Chumi Lakshmi

be warned that you might want to read this over a few days, but if u r in need of a good laugh, then laugh at my misfortune by all means. (this post is not organized at all cos i dont have d time to do it separately.. so i'm adding on everything to this one post) updates first: -2 days after touch down in Penang, i'm 2 tones darker already -still havent gone out to eat!! -i'm running on a tight schedule. can u believe it.. i havent even had d time to switch on d tv!! -i only have 2 more sundays left! :( -apparently i speak a wee bit like the Brits now...hehehhe! back to the 27th of March: If you ever wanna work in an airline business, pls learn wat is a 'window seat', 'aisle seat', emergency exit door seat', 'extra room space seat'. when someone asks you if its possible to get her a 'window seat', you do not give her the 'emergency door seat' and tell her that you've managed to pull some strings and do her a favour. i repeat.....

(This is a looonngggg over due-d post. i wrote this somewhere in Oct last year, and was gonna post it just before leaving.. but i did not have d time cos i was tied up with loads of things. since i was gonna write about going back home now, i remembered this old post, and thought i might as well just post it now. so this is a flashback, n then back to d future) All my bags are packed Im ready to go Im standin here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye But the dawn is breakin Its early morn The taxis waitin Hes blowin his horn Already Im so lonesome I could die So kiss me and smile for me Tell me that youll wait for me Hold me like youll never let me go cause Im leavin on a jet plane Dont know when Ill be back again Oh babe, I hate to go Theres so many times Ive let you down So many times Ive played around I tell you now, they dont mean a thing Evry place I go, Ill think of you Evry song I sing, Ill sing for you When I come back, Ill bring your wedding ring So kiss me a...

n that is all that matters to me now... i'm not even going to try n talk about how idiotically stupid the biochemical genetics paper was today! no one believes me when i say that i hate chemistry with a vengeance and that chemistry hates me equally (or probably even more!). see wat happened today! chemistry n i r not meant to be together at all even if there's a bio or a genetics with it. y cant they understand that n leave me alone! all i could think about while writing the exam today was how bad tomorrow's exam was going to get. cos it seems to be getting worse with each paper since tuesday. n honestly... i was thinking about home more often then anything else. oh! i did something really silly during my exam today!! =P there i was, stuck with a stupid paper that wanted me to calculate sensitivity and specificity and how effective certain screening programme would be and how some reactions work. somewhere between those calculations, i heard a tiny little stomach growling. ...

the paper wasnt all that tough. there could have been hundreds of other possible questions like carcinogens, CML, AML, probes, FISH, (no. .. there r no chickens and prawns in molecular and cytogenetics), QF-PCR, microsatellites, HD, CFTR, metabolisms, translocations, del/dup, imprinting, PGD, PND, triplet repeat disorders, DMD, FraX, microarrays, CGH, gene therapy, .. yadda yadda yadda..etc. etc. .. but no....there werent any. the questions were pretty simple. but i somehow have d nagging feeling that i didnt really do well in the two papers that i've just finished. i thought it was d right answer, until i heard someone else talking about it, n then i realized i'm gonna miss out on that part.. cos the final total marks depends on ppl like that. i truely, madly, deeply dont relate to the kind of marking that is done here. i've never seen any university in any country that doesnt have a total number of maximum marks for an exam paper! (till i came here that is). the maximum...

I've got a parcel.. i've got a parcel!! *doing the 'i like to move it move it' dance* yays!! now i've got so many clothes to wear... i even forgot the existence of all these things.. n some of them are my favourites... d biggest pile of all is my traditional clothes... sigh .. i'm gonna look like a typical 'ooru kutty' again now... unless i try n alter all those n mix n match it with some funky english stuff! hehehhehe oh no... i've got an exam tomorrow..! i better scoot! PS: 4 more days n i'll be on my way home! :D *Updated* PSS: like a man who is happy when his stomach is full, i am happy when my cupboard is full! :D

Since i'm gonna be leaving for home in a week's time (OMG.. only 1 week left!!! i'll be on my way back home next week!! woohoo!!! *jumps in joy and stumbles on her books and notes* eerm... on a more serious note, i've got to endure 4 killers papers before going back home... sigh.. i'd better not think about home yet for now), i went chocolate shopping last week. i dont have d time to go shopping for everyone personally, cos its a last minute planned trip and i really dont have the time to spare for shopping now while i'm in d midst of preparing for my exams. actually, d truth is, my bank balance is still suffering the consequences of the irresponsible act of the shopaholic in me who took over the mindful me ever since Boxing day. i cant go back home with an empty suitcase and no gifts for anyone. so, they're just gonna have to be happy with chocolates this time. maybe next time i'll add them to my shopping list when the shopoholic me is on the loose agai...

i just did see, this is y i deserve to be in Madame Tussauds! (see previous post) eerrmm... excuse me while i puke my insides out....

6 days for Molecular Genetics 7 days for Cytogenetics 8 days for Biochemical Genetics 9 days for Clinical Genetics 9 days for Glasgow to Dubai 10 days for Dubai to Malaysia 25 days for results of all the screwing up genetics 32 days for Malaysia to Glasgow of all these days, the only one that i'm looking forward to is the 2nd day 9 and day 10 u know, i'm d only person in this whole world who is capable of studying for an hour and taking a break for 2 hours. ( the breaks used to be longer initially, but now that i am sitting in d lib, i cannot be browsing through hotmail, yahoo, gmail, FB, blogspot, news channels, movies and wat not, cos there r ppl around me staring at me like i'm some retard for sitting in d lib n checking my mails for hours n hours instead of studying! ) i for one will never learn my lesson and i definitely will not start studying at east 2 weeks before the exams start. Ladies and gentlemen, u r looking at the world's one and only jackass, stubborn, p...

Finally... i come across a survey or quiz thingy that is at least 75% accurate. I've never really been a fan of these things, but i sort of do it anyways cos i think its a good laugh in the end when u read wat a computerized program tells about u. give it a try... it hardly takes more than 5 minutes...n d questions are pretty interesting. http://www.quizbox.com/personality/test82.aspx the link is called 'get to know urself better'. if u need a computer and a webpage to tell u about urself.. then u seriously need help. i'd rather call this thing as '............' *five minutes later* okay... i dont know wat i'd call it, but i'd definitely not want to call it as 'get to know urself better' anyways, this is wat it said about me.. not all is true, but 75% of it is... Your view on yourself: You are intelligent, honest and sweet. You are friendly to everybody and don't like conflict. Because you're so cheerful and fun people are naturally at...

Food - never go grocery shopping when u are hungry - never look at pics of food when u are hungry - never look for Brit chocolates to buy back home when u are hungry

i've finally started studying for an exam which is exactly 2 weeks away. the realization is finally setting in.. and the consequences of not paying attention in class, falling asleep while lecture is going on, and not taking notes is showing its true colours. i do not know how badly i'm going to be screwed for this major exam. Lord, forgive me, for i know not what i do, and have mercy on me.

Dear nameless neighbour with the spiky blonde hair, since i dont know your name, i'll just gonna call u dumb blonde to make things easier alrite. 1) you've obviously been in this flat longer than i have, and now i understand y ur previous flatmates were hoping that the other flatmate would be more cooperative than you are. y cant u shut the doors properly/more decently rather than slamming it all the time!!! 2) this is a sharing flat. and the only thing we share is the kitchen, but u dont have d courtesy to do ur part in the kitchen. 3) my parents did not spend thousands of pounds and sent me to Glasgow to clean up ur rubbish alrite u fool! u get rid of ur own rubbish! d next time u dont take d garbage out, i'm gonna pile it up in front of ur room!! i dont even care if i have to pass by it everyday while i'm on my way in and out of my room. 4) what kind of a dumb blonde other than u is capable of leaving a whole chunk of raw meat in an uncovered tub full of water by the...

yea...ALL my flights 27.03.09 Glasgow - Dubai Dubai - KL 28.03.09 KL - PG 19-04-09 PG - KL KL - London 20.04.09 London - Glasgow and that will be four different flights btw (just d company, not the number of transit flights)! it took 5 hours to check the flights, timings, availabilities, seats, meals, luggage, transit, day and dates and finally book it and wait for ages for the slow site to approve credit cards and debit cards! after all this hours, all i can save is a few hundreds if i were to take a return ticket from Emirates. At first glance, Air Asia is cheap..but its not really cheap. they cant advertise just d flight ticket price and then charge extra for everything man! u know, initially they say d ticket is just RM1,039/Rm850/RM1200 etc etc. n then u'll have to add airport tax , luggage allowance (cos there's no luggage allowance at all!! how can i travel such long distance with only my handbag!!? my suitcases were heavier than i could handle even while i was in india ...

no.. i dont have a bf yet no... i didnt get any proposals ( none that i like at least) no... i did not pierce my left ear like i wanted to two years ago ( i dunno y remembered that now... i sort of forgot about it all this while no.. i didnt get d highlights that i wanted to either no... i didnt do more shopping I'M GOING BACK HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M GOING BACK HOME!!!!!!!!!!! I'M GOING BACK HOME!!!!!!!!!!! *dancing around like a 5 year old* i've never been this desperate to go back home before! but its been 6 months already since i left... i've never been away from home for more than four months usually d first month after i leave home, i'll tell myself that i just spent close to two months at home n i got to study or do my work. d 2nd month i start thinking of home, d 3rd month i pacify myself by thinking that i can go back home soon, n d 4th month all i can think of is going back home!! exams during the final month is really a pain in d wron...

this building (which is my department, in which i live n die everyday of the week) was designed by a man. it's a 3 storey building with a lift that stops on the 2nd floor! only a man is smart enough to design a building like that!! no one else has d capacity to build a building with 3 floors, and a single miserable lift that stops at the 2nd floor, and makes everyone take d stairs to d third floors (furnitures n equipments included!) ROFL!!!! have a great week guys...( while i rot in d lib )