leslie peacock.: July 2009

On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond....

It was our department's Away Day today.. was telling my mom and dad that I was going to some country club for it.. meetings all day.. boring stuff... well.. unbeknown to me.. Ross Priory (which is where we were) is this amazing place just on the banks of Loch Lomond!

Loch Lomond is one of Scotland's famous loch (lake)(And no, its not where Nessie stays, if you were wondering) We could see Ben Lomand, which is a mountain in the Scottish Highland... not sure if you can see it in the pictures.. didn realise that was Ben Lomond until I was told to be honest. Didn even know it was Loch Lomond till I was told!! hahahha...

isnt it picturesque...

Well this is where we were for most of the day...

After the meetings were all done... the Profs and lecturers wanted to go play some golf. Ross Priory has a 9 hole golf course and it was pretty much empty!

WELL...

Ive only been to the range to actually hit a couple of balls ONCE..

Everyone was going to play and there was actually absolutely nothing else to do and kinda got talked into playing hahha...

another tick on my "Try Everything Once List", one of the years I made a new years resolution that I would give everything a try once.. to there you go, tried golf both on a course and at the range.. ticked

We got into 2 groups.. the 'serious golfers' and the 'mucking abt golfers'... no prizes for guessing which group I was in hahaha... and I had to play in this!

Haha.. But I must say I had a blast!!! hahah my Psychology lecturer was the one giving me pointers and making fun of me... At least I got the ball to travel~! hahaha I wasnt THAT bad.. It being my first time actually playing, well if you could call it playing hahaha... probably took like 7 'whacks' on a par 4~!!! hahaha.. thank god the course was empty once we let the 'serious golfer' go first... hee..

Psychology lecturers giving each other pointers...

Me patiently waiting for my turn...

Haha it was fun.. laughed a great deal, at and with each other haha.. think I'll stick to my kinda sport which Im better at.. leave it to the professionals hahah...

I must add... my alarm clock didn quite ring this morning, so I literally had 5 mins to get my teeth brushed, get changed and run to the train station... so I didn have time to think of what to wear.. just threw on what ever I could get my hands on and wore what ever shoes that were just at the door.. haha some of u might wonder, she's still wearing those fugly crocs.. I must say they are the most comfy things plus they are well travelled...

Desperately trying to keep my eyes open at the moment.. its only 8.40pm.. but I might surrender soon and just hit the sack.. its gonna be another long day tmr...

*yawn*

Went to watch The Hangover this evening with Angeline, just wanted to do something on a Sunday.. I was laughing my way through it.. It's hilarious!!! Same kinda story line as "Dude! Where's my car?" but funnier for sure! hahaha....

They used a couple of babies for the baby role, but one of them is the cutest thing ever hahah just looks like a doll.. Mike Tyson is in it too!! hahaha him singing to one of Phil Colin's song hahah that one got me giggling hahaha...

Oh and that naked chinese gay man haha.. Leslie Chow.. he made me laugh everytime I saw him haha..

the end where they showed all the pictures they took haha.. classic drunk night pictures... Im sure we all have had our fair share of them... The morning after, scrolling though your digi cam, wondering....

Did I take that? When did that happen? Who is that?

If you have not seen it, go give it a shot. Gives u something to laugh about on a boring Sunday night.. (:

Today I...

woke up without any alarms going off
spoke to the parents on skype
re-heated left over lunch
went to the Starbucks in Borders for an Decaf Iced White Mocha
Went to Sommerfields
Came home
Writing this blog now

Haha.. dont think this format works for me.. I know my life now is kinda boring.. that just makes it look even worse! haha..

But in a nutshell, thats basically what I did today... I had to read a couple of chapters from this research book that my lecturer had asked me to, so I thought why not just go to Borders, get myself a drink and read the chapters.. and thats exactly what I did. People-watched for a few minutes as well.. just watching the world go by..

Watched Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince last night.. I actually enjoyed it.. Put a little magic, a little special effects, good sound effects and a couple of wizards and Im sold. I thought the movie was trying to put in a tad more sarcasm compared to the book. Trying to make it slightly comical.. Not a lot of things happened though in that 2 hours 40 mins.. Ending wasnt quite what I had expected but Im sure the Part 1 of the Deathly Hallows would pick up from there... (:

Last week was a great week for me in the lab. Was ask to help out on another research project on wednesday by another lecturer.. I got to learn so much.. more than what I had bargained for.. (Unleashing Leslie the Nerd now) I got to use an Ultrasound machine (Yes the same machine used on pregnant women).. I got to see the cross-section view of a quad muscle and it was amazing! haha.. all 4 muscles that made up the quad, a bit of the hamstring and the bone! it was amazing.. sorry I dont have any pictures to show but it was definitely worth coming in again on thurs (which was my day off) just to help out more.. This summer internship programme has taught me so much, helped me realise where my interest lie.. I get to pick the brains of my lecturers, see how they handle problems that arise when machines dont work and their subjects are waiting, I get to asked as many questions as I want to recent graduates from my course, my lecturers of course... it has been a super opportunity for me.. Ive got anothe 3 more weeks on it and this coming week would be the mother of all weeks ahha.. as in, my project, lots of testing this coming week, lots of data to analyse... (:

Well, other than that, Im excited to be heading home in a couple of weeks time... finally a break before uni starts again in Sept.. Just hope my laptop will keep working till I get home and get it repaired.. (de-wormed)

Papa Peacock got bored last night and got a facebook account for my mom hahah.. now my entire family is on facebook. not sure if that is a good thing hahah.. we'll just have to wait and see.. (:

Am gonna attempt to steam a fish now.. first time at this... hahah

To ppl studying in Brissy... have fun back at uni tmr~!!! (: down to the nitty gritty again..

hahahah!!! Angeline has been telling me that the best Bubble Tea in Glasgow is at Savoy Centre.. So took a stroll over today to buy myself a fish (yes, a fish) and find this Bubble tea shop and ALAS.. it's an EasyWay shop!! hahaha no wonder its nice.. they are everywhere in Brissy... haha

Took a stroll over to George Square, there's an International Food market there at the moment... it was too early in the morning for me to be having seafood paella or german sausage hotdog or crepe... so I just bought myself a bag of nuts haha.. boring I know... On the way back, I stopped by the market just below from where Im living at the moment.. Sloan market.. the camera on my current phone is rubbish so found this picture on the net instead.. thats what it actually looks like from my window..

Tried looking for the soundtrack album from Twillight and might have ended up with more than I bargained for.. migh haven gotten myself a worm ):

Desperately trying to sort out my laptop at the moment. *spanks hand* my own fault for trying to download things I shouldn be downloading... arghhh...

Guess everyone by now knows that Ive read every Twillight book written by the super talented Stephenie Meyer... (: haha and it has been that kinda book, which has led me to have that, wanting to know what happens next, feeling, wanting more... bloody brilliant!

I couldn put the book down when I started reading it... Finished the first one in 2 days, went straight to Borders to buy the second one, New Moon. And you can roughly guess what happened next.. (:

Just watched the trailer for the sequal and Im soooo excited!! Cant wait for its release in November!!

Just watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, you know just to refresh my memory before watching Harry Potter and the half bood Prince... so exicted too.. should be watching it on Friday!

sweet~~♥

My standing tea leaf/stem!!

Went for Dim sum/Yum cha what ever you wanna call it with Angeline at See Wo just now.. was very much looking forward to it.. brought back memories.. especially this day.. Yum Cha @ Landmark.. bubble tea and arcade while waiting for a place.. playing that number game to try and finish the food we ordered eventhough there were abt 14 of us.. and 14 of us trying to seat round a table that was meant for a maximum of 12 haha..

Lunch.. Brunch again what ever u wanna call my first meal at 2 in the afternoon haha.. lasted almost 2 and a half hours... Angeline and I just sat there and talked.. chatted the afternoon away as we slowly ate our meal... She's off to watch Ice Age 3 alone while Im trying extremely hard to read more journals and write my report..

Avril is back in Brissy.. Mishie is on her way.. Everyone is leaving SG while I'll be heading back for my summer hols at long last.. Kinda wish I was heading back to Brissy too actually... Feels like Ive not had a break since... hmm LAST SUMMER~!!! this has been the longest uni term ever... Russell must have really missed Avril when she was away.. new face in the house for the ppl in 1/77 Depper Street....

This post is... best word to describe.. messy... only writing this cos I wanted to upload the picture of my standing tea leave! hahaha... Let's hope testing goes well this week.. All Tianli's fault for starting me on this.. now I drink loads of chinese tea whenever they serve it so that I can get a standing tea leaf hahaa...

am just being too random today...

Damn

Missed this... AGAIN.... SHu and I missed the Shape Run last year .. well we basically missed the registration.. or was it cos it was already full by the time we applied???.. whatever it is, we made sure we got a spot this year. Applied as soon as we could and we did get a place.. but I had to come back to work.. so at least I did apply and get a spot this yr.. so hopefully nexy yr I would get a chance to run it! haha.. one step closer...

Anyways.. went for a paddle in the pool today with Lexy haha.. Spent a good hour in the pool doing my laps as Lexy torpedoed by and completed a 100 laps within that hour haha.. very impressive..

Dinner was from Pizza Express (which was yummy) and a movie... Becoming Jane.. I found the film delightful haha.. Jolly splendid indeed.. (: hee...

Might just pop into Borders tmr morning or have a look on Amazon and purchase books by Jane Austen.. I might just do that.. (:

Recieved an unexpected msg today, the encouragement from an old (ish) friend, a fellow school friend, a silent reader.. (:

"Never let the odds keep you from doing what you know in your heart you were meant to do."

With that, I thank you for, for that msg meant a lot.. ♥

Like Ive always said, Im lucky to have parents who have always supported me, my silly ideas, my choice of study, the paths Ive chosen.. and also friends who have never doubted me, been there for me and spurred me on..

For that.. Im truly blessed... ♥

Films

Films Galore...

It has been nothing but films to help me pass the time recently.. Went to watch Ice Age 3 in 3-D last night with Lexy after going for a swim @ the Gorbals... and I must say I was pleasantly surprised haha.. it was B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T~!!!! haha... was laughing the whole way through... cracker of a movie.. (:

Caught Transformers 2 last week with Fiona, Lexy and her bf... again.. another great one~!!! Loved the first one and sure as hell loving the second.. I was like a kid on christmas morning haha.. at the edge of my seat the whole time.. the number of "woahs" and "wows" haha.. sure didn disappoint me.. (:

Well been watching a lot of other films at home too.. Do like the working lifestyle here.. office hours are truely office hours.. work stays in the office.. which also leaves me with pretty much nothing much to do most of the night.. plus the tv in the flat doesnt really work.. so Im left watching old films and such... a couple that Ive been meaning to watch but missed...

Attended a course last week, Walk Leader course.. basically, it teaches volunteers how to organise walks for anyone in general... trying to promote a healthy lifestyle, bascially trying to say, any form of exercise is better than no exercise at all.. so the walk leader programme encourages folk to go out on organised walks... Might try to bring it to Singapore this summer, try out at some of the old folk's home.. I know its gonna be harder to try to introduce such programme back in SG, but no harm trying.. (:

Finally ethics approved the project Ive been working on for the last 4 weeks.. Started recruiting subjects.. cant wait to start testing next week and look at some raw data.. have decided to continue doing this research project for my dissertation, obviously Im gonna expand on it a little more, add a couple more test in.. very excited about it.. (:

Well Ive got my work cut out for me this weekend.. do a little more reading.. a little more writing.... get a little more organised and I should be well ahead of schedule...

and yet.. I still think abt the all important question all the time.. still not knowing the answer... am still sitting on the fence about it..

should I? or shouldn't I?

My life. My say. My choice.

No answer. No idea. No clue.

In the past, Ive had my fair share of being a nobody to someone who I thought was important to me.. the feeling of needing someone to talk when something devastating has happened in my life, only to be turned down instantly.. not willing to spare that precious 5 minutes..

I know how that feels.. and I never would want any of the people I care about to ever feel like that... ever... or wish that feeling upon anyone.. thats why I try to be there for my friends.. In college, I got so involved in people's lives, some might say I stopped bothering about mine.. but look where it got me... It has made me who I am today. I may not give the best advice or say the right things .. I just try to be there.. as I hope one day when I need someone to be there for me.. someone would..

So spare a minute or two if someone says they need someone to talk to for a bit...

'Cause everyone needs a friend to hold

when it's cold outside

and there's no place to go

Everyone needs a friend to hold

♥♥♥

Sometimes I wonder what lies ahead

How long till my hunger is fed

They say it's hard to make it now

So many people on this merry-go-round

I often feel like I'm two steps behind

Somebody must have moved that finish line

There are a thousand reasons

Why I should give up

But I'm stubborn in the things I believe'

I promise you, the answer will come

Hold on to patience and watch for the sign

'cause maybe there's another plan

One I still can't see

Funny how time changes how we see

Think that cup of tea I had after dinner was a really bad idea... its almost 3am and Im still wide awake... Facebook can only do that much haha... Was reading a couple of blogs and came across this video on Mishie's blog... (:

Some of my friends are due to get that all important question popped to them.. just a matter of time.. (:

Came across this one as well which I think will tickle my mom haha

And this one is hilarous... clever...

drunkboi85 where are you???

Call it whatever you want.. Commencement... Graduation... it marks the end of a stage in your life and the start of another... Its that time of year again where pictures taken from graduation ceremonies are taken and uploaded onto facebook.. where I see graduates walking abt on campus in their gowns with their cert in hand, proud parents trailing behind with proud smiles and cameras happily snapping away.. All those years of hard work, late nights, primary school through college....

Kim and some of my other classmates graduated this week (they chose to grad at 3rd yr and do a post-grad in teaching).. Jealous??? just a tad.. who am I kidding.. hell ya!!.. of course Im jealous.. Ive always taken the long way and to think that'll be me in about yr is just crazy.

The gown, the ceremony, my parents being there attending my graduation. It'll be what Ive been working for all my life. A degree.

Then the inevitable question that Ive got to ask myself, what do you do once you have graduated. haha.. getting a job seems to be the obvious choice.. or go on studying??? Is a degree enough? Ive decided to only cross that bridge when I reach it.

And Ive decided to explain what I actually study.... What Ive been studying for the last 3 years... BSc in Sports & Exercise Science... No I dont know what to do if you have a sprained ankle cos Im not a physiotherapist. And no Im not getting a degree in P.E.

Got this off Wikipedia;

Sport Science is a discipline that studies the application of scientific principles and techniques with the aim of improving sporting performance. Human movement is a related scientific discipline that studies human movement in all contexts including that of sports.

The study of sports science traditionally incorporates areas of physiology, psychology, motor control and biomechanics but also includes other topics such as nutrition and diet, sports technology, anthropometry kinanthropometry and performance analysis.

So there you go.. just wanna clear the air.. in the last 3 years, the number of times ppl have asked me what do I study and once I tell them, I get responses like; "Oh so like you wanna be a P.E teacher?" =.=

Anyways, on a lighter note.. its friday night.. decided to heed a friend's advice and watch the "Pineapple Express" hahah.. (:

Ohhhh... Mubina was up in Glasgow to graduate.. so met her briefly with her dad for a cup of coffee before she flew back down to London!! hahah

I know you read this Fatter!! haha... it was so nice to see you today.. (: Will definitely make a trip down to see you soon... (: Have missed you so much .... xxx

Oh well.. research is going alright I guess, did a pilot test today and had to do a few changes, but praying that ethics would get back to us soon so that we can start doing the tests! (:

Meeting up with Lexy for a bit of badminton tmr hahah AKL u still go for badminton with Pigeon??? hahah... missed those times, when Avril, AKL, Sexy, Pretty Jon and I would go for badminton on a saturday.. Sports Day we use to call it haha Swimming, bball, badminton all in one day.. Happy Days... (:

oh well.. lots of readings to do over the weekend.. hopefully squeeze in Transformers 2... think Im one of the last few to watch it.. arghhhh cant wait... (:

Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education....

Nothing much to blog abt really, no updates what-so-ever... work, home, sleep.. pretty much been that way for the last week...

Missing "the boys" so so much... ♥

Harry

Russell

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