Between comfy and dream

Hallo!

The recent deals had made me contemplated; whether to move on or to stay on in my rented room...

Pros:
1. no more huge masterbedroom and low shared bathroom usage (because landlady has another toilet)
2. cheap rental
3. working place is super convenient and near.
4. some charity satisfaction (give it back to society) coz I don't have to volunteer at elderly homes.... it starts from home all along for many, many years already...and that I only volunteer in animal shelters...

Cons:
1. parents/friends can never stay over; i've always have to rent hotels for parents/ families
2. can't cook; and over the years of eating outside food made me really @@". So sick of eating outside food. And to add on, my skills in cooking had definitely diminished. I'm now even afraid to go mixing food during BBQ time. --> how useless I am hor.... (anyway, the guys usually does it somehow, LOL)
3. not air-conditioned. Discussing these deals with landlady will only cause conflicts....i even feel like renovating my room too coz it feels so, so boring to me now......throw all the old cupboards away; etc...
4. privacy matters. Well, you should be well aware that staying with owners is stable but...zzzz privacy matters so much to me as I am getting aged. I have had privacy conflicts before and she had compromised. else, worse ahhh.....
5. the nearby worshiping place wakes me up at 645am everyday...haihz...and locking windows doesn't help at all...my working hours need not need me to wake up so early ah... :/
6. landlady's health deteriorated so i come home with sometimes, different smells....sigh

wish I have own place to stay!!!

Torn in half ah....

somehow, listing these made me agree more that cons is more than pros...
but for a longer term speaking, the pros may still outweigh cons in terms of $$. The rest? you know it...

so long~

ROS reactive oxygen species; stress and aging

Hallo!

I wasn't planning to tell much on ROS, aging and stress here...but just to share a story on our most recent moment conversation in the lab..

Situation:
Student A has been sleeping very late lately due to paper submission, answering reviewers, writing thesis, preparing presentation and most importantly, to present well in front of panel of potential examiners/future boss..
Student A is having indigestion, sleepless nights, high stress level, and partial failure in anger management

Me: You looked really pale. Go and eat some multivitamins. Do you want my multivitamin? I have it on my table. Your ROS level is definitely very high now...need antioxidants ah....

Student A: Oh no!! *Eyes widening and face near to mine* Do you see any additional wrinkles????

Me: =.=""""""



Okay, to those who don't really get this nerdy joke, my =.=""""" face is due to: ROS level can lead to aging, but not as soon as 2 weeks' sleeps...I think it's more than that. Probably fine lines in 2 weeks, maybe?

Second point, Student A was @@" with me too...talk about ROS linkage to sleepless nights....--->sigh

How can we end up being so 'nerdily' scientific ah??
=.=""


Talk about being labrats huh?

excited with a new avenue!!!

Can't disclose much yet, but super excited and positive feel with this! :D

Finally, a double layer of rainbows~

Picture credits
Can't wait to see if there's a triple one, but double one is already extreme happiness for me:D:D:D

so long~

Happppy eat dumpling day!!!

Picture explains all...

Landlady warmed and removed leaves for me to prevent oiliness on my hands... See, that's why I always get touched :(

Food and heart bribery from her...:/

If you notice the second picture of dumplings (Zhang) carefully, there are three types here: Kee zhang, bak Zhang (pork dumpling) and nyonya Zhang. Kee is the yellow type and plain one, and is auntie landlady's favorite.. She bought for me once and I had to swallow it fast fast coz I don't like it.. 

Nyonya is the sweet type and also not my favorite lol..

And also learned tht different types of leaves are used for these.. Only pandan leaves are for Kee Zhang.. The rest are imported leaves from china, according to auntie landlady..

For the history on why we eat rice dumplings, pls read up yourself... 

P/s: I'm late for work!!