The first day of fieldwork this week was perfect
Beautiful sunrise


My boy with me at the shore


Was so glad to see him there yesterday
*hugs alot*









*IF SOMEONE COMPLAIN TO THE PRESS THAT DOGS IN UBIN BITE AND THEY ARE COMING TO CAPTURE THEM, THESE ARE EVIDENCE THAT THE FIERCEST AND MOST 'ATTITUDE' DOG HAD ALLOWED ME TO TOUCH IT*

Michelle & Sean joined DarDar to fish in the afternoon
Caught a filefish for the first time


It was Ge-tai night at Ubin
Free boatride from 6pm to 11pm
Loads of visitors
Busy from day to night
I even have to help auntie to clear tables (i.e., scope uneaten food, dirty forks & spoons, etc) for her






Closer look
They had Ah Nan



Moon was out
& the crowd left


We set up our tent at the jetty
& went into concussion

Morning sky didnt look good

I could see the grey clouds coming
Now you see mainland
Now you dont

It was so heavy that I had to abort the fieldwork
This is to ensure the safety of me & Brenda

So we returned home to sleep
Upon reaching our area
The sun was shining bright
Grrrrr
But I tried to tell myself that
If I were to work on it still after the rain
Results would be altered and inaccurate due to the 90% dislodgement of snails
& what I would be testing will not be on thermal effect afterall

It was abit disappointing
But Mother Nature is unpredictable and not to be fooled with

Lately
I dont have the mood to blog

I'm not proud of anything I do now
& I dont feel like mentioning what I had done
Be it being very exciting nor pissed

Maybe
A hiatus will do the job to bring me back again

We shall see

Lazy + Busy = Useless

Finally got my films developed

I love my Holga shots so much!
They're gorgeous










Shots from our antique Canon EOS630 looks perfect too!
Every part of the old camera works still
Bravo!







I love photography

Despite the weird feeling
& the strong urge to 'kill' myself for the foolishness
I must say, I enjoyed the dinner
Thanks Prof!

We went to D'Kranji Resort
& we ate at Atlantis Seafood Restaurant
Prof ordered kailan with dried beancurd, fried indonesian chicken, steamed shark, assam shark & garlic leatherjacks
Yes
You read the word 'shark'

First time eating shark!
It's very soft & smooth
Anybody without a good set of strong teeth surely can eat

Sunset
DarDar came along as well =)
Thanks DarDar for his full day support today
*muackz*

Behind the restaurant
There're tanks that hold the seafood before they're freshly cooked

This guy just caught 4 lobsters for his customers
& we just ate those sharks in the bottom tankSo now we know what to do to the sharks when DarDar fished them out of the sea

We walked around the area





Looks very much like farmmart
Just that Farmmart doesnt have the chalets

My shi-jies & Prof =)
Back home
We had an uninvited guest

We spent 30 minutes trying to catch this bugger
Coz it kept flying around in the room

The grossest grasshopper(?)

Oh anyway
I'll try to be happy for the remaining 1hour

I cant wait to go for my Sabah trip
A desperate getaway meanwhile

My 1.5 hours session almost killed me

Every panel members said that my presentation was good
BUT
I think my nerves had gotten me
Prof too thinks that it was my nerves *damn nerves*
& made me unable to questions simple questions properly

I am so mad with myself
ARGH!

Prof congratulated me
& asked if I'm happy

'I donno wanna be happy or not. There's a longer path ahead with more responsibility and stress'
'Aiyah. Just happy for today , can or not?'
'Ok ok ok... =p'

Now
I need to work harder
& to get this done by end of 2010

It's only remaining 1.5yrs!

At this point in time
I'd also like to thank everyone for their support & encouragement
& I'd also really appreciate everyone's support & encouragement in the future

After saying all this
Seriously
I dont feel happy despite the official status

Weird

Had a rehearsal

Prof went 'thumbs up'
& already booked me for a celebration dinner

WAH!
Isnt this too early to know?

Prof said that this is the best presentation that the panels are gonna hear
No doubt about scoring high

I hope so
With 5 pairs of fingers & toes crossed

I'm glad that my panic attack didnt set in early
But I'm not pleased with it setting in NOW!!

My presentation is on tomorrow
& I think it sucks like hell
Although Prof said
'You're good! You're alright! You can make it! & when I say you're good, you're really good!'

I tried to believe her words
But I dont convince myself
Everytime I practise
Words slurred & then forgotten
Mind blank

I wasnt like this when I had my 'Rodents' presentation
I drafted a hand-written script
But I just verbally present recalling the sequence

This time
I typed my script
& I guess the effect wasnt there
Wasnt strong enough for me to remember every details of it

I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo lousy!

oh my dog

I'm so 'EEKS' with myself

How can this happen
NOW!?

I guess I needa calm down
Calm...
Down...

*peace*

Cookie looks sad today

He ran towards me when he saw me in the morning
Wanted to play 'paw' with me
Wanted to lick me
& wanted me to pet its head

But I rejected coz he has been stinky like hell

He's such an adorable bugger
Always whines when it sees me
As if he's acting pathetic so I would play with him more


& he succeeded

Everyone loves his partner, Max
Because he's so tame
But, in fact I love him more than Max at first sight
I know he's my type when I first saw him

His personality is totally different from Max
Underneath his fierce look
He's just another innocent, playful chap

He knows I always bring food for him
& feed him with my bare hands
He never bites me
Although people claimed he had bitten others

He also doesnt let people pet his head
Except me
Which amazed almost everyone around

Today
I was told that he's gonna be captured
Out of where he belongs

His eyes look teary
As if he's trying to tell me
'I dont wanna go...'

I hugged him in the end
Despite his seriously stinky body
& he allowed me to hug him

The best moments between the both of us

He has been here for so long
& he did not do anything harmful to anyone
Just dont understand why he's forced to go away
Usually
Cookie avoids me when I wanna take photo with him
He thinks that the camera is a threat as it's facing him directly

But today
He posed quietly with me

I think he knew it
We wont see each other again

I wish I have the ability to adopt
He's such a nice dog
Sometimes behaving stupid yet adorable

We barely know each other for only a year
& we're so close
He will come look for me if I'd gone out of his sight for long
& follow me wherever I go

He knows what I'm talking
Especially when I call 'Come, Cookie, Come!'
He makes me happy

If not for him
My fieldwork hasnt been that enjoyable
As my companion while I work alone
As my bodyguard as I walked the shore alone
As my guard who watches me from far and ensure I'm safe
As my friend who's there for me everyday

I feel how it feels to own a dog

I'm gonna miss it so much
I hope he'll escape euthanasia
If they're gonna bring him to NANAS
I promise I will visit him often

But his future whereabouts are unknown

Can only hope that everything is gonna be fine

Thanks Cookie
I love you
We all do

I think I'm not prepared thoroughly for this coming Thursday

Ms Wong Cynthia’s MSc confirmation and conversion to PhD candidature seminar will be held as follows:
Date: 7th May 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 2.00pm – 3.30pm
Venue: Graduate Programmes and Research Office meeting room (Science Block 7, 3rd floor, NIE)
Thesis Title: Behavioural Studies Of Singapore’s Littorinids

Please be advised the seminars will start on time and late comers are not allowed to attend.

We suggest audience to be in the seminar room 5 minutes before it commences.

Left with 6 days to do my last-minute preparation
Bless me

Oh shucks
I promised that I'm not gonna spend anymore this week
But I just bought a standard lens for my EOS

I so wanna strangle myself

I was shocked with what was heard over the news
Although such cases had been occurring very often
That is what makes it shocking!

Singapore is gonna have its 10th expressway - Marine Coastal Expressway (MCE)

I dont get it
Why do they want a new expressway?
That area already has KPE
Which I find it totally redundant
& now
They're gonna make a new one
Which links to KPE, ECP & AYE
So it's like having 3 expressways merging into one afterall

Taken from One.Motoring
MCE is built to cater the large traffic flow expected at the high-density developments at Marina Bay area upon completion

Er... But I thought that KPE, ECP & AYE are already damn large already?

What really troubles me is that they're gonna reclaim land AGAIN!
& what questions me is
Have they done their EIA?

There goes the environmental issues again

The govt didnt seek the public's opinion before the start of this construction
& What is worse is that
They'd already started working on it YESTERDAY
THE DAY THAT THIS PIECE OF NEWS WAS AIR-ED AT 630PM!

sigh

Face value wins it all
'Singapore is gonna have its first ___________', etc
Whatever is first in Singapore
They're so gonna do it

We'll see to this...

I slept at 2am last night
& woke up at 8am

Whoever SMS-ed me before official office hours i.e., 9am
That's gonna be Prof
& there's no reason for not replying her SMSes
Which is simply implying 'I'm still sleeping & not doing my work!'

Gawd

My camera craze continues...
Dad just passed me his antique camera

Right now
I have 10 cameras in my cupboard

Bwah!