Wednesday, February 27, 2008
today was society's day which basically means its cca-walkabout kinda thing.
the only difference is that when you sign up here, you will actually get free drinks (meaning alcoholic drinks) from most of the clubs. like up to 6! so they probably signed up for many many and just took the drinks. this is just an introduction to what happened just a few hours ago along my corridor. ><
cam3ron (my next door neighbour) came back a little high but still rather awake so thats fine.
3mma (another meddie) came by and started to chitchat with us. so things were going quite well up till about now. s
lawr3nce (another neighbour further down) came back dead drunk and i think he probably lost all his senses already. his friends were carrying him and they placed the big black rubbish bin in front of him for him to puke half-sitting. unfortunately, he slumped down and all of times, he puked. so the poor resid3nt f3llows had to get the vomit powder and clean up the mess he's just made. >< so thats guy numero uno!
so here comes guy numero dos! brad7 was not as drunk but still rather wasted. his friend brought him into his room and he kinda fell asleep before he suddenly felt like peeing. so his friend pulled him outta his room and somehow he walked straight into the kitchenette and PEED there!!! EWW! so yeah the poor RF's had to come and clear up AGAIN. thereafter, poor brad7 went back to sleep.
kinda screwed up, seriously. i mean its like drinking beer/alcohol is just like drinking water to them. you'll probably have better access to beer than to water here. you dont find water coolers ANYWHERE apart from at my hall. >< the water cost like $2.50-3 for a bottle from the vending machines. so freaking expensive!
oh ya. i'm pissed off at something too. i just realised that we have to pay for the dumb first aid course and its a freaking A$110! that's madness. i'm sorry but i think the things here are relatively expensive. i'm just getting used to buying cheap things from chickenfeed and finding cheap clothes at supr3. HAHAH. cheapskate but hey, its a must. its almost impossible to find anything below A$20. even the bargain racks can cost like A$50! thats NOT a bargain.
school starts at 10 tmr and i've got my first practical! microscope use and i'll be observing liver and small intestines.. oohh.. cool rite? :) its alright i guess. but i think i might have to stay back after pract at 4 for cbl discussion. kabish. i need to leave by late 4+ to catch the bus back to jane to be in time for dinner at 6.30! but there's pre-dinner drinks cos its the informal formal dinner which means you can just wear shorts and the ugly academic gown. its got shoulder pads!! argh.. plus the fact that the sleeves always hook onto the other chairs and its kinda embarrassing when you're trying to get back to your seat but you're stuck and have to unhook your sleeve. SOO.. i pinned my sleeves together. muahaha. hopefully it works. worked well last sat so yeah.. :)
gotta get some shuteye now. shall wake up at the same time tmr and get more first aid done before sunday!
the only difference is that when you sign up here, you will actually get free drinks (meaning alcoholic drinks) from most of the clubs. like up to 6! so they probably signed up for many many and just took the drinks. this is just an introduction to what happened just a few hours ago along my corridor. ><
cam3ron (my next door neighbour) came back a little high but still rather awake so thats fine.
3mma (another meddie) came by and started to chitchat with us. so things were going quite well up till about now. s
lawr3nce (another neighbour further down) came back dead drunk and i think he probably lost all his senses already. his friends were carrying him and they placed the big black rubbish bin in front of him for him to puke half-sitting. unfortunately, he slumped down and all of times, he puked. so the poor resid3nt f3llows had to get the vomit powder and clean up the mess he's just made. >< so thats guy numero uno!
so here comes guy numero dos! brad7 was not as drunk but still rather wasted. his friend brought him into his room and he kinda fell asleep before he suddenly felt like peeing. so his friend pulled him outta his room and somehow he walked straight into the kitchenette and PEED there!!! EWW! so yeah the poor RF's had to come and clear up AGAIN. thereafter, poor brad7 went back to sleep.
kinda screwed up, seriously. i mean its like drinking beer/alcohol is just like drinking water to them. you'll probably have better access to beer than to water here. you dont find water coolers ANYWHERE apart from at my hall. >< the water cost like $2.50-3 for a bottle from the vending machines. so freaking expensive!
oh ya. i'm pissed off at something too. i just realised that we have to pay for the dumb first aid course and its a freaking A$110! that's madness. i'm sorry but i think the things here are relatively expensive. i'm just getting used to buying cheap things from chickenfeed and finding cheap clothes at supr3. HAHAH. cheapskate but hey, its a must. its almost impossible to find anything below A$20. even the bargain racks can cost like A$50! thats NOT a bargain.
school starts at 10 tmr and i've got my first practical! microscope use and i'll be observing liver and small intestines.. oohh.. cool rite? :) its alright i guess. but i think i might have to stay back after pract at 4 for cbl discussion. kabish. i need to leave by late 4+ to catch the bus back to jane to be in time for dinner at 6.30! but there's pre-dinner drinks cos its the informal formal dinner which means you can just wear shorts and the ugly academic gown. its got shoulder pads!! argh.. plus the fact that the sleeves always hook onto the other chairs and its kinda embarrassing when you're trying to get back to your seat but you're stuck and have to unhook your sleeve. SOO.. i pinned my sleeves together. muahaha. hopefully it works. worked well last sat so yeah.. :)
gotta get some shuteye now. shall wake up at the same time tmr and get more first aid done before sunday!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
OMG I FINALLY GOT MY INTERNET ACCESS UP!!! I'm in the library now because I don't wanna use up my bandwidth limit so yeah, here I am now.. hope you haven't missed me too much yeah? ;)
life's good so far, the weather's here is rather freaky. i mean like it was really hot one day and now its like really cold. almost 16 deg when it was about 36 a few days back! so now i'm kinda freezing my ass off and my fingers are losing their sensation. HAHAH. went down to salamanca today to look see look see with lawrence and his dad. bought 2 headbands and a crazy beanie with funky hair! bought honey and stuff too. tried the tiniest pancakes in town! they were like puny! i mean like probably the size of the aussic 50c coin or something. yeah but it cost like $4.50 but we could choose the sauce we wanted and i took the blueberry and apple one. yummy! seriously, you people should come here and visit me cos the air here is really nice and the water is actually drinkable from the tap unlike other places in australia! bought a windbreaker as well as i was actually really really cold today for like $30 and i think its quite reasonable. hopefully it will keep me warm in winter and i won't actually freeze to death here ( the temp actually drops to like -2!!)
had commencement dinner today and the food was really nice! we had some roast veggies with hummus and funny sauce, hazelnut crusted turkey tenderloin with cranberry sauce and fruit flan with whipped cream and some other funny mango sauce.
its now 9.16pm here and i suppose its just 6.16pm there in singapore.. right? difference of about 3h now that daylight saving hasnt ended. anw, if you guys wanna sms me, its +61405483464 and if you wanna call my room, its +61362217008. if you've got M1, i think you can call me without having to pay idd charges so its just like a normal local call. ;)
rained here yest and today which is kinda rare since it rarely rains in tassie as far as i know. we're like the sunniest place in aussie! and you would have thought it was brisbane/gold coast yeah?
i think most of you would probably wonder how's the food, the people (esp guys) etc. the food's here relatively expensive. we had wanton mee/charsiew mee and it cost me like $8.50!!! went to saigon kitch3n yest and we were set back like $79.90 for 5 people. which i think is actually rather cheap by tassie standards.
and i've been walking bukit timah hill everyday! tassie is like super super hilly and i wonder why can't they like flatten the hills before building the uni or rather hobart! >< omg there's so much to talk about now that i finally got my connection!! alright i shall go day by day.
14/2: yj, sean, bel, pq sent me off and it was really nice seeing them all over again for the last time before i leave for tassie. plane was delayed for an hour to 9.10pm so went in later than i was supposed to. but guess what? we only left at 10.10pm because we were actually waiting for a connecting flight from heathrow! so yeah, there being only 2 hours for my transit to hobart at melbourne, i obviously missed my domestic flight when we arrived there about 7 hours later.
15/2we actually reached melbourne at 8+ when my flight was supposed to leave at 8.35am! dammit. so yeah we went to see if we could be rescheduled onto the next available hobart flight but there were all full so the next available melb-hobart flight would be at 10.30pm! note that its about 10am now. so we decided to take the other option of going up to sydney before actually going back down to hobart. that means we reached hobart at about 4.10pm instead of 9.45am. :( by the time i reached jane, it was about 6pm so we had our late dinner which was like lamb chop with chicken cutlet + cheese on it. :) sounds good yeah? the food at jane is really quite good i must say. thank god they changed the chef this year if not it probably will be as bad as ibs3n had mentioned before. :P
16/2: had registration and mock formal dinner. the blardy gown has SHOULDER PADS! like OMG so gross! so we all look funny and there's nothing we can do about it. had pre-dinner drinks which meant orange juice for me. dinner commenced soon after and i had half a glass of white wine. i realised i cannot drink wine cos i go red really really easily. i can down vodka etc and not go red but wine just does me in. :S had red black white party which i left halfway to go down to woolworths (its just cold storage) to get my toiletries and stuff. walked all the way to jane + we kinda missed the road to turn so we walked further than we had to. :( but we arrived safely in the end. heard that the drunk people kinda broke a window that night along the connecting pathway. HAHA. so not surprised. they drink a lot! during BYO nights, they down 6 cans like its nothing! and they'll continue in someone else's room till they're totally wasted.
nothing interesting really happened in the week apart from playing laser challenge down in town for block party! we had like a base to defend and we had to attack other bases to win. my team was damn funny cos we didn't even know where our base was so we just cheonged and we were attacked like umpteen times. at the end of the first game, we still didn't know where our base was! HAHAHA!!! but we improved throughout the game. hehe i only found our first base (yellow) when we played our last game (we were red) sad sia.. :P but it was really fun! because you can't actually die. you're just out for 10s before you're alive again. at the end of it they will print a scoresheet for you to see how well you've fared. my accuracy improved from 16- 26%! :) if not for my neighbour my accuracy would have been better cos i was just spamming my ammo at his gun to prevent him to actually coming to life again. :)
school's starting next week and im totally packed. i've got a first aid course on 2/3 so i've gotta find my way down. its like international students day cos so many of us signed up for that day. we're chao muggers man! hahah! jkjk elvine was really funny cos he said that they didnt even know that the specimen they showed us was a kidney and they shot him looks of disbelief! HAHA!
life's good so far, the weather's here is rather freaky. i mean like it was really hot one day and now its like really cold. almost 16 deg when it was about 36 a few days back! so now i'm kinda freezing my ass off and my fingers are losing their sensation. HAHAH. went down to salamanca today to look see look see with lawrence and his dad. bought 2 headbands and a crazy beanie with funky hair! bought honey and stuff too. tried the tiniest pancakes in town! they were like puny! i mean like probably the size of the aussic 50c coin or something. yeah but it cost like $4.50 but we could choose the sauce we wanted and i took the blueberry and apple one. yummy! seriously, you people should come here and visit me cos the air here is really nice and the water is actually drinkable from the tap unlike other places in australia! bought a windbreaker as well as i was actually really really cold today for like $30 and i think its quite reasonable. hopefully it will keep me warm in winter and i won't actually freeze to death here ( the temp actually drops to like -2!!)
had commencement dinner today and the food was really nice! we had some roast veggies with hummus and funny sauce, hazelnut crusted turkey tenderloin with cranberry sauce and fruit flan with whipped cream and some other funny mango sauce.
its now 9.16pm here and i suppose its just 6.16pm there in singapore.. right? difference of about 3h now that daylight saving hasnt ended. anw, if you guys wanna sms me, its +61405483464 and if you wanna call my room, its +61362217008. if you've got M1, i think you can call me without having to pay idd charges so its just like a normal local call. ;)
rained here yest and today which is kinda rare since it rarely rains in tassie as far as i know. we're like the sunniest place in aussie! and you would have thought it was brisbane/gold coast yeah?
i think most of you would probably wonder how's the food, the people (esp guys) etc. the food's here relatively expensive. we had wanton mee/charsiew mee and it cost me like $8.50!!! went to saigon kitch3n yest and we were set back like $79.90 for 5 people. which i think is actually rather cheap by tassie standards.
and i've been walking bukit timah hill everyday! tassie is like super super hilly and i wonder why can't they like flatten the hills before building the uni or rather hobart! >< omg there's so much to talk about now that i finally got my connection!! alright i shall go day by day.
14/2: yj, sean, bel, pq sent me off and it was really nice seeing them all over again for the last time before i leave for tassie. plane was delayed for an hour to 9.10pm so went in later than i was supposed to. but guess what? we only left at 10.10pm because we were actually waiting for a connecting flight from heathrow! so yeah, there being only 2 hours for my transit to hobart at melbourne, i obviously missed my domestic flight when we arrived there about 7 hours later.
15/2we actually reached melbourne at 8+ when my flight was supposed to leave at 8.35am! dammit. so yeah we went to see if we could be rescheduled onto the next available hobart flight but there were all full so the next available melb-hobart flight would be at 10.30pm! note that its about 10am now. so we decided to take the other option of going up to sydney before actually going back down to hobart. that means we reached hobart at about 4.10pm instead of 9.45am. :( by the time i reached jane, it was about 6pm so we had our late dinner which was like lamb chop with chicken cutlet + cheese on it. :) sounds good yeah? the food at jane is really quite good i must say. thank god they changed the chef this year if not it probably will be as bad as ibs3n had mentioned before. :P
16/2: had registration and mock formal dinner. the blardy gown has SHOULDER PADS! like OMG so gross! so we all look funny and there's nothing we can do about it. had pre-dinner drinks which meant orange juice for me. dinner commenced soon after and i had half a glass of white wine. i realised i cannot drink wine cos i go red really really easily. i can down vodka etc and not go red but wine just does me in. :S had red black white party which i left halfway to go down to woolworths (its just cold storage) to get my toiletries and stuff. walked all the way to jane + we kinda missed the road to turn so we walked further than we had to. :( but we arrived safely in the end. heard that the drunk people kinda broke a window that night along the connecting pathway. HAHA. so not surprised. they drink a lot! during BYO nights, they down 6 cans like its nothing! and they'll continue in someone else's room till they're totally wasted.
nothing interesting really happened in the week apart from playing laser challenge down in town for block party! we had like a base to defend and we had to attack other bases to win. my team was damn funny cos we didn't even know where our base was so we just cheonged and we were attacked like umpteen times. at the end of the first game, we still didn't know where our base was! HAHAHA!!! but we improved throughout the game. hehe i only found our first base (yellow) when we played our last game (we were red) sad sia.. :P but it was really fun! because you can't actually die. you're just out for 10s before you're alive again. at the end of it they will print a scoresheet for you to see how well you've fared. my accuracy improved from 16- 26%! :) if not for my neighbour my accuracy would have been better cos i was just spamming my ammo at his gun to prevent him to actually coming to life again. :)
school's starting next week and im totally packed. i've got a first aid course on 2/3 so i've gotta find my way down. its like international students day cos so many of us signed up for that day. we're chao muggers man! hahah! jkjk elvine was really funny cos he said that they didnt even know that the specimen they showed us was a kidney and they shot him looks of disbelief! HAHA!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
6.30pm @ T1. my flight's at 8.15pm so that means i'll probably have to be there by 6.15 to check-in but i think i'll be there earlier.. loads of things are happening tmr. my bro's got a book launch thing to attend so he wouldn't be able to send me off at the airport so my aunt will be with him. the schedule's real tight but hopefully things will be alright.
mum's luggage handle just broke so they are off to mustafa to buy a new luggage. hopefully they can get the same one as the one i've got. :) light and big. and don't buy cheap luggage from china. argh the one that broke was from china. imitation s@msonite. :P hahah!! but luckily it broke here and not over in melbourne or hobart. that would be a BIG BIG problem.
christina, marcus and ray have left for hobart.
faith and i are leaving tmr.
jeremy and vincent are flying sat. woohoo!
i'm excited! about the plane food/drinks/entertainment. actually just going overseas. but the packing was a terrible headache. it was overwhelming. really. yinjia, next time it will be your turn!! haha plus you wouldnt have hols to come back to bring more stuff.. :S haiya but at least mine's almost done. just left with my jeans which are being altered and the stuff to put into mum's luggage and aunt's.
not bringing many books. just tortora, robbins, wheathers, dorland's dict, netters.
brought 1 pair of sandals, sport shoes, boots, converse sneakers, brown pumps, white pumps, black high heeled shoes. thats like 7 pairs already. how did i count 8 at first.. hmm..
brought a mini induction cooker + pot. hopefully i can fit my kettle in. its cute! :)
brought jeans, shirts, tees, shorts, tailored pants, skirt, socks, leggings, thermals, pullovers, turtlenecks, gloves, beanies, windbreaker etc.. yeah.. still have some spare for me to bring over in june.. change of wardrobe.
bringing my ipod, psp, laptop, pda, spare phone, camera + all their chargers and wires etc.
stationery + foolscap + coloured pens + colour pencils + hole puncher + stapler/staples + files + pins + fasteners
and there are others that i cant think of right now. ><
mum's luggage handle just broke so they are off to mustafa to buy a new luggage. hopefully they can get the same one as the one i've got. :) light and big. and don't buy cheap luggage from china. argh the one that broke was from china. imitation s@msonite. :P hahah!! but luckily it broke here and not over in melbourne or hobart. that would be a BIG BIG problem.
christina, marcus and ray have left for hobart.
faith and i are leaving tmr.
jeremy and vincent are flying sat. woohoo!
i'm excited! about the plane food/drinks/entertainment. actually just going overseas. but the packing was a terrible headache. it was overwhelming. really. yinjia, next time it will be your turn!! haha plus you wouldnt have hols to come back to bring more stuff.. :S haiya but at least mine's almost done. just left with my jeans which are being altered and the stuff to put into mum's luggage and aunt's.
not bringing many books. just tortora, robbins, wheathers, dorland's dict, netters.
brought 1 pair of sandals, sport shoes, boots, converse sneakers, brown pumps, white pumps, black high heeled shoes. thats like 7 pairs already. how did i count 8 at first.. hmm..
brought a mini induction cooker + pot. hopefully i can fit my kettle in. its cute! :)
brought jeans, shirts, tees, shorts, tailored pants, skirt, socks, leggings, thermals, pullovers, turtlenecks, gloves, beanies, windbreaker etc.. yeah.. still have some spare for me to bring over in june.. change of wardrobe.
bringing my ipod, psp, laptop, pda, spare phone, camera + all their chargers and wires etc.
stationery + foolscap + coloured pens + colour pencils + hole puncher + stapler/staples + files + pins + fasteners
and there are others that i cant think of right now. ><
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
i just received my hostel orientation programme.. it lasts 8 days!!!
its actually quite fun i guess but with loads of drinking (why am i not surprised?)
Sat (16/2)
10am : Registration
12pm : Lunch
4pm : Intro to Jane + Tour of College
5.30pm : Pre-dinner drinks on the lawn
6pm Mock Formal Dinner
8-11.30pm : Red Black and White Night
Sun (17/2)
8am : BBQ Breakfast @ Main lawn
10.30am : Intro session to academic assistance programme
11am : Timetable Help
12pm Lunch
1pm: Free Time
2pm : University Faculty Tour
4pm : Excursion to SoHo's Bar
6pm : Dinner
7-9.30pm : Quiz Night (BYO)
Mon (18/2)
10am: Bus Tour around Hobart
12pm-4pm : BBQ Lunch @ Nut Grove
6pm : Dinner
7.30-9pm : Speed Dating (BYO) [wth?!]
9pm : Romantic Drinks @ The Observatory
Tues (19/2)
11am : Community Police Officer Speech
12pm : Lunch
1pm : Talk for female residents
3-6pm : Jelly Wrestling [wad's this?!?!]
6pm : Dinner
7pm : Floor Parties - Non-alcoholic Event (10 pin bowling, laser challenge, lawn bowls or cinema, as arranged)
Wed (20/2)
Morning : Free time/University Orientation Programme
11-1pm : Early Lunch
1pm : Trip to Kingston Beach
6pm : Dinner
8pm - late : Spirit Night @ The Metz/Mayf
Thurs (21/2)
Morning : University Orientation
12pm : Lunch
1-4pm : Free Time
4pm : Kickstart on Main Lawn
6pm : Dinner
7.30-11.30pm : Back to School Party (wear old school uniform)
Friday (22/2)
Morning : Free Time/University Orientation
12pm : Lunch
3pm : Lads and Lasses Day (Girls to visit Savoy Baths, Guys to visit Crown Casino [HUHH?!])
6pm : Dinner
7pm : Annual Hen's and Buck's Night
Saturday (23/2)
Morning : Rest
Lunch : Lunch
4pm : College Photo
5pm : Commencement Ceremony
6pm : Commencement Dinner + Fellow's Night
Sunday (24/2)
REST DAY!
8pm : Jane Shop Extravaganza!
its actually quite fun i guess but with loads of drinking (why am i not surprised?)
Sat (16/2)
10am : Registration
12pm : Lunch
4pm : Intro to Jane + Tour of College
5.30pm : Pre-dinner drinks on the lawn
6pm Mock Formal Dinner
8-11.30pm : Red Black and White Night
Sun (17/2)
8am : BBQ Breakfast @ Main lawn
10.30am : Intro session to academic assistance programme
11am : Timetable Help
12pm Lunch
1pm: Free Time
2pm : University Faculty Tour
4pm : Excursion to SoHo's Bar
6pm : Dinner
7-9.30pm : Quiz Night (BYO)
Mon (18/2)
10am: Bus Tour around Hobart
12pm-4pm : BBQ Lunch @ Nut Grove
6pm : Dinner
7.30-9pm : Speed Dating (BYO) [wth?!]
9pm : Romantic Drinks @ The Observatory
Tues (19/2)
11am : Community Police Officer Speech
12pm : Lunch
1pm : Talk for female residents
3-6pm : Jelly Wrestling [wad's this?!?!]
6pm : Dinner
7pm : Floor Parties - Non-alcoholic Event (10 pin bowling, laser challenge, lawn bowls or cinema, as arranged)
Wed (20/2)
Morning : Free time/University Orientation Programme
11-1pm : Early Lunch
1pm : Trip to Kingston Beach
6pm : Dinner
8pm - late : Spirit Night @ The Metz/Mayf
Thurs (21/2)
Morning : University Orientation
12pm : Lunch
1-4pm : Free Time
4pm : Kickstart on Main Lawn
6pm : Dinner
7.30-11.30pm : Back to School Party (wear old school uniform)
Friday (22/2)
Morning : Free Time/University Orientation
12pm : Lunch
3pm : Lads and Lasses Day (Girls to visit Savoy Baths, Guys to visit Crown Casino [HUHH?!])
6pm : Dinner
7pm : Annual Hen's and Buck's Night
Saturday (23/2)
Morning : Rest
Lunch : Lunch
4pm : College Photo
5pm : Commencement Ceremony
6pm : Commencement Dinner + Fellow's Night
Sunday (24/2)
REST DAY!
8pm : Jane Shop Extravaganza!
Sunday, February 03, 2008
went to back rg on wed. omg i think its starting to change a lot. :( hopefully when i come back in june it wouldnt have changed beyond recognition and thats when i will stop going back to rgs.
oh gosh that plate of pineapple tarts in front of me is EXTREMELY tempting. i already ate one but there are 5 more. hahahah its not all for me of course. its to be SHARED cos they're really nice and made by auntie jenny! so i shall stop looking at them and think about my green bean cake downstairs.. muahaha.. they simply melt in your mouth and you can actually taste the green bean! unlike those you normally find outside that don't melt but are instead biscuit-hard. ><
ate too much yesterday. argh feeling guilty. pfft. seriously i think with cny coming, its almost impossible to keep yourself away from the goodies! :S lack of self-discipline. sobz. i HAVE TO plan some time once i get to tassie to exercise. be it sat or sun or even before my lessons if they start later!!! last resort will be lunch breaks.. 30min spinning! hehehe thinking of getting the yearly s&r membership. we'll see how things go.
finished watching romantic princess aka gong zhu xiao mei on CR. the ending SUCKS! i mean the ending is expected but how can they just end it like that?! no 3 years later...????? BAH! but at least i've satisfied that curiosity of mine. i can just imagine not watching tv for the next 4 months and just plonking myself in front of the com when i return and just watch for 4 mths fill.. hehehe..! for now.. i shall go mop the floor and eat my green bean cake!
- karent, karenc, lee tien, ho kahw@i etc are pregnant (there are more but still in the dangerous 1st trimester stage)
- fathima has left! nooo.. my funky babe! hope her dad's alright
- there are 2 new chem teachers
- mstong is on 1 yr NPL! ><
- limpl is going to NIE in Jun/Jul
- M3gan Seah left for SOT@
oh gosh that plate of pineapple tarts in front of me is EXTREMELY tempting. i already ate one but there are 5 more. hahahah its not all for me of course. its to be SHARED cos they're really nice and made by auntie jenny! so i shall stop looking at them and think about my green bean cake downstairs.. muahaha.. they simply melt in your mouth and you can actually taste the green bean! unlike those you normally find outside that don't melt but are instead biscuit-hard. ><
ate too much yesterday. argh feeling guilty. pfft. seriously i think with cny coming, its almost impossible to keep yourself away from the goodies! :S lack of self-discipline. sobz. i HAVE TO plan some time once i get to tassie to exercise. be it sat or sun or even before my lessons if they start later!!! last resort will be lunch breaks.. 30min spinning! hehehe thinking of getting the yearly s&r membership. we'll see how things go.
finished watching romantic princess aka gong zhu xiao mei on CR. the ending SUCKS! i mean the ending is expected but how can they just end it like that?! no 3 years later...????? BAH! but at least i've satisfied that curiosity of mine. i can just imagine not watching tv for the next 4 months and just plonking myself in front of the com when i return and just watch for 4 mths fill.. hehehe..! for now.. i shall go mop the floor and eat my green bean cake!
Friday, January 25, 2008
Fried Veggie/Mushs
ok jeremy. before you start saying that i so cannot cook again, just let me be for this post ok? Need to record these down before i forget and die from withdrawals there.
Fried Veggies
Fried Mushrooms
Fried Veggies
- Heat up oil in pan.
- Stirfry garlic till fragrant aka golden brown
- Blanch veggies in salt water
- Pour in oyster sauce + corn starch water into garlic and stir till thickened
- Drizzle over veggie
Fried Mushrooms
- Heat up oil in pan.
- Stirfry garlic till golden brown,
- Throw in mushrooms and fry till almost done
- Pour in oyster sauce + corn starch water and stir till thickened.
- Put oil in pan and put in thin ginger slices.
- Fry till aromatic (not benzene please)
- Marinate beef with oyster sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce etc (need to confirm again)
- Just before cooking, add a pinch of sodium bicarbonate (dont ask me why)
- Fry till almost done and add in the spring onion sections (about 4cm in length)
- If it gets too thick, DO NOT ADD WATER but add a little bit more oil. As the dish is set aside, it will release some moisture so if you add water, it would become too watery.
- End result: Hotplate venison wanna-be! :)
Cranberry Pie
finally finished the bag of fresh cranberries in my fridge! and although i kind of like cooking/baking, i'm the clumsiest person in the kitchen minus the one in rg!
this time round it was cranberry pie. its actually quite yummy! the sweetness of the pastry + the tartness of the berries. perfect combination!
anyway, i can't stand how recipes that people upload aren't very clear about the quantity. maybe its just that i'm not used to it. it was like 1 cup of flour so i happily took out the measuring cup and was wondering why is it so little! then mum told me that it should be 25og. ok good. same for the sugar. and smart smart me actually measured the flour and sugar one after the other and cos of the unequal weight distribution in the container, i think you know what happened. ><
Ingredients
this time round it was cranberry pie. its actually quite yummy! the sweetness of the pastry + the tartness of the berries. perfect combination!
anyway, i can't stand how recipes that people upload aren't very clear about the quantity. maybe its just that i'm not used to it. it was like 1 cup of flour so i happily took out the measuring cup and was wondering why is it so little! then mum told me that it should be 25og. ok good. same for the sugar. and smart smart me actually measured the flour and sugar one after the other and cos of the unequal weight distribution in the container, i think you know what happened. ><
Ingredients
- 250g all-purpose flour
- 250g sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 stick of butter/margarine
- 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence
- 1/2 cup walnut (optional)
- In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, and salt. Add the cranberries, stir gently until coated. Half the cranberries if necessary (too big)
- In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Combine the melted butter and vanilla extract with the eggs. Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, alternating them till doughy.
- Spread into a greased 9-inch pie plate. (used a pyrex dish)
- Bake at 180ºC for 40 - 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
its less than 4 weeks till i leave for tassie. guess im filled with trepidation yet im really excited about this whole new life i'm going to have over there. there's lots to be learnt and i really hope that i will be able to cope with it. things are looking good so far - know the singaporeans in JFH, know 3 other people in med etc. so woohoo! life's great i guess.
its amazing how far i've come. from not even wanting to do med at first to mediquiz to not getting into nu5 to going to uta5. its been a long arduous journey. at least it is something i want to do. overheard mum telling her friend that if she didn't let me go, if i cant get a good job in future, i might blame her for not sending me over. its not that i couldnt make it but rather i wasn't allowed to go. guess thats true to a certain extent. many times have we made the wrong decision, only to regret it later. sometimes we make the right decision, but still regret it later. the grass is always greener on the other side. even if you're a doc, life would be tough and there will be times you will regret your decision, but at the end of the day, its your passion, i don't think it is a wrong decision but rather just a wrong perspective. would you rather work or lie in the hospital bed? to be able to walk around and wake up to a new day is already a great blessing.
farewell party yest. seriously if you ask me, i don't know where all my time went! im like "hmm what did i do.." anw, thanx to all who brought presents! they were so cute and nice.. :)
didn't really get to talk to all of them.. now i know wad ruth when she told me bout nat's party. :S im sure her parties are like MUCH bigger. but anw it was nice just seeing familiar faces once more.. :) eh you all must email/fb/msn me k! stupid sia.. 500mb/mth.. nvm go com lab! i'll be a regular face there.. hehe..
with so few weekends left, im still supposed to go out with the medsoc ppl.. s13.. vtoo+yj for our sushi (she tagged me on fb!) >< life's really good. i will seriously miss s13 for all their nonsense. actually i think i enjoyed every part of my life except rgs school life. i loved rgac. i just felt like a nobody there so i didn't enjoy it that much. lower sec life seems like a blur, i dont even talk to any of them now. upper sec still not that bad, still talk to a few occasionally online/msg.
cny's coming! time for angbao and what nots. cookies and family and fun (aka mahjong + blackjack!) then it will mean that its time for me to go. :((
its amazing how far i've come. from not even wanting to do med at first to mediquiz to not getting into nu5 to going to uta5. its been a long arduous journey. at least it is something i want to do. overheard mum telling her friend that if she didn't let me go, if i cant get a good job in future, i might blame her for not sending me over. its not that i couldnt make it but rather i wasn't allowed to go. guess thats true to a certain extent. many times have we made the wrong decision, only to regret it later. sometimes we make the right decision, but still regret it later. the grass is always greener on the other side. even if you're a doc, life would be tough and there will be times you will regret your decision, but at the end of the day, its your passion, i don't think it is a wrong decision but rather just a wrong perspective. would you rather work or lie in the hospital bed? to be able to walk around and wake up to a new day is already a great blessing.
farewell party yest. seriously if you ask me, i don't know where all my time went! im like "hmm what did i do.." anw, thanx to all who brought presents! they were so cute and nice.. :)
- yinjia, bel, sean, peisi for the CK bag (finally after so many mths..)
- yinjia for her nice nice touching letter!!
- ami, grace, monic, jessie for the blouse
- s13 for the card! (thanx ar. the availability F)
- asik, shumin, jane for the earring and necklace
- melissa and derek for the tiramisa which we all shared (yummy!)
- daxiong for the goofy, minnie and mickey doctor softtoys!
- lao vincent for that green squishy thingie
- joanne and huiying for the pillow
- dawn for the strawberry cake
- jeremy for the steth pouch and book + the necklace the other day
didn't really get to talk to all of them.. now i know wad ruth when she told me bout nat's party. :S im sure her parties are like MUCH bigger. but anw it was nice just seeing familiar faces once more.. :) eh you all must email/fb/msn me k! stupid sia.. 500mb/mth.. nvm go com lab! i'll be a regular face there.. hehe..
with so few weekends left, im still supposed to go out with the medsoc ppl.. s13.. vtoo+yj for our sushi (she tagged me on fb!) >< life's really good. i will seriously miss s13 for all their nonsense. actually i think i enjoyed every part of my life except rgs school life. i loved rgac. i just felt like a nobody there so i didn't enjoy it that much. lower sec life seems like a blur, i dont even talk to any of them now. upper sec still not that bad, still talk to a few occasionally online/msg.
cny's coming! time for angbao and what nots. cookies and family and fun (aka mahjong + blackjack!) then it will mean that its time for me to go. :((
Friday, January 11, 2008
Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Sunday, January 06, 2008
had predep@rture briefing today. the talk itself wasnt exactly informative but i guess meeting the other peeps going over was great!
so far i've met a few of them and they're nice. at least thats how they seem now. haha. i know i sound cautious but i think it shouldnt be a problem since we're all there together. it may be competitive at times but after all, we're all gah ki nang.
so here's a brief intro to who i met today..!
presenting the seniors..!
AND AND AND i heard the toilets are shared...! like ok fine whats the biggie bout it..
BOTH GUYS AND GIRLS SHARE THE SAME TOILET!!
*i wonder how true that is* ><
now this sucks big time.
oh well. what an eye-opening experience thats gonna be. :P
so far i've met a few of them and they're nice. at least thats how they seem now. haha. i know i sound cautious but i think it shouldnt be a problem since we're all there together. it may be competitive at times but after all, we're all gah ki nang.
so here's a brief intro to who i met today..!
presenting the seniors..!
- s@leh - pres of SSA : 3rd yr ch3m
- t@mmy - secretary : 2nd yr zo0logy
- ibs3n - PR : 2nd yr l@w
- Christin@ - med
- F@ith - Fin3 @rts
- J3remy - L@w
- M@rcus - M@rine Science
AND AND AND i heard the toilets are shared...! like ok fine whats the biggie bout it..
BOTH GUYS AND GIRLS SHARE THE SAME TOILET!!
*i wonder how true that is* ><
now this sucks big time.
oh well. what an eye-opening experience thats gonna be. :P
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
teach + hr + making indigo and other organic substances + driven a car with a license + losing my cool that very one time (in sept) which made me really upset
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i didn't make any! but i think i shall make a few for 2008. hopefully this is will help to keep things on track.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
nope.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
nope.
5. What countries did you visit?
msia. jb to be exact. twice?
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
same wishes as ruth. in her words "more time. more energy. more memory space."
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
i don't really rmb dates but so far i can rmb 19may (posting), 29jun (social nite), 6 aug (school starts), 12 sept (utas offer), 19dec (comm ball), 31dec (played mahjong through the new yr!)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
hmm. getting into ut@s?
9. What was your biggest failure?
not getting into nu5?
10.Did you suffer illness or injury?
flu + cough. quite a bad one. was sent home by bansl once. hahaha! must thank the others for taking my classes. :) but apart from that, the others (if any) were minor enough for me to forget.
11.What was the best thing you bought?
cardio III at a discount!
12.Whose behavior merited celebration?
hmm mine! yeah. i think i am a better person when i was teaching/working. haha! at least i learnt to control my temper but now that i'm slacking at home, i think i've just reverted back to the old me. oh dear. but i'm tryinggg... >< pam and ruth too! for being my buddies all these years! esp this yr.. if not for you all i think i would have gone mad during the 1st half of the year! yinjia my twin..! if not for you i would have gone mad during the second half of the year.. :) thanks for keeping me sane! tyg for trying to make amends. HAH. brian nguyen for being my gossip aunt.
13.Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
someone A. someone B. i guess i'm rather easily affected by other's comments. unless they are my close friends and i know they mean well. someone B for just being itself. >< kinda used to it but still gets on my nerves at times. its aloofness and heck-care-dont-care attitude.
14.Where did most of your money go? instruments? steth, torch, tendon tappers, diagnostic kit. book? netters, ganong, patho, tortor@, snell, wheathers..? nike bag?
15.What did you get really, really, really excited about?
nuh att@chment!! cny at mrs choo's house! hall orientation! erm RT for a while. ><
16.What song will always remind you of 2007?
jacky cheung's yi lu shang you ni
17.Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
happier! i think i was still worrying about hr work and stuff. esp since i think i got told off by bigbigboss over the obituary thing around this time. ><
18.What do you wish you’d done more of?
gone out with friends. made more friends. done something more about it. taken korean lessons.
19.What do you wish you’d done less of?
sleep. procrastination. being a busybody. :S
20.How did you spend Christmas?
cheonging korean drama! 10am - 1130pm! with canadian pizza for lunch and easy to cook beehoon for dinner!
21.Did you fall in love in 2007?
nah. immer gleich. :)
22.How many one-night stands?
i sit at my desk. not stand. too tiring for an all-nighter.
23.What was your favorite TV program?
ch u korean dramas!
24.Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
no
25.What was the best book you read?
harry potter! haha might not be the best in terms of content but it was the most satisfying one. finally finished the series.
26.What was your greatest musical discovery?
my piano's out of tune.
27.What did you want and get?
ut@s med. actually any med but getting ut@s was a gift from above since its the cheapest!
28.What did you want and not get?
overseas sship. cambridge. nus med. bf? hah jk!
29.What was your favorite film of this year?
wasn't a movie buff this year. watched all the free ones online. but it prob has to be simpsons or music&lyrics.
30.What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
19!woke up to greetings. nothing much happened as everyone was having exams. at least the ntu people were while the nus people were mugging their asses off.
31.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
hmm. i really dont know. perhaps whatever i wish for would have changed something else which might not actually result in it being more satisfying but maybe more money would do the job. :)
32.How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
tees and berms/pants + jacket. sucks totally. tried to dress better in ntu but thanks to yinjia (thanks for being so cui!) i gave up and reverted back to my old ways.
33.What kept you sane?
friends and family. plus wonderful students like heidi, thashi and jermaine!
34.Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
none i guess. not a fanatic but i just go crazy over the characters and maybe the guy if they're cute. but thats bout it. and it only lasts the duration of the show.
35.What political issue stirred you the most? not interested. sorry.
36.Who did you miss?
s13!!!! erm tyg + 409 (at times but only a select few) + rgs staff + ntu + vj friends like sherli!
37.Who was the best new person you met?
YINJIA! since its singular. but i really love the ntu people. bms + hall 8.
38.Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
things happen for a reason. don't give up the dream.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"i'll always remember, it was late afternoon. it lasted forever, but it ended so soon."
teach + hr + making indigo and other organic substances + driven a car with a license + losing my cool that very one time (in sept) which made me really upset
2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i didn't make any! but i think i shall make a few for 2008. hopefully this is will help to keep things on track.
- ENJOY 1st yr of med school
- be more patient/understanding
- MAINTAIN existing friendships
- *i'll add on once i think of them!*
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
nope.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
nope.
5. What countries did you visit?
msia. jb to be exact. twice?
6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
same wishes as ruth. in her words "more time. more energy. more memory space."
7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
i don't really rmb dates but so far i can rmb 19may (posting), 29jun (social nite), 6 aug (school starts), 12 sept (utas offer), 19dec (comm ball), 31dec (played mahjong through the new yr!)
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
hmm. getting into ut@s?
9. What was your biggest failure?
not getting into nu5?
10.Did you suffer illness or injury?
flu + cough. quite a bad one. was sent home by bansl once. hahaha! must thank the others for taking my classes. :) but apart from that, the others (if any) were minor enough for me to forget.
11.What was the best thing you bought?
cardio III at a discount!
12.Whose behavior merited celebration?
hmm mine! yeah. i think i am a better person when i was teaching/working. haha! at least i learnt to control my temper but now that i'm slacking at home, i think i've just reverted back to the old me. oh dear. but i'm tryinggg... >< pam and ruth too! for being my buddies all these years! esp this yr.. if not for you all i think i would have gone mad during the 1st half of the year! yinjia my twin..! if not for you i would have gone mad during the second half of the year.. :) thanks for keeping me sane! tyg for trying to make amends. HAH. brian nguyen for being my gossip aunt.
13.Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
someone A. someone B. i guess i'm rather easily affected by other's comments. unless they are my close friends and i know they mean well. someone B for just being itself. >< kinda used to it but still gets on my nerves at times. its aloofness and heck-care-dont-care attitude.
14.Where did most of your money go? instruments? steth, torch, tendon tappers, diagnostic kit. book? netters, ganong, patho, tortor@, snell, wheathers..? nike bag?
15.What did you get really, really, really excited about?
nuh att@chment!! cny at mrs choo's house! hall orientation! erm RT for a while. ><
16.What song will always remind you of 2007?
jacky cheung's yi lu shang you ni
17.Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
happier! i think i was still worrying about hr work and stuff. esp since i think i got told off by bigbigboss over the obituary thing around this time. ><
18.What do you wish you’d done more of?
gone out with friends. made more friends. done something more about it. taken korean lessons.
19.What do you wish you’d done less of?
sleep. procrastination. being a busybody. :S
20.How did you spend Christmas?
cheonging korean drama! 10am - 1130pm! with canadian pizza for lunch and easy to cook beehoon for dinner!
21.Did you fall in love in 2007?
nah. immer gleich. :)
22.How many one-night stands?
i sit at my desk. not stand. too tiring for an all-nighter.
23.What was your favorite TV program?
ch u korean dramas!
24.Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
no
25.What was the best book you read?
harry potter! haha might not be the best in terms of content but it was the most satisfying one. finally finished the series.
26.What was your greatest musical discovery?
my piano's out of tune.
27.What did you want and get?
ut@s med. actually any med but getting ut@s was a gift from above since its the cheapest!
28.What did you want and not get?
overseas sship. cambridge. nus med. bf? hah jk!
29.What was your favorite film of this year?
wasn't a movie buff this year. watched all the free ones online. but it prob has to be simpsons or music&lyrics.
30.What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
19!woke up to greetings. nothing much happened as everyone was having exams. at least the ntu people were while the nus people were mugging their asses off.
31.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
hmm. i really dont know. perhaps whatever i wish for would have changed something else which might not actually result in it being more satisfying but maybe more money would do the job. :)
32.How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
tees and berms/pants + jacket. sucks totally. tried to dress better in ntu but thanks to yinjia (thanks for being so cui!) i gave up and reverted back to my old ways.
33.What kept you sane?
friends and family. plus wonderful students like heidi, thashi and jermaine!
34.Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
none i guess. not a fanatic but i just go crazy over the characters and maybe the guy if they're cute. but thats bout it. and it only lasts the duration of the show.
35.What political issue stirred you the most? not interested. sorry.
36.Who did you miss?
s13!!!! erm tyg + 409 (at times but only a select few) + rgs staff + ntu + vj friends like sherli!
37.Who was the best new person you met?
YINJIA! since its singular. but i really love the ntu people. bms + hall 8.
38.Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
things happen for a reason. don't give up the dream.
39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"i'll always remember, it was late afternoon. it lasted forever, but it ended so soon."
Saturday, December 29, 2007
havent updated in a rather long time. like a proper post. thats like over 2 weeks ago i think. whoops!
anyway, 2007 is coming to an end but its not time for the usual post as yet so just hang on till i actually get around to writing that rather long and thoughtful post.
this weeks been rather bz though now that i think back, i can't rmb what i've been bz with. oh rite. korean drama! hahaha! 60 hrs of my life is going to just vanish just because i've plonked myself down in front of the box just watching the song of the prince aka seodongyo aka shu3 tong2 yao2 (yam boy song). its rather dachangjin-ish since its by the same producers but i'm not really complaining. 20 cds in all. down to the last 6! and mind you, they are dvds so thats bout 3hrs and tada! you arrive at 60 hrs!
boy my math is good. wahaha.
had class outing on sunday which i went late as i couldnt wake up in time to reach ecp at 10. ok i stirred to msg big boss that i'm going to meet them after lunch so i kinda woke up but fell straight back to sleep. met @mi at parkway b4 going over to macs to look for them. found yf, bri@n nguy3n, @sik, how@n, der3n, jingyu@n. almost killed them when someone suggested going back to parkway. thank god they didn't and we so kindly spared their lives. headed down to k@tong shopping centre to p00l. @mi's not too bad for someone who doesn't really know how to play. :) as for me, its more like just try and hit in as many as possible but it takes loads of luck and deep concentration to apply the physics in it. der3n and yf left before dinner but our dear jessi3 foo joined us! yay!! :) thanks girl for your christmas card! so sweet of you..
ate LJS at TM b4 they decided to come to my house to play mahjong. plus stayover. wahaha! so it was big boss aka jy, hw and @mi. whoa all of them have an A in their names! played mahjong, piano, com, ps2 etc. stayed up till bout 4am b4 @mi and i couldn't take it anymore. so we all went to sleep and guess wad? the guys couldnt wake up lor! they only woke up cos we drew the curtains back and it was alr 11+am. so we headed down to eastpoint after breakfast (at like 12..?) for lunch! walked around eastpoint and jy concluded that its sadder than AMK hub. wahah! oh well, guess it only serves our basic needs. :P
ok i shall go back to my korean movie again. :)
anyway, 2007 is coming to an end but its not time for the usual post as yet so just hang on till i actually get around to writing that rather long and thoughtful post.
this weeks been rather bz though now that i think back, i can't rmb what i've been bz with. oh rite. korean drama! hahaha! 60 hrs of my life is going to just vanish just because i've plonked myself down in front of the box just watching the song of the prince aka seodongyo aka shu3 tong2 yao2 (yam boy song). its rather dachangjin-ish since its by the same producers but i'm not really complaining. 20 cds in all. down to the last 6! and mind you, they are dvds so thats bout 3hrs and tada! you arrive at 60 hrs!
boy my math is good. wahaha.
had class outing on sunday which i went late as i couldnt wake up in time to reach ecp at 10. ok i stirred to msg big boss that i'm going to meet them after lunch so i kinda woke up but fell straight back to sleep. met @mi at parkway b4 going over to macs to look for them. found yf, bri@n nguy3n, @sik, how@n, der3n, jingyu@n. almost killed them when someone suggested going back to parkway. thank god they didn't and we so kindly spared their lives. headed down to k@tong shopping centre to p00l. @mi's not too bad for someone who doesn't really know how to play. :) as for me, its more like just try and hit in as many as possible but it takes loads of luck and deep concentration to apply the physics in it. der3n and yf left before dinner but our dear jessi3 foo joined us! yay!! :) thanks girl for your christmas card! so sweet of you..
ate LJS at TM b4 they decided to come to my house to play mahjong. plus stayover. wahaha! so it was big boss aka jy, hw and @mi. whoa all of them have an A in their names! played mahjong, piano, com, ps2 etc. stayed up till bout 4am b4 @mi and i couldn't take it anymore. so we all went to sleep and guess wad? the guys couldnt wake up lor! they only woke up cos we drew the curtains back and it was alr 11+am. so we headed down to eastpoint after breakfast (at like 12..?) for lunch! walked around eastpoint and jy concluded that its sadder than AMK hub. wahah! oh well, guess it only serves our basic needs. :P
ok i shall go back to my korean movie again. :)
Saturday, December 22, 2007
404 Moment
Paul Keeley, a consultant in the department of palliative medicine at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland wrote to the weekly British Medical Journal a sample of new words that British doctors use among themselves.
They include:
Disco biscuits: The clubbers' drug ecstasy. As in: "The man in cubicle three looks like he's taken one too many disco biscuits.''
Hasselhoff: Term for any patient who shows up in the emergency room with an injury for which there is a bizarre explanation. Source: Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff, who hit his head on a chandelier while shaving. The broken glass severed four tendons and and an artery in his right arm.
Agnostication: A substitute for prognostication. Term used to the describe the usually vain attempt to answer the question: "How long have I got, doc?''
Blamestorming: Apportioning of blame after the wrong leg or kidney is removed or some other particularly egregious foul-up happens.
404 moment: The point in a doctor's ward round when medical records cannot be located. Comes from internet error message, "404 - document not found.''
Testiculation: Description of a gesture typically used by hospital consultant "when holding forth on subject on which he or she has little knowledge". Gesture is of an upturned hand with outstretched fingers pointed upwards, clutching an invisible pair of testicles.
Other slang used by doctors, according to past letters to the BMJ, include UBI (for "Unexplained Beer Injury''), PAFO ("Pissed And Fell Over'') and Code Brown, or a faecal incontinence emergency.
CTD means "Circling The Drain'', GPO signifies "Good for Parts Only'' and "Rule of Five'' means that if more than five of the patient's orifices are obscured by tubing, he has no chance.
A patient who is "giving the O-sign'' is very sick, lying with his mouth open. This is followed by the "Q-sign'' - when the tongue hangs out of the mouth - when the patient becomes terminal.
As for genetic quirks or inbreeding, FLK means "Funny Looking Kid'' and NFN signifies "Normal For Norfolk,'' a rural English county.
General practitioners may use LOBNH ("Lights On But Nobody Home'') or the impressively bogus Oligoneuronal to mean someone who is thick.
But they also have a somewhat poetic option: "Pumpkin positive'' refers to the idea that a person's brain is so tiny that a penlight shone into their mouth will make their empty head gleam like a Halloween pumpkin.
They include:
Other slang used by doctors, according to past letters to the BMJ, include UBI (for "Unexplained Beer Injury''), PAFO ("Pissed And Fell Over'') and Code Brown, or a faecal incontinence emergency.
CTD means "Circling The Drain'', GPO signifies "Good for Parts Only'' and "Rule of Five'' means that if more than five of the patient's orifices are obscured by tubing, he has no chance.
A patient who is "giving the O-sign'' is very sick, lying with his mouth open. This is followed by the "Q-sign'' - when the tongue hangs out of the mouth - when the patient becomes terminal.
As for genetic quirks or inbreeding, FLK means "Funny Looking Kid'' and NFN signifies "Normal For Norfolk,'' a rural English county.
General practitioners may use LOBNH ("Lights On But Nobody Home'') or the impressively bogus Oligoneuronal to mean someone who is thick.
But they also have a somewhat poetic option: "Pumpkin positive'' refers to the idea that a person's brain is so tiny that a penlight shone into their mouth will make their empty head gleam like a Halloween pumpkin.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
heyhey! that rhyme is real ok! :( why hasn't anyone heard the full version.
but anyway.. i've got proof that i'm correct! wahahah!
but anyway.. i've got proof that i'm correct! wahahah!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
its raining, its pouring, the old man is snoring..
he went to bed and knocked his head,
and couldnt get up in the morning!
so tragic! i mean i never really realised how tragic this is until i dawned on me that he died! ok maybe he didnt. perhaps like a coma but i think its more exciting if he died!
i just love the nights. so quiet, cool and peaceful. with no one around to bother me. its a good time for reflection and sorting out messed up thoughts. :) the mornings just have too much light which spoils the whole atmosphere.
was just thinking bout time the other day. it seems that time is just something relative. daylight saving and stuff. like who's the one who says that today is monday, tomorrow is tues etc? i mean, i can just say that tomorrow is sunday and not tuesday and if everyone followed suit, would we have just moved ahead in time, and skipped tues - sat?
like how its 13hrs behind in ontario and how someone might be just started the day while you're already ending it. how we just adjusted our time by 30min so as to make things easier for us between msia and stuff. so time is indeed a very relative thing.
time waits for no man. but if every man waits for time, time will wait for man.
he went to bed and knocked his head,
and couldnt get up in the morning!
so tragic! i mean i never really realised how tragic this is until i dawned on me that he died! ok maybe he didnt. perhaps like a coma but i think its more exciting if he died!
i just love the nights. so quiet, cool and peaceful. with no one around to bother me. its a good time for reflection and sorting out messed up thoughts. :) the mornings just have too much light which spoils the whole atmosphere.
was just thinking bout time the other day. it seems that time is just something relative. daylight saving and stuff. like who's the one who says that today is monday, tomorrow is tues etc? i mean, i can just say that tomorrow is sunday and not tuesday and if everyone followed suit, would we have just moved ahead in time, and skipped tues - sat?
like how its 13hrs behind in ontario and how someone might be just started the day while you're already ending it. how we just adjusted our time by 30min so as to make things easier for us between msia and stuff. so time is indeed a very relative thing.
time waits for no man. but if every man waits for time, time will wait for man.
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Have you heard of Ah Beng applying to a medical school to become a
doctor? Needless to say he never made it. Do you know why? These are the
answers he wrote in his entrance exam:
Antibody - against everyone
Artery - The study of the paintings.
Bacteria - back door to a cafeteria.
Caesarean section - a district in Rome.
Cardiology - advance study of poker playing.
Cat scan - searching for lost kitty.
Chronic - neck of a crow.
Coma - punctuation mark.
Cortisone - area around local court.
Cyst - short for sister.
Diagnosis - person with slanted nose.
Dilate - the late British Princess Diana.
Dislocation - in this place.
Duodenum - couple in blue jeans.
Enema - not a friend.
Fake labour - pretending to work.
Genes - blue denim.
Hernia - she is close by.
Impotent - distinguished/well known.
Labour pain - hurt at work.
Lactose - people without toes.
Lymph - walk unsteadily.
Microbes - small dressing gown.
Obesity - city of Obe.
Pacemaker - winner of Nobel peace prize.
Proteins - in favour of teens.
Pulse - grain.
Pus - small cat.
Red blood count - Dracula.
Secretion - hiding anything.
Tablet - small table.
Ultrasound - radical noise.
Urine - opposite of you're out.
Varicose - very close
doctor? Needless to say he never made it. Do you know why? These are the
answers he wrote in his entrance exam:
Antibody - against everyone
Artery - The study of the paintings.
Bacteria - back door to a cafeteria.
Caesarean section - a district in Rome.
Cardiology - advance study of poker playing.
Cat scan - searching for lost kitty.
Chronic - neck of a crow.
Coma - punctuation mark.
Cortisone - area around local court.
Cyst - short for sister.
Diagnosis - person with slanted nose.
Dilate - the late British Princess Diana.
Dislocation - in this place.
Duodenum - couple in blue jeans.
Enema - not a friend.
Fake labour - pretending to work.
Genes - blue denim.
Hernia - she is close by.
Impotent - distinguished/well known.
Labour pain - hurt at work.
Lactose - people without toes.
Lymph - walk unsteadily.
Microbes - small dressing gown.
Obesity - city of Obe.
Pacemaker - winner of Nobel peace prize.
Proteins - in favour of teens.
Pulse - grain.
Pus - small cat.
Red blood count - Dracula.
Secretion - hiding anything.
Tablet - small table.
Ultrasound - radical noise.
Urine - opposite of you're out.
Varicose - very close
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