Moving on...

deaR and i went to suppoRt Roz in heR play pRoduction "Watching the Clouds Go By" at the national museum galleRy theatRe last night.. it's the second time i see Roz as a cast in a play, and she's the lead actRess in the play! the play was a little bit political and stuff like that.. but as it dRaws analogies paRallel to the chinese folktale "HeRos of the wateR maRgins" (水浒传), i was able to Relate to the play betteR.. eRm.. well.. betteR than the otheR play i watched Roz cast in a few yeaRs back..

moses was extRa lah.. playing eRhu in the backgRound.. haha.. because the audience was so silent, when moses moved his eRhu 弓 to get Ready to play, the silent scReech was amplified. haha.. but well, i must say, the music blended quite well with the play, though i think the 4 ppl posing as the backdRop was quite lame...

Roz acted well.. and i could undeRstand why she lost heR voice oveR ReheaRsing foR the play.. she had to shout foR quite a substantial paRt of heR speech (eRm, political aggRessiveness when tRying to asseRt a ceRtain point)... and i think she looked Really diffeRent in the wig foR the second half of the play.. haha.. oveRall, i think she managed to poRtRay the chaRacteR and heR emotions quite well.. gReat job Roz! =)

my favouRite actRess of the night was the naRRative of the old veRsion of the chaRacteR Roz played.. it was anotheR giRl (not Roz).. and i think she damn pRo and zai loh.. heR acting was sooooo natuRal... and i LOVE the way she speaks... heR english is veRy fluent and cleaR and soothing to heaR.. good pRonunciation.. and fRom the way she Reminiscent as the chaRacteR, i was so engRossed that u can be fooled by heR that she Really had such a past! 2 thumbs up foR heR..

alRight! so if u haven't catch it, eRm.. too bad. tmR's the last day and tixs aRe alReady sold out.. =x

i had been suffeRing fRom insomnia these few days... i could lie on the bed whole night and not sleep at all! it was teRRibly distRessing and depRessing when u'Re sooooo tiRed, yet somehow just cannot get to sleep... i was so fRustRated that i was just making lots of noise and thRowing my pillow/blanket/bolsteR aRound in the middle of the night (luckily shan is a heavy sleepeR.. =p)... one night i got so fed up afteR not having pRopeR sleep foR a few days that i got so despeRate and staRted abusing medicine by taking double the theRapeutic dose of chloRpheniRamine (flu medicine that can cause dRowsiness) and paRacetamol.. that woRked! i felt dRowsy soon afteR and finally got to sleep...

while eveRyone else asked me to go see a doc foR sleeping pills, thanx to ningyi foR the medical advice.. =) that sleeping pills can lead to dependence and addiction... thanx foR giving me those sleeping tips too! but my sleeping pRob seemed to have gone off afteR i took those pills... =x though i still seem to expeRience tachycaRdia befoRe and afteR i sleep.. but that's not a big pRob foR me.. as long as it does not hindeR me fRom sleeping..

afteR a seRies of good events, comes a seRies of bad events.. i can only sigh and say too bad to myself.. nothing much can be done...

i have sent out a few job applications afteR editing my Resume... but i have yet to take a nice pic, so i just used the unpRofessional pic i took yeaRs back.. =x howeveR slim the chances may be, i hope at least someone calls me up foR an inteRview... what's common foR all these jobs is, they aRe ALL IN THE WEST. yeah. haha.. i ought to have alReady be pRepaRed when i fiRst chose to do life sciences... well well... ok lah.. at least it's not juRong.. =p

among all my old/new fRiends who aRe doing life sciences, so faR.. ALL of them except me and kaiyan aRe going on to honouRs.. of couRse, i find myself a bit outcasted wheneveR ppl ask why i dunwan to do honouRs... well.................

while looking and applying foR my futuRe caReeR, i saw this tRend.. if it's a ReseaRch position, one is expected to be AT LEAST a masteRs/ phD student.. if it's a ReseaRch suppoRt position, they asks foR diplomas who have moRe lab expeRiences... and afteR looking thRough like 20+++ websites with at least 100 life sciences Related jobs, it's ALWAYS this 2 extReme ends.

conclusion?

haha! u! honouRs students! u aRe on the same tRack as me! Welcome to the Test-tubes washing Family. muahahahah...

Really.. otheR than MOH which RequiRes at least honouRs students, the Rest of the woRld does not make much distinctions between basic degRee and honouRs (unless u aRe a fiRst class student that is).. and the kind of positions offeRed? some ad hoc positions which nice names aRe given but which can all be geneRally classified as Lab administRation woRk(yeah, with a degRee, u can still only do DATA ENTRY.. but oh! i applied foR one to woRk in a hospital! at least it is in my dReam woRk enviRonment), lab technicians/ officeRs (i applied a few foR this.. can woRk with animals one!! though i dun think they'll employ me lah..), pRoduct specialists (sale of life sciences equipements and machines) and eRm... teacheR!?

to JUST be a ReseaRch assistant RequiRes a masteRs, phD oR post doctoRate.. HMM.

deaR's cousin who is doing his phD have phD fRiends coming out and not being able to find jobs.. oR found job that pay a low 2+K... what's the point?

and yeah! i'm so glad i'm a giRl! i can just fall back on the guy if i can't find a job.. muahahaha.. doesn't matteR if i eaRn less... but well, i only applied foR positions i am inteRested in.. i DO NOT go against my pRinciples in woRking stuff that i dun like (at least foR now, i'm still sticking to my pRinciples... but one neveR know... when i can't find a job few months down the Road, pRinciples aRen't going to feed me and give me money..)

my mind's all pRe-occupied with the futuRe now (oh! maybe that's why i couldn't sleep.. maybe that's what ny meant that something is distuRbing me subconsciously).. that i have no mood to study.. =x been busy doing my Resume and coveR letteR and pRepaRing myself foR inteRviews.. i NEED to tRy to get a job befoRe the whole woRld pouRs in and join me in the job hunt afteR the exams..

wish me luck~