Aujourd'hui

just thought the title 'today' is rather too plain and uninteresting, so i put it in the french way.

well, woken up by a call from aunty huang at 8 this morning, asking about zhu's whereabouts. this woman, she doesn't re-fill her cell phone money balance and doesn't get online at all these days. no wonder her parents lost track of her. my parents were as worried as they were once before when i was in singapore. called everyone possible around me to ensure my safety. parents are like that. i'm sure if i have a girl living alone outside i would be like our parents as well. well, too faraway...

i went for a shadow program today, came back dog-tired. i never knew watching and listening would be this tiring before. basically i just stayed with the graduate student, followed her around and asked questions whenever i didn't understand. well, to me, i'm not that academically strong, so i didn't find a lot of questions related to her lab work to ask. i simply bombed her with loads of administrative questions, like how to find a 4th year project topic, when to look for a prof blah blah. she's very nice and explained to me everything. i was lost in the max bell research centre, and she even brought me out of that labyrinth. really touched.

shockingly she's the only graduate student in dr. volchuk's lab. since the doctor is very new, he has only been here for two years. so not a lot of ppl know him. what's even more pathetic that there are only five ppl in total in his lab. two technicians, one graduate student, one fourth year research lab student and himself... it's such a huge contrast from those famous profs, who normally have over 10 ppl each in their labs. and some of them may have more than one labs. tree's boss's friend (if i didn't remember wrongly) got the whole floor as his lab.

so i walked back and forth four times, including lunch time when i actually came back to rez. i felt like sitting on a wheel chair and being pushed around so i didn't have to move after i got back.

bian, zirong, wash, jin xiao and me went for karaoke tonight. i wasn't in the singing mode, so even not half way through my throat sored and i couldn't sing high-pitched notes... whatever, my singing skills aren't good at all even with this excuse. and after i came back i finally aced hamster ball. really happy. i'm left only with two arenas to be unlocked. quite bothered by their hidden location of secret spots. really hope someone knows can give me a helping hand. anyway, it's a wonderful night and i should have an orange and go to bed soon.