These I treasure

I'm SOOOO thankful for having friends to calm down my nerves when I'm freaking out. wink wink.

I got the biggest shock today when I woke up to find the numbers 12.39 staring back at me from my alarm clock. I thought it would have been 12.39AM, but that was impossible as I slept at close to 5am that morning. The alarm clock was set to wake me up at 8am to attend my lab at 9.30am, and yet I somehow missed the alarm OR had forgotten to turn on the alarm.

So I managed not to curse, tried finding my phone, to no avail. I feel so useless without my phone. First thing I could think of was, "OH NO!!! My lab partner is going to kill me for not showing up at lab!" It was supposed to be a 2 hour wet lab work from 9.30 to 11.30am, then analysis of results. The lab work requires 2 people to complete, so my head was going round in circles trying to think a way through the mess.

No time for breakfast, not even coffee. I don't function well without coffee. Thank goodness the lecture this morning was cancelled. So I rushed all the way to bioc lab and not surprised to see no one there. I saw plates on other groups' table, but none on the space my lab partner and I work at. I tried not to panic, then ran off to Unicol to try to find my phone (it wasn't there), ran to commerce building (as my lab partner mentioned he always have pizzas every friday there~ random I know; too bad he wasn't there either), then I ran back to the lab and wrote a note of apology to him in case he went back to lab.

I'm amazed I even have the energy to run to so many places and get to the office for my last day at work and not faint of exhaustion. I started work at 2pm, then went shopping a while at 6pm with Mich and bought a dress to wear to Dil's birthday lunch tomorrow (yay!!) Thank you Michelle for buying me a cup of mocha and egg/mayo sandwich; and thanks Sammie for the Cornetto ice cream to cheer me up =) And thanks for helping me find my phone (huge sigh of relief- more than 5 missed calls, 4 messages)- it was left in the car since last night. Thanks to my awesome lab partner for not getting angry with me (I would if I were you, haha!), and for completing the experiment with help from one the demonstrators, I'll buy you chocolate/pizza someday ;P

Thanks to my (now ex) colleagues for the past 6 months; Rachel, Patrice, Shi Leng, Sulyn, Mark, Nick, Yuko, Tania, Sarah, Jess, Steve, Sue, Oliver, Cath etc. It has been enlightening, a eye opener (in a good way) to the corporate world. It's been a wonderful working experience. Thanks for the lovely farewell card =)

A lesson learnt today: not to stretch myself to the limit. Well, actually PAST my limit: physically & emotionally. I guess I wanted to prove to myself, or convince myself, that I can survive with less sleep and try to get EVERYTHING done by myself. Which completely backfired when I overslept for 4 hours, that has never happened before. Which is why I promise myself that I'm going to sleep at midnight today, wake up all refreshed at 9am tomorrow for a fun-filled day to enjoy (hopefully) a sunny Saturday. =)

Thanks again guys for being there even when I'm going crazy and almost ready to scream at people walking past me. Thanks for making sure I don't skip breakfast/lunch, and making sure I get my weekly dose of ice-cream.

So, here are some more SHINE '08 and random birthday celebration photos. Enjoy!