If you don't know who Bella Swan is, you probably aren't a teenage (or slightly older) female who has gone ga-ga over Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series. I read the first, second and two-thirds of the fourth book on the first day of Chinese New Year (okay, I had to sleep at 2am to do that) and I have to say that it isn't really worth the hype. I didn't find it very interesting (even though I usually like fluffy books with happy endings). But what I do remember is the fact that practically every time Bella (the heroine) sees/exists in the presence of the guy she likes (Edward, who happens to be a vampire), she forgets how to breathe.

And that's what I forget to do. In lab. Because we're having problems with DNA contamination for my experiments, I have to be careful not to spit/spray/cough/sing/talk while I'm doing my experiments or I could contaminate my whole plate of tubes. So, sometimes while I'm doing my experiments, I realise that I hold my breath.

Other than lab, I've been on Twitter! It made me think about how much we're used to constant communication nowadays: Twitter, Facebook, smses, email, blogs, even phone calls. And even letters are delivered so much faster than they used to be. What would it be like to be living in a time where people travelled to other countries by boat. And took weeks to receive and reply each other's letters. Now we're irritated if we don't get a repy in a day. And sometimes you have to think which is the best way to say something. Face-to-face? Phone call? Status update?

But options can be quite fun.

I also watched a movie! Push, with Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning. Which was suprisingly enjoyable for campy loophole-plenty sci-fi. "His head will POP like a tomato," in a very bad Hong Kong accent. Better than Bride Wars. Or Becoming Jane. The people in the show have superpowers like telekinesis ("movers") and seeing into the future ("watchers"), but the most interesting and powerful one was to be able to put thoughts in other people's heads. Which means you don't know what is yours and what is not.

Hmm, sometimes I'm not sure if it was real or just a dream.

I know I haven't been blogging much, but here's just a bit that I thought I should do, since I sometimes think I whine too much:

10 things I thank God for (in this season... family and the like's a given)
-(idea from Jimmy Needham's MySpace Blog (Kris Allen reminds me of him.)):

1. The people who are in my lab. They are friendly and give me, the newbie, helpful advice.
2. Andrew Peterson. Seriously good stuff.
3. The running trail at the reservoir. One of the prettiest places here, I think.
4. The Assistant Sunday Service Manager
5. Emily of New Moon
6. New clothes and shoes
7. People who still want to be my friends. I'm surprised I'm still making new lasting friends.
8. Twitter
9. Yoghurt, maple pecan granola and lemons
10. Amusement in the world around me. Exhibit A (seen in the hospital washroom):
    

Okay, I cheated. There were sub-things. :) But I challenge you, if you have a blog, or write Facebook notes, just to write down 10 thing you are thankful for. Even the little things. Especially.

Time to clean up my room. I'm not sure where some of my clothes are any more.