my life

Once beaten twice shy, starting from now onwards, should not take things easily.

New year resolutions:

1) To get a first class honour in the next semester. Should surf internet often(not facebook... oh, ok, sometimes) to search for more information. Every piece of information will be in my hand. I will make sure of that. Basically, my next semester's module will be

i) Biochemistry II - Metabolism. This course deals with the basic principles, pathway, and regulation of metabolism required to understand modern biological sciences. The lectures will cover introduction to enzymes and enzyme catalysis, carbohydrate metabolism, citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, photosynthesis, lipid metabolism, amino acid metabolism, and nucleotide metabolism.

ii) Molecular biology. This course deals with the basic concepts of molecular biology, RNA transcription and posttranscriptional processing, protein folding and quality control, molecular oncogenesis, molecular biology of viruses, molecular biology of model organisms.

iii) Principles of genetics. This course deals with the basic principles of modern genetics, with a strong focus on molecular rather than classical genetics. The lectures will cover Mendelian genetics, DNA structure, replication, transcription, regulation of gene expression in Pro- and Eukaryotes, Rekombination, Genes and Development, Genome Mapping, Linkage analysis, Basic human genetics.

iv) Basic cell biology. This course deals with the internal structure and organelles of a cell and their function in maintaining a living cell. The lectures will cover membrane protein, protein targetting, secretion, endocytosis, cytoskeleton and cell cycle.

v) Laboratory.

For elective, will continue the German language, level II. :) And, for another elective, hope that I will get the easy one. :P

2) The second resolution is, hope that my singing skills will improve again, especially for the false voice, hahaha!!!

Last Saturday just performed 童话 for my aunt's wedding in Taiping. This Saturday will perform a Hokkien song for my aunt's wedding in Penang. The song title is 我问天. =)

P/S : There are 2 weddings because the Taiping wedding is for the Taiping friends, and the same goes to the wedding in Penang!!

Lastly, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE!!!

Was practising song when my friend told me that we could check our GPA online now!! I thought what GPA as the results are not released yet! Without feeling anxious, I went to the NTU website and to the student link and to the degree audit. Huh!!! The CGPA was being filled!!! AND WHAT I SAW WAS ONLY 4.3!!! Disappointment came. Haizz... I thought I could get at least a first class.

My friend told me there's 1 guy from our school got 4.92!!! Ok, that was very high. What to do?? Only a second class upper. T_T

SHOULD STRIVE HARD FROM NOW ONWARDS!!!!

3 in 1... White coffee??? :) No, 3 events for this holiday.

Breathed in the air of rain town on the 4th of Dec, Friday.

Went to BM the next day. About 15 people to go to BM. It was a 2 days 1 night trip. Reached a temple. It was the open ceremony of a new temple. Wow! The temple was big(3 or 4 houses combined). Took our lugages to the third level of the temple. There were many small monks who were having a 1 week retreat there. The funniest thing was, one of the small monks asked me, are you here to become a monk? Gosh, I still love my hair! hahaha. I answered them, no but to do charity work. At first we had to sleep with the monks, but it seemed that there were no place for us (5 men). In the end, we got a place to sleep, and it was between the room of the monks and the bathrooms. Ok, I was sweating all the way when I was about to sleep. AND, the small monks were so noisy, laughing, crying, shouting all the way, anyone, teach me, how should I sleep?

By the way, I did mention that we were there to do charity(help around), but I felt that I was there to sleep and help to eat around. LOL!!!

And yeah, I met someone there, Nick Shen Wei Jun!

On the 15th of Dec, friends from Gerik came back to Taiping. So, we Taiping friends decided to come out and meet them. At first, we went to Flemington hotel. But there were no place for us. Then, we went to The Gate Cafe, to have our lunch(Oh, not we, is their). :-) Don't forget I'm a vegetarian!!! So, we chit chat from 12 something to about 3pm. Afterthat, we decided to K in Rex Box. Everyone knew that Rex Box was terrible, but still they wanna go because they hadn't tasted how terrible it was. hahaha!!! Sang for 3 hours, and it seemed that it was not about singing songs after all. To me, it looked like a photo-taking event.

17th of Dec, went for badminton in Ji Yang Tang. Consisted of 5 people. Jing Xiang and Shawn were about to go back, so this would be their last badminton day. Huhuhu...

Till then, will update my blog later!!!

Yesterday I was supposed to have 2 posts, but was too tired, so I just blogged about the Goose's dream.

Was having 103 (Organic Chem) yesterday. Duh, the questions were so easy. I can easily say it here and now, it's Form 6 standard. =.=

MCQ 40 questions = 40 marks
Q1 to Q4 were asking about which is not Lewis acid, which is Bronsted Acid... zzzzz... This is really Form 6 standard. Then another few questions were, which molecule is not a linear molecule, which is not a planar molecule... =.= I thought I was having STPM exam at that moment. :)

Part B was the structure. Was quite easy. (30 marks)
5 marks to state whether it is a constitutional isomer or enantiomers....
10 marks to compare.
6 marks to state and explain whether it is aromatic.
5 marks to give the explain the terms with an example.
4 marks to state which is more productive and give a brief explanation.

Part C was the essay part. Easy. (30 marks) Choose 2 quests out of 3.
1)First part = give the product that is formed and name the mechanism and indicate regioselectivity and/or stereospecificity, if any. About 9 marks, I guess.
Second part = Draw the structure of all possible isomers and name any 2 of the isomers.

2)First part = provide a mechanistic explanation ( just put some drawings and explain a little bit) 3 marks.
Second part = Same as the first part of the first question.
Third part = Provide a synthetic scheme. ( Done a lot during form 6.) zzzzz =.=

That's the content of 103, organic chem.

P/S : Tomorrow will be my last paper, 102, biophysical chemistry. Then 3rd of dec night I will be departing to my hometown ( Oopss... my country). lolx

Has been waiting for this song for so long, finally I got the mp3. Happy!!! :)

Updates to my Ipod. There's a slight rearrangement here. 1) goose dream (beethoven virus version) 2) goose dream (original) 3) can you hear me 4) My person

From the OST of Beethoven virus.

Oh Gosh... I've been looking for these lyrics, but I did not know what is the title. Finally, I found the lyrics on one of my friend's fb. :)

Can you hear me by Kim Tae Yeon ( Theme from the Beethoven virus)

조금만 아파도 눈물나요
jogeumman apado nunmullayo
가슴이 소리쳐요
gaseumi sorichyeoyo
그대 앞을 그대 곁을 지나면
geudae apeul geudae gyeoteul jinamyeon
온통 세상이 그대인데
ontong sesangi geudaeinde
그대만 그리는데
geudaeman geurineunde
그대 앞에선 숨을 죽여요
geudae apeseon sumeul jugyeoyo
내게 그대가 인연이 아닌 것처럼
naege geudaega inyeoni anin geotcheoreom
그저 스치는 순간인 것처럼
geujeo seuchineun sunganin geotcheoreom
쉽게 날 지나치는 그대 곁에
swipge nal jinachineun geudae gyeote
또 다가가 한 걸음조차
tto dagaga han georeumjocha
채 뗄 수 없을지라도
chae ttel su eobseuljirado
서성이게 해 눈물짓게 해..
seoseongige hae nunmuljitge hae..
바보처럼 아이처럼
babocheoreom aicheoreom
차라리 그냥 웃어버려
charari geunyang useobeoryeo
점점 다가 설수록
jeomjeom daga seolsurok
자꾸 겁이 나지만
jakku geobi najiman
이 사랑은 멈출 수가 없나봐
i sarangeun meomchul suga eomnabwa
왜 내 사랑만 더딘거죠
wae nae sarangman deodingeojyo
내 사랑만 힘들죠
nae sarangman himdeuljyo
그대 앞에 그대 곁에 있어도
geudae ape geudae gyeote isseodo
온통 세상이 그대인데
ontong sesangi geudaeinde
그대만 보이는데
geudaeman boineunde
그대 앞에선 난 먼 곳만 봐요
geudae apeseon nan meon gotman bwayo
내게 그대가 꼭 마지막 인 것처럼
naege geudaega kkok majimak in geotcheoreom
내게 마지막 순간인 것처럼
naege majimak sunganin geotcheoreom
쉽게 날 지나치는 그대 곁에
swipge nal jinachineun geudae gyeote
또 다가가 한걸음 조차
tto dagaga hangeoreum jocha
채 뗄 수 없을지라도
chae ttel su eobseuljirado
서성이게 해 눈물짓게 해
seoseongige hae nunmuljitge hae
바보처럼 아이처럼 차라리 그냥 웃어버려
babocheoreom aicheoreom charari geunyang useobeoryeo
점점 다가 설수록 자꾸 겁이 나지만
jeomjeom daga seolsurok jakku geobi najiman
이 사랑은 멈출 수가 없나봐i
sarangeun meomchul suga eomnabwa
먼 발치서 나 잠시라도
meon balchiseo na jamsirado
그대 바라볼 수 있어도
geudae barabol su isseodo
그게 사랑이죠
geuge sarangijyo
혹시 이 기다림이 이 그리움이
hoksi i gidarimi i geuriumi
닿을 때면 들릴 때면
daheul ttaemyeon deullil ttaemyeon
차라리 모른 척 해줘요
charari moreun cheok haejwoyo
그대에게 갈수록 자꾸 겁이 나지만
geudaeege galsurok jakku geobi najiman
이 사랑은 멈출 수가 없네요
i sarangeun meomchul suga eomneyo


- Translation -
Even small pains make me teary
My heart cries out
When i pass by you
You are the whole worldi dream for only you
i hold my breath in front of you
just like you and i aren’t meant to be
just like it’s merely a moment passing by
You pass by me so easily
Even if i can’t go upand take just a step
You make me walk around
You make me cry
Like an idiot, like a child
Just laugh it off
The closer i get
More scared i get
But this love cannot be stopped
Why is it just my love that is slow
Why is it just my love that is hard
Even if i’m by your side
You are the whold worldi look at only you
i stare into distance in front of you
Just like you’re the end for me
Just like you’re my last moment
You pass by me so easily
Even if i can’t go up
and take just a step
You make me walk around
You make me cry
Like an idiot,like a child
Just laugh it off
The closer i get
More scared i get
But this love cannot be stopped
From far away
if i can stare at you just for a moment
That is love
When this waiting and yearning
Gets you, and you can hear it
Just pretend nothing happened
The closer i get to you more scared i get
But this love cannot be stopped

HAHAHA!!!! Finally finished Deutsch! The paper was quite easy... And note here... QUITE but not VERY. My friend saw me and said:" A already lo!!' I replied:' Where got!!!' Don't misunderstood the word quite and very, the difference is so big.

For the essay part, they asked us to write a blog about myself, my family, and my interest. Woo hoo, I always blog. Lolx. So, this is how I wrote in German:

Es freut mich! Ich heisse Melveen. Ich bin zwanzig Jahre alt. Ich bin sehr nett und freundlich. Ich bin student an der NTU, so wohne ich in die Wohnheimstudenten an der NTU. In der Freizeit, sehe ich fern. Ausserdem, joggen ich gern. Meine Hobbys sind Fussballspielen und Musikhoeren. Ich spiele Fussball mit meine Freunde. Ich hoere gern Musik, denn Musik gefaellt mir sehr gut! Ausserdem, spiele ich gerne Klavier. Ich lese nicht gern, denn ich finde die Buecher nicht interessant :) Ich habe eine Schwester. Sie ist sehr huebsch. Sie ist sehr ergeizig, denn immer reist sie gern in andere Laender. Ah ja, ich esse gern das Haenchen mit Pommes. Kuchen gefaellt mir nicht so gut. Ich trinke gern Apfelsaft, aber Bier mag ich nicht!

So this is it for the essay part!

For the comprehension, I was able to understand it.

Thank God!!