this weeks friday five.

1. What are your favorite ways to relax and unwind?
Curling up on my bed and reading a sappy romance book with the obligatory happy ending, with soft music in the background and my dog curled up on the floor near me. A storm outside if it can be arranged. And hot chocolate.

Sitting on the verandah of my house in Australia, with my dad's dog as a cushion, looking out into the trees, listening to the kookaburras.

Sitting on the beach staring out to sea. Just thinking.

2. What do you do the moment you get home from work/school/errands?
Take off my shoes and socks, chuck my stuff in my study room, and turn on the computer.

3. What are your favorite aromatherapeutic smells?
NOT lavender. I have one aromatherapy oil that's called rainforest that's really nice. and I like oceanus from the body shop.

4. Do you feel more relaxed with a group of friends or hanging out by yourself?
By myself. If with people, it needs to be with someone that i can just hang out with quietly, a comfortable silence kinda thing. =)

5. What is something that you feel is relaxing but most people don't?
Sitting on a long bus trip, in a double decker bus sitting right at the front. I usually take buses that go a longer route around if I can afford the time. Sitting next to my dad in the van on the 2 day drive up home from Brisbane.

jumped at 3:35 AM

what an absolute waste of time today's safety talk was, i could've safely skipped it and gone to see dr ramsey off. *growl* bloody chang, he's seriously a complete fuckwit. :p

anyway, feeling kinda good about myself today. =) no idea why, but i'm enjoying it while it lasts. *sparkle* Actually, I have some vague idea of why it is, but i don't want to think about those reasons too carefully, no reason to build up hope where there shouldn't be any. *sigh*

oooh, and and and, the Garnier skincare range has come to Singapore! *swoon* i almost hyperventilated when i saw the ad the other day. *grin* i needn't have brought 3 of my facial cleansers back from Scotland after all! =P anyway, i am quite frankly, thrilled, and planning an assault on watson's as we speak :p now if only they'd bring in the shampoo range i'd be one happy egg. *sparkle*

i should do some work today, but i reckon i'll go nap first. sleep off my *drumroll* first peppermint milk tea with pearls since i came back. *contented smile* see yaz later =)

jumped at 9:54 PM

yay! yay yay yay! *bounces around a trifle madly*

my genomics test has been cancelled! thank you dr goh, thank you so soooo much.

it means that i can safely slack a little more, since apparently our lit review is due monday instead *smirk*

lalalalala... *prances off way more happier than she was this morning*

jumped at 2:53 AM

i'm supposed to be doing my literature review. in fact, i was supposed to start about... 3 and a half hours ago. oops.

ya know, i'm almost sure i used to have a life.

jumped at 8:38 AM

ARGH. my handphone bill just came. $266. what the fuck? vodafone is RIDICULOUSLY expensive. an 8 SECOND call cost me $2.60. like, oh my god. one call to my lecturer cos i had to confirm something about my project, cost me $50! fucking overcharging bastards. and of course, i'm getting nagged by my darling mother, with reason this time, and i'm feeling guilty about it, cos i've been overspending as well. argh.

and what with school being in it's current fucked up state, not to mention my emotions, i'm about ready to give up on everything. and i'm in one of those stupid moods where i'm always on the verge of tears, so i'm going to sign off here, walk the dog and go to bed.

nite all, hope it's been a better day for you.

jumped at 7:34 AM

feeling kinda stressed today. the magnitude of this damn project thing suddenly dawned on me. we haven't ordered any of our consumables, have no idea what protocols we're using, don't really know how to culture the strains, don't know what strains we already have, no idea what we're supposed to write for the lit review, basically, know fuck all, and it's driving me mad!

and on top of that, we have a test worth 20% on saturday that i haven't had time to study for, coupla assignments due soon, and i've not been doing particularly well for integrated lab, and that doesn't even have an exam to pull my grades up. *collapse*

not to mention other stuff.

and people think I like Jack!!! *faint* didn't realise i appeared that flirty. *mutter* should work on it, but i can't be arsed. :p

jumped at 6:51 AM

Went down to Orchard today after the incredibly... headache-causing DDD practical, with Sarah and Peiyi. Was looking for a pair of strappy heels for Friday's thing, but wasn't willing to spend money, so. =P I didn't see anything I really loved either, either the design was awful, or the heel was too thick. *shudder* i'm fussy about the heels these days. *grin* However, I got this realy nice black top at tha annexe, which is kinda asymmetrical, and really really nice. =)

So I bought it, even though I'm very very broke nowadays. Been trying to figure out how to salvage my rather out of date budget. *sigh* Think it's beyond redemption though. Nvm, I think I'm wearing it for this Friday, with my Topshop black pants. *beam* Black from head to toe, as usual. *sparkle*

jumped at 7:52 AM