Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Amazing Rachel Stevens Advert

I'm not going to spoil it for you all, but here's a HILARIOUS ADVERT. And for a good cause as well! Guys HAVE to check it out.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Oil and blood

Let's not forget all the blood shed, and lives lost in the pursuit of petroleum.

Hummer ad

Monday, September 26, 2005

Skype

I've finally gotten round to using SkypeOut to call the woman in singapore. It rocks! Expect to be called from the UK pretty soon.....

Friday, September 16, 2005

PhD drudgery

It's been yet another long and ardous week, not as ardous as say climbing Mount Everest, or swimming across the English Channel, but enough. Firstly, I pretty much had to survive 3 days with no carpet at home. "What's the problem?" you might say. But thing is in England, when you've stripped off the carpets, all you are left with are blank floorboards and the dried up carpet adhesive that basically turns into dust and gets EVERYWHERE. It's friday now, and we still don't have flooring the the bathroom. Cosy. I've also decided to move from my very spacious Room 2, into Room 1 once my flatmate leaves. Even though Room 1 is a little smaller, it's got a lovely south facing balcony, which means a lot during the dreary winter months ahead. That's pretty much it for my domestic whoes.

On the work front, things are starting to shape up. I actually did work for a change whilst I was on duty last weekend. More often than not, my best intentions of my staying and working inevitably gives way to a) watching random anime/tv series/movie b) wasting time watching television c) sleeping. This weekend was a real change and left me feeling rather good about myself, despite not being able to make it to church.

Then there's the mad rush of preparing for experiments during the week. I finally got round to drawing up the thesis outline last weekend, and basically shat myself. I'm 2 years into this monster, and have only managed to accomplish what looks to be half of the work that needs to be done. Which is what spurred me on to this recent flurry of industriousness. Going to be a working weekend again. Caning the experiments today, which means I'll be sampling the nice hamster cells overnight and sleeping in the lab, again. Think I'm going to be needing a dim sum tomorrow afternoon to cheer me up.

Listening to: James Blunt - back to bedlam

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Long week

It's been a really long week. It seems that things have just regressed into this shifting in and out of days with no perception of the days. Haven't been doing nearly as much work as I'm supposed to considering it's going to be the final year of my PhD. The work is pretty much slowed, just need to suck it up and keep on going. They say that doing post-grad is not so much about genius as it is about inspiration and tenacity. I'm stuck in the hall yet again this weekend, covering for one of the other vice wardens. Hopefully I'll be getting some serious amount of work done for a change. As opposed to sitting on my arse.

Listening to:
Renaissance Classics

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Coldplay

I'm going to Coldplay in December! YEAH!!

Fix You came out this week.

Monday, September 05, 2005

Babe of the week: Josie Maran

Guys, ever go shopping with your girlfriend/mom/wife etc and see a Maybelline advert, thinking, "That model's hot! I wonder who she is..."? Fear not, wonder no longer! The luscious lady you are gazing upon is the one and only Josie Maran.

"I'm really shallow when I come to guys. I only date really good-looking, well-endowed guys, with great bodies. My friends are always going on at me. I'm like. 'I can't help it! I'm just a woman with high standards!'"

Quote from superiorpics.com

Too bad boys.

Josie Maran 3

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Vortex of unproductivity

I AM the vortex.

phd083005s

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Thursday, September 01, 2005

Definition: Non-relationship

My contribution to the english language.

Non-Relationship
The grey area in between taking the plunge into a committed relationship and platonic friendship. Often due to indecision on the part of one or more parties involved.

Symptoms might include, holding hands, non-committal sex, spending an inordinate amount of time together, flirting on text messages.
"Sam and Jane have been having this non-relationship for months now, they need to decide whether they are going out or not."
Source: atreidai, London, Jul 25, 2005
Lost my phone on the bus last night. Really pissed off about it. mofos.....