Nobody ever said life is fair or easy...

But factor in an arsehole, good-for-nothing scum that lives in the same flat as the rest of my beloved family, (That thing which my sister would reluctantly refer to as a brother. I cringe even thinking that we share genes! O_o) on top of the not-uncommon hiccups (miscommunication/misunderstandings, money issues) life throws my way and it becomes almost unbearable.

Sigh. And my rats are not helping either... I'm stressed when they panick during injection. And seeing that I have to inject them daily for at least 6 weeks from now, (I've already been performing injections on them for more than 9 days.) I can't help but dread the long experiment. Recently, they've been quite good and don't make much fuss so no harm is done to either party. (the rats and me) But today for some reason they weren't very happy about getting their injections.

Later, in the office, after I was done in the lab, I was speaking to a colleague and she asked me how my rats were, so I told her. She commented that she noticed the rats seem to be affected by our moods. Say if she was not in a good mood, the rats wouldn't behave very well (towards injections) that day. And if she was happy then the rats seem to be nicer. As incredible as it may sound, I think there's some truth in it. Because coincidentally I haven't been feeling exactly on top of the world today and possibly was harsher to them than usual. I'll try my best to be more cheerful tomorrow and maybe they'll be nice too.

I vented to my sis over the phone as I was working out my dosing-table in the office. I felt better after. What also helped was when she said she had baked some chocolate chip cookies for me that afternoon. :D Well, it wasn't specially for me, for her friends and professors too. For her profs because they wrote reference letters for her. By the way, she got a place in SEP and also her first choice of university for student exchange! (Loughborough University in Leicester, UK) Am excited and elated for her! :D Even though my pocket's preparing to weep... Gotta start saving! She's starting next semester. (so fast!) Although it's only for one semester, it's a hell lot of money! I'll try my darnest to visit her while she's there and go travelling together a bit. We had a lot of fun when she visited me in Paris last year.

I haven't had much time or energy to blog since my experiment commenced. Had wanted to mention something about last weekend. Very normal but peaceful one.

I had a killer session at the gym last Friday where the trainer amused himself by attempting to make my mousy biceps grow into rat-sized ones. I couldn't straighten my arms properly for a couple of days. (I'm still deciding if I should get sessions from him. That was a free trial session. The second one in fact. He's really good, but like I said before it's really expensive.)

Saturday evening I met a colleague, Lingling for a walk in MacRitchie reservoir before heading to Esplanade to watch the last fireworks. It was splendid!!! (By the French, no less.)

Caught 'De battre mon coeur s'arrete' ('The beat my heart skipped') on Sunday with a movie pal. It was a great show! Romain Duris was fantastic! I never thought he looks good. But as I watch more and more of the movies he stars in, I'm beginning to think he's a magnificient acteur. :) After the movie, we walked along from Orchard to Little India, chatting. He asked me loads of questions about Christianity. (He's Muslim and said that in his religious classes, they mentioned certain aspects of Christianity and he wanted to hear our side of the story.) In turn, I learnt about Islam too. I don't think I'll ever cease to be thankful that in Singapore, most of us have been brought up to appreciate the differences between different cultures and religions.

Okay then, till later, if I have anything more to add!