Progression

It's the third week of year 2010 and I just realized that I have yet to greet you guys for I was on a silent retreat. Hahaha.... just kidding! Now, I'm breaking the long silence. So, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I know I'm late by 3 weeks but better late than never, right? Well, I've been rather busy these few weeks with house shifting and working (still quite free though).

I started my new year by moving into a new environment, a new surrounding, a new habitat. I'm not a nomad and thus, I do not live a nomadic life and I must tell you that house shifting is indeed very tiring! This is especially true when you have loads and loads of precious stuff which were considered to be crucial to you but claimed as RUBBISH by others. Well, in fact, you know that they are rubbish. It's just that you are too lazy to throw them or rather, not willing to see them ending in the bin after accompanying you for such a long time, even if it's just a Swatch booklet for 2008 fall collections. 2008!!! No kidding and now we are 2 years ahead! Because of stuff packing, all my favourite plastic bags, which I used to collect such as Esprit, Levi's, Padini, Roxy, etc, had become invaluable due to the tears and torns. Damn!

My dad and brother painted the whole house in 3 days. Hey, I did help them out by painting too, okay? After the rooms had been painted, we shifted in on New Year's eve and managed to welcome year 2010 in our new house. Cheers!~~~

My room

My space

My collections. I purposely bought them a rack. Chip sleeps with me though.

Living room

Dining room

Kitchen

Kitchen

My toilet, my privacy!

This is my third week at work. By the way, I'm working as Research Assistant in UM, if you had not already known. Meanwhile, I'm still rather free. My jobs at the moment are just reading journals, preparing medium and splitting (subculturing) cells. Most of my free time was occupied by reading journals and facebook-ing in the library. And not forgetting, to cam whore. Here are some shots of my new study environment.

Parking lot. I have to walk for 10 minutes up hill to reach my lab. So, I have to walk for 20 minutes daily, which I think is a good exercise.

The tiny path of the parking lot. The cars actually have to park in between those pine trees...

There's a lake next to the parking lot with canoes but I haven't witnessed any canoeing activities yet




I particularly like this photo. Don't ask me why.

Stairway to heaven. Immunochemistry lab (my lab) is on the right above the stairs.


Lost

Still lost

Pond with koi carps

My faculty is linked to the hospital and thus, I always pass by it. Hospital is synonymous to white-collared professionals like doctors, surgeons, therapists and pharmacists. Working in the faculty of Medicine, I ought to see doctors or soon-to-be doctors pacing in and out at high speed stylishly with stethoscopes dangling over their necks at an approximate frequency of 5 doctors per minute. Working here had also provided me with an insight of life. Whenever I walked past the hospital area, the painful sight of patients being stucked with tubes through their nostrils, or those who were on their "4 wheel drives " or patients with severe hairfall due to chemotherapy had never failed to get my heart shattered to pieces. It's so heart breaking to see them suffering and fighting so hard just for a chance to live another day.

The patients either have something less or something extra. They might have lost their limbs or organs. For those with something extra, they might have to move around with tubes fixed onto breathing equipment or they have to put on an artificial pacemaker just to keep their hearts pumping. Some of them even have ileostomy bags attached to their bodies to collect urine and fecal materials. Each time I saw them, they kinda remind me of how lucky I am. I'm learning to appreciate life and not to take things for granted. I will never complain if I have to walk farther for I still can walk. I will never complain if some one turn on the volume on full blast for I still can hear. I will never complain if I have to stare at the miniature laptop screen for long hours to read journals for I still can see (although my astigmatism worsen by year). I will never complain if I have to wake up early for I still can wake up to welcome a brand new day. I will never complain for I'm still breathing. I'm alive!

Haiz...being very emotional lately. *Snap snap* Back to my life. Despite the fact that the word "healthy" is never related to me nor my lifestyle, I'm now trying to lead a healthy life. Yeah, you heard me right! I'm going jogging every weekend with my buddies. I actually enjoyed it in spite of having to wake up early on weekends. My body ached terribly because my rusty muscles and lazy body had entered a dormant state for at least 6 or 7 years. However, I felt great after sweating!

The going-to-be-healthy me jogging at Taman Bukit Jalil

Another one. A classic version.

Although I had started my working life, I never miss any chance to watch movies. I've watched Old Dogs and The Spy Next Door. The former was hilarious and worth watching while the latter, hmm.....predictable and something which I wont suggest to anyone. However, if you wanna waste your Ringgit, please just go ahead and watch.

What else have I done? Ohh...my brother and I celebrated KK's belated birthday at Sushi King. Wow....it was raining cats and dogs that night but it was an enjoyable night with lots of laughter because of the "lunginess" of my brother. Had a great time! I think I better stop here and save the rest for the next post. Once again, happy 2010, everyone!!!

Lotta continue,
~YY~