the antarctic summer season is just about over; there are only 4 more weeks to go before the great big orange Aurora Australis comes to retrieve all of Davis' summer personnel. not only that, our days here have gone back to what semblance of normalcy this cold and clinical environment can afford; we now have roughly 12 hours of light and darkness. it means that, for the first time after a very long while, i am now able to do some star-gazing again, stare at the moon and marvel at the sunsets this place has to offer.



i've been buried under a mountain of work the past few weeks. there is something about the setting sun that strikes an uncomfortable sense of urgency in me. it is as though the sun is telling me to hurry up and get all my things done, the season is nearly over! i feel as though there are not enough hours in a day, and days in a week to fully complete what i had first set out to do. also, i find myself hampered by the lack of manpower in the labs - everyone seems to be so...disinterested or preoccupied by their personal dramas. it doesn't matter though, Melanie Ho has always been a one-woman power supply unit and will continue to chug on until her batteries run dry.

there are more exciting things to come, which i will reveal here in due time - however, i suspect the lot of you who still continue to read my blog will understand what i am trying to say. i am 7 parts excitement, 3 parts nervous energy and 4.7 parts what-the-fuck-did-i-just-do???...but it's ok, i am looking forward to a new door opening up for me, and new adventures running headlong towards me with arms wide open.

i was watching Saturday Night Fever last night and at one point of the movie, Tony Manero says to his boss, "Oh, fuck the future! Tonight is the future!"

sometimes i wonder if that is what i am unconsciously doing.