Trip to MO, He is my good pal, Dan Hummer. As you see on his shirt: Dun follw him.  

Good view? This what geologists do? We hike up a mountain and looking for a nice picnic spot, most of the times with beer. 

this picture was two yr ago, a field trip to CO. This guy is Paul, professor from my department. We had dinner together and took this picture outside the bar. What you can tell from this picture? Hmm... Olivia is the shortest, and Paul is the tallest in the geology department. 

Nelson sick

If you miss home, that is homesick... if i miss nelson, is that nelson sick?

I love you honey. Work hard~

Acknowledgement

This is my acknowledgement in my thesis. I know no one is gonna go thru the 80 pages thesis, so i just take out this part and post on blog. I wanted to thanks mol for accompaning me, but my bro didn't let me. So.... Mol, thanks, I love you so much.

My deepest gratitude goes to Professor Jiasong Fang. It is a real privilege to be a student of such an exemplary teacher. First, thank you for introducing me to the fascinating field of geomicrobiology. Your immense guidance and generous help throughout the whole research process have taught me the virtues of logical thinking and academic rigor.

I am grateful to my committee members, Professors Dennis Bazylinsky and Germán Mora, whose advice and support are also indispensable.

Special acknowledgment to Dr. Chiaki Kato from the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center for providing me with the valuable sediment and clam samples from the Japan Trench.

I am also appreciative of Kelly Crowley who has read my final draft and provided additional editing. Carrie Carlson, Corey Strauss, Robert White, and Seth Chamberlain have given me the most professional assistance in the laboratory.

I would also like to thank my parents, who had worked so hard so that I could have a good education. I cannot complete this project without their love. I would like to share this moment of happiness with my brother, Alan, and my boyfriend, Nelson. They have offered me much needed encouragement and suggestions that translate into numerous ameliorations in my thesis.

Lastly, I would like to express my appreciation to all my friends in Ames for their kindness.

When THE DOG meets THE CAT~ 

Moving Sale

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Olivia Chan B.S., M.S.

Great great news. I pass my oral exam. and now i am a Master of Science. The whole process is stressful. got about 30 mins presentation and a long Q and A sessions. Luckily everything runs smoothly and my committees actually impressed by my work. They can't believe i can finish all this work all my myself. even said i am better than other master level students. Ohhh~ i'm too happy.

Thanks my parents. I love you so much. I think my mom is gonna cry again. haha thanks my brother and hubby for all the support. Thanks mol mol for accompanying me the most boring nights. Thanks Dr Fang. Thanks God, for all the good things that happened to me.

seems there is still chance to going to PhD... Hmm i dunno.. lets see

Babe

I have decided to go to Montreal end of this month. So great. My first trip to Canada. I know Montreal is very pretty and i will meet my high school fren Joanne. I am so excited. feel like going to Europe ah...  

Nel and I have tons of good picture. Gonna share it with you guys now, bits by bits. This is last year VEISHEA, this year we dun hv one becuz of the riots. It was fun, we both of us dun hv to care about the stupid food fair and we went to see the football match. so close to the field and we took this pic with Cyclone. 

Yesterday Jeremy said my brow looks good... wahahahha 

Hubby, Happy Birthday. Sorry I can't be there with you this year. But i will celebrate with Mol jai ga lah. I love you. 

Concert in Summer

Was chatting with Bo, she mentioned about organising a concert this summer. Hmm.... Ho arrrr....

I am so excited. For sure i will ask nelson to come to HK. He never see me perform b4. aiya.. dunno how is it gonna be.. dunno chelsea remember the fingering or not...dunno how is ah Sir doing..... ahhh ho gun cheung ar...... Bo ah Bo? can we sing plink plank plunk also? i miss that part too. i'm old now. i dun laugh so much now. but i'm still good at pretending....

all the memories are back...~~

My friends, Will you come?

Beautiful Sunday

Finally i can reveal it here now. As nelson's birthday is coming soon, me and his friends have been planned a little surprise for nel. After Sunday service, his frens brought him to a very nice italian restaurant for lunch. and have the cake that i ordered earlier.
Nel was surprised and happy~ Great~ Thanks everyone who been helped and participated, Shirley, Dong Wen, Jon M, Jon Y, Andrew, and Pastor couples (sorri, i dun remember their name).

Happy to working with them. A week ago, I checked nel's email account and stole his frens contact :) (yeah i'm a crazy gf who checking her bf a lot). The planning process is not easy. First, we planned doing it on Saturday, but i found out nel had to work in Sat. Second, andrew started a very early april fool joke by sending the email to a fake nelsonyong email account. Shirley almost got a heart attack huh. Poor thing.

Hahah nelson, now i got my connection in singapore hmm.. you cannot escape from me now. I have my eyes now. hahahhahaha Anyway, glad that you enjoy the little surprise. I love you Hubby. and i love your friends too.

That was singapore Sunday, so now is my Sunday in Ames. I went to work, and then did a simple grocery, cuz i invited Mei to come over for dinner. We went to rec exercise a bit and bought Culver ice cream b4 comming back.
My menu tonight:
Chicken Curry, Choi sum and Fried Tofu, followed by Culver's Cherry Pecan Ice Cream.
Mei likes mol mol alot. and i found out mei is a super dishwasher. she did all dishes with no time. Impressed.

Mei and I 

Happy Mei and Mol Mol 

Beautiful Choi Sum 

Chicken Curry 

Fried Tofu~ 

Olivia's fried rice with SPAM 

Big head shot~ 

My Outline (b4 department dinner) 

Mol Jai and I 

Stir-fry Rice cake 

Who has this experience b4?

Today I drove to MU for bible study, I parallel parked my car beside the lake. (just one attemp, it was perfect)

oki. parallel park is not the point, even though is big for me. When i came back to pick up my car. A duck stood next of my car. attacking my car actually. I can't even get in the driver side. I walked closer.. he opened his mouth and 'herrrrrrrrr'..... har! so fierce ar.

End up took me about 10 mins. erghhh

No picture

I'm tired. No time to cook~