Officially 3rd Yr!

i passed!! distinction again! whee~! =D waiting for possibly the last treat now because subsequently everything's going to be pass/fail i think. just wondering who it will be. it all boils down to jo3l3n3 now.

Week 1

Hey sorry about the lack of updates. Have been so tired at the end of the day that I really don't feel like updating anymore. It's like being home where everyone is probably doing the same stuff so it isn't as exciting as being overseas I suppose.

Got myself bangs and rebonded my hair. Looking like one of those china dolls now. LOL! Hair's really flat though. Bah.

That's us at the zoo when we went out with one of my Tasmanian classmates and her parents. =) brought them to bugis after that and they tried bubble tea, durian, steamboat/bbq and some dessert at food junction. they had fun! unfortunately it rained heavily the next day so they sort of wasted one day cos they couldn't go anywhere. Oh well, they were in transit to France as well so they didn't have that much luggage space to spare!

Will upload more photos when I get them from Anna and her dad. The zoo has changed quite a bit in terms of layout from the last time I visited it (which is a really long time ago).

Started work again at intercru1ses which has been good so far. =D managed to utilise whatever little german I have left in my brain with some passengers the other day.

Headed down to st james on sunday too with extended family! The songs were damn cheena! Like OMG. didn't understand 1/3 of the song and haven't heard of 1/2 of them! ><

Apart from eating etc, I don't think I've done much. Ok did some shopping yesterday for the 'clinical-ish' clothes and went to BTNR for a morning walk last sat. Gonna have a bbq at my place later! whee~! Loves it!

Alright it should go eat my breakfast which is a ginormous bao that's bigger than my fist!

Sunny Island

finally back in sunny singapore after a rather eventful return home. hopefully it will never happen again. argh. i missed my flight. >< whoops. long story.

Unsuccessful.

i didn't get the 5GH attachment. =( oh well. i'm actually not massively upset. this just means that i can actually have a holiday while working too! =D

Finally met Karin!

oh and i forgot to mention!!

I FINALLY MET KARIN after my 1st paper! OMGGG!!!

was at the art school for faith's exhibition because she's returning to sg. she decided not to finish her degree as it isn't what she wants to do.

anyway was about to leave the art school when i saw someone who looked like karin walk towards me! think she was preparing for her graduation exhibition that's on tmr! she asked me to go see but i don't have the details! eeks! think i've got her number somewhere but i need to look for it.

i can finally tell gina that i've met her! HAHAHA! =)

3 boxes and counting.

3 boxes later. at least my shelf is starting to look empty. =)

lol recall the similar posts last yr? my gosh! time flies!

Dinner with SGIA Vice GD

I shall take back what I said about no japanese food in Hobart apart from sushi. Oh my ignorance. That's why I said I need a car. =D Technically there's Orizuru behind Mures but I'm not willing to pay that much for food.

We headed out to Moonah's Kawasemi Japanese Teahouse which is run by one of our soka members! Yummy yummy! I had the Dinner Bento Set and it came with sashimi, sushi, tempura, potato salad etc! It was goooodddddd...!! Gotta wait for Andy to upload the photo of the food.

We then had green tea pancake filled with custard and it came with matcha ice cream too! Om nom nom! Too bad I don't have a picture of this but just imagine a green crepe roll with custard and a scoop of ice cream on the side with green tea sauce drizzled all over.

Drooling yet? ;)

The bento set cost only $18! That's really dirt cheap in Tasmania! I've never eaten at a restaurant without having to fork out more than $20! The dessert was $4.50 but it was well worth it. Did I mention that the owner is Japanese too? That's how authentic it is. Not your dodgy Japanese looking place serving sushi but it is overrun by Chinese people.

Everyone should go try it if they have a car! Seriously good value for money.

Kawasemi Japanese Teahouse
Located in Dickensons Arcade.
Near the big Chickenfeed and huge Moonah carpark.
109 Main Road, Moonah

Open everyday except Sunday
Lunch ends at 3pm
Dinner only available from Wed-Sat
Bookings are essential
62781211

Shh! Don't tell the world about this place. It's one of Hobart's best kept secrets. ;)

Voluntary New Exam Paper?

The School wishes to ensure that no students are disadvantaged as a result of that issue, and has set in place a new examination and processes to ensure fair treatment. 

All students will be required to sit an examination on the 04/11/09 that will cover and substitute for the MCQ/EMQ component of the first Theme 1 examination which was abandoned. IN ADDITION you will be given an opportunity to sit a whole new Theme 1 examination that includes both SAQ and EMQ/MCQ, should you so wish.

FINAL CAM202 RESULT
The final result for CAM202 will be calculated on the basis of best performance on either the first two separate examinations (SAQ 27/10/09 and MCQ 04/11/09) OR the second examination (09/11/09).

should i? urgh. what a decision!

Taylor Swift's Hairdo in 'Love Story'

this is my attempt at her hair. don't mind the coloured bobby pins. i only have coloured ones such as pink, blue, purple and brown. this is just a 'draft' if there's even such a thing. I didn't have the curling iron so all i did was so twist them up and pin.

alright. back to my notes.

decided to change my blogskin. a little sick of the old one already. =)

me with a twisted side braid thing. i think it looks quite nice despite me not doing it properly. ok i think i should go back to reading my notes instead of doing rubbish stuff like this in the midst of exams. urgh.

Adventures with the Pineapple

ok as some of you have realised, I cook when I'm stressed/bored. And now that I've finished 2/3 of one paper (out of 3), I decided that I've got some time on my hands and went to town in the morning and dropped by the island fruit market at salamanca to have a look-see.

ended up buying chicken, ONE onion and ONE pineapple. cooked chicken rendang and I'm really happy that I've finished the bottle of paste. Was feeling a little upset when I thought of what I was going to do with all my random bottles of sauces and pastes! Maybe I'll be cooking every single day after the exams! We'll see yeah?

Anyway, as I was saying, I bought a pineapple! Presenting, THE pineapple.

'Sweet and Ready to Eat'

'Ripened in the North Qld Sunshine!'

Aren't you salivating just listening to that?

So the surgeon in me decided to take a chance and operate on this golden beauty to reveal her inner beauty.

Operation Show-Me-Your-Inside

Step 1: Cut off the top and the bottom

Step 2: trim the sides off

Step 3: Decide whether or not you can be bothered to remove the freaking eyes. I couldn't.

Step 5: Cut it up and store away in the fridge and enjoy!

That's me looking very happy but my hands were wobbly because the knife wasn't sharp and it took some effort to cut it up. Just look at the above mess and you'll understand.

I'm such a domesticated person.

something really funny happened during the exam today. but having repeated it so many times, i'm quite sick of it.

in short...

the answers were given in the mcq/emq section. LOL at that! no LOL at them wanting us to do a make up exam together with the pract on wed!

so we only had to do 2/3 of the exam today. 2h. pfft.

in 6hours, i would be done with my written theme 1 paper! woots! can't wait!

this is why i love my class. we're just so full of shit. carl7's an accountant btw. carl@'s a PhD graduate and mother. hahaha!

Michael Jackson Medley

I'm in love with this guy. He's simply too talented. *faints*

Seriously Just1n should go do something like that. I'm sure every girl would fall for him too.

'i wonder what this is. Kiss Biscuit. Looks like a diabetic's nightmare. Pink sugar coating with hundreds and thousands sprinkles on it.'

'really apprehensive about this. here goes nothing!'

*gasps*

'it's still got jam in there!!' *faints*

(the end)

self-amusement during study break. pardon the lameness of this post! =) studying drives people insane. hehe!

Smart women often make bad love choices
Studies have shown that the higher a woman's IQ (intelligence quota), the lower her EQ (emotional quota). This means that the brighter a woman is, the less likely she is to make good relationship choices.

Professional women, it has been shown, are more likely to divorce and have affairs and are less likely to have children.

The American Journal Of Marriage & Family cites several studies that show how the divorce rate rises for women who out-earn their male partners.

In fact, women who earn more than their husbands divorce twice as often as those who earn less.

It demonstrates that financially successful women are less tolerant and more controlling of less successful men, and that these men have difficulty living with women who are more successful than them.

Dr Robert Holden, author of Success Intelligence, says that intelligent women spend too much time analysing the meanings and motives in their relationships, instead of just letting themselves be open and emotionally vulnerable to their men.

My 600th post on this blog! We've come a long way indeed.

Had the OSCEs yesterday. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been. Probably didn't do as well in the physiology station as I would have loved to, simply because I wasn't sure how to prepare for it. But I should have done relatively well for the other 4 stations, which is awesome.

Station 1: Hx taking - DDx = Bowel cancer, Haemorrhoids

Station 2: GI examination - Talk through till abdo, Examine from abdomen onwards

Station 3: Physiology - GFR, ARBs, ACEI, MDRD

Station 4: Written Examination - Adult Polycystic Kidney Disease

Station 5: Research Ethics and Genetics Privacy/Discrimination

Friday was spent at Elvin3's with Christin@, Darr3n, and Joel3n3. Basically spent the whole day eating instead of studying but it was fun!

Snack: Boiled Sweet Potatoes

Lunch: Leftover Chicken Stew with Rice, Salmon Sashimi, Freshly Baked Bread, Watermelon, Scones

Snack: Timtams

Dinner: Meatloaf, Potatoes with Truffle Oil, Green Salad, Salmon Sashimi, Chocolate Fudge

We finished lunch at about 3pm. Had dinner at about 6+pm. Imagine how full we were! But the food was yummilicious! Thanks Auntie!

Swot-vac has officially started means that the exams are REALLY coming right up!

27 Oct: Theme 1 Written Exam

2 Nov: Perspectives on Aging Exam

4 Nov: Applied Exam

And then I'm done with the exams! With second year of medical school! With preclinical years!

Would be returning to sunny Singapore on 11th Nov! Can't wait! This semester seems to have gone by in a flash. What's new really. Every semester seems like it's flying by and before we know it, we would all be doctors.

Dr Nah, Dr Wong, Dr Neo, Dr Liew, Dr Lau.

Can't imagine that day. I think I would cry. It would have been a long bumpy ride.

Had valedictory dinner on Thursday and we were just listening to the short introduction to the people who were leaving and then Christin@ and I realised that we didn't really want to leave Jane with '___ has been with us for 3/4/5 years and is from Singapore. She studied Medicine.' and thats it! We decided that we would TRY to do something at Jane, be it sports/art show/play/whatever.

dinner that night was niceeee.

Starters: Half an avocado with green salad, beansprouts and kecap manis

Dinner: Macadamia Nut with Lime Leaf Crusted Salmon Steak with Stewed Artichokes and Leek

Dessert: Vanilla Panacotta with Cherry Sauce

The panacotta was TO DIE FOR. I'm so glad I stayed for dessert. *slurps* Sorry but I haven't got pictures this time around. Stomach's growling just thinking of it! XD

just me and my new laptop wallpaper! should just print this and plaster my room with it wherever i turn.

in case you are wondering, they are all my classmates except the one on the right in the bottom left picture. and most of them are smart. which is what is hopefully going to motivate me to study!

such gimmicks. but it's been working thus far (~1h)

haven't been updating because like i said before, life's not too interesting at the moment. how unfortunate. think i've been eating too much and not moving enough. feeling slightly fat bloated now. plus the stench in the pantry isn't helping at all. seriously, this is the stinkiest it has ever been! i wonder who it is that threw whatever it was away! pfft! it's making me nauseous!

rearranged my table - all ready for swotvac! sort of read through pharm and part of renal physiology over the weekend in preparation for the OSCE on saturday. made flashcards for GI/renal Hx and examination. need to start talking to myself again. i'm sort of glad that GI/renal doesn't really require a male guinea pig patient unlike CVS/resp last semester.

its just 4 more weeks till home! will be back on the 11 nov! hanging around for a week after my exams end to pack up my room and maybe do a tour of tassie with some friends. we'll see how that goes. can't believe yr 2 is almost over! now i JUST have to clear this hurdle! *fingers crossed*

and that reminds me. there's still theme 4 to study for for the OSCE! like wth?! urgh. not liking the OSCE at all now. got to go do all the various presentations for the different pathologies for the written station too. nooo.. saturday please don't come so soon!

and stupid body of mine! please stop giving me dizzy spells as and when you like! I NEED TO BE ABLE TO STUDY! been feeling slightly zonked out the past few days - as if my eyes and brain aren't connected and nothing's being processed. which is horrible! i think i might just head off to bed soon, maybe after one round of practice osce with my bolster. =( how sad.