Indecisive

It's the time that I do not like the most- making decisions. Major decisions.

Okay, fine. Maybe not that major but having 6 empty columns to fill my choices for my final year project isn't an easy task for me. I have to admit being unable to make decision and being indecisive is one of my biggest weaknesses. I have always find it so difficult to make decisions. Perhaps I just consider too much while making a decision. Like for my FYP, I would consider things like,

Is the project fun? Will I enjoy doing it?
Is the project long or short? Will I have enough time to finish it?
Am I good at the techniques required for the project?
Do I choose between something I like, or something that will look nice in my resume next time?
Should I choose between grade or learning something new?
What can write for my thesis? Are the sufficient resources/information for me to write my thesis?
Who is the lecturer handling the project?

And on, and on...

Deadline to submit the form is this week and I've picked my top 6 but have not arranged them in order. Even if I arrange my 6 according to my priority, I might not get what I actually want because there are like tens of students competing for the same project title as me? I don't know, maybe I should just arrange the 6 in alphabetical order and just see which one I get. Lol.

Stuck

This week..
Monday : Physiology lab test
Tuesday : Biochemistry report due
Thursday : Biochemistry test
Friday : Microbiology test

Next week..
Monday : Physiology quiz, Biotechnology report due
Tuesday : Microbiology report due
Wednesday : Biotechnology test
Friday : Biotechnology report due

The week after..
Monday : Microbiology lab test
Tuesday : Biochemistry report due
Unknown day : Physiology final lab test


My second brother is back. I don't know how to arrange my schedule so that my family can come over to visit.

Broken Disulfide Bridges

I made a decision I never thought I would on the 20th of February 2009.


No, I'm not getting married... Yet.

No, I'm not changing my gender.

No, I'm not becoming a Muslim.

No, I'm not quitting university.


On the 20th of February 2009, Eliza Loo made her final decision to rebond her hair. Okay, so you might think, "Sheesh. What's the big idea anyway?" Well, let me tell you. All these while, I never agreed with the idea of having my hair straightened. I think my hair is fine the way it is, though sometimes I get mad at it when it's bushy or out of place. My hair is already straight naturally but somehow it got wavy when I have it layered =.=

How did the idea of rebonding my hair came up? As simple as..

Wei Cheat : Eliza, go rebond your hair la.. *plays with my hair*
Malcolm : Yea la.. Go la.

Just like that. I mean, I don't know how come just 2 simple sentences like that made me change my mind. Perhaps it's because I've always wanted a better hair style but I never actually talk about it. Perhaps because I know my mom will never allow me to do so. Or perhaps.. whatever reason there are.

So, on the 20th morning till noon, till right before I have my hair rebonded, I was still pondering if I should really really rebond my hair. I asked for opinions from a lot of people. A lot. Lol.

But I did anyway. It took about 4 hours for the whole process of transforming my hair from wavy to straight.

Before.... (please excuse my dirty mirror ^^;)




After.



Yes, I realized my face looked smaller, longer and darker. I don't know how it made my face darker but it did. Honestly, right after the rebonding, I looked like a cracked egg!

After the first wash.

I have to say I like it but the fringe is a little too flat. Hopefully after few washes, it'll be better. Comments anyone? XD

Photography

There was an activity today for photography society today and the theme given was 'Time'. How this activity work is, based on the theme given, members would have to interpret the theme and snap any picture that they think related to the theme.

This is what I took.

Do you see time in this photo?

Why? See, water drips very quickly. Less than 3 seconds for it to deform from a perfect tear-drop shaped droplet. So I thought if I manage to capture a perfect droplet, I would be able to freeze time. And that was how I interpret time since time is abstract. My initial idea was to capture a perfect tear-drop droplet but it was kind of impossible to do that with my camera.

It wasn't easy to capture this simple picture, I tell you. I went to the toilet and knelt in front of the washing basin for almost an hour and took more than a hundred pictures to get this one piece. A girl came in when I was snapping the picture and she looked at me in a way I interpret as, "What the heck is she doing? Over stress from exams or something?"

Water droplet too small.

Imperfect shape.

Off focused.

Anyway, I registered myself for a photography competition called the 'Merdeka Photo-Taking Competition' which cost me RM 5. There are 2 categories:

A : Historical places that got to do with Merdeka
B : Happenings before or during Merdeka celebration

My focus is category A since, in my opinion, there'll be a lot of entries for category B. There'll be 2 winners for each category and if I focus on category A, my chances of winning is higher, yes? Hahaha! I'm so cunning! However, I'll submit photos for both categories, maybe 2 pieces for A and 1 for B.

So, please do suggest if there are any places you think are good for this competition. If possible, make those places around Klang, KL or Kampar (places like Melaka, Penang all.. Impossible for me to go like now right?). Deadline for submission is September 3rd, by the way.

Oh, did I mention the prizes worth RM 1500?

They're Staying

Apparently, I received news that students who went to PJ or Setapak for their courses will not return to Kampar. They'll have to finish their courses and graduate in their respective campuses. Which means I won't be able to meet my TD-mates anymore and which also means, one of my ex-house mate, Ah Wei, will not be my house mate ever again.

Empty.

So, Ah Wei and Guat Shan's room will just be termed as Guat Shan's room now. If Shiau Ping do not change her course, she'll leave Kampar to Setapak next year leaving only me, Guat Shan and Sito in the house. But most probably my sister will be joining us next year, which makes 4 person in a house with the average of RM100 per person.

However, since the contract for the house I'm currently staying only last for 2 years, it'll expire by next year. The owner has the right to increase our rental, which I think he will since the demand for houses now is pretty high. At worst case scenario, the average rental per person will increase to maybe RM200 per person. This is not impossible, I tell you. Some houses now cost RM1000 per month and a single room in West Lake can cost up to RM300.

The ideal notice.

So, I'm wondering if we (my house mates and I) should start pasting notice around our campus to look for new house mate though I do not like the idea of living with strangers.

P/s: I apologize for the lack of update lately. It's currently raining season here in Kampar and my internet connection is usually unstable after rain. I can't load my page to actually able to blog. You have no idea how long it took to post this.

Should I?

I came across this cardigan and fell in love with it at first sight. Have a look :)

The outer yellow piece.

I measured and it's a little long so I'll have my mum to alter it for me, that is, if i bought it. Question now, it costs SD26 which is approximately RM63 inclusive of postage. Should I, or should I not buy it?

Close up look on the pattern.

The main opinions I need are from my mom and dad (since they're paying XD) but others, do let me know if I should spend my money on this. Of course, if you're kind enough, don't hesitate to present it to me! XD

Petrol and SRC

Few days ago, our government decided to increase the price of fuel from RM 1.98 per liter to RM 2.70 per liter with the total of 40% increment. Everyone with car in Kampar practically rushed to the petrol kiosk to fill their empty/half/still full tank. Well, I was once of them. The queue was so long that it took me 1.5 hours to move a usually 15 seconds distance. I started queuing at 10 p.m. and finally decided that, "Ah! Forget it! We won't get to pump!" at 11.23 p.m. And thank God I was smart enough. Just look at the queue!

Just before increment.

Even if I continued queuing, I won't be able to pump. 30 minutes left and the number of cars are uncountable. We (Guat Shan and I) went to mamak instead and after that (past 12 a.m. which means after the price increased), we decided to take drive back to the petrol kiosk and have a look. We could almost hear the crickets singing.

Right after increment.

Due to all these increment, when I went to the market this morning, there was a 'protest'. There were a group of about maybe 5-7 people cycling around with cardboards messages on their bike. Some of the messages were, "Petrol price naik, Pak Lah turn!" and "BM prosper, rakyat suffer!" and some were in Mandrin and Tamil which I couldn't read. I heard that in August, our government will increase the price again to about RM 4. Might as well just invent cars that use human blood!

Anyway, Vincent, a friend of mine, approached me yesterday. He asked me if I'm interested to join the Student Representative Committee (SRC). If I join, I'll have to give talks, held campaigns, and everything possible to persuade people to vote for me. You know, like those political parties. I've been thinking about it..

Vincent, the one squatting.

Reasons to join
1. For experience.
2. My second brother once asked me to join. He said it'll be very useful in my resume in the future.
3. Being a student council is like, "Woah!"
4. Get to meet and know more people.

Reasons not to join
1. I'm already a member of 3 clubs, in which in 2 of the clubs, I hold positions.
2. I'm afraid I do not have to time to be totally committed.
3. I need to study too, right? Being in Degree isn't easy, you know?
4. What if I didn't win? Malu la!

I've thought about it. I'm still new in my course any my connection isn't that wide. So, I can't really persuade people to vote for me. I don't really like 'politics'. I'll make enemies. I still have another 3 years in university, which means I'll have lots more opportunity to join next time. But hey, being a student council is like, you know, really great! (though I'll have a lot of tasks to do then)

Well, if you know me well enough, you'll know that I'm very indecisive and I consider a lot of matter before making a decision. So, practically, I'm in a dilemma right now and I need to give Vincent my answer, whether or not to join him, by tonight (so that if I decided not to, he will have the time to look for someone else). So, how?

Help Please?

How about this, I'll tell you a scene from three different point of views and you tell me who was at fault?

P.O.V 1
A girl, let's name her Janet, read something nasty about her somewhere. Something nasty like, "There's one girl name Janet and she's one big f*cking b*tch. That b*tch is the leader of the b*tchy group. B*tching everywhere she goes and not to mention she's a fat b*tch. Flirting around when she already have a boyfriend. I hope that b*tch's boyfriend will just dump her!" and she knew who wrote that. Obviously, she got agitated because she knew she wasn't as described. And as she continued reading, she found no reason for such nasty words about her. The writer did not mention any reason for his cursings. When she found out the reason for the cursings, she found it unreasonable and certainly untrue. So, Janet thought, "Since he called me a b*tch, I should just be as 'nice' and call him a bastard." thus, she never spoke to that writer ever again and once, she wrote a note to the writer. The note says, "Bastard, please wash the dishes. I've already cleaned the kitchen!" and pasted it on the writer's room door. To her surprise, the next time she saw the note (few hours later), there was an additional "From the b*tched" added to the note. She suspected one person, the guest who visited her house not long ago. The writer was not back home yet.

The note.

P.O.V 2
So, this guy, let's name him Patrick, was pissed when he was called 'transparent' by Janet. He went home, he let out his anger by writing all the evil stuff about Janet. Those 'stuff'' were all written from his point of view. He called her ungentleman names like b*tch and f*cker. After he found out that Janet had read the note, he threw the note away before Janet could actually spread about his ungentleman act. But, he told his friends that he regretted his actions and that he wanted to apologize but do not know how to. One day, he came back and saw a note on the door saying, "Bastard, please wash the dishes. I've already cleaned the kitchen. From the b*tches." He kept in mind that everything was written by Janet.

P.O.V 3
He's a guest who visited Janet's house and is also a friend of Patrick. He strolled around the house and saw a note pasted on Patrick's room door and he noticed that Patrick wasn't at home. He took his pen out and when no one was watching, he added "From the b*tches" onto the note. He did not know what happened between Janet and Patrick. He did not know what Patrick did to Janet or what Janet called Patrick. All he knew was what was written on the note. He judged from the note and took Janet as a new enemy.


Alright, so now, I need answers/opinions/ advises/ or whatever on who do you think was at fault. One thing though, please view all three point of views objectively, okay? It's only fair to do so. I'll be waiting~