I finally did it.

*pats on shoulder*

After missing a very good opportunity on Tuesday, I brought the gift again today, only to find that P has left. Heard from my friend that he will come tomorrow, that's when they're going to give him the farewell card (which looks really cute by the way).

Anyway, so I went into the office just now wanting to discuss my column results with my mentor, but unfortunately he wasn't around, BUT P was! Haha! I was nervous, of course I was, but with the thought of this is now or never, I went to my bag, grabbed the present (wrapped in this hideous pink with white polka dots paper), stormed back into the office and gave it to him before I could falter.

Yup, and so I did it.

Is it because I'm shy, or is it really this heart-weakening and mind-wrecking to give a present? Makes me wonder how guys propose to girls. To stand on the edge of something so life-changing... and have to face the possibility of a rejection. Takes a lot of courage.

What does it mean to live in a community?

Herbivores live in a herd to stay protected. Carnivores hunt in a pack.

What about humans?

Why is there such a strong need to conform, to not be a deviant? Even when you're forced to act against your will?

Why is it difficult to do the right thing?

Can barely keep my eyes open. Once again, I reached home at 10 today, without eating dinner. It's yet another long day in lab...

And can you believe it, the AIR TANK IS EMPTY AGAIN!!! Because my lab mate has been running hundreds of samples these few days. So I can't do my flame again...

Got to keep awake. I need to send my group member my powerpoint slides by tonight. Which I only started doing last night and am currently still at introduction. Sigh.

《伯牙断弦》

I really should be doing my lsm lab report... but somehow ended up listening to lee hom's songs... I really like the lyrics of this song. Of course, it's by 阿信 = 品质保证 ^_^ Love it when the two of them work together. (see 《在梅边》 and 《丝路》)

知人知面 知己知彼 又知心
古人说 这就是所谓知音
相知相惜 相亲相爱 也相忆
朋友你 会不会常把我想起
何年何月 何日何时 再相聚
何时能 把酒言欢畅回忆
很多很多 很深很深 的回忆
很多歌 我只想要为你唱起

春秋时期 远近知名伯牙琴艺
沉鱼也出水 马儿仰秣聆听
聆听 寂寞 的声音
举世知名 不如 一个知音
直到子期 闻琴解开伯牙心境
高山流水 风景似有灵悉
高山青 流水静 如镜
无言却胜过有言的天地
听 宫 商 角 徵 羽
那歌词未写上的是那份弦外的延长音
斟一杯酒 一抱拳 一句关心
在千年之後 再延续 不变的旋律
当 春 雪 融 夏 景 秋风为我捎封信
冬 冬锣隆冬墙 冬 冬锣隆隆冬墙墙
又是思念的四季

知人知面 知己知彼 又知心
古人说 这就是所谓知音
相知相惜 相亲相爱 也相忆
朋友你 会不会常把我想起
何年何月 何日何时 再相聚
何时能 把酒言欢畅回忆
很多很多 很深很深 的回忆
很多歌 我只想要为你唱起

某年某月 某天伯牙再访子期
风景依旧绿 子期却已归西
触景 触琴 即伤情
伯牙绝弦 只因再无知音
千年过去 当我再度拨弄琴韵
更多冷箭 更多冷言冷语
请你听 请轻轻 倾听
唱给我永远不离弃的知音
听 宫 商 角 徵 羽
那歌词未写上的是那份弦外的延长音
斟一杯酒 一抱拳 一句关心
在千年之後 再延续 不变的旋律
当 春 雪 融 夏 景 秋风为我捎封信
冬 冬锣隆冬墙  冬 冬锣隆隆冬墙墙
又是思念的四季

知人知面 知己知彼 又知心
古人说 这就是所谓知音
相知相惜 相亲相爱 也相忆
朋友你 会不会常把我想起
何年何月 何日何时 再相聚
何时能 把酒言欢畅回忆
很多很多 很深很深 的回忆
很多歌 我只想要为你唱起

A Series of Unfortunate Events

Many things can go wrong when you're doing your experiment. No, I don't mean accidents. I'm talking about unexpected delays. Like there may not be enough Teflon cups, not enough 15mL tubes, not enough 100mL bottles, and of course, not enough pipette tips. Like how I had to pipette 16x15mL using 1mL pipette because we're out of 5mL tips. I'd planned to do the analysis on Tuesday, but the air tank was not available and I had to wait until it arrives on Thursday.

It's so difficult to book the balance, and I had to do my weighing while my friend went for lunch (at 2pm!), or when she's transferring her digest. And I feel so paiseh for delaying her weighing when she has hundred over tubes to weigh.

And so by the time I finished diluting my solutions and re-preparing the external calibration standards for magnesium (had to reuse my calcium standards cos I'm out of nitric acid!), it was 6.50pm, and I was totally drained, hungry and thirsty. To think that I'd be starting my flame AAS at 7pm... Goodness.

I'd planned to do the analysis with my lab mate since she's analysing for magnesium as well, but then she realised that our matrices were different, so I had to wait for her to finish first. I finally started my analysis at 8.45pm, and ended at 9.50pm. Then I couldn't print the results because the printer is spoilt, so I had to save the results to my thumbdrive. I shut all the gas tanks and rushed home to have dinner at 11pm. And when I left the lab my friend was still diluting her samples... :(

And of course, after all that tiring work in the lab, I still have to analyse the data. I have a feeling this one is going to be tough. The calculations for strontium is driving me nuts. I don't know whether I made a calculation mistake; I hope I did, cos my recovery is only 40%!!!

Sounds really miserable right? But on a lighter note, I'm happy to say that for the first time in my life, I've managed to align the graphite tube by myself and had a successful run! ^_^

Cooking spaghetti

I'd spent 45 minutes cutting the onions and what not, and after cooking them, I opened the can of pasta sauce that I'd bought, only to find noodles inside!!! Goodness. Who will buy spaghetti with sauce in a can? So I had to re-chop the onions and garlic  cos they were terribly burnt, plus I had to make my own sauce. Bleh. In the end I just diced one tomato and added some tomato sauce. Hahaha...

Here's how it looks like:

 

And yes, if you look at the time of this post, you can tell how hungry I was when I was cooking.