Broga Hill Trip

Organized by Lyence, LSC had another outing, and this time, it was a trip to Broga Hill!! The time for us to gather at the bus stop was 10.30am, but I was only there at around 10.40am, along with HSiang, Soong and Harvard, coz we went to have our breakfast at a nearby coffee shop. Had a cup of Nescafe, to prevent the sleep deprived me from falling asleep in this exciting event.

At last, the bus came at around 11.30am, and we reached our destination just in time for our lunch. Crap... Lyence made us came to the bus stop and sit there for an hour to wait for the bus...

Everyone having lunch upon arrival.

Soong, still missing his bed...

Broga OUTBAC is quite a nice place. Except for the small pond, I think it was worth it to have a camp over there. Yeah, we're sleeping in a air-conditioned dorm, so it wasn't really considered as camping. But, look at the scenes around the camp:

The pond in a rain.

It started raining again in the afternoon. However, it didn't stop us from having our fun. We did kayaking in the pond, made our own raft, overcame obstacles and flew like a fox. The participants were divided into 2 groups when we were supposed to build our raft, and what a surprise, out raft actually floated!! We were thinking that it would definitely sink when it hit the water. Rowed around the lake with the raft, and my butt hurt whole lots...

The obstacles were okay. It was all the same as what I did in NS, maybe that's the standard obstacles. Still got many bruises all around. Owh yeah, the best part was of course, flying fox!! It was higher than the one in Similajau NS camp, because the tower was on a lower ground (the one in Similajau was on a higher ground, so the tower was shorter). Sadly, the fun lasts only less than 1 minute.

After our dinner, we had games in the multi-purpose hall. The game masters did a great job in introducing us the games and demo-ing. It's free time after 10. Talked non-stop with great dudes, and shared many opinions. I myself was surprised that one cup of Nescafe had made me awake for so long as I thought I'm gonna tumble and fell asleep somewhere between.

Mega punch!!

Ray holding a young cicada.

Woke up at 5am today. Luckily it didn't rain, if not our purpose of coming here would need to be canceled. Hiking was not my thing, but luckily I was forced to climb Canada Hill since I was young, so this was not as bad as I thought, though it was a bit steeper at the hilltop. No wonder Kent said this will be an easy climb. And just to make it clear to someone, I'm not that pathetic, coz I've seen steeper and scarier ones. My pants without mud stains can be the proof that I don't need someone to hold my hands to get down the hill.
Still, it was really tiring after yesterday's activities as my stamina sucks.

Everyone on their way to the hilltop.

The rising sun!!

Reached the camp at around 9am as we walked down the hill. Left OUTBAC camp at 11am. As we reached our hostel, I hibernated like a corpse until 7... Yeah, I'm that tired. Well, it's a nice recreation, and a refreshing trip just before our finals 2 weeks later.



By,
Blue-Wingz

1 Year Older

Adding 1 to 20 is really tough. Yeah, I'm a legal adult now and am required to vote whenever there is one. Many things had happened, accompanying me till today: happy ones, sad ones, exciting ones etc. Somehow, I missed home a lot today.

Was playing Digimon Rumble Arena and Naruto Accel 2 in Ray's room, together with Harvard and Ah Bian. We shouted and laughed so loud that the guard have to come and give us a warning LOL. It was intense, both the Digimon and Naruto games. Really need to have this once in a while, to relieve stress and have some fun.

Just a few hours ago, Lyence and Ryan had an idea. He said we are going to Starbucks in LCCT at around 11.30pm. And we did, on 2 separate cars. Thanks Lyence, Ryan, Ray, Harvard and Ah Bian for being with me at 12am in the morning at LCCT!!

My tiramisu birthday cake.

We crapped whole lots in one corner. There were nothing that we did not crapped about. Even though we were tired, the caffeine still held us awake. We left at 2am.

Harvard wanted a baby chair but we can't find one. We used a trolley instead. =D

Till now, I'm still awake due to the iced cappuccino I had... Have to force myself to sleep now.


ちょっとさみしいとうらやましい
マアッ　良いか...


Signed,
Blue-Wingz

Putrajaya Botanical Park

Went to Putrajaya Botanical Park following a crowd of around 30 peeps. I was the OC, and this event was held under 15th INTIMA Life Science's Club. The aims of this trip were to promote the interaction between our club members and also bring each of us closer to nature. Through 2 weeks of preparation, at last the day drew near.

We left our hostel at 8.10am. Everyone were already hyper on the bus (I assume xD). Gave a short briefing to each members on the bus, then we reached our destination half an hour later. Had a group photo before everyone leave and follow each of their gang into the park. The admission is free, but you have to decide whether you want to rent a bike or not at the entrance. The price is 4 bucks for a person/hour.

Everyone on the bus.

Group photo as we reached the park.

Planned to rent a bicycle, but it seems like the park ran out of bicycles (they were all rented out). So we have no choice but to stroll around the park first. Went back to rent a bicycle an hour later and we got lucky. Breathing in fresh air within the park really does soothe your body and soul. Such tranquility helped to calm your mind, and I like it. Sceneries found in the park:

Can mushrooms blow a whistle? Hmm, Lyence ponders...

灵芝!! As if...

Islands within a big lake.

You can rent a boat and row across the lake.

Focused at the wrong thing. Oh well, it turned out fine, I guess...

Someone is holding a wedding reception here.

Morrocian architecture.

Lyence trying to pick up the pinnacle.

Epic fail!!

We gathered at around 12pm at the same point where we got down the bus. Really hoped that every had fun. Reached hostel at around 12.40pm, and we went out to have our lunch at Domino's. Slept the whole afternoon after that...

So that was the account for my trip yesterday. It's almost one now, so I'm going to sleep again!!


Nitez,
Blue-Wingz

Lil Pet Frenzy

Was a little bit down yesterday, when I just got my Microbiology test paper. I expected it to be bad, but not this bad. Stunned, I had no mood to have my lunch. Kenneth, on the other hand kept cheering me, thanks Kenneth. Really need to start something before it is too late...

Forget about that for a while, now we have adopted a new way of talking. Instead of giving expression or exclamation, we (me, Harvard, Raymond and Kenneth) will just use cyber language. For example, when a person just told you a joke, you reply with saying 'LOL' or '=.=' and etc.

Okay, I'll just stop talking about these boring stuff. Let's liven stuff a bit with some pictures I took last month and yesterday. The following pictures featured Lyence's new pet, Lil Lyence. Took the pictures 2 weeks ago in Lyence's room:

Lil Lyence running on Lyence's table.

Om nom nom nom.

And here will be the fearless cat, which slept on the bench in front of the lab, and wanted to get back her territory when we 'invaded' her territory by sitting on the benches.

ス~~ ス~~

"I've been through many hardships to get this bench, so stay away!!"

"こちに見ない欲しい..."

Time to sleep. Need to wake up early tomorrow or Immunology class. Nitez~~


By,
Blue-Wingz

2 Hours of Sweat

It has been a long time since I actually sweated. Well I did 1 month ago, but that was just a short jog around the park, and I'm the first to pant like a errh.... never mind that.

I went straight to the MPH together with Jason at 8pm, just after German class. We met up with Siew and Quek over there. There were supposed to be 2 more person coming, but due to unforseen reasons, they're not coming. So 4 of us had a few matches of 2v2 badminton streak for 2 hours. KH joined later and we took turns to rest. And I'm totally exhausted now. Can't lift up my right hand properly as I used too much force just now (must be wrong smashing technique). But, that did made me refreshed, especially after Dr. Choong's test.

His test was not hard, but you can't say it was easy either. And I'm ashamed, that I actually stucked at the calculations questions, which I am not supposed to. Lack of maths practice for more than 2 years really deteriorated my maths skills, by a lot, and I meant, A LOT. Well, the test was over, have to focus on Immunology on Friday now.

Gonna get to my nest now. Too tired to type anymore.

I hope I don't wake up with muscle pains later or I'm gonna cry...

Nitez,
Blue-Wingz

Busy?

I've been very busy lately. Or maybe I'm not actually busy, but just lazy to clear off the piled stuffs that I'm supposed to do...

Had Bioinstrumentation test on Monday and Microbiology test on Thursday. Will be having Principles of Biotechnology test on next Monday and Immunology test on Friday. Not to mention assignments and journals and reports. Crap, these 2 weeks are sure creating a havoc in my 'peaceful' routine. I thought I did badly in my Bioinstrumentation test, but it turned out to be better than expected when the lecturer returned my paper yesterday. Sadly, I was dumb enough to think that E. coli is an eukaryote, making me don't dare to think about my Microbiology test paper.

Had Microbiology lab on Tuesday, and it was the last lab that will be conducted by Mr. Lim. Lala will be taking over the course starting next week. Everyone was shocked when we heard of 'The Return of Lala'. Got a chance to take some photos the next day when we were viewing the results of the bacteria we cultured. Bacteria E. coli, E. aerogenes, S. aureus and S. faecalis were used.

S. aureus colony on mannitol salt agar. Agar was decolourized. And sorry, that was my fingerprint...

All 4 bacteria growing on horse blood agar.

All 4 bacteria growing on EMB agar. Note the beautiful metallic colour formed (E. aerogenes at the left and E. coli on top).

Okay, that should be it for today. Need to study for the test, which I doubt I will later.

Oh by the way, I've been thinking of removing the chatbox on the left lately. I hate those stupid so-called blogwalkers with their backlinks on the chat. Please give your suggestion. Thanks!


Ciaoz,
Blue-Wingz