its 5pm on saturday and right now i'm feeling tired having studied all the way from 8am. finished up quite a few mindmaps so i'm quite happy actually. one more to go (if you exclude the other two)! jiayou! tmr's SSS welcome bbq so we're gonna have to prepare for it tonight. which means i wouldn't have tonight to study. and this is why i'm cheonging like siao now! hahaha!

have to make time for things or else i think this semester is going to be very difficult. =(

finished mindmaps for intro to pharm (hypertension), ECG 1 and Cardiac Conduction System. Working on Histo of CVS at the moment!

despite having done a few already, i still have a whole list to do!

1. Overview of CVS
2. Gross Anatomy of Heart
3. Bacteraemia
4. Histology of Heart
5. Basic Haemodynamics
6. BP Homeostasis
7. Coagulation (notes not up yet)
   
8. Cytokine Cascade
9. Lipids and Lipidemia (notes not up yet)
   

thats all the lectures i've had this M-F week. although most of them were thrown at us during the 2 intro days. oh well! need to hurry and get through all of these! (no matter how painful it may be!)

that reminds me, i have to go do my police check tmr!

bought this shelf when i was out in town on tuesday after lessons in clinical school! i've got a new favourite shop besides chickenfeed now! its 'the reject shop'! =) hahaha

just got around to assembling it before lunch today because i've got a long break in between (finally).

interesting thing that i've always wanted to try.

'Makes Taking Fibre Easier'

doesn't that already buy you over? was wondering if i should get this or the psyllium husk one (aka fybogel) but this one sounded better. we'll see if it works or else i might get the other one once i'm through with this bottle. =)

i'm starting to get the hang of things although its still a little busy with things happening now and then. at least i've time today to get my head around all the lectures so far. really need more time. shall get off the computer after this post so that i can actually get some work done instead of just WANTING to do work. =P

my new ID card! thankfully we get a new one every year because somehow after exams, i kind of misplaced mine. =) so managed to get a new one done today without having to exchange the old one for it. whee~! besides, this picture is much better! partly because i got the lady with the more powerful webcam! hahaha! and erm my hair isnt as kuku as last yr's!

today was super tiring man. i need to get back into the rhythm of waking up early and staying awake from 9-5 for the lectures etc. so used to sleeping all day! hahaha! thankfully once the week starts proper, its actually less taxing. these 2 intro days are crazy! so full on!

i'm absolutely looking forward to wed and thurs! hehehe.. short days because i'm not going for KFP on wed. rescheduled it for another day as mum isnt free cos i think she's working again since she arranged for daycare.

dinner today was quite bad. but dessert was awesome. some vanilla pudding thing that looked deceivingly healthy. think smooth tofu pudding lookalike. until you sink your teeth into the first spoonful.... *heaven* it really looked very nondescript and i didnt think it would be nice!

never judge dessert by its looks.

view from my room! much better than the view of the bus parked outside my window last year for sure!

unglamarous part of my room that still needs some tweaking. need to put up hooks to hang my hanger thats hanging off my laundry rack at the moment. *stares at where the cap is*

my bed! and the tv that's on the floor this time around. should go get the chickenfeed shelf if its still available. *oh no not more stuff!*

my bottom and top shelf of books, my table and printer that's on the floor and not under the bed due to space constraints! rubbish bin's next to my table and is hidden away from sight. =)

so that's presenting my room to the world after one whole day of unpacking, sore arms and still super tired despite waking up only at 8.30am.

off to discussion mtg in about 20min! this is going to be a first! hahaha!

PS. just a reminder of what my room used to be! while in the midst of packing up for the year.

now you know why i love my new room as compared to the rat hole i was in last yr. although that room does hold quite a bit of memories of the fun times we had. aww.

i'm back! =) will post pics of my new room once i've unpacked everything. just left with one chinaman bag worth of clothes! omg i'm like in love with my new room! its the perfect size for me. not too big yet not too small and its convenient too! awesome!

off to the airport in 6hr! everything's all packed and ready to go.. finally.. hahah! found out tt elvin3's on the same flight with me! so thats gonna be really cool.. at least there's someone so it'll be less boring but it doesn't mean i NEED someone to go back with me. i'm totally cool about travelling on my own. that was how it was when i came back this time around anw. =)

gonna miss you peeps again but 4mth will soon be over and before any of us knows it, i'm back again! hahaha but i think next yr onwards i wouldnt be coming back in jun/jul anymore depending on my timetable as it's gonna be slightly different.

random note. its weird to see my toenails au naturel. looks kinda naked. HAHAHA.

differences between the male and female psyche. =) click to enlarge!

i am such a procrastinator!

and now that i'm sick, it sucks!

because i'm STILL packing!

although thankfully i'm 90% done.

Day out with the colleagues at Intercru1ses!

1. K session at Top1 KTV at Bugis! =) Would be more fun if more people were there. but nonetheless quite funny. esp that 爱你爱你爱你爱你 (drag ni....) song from eons ago..


2. Dinner at Zam Zam! 2 Mutton Murtabak, Mee Goreng and Telur Prata Besar! plus one bottle of katira, 2 iced milo and 1 coke. cost us $20.50! =) nothing you'll get back in australia. (unfortunately)


3. totally random idea to head over to marina barrage, thinking that there would be the shuttle. unfortunately, service stops at 6pm on weekdays. so adr1an asked if we would want to walk in since he said its only 30min. so in we walked. it took almost 45min and i was in flats that were giving me problems already. not a very smart move. anyway survived and now i'm back!


our beautiful skyline. remember we were all welling up with pride when we watched F1 Singapore back in the coffee lounge. and it's going to be prettier once the integrated resorts are ready!

the cranes kind of spoil the picture on the left but i guess the construction lights add another dimension to the picture. one day, this will be remembered as what it looked like BEFORE.

basically the marina barrage is a rather romantic place. not crowded (yet). although that group of teens kind of spoiled the ambience totally with the racket they were making. only problem is that the design for the ramp is rather screwed up. when we reached the end of it, we ended up on a patch of muddy grass! i think they should at least pave it up till we reach the other side.

wanted to post photos of my awful feet but i think i shall spare you all the horror. looks like i'll be trodding around in flipflops (aka thongs) for the next few days. =) not that i mind. hehe!

on a really really random note. its exactly one yr since i left singapore for tassie.

so its valentine's day. no different from any other saturday. apart from the fact that i'm going out for dinner later with family. maybe someday i'll spend vday with the one. =)

and when that time comes, i'll make him think of ways to go budget instead! hahaha! thats more fun, isnt it?

here's a few ideas!

1. roses are uber expensive so why not make your own? besides, real flowers wilt (so they're such a waste of money!)!

get red paper and start folding your own! or any other colour for that matter. i think champagne coloured roses are awesome and sweet.

courtesy of jason! =)

2. cook for her at home!

pick her up from her place and drive her to your place. if possible, gather some buddies to be your 'waiters' for the night. but you'll owe your buddies a big one if things work out for the two of you! (although that would reduce the amount of privacy so its up to you!)

i think cooking at home would be more fun cos you can decorate the whole place and make it super romantic. it would be a plus point if you happen to be able to cook too! and in singapore's humid weather, please turn the aircon on! that would be greatly appreciated.

3. have a fun dessert that you can make together. fondue sounds good!

4. instead of heading out to the movies, rent/download dvds and watch them tgt! movie marathon movies that you both have been wanting to watch forever! pop some delicious popcorn and drizzle them with caramel. or dust them with fine salt for those who love salted popcorn. i do!

5. or get a puzzle and work on it! that will definitely take a while.. ;)

6. pamper your loved one with a massage too!

presents wise.. love coupons are cheap and easy to make!

just some examples!

7. if you're going to propose to her, make a scrapbook with all the pictures and wonderful memories you have shared together. and on the last page, pop the question in writing and when she sees it, get down on your knees and ask!

but for this, you can't really afford to go budget on the ring i guess. (cos i was actually thinking of using some long grass to make it! which is TOTALLY unacceptable unless proposing at a beach watching the sun go down)

8. or if you're like me (having watched too many dramas), light up an entire park with candles with the cliched heart shape right in the middle. tea lights from ikea would be good enough. comes in packs of 100 too if i'm not mistaken. but you'll probably need the tealight holder if you dont want the wind to upset your wonderful plan.

9. this means a picnic since you're in a park. wine would be a plus. but please, dont bring fried beehoon, nuggets etc alright!

10. last tip. enjoy yourself. no one said that valentine's day had to be boring and formal. try something different and maybe you'll ignite something within the two of you!

my timetable and cbl grouping are out! =) and i'm actually very happy with it. [last name/first name]

1. Burn5 Nathan (together with me in previous CBL. *he has a nipple piercing*)
   
2. Francesc0ni Car1a (PhD graduate)
   
3. Mulcah7 Anth3a (super funny and enthusiastic girl)
   
4. Thom Alex (was in my dissection group)
   
5. Verma Kamal (kamal's just kamal.)
   
6. Warner Jenny (was in dissection table next to me and one of the few people i got to know first through fb)
   
7. Webb Rebekah
8. Woodford Richard (ex-jane resident! my car pool buddy! always tompang him back to jane for lunch)
   
9. Woolveridge Georgina (bubbly girl with inexhaustible source of energy)
   

i've spoken to all of them except rebekah. so thats cool. but i've been in the same slot for the cancer council thing so its not like we don't know the existence of each other.

and just as i had expected, elvin3's in CBL 2 while i'm in 3! so that means we're in the same 1/3 or 1/2 of the cohort! yay! which is good if he decides to drive down to school etc. or wadeva, i'll still have someone to walk back to jane with me! chri5tina's in 10 this time around. =D

instead, i've seen a few new names in other CBLs. were there THAT many retainees?!

anyway, presenting my timetable!

personally, i think it's still rather slack as compared to last semester. although i should count the number of hours. maybe this isnt the full load yet because there isnt any dissection practicals scheduled as well as presentations. yes this must be it.

looks like this semester is going to be a blast! yippee~! and there's going to be rural week up in launceston or burnie! HAHA! how awesome is that! a 'holiday'! i'm starting to feel more useful as a medical student already! wahahaha..

just one more week before i get back to cool, fresh, freezing breezy hobart!

seriously?! wouldnt a keyboard make things easier than spinning the blardy wheel? considering how irritated i am when i spin my ipod while playing solitaire, i dont think i will actually buy this thing.

that guy in the video took 45min to type an email that wasn't that long. i think i probably would have taken 10min (or even shorter) if i were him! i've got 10 fingers which are able to work the QWERTY keyboard as compared to one index finger busy spinning that wheel. alright maybe another 1-2 fingers if you're trying to search your laptop so you need to hold down at 2 different points and still click the centre button.

imagine someone writing a 2000 word essay. on the average, words contain about 6 letters. so that makes approximately 12000 letters, not including punctuation and spaces. how many spins am i supposed to make in order to complete this assignment?!

instead of inventing something like that, they should make a laptop thats similar to the iphone. THAT is something i would consider. a laptop that is just a larger version of the iphone. no hinges, just one panel. and the keyboard can be 'kept away' with the swipe of a finger. now THIS idea is awesome (i think). not THAT!

the only problem would be fingerprints on your oh-so-pretty screen.

oh but wait! you've got uber intelligent people who invent things like this!


what is this world coming to?

Recruit Sushi

once upon a time, a half-eaten rainbow sushi from sakae was enlisted into the army. unfortunately, since it was soo colourful, it had a hard time during field camps!

that's recruit sushi trying to put on the camo thats next to him.

thats his pathetic attempt at the camo. how to fight like that? he's sure to be caught by the enemy! someone teach him how to do it properly please!


now that's recruit sushi with the helmet (teriyaki chicken) and his little rifle (satay stick)!

how would you rate his camo?



mummy, next time, just eat it, will you? =)

how to serve chicken wings to men.

hmm. says a lot about the psyche of the male population eh?

1. cut my hair
2. wash all my new clothes
3. buy covers for remaining 2 books
4. wrap up remaining books with plastic
5. buy more green highlighters
6. wash water bottle clean clean
7. find stethoscope
8. update my laptop
9. update netbook
10. find all accessories that i want to bring over
11. thread eyebrows
12. facial
13. cut nails
14. remove nail polish from toes
15. bank in cheques
16. find skipping rope
17. see sinseh?
18. find all my wires
19. update psp
20. buy 3M hooks
21. charge HTC touch
22. buy/find thermometer
    

pack:

1. hangers
2. skipping rope
3. HDD
4. laptop
5. netbook
6. books
7. slippers
8. itti and otto shoes
9. vincci heels
10. stationery
11. blue jacket
12. red jacket
13. black fleece jacket
14. t shirts
15. 2 black pants
16. 3 jeans
17. 2 PE shorts
    
18. new underwear
19. psp
20. ipod
21. clutch bag
22. diary
23. silver bag
24. anti-blister thing
25. thermometer
26. buffer etc

got my paycheck a few days ago! $406! so i wanted to go spend it on something that would make me happy! maybe some clothes, shoes, bags etc. and i've always wanted to have a look at the branded stuff like LV and Chanel. i think i've been hanging out too much with marcu5! haha!

anyway, mum and i headed down to lucky plaza at first to have a look at the second hand branded goods. seriously, there isnt much point since the designs are limited and the condition might not be the best. so we decided to head over to taka and have a look at the REAL first hand goods. =)

finally realised that my mum was more hip than i thought! gucci, ferragamo, LV, bally etc. i should go ransack her cupboard one day! hahaha! clean them all up and flaunt them to the world!

wanted to buy this bag (below) but it didnt have a zip. besides, jad3 has it already. this one was about $1170.


we went around looking for mum's saddle bag and we found the smaller version of it! and it already costs like $1600+! too bad they no longer manufacture the size mum had.


couldnt decide what to buy so we headed over to chanel to take a look.

almost walked out immediately! now i know why LV has so many more customers! because its still affordable as compared to Chanel!

this one cost about $4000+.

*faints*

headed to coach but the designs in coach weren't that nice too. there was a nice jacket but erm i didnt even dare to look at the price of it.

ogled at jimmy choo shoes and glanced at agnes b bags.

popped by bottega veneta and omg i almost died (once more) when i saw the price for the simple diary. $800+!!

now i absolutely understand why there is a black market out there for imitation goods. although i think i would want a hermes birkin. or at least see/touch one within this lifetime.

we didnt even dare walk into the hermes shop!

the birkin looks nice though! perfect for me since i totally adore big bags where i can just dump everything inside but absolutely regret it later when it weighs a ton and gives me a bad shoulderache at the end of the day. nonetheless, i shall aspire to own one one fine day. maybe without all the exotic skin. a simple one will do.

maybe something just like that. =)

now will someone please indulge me?

just watched 'the curious case of benjamin button'!

omg the movie was soo long but it was nice yet sad at times! it reminded me of one of the tv advertisements (was it mercedes?) that ran not too long ago. about how it would be to be born old and then grow younger so that you can live life to the fullest?

although this concept is impossible, i think that it actually makes sense.

just think about it. when we are all young and full of vitality, we are prisoners and slaves to the economy and society. we work 24/7, striving hard to save enough for our golden years. we run the rat race with millions of other people out there, oblivious to the sorry state that we are in. and we wonder why is it that the rich only get richer while the poor become poorer. but that is another story for yet another time. right now, i'm supposed to talk about how life should begin the other way around.

yet many a time, by the time we retire, our health isnt as good as before. we might suffer from dementia, causing us to forget who we are, what we were, where we are and who we've become. our dreams of before become nothing more than a lost memory. we live out our lives sitting in front of the television watching moving creatures crawl before our eyes. we hear but we do not listen. we look but we do not see. its a sad drama played out on life's stage. yet all of us have a role to play which we are unable to turn down. we morph from the baby that pisses-the-shit-out-of-everyone-but-because-is-too-cute-to-kill to the old baby that pisses-the-shit-out-of-everyone-who-cant-wait-to-kill-it.

however, in this world of benjamin button, as we grow older younger, we are able to enjoy our lives to the fullest extent, dying only as the cute baby that will forever be in everyone's mind. all our accumulated fortune over our lifetime will be spent wisely and with the body and spirit of a youthful person, we can accomplish our dreams with vigour and passion. isn't this so much better than what life is right now?

its hard to think of death being painless. the only painless way i can think of would be in our sleep. suffocating, choking, poisoned, heart attack, gun shot, slashed, accident, cancer etc. the list goes on. none of these are appealing enough and i dont want to die in these manners. but we cant choose how we're going to die. but we can choose one thing.

how we want to be remembered after we die.

do we want to be anonymous?
or do we want to be remembered for doing great things, for contributing so much to society that our names go down in history?
or do we want to be hated forever for all the sins we have committed?

i know what i want. do you?

Let me hold you
For the last time
It's the last chance to feel again
But you broke me
Now I can't feel anything

When I love you,
It's so untrue
I can't even convince myself
When I'm speaking,
It's the voice of someone else

Oh it tears me up
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay

You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell you something that ain't real

Oh the truth hurts
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before

Oh what are we doing
We are turning into dust
Playing house in the ruins of us

Running back through the fire
When there's nothing left to save
It's like chasing the very last train when it's too late

Oh it tears me up
I try to hold on, but it hurts too much
I try to forgive, but it's not enough to make it all okay

You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I can't tell something that ain't real

Well the truth hurts,
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before

But we're running through the fire
When there's nothing left to save
It's like chasing the very last train
When we both know it's too late (too late)

You can't play on broken strings
You can't feel anything that your heart don't want to feel
I cant tell you something that ain't real

Well truth hurts,
And lies worse
How can I give anymore
When I love you a little less than before


Let me hold you for the last time

It's the last chance to feel again

-Broken Strings-

just got back from 3lvine's house! so i got to see his parents! hahah!

had bbq, yusheng, noodles, fried rice, homemade kuehs etc! damn shiok sia. his house is hugeee.. and he has like 4 plots of land. 2 of them 15000sqft and 2 20000sqft. *faints* one is already finished but is still empty. we had our party in no. 29 while no.27 is under renovation.

view from his room towards the main house. his room is detached from the house so if it rains, he actually has to run to his room in the rain! haha!

wanna see his toilet?

this is what a bath tub model will look like. =)

oh wait i dont think i mentioned the cars right?

from left: ferrari F360, maserati, porsche 911

and they still have one more benz.

someone just kill me now.

his living room in the main house.


this is the dining room. kitchen + another dining table behind that brown door.

the half way point from the entrance to the living area. behind us through that door is an outdoor toilet. =)

sinhui! my 'les' partner! =) the following pictures are evidence..


the other camwhoring photos are up on fb. =)

oh might be going to batam for spa with sinhui next week! since she knows the place and stuff, it should be alright! now we're just waiting for her friend to reply her and then we'll see what happens from there! maybe even stay one night so that we can play longer! whee~!

its less than 3 weeks till i head back and i can't wait to go back!

to be really honest, i'm bored to death here. i have absolutely no idea how i've managed to survive the past 2 mths doing almost nothing! i'll wake up at about 9.30am, play computer/watch tv till lunch, sit in the car till dinner, watch tv, play com/chat, sleep.

thats my daily routine. sometimes i feel like just going back to tasmania. at least i can go unpack my room and do something!

i want to go out and do something! anything!

some people have travelled more in this 3 mth than i have in the past err maybe all the way back to p5 or even earlier? i just feel like this holiday has been an absolute waste of time. maybe next time i'll just stay in tasmania and work. probably even more fruitful than what i'm doing now.

if i had all the money in the world, i would want to travel to all the continents in the world. right now i'm just stuck here, dreaming of going to genting or somewhere nearby. yet there's no one who wants to go too! =(

these days, life's really tiring. its much easier just shutting up and being a loner. doing things that i like and not having to bother about other people. thats why living in hall can be both good and bad. most people are just putting up a facade so that all can get along well to minimise any conflict but time will reveal their true characters.