bought strawberries the other day and they are actually sweet! unlike the ones you get in singapore which are sour. eww. seriously, i never thought they could actually be sweet! lol! but i guess the best ones would still be the ones fresh off the stalk/runner! =)

went out for dinner with r7an today. it was actually not as awkward as i thought it would be!

i don't know about you but i find guys opening the doors for you, pulling the chair out for you etc really nice and refreshing for a change! lol! i know this sounds really retarded but it really makes you feel special even if you're not. haha! it's the little things that count! =)

we had garlic bread for starters and then along came our smoked salmon pizza with capers on a tomato base!

i had seafood marinara spaghetti which was yummyyy. seriously one of the nicer pastas if eaten (not that i have eaten that many pastas apart from the ones mum makes!)

it had prawns, REAL crab meat and squid pieces! usually i would go with the creamy ones but this was one that i actually enjoyed. not too sour with the right balance of flavours. i think there was white wine in it too.

he had the fungi/chicken cream based one.

mine looks nicer right? lol!

it was a nice night out. headed over to woolies to grab some laundry detergent, softener, cherry tomatoes and strawberries. =)

now back to studying. *groans*

going down to the red cross tmr to interview some elderly person for our assignment. hopefully they will agree! *fingers crossed* this assignment is due mid august so we better start on it soon! argh stupid extra unit that we sort of have to do. >.<

today has been a very good day if i can say so myself. considering how unstable i've been the past few days. to be honest, i'm really grateful that so far, there's always someone there who will bring me out of my misery. seriously, i didn't expect r7an to be this nice to me. he called to make sure i was alright and even offered to come pick me up to bring me over to christ coll3ge just so that i had company. all these despite him having his own set of problems.

why is it that whenever i find someone to rely upon, that person disappears? sort of. used to be dav1na at one point, then s1nhui/j3ss, 5uman etc. no wonder i've been feeling lonely. and plus now that jerem7's in singapore doing his placement, that's one less person too. =(

been reading jessi3's blog and i understand what she means by not wanting to impose on other people your problems but sometimes i just need someone to be blunt and tell me things straight in the face the things that i've been in denial about.

us in happier times.

PS. i'm so glad i'm talking to davina again. =) miss you girl.

the only reason why i love medical insurance companies is because of the freebies we get from them! although it is free publicity for them! for this Avant event, we had free lunch and all these free gifts! oh i forgot to put my green stress ball there too! but basically, i received a water bottle (that doesn't leak and taste plasticky), two measuring tapes, two card retractable holder things, 3 pens (these free pens are always very nice to write with! one's in my pencil case), one note pad and a recyclable bag! how awesome is this?

today has been a good day. =) went for bikram yoga in the morning and i thought i was going to die halfway through when i felt like i couldn't breathe because the air was so hot (it was hot yoga!). my head started to spin and i felt nauseous. ouch. squatted down for a while and then it went away. it's supposedly because of all the toxins. *shrugs* it's hard to reconcile what you've learnt in class with all these alternative medicine stuff really.

we might just sign up for the monthly $55 thing because it is originally $156/mth but because we're below 23, it's $55 only! wow. plus if we can sort out with sabin and gang transport issues, it might be even better! =) imagine exercising with your classmates! need to mix around more and not hang out with the asians too much. gets a little political sometimes (as all social groups become after a while).

headed over to chemist warehouse and got myself some more vit c tabs. it was to valley girl (clothes/accessories shop) but the prices were not to my liking. =( decided to head over to salamanca (saturday market) (YAY FINALLY!). we were looking for the tea thing that chr1stina was talking about but we couldn't find it. boo. the bratwurst stalls along the way were sooo tempting because we were so hungry! i had to be pulled away from the tempura mushroom stall! nooo.. hahaha!

walked back for steamboat lunch at 2! as we were crossing the road, i saw an asian third yr med guy (who's your boy-next-door type!) crossing in the opposite direction. i think he might have recognised me or something cos we both turned and looked at each other after we crossed. it was quite funny. cos chr1stina was like 'hmm i think he finds you familiar too!' lol! yeah saw him once at the mac lab in medsci while waiting for dissection or something. james was sitting between us so we sort of had a three-way conversation. never quite figured out his name though. i THINK its dominic. not sureeee..

anyway, steamboat lunch was alright. brought my tomyum paste down so it was more shiok. hehehe! ate quite a bit. finally asian-y food! almost true-blue! cuttlefish balls, seafood tofu, tau kee, golden mushroom, chicken, crab stick, prawn, cabbage, button mushroom etc!

now im so full. lol. i think im going to sleep first. wake up in a bit to study! hahahaha!

michelle is finally a relatively happy girl.

it's when you're sick when you really miss having someone around who can care for you. =(

i just want someone to hug. boo. oh well. i've got my new fluffy pillow.

i really don't like it when people are like 'go do this.' and 'go do that.' sometimes i feel rather unappreciated because i do things silently. some of the things are so minor, i really wonder why can't they just do it themselves? some things are so disorganised that i can't stand it. at least after i typed out the plan, things looked slightly better and i could get my head around it.

i'm tired. i want to disappear. and reappear once all these are over.

i don't know how i should react to the news of my friends actually having swine flu right now. and these friends happen to be doing med as well so they're my coursemates! damn convention! why did they have to get it there (brisban3!) so now i'm not sure if what i have is piggy flu or not!

been taking my meds and i should have gotten a bigger bottle of the cough mixture now that i see the level inside decreasing at an alarming rate. i forgot how much 15ml really is since we always just guestimate using the table spoon. might grab more on tues when i'm down for clinical skills.

there's so much to be done yet i'm not in the mood health to do them. at least i've finished my integrated pract sheet for tmr so i'm feeling less stressed now but i know i still have all the lectures untouched. besides, i think i should read the textbook since the notes are giving me a headache right now. *faints*

caught HP yest and when it ended, i felt a little incomplete/cheated, like 'that's it?!' no spoilers here but it was a waste of my money. they should get michael bay to direct it or something. at least i think i can expect better action from him (look at transformers!).

singapore night's coming up and our theme is getai! lol! sounds quite cute right? at first we were going with pirates but i was a little unhappy with it. nonetheless we went ahead because we were all stoned and after that jerem7 realised how difficult it would be to do that so we brainstormed again online and viola! getai! more local and sounds exciting actually! have to go find obiang things to decorate with and dress up! think feather boas and bright lights and loads of sequins! ;)

okok here's just a list for me to tick off what i need to do. although with the meds i just took which happen to be ALL drowsy formulas, i dont think i will survive it all. we'll see how it goes.

1. read talley for GIT exam
2. oral cavity histology
3. oesophagus and stomach histology
4. anatomy of oral cavity, pharynx and oesophagus
5. anatomy of stomach
6. H. pylori
7. mouth, salivary gland pathology
8. Upper GI pathologies and malabsorption syndromes
9. macro/micro nutrients
10. GI control and co-ordination
11. age, sex and cultural diversity of aging

boo.. shall start now. =( the post-lunch sleepiness has hit too. dang. *trudges through unwillingly*

michelle is sick! =( i don't like this at all. nooo! feeling quite shit at the moment. if it gets worse i might not even go to school tmr. after all the lecture notes are all already up and i'll get by with the textbooks anyway.

acquired the book '7 habits of highly effective people' just before i returned. dad had been wanting me to read the book umpteen times before but i just couldn't be bothered. it's one of those things that you need to want to do yourself. really pointless in forcing because it won't work and i wouldn't be bothered to read since i'm not interested in it.

anyway thats besides the point. ever since i started uni, i haven't had time to read much else besides my notes and textbooks. but this book is really one book that i think everyone should read it. it's easy to read and it makes heaps of sense. makes you realise what's wrong in your character/life/decisions etc.

i'm only on chapter two (i think!) but i'm slowly seeing things in different ways. it might sound incredulous to some that a book can have such an impact on someone's life but hey, no harm applying what you've learnt if it doesn't harm anyone! for all you know, it might change your life too!

my restocked food pile! it has a lot hidden away behind piles of other food. like my giant hello panda is hidden away on the right. hahahahaa!

i'm back in slowbart!! now to sleep. zzz...

things you do while you're waiting for your hair colour to develop!

got this pair of shoes from queensway the other day! its the adidas grafeeteez! it's customisable with those rub-on stickers! how cool is that! i was like 'yes! this is awesome!' and set my mind to it. cost me $39.90 because it was half-priced.

anyway, i didnt realise that it was a pair of kids shoes until i googled it this morning! lol! who cares. as long as it fits my feet! =)

there are other designs such as basketball court, castle etc but i thought this was more pastel and prettier!

flying back tmr already. so soon! nooo.. =( i miss slacking around.

saw the names of the people in my new cbl and i guess they are alright. life can't be always smooth sailing. hahaha!

managed to scrap a DN this time again. guess i'm sorta relieved yet disappointed because i thought i would do better. oh well. at least i passed! =)

between then and now, i've watched ice age, gone out with ys and pam, bought my books, going out with 409 today, going out with the cruise people tmr, attended christina's party, finished watching boys before flowers, bought 3 pairs of footwear and gone to msia!

these 3 weeks have passed by so quickly! results would be out tmr. *shudders* but i guess i just want to know whether i've passed or not. if so, what's the score! hahaha. but of course passing is the top priority!

i still remember when i came back one yr ago, everything felt so surreal. it was as if my life in tasmania did not exist at all. almost like i dreamt it all. but now i don't feel that way anymore. Having been there for 1.5yrs, it has become more real and I've missed home so much more this time around.

3.5 years to go. before i know it, its over! time passes especially quickly when you're kept busy.

i've really miss being around people that i can be myself with. just being crazy and feeling loved and cared for regardless of what happens. you know who you girls are! =) *hugs* we'll survive the distance/stress/uni together!

on a really random note. i think j co donuts are really nice. maybe even better than donut factory.

and i really dun like the rain. boo! can't do nothing!

occupational hazard of working with p1 kids.

bites.

oww.

=(