3 days ago: sunny, max of abt 30 degs

2 days ago: started raining, 10-20 degs

yesterday: rained, single digit temperature throughout entire day

today: stopped raining around noon, sun came out and temp became about 15 degs. but when i was in the library it suddenly HAILED. whatthehell.


anw 2 papers tmr - chem b paper 2 and biochem paper 1 - am not really looking forward to it haih.

haha since the birthday of this blog falls right smack on the first day of my tripos exams, i shall celebrate it a few days in advance haha.

so happy 2nd birthday to my blog! haha.

can't believe this blog made it so far - thought my blogging impulse would die out in a year.. haha but i've been blogging less and less lately (as evidenced by the post count - 181 posts last year, as compared to 98 this year), as most of my time now is evenly divided between anime-ing and studying =) the latter has been steadily increasing in proportion in relation to the former, thankfully.

am more stressed pre-exams this year than last year - last year it was more of a question of how high among the ranks of other fellow natscis i could climb to; this year, i'm more than happy to get a first - whatever the rank.

good thing that the freaking out phenomenon is rather widespread amongst the 2nd year natsci community - i'd be really worried if i was the only one!

so much to study, yet so little time left.. and i can't concentrate! bahhhhhhhh ><

what does yeast biology and singapore have in common? their love for abbreviating long long words into three-lettered "catchphrases" is almost criminal.

excerpts from my notes:

"silencer contains ARS sequences, which binds ORC. the ORC then recruits the SIR and RAP proteins to the regions of silent cassettes..."

not forgetting the art of killing biology undergrads:

swamping them with protein names. essential for exams? i have NO idea.

bah.

picked it up while facebook-strolling. haha answers below questions. i could only do less than 10 haha.

QUESTIONS

1. How much is satu kupang?
2. Where's the favourite spot to take wedding pictures in Taiping?
3. In what dialect is Apo Nak Di Kato?
4. Name at least five variations of roti canai.
5. What is the staple food of native Sarawakians.
6. Name a popular Malay ointment made from "sea-cucumber"
7. Name the sauce made from fish or shrimp that the Kelantanese love.
8. What does pi mai pi mai tang tu mean?
9. Which fruit is Ipoh famous for?
10. What is the English name for putu mayam?
11. "Lah" is to Peninsular Malaysians as"..." is to Sabahans.
12. What does ABC stand for?
13. How long is a sari?
14. What does the Cantonese phrase" ngam ngam " means ?
15. Name Penang's famous beach.
16. How do you order coffee mixed with tea at a kopi-tiam?.
17. What's on Malaysian TV at 8pm?
18. On one side of our RM1 coin is the bunga raya, what's on the other?.
19. Now what's on our 10 sen coin?
20. What was the name of the KL Commonwealth Games 1998 mascot?
21. When you fill in a form, if you're not Malay, Chinese or Indian, you are...?
22. Who is Malaysia's favourite Kampung Boy?
23. How did the word "gostan" come about?
24. Lobo's "Whispers in the Wind" is the English version of which famous Malay song?
25. When did Malaysia last win the Thomas Cup?
26. What is the name of our national flag?
27. If you want 4D numbers, who do you consult?
28. What's the name of the Malaysian-made 175cc motorbike?
29. Name our national bird.
30. If the father is a baba, and the mother is a nyonya, then what is the son?




ANSWERS

1. Northern slang for 10 sen
2. Lake Gardens
3. Negri Sembilan, meaning "What's there to say?"
4. Roti bom, roti pisang, roti planta, roti telur, roti sardin, roti tisu, roti bawang
5. Sago
6. Minyak gamat made from sea cucumber, for wounds
7. Budu
8. Northern dialect that means coming and going but ending up at the same spot
9. Pomelo
10. String hoppers
11. Bah
12. Air batu campur OR All Asia Broadcast Centre
13. Six yards
14. Just in time or just fit or just right.
15. Batu Ferringhi
16. Kopi cham
17. The news
18. Keris
19. Congkak
20. Wira
21. "Other" or Lain-lain
22. Lat
23. A corruption of "go astern"
24. P. Ramlee's Getaran Jiwa
25. 1992
26. Jalur Gemilang
27. "Datuk"
28. Jaguh
29. There's none - lah
30. Baba

50/100. haih.

the bigger problem is that i'm not as worried as i should be..