Cinderella

I listened to this song while in the car with Xiao Lu er. It was sung by Tata Young. I liked the song immediately. There are times when we are down that we'd want someone to be there to lend a shoulder to lean on. There are times when you're lonely and you'd want a person to hug. There are also times when you'd wish there will be this special someone who will rescue you from predicaments and will simply accept you, flaws and all. But before that someone ultra special comes along, it's important to know you're perfectly able to stand on your own and wield your own sword. So that when he did come, you'll know you need him for real, and not just as a temporary shoulder, bolster or body guard.

"Cinderella"

When I was just a little girl

My momma used to tuck me into bed and she read me a story

It always was about a Princess in distress

And how a guy would save her and end up with the glory

I'd lie in bed and think about the person that I wanted to be

Then one day I realized the fairy tale life wasn't for me

[Chorus]

I don't wanna be like Cinderella

Sittin' in a dark old dusty cellar

Waiting for somebody, to come and set me free

I don't wanna be like Snow White waiting

For a handsome prince to come and save me

On a horse of white, unless we're riding side by side

Don't want to depend on no-one else

I'd rather rescue myselfSomeday

I'm gonna find someone who wants my soul, heart and mind

Who's not afraid to show that he loves me

Somebody who will understand I'm happy just the way I am

Don't need nobody taking care of me

I will be there for him just as strong as he, will be there for me

When I give myself then it has got to be, an equal thing

[Chorus]

I can slay, my own dragon

I can dream, my own dreams

My knight in shining armour is me

So I'm gonna set me free

[Chorus]

My Conscience is Mean

I am such an emotional wreck now. My works are not done. I thought I have them under control but apparently not. There is like this huge stone on my chest. I want to scream but I can't. I listen to songs and got touched for no reasons. I want to run away from this place so much. I have screwed up big time. Only reprinting will help. And that means another big chunk out of my now pitifully puny wallet. My heart nearly stopped when I realized the mistake. I thought I could pull it through. Pretend it's not there. Close one eye. Two eyes if I really can't take it. But no matter how many eyes I close, there're still the eyes of my conscience. It poked me. I pretend not to feel anything. It shoved me till I stumbled, I pretend it's a tiny earthquake. It slammed its mighty fist on my desk, I pretend it's those guys next door jamming. It then held me by the collar and slapped my face multiple times. I pretend there's wind blowing. Finally, the simplest things of all. Using its powerful forefingers and thumbs, it pried my tightly shut eyes open. And then put my work in front of my reluctant gaze. And then my conscience won. I lost. I can pretend no longer.

What is another hundred ringgit among the hundreds I have already spent? What is one week of hell compared to months of bliss?

Work. Do not stall. Work.

Pull myself out of this and I will see the light at the end of this long dark tunnel.

Work.

天下无双

This is another one of my favourite songs by Eason Chan. I can sing along to it without having to see the lyrics. Whenever I'm sad, I'll just listen to the song and think about the people who are there for me. It'll simply lift the gloom.

If you know how to read it, enjoy. If not, too bad for you.

天下无双

给我信心 当我未如愿
披雨戴风问寒送我暖
亲切眼光 舒我乱和倦
从无更改心照总不宣

长长路中 走到那里生命里
有你我方找到生存来源
难行日子 不削我对生命眷恋
因有著你 跟我一起 亲爱的你

一次也不 推说乱和倦
一次你都未曾去计算
给了再给 始了便无断
无条件分担各种辛酸

从前没讲 今次要说多谢你
我有你给的爱因而完全
谁人是我 心里至爱生命至尊
都也是你 真了不起 亲爱的你

若问世界谁无双
会令昨天明天也闪亮
定是答你从无双
多么感激竟然有一双 我俩

一世庆祝 整个地球上
亿个背影但和你碰上
想说你知 整个地球上
无人可使我更想 奔向


Oooh.. yess.. since coming here in August for the new sem, I have been following the Teikoku match in Eyeshield 21. They are down to the final second and next week will be the deciding chapter! How coincidental, the ending of the match coinciding with the end of my sem. I shall work towards finishing all my assignments then!

Good luck to you too.

edit 2Nov, 3.40am: I have already finished that final chapter on the Teikoku match. Two low points here: that chapter did not live up to expectations and I still have not finished my work. How I wish I can recapture my optimism of the moment I wrote this post.

PINK!

I miss Pinky.

There was a cat that sneaked into the house for the past few days.

I don't like cats.

But I miss Pinky.

I never really do have a proper picture of her. This is the most I remember.

I think.

Of Name and Food

This is going to be a totally random kind of post. I searched my name "Quin". Guess what I found?

Courtesy of onelook.com;

Quick definitions (quin)
▸ noun: one of five children born at the same time from the same pregnancy
▸ name: A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #15374)

How can five children be born at the same time??

Anyway, I followed this link :what2seeonline.com, from Chia Li's msn shoutout.

Omg~ I shouldn't have done that! It reminded me of all the good food in Penang. Besides that, this blogger have also snapped some truly tantalising images of the food. I didn't know there are so many western food outlets in all the nooks and corners of Penang. I love western food. So fellow Penang friends, maybe we can go to some of the recommended places for a gathering?

See-Aye-What?

The assignment I'm currently working on is Corporate Identity Manual. What is it? Beats me.

Really. We do not have any guidelines when it comes to this. All she did was toss a few of these manuals that our seniors did at us. She claimed those are standards she want. Nothing more after that. She did not explain what CIM really is. She did not say what are the things that are supposed to be in there. It was only after flipping those examples did we find out that we are supposed to include rationals and all sorts of stuff in it. I wondered at how those students know how to go about doing it. Probably got tossed the manuals did by their seniors.

Really. Is it any wonder why I am constantly frustrated by the quality of the teachings here? We are given assingments that the lecturers themselves have no idea what they are at times.

This is CIM:

"The protection of visual identity is probably one of the most important issues when it comes to developing concepts in which corporate identity (CI) is used. Both in web design and in print - corporate identity manuals are supposed to give designers precise guidelines on how logotypes, colors and typography should be used. Basically for one simple reason: to promote the visual identity in the most convenient, consistent and efficient way and make sure no mistakes are done. E.g. the logotype remains readable and the whitespace around the logo gives it the space it needs to breathe and be effective - throughout various projects."

-Smashing Magazine-

Tag. Again.

I should have been working on my Corporate Identity Manual. So what am I doing here? All Jaryn's fault! All her fault! (then who asked you to come online in the first place, huh? Um...)

Whatever.

Tagged by Jaryn
Part One

1. What is the relationship of you and her?
Old primary school mates!

2. Your five impressions towards him/her.
This is like a polish to her ego, but a well deserved one, hehe.. Jaryn has most qualities I'd like for myself: outspoken, friendly, smart, funny and knows what she wants in life.

3. The most memorable thing she/he had done for you.
She has done lots of memorable things, but nothing to me in particular. The most memorable thing she did was asking all the waiters' names who served us but in the end not remembering any. I guess it's coz they all look alike?

4. The most memorable thing she/he had said to you.
Urm... ah... erm... Got it. We shared the same passion for our nephews, and when she said that my nephew's name was great, I couldn't agree more. (Btw, my nephew's Ethan Chow. Good name, yes?)

5. If she/he become your lover, you will...
Er... never going to happen. Seriously.

6. If she/he become your enemy, you will...
Burn all her MU jerseys! If I'm going to be someone's enemy, might as well be memorable.. whahahaa!!!

7. If she/he become your lover, she/he has to improve on...
Not going to happen. Again, seriously. But even if it did, nothing can improve perfection, right? (gloat, Jaryn, gloat.)

8. If she/he become your enemy, the reason is...
because I burnt all her MU jerseys. So not going to happen, let me declare! (before she chops me to pieces!)

9. The most desirable thing to do on her/him is?
make her laugh. She has a great laugh.

10. The overall impression of her/him is?
Nice. Very nice.

11. How do you think the people around you will feel about you?
Not nice. Not very nice.

12. The character of you for yourself is?
I don't get myself sometimes.

13. On contrary, the character you hate of yourself is?
The little selfish devil that sometimes crops its head up.

14. The most ideal person that you wanna be is?
HIM! Who? Haha...

Part Two
1. Each player of this game starts off with 15 weird things/habits/little known facts about yourself.
2. People who get tagged need to write a blog of their own 15 weird things/habits/little known facts as well as state the rules clearly.
3. At the end, you need to choose 10 people to be tagged and list their names.
4. No tags back!

1. I love old canto songs.
2. I love listening to the radio, especially at night until the early hours of morning.
3. I need perfect silence when I have to think/brainstorm. So no radio then.
4. I find the sound of the ceiling fan comforting.
5. I occasionally have my own karaoke session singing Eason Chan songs alone. Very relaxing.
6. I would love to learn how to dance.
7. I never pick up unknown money no matter how big the amount.
8. I have more than 2000 songs in my iTunes playlist!
9. I talk to myself. A lot.
10. When in a frenzy, I eat chips like nobody's business.
11. I have to read something before going to sleep.
12. I have a bolster that has been with me since I don't know when.
13. I sniff my bolster for comfort.
14. I love the morning air, just moments after day break.
15. I like walking and sweating but hate the stench of my own sweat.

Urm... I tag. Tzeyee. Kelly. Yu Jean. Eichi.

I really don't have that many blogger friends.

Wet Look Final

It's okay. Really, it's okay. No point forcing it, right? What's all the fuss about? Seriously... no biggie!

Fine! I have already reserved myself to the fact that I am no good in photography yet (no way am I not going to be good for ever). So what if it's more like digital imaging? So sue me.

Whatever.

The best three I have chosen! Not approved yet, but I doubt there'll be any trouble there. However, they are not perfect yet in terms of layout. Don't be too harsh on me. Savour away!

Again, Dylan, a fantastically huge THANK YOU!!!! You were awesome!

p.s: I blabber a lot especially in the wee hours of morning when I am deprived of sleep and yet is desperate to blog.

I WANT

I want a car. I want a laptop. I want a new handphone. I want to design professionally. I want capable lecturers. I want to start earning money with design.

I don't have a single one of the above. My life will not be complete without them.

Which is a total lie.

I simply want, I don't need.

But sometimes the wants in your life make you totally depreciate the plentiful needs you already have.

And that's just being human.

Agenda for the Month

I haven't been doing anything much today. Was just feeling so freaking lazy. This kind of lazy is the kind where you know you can do the work but is just feeling too slacky to actually make the first move. And once I have made the first move, it turned out that I was not that lazy after all.

I slacked off the whole day but made it up at night, as of now.

In reference to the title above, I'm going to list all the things left to go this semester. Once I have ticked off every single item, it means it is time to go home, in Paris and Rome (Buble, if you didn't get it). Despite my mortification from the "BOOMB!" post, it so happens that the semester is not really cut short at all. Even if it officially ends this month, all our due dates are still in week 15. Whatever. I have already made up my mind to get it all done by the end of this month. Seriously.

Graphic Design and Typography
1. Packaging 75% done
2. Design Journal 30% done
3. Typo final assignment 2% done wahahhahahahahha

Illustration
1. Hari Raya "billboard" 30% done
2. Portfolio arrangement 0% done

Computer Graphic
1. Newsletter 0% done

Design Heritage
1. Bauhaus essay 95% done
2. Design journal 50% done

Design Management
1. Corporate Identity Manual 10% done
2. Design Journal 75% done

Photography
1. Final project "wet look" 50% done
2. sorry excuse of a journal 99% done like what is there to put in that stupid book??!

I have been note taking for DM journal. I felt so stupid coz I don't get what the notes are talking about. This has been the case for all the study subjects that I have taken since sem 1. It has been a long time since the last time I actually understand the contents of the notes I am taking. Argh! I blame it all on the lecturer. All on the lecturer.


edit Oct 21, 2008, 12.26 a.m.

TAGGED!!

Tagged by Tzeyee

My first tag in this blog! Should be fun?

Instructions: Remove 1 question (any from below) and add in a personal question, make it a total of 19 questions. Then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been tagged. (since Tzeyee tagged only me, so I guess I am also allowed to tag only one? coz I really can't think of anyone who won't kill me for tagging them so near the end of sem)

1. What are your nicknames?
Hah.. unfortunately my name rhymes with penguin and some idiot see it right to call me fishy, why I do not know.

2. What is your most favourite thing to do?
Reading!

3. What would you give up in return to eat all you want in the world and not get fat?
Nothing. I don't really want that freedom.

4. Is there someone in your heart right now?
Definitely.

5. Do you believe you can survive without money?
No.

6. What are you afraid to lose the most?
My Family.

7. What do you feel like doing right now?
Eat.

8. If there's someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
No... I am too much of a chicken.

9. List out 3 goods points of the person who tagged you!
Loyal, friendly, and trustworthy.

10. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
Kindness and love.

11. What are the things that will make you think that he/she is bad?
Cheating.

12. If you had to eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Potato chips! Now I will be willing to give up something to have this constantly and not grow pimples!

13. If you had a choice to be rich or happy, which one would you pick?
Happy.

14. If you have a chance, which part of your character you would like to change?
I don't want to be so stubborn and be a tad more humble?

15. How do you see yourself in 10 years time?
Successful and confident!

16. What is the one thing you love about yourself?
Knowing that I'm a good person.

17. If you can bring only one thing along with you to another world, what would it be?
Don't wanna bring anything.

18. Are you afraid of falling in love?
No. Looking forward to it, actually.

19. If there were no restrictions, what will your biggest dream be?
Travel to the most beautiful places in the world!

I tag... Chia Li and Jaryn! (sorry girls.. I know you're busy, we all are.)

Wet Look 1

This is Dylan. He is the guy I have been pestering to be my model and had to endure some of the crazy ideas I have for him. There is nothing for him in this, that's why I'm feeling kinda bad for imposing this on him.

Anyway, I'm shooting for my final photography assingment. It's not done yet, but I have a basic idea. My product will be LEVI's. The concept is wet look. The picture below is a sort of a photo montage I did.

Ah... hopefully I don't have to use this style. It feels more like digital imaging rather than photography. Hopefully all goes well tomorrow and I will have some good photos to show.

Have to take note of a few things though. Gotta ask Dylan to act tough!! Umph!

Progress Check 3

As of now, IT'S ALL FREAKING DONE!!!!!

Look at the print screen above, that's the number of craps I have to create. There's a folder titled booklet as well, with twenty-three pages inside. FREAKING TWENTY THREE!! Huh~ it's all so uninspired. I don't know.. just trying to get it done and then put aside. I'm sick of Barbies, sick at looking only at black, white, gray and pink.

But then it is not to say I don't like my whole work here. I love the glass packaging, which I have yet to unveil here, I love the Barbies I have costumed, and I like the overall concept.

I'm just sick of it. I love them, but SICK of them.

Will be aiming for final approval tomorrow. See what he wants, fix a little on what he wants, then put the whole thing away by Saturday. Will only go for printing when my friends are ready as well.

I figured it'll also be a whole load of work after printing, foldings and all. Sigh... a long way till I can officially call it done and dusted.

SICK SICK SICK!!

p.s: will be shooting outdoor tomorrow. Am kinda looking forward to it, at least it's no more Barbies.. cheers!!

Feature 003:Brylcreem Xtreme Design Contest

Hahaha.. yeah, I know. Still stalling.


Anyway, this post will be for a good cause. I'm naturally a selfish person but this contest is too cool to keep for myself (as if I'm winning, anyway, hah!). Check it out, click on the image.

Extremely, extremely cool prizes! And deadline is end of November! After all my projects, if I have the dedication I can actually attempt to join the contest. Anyway, check out the prizes. For drooling at this point.

Progress Check 2

No approval yet for the above poster but I thought it's about time to show off the finished Barbies. Yes, they are finished. I have no plans what-so-ever to add anymore accessories, tweak the costume or comb the hair. They are done!

I'm now still working on the final details of this project. I kept doing and doing and stuff I neglected kept cropping up. Maybe it was because others were doing six packagings and I'm only doing three that is making me insecure. I kept trying to compensate by doing additional stuff like souvenirs, box for souvenirs, and crappy items.

Now I have worked it down to these items: fan, booklet, certificate and box skin.

I know, I know. All these and she said working on final details. It seemed as if I'm only half way there, no? The remaining four items shouldn't be too hard as I have discovered after working on some other side items. Basically I have covered all the designing aspects after finishing the packaging boxes and dolls. From then on, I need only to recycle the designs and create a layout on different items. Pretty easy, actually.

These are the things I have accomplished so far: dressed three dolls, crafted three glass packagings, designed labels, boxes, a calendar plus cover, three ugly coasters, three boring flyers and the big poster you're seeing up there.

These are the flyers you're seeing here. The reason they are boring is because of the layout. I'm at this point where I just want to finish it off. I don't want to think too much, thus the boring straight forward layout. But I do like the colour palette here though. These colours will be seen running through all my designs in this project.

Hopefully I will be able to finish these off by today or tomorrow. Then get final approval on Friday. If the print shop is open, print on Saturday. If not, then Monday. After that, that's it! Not touching this thing anymore. Argh.. there are works other than GD, you know. I'm afraid even if I aim to score an A here, I will then flunk the rest.

Need to get back to work. Blogging only takes up that much time.

Major

I used to harbour so much hope on this word. Before I came here, I got myself all excited just thinking about when the time comes for me to make the decision. Major.

Which major to choose.

There was a briefing today on the majors available for us when we go to semester five next year. There are two, advertising or multimedia. It didn't matter what they say. The only think I have truly learnt for all my time here is this: all fancy-pancy promises are rubbish. In the end, I will be better off making decisions based on my own judgement rather than those made up dreams and empty promises they gave us.

This is basically the summary of what they told us in the briefing.

Advertising
The important thing here is selling idea. Everything you do here is aimed at the ultimate objective: selling. The minor here will be marketing. As far as I am concerned, the pro is that this seemed to be an exciting field and there are all kinds of possibilities to the things I can pick up from here. The con is that the principal lecturer is a guy who looked as if he just graduated from the university. He stressed on how important verbal communication is but was a mess when he briefed us on this. I remembered seeing this man when he took over the class last semester from a lecturer who was absent. I thought he was new then because he looked nervous and actually stuttered when he addressed the class. This from a man who is supposed to be the head of advertising.

Multimedia
The gist of multimedia is that we will be learning an array of softwares that deals with web design, interactive and animation. We will no longer do 2D designing but instead expand our abilities to 3D. The principal lecturer who briefed us was better, he looked as if he knew what he was doing. I might be wrong, but after two years here, you can't blame me for not having the confidence that they will have capable people to teach all these designing softwares.

So let us compare this two majors:

Pros
Advertising will teach me things I can never learn on my own.
Multimedia will give me the opportunity to learn things I am dying to learn.

Advertising seemed to be able to fetch more money.
Multimedia have two tempting majors which are animation and web tech.

Advertising is all about ideas generation.
Multimedia is all about jamming all cool elements together to create one ultra-cool design.

Cons
Advertising comes with a lousy principal lecturer.
Multimedia's promise of really teaching us all those softwares is dim.

Advertising comes with a boring minor which is marketing.
Multimedia involves softwares that I can learn on my own, so why do I need to major in it?


As of now, I'm leaning more heavily towards advertising. Maybe I will change my mind. Maybe not. As of now, this is really the least of my worries.

Dairy Products A Harm??!

I got an email from my sister the other day. She's constantly forwarding me emails regarding scams that happened to women, dangers of women in KL or some sort of disease awareness thing. This time, the email she forwarded me made me start a little. Have a read, and let me know to what extent do you believe.

edit 16 Oct 2.20 a.m. I've cut short the post here. Even I don't want to read something this long.

Summary:-

1) Only one in 10,000 women in China will die from breast cancer.
2) The Chinese do not eat dairy produce!
3) Observation : Elimination of dairy products caused the cancerous lump to shrink within days

Extracted from Your Life in Your Hands, by Professor Jane Plant.

I had no alternative but to die or to try to find a cure for myself. I am a scientist - surely there was a rational explanation for this cruel illness that affects one in 12 women in the UK ? I had suffered the loss of one breast, and undergone radiotherapy. I was now receiving painful chemotherapy, and had been seen by some of the country's most eminent specialists. But, deep down, I felt certain I was facing death. I had a loving husband, a beautiful home and two young children to care for. I desperately wanted to live.Fortunately, this desire drove me to unearth the facts, some of which were known only to a handful of scientists at the time.




The conclusion we can draw from these statistics strikes you with some force. If a Western woman were to move to industrialized, irradiated Hiroshima , she would slash her risk of contracting breast cancer by half.Obviously, this is absurd. It seemed obvious to me that some lifestyle factor not related to pollution, urbanization or the environment is seriously increasing the Western woman's chance of contracting breast cancer.I then discovered that whatever causes the huge differences in breast cancer rates between oriental and Western countries, it isn't genetic.Scientific research showed that when Chinese or Japanese people move to the West, within one or two generations their rates of breast cancer approach those of their host community.The same thing happens when oriental people adopt a completely Western lifestyle in Hong Kong .

In fact, the slang name for breast cancer in China translates as 'Rich Woman's Disease'. This is because, in China , only the better off can afford to eat what is termed ' Hong Kong food'.The Chinese describe all Western food, including everything from ice cream and chocolate bars to spaghetti and feta cheese, as 'Hong Kong food', because of its availability in the former British colony and its scarcity, in the past, in mainland China .So it made perfect sense to me that whatever was causing my breast cancer and the shockingly high incidence in this country generally, it was almost certainly something to do with our better-off, middle-class, Western lifestyle.


Then one day something rather special happened. Peter and I have worked together so closely over the years that I am not sure which one of us first said: 'The Chinese don't eat dairy produce!'It is hard to explain to a non-scientist the sudden mental and emotional 'buzz' you get when you know you have had an important insight. It's as if you have had a lot of pieces of a jigsaw in your mind, and suddenly, in a few seconds, they all fall into place and the whole picture is clear.

Suddenly I recalled how many Chinese people were physically unable to tolerate milk, how the Chinese people I had worked with had always said that milk was only for babies, and how one of my close friends, who is of Chinese origin, always politely turned down the cheese course at dinner parties.I knew of no Chinese people who lived a traditional Chinese life who ever used cow or other dairy food to feed their babies. The tradition was to use a wet nurse but never, ever, dairy products.Culturally, the Chinese find our Western preoccupation with milk and milk products very strange. I remember entertaining a large delegation of Chinese scientists shortly after the ending of the Cultural Revolution in the 1980s.On advice from the Foreign Office, we had asked the caterer to provide a pudding that contained a lot of ice cream. After inquiring what the pudding consisted of, all of the Chinese, including their interpreter, politely but firmly refused to eat it, and they could not be persuaded to change their minds.At the time we were all delighted and ate extra portions!Milk, I discovered, is one of the most common causes of food allergies. Over 70% of the world's population were unable to digest the milk sugar, lactose, which has led nutritionists to believe that this is the normal condition for adults, not some sort of deficiency.

Perhaps nature is trying to tell us that we are eating the wrong food.

Before I had breast cancer for the first time, I had eaten a lot of dairy produce, such as skimmed milk, low-fat cheese and yoghurt. I had used it as my main source of protein. I also ate cheap but lean minced beef, which I now realized was probably often ground-up dairy cow.In order to cope with the chemotherapy I received for my fifth case of cancer, I had been eating organic yoghurts as a way of helping my digestive tract to recover and repopulate my gut with 'good' bacteria.Recently, I discovered that way back in 1989 yoghurt had been implicated in ovarian cancer. Dr Daniel Cramer of Harvard University studied hundreds of women with ovarian cancer, and had them recorded in detail what they normally ate.


Up to this point, I had been steadfastly measuring the progress of my fifth cancerous lump with calipers and plotting the results. Despite all the encouraging comments and positive feedback from my doctors and nurses, my own precise observations told me the bitter truth.My first chemotherapy sessions had produced no effect - the lump was still the same size.Then I eliminated dairy products. Within days, the lump started to shrink!

About two weeks after my second chemotherapy session and one week after giving up dairy produce, the lump in my neck started to itch. Then it began to soften and to reduce in size. The line on the graph, which had shown no change, was now pointing downwards as the tumour got smaller and smaller. And, very significantly, I noted that instead of declining exponentially (a graceful curve) as cancer is meant to do, the tumour's decrease in size was plotted on a straight line heading off the bottom of the graph, indicating a cure, not suppression (or remission) of the tumour.One Saturday afternoon after about six weeks of excluding all dairy produce from my diet, I practised an hour of meditation then felt for what was left of the lump. I couldn't find it. Yet I was very experienced at detecting cancerous lumps - I had discovered all five cancers on my own. I went downstairs and asked my husband to feel my neck. He could not find any trace of the lump either.On the following Thursday I was due to be seen by my cancer specialist at Charing Cross Hospital in London .

He examined me thoroughly, especially my neck where the tumour had been. He was initially bemused and then delighted as he said, 'I cannot find it.'None of my doctors, it appeared, had expected someone with my type and stage of cancer (which had clearly spread to the lymph system) to survive, let alone be so hale and hearty.My specialist was as overjoyed as I was. When I first discussed my ideas with him he was understandably skeptical. But I understand that he now uses maps showing cancer portality in China in his lectures, and recommends a non-dairy diet to his cancer patients.

I now believe that the link between dairy produce and breast cancer is similar to the link between smoking and lung cancer. I believe that identifying the link between breast cancer and dairy produce, and then developing a diet specifically targeted at maintaining the health of my breast and hormone system, cured me.It was difficult for me, as it may be for you, to accept that a substance as 'natural' as milk might have such ominous health implications.

But I am a living proof that it works and, starting from tomorrow, I shall reveal the secrets of my revolutionary action plan.

Extracted from Your Life in Your Hands, by Professor Jane Plant.


Understand why this article started me? Because my steady daily diet nowadays consisted of HL milk, pasta, biscuits, and yoghurt. Never mind the fact that I love chocolates and ice creams and slathering a lot of butter on my bread. All dairy products.

为了你的一句话

手先，我想要对王康蕊说“这全都因为你”。没有你的话我不会有那么高难度的跳槽。你说要我自己找出有些字的拼音。

penang 槟城
woman 女人
Chow Kok Quin 周国娟

原来不难但是没有想像中那么快。其是那此拼音不是全部都是我猜出来的。但是我并没有跑去问小露。这是我反给你的难题。你可以猜一猜我有什为法找出那此我不懂的拼音吗?我有一个办法比打字还容易。嘻嘻,想到吗?

其实有一个中文的部落格对我这比较会写英文的人来讲一点都不容易。很多想法想不到那些比较有意思的字来表突。只可以写出这些无聊的东西。

我的功课越做越觉得多。没有信心可以在计画中的时间完成它。一做好那部份突然间多出另外一样东西。现在没有心情要去想太多。只好慢慢的一步一步的走下去。哈哈,这真的是太短了吧。太难啦。但是是一个好玩的新常试。错字是一定有的啦。我为一的要求就是不要笑我笑到太大声哦。伤到自已我会觉得不好意思的。

就这样吧。

完。



Now for the English translation! Phew! Writing that much in Chinese was not easy at all, all thanks to a certain Ms. Ong Kang Rui who challenged me to it. This was after me asking her why didn't she keep up her Chinese blog. Okay~ you made your point!

I actually wanted to translate the whole thing into English but am feeling the task too tedious now. No worries, you have missed nothing. I cannot write anything worthy in Chinese to save my life with.

Back to work for me. If you're one of those who are browsing through here with tonnes of assignments piling but just need a breather, well, take a deep breath and dive back into those works. It's just gonna get bigger unless you do something to stop it from growing.

Ta!

Feature 002: Butterfly Award

Thank you, thank you, Yu Jean, for awarding my lil' blog here with the Butterfly Award! Awesome, eh?

These are the conditions, in which I can choose to do or not, if I were to accept the award.

1. Put the logo on your blog;
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you;
3. Nominate any number of blog you want to share this award with.
4. Add links to those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

Let’s spread the joy of blogging and warmth of friendship through this Butterfly Award.Please accept the award and happy blogging.

Well, I can choose to do everything listed, meaning going to all my awardees and put a comment in their blog telling them they have been awarded and then asking them to do what I am doing now; or I can use that time to finish my packaging project. Hah, I'm in a dead end with the project anyway. And it's all in good sport, yea??!

These are the people I have awarded (I have awarded, haha, never really used these two words in the same context before). And also a little snippet on why I think they deserve it. (and you can just find their links at the side bar of this blog)

Jaryn for the funny little posts you have that just put a smile on my face everytime I'm there
Farah for challenging my vocabs everytime I'm at your site
Tze Yee for letting me understand a little bit more about who you are
Eichi for the cute crazy looking pink rabbit
Chia Li for making envious over your lovey-dovey relationship
Kelly for the incredibly good looking Chaplin header
Kang Rui for having the initiative to create a Chinese blog

I guess that's all. The people that I read are pretty limited. Ta!


ps: oh yeah.. now I have to thread over to these people's blog and tell them that they are awarded with my ultra problematic line today.. okai!

BOOOMB!

The GD lecturer dropped a bomb yesterday. Couldn't say I was surprised. There have been signs.

A normal semester consisted of fifteen/sixteen weeks. From previous posts, I have often stressed how I have six more weeks until the sem ends. Well, I sort of have a "breather" here. The sem is going to end early. Three weeks earlier. From week sixteen, at the most, everything is going to be pushed up to week thirteen. Everything. All submission dates. That means things that we have five more weeks to do are suddenly down to mere three weeks. As for GD, supposedly we have another final assignment after the packaging project, now this is going to be taken in as the final instead.

Quantity of assignments have been cut short. So has the duration.

When the lecturer was announcing this, everybody was shocked. It sucked to think that for the whole semester we only did two assignments for our core subject, GD and also typography. It felt as though they have cheated our money. The lecturer gave us the option of doing a petition if we are not happy with the situation. While I felt breathless over this, I can't stop thinking about my photography final, the one I am most dissatisfied over is him.

When I asked if we could possibly have a refund since our semester is cut short and the amount of assignments we had was not enough, he offered to give us another typo assignment. Hello?! That's so not the point.

Everything is going to finish at the end of October. I can go home then. Aih... I don't know if this is a good news or a really bad one. So many things to do and I still have time for afternoon naps.

*bangs head against wall*