~ LIVING THE DREAM ~

solitude

2011-01-23T00:39:00.003+08:00

i just love nice lunches/brunches and cosy dinners...the environment plays a part definitely...love those places where you can slowly savour your food and talk endlessly without being interrupted by pesky waiters..*hint hint*

its really relaxing to take time off for yourself. just go to a cafe and order a drink and spend some time with yourself. take a book with you or just stare off into space, doing what people do most...people-watching.

set lunches are great...im in love with them...especially when they come with coffee..haha *hint hint* AGAIN lol

go pamper yourself. give yourself a lovely treat. you'll notice the difference but just don't do it too often or it'll lose some of that magical touch =)

as for me, i pamper myself with food...my cravings...

and i relax with gym...my guilty indulgence that steals my time.

unfortunately gym would have to be put to an end very soon =( i shall miss those kicks, punches and jump-kicks...

The story of the stove

2011-01-22T14:41:00.002+08:00

Reigniting that very stove for a the lovely bright flame that was once there can only result in 2 outcomes

1. the flame eventually dies off due to a confusion that there was gas in the gas tank but in reality there wasn't any

2. the flame REMAINS, burning brighter than ever before as it realises that the gas used is the best one it could ever get.

Either way, the stove has already been given to a new owner and thus, the only thing the previous owner can get is to beg, borrow or steal. It is idealistic, but it's never gonna happen. So the previous owner should get a new stove that suits the owner better.

Having said all that, the stove will always remember its first owner. Like what most people say that they'll never forget their first love, the same goes for this little stove, who will always keep a special place for the first owner....for the first owner what the one who first lighted up the stove, bringing it to life

The things I do...

2011-01-08T11:46:00.005+08:00

It so happened that my bro was hungry that day and I had a packet of sausages left in the freezer...mind you...a packet=10 sausages.

He wanted it to baked in the oven..talk about ordering me to cook it the way he likes...when I just planned to dumped it all in a pot of boiling water to cook them.

But no..he said boiled sausages aren't nice. And so happened that day I was baking muffins AND cookies.....So the oven is OUT....MY BAKING COMES FIRST!!!!! hahahaha

Jam balls.....I had to painstakingly add the jam into the tiny balls and roll them up...all 150++ of the balls...lol

Milo muffins....everyone preferred this over my jam balls...lol and this one took soooo much less work...hahahahahah..I should stick to choc-based things in the future =)

He doesn't want boiled sausages..and I wasn't willing to let him take up my precious baking time..mind you..I had ALOT to bake that day..so I compromised...I pan fried the sausages. And that was in the midst of juggling the baking, cooling it, storing it and shaping the cookie dough and ensuring that the sausages did not burn...

Well..what to do??

I even had them all arranged in a nice little pyramid. along with the chilli sauce on the side. See how thoughtful I was??

And that brother of mine walloped it all in a blink of an eye. Sigh.....

At least he became my guinea pig in return and tried my baking..hehehehehe

The adventures of Pikky

2011-01-08T11:14:00.007+08:00

I'm back to blogging despite the long hiatus.....well, I've got reasons of my own...and nope..I wasn't being lazy here. I just had a thousand and one things going on...and the list is just never ending. In fact, it's gonna be adding up as the days go by and my time in KL here gets shorter and shorter.

The hols have pretty much flew by. From the gatherings, birthdays, Singapore trip...I just wished I have longer holidays. These 2.5 months aint enough. I need the break!!!

Oh well...the pics are here...=)

First meet up wit college gals...kah yan and rachel..

Then it was with leonard...the one and only meet up before he leaves for US....we went for dim sum brunch before heading off to...

KLCC...

Then deciding that KLCC has nothing much, we headed to The Curve...talk about driving from one end to the other! =)

Next was when some of the Aussie people came back...so we met up in Pavilion...more pics in Facebook..I just took the ones from my phone =)

Kit Yan came back from the kiasu-land...so we met up in Curve...here's one pic in Marche...Thanks Kit for the lunch!!! Yi Li came along as well..FINALLY!!!! haha

What's there not to look forward when the Darlings are back??? Kit Yan...our ever so faithful driver and full of ideas...decided on a trip to i-City and SnoWorld.....It was a night of lights...and getting numb from the cold...haha

But first off, we took a short detour to Klang for Bak Kut Teh...yum!!! It's been quite awhile since I actually had Klang BKT...

My plate...of bones...haha

I-City....

In the SnoWorld...this is just the outside after we enter the place....the actual snow place is inside...pics aren't allowed but of course..we had our ways..hehe...so no pics here of the snow house...it's a wonderful experience I would say =)

My fav pic!!!

It's all the way down there

2010-12-20T22:56:00.002+08:00

I can now proudly say that I am no longer a 2nd year medical student. Come Feb 7, 2011, I'll be starting off my very first day as a 3rd year medical student. Half way through...yet the journey is just the begining. The hard work, the sleepless nights, the lack of entertainment...all those will start again in just a month's plus time.

Sad to say, I'll be leaving my dear hometown KL to continue my studies in JB. I haven't really felt the excitement yet of staying on my own. WITHOUT parents, without someone constantly watching over what you do, without someone to do the housework and ensuring the fridge is well-stocked at all times with my favourite food.

I shall definitely miss it. Seriously. JB...haha not to say I'm somewhere across the sea but still..it's a home away from home. Seri Samudera will be my new home for the next couple of years. And I'll have that king-sized bed to sleep on for my years in JB =)

And I won't be driving that often. Nope. I wont be bringing a car down so it'll be walking, running, flying, hitching a ride...as long as I get from point A to point B. That matters the most right?

Oh well..I still have a few more weeks to enjoy the KL breeze..the busy city life before I head towards the south, towards my new home. I shall have to pack all my things and transfer them down....as well as those medical books...oh the headache!!!!

Till then, it's off to Singapore for my Christmas holidays. And to celebrate the fact that I passed year 2 =)

Crazy as it seems to be....

2010-12-20T22:43:00.002+08:00

deja vu....

That feeling totally caught me off guard on Sunday. Lunch + shopping + tea break was with the gals but it was during lunch when IT happened.

I dreamt of the exact place, the exact words, the exact people, the exact position in the restaurant...and it wasn't as if it was a recent event...i think the dream happened like..a year ago?? or maybe more?? i don't know for sure. In fact, I totally forgot about the dream. Nobody remembers their dreams right? And as surreal as it may seem to be, it just disappears like a poof of air when one opens their eyes.

Yet, somehow this bit of dream got lost and was retained in my memory....and when Yi Li said those words, everything came tumbling out. I felt that sense of deja vu....it surprised me that I was speechless for a moment. And the more I thought about it, the more I felt that..."yea, I remember I dreamt bout this some time ago"

It's hard to describe...more so of being bizzare...and unbelievable...but that's just the way it is.

Only the person would understand it.

And this time round, that person is ME =)

Belle de Nuit

2010-12-09T23:00:00.010+08:00

Fragonard..

Honestly, I've never heard of this brand before...but well, it's a French brand. And I've never stepped foot in France, let alone speak French.

But.....

This will be my favourite perfume.

Of course...my green apple perfume still has a place in my heart..the same goes for my green tea perfume as well...

But this Belle de Nuit is my new favourite..hehe...

Late indeed....BUT

2010-12-09T19:44:00.007+08:00

It's almost 3 months yet it was worth the wait. The lie didn't really worked. Seriously...

"I bought the tickets from the ATM machine"...and all I saw that came out from the machine was just money.

"I'm taking you to the LRT station now...so it's getting warmer here" yet the surroundings was QUIET...since when train stations are so silent that even one could hear a pin drop? Plus I didn't hear any train coming or doors opening. I wasn't even in a moving platform to say the very least.

"Oh, we've reached the destination" and I heard the caroling sessions...AGAIN..the same one before I supposedly left the place into the train's station.

Yet I do appreciate the effort given to make things different. =)

The singing was nice. A different thing indeed from the usual things. And the lamb and chicken was delicious..though the chicken gravy could very well caused hypertension there and then..=P

I love Boost. But I guess Juice Works still wins. The price, the range offered and of course...the buy 1 free 1 promo voucher in my phone. Haha...but Boost's Christmas drink is not bad..strong guava taste with the tiny raspberry seeds. I prefer this over Juice Works Christmas drink. Maybe because there's mango inside Juice Work's drink. Haha...I personally don't like mango in my drinks =)

The souvenier were cute, lovely and thoughtful...I love it...I'll definitely use them... thank you!

Finally got to sleep well after the lack of sleep for the past few nights..doing the video..cant believe video making is fun..but tedious..especially for an amateur like me..and it makes it worse if you're one who's is super particular over the tiny details....unfortunately I was one of them...God knows how many times I watch those videos...luckily it wasn't few hours long..haha

As an icing to the cake, I woke up this morning just to find that my vocal cords aren't vibrating. My Voice decided to leave me for the day..hopefully it'll come back soon enough. I need them for COMMUNICATION....all I could manage now is speaking through air that's breathed out. Not even a whisper, or a raspy voice is left for me.

I can' talk to save my life...for now..hahaha

oh the holidays!!

2010-12-03T18:26:00.002+08:00

the new set lunch in Paddington's aint that nice as the previous one. my chicken piccata set was basically drenched in GARLIC oil...eeewww....and there's no more coffee offered...the dessert that i was looking forward to was not on the set lunch menu anymore...it's slightly cheaper but i rather have the old one back =(

watched harry potter...and sat in the 2nd row from the front for the whole 2 plus hours...lol..it's amazing that i didn't get any neck pack after that...but i like this one better than the previous harry potter movies...

i wanna go shopping...some more!! and nowadays when i shop im always thinking....okay..this would be suitable for JB...this isn't..and so on...so less t shirts, more formal/semi-formal, no-need-to-iron-type of clothes is always the reference point now...and i need more shorts...JB isn't gonna have winter anytime soon...

Christmas is coming. it's my favourite season of the year...the decorations are up, the jolly christmas songs are blasting from every corner of the malls...now all that's missing is my Christmas presents!! give me some! =P

Well, it isn't exactly a holiday...sigh

2010-11-27T13:03:00.003+08:00

There's ALOT of things i wanna do this hols...n it seems to me that there is just no time...at least i baked almond biscotti today =) And due to special request, itls sugar-free. The fact dat it doesn't contain any butter/oil/margarine makes an even healthier, addictive snack. Too bad it's slighlty burned...lol =)

I wanna just go shopping all day long...with a nice lunch in cosy cafe...that wud be bliss...but shopping n eating alone isnt half s fun...friends aren't always free for u..n well my sis is always out with her friends. =) I really should treasure my hols. They're hard to come by...yet as a medical student, hols doesnt mean u can let go of what u learnt da previous sem... that'll equal to suicide cuz then even 24 hours in a day ain't enough to re-capture all those lost knowledge...

I should start my annual spring cleaning now. My drawer's in such a mess. I'm pretty sure there are loads of rubbish hidden from one's discerning eye. But i'm not complaining. I absolutely adore spring cleaning. Weird but that's just me. =p

is the wait over YET?

2010-11-26T14:57:00.002+08:00

26th november 2010..

all hearts beating fast. the anticipation of NOT getting a phone call...the sharp intake of breath, the hyperventilation...is it gonna be me?

all the jitters...the pounding of one's heart, the scares....when the phone rings...or beeps with an sms..and then...is it from the dreaded one??

nope..its just some random calls..or random sms...

and then...the waits starts all over again.

the story of reality

2010-11-22T00:53:00.002+08:00

let me tell you a story.

boy meets girl.
they fall in love.
it was love at first sight for them.
they got married.
and lived happily ever after.

and ideal situation?? a fairytale?

unfortunately, it's just too good to be real.
so let's just start over again.

boy meets girl.
they DON'T fall in love.
friendship blossoms between them.
he made he laugh.
he annoyed her.
she mesmerised him.
she captured his heart.

it WASN'T love at the first sight.
he had something else to take care of first.
she was hesitant to accept this newfound challenge
they were slowly getting closer
yet there's this barrier that separates them.

it's like 2 parallel lines
always running along each other
but never meeting.
and never will

they DIDN'T get married.
and there was NO happily ever after for them.
sad case, isn't it?
well..it's the truth.. JUST FACE IT.

the end.

the sweet escape

2010-11-22T00:40:00.002+08:00

you know, as one grows up, your role as a human changes. you can never play the same role as you did 2 years ago, 5 years ago or even 10 years ago. as one moves on from one stage of life to another, one tends to have different responsibilities, letting go of some and taking on new ones. Yet, God created humans in such an amazing way that one can learn how to adapt to the ever changing roles that one is given.

This is called plasticity....or multidirectionality.

yes, im quoting Baltes.

life is never easy. whoever says so got to be the biggest liar or they're simply lucky to be born with a silver spoon in their mouth. nevertheless, i believe most people do not fall into this "easy-life" category.

it has always been a bell-shaped curve. and the majority lies within the middle, the one with the biggest area under the graph. remember your maths?

2 years ago, i was fresh out of college....

5 years ago, i was in high school..with the school uniform and all the rules imposed on us.

10 years ago, i was in primary school, not knowing what stress is all about.

and now looking back, i realise that life isn't gonna get any easier. as one gets older, more expectations are placed upon you and you gottat strive up to it. failure simply means one thing...to reflect on it and learn from it and eventually succeeding from it.

that's why they say revenge is sweet
or in a less harsher term...can you taste the sweet success in your lips?

the next stepping stone?

2010-11-20T23:06:00.003+08:00

i bought 2 pairs of heels...my first shopping spree after half a year
wonderful.

it was my first time in mid valley megamall...after 6 months or so???
and i have been in bangsar all this while..

this is what stepping into medicine causes.

and yet...i still feel slightly guilty not studying despite being the holidays..okay....i feel guilty..
i have to learn to let go...but unfortunately, im not that smart
no matter how much i nerd or how much i study..
i can only achieve this much...

if only i have the brains...but i suppose this is part of life
i gotta endure it and hopefully, it'll bear the results i've wanted..
i worked so hard..and even gave up entertainment.
year 3 is what im praying for now.

Paris, je t'aime

2010-11-20T23:02:00.004+08:00

well, i miss sms-ing you on the phone.
but enjoy yourself on your europe tour.
2 weeks is long but bearable...at least it isn't forever
do remember to get me souvenier when you're back =)

my surprise birthday...part three

2010-11-20T22:45:00.002+08:00

everything seemed normal when i reached home....

i found it weird that my bro seemed to have been waiting for me to get home...if you knew him...he's forever on the comp...and that the house seemed strangely quiet...my mom and grandma was not at home...and there was no food on the table...and yet i remembered telling them that i was coming home for dinner..

yet, i pushed those thoughts aside and i thought they prob had someting for me..just that i couldnt find where they kept the food.

it was only when i put my bag and books in my bedroom when everything became crystal clear...

all i saw was balloons...loads of it and a whole bunch of elephants squashed in my tiny room....and in darkness....

it was the biggest surprise for me...never before my friends did such a thing for my birthday..it was my first and probably the only one but it was indeed a really memorable one..and that wasn't just it

i was supposed to stuff 21 marsmallows into the mouth, eat some baby food (which i thoroughly enjoyed though it was meant to disgust me) as well as some wasabi...the it was off for dinner...someplace in bangsar..

we ended up in la bodega...where the guys surprised me yet again..they went around bangsar searching for my pecan pie just cuz i wrote it on my msn status that i loved it...but couldnt find it so opted for the next best thing...carrot cake with nuts from mango mania...which i absolutely loved as well...

my birthday turned out to be an awesome one...at least in my opinion and it was thanks to all the elephants that i thoroughly enjoyed myself and making it a success in surprising me..as well as taking some time out to celebrate with me despite exams being just around the corner.

and coincidentally, my sis's friends threw her a surprise birthday thing as well on the very same day..haha...

special thanks, of course to Kieron Taylor...who came out with this and calling my mom...to ensure everything went according to plan...thanks dear...*muacks*

and thus, it's the end of my 3 part birthday story...evil guy...have fun reading it when you're free =).

my surprise birthday...part two

2010-11-20T22:33:00.002+08:00

It was thursday...just 3 days after my birthday and I've begun to get over my disappointment

I was presented with a mooncake...supposedly my birthday cake considering that mooncake festival was just over a few days ago..so i tot. okay...at least i had something to remember for my 21st birthday and that that was just about it.

I didn't suspect a thing when they told me that I couldnt leave the room till i finish the huge mooncake

I didn't suspect a thing when sara and niva came into the room and immediately after that huey ting said that she was going home

I didn't suspect a thing when kieron told me that his pcl hasn't finished yet so i gotta wait awhile

I didn't suspect a thing when alex suggested studying together in the library while i waited for kieron.

I didn't suspect a thing when alex asked me for directions to bangsar and asking what was nice to eat there...claiming that she and joe wen are planning to go there during the weekend

AND being super blur that day...i didn't suspect a thing when i saw sam coming out of the pcl room with his bag...as if he was going home (kieron and sam were in the same group so if sam's out that means kieron was already done with pcl as well)

and to think i actually believed him when he told me that he was actually going to the toilet but accidentally brought his bag out...lol

it was almost 2 hours when kieron msged me...saying that he's done with pcl...and i didn't suspect a thing throughout the whole way back..though he seemed to be occupied with nice food in bangsar and futsal....

my surprise birthday...part one

2010-11-20T22:17:00.003+08:00

it was the most emo-fied day of my life...never thought i would be THIS emo..especially when I have other important and urgent things to take care of...but then again, a girl's deserves her right to welcome her adulthood in a memorable way...

and indeed, it was a memorable one for me.

it started off with me being EMO. as mentioned. no underlying meaning in that.

all i got was happy birthday wishes. and naturally, i graciously accepted it, telling myself that it's no big deal that i did not get a surprise, a present, a cake, let alone a candle to blow. all that matters is that those people remembered and wished me. it's the thoughts that count, isn't it?

WRONG..

I thought I would get over the whole thing...i mean, it's just another birthday, another year older, another celebration...or in this case, the lack of it. well, i already had one with my family and loved ones the weekend before in a nice hotel with a delicious spread of food. what more could i have asked for?

the disappointment built up slowly and gradually it reached its peak and up to the point where i could feel tears welling up on my eyelid, threatening to spill over at any moment.

i got home almost straight after class and it was just like any other norm uni day. the disappointment did not disappear even on the next day. yes. i was smilling, laughing, talking and all but it was just a MASK to cover the hurt and emo-ness i felt so much.

even in the gym i kept thinking about it, about how my 21st birthday became so uneventful. i felt awful and thought it was gonna be my worst birthday in my 21 years.. and it HAD to fall on THE most important birthday....

I couldn't study, I couldn't concentrate, all i could do was to think how bad my birthday went. and to think that I had been looking forward to that very day....

and then.....PCL day.

ermm...

2010-09-26T18:24:00.002+08:00

upcoming post...my surprise bday..

lol DUN RUSH ME!!!

I NEED THE INSPIRATION..

*ahem ahem* evil guy...

hahaha

bye!

be my guest

2010-09-23T00:05:00.003+08:00

expect the unexpected

doesnt the title sounds catchy??

lol well if only we all can do that....but that'll just take the fun out of one's life wouldn't it? no more surprises, no more guessing game...and no more anticipation of something..

how boring life would be then.

i love surprises =)

7 days to go till the end of CBP...cant wait!!!!

21 guns

2010-09-21T23:45:00.004+08:00

People say turning 21 is like embracing a newfound freedom and of course, gaining full membership to things labelled with "Adults-Only Access". So obviously wouldn't one be excited as this day approaches? Despite all the hype, I guess it all boils down to a matter of perception and how one welcomes that special day with family, friends or merely just by yourself.

Having experienced all three, I just everyone would agree with me that it sucks to celebrate it in isolation. Apart from family, friends are important too in keeping one's life in balance. When friends let you down, it's the mom or familty that knows the best way to cheer you up...as they say, family comes first...

I guess one can't and shouldn't expect too much or have high hopes cuz then one'll just end up feeling disappointed. Well, no one would like to cry on his or her birthday right?

In the end, age is just another number. Whether you're 12, 21 or 50, life just goes on. That "special day" is just a mere 24 hours...but the impact does last a lifetime..

oh well...happy birthday to me btw =)

let the countdown begin

2010-09-19T19:52:00.003+08:00

the clock's ticking away....days turning into hours, hours into minutes, minutes into seconds...and finally..this is it!! the moment we've all been waiting for... the countdown of the century...

random moments, random times...sometimes i wished there are two of me...so there's two of everything...two lives, two moments, two chances...nahh not gonna waste my wish on that....i'm unique just cuz there's only one Pikky Lee. haha as if I'm that influential

am i missing out on things?

you only live once. you're only young once. there's no turning back time. and yet this is the path you choose to take. the path you commit yourself into willingly. no regrets.

cant change what's me. i define myself. so what if i dun like this...or dun like that?? or have a certain preference towards something. this is not life-or-death. let me be who i want. but then, jealousy rises and you just wish that you can come out of that tiny shell you've been living in for so long...just so you can see the world and live the life the way a perfect life should be.

it's disheartening to see that ppl prefers someone else over you. especially when you're just next to the person. the feeling of being ignored and being put second all the time. well, it's never a nice feeling right?? anyone can tell you that..

but as long as one stays true to oneself. and believes on what he/she thinks is right....i guess that's what matter most.

and what matter most for me now is that....

i wanna see one word..."PASS" -- the year isn't over but yet somehow i feel as if the stress of studies is gonna kick in anytime soon....

5....
4....
3....
2....
1....

happy birthday =)

a chocolate indulgence?

2010-09-18T23:10:00.002+08:00

that 2 whole hour was pure bliss..an indulgence indeed...a wonderful indulgence that does not require one to use the mouth, chomping away and resulting in added, guilty calories to the waistline.

oh if only all cravings are like that..wouldn't that be simply awesome?

the music that captivated me, filled me soul and left me start struck and bound to my seat. it was as if all worries, all the stress melted away and i was transported into another land where my imagination could simply run wild, bringing out the artistic side in me.

day dreaming away..the distraction, the warmth that filled my soul...it was yet another nice break from medicine.

back to uni in less than 2 days..yet somehow, im looking forward to it..alot =)

the irony huh?? well...surprise me =P

when it all falls upon you

2010-09-17T16:27:00.003+08:00

three weeks of sheer bliss flew by. it was fun. it was a de-stressing period. yet why cant time slow down on things like this but drag on during boring + stressful periods?

CPR. Breast examination. Venepuncture. --- Urban week...i like venepuncture the most. Did it on 2 willing friends..and bloooddddd!!! yea...success on the 1st attempt each time..i love drawing blood...there's just this thing bout needles and poking ppl that makes it all the more interesting.

Early birthday celebration. Mentioned in the previous post. Unexpected surprises...delicious lunch....was a memorable day indeed. =)

the 90 minute wait in the waiting room...came out splint-less....whew..that 11 weeks really stiffened up my wrist joint.

the bbq in nick's place...highlight of the nigh?? vanilla ice cream with rum and cendol and red bean and toasted almonds!!! love the prawns too...was my fav food...and the pineapple with cinammon sprinkled on top?? an interesting combination..will try that again.

i wanna have more hols...

there's just so many things i wanna do...if only money fall from the sky or grow from tress or whatever....shopping is something i haven't been doing in ages and there's so many food places i wanna go....

it's almost the end of the year, the end of year 2, the end of my teenage years...

it's time to leave kl, to explore the world and to re-define independency.

would things be different had I been in another course other than medicine??

it's too late for that now, ain't it. I'll never find out. yet someday, I wished i could turn back time and relive my childhood days....

it's just a matter of time

2010-09-16T01:35:00.003+08:00

Sometimes I wonder if working so hard just to get through med school was all worth the effort. Most doctors don't even remember what they've learnt during their med student years. Yet they are so successful and are top notch in providing services. The reason for their quality and efficiency??

Practice.

And the ability to relate things.

It's not about books. Or whether you're top of the class. Or that you memorise every single thing one could possibly remember throughout that 5 years of med school.

What's the point of knowing everything but when asked to know the reason behind doing a procedure one falters and answers "I don't know"? Doesn't give a good impression on the patients or your supervisor, does it?

Everyone can be a nerd. Or with the willpower, studying 24/7 is not a problem to some. But to know how to analyse things, see it from a wider perspective and to think out of the box, now that's a real challenge. It requires one's higher mental ability and experience. Challenges are always present but how a bookworm or a smart doctor deal with it, it's a totally different story altogether.

And by the way, there is a different from being clever and being smart.

Of course, I rather be smart. =)

it's been 51 weeks...

2010-09-13T23:47:00.005+08:00

a weekend full of activity, surprises and much joy. never thought that turning 21 would be like this...though it's still a week plus more till im officially 21 the early birthday celebration was more than memorable..

stuffing our faces with the buffet..prawns!! smoked salmon!!! oysters!!! beef cheeks!!!

the early birthday presents from my parents and relatives....it's priceless memories that will last a lifetime...my first valuable jewellery...

the unexpected gift from my very own bro..very touched by it..its simple yet elegant

the first birthday cheesecake...yummy and delivered with love...

getting a nokia E5....thank you dad!!!

received my PINK laptop...thanks to my bro who knew my fav colour =)

my first C & K bag from Steph and Sara....my first present received a month ago...

it's been a great weekend...a nice break from the horror of CBP and medicine...

what i need now is a lil more time =P

a bad apple

2010-08-27T16:29:00.000+08:00

CBP is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At least the HP report part...which is a super horrible stressful thing.....

What's left is the CBP poster presentation and oral presentation....and my group's is SECOND LAST...omg..that just added to my dislike over CBP....aih...

Oh well, stayed back in uni till 9pm to finish the report..our lectures were over by 6pm..and that just sad isn't it??? 6 hours of CBP...and it was just to do the editing and calling a CERTAIN SOMEONE and receiving THAT EMAIL....

At least our group didn't have it that bad....another group stayed overnight in uni..WITHOUT SLEEPING..doing CBP...and they managed to hand it in at 9am sharp..the CBP deadline..lol..pity them...they looked like zombies by the time PCL started...

I just felt so annoyed at him that I didn't even want to acknowledge his presence even when I walked passed him. Irresponsible and lazy people like him don't deserve my friendship. Acquaintance, maybe cuz I'd feel bad disliking people..the phone was turned off, couldn't reach him despite countless of times calling. We even tried contacting his housemate, close friends...practically everyone but he was MIA...on the day before the deadline...and we only wanted him to pass us that form...FOR HIM...nothing else...

Seems like he didnt care one bit about it. and that he thinks that we'd do all the work...which we did cuz his work was crap. and nonsense. and giving him work would just prevent us from progressing....one tiny section required him ONE WHOLE WEEK...when another person did one huge section in TWO DAYS....

I don't even want him to do any more work.. rather have it a 4 member team than 5....he's so insignificant..it'll make things faster..and we all would have less stress...he's just so insignificant..the amount of work he did for the group would accumulate to 0.0000000001%. In fact, the only thing he did was to STONE. and drive us...occasionally...and to INTERFERE and to MAKE SUGGESTIONS which he never bothered to carry out and to ask WHAT'S GOING ON..after we discussed for hours....or to just ask for work to do...which he did a lousy job out of it...

As if I'd ever give him..He's just screw up our marks..

It served him right to get scolded..and he even tried to defend himself after that

A HOPELESS CASE indeed...might as well don’t waste our time being here....

friends vs groupmates

2010-08-27T15:36:00.002+08:00

"your friends may not be the ones you can always work with"

after going through numerous assignments and group work, I would totally agree with that statement above.

I used to think that was totally untrue...I mean, isn't it easier working with the people whom you can connect, talk to, hang out with and spend most of the time with? You've already known them so well. In fact, you've already know their strength and weaknesses..so what's so difficult working with them..

It would be an ideal situation, isn't it??

WRONG!!!!

Much as it would be easier to just succumb to the comfort of your own friends, I believe that working with people you don't really know well is the best way to get your assignments done.

Seriously. No kidding..

I've experienced both situation before and needless to say, you get along better with strangers....

Trust me.

In fact, you may have even found new friends in the process...friends whom you can rely on and the best thing??? they're the ones whom you know you can always trust when doing the group assignments with you =)

everything happens......for a reason

2010-08-24T09:36:00.002+08:00

and so the title says it all...

the dreaded mid sem test was just around the corner, 2 weeks to be exact..and with the stress level shooting sky high...plus all the cramming, coffee, non stop NERDING and studying till the very last minute...nothing could be any more worse than that right?

and then, the BAM!!! WHACK!!! POOF!!!

I had to sprain my LEFT ankle.

As if it wasn't bad enough that I've already been on a splint for my LEFT wrist for 2 whole months.

But that's not the point here....this post isn't all about complaining.. but like wat the title says..."everything happens for a reason"..and this is the perfect example =)

Ironically, I could not ask for any more perfect timing for spraining my ankle. Sprained it 2 weeks ago and it was THAT 2 weeks ago when it was the start of the hectic timetable with jam-packed lectures apart from having to set aside time for clinical visit AND revision AND studying....

It was a good thing actually, that I couldn't go to the gym AT ALL. I know it's bad to not exercise simply because exam was near but this time, I was grateful that I had a reason not to do so. I simply didn't have enough time, and this injury might have actually gained me more time for studying, despite me still having to stay up late to study

And 2 weeks later, as of today, I was almost healed...still a lil swolled but the doc says it'll go off by itself and I can almost resume to my normal activities. The best part??? My mid sem test was over yesterday!!

Perfect timing isn't it??

Isn't God wonderful to always have a plan for everything?

the first and the last

2010-08-10T23:41:00.002+08:00

Had my last CBP visit today..,,finallyy....am so glad its over...CBP has never been my favourite topic...in fact I have not liked it since day one

Inversion ankle sprain....

~~~pain on the lateral foot, lateral malleolus and radiating to the achilles tendon area. pain while plantarflexion, inversion which may radiate to the medial side when eversion occurs....

~~~ a common foot injury with tenderness and swelling....reduced mobility but still able to walk even while walking on the weight bearing injure foot..that's grade I sprain...

~~~remedies? RICE technique lor.....

STUPID SPRAIN...now it hurts....

a MAJOR pet peeve

2010-08-07T17:48:00.002+08:00

wanna know what i dislike?

when we have been brainstorming and basically killing our brains for ideas and ways to solve the problem for AN HOUR PLUS and suddenly this question pops out....

"hang on....so can you guys start over and explain to me what exactly are we discussing about?"

If I was in that situation, I could have just boxed the ears and blow my top....seriously...not once, not twice..but each freaking time....there's only this much one's patience level can handle.

I would reply sweetly, "My dear group mate, why don't you just continue reading other stuff while we continue our mind boggling discussion in which you should be part of....IN FRONT OF YOU?"

typing with one hand....

2010-08-07T17:29:00.004+08:00

yea i know...it's been a whole month since i last blogged..my reasons? Studies, assignments, long hours in uni and I'm on a splint...for my left wrist..

AGAIN?????

for those who knew me since my college days, you may remember me wearing this black forearm splint for my left wrist. Had a tissue injury on the ulnar side of my wrist.

What happened now?

Went Segamat for my 2 week rural attachment somewhere in early May and basically I slipped on while getting out of the toilet in my hotel room. My hands instinctively shot out to break my fall and I fell on my butt...AIH....

and that incident made my wrist worse..immediately after the fall i felt pain on my wrist..and from then on it was like an on-and-off discomfort with slight pain..colicky in nature =) lol din bring voltaren or any NSAIDs..but luckily ching mei had so used hers..i even went to Guardian Pharmacy that was next to the hotel and the pharmacist there said they only have Panadol!!!!

When I got back din see the doc cuz my timetable was crazily hectic and the doctor that I go to only comes certain days on certain hours..all of which is while im in uni...so only went to see him when my sem break start..

So now I gotta wear the splint...it's holey and white...but my arms, wrist and hands now all suffering from dry skin, peeling and rashes =( at least it's not that hot...but i still hate it when i sweat..super uncomfortable!! gotta wear it 24/7...only can take out while i shower...and i took it off when i go gym..hehehe......

ish....better stop blogging....gotta do that stupid CBP...doing this assignment made me realise one thing....

I'LL NEVER DO A RESEARCH-BASED POSTGRAD STUDIES...NEVER!!!!!!!

CBP is annoying, it's tiresome, it's time consuming..and I basically dislike it to the max...the HP report write up is exactly like writing for a journal article...it's the worst assignment ever...I rather have SPC....especially the presentation..love it!!! haha

chocs!!!

2010-06-29T17:15:00.006+08:00

My mom's cousin's daughter turned one month old just recently and as you all know, it's chinese tradition to celebrate it grandly..

So we had dinner at the House of Tang with a wonderful buffet spread which included 2 whole roast lamb - the highlight of the days....no pics taken this time..to lazy to upload all of them...but here's the most interesting door gift we had...one for each family...

What does it stand for? Hershey's chocolate bar? Nope!!! (Hint: Read it CAREFULLY.....=P)

Cool huh?? Must be so wonderful to have you details imprinted on the back of a choc bar...personalised!!!

This pic's a lil blur cuz my cam phone doesn't have macro mode..but they're actually M & M's....but with a twist...Nadya's name is imprinted on the pink one, her birthday is on the gold one and.....her picture's on the silver one....the best thing?? you can eat them!!! they're chocs after all..hehe....

post exam update

2010-06-27T02:21:00.003+08:00

Exam is over!!!! Finally...and I've officially finished my 3rd sem in Monash...and I'm half way through my 2nd year as a medical student...how fast time flies...it seemed like yesterday when i came from from a 2 week posting in Segamat...and now I'm having semester break....Sem 4 starts on 19th July...and I'm determined to enjoy this hols before I start nerding again...lol

Well...what have I been doing then???

Pre exams updates.....

WHAT'S THIS?????

This cute play-doh creature is actually made by Nick's and Sam's SPC group.....they're were doing the same topic as us...H. pylori....

We had our SPC presentation on the wed after our semester ends....and I really enjoyed myself when my group presented about H.pylori...to cut things short...we had a play, videos and we sang "I Want It That Way" by Backstreet Boys....but of course, lyrics were changed to the signs and symptoms of H.pylori infection =)

My mom's birthday was also during my study break...and it was a nice distraction...look what my mom's friend made for her....

Nice right?? My mom's friend made the whole thing...cake and even the decos..the roses, the leaves.....

Mom's birthday dinner was grandma's treat..and we had it in Marmalade in Bangsar Village 2...though it's quite pricey...I still love their salad and their cosy environment..perfect for long chats and hanging out with friends, dating or solitude....

And since exams were just around the corner, there were days when I didn't want to go out to eat...plus Bangsar isn't exactly what you would call a food haven...you'll get bored of the food eventually..so I've actually been practising my cooking skills (not to say that I'm super good at it..but I had to fill my stomach anyhow..) didn't bother taking pics...except for this yummy lil thing...

Steamed cod fish...got the cheaper ones...so it's actually steamed cod fish BONES....so cham hor??? luckily still got some meat in it =) but i love it..it's fish kayyyyy =P

I also went for a dinner gathering with my relatives at the House of Tang near One Bangsar...more pics will be posted up at my next post but just to show you how much exams had affected my brain....

This is a pic of the lamb vertebra column/back bone.....

See the vertebra column?? Can you identify it's parts..including the spinal cord? FYI, this is a superior view with the anterior part towards the bottom of the pic and the posterior part towards the top of the pic....

I was actually studying this vertebra during dinner till the waitress took it away cuz it's just bones...no more meat dy mah.....omg...exammmmmm

and I managed to identify the spinous process, the spinal cord, the transvers processes and even the nucleus pulposus and annulus fibroses!!! haha

That was just a small part that occured during the study break..there were lots more that happened but I'm just too lazy to write it down..nothing that significant though..just nice random meals and random outings =)

Post exam....

I had my first taste of Mid Valley Megamall today (day 2 post exam) after months of deprivation...and had dinner at Ko Hyang....I love the Korean food here..especially the Bibimbap..it's delicious =) and to think i was actually craving for korean food...and to be exact...I had been wanting to eat Bibimbap at this place for the past few weeks dy....

but mind you, this isn't my only craving...i have others....I'm sure you'll know what I mean =)

Haha...saw this random thing.....Sam Wong's worth 15 bucks =P...and there's an assortment of him as well =P

Ok...I'm done with my first post-exam post....my blog has been revived =)

the dreaded word

2010-06-17T15:44:00.000+08:00

Will be back to blogging after my EXAM on 24th June....till then....wish me luck!!!! =)

PS : like my new blog background? =)

Chinese mushrooms and lotus root

2010-06-16T22:12:00.000+08:00

I had the most interesting meals today.....for breakfast, lunch and dinner.....

TA-DAH!!!!!

Braised chinese mushroom with chicken feet (Ate the mushroom only...finds that chicken feet is horrible)

Lotus root soup

Yup....I had the SAME thing for all my 3 meals today....too lazy to cook something new...and my grandma made a huge pot of the braised mushroom and a huge pot of the soup so no choice had to finish them up =)

But then in mid-afternoon couldn't tahan dy so had ate a bowl of yoghurt with added stuff of course or else i'd be super hungry dy.....

Btw, these pics aren't mine...grabbed it from the internet cuz I forgot to take pics =)

Happy dumpling festival!!!

First attempt

2010-05-16T18:12:00.005+08:00

It's over yet the sweet memories stay

Those 2 weeks in which I was away

It was something which I can hold on to

But can no longer relive the things we do

People change yet true friends remain

Some things lost, others were gained

Discovered the true nature of people was hard

But it's all thanks to Segamat

It's back to med school

With the books and the tools

I arm myself with new resolution

To work towards self-satisfaction

5 more weeks then we're done

Post exams, that's where the fun

To suffer first is a must

Cuz all we aim for is a pass.

Iced latte is just caffeine with lactose

Bitter is what i like, minus the glucose

Dark chocolate is an indulgence too,

But giving in to temptations is never cool.

Okaaayyy..can't tahan anymore...never knew writing poems is this hard...or maybe it's just me having no talent in poetry...or I simply lack the creativity...blame it on my right hemisphere...

I should just stick to the boring posts =)

Segamat

2010-05-11T16:39:00.002+08:00

I've been away from home for one whole week already....to be exact, I've stayed 8 nights in Segamat, in a WINDOWLESS square room infested with baby cockroaches at a hotel called Neo Pegasus...at least it's a fully air conditioned hotel room..but with horrible internet connection and so-so food....plus not having window in my room doesn't help...I lost track of time especially in the mornings =)

Oh well..this is our so called 2 week 'rural' attachment...it ain't that rural actually, with Giant just a stone's throw away...and nope, we don't live in attap houses or some tents...as what one may imagine when I mention the word 'rural'

It's been fun...with work of course, throughout these 2 weeks...going to hospitals, health clinics...with the most recent one to a rubber making factory in Labis...Lees' Rubber..or something along that line....and one word can simply describe that place....it STINKS...smelt like salted fish...and steamed egg...=( and guess what's for lunch when we got back from that place?? Steamed egg...lol..felt like puking when I took that first bite...it brought me memories of that smelly place =(

And everyone here speaks either Malay, Mandarin or Hokkien...Malay I can handle...Mandarin still can understand...but Hokkien..I failed terribly.....=( =( Mandarin also already hard to ask question..but at least still can get what the patients are trying to say and of course, when I buy things or order food....I tend to switch to Cantonese and patients will go..."HUH??" die la.....gotta learn how to converse medical terms in Mandarin...

It's Tuesday today, and I've got 2 more days left in Segamat, excluding today and then...BYE you annoying lil cockroaches!!!!!

Yummy-licious!!

2010-04-20T20:24:00.003+08:00

This is delicious. Seriously. I especially love the chewiness of the taro and sweet potato balls...i wonder if they sell only the balls =P The white thing on the spoon is the creamer...I thought it was milk..but adding it makes no difference to me. In my opinion, it tasted the same with or without it =P

Tried the iced version the other day. It was a lil too sweet for me but I still like it. Next time I'm gonna try the hot version..with less sugar though..and on a cool day. Don't wanna come out of the place sweating like a pig. =)

Snowflake's best seller

Thank you for satisfying my craving that day =)

Allostatic load??

2010-04-18T09:26:00.003+08:00

I'm blaming it all on the pillow. And med school. And from continuously bending over the books for the past few weeks.

My neck is so stiff. It's aching. And I'm having headache because of this.

And its ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!

=(

Ignore me

2010-04-07T22:37:00.002+08:00

I finally understood what that meant.

Don't ask me. I won't elaborate.

Holidays are here, but....

2010-04-07T22:28:00.004+08:00

Seriously, this is supposed to be a mid sem BREAK. or an Easter BREAK...as some would call it. But somehow or rather, in med school, this BREAK simply means extra time for studying, extra time to catch up on the past 5 weeks of lectures, extra time to start working on CBP and SPC...

Sigh...looking back at those days were holidays were meant to be holidays, I kinda miss college and school life. Holidays back then were FUN. and stress-free. and holidays meant going out and shopping.

And I'm not even 21 years old yet.

5 mins has passed. 5 precious mins, 300 precious seconds.....I'm just finding an excuse to waste time. bla bla bla~~

How productive. =S

Rantings

2010-03-27T21:46:00.003+08:00

Finally.

SPC (Student project cases) first draft for written summary is done. And my head is now swimming with H. pylori.

SPC written biblio - both first draft and the revised version is done. And I can proudly tell you that I know how to do Vancouver referencing. Harvard referencing was done last year for the case commentary and EPI. And this year it's Vancouver. Personally, I prefer Harvard style. It's easier to refer especially if you need to make changes in the reference part. Adding sources, deleting sources...oh...the headache of doing it..and ensuring it's all in the format. Super fussy..those referencing system....

PLP (personal learning plan) for CBP (community based project) is done...the first draft only of course...which is yet to be reviewed by our AA (academic advisor) And I'm soooo glad it's over. Discussion was a chore, especially when you have people who hardly contributes, stoning away and expect the rest of us to do the thinking.

BUT THIS IS NOT THE END.

It's just the begining of a looonnnggg year....with more deadlines to adhere to. And not to mention, with mid sem test around the corner. and my PCL topic...of all the topics I had to get this week it's the ANATOMY...omg...gotta read up anatomy and me being the super slow person when I do anatomy...how am I gonna be able to finish in time??????

Back to my darling Moore....

Skull-oh-Skull...

2010-03-27T16:58:00.003+08:00

Why do you have to be so complicated?

The music in me

2010-03-20T12:01:00.005+08:00

It was an eye opener for me. A lovely, musical night that made me sometimes wonder what if I had been the on the other side of the stage, within the group of perfomers instead of the audience.

Music is my passion. When I say music, it's not the ones you hear on the radio or in youtube...it's the classical ones...and when I hold the violin or touch the piano with my bare fingers, the sounds that they produce are just so wonderful and soothing to the soul.

If only I had the time and chance and talent to be part of a music ensemble =)

A far-fetched dream, for now at least with me in med school...but I do know one thing that I'll definitely continue my music lessons.....someday....

Thank you for the wonderful night. It was a great stress reliever, something away from the life of books and nerding =)

Deadlines

2010-03-18T22:54:00.002+08:00

There're deadlines to meet and to adhere to. And the stress level is definitely rising among the bunch of 2nd year medical students.

We've just allocated the tasks for our SPC (Student Project Cases) and it simply means...MORE READING!!! as if we've not had our fair share of reading for lectures, practicals, clinical skills and tutorials.

Looking back at the year ones, our 2 measly assignments we had over the past year was nothing compared to this!!!! This is just the begining....I have yet to reach the halfway mark, let alone finishing the first sem of my year 2. And I'm already in desperate need of that looonnngggg summer break we had barely 3 weeks ago........

Why can't we have more than 24 hours a day?? And why can't we not sleep for days without being zombified or feeling dead the next day??

How nice it would be if we all could operate like our heart, beating continuously for many, many years without once stopping. It's amazing that such a tiny lil thing could be so powerful when we, as human beings being the more complex creature suffers from fatigue and burn out....

ok i should head back to reading my beloved TUMMY!!!

Immuno and me

2010-03-16T16:58:00.003+08:00

I removed a splinter on the medial side of my forefoot, near the great toe?

So proud of myself....hee hee =P

And it's now showing the cardinal signs of inflammation....redness, pain, swelling..not sure whether got loss of function or heat though...ah...and how did i realise i got that piece of splinter there?? There was pain and itch....from release of chemical mediators....histamine? bradykinin? lol that i dunnoo.....

I dislike immunology =(

"why Edward Jenner had to be so smart and discover vaccination in 1796?" *sighs*

If only I've waited a minute longer....

2010-03-16T11:55:00.003+08:00

Mistakes.

Once they're done, there's no way one can undo it. It's becomes the past, but this past will leave a lingering memory for that person. Unless, of course, that person chooses to forget it. And the best thing one could do? Or to receive? It's forgiveness. And that's the most powerful tool one can use to make someone happy again.

"I'm sorry"

Simple, but holds alot of meaning, provided one truly means it. It's the key towards a new begining and to start afresh. It's also the key that alot of people that I believe, are searching for, including me.

I burnt my finger. Slightly.

If only I could turn back time.

How ironic

2010-03-14T16:23:00.003+08:00

She wanted the nearest but got the farthest.
She wanted to be within her comfort zone but was made to explore new things.
She tried getting things done her own way but her plan fails.
She screamed and cried for unfairness but it was of to no avail.

Everything happens for a reason.
But she believe that IT happened for a reason too.
Maybe it's time for her to grow up and face the world.
And face the reality that life isn't fair all the time.

It's so hot, baby!!

2010-02-28T16:23:00.004+08:00

The weather's so hot these few days, even the mere thought of stepping outside the house could cause another sweating frenzy in me. Even the prospect of entering an air conditioned place couldn't tempt me to move another limb of mine. I just wish im in an ice cave right now, eating ice cream =)

Crazily enough, I so dearly want to switch on the air con. On a RAINY day. Not a bad idea huh?? Even my mom agrees to it. Showering 4 times a day doesn't help much. The only thing it does is to increase the water bill. Chugging down ice water may seem to be the next best thing...but how much ice can one take in a day?? You'll eventually get tired of it.

It'll be absolute bliss to lie on this right now =)

1 more day. oh wait. it's JUST 15 hours to the start of year 2. I should Facebook less. (now is that even possible with Bubble Spinner tempting me?)

Right now, all that I want is a cup of icy cold Starbucks coffee...Iced latte...iced cappucino....anyone care to fulfil this mini wish of mine??

...and the countdown begins...

2010-02-25T13:43:00.003+08:00

3 more days

sigh...I want more hols!!! I know, greedy me...3.5 months still not enough??? beri petis mahukan peha, as the Malay saying goes...but im sure all the other meddies out there would agree...

part of me says, "get up, you lazy bum!! go polish up your brains.....it's time to insert new inputs...." and yet, the other part of me knew that once uni starts, there's absolutely no turning back...in barely 8 months later, I'll be having this major exam...that determines my eligibilty to enter year 3...the important one. and the KILLER one...sigh sigh...there goes my life once the clock strikes 0800 on Monday morning...oh. the monday blues..I totally agree with it

gonna cherish every second of my measly remainder of the hols. It's soooo gonna be fun. Not. Especially when the thought of nerding again comes about.

Despite all that, I'm not complaining.

I love med school

I love the ppl in med school

I love the hectic yet fun life

I love learning new stuff

I love opening the heavy textbooks

I love using them

I love looking at all the highlighted pages in it

And....

I absolutely love the exhilaration of post-exam days

I'm so gonna survive the year.

One word

2010-02-21T11:13:00.003+08:00

It's amazing how a simple word can cause a turmoil of emotions in a person. That single word uttered out of the basis of being indifferent, its like a knife stabbing into one's heart. That person may argue on the basis that it's to protect him/herself but in the midst of it, the other party gets hurt, feels unappreciated or simply, he/she just doesn't care.

It's just one word.

Love??
Hate??
Nothing??
Whatever???

Yea. Just one word. Out of thousands and millions of vwords in the English dictionary.

What's the big deal?

Go figure.

CNY 2010

2010-02-17T00:17:00.002+08:00

Came back from a 3 day-2 night stay in Muar...in fact, just reached home at 1am plus plus this morn...then with just 10 hours later, we're off to my granduncle's house for open house in conjunction with CNY. Spent about 2 hours plus there..then about 4 hours later, we're out and about again, this time in a restaurant for a big reunion dinner...my mom's side =)

Busy day huh??

I managed to sleep in between...and woke up just in time to dress up for dinner...oh well..gotta keep the CNY spirit going..and it's only the 3rd day....

Muar trip was hmm....interesting I would say....the weather condition is like how one would find in a desert. Yea, you read that right...a DESERT....Sahara desert...all kinds...superly duper hot during the day..and absolutely freezing at night....seriously...the heat was so unbearable especially during the first day of CNY....I had to shower 3 times..in full blast ICY COLDtap water!!! the real kampung style...where you scoop with a bucket and just pour it over your head...yea...and trust me...I NEVER do that back in KL...i'd always been a huge fan of warm...HOT water.....

What else??

We had the usual steamboat reunion dinner...yea..my 2nd one...1st was with my grandma and my famly and my uncle and aunt....and the 3rd one was tonight...in the restaurant...it was slightly different this year...for starters, we didn't have PORK...lol..and as most of my aunts and uncles were vegetarian...we had a vegetarian food...nevertheless, it was yummy...though I didn't take the mock meat and all...

My cousin and his fiancee came over on my last day in Muar to pass their wedding invitation cards, along with my aunt and uncle...they stayed for dinner as well..and looking for a place to makan was a BIG HEADACHE....we went to 2 other restaurants before finally found a place to eat....lol should've booked earlier..but oh well...what to do?? It's CNY...every other restaurants in the town is either fullyl booked or closed...and the food in the restaurant we ate was OK...nothing fantastic....simply put, I wouldn't go back there again if I have the choice...we waited for a whole 50 mins for it...and gobbled everything down in 20 mins.....you could imagine how hungry we were...there were 12 of us...and we basically 'attacked' the food like a pack of hungry wolves =)

Personally, I felt CNY celebrations this year were very much toned down compared to the previous years....at least that was from what I observed in Muar...I have no idea of how it is like in KL cuz I never actually celebrated my first few days of CNY in KL...usually small towns like Muar would have a big celebrations, with firecrackers (yea I know it's banned but hehe...=P) and fireworks, lion dance here and there and of course, the sound of mahjong swooshing around in every other houses....

Come this year, it was quiet...seriously, you could barely hear anything or see anything...maybe because CNY falls on a weekend, and people this year have a longer weekend, so they'll go for a holiday?? Or that people are now more prudent in spending money?? I have no idea but it's still CNY...and I still feel the CNY mood...wthe ang pows help alot though...haha

On a random note, I love house visiting...just that I hardly get to do it =)

Anyway, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!!

and the world keeps spinning....

2010-02-02T20:14:00.002+08:00

Yes I know, I've been MIA or rather, not been updating this lil blog of mine. Can't blame me though. I'm on holidays. Summer break of 3 months to be exact. There'll be a time when your brain have been absolutely dehydrated and there's nothing left inside and the right and left hemisphere have shrunk to pea size. And for me, this is it. This is the time when I have no idea what to blog about. Not even a single one.

Till I get back that bottle of brain juice from God knows where, I guess I'd be posting up crappy things like this post. Or I just wont update it. Simple =)

Physiotherapy aint that easy

2010-01-23T13:38:00.004+08:00

Let me give you guys an insight of what I go through twice each week...at the KL Sports Medicine Centre, where I was treated by the hand specialist for my torn fibrocartilage on the left wrist as mentioned in my previous post =0

My session today was pretty long...did 1.5 hours oh physio, unlike the previous 2 visits where I'm done in 30 mins...those times I only had ultrasound and some simple hand exercises to strengthened the hand and wrist....

First up...I had a warm blanket wrapped around my left wrist...had to be left there for 15 mins...15 boring mins??? lol

Then it's 'play' time.....see that blue ball on the left, that's the stress ball...but NO...I'm not stressed...it's used to strengthen my grip....and the stuff in the container?? Its texture is like play doh...only that it's used for medical purposes and it does not stick to your hands..there are a few types producing different resistance....so I SQUEEZED and SQUEEZE and TWIST and TURN and PULL and god knows what else I did till my left hand ache with tireness...

and while mom was reading the newspaper waiting for me...here's what I did....

Reliving back my childhood days...yup....putting the rubber bands around the container...with my left hand...had to put all of them around it not once, not twice...but THREE TIMES!!! omg....and I had to use all my fingers, on my LEFT hand...I'm a right handed person la....

I thought I had enough rubber bands...but I WAS WRONG

"You're done with the blue box? Good. Now do the same thing with the yellow one." Ish.....this one has a bigger diameter...and my fingers and hands are tired....come on la...I never used my left hands to do such stuff....=p so there I go, being the kindergarten kid all over again, and I actually counted the rubber bands...1,2,3,......

And finally...FINALLY...no more wrist and hand work...it's ultrasound time...yay!!! Can rest my hand while the physiotherapist did the ultrasound for me...5 mins...and it's over...

TOTAL DAMAGE??

RM140.....for this session ONLY =(

Baking spree!!!

2010-01-18T21:39:00.004+08:00

Okayyyy...I was on a 'baking' spree today...so SUE me.

Baked 3 totally different...but yummy (hah..self puji)...stuff =) can't blame the miss pikky here...our house fridge is under repair so now in the kitchen is a huge empty space. And naturally, we can't store anything that requires refrigerating...and that includes baking certain goodies...

Armed with what-so-little choices to bake, I got my mom to get me a slab of butter...and as you all know, butter used in baking are meant to be UNSALTED...but poor mom didn't realise she bought the SALTED version...so i ommited the addition of salt in my bakings...clever or not?? lolz...with only one condition...I gotta finish all the butter or it would have found its fate in the dustbin....no fridge mah....how to store the unused butter???

Spent like 5 hours in the kitchen, measuring, mixing, baking, tasting....you get the idea...and believe me you'll dun get tired...or hungry...maybe its the adrenaline rushing through your blood or the wonderful smell wafting around...you just keep baking and baking....

It was fun. Seriously. I LOVE BAKING...its a great way to spend time and the feeling when your baking's actually successful and people love eating them...it's undescribable...and when i give them away (no, I don't keep nor eat what I bake...somehow I just don't have the appetite for it after I bake so usually I give all of it to friends and family), you get to improve on your baking through their feedback, of course.

Today was a non-chocolate baking spree day....I did not have choc chips nor choc...due to the absent of my fridge, it makes storage difficult..so I had to use whatever I have....

Of course, I had the bare essentials...flour, sugar, baking powder, the SALTED butter, eggs....but I cant just bake using those stuff only..it's gonna turn out to be a disaster...luckily, we had some other stuff...so there you go...I whipped out ~~

Cinammon nut biscotti

Orange and almond flavoured nutty jam drops

Peanut butter cookies

I'm glad to say that all of them turned out quite well...

~~ the biscotti was hard, but my mom says it's supposed to be that way but she would prefer it in thinner slices AND less sweet...good for dunking into coffee...and nope..this one is for my family..especially for my mom only cuz she specially requested for it...I'm gonna bake more biscottis for her in the future...it's easy, it's simple, it's yummylicious!!!

~~ the jam drops...yea i know..super long name..well the orange thing wasn't supposed to be part of it but I decided to be a lil adventurous and luckily it turned out pretty well...with a hint of orange and a stronger almond taste..loved poking holes into the dough and adding the jam =) hopefully they'll like them....and hopefully they do not have a taste aversion to almond flavour...

~~the cookies...well, I just wished I had put a lil less suger..the batter was sweet!! =( but luckily again, once it's baked it wasn't that sweet...unfortunately when I thought it was gonna be a disaster, I had simply drop the batter on the baking tray, resulting in ENORMOUS cookies...oh well...it's gonna go into the oral cavity anyway =) and yes....i hope they don't find them too sweet =(

The diagnosis

2010-01-14T22:09:00.003+08:00

It's confirmed.

I have a periphery tear on the triangle fibrocartilage at the volar side of my left wrist....

Medical jargon???

Err....apa ini?? What am I talking about??

Blur dy ar???

Just know this ~~~ that's the whole reason why I have wrist pain and the clicking sound and the pain when I turn my wrist (like turning the doorknob) and when I do ulnar deviation....

Nope..its not a fracture, nor a sprain...just a tiny lil tear on the fibrocartilage...and to think that tiny injury could have caused me so much trouble...

Think of TFCC...triangle fibrocatilage complex..go read on it for all you enthu ppl out there..that's what I got..a very minor version?? but definitely a chronic one....

That's why I'm now wearing a wrist brace which looks like a black band around my wrist...and not to forget, I'm gonna undergo ultrasound..lol its not only for scanning babies...its a therapy..and physiotherapy...haha..and to think I used to imagine those ppl who go for physiotherapy are the old and fragile ones...how bias I am..now I'm gonna have to eat my words...yuck!!!

All these were diagnosed in a day..in 5 hours to be exact....

~~see the doc..which, btw is our dear Dr Surinder (ewe jin's fav!!) husband...
~~then its off to do X Ray and MRI on my left wrist....
~~then its back to the doc...
~~and appointment time for my physiotherapy and ultrasound session...

The cost? You wouldn't want to know...but all that I can say is MRI is NOT CHEAP!!!

So yea...the black band's gonna be around my wrist for the time being..at least it's better than my previous one..which is bigger and uglier!! =) hahaha

Broga Hill

2010-01-10T15:28:00.010+08:00

Heard of Broga Hill before?

No?

Not to worry....you're not the only one...I, for one just found out about this place like....a few months back?? It was more of my Nottingham friends were talking about it and I slowly came to realise what it really was...

My mom was like,"Huh?? What's that?"

I told her it was a place for hiking.

She said, "Is it like the Bukit Gasing?"

I simply replied, " I don't know."

See?? That's how much I knew what Broga Hill was before I went there last Monday =P

To enlighten you all out there, Broga Hill is near Nottingham University, in Semenyih...and acording to Jingle, it's along the borders of Negeri Sembilan. Broga Hill is a place for hiking, to watch the sunrise and to look at the breathtaking view, above the clouds and away from city life...and as it was raining the night before till the wee hours in the morning, there were mist...and we were above it...

There are 5 peaks...and Jingle, Yi Li and I went for all 5...Kit Yan and Kah Yan decided that 2 was more than enough for them and well...to tell you the truth, going to all 5 peaks isn't as difficult as it may seem. As rated by Jingle, the hike difficulty was 3/10..and I have to agree with that...

We took approx 3 hours to hike up and down, stopping by here and there to take pics...mind you, we did stop for a long, long time..cuz the scenery was beautiful...in fact, I can see the whole Nottingham campus and the KL tower from the peak =)

Spent the night before at Kit Yan's house...wanted to leave at 4.30am to drive to Semenyih so that we could catch the sunrise..Unfortunately it was raining so we had more sleep!!! and left about 6.30am to pick up Jingle and Yi Li before taking the 45 mins drive to the bottom of Broga Hill....

Here are the pics =) and its in no particular order again....haha

lalala

2010-01-09T21:56:00.001+08:00

I just came back home.

TIRED?? nope...

my route??

Bangsar - Ikano - Kepong - Kampung Kerinchi - Bangsar...

A whole long day....yet I'm still wide awake...guess I really missed KL after being in Penang for 3 days...

All the same...

Thank you Penang ppl for bringing us around and drving us...esp to Joe Jin, Chang Tai and Phey Chien...not to forget...Hai Sherng for his lovely house tour and Li Tatt who came to say bye to us on our last day...and also...Jun Beng, Kah Wai and Jia Rong who visited us as well when they came to Penang for a holiday =)

THANK YOU...it was unexpected but a you all have been great and wonderful hosts and company...Penang trip would never be as nice without you all =)

I'm staring at the laptop...suggest me something to do...

my first attempt...

2010-01-09T16:40:00.002+08:00

I always wondered how people write in Mandarin on the computer..call me a backdated person..or call me a noob...but at least now I know...it's never too late to find out...=)

ok...random stuff here...

我们星期四从penang 会来，去了那边3 天，我们作什么呢？吃！吃了很多很多penang hawker food...吃到我们不要吃了...

Olive, 生日快乐！你今天21岁...big girl dy...=)
我记得第一次我们见面吗？在orientation week...我们在同一个orientation group...从来没有想过我们会做好朋友...eventhough 我们现在不同uni....我希望我们的friendship永不变 =)

想不到,我过了一年在med school....我还有四个年...明年我会去johor....留在那里三年...如果有人问我, “med school 是不是很stressful？” 我的答案是，“如果你天天有读书，但然你有时间去玩。”

2010...我的第二年在med school!!!

lol...I'm such a lousy chinese writer la....can't even write...spent so long trying to figure out how to word out my thoughts...haha....what to do....I guess I'd be better off in writting in English =)

i'll write a post on the penang trip...IF ONLY i have the mood...and dun worry..it'll be in English...it'll kill less of my precious time =) lol..not that I have anything else better to do now =) haha

Reunion dinner @ The Ming Room

2009-12-28T12:13:00.008+08:00

Last night we had a family reunion dinner at none other than the popular Ming Room in Bangar Shopping Centre....the food there was nonetheless delicious....with good service...and a hefty price, of course...but it was worth it =)

Pics were taken with my 2 MP camera phone..so dun expect good quality pics...and they're in no particular order =)

Started the night with a mini abalone and octopus...the abalone is in the shot glass...nicely chilled =)

We can opt to take chinese tea, soft drinks or wine....the white wine was the better of the two that night...

Braised shark's fin soup in claypot....and its a really delicious dish..but guilty as spoken, there were the huge pieces of the controversial shark's fin plus mushroom, crab meat, scallop, fish maw =P

Our plates were served on this glass....plate??? really elegant...=)

Baby suckling pig...crispy skin on the outside...The meat inside were deep fried with salt and pepper...simple marinate but tasted great! No pic of the deep fried pork cuz I accidentally deleted it =)

Man tou or butterfly buns to go with the crispy skin

You put the crispy skin and the veggie on the man tou, add some sweet sauce...and ta dah..a complete meal of its own....

Even the pig's legs were not spared...my bro took 3 of them and my aunt had 1 =)

De-skinned pig...

Look at him eating the 2nd leg....yum!!

Steamed cod fish with black fungus..the piece of cod they gave were huge and extremely satisfying...I have to say....cod and salmon top the list of my fav fish!! =)

Scallop in melon ring with brocolli and mushroom =)

Braised noodle with tiger prawns....love the prawns...the noodles are normal for me I guess...=)

Of course...there's the black sesame tang yuan to end the night on a sweet note...

RM888++ per table of 10...what do you expect la??? XD

BACK!!!!

2009-12-22T23:21:00.011+08:00

Okkkaaayyy so I'm back to home sweet home...what's the big deal? well, one thing for sure is that I HAVE BEEN PRACTISING MY MANDARIN...haha conversational chinese at the very least...haha..I'm not a total banana okay??? and of course, I've been satisfying my cravings...dun laugh ppl...esp the ELEPHANTS...i'm a very normal person with cravings...and I dun just crave for skinless chicken or ICE!!! oh yea...and the one very-the-important mission.....SHOPPING...MEMBELI-BELAH!!!!!

Hahah but dun get me wrong...I'm not a shopaholic....I dun have the duit to be like one..but nevertheless...I managed to do a fair amount, sufficient to last till next year???

and yes yes....to the Elephants...I have souveniers...it's nothing much but it's the thoughts that count right?? hahaha

my cravings??? well...I was hungry for

- tau suan (de-skinned green peas in a starchy broth, eaten with yau char kuey)

- yong tau foo!!!!! with my fishballs, tofu.... (seriously, the singapore food courts selling them are waaayyy better than those in malaysian food court, but then again, that's my own personal preference)

- rojak...especially the one in Toa Payoh basement foodcourt...super nice with loads of crushed peanuts, making the sauce delicious!!! it's so famous that people have to wait..with queue number =)

- gong gong (it sounds like that..dunno the actual name)...the ones you can find in East Coast Park food court..but sadly I din manage to eat them..they're actually snail-ish kind where you eat the meat inside...a lil chewy...they boil it and you dip with chilli sauce to eat

- XO fish slices beehoon soup in Holland Village...but also din manage to eat cuz I wasn't staying there..wait till my dad comes back...then it'll just be a walking distance..hehehehe

- mr soya's soya bean drink....I just discovered the yumminess of this soya bean drink..

- and loads and loads more!!!

But anyway, here are the pics...most of it were took in Bugis...on my very last day of shopping cuz I just realised I have absolutely zero pics of my Singapore trip...=)

This is one of the very few non-Bugis pics I took..and we had dinner at this restaurant 'Cafe Cartel' in Tampines...its was a great dinner...we had large portions of pork ribs, pork chop, pasta and a salad....6 of us ate and the bill totaled $70++...its quite reasonable in my opinion...

Nope, the waiter's not the main focus..the mian bao is the star....this restaurant serves FREE refill of bread and butter and sauces and water...UNLIMITED..how chunted...the waiter is cutting freshly baked baguettes for the customers =)

The pasta....yup THE PASTA...haha really delicious..with loads of mushroom and chicken pieces...and cheese..think JOANNA!! =) it's slightly spicy but it really really good...okayyy i'm getting a lil repetitive here =)

The free bread...we all love the crust...aih should have taken the pics where we just took out the crust to eat and left the insides intact..hehe =)

PORK RIBS!!!! It's porky goodness la.....how often do you find pork in a Malaysia restaurant??? and you dun even need to go to Tony Romas...its really good...plus it's not that expensive...just $14.90 I think...but we got it at a promotional price ($11.90)..for that rack?? it's totally worth it!!!

PS : forgot to take pics of the pork chop but trust me...they gave FOUR HUGE and THICK SLICES of Pork topped with pineapple rings...its was so big..luckily we have my bro aka the 'fatt yok' guy to eat up all that protein..=)

Random Christmas tree in Bugis....

The very fountain where I used to play when I was a kid...I loved to run across the fountain, competing with my sis to see who gets wet the least...=)

...and here we are..in Bugis Village...the place with cheap barang barang and clothes =)

Multi-coloured spiral staircase...nice or not??

saw this building...at night the lights glow in random but amazing patterns..you gotta be there to be amazed by it.. =)

One of the many shops which sells clothes..most of them also same design like this shop...

Bugis market...newly renovated...my mom says they sells the best tau suan!! =) but it was all sold out by the time we went there to eat =(

There are also shops selling dried stuff in the Bugis market...no..its not wet and dirty and smelly..in fact, it's quite clean, airy and no fishy smell =)

This was what Nice bus gave us for our meals during my trip there and back...

This shop is one of my fav shop to get random, cheap and nice clothes!!!

Chee kweh....or Malaysian slang, woon chai koh...

Shops that sells tidbits at almost cost price are also available in Bugis and other places like Toa Payoh....

Trishaw!!! You don't really get to see them anymore huh

Fried Kuay Teow @ 2.50....if no conversion rule applies...its cheap right??

My mom's favourite....something which cannot be found in Malaysia due to its halal status...kuay chap...it's basicaly braised pork intestines, siew yok, taufoo pok and egg with salted vegetables with the 'kuay' (in the bowl) which is a lil like chee cheong fun but smoother and thinner in texture...

haha...i bought a ring for myself...it's only ONE buck...cheap mah...=)

Porridge with pork slices and century egg (pei dan)...they're really generous with the pork slices and century egg..every spoonful you can find thick slices of pork with huge chunks of century egg..and the yau char kuey is for dipping....ala hong kong =p

Busy...busy....till the camera blur also

hmm.....mind you...that shops only allows those 23yrs and above to enter =)

For some reason it looked like Crocs to me...but they're bags....

and of course, baby clothes aka christmas shopping for lil Li Ann....

Babies are just spoilt for choices these days...

In the morning, my mom and I headed to Science Centre in Jurong East for the 'Body Worlds' exhibition...it's basically ANATOMY CLASS...you see plastinated models....and yea...I tried refreshing my memory of anatomy....lol...it was interesting...for example they showed how a smoker lungs would dffer from a healthy lung....the entire blood circulation in our body and of animals too...the model was super red!!! hahaha...but it was an eye opener....and a lesson on anatomy =) as in, you understand what they're saying and describe...all those on the gall bladder, liver, repro organs...yaddah yaddah yaddah....

Oh, and Body Shop is gonna launch a new fragrance..so they gave us samples...it smells really nice..a lil flowerish...but I'm pretty sure it's gonna be pricey...so I'll have to make do with the samples =)

That's one bottle full...=) yay!!!...and I have 3 of those =)hahah

After a long day, first to Jurong East for the Body Worlds then to Bugis....and whole day of walking and walking and shopping and eating....is napping time in MRT....on the way home of course...=)

The dried stuff we bought...my favs are there...almonds, walnuts, my newfound love aka figs, chestnuts, pumpkin seeds....

Early Christmas present from my aunt and uncle for my sis and I....=)

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!

Spore...here I am =)

2009-12-17T22:17:00.003+08:00

Well here I am...in the land of Merlion...and nope...contrary to popular beliefs, Merlions are not animals nor it is some kind of creature...it DOES NOT EXIST...it's a FICTIONAL character created and well...it became Singapore's logo...

Readers, BEWARE...it's another long post... but this times...its WORDY...they say a picture means a thousand words...but you can never be too sure about it right?? so here it is...the story of my life =)

So yea....I reached Singapore after a loooonnnng 5 hrs 30 mins bus ride from KL...took Nice++ Bus...my first time taking it...and the service was nevertheless, better tha First Coach...after all...you are paying for it..and I'm telling you..it's quite pricey...I'd probably stick back to First Coach in the future...had no choice for this one that's why took Nice++ Bus...oh yea...and First Coach usually takes 4 hours plus to reach Singapore...Nice++ took an hour extra...probably to make our money's worth??? hahaha

Reached Copthorne Orchid Hotel upon arrival and took a cab to my uncle's place in Simei...and the cab fare made us poorer by $12.20...that's like RM25!!! *shrieks*

Had a late lunch at Eastpoint Mall, the mall just next to Simei's MRT station...ate at a food court "Banquet"...the food there is not nice....and quite pricey....never eat there if you have other choices =)

lol then did a lil shopping around the mall...and at night my uncle took us to this restaurant supposedly to serve a really delicious frog dish...but they ran out of frogs...hahha all jumped away...frogs getting smarter these days lol...so we had chicken instead...

Day 2. Woke up to the sound of rain pitter pattering on the window, yet my grandma and I walked out to have breakfast...we had a breakfast set of hot coffee, kaya butter toast and 2 soft boiled eggs...I took the eggs, my grandma had the rest...

We got home soon after, waited for the rain to stop and then went to Tampines, bringing my lil cousin along =) it was packed with people...i'm guessing that they're probably doing last min christmas shopping....I did some non-christmas shopping though..haha...finding the suitable christmas present is not easy...but i'll get something...as promised =)

lol got back home in the evening, my mom, grandma, li ann and my bro went home..i did a lil bit more shopping and window shopping in Eastpoint again before we went for dinner with my aunt and uncle in some hawker centre...

dinner was super filling!! this was what we had for dinner :
~~grilled sambal stingray
~~grilled sambal sotong
~~grilled lala
~~pig intestines
~~mixed beef tripe
~~hokkien mee singapore style (it's white, not the usual black ones we have in kl)
~~fried ngor heang...something like fried popiah with meat but the wrapping is bean curd skin
~~chicken wings
~~ling chee kang aka ch'ng teng
~~sugarcane juice

lol...im super full and yet when i got home, we opened a huge packet of cherry tomatoes and despite my fullness i had absent mindedly ate 95% of the cherry tomatoes while going online and fb-king and blogging and everything else....aih...I'm officially bloated!!!

haha...that's what I've been doing so far...I'll update more next time..if I have the means and the willpower to sit in front of the laptop....typing away =)

Niva's Engagement

2009-12-12T10:51:00.021+08:00

This post is super late...but who's to blame? It happened during out study break for our 30% end of semester sumative exam, which everyone was nerding so hard for it....mind you..its gonna be a SUPERLY DUPERLY LONG POST!!!

It all started with our dear Niva announcing her engagement during the begining of our 2nd semester and very much later on, she presented us with the invitation card to her engagement...my very first engagement invite. =)

Despite the upcoming summative, Sara, Da Wei, Chor Yang, Kieron, Nicholas, Lukman and I took a bus to Butterworth for the engagement....

Upon reaching the Butterworth bus station, Niva and her cousin brother picked us up in 2 cars and dropped us in the chalets, our accomodation for the 2 day-1 night stay.

Our chalets and the surroundings

We had KFC for lunch, compliments from Niva and her family =)

We gobbled up everything!!!

Despite our hunger, we managed to study a lil anatomy as well =)

The lateral and medial condyles....

The spinal cord...

Nevertheless, all was not about studying...we watched Wipeout and laughed our heads off

...with the usual camwhoring session =)

Da Wei the dishwasher...muahahaha...=)

We brought along Niva's engagement present....

The bears

The tin of personalised notes

Nice right? =)

Later in the evening we headed over to the engagement dinner...

Minus Sara...the photographer for this pic...

The hall where the engagement was held...

Another camwhoring session with Lukman this time =p

And here it is...the star of the night....with our present!! =) she looks pretty right?? some said that she looks a lil like Siti Nurhaliza here...what do you think?

The door gifts...

The hall...

This is where Niva and her fiancee, Vimal are going to sit later on...looks super grand right...almost like a wedding already =)

We took a few pics while waiting for the engagement to start...

Cheers!!

FINALLY....FINALLY!!!!!

Vimal

Niva!!!!! =) =) =)

THEM....so sweet and loving..awww =)

US...eating like there's no tomorrow!! hahahaha

Nice pic =P

And now...for all the die hard car fans out there....we have...

the Car of the Night....BMW 3 series....

It's the Niva's engagement present from her fiancee, Vimal...with leather seats some more...how awesome is that??? woah...how I wish I get a present as grand as this...hahahaha...*smacks her forehead* FAT HOPE PIKKY!!!

The Bentley comes next..belongs to Vimal's dad...

And finally....

Yup...we saw a Hummer as well!! =)

Wanted to get a nice pic of the Hummer...just me and the Hummer alone...*cough cough*..BUT....never got it in the end =(

Failed attempt #1 (look at the 2 monkeys...ahem..one hamster and his partner in crime)

Failed attempt #2 (the hamster can never get enough of the camera huh...think Ching Mei) muahahahahaha

Seriously though, I don't get the hype over seeing a Hummer...but look at the wheels...they're HUGE...seriously huge...haha

Back at the chalet after the dinner....oh and in case you all wanna know...all these happened at 3 plus am in the morn....look at what studying and staying up so late had done to us...

Look at Sara screaming her lungs out...

Chor Yang already feeling the exam pressure...

Let's play some guessing game, shall we?? =P

Guess who we're trying to imitate!!!

Clue : Blowfish

Clue : Hemiballismus

Clue : Yer!!!

Clue : Hamster

Did a lil jumping to kill time....

Tired of jumping...much much more attempts than shown above...we had like probably 20 ++ pics of jumping...never really succeeding in a nice though....this was what we did next...

Stoning

Posing

Wheeeee~~~

All was not about fun...we had summative to study for....

Nerding time, ppl!!! =)

May you have a blessed and happy life, Niva...happy getting engaged!!!!

Thank you, Tim!!!

2009-12-04T10:07:00.004+08:00

Lunch at Tim's place was GREAT!!!! The food's delicious and prepared from scratch by none other than our Timothy Wong =)

Stepping into his house, the first thing you'd notice is the colour...its BLUE...yup..trust me...everything you see there is blue...blue files (loads and loads of it), blue utensils, blue toilet, blue this, blue that....hahah...and its SUPERBLY ORGANISED...so organised that you dare not move a thing just in case it's out of place, so organised that would put any other household to shame with their organising skills....

Everthing is labelled, from the drawers to its contents and even the fork and spoons are neatly packed into its respective bags and mind you, different types of fork and spoons are arranged neatly in diffrent places...oh and this isn't the 'worst' yet...

We wanted to play cards, so naturally, Tim took out the box, which, we assumed correctly contained cards....but what we didn't expect was that the each deck of cards are put nicely into lil bags of their own so as to not damage or dirty them....and they're all arranged IN ORDER from ace to kings!!!! *sweat*

As quoted from Sam (I think), "they're all probably sterilised before the cards are kept in the bags!!" .....no offense Tim, at least you'll know where to find what in times of emergency =)

Back to food....as mentioned, lunch was awesome!!! Tim prepared garlic bread with loads of garlic, bruschetta, pasta with a choice of carbonara or bolognaise sauce and caesar salad ....a wonderful way to start the christmassy mood with an early christmas homemade and not to mention, tasty lunch =)

Played Pictionary after lunch, with the Sam, Alvin, Kieron, Da Wei, Kee Hao and Nicholas in one team and Ching Mei, Joanna, Alex, Sara, Tim and I in the other team...it was supposed to be guys vs gals...but since we're lack of one gal...(as usual..with the amount of guys often overpower the gals in the Elephants) Tim was stuck with us...but it doesn't matter...gals rule that day with a 2-0 win in Pictionary...muahhahahahahaha

Tim gotta work in Kumon at 4 so we left when he left for work....no doubt, I had a great time there yesterday, from the filling lunch to the very much raised serotonin level game which is bound to cause a myocardial infarction in the frail hearted people =)

Took it using Tim's new handphone while he wasn't looking =)

A sense of deja vu???

2009-11-23T15:44:00.003+08:00

Hee hee...just finished my first day as a student volunteer...note the italics in the word 'volunteer' cuz we not only volunteering but also get paid....6 bucks per hour...not much but still, earning money by just talking and yakking away...and just spending time with friends is better than nothing...lol

It was.....fun?? well, it's an eye opener for me la I suppose, but i guess it more of deja vu, bringing back fond memories of the time when I was in their very position, anxiously waiting for my interview and breathing a HUGE sigh of relief when it was all over....

Looking back, it doesn't seem as scary as an interview should be..the seniors were friendly, nice, talkative and they really helped calmed our nerves...hmm...I wonder if we actually had that effect on our potential juniors??? =)

One day down, two more to go...then after that, it's the REAL volunteering time for the medical school Info Day and Open Day =P

Rachel's baaacccckkkk!!!! =)

2009-11-16T19:43:00.004+08:00

Met up with dear RACHEL today after 9 months...yup yup, she's back from New Zealand...finally!!! Spent the whole afternoon and evening with her..eating lunch, shopping and TALKING!!! lol...it was great seeing her again..

Stingy poker and M were in MidValley as well, so we met up with them for a lil while...cuz stingy poker hasn't seen Rachel in ages as well....

Lunch was at Fong Lye....the food there is really nice...love it!!! but FREAKING expensive wei....=(((((

Did some shopping to get the necessary stuff....but it still isn't enough...I didn't bring enough cash this time round...hmm.....I'm prob gonna drag my mom with me the next time....prob in a few days...cant wait!! still got a few other malls to cover..haha....anyone would like to join me...and maybeeeee........be a nice Santa and get me a few early Christmas presents??? =p

MuMedS Formal Dinner 2009

2009-11-15T23:39:00.010+08:00

MuMedS dinner!!!!

Too lazy to write a post about it...so here are a few pics taken from Sam Wong, Ian Goh and Ming Lee...

ps: they're in random order cuz i too malas to arrange them la...but you get the picture anyway =)

Food!!!!

Year 1s + a lil Year 2s

Performance time...

Men In Black

I like this pic =)

My PCL group...nope..I'm not the only gal in our group..the other gals FFK-ed us =p

Ching Mei looked.....erm...shocked? stunned? surprised? happy??

Some of the year 2s

Love her dress...really elegant...=)

The firsts of our holidays....

2009-11-15T22:43:00.007+08:00

It's just 4 days. Yet, I felt as if time passes by really quickly at times...and at other times...it felt as if it just crawled through...so, what have I been doing since I've finished OSCE at 11 plus am??

Well, to start it off, we were quarantined...yup, sad case...after exam still gotta get stuck in our dear lecture theater....at least, they provided us with food and drinks...and yea, I went for 2 toilet breaks just to kill time...watch some series which wasn't my type and also the all-hyped-up Michael Jackson's This Is It...and seriously, that movie almost killed me...I thought it would be nice, and though I wasn't a huge MJ fan, I thought at least it would be bearable...but noooooo...the video quality was so bad that I could barely hear what those ppl are talking about...but the dance moves were pretty awesome...and that impressed me...

Went to 1U to celebrate, had a super late lunch...more like teatime dy by the time we sat at a restaurant to eat....then, undecided what to do next, we were aimlessly walking and chatting away while waiting for the afternoon session ppl to finish their exams, in the end, it was decided that we did some bowling...it was just in time, though, that the rest reached 1U so they bowled as well. Joanna, Alex, Ching Mei and I went for dress shopping for our MuMedS dinner...tried on ONE PIECE of dress, went around a few shops then...it's dinner time...headed over to Chillis and....it was as if the ENTIRE MED SCHOOL was there!!!

Almost 40 of us had dinner there...and as you can guess, we were the loudest, noisiest and most unruly bunch of 1st year med students you could ever find...but who cares?? We're the majority group there anyway..haha...had some picture taking after dinner...then some of us went for a movie, whilst the rest just hung around, doing what we like to do most....standing and talking and WASTING TIME...lepaking...yup, that's the word =)

Had a lil fun as well, Joanna, Bertrand, Ewe Jin, Hai Sherng and I 'sat' on the mini ride around the mall...it was back to being a child for that 10(?) whole mins....

It was nice being out and having fun again minus the stress and the thought of studies the next day....so yea..that's how I spent my first evening free from exams! =)

(Note: Photos are courtesy of Nicholas Chai)

We occupied probably one half of the front part of Chillis...yup..that's the whole lot of us having dinner =)

The extra creamy and extra cheesy sauce on the right is NOT FREE!!!!! ...we thought the first order was free so we ordered it...it turned out to have burned an extra RM15 in our pockets!!! I prefer the FOC salsa sauce on the chips basket more...it tastes better in my opinion =)

Da Wei getting impatient with his food...

See what I mean?? Even he doesn't want to pose for the camera...eyeing at the food only...tak sabar sabar nak makan saja =)

After dinner,

The whole bunch of us

The girls

Us again...=)

We can't steal the limelight only right? ;)

And when we're bored and decided to have a lil kiddie time.....we do one of these....

You can pose with the furry rides.....

If you're willing to spend RM3, sitting on the ride meant for KIDS....

Or, when you're SEVERELY bored.....

You can choose to sleep with Noddy beside you =)

Different perspectives

2009-11-09T21:55:00.003+08:00

Three words.

That's all it needs to take to change one's general appearance, speech, mood, affect, thought, perception, cognition, judgement and insight.

Most people use it for Mental State Examination.

I use it for Making Someone Emotional.

Summative no more!!!

2009-11-05T18:53:00.003+08:00

It's over....yup...the end of sem 2...UNOFFICIALLY at the very least....our summative started and ended today after a whole 3 hours in that tiny but cosy exam room in the Enginering building....the paper was ok, wasn't too bad...THANK GOODNESS no SAQs on sociology...but the ethics part was well...let's just say I didn't even know what they wanted me to answer....aih...oh well....all of us never learnt it before...must be our dear Aussie counterpart who had them in their ethics tutorial....anatomy was ok..just felt that I should have studied more...they were quite detailed on the questioning and they focused quite a bit on the clinical aspects...footballers injuries, dislocated hips...blah blah... =(

anyway, we all headed to MidValley after the exam to celebrate the end of the semester?? (hah...we still have our OSCEs to go next Tues and Wed...but who cares???) no more nerding...except to prepare for OSCEs....had lunch in Kim Gary, then headed for a lil childhood fun in Toys R' Us.....it's movie time after that...never felt so good to watch a movie after like, dunno how many months didn't even step into the cinema, let alone a SHOPPING MALL!!!! Watched the 'Law Abiding Citizen' and I must tell you...the movie was good...I really enjoyed it....TETRADOTOXIN!!!! they mentioned it in the movie and we all went like, oh yea...that poison!!!!! haha...med students la, can't let go of their pharmacology knowledge =) and it's all thanks to Sara's random picking for a convenient movie time =P

Exam's over!!!
No more nerding!!!
and the best part????

3 months break!!!!!!!

Everything comes with a price

2009-10-26T14:17:00.002+08:00

Woke up early, planning to head to uni for a full blast session of books, books and books but after breakfast, my mood to drive to uni to dispappeared....so in the end stayed at home to nerd....

Had lunch with mom and accompanied her to do some banking stuff...and guess what??? I won 8 bucks!!! along with 2 umbrellas and some other stuff...lol its not a big deal but oh well...that's quite good for staying in that transparent box catching flying papers for 1 min...haha....apparently the guy told my mom im too gentle, should be more aggressive then can get more goodies...but the thing is....I'm RICHER by 8 bucks=)

oh and apparently Fuad saw me and i din see him....some more i passed by him...i guess i should be more mindful....think Mr. S!! =P

Heaing over to Butterworth this Friday for dear Niva's engagement...yup her engagement...and she's only 20, dated the guy for 2 months and marrying him in 5 years....lol her life's all planned out...

10 days to summative, scary wei.....how to finish studying in time???

good night, my dear body

2009-10-06T23:50:00.005+08:00

It's official...

I'm turning into a night person cuz...

~~ I'm most active at night

~~~ I study better at night

~~~~ I concentrate better at night

~~~~~ I'm more alert at night

~~~~~~ I'm sleepy in the afternoons

~~~~~~~ I'm too distracted in the day

But....research has shown that the body regenerates best at 10pm-2am

I start working or doing whatever deemed important at 10pm, I stop at 2 am....

Hmm...no wonder I am this short....and I feel sleepy in the mornings....why must lectures start at 8am??

I SIMPLY HAVE NO CHOICE

party time!!

2009-10-06T23:37:00.002+08:00

It's week 11 of the 2nd semester. Time flies. 11 weeks plus that 13 weeks during the 1st semester....in total, 24 weeks as a medical student in Monash...and in just 2 weeks' time, the semester ends and I'm officially done with semester 2, the end of year 1.

Fast right? Then, its a week plus of study break before the end of semester exam and the 2-day OSCE. What comes next?? 3 MONTH plus worth of hols....=)

Had the last clinical skills session today with my group, the next 2 weeks are clinical skills revision week...scary wei....oh well, we had the end-of-clinical-skills session party to 'celebrate' the end of it....for our group, we had KFC, ice cream, nuggets, fruit juice (haha healthy people) and chips....other groups had their tutors sponsoring nasi lemak, whilst some groups decided to have pizza, potluck, nasi briyani, etc etc etc...

oh well....the party was quite ok la...got food!! haha our tutor sponsored RM50...enough to cover a lil less than a barrel of KFC chicken....21 pieces of chicken costs 60++ bucks!!! OMG...aih...

and we're gonna have another end-of-sem PCL party with our PCL tutors in 2 weeks' time...haha..wonder how's it gonna be then....

the music in me...

2009-10-04T17:01:00.003+08:00

I got a MERIT for my violin grade 5 exams!!! to be exact...I got 124...=)

im sooooo happy...i didn't get a distinction though...but think bout it...I had been missing alot of fri violin classes, only to replace it at random times...barely practising due to the sheer laziness in me and the amount of work med school placed on us...plus I've only started seriously practising like...say, 2 weeks before the exams?? and also the fact that I jumped from grade 3 to grade 5...my teacher was like, "are you sure you can handle it?? you gotta practice hard...EVERDAY!!" lol such irony =)

so...what more could i expect? haha

2.5 years of violin, I've definitely come to enjoy playing that tiny lil instrument of mine =p

I LOVE VIOLIN and piano of course, my first love =)

complicated-ness

2009-09-26T15:14:00.003+08:00

uncomplicate complicated things to make complicated things uncomplicated

life's complicated at times, you get frustrated at it and looking at my baby cousin, i sometimes wish i'm back to being a baby again when all you do is just eat, sleep, cry...nobody scolds you for waking up at odds hours, nobody's gonna kill you for screaming and tearing the whole house down with your constant loud wailing especially at wee hours in the morn...nobody's gonna comment, "think about the kids in africa" when you can't finish your milk..cuz they know that IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT...

as you get older, more responsibilities arise and you gotta think bout everything and hold on to your principles and not be influenced by those against your values...life get's harder as you grow older....

i miss my college life....it's probably the most fun time i had in those short 18 months...the closeness we had, the friendships..everything...you dun even need to stress bout exams till like, 2-3 weeks before the finals???

and nope...YOU DUN NERD like how everyone does now once they stepped into uni...i've never studied so much in such a short time in my life..not that I nerd so much though =)

holidays used to be HOLIDAYS. FULL STOP...and it simply means fun, fun, fun....and now, holidays simply mean fun with studies....yea i do have fun as well..but i gotta learn how to restrict myself and know my limits...if i were to kill my whole week of hols without looking at the books...i'm gonna suffer like anything for the next few months leading to my end of semester exams....

to get home early and relax is a priviledge. same goes for watching tv. and facebook-ing..though i tend to be leaning more towards the ENTERTAINMENT part rather than the ACADEMIC part...

feeling guilty?? that's a normal feeling nowadays..and nope...its not that guilty feeling cuz you committed a crime but its the guiltiness of WASTING TIME....since when lazing around became a crime??

a new begining...

2009-09-26T14:48:00.003+08:00

it's almost been a week since i turned 20 and needless to say, the whole week has been great with all the birthday celebrations and of course, catching up with friends...

tried all sorts of food...starting off with a wonderful mexican meal courtesy of my dear cousin...then i had lunches, dinners and drinks at delicious, italianniese, paddington house of pancakes, pasta zanmai, chilis, la bodega...everything you can ever think of..and i even went to eat at some random german restaurant in puchong...tried their pork ribs and it was delicious..minus all that higher end places, i also went to mamaks and kim gary's...and of course, it ended with a new experience at hartamas..met up with different people and hung out with those that i've never thought I would have hung out with..nevertheless, i realised that these ppl really value the meaning of friendship and they would help out each other whenever one of their 'buddies' are in trouble...

and so yea...thanks alot to those who treated me dinners and lunches...was really wonderful of you guys...

thanks also to those who gave me presents, ranging from jewelleries, handbags, cosmetics to an elmo and homemade muffins and cupcakes...and not to mention birthday cards, chocs and even a much needed handphone reload credit...thank you for all the lovely and thoughtful presents...will never forget the day i joined the 20s club...=)

ps: the pics will be posted up soon..when i have the time...lol...

A Raya Birthday

2009-09-20T14:04:00.006+08:00

Nice date huh?? 20.09.2009....comes once in a lifetime...never gonna happen again..and i'm lucky that I'm here to celebrate it when it comes...plus it's EXTRA SPECIAL to me...that's cuz I turn 20 today =)

oh and guess what?? I'm 19 on the 19th and 20 on the 20th September this year...cool huh?? =P

never realised it actually until a certain stingy poker *hint hint* wished me this morn...to quote from him, "I'll never get birthday like yours unless I last another 500 years.." lol...and if you're wondering why, his birthday falls this coming 25th sept..so yea...25-09-2509...500 more years...haha...too bad la...muahahahah...we''ll just celebrate it with his bones...*evil grin*

so yup...i'm 20 on the 20th this year...feels so old now...haha

will prob post up a birthday post in the near future...if i dun forget..=p

anyway....a HUGE thanks to all those who wished me, celebrated with me, treated me, and for the lovely and wonderful presents =)

Thanks guys!!! =)

oh yea...SELAMAT HARI RAYA to those celebrating and HAPPY HOLS...to the ppl having their hols now...

guess what...I went to MidValley this morn and alot of shops are closed...including Jusco and Metro...even the cinema queue was short according to my bro...everybody too busy ber-balik kampung dy....but apparently Jusco opened after lunch..half day only....the mall is no fun this raya..haha =)

Birthdays...

2009-09-16T23:37:00.004+08:00

I love September..it's absolutely my FAVOURITE month of the year....

Happy birthday to...

Lil' Li-Ann, my cousin and the newest addition to the family...on 1st Sept
My dear cousin, whom people say looks like me, though we both deny it...on 3rd Sept
The youngest aunt on my dad's side...on 8th Sept
My dad's cousin's daughter...on 11th Sept
My 3rd uncle on my mom's side, who just became a father...on 15th Sept
My sister, who is just 361 days, not a year younger than me...on 16th Sept
My IMU friend who quit IMU and joined Monash like me...on 17th Sept
My wonderful tuition teacher who taught me Phys, Chem and Bio...on 18th Sept

ME =)... on 20th Sept

This cousin of mine who lives in Singapore...on 21st Sept
A PCL groupmate, who jumped from one uni to another and finally settled in Monash...on 21st Sept
The stingy poker, who keeps insisting I owe him lunch/dinner...on 25th Sept
A friend who is actively invovled in dancing in the Temple of Fine Arts...on 26th Sept
My friend who alternatively fixes my comp with his bro..on 27th Sept
The first friend whom is getting engaged soon...on 29th Sept
The guy with an interesting surname, Kwek...on 29th Sept

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
and also to all the other September babies whom I didn't write down =)

Endorphins overload??

2009-09-16T23:31:00.002+08:00

Exercise really do make you feel better about yourself. No joke. The endorphins your body produces after a good workout session can make you tons happier and IN THE MOOD.

First time I played badminton in god knows how long. And I played hard. For the whole 2 hours. Sweated like anything, my t shirt is soaked to the max. But it was all worth it. Rushed to uni after a quick shower and a 5 min lunch for that selective of mine...peace, positivity....and then did my PCL.

And I've never felt better, happier, healthier and lighter in my life...the last time I actually did so much was a month plus ago...of course, the company you have helps too...but all the same,

Exercise do wonders to your MIND, BODY & SOUL...lol

A-SIGH-MEANT to kill

2009-09-16T23:10:00.004+08:00

Assignments aren't my cup of tea.
Neither is sociology, HEP, epidemiology.
SAQs for these subjects are a BIG NO-NO.
Law and ethics are still bearable.
Embryology, I don't even want to think about it.

Ok, back to assignments.

I guess I should be thankful that I only have one assignment..the CASE COMMENTARY last sem..and two assignments...the RURAL ASSIGNMENT, which, thank god is a group work..and the EVALUATING POPULAR INFORMATION (EPI) ASSIGNMENT for this semester.

And yet, I'm still complaining. To the max.

It takes up alot of time
It's pointless (in my opinion)
It's an utter boredom to do it

BUT....BUT...BUT....

I'm glad I chose Medicine, not Business..or something else...

Looking at my sis's countless of assignments to hand in for EACH AND EVERY of her subjects....4 in total...rushing for deadlines every now and then, though I'd admit...I want her timetable...extended weekends EVERY WEEK...mon and fri she has NO CLASSES unlike me...and her classes are super short and free....

Can you imagine doing assignments every other time??
That ONE AND ONLY EPI assignment of the semester that we had almost killed me already....die la if I have that many assignments like her...

I'm definitely thankful that med school students deals with only this much of assignments...after all, we only have this much time on our hands...

hyper-caffeinemia

2009-09-14T01:20:00.003+08:00

2 cups of coffee....
one was served hot, the other was served cold...
one for lunch, the other for dinner...
one had sugar, the other did not..
one was sweet, the other was bitter...
one was paid for me, the other was paid by me...
one was with lamb and beef, the other was for chicken...
one was with cousin, the other was with friends...
one was for birthday, the other was for farewell...

but...BOTH ARE MEANT TO KEEP ME AWAKE!!!!!

enough said.

I'm fully awake...gonna get heart palpitations if I keep having coffee in my system...caffeine overstimulation!!!

It's back to...EPI??? haha..nope..this time its back to PCL-ing...and guess what...it's about arthritis...my EPI is also about arthritis...looks like I can't get away from degenerative joint diseases.

It's all bout olives and GAIT people. =)

A 4am post

2009-09-13T04:03:00.002+08:00

It's 4am in the morning...and I've been doing my EPI assignment for the past 3 hours...*points to the previous post*....the thing is, I'M STILL NOT DONE!!! O.M.G...spent almost 9 hours doing this assignment and its still incomplete...sigh...this just shows how slow I am especially when it comes to work!!!

I wanna time to pass slower...then MORE things can be accomplished by this slow poke...

It's raining heavily outside now...and I can hear the loud raindrop sounds falling onto the zinc roof outside my room despite having the air-con on.

Everyone in the household is sleeping...even my sis who is drown in assignments and tests and dunno what else....hmm...except for the occasional cries of the baby...which, according to my sis sounds like a duck..and I agree...NO JOKE...remember Donald Duck? yup, she sounds exactly like him during her first few days into the planet Earth...

Lol gotta stop blogging now..can hear the thunder...which means there's bound to be lightning...gonna have to shut down the internet for the time being..so yea...

This is the end of my crapping at 3 hrs till daylight...

Total opposites

2009-09-13T01:16:00.002+08:00

Headed to uni today to do my EPI (Evaluating Popular Information) assignment, managed to accomplish quite alot I would say compared to what I would have done if I were to do it at home...spent about 5 hours there, typing, reading, researching...all while trying to finish EPI A.S.A.P.

Got home...and that's where the laziness in me sunk in...wasted precious time in the afternoon..sob sob...did A TINY BIT of accuracy part..then it's dinner time...dinner came and gone....mom suggested to go for coffee in Starbucks to use up the promotional voucher..expiring tomorrow....so yea...buy 2 cups, free 2 cups...had an iced latte, mom took the hot cappucino and my sis, as usual had her dose of Java Chips...spend probably an hour there?? talking and well, since I brought along my lecture notes (to make myself feel less guilty), I managed to read a few..FEW!! slides...medial leminiscus pathwayfor discriminative sensation like fine touch, proprioception and vibration, spinothalamic tract for non-conscious perception (i think), anterolateral pathway for non discriminative sensation..the anterior part for crude touch and the lateral parts for pain and temperature...all those la...sigh

BUT...most of the time I spent talking and getting distracted...ish....

Then it was back home..EPI time...wanted to make the most of the night..but what am I doing now?? blogging...an excuse to keep my brain away from EPI...sigh...gotta go back to work now..

EPI = EXACERBATING PIKYIN'S INSANITY

EPI & The Brain Song

2009-09-12T16:31:00.003+08:00

Evaluating Popular Information (EPI) assignment is a drag....a really pointless one in my opinion....though now I realise how useful journals are...and that typing for long hours really kills your brain...and the last thing I need now is The Brain Song...made 'famous' by our dear Nicholas...the song will eventually get stuck to my head if he sings it any longer...lol

Suturing session

2009-09-12T15:55:00.004+08:00

Had our very first suturing class yesterday...was one of the most fun and relatively easy practical that I ever had....think of gowning and wound cleaning and dressing practicals...lol...those were never my type...or maybe its due to the tutor I had for those 2 practicals?? For those who were in the pcl group with me last sem would know who I mean...Dr. C...*hint hint*...ahem...Case commentary, anyone?? lol

It was nice sewing up and all...and nope..nobody got pricked this time...and we're gonna have another suturing practical...so i'm kinda looking forward for it...our tutor, Dr. Gong was really friendly and TALKATIVE...we finished an hour ahead of time and she could have spent the whole hour talking and yakking away if not for the fact that we said got pcl later and gotta study and "are we done yet?"..all the excuses...lol

The equipment we used...notice the four 'scissors'? All of them serve different purposes...from left to right : to hold the hook of the thread, to cut off the thread during removal of sutures / tissue scissor, to cut of the thread after suturing, to push the skin down so that the hook can easily be grab after it emerges from the skin on the opposite side.

The hook of the suture thread...

Suturing...Jeevitha super concentrated in it...haha

Still suturing...just like sewing...

Complete!!! Nice and neat right?? lol

Of course, with suturing...comes a lil creativity as well =)

It's over...not yet...

2009-09-02T19:57:00.003+08:00

Mid Sem Test is finally over...phew...not to say that I was that relieved anyway...I didn't even feel the least bit excited that the exam is over...it's as if tests are part of my daily routine dy..sort of like it has been ingrained in me..oh well....an exam is just another exam right??

had 86 MCQs (multiple choice questions) and EMQs (extended matching questions) altogether and only ONE SAQ on what else?? Law la....on the negligence part..5 marks...and its 5 marks worth of crapping in it..haha

Had anatomy practical on cubital fossa IMMEDIATELY after that and my group was supposed to present for it...ish...potong stim la...and the thing is..no one had the mood to do the practical..just ran through the whole thing without really registrating what it really was about...sigh...then wanted to go out for a nice lunch but I got that boring selective to go in an hour..but who cares?? went to sunway pyramid to eat at Old Town...and came back 15 mins late for the Mind, Body and Soul stuff...

Felt like I wasted 3 hours there..though the activity we did when we cut out pictures from magazines was quite fun...sigh...4 more sessions to go...which means 12 freaking more hours of HEP...die dy la....

Tmrw got another anatomy practical on superficial and deep foream...and fri its histology practical on our beloved bones!! AND....we ending at 5.30pm on a Fri..how much worse could that be???