Last day

Yep, today was the last day that I worked in this insectary. I'm a little sad to leave. One of my boss even took me for fish & chips and ale at lunch time (now when could you drink during working hours, eh?) I'll miss this place.


I'll miss this silly sign outside the insectary too. :P
But, time to move on. There will be another insectary. But for now, I'm off for a break!

In Flight

I was taking more pictures in my insectary the other day. One picture so happens to capture a female Aedes aegypti clearly in mid-flight! That's rare for me... Especially using only a µ-300 Digital Oympus camera.

It is three, not two.

Yay! It's Friday! Weekend is here. And then I found out (more like told) that it's the bank holiday weekend. Gah! How did I not remember that??? Somehow I thought it is next week. My head is gone...

Soup du Jour

Sorry, can't help myself...

The Terror Within

Today's news headline goes to show that this country has terrorists from the inside and outside. Sure, some people say that these 'do-gooders' doesn't deserved to be called that. But, just listening to the interview with that lady in charge on ITV confirms it is deservingly so. It's all OK until someone really gets hurt isn't it? Oh wait, people were injured before...
Today, a stolen corpse; tomorrow, a made one.

And as I write this, the song 'Na na na na naa' by the Kaiser Chiefs is playing. Very fitting... it goes like this:

Na na na na naa (x4)

oh it does not move me
it does not get me going at all
Na na na na naa (x2)
it does not shift me
its not the kind of thing that i like
Na na na na naa (x2)
It does not move me
its not the kind of thing that i like
Na na na na naa (x2)

she does not listen
she's too wrapped up with all of her things
Na na na na naa (x2)
this does not get to me
shes not the kind of girl that i like
Na na na na naa (x2)

oooohhh
she does not move me
she's not the kind of girl that i like
Na na na na naa
Na na na na naa
oooohhh

OOOOHH
it does not move me
its not the kind of thing that i like
Na na na na naa (x4)

oooooh
it does not move me(it does not move me)
it does not get me going at all
it does not shift me(it does not shift me)
its not the kind of thing that i like
it does not move me
its not the kind of thing that i like
Na na na na naa (x4)
oooooh

Rock on, Prof!

Heh, don't know how I missed this. My former lecturer and tutor got mentioned in BBC news! Way to go, Prof! Am chuffed. Not because he gave me A's in my essays (though that is swell too :P), but because he is a good lecturer (i.e. never fell asleep in his class/seminar), an awesome tutor (though sometimes the topics he picks are very, very, challenging), and a great researcher. Am proud to be his former student, and can't wait to read more about his bee findings.

Big weekend

The Cardiff Big Weekend came and gone. And it was quite enjoyable. Well, can't complain when there is a fair and free open air concert eh?

Highlight of the concert for me was on Saturday, particularly the performance of this band called I Am Kloot.


And the festival ends with a bang...
Would put more photos, but they are utter crap!

Where's the replay button?

Wow, the song 'You're Beautiful' is still number one in the charts here. I keep hearing it everywhere as well. But it does keep me in a good mood while I'm in my lab. So, buy the album people... unless you hate music like these.