A New Thread to Make Lilian Welcome :)

[LiLiaN]

i still feel strange some days posting on general forums etc... somehow feel like odd-one-out... but year mates not very active, so gotta go around to other threads for some news....

[daLady]

lilian...just join in the fun. After awhile, you will feel at home.

[LiLiaN]

thanks... that's so sweet.. :)

i am really glad to have found this home away from home...keep up the good work!!

[TingMS]

ai yoo yoo,

just wriggle anything lar.....

cannot wriggle, follow my steps...

even kentut also welcome here...

heheheheeeeeee

:cool:

[Alkapocino]

i still feel strange some days posting on general forums etc... somehow feel like odd-one-out... but year mates not very active, so gotta go around to other threads for some news....
Ai yo yo, no need paiseh one. Here no like Sinjapor. Everyone oso vely kind. Welcome welcome.

If you feel like the odd one, then I am the even one that evens up all the odd ones...hehehe. Please feel free to post in General Chat.


Dino kor kor, anymore "chue neng pui" left? Give one to our Dr. LiLiaN please? Thank you very much.

[song cm]

Yaloh, Lilian....don be paiseh onelah....we are all in the family.
Jus start a thread for a start and we will definitely show our support....ok

[Dino]

Lilian.....Dino officially welcomes you!!!! No paiseh wan. :D

TO THE LURKERS,
STOP READING!! REGISTER AND START POSTING!!! :mad:

[LiLiaN]

thanks for all the support... at the moment, i'm like login in and out several times a day, while i'm working in the lab... luckily supervisor is in another office..lol...

but these few days brain kinda half dead (too many christmas-related events and parties and all the drinking can't be good for brain cells!)... new thread, some times soon! ;)

[Alkapocino]

LiLian, you moved from Dublin to Europe or just Dublin=Europe? :D

[LiLiaN]

no, just dublin = europe for the time being... travel around europe a lot so don't feel like tied to just good ol' dub (not that keen on guinness, so lacking loyalty to the city)... :rolleyes:

[daBoss]

[Split from "lurkers" thread in General Forum]

Lilian - you participation is very much appreciated. As the other have said - just jump in :)

Btw, see the title of this thread...

[LiLiaN]

awww..... thanks! :)

by the way, am just wondering one thing... anyone here has read the "da vinci code" by dan brown?

[daBoss]

is that the one regarding prophecies? i've read portions of it...

[LiLiaN]

it's about signs (also, of the holy grail) and various associated theories of conspiracies, with secret society to operate in opposition to the roman catholic church... absolutely fabulous book... even for someone non-religious like me, it's rather fascinating...!

[Voon Chan]

LiLian, Welcome. I can see you are very active now. That is good. Feel free to post in this forum. Dublin must be cold now.Take care.

[LiLiaN]

dublin is freezing at this time of the year... but it does give it a rather christmassy feel... :)
and i'm really enjoying myself, so it's all cool... or as the irish put is, it's great craic and all is grand ;)

[Voon Chan]

dublin is freezing at this time of the year... but it does give it a rather christmassy feel... :)
and i'm really enjoying myself, so it's all cool... or as the irish put is, it's great craic and all is grand ;)
What area of studies you are doing in Dublin? Mind to share? You can PM me is you don't want everyone to know. Can you undestand the Irish, (or also known as Gaelic?)

[LiLiaN]

well, i am doing genetics at the moment... not too bad although it wasn't my favourite topic of study in science.... but hey, learning something new everyday is not bad you know.. :)

as for irish, well, never really learned it when i came here... :o (exempted from doing it) but i had to do french from scratch... a bit painful but all in all, i did enjoy it very much and it is really handy for travelling... it's also similar to italian and spanish that travelling to italy and spain is also made easy....

besides, everyone here use english... even irish people hate doing irish in school...

[LiLiaN]

by the way, woon chan, were you in europe (or ireland) at some point..?

[daBoss]

well, i am doing genetics at the moment...
wow that's BIG!!! going to create frankensteins after you graduate? :)

anyway, good to know that there are ex-acsians out there doing malaysia proud...

[ausman]

i AGREE WITH YOU DA BOSS... BETTER LET OUR PM KNOW COZ THIS BRAIN NEED TO BE BACK HERE TO CREATE MORE OF YOU... :)

SO THE COUNTRY CAN GET MORE PROSPEROUS=== WITH MANY DA-BOSS.... :)

[Voon Chan]

by the way, woon chan, were you in europe (or ireland) at some point..?
Bonjour LiLian, Yes! I was in London(1995) and Paris (2000) for a short while. I was with my wife in Paris when she was seconded to Paris. I have a few friends in Ireland. I have yet to visit Ireland.

As to french, my wife can speak french. I can understand a little bit. It is a very difficult language to learn & master.

Genetics? Wow! What area in particular? If it is on plants, I have question for you.

Regards

[LiLiaN]

oh la la... paris, my second home away from home..! i go there every so often... a couple of times a year... my ex-bf lived there for a while, and i also have other friends living in paris, so i have to say paris has been very good to me... :)

french is indeed not easy to learn, and speaking it is far more difficult than reading... i have stopped learning french for a couple of years now, so am considering taking some conversational classes... hopefully that will help my application for an internship next year in paris too....

well, try me with the plant genetics question... i am studying mainly bovine genome (fancy name for studying cows :D ) but the principle should be similar...

daBoss... not quite frankenstein but hopefully spiderman?! lol... more likely cow-man... what kind of superpower do you it will have....? hmm..... :cool:

[ausman]

oh la la... paris, my second home away from home..! i go there every so often... a couple of times a year... my ex-bf lived there for a while, and i also have other friends living in paris, so i have to say paris has been very good to me... :)

french is indeed not easy to learn, and speaking it is far more difficult than reading... i have stopped learning french for a couple of years now, so am considering taking some conversational classes... hopefully that will help my application for an internship next year in paris too....

well, try me with the plant genetics question... i am studying mainly bovine genome (fancy name for studying cows :D ) but the principle should be similar...

daBoss... not quite frankenstein but hopefully spiderman?! lol... more likely cow-man... what kind of superpower do you it will have....? hmm..... :cool:

Lilian.... we have a short cow in our midst.... I think he need your help to grow.... do look into it... :D

Short cow.... your help is on the way we got an expert in gene...eng... so since u r short .... get her advice.... how to become a long cow.

[Voon Chan]

oh la la... paris, my second home away from home..! i go there every so often... a couple of times a year... my ex-bf lived there for a while, and i also have other friends living in paris, so i have to say paris has been very good to me... :)

I love Paris too. My real honeymoon was in Paris. The only thing is it is very expensive there. Cost of living is so high. Lucky me, when my wife was seconded to Paris we were living like expat there. Every thing (apart from our food) was paid for.

Let me think of a question & I will ask you.

[LiLiaN]

Lilian.... we have a short cow in our midst.... I think he need your help to grow.... do look into it... :D

Short cow.... your help is on the way we got an expert in gene...eng... so since u r short .... get her advice.... how to become a long cow.
hmm... i think it's a bit too late for short cow to be long cow... but we can try to sort your offspring up... :D

[LiLiaN]

I love Paris too. My real honeymoon was in Paris. The only thing is it is very expensive there. Cost of living is so high. Lucky me, when my wife was seconded to Paris we were living like expat there. Every thing (apart from our food) was paid for.

Let me think of a question & I will ask you.
hello... if you think paris is expensive, dublin is worse... why do you think i go to paris..? shopping, walk walk, look look, eat in cordon bleu restaurants... :) anyway, usually when i'm there, there are always cheap flights and i get free accomodation with friends, so it's all good... :D

when you were in paris, have you ever tried the thai restaurant in belleville called krung thep (hope i'm getting the spelling right)..? they serve wonderful authentic thai food... unlike many places that modify food to suit european taste... yumm.....

[Voon Chan]

I ate a lot of french food, chinese & vietnamesse food too. I have not tasted thai food in Paris. You are the first person I know that tell me dublin is expensive. I may consider flying to dublin next year but no date yet

[LiLiaN]

errm.... chinese food in paris is only so-so in my experience... maybe i'm in the wrong restaurants (plus i get chinese food here at my aunt's shop - chinese takeaway - so why pay elsewhere for something i get for free?)...

accordingly to several surveys done just a few months back, dublin is the second/third most expensive city in europe... and the lack of world-famous monuments in comparison to other major european cities make it seems like it's not worth it... but of course that is not true...

there's irish charm in lots of things, lots of way.... like visit during st patrick's day (17 march) and it's festive everywhere (but of course prices also higher for accommodation and flights)... there are many historical landmarks (just not as famous as eiffel tower or london tower or colosseum) such as trinity college (my current alma mater - i can bring you to see book of kells for free!), the dublin castle, the christchurch... and other fun things such as the guinness hopstore and jameson whisky distillery....

there are also sessions of irish music in pubs and ceili (irish dancing - think riverdance but lots of fun to take part in).... this is afterall, the motherland of U2, the corrs, cranberries and (god, i can't believe i'm saying this) ronan keating, boyzone and westlife...

[Voon Chan]

LiLiaN, Thank you very much. I will keep it in my memory. I will inform you if I do fly over there.

[LiLiaN]

sure no prob at all... let me know and i can get all info you need for you.... and meet up to bring you to book of kells... :)

anyone who wants travel tips to ireland, paris, rome (and northern italy) and vienna is always welcomed too... :D