Abalone farm

Went for a field trip to the abalone farm today..The whole process of culturing abalone was demonstrated by the speaker.
From stimulating the abalone to release their eggs and sperms, to raising the trocophores in hatchery conditions and then transferring the veligers to the outdoor grow-out tanks. I was told that Australia's abalone are priced highly due to stringent health and environmental conditions. Well....Abalones go for $50/kg from the farm(shell-on)and my mum wants me to get back some. Way no!! My er yi (mum's second sister) gave me $50 before I left and asked me to get her some scallops and abalone. Muahaha.. Possibly the shells!
I have photos and I know that I have plenty of other photos for posting. But I am still waiting for the right time to upload the photos. Sigh.. Will do it next week. Its semester break.. As for now, back to studying for tml's test.

Busy

Have been really busy for the past few weeks.. Test, Assignments, Reports and etc. seems to just piled up before me. I have no clue on what's happening but I do really look forward to the end of year. I am so sick of sitting in my room, either studying or typing away. Next week is semester break week and I will be having one week of holiday, theoretically. Why??? Because I have 3 reports to submit directly after the break and I have not find time to research for any information yet. On top of that, I need to do my revision on what's going on in the 1st part of the semester. This is not good.. So not good.. I must find time to go fishing during the break, well at least for 1 day.
As described in Proverbs, this university education is slowly appearing as a "Chasing wind" syndrome to me. Its not that I don't appreciate the opportunity I have to study but rather the fact that I am putting too much pressure on myself. Am I really aiming to pass? or to score? It doesn't seems to be like this in the past..Where's my carefree life? I spending more time studying than reading my bible and praying in tongues. Have I forgotten my initial calling? To seek God's voice and to practise walking in His ways.
To be honest, I am not at all worried about my future. I know that the Lord has provided me with the talents, opportunties and blessings, so much so that I wouldn't have to worry about my needs. I know that He holds my future and that He is holding my hand right now and then. I look at Richard Plough, the general manager of shellfish hatchery. This man only has a advanced diploma but has Phd and Masters holders working for him. (Reminds me of Jeslin Mah) Is it the Singaporean culture, the lifestyle that causes us to be certificate-driven? I am pretty sure that at the end of the day, no one is looking to ask you how many High distinctions or distinctions you have in your life.. No one..

This is it..

One minute ago, I was thinking "This is it!" This is the end of it. The error message on the computer was "No system found or detected". (Or something like that)I can't even access "Safety Restore". I looked at my computer in despair and started pleading with God to fix it. I frantically restarted the computer each time I prayed one sentence. (Lost count of the number of times I tried) It didn't work.. I started talking to God.. " Pls Lord.. Not this time.. Pls do not put me to the test.. Pls do not lead me unto temptation. Even the wicked men have working computer.. Why must mine be broken down" In my heart, I am thinking of the reason why it must be mine since I have always been very careful with my computer. Updating my virus scan everyday and ensuring that there aren't any spywares. Taking the extra effort to ensure that all files are scanned before they are opened. All the precautionary measures.. I have taken... Noooooooooo... It can't be my computer. This time round, with a more authoritative approach. Lying hands on the computer.. "In the Name of Jesus Christ.. I command you.. to be ok.. right now".. Did that a couple of times.. and shucks... It didn't work.. Arghhh....
Nvm.. I thought.. God .... I am going to take this cd..(which I am not sure what kind of cd it is ... I have quite a selection of cds when I bought this laptop. DVD design, movies, system files, Nero and etc.. I chose the closest one, the system files. I inserted in the cd and randomly press the F1 to F12 keys.. (One is bound to work) I tried to boot my computer from the cd.. and none seems to work. None is reading the cd.. Shucks again! I tried restarting the computer in hope that the cd will be auto-read. Nope.. It didn't work.. tried a few more times.. and it didn't work. I tried pressing F1 to F12 again. And something pop out and the heading has something that got to do with "BOOT". Hmmmm.. boot.. sounds good.. SO I "Gun Tao BOOT" the computer.. and this time round it prompt me to select one option. From selecting to boot 1) Windox XP only 2) To boot windox XP and 1 drive, 3) Boot Window XP and 2 drive. and 4) I can't remember.. Anyway. I tried to choose a totally different option, which was to start in Safe mode.. but it didn't work so I had to returned back to the same page again. This time round, I chose option 1 which is to boot window XP. Yipee... It worked!! Hwee.....

And here am I relating the whole story to you.

I just came back from Hobart. I went for a trip with the campus IFOCUS group (International Fellowship of Christians in University Study) Something like that la.. Anyway, We went to Salamanca Market and went up to Mt. Wellington..
It was my first experience with snow. I took alot of pictures but not with my camera. I am looking forward to share the photos with all of you.. It was so fun playing with snow.. The road was so slippery that almost every single one of us had a butt fall.. Me included.. Hahahaa...

I am well..

Thank you guys for all the prayers and well wishes. I've been feeling much better.. Having flu do makes me nostalgic and home-sick.. Not that I fancy having a flu or cold but rather the fact that I have it most of the time in Singapore. I will be going for a field trip tomorrow.. This time round to a salmon farm and I will be expecting to take some pictures.
This semester seems to zoom pass very quickly.. Before I know it, I have already completed 3 weeks for this semester. I am looking forward to my return to Singapore, though I must admit that there are quite a number of things that I must accomplish. My course requires me to have 8 weeks of work experience. Since exams ends early Nov and youth camp starts early December. I am left with approximately 3 weeks to work in Tassie. I am intending to work in a Shellfish hatchery. Not exactly my main interest but I was told that I will be paid if I work there. (It doesn't matter whether I get paid or not actually) The fact is that Shellfish culture, Bicheno is located at East coast and for those regular viewers of my blog will understand that East coast is the place where you get to visit Bicheno, Wing glass bay and etc.. It will be exciting to be at East coast during summer. All the fishing that I can do during weekends.
December will be a month of enjoyment for me. Going for youth camp, visit new and old places in Singapore, eating buffets and visiting all my fav. hawker places, meeting up with old friends and possibly going for a trip to Japan. Yeah.. This is "Plan-in-progress". I will need to save up enough money first..
I am deciding to apply for work experience at either Qian Hu fish farm, Sentosa Underwater world, or St John Island fisheries.. My preference is of course the first and last options. I know that Sentosa sounds like a good place to many but I guess it wouldn't give me much of an work experience. I will be working for 5 months (hopefully) and will be returning back to Tassie during mid-Feb. I was told by my friend that I can actually miss the 1st week of school, cause it's mostly orientation stuff. This guy from Malaysia is amazing. He is a fellow brother-in-Christ, starts late during the semester, scores all High-Distinctions and answers all the lecturer's question brillantly. He simply amazes me.. God has really given him alot of wisdom.. Somehow he reminds me of Jason.. Not sure how to describe it.. But he is smart..

I just finished watching "200 pounds beauty", a Korean movie. THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL KOREAN movie la.. It's not as melancholic and doesn't have your typical antagonist and sobbing scenes. I love the song.. (the only sang in Korean)