Photos of what i did in lab

it's called alginate (from sodium alginate), it's precipitating in absolute volka(ethanol, haha)

the precipitated product damn cool eh?

no it does not look anything like shit

Kenn

60th day

woots!~
it's already two months (60days is about 2 months)
closer to home
but put that aside
since amelia thinks that it's really fun here
actually it's not bad, in the sense that it's a whole NEW world
the food's good and the seniors too

okay
things to look forward to
is VITAS concert which i'm going tomorrow!!!
he's a russian singer
who packs a punch
anyway it's my first time to concert

and today my lab nearly turn into a salon -_-
what do i mean?
i'll post the pictures later

Kenn

Ps i do not have the pictures, i get it and upload soon
meanwhile i show u what i did in lab

59th day

thought about it
and guess where i'm going?
Nowhere
haha, maybe i should take a rest from going out
China's fun, but still i should take it easy
to not to be scam again
haha

everything seems better this week
4 more weeks till final report
then it will be nearer to home
and to meet all of you guys!

Kenn

58th day

we were think on where to go this coming china public holiday
May the first (it's on friday, saturday and sunday)
at first we planned to go to Shanghai
we went too late, train tickets have been fully booked since last week
so we left two choice,
either Beijing again or Dalian
if it's beijing, i would want to go their zoo, theme park, and real greatwall
if Dalian, i totally do not know that place, but i heard it's kinda like singapore, i think it's cool
but it will be more expensive cos' we'll be taking plane
few more days to ponder about it.

Kenn

57th day

SUNDAY
we didn't go zoo again
cause one of us was kinda sick
instead we went to have lunch at a cool place
the main dish was fish, it's super duper delicious

we then stumble to an IT mall
and i got myself a psp memory card (8G) it's fake of course
and a UMD game for about 45 SDG
the real memory card of 8G cos about 48 SDG
and i got some games for the person

due to the heavy lunch, dinner was at 9.30pm
we ordered korean delivery
it's still edible
we installed some china hamachi, and played some warcraft minigames
it was fun tho

and finally my report was submitted
burden gone!

Kenn

56th day

boring day
don't even feel like blogging
but still
spent my whole day watching anime, english/jap drama
got my report check in the night
there are a few more changes to be made
then final check
and i'll be submitting tml
haha, it's a burden
till then.

Kenn

55th day

rush rush
needa submit report on sunday
spent almost the half of today busy rearranging the information for the report
hopefully i can slack on this weekend
report's nearly done
the weather now, is like crazy
it went very cold again for today
maybe it's due to the rain
but still, i hope for a warm weather.

Kenn

54th day

i went for a meeting with prof. jiang today
he's going to the states very soon
but he wanted to have this meeting because there were some issue of late-ness
project students are not reporting to the lab on time
which is about 8.30am
so he kinda lectured for about 1hour
he wants to make sure that everyone will go to labs on time
he's quite a nice guy i would say

my senior, LiJian
treat me to steamboat today
it's the second time going out for dinner with him
this time there's only him, my 师姐 (another senior) and me
so it was weird to me at first but when the food came,
who cares.


Kenn

53rd day

the menu of some eatery

the great wall, one ulu part

The walnuts have a hard shell to crack!!!

Our Korean friends

53rd day

got the morning off

as senior had something else to do

there's this report 2 which need to be completed by this sunday

everything is just the very same

Kenn

51st and 52nd day

51st day
the weather has been cold lately
and i'm sure it's going to get better
i got stranded in the lift of my lab
lucky me, i wasn't alone
i was with the other three of my seniors
why the heck did i got myself stuck?
we went to collect high purity water from the ground floor
4 huge bottles
the lift door closed
press the button with the number 4
rummble...
the lights went off
dim orange light from a corner lighted up
we can see light entering from the slit of the doors
all 4 of us were first timers
so we called some person
and they reported the trouble
we were saved within mintues
it was real funny
and became the joke of the day
it was cool.

52nd day
received the mail from my mum
5 more days left for writing our 2nd report
and i yet to start
damn!
i made some korean friends
they taught us a little bit of korean
they are fun people but sadly they're going back to korea like tomorrow morning
so, goodbye to them


Kenn

50th day

trip to zoo was cancelled as the weather was bad
it's rained after raining last night
so we went to the so called orchard road in tianjin to do some shopping
i got a belt (i think it's kinda cool) and a quicksilver slipper (most probably it's a fake)
haha
and after dinner we went to starbucks

photos will be uploaded soon i guess
seeya

Kenn

49th day

i fell asleep in the meeting today
i didn't slept all the way through
but i doze off for like a second or two

it was a meeting for our lab seniors
they have it almost every saturday
the professors will be there
and our seniors would share their progress of the research with everyone present
we were told to attend this very meeting
as it will be the last chance to see the professor who made this attachment happen
cause the professor will be going to the states for a long time

today's lunch was superb
when i entered the restaurant
i thought i smelled satay and chicken curry
i was happy at first
but after, disappointment
the menu was similar to any other restaurant in tianjin
but they have some unique dishes
that's still lingering in my mind

hopefully tomorrow would be fun
cause i'm going to tianjin ZOO
woooo~

Kenn

48th day

i was in the lab the whole of today
and watching ghost whisperer
as my senior got something to do
and i was left untouched
'cept for arranging some blue and yellow tips

cc and i ran an errand for our shijie
we ride their bicycles and went somewhere outside tianjin uni
it was not very far away
but the road was way damn scary
trust me, it was dangerous everywhere
the bikers on the road were a threat rather than the cars
there are many people who prefer to ride bicycles in China
so they have special bike lanes on the road for bicycles
which i think that is an awesome idea
but still i'm not used to it
to me, it was like a road race
but it was fun
but if given a chance to try again
i would never, unless neccessary

and i obtain a 'jing' of walnut from cc
he owned me
it's kinda cool to see walnut in China
the kinda with the shell on

Kenn

47th day

brrrr...
the weather turned cold again
jeans, jacket and covered shoes are must wear items today
it's a real trouble to wear jackets
and i really really miss gearing up in shorts and T-shirt and out i go

finally, after two days of doing nothing
my experiment started again
it's research, meaning that you search then re-search and re-search
so i did similar things again

i didn't feel like going to the gym today
cos the weather is freaking cold
till now, i'm getting use of getting fat in my room
oh and tomorrow's friday
friday always gives me the drive to do anything
till tomorrow then.

Kenn

letthemdothetalkin'

I was there

Will taught me this

Pear like fruit which taste like honeydew

cold cold night- palm print @ 3am

Kenn

45th and 46th day

as the dry freezing machine has not been repaired yet
i have the free time to write my report and relax
i'm lucky!
but i just have the feeling that when the machine is functional
there'll be hell lot of work for me
for now i shall enjoy till i get sick of it

the temperature in tianjin have been fluctuating recently
it can be almost 25 degrees in the mid afternoon and 8 degrees in the night
i definitely hate the cold weather
and last night it rained, it was around 3pm
there were lightning but i think i didn't really hear any loud thunder
the thunder's is muffled in tianjin
and when it was raining, i was really super cold outside
there was water vapour on my window

Kenn

44th day

today indeed have been a slacking day for me
no labs
as one of the dry freezing machine is still out of order
i went to the lab at about 3pm
and play my psp
there's nothing interesting anymore

tomorrow will be another slack day
but maybe i'll try to make it better

Kenn

43rd day

we went to KTV last night at about 12am
the KTV place was huge and high class
seven of us booked the room from 12.30 to 5.30am
and each of us only need to pay 14RMB
totally sang till we drop
i reached back to my hostel at around 6am
and 'thub!', i fell into a deep slumber

after about 5 to 6 hours of sleep
i woke up at around 12pm
and we got ready to go for shopping
half of us were zombies, lacking of sleep
i bought a yellow shirt which was being bargain from 45RMB to 30RMB by Richong

today's a tiring day
that's all

all the best to you ivan
have 3 weeks worth of fun
see ya soon

Kenn

40th, 41st and 42nd day

40th Day
Grace left for beijing today
she was the one who helped us to the max
i am very greatful for what she did
the very most we can do was to treat her a bullet train ride
and before she left i gave her a necklace
god knows when we'll be meeting again
thanks a lot to you Grace!




41th Day
okay, dun expect too much from me living in china
haha
same old doing-experiment-thingy
i like doing it, better off then getting scammed by people
so today i was doing some protein expt
actually it's only the preparation
we need about 9 beakers or so
and these beakers need to be extra-duper clean
so it need to wash these beakers 50 times with tap water then 10 times with deionise water for each beaker
cool eh?
fill up beaker-pour out water-fill up beaker-pour out water-fill up beaker-pour out water
and the reward was that i 'm able to go back after doing this task


42nd day
11 April '09 Saturday
SLACK DAY!!!
i woke up at 10am today
the weather was suppose to turn warmer
but instead, cool wind (cool, not cold) was on today
with my brown knee length pants (i think it's bermudas) and red nike real run dry fit T-shirt the wind was chilly
but it was still not killing me
i tapao lunch to lab
and ate in lab
haha
and spent the whole afternoon in lab, slacking with my PSP
and now, 11.09pm
i'm getting ready to have a taste of china KTV with my seniors
so no worrys, no more scamming situation for me

BTW the story of me being scamming, need time to be written, so just gimme more days

info: bedsheet auntie don't work on saturdays, so i couldn't change my bedsheet

Kenn

39th day

for day 36-38, i will not be updating my blog
cos i was not in Tianjin
i was in Beijing

i'll roughly type out the happenings in Beijing
we went to Beijing by bullet train
this is my first time on the bullet train, i was very excited of course
we reached tianjin bullet train station at around 12plus
and the only tickets for the very next train we can get is the high class seat
(there are 2nd class, 1st class and high class seats)
we were quite rushing for time so we just took the high class seat
it cost 99RMB
the train is sleek and high tech looking
cool eh.
about high class seat, you will have your own personal space and they give you chocopie
that's all

we made our way to 天安门 and 故宫 (forbidden city)
this forbidden city is the real deal, not the one which we saw during sec sch
it's a whole lota big huge place
the ticket of forbidden city was 20RMB
it was the student price
cos we borrowed our senior's student pass,hehe
we started walking at 1pm
and about 5plus it closes
we didn't even tour the whole of it
oh the amazing thing is we saw andrew in forbidden city
the andrew from BLSS
it was shocking to stumble into someone i know in china
after we got out of forbidden city, our legs are tired, we went for food~
we went to 王府井街 to have some 小吃
they have fried starfish, scorpion and lotsa lotsa bugs
and i had
mutton

the next day, we went to 颐和园 which is the summer palace
this is where i learnt the cixi was someone who likes ang moh stuff
she even had a olden day Benz
and in the olden days, she's suppose to be pretty
in modern days, she's not another ordinary person (i shouldn't comment on that)
haha
i think that summer palace is better than forbidden city
in scenery wise
in the night
we had the famous beijing roasted duck
weee~
it's so-so only, i like roast pig better

the third day
we decide to go to 长城 --八达岭长城 (Great Wall of China)
we knew that it was difficult and troublesome to make our way to GreatWall (GW)
so we decided to go with a tour
wow
the tour package was damn cheap
it's 100RMB and they bring you to five different places
GW, 十三陵 and a few more
it's like damn good
so we took the package
and what more special is that
they even have a driver to pick us up
from where we're staying
we got up the tour bus and we had an uneasy feeling
but it's too late to do anything
before the tour guide is collects the fees on bus she said
that there's a additional place that we are going and we need to pay extra 40RMB to go
she explain why it's expensive- she said because the tour agency is not earning money so this 40RMB will allow them to earn some money
so we tot it was reasonable and paid 140RMB
we just sat on the bus till we reached GW
for 十三陵, it's the place where emperors of china are being buried
so after GW, on the bus, the tour guide told us that we will not be going to the tomb
cause there are kids on board and some people might see things
so we went to some coocoo museum
it's like aren't we suppose to view tomb?
but now we came some dumb place which tells story about all emperors of china
nevermind after the last place, we were about to go back to the pick up point
then the tour guide say we are suppose to stop for a bus check
they we were bought to a nice place with a VIP room to sit and rest
and this is where the scamming happens
(i'll have it on the next post-and ya i got scammed,darn it!)

we were staying at a korean person house
the whole time in beijing
for 3 days and 3 nights
it's 560RMB for 2 person
it's not bad
and on the 2nd day, we had korean food for breakfast
they have the habit of eating rice in the morning
there's kimchi too.

this is all for now

Kenn

35th day-late night

Yes i'm going to beijing tomorrow

and my kind senior allow me to take two days of leave

so i'll might be in beijing till this wednesday

only CC and me are going

and we have been planning till now

damn tired

we will be taking the bullet train to beijing

weee~

i will not be updating, unless there's internet at the place we're staying

i will take good care of myself and so do you all.

Kenn

33rd, 34th and 35th day

these two days have been boring
experiment after experiment
i worked till about 9.30pm on the 33rd day
-hardworker
haha
but on the 34th, the senior gave us easier less tiring experiment to do

in the night we had steamboat
at a place where it shall not be revealed
HAHA
so we have decided
that we are going to beijing during the QingMingFestival holiday in china (5 april to 6april)
but if our senior give us advance leave, hehe, then we might stay there for another 2 days more

menglan called this morning from beijing, she's already there
she said that it's not really freeze cold
and she's staying in a hotel
and from her voice, it seems that the hotel is maybe 4 or 5 stars
we might book a place at the hotel, but we haven't really decide yet

and yesterday night, an annoying thing happened
i was using my com and it's about 2am
then suddenly the power in my room got cut off
it turn out that my electricity bill have reach the limit
so i have no choice but to sleep cos' the counter auntie must have gone home
then i woke up this morning to buy electricity
it's i think 1watt for 5.50RMB, if i heard it right
i paid 110RMB
then got electricity BACK
i was told by the auntie that i bought 200watt when i came on 1march
so i finished everything on 4april, in one month and 4days

Kenn

yoz, this is my birthday meal, the mee suan is damn good, and the fried egg is

the food is not bad

Nice Yummy food

Several Views of Birthday Cake, Made in china

It's nice, like pandan cake with cream on it, a lot and it's real nice, the seniors are the best

This is the bottle that the senior gave me, real sweet eh, jealous?

Kenn

32nd day

Thanks again for all the wishes!

dunno why but this year
my lunar birthday and 'english' birthday are on the same date
so i had my vemicillin (mee sua)
and hard boiled egg (too bad there was only braised egg)

had my afternoon off, but i still went back to the lab to slack
in the end, my senior gave me something to do
what a way to spend my afternoon

had dinner at one of their buffet place
it had a grand and posh setting
but their food is so-so only
i rather like s'pore buffet
i treated the my seniors dinner
and ivan warn me not to type the price out
cos' my mum will kill me "gluped"

the seniors were kind enough to buy me a birthday cake
wow
1st B'day in china and 1st china cake
one of female senior gave me a water bottle as present
wow i didn't expect it
it's a real cute bottle
and she was funny and cute enough to give me the present in private
the reason was that she didn't see anyone giving so she dare not give
(hey cute can be meant for anyone, like my sister and brother are cute-haha)

that's all i guess
i'll upload the pictures tomorrow
cos' i'm tired.

see ya


Kenn

31th day + birth day

Happy April's Fool Day

woohoo. it's my birthday today

i'm not gonna boast about having such a NICE day for my birth date

i totally missed having pizza at home on my birthday

and of course my friends company

for now, china is a cold cold place

as in it's really cold now, freaking about 10plus degrees leh

my senior in lab is kind enough to give us a morning break today, as in i need to get to lab only in the afternoon

and tomorrow, maybe i'll get the afternoon off. What a good birthday present to get!

i was told that the weather is going to get warmer soon

i was very happy to hear about it

so this is all, and thanks for the wishes, everyone.

it's really cold out here
Kenn