Posts under ‘The Undergraduate’

Or… why we should embrace conflicts.
When things are not going as smoothly as it should or could be, it can be taxing, a little, yet it can be so fun and delightfully enlightening, if only we allow ourselves to take that step back to breathe and observe objectively. No matter how well you think [...]

Graduation has come and gone; been there, done that. Collection of robes in the morn, amusing ourselves chuckling at friends who for these three years we have never seen in a suit, or a tie, or a formal white shirt. It was a drizzly morning, the rain not heavy enough to dampen the excitment in [...]

I did my British citizenship renunciation thingy this morn. 'Twas a quick and painless affair… well my mom says that Singapore passport is more useful than the Brit one so at least I don't feel so bad holding on to that red passport of mine! Next I'll have to trot down to ICA and make [...]

Viva this morning was fun. It lasted for 20 minutes, but I really wouldn't have minded had it gone on for an hour. My marker and assessor were both Silwoodians (++ cool factor). The first thing Prof Mick Crawley said to me when I got into the room was, "Don't get nervous" and Dr Reader [...]

I pulled an all-nighter last night. I wasn't alone; at 4.45am most of my bio friends were still online. At 7.30am I heard a soldierly commanding English voice yell out among some cloppering. It was the calvary on its way to the barracks. I struggled to stay awake, helped along by HK tea, for this [...]

Terry returned last night, carapaced by two rucksacks, looking like a lobster and peeling like an onion. He's just been to Lake District. I can't wait; this weekend'll be our turn! 
London's turning cold. From a max of 33ºC in Silwood in the past few days to a min of 12ºC in London today, my body's [...]

Two more mice down. All it took for the first one were the only two girls in the house, a few sticks, and a sabre. We flushed the mouse out from under/behind the microwave oven and intercepted its path with a box. My Nikon SB-800 Speedlight box and accompanying amazon.com cardboard have done us proud [...]

Birthdays:
Princess Anna's Terry's Vincent's Xiao's Jac's (erm… mine)
And from last Friday… WinK's
Others photos include those from my QuGee household and the somewhat freaky Xiao Series.