~PrEeTI's WoRld~

bloggin after 3 mths..i have lost touch!

2008-11-14T17:01:00.007+08:00

Wow!! i m blogging after 3 months!! hmm tts says alot about what i was up too...basically nothin constructive. Jus running around doin fyp...trying to meet deadlines for assignments and jus staying sane in the meanwhile. The sem went by pretty fast...exceptionally fast i would say. But its good.=)

Jus got my hair straighened. It feels so different...dunno if its good or bad.
Exams ending on Thursday!! weeee!! cant wait!! i can resume normal life after tt...except doing fyp again. Looking forward to entertaining relatives coming over.
Let's hope this hols arent too bad. *praying hard*

2008-08-20T23:00:00.002+08:00

Wow, its been almost a month since i scribbled in my blog. Hardly get time these days. I keep dreaming about Redang..its a sign..i need to write about it. But its gonna come up soon. Maybe this weekend.
UNi has started..n has completely blown me away. Final year projects, going for career talks and networking sessions, running for lectures and in the mean time( if there is any time left), soaking it all in and enjoying my final year. It been going OK so far. i don't know wats going on in lectures n i m doing FYP like a zombie, but not too bad. Weekends are keeping me alive.

Sigh i have nothin eventful to write about.i m jus not satisfied with the way things are going. i need to change something. I shall find out....wat that is

Birthday No. 22

2008-08-04T21:56:00.010+08:00

It was an awesum day..right from the start til the end. I was happy every minute of it...n throughly enjoyed the evening. Thanks to everyone who made my day! Love u all!! Here are some pics!
~~~~Happy Birthday to me~~~~

~Reflections~

2008-07-17T22:43:00.017+08:00

With my 22nd birthday just around the corner, i decided to do some reflections on my 21st year on planet Earth. July 2007..i was in India..enjoying my holidays. I went to India for a reason, a reason i cant write down here but all i can say....i got the answers to the questions i had in my mind. I spent my 21st birthday not with a big bang, as i was hoping for, but with a few very special, dear friends. Overall i came back a happy person.Once i was back, it was back to the routine of lectures, tutorials, tests and exams. But this time, i really enjoyed the sem, as i got to enjoy with my uni buddies...and the work load wasn't too bad. I had a good time doing tutorials after classes, and then i headed down to meet Charu n Param at PS to have our Thai express food.

The 2nd half of the year is always more enjoyable as there are more festivals to prepare for. First came Ganesh Chaturti and then Diwali. I had a good time dressing up and going for functions. I had called over some of my Uni frens for diwali at my place. And then there was Charu's diwali party that is always a hit. Last yr it was Sheetal's first Diwali after marriage as well, so we were all geared up for tt too.

Following Diwali, came a very bad time. Dad started experiencing horrible pains in his back and shoulder and he had to seek medical attention immediately. Thank god it wasnt anything serious. Then my family was stunned by my Mami's passing away. It was a tragic period, especially for my mom and grandmom. I really felt sorry for my 10 yr old cousin who is now left to grow without her mom's love and affection. This made me realise how important my mom is in my life....she IS my life.=)

Soon exams were out of the picture, and December vacations came. Most of it was spent slacking, planning our Genting trip and gymingAnd then came Genting. One of the best holidays i have ever had til now. The company was jus superb. We had soooo much of fun.(No words can really do justice to the time we had there) I really hope we can do such a thing again.

After the hols i was refreshed to start my industrial attachment. Hehe i have written enough about it so wont say more. But during this period, we celebrated CYN(chinatown outing with Param), Param's 22nd, Charu 22nd, Vday (my 20th Vday w/o a Valentines), met some special frens and did lots of masti overall. Made some mistakes, learnt from it.
Got scared by some random stalker on April fool's day and then realised it was no joke.
Was really flattered by some events that occurred. It made me feel good about myself for a while.=)

To sum it all, last yr has been a roller coaster, but the ride was very enjoyable. I hated some parts but loved most of it. I don't think i can ask for anything more from God this year. I do have a few requests for him though.

Help me find what i am searching for.Keep my family and frens happy and safe. Keep me smiling. Show me the right path. =)

Feeling the HEAT

2008-07-16T10:21:00.008+08:00

The past few days have been weird. I have been going thru quite alot of stressed. Which is quite usual. People who know me, know that i always take the stress, no matter how small the issue is. But this time the issue is not small, it's quite big and long..my 1 yr long FYP. Having to work/think/ponder/worry about that same project for almost 300 days....that's quite alot to take. I don't think i ever had a problem that lasted so long! Plus the travelling to NTU and IME will practically kill me I m worried when I'll actually have the time to study for my 3 subjects (not much..but i suspect they will be pretty heavy), AND apply for jobs, AND write cover letters, resumes AND go for interviews! Hehe i find it impossibly funny!

But this has to be done...students before me have done it, and i will pull thru it as well. What keeps me going is the fact that so many people believe in me. My family, always there to support me, my awful mood swings, and my silly tantrums. My mom especially takes care of me, constantly asking me what's happening even though she doesn't understand most of what i say. But talking to her, i feel she takes some of the weight off my shoulders.

And then, there is always the support of my wonderful bunch of friends. We r all in the same boat, and we WILL pull thur it. I think we have pulled thur some of the hardest time together and this is just a piece of cake. Going thru a hard process, with fun and laughter just makes it more memorable(in a good way).

After talking to all these people, i feel much calmer, and i think i have energised myself for the next 10 months (not even a yr!). I guess, when i read this 10 mths later, i will just laugh at myself, wondering how silly i was to worry so much about a academic project. Mom always tells me...if you start worrying about such small things, you'll have too many things to worry about when your life actually starts. But tts just me, i just have a habit about worrying about everything! =)

High on Holiday FeVeR

2008-07-10T14:09:00.009+08:00

It's been almost a week since holidays started, i m am enjoying every bit of it. Friday was sad since it was my last day at work. On top of that i got my IA grade, which wasn't as much as i expected. So i got a little depressed. But i m gonna appeal to get my grade changed so hopefully that works out. Saturday I went to Sentosa beach with the interns. Fun! Fun! We played bridge, "pass the ball around in the water" and Truth and Truth. We dipped in the water for a while, ate and the made our way back home. It was a nice, chilling Saturday.

Sunday was spent mainly at home, with family, and giving tuition. We played the new Monopoly set that i had just purchased. Overall, it was a good weekend!

Over the last four days i did a few productive things!
1) Cleaned my wardrobe

2) Met FYP prof (unsuccessful story but will save u the boredom)

3) Booked my Redang trip (wee hee.. finally i am going sumwher!)

4)Went gyming (to tone up for Redang)

5) Met up with Anju, Kesh, Param and Suruchi

6) Went for a good hindi movie7) Did tuition

8) Learnt some cooking

Wow! That's alot for four days!

*gives herself a pat on the back* =)

Other than that, of course, i caught up on my sleep and watched an episode of CSI. Still reading the same book for four days. Hmmm wat else...yeah basically i m very contented with life rite now. Hope it stays that way for a while.

Hmm .. need to work on my 'deep' blog about luv..i have created enuf hype about it. But my brain has switched off for now. So i cant think deep...=(..hopefully it will wake up soon.

OK It's 2.30 pm..time for my afternoon nap...*yawns*

~Childhood Days~

2008-07-05T18:02:00.015+08:00

My childhood...hmm..i don't remember much about it. I was definitely in Dadar, Mumbai, India. I was a naughty kid. I was living with my mom as my dad was here in Singapore. I had alot of people around me, pampering me....giving me all the attention in the world. Tt's all i can remember. They say, a picture speaks a thousand words...so here are a few thousand words for u!
Me when i was young(er)....

I learnt........

2008-07-04T22:34:00.007+08:00

Finally IA is over! It felt long for the last month but it was very enjoyable. I feel like i have achieved a great deal over the last seven months.

I learnt how to be a independent worker.

I learnt how working life is.

I learnt how to communicate with others.

I learnt wat is professionalism.

I learnt wat i m capable of.

I learnt that i m in this world to make a difference, no matter how small it will be.

I learnt what teamwork is all about.

I learnt how your smile can brighten up someone else's day.

I learnt how to stay happy. I learnt wat i want in my future career.

I learnt not to plan too much cuz it never works out as u have planned.

I learnt that college life is goin to be the best time in my life.

I learnt how to have good food everyday n still remain (quite) fit.

learnt how to have fun while i m miserable.

I learnt that NTU' evaluation of IA grade sucks!

I learnt how to blog.

I learnt how to keep myself entertained when i was really bored.

I learnt that genuine frens are always valued.

I learnt that i can achieve wat i want if i try hard enough.

I learnt how to use the binder.

I learnt how to use the hplc.

I learnt how to stay awake when i was really sleepy.

I learnt the best lean working standards.

I learnt...n learnt.. n learnt.

And finally i learnt that i couldn't write down everything that i learnt cuz leaning is never-ending!

( I m promoting life-long learning!) =D

My Holiday Plans

2008-06-30T10:28:00.004+08:00

Sigh...holidays start in 5 days...but i have nothing planned. I was so busy with my industrial attachment and FYP selection that didn't plan my holidays. So let me first start by writing all the things i HAVE to get done.

1) Clean my room..that includes shelves and wardrobe. I think even i can puke if i stare at it long enough. Need to do up my room so that it looks more attractive. Maybe put up pictures and a notice board for myself. I wanna go down to IKEA to see what i can get.
2) Go gym..maintain a trim and fit body. Reduce the fats and build up muscles. Maintain weight below **kg. (Guess!! Not gonna tell u all my real weight) (:P)
3) Work on Cross-stitch. The one that i have been working on for the last 2 years. I only take it out during the hols...n work on it for 2 days before i put it back into my cupboard...only to take it out in my next hols.
4) Start work on FYP. Need to meet my FYP external prof...which i don't look forward to. I think he will be some old, strict fellow with extremely high expectations.
5) Go for a weekend get-away..at least to Bintan or Redang. i need to go away from Singapore to refresh myself for the up-coming year. Problem here is that i don't have company. So anyone reading this blog, from the female species, if u r keen on going....contact me ASAP. I wanna do this ASAP!!
6) Spend some quality time with friends and family. Go for cycling at ECP, explore the Southern Ridges and go for movie at Vivo (the one with the huge seats)!
7) My friend. Avi, from Pune said she will come down to visit me!! Yay! she said she will be coming down after the 15th July. So ill have to plan the itinerary so that we can go to all the tourists spots in Singapore. At least ill have sumone with me for a few days to spend time with. First time my fren is coming to visit me... i m sooo excited!=D
8) Plan what to do for my birthday. I have roughly settled it. Calling my frens over for dinner. I have even bought my birthday dress. It's a white dress that i always wanted. Yay!
9) Continue my tuition with Neelu. Set some time aside to go swimming with her. She has been asking for a long time now.
10) Catch up on new seasons on CSI NEW YORK, CSI MIAMI and CSI. I haven't sat down to watch quality TV for ages..so gonna have to do that.
11)Keep my blog updated! =D

That seems like that's a handful for a month of holidays. Good....i wanna keep myself occupied. An empty mind is a devil's workshop. and i have no intentions of being a devil. Muaahahhaahaha. Hmmm....Did i miss out anything?

~The Weekend before IA ends~

2008-06-29T17:29:00.010+08:00

The final weekend before IA ends. One more 'Monday blues' to face. One more week of waking up at 5/6 am in the morning. And then..one month of holidays. This weekend was quite special as i intended to do absolutely nothing. No plans to meet friends, no plans to go out with parents. I wanted it to be a spontaneous weekend. Well it ended up to be like just another weekend. Quite boring yet satisfying.
After a wonderful dinner with the interns at Cafe Cartel at IMM, i came home...all geared up to watch my long overdue Hindi movie.. Jannat. I was tired from a whole week of running ard, tuitions and meeting up with "The Gang"..so i really doubted my ability to stay awake and sit through the whole movie, but i had it all sorted out. I would drink coffee if that's what it takes to keep me awake. i wasn't going to spend a precious friday night sleeping!
So at 11.15, i started my movie screening. Jannat was alright. Nothing attention-grabbing, nothing extraordinary. Quite predictable actually. The music was good. I managed to sit through the whole movie!=)
Then came Saturday. My day started at 11.45 am when i opened my eyes. The afternoon ran passed without me realizing. And i was really bored by the time evening came. So i decided to go for another movie with my sister. It has been a long time since we had a sister outing. We went for a 9.25 pm show at AMK hub, for Kung-Fu Panda. I love animated movies as they are a brainless watch. But this movie somehow disappointed me. It wasn't that funny. The animated was good. But the characters were not the ones i would remember. They were nothing like Mr. Incredible or Nemo.

Sunday was gone giving tuition and sleeping. There are guests coming over this evening so that will be gone entertaining them. I hope to fill up the application form to re-new my passport. And i hope this week flies by...so i can start enjoying my holidays. I hope i can go sumwhere for a quick break..i.e. Bintan or Redang. But that doesn't look like it's working out. Let's see what the next month has in store for me......

The Gift

2008-06-26T13:53:00.003+08:00

"Some people just come through our lives to bring us something, a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn, and that's why they are here.." The Gift

A truly amazing book. It was indeed magical. The day i spent reading this book, i felt like i was somewhere else....far far away. This book brought tears in my eyes more than once..and honestly i am sad i finished reading it. It made me reflect on my own life...and appreciate the people who have come into my life. They were/are here for a reason....everyone in your life is a gift to u. 5 Stars to this book!
I don't think i can say much to justify what i am feeling now. I m just overwhelmed with emotions. This book has touched my heart. All i can say is... I hope i can find a guy like Thomas Whittaker....he is a fictional character but i have fallen in love with him. (:P) I Love u Tommy!
And i would also like u say something to the real people out there....
To everyone i know, thank you for blessing me..thank you for your advice, for helping me, for comforting me, for bearing with me..and for just simply being there! I love u all!=)

~The one with the Monopoly game~

2008-06-23T10:51:00.011+08:00

It was a typical Sunday. Gloomy skies, wet streets and more rain predicted by the weather-man. My sentosa plans with my intern friends has gotten cancelled because of the bleak weather forecast. It looked like it was going to be a Sad Sunday. Instead of having a relaxed morning, i woke to have my internet and my gtalk playing pranks on me. I couldn't log onto any google website or sign into my gtalk messenger. I was really upset and thought i had no other choice but to format my lappy( As you can see....i m a computer dummy). So the rest of the morning was spent backing up my data on my external hard drive.

By afternoon, i had finished backing up my data and was all geared up to format my lappy. I took a quick lunch and came back to start the formatting. I made one last attempt to try signing into my gtalk...and guess what..it started working again! Woo hoo! I didn't have to format my lappy anymore. I was back to my happy state.=)

I headed down to Charu's place in the late afternoon. Her parents had gone to Cameron Highlands in Malaysia and we were going to take this opportunity to rule the house. We headed down to the mall to get groceries for the feast we had planed ahead. Pop-corn, drinks, chicken and other random things. We then trudged back home to get started with the cooking. Charu was the chef and me and Param were her assistants. Due to the late arrival of the 2nd assistant (Param), 1st assistant (Me!!) sprung into action and helped Chef Charu to cut up the food. Chef Charu was busy mincing the chicken fillets and boiling potatoes. It was only after the arrival of 2nd assistant Param that 1st assistant Preeti could take a break. 2nd Assistant Param helped with the mashing of potatoes and washing of the dishes. She also learnt how to make Chef Charu's delicious sausages first hand! It was a pretty sight indeed! Dinner was prepared in under 2 hours and consisted of Shepherd's pie and yummy sausages. (We don't believe in healthy living, hence we do not serve veggies):P
Now it was time for some fun. Monopoly was next on the menu. The engineer against the two accountants. Afraid of some embezzlement scandal by the accountants, the engineer took up the daunting task of becoming the banker. (:P)

Game was going smooth...the 1st and 2nd assistants kept going to jail leaving Chef Charu to rule town after town. She started building houses, and then hotels. Chef Charu had a whole empire set-up while the 1st and 2nd assistants fought over Marvin Gardens and Indiana! After 2 and a half hours of hardship and struggle, 1st assistant Preeti finally declared bankruptcy. As it was time to 'close shop' , 2nd assistant Param and Chef Charu began counting their assets. Chef Charu emerged has the clear winner.Then it was time for 1st and 2nd assistants to head back home. After the final photo-taking ceremony, they headed back home feeling happy and satisfied. They had had a delicious meal and a wonderful time @ Chef Charu's place! It was a wonderful Sunday after all..!!=)

Industrial Attchement

2008-06-19T11:15:00.024+08:00

6 Months industrial attachment was part of my 4 year study of bioengineering in NTU. I was attached to Merck Sharpe & Dohme, a pharmaceutical company. I wasn't sure what to expect, what i would be required to do, and what kind of people i would interact with. On the first day, i met several other people in a similar situation like mine. We were all in NTU or NUS, attached to MSD for our 6 month attachment. We came from different backgrounds, and were under different departments. We all had no clue what our department or what our jobs were all about. We all had no clue who the people beside us were. How things changed over 6 months!

My closest friend in MSD was my fellow course-mate and intern Zi yen. We were from the same course and were attached to the same department. At first, i had my doubts about working with her. I did not know her well and she seemed quite different. Quite reserved....hardly saw her in lectures in school and she was always with her friend Averil (who was also interning with us , but from a different department). Over the last 6 months, we became very good friends. We both helped each other out when needed, enthusiastically cleaning the lab with our innovative 5S ideas, carrying out routines HPLCs and discussing all the various company gossips. Working together with her, i realised how similar we were in our thinking. I had the most amount of fun working with her to make our video for the interns presentation. I think it was one if the best video (technically) that I am glad i had an opportunity working with her. I think she is one of the nicest people around from BIE. =) I didn't get an opportunity to work with Avril as much I knew she is a sweet girl as well. What struck me most of her was her contagious laughter. When Avril laughs, you feel like a small kid is laughing, and you feel like laughing with her!!

There were a total of 13 of us interning there. Each person distinctly different and unique from the rest. Daniel is straightforward and frank, and is the genius among all of us. He seemed like a hard worker who had his priorities right. I remember how me and Zi Yen were so enthusiastic about helping him with his Valentine's day crush. Hsein Long was terrified of his supervisor and used to tell us all the scary stories of how his sup was bullying him. We all got scared of his sup after that.Marilyn is the rose among the thorns of NUS guys. A very sweet girl with a good sense of humor and who likes mambo! En ping could never stop talking about his cycling trips to Thailand and his secrets to having a trim and fit body. I must admit though..they were very educational!=P I admire his fitness and i m very jealous of his extremely high metabolic rate( He eats all day..but looks as fit as a fiddle)! Alvin's 'Why??' never failed to intrigue me in more ways than one. Kok Hong has this air of mystery around him. His views on girls, fashion and relationships are interesting and enjoyable to listen to. Lai peng and Siang fu's quiet but obvious relationship status was the talking point amongst the interns. Sagar was the weirdest of them all. He hardly joined us for lunch and was extremely quite when he did. And finally, the hardcore gymmer, Chandra!! Mr. muscles man and his 'HUMP'!! His interns presentation video was the most hilarious video i have seen. Chee Yan joined us only for about 4 weeks but her stories about Ipoh and diving were enjoyable.

Having such characters with me, i never failed to have a interesting day at work. I will miss them all, especially in my last two weeks at work. =)

~My first blog~

2008-06-16T13:59:00.001+08:00

I finally set-up my own blog...yay! I don't know why it never occurred to me create my own blog. I guess before this i never felt like i had to write my thoughts down. I have never been the kind of person who keeps a diary. But now i feel like i should capture these moments somewhere so that when i grow old, i can look back at my life and re-collect these moments. Maybe i m suddenly realising i m growing old. Gosh! I guess this is also a way i can share my life with my friends and hear what they have to say. Plus it's a really good way to pass time, which i have a lot these days.=)

I have decided to dedicate my first blog entry to all those people who have helped or inspired me to set it up. I only had this sudden urge to set-up my blog last Monday. It was a boring day at work and i had nothing to do for that time. I decided to see my friend's Marilyn's blog. She had written something about about her experience at MSD,(where we both are currently interning) and i felt like i could really connect to what she was saying about her experience there and how she was feeling at that time. And suddenly i felt like i too, wanted to write down my memories about my internship and lots of other events in my life as well. I have read lots of my friends' blogs before but never had such inspiration to set-up my own one before...so thank you Marilyn!

Hmmm, next person i want to dedicate this blog entry to is my very dear and close friend, Ashwin. He was the one who helped me think of a name for my blog. So many people have blogs these days that no matter which name i used, it wasn't available. But with Ashu's help i finally managed put a name to my blog. U rock ASHU!!

Well i guess that's about it for my first post. I am so excited about this!! I hope don't get bored of blogging too quick...i can never stick to doing one thing for a really long time. Hopefully that will change! =)