A medley of sorts

When you start working, you REJOICE when it's public holiday. Yea, now I know. ;)

So apart from the cryptic nonsense that I've been posting of late, it's only when I get a day off I have more time to write more nonsense..haha. Oh yea, I also don't know why I post cryptic things that no one can understand..I mean what's the point of posting it, right? anyway...

Let's start first with CONVO 2006!
The Ong family flew all the way here from Labuan... :) It's not really neccessary of course, but yea, it's always great to see family.

Yes Peter, we've got good genes. Hahahaha. I don't know why my dad is frowning though..emm..

Being busy with work, I didn't really gave a thought about convo until the day before the real thing. I didn't even enquire properly about the dress code, and only found out on Fri that we had to wear black shoes. I didn't have black shoes or the time to buy a pair, so I told Cindy that I would wear black scandals and just for precautions IF they won't let me up the stage, I told her to bring me some black socks. Black shoes+socks=look like black shoes. Haha. Didn't have to do it in the end though..phew..

Vampire like no? Our robes were so big!
Squatting a lot!

Yea, although it's just our half way "graduation" and despite all jokes about how insignificant it is, it wasn't until I was waiting out the hall prior to starting when I realized the importance of this "graduation." Especially since I was looking out the window at SS15 (it was at Sheraton Subang), I remembered my Taylor's SAM time. From getting dengue after arriving in KL, learning to adapt and of course, the countless times God has helped this not so smart girl, if it's not because of God, I won't be having this half graduation.

I remembered how I was so certain I would fail sem5! The misshaps that could have happen along the summatives and EOSes of IMU; and only didn't happen purely by the grace and mercy of God. So I guess this convo to me was a symbol of God's faithfulness!


Introducing my uncle. Yes, I'm serious. Lim Hai Fon, my mum's cousin.

Next up, moving house!
This is also quite cool. Cuz initally I was going to sleep/stay in the living room of my old unit from September till November. I didn't even bother to look for a new room, partially because I know it's hard for people to rent out rooms for just 3 months.

I'm really okay with staying in the living room so much so I didn't pray for a new room or whatever not. Nor arrange some accomodation plans elsewhere.

This is where the cool part comes in, Eugene's mum came over to my apartment and when she knew that I was going to stay in my living room, she asked me to stay with them.
So now I have a really nice room, and Aunty is just so nice that you feel so indebted to her!

Everyday when I get up at 7+, she'd prepare breakfast. Yesterday she packed lunch for me. And cooks dinner everynight. She knocked on my door one night, and gave me a plate of fruits.
It's too good that you feel like going... "Aunty I'm just a really useless kind of girl who can't cook you a meal in return or help much in the house...please don't need to treat me so nicely!"

It's really a blessing, and some more, it's not as if I prayed about this or asked God for a room. It's just like a bonus.

Okay...Orientation 2006!
I really respect Christine, Chris, Linda, Sarah and the rest for willing to be OOs even when they are in sem3 and 5. And I know a major reason why they are willing to do so is to change the "sexual" culture of orientation. I can't just sit back and let them do the work, and so...you get a unfit sem6 senior running along with the group for treasure hunt.

Of course I'm of not much help. And the encouraging thing is that we don't lack OOs. Even orientation committee members like Gary and Joanne willingly helped up and got ragged for the team. All I can say is that I hope this is the last time my hair will smell like garbage. ;)

Work!

One thing's for sure. I am more disciplined now, having to wake up early. And I can't sleep later than 12, because if I don't get at least 7 hours of rest, I will pay DEARLY the next day when I get nauseous looking into the microscope. Or i'll start imagining seeing shapes from the stool samples. Like what could be a brownish dirt on a cell fragment could appear like a monkey on a clift. Serious. Haha.

I learnt that research can be tedious and you'd need tons of patience. Like on Tuesday, I could only screen half a slide! It's partially cuz I am looking for a new protozoa called microsporidium and like its name, it's micro. Since till now I've only looked through 4.5 slides and there's like 100 more...I guess microsporidium and I would be good friends for months from now on.

And whenever I like variety, I can also look at blood slides for vivax...which can be even smaller and harder to identify.

Looking for P.vivax is harder than looking for the right guy..haha..J/K! okay! This is what I see everyday...

Sometimes it can be exhausting on the eyes to peer 8 hours a day. And sometimes yours truly does complain. In the midst of one of my complains a few days ago..I was suddenly reminded of what I prayed to God in sem2. You see, in sem2 I had a hard, hard time comprehending MJW's lectures. So I prayed this prayer, kind of like a dare to God to help me.

"God, if you don't help me understand this parasites, I'm not going to be able to help your people somewhere in Africa or some ulu place, so you better help me otherwise it's your loss!"

And so, guess what I'm getting better acquainted with everyday...Wonder-ful...haha.
I guess God remembers prayers that I don't even remember saying! :)

Till then. Enough of long long nonsense.