Started by summer research last week. I must say this whole research thing is something new for me. Never thought that research could be such as tedious task. Too used to attending practical lessons with everything set up and all the students have to do is to follow the lab manuals and do the experiment. For research, everything have to be prepared and plan on your own - from setting up a protocols to preparing solutions to be used and purchasing/making up materials required for experiment. And the worse thing is the project that I'm helping my supervisor with currently, does not have a standardised protocols. So one will have to read tons of journal articles and try to devise a method. And u never knew if the method u devise is ever gonna work until u try and get a result. Luckily I am just an undergraduate and I did not choose to do research as part of my modules.  so I don't have to do all the planning or write up reports and stuff. All I did was to help the post grads with some simple lab work or watch him cracking his brain when something doesn't work. hahahaha.  Anyway, I hope I'll gain some knowledge within this 8 weeks.

On a side note, Gatton is seriously...ulu.. Another new thing for me since growing up in Singapore means growing up in a city environment (and-never-see-farm-before). A side of me is happy to see farms and animals everyday, which is an interesting sight for me. But another part of me finds it super tiring to spend 3 hours travelling to a place with only ONE cafe in the whole campus and pretty much nth else to do. Glad that darx have been preparing packed lunch for me everyday. heh. And yesterday, I ended my lab early..so I decided to take the bus then train home instead of waiting till 5pm for the intercampus bus..conclusion - it took me 3 hours to reach home. Don't think I wanna try that again. I shall guai guai stay in the office and wait till 5pm for the intercampus bus next time. I NEED A CAR~

Received the news that my half-sister committed suicide. Somehow, even thou I'm not close to this half-sister of mine and I only see her less than 10 times in my life...the news still came a shock to me. whenever I receive the news of someone I knew passed away, flashback of whatever memories I have of them appear in my mind which I find it...I dunno how to describe. oh well..life's fragile. shit happens. and...there is really something called karma...

ok, exam result would be out in 2 hours. =S