Posts from ‘March, 2006’

There’s a wasp/hornet nest hanging right outside my window and try as I might, I can’t identify them. Of the subfamily Polistinae, paper wasps? The material and the cell-like structures of the nests do vaguely resemble that of paper wasps. And the entire thing is attached to the wall/ceiling by a short stalk. Can’t think [...]

True to the S’porean tendency to apply abbreviations to whatever words whenever possible, I’ve found these while going about my business:
APPLES: Application for Passport On-line Electronic System
OSCARS: One-Stop Change of Address Reporting Service (to inform participating government agencies and statutory boards of your change of residential address)
And if A*STAR wasn’t unoriginal enough, here’s another [...]

I haven’t stepped out of my home since I arrived on Monday night. Been revising haaard… almost halfway through Applied Eco. Almost. So far – a lime butterfly and a cicada have paid me a visit. The former’s an adult reared by my sis while still a caterpillar, and the latter… well, you could say [...]

I’m not gonna bother explaining what yesterday’s Lamb experiment was about – Xi, having been one of the seven (six?) experimental subjects, has a full account on her blog. All I can say was that it was great fun – no, I didn’t drink, I shot, I witnessed a lot of things I would have [...]

Photos from today. Yeah, Xi helped – in the Entomology Dept! I still haven’t told Mick. I’ve told him that I’d be going back to S’pore for the term break and so he shouldn’t be expecting me at work for a while, but I haven’t told him about my FYP and what will come after [...]

NHM’s Central Hall was transformed into a banquet hall of sorts yesterday. Men in black were rappelling down the columns hanging up a Big Black Cloth with Starry Lights, a lady was arranging yellow candles on the main stairway, Dippy the dino was lit up red from the underside, and a lot of other people [...]

I really really ought to have a shower.
But there’s no gas… for the upteenth time. No hot water.
Sometimes, I wonder. This sucks. So much so for all the rent and the other bills.
Twice we were completely waterless, once the toilet bowl was stuffed and full to the brim of floating poo.
I [...]

This is the last assignment I’ll ever get in my degree course… gotta make the poster presentation a good one! Since I’ve finished this earlier than expected, I think I’ll wrap up the final bits and pieces tomorrow and make a visit to the NHM. Haven’t been down in a while; Mick’s gonna wonder what’s [...]