Sunday, April 23, 2006

In a nutshell...

Easter

Wonderful, lovely, chocolicious.

" The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. " Psalm 118:14


Past week

Hectic, chrificiency is totally decreasing. Party was good though. Yummy. Lost my income. sigh.

Personal reflection

Too lazy, too slow, I procrastinate too much, too creaky. Need to stop being so inefficient and seriously buck up. Enough tv, enough sleeping. Get some work done already!!

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Zanpaktou

Oh I see . . .

It was never intellectual debates between truly patriotic and open minded people about the corruption of power. It was a bunch of superficial hackers who wanted to stir up abit of political hatred and enjoy watching educated fools with too much time on their hands make airy comments on the stupor of those who don't see as they see or think as they think. What with their empty vows to make a difference and their futile struggles to enlighten silent victims.

It may seem all very fashionable to be Vendettaesque in this period of time. Especially if you're a tertiary aged student studying in a developed and supposedly just country but really from the ramshackles of a third world ghetto built by the hands of corruption.

Enough! I will read, and I will listen. But I will not tolerate political nonsense in my blog. I couldnt care less what happened to my country because we all know its going to get worse anyway, despite your optimistic plans for a better future. Am I ignorant? Am I indifferent? Selfish and uncaring to the plight of those who cannot run away?

Maybe.

Maybe you want me to say that I will partake in the uprising my peers have generated. Maybe then you'll be satisfied, that your heroic gestures have been admired by a lesser being. Maybe these conspiracies generated by paranoid governments have sucked you into their greedy little plans for further destruction of the human spirit.

I am a scientist.

I care about AIDs, malaria and tuberculosis. I care about producing heat-stable vaccinations and cheaper medical treatment. I care about global warming, endangered species, unfair distribution of resources, chronic diseases, a severe lack of education, cancer treatment, renewable energy, biological warfare, genetically modified foods, epidemics and abortions.

Let the politicians fight their cause, and let the scientists fight theirs.

And leave me out of your self-glorified excuse for war and racism.

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Stuck in Lab

Forgot to add Ethidium bromide to the gel again today, so I'm stuck in lab waiting for the silly gel to destain. Sigh. I'm beginning to wonder if it would've been easier just making a new gel. I think I will learn from this ordeal and make a new gel next time.

Been reading "Flowers for Algernon". About a boy with IQ of 70 who undergoes surgery and gets IQ of 185 or something. Its quite a sad book...kind of deep as well. Its weird. Just out of coincidence I've been exposed to all kinds of "deep and meaningful" things. Like Tet and I watched V for Vendetta yesterday. That was pretty deep too. I particularly liked the line, "Artist tell lies to tell the truth. Politicians tell lies to hide the truth."

In FlowersFor Algernon, I particularly liked the line, "..." darn. I can't remember. I'll look for it.

De-stain in 2 minutes. Will look for the line in FFA.

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Official Family Fanatic

Church today was, as usual, thoroughly enjoyable. Maybe slightly more enjoyable than usual due to the spag bol (with garlic bread!) we got for church dinner. MmmMMm. It was truly tasty.

So far the talks on the passion narrative at church has been really eye opening. Pete's an amazing speaker. I love how he manages to sneak in at least one new fact in your everyday bible sermons. Especially difficult, I know, is to make Jesus' death and ressurection seem just as interesting as when you first heard it. One new thing I learnt about today is the significance of Peter, John and James falling asleep in the garden of Gethsemane. I never gave much thought to it and always just skimmed through it. But now I see that its to further emphasise what Jesus had to do all by himself. What only He could do. And I can only but think, how deep the Father's love for us.

When thought about in all soberity (soberness?), that story always brings tears to my eyes. Just because its beautiful like that.

Anyways, pertaining to the blog title, there were two questions posed at church today:

1) Has anyone ever asked you why you spend so much time at church? What would you say?

Well....I guess my answer to that would be, its cos its the closest thing to Heaven I'll ever see before Jesus' return. And its definately a joyful thing, to take part in his ekklesia.

2) Has anyone ever told you that you were abit fanatical about christianity? Like how its good to have a belief but not to be so obsessed by it?

Yes. Countless times. 95% of the time from my family. In fact, my sister and dad has dubbed me the family fanatic. Which I guess places the responsibility on me to make sure I don't complacently watch them slip away from a shot at eternity in God's favour.

Upon reflection, I'd like to say that I spent that extra one hour from daylight savings watching Bleach with Tet. I reckon it was time well spent :3 Time is so arbitrary...not like Truth.