Singapore Night 2009

yesterday was singapore night and it was a great success (phew!)! but yes i am SO glad it is finally over. we were all going nuts soon. but that's not appropriate for public viewing so i shall keep it in. ask me personally if you really want to know but really, i'm just going to let it all go.

made a video (my first!) and i'm quite proud of it actually. i don't care if people disagree. no one wanted to do it so everyone shall just shut up and keep the comments to yourself unless it is about how good it is.

theme was getai so i bought a yellow feather boa from reject shop and wore a dress i already had. =) didn't turn out too bad really. although the feather boa kept sliding off and pissed me off a little so i removed it after a while. only put it back on later for photos etc. lol!

didn't take photos of the food but it was great. especially the dessert. didn't take that many photos with my camera so right now i'm just waiting for people to tag me on facebook. plus chris' camera was the official camera so we'll have to wait for him to upload (which might take a while from experience! grr..)

anw the reason why i'm so glad this is over is because the workload was sort of unevenly shared. i came up with the theme, made the video, found the national anthem vid, had to do all the games by myself and that included ripping songs etc, sourced for some decoration and all the little little things that no one wants to do. and i was supposed to usher, rahrah the crowd before the event, hold the token of appreciation, help the performers with their food, get performers ready, help darren (games emcee) with the games, present the lucky draw prizes, ensure that everything's going alright etc. i dunno la. somehow i felt like i was doing a lot a lot a lot. but of course the other people (some not all) had to go settle stuff with wr3st point which is probably worse than mine la huh. oh well. its over its over its over. stop thinking and harping on it!

but yes. it was a really busy night. even my friends were like 'michelle! go get something to eat! stop running here and there!'

in between my busy-ness, i still managed to get some photos! =) phewww how sad would it be to go and end up without photos at all!

2nd yr meddies! L-R: Cho, Elvin3, Me, Darr3n, K1m

sham!

L-R: joelen3 with jad3's pink feather boa, Me and Marcu5!

the rest are on facebook.

alright. back to work. just a short update for all you wonderful people out there. *muacks*

we just received the national day goodie bag from singapore! =) minus all the food products and i think the fan and batteries.

it's a 2-way bag! quite cute actually. can be a tote or a sling! will take pictures of it when i'm more free. i think i want the hot pink or lime green one. bright wonderful colours! the blue and purple are not too bad too. i think the darker green's not as nice though. but nonetheless, it's good to get the goodie bag!

i think the mr bean drumstick thing is sooo cute. =) although it's not advisable to knock the drum thing with the leaf because it dents the thing! hahaha!

there really isn't any permanence in life. even more so when you're studying overseas. everything changes and you don't feel like you belong despite how well you've assimilated into the lifestyle. but that's a story for another day.

i just found out that some of the supp people failed their supp papers. unfortunately one of them's my close friend. now i feel quite sad because he would so full of shit that sometimes i didn't know what to say to him. i'm already missing him.

i really hate losing friends and classmates this way. i really do. just as you're getting to know them better, they're gone. =(

i'll miss you heaps in class kamal. your nonsense and how you attempt to speak singlish. your horrible sense of timing that caused us to reach Snug at an insane time during rural week and those late night chats during rural week that lead to us spouting nonsense as we were too tired to think properly. you were always the one that broke the silence.

i'll always rmb the first time i saw you with your big hair and cap. (damn i don't have a picture of that!) i'll rmb how you cooked your pasta and wedges, how you attempted to light the fireplace (LOL!). those were good times.

hope to see you around soon bro. i really do miss seeing you around in class.

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.

=(

there's so much to blog about but i'm just too lazy too! probably because there's more to do in singapore than tasmania. lol!

anyway! transformers was nice! action packed + drool worthy cars + indestructible robots + hot bods = 2.5h kept on the edge of my seat! seriously, the critics are too harsh on this movie! compared to changeling which was the same length, i think transformers kept me awake! adrenaline rush! woohoo! damn high!

megan fox is hottt. omg. i'd turn les for someone like her. really. hahaha! anyone disagrees?

i still need to go buy my books! can't believe i'm already flying back next friday! so fast! nooo.. which means the start of THE insane semester! *faints* try fitting GIT, repro and UT into one semester! not exactly looking forward to it. if i had no life last semester, i'll probably be a ghost this coming semester!

so far i've indulged in dimsum buffet, duck rice, tze char, fish head steamboat, old chang kee, mee sua, curry chicken noodle, chendol, ice jelly, bak chor mee, milo dinosaur, pork porridge, sambal stingray, oyster egg, ban mian etc! lost count already! whoops!

going out later to watch transformers with a car enthusiast (aka marcu5)! haha! it's going to be interesting with him gushing all about the cars after the movie i think! :P curled my hair on monday so now it's slightly wavy. not ah-ma/auntie style (hopefully!) but i wish my hair was slightly longer so that it would look more like the japanese type.

looking at my booklist, i dont think i have many books to buy this time around! which means i'll have more space for other things! yay! =)

alright i shall go play with my nails now. since i really have nothing to do atm which is really really enjoyable. 1st break in 4 months. just going to relax in my little corner for 3 weeks.