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1-3-9-4 Ccb Never buy .: I'm not too sure if I'm ready for the paper tomorrow Everything seems to be there, somehow At least I know what I should be answering for But when it comes to discussion & elaboration The bits of points seem to jump here & there & the cohesion for these seem futile For the many times I based my cognitive memory to recall every important points This seems to be the most difficult task ever I know what is there But just hard to spell out in details, the scientific way & I also fail to focus as calmly as before I'm not the only one who's complaining this I bet my other friends are too The teaching was brief & so much on self-learning & we have to dig the points out from the articles Not knowing if we're even digging the right thing As most of them had said This semester is the worst These 2 modules were, as if, never taught Bless me I need all the focus power for today & tomorrow Weird My heart isnt even pounding with anxiety this time Something is just wrong somewhere within me .: mardi, novembre 10, 2009:. I'm so fucking irritated by the journal papers relating to behavioural genetics Giving all the details how mutation of a certain gene affects neurological disorder, that results in abnormal behaviour All the damn bloody names of all the genes, receptors, enzymes & what-else Are making my blood boil I have no patience to search for each individual unknown terms in Wikipedia & I still have several more to study & I cant be bothered to read everything in details Splicing whatever sequences to get whichever introns that imply whatever abnormalities I have 4 disorders to read about - speech disorder, narcolepsy, autism & schizophrenia The only thing I can pick out is that, all of them develop during fetal development or during childhood Heck all those gene sequence procedures It's so irritating because 70% of the paper talks about how it is being identified & only 30% of it talks about what is happening behind the genes I was swearing non-stop to myself I think this is the most pek-chek chapter I'd read so far Argh! .: lundi, novembre 09, 2009:. Prof Gray sent me this link Which Dr Monthon was being interviewed Talking about our collaborative project & our research species! This is a piece of good news! So happy! Given the little attention on the tiny snails With no people understanding what the hell we're doing This is indeed a good opportunity to show people what we have done & having our efforts recognised Click on the link above to know more about what I do It is in Thai though But the footage is clear enough to comprehend =D You snails made us proud! 
.: Thank DOG that my left ear pain is NOT due to infection But due to the recurrence of chronic allergic rhinitis after I'd stopped my Nasonex for 1 year So which means I'm free to dive!! Without worry!!!! Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh~~~ Back home at afternoon Although I was out at 10am There's a surgical case before my turn Waited for 45mins =\ Ok Now back to my mugging Must finish everything by Wednesday!!! .: dimanche, novembre 08, 2009:. Today is NOT a good day to study Because the weather is perfect Too perfect for a darn good swim & preferably dives I'm so sick of the notes on mating system Fuck fuck lo So mafan Cant wait for the exams to be over & my trip to Batam .: samedi, novembre 07, 2009:. Missed Pamela's church wedding this morning Because I have class & presentation for 5 hours From 9am to 2pm & to make things worse I'm the last to present because it goes by the name alphabetically Wah sad The cold air-con almost froze my brains & I was hungry =( Reached home at 3pm Gobbled food & took a nap till I woke up for Pamela's BBQ dinner at Aloha Loyang Pamela is DarDar's cousin & here is the pretty bride    DarDar's cousins love to stick around with me & made me take like 20+ photos with her together. Haha. My DarDar feeding me with the specially marinated chicken-wing  The groom (in red) BBQ-ing with his new father-in-law     Congrats Pam =)So Here's today Headache again Sigh Need a good rest after watching UP & start revision tomorrow 5 days left to doom .: jeudi, novembre 05, 2009:. Sigh Didnt revise today Supposedly to go JB for only 4 hours But it dragged till 10pm & we spent a total of 10 hours instead Duhz It was raining heavily & so roads were flooded Stuck in jams on way to Jusco Dilly dally here & there & the boys kept shopping & eating My god I thought only girls love shopping? Bubble gum fun  While Seh chin was cutting his hairWe saw suger glider in a petshop next to the salon  So cute!But so pitiful too It's not supposed to be a pet to anyone =( Ate damn full Fat again Sigh .: mercredi, novembre 04, 2009:. Had our last formal lecture on Fisheries & Aquaculture today We headed out to St John's Island    Perfect weather with clear water  Happy bee foraging for nectar  We went to TMSI first  & then to MAC  No photography allowed in the hatchery So it's only land photos The area was feline-dominated Everywhere you go you see 'Meow~'    & 2 main highlights An albino peacock  & a yellow-crested cockatoo Trees are nicer too, in fact  Singapore from the south     My phone was dead while on the island & I didnt have the chance to call & meet Wolfie Whom I'd already informed him that I'll be heading St John's today! =( During my stay The staffs from TMSI & AVA MAC introduced what they're doing & I'm so jealous of them I can do the tasks too Outdoor research Feed fish But they didnt pick me! Argh! When I reached home & online Wolfie MSNed & told me that my another friend is there I was like...'Huh? I only know you stranded at St John's most of the time wor' He:' You know Ken Lee?' Me:' Which Ken Lee?' Although I kinda knew who but I just wanna make sure He:' Lee ZW' Me:' YESSSSSSSSSSSS I KNNNNNNNNNNNNOWWWWWWW HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMM' Damn! Why did my phone die?!?!?!?! ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!' A chance for me to meet my 2 long-time-no-see friends But I cant contact them coz my phone was totally dead I am soooooooooooooooooooooo pissed! I miss ZW sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo fucking much ARGH! I will charge my handphone whenever it's at 1 bar from now on .: mardi, novembre 03, 2009:. It is out =)  For your informationDolphin fish (Mahi-Mahi)is not a cetacean It is not from the dolphin family In which angle does it even look like a dolphin?  Photo credit: freedive.netEven an amateur taxonomist will 100% tell you it is not a dolphin This stupid smart-ass commented as if he knew everything Tell me to tell the Japanese to stop whaling & tell me not to tell them what to do unless the producers stopped what they do Total rubbish See how ignorant people here are In the first place What I wrote is 100% not on whaling issue! & if whale meat consumption is legal It is only occurring in Japan Which 80% of the population didnt even know that eating whale meat is toxic & they just ate because there's a supply & not a demand that drive his supply However Fish is a demand WORLDWIDE See the difference? It sounds hard to change the mentality of these people by one voice Posting up on ST Forum may not be effective Need the stronger authority to do it & WHERE THE FUCK IS WWF SG?!?!?!?!?!?! *p/s: This issue will also be discussed in Shin Min Ri Bao this evening. .: lundi, novembre 02, 2009:. I realised that my blog entries are getting more & more controversial on topics that are being discussed nowadays But I really couldnt help but to criticise how narrow-minded Singaporeans are Before I proceed No offence to Singaporeans These are just issues that came from your mouth & issues that are illogical and redundant and should not exist in discussions in the first place & these are just my own opinions Again If you choose to tackle me by STOMPing this You can trade your pink paper clip with me for $50 The recent issue on wet markets was published in printed papers Stating that wet markets should be closed down Because it is smelly & dirty & whatever nasty adjectives that one can use to describe Some known bloggers or personnel were also interviewed Some of them claimed they have never gone and will never go into the wet markets because it is smelly & dirty I strongly feel that Singaporeans are damn spoilt nowadays I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee markets I visit markets in every country I visit I love Hong Kong's market best Because I grew up watching butcher chopping pieces of ribs from a whole pig which my Mum bought for roasted ribs for dinner I love to see the slaughter of chicken, hear them chuckle before they were boiled to remove feathers I like to see fish being hit to concussion using baton before they're de-gutted and chopped into pieces I am not being sadistic But these are some actions that you guys have been missing Yes It is messy & smelly But we must learn to accept for the fact that these animals sacrifice themselves for our consumption and we need to know what our food is like They have blood that flows in their body, like us & minds to think how to survive, but unfortunately, failed to when they appear in the market because humans are always the smarter animals Apart from the digression The fact is We dont appreciate the products and services of these animals and take things for granted! Nowadays We only buy food that have been packed properly Without knowing how our food looks like originally Just like the Westerners who refuse to eat whole fish on their plate But are willing to eat fish fillet without knowing how their fish look like My friend who teaches in the Science Center asked a class of primary school kids a very simple question - Where do eggs come from? Students replied: 'NTUC' Look This is how serious the situation had become Kids nowadays have never seen a hen laying eggs All they thought is, they come from factory that sells to supermarkets & I bet their parents never take them to Seng Choon egg farm because it's smelly & dirty My undergraduate student can even ask 'What? We have marine prawns in Singapore? I thought prawns are only from freshwater?' Another one even funnier "Will the crab still be alive if I've placed it in the freezer & thaw the next day?" I think MOE should do something This shift of urban development is shifting the common knowledge of younger generation of Singaporeans too Not only is this putting shame on Singapore It's a growing population of 'Ris Low' I seriously think wet markets should stay Hawkers definitely do not earn as much as those in supermarket Because there are more supermarkets than wet markets in the first place & that more people loves to shop in cleaner markets Government should give incentives or subsidies to these hawkers from wet market so they do not suffer loss & promote wet markets & visit wet markets in other countries & see how improvement can be done Dwelling in well doesnt help There's nothing wrong with having feet stunk with fish blood in dirty drain water You guys wash your feet everytime you're home, dont you? We should also learn to think back Before supermarkets were established We got our food from wet markets, didnt we? Did we die from these food we eat because we think it's smelly & dirty? NO! SO WHAT'S WRONG WITH WET MARKETS YOU TWIT-BRAINS! Wet market sell the freshest food ever .: I just wrote to Straits Times Forum My first letter to the public Let's see if it will be published Anyway If you happen to read about an article talking about fish Please kindly inform me That could be mine Thanks .: samedi, octobre 31, 2009:. Dear Botak Jones 4 hours later They replied on my feedback I think they deserve national recognition & I will write into Straits Times when I'm free Thank you Botak Jones. I hope other big seafood restaurant can do the same too. .: vendredi, octobre 30, 2009:. You must be kidding  This is the amount of notes/papers that I'll have to read for exams in 9 days time? It's even thicker than my research references! .: jeudi, octobre 29, 2009:. A TV commercial just sparked me to talk about this A promotional commercial by Itacho sushi (ION Orchard) where they were happily showing off their frozen blue-fin tuna in the background DarDar pointed out to me first while I was typing on my assignment & when I saw it I was damn disappointed First of all They are selling blue-fin tuna Secondly It's by Itacho sushi from Hong Kong Thirdly Itacho sushi is condemned in HK because they use the endangered blue-fin tunas that had alerted WWF(HK) & now it is present in SG! So what does it say? The expansion of its branches means more demand for the endangered species!! This is the HK version of the commercial Singapore's one only added the photo of ION Orchard at the end of the clip I used to get excited when I saw such a large piece of meat over the small ball of rice Which I think is economically advantageous Afterall Who would wanna pay $1.50 for the ball of rice anyway? But I'd stopped thinking that way I'd reduced my sashimi consumptions in Japanese restaurants too Only ordering poultry dishes I attended the screening of 'The end of the line' months ago & WWF (SG) said they're aware of the fishery problems worldwide & is taking actions to increase public awareness in Singaporeans They're going to make tiny booklets that have lists of fishes which are sustainable, endangered & vulnerable to extinction However They are still going round the island doing market research & no idea how long it will take to come out with one I heard from DarDar's cousin that there's one restaurant in Greenwood Ave That sells all types of seafood Including orange roughy HELLO COMON! Orange roughy is endangered due to overfishing & is replaced by Hoki Which is also endangered! I need to go to that restaurant & see the menu for myself Anyway I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo disappointed by WWF (SG) WWF(HK) had already made their first move They have it on the web & even came out with a petition What are the officers in WWF (SG) doing?! They should take priority to stop or mitigate the impacts Instead of dwelling onto their current project which take years to complete! I'm writing in to Itacho sushi (SG) to feedback I know chances of them listening are low Because the boss is from HK! But with increasing opposition voices from the public It's just hard for them to retaliate Same thing for The Cove to those who'd watched it Cetaceans slaughters had ended (hopefully) Sad future for the fishes if this carries on Likewise for our source of food in the future When fishes are gone We can only stick to chicken, pork & beef Who knows we'll start eating each other too! I urge you, my friends To be aware of what you're eating every meal Whether it's the calories amount or whatever Try to know where they come from Especially fishes Are they from a sustainable captured fishery or sustainable aquaculture? Think for the future | |||
9th December 1983
Sagittarian
Born in Hong Kong, Breed in Singapore
Speaks English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Singlish, French & pinches of Malay, Hokkien, Japanese
Liverpool fan
Nature & animal lover
Aspiring marine biologist
Wildfilm crew member
Soon-to-be professional bassist
PADI Rescue Diver
Loves to travel & explore new places
Loves the sand, sea & sun
Self- indulging
Split personalities
Appeared on Channel 8 news & in field guide books published by HKU DEB
Feels 
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My DNA made me as an