Washes away the old

Rain washes away the old and the new comes out from underneath dirt and decay. That's exactly how I feel as I walk on the street this morning, shopping in Frankton Market with mum for some vegetables.
Saturday is not supposed to rain! However, we can stay home and rest without feeling guilty about not going out and having fun in the great outdoor. The flowers are still blooming. The grass is still green.
After the brief shopping, we arrive at a Chinese restruant in CBD to wait for our friends to appear. Mum and I order first. I fancy a BBQ sauce beef steak rice, mum likes to have chicken plus wine sauce and rice. Dr. comes not long after my food arrive. We talk about what had happened, and what she is going to do in the holiday. Dark Angel and Purple skirt come. The three of them are going back to Taiwan for the summer. They will meet in Taiwan before Dr. comes back after her three weeks holiday. Sounds like they are going to sing kareoke as well.
I hope that I can go on holiday, but I can't. I have to save money to buy a house. I have to write my thesis. However, I will feel heaps better when I complete the thesis and can have holiday any time after that. No one will be able to tell me to NOT have fun, then.
Take some photos with my friend. We move on to shopping for nekclaces and bracelets. I have not seen the ones that I like so I didn't buy any. Gave some money to Dr. so she can buy some presents for her friends back in Taiwan.
We depart after seeing her friend's new games and collectables shop in town. It is a new shop. I will go there later to check out some new things. They are up for inspections opposite to the new Warehouse in CBD, Hamilton.
It is getting a little bit chilly in the evening. I will fill my weekend with reading and fun stuff.

Failed experiment means more work

I can't believe it! Apart from the control plates, all my experimental plates failed, except a few of them. I will have to repeat them next week. This means that I will spend October doing the catch-up experiments. >_< I don't want to do it. \_/ Well, I think I will have to do it.
Spend the rest of the afternoon in town finding some novels to read, trying to get my emotion up from the bottom of the pit. I feel much better after some window shopping.
Mum and I shopped in supermarket for some food and fill up the petrol tank. Oil is still $1.519 per litre. Whew...hopefully it will become cheaper, but you never know. Just don't get any dearer.
We have a Sara Lee strawberry cheesecake (frozen) and coffee. It is very delicious. I had one in my friend's house for her baby shower so bought one from Pak'n Safe.
Fuzzy is still in the hospital. I hope she will get better soon. We will know tomorrow.
The weather is fine again. A little bit hot in the afternoon. I should stop borrowing books now because can not read them all before due date. This engineer trilogy is nice, but I will probably have to renew it somehow.
Happy Birthday to Cousin Y.

Flute, bassoon, piano

It is raining right now. Dark Angel loves raining, and hates umbrella. I can never understand people who loves raining and wants to get wet. I don't know how their brain works. It must be because I used to walk home without an umbrella or a raincoat and got really cold and wet. Bad experience makes you feel bad, and that's why I always carry an umbrella now. However, I can't say that I hate raining. I like the clean feeling after the rain. I also like water.
Wednesday lunch recital series today has Beethoveen and Faure's works, and one contemparay piece. Faure's work is so beautiful and emotion. I love it. The pianist made one mistake at middle C, such a shame, apart from that the recital went without any glitch.
I may go swimming in the evening today. It's good to do some exercise.

The shape of my heart

I often think that love comes in different shapes and sizes. As you grow, your love to your family, to your friend, and to that special someone develop as well.
I love my sister. I know that she will get well, and I believe in her. I know that she is trapped in her world and one day she will find the way back to us.
I love my mother. She is strong, but she needs my support in this crisis. I love my father, even though he can be very difficult sometimes. I don't know whether this is a sign of becoming an adult, but I try to help all the people around me. I try to work hard at work.
Today I have done the control experiment and discover that there's no space in the incubator so give up in doing anything further. I will complete everything tomorrow if I have enough time and continue the following day if needs to. I will try to complete the catch-up experiments this week. I also have to collect the information about how many plate that I have used in the company so expenses can be calculated.
Just have to remember to turn the fumehood off, otherwise the lady will be fuming. Haha. I am mean sometimes.

Okra, Around the World, and Dark Angel

This weekend I had the pleasure to listen to the contemparay music performance of Okra in Academy of Performing Arts in Waikato University. The concert is very different to your classical number with polished techniques of individual players and perfect harmony in an orchestra. Modern music can be as soothing as the sound of water, as out of this world as aliens floating as jellyfish in the sea, and as the wind that blows over the land of Aotearoa. This concert pays homeage to New Zealand music. Many pieces had been performed on the stage for the first time in the world. Beautiful, sad, and full of emotion, I thoroughly enjoyed this concert.
Drank coffee with Dark Angel and his friend Star Sky Pianist. We talked of non-sense and what we are going to do in the summer holiday.
Meanwhile, Dr.'s Around the World ball was on the other side of the Academy. Dancing, eating, drinking, people in kimono, sari, silk, turban, and flag of U.S. of A are all having fun. Looks like they are having the time of their life. I took a picture with Dr. in her purple dress. Breath-taking.
Drove to Hamilton Gardens to check how the season is affecting the flowers and shrubs. I took the names of some herbs that we may want to grow in our garden from the Edible Garden section. This place always reminds me of the Greenhouse in Harry Potter books. I love gardening!
The Baby Shower went well. My friend loves my presents. I am also enjoying my new watch. It has 5 butterflies! The face of the watch is pink, with silver butterfly, and band is purple with butterflies as decoration. Cool, huh?
Today is going slowly. I have met Star Sky Pianist outside of the music department. Dark Angel I saw yesterday after the baby shower. He has to study for his test on Wednesday.
I will sterilise PBS and get rid of the plates in university, then go back to work to grow bacteria. I will go to swim after work. Tonight will watch Johnny English. Looks like a very funny movie. Hope it is interesting.