Photoshop

2/9/07

Dear member of staff/ student,

I wanted to share with you this letter which I sent yesterday to the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald in response to the editorial which you may have seen published in that Newspaper on the morning of February 7th. To date it has not been published but I would like you all to see it.

Letter for publication

As your editorial of the 7^th February states, it is University of New South Wales policy that donors’ remains are treated with the utmost care and respect. This is why, when the University was notified, under protected disclosure, of events alleging mishandling of human body parts in the Surgical Skills Unit, immediate action was taken to close the operation of the unit; notify the Department of Health and conduct an internal investigation which has led to ongoing disciplinary action against several staff members. Certain allegations were referred to the police, who report that they were unable to find sufficient evidence that these incidents occurred to lay charges.

Most of the content of your editorial either distorts the truth or is factually incorrect. In particular, claims that the supervisor brought allegations of “gross misconduct” to the attention of senior management are untrue. There has been no cover up, lying or scapegoating as alleged in your editorial. The University of New South Wales has acted expeditiously in the public interest and in the interest of its staff and especially those staff members who brought these matters to the attention of senior management. The University is also holding those staff members who were entrusted with the management of this facility accountable under appropriate disciplinary processes.

The University of New South Wales takes its guardianship of bodies donated for the purpose of teaching and research very seriously. This message must be getting through to the general public as we have had an increase in enquiries from people wishing to donate their bodies for this purpose in the last 48 hours.

Peter J Smith

Dean,

Faculty of Medicine

UNSW

2/9/07
hehe...i rebonded my hair again !!! ( only top half of my head) and i'm on the first day of the not to wash hear for 4 days regime. a lil bit itchy now....heck it...gonna wash it on the 3rd day. HOPE it wldn't turn out bad shape....

yesterday i went to sing K at City Square Neway with Stanley. also found out that can open a australia ANZ account from RHB bank but the person in charge say don't need so mafan....can open there...i guess they don't wanna do more work lah....

i plan to finish packing by this weekend. next week is spring cleaning day... YOU KNOW....CNY IS COMING
i have a great plan which i doubt i can finish...i plan to type my notes into computer (or course selectively) so that i dont have to bring them physically overseas..... SO MAYB NEXT FEW DAYS U WLDN'T SEE ME ONLINE... DON'T MISS ME.

my face is really in bad shape....so mom made me do a homemade natural....cucumber + honey Mask...i ended up lying on sofa wearing a shower cap and with newspaper around my neck...damn ugly...i took a photo of myself.....if this blog is too cold or something...hiak hiak...i may consider putting it up to scare u all.... (imagine me with crush cucumber on my face !)

hehe...not long ago i took passport photos and nowadays those shops have gone digital....so i was given a cd of my photo....as u all know me....of course i wldn't let this chance off again to....PHOTOSHOP MYSELF !!!!!!

CAN U TELL WHICH ONE IS BEFORE & AFTER? OBVIOUS ISN'T IT?

7 Comments:
Wayne　タン。チェン。ウエイ　 said...
hey , looks different . i think the photographer use photoshop to change ur pic . make u skin looks like after using SK 2
John said...
yeah looks different already la, hair so straight somore. The 1 on the right looks better i think.
John said...
oh ok.. after seeing the big version, left is better. small pic distorted la.
honga said...
the mouth part very different, angmoh see liao sure like u this kind of girl one, "@honlim guaranteed"
St€ph said...
Waaah LiNa your lips very pouty leh. Hahah~! Which tool did you use to photoshop your pic? I also want to learn
s@m said...
no lah...i photoshop myself one
the one on the left is photoshoped d.
basic tool loh. healing tool,red eye tool, clone stamp tool..it takes abit of effort and time. btw, the picture was taken b4 i rebonded cuz my hair now is flat and ugly.
John said...
i didnt know they had a "big eye tool" haha

Singapore trip

1/30/07

so so so sorry for not able to attend to this blog due to various factors...
juz tell ya my trip to singapore last weekend

• To my horror, i forgot how to resize photo in ADOBE!!! anyone pls help me?!!!! i remember it was so easy. juz click and drag but i can't seem to find that now....DIE. actually very easy lah,,,,i juz found out juz press CTRL- T can d...thanks to JAY :)
  

• Microsoft Vista has just launched…who’s interested to be the guinea pig? ( I think I’m talking bout myself). The environmentalist are worried that Vista will cause pollution...by how? pple change their chips and Motherboard for the new OS and these stuff contain poisonous stuff like PVC, barium and cadmium.etc (u know , health issues!!!)

• These are some Mac Commercial Video. I hope you Mac FANATICS will enjoy it.
  

Friday 26^th Jan

First i met my fren at DhobyGaut and we visited the newly renovated Singapore Museum. It's so worth it u know...especially when u pay student price $7.50. they have the history gallery, the Maria Theresiae Gallery and the Innovative Gallery. No photos cuz I left my batteries charging at home, my friend didn't bring memory card...so too bad.... i think spore museum is definitely worth it to go... you will be given a ipod like thingy with earphones (electronic guide) and you juz need to enter the numbers indicated at the diff corners of the galleries and also the numbers beside the artefacts...there'll be illustrations on the screen of the ipod n also narration....so cool or mayb I m juz SUAKU

Maria Theresia (queen of Austria) Gallery showcases all the luxurious stuff in the palace ( the dining set, clothes, chest, table, jewelleries, bible, Paintings (family portraits).etc. the portraits are the most ex one. She has lotsa daughters and she conquer edmany lands not by war but by marrying her daughters to the various kings… so intelligent.

after eating dinner at thai express and strolling around at Plaza Singapura, i parted with my friend and went over to clark quay to meet my bro.
It’s been a long time since I came to CLARK QUAY. Oh my, it’s so happening now. Last time I came it was juz a meager amount of pubs along the river and construction site at the back. It seems like all the Night Owls have gathered here now

there's this pub called " The Clinic"

They serve their drinks like that...(like a drip)
You can see the sofa...it's like a hospital bed with wheels..and the curtains

the entrance to its restaurant is like a morgue.... with a dissecting table and those operating lights right at the ntrance. The secrete entrance to upstairs dining area is actually formed by 4 freezer compartment.

Upstairs the chairs are wheelchair…HAH!what a joke…

The restaurant section is called Au (Gold) don't know why?

Some pple may say: aiyo…Pantang lah! but…it’s so packed & crowded (who cares) It’s ultimate COOLNESS to us the Y GENERATION.

Me, my bro and his colleagues.

The thing which I don’t know wat’s called but it’s suspended by 2 elastic band and the pple are projected up and down l in a round cage like thing.

PS: sigh…I bought the DICOTA laptop sleeve for $40 at SIMLIM and later I reallise that POPULAR bookstore have tones of similar ones (memory foam) goin as cheap as $ 15…. That’s the most unhappy event of my trip to Singapore…kena cheated… :X

Saturday

In the day I bought a pair of NEWbalance sports shoe. + a Nike Shoe bag + 3 Socks = $123 at Queensway shopping center ( if you still can remember it). Forgot to take a pic of it…will post later

You see har, the problem is as you buy something…the guy will push you to buy another thing…in the end like no discount like that…aiyo the shop owner ah really can’t resist him…he’s like you buy this lah…new year GONG XI FA CAI blah blah blah. OH MY L

Rush back to Potong Pasir, my bro’s newly rented masionette style flat ( double storey), changed and rushed to Harbour Front ( the MRT station nearest to Sentosa)….Remember last time we went was Harbour Front shoppin center now it’s being “replaced” by the newly opened the so called Biggest Shopping Centre in Spore “ VIVO CITY” ( they said it’s bigger than SUNTEC city) oh my….it’s so messy inside…can’t find the carpark got lost….i think the design layout is bad or mayb it’s juz that I’m not familiar with it….

Hey remember last time when we cycled in Sentosa Island there were plenty of road blocks and construction sites here & there. It’s actually a project for LRT to the island. Now….you can take the LRT to Sentosa from the VIVO CITY( not by bus anymore) so convenient now.

Ya it’s the LUSH party that we are attending, taking place at the SILOSO beach. The beach where we rent our bicycles.

Wow! the atmosphere was superb. The night scence at the opp quay, the cooling sea breeze. The unlimited lounge (whatever u call that) music, the soft sand, the sofa chair,the free flow chivas…the bikini babes hehe…

medlybuzz

Ya, the bikini babes on the beach are mostly either the FHM girls next door or the Waitresses….

Me, my brother, my bro’s colleague, my bro’s colleagues gf , my bro’s colleague friend, my bro’s colleagues’ friend’s friend and so on…… :P

They actually have photographers goin around taking your photos and you can collect it later for FREE!!! ( unlike the stupid Genting!)

I think you guys wish that you are the menu leh….hiak hiak…

SUNDAY

Last time I brought you all to the Alexander Garden Hawker center opposite Queensway Shopping centre. This afternoon my bro and I went to the “ more famous” Macpherson hawker centre walking distance fr my bro’s place. Why is it more famous? Hmmm….i think it’ s becuz it has more media exposure leh…it’s like if you didn’t paste newspaper cutting recommending your stall or TV hosts introducing your stall…you lak seh lah ( lose to other pple d) Quite an amount of stall have the Victory Pasting at their stalls.

We ate the frog porridge. Porridge was nice in consistency. The frog meat was served in the Claypot with some sorta sweet and dark sauce. Later we drank the turtle soup ( my 1^st time). Yum. Heard that it’s good for skin. The skin (of the turtle) look like the whiter version of sea cucumber.(so as the consistency)

meet up with another fren of my at the Orchard…walk around n bought some stuff. Still think that things in ISETAN, TANGS, TAKASHIMAYA or wateva are not my price range. I can say their clothes may have more variety and abit prettier but come on…. the price is too much for me lah. Wat for I pay for that mayb 30% of difference…sigh…Far East seems to be a more welcoming place to me….visited the Long John Silver again which I had my first and last meal with my Crush last time….sigh…all the memories

at night met bro again at borders starbucks then head home together with fren.. bro brought me to have supper at the “ famous” Macpherson Hawker. We order some WUXIANG….those type with season egg and fried stuff…their “ LIAO” aka ingredients quite special. For eg, they have the homemade sausages with lean meat. The “ dyed” sotong, the prawn WUXIANG. No food picture over here….haven developed the habit of taking food yet (unlike someone J)

MONDAY

Went to DAISO the Japanese based $2 shop at IMM. ( they have branches at Plaza Sing, Vivo City and I think tampines) but IMM is still the biggest branch….bought some household stuff & stationery and head home. It was my famous hangout place last time…. All the time I’ll have some new surprises..i’ll be like I didn’t know they have this ….i didn’t know they can do this….all the smart and innovative Japanese innovation ( be it stationery or juz a broom or pot)

not in Vista anymore

1/22/07

I left my Vista last Monday. was in a mummified position all the way to JB. when we reached jb and was about to leave after dinner....the steering lock refuse to let go ( too effective) after much fuss (1 hr ++), dad's friend brought a electric saw to break the metal bar. but the locksmith has already arrived....he requested for his car fuel of travelling here since we don't need him anymore. so.... (the opening lock fee =RM 150) dad gave him RM 50....such easy money to earn for him.....sigh.

Now, i'm lazing around at home. Yesterday i juz settled a cat fight between my dogs. drag the dogs to have cold water therapy... suffer the risk of their misbite. This morning mom drag me from my cosy bed at 8am, drop me at pasar and i have to walk back myself....that's how is life back in hometown. A normal day is sleeping at 12am, waking at 11am, breakfast and newspaper, computer for a while and it's lunch, the rest of the day depends...may jog,shop,feed my dogs,online. I hope to draw out a plan now for my life in australia. so need to really pack everything nicely and makesure nothing is amiss. scouting for a good luggage bag now. there are so many clothes good to buy and i don't know what to buy.... (confused). recent conquest is Pierre Cardin Bxx.they are cheap, good fit and juz my taste.

PS: John is a pretty good blogger for a beginner...hehe...got pictures and all....can satisfy the readers hehe...but how come pictures of kitchen only :P

1 comment

John said...

Wah wat do u do at pasar? marketing? Eh u cant draw out life plan for Aus la.. u dun even know wat its goin to b like. Stay a few days 1st then only plan.

Testimonial

19/1/07

John Posted 16/1/2007 on friendster testimonial
About some Lina...

looks and act like good girl but actually very naughty! Can drink heinekken until vomit, drink wine n watch gay porn wif 4 other guys in the room, wrestling wif deva on the bed all the time... etc etc. But still always get A.

Very hyperactive but worry alot also.. but overall a very good fren! (Except dat always hv to wait 4 her downstairs at vista C for 15 mins. call hp also usually no answer) But still a good fren anyway, haha. Dont reject this testimonial cos ITS THE TRUTH!!!

After much pressure from me due to his partial comment...hehe, he changed it to


19 Jan 2007
About some Lina...

looks and act like good girl but actually very naughty! Can drink heineken until all red and vomit, watch brokeback mountain (i would say gay porn.. but its worse!!) wif 3 other guys in the room, wrestling wif deva on the bed all the time... etc etc. But still always get As.

Very hyperactive but also worries alot.. but overall a very good fren! (Except dat always hv to wait 4 her downstairs at vista C for 15 mins. call hp also usually no answer) But still a good fren anyway, haha. Dont reject this testimonial cos ITS THE TRUTH!!!

John

still abit untrue but i shall give it a pass

PS: it’s not the room, it’s the living room and I was not watching actually.

it's been a long time...

18/1/07

it's been a long time....i finally finish my exam...when to genting with friends...pack my stuff...went to take my results and now i'm finally back home....zhuo bo.... juz did my medical checkup for visa 2 days ago. shld b able to get my visa next week. :D now i'll busy setting up a new blog for my friends and i to write in.

Tarot- I m the SUN

You are The Sun

Happiness, Content, Joy.

The meanings for the Sun are fairly simple and consistent.

Young, healthy, new, fresh. The brain is working, things that were muddled come clear, everything falls into place, and everything seems to go your way.

The Sun is ruled by the Sun, of course. This is the light that comes after the long dark night, Apollo to the Moon's Diana. A positive card, it promises you your day in the sun. Glory, gain, triumph, pleasure, truth, success. As the moon symbolized inspiration from the unconscious, from dreams, this card symbolizes discoveries made fully consciousness and wide awake. You have an understanding and enjoyment of science and math, beautifully constructed music, carefully reasoned philosophy. It is a card of intellect, clarity of mind, and feelings of youthful energy.

What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.

Light a Million Candles

That day i came upon this on TV. think mayb i can do my part to help them too. they need 1 million signature by the end of this yr 2006.

The innocent victims of online child abuse cannot speak for themselves. But you can. Watch this video, then light a candle of support at www.lightamillioncandles.com to encourage governments, politicians and banks to eradicate it.

Deva's 23rd Birthday

Deva's 23rd Birthday Video !!!

Muppet Personality Test

You Are Animal

A complete lunatic, you're operating on 100% animal instincts. You thrive on uncontrolled energy, and you're downright scary. But you sure can beat a good drum. "Kill! Kill!"

The Muppet Personality Test

IMU CUP picture

IMU CUP 2006

caught in action for 200m Female Bronze.


smiling from ear to ear with carrom trophy!!!


the clowns!

Long Dist Bus

Here's my experience with Long dist bus...specifically JB-KL,KL-JB.
i used to take KKKL...cuz it's the first non-stop bus i have come ax...i was quite satisfied with it as it's fast..rather safe n it only stop once along the highway at a small rest house. bus r quite sturdy. usu take around 3 hr. have been taking it for 2 yrs.

in any case if u r rushing home...Gunung Raya...is THE choice. it also only stop once, seats isn't as nice as KKKL...the driver r fast n reckless ( juz a personal opinion n experiece fr the one i took, but i don't know about other drivers, incase gunung raya sue me) n send u to ur destination as fast as possible.

untill last month when one of my frens told me tt KKKL seats r too narrow...(bad for long legged peeps). then i reallise where my discomfort comes from everytime...so i tried Konsortium as recommended by my fren. lucky enuf, i gt a double decker back to
jb...in deed..the seats r more comfortable n spacious...i don't really need to worry bout lowering the seats too low... i can extend my legs...n i have a gd view....it sends me home in 3hr..mayb it's as fast as gunung raya but the driver seems less reckless cuz mayb the bus is sturdier n newer. (less psycho effect)

if u r streetwise enuf. do not pick the peak time to take the bus(lunch or after work 5-7pm...else the bus will b stucked in jam n make ur journey longer by 1 hr.
the KL to JB trip costs RM24. JB to KL costs RM25. weird!!! Larkin Bus station gt collect station tax?!!!

so if any bus company come ax this post...pls do not sue me but improve ur service from my constructive comment. that is a wiser choice.

LAPTOPS

i have a few doubts here regarding laptop? hopefully someone can ans my qn!
1.anyone knows how to buy a Compaq international warranty how how much will it be?
2.how's their service like? efficient?
3.is amd turion 64X2 better or intel core duo? will amd core duo heat up as they said?
4. how's the after sales service for acer n asus like? is there a lot of service centers in australia for Acer?

Sentosa island

it's the 3rd day. woke up at 11am. skip breakfast str away. haha. iggy, teckjee n cw went to church while the rest of us were still deep asleep. (heard tt the city harvest church service at expo has 4000 pple.)later, met up at harbour front and ate subway. rush to sentosa....cycle around for 2hr and oso gt lost along the way. rush back to main island. due to time constraint we haf to give up esplanade( wat a pity) stopped by tiong bahru to eat dinner at BK. (it's truly a spore burger makan trip. all of them swear not to eat burger again for at least 1 wk) most of us ordered the turkey bacon burger. forgot to ask them to order the taro turner not found in msia. rush back yewtee. pack, wash up, catch a last glimpse of "pimp my ride" then we set off to larkin. btw, we reach sungei besi toll at 4am (bus starts at 12am) and guess wat. once we alighted and the bus sped off, teck jee did a head count and reallise tt we left wenxern in the bus, still sleeping...so in the end cw has to speed to pudu to fetch him back :D * guilty grin* wat a memorable end of the 3D/2N spore trip.

Spore trip

wow, really tired after one day of shoppin n touring around spore....here's a summary of wat we did.
on friday: meet up the rest at larkin terminal. took causeway link to kranji mrt. highlights of the night. we went NIGHT SAFARI. and stayed there for less than 3 hrs for 28 bucks. juz to watch the creature of the night show and go for the tram ride. abit not worth it but wat to do?!

on sat: went to bkt timah rd(my sch area) stop by to sight see the schools awhile then went to queensway shoppin center. before tt we stop by alexandra rd hawker and the lemon sugarcane is our savior under the hot humid weather. in the shoppin center, i juz can't bring myself to buy the ever so ex nike shorts so i resort in buying the cheaper FBTs though aesthetically wise not as nice but gd enuf for me. the guys bought some shirts too. went to sim lim sq after tt, some of them bot the silicone casing. the big purchaser is cw who bot some mp3/ipod speaker.

went to taka mos burger for dinner. the guys walk around as i chat with my frens. meet up at wisma atria starbucks for some interaction btw msian n spore after tt. stroll along orchard. try to get to music underground but gt cover charge so we took a train back in the end. the guys bot some U2 shirt and john bot a toy model and they gave me a japanese pouch. hehe. steph bot a similar but drawstring pouch. :D

Mapcu Netball

YEAH YEAH, we won the Mapcu Neball Silver. the score in prelim round we beat APPITT 8-2. then in quarterfinals we beat HELP 7-3. in semis we beat ICM 8-0 then in finals we lost to defending champ KLIUC 9-6. wat a pity. but we did our best and come so far lah.Good job Netball Gals. btw, i 'm down with some viral flue thingy. havin fever, coughing slightly. Wish me gd luck. Looking forward to the trip to spore with the rest of the batch mates.

about a month ago, we had the 3rd annual May Ling Young cup too.
as usual, we won the stuff.





snapshots of charmaine cute son & daughter