Over! My Dear Semester Break!

Over is a word to describe the ending of my one week semester break!

Thus far, what i have done during the whole 1 week of my semester break. well, picture speaks a thousand words:

The first destination

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The nice drawing 

We were not entering the museum belia malaysia, just outside snap.=p

Museum Belia Malaysia.

Along the road of red houses

The classic shop

The Cendol Vendor

Baba Cendol and Durian Cendol 

Cendol Durian..YUMMY

The Orang Utan Shop..Have bought a shirt for Andy

The policeman on the horse ride. The horse just defecated right after i walked past it.

Sound crazy but true, Dream Box is famous for its cheap Sing K fees. Only RM 6 + per head count.

Dream Box at Dataran Pahlawan

Ah toh and Zhe Yi ' posting.

Ah Toh, on his highest peak of expressing his voice! ;p

and finally, Mee Hoon Kuih at Mahkota Food court-- My cousin brother - Ah Qiang  secret recipes.

Besides the one day trip to bring Zhe Yi sight-seeing at Melaka, what more could i do by indulging myself to my favourite Astro channel!!

Astro AEC
Astro Diva
Astro Nat Geo
Astro Awani
Astro Bernama
Astro HHD ( Highest View rates-- Champion!!)

All in all, the 1 week sem break is over and i will have to focus more on getting my final year project done for the coming weeks.

Wish me luck then=)

It is a week Deepavali Break!

Wow, i will be going to have a week holiday off after my enzymology test 1 today!' This thought has got me to think over the excitation of how free and how relieved i would be after released from several continuous assessment tests ( neurochemistry, plant biochem, and membrane biochem)! I realised there are quite a numbers of stupid mistake i made in my enzymology tests though the questions are relatively direct!

Haiz, let bygone be bygone, as long as i have tried my best to study for this subject!

Well, to say that i will be totally free isn't sound as true and as fun as it may go. I still have my final year project (FYP)  to worried about! Seeing most of my course mates have started their FYP while i am still doing nothing, i feel as if i am so helpless. I wish i could start earlier but lab materials and ingredients are still in the midst of purchase and order( P/O). 

 So, the only thing that i could do is to keep on enriching myself on what am i going to do for my FYP. Though journal after journal have been printed out, i just need some time to further understand and grasp the concept on the FYP that i am going to conduct.I will start to fully utilise my deepavali break for that!

Thing to do within the 1 week break ( 25 Oct- 30 October) 

1) Finish my UMEC ( Masheng) works. Hope to settle it as soon as possible!

2) Do revision on subjects like Plant & Membrane Biochem( feel like i am far lagging behind) =(

3) Back to Melaka to spend some precious time with grandpa, watch my favourite Astro channel, teach my neighbours- Ah De and Ah Phing( Both form 4), maybe shop with Aunty, that are the things i normally do while i am at Melaka.
and....wait!! did you see the picture as follow ?

The Dairy technology book which i borrow from library, somehow might be useful for my FYP..

Laptop and Journal!! @@

4) Not to forget about my FYP!! To research more on the topic concerned! I will have to enjoy this lifestyle more : Journals, books and laptop!! @@

All in all, hope i could fully utilize my time for completing my tasks and achieve my set targets!

I LOVE Snowflake!!

Well, after my enzymology test today, haha! I have an important appointment with Chui Kheng! Going to discuss somehting important with her--Work and Travel (WAT)  USA.. If you remember my previous post about this, you will surely ask: ''OMG! you haven't go to WAT US yet?! i thought you have?!''
Lolz, i wish i could have experienced it just like Chui Kheng!! it is just that during the last 4 months semester break, i have been utilizing it for my practical training and temporary teaching at primary school!  Plus adding to the fact that i miss my grandma so much and wish to spend time with her has made me no regret of not going to WAT or student exchange programme to Korea. I am sure there will be another opportunity for me to venture there.=)

So , we have our lunch at OASIS, the 2nd class famous food court after the food court on the top floor at Midvalley according to Pei Er ! We put off our initial plan to go for KimGary after seeing the huge crowd especially during lunch hour!
 After she explained and told  me about her experience of joining WAT programme under Speedwing, we went for having snowflake at top floor of centre court Midvalley.

Upon reaching ( 3pm) , there are a few people lined up before us.

Luckily we grab a seat! can see chi kheng at the middle xp..

The Beeping UFO. Once it is ready, it will vibrate and shine! Fun right?!

The electronic ads showing Grass jelly series. there are actually many series to choose. 

Certain but not all deserts can be adjusted according to sugar level you desired!

3 famous series. but personally, i think soya series is the nicest!

I ordered Taroballs series , set 2 ( with Barley and Pearl) , while Pei Er and Chui Kheng both order soya bean series.
 Soya bean series is more nicer as it has a thick layer of ice made up of concentrated soya.

Yeah, two soya series and one taroballs series

Taroballs series ( mine) ..Personally the taroball just taste like Chinese famous Dong Zhi food ' Tang Yuan'

Soya bean series with yam, read bean and pearl. yummy!~

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Pei Er

Snap a shot! 

Behind the receipt ' I Love Taroball'

And before we went back, saw this ads at South Court. I Love Taroballs again! LOL..
I feel like the taroballs nothing special, just taste like Tang Yuan with different colours.

From that onwards, i fall in love with the yummy snowflake! This is my second time for having snowflake! Will be going to have it again surely.=)

Btw, i envious Chui Kheng for having her eye opened during the last 4 month semester break at US! Will surely think about it after your motivational guidance=)

Sushi Zanmai @ The Garden + Zhe's Bday celebration

Well, time to post about FOOD, entertainment and wine!...This time it is all about Japanese food --Sushi Zanmai! Last night i had a wonderful night with Zhe Yi, Khang Way, Hui Ying, Chui Teng, Stephanie Tan, and Toh not only to have the indulgence on Sushi Zanmai in The Garden, but also movie, cake and wines! =D

Let's start with the Sushi Zanmai first! In order to make ourselves to be seated by the waiters at Sushi Zanmai, haha! one thing which we need to bear in mind: Get yourself ready early in order to catch up with the long queue awaiting you. Luckily i managed to catch a bus and went there myself to catch up with the queue first.  It was 6.15pm and i have waited till 6.55pm until i managed to get seated by a waiter. It was coincidental that Zhe and others reached by this time and we start to have our ' Feast' immediately!~
* Hungry look*

Okie, let's have a look at the atmosphere inside the Sushi Zanmai.

When i reached, it has been seen a few people lined up before me.

The waiters are busy serving the customers in making reservation

A typical style of a Japanese Sushi surrounding

This sign has definitely served its function very well! Customers have to wait to be seated during peak hour almost all the time.

Nice arrangement 

Khang with his Namebono

Me with the menu! xD

Me and Khang way's order- Nabemono

And the Sushi! 

After eating, POSE!

Not forgetting about the RM1 Japanese green tea which is refillable.
Well, the price cost us one person about RM 25-RM30,but after all we think it is worth a taste!
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After that, Jen Jen! A surprise birthday party for Zhe at a bakery shop ( forget its name, but it is right opposite the The Garden's Cold Storage .

The cake and the wine : 

 The Banrock Station Moscato Wine displays lifted Muscat-style aromatics, with subtle hints of fresh grapefruit and lemon.It is just nicely blended with our cake! not forgetting to metion its 5.5% alcohol! 0.o

Zhe cutting the cake after making his wishes

The cake! Yummy!

and a final shot! xD

I salute Hui Ying's way of organizing the celebration, make it filled with cake and wine, and that particular must performed ' birthday ceremony'..xD..
But it was just too nice after all, hope Zhe would find it a memorable one! And Happy 21st Birthday to you. Opps, suddenly realise all of us ---Baomily has reached 21st ! All old liao >

Last night was a memorable night! not forgetting about the movie---Real Steel ! Highly recommended for the year 2011 best movie! The excitement to enjoy the trilling of victory and failure of fighting robot- Atom versus Zeus. 
Not forgetting the dialogue between Max and Atom:


Max: Don't worried!  your secret is safe with me!
Atom: ^^

Final Year Project is all about RESEARCH!

Final year signifies the need to struggle with my final year project . Everything has not yet to start, due to the waiting of response from Sigma company regarding the ordering of the materials and ingredients for lab work.

I have done what i am supposed to do: search and read related journal, preparing my proposal,start my roundtable with Miss Fatemah( my supervisor), try hard to grasp the concept of fermentation and sort of previous studies done by other scientists etc. 

Till today, Miss Fatemah has briefed me about the protocols and what i need to do for my final year project and what i can do now is to further enrich myself with the know-how in probiotic, diary chemistry, functional food's fields.

All these final year project has made me think of the option on whether to continue my postgraduate education or not. 

So, have been searching for the right information regarding this and suddenly bump into a comment given by Mr Azarimy , a architecture lecturer from UTM Skudai.

His reply in LYN helps me to get what really a Master in  research all about.

For research based programmes, it is highly recommended that u obtain honours in ur degree. some universities take honours into consideration during an application for a research degree.
Research degree (masters):
generally ur application to the course comes with a topic proposal, a focused field of what u wanted to research. some schools require just a page of proposal, some require an extensive research being done prior to application. a research degree will produce a thesis written on the research that u have done during the course of ur study. 
topics can range from qualitative or quantitative study, an basically u need to be very fluent in academic writing (which is quite different from a general degree's dissertation way of writing). u'll spend a year or sometimes more just reading, cross-referencing, testing, searching and writing on one particular subject. first u come up with a hypothesis, then a research to prove ur hypothesis.
that's roughly what a research masters is all about.
and u dont go researching things that have been done before. no sir. 



i have a basic method of explaining level of studies here:
i. primary school - basic of all learningii. secondary low - wider scope of learningiii. secondary mid - wide focus on a group of subjectsiv. secondary high - deeper knowledge on a wide range of subjects
v. diploma - basic applied skills on a specific fieldvi. degree - skills and knowledge on an specific, established fieldvi. degree + honours - skills & knowledge, with an academic discussion contributing to the body of knowledge
vii. masters (taught course) - advanced study on a specific, established field; with basic focus on new, unexplored areas of study.viii. masters (research) - advanced study on a specific field, focusing on unexplored areas in a field of knowledge.
ix. phd - generally creating a new field of knowledge that have never discovered before in the world.

Source: azarimy

To continue or not is a dilemma! the time to decide will come when i finish my degree first =)