It’s been some time that I’ve been away from Singapore.
So naturally, with a busy-tight schedule here in Thailand, I’ve kind of lost touch with many news, information and updates of school, NPCC and SANA. Nonetheless, yesterday I received a piece of very good news way back from Singapore.
I have been promoted to Senior Cadet Inspector.
First person to inform me was actually Steven, who has also been promoted in the recent mass promotion exercise. Though Dom Sir and Mr Chng did come and break the news to me too. Appreciate their thoughtfulness. =)
But I have a mixed feeling of weirdness and guilt-sort-of. The plan was supposed to be applying for the promotion and extension together so that the 3 of us, Abdullah, Hanisah and myself, can carry on to work together in maintaining the Unit and the Area. But now it seems like only my efforts have been recognised by HQ.
Abdullah was saying that perhaps he had learnt to let go. Hanisah actually forgotten about it. First thing I felt was, a relief that they are no longer troubled by whatever problems the Unit may face, and will be able to move on with life easily. But then, I felt disheartened as well, to know that I may be carrying on alone. 7 years of partnership, feel sad that it may end soon. Just hope they don’t leave that soon.
Well, what to do. When you have to go, you have to go. It’s a very famous quote. No one can deny that will happen ultimately. Continue Reading »
Yesterday went to Chatuchak for the 3rd time (or fourth?) to get souvenirs for people I know.
Bought lots of stuffs, and spent about 1500 baht on the things. I bought myself 3 shirts and a pair of bermudas. We spent more than 4 hours looking around Chatuchak, and we covered merely less than 50% of the area.
But anyway it is, I’m sure both Dayana and I had a fruitful trip. No, Julius didn’t join us.
I was telling Dayana that perhaps we should go back there again, and carry on with our search. Cos I realised I missed out a group of people, by which I’m not going to say who. Lolx.
So after that, we went to Central World and tried our luck at Breadtalk to see if they still had Nasi Lemak. Nope, it was sold out, so we went to eat at Triple’O after walking around and deciding where to eat. I was finding this Singaporean Chicken Rice but couldn’t find. Triple’O meal was nice though, and in the end, we found the chicken rice on the way out. =.=
We cabbed back to dorm at 300 baht after Dayana bought her 3000 baht jacket from Topman. Worth the day spent outside.
signing off at 1056 hrs, Thailand
Yeah, have been neglecting this blog for quite a while.
Anyway, it’s officially 30 days left to the end of the attachment. I’m uber excited to go back Singapore. Hahas.
Nothing much over here. Proud to say that I’ve completed my project, and am doing what Regina is supposed to do when she comes for her attachment. Coincidentally, we’re under the same supervisor.
So Dr Chairat was saying that he would give her a new project to do, if I were to complete her project. But he isn’t sure what to give her for her work. Lolx. I just hope I finish the second project before I leave Thailand. It will be a great achievement that an intern researcher completed two projects when he’s supposed to do only one. Haha!
Last night we ordered McDonald’s for dinner, via the delivery. I had problems communicating with him. I wanted to ask where is he, and I said “Kau tinai?” Lolx. “Kau” is “you” in Malay, “Tinai” is “where” in Thai. Hahas. So smart right? That I mixed Thai and Malay together. Well of course he didn’t understand me, and I was laughing with Dayana when I said that. Lolx.
But in the end, I got help from one of the local employee that happened to pass by, tada.
That’s all. Well, at least it’s still fun to stay in Thailand, even after the fresh experiences have already become boredom.
signing off at 1528 hrs, Thailand
I just feel like updating this Personal Achievement Records, since I got nothing much to do now. Hahas. That puts me at 41 now.
Secondary 1
Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2003
NPCC Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2003
NPCC Annual Camp 2003
Secondary 2
Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2004
Secondary 2 Adventure Camp @ Jalan Bahtera
NPCC Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2004
NPCC Area 2 Adventure Training Camp 2004
NPCC Annual Camp 2004
Secondary 3
Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2005
Secondary 2 Adventure Camp @ Diary Farm
Sarimbum Scouts Camp
Secondary 3 Leadership Training Camp @ Labrador Park
NPCC Area 2 Adventure Training Camp 2005
NPCC NCO Camp 2005
Outward Bound Singapore @ Pulau Ubin
NPCC Annual Camp 2005
Secondary 4
Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2006
NPCC Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2006
NPCC NCO Camp 2006
NPCC Annual Camp 2006
NPCC CIBTC D06 Adventure Training Camp
Poly Year 1
Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2007
Freshies’ Orientation Camp 2007
NPCC Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2007
NPCC Area 2 Adventure Training Camp 2007
NPCC NCO Camp 2007
NPCC Annual Camp 2007
SCL Club Recruitment Camp
Poly Year 2
Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2008
NPCC Secondary 1 Orientation Camp 2008
NPCC Area 2 Survival Training Camp 2008
NPCC NCO Camp 2008
NPCC Annual Camp 2008
SCL Club Leadership Tribal Camp
Outward Bound Singapore @ Pulau Ubin
NPCC CIBTC D08 IPC Adventure Training Camp
NPCC CIBTC D08 Adventure Training Camp
Poly Year 3
Secondary 1 Orientation Camp Discovery 2009
NPCC Secondary 1 Orientation-Annual Camp 2009
NPCC Area 13 Adventure Training Camp 2009
NPCC Area 16 Adventure Training Camp 2009
signing off at 1037 hrs, Thailand
Shit. Don’t know what happened to my blog entry. Need to re-blog. Zzz.
I wanted to say we went Pattaya on Friday for a short holiday. Nothing much more than we expected to see, feel and hear.
We went banana boat ride, while Julius and Dayana went Para-sailing. 500 baht for para-sailing, I find it quite expensive. Banana boat ride was quite fun, getting flunked out of the boat and dumped into the waters. Hahas. Continue Reading »
Supposed to blog this up yesterday night. But the pathetic network at the dorm doesn’t allow me to do so.
Anyway, very sorry to my frequent readers about the stop in blogging. Hahas. I don’t know how many people actually catch up with my blog now, but for those who are, please forgive me yeah? Continue Reading »
Yeah, I’m starting to miss Singapore.
I miss Chicken Rice, Nasi Lemak, Roti Prata, Fried Carrot Cake, Chicken Macaroni, Chicken Porridge.
I miss my mom’s cooking. Hahas.
So nothing much happened here in Thailand, but my site-directed mutagenesis has been failing since last Monday. Yesterday’s experiment was expected to be successful, but we realised, it wasn’t.
So I was in a discussion with my supervisor on ways to improve the experiment design, to get what we want. So I raised an idea and I showed him on paper what I thought. To my surprise, he was also shocked, and he said, “Vincent, that’s what I’m thinking of too.”
HAHA. I’m thinking like a researcher! Lolx.
Blah. But just hope the new design would work. If not, I will be stuck forever at this stage.
signing off at 0800 hrs, Thailand
Really fast eh. Hahas!
So this whole week practically there wasn’t much of a progress in my research projects. My PCR runs keep failing me even though I managed to identify one major problem to the cause of failure. Blah. My supervisor will discuss with me again on Monday.
Anyway, today we went to the Zoo! hahas. Nothing much, just walk around and taking photos. Then we went to watch a Thai comedy in the cinemas. Yeah. That’s about that.
And something cool happened today. Julius made a surprising discovery — to have found the Subway Fast Food Restaurant outlet in the midst of the dense commercial area. We thought it should be at the ground floor as what the Net told us, but we couldn’t find it so we gave up finding it. But now, lucky or not, we found it, without the intention to. hahas.
And the moment we entered the outlet, one of the staff actually asked, “So do you have Subway in Singapore?” I was flabbergasted. Lolx. He managed to identify us as Singaporeans from the way we speak English. Lolx. It’s only now that I realise how infamous our Singlish is.
Oh well. So that’s that. I shall blog again.
PS: I running short of money because of the daily needs.
signing off at 2114 hrs, Thailand
Yeah. Julius and Dayana are coming home early for most nights this week. Although it’s just 3 days. And Tsz Man got a 3 days off from work. Guess what? I’m getting busier since Monday ever since the primer designs came in. Long time I’ve been this kind of busy. Hahas.
Still remember the days from Week 1 till last week, I was still complaining how free I was. hahas. Yesterday and today, I knocked off from work only at 1900 hrs. Tomorrow I need to go to work half an hour earlier than usual.
Oh well.
My PCR experiments keep failing. Don’t know what’s wrong with the conditions or the things I’ve added in. Maybe like what my supervisor said, it is most probably that my beginner’s luck has worn off. Anyway the technique is called Site-Directed Mutagenesis. Something new learnt in the lab out of school. Hahas. So cool.
But aiyarh. Just see how. Hope I get over this problem soon. I want to move on! Argh!
signing off at 2230 hrs, Thailand
In the blink of the eyes, we are approaching end of first month pretty fast.
Anyway, let’s go back in time to Saturday. We actually went swimming at this run down pool located just behind the Skylark restaurant that we always have our dinners at. The pool is so run down that entrance fee is only 20 baht, and the toilets are so marvellous that Julius and I had to use the Ladies to change and wash up before and after the swim. Lolx.
Okay, I shan’t complain, at least I got the sun with me yesterday. Continue Reading »
Yeah. Very much I have been slacking away in Thailand this week.
No, not that my supervisor is away again. And not that I skipped work. It’s just the nature of my project research that I have nothing to do much this week. hahas. My supervisor told me to take 2 days off. I was shocked. Continue Reading »
After some three days of inactivity, let me update my blog with recent happenings here in Thailand.
One of my colleagues, Pee Toe, is leaving the lab soon, after Dr Chairat, my supervisor, returns from Nigeria. Sians. Would definitely miss his laughter. He taught me quite a lot in the past two weeks.
Anyway, talk about the trip out to town. On Saturday, we went to Chatuchak again. They bought lots of clothings. I only found 1, hahas. So after that we bought packed rice from 7-eleven and took it back to dorm for dinner. And today, we went around Siam and Victory Monument to find temples. We managed to find one, though it is quite rundown. Yeah. I didn’t take any photos in the temple, though Dayana did. Prayed, walked around, and we went to roam around the shopping malls.
Oh not forgetting we wanted to watch a movie that is nice, then we were thinking that Whiteout should be nice, thinking that the plot is like the end of the world or something along that line. In the end, it wasn’t what we expected. Hah! Whatever. After that we had dinner at a Japanese restaurant, and then braved the rain back home. Hahas. Nothing much. Took quite a number of photos. So just see them in my facebook. Shall blog again.
signing off at 2139 hrs, Thailand
It’s a bright and sunny Wednesday.
But well, things are usual. Work, work. I thought what else could I do in the lab today. Was wondering. But hah. Expected that I would be waiting for time to pass, once again. I’ve been spending lots of time in my lab rotting away, because the runs are all up to hours. Obviously, I have to wait for the equipments to finish the processes then I would be able to carry on.
So well, today it’s likewise. And thus, I thought I should do something. Haha. Wanted to play some games. But it would be quite weird. So, better not. Just chit chat and roaming around shall do.
Blah. This post is rather meaningless. No objective. But want to share that it was raining so heavily yesterday that the whole Thailand Science Park blacked out. I was using my laptop in the room alone. Hah. No I didn’t shout like how Tsz Man did in the cinema when we watched Phobia 2. LOL.
okay larh. Back to chit chat. Soon it’s lunchtime. =)
signing off at 1155 hrs, Thailand
Yeap. Quite a fruitful day today, despite rotting in the room for the whole day.
Did lots of research, and wasted a lot of time reading protocols and coming out with own protocols to complement what is needed for my own experiment. It’s a new week, so heave, Vincent!
Goodnight. I going to sleep.
signing off at 2338 hrs, Thailand
Yeah, I realised when I woke up from sleep just about 10 minutes ago, that Julius wasn’t around in the room. Affirmative, they are on their way to Dreamworld. Continue Reading »
