i HATE ferrocene!

STUPID ferrocene. grr. i dunno why i just cannot seem to be able to make it. really no fate. well first time it seemed to go well but i got like only 30% of what i was spposed to get. which isn't enough to submit for marking so i decided to redo again.. and the second time my separating funnel broke and tada all my orange stuff just disappeared like that. it's probably my fault for being so tough but still! i'm already having such a lousy time at lab can't things just go bit more smoothly for me. then i decided maybe i won't be able to complete the expt on time for report submission so i decided to start on another short experiment.. less than half an hour can complete. so i started and then like halfway thru i realised that my whole thing was turning the wrong colour. UGH. i think maybe coz my stupid magnetic stirrer bar wasn't clean enough though i did clean it many times already. bleh bleh bleh. dunno why labs aren't going smoothly for me this term.. so depressing =(

and one more thing! i just found out like recently that one lab report is equal percentage to half an exam. that's how sucky lah! i've always been an exam sort of person. and last year i was quite lucky coz exam is really high weightage. so although my coursework not very well done my exams pulled me up alot. but now if my coursework doesn't go well (and i've got a bad feeling that it won't - got like probably 70 average so far) means i'm quite screwed. have to get like 90% for my exams if i wanna do well. BLEH. i guess i should really put in more effort into labs and lab reports now. i always take my own sweet time & try to enjoy myself in lab. (shouldn't it be that way!) if i get not too good a yield then i'd just "ok lorh never mind it's common" but i think i should stop that attitude liao rarrr. year two sucks =( and i think year three's gonna be worse bleh.

in such a terrible mood now! coz of stupid labs. at least tomorrow i've got a break but i dunno if that's a good thing or not. coz that means i've only got 6 hours on thurs to try and get smth out so that i can submit for report on friday. ahhhhh. 5 weeks of labs.. i hope i can survive =( really looking forward to valentine's day lah. and no not for any special reason but just for the simple reason that labs will end for me by then. work hard astee! 先苦后甜 (haha can't believe i thought 苦 was sour =p) oh well on a happier note ski trip was pretty fun =) those of you who are on facebook (probably everyone) will probably have seen my photos liao but here's just some for u all to see.. haha it's smth different from my usual overseas travel. no sightseeing or hunting for lunch/dinner or anything. just skiing eating slacking and sleeping =p only bad thing is that i came out of it with like 10 bruises. haha had one on my eye too thanks to clinton's knee =p but at least they all went away liao so i still look normal now =p lucky had someone to help me massage over there at tignes. heh thank you -hugs- =)

haha really looking forward to easter too! 5.5 weeks of nothing to do =D will be bit lonely though coz half my household will be back in singapore. probably just start studying for exams (though it's still waaaay too early) only like during the 4.5 week or smth =p going travelling too! dunno where yet though. still waiting for someone to decide and start planning =p haha gotta try save more money before easter also. coz i realise i'm really spending quite alot. if end up spending hell lot of $$ during easter trip i'd feel damn bad considering my family's at home trying to make ends meet while i'm here enjoying myself hmm. that's why i keep insisting on booking air tickets & hostels early! i really really hate spending extra money unnecessarily.

oh well nothing much to update actually. i'm still alive and doing well. had exams when school started two weeks ago. went quite smoothly =) hoping it'll come out fine coz i'm really counting on them to pull my final grade for this year up. can't believe next year's gonna be my last year in imperial already lah. time flies damn fast. and i still haven't visited so many places! (i dunno why i keep mentioning that =p) but really lorh. dunno when then i'd be able to go switzerland paris and especially venice.. switzerland i dun really mind actually coz i am considering doing my masters there. haven't really thought about it yet or discussed with my parents but it's an option. and paris well.. i'm hoping eunice is really gonna come down here to study next year so i can pop by for a holiday (melho save up!!) but venice ahhh. dunno why i find that place so appealing.. i think it's just the fact that astee likes water bodies haha. watched "italian job" on the coach and i really wanna go venice lorh. but i dun think i'd ever have the chance to =( really not much time left to travel liao.. oh well hopefully my house will decide to go italy for some holiday since only kengseng's been there before. shall pray hard and hope that day will come!

mm nothing else to say liao. except i cooked fried rice some day last week and i was quite proud of it =D haha oh and i need to go gym soon. been eating so much crap (like ice cream and krispy kremes) so yah confirm gain a lot of weight liao. last time i was studying for exams so had "excuse" not to exercise =p but now no more excuse liao (but hmm i'd think that labs is actually a valid reason lah right? =p) oh well! such a busy week. labs and major event and someone having econs exam also. i need a break =( wanna go somewhere and do smth but there's like no time.. maybe i'd just go harrods to walk one of these days to treat myself. ahhh whoever dares to say that chemists are slack deserves to die lah. 24 hours of lab a week for 5 weeks. you try see you can survive anot. (and the skin on my fingers are all peeling again.. stupid chemicals.) damn moody & angsty now grr. i guess when u like smth and it starts pissing you off u get irritated a lot more easily. happens with other stuff too. rarrr enough of blogging. time to relax awhile more before i start work after dinner later. those with business exams tmr.. jiayou!