HAPPY MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL TO ALL OF YOU!
enjoy your mooncakes
enjoy your mooncakes
today, i'm officially jobless for two weeks! hehe..
Wednesday
Thursday
02.09.2010
i have tendered my notice of two months. but i will only be able to serve a month..so, i have to pay a month's salary to the company as compensation.. it's sad, i know.. but, life goes on..i'll be positive about that.
L-R: aaron, me, anna, jell..far behind:norman
thinking about the fact that i'm going to leave my colleagues soon, makes me feel unhappy.. it has been exactly 2 years and 10 months..and they are the people meet, people i work with, and people i talk to. leaving them behind is like putting aside something which is very very familiar to you :(
orange cordial sample in diethyl ether + petroleum ether
now, i'm busy finishing up my work and responsibilities.. let's not think about the 'sad things' first.
my final task is to complete the fat content extraction using rose-gottlieb method, in selected non-solid food samples. to perform rose gottlieb method i must be physically strong and fit because i have to shake each test tube vigorously for 30 seconds.. each samples will require at least 12 replicates and each tube needs 3 rounds of 30 seconds vigorous shake to ensure complete extraction. if the results that i get are not consistent, then i will have to repeat again and again until i have a nice set of data. in the end of the day, i hope to have toned arms. ;)
L-R: aaron, me, anna, jell..far behind:normanthinking about the fact that i'm going to leave my colleagues soon, makes me feel unhappy.. it has been exactly 2 years and 10 months..and they are the people meet, people i work with, and people i talk to. leaving them behind is like putting aside something which is very very familiar to you :(
orange cordial sample in diethyl ether + petroleum ether now, i'm busy finishing up my work and responsibilities.. let's not think about the 'sad things' first.
my final task is to complete the fat content extraction using rose-gottlieb method, in selected non-solid food samples. to perform rose gottlieb method i must be physically strong and fit because i have to shake each test tube vigorously for 30 seconds.. each samples will require at least 12 replicates and each tube needs 3 rounds of 30 seconds vigorous shake to ensure complete extraction. if the results that i get are not consistent, then i will have to repeat again and again until i have a nice set of data. in the end of the day, i hope to have toned arms. ;)
Tuesday
24.08.2010
on the day i arrived home from china, there's a letter waiting for me. i had never think about it. and now, i got headache thinking about it. i have to make my decision. time is running out.
my current job is great..and i'm actually waiting for the time to go brunei to set up the microbiological lab there, which i'm really looking forward to..but, too bad the brunei government is taking too much time to sign the agreement, and we will have to wait for them. besides that, i believe the business will grow. and maybe, there will be new microbiological laboratories in labuan, miri and bintulu, which, of course i will have to take part in the process..and a lot more opportunities to grow.
while on the other hand, if i were to accept the new job offered to me..what will i get? what will i do? who will i become? will it gives me more opportunity to learn? will i be better than who i am now? i do not know..
somehow, i'm sure, whatever my decision, my family and friends are here to support me..and i have my God to guide me.
so, today, i made my decision to move on. if i am in my comfort zone now, today i have decided to move out from my zone and take up the challenge.
and this is His promise: I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.
my current job is great..and i'm actually waiting for the time to go brunei to set up the microbiological lab there, which i'm really looking forward to..but, too bad the brunei government is taking too much time to sign the agreement, and we will have to wait for them. besides that, i believe the business will grow. and maybe, there will be new microbiological laboratories in labuan, miri and bintulu, which, of course i will have to take part in the process..and a lot more opportunities to grow.
while on the other hand, if i were to accept the new job offered to me..what will i get? what will i do? who will i become? will it gives me more opportunity to learn? will i be better than who i am now? i do not know..
somehow, i'm sure, whatever my decision, my family and friends are here to support me..and i have my God to guide me.
so, today, i made my decision to move on. if i am in my comfort zone now, today i have decided to move out from my zone and take up the challenge.
and this is His promise: I alone know the plans I have for you, plans to bring you prosperity and not disaster, plans to bring about the future you hope for.
Thursday
19.08.2010
the long-awaited holiday trip was just over. i just got back from haikou, hainan in china.
to be honest, i did not really enjoy the trip this time, as compared to my previous visit to china. i feel like i had culture shock when i was there. although i know and are familiar with the chinese culture, somehow there's something different when you are not in your homeland.
hainan is an island whereby the weather is almost the same in Sabah. but it was very hot due to the sudden temperature rise in some part of China, and the highest temperature during our visit was 38 C.
the main tourist attraction spots are the beaches..and you can see lots of coconuts in hainan. in every supermarket that we visited, surely we can see products made from coconuts, from candies to bags and even the facial products.
dinner on our 1st day in hainan: all were spicy..even the kacang panjang also very spicy..
we joined in the local tour to go around hainan for 3 days 2 nights. we visited pearl shop, jade, market, tea house, seafood products manufacturing factory, and lots more where we can get local products for souvenirs.
it's nice to see their scenery. it's good to see their local products..but then it's the food that i enjoyed the most. they are very cheap!
xiao lung pao & shui jiao: 3 yuan per basket
another experience is to eat pork burger in one of the famous fast food chain, which is unlikely or should i say, impossible to have back at home. :)
the last two days in hainan, we went to the same shop for dinner because they served nice food and big portion and not expensive.
a piece of information for you: you will not get hainan chicken rice in hainan. i'm not really sure how the 'hainan chicken rice' came about..perhaps, long time ago, a man from hainan traveled to malaya and got married to a local lady here.. and because he had to raise his family, he decided to start his own chicken rice business. so, that's how we have our hainan chicken rice, today.
the famous chicken dish in hainan is called Wenchang chicken. wenchang is the name of one of the city in hainan. to have wenchang chicken in hainan, is the same as having ayam kampung in malaysia..
this is the local food in haikou. and, this is something different. the taste is unexplainable.. you will have to try, to know how it taste..a combination of everything. sweet, sour, salty and spicy.
ah meng, tuako, me and mom
ok..now, it's time save again, for the next trip.
hainan is an island whereby the weather is almost the same in Sabah. but it was very hot due to the sudden temperature rise in some part of China, and the highest temperature during our visit was 38 C.
the main tourist attraction spots are the beaches..and you can see lots of coconuts in hainan. in every supermarket that we visited, surely we can see products made from coconuts, from candies to bags and even the facial products.
dinner on our 1st day in hainan: all were spicy..even the kacang panjang also very spicy..
it's nice to see their scenery. it's good to see their local products..but then it's the food that i enjoyed the most. they are very cheap!
xiao lung pao & shui jiao: 3 yuan per basketanother experience is to eat pork burger in one of the famous fast food chain, which is unlikely or should i say, impossible to have back at home. :)
the last two days in hainan, we went to the same shop for dinner because they served nice food and big portion and not expensive.
a piece of information for you: you will not get hainan chicken rice in hainan. i'm not really sure how the 'hainan chicken rice' came about..perhaps, long time ago, a man from hainan traveled to malaya and got married to a local lady here.. and because he had to raise his family, he decided to start his own chicken rice business. so, that's how we have our hainan chicken rice, today.
the famous chicken dish in hainan is called Wenchang chicken. wenchang is the name of one of the city in hainan. to have wenchang chicken in hainan, is the same as having ayam kampung in malaysia..
this is the local food in haikou. and, this is something different. the taste is unexplainable.. you will have to try, to know how it taste..a combination of everything. sweet, sour, salty and spicy.
ah meng, tuako, me and momWednesday
14.07.2010
i was chatting with bunie last night and we ended up having goal to achieve..the reasons are for health purposes and another thing is to accomplish our last year's (erm..was it last 2years) new year resolution..haha..
i've got bunie's permission to publish this :)(warning: below conversation/post is in sabahan slang , fully bahasa pasar and numbers will not be revealed to protect the privacy of both parties)
sandrateo84: heya heya..busy?
cornelea grace: sandie!!!! buat apa??
sandrateo84: baru balik dari station..
cornelea grace: penat ya?
sandrateo84: penat sikit, sebab exercise tadi kan..hehe.
cornelea grace: waaaa, suda exercise ya? i belum start lagi..malassss...tiada kawan.
sandrateo84: iya, i was so energized tadi before start exercise..tapi, bila tukar baju sudah, terus malas..but i teruskan juga perjuangan..hehe..
cornelea grace: ko jalan-jalan di treadmill?
sandrateo84: i buat crunches & etc for 20mins, then treadmill 20mins..
cornelea grace: nnt bln depan i mau join puasa, sebab tiada makanan kan...
sandrateo84: oh, bagus juga tu bunie. i pun mau join puasa lah..haha..
cornelea grace: i inda suka exercise..i like game / competition
sandrateo84: apa kata kita compete kasi turun 10kg in 3 months??
cornelea grace: wah wah...if menang dpt apa??
sandrateo84: i pun ragu-ragu if i can..haha!
cornelea grace: bah jom la..apa hadiah nya?
sandrateo84: alala..serious? apa hadiah?? i pun inda tau..
cornelea grace: ala, ko suggest hadiah bah sand...ko yg ckp duluan..cepat apa hadiah...
sandrateo84: ok, apa yang ko betul-betul mau?
cornelea grace: ko mau apa???
sandrateo84: i mau kamera, but i'll be buying one, next month..haha.. i pun inda tau apa i mau..
cornelea grace: ala, jadi apa lagi selain kamera?
sandrateo84: if 3 months from now, ialah october kan..
cornelea grace: ya ya..
sandrateo84: hmm, apa i mau ah? i pun inda tau..
sandrateo84: OK, begini..if ko menang, i pergi KL, bayar sendiri..
cornelea grace: okkkkay..klu ko menang??
sandrateo84: but if i menang, ko bayarkan tiket i to KL..
cornelea grace: bah timbang skrg juga! start besok ne..
cornelea grace: 14 JULAI 2010-14 OKTOBER 2010......
cornelea grace:if kita sama2 hilang 10kg...sama2 menang la tu?
sandrateo84: haha! iya, sama2 menang lah..
cornelea grace: so, inda perlu bagi hadiah la kan...hahahaha.
sandrateo84: ok, start bisuk ah...
sandrateo84: i pergi timbang dulu ya..
cornelea grace: okay.. i XXkg.. ko berapa?
sandrateo84: ko tidak pernah tau my weight kan? ko jgn kasi ketawa ah..haha! ok, i timbang dulu..
cornelea grace: okay!
cornelea grace: berapa BMI ko sekarang, sand?
sandrateo84: ok, i sebenarnya XX kg..haha!
sandrateo84: my weight is XXkg..my height is 170 cm and my BMI is XX.X
cornelea grace: wah, kita bgne jauh beza tinggi, ko berat Xkg ja dari i kan.
cornelea grace: ideal is 18-24
cornelea grace: 24-29 is overweight
cornelea grace: more than 30% is OBES
sandrateo84: eh, i thought normal is 18-22..
cornelea grace: nope, its 18-24
cornelea grace: so, start besok kan kan...the duration will be 14 JULY-14 OKTOBER..okay?
sandrateo84: ok! set! fuh~ nervous oh..
cornelea grace: asalkan kita sama-sama sampai 10kg then draw!!! Sama-sama menang...
sandrateo84: haha! ok..
cornelea grace: i’m nervous too..hahaha.
sandrateo84: i risau oh, mine macam impossible..
cornelea grace: sbb kuaaaaat makaaan sama malaaaaas exercise, tu la nervous.
cornelea grace: sand, nothing is imposibble.
sandrateo84: sebab inda pernah tercapai, since 4 years ago..
cornelea grace: we motivate each other.
sandrateo84: OK! we can do it!
cornelea grace: 10 kg 10 kg 10 kg 10 kg
cornelea grace: :))))
sandrateo84: YES!
cornelea grace: i membayangkan diri kurus 3bulan dari sekarang..hahahaha.
sandrateo84: hahaha! sama!
sandrateo84: OK! OK! we must walk the talk..make the dream comes true!
cornelea grace: must! must!
sandrateo84: tapi, secara sihat ya..jangan memudaratkan kesihatan.. jangan tidak makan until gastrik..
sandrateo84: baru balik dari station..
cornelea grace: penat ya?
sandrateo84: penat sikit, sebab exercise tadi kan..hehe.
cornelea grace: waaaa, suda exercise ya? i belum start lagi..malassss...tiada kawan.
sandrateo84: iya, i was so energized tadi before start exercise..tapi, bila tukar baju sudah, terus malas..but i teruskan juga perjuangan..hehe..
cornelea grace: ko jalan-jalan di treadmill?
sandrateo84: i buat crunches & etc for 20mins, then treadmill 20mins..
cornelea grace: nnt bln depan i mau join puasa, sebab tiada makanan kan...
sandrateo84: oh, bagus juga tu bunie. i pun mau join puasa lah..haha..
cornelea grace: i inda suka exercise..i like game / competition
sandrateo84: apa kata kita compete kasi turun 10kg in 3 months??
cornelea grace: wah wah...if menang dpt apa??
sandrateo84: i pun ragu-ragu if i can..haha!
cornelea grace: bah jom la..apa hadiah nya?
sandrateo84: alala..serious? apa hadiah?? i pun inda tau..
cornelea grace: ala, ko suggest hadiah bah sand...ko yg ckp duluan..cepat apa hadiah...
sandrateo84: ok, apa yang ko betul-betul mau?
cornelea grace: ko mau apa???
sandrateo84: i mau kamera, but i'll be buying one, next month..haha.. i pun inda tau apa i mau..
cornelea grace: ala, jadi apa lagi selain kamera?
sandrateo84: if 3 months from now, ialah october kan..
cornelea grace: ya ya..
sandrateo84: hmm, apa i mau ah? i pun inda tau..
sandrateo84: OK, begini..if ko menang, i pergi KL, bayar sendiri..
cornelea grace: okkkkay..klu ko menang??
sandrateo84: but if i menang, ko bayarkan tiket i to KL..
cornelea grace: bah timbang skrg juga! start besok ne..
cornelea grace: 14 JULAI 2010-14 OKTOBER 2010......
cornelea grace:if kita sama2 hilang 10kg...sama2 menang la tu?
sandrateo84: haha! iya, sama2 menang lah..
cornelea grace: so, inda perlu bagi hadiah la kan...hahahaha.
sandrateo84: ok, start bisuk ah...
sandrateo84: i pergi timbang dulu ya..
cornelea grace: okay.. i XXkg.. ko berapa?
sandrateo84: ko tidak pernah tau my weight kan? ko jgn kasi ketawa ah..haha! ok, i timbang dulu..
cornelea grace: okay!
cornelea grace: berapa BMI ko sekarang, sand?
sandrateo84: ok, i sebenarnya XX kg..haha!
sandrateo84: my weight is XXkg..my height is 170 cm and my BMI is XX.X
cornelea grace: wah, kita bgne jauh beza tinggi, ko berat Xkg ja dari i kan.
cornelea grace: ideal is 18-24
cornelea grace: 24-29 is overweight
cornelea grace: more than 30% is OBES
sandrateo84: eh, i thought normal is 18-22..
cornelea grace: nope, its 18-24
cornelea grace: so, start besok kan kan...the duration will be 14 JULY-14 OKTOBER..okay?
sandrateo84: ok! set! fuh~ nervous oh..
cornelea grace: asalkan kita sama-sama sampai 10kg then draw!!! Sama-sama menang...
sandrateo84: haha! ok..
cornelea grace: i’m nervous too..hahaha.
sandrateo84: i risau oh, mine macam impossible..
cornelea grace: sbb kuaaaaat makaaan sama malaaaaas exercise, tu la nervous.
cornelea grace: sand, nothing is imposibble.
sandrateo84: sebab inda pernah tercapai, since 4 years ago..
cornelea grace: we motivate each other.
sandrateo84: OK! we can do it!
cornelea grace: 10 kg 10 kg 10 kg 10 kg
cornelea grace: :))))
sandrateo84: YES!
cornelea grace: i membayangkan diri kurus 3bulan dari sekarang..hahahaha.
sandrateo84: hahaha! sama!
sandrateo84: OK! OK! we must walk the talk..make the dream comes true!
cornelea grace: must! must!
sandrateo84: tapi, secara sihat ya..jangan memudaratkan kesihatan.. jangan tidak makan until gastrik..
cornelea grace: ok, cara sihat....
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Sunday
27.06.2010
the best thing to watch any sport games, be it olympic games or thomas cup or world cup..err..sukma 2010 (i didnt watch any of the games), what i like the most and what touched me the most is that whenever the winner wins or whenever the player scores a goal, they will look up and lift up their hands.
i believe they must be thanking God for the achievement, accomplishment and the success they achieved. i like to see them with the feeling of gratitude, for all their preparation and hard work, paid off in the end..and that, almost always bring tears to my eyes..
hehe..world cup fever, bah.. ;D
i believe they must be thanking God for the achievement, accomplishment and the success they achieved. i like to see them with the feeling of gratitude, for all their preparation and hard work, paid off in the end..and that, almost always bring tears to my eyes..
hehe..world cup fever, bah.. ;D
(pictures from www.fifa.com)
Saturday
26.06.2010
two days ago, roddy a.k.a kkbb (koko boy-boy) =) flew to KL to further his studies for his Master and perhaps PhD..and of course the siblings and cousins had another food feast for his farewell.
wishing him all the best and surely he'll get what he's been dreaming for!
G.O.O.D L.U.C.K A.R.T.E.O
G.O.O.D L.U.C.K A.R.T.E.O
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