheerful people around me, helpful and supportive...
And of course, there's always a space or corner to hide if I don't feel like chatting..

I didn't want to mention it less I jinx it,
But uni has been smooth flowing so far..
Eventhough the thought of skipping classes cross my mind numerous times,
But eventually attending most of it
HAS BEEN A JOY!

I must add, not only classes, but meetings and events too, after all the stress, eventually turns out alright.

"I'm in a cheery mood" =)

Wreck

I saw it coming
But I was still unprepared.

When the pressure is piling up,
I wish I could stay up all night stressing on it,
If only I dont have to get up early the next day!

I wanna prolong this till it disperses with time..

I'm currently a wreck :(

Guilt

Few weeks back, Red FM's dj mentioned about people usually making 'Losing weight/ Dieting/ Eating Healthier' as their New Year's resolution. I remember in my mind, I was thinking, "Nah, not me."

But now, I believe I am one of those people.
I've never been the person to make resolutions. I find it a waste of time and hard to follow.

But now, I think 'Eating less' is something I have to do.
At least until Chinese New Year comes. I'm already craving for yee sang. As a matter of fact, I'm already having yee sang for dinner tonight!
Fortunately, my family and I will be in Redang Island this Chinese New Year. Hence, I see a light. A light to go running on the beach, stoning on the beach, allowing the sun to burn my fat away... blah blah blah

But as for now, I shall attempt to stay away from  fatty food.
*Hehe I just had bak kut teh this morning at Klang.*

Ah.. the food I ate the past few months due to parties, friends visiting and just craving for food.....

I say no more.
I have this 3 weeks free pass to Celebrity Fitness but I'm thinking if i have the time to use it coz I am suppose to be using all my free time studying now....
Of course, some people will call that as an excuse...

OMG.. if anybody read this post from the start till end... they r too free...

Anyway, Dr. Jeeva's lectures has sort of been ingrained in my mind.
For instance: The body didnt ask u to take in sugar, but u still take in

Then there was this:
One egg yolk has 250 cholesterols n we only need 300 cholesterols per day.

So that day my mum ordered salted egg with squid, and while I was taking every sinful bite of it, I was saying "cholesterol, cholesterol" in my mind.

It was too yummy to resist!

Oh well, to end this silly post, I just hope i get to do what i aim to do b4 something bad happens like turning into a gigantic huge boobs and ass coz eat too much KFC person or just FATTER!