More Xmas surprises..

Terence popped the champagne...

A little almond figurine (too cute to eat...)

More cute pastries..

Whatz inside the pastry?? *surprise! a little snowman sleeping in a nice creamy raspberry bed

I will share with the pretty thing with u...

A Pre-Bday diiner

A quiet birthday..

trying to look grown-up..
(btw, the pretty pretty boots are my only bday present from Terence)
*awwww sooo nice...

dont steal my wine..

pretty french food (Touted the best french cuisine in Montreal.. L'Express)
I had quail (bird) .. yum! tasted much more chewy than a chicken...)

Too full... (and over exposed light...)

Pre-Xmas

almost..

ALMOST...

FINALLY

yeah!! *FISH*

medical myths busted

Some Medical common beliefs are utterly untrue, while others have no evidential proof....

Researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis found no evidence supporting the need to drink eight glasses of water a day. Studies suggest that adequate fluid intake is often met by drinking juice, milk, and even caffeine-rich tea and coffee. Data also suggests drinking excessive amounts of water can be dangerous.


The belief that we only use 10% of our brains appears to be completely untrue. Studies of patients with brain damage suggest that damage to almost any area of the brain has specific and lasting effects on mental, vegetative and behavioural capabilities. Brain imaging studies also show that no area of the brain is completely silent or inactive.


And the belief that hair and fingernails continue to grow after death may be an optical illusion caused by retraction of the skin after death. The actual growth of hair and nails requires a complex interplay of hormonal regulation not present after death.


Again, illusion may be to blame for the belief that shaving hair causes it to grow back faster, darker, and coarser, report author Rachel Vreeman told the BMJ. The stubble resulting from shaving grows out without the finer taper seen at the ends of unshaven hair, giving the impression of thickness and coarseness.


Again, expert opinion is that reading in dim light does not damage your eyes.


And there is little evidence to support the banning mobile phones from hospitals on the basis of electromagnetic interference.



Conclusion

Dr David Tovey, editor of Clinical Evidence journal, said: "The difficulty is it is often hard to disprove a theory.

"On the flip-side, absence of evidence does not necessarily mean absence of effect.

"Where reliable evidence becomes really important is in helping people make serious decisions about harms and risks.

"Many of these 'myths' are innocuous. However, we are still finding evidence that runs contrary to current practice and what we expect."

He gave the example of the relatively recent U-turn in advice over sleeping positions for babies to cut cot deaths.

Experts now recommend babies are positioned on their backs when sleeping to reduce the risk of sudden infant death.

Adapted from bbc.

A giant rat

Angie's giant rat...

*gota say, i STILL prefer cats ^_^

thoughts

wondering.. why.
i am just feeling...
messy.

Those nights where sleep eludes me.

GLOWING CATS

Something to do with cloning cats,

inserting glowing florescent red protein into the gene using virus to add the information in...

reported in BBC n CNN...

GLOWING RED CAT under florescent light... OMG


If i ever lose my cat in the dark.. she has NO WHERE to hide... ^_^

My head is smashed

NEVER NEVER let someone suck you out from your mum's CANAL using vacuum or forceps etc. THIS IS scientifically proven (live demostration) of what happened in the 1980s... "new technology" to assist births. My poor head became deformed and STAYED deformed.. *GRRR*

POOR ME!

Oh well. Always suspected my odd shaped head...
Instead of a nice round back of my head, an MRI cross section shows..
*or maybe.. someone dropped me..*
^_^

cat cat cat

Resolution: I WANT A CAT

Worthwhile quote:

A man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still
*****

So cute!

bebebebebebebe Panda..!!



U are right David, i am a sucker for these stuff...

Designer cat

Ashera

COSTS 22,000 USD

Faints...

cockroach robots...

muahhaha


Robot 'pied piper' leads roaches

cockroach robots...

muahahah

Man marries DOG to beat curse

^_^

*_*_*_*
Quand tu ris
Et fais la moue,
Je n'ai qu'une envie:
T'embrasser sur la joue

Pour toute la vie.
*_*_*_*

Potential Car fatalities

My cousin sent these videos to me... i particularly liked the lorry one. ^_^

Enjoy.

SIGH

I just feel.. depressed. think its a cyclic effect. =(.

feeling not exactly smart
not exactly needed
totally useless

Adobe wonders + holloween

CAN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE... photoshop wonders

Terence in action

My first carved pumpkin.. (wasnt that hard..^_^)

rumbles from a sleepy town

So, here i am, in a teahouse, with free wireless, searching and updating CVs. I havnt found much chemical engineering based jobs so far. Only applied to 2 positions that are really that of my field. I really hope to hear from them soon.

Asides that, i am still looking around. WHERE ARE ALL THE PROCESS ENGINEERING firm?? I guess i am also looking to fill research positions, if they fit my skills. But now the days, research means micro-biological scales (not reallly my speciality) Maybe i will become desperate enough to apply for them soon.

Plan C will be to just continue to a phD in UToronto and pray. *gosh. i hope not.*

silly day dreams

so it boils down to asking searching n networking.
at least, thomas offered me a position till june. if i dont find a job in ottawa, feb, i will stay in montreal working for thomas till june 2008.

seems i am on the way there...

ps: thesis is finally almost here

SOO CUTE PIGSSSS

Mini-pigs for pets + pics

GOSH! sooo cuteeeeeee

This is the farm that has successfully crossbreed them to create this new sub-species...

Pennywell Farm - UK

ARGH!!

Horror of horrors!!!

ANIMAL ABUSE!

Each paint job costs about $15,000 and has to be repeated every 3 months as the cat's hair grows out. This translates to about $60,000 upkeep.! why not just GIVE ME THE MONEY!

Sanity

Hanging by a thread
Time is now a dread
Enlighten my path
Dissipate the wrath
I humbly surrender.
To you.

Joke of the day

Baby talk - by Katherine I bandujo

A new mother, I am delighted by each stage of mu son's development. The day he stretched his little arms up to me and said "Mommy" for the first time, I almost burst with pride.

Minutes later, however, our Labrador retriever, Mac, sauntered into the room. My son toddled towards him and called out, "Mommy!"

HAaaaaa

time runs away

you know, time is just running so FAST away.
Its so bloody scary.
Here i am, still trying my best to balance the search for jobs, writing CVs, coverletters, go for inteviews, WRITE MY THESIS... study the case interview concepts (this is killer).. missing terence..

so many aptitude tests... argh. i really dont think it helps.

wishing thatthis rocky period of my life would end soon

your birthday!

It was kinda sweet, small birthday celebration. Me, ter, amy + ter's bro (bernard). Went to a nice italian restaurant, had wine. had a craving for the wonderful black sesame ice-cream so i coerced everyone to go there for dessert. ^_^ *YUM*

YUUUMMMMM.. sesame ice-cream imported from Vancouver... *HEAVEN

A nice cake by his parents, his bro + gf + us
PS: that wonderful looking strawberry pie is made by HIS DAD

I love the lighting..

America's Got Talent (Chicago) - Boy Shakira

this is the reason why i should get a cat

A moment of weakness

Uninvited tears rolled
watching you leave
Continuing your road
Till we again meet
our memories kept
***

OTTAWA vs MONTREAL

When you are facing a huge load of thesis potential material to be written, coupled with awful music, too-cool weather for september, a sun that iznt doing its job, a boring window scene, 1000 of thoughts invade you unwillingly.

1) JOBS - never thought this day is gona come so soon. facing a potential phD vs work, i am actually choosing to work. guess i am tired of being institutionalized. Maybe in a few yrs. MBA sounds nicer thou...

2) BÉBÉ - Gona miss him when i return to montreal tomoro. I have tons of job infor sessions, CV letters to send, cover letters to vet.. Itz ok, he coming on friday.

3) THESIS WOES - how am i gona put all these results together. At least, it has started taking shape.

4) HOME SICKNESS - never thought i would feel this way. Well, temptation to return to comfort zone. Muz be patient... in a few yrs... ^_^ we will be riding high, taking Singapore by storm right, bébé?

kisses

Costa rica

Guatemala trip 2007

Whatcha looking at..? *Grrr

caught, *croak

our guide dog (b4 waking up) to accompany us faithfully up Pacaya volcano, Guatemala

The Pacaya volcano

Sand skiing down volcanic rocks

A weird myraid of colors in Guatemala (we suspect its coffins..)

Some hot spring..

NICE n WARM...

In a chicken bus (to be shown later)

My nice huge backpack (gosh, i TANNED)

Antigua, Guatemala's 2nd city

A weird tasting dessert (THIS IS NOT MEAT.. its sweet n weird.. with plantains, weird sauce...)

A collapsed church in Antigua

To be continued...