I've graduated! = )
The fact that i've graduated hasn't sink it yet.
Photos are already uploaded at http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11/SydneyAndBrisbaneGraduationTrip , that's including my graduation trip to Sydney (proudly sponsored by papa and mummy).
Missing them already..
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Monday, July 21, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
The feeling of being a 21 year old girl/woman
Alrighty, i'm going to start on the 1st topic.What it feels like to be a 21 year old... (very appropriate - since i've just turned 21 1 1/2 months ago)
There's 2 sides to this topic, the feeling of being a 21 year old girl and a 21 year old woman. Technically, it's suppose to be woman, since turning 21 means you're an adult. But i believe that in everybody, no matter what age you're at (be it 25, 45, 60, or even 100 - there's always a girl/boy/little child hiding in everybody). Well, there are many issues a 21 year old girl/woman can think about, especially matters that concern her future. Examples would be - what does she want her future to be like, what kind of career will she have after poly/uni, what kind of life does she want to have (partying her life away - since she is legal to club/pub, get married without parents' consent (!!!), basically, do stuff she wasn't legally allowed to do when she hasn't turn 21), or have a responsible, stable life, making important decisions that may concern her future endeavours.
As a 21 year old girl, she's thinks she getting old!!!!!!!!!!!! Like seriously. I can't chiong my body now. I can feel that i have less energy (maybe i'm lacking all the bird nest and mummy's nutritious home cook food --*hint hint* mummy *hint hint* -- Haha...). But yea, i know my energy level can never go back to the time when i'm a teen/teenager. I get more tired easily. I feel tired by 9pm. My concentration span is reduced from 45mins to 30 minutes and i have to take a 15mins break instead of a usual 5 minutes break. Geez... I seriously don't know how those athletes can peak when they're 21 -25 years old. I felt old when i reached the big 2-0 last year....
She also misses her teen/teenage years, where she can do whatever she wants, no inhibitions. Now, she can't act like a child anymore. She realises that whatever she does (be it by action/words) can impact and affect others. She also has more responsibilities and roles to take on such as providing for her parents as soon as she starts working, thinking about what she needs to achieve in her education in order to have a good and stable career later in life, the decisions she make that might impact her education and future career (therefore, she has to ponder for a longggggg time in order to make the right decision - the correct steps to take). Example: Is taking honours necessary? Is taking PhD necessary? Or is it only what i want and not what i need? Is there enough time to complete my studies?
As a 21 year old woman, she's dealing with issues associated with her future such as marriage (since quite a few of her friends surrounding her are already getting/or already married). I'm just wondering how do those people have enough $$ to actually hold a wedding, get a house blahblahblah. I was just calculating how much i have to save/earn in order to hold a wedding (just the wedding, not including getting a place of my own or a car) and guess what?! I can't get married till i'm 33 years old.
Anyway, while friends around her are getting marriage proposals, doing up marriage plans, selecting their wedding dresses, she's thinking WHAT'S she still doing? (Still studying?! People have settled down and started shopping like a tai tai or popping out kids!) She's also thinking about what kind of career she's going to have. Will she earn enough so she can get a house of her own 4 years later, to get married, settle down with her love one and later on, set up a family of her own before she turns 30? (The prime time to have kids is before 30. Everything goes downhill after 30.) And don't even talk about having kids!!! How am i going to find the money to support my kids later on?!?! Their education... life expenses.... And of course, after she starts working, the first priority is to support her parents, return all the 'investments' her parents had invested in her.
Hopefully, she has enough time to do that.
She also want to fulfill her dreams!!! = )))
Well, not many people know what my dream is (mind you , its 'is', not 'was', cause its not fulfilled yet). I'm still taking a step at a time to achieve my dream, but my dream can only be fulfilled when i have enough capital. To have enough capital, my career has to be able to generate enough capital for me to blablahblahblah..... It's a cycle. Anyway, i'm doing this (my dream) because of my passion for it. I'm not doing it for money, fame or trying to do something different or be somebody extraordinary.
My dream = my passion.
I don't know if any other 21 year old person would feel like this. But that's what i feel and well, the other 21 year old friends i have around me seems to be thinking about these issues too... I wonder if my parents, brother, aunt or any other older people around me think of such stuff when they were a 21 year old.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
There's 2 sides to this topic, the feeling of being a 21 year old girl and a 21 year old woman. Technically, it's suppose to be woman, since turning 21 means you're an adult. But i believe that in everybody, no matter what age you're at (be it 25, 45, 60, or even 100 - there's always a girl/boy/little child hiding in everybody). Well, there are many issues a 21 year old girl/woman can think about, especially matters that concern her future. Examples would be - what does she want her future to be like, what kind of career will she have after poly/uni, what kind of life does she want to have (partying her life away - since she is legal to club/pub, get married without parents' consent (!!!), basically, do stuff she wasn't legally allowed to do when she hasn't turn 21), or have a responsible, stable life, making important decisions that may concern her future endeavours.
As a 21 year old girl, she's thinks she getting old!!!!!!!!!!!! Like seriously. I can't chiong my body now. I can feel that i have less energy (maybe i'm lacking all the bird nest and mummy's nutritious home cook food --*hint hint* mummy *hint hint* -- Haha...). But yea, i know my energy level can never go back to the time when i'm a teen/teenager. I get more tired easily. I feel tired by 9pm. My concentration span is reduced from 45mins to 30 minutes and i have to take a 15mins break instead of a usual 5 minutes break. Geez... I seriously don't know how those athletes can peak when they're 21 -25 years old. I felt old when i reached the big 2-0 last year....
She also misses her teen/teenage years, where she can do whatever she wants, no inhibitions. Now, she can't act like a child anymore. She realises that whatever she does (be it by action/words) can impact and affect others. She also has more responsibilities and roles to take on such as providing for her parents as soon as she starts working, thinking about what she needs to achieve in her education in order to have a good and stable career later in life, the decisions she make that might impact her education and future career (therefore, she has to ponder for a longggggg time in order to make the right decision - the correct steps to take). Example: Is taking honours necessary? Is taking PhD necessary? Or is it only what i want and not what i need? Is there enough time to complete my studies?
As a 21 year old woman, she's dealing with issues associated with her future such as marriage (since quite a few of her friends surrounding her are already getting/or already married). I'm just wondering how do those people have enough $$ to actually hold a wedding, get a house blahblahblah. I was just calculating how much i have to save/earn in order to hold a wedding (just the wedding, not including getting a place of my own or a car) and guess what?! I can't get married till i'm 33 years old.
Anyway, while friends around her are getting marriage proposals, doing up marriage plans, selecting their wedding dresses, she's thinking WHAT'S she still doing? (Still studying?! People have settled down and started shopping like a tai tai or popping out kids!) She's also thinking about what kind of career she's going to have. Will she earn enough so she can get a house of her own 4 years later, to get married, settle down with her love one and later on, set up a family of her own before she turns 30? (The prime time to have kids is before 30. Everything goes downhill after 30.) And don't even talk about having kids!!! How am i going to find the money to support my kids later on?!?! Their education... life expenses.... And of course, after she starts working, the first priority is to support her parents, return all the 'investments' her parents had invested in her.
Hopefully, she has enough time to do that.
She also want to fulfill her dreams!!! = )))
Well, not many people know what my dream is (mind you , its 'is', not 'was', cause its not fulfilled yet). I'm still taking a step at a time to achieve my dream, but my dream can only be fulfilled when i have enough capital. To have enough capital, my career has to be able to generate enough capital for me to blablahblahblah..... It's a cycle. Anyway, i'm doing this (my dream) because of my passion for it. I'm not doing it for money, fame or trying to do something different or be somebody extraordinary.
My dream = my passion.
I don't know if any other 21 year old person would feel like this. But that's what i feel and well, the other 21 year old friends i have around me seems to be thinking about these issues too... I wonder if my parents, brother, aunt or any other older people around me think of such stuff when they were a 21 year old.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Happy BA----thday MaMA!!
My beloved mama.... Happy Burp-day! = P
Hope everything we've done makes up for the exams and mugging you have to do during this period. = )
Love you...
http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11 \
*updated with a touching video
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Hope everything we've done makes up for the exams and mugging you have to do during this period. = )
Love you...
http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11 \
*updated with a touching video
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Realities of the World
I haven't been blogging for a long time (as in REALLY BLOGGING about stuff). The last time i REALLY BLOGGED was eons ago, i guess. All this while, i've been telling everyone about what's going on in my life, but not really discussing about issues.
So here, in the next few entries (hopefully i'll have the time), i'll be blogging about what it feels like to be a 21 year old girl and a 21 year old woman ( i can't deny still being a girl at times, though i've already turned 21 - the reality have yet to sink in), the youngest daughter in a Singaporean family, an overseas student studying in OZ, a girlfriend separated from her boyfriend and being a girlfriend to her friends.
I was inspired to do this little series of entries when i went to bed this morning (mind you, it's not last night, because i had only an hour of zzz this morning before my virology paper at 8am). I just couldn't fall asleep as i was feeling an immense amount of stress.
Stay tuned. It might bore some of you. You can choose to read/comment/leave the blog. It's still MY blog.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
So here, in the next few entries (hopefully i'll have the time), i'll be blogging about what it feels like to be a 21 year old girl and a 21 year old woman ( i can't deny still being a girl at times, though i've already turned 21 - the reality have yet to sink in), the youngest daughter in a Singaporean family, an overseas student studying in OZ, a girlfriend separated from her boyfriend and being a girlfriend to her friends.
I was inspired to do this little series of entries when i went to bed this morning (mind you, it's not last night, because i had only an hour of zzz this morning before my virology paper at 8am). I just couldn't fall asleep as i was feeling an immense amount of stress.
Stay tuned. It might bore some of you. You can choose to read/comment/leave the blog. It's still MY blog.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Quote worth sharing
Reach for the moon
and if you miss
at least you will land among the stars
-Unknown-
Alicia's version - Shoot for the tree, land on the ground, shoot for the ground, end up underground.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
and if you miss
at least you will land among the stars
-Unknown-
Alicia's version - Shoot for the tree, land on the ground, shoot for the ground, end up underground.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Baptised!
I got baptised today!
Feels like i'm going to start another phase of life... = )
http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11
will load up more photos from Aaron's camera later...
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Feels like i'm going to start another phase of life... = )
http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11
will load up more photos from Aaron's camera later...
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
My Poster is UP!!!!!
I slogged day and and night to prepare this poster.....
Hopefully i'll do well for my presentation on thursday....
*prays~
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Friday, May 16, 2008
Help...
I'm on the verge of giving up. I've never thought getting a degree is so damn difficult! I'm enjoying what i'm doing, but i hate the time factor (deadlines to meet). Why can't i just continue doing research and never have to do assignments, writing a thesis (yea, i want to write one to show the world my results, but i hate writing) and studying for exams?
Why can't i just learn? Why must i be tested on my knowledge? ......
I can feel my brain diminishing.... due to the overload of glucocorticoids attacking my brain cells... (i think i'm getting too scientific here, but i'm just applying what i learnt in school to reality)
I think i lost the drive to go on... I need something to spur me on..
Help...someone... God... are you there???
I pray for strength, the drive and the determination to hold on...
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Why can't i just learn? Why must i be tested on my knowledge? ......
I can feel my brain diminishing.... due to the overload of glucocorticoids attacking my brain cells... (i think i'm getting too scientific here, but i'm just applying what i learnt in school to reality)
I think i lost the drive to go on... I need something to spur me on..
Help...someone... God... are you there???
I pray for strength, the drive and the determination to hold on...
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Simple, Sweet, Full of Surprises 21st Birthday
Thanks... to everybody to help make my birthday so ultra special.
Love my parents and family to bits..
I really can't live without friends. Especially my 2 girls.
And also to Mark (Chocos - though the turkey got to it first!), Simon, Aaron, Yinyin (thanx for the cheesecake!), Jason (popping) and Celeste.
Not forgetting my dear sista, von, celeste and Pammie! for the lovely cards..
Will blog more next time.
Photos are already uploaded at http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11
More photos will be uploaded later...
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Love my parents and family to bits..
I really can't live without friends. Especially my 2 girls.
And also to Mark (Chocos - though the turkey got to it first!), Simon, Aaron, Yinyin (thanx for the cheesecake!), Jason (popping) and Celeste.
Not forgetting my dear sista, von, celeste and Pammie! for the lovely cards..
Will blog more next time.
Photos are already uploaded at http://picasaweb.google.com/esdilays11
More photos will be uploaded later...
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Friday, May 02, 2008
Sweet Surprise!
Pre-assignments-exam destress meal. We had a sumptous feast. Turkey meatballs, teriyaki grilled fish, HASHBROWNS! *yums*
My plate couldn't contain all the food!
My 21st birthday banner. Made with lots of TLC by my dearest mummy~~~ (wonder how long she took to do it...
Thanks mummy! Love ya! It was a great surprise. So touched by the gesture that i cried and Alicia and Yx laughed at me...
And the lovely cards from Aunt Clare and Leong Family.... Alicia and Yx commented on the card Aunt Clare sent me, saying that it was so 'me', especially the girl in the LBD.
And thanks for the bracelet! Wearing it now...= ) Love the bells.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Monday, April 28, 2008
Happy Birthday~!
Happy 21st to my lovely sista, Von!
= )
Lots of Hugz and Kisses! Miss ya lots..
Btw, good luck to all those having their exams. *shakes hand
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
= )
Lots of Hugz and Kisses! Miss ya lots..
Btw, good luck to all those having their exams. *shakes hand
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Survival Kit
We're blessed with great family and friends.
Thanks to Yan Xia's sis (Debbie) for the survival pack. Really sweet of ya. = )
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Sweet
Thanks Keiying and Pastor Steve. This lil' dino will accompany me and the laptop till i'm done with my studies. It was a lovely surprise. Thank you.
God bless you both.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Thursday, April 17, 2008
More on my research project
This is what my research project based on. Take a look. = )
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22433073-23272,00.html?from=mostpop
Dr Nickolas Lavidis is my supervisor.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22433073-23272,00.html?from=mostpop
Dr Nickolas Lavidis is my supervisor.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
2 down and 9999999999 more to go..
Interactive Measles poster. From left, Simon, Yx, Alicia, Moi, Claire and Phoebeeee
Presenting our hard work2 assignments down. Infinity more to go.
Lol. I'm starting to feel i'm drowning... in a sea of assignments.
In addition, i have 2 assignments to hand up and 1 practical exam happening on my birthday! Great!
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Friday, April 11, 2008
Missing out
I want to go home. I hate this feeling.
I hate feeling left out.. I hate to miss out.
I want to go home. To be with my family, kare and dear friends.
I want to go home.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
I hate feeling left out.. I hate to miss out.
I want to go home. To be with my family, kare and dear friends.
I want to go home.
xoxo Ei Leen xoxo
Saturday, April 05, 2008
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