It was bright and sunny this morning, but it soon turned gloomy, wet, and windy. That's Dunedin, though. My umbrella overturned many times; and I hear the sound of hail knocking on my windows now.
Thank goodness I bought these super cute slippers to keep my feet warm ;P
P.S. 'Angels and Demons' was awwwwwesome. Loved every twist and turn in the movie.
Don’t ask me how I’m doing if you don’t wanna know I stayed up too late, woke up late, oh you know how it goes Give off the vibe that everything’s fine As long as, as long as you don’t look in my eyes It’s all going just so perfectly wrong
Hey hey hey what can I say? It’s just been one of those, one of those days Hey hey hey what can I say? It’s just been one of those, one of those days
Don’t mind this kind of life of hurry up and wait Too many things to do, to lose, it gets a little insane So much crazy in 24 hours So many bills, too little frills, and not enough flowers What I wouldn’t give for a minute to myself
Hey hey hey what can I say? It’s just been one of those, one of those days Hey hey hey what can I say? It’s just been one of those, one of those days
lyrics from Joy Williams- One of those days from her latest EP (One of those days), which I absolutely adore
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Mondays; it's one of those days, eh?
And I love the bluntness of the first line "don’t ask me how I’m doing if you don’t wanna know". How often have we asked that question, but end up not even really listening to what the other person is saying, only to think of how to make our own day/situation sound worse than it really is?
So whenever I feel like complaining how bad my day/week/year has been, I listen to Joy Williams and imagine my troubles being washed away :)
Also, I'm excited and happy for Joy Williams for her song "charmed life" being featured in the season finale in Grey's Anatomy. I remember telling everyone how I would never start watching that series, but now thanks to my flatmate Amy, I find it hard missing an episode every week. Watch the acoustic version of "charmed life" here.
Found this auction when I was browsing through trademe. Hmm 'creative' but does it really help with the bids?
Finally, did something different with my experiments today. I'm being vague again as I'm bound by an intellectual property agreement. I finished the experiment and was about to throw out this particular reagent since the amount left in the tube was around 50 µL or less. So yeap tiny amount but then I was told to keep it aka store it back into the freezer as that would cost, I quote "a few hundred dollars".
FYI, the price of gold per GRAM = ~NZD50 the price of X reagent per 50µL = estimated NZD500 and as 1000 µL = 1mL, price of X would be an estimated of $10,000!!!
OKAYYYY. All the more pressure to score this experiment. So I took the precious leftover and put it back into the freezer, which would cost even more with ALL the expensive materials etc. in it. GOSH I know that research is expensive but this really opened my eyes. Which means one single day of running experiments (from now on, pretty much) would cost thousands. Now that's why I'm paying 27K for my yearly tuition fees...
There was so much hail at the North Island that it actually looked like snow!
The weather's going crazy; winter's arriving much sooner this year... all these contribute to:
YET I still have much to be thankful for-
...the fact that I'm healthy, unlike a friend who has to undergo surgery on Thursday and is incredibly stressed about, well, everything. You'll be in my prayers.
Lift conversations with strangers always have to do with how bad the weather is
You find it hard deciding on what to wear - "where are all my long sleeved tops? and why did I buy so many short sleeved/sleeveless tops anyway?"
You walk by shops with jackets on display and decide to walk in *just to have a look* ahem
You crave for hot chicken soups
You walk by the ice cream isle at the supermarket without a second glance
You go to the library more often just coz it's so much warmer there compared to the cold flat
You don't need to refrigerate fruits (and other foodstuffs) since the temperature inside and outside the fridge is about the same anyway
You wonder when it'll snow yay
You browse through old photos when the days were sunny and SIGH
My (potentially) last winter here in Dunedin. wow.
Ski trip is less than 2 months away! An exam in the way, then there's still the project that thankfully is progressing along quite well. I am learning lots, so fingers crossed in 3 months' time there'll be enough results (groundbreaking, maybe? a cure to MRSA? =P) to present and write up the honours dissertation.
Alex and Sam coming down for their graduation ceremony in 2 weeks' time! Super excited! =D
Gah my fingers are numb from the cold. K enough typing. Keep warm
