Monday, September 22, 2008 // 11:04 PM
slack dayyyy
Finally had our Safety trainin today!! it has been dragged for wks n wks n wks b4 they finally arranged a safety briefing for us.. WAs supposed to a 2hr training but we ended up taking almost 3hrs+ to finish.. Me n jul oso suspect tat mayb is cos e new safety officer is oso undergoing e same training with us tats y e trainin was dragged.. N we ended up almost fallin asleeep after his 1hrs+ talk.
Luckily Mr AMresh gave us a 5min break. Talk abt almost everyting on safety n environment. BUT, there is 1 ting tat i must admit, MR AMresh surely is a Very GD SPeaker.. He can link by asking u nonsentical stuff to safety issues n lab safety..
So overall, half of our day was gone to safety training.. N we ended up doin a little tings today onli.
1 of the sentence tat he mentioned n is engraved in my mind is:
(WHEN WE BELIEVE... WE BECOME...)
Furthermore, i oso agreed with him tat one's Beliefs N values can changed as we grow or r being affected by e our surroundings. N our mind R divided into 2 classes.
1) Subconscious mind controls our biological functions, emotions & feelings , beliefs & values.
2) Conscious mind controls our physical functions, sensory & thinking process.
Jiangnan Uni-NYP JOint Conference is tml~! NO need wake up too early in morning n no stench of RAW MAT SMell at e end of e day for 2 days~ YEAH!!
:)
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take-my-breath-away, head-over-heels,
knee shaking, daydreaming,
butterfly fluttering crush on you.
Friday, September 12, 2008 // 11:19 PM
Flavours, Chemicals
Did sensory test today again.. N found tat actually most of e foods tat we r consuming are actually added with additives, flavourings. ok.. TO be more exact, flavourings are made up of chemicals. N tat means tat we are eating chemicals.
Thinking of tat makes my hair stands up. GOsh.. furthermore, my colleague oso said tat those labelled with natural flavourings n additives might not really be tat "natural".. This is because they might still use flavourings in e product, except tat mayb e raw materials use to produce e flavourings are natural, tats y it is callled natural flavouring..
supposed to have safety training today, but it was cancelled, n was being postphoned to next wed/thurs.
tats abt all for today..
tata :)
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Thursday, September 11, 2008 // 11:21 PM
Busy but Enjoyable
Was asked to DO sensory testing for finished goods today.. Yeah.. LEarned some ting new N tat was wat i wan to do when i was always asked to test for raw materials instead. :)
SEnsory test consist of both smelling as well as tasting of e samples and making comparison with e references.
Finally had my wish. HOwever, the taste of e finished goods were not as nice tastin as i tink it was. With the exceptions of e fruity flavours only. Other flavours tat i had e chance to taste todae are: caffeine, butter, ghee, Char Siew, mayonnaise etc.. WOW MAN~ these flavours taste YUCKS loh!! Except cheese, which was both smelly n taste yucky..
But e smell for others mentioned was still bearable, although not so acceptable by me. =)
O.. SAfety training tml~!! I wonder if i will fall asleep in tat i tink 1hr talk. haha :) In addition, i oso heard frm my supervisor tat e trainer will keep on asking u qns to c if u r listening to him not. OH MY GOSH, i wonder if i will b able to ans his qns not..
ok.. wish me luck...
^_^
Labels: Simply love e sky of BL
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008 // 10:11 PM
Hearts N Minds workshop + mooncake fest celebration
ALright, today can be said to be another enjoyable day.. Firstly, whole of IFF workers (includin production line, QC, admin ppl) was asked to attend e safety cultural workshop named 'Hearts and Minds'.. When e whole of us in our dept heard SAFETY TALK, all we go was "AH... XIAN...", cos tat was our mindset tat e speaker would definitely b a borin person, readin frm e slides etc.
However, tat was not so, as e speaker not onli asked qns to e floor, he oso give choco to those ppl tat can ans his qns. Moreover, he even tried to say some jokes to entertain e floor.. haha :) Overall, his presenation was quite ok, although many said tat his "1-1 safety talk" would be quite stressful, as he would keep on askin qns, to c if u have been listening to him or not.
Then, after e workshop, we had a small sort of 'mooncake festival early celebration' with all e staff there. In addition, we oso played a small game, by lookin at the babies photos of the staff there and guessing who they are. Even though both jul n me are separated into diff grps, we still enoy ourselves, as we get to interact around.
After tat, it was e sharing of e MOONCAKES~!! among all the staffs. Pomelos n chinese tea was oso given as well. O.. N a small sovenior was given to all the staff tat have attended e talk, n e sovenior was a mug, which was quite nice of them, as we as interns were oso given. In future, this could act as a memorial item tat i have been to tat company to work b4. ^_^
Overall, was an enjoyable day.
=)
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heart pounding, stomach flipping,
take-my-breath-away, head-over-heels,
knee shaking, daydreaming,
butterfly fluttering crush on you.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 // 10:32 PM
chang chang jiu jiu de yi tian

As mentioned, today is 2nd day of my attachment... N IS CONSIDERED A SPECIAL DAY 9th Sept 2009 (09/09/09), cos is a once in a life day. As usual, i m busy today n almost half of my day was spent in e cold rm doin filing.

(the cold rm)

(Some of the samples tat i m filing)
E cold rm there was extremely cold loh, we even need to wear a sort of winter wear inside. Somemore, even when i wear e winter wear, i can still c 'smoke' coming out frm my mouth whenever i m breathing n my hands still feel freezing cold even when i have wore the gloves.

(freezing cold)
Another ting is tat i have oso learn how to operate 2 new 'machines' measuring - SG (specific gravity) n RI (refractive index). C-ing how e 2 machines test for e samples is sooo interesting. O.. N i forgot to mention in my previous entry tat although my dept is mostly doing flavouring samples for food products, my lab was way far more 'BAWOO' than jul's lab, as her lab was dealin with shampoos, perfumes etc. However, to her, both of our labs are equally smelly.. haha :)
Alright, after work, as i m on my way to boon lay mrt, e weather today was extremely fine, tats y temptation strikes me to take a photo of the nice weather:

O.. ya.. Not to forget e CLOUDS...


Strangely, these few days, everytime i looked up into e sky, n whenever i c the beautiful clouds, i would like to take photos of them n they would remind me of AUST again~!! Seriously, i MISS AUST!!!
=)
Labels: i love e SUN :)
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butterfly fluttering crush on you.
Monday, September 8, 2008 // 11:19 PM
tat auspicious-inauspicious day..

(IFF)
today is e day for both juliana n me to start our attchament. Supposedly, chinese believe that 8 is a lucky no. BUT, this does not applies to e both of us today. Alright, firstly, in e morning, we were supposedly to meet one another in Bishan Mrt platform but due to crowded-ness in e train, juliana cannot enter, so we meet at doby gaut station.
Then, when transfering to e harbourfront side train, this time round, it is juliana who managed to get to e train n i cannot get in, so as usual, we meet one another at next e station.
ya.. juliana said e 1st day of work n we behaved so 'CARTOON'... haha :)
ok... Tats not e end. when we reach harbourfront, we were supposed to go to harbourfront bus stop to wait for a shuttle bus to go inside science park 2. The 1st bus stop tat we went is supposedly to be e CORRRECT one , but THanks to tat auntie tellin us e wrong info, we tot tat we went to e wrong bus-stop n went to all of the exits (a total of 4) looking for e shuttle bus.
In e end, finally realising tat e 1st bus-stop was actually e correct one, we went back but we were already late. 830~!! by e time we reached gemini building is already 9!!

(GEMINI BUILDING~!!)
N our manager said we were e 1st interns to make history tat cannot find e bus-stop. OMG.. tat was so embarassing loh.. Another ting is we spent 1/2 of our day in the morning travelling, which is such a waste of time loh.. n by e time we reach boonlay is already lunch time.. haha :)
BUT tat was so SHIOK la...
After lunch, me n juliana was separated into e 2 dept - fragrance (juliana dealing mostly with shampoosm, perfumes) n flavours(me, dealing mostly with food stuff) i started learning to conduct some of e tests in e samples, as well as reference them with the samples, testing for colouring n diluting them. GC was also taught. N e most ting tat i unlike was e smelling of e samples n with reference to e targets given. WOW~ MAn, most of the samples were BAWOO~ n i was busy busy e whole day, but juliana was free after 415.
haha :) overall a gd experience!
looking forward to tml =)

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Sunday, September 7, 2008 // 12:07 AM
Last day at JL...
todae is my last dae working at jl marina sq.. Yeah~ !!
n tml happens to b my off day N i m goin to eat buffet again..
Double Yeah!!!
N as i m on my way to work today, i noticed that the sky was exceptionally blue today.
WHOO HOO~!! for once it is finally a fine day n not a rainy day. This is e pic that i took as i m on my way to e staff entrance of jl marina:

Sky was so blue n the clouds looked so white n fluffy, just like e cotton candy in e blue sky. O.. N it also reminds me of e nice, fine weather in aust...

I MISS E DAYS IN AUSTRALIA!!
=)
Labels: food tml... yipeeeeeeeee =)
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knee shaking, daydreaming,
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