Trails & Tales of RIs
Monday, September 13, 2004
♥ 6:54 AM
On 10 Septmeber, I went for a tour of research institutes (RI). It is under a program by science center called Trails and Tales of RIs. The meeting point was at science center. 16 people from my school get to go only but only 14 turn up. What a waste of space, those people are dammed assholes in my opinion. Selfish idiots, deprived people of a chance. Not only that, many Ah Lians also sign up, according to their behavior during the tour, they seem as interested in the RIs as I am in guys. Particular there was this girl who kept asking imbecilic questions. Idiotic, somebody should tell her to hold her tongue.
First RI we went was Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE). It was a really nice place and I learn about much stuff there. We saw electron microscopes, Fuel Cells, Microneedles, micro lenses and Organic light emitting diodes (OLEDS). What really interests me was the microneedles, which would really help diabetic patients who need insulin, jabs. Then we had lunch at IMRE and saw Weiling there. Chat a bit while waiting for Xiao Ting to reply, but she never turn up so I left without seeing her. The lunch provided was really crap; I only ate the bean curd, fried fish and rice just to keep myself going. Some people still had 2 shares; wonder if they had taste buds at all?
Next stop was Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB). That was the most interesting RI for the day; saw many of my friends there too. Like Yvonne, James, Haebi, DC and Jason. Haha they were sure surprised to see me there. Saw zebra fishes and transgenic frogs. The most interesting thing was about stem cell talk by a researcher there. Really open my eyes to wonder and development of medical science. Maybe one day I will do research on stem cells and hopefully get rid of diseases in this world. Haha, and I will be the most famous man in the whole world. Most boring talk at IMCB was on X Ray Crystallography; really feel like sleeping during the presentation.
Next we went to the last location, Singapore Institute Of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech). We had the best hospitality there; they serve us biscuits and drinks before we started the tour. But their building looks as if it would collapse any moment and they look more like a factory than a RI. There were many China researchers here and the Ah lians from my school were dammed rude. Somebody should seriously teach them some manners. When the researchers from China were explaining the power processing, they kept giggling due to his strange accent when speaking English. How rude, they are no different from animals in the wild, barbarians and beast like. I enjoyed the laser process there the most. We get to see laser cutting; very fast and efficient.
Overall the event was very interesting and we learn a lot from the trip. But it was a little spoilt by stupid people who had no interest in research work and still went there, take up space and ask stupid questions which make them look idiotic. Sorry idiotic was an understatement for them. It was clear that the researchers were annoyed by stupid questions raised but still politely answer them by explaining some obvious stuff. Maybe this is how we should deal with people who had smooth brains. Haha.
The First Entry
Friday, September 10, 2004
♥ 1:22 PM
Hi to all people who know about my new blog.
This is my first entry so let me introduce myself.
Name: Chia Norman
D.O.B: 31/01/1987
Horoscope: Aquarius
Favourite colour : Blue
Favourite Food: Anything i eat
Favourite Drink: Lemon Tea, Lemon Juice
Favourite Books: Harry Potter Series
Favourite Movie: LOTR, Harry Potter, Star Wars.
Favourite Quote: Genius is 2% inspiration and 98% hardwork.
Why i created this blog? People who know me will surely be earger or maybe even dying to know. Ok here goes.
After reading my best buddy, Yi Xiu's blog for a long time, i decided to create one for myself. To record my youth and maybe beautiful or sad and disappointing memories. So maybe when i am old with teeth dropping, may these blogs let me have memories of my youth and maybe something for me to take to my grave.
I have very few friends in my 17 years of life. Very very few true friends whom i can trust and rely upon. In my primary school years, i had a good friend name Zachary. We were like brothers but sadly lost contact when we went to secondary school......
In secondary school, during sec 1 i got into bad company and was doing very badly for my exams and couldn't care less about my studies. But in sec 2, I got to know Liang Ying, my best friend till now whom completely change my direction in life. I began to take my work seriously and topped the class in sec 3. Liang Ying is a friend whom i can really trust and share my problems with. Thanks You Liang Ying. That turning point really helped me. Hope that we can be friends till the end of our life.
I was in NJC for only a mere 3 mths. But as luck would have it, i made another true friend. Yi Xiu is the one man i can trust and rely upon to share me problems. He is always ready to provide a listening ear to my problems. At that point of time, i faced a major crisis of my life. My disappointing O level results and my family problem was a major blow to me. I really feel life was unfair to me and wanted to end it all. But talking to Yi Xiu was seeing a ray of light after days of darkness. I picked myself up and is now doing well in another school. Now Yi Xiu and I are great friends and we share our problems with each other. May GOD bless that we will remain friends for life.
Thats all for today. Good Night
