Monday, June 30, 2008


STRESS!

Omg. Juz now i had LAST lab. Then, we were supposed to have an assessment but we didnt. Phew. We had to do the orbital sinus and cardiac puncture on rats. Omg...

Firstly, they brought in the rats. Aww.. .They were so cutee. I was like, pitiful of them. Thinking that they will die at the end of the lab session.

So, firstly, we had to anasthetize the rat. So we injected the anasthetic drug into the rats. And within seconds, the rat was anasthetized. Quite fast. Firstly we had to do the orbital sinus which is to collect blood out of the eye. Brrr.

So we took like a tube. Then we poke into the eye. We had to poke quite deep to the area under the eyeball there. Then we had to break the vein. Then blood will flow out. Eeww.. I managed to do it though. But there was a little blood only. But the lecturer said its good enough already. :))

Next, we had to do the cardiac puncture. We injected the heart to collect blood. I failed that. Infact most of them didnt manage to do it successfully. I was depressed. Coz we tried over and over again.

Then, soon, its time for the rats to be euthanized or killed. Omg. What a pitiful sight. To see all the dead rats dumped into one plastic bag. Sigh... Wat to do..

Posted by Other Eden at 10:48 PM

Sunday, June 29, 2008


Hi there,

What a sunny sunday today. Omg. I love my KTour to the max now. Initially, i had some problems with it and need a lot of adjustments from my previous racquet. This KTour and my previous racquet, which is Yonex RQ 7 is quite different. In terms of its sweetspot location, balance, headsize and length. KTour is slightly shorter. And has a smaller headsize. Slightly head heavy. I had some problems hitting my backhand due to the shorter length and also the sweetspot location is lower. So i needed a lot of time to adjust my positioning on courts and stuff.

Finally today, i managed to accomplish that. My strokes improved in terms of pace and also i realised that im more comfortable to finish points at the net. My game totally improved. I won Weixiang 7-5 6-3. Im happy to win the match with my own effort coz Weixiang is not an easy opponent. :)

Posted by Other Eden at 5:19 PM

Saturday, June 28, 2008


Yo

Im so depressed. I hope i wont get into any trouble. Juz now me and the TFN group played at TP. And some damn ass told us off. We didnt bother them though. And theres a group of damn ass also at the other courts that doesnt deserve to use the courts. They dont even noe how to play. Brrr. We need the courts more than them. Then, because of that, the TP team ppl came to the courts next to us. Rarrr. Then they kinda like whatever to me. Then i also whatever.

Then we were made to leave. But we managed to finish the scheduled ladder matches though. Me and Nigel was against Ben and Ian.We were in a commanding lead of 4-0. All of a sudden, the damn ass kinda said to me something that outsiders cannot come in. Then, from that point onwards, i lost my focus. I totally cant focus. Coz im worried that the sch might take action on me. I lost focus and concentration and finally, Ben and Ian won 6 straight games to take the match 6-4. Then after that that ass mentioned again. Then, we quickly ciao. Thanks for the understanding Kris! And sorry about that as well.

Anyway yar, Im no longer in the team anymore. As in forever. Coz september ill be having my SIP also. So cant go for training. So i wont be seing coach anymore hopefully. I hope they dont tell coach la. I mean, frankly speaking, its Jason who organise this things. Im juz joining them. But I will also kena what. Brrr. . k la nvm..

Posted by Other Eden at 12:49 PM

Thursday, June 26, 2008


Omg. I didnt do pretty well for term test. I failed BPharm. Can u imagine? Bpharm is not difficult. Yet i failed. Altho it is a lil tough. But i think RtechB is tougher but i managed to pass that.

On the positive note, i did pretty well for DDCT. Brr.. i juz dunnoe how ppl can do well in everything. Theres this tutorial quiz on calculations which so tough like mad. Only 20% of the whole cohort passed. And i got 1/16 marks. ROFL. And that person can get 16/16. Omg. Thats absurd!

Rarr.. I hate it.. During my sec sch days i was one of the "brighter" students. Esp in Science and maths. But in poly life, im one of the "stupider" students. Brrr..

Anyway, lets skip that. My TFN ladder match is starting on 12 July. Supposedly 24 may became 12 July. Postponed so long. And, as expected, we have to be a club member to join. So, we had to pay $30 for membership. And $50 deposit. But i think this ladder match is good. Compared to normal tournaments. Coz this one is divided into different level of plays. And its a round robin format. So u get to play with all players in the group and hence u dont feel that the money is wasted.

So yea. Cheers.

Posted by Other Eden at 10:46 PM

Wednesday, June 25, 2008


Brrr..

Im not feeling well. I got a flu on sunday evening. Which dragged to Monday. But it wasnt so bad. And i thought its gonna go away. But all of a sudden, it got worse on tuesday. I started to feel feverish in the evening. And got a headache. My throat felt weird too. Felt like puking. Lol.

And hence i couldnt sleep yesterday. I slept at about 4. Coz i felt nauseous.

This morning, i woke up. My head felt so heavy and spinning about. So decided not to go to school. Furthermore, my nose leaks like nobody's business. Cant focus during lecture. And somemore dun wanna infect the rest. Mwahaha.

But now im feeling better. Took my medication already. Brrrr.. I missed lecture! I hope i wont get lost when im back.

Posted by Other Eden at 2:49 PM


WOOTS!


I just got a new racquet!!! YAYness

And i sold off my Yonex.

I bought a brand new Wilson KTour from Transworld. I actually had a tough time to decide on which racquet to buy. I did a lot of research. And i narrowed down to KBlade Team or KTour. But finally i decided on KTour. Mainly because it looks nicer and its $30 cheaper than KBlade team.

Anyway, i already tried the racquet juz now. And u noe what. Its great! It has a lot of power. Sometimes its way too powerful. But i love it. Esp serving and volleying. Power packed. I dont regret buying it at all. Now i need a white overgrip. Coz currently i am using a pink overgrip which looks pretty fugly. Here are the pics:-




See.. even my cat love my new racquet!!

Posted by Other Eden at 12:36 AM

Tuesday, June 24, 2008


Hey

School started. Boring...

Anywayz, yesterday i had DDCT. And we had to do a debate. So the lecturer didnt tell us beforehand, whether or not we need to present. Coz theres only 2 out of 4 groups to present the debate. And, she also didnt tell us whether we need to do FOR or AGAINST. Our topic was "Should vivisection take place?"

So during that tutorial itself, we draw lots to determine which group get which. So, unfortunately, our group needs to present. But we are AGAINST. So its easier than FOR! Haha. So we were lucky in a way. SO yea. We presented our debate. And everything lasts for 1 hour 5 mins.

So after that, i went back. I meant i played tennis for a while with Sam, Jaeden and Tessa. Can u imagine? Tessa didnt even know me! We've all this while went to the tennis training. I thought she saw me at the training??? BUt she said she had never seen me before in her life. Lol. I remember her ok! Mwahahahha.

Posted by Other Eden at 6:36 AM

Saturday, June 21, 2008


Hey! Found this on Xris blog. Haha. Kewl.





Posted by Other Eden at 10:50 PM


Hey
Juz now i had the TPTSTFN ladder match. :):)
Haha. Kris and Nigel and Vincent very funny. Everyone was hoping that their opponents would oversleep or what so that they get a walkover. And, Jason, Migel, Yun Cherng and Keren didnt turn up. So, XiaoGui, Aaron, Dylan and Me get a walkover.

So, Me and XiaoGui went into round 2 where we faced each other. The conditions wasnt good. It was warm and bright and windy. We werent playing our best. Eventually i made it thru 6-2. :)

Posted by Other Eden at 3:47 PM

Friday, June 20, 2008


Omg. Damn shag damn shag.

U noe i played with Keren juz now. And it was damn freaking hot. Coz it was raining in e morn. But we played as soon as the rain stopped.

We played matches. Coz tmr I will be playing against him at the ladder match. So this is so called a pre-match. Lol. I thought i could nail him. Unfortunately i was struggling the whole match. I was making so many errors. And Keren, surprisingly didnt make as many errors. He was playing very consistent tennis. I was very frustrated. But eventually, i won the match 6-3 5-7 6-3. I was damn shag la. I felt like blacking out.

Posted by Other Eden at 12:02 PM

Thursday, June 19, 2008


Hey

Juz now i went to school again. Tsk3. For the BPHARM project. We still have minor touches. So we are 99% completed. We meeting up next mon to finalise everything. And u noe what. I havent even start DDCT. I dun even noe where to start. Hmm. Ms Tan gives no mercy. No holidays for me T_T and others too i guess.

Omg omg. Mon got LAST lab. Have to prepare myself physically and mentally. Can u imagine killing an innocent rat?? Omg. K. Nvm. I should not be afraid. But u noe what. Some times, after blood collection, they kill the rat or euthanise the rat by breaking their spine. BRRR.. But i dont have to euthanise them. Juz blood collection. But the fact that, its gonna die after we take the blood. Omg.Omg. Will god punish me?? Hopefully not. T_T T_T

Posted by Other Eden at 9:21 PM

Wednesday, June 18, 2008


:D

What should i blog abt. hmm tennis!!

Yesterday nite i played tennis. :) From 9 to 11 pm. At tamp safra. So near. I played with Aaron, Gilbert, keren, Vincent and Farique. So we had doubles matchplays. I partnered Farique. I won Keren and Vincent twice! :) 4-2 and 4-1. But i lost to Aaron and Gilbert 4-1. Grrr. But the thing is, Keren and Vincent won Aaron and Gilbert twice too. Hmm..

Any way this morning i played again. This time is singles. I played with Zhengjie. Long time nvr play with him. So we played at Yishun Safra. Mwahaha. Now i found out a way to go there. Quite fast. So we rallied and played two sets. And i won 6-3 6-4.

K so this Sat i will be having a ladder match organised by TPTSTFN ppl. Interesting. I will be against Keren. Hope to sail thru. :D

Posted by Other Eden at 2:29 PM

Tuesday, June 17, 2008


Hey
Yesterday i went to school for LAST animal husbandry. Sian. Firstly, we had to clean up the animals' cages. Gotta get rid of their wastes. So disgusting. And the rabbit is so violent. Lol. Coz we had to carry it into another cage while we clean their cage. Haha. But they juz refuse to cooperate with us. But sooner or later we got it done.

However, me carol and aili worked at the washing area. And the other three at the animal room. I tell you, damn tiring la. We had to wash god noes how many shoe box cages of mice and rats. I think 30 or something. Plus 4 rabbits'. Then, we had to dry them somemore. Brrrr....

So the whole thing took 4 hours. From 12 to 4 pm. Brrr.. But it was quite fun lah. But we had to do it again in July. Brrr.
Got some pics :))

Mice

Rats

Rabbit

Posted by Other Eden at 7:32 AM

Monday, June 16, 2008


More Photos Of the Clay Court Experience 2008. ;)



Posted by Other Eden at 7:57 AM

Sunday, June 15, 2008


Hey!

Yay. I juz got back from playing tennis at the clay courts! :) Omg, I doubt ill b going there again.

So i met Roy and Ethan at Queenstown MRT. Ethan reached 8.15, i reached 8.30 and Roy at 8.40 am. The session starts at 9 am. So since we dunno where on earth the place is, we took a cab. 2 taxis didnt take us coz they didnt noe where it is. But the third taxi driver is ok. But we have to direct him using the map.

Haha. And im telling u. The place is damn ulu. And the place is so warm and humid. And it was pretty disappointing coz the courts are not 100% clay.But its ok though. At least i get to have a feel of clay.

Well, basically, when we arrived there, they were two ang moh girls playing. And other than those two, there werent anyone else. Hmm. Theres no one at the counter to receive the payment of whatsoever. When the two girls left, me and my group are the only ones there. Yay. There were like 4 courts lor. But we only took up 2. Grr

Anyway, i dont like to play on clay. Coz slippery. U cant run much. Yet the ball travels quite fast too. But the best thing is u can slide. Weeee... But, i was damn shag at the end of the day due to the humid weather. Grrr.





Posted by Other Eden at 1:38 PM

Saturday, June 14, 2008


Hey,

Omg. I got so many things to do sia. Such as CSAS and BPHARM

Anyway, im now gonna blog on 3 things. SO bear with me. :D:D

Wednesday

So on Wednesday, I went out with Niz and Husna. :D So long nvr meet. So our initial plan was to watch movie at Cathay Cineleisure at Orchard at 2 pm. However, when we reached there at 1.45 pm, there are only front row seats. So we watched the 3 pm show instead.

So we went to LJS to have our lunch first while waiting for 3 pm to come by. Omg. We had the Peg Leg thingy. And its awesome. And i so long nvr touch fast foods. And i kinda miss it in a way. Mwhahaha

Anyway, the show that we watched is Kung Fu PANDA!! Lol. The Panda is so cutee. Haha. I would rate it 3.5/5. For a $6 show, i think it is worth it.

After the show, we went around orchard. Shopping time! But i didnt. Nizam did most of the shoppings.Mwahahahahaha. I juz window shopping coz im broke. So we went to Heeren, Paragon. Then we chilled at McD Lucky Plaza. Then, off we went to Royal Plaza on Scotts to pray for a while. Omg. The hotel is damn nice. Didnt noe theres a surau there. Hmm.. Yea. Then we went to eat at Taco Bell whereby me, Niz and Husna had this Toasted Twisted Meal. I thought that it was just ok. Not that nice. I think its abit sourish.

It was like 9 pm or something by then. But we went off to Ngee Ann City for a while to visit Kinokuniya. It seems that, i saw Ghit Hong and Rusydi there. But they didnt see me sadly. So after that, we went off! Home! yayness. Omg. So tiring la.





Thursday

So the next day was my sis' birthday. :) My mom had ordered a cake from Prima Deli earlier on went to collect it on that day. At the same time, we went shopping for her birthday present. Mom wanted to buy her a bag. So yea, we went to BHG Tamp to shop. So we passed by Adidas, Nike, Converse and Everlast. So, we came across a bag from Everlast which is very nice. My mom is weird. She always speaks malay to salespersons. Although they are not malay but my mom thought they were. haha. Farny. Then the salesperson will say "wtf?" . K nvm. Thats not true. Haha.

So we had a tough time deciding what colour. There is brown and pearl color? As mentioned by the salesperson. But we finally picked brown coz she bought a shoe from everlast not long ago which is brown in colour too. :) SO yea, it matches.



Anyway, right after that, i went for my tennis training. That day was the CUT! The final team cut as ive said earlier on. And u know what? I got CUT! Yea. Quite sad. Me, Asriel, Ryan Ong and Jason got cut. The same reason that was being given. They said i hit with no power. I was quite confuse with coach. He was explaining how important consistency was. 1st priority is consistency and last is power. Then, he went on explaining that today's game is the power game. I was pretty confused. But he said im good coz i have what most of them dont have lah. Which is consistency. Nevertheless, im happy coz im so busy with sch work. Next week they have a camp. From mon to fri. Crazy. Got loadz of things to do sia. LAST, Bpharm and DDCT. If i were to go, my assignments will not be done. Enough said.

So i became emo for a while. Listen to emo songs. The songs that are related are:-

The Pieces Don't Fit Anymore - James Morrison

Well I can't explain why it's not enough
Coz I gave it all to you
And if you leave me now
Oh just leave me now
It's the better thing to do

It's time to surrender
It's been too long pretending
There's no use in trying
When the pieces don't fit anymore

Oh, don't misunderstand how I feel
Coz I've tried, yes I've tried
Still I don't know why
No I don't know why

Basically this songs explains how i feel. How i cant explain why its not enough although i gave my all to the team. And hence, i feel like surrendering and stop pretending im part of the team when im not. Coz i've tried and tried to be a better player but i failed.

Then i'll go on .. listening to this song
I'd sing this song to the tennis team. Mwahaha :-

I'm Not Missing You - Stacie Orrico

I'm not missing you
I'm not going through the motions
Waiting and hoping you call me
I'm not missing you
You might have had me open
But I must be going because
I got life to do
I know I'm usually hanging on
I used to hate to see you gone
But this time it's different
I don't even feel the distance
I'm not missing
I'm not missing you

This song tells me that I'm not missing being in the team anymore. I used to always want to be in the team and how i miss the team when i got cut the previous times. But now, i got life to do esp sch life. So its different now and i dont feel the distance.

Then another song that i would sing to the team is :-

Better In Time - Leona Lewis

Thought I couldn't live without you
It's gonna hurt when it heals too
Oooh yeah(It'll all get better in time)
Even though I really love you
I'm gonna smile because
I deserve too oooooh(It'll all get better in time)

Since there's no more you and me (No more you and me)
This time I let you go so I can be free
And Live my life how it should be(No No No No No No)
No matter how hard it is
I will be fine without you
Yes I Will

This song tells me that though there is no more me and tennis team, i should live my life how it should be. And i will be fine without the team in my life. And it will get better in time. ;)

Posted by Other Eden at 6:14 PM

Tuesday, June 10, 2008


Hey,

Yesterday i had to go to school despite its a holiday. Wth. So in the morning at 10.30 am we were supposed to have a group meeting cum discussion. So i arrived at 10.35 am thinking that i was already late u know. Then when i arrived, no one was there yet. Wth man. Then they arrived like 10.50 or something. Grrr. Furthermore, the discussion takes only 20 mins. But anyway, at 12 we had LAST lab.

Omg, LAST lab is becoming more tensed! U know we had to do a blood collection on the mice. Firstly we did the intravenous first. For me its quite easy. Then the next one is from the cheeks. We had to restrain the mice properly. Then use a lancet to kinda poke the cheek of the mice. Then blood come out and we collect it from there. I was like. Omg. I didnt do it though.

Then, the next one, the lecturer demo us another method. Which is the orbital sinus. Which is take blood from the eyes. OMG!!! But first we had to anesthetize the mice first. Omg. So sympathetic of it. Then we had to use a capillary tube to poke the area beside the eyeball inside the eye. Omg. So pain. Poke it real deep. Then blood come out. EWWW.

Then, the most intense part is when we the lecturer demoed another method which is collecting blood from the heart. We had to inject the heart then collect it from there. Omg. But it is terminal end. Which means, after the blood collection we had to euthanize the mice. Which means put the mice to sleep. Omg. Then many ppl cried. Omg. Cant stand it.

Then the worst part of all, next prac, there will be an assessment on that!!!!! OMG. *faints*

Posted by Other Eden at 7:01 AM

Sunday, June 08, 2008


Hey.


I restrung my racquet juz now. Pls. I hope it will not snap so soon again. And i strung it with a diff string. My first time i strung a poly/syn gut hybrid on this Yonex rq 7. Ive all along have been using multis for this racq. So i hope that it will be fine. I was really scared when wanting to make this decision to change strings. I did so many research and homeworks before i finally came up with my decision. Yes, i guess this is good. Coz its cheaper and last slightly longer. It should last me at more or less 2 months.


I dunno if Yichen wants to sell me his Head Microgel Extreme pro. But nvm. Im happy with my current racq.


Posted by Other Eden at 6:02 PM

Saturday, June 07, 2008


I really hate it when my strings snapped. It prevented me from joining lots of sessions. But nvm

Now my whole body is aching. Because long time didnt play. Btw, yesterday i used Alan's racquet which is Yonex RDS 001 mid. It sux. Because the headsize is so small and too heavy. I always hit off-centre shots. And it hurt my arms and shoulders. My serve i always frame it. Grr.

Anyway, juz now i went to Republic Polytechnic to watch my sis's Silat performance. Hmm. She performed ok. But wasnt good enough i guess. Out of the four contestants, she got fourth place. And only 3 contestants will make it thru to the next round. Unfortunately for her, she didnt make it. But its fine. She did well. And can improve for the future competitions. :)


Posted by Other Eden at 11:07 PM


YO

Term tests is over!!! Immediately after my CSAS paper, I played tennis.mwahahahha
And, my strings snapped again. 3 weeks only. GRR. But its the strings lah. Not durable.
When my strings lost so much tension suddenly, it indicates that it will not last very long. And yes, the tension dropped to about 50 lbs i think. Then today it snapped.
However, this strings is the best strings so far that i have ever tried. Coz its very2 comfortable and nice to hit. Got lots of spin too. T_T But i cant afford to restring every 3 weeks coz its not inexpensive u noe.

Anyway, tml, i had to go to school to watch some international tournaments at my school. Grr. Like very lazy. 8.30 am sia. Sunday also have sia. But im not coming. Nvm!

GRRR. I was just in the mood to tennis like mad. But i got no racquet to play with. Haiz.

Posted by Other Eden at 12:18 AM

Thursday, June 05, 2008


Hey.

Tmr is my last paper! But now can enjoy already coz tmr is CSAS paper. No need to study. :):)

Anyway, juz now DDCT paper was ok! Not so difficult. Managable. Hopefully i get good marks. :)
The most ass is RtechB and LAST. LAST got a lot of things to remember. RtechB is so difficult to understand sometimes. BPharm was ok.

TENNIS TENNIS TENNIS!!!!

Posted by Other Eden at 9:34 PM


Hey

I watched Dinara Safina vs Elena Dementieva quarterfinal match just now. I supported Dementieva actually. But she lost. Safina won 4-6 7-6(5) 6-0.


It was rather disappointing for Dementieva. She was leading 6-4 5-2. And even had match points. But couldnt close out the match. I noticed that from 5-2 down for Safina, Safina played very well. She played 100% defensive. She puts every ball back into the court. And another thing i noticed, she always hits to Dementieva's backhand, which is her weaker side.

On the other hand, Dementieva was being offensive all the time. Honestly, tactically, Dementieva was very poor. She wasnt dictating play at all. She was trying to hit winners but failed and made errors instead. Especially in the last set. She made bunch of errors. While Safina hit with loads of topspin, trying to put every ball back in the court. Good job Safina

Hence, Safina has a good chance of winning the French Open 2008. Good luck!


Dinara Safina

Elena Dementieva

Posted by Other Eden at 1:59 AM

Tuesday, June 03, 2008


Hiya.
Hmm. Rihanna's voice is getting better huh? Or is it juz me? LOL But no doubt she's one of my fave singers. :)) And yea, i think thats her new hairstyle.



My cutie cat. Haha.


So bored. I just finished studying LAST. Its pretty confusing. Many facts to remember. But its mostly common sense. Hope i will be able to do well. :)

Anyway, the tennis ladder match event was supposed to have started already. But theres a delay. Grr. They are discussing on the fee. GRR. But why? I thought $55 is reasonable (inclusive of $40 deposit). Then they were discussing whether to make it compulsory for the participants to me a member of the TFN club. WTH. GRR. The membership fee is $30. Hopefully we only have to pay for the membership fee and no need to pay the $55 which also being discussed by them. Coz now, more and more ppl are signing up for the competition. HMM. So yea. Always keep our fingers crossed. :)

Posted by Other Eden at 10:26 AM

Monday, June 02, 2008


Hey.

Today is my term test! OOO. BPharm first. Basically i've studied. Hopefully i get it. Cant believe i failed my quiz! Grrr.

Anyway, yesterday i watched french open 2008. I watched Ivanovic's match. I was like woah.. She won Cetkovska 6-0 6-0. She really thrashed her. She was whacking the ball all over.Made winners out of return of serves. Very impressive. She has a chance of winning. Another lady is Jankovic.Was not impressed. She won Radwanska 6-3 7-6. She played well. But she was juz being consistent. Radwanska was playing offensive but made a lot of errors.

Next, Ljubicic won my Davydenko! But nvm. Davydenko was my past. LOL. And I supported Mathieu but he lost to Djokovic. Owells.
:)

Ana Ivanovic

Jelena Jankovic

Ivan Ljubicic

Posted by Other Eden at 9:00 AM

Sunday, June 01, 2008


Omg. This buyer/seller is really something seh. Its the buyer that i dealt with a few days back. Ok. I sold him the item rite. Now, he put up on Yahoo! Auctions. Omg. After all the hassle of selling it to him.Now he selling it back. GRR. I should have sold that item to my friend who needs it more. Furthermore, that buyer sold it at a higher price! Grrr. People these days..

Posted by Other Eden at 8:42 PM