Tuesday 30 December 2008

Farewell to my blog, bye 2008

Almost sleeping to wake up at 5am tml morning, catch 6.35am train and 2 hours later I will be in Edinburgh!

Backpack is about 10kg which is perfectly fine to me as it has a very good back support system. A camera bag will be my day bag. I hope I can keep the backpack to 10kg and at a dimension of 55x40x20 cm (Now i can memorise Ryanair budget airline's hand carry bag dimension) when I fly from Glasgow...

Happy New Year 2009 to all my family and friends!

Ling & Ting (2 of my sisters) will backpack in Jawa, Indonesia for 14days, 31dec -14Jan (I think so)... So there is so much reasons that my parents are aging fast :x Mum keeps asking me to sms her once every 2 days or when Im moving from one city to another.

Gosh, I din tell her I will be storing myself at -20deg C, else she wouldnt allow me to go on myself... Wish I can be back safely, with nice photos :p

Wish I can see Northern light!!!

Bye all! See ya next year!!

Saturday 27 December 2008

相信 2009 依然延续 2008 的美

I really love my backpack (aka rucksack) , Revolution Aqua 50W from EuroHike. I get it at Millets at bargain price of £29.99 (U.P. 49.99) on Boxing day 2008. It has waterproof lined hood and sleeping bag compartments. It is specially designed for women with adjustable padded back system and shoulder harness. 2 zipped pockets + 2 mesh side pockets, side compression straps, front zipped pocket. The possible down side I could think is the weight at 2kg, which is considerably heavy due to the back adjustable system.

I have packed my warm clothings, DSLR tripod (Get from my hk hostel fren), socks, tissues, foods etc. Left my e-tickets/journals to read/travel information and toiletries to be putting in. I think tats all... and hope it is within 10kg and dimension of 55 x 40 x 20 (cm) to get on Ryanair flights...

Camera bag will be my daybag for this 16days trip. Though its kinda unmatch me, but then... it is the most useful bag to protect my 1000D baby...


Year 2008 is ending soon, I dont think I have time to make a comprehensive conclusion. In short, I enjoyed 2008 so much. Wishes make on 21's birthday are all granted! God is really generous to me.

In January, I have a memorable and fun Krabi, Thailand trip with a close group of friends, 11 of us.
In March, someone tells me I will be no longer alone for the rest of my life. Love is in the air~
In May, I resigned after working exactly one year. After 2years, I re-visited cameron highland by renting car from JB-Cameron Highland & Ipoh, 13 of us.
In May-July, total 41days across Vietnam (24d), Laos (11d), Chiangmai (6d), I have my very first backpacking experience with my sister and her friend. Plus, we joined a Taiwanese-organised community work in Chiang Mai to bring the used clothes & food items to Minority in mountains. It was a really soul-searched journey.
In July-Aug, worked temporarily in National Healthcare Group Polyclinics as data entry administrator.
In Aug, celebrating my 22nd birthday with Zoo, HLs and him. 17 Aug was in Tioman.
In Sept, step forward to fulfil my biggest dream - to further study my favourite course at UK! Still going on happily...
In Nov, I experienced my very first snow in Newcastle!
In Dec, I have my very own backpack, leather boot, DSLR... My first xmas, boxing day in UK!




The most happening and famous countdown Hogmany party at Edinburgh kicks the first second of 2009, and I will be further rewarded with lovely scene in Scotland and followed by Sweden! Arctic Circle (北极圈)& Northern light aka Aorora (北极光/欧若拉/绿光) is my most looking forward part!


Everyone tells me, I'm a lucky girl. Yes, I really do! I have great parents who can support me to fulfil my dream, I have him to support me to bring me forward, I have chances to travel around, I cant think of anything else better than now! Well, it could have, when you enter another stage of life!

Everything seems perfectly going on, though sometimes something doesnt go on smoothly, but your efforts will make things work.

I believe 2009 still a good year to me.

2008年真的很美很美...
梦,起飞得很漂亮,很真实...
深深相信2009依然延续2008的美 ...

Boxing Day + 败家女的北极圈行装准备

每年的圣诞节后,就是英国的Boxing day!
每年的Boxing day,就是大减价的日子!

平时11点后我才会出门,可是今天10点我们就准备好出发了!
街上并没有想象中的热闹,或许因为这里是Newcastle, 而非London!
很多店都没开,不过,我还是成功地买到我要买的东西,虽然还是很贵,但是已经减价了!
背包(原本一直看中的是39.99,以外地买下另一个比较便宜又好看又实用的29.99 背包),外套和Canon DSLR 1000D!








原来 东南亚才是背包客的天堂!
冬天的背包旅行还真的把我的荷包掏空了!
严冬里 跑到北极圈里单独背包旅行 我还真的服了自己!
既然决定了 就积极准备行装~

花了好多钱 确保自己没有冻死在-20度的北极圈里
希望北极光 看到我的努力 她会揭开那神秘的面纱
让我会一会她!








这双鞋没带去,只是因为我需要一双跑步鞋~
离开新加坡前,竟然找不到我那双我很爱的NIKE跑步鞋~
这双真的很像很像之前的那双!
See how's my canon baby performs in self-portrait!

Sleepy >_<
I noticed some english errors.. just ignore it >_<
Still preparing my trip itinery...
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sweden!
Depart from hostel on 30 Dec 08, 5.45am!
I will see you guys next year 15 Jan 09 :p
WISH I CAN BE BACK SAFELY...
GOSH, -20degC (@.@)

Thursday 25 December 2008

Merry Christmas!

Anyone drop by my blog, pls click this link to see my funny christmas greeting :p

Merry Christmas to all!

I'm in the festive mood though Newcastle and practically all across the UK is a dead city as everyone is celebrating at home, Christmas is a give and take season!


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This year, spending Chritsmas quietly in the room, which is perfectly satisfied.

I have never really been listening to Christmas songs, I only know jingle bell in fact.

Crab recommended me few songs from youtube and I can't stop finding Christmas songs since then. In addition, I learn singing Christmas songs! We sang Jingle bells, Santa Claus is coming to town and We wish you a Merry Christmas to HLs when the clock hit 12midnight at their time!

I really love listening to Christmas songs, not those OLDER generation one, I'm perfectly sitting in the X generation:p Let me share couples of nice songs. Next year I'm going to listen them again :p All of them enlighten my day!

Mariah Carey- Santa Claus is coming to town.


郭美美-美丽美丽圣诞


Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas Is You


Bonus Track: I'm dreaming of a White Christmas
CUTE VIDEO!


destiny's child-8 days of christmas

Tuesday 23 December 2008

Random Xmas photos!






Indesicive me... Xmas card from Anya Tan

Pekchek...I dislike myself being so indecisive. Trying to save but end up spending more.argh...

Changed my plan in Sweden,so end up having a less cost-effective travel...Loss RM150+RM20 on my mis-booked train tickets.To compensate it, I'm going to enjoy myself very very much in Abisko& Kiruna,famous for the Abisko National Park and Ice Hotel. If I'm lucky, I could see Aorora aka Northern light. Perhaps this is the only one in my lifetime.

Times getting nearer for my trip starts on 30Dec08-15Jan09, counting down one week. Getting stressed for not finalising the itienary and do not prepare well for the winter travelling. Lots of winter gear is required to keep you warm, especially I need to survive in the temperature of -20degC.

Another things that make me mad is the STERLING POUNDS! Up to now, It is about £1-RM5.2 (when i changed my fee was £1-RM6.5). It will definately reach the ever lower point in the history! ECONOMIC IS DOING BADLY! Expected to fall even lower than RM5! Economists forecast that Europe is being most hit by this recession and could last till next June! I regreted for changing all my living fees before I came here :(
Have been shopping around for the Christmas sales for my necessary winter gears.
Purchased the following:
1. woolen socks(U.P. £8, bought £2.93)
2. ear muffs child(U.P. £1.99, bought £0.99)
3. sport shoes(U.P.£40, bought £15)
4. Ski glove Junior (U.P.£9.99, bought £2.99)

Targets the following:
1. A good and branded Clarks boot (U.P. £79.99, now 59.99)
**enough of bad experiences during snow season :(
2. Karrimor 65L backpack (U.P. £99.99, now £39.99)
3. DSLR canon 1000D or Nikon D40 (£299 or £225)
4. Fleece jacket 2 for £25
(WAITING FOR FURTHER REDUCTIONS!!!)

Save on following (get from thoughtful and kind Sue & Crab):
1. International Adaptor(Sue)
2. Vacuum bag(Sue)
3. Ski Jacket(Sue)
4. Face protector hat (Crab)

Ok, enough of multiple reasons keep me pissed off. I simply spend so much...
Anya Tan aka Fengxiang enlights me in the right time.
Anya is kinda the name I suggested to her ? Did I?
This sweet gal, as sweet as usual, send me a Xmas card!

Lovely one....
Santa bear is edited by me :p
She is really sweet, I love to receive letters and postcards!
Kinda warm me up in this winter :p
Lots of cute stickers in the card..haha..

Sunday 21 December 2008

冬至快樂



今年的冬至,沒有湯圓吃
4個女生吃肉骨茶后再喝綠豆湯
再聊天...
不錯不錯的一天

第一个学期结束啦!

英国的经济真的很差
连圣诞老人...都转驾公共巴士已赚取更多的外快!
在街上看到的...他还跟路过的人打招呼!
好可爱!

逛了5个小时
第一次在这里逛街这么久
真的是放纵自己
因为假期开始啦

星期四晚上赶最后一份报告到
隔天早上11点才睡觉...
还好整夜都有crab crab 相伴
两个人都在赶功课...

crab和我为了庆祝第一个学期的结束+作业顺利完成
我们吃一顿好的!






第一个学期
挥一挥手...就走了...
太快了啦!

Thursday 18 December 2008

倒数1.5天

本小姐还在跟最后一份功课打战,
暂且不说明天的presentation(slides都准备好了,大概也知道要讲什么,最怕教授的问题...)

今天星期三了,星期五早上就把这个学期最后一份功课交上,就暂时逃离课业的魔掌!
现在很不想做那份功课 ><

6个星期的寒假共44天的假期
扣掉17天的苏格兰+瑞典行
扣掉8天的西班牙行
剩下19天在这里

圣诞前后几天会狂扫货
然后准备旅行的东西
1月19号那个星期还有Presentation
还要做FYP的报告等等

其实这个寒假还是很忙...
哈哈...

其实现在要写blog是因为
刚刚看了姐姐的blog,才知道这次她14天后的Jawa行带了傻傻的小妹同行,共5人
挺让我期待他们旅程后告诉我的趣事

这个小妹一定搞出很多趣事,她可能会哭..可能会失踪 ..可能会...
好多可能性

最重要是平安回来。哈哈

下次我要计划3姐妹,4兄弟姐妹,6个全家总动员的旅行!
我毕业后的3年内,我们来计划...hohoho

Monday 15 December 2008

Beautiful food defination

Food means much more than nutrition. Food is enjoyment as well as cultural and personal identity. A meal is a social event, an important manifestation of the relationship with others. This means that food is an important aspect of human happiness and well-being, and not only an instrument for health.

Bergmann, M.M., Gorman, U. and Mathers, J.C. (2008) 'Bioethical considerations for human nutrigenomics' Annual Reviews of Nutrition, 28, pp.447-467.

14/12 - 98th day in UK

Just notice ...
Marking the 98th day in UK
Celebrating 100th day in UK on Tuesday?

nonono...Buzy Tuesday...
10am meeting for organising well being fair (in march) with student services IC and classmates.
1pm molecular pathophysiology lecture
4pm Thursday Clinical nutrition& dietetics presentation compilation of slides and discussion
Night- prepare for presentation and food policy write-up
Good 100th day though :p

Sunday 14 December 2008

乏味的英國留學生活

突然覺得自己的生活真的...真的很乏味...

因爲看到兩位在瑞典念書的臺灣女生的部落客:
http://www.maitai99.blogspot.com/
http://www.maggie-kuo.blogspot.com/

爲什麽人家那麽多故事..
我的卻是...so academically based... like anna said...
這次的我真的把學業看得很重很重,屬好事吧?
也得好好享受在這裡的生活啊!

在英國的生活真的那麽無聊嗎?
就這樣糊裏糊塗地過了一個學期?
有點疑惑爲什麽我的英國留學生活是這樣乏味呢?
多少個人羡慕可以出國留學啊!
我在這裡干嘛??

算了,忍耐多一個星期,放假了,要去玩了...

給自己一個解釋的機會:
第一個學期是適應
第二個學期是玩樂

當然,還是不能犧牲我的學業..
或許,我享受的地方就在我的學業和專業 :p

有得有失啊!
用工讀書之餘, 也省錢...
假期會拚命地玩來彌補整個學期的乏味......

倒數6天!

Saturday 13 December 2008

Peak Stress Period/ Beautiful liver defination

1.Elevated ALP is of significance diagnostic role for bone and liver diseases... This report is completing.. I hope by tomorrow T_T

2. Dateline for submission of bioethics poster at midday of Monday. Godbless for my nutrigenomics. Which is like... not a very confidence topic T_T

3. Monday&Tue focus on Renal Disease presentation slides & preparation. Thursday is the presentation.

4. Tue-Thurs full power for School fruits and vegetables policy in uk, which I havent done anything...Due on Friday... Gosh!

STRESSESSSSssssSSSssss


After Friday, im free to plan my holidays and buy what i have to buy, it is getting colder, I need to get plenty of warm clothing!!And lots of shopping to do!!! heheeeezz..

Besides Final year project and bioethics presentation on 19Jan, I'm kinda free to do my own stuff till 2feb, beginning of 2nd sem. Though I foresee that its a busy winter break too :p



--------------------Addition of liver defination------------------------
I like the following sentences, note down for myself.
In the past, the liver has been referred to as the center of courage, passion, temper and love and even the center of soul. It was once believed to produce 'yellow bile' necessary for good health. Today, we recognise the liver to be a complex organ responsible for many major metabolic functions in the body (Bishop, Fody and Schoeff, 2005).

Reference:
Bishop, M.L., Fody, E.P. and Schoeff. L. (2005) Clinical Chemistry: Principles, Procedures, Correlations. 5th Edn. USA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Thursday 11 December 2008

完美和永遠的愛情

相信完美和永遠的愛情嗎?
我堅持相信
相信就會變成事實
努力是必要的

儅你真心渴望某樣東西時,全世界都會集合力量幫你完成
也可套在愛情保溫的方程式裏

一個分享愛情文字的平台
愛情講堂

Wednesday 10 December 2008

深深地跌進‘儅我們同在一起’的回憶漩渦裏

Haolians Customised 2009 Calendar
Designed by H2





天啊,這是我收過最棒的聖誕禮物了!
1. 好專業的日曆
2.幾乎每個月份都是我們2008年同月參與的活動哦!
3.貼心的她,還加上SG & UK的Public Holidays!
4.每位成員的生日也實實在在地貼在日曆裏,沒有理由忘記了!
5.可是,怎麽我們的臉都欠體面?muahaha..
6.連他們11月30日才回來的柬埔寨照片也加入了!強!
7.不明白爲什麽12月是我和crab crab在英國的照片!哈哈!
可是,我還是給100分
天啊,我太興奮了!
要大大力抱抱huihui...
想念你們啦!
T_T

Tuesday 9 December 2008

宅女的良伴

人的漫長人生,總會有起有落,就算是性格,也會改變。

今年,我變得很宅,就是臺灣人說的宅女-不喜歡出門和交際的女生。

來到英國,因爲朋友少,也不想亂花錢和時間交際... 我變本加厲,簡直是宅到不行!
要是廚房多了其他不是該廚房的用戶(被鄰居邀請進餐的友人)或者是多過兩個人同時準備晚餐,我就索性不煮了,直接吃蘋果還是餅乾就算了...真的是超anti-social (=.=)

雖然crab說:不可能!你的腦袋還是充滿去玩的念頭...

那我就是先當宅女,爲了念好書,省錢然後去玩的女生咯... (大笑3聲)

宅女最典型的陪伴,就是電腦和書....就讓你們看看什麽書是我的良伴 =)



可惜,lonely planet 不是我的,是sue的..跟她借的 :p

當然是寫兩份報告用的課本><


宅女,好嗎?
有些人可享受當宅女呢! 雖然,在英國當宅女,是我萬萬想不到會發生在我身上的事情,也有點浪費,可是日子過得還挺不錯的說,可能總是期待和計劃旅程,忙功課吧?

雖然,骨子裏我不是宅女!

Kick the boringness








I think my blog has been little dull and bored.

Just uploaded photos taken on 14Nov (almost one month ago :x ) when i went for National Insurance number (required to work part time legally) interview.

I guess those trees have been bold since the heavy snow. I'm lucky to grab my most loving autumn look =)

I love autumn~

Monday 8 December 2008

還是哭了!

我的cholesterol practical report,花了整整兩、三天完成了80%的報告!

死memory stick...我知道了啦!以後直接save 在U drive好了 T_T

重做!重做!

還有一大堆東西勒!

等我哭完就做T_T

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------- 10 分鐘后繼續寫的blog --------

儅我要大聲大聲地哭的時候,有位天使降臨了!
她幫我Recover file 了!

crab crab 是最好的,crab crab是我的天使!

我還是感恩地哭了 T_T

謝天謝地 T_T

趕快完成那20%!

------------- 7個小時后-----------------

我的cholesterol report 才終于完成...
Next is alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes report-
detection of bone or liver disease

argh.. more difficult one ><

Friday 5 December 2008

Wedding season?

I was trying to do my work, but I was kept distracting by wedding photos.. This morning was browsing forum regarding a love story and wedding of a couple whom I know them, but they dont me..haha..

Then, here it comes Christine's wedding photos! total 5 albums.. She is indeed pretty but i think she did not sleep well the night before 23Nov :x

Their wedding must cost them a BOMB! Staying at the DAMN HIGH CLASS HOTEL, and wedding dinner sunway resort! the jie mei tricks were funny, poor brothers of Voon. haha!

Moral of the story is.. wedding is tiring and spending LOTS of money, but it is only once a lifetime, the precious one!

Anyway, i love viewing wedding photos :p


I like this panaromic view
























愛雪景












雪紛飛
心相隨

一整天
望窗外
心情好

雪停了
行街上
鞋濕透
恨死了



Tuesday 2 December 2008

2008的结尾陈词?

悄悄地来到一年的尾声...
中小学写华文作文时,总会以‘圆满落幕’作为结尾陈词
你会以同样的形容词来wrap up自己的一年吗?
我的中文程度已经每况愈下,半桶水的中英合拼是我的特色 ^_^

2008年,是我22年以来最美的一年
我完成了最多的梦想,实现了最多曾经许下的愿望
这一年的美好让我有点不可思议
然而并不害怕瞬间消失的可能
脚踏实地的走下去 感觉最美好
努力过的感觉最美妙

30号将离开新堡(Newcastle)
16天旅行的启程
离开前 会否整理一年的精华
给自己的2008年划下美丽的句号?

积雪了

积雪了 积雪了!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>昨天<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<





<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<今天>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


可是慢慢就会融化了...早起的妮妮有雪看!哈哈!