october long weekend... did not do much cos it was either raining or really cloudy... still quite cold atm...
sat... went all the way to banksia to eat the lebanese bread... it was a really long drive but apparently that was the quickest non-toll way to banksia... after that, went to the city, karaoke and went for dinner at din tai feng... I still think the xiao long bao there is the best...
sunday... stayed at home cos it was raining... did not do much...
monday... went for breakfast and did some shopping, bought a blouse...
tuesday... ado... sent pong to uni and did more shopping and bought more clothing... urggh... I did not think I am a shopping person but apparently I am... got to read some of the new in death book... my shelf is running out of space to store these books...
prisy decided not to go to kpop concert... pong having her exams around that time... ahhh... still cannot get good seats... dunno if we should still go??!! I really want to... just found out that SNSD having a concert in singapore in december... ahhhh... why can't they have it when I am there???
I have decided that having an ado following a long weekend is not wise at all, especially when your next ado is like 6 weeks' away... sian...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
韩潮。。。
survived my first week of rotation into aged care... it was not really busy so it was not too bad, and the thing I like about aged care is that the team actually cares about what you say and recommend and if I feel that the pt still has some OT issues, and not safe for discharge, the team is happy for me to do what I have to do prior to discharge... unlike in acute, they don' t care... the not so good thing, ?fast paced and I am still trying to get used to it... I was initially worried about going to all these different case conferences, but now I do see the benefits of going to them every day... so aged care is not too bad at this stage... do I miss mobile rehab??? yes and no...
have been soo hooked onto this korean drama called My girlfriend is a gumiho... prisy has been pestering me to watch for ages now and I was so reluctant bcos I did not like any of the main leads... and then finally decided to watch last week, and oh man, I am sooo sucked into the show and I am so in denial still, but I think I am starting to like lee seung gi... ahhhhh... I started looking up strong heart and 1 night 2 days, becos of him... the whole of last week, the only thing on my mind was the show... it's really cute and funny... I really like the main leads... they are so cute together...
start of a 4 day weekend... nothing planned so far, should probably make good use of this rare break, hopefully it does not rain...
have been soo hooked onto this korean drama called My girlfriend is a gumiho... prisy has been pestering me to watch for ages now and I was so reluctant bcos I did not like any of the main leads... and then finally decided to watch last week, and oh man, I am sooo sucked into the show and I am so in denial still, but I think I am starting to like lee seung gi... ahhhhh... I started looking up strong heart and 1 night 2 days, becos of him... the whole of last week, the only thing on my mind was the show... it's really cute and funny... I really like the main leads... they are so cute together...
start of a 4 day weekend... nothing planned so far, should probably make good use of this rare break, hopefully it does not rain...
Sunday, September 11, 2011
SEpt 11...
last saturday's much anticipated meat and wine co lunch turned out to be not that great, we were told that there was no lunch special on the weekends when we arrived, hence we had to order from the main menue, and there I was looking forward to having my chicken parmigiana... ended up eating this grilled chicken burger... but I did have my lindt iced chocolate, which does make up for some parts and also went karaoke...
nothing much happening this past week... it's my day off again tomorrow, but not doing anything special... 2 more weeks before rotation... found out who the new MRT PT was, and it was unexpected, the new PT is nice but have never really worked with her before, so we'll see how the next 2 weeks go...
have been hooked on korean dramas nowadays... the latest one being city hunter, I have to say, the plot is pretty good and the cast is great as well... and needless to say, lee min ho is hot in the show... he wasn't that good looking in personal taste, but in city hunter, he's really cool... and this morning, becos I was dropping pong off to school, I turned on the tv whilst having breakfast, and had a nice surprise... sbs has this new program called popasia tv... 2 hours nonstop asian music videos and mostly Kpop music... we were all so excited and screaming like we have never seen these mv before like when Genie (SNSD), Ugly (2NE1) came on tv... now there's something to look forward to on tv every sunday morning...
went to lunch with the family yesterday at chatswood, it was sooo crowded, not that it's not usually that crowded... but found out that there was a fair going on... it was really exciting... all the food stores were the more exciting ones... had lunch at this shanghainese place and then went to eat again at that fair... bought this potato chips on a stick thing, which was really nice, nutella wrap... which was good... the taiwanese pancake was disappointing... and there were performances going on as well... and Kpop is definitely becoming bigger, as there was this group of 2 asian girls, dancing to Kpop music...
still not getting good tickets for the Kpop concert... and the silver seats are so much more expensive... will continue to check, but I really want to go... can't decide if we should go even if the seats are crap...
nothing much happening this past week... it's my day off again tomorrow, but not doing anything special... 2 more weeks before rotation... found out who the new MRT PT was, and it was unexpected, the new PT is nice but have never really worked with her before, so we'll see how the next 2 weeks go...
have been hooked on korean dramas nowadays... the latest one being city hunter, I have to say, the plot is pretty good and the cast is great as well... and needless to say, lee min ho is hot in the show... he wasn't that good looking in personal taste, but in city hunter, he's really cool... and this morning, becos I was dropping pong off to school, I turned on the tv whilst having breakfast, and had a nice surprise... sbs has this new program called popasia tv... 2 hours nonstop asian music videos and mostly Kpop music... we were all so excited and screaming like we have never seen these mv before like when Genie (SNSD), Ugly (2NE1) came on tv... now there's something to look forward to on tv every sunday morning...
went to lunch with the family yesterday at chatswood, it was sooo crowded, not that it's not usually that crowded... but found out that there was a fair going on... it was really exciting... all the food stores were the more exciting ones... had lunch at this shanghainese place and then went to eat again at that fair... bought this potato chips on a stick thing, which was really nice, nutella wrap... which was good... the taiwanese pancake was disappointing... and there were performances going on as well... and Kpop is definitely becoming bigger, as there was this group of 2 asian girls, dancing to Kpop music...
still not getting good tickets for the Kpop concert... and the silver seats are so much more expensive... will continue to check, but I really want to go... can't decide if we should go even if the seats are crap...
Friday, September 02, 2011
CAKeD oUt...
an update on my past birthday week... last saturday, met up with the uni girlies for lunch at takeru at chatswood... it was good to see them again, haven't seen some of them for quite awhile, although not all could make it... and in the evening... had the MRT dinner at the korean hotpot place in eastwood... I enjoyed myself, mainly cos most of them had not had korean food before, and it was their first taste, and from what I heard, most of them liked it, except for Kara, and I finally found someone who is even more picky than me when it comes to food... after dinner, we proceeded to go to this korean bakery across the road... and Reem bought me another cake... I had a really enjoyable time, and it was good to hang out with the team outside of work...
sunday... pong and I drove up to blue mountains, stopped over at Leura first, on recommendations from work people, I really enjoyed the small town, and the cute little shops... and the french vanilla cake which I like is found there as well... so I bought one for work and home... after Leura, we drove to the chocolate cafe at Katoomba, and had the apparently famous real hot chocolate drink... it was yummy, similar to what Max Brenner has... and I ate cake again, I ate till I was so sick of cakes... but I just could not resist buying the french vanilla cake... seeing as how I came all the way to the Blue Mountains... after that, we went to the 3 sisters, and as usual, it was quite crowded, being a sunday... took some pictures and then drove to our accomodation place... I have to say, it was not as nice as on the website... the room was not that nice as well, and there was no aircon... being singaporeans we are of course, used to having aircons... and the room was stuffy when we first went in... but the interior of the hotel was nice... renaissance style... so we toured the hotel and the town of Katoomba... nothing exciting, Leura was much better... and what a small little world we live in... pong and I were walking out of the hotel in search for food and in comes Ren and Kathy PT... I was like what the hell??!! seriously, of all the times and places... so had a little chat and we went our separate ways... still have yet to get over this... drove back on monday, did alittle shopping at castle towers on the way home...
tuesday... attended the pressure care course at ILS, it was really interesting and informative, and for $22, the food was good... I was not looking forward to eating there, and was thinking of eating something else, ended up eating the asian noodles... and saw uni people at the course, and Karen and Tina... small world really... Karen and I ended up going to Macquarie centre for a drink and chatted whilst waiting for pong...
so this week was a short week for me really... but it felt long as usual... and found out that Kate has agreed to rotate to cancercare... and Mel is the MRT OT for the time being until they have recruited a full time OT... and they have decided to delay our rotation day for a week, which means that I am now rotating on 26 Sept 2011... Sharon is not real pleased about this new development but there's nothing I could do... Karen just told me to stay out of it... it's not pleasant, as I am still wanting to maintain good relations with them and leave a good impression... so 3 weeks more before rotation... a little upset becos most of the team will not be around when I rotate... had more cake again today, work people organised morning tea for Andrew who has returned to work after 3 months of sick leave, and Kate baked mud cake which was very delicious I have to say... so much more nicer than my flourless choc cake... damn...
tomorrow going out for lunch at Meat and Wine Co, followed by dessert at Lindt's and then karaoke... thoroughly spoilt for my birthday this year...
sunday... pong and I drove up to blue mountains, stopped over at Leura first, on recommendations from work people, I really enjoyed the small town, and the cute little shops... and the french vanilla cake which I like is found there as well... so I bought one for work and home... after Leura, we drove to the chocolate cafe at Katoomba, and had the apparently famous real hot chocolate drink... it was yummy, similar to what Max Brenner has... and I ate cake again, I ate till I was so sick of cakes... but I just could not resist buying the french vanilla cake... seeing as how I came all the way to the Blue Mountains... after that, we went to the 3 sisters, and as usual, it was quite crowded, being a sunday... took some pictures and then drove to our accomodation place... I have to say, it was not as nice as on the website... the room was not that nice as well, and there was no aircon... being singaporeans we are of course, used to having aircons... and the room was stuffy when we first went in... but the interior of the hotel was nice... renaissance style... so we toured the hotel and the town of Katoomba... nothing exciting, Leura was much better... and what a small little world we live in... pong and I were walking out of the hotel in search for food and in comes Ren and Kathy PT... I was like what the hell??!! seriously, of all the times and places... so had a little chat and we went our separate ways... still have yet to get over this... drove back on monday, did alittle shopping at castle towers on the way home...
tuesday... attended the pressure care course at ILS, it was really interesting and informative, and for $22, the food was good... I was not looking forward to eating there, and was thinking of eating something else, ended up eating the asian noodles... and saw uni people at the course, and Karen and Tina... small world really... Karen and I ended up going to Macquarie centre for a drink and chatted whilst waiting for pong...
so this week was a short week for me really... but it felt long as usual... and found out that Kate has agreed to rotate to cancercare... and Mel is the MRT OT for the time being until they have recruited a full time OT... and they have decided to delay our rotation day for a week, which means that I am now rotating on 26 Sept 2011... Sharon is not real pleased about this new development but there's nothing I could do... Karen just told me to stay out of it... it's not pleasant, as I am still wanting to maintain good relations with them and leave a good impression... so 3 weeks more before rotation... a little upset becos most of the team will not be around when I rotate... had more cake again today, work people organised morning tea for Andrew who has returned to work after 3 months of sick leave, and Kate baked mud cake which was very delicious I have to say... so much more nicer than my flourless choc cake... damn...
tomorrow going out for lunch at Meat and Wine Co, followed by dessert at Lindt's and then karaoke... thoroughly spoilt for my birthday this year...
Saturday, August 27, 2011
TOuCHeD...
had a very special birthday this year, thanks to family, friends and colleagues, one of the best and unforgettable ones I have had... despite having to work and having to bake my own birthday cake for work... this year was also extra special, as I turn 26 and I was born on 26 Aug... it's not happening again this lifetime... cos you only turn 26 once... *obviously*...
Elinor, Nat OT and Jenny had decided to fill my table and chair with balloons and I was nicely surprised when I walked into the office in the morning... they also bought me flowers and a card and a movie voucher... a very big thank you to them... for their efforts... Nat PT also bought me a strawberry cheesecake... which we had after the rehab inservice, had another nice surprise when I walked into the inservice and Dr Wong immediately wished me happy birthday and everyone else in the room followed suit... a little embarrassed by it all... that's one of the good things about working in a hospital, you know more people and hence received many birthday wishes yesterday... Elinor and Tina decided that they would locate a recipe for icing for the flourless choc cake which I baked and we ended up going into the ADL kitchen and making the icing there... much appreciated despite all the groaning and mishaps I had whilst making the icing... becos I know how busy they must be... had an afternoon tea in the office where we had the flourless choc cake which I baked (I thought they were bitter btw) and Tina also baked mini cupcakes... they were good... and after coming home, auntie made really good lasagne for me on request... and Christine bought me a cake (yes, another one!)... and there was another round of singing and blowing of candles... I was sooo caked out yesterday... no more cakes for awhile... and saw all the well wishes on facebook last night and this morning... very very thankful to all who have made my special day really unforgettable and made me feel special, loved and missed... and the celebrations are going to continue until next saturday...
one sad thing which I also found out yesterday was that Nat PT is leaving MRT for inpatient rehab, which is something she really enjoyed, hence despite being sad that she is leaving, I am happy for her... so she will be leaving one week before I rotate, so there will be a new PT and OT in MRT come September... I am going to be sad to leave MRT, not just becos I was the first one to start in the team and there was no team when I started so I was on my own for a good 6 months, I do have to say that the first few months was really difficult, cos I do not know anybody and really, anything come to that... and had to make the extra effort to take initiative... and get to know the PTs, the NUMs and the ward clerks... but I was also the one researching for the equipment that the team may need, doing the draft policies and procedures for MRT OT, and I also like to think that I am one of the founding members of the team... and it's a really good team once everyone came onboard...
Elinor, Nat OT and Jenny had decided to fill my table and chair with balloons and I was nicely surprised when I walked into the office in the morning... they also bought me flowers and a card and a movie voucher... a very big thank you to them... for their efforts... Nat PT also bought me a strawberry cheesecake... which we had after the rehab inservice, had another nice surprise when I walked into the inservice and Dr Wong immediately wished me happy birthday and everyone else in the room followed suit... a little embarrassed by it all... that's one of the good things about working in a hospital, you know more people and hence received many birthday wishes yesterday... Elinor and Tina decided that they would locate a recipe for icing for the flourless choc cake which I baked and we ended up going into the ADL kitchen and making the icing there... much appreciated despite all the groaning and mishaps I had whilst making the icing... becos I know how busy they must be... had an afternoon tea in the office where we had the flourless choc cake which I baked (I thought they were bitter btw) and Tina also baked mini cupcakes... they were good... and after coming home, auntie made really good lasagne for me on request... and Christine bought me a cake (yes, another one!)... and there was another round of singing and blowing of candles... I was sooo caked out yesterday... no more cakes for awhile... and saw all the well wishes on facebook last night and this morning... very very thankful to all who have made my special day really unforgettable and made me feel special, loved and missed... and the celebrations are going to continue until next saturday...
one sad thing which I also found out yesterday was that Nat PT is leaving MRT for inpatient rehab, which is something she really enjoyed, hence despite being sad that she is leaving, I am happy for her... so she will be leaving one week before I rotate, so there will be a new PT and OT in MRT come September... I am going to be sad to leave MRT, not just becos I was the first one to start in the team and there was no team when I started so I was on my own for a good 6 months, I do have to say that the first few months was really difficult, cos I do not know anybody and really, anything come to that... and had to make the extra effort to take initiative... and get to know the PTs, the NUMs and the ward clerks... but I was also the one researching for the equipment that the team may need, doing the draft policies and procedures for MRT OT, and I also like to think that I am one of the founding members of the team... and it's a really good team once everyone came onboard...
Sunday, August 21, 2011
26... hmmm...
decided to update my blog with a quick update... nothing very much happening...
work... was told recently that the rotation has changed, they have decided to take stroke out of the rotation and replace it with cancercare... was quite looking forward to rotating into stroke next year, but there's nothing much I can do now... told my manager that I don't think I am ready for cancercare, so we are now waiting for the decision of my other colleague who is on the rotation program to decide... but I am pretty sure I want to go into aged care still...
latest news is that Kpop is coming to Sydney... finally!!!! the good thing is we finally get to see the Kpop groups live in action, the sad part is Super Junior's not part of the lineup... damn... it would be really good if they were... tix not on sale yet, but it will be held at ANZ stadium on 12 Nov 2011... hopefully we will get really awesome seats!
my birthday is coming... still not able to get over the fact that I have to bake my own cakes for work... such a drag, and I have to do it on Thurs night... although my birthday weekend seems to be activity-filled... so I am actually looking forward to it... it will definitely be better than last year, when I was still working at 7pm on my birthday... and having to shove my dinner down in the car whilst waiting...
until next time... take care and keep checking for updates :) P.s: I am probably the only one reading my own blog now really... I don't think anybody else is blogging nowadays... oh well...
work... was told recently that the rotation has changed, they have decided to take stroke out of the rotation and replace it with cancercare... was quite looking forward to rotating into stroke next year, but there's nothing much I can do now... told my manager that I don't think I am ready for cancercare, so we are now waiting for the decision of my other colleague who is on the rotation program to decide... but I am pretty sure I want to go into aged care still...
latest news is that Kpop is coming to Sydney... finally!!!! the good thing is we finally get to see the Kpop groups live in action, the sad part is Super Junior's not part of the lineup... damn... it would be really good if they were... tix not on sale yet, but it will be held at ANZ stadium on 12 Nov 2011... hopefully we will get really awesome seats!
my birthday is coming... still not able to get over the fact that I have to bake my own cakes for work... such a drag, and I have to do it on Thurs night... although my birthday weekend seems to be activity-filled... so I am actually looking forward to it... it will definitely be better than last year, when I was still working at 7pm on my birthday... and having to shove my dinner down in the car whilst waiting...
until next time... take care and keep checking for updates :) P.s: I am probably the only one reading my own blog now really... I don't think anybody else is blogging nowadays... oh well...
Sunday, July 31, 2011
梁静茹。。。 赞。。。
went to watch transformers 3 and harry potter last week... first up, transformers 3... I personally thought the effects were good, but still preferred transformers 1, and megan fox, don't like the new female lead... she is really annoying and she does nothing except pose and prance around in skimpy clothing... at least megan fox's character was tough and she actually did constructive stuff... harry potter... I am so upset (still) that there is no more harry potter, I really enjoyed the movie... thinking back to the first movie, it was really kiddy but gradually got 'darker' by like the third movie... I was scared at some parts of the last movie, let alone the little kids... still remembered the first time I heard of 'harry potter' was in sec 3... when one of the red cross members mentioned the book...
remembered two posts ago, I mentioned that I heard from Bernadette out of the blue, and up until today, I have yet to meet up with her... she kept postponing on me every week, and now 4 weeks later, I decided that if she is not sincere about meeting up, then why should I be the one having to sms her every Friday asking whether she can make it... enough is enough... it's not worth it...
just a quick note on a korean drama which I watched recently... called my princess... it was crap, funny at times, but plot was poor and my advice is... don't waste your time... watched the new taiwanese drama, love you... with rainie yang and joseph chang... I thought it's really funny up until episode 14... and then it started becoming draggy, and it's still dragging on now... although it's said to be similar to fated to love you... fated to love you is much much better... but the verdict is... watch the show up until episode 14 and you can probably skip till the last episode which has yet to air...
decided to go to Korea in april 2012... have already applied for 3 weeks' leave, still awaiting for approval... researched on accomodation options, it's quite expensive, but I have decided to stay somewhere close to the tourism place, so if we need to arrange for day trips or find out more info, we know where to go and not have to travel far...
work-wise... something really irritating happened on Friday, I don't want to go into details cos it's definitely not worth spending time talking about it here and wasting space... bottomline is one of my patients decided he would have a "fall" to prove that he could not walk, and I ended up having to do all the annoying paperwork and reporting... and I was so looking forward to going to fish leong's concert that night, and this ruined my mood and my whole weekend... have to go and pray more to get rid of these "shuai ren"...
anyway, which brings me to the topic of Liang Jing Ru's concert... it was in a word, awesome!! really enjoyed the concert, she is amazing... she sang for 3 hours, with breaks in between and interactions in between with the crowd, and she even came down the stage and went one round amongst the fans... and the other good thing was she sang alot of her older songs, which was great, cos I did not like any of her new songs... her voice is really amazing... she is definitely one of my fav singers... the only downside is probably when my camera ran out of battery, arrghh... thank god it was towards the end, but I would like to have gotten all the songs on HD...
in the coming weeks, I am rotating to aged care soon, which should be 'fun', still undecided if I should be glad or not... uncle and auntie are going over to new york to visit michelle for 6 weeks... and I have decided to treat myself and give myself a birthday present... will update on how the 'birthday present' turns out... I am actually quite looking forward to it...
remembered two posts ago, I mentioned that I heard from Bernadette out of the blue, and up until today, I have yet to meet up with her... she kept postponing on me every week, and now 4 weeks later, I decided that if she is not sincere about meeting up, then why should I be the one having to sms her every Friday asking whether she can make it... enough is enough... it's not worth it...
just a quick note on a korean drama which I watched recently... called my princess... it was crap, funny at times, but plot was poor and my advice is... don't waste your time... watched the new taiwanese drama, love you... with rainie yang and joseph chang... I thought it's really funny up until episode 14... and then it started becoming draggy, and it's still dragging on now... although it's said to be similar to fated to love you... fated to love you is much much better... but the verdict is... watch the show up until episode 14 and you can probably skip till the last episode which has yet to air...
decided to go to Korea in april 2012... have already applied for 3 weeks' leave, still awaiting for approval... researched on accomodation options, it's quite expensive, but I have decided to stay somewhere close to the tourism place, so if we need to arrange for day trips or find out more info, we know where to go and not have to travel far...
work-wise... something really irritating happened on Friday, I don't want to go into details cos it's definitely not worth spending time talking about it here and wasting space... bottomline is one of my patients decided he would have a "fall" to prove that he could not walk, and I ended up having to do all the annoying paperwork and reporting... and I was so looking forward to going to fish leong's concert that night, and this ruined my mood and my whole weekend... have to go and pray more to get rid of these "shuai ren"...
anyway, which brings me to the topic of Liang Jing Ru's concert... it was in a word, awesome!! really enjoyed the concert, she is amazing... she sang for 3 hours, with breaks in between and interactions in between with the crowd, and she even came down the stage and went one round amongst the fans... and the other good thing was she sang alot of her older songs, which was great, cos I did not like any of her new songs... her voice is really amazing... she is definitely one of my fav singers... the only downside is probably when my camera ran out of battery, arrghh... thank god it was towards the end, but I would like to have gotten all the songs on HD...
in the coming weeks, I am rotating to aged care soon, which should be 'fun', still undecided if I should be glad or not... uncle and auntie are going over to new york to visit michelle for 6 weeks... and I have decided to treat myself and give myself a birthday present... will update on how the 'birthday present' turns out... I am actually quite looking forward to it...
Friday, July 15, 2011
Brrr....
sometimes you can't say things too early, last post I was complaining how much free time I had and now I am physically and mentally exhausted cos work has been so busy... full caseload and we have a waiting list which is a first for the team... and it does not help that I have a second year student whom I am sharing supervision with... it is a coindence really, cos when I was on placement at Nepean, I was doing my second year placement and now being a supervisor for the first time, I have a second year student... and it feels really strange completing the evaluation forms again but as a supervisor... it's weird... had Thai lunch on Wed cos it was Frances' birthday, I hate Thai, but no choice, cos she is in my team... even though I did not enjoy lunch, I was able to find out a little more about the members in my team... and build rapport... which is very important working in the hospital and in a team... and on Thurs, we had a farewell lunch for Kate who has left for RPA, I did not enjoy lunch becos it was Thai again... and everyone was just talking in small groups... but I was really glad I went to after work drinks... it was a small group of us, and we had so much fun and laughs... or I had fun... Dawn is hilarious and I am going to miss Kate's laugh... I really felt like we bonded that night... stayed longer than I thought I would cos I thought I would be bored like at Nat's birthday recently... had an incident recently which was patient related... instead of coming to me and discussing with me what the problem was, Nat went to speak to Deanna instead, and after speaking to Deanna as well, we have concluded that it was a procedure related issue... but Nat and I have yet to speak about it and I wonder if should raise this issue with her... we have been getting along quite well up until this happened and I am now more cautious around her...
started baking cos colleagues have persuaded me to started learning how to bake and cook... so I baked my first flourless chocolate cake which was unsuccessful and yucky, but the second attempt was way better... definitely have to use dark chocolate to reduce the flavour of almond meal... next challenge appeared to be baking cupcakes I think... and then today, one of the diversional therapists suggested that I start learning knitting as well... I was like "what's this?? am I training to become a housewife??!!" baking maybe, dunno about knitting... can't imagine myself knitting...
work finally approved of my leave over xmas and new year... definitely looking forward to going home, but the down side is that the air tickets are sooooooooo expensive... but it was a choice of making use of the holidays or using up my precious annual leave days... so no choice...
we also bought tickets to Fish Leong's concert end july... really looking forward to this as well... although I know it's not going to be as exciting and fancy as SHE, I am a huge fan of her songs so will definitely update on the concert at next post...
it's that time of the year again, tax time... sian... this time I am going to try getting the accountant to help me do it and see if it is worth it...
started baking cos colleagues have persuaded me to started learning how to bake and cook... so I baked my first flourless chocolate cake which was unsuccessful and yucky, but the second attempt was way better... definitely have to use dark chocolate to reduce the flavour of almond meal... next challenge appeared to be baking cupcakes I think... and then today, one of the diversional therapists suggested that I start learning knitting as well... I was like "what's this?? am I training to become a housewife??!!" baking maybe, dunno about knitting... can't imagine myself knitting...
work finally approved of my leave over xmas and new year... definitely looking forward to going home, but the down side is that the air tickets are sooooooooo expensive... but it was a choice of making use of the holidays or using up my precious annual leave days... so no choice...
we also bought tickets to Fish Leong's concert end july... really looking forward to this as well... although I know it's not going to be as exciting and fancy as SHE, I am a huge fan of her songs so will definitely update on the concert at next post...
it's that time of the year again, tax time... sian... this time I am going to try getting the accountant to help me do it and see if it is worth it...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
DRaMa AddiCTiOn...
had my long weekend... drove up to hunter valley with pong, visited some wineries, bought cheese and stayed over at Harrigan's Irish pub for a night... the accomodation was ok, it looked nicer in the pictures... visited the spa retreat at crowne plaza... it was really nice and relaxing... but expensive... it was an indulgence really...
work has been quite a drag lately... could it be becos now that our new TA has started, I am able to free up some time, or is it becos I am not thinking and doing enough for my patients... dunno...
got an sms from Bernadette suddenly out of the blue about two weeks ago... after not hearing from her for the last 6 months... I was really surprised... glad that she is ok, but also wondered the reason behind the sudden lost of contact... meeting up with her for lunch on sat so will know why then...
still addicted to watching my korean dramas... first up is Sungkyunkwan scandal... I really liked the show... it's funny, the lead actress is really cute and I liked the character "Geol-oh"... :) I would rate the show 8/10... what I did not like was the main actor, he is so boring... and the conversations between the characters are sooo slow... next drama was 49 days... prisy was telling me previously how good it was and I think that got my expectations up... the show was really sad, but I thought the show on the whole was ok... probably 6/10... spoiler alert! the character of the "ghost" was quite annoying initially but she became less annoying later in the show and I really liked the interactions between her and the character whom she possess the body of... it was a sad ending... which you could already probably tell from the title of the show...
bought a new camera... a Samsung one... much better zoom as compared to the old one... only thing I found was it is quite slow in processing... but pretty good at this stage... really need to start spending less... not saving much at all recently...
work has been quite a drag lately... could it be becos now that our new TA has started, I am able to free up some time, or is it becos I am not thinking and doing enough for my patients... dunno...
got an sms from Bernadette suddenly out of the blue about two weeks ago... after not hearing from her for the last 6 months... I was really surprised... glad that she is ok, but also wondered the reason behind the sudden lost of contact... meeting up with her for lunch on sat so will know why then...
still addicted to watching my korean dramas... first up is Sungkyunkwan scandal... I really liked the show... it's funny, the lead actress is really cute and I liked the character "Geol-oh"... :) I would rate the show 8/10... what I did not like was the main actor, he is so boring... and the conversations between the characters are sooo slow... next drama was 49 days... prisy was telling me previously how good it was and I think that got my expectations up... the show was really sad, but I thought the show on the whole was ok... probably 6/10... spoiler alert! the character of the "ghost" was quite annoying initially but she became less annoying later in the show and I really liked the interactions between her and the character whom she possess the body of... it was a sad ending... which you could already probably tell from the title of the show...
bought a new camera... a Samsung one... much better zoom as compared to the old one... only thing I found was it is quite slow in processing... but pretty good at this stage... really need to start spending less... not saving much at all recently...
Saturday, June 11, 2011
冬天终于降临。。。
finally a long weekend again... this will be the last one before the next one in october... met up with Alana at castle towers today for lunch... it was good to see her again, I think the last time we met up was last year... and she's pregnant! happy for her...
talking about pregnant... just saw a post on huimin's facebook album saying that some of our crescent classmates are pregnant??!! and there was even one who is a shocker... although it's been 10 years since I last saw her, but she definitely is not one whom I would have thought would become a mum... man, should I be panicking now?? people my age are either getting married or having kids and what am I doing??!! watching my dramas... I am self-declaring myself as a drama addict... anyway... I still believe in "shun qi zi ran"...
finished watching 'slave hunter'... I knew it was a sad ending... the show was not great, there was too much talking but I have to say, there were some nice and funny parts as well... one of those shows which is good when you watch it for the first time but not a show which I will repeat watching... unlike 'boys over flowers'... I am so very saddd... for some reason, I really like the show and I think I have watched it more than 10 times...
I also watched 'personal taste'... in terms of plot, not good... and it was getting draggy towards the end... there were some sweet scenes, but not realistic...
we were planning a roadtrip to hunter valley this long weekend, but it's raining pretty much the whole weekend... sian... looking like it is going to be a stay at home long weekend for me...
work wise... we have finally got our therapy assistant... and she's really good... very proactive... work has been very busy though...
talking about pregnant... just saw a post on huimin's facebook album saying that some of our crescent classmates are pregnant??!! and there was even one who is a shocker... although it's been 10 years since I last saw her, but she definitely is not one whom I would have thought would become a mum... man, should I be panicking now?? people my age are either getting married or having kids and what am I doing??!! watching my dramas... I am self-declaring myself as a drama addict... anyway... I still believe in "shun qi zi ran"...
finished watching 'slave hunter'... I knew it was a sad ending... the show was not great, there was too much talking but I have to say, there were some nice and funny parts as well... one of those shows which is good when you watch it for the first time but not a show which I will repeat watching... unlike 'boys over flowers'... I am so very saddd... for some reason, I really like the show and I think I have watched it more than 10 times...
I also watched 'personal taste'... in terms of plot, not good... and it was getting draggy towards the end... there were some sweet scenes, but not realistic...
we were planning a roadtrip to hunter valley this long weekend, but it's raining pretty much the whole weekend... sian... looking like it is going to be a stay at home long weekend for me...
work wise... we have finally got our therapy assistant... and she's really good... very proactive... work has been very busy though...
Sunday, May 29, 2011
HALfwAy thrOuGh the YEaR...
nothing very much happening nowadays... work is still tiring... the weather is still cold...
finally it is my ADO tomorrow... no plans as yet... probably going to go eat the buffet at Seven Hills RSL... just resting for the day I guess...
met up with Nat 2 weeks ago... at Chatswood... it was good to catch up with her, it has been awhile... just had lunch and chatted... met up with Yochi, Anna and Jo yesterday in the city... had lunch and saw Anna's baby... she still looked the same, before and after giving birth...
watched the uefa champions league this morning... woke up at 5am to catch the match... although I used to support Man Utd, but Barcelona is definitely the better team... and they deserve to win... it was a good match... and it was also good to hear that despite the buildup and rivalry, both teams were still gracious after the match and spoke highly of each other before the match...
no new dramas atm... still have a pile of relatively old korean shows to get through, but simply not in the right mood... and I heard that the new rainie yang's drama is good... saw some bits and thought this is really similar to fated to love you... the main guy lead also dressed like xiaotian in the show... but I am definitely not going to fall into the trap of chasing a drama which has yet to end... it is extremely painful...
looking forward to the long weekend in June, no plans yet though... and to my next ADO in June... we are heading to the hunter valley for a relaxing long weekend... hopefully it would be good...
now that I am not working on the weekends... I probably should be working harder on looking for a place... but have not done that so far... procrastinating... this is too hard...
finally it is my ADO tomorrow... no plans as yet... probably going to go eat the buffet at Seven Hills RSL... just resting for the day I guess...
met up with Nat 2 weeks ago... at Chatswood... it was good to catch up with her, it has been awhile... just had lunch and chatted... met up with Yochi, Anna and Jo yesterday in the city... had lunch and saw Anna's baby... she still looked the same, before and after giving birth...
watched the uefa champions league this morning... woke up at 5am to catch the match... although I used to support Man Utd, but Barcelona is definitely the better team... and they deserve to win... it was a good match... and it was also good to hear that despite the buildup and rivalry, both teams were still gracious after the match and spoke highly of each other before the match...
no new dramas atm... still have a pile of relatively old korean shows to get through, but simply not in the right mood... and I heard that the new rainie yang's drama is good... saw some bits and thought this is really similar to fated to love you... the main guy lead also dressed like xiaotian in the show... but I am definitely not going to fall into the trap of chasing a drama which has yet to end... it is extremely painful...
looking forward to the long weekend in June, no plans yet though... and to my next ADO in June... we are heading to the hunter valley for a relaxing long weekend... hopefully it would be good...
now that I am not working on the weekends... I probably should be working harder on looking for a place... but have not done that so far... procrastinating... this is too hard...
Sunday, May 15, 2011
SkiPPed aUtuMn and WeNT STraiGht into WiNter...
nainai went back to singapore yesterday... I am going to miss her... would like for her to stay here but it's getting too cold...
talking about the weather... it's only May and it's already freezing cold... it's looking like winter will be bitter cold... just like our past summer... it was worse than stinking hot...
work is as usual physically and mentally tiring... our team is finally settling in... although we are still recruiting but at least we have most of the team on board... still trying to establish good relationships at work...
starting to do some research on our potential Korea trip next year... still dunno which month yet at this stage... but just thought instead of joining a tour group, we might be able to do free and easy... recommendations or advice anyone???
went to the movies to watch source code today... it was actually good... it was more intellectually stimulating than thriller... I quite enjoy the movie... there are some good movies coming out soon... X men first class, transformers 3, harry potter...
talking about the weather... it's only May and it's already freezing cold... it's looking like winter will be bitter cold... just like our past summer... it was worse than stinking hot...
work is as usual physically and mentally tiring... our team is finally settling in... although we are still recruiting but at least we have most of the team on board... still trying to establish good relationships at work...
starting to do some research on our potential Korea trip next year... still dunno which month yet at this stage... but just thought instead of joining a tour group, we might be able to do free and easy... recommendations or advice anyone???
went to the movies to watch source code today... it was actually good... it was more intellectually stimulating than thriller... I quite enjoy the movie... there are some good movies coming out soon... X men first class, transformers 3, harry potter...
Friday, April 29, 2011
EAstEr TRip...
I am back from my Cairns trip... hmm... overall, I am going to rate the trip 6/10...
day 1: Sunday 24/4/11- 1.5 hour trip one way out to the outer barrier reef... the waters were quite choppy and it rained during our ferry ride out to the reef, making the boat really rocky... and being me, even after taking travel sickness pills and buying the travel calm wrist bands, I still felt like throwing up... whilst we were almost out at the reef, I was told that I could not scuba dive as I had childhood asthma, prisy fell and cut her leg needing stitches, so in the end, both prisy and I did not scube dive, only pong did it, and I ended up snorkelling... which I sucked at as well cos I simply could not grasp the breathing technique of having to breathe through the mouth rather than the nose... which meant that I drank lots of seawater, did not really see any fishes, the water was really murky due to the rain... the trip back was really rocky as well... I felt sick pretty much the whole day... after returning back to cairns, we headed straight to the medical centre... prisy was told by the doctor that she is not to touch water or participate in any contact sports for the next week... she was not happy to say the least...
day 2: a day trip to Kuranda village, went to the village via cable car and returned via train... nothing really much to see in the village though... the food was crap as well... the highlight of the day was probably seeing the barron falls...
day 3: this day was the highlight of our trip... had to wake up at 3am though... first activity was hot air ballooning... was taken up the mountain and got to catch the firing up of the hot air balloons... it was truly amazing... a tip for any one who is thinking of doing hot air ballooning... if you are doing a 30mins trip... choose the second trip... we got to enjoy the whole 30mins of the trip and did not have to worry about making sure that the balloon lands on an appropriate spot... the only thing was we did not manage to catch the sun rising... but on the whole, I really enjoyed hot air ballooning, I thought it would be scary but it was really good...
following hot air ballooning, we had breakfast discount vouchers and one of them were discount for breakfast at the Sebel, 5 star hotel... we were like, after the last 2 days of crap food, we are so going for it... when we arrived at the hotel at 0930, we were told that the buffet would end at 1000, so we pretty much have 30mins to stuff ourselves at the buffet... which was exactly what we did that morning... we did not even want to stop eating to take pictures or talk... we just kept eating... the food was really good... and they actually had real honeycomb... which apparently is very expensive... after breakfast, we were so stuffed, walked back to the apartment and had a nap...
in the afternoon, pong and I headed off to white water rafting whilst prisy stayed in... when we were going around doing hotel pickups, this large group of older people boarded and we were like oh no, please not let us be on the same rafting group... thank god, younger people came up and we were in the "younger" group... there were lots of people when we arrived at the barron river... alot of asians, mainly japanese and chinese... had to hire shoes, helmet and safety vests were provided... the walk down to the river was quite scary though... it was quite rocky and the shoes are not the best ones to be walking in... however, once we were in the raft... it was really exciting and the water was not very cold... the rapids were not too bad as well, there was only one moment when I was quite scared... another tip if you do not want to fall into the water... sit at the back! we were lucky to be sitting at the back, and we still got wet but not as bad as the 4 others sitting in front... the front two people got the worst of it... another highlight was the guide allowed us to have a quick 'float' down the river and we were the only ones doing it out of th 4 other rafts... it was really good... did not see any fishes or anything weird whilst I was in the water, which was a good thing... all in all, a really good day...
day 4: we decided to go out into the reef again as prisy did not get to see the reef or any fishes at all on the first day... we chose to do the semi-sub and glass bottom boat tour... the weather was very windy and cold that day... as a result, the water was extremely choppy and the boat really rocky... the good thing was the trip to green island was 45mins, half the time required on the first day... when we got to the island... there was nothing to do whilst waiting for the semi-sub tour, it started to rain... when we were finally in the semi- sub, the water was becoming even more choppy and the semi-sub was really narrow and stuffy and rocky... the water was murky, can't really see anything underwater... I started to feel really nauseated, sweating, and sick... I had to go back up to the surface and sit on the deck and in the rain otherwise I am going to throw up... I have been told after that my lips went purple and white... it was that bad... I had to pass on the glass bottom tour... whilst I was waiting for prisy and pong to finish their tour, it started to really pour and there was not much shelter at the jetty, so I was standing at the half shelter and getting wet from the bottom down, I was freezing cold and people all started coming to the shelter to wait for the ferry... all of us were wet by the time we got onto the ferry... the trip back, needless to say, was choppy and rocky... not a good day... after the trip back, we went to the shopping centre for lunch and wait around for the airport transfer... when we finally arrived at sydney, it started to pour... again, not a good day, getting rained on twice in a day...
all in all, the trip was not as good as I had expected... cairns is not one of the cities I would be going back to anytime soon... next destination: South Korea!
day 1: Sunday 24/4/11- 1.5 hour trip one way out to the outer barrier reef... the waters were quite choppy and it rained during our ferry ride out to the reef, making the boat really rocky... and being me, even after taking travel sickness pills and buying the travel calm wrist bands, I still felt like throwing up... whilst we were almost out at the reef, I was told that I could not scuba dive as I had childhood asthma, prisy fell and cut her leg needing stitches, so in the end, both prisy and I did not scube dive, only pong did it, and I ended up snorkelling... which I sucked at as well cos I simply could not grasp the breathing technique of having to breathe through the mouth rather than the nose... which meant that I drank lots of seawater, did not really see any fishes, the water was really murky due to the rain... the trip back was really rocky as well... I felt sick pretty much the whole day... after returning back to cairns, we headed straight to the medical centre... prisy was told by the doctor that she is not to touch water or participate in any contact sports for the next week... she was not happy to say the least...
day 2: a day trip to Kuranda village, went to the village via cable car and returned via train... nothing really much to see in the village though... the food was crap as well... the highlight of the day was probably seeing the barron falls...
day 3: this day was the highlight of our trip... had to wake up at 3am though... first activity was hot air ballooning... was taken up the mountain and got to catch the firing up of the hot air balloons... it was truly amazing... a tip for any one who is thinking of doing hot air ballooning... if you are doing a 30mins trip... choose the second trip... we got to enjoy the whole 30mins of the trip and did not have to worry about making sure that the balloon lands on an appropriate spot... the only thing was we did not manage to catch the sun rising... but on the whole, I really enjoyed hot air ballooning, I thought it would be scary but it was really good...
following hot air ballooning, we had breakfast discount vouchers and one of them were discount for breakfast at the Sebel, 5 star hotel... we were like, after the last 2 days of crap food, we are so going for it... when we arrived at the hotel at 0930, we were told that the buffet would end at 1000, so we pretty much have 30mins to stuff ourselves at the buffet... which was exactly what we did that morning... we did not even want to stop eating to take pictures or talk... we just kept eating... the food was really good... and they actually had real honeycomb... which apparently is very expensive... after breakfast, we were so stuffed, walked back to the apartment and had a nap...
in the afternoon, pong and I headed off to white water rafting whilst prisy stayed in... when we were going around doing hotel pickups, this large group of older people boarded and we were like oh no, please not let us be on the same rafting group... thank god, younger people came up and we were in the "younger" group... there were lots of people when we arrived at the barron river... alot of asians, mainly japanese and chinese... had to hire shoes, helmet and safety vests were provided... the walk down to the river was quite scary though... it was quite rocky and the shoes are not the best ones to be walking in... however, once we were in the raft... it was really exciting and the water was not very cold... the rapids were not too bad as well, there was only one moment when I was quite scared... another tip if you do not want to fall into the water... sit at the back! we were lucky to be sitting at the back, and we still got wet but not as bad as the 4 others sitting in front... the front two people got the worst of it... another highlight was the guide allowed us to have a quick 'float' down the river and we were the only ones doing it out of th 4 other rafts... it was really good... did not see any fishes or anything weird whilst I was in the water, which was a good thing... all in all, a really good day...
day 4: we decided to go out into the reef again as prisy did not get to see the reef or any fishes at all on the first day... we chose to do the semi-sub and glass bottom boat tour... the weather was very windy and cold that day... as a result, the water was extremely choppy and the boat really rocky... the good thing was the trip to green island was 45mins, half the time required on the first day... when we got to the island... there was nothing to do whilst waiting for the semi-sub tour, it started to rain... when we were finally in the semi- sub, the water was becoming even more choppy and the semi-sub was really narrow and stuffy and rocky... the water was murky, can't really see anything underwater... I started to feel really nauseated, sweating, and sick... I had to go back up to the surface and sit on the deck and in the rain otherwise I am going to throw up... I have been told after that my lips went purple and white... it was that bad... I had to pass on the glass bottom tour... whilst I was waiting for prisy and pong to finish their tour, it started to really pour and there was not much shelter at the jetty, so I was standing at the half shelter and getting wet from the bottom down, I was freezing cold and people all started coming to the shelter to wait for the ferry... all of us were wet by the time we got onto the ferry... the trip back, needless to say, was choppy and rocky... not a good day... after the trip back, we went to the shopping centre for lunch and wait around for the airport transfer... when we finally arrived at sydney, it started to pour... again, not a good day, getting rained on twice in a day...
all in all, the trip was not as good as I had expected... cairns is not one of the cities I would be going back to anytime soon... next destination: South Korea!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
满足感。。。
work has been quite tiring recently, but I am trying to be positive and think of it as a way to lose weight... today has been one of the more rewarding days since I started work in the hospital... one of my patients whom I have been seeing for ages has finally succeeded in performing slideboard transfers and is able to move around the hospital independently... after being bed bound for approx 8 months now... being able to work with him to achieve this has been really tiring but it was worth it, and it made me feel good about myself and the job...
one more week before we leave for cairns... in the process of getting some contact lenses for the trip... I honestly think we are going to have troubles with putting and taking them out... the optometrist did it for me that day and it took us awhile to actually get it in, cos I kept closing my eyes and I can actually feel my eyeballs rolling back while she is trying to keep my eyes open... I am also going to get seasick tablets and these bracelets hoping that they are going to help... I really hope my period comes soon as well otherwise, I dunno what I am going to do... cross my fingers...
met up with melissa yesterday... I honestly felt like I have not seen her for ages but I did actually saw her last when she came to visit in 2008... the down side was that she was staying in a hotel in manly and I had to travel for 2hours to get there from work... and having to drive round the block four times before getting a park... I am definitely not driving there again... it was nice to catch up with her though... practised my chinese... will probably see here again in october when she comes for her training again... this is one of the occasions when facebook is useful... :)
borders is closing down... and the only store remaining is at bondi junction... far away... where am I going to read from now on??!!
found out recently that anna is pregnant and got a msg from her this afternoon that she has given birth to a boy... man I have not seen or spoken to her since yochi's wedding which was in july 2010?? and zhenzhen is getting married this year??!! another colleague who is of the same age as me is also getting married this year... I feel so old now...
one more week before we leave for cairns... in the process of getting some contact lenses for the trip... I honestly think we are going to have troubles with putting and taking them out... the optometrist did it for me that day and it took us awhile to actually get it in, cos I kept closing my eyes and I can actually feel my eyeballs rolling back while she is trying to keep my eyes open... I am also going to get seasick tablets and these bracelets hoping that they are going to help... I really hope my period comes soon as well otherwise, I dunno what I am going to do... cross my fingers...
met up with melissa yesterday... I honestly felt like I have not seen her for ages but I did actually saw her last when she came to visit in 2008... the down side was that she was staying in a hotel in manly and I had to travel for 2hours to get there from work... and having to drive round the block four times before getting a park... I am definitely not driving there again... it was nice to catch up with her though... practised my chinese... will probably see here again in october when she comes for her training again... this is one of the occasions when facebook is useful... :)
borders is closing down... and the only store remaining is at bondi junction... far away... where am I going to read from now on??!!
found out recently that anna is pregnant and got a msg from her this afternoon that she has given birth to a boy... man I have not seen or spoken to her since yochi's wedding which was in july 2010?? and zhenzhen is getting married this year??!! another colleague who is of the same age as me is also getting married this year... I feel so old now...
Saturday, March 26, 2011
LOokiNG fORwaRd to weEkENds... FiNallY...
nothing very much happening these few weeks, except that I am exhausted every day after work... have 2 heavy patients, who require alot of physical assistance with transferring... I was covered in sweat after every session... urgghh...
this week is my first week of work free weekends... did not do very much today though... spent the day at Borders... rewatched a hongkong drama, chanced upon this chinese drama called the mystery pearl... not bad actually although it is a sad ending... I like the special effects... there is a trend nowadays with chinese dramas... they all have a similar timetravel theme...
had dinner with Amelia and Karen on Monday... it was pouring that day, really wanted to postpone the dinner, but it was too late... it was nice to catch up with them... saw Karen's new car... a toyota corolla but way nicer than mine... she has a skylight on the roof and bluetooth and usb functions... really envious... but I am still really happy with Auris... it has really helped me alot...
looking forward to the april easter break... Stupid Woolies cancelled my staff discount card, which means I can't get cheaper petrol and no 5% discount...
this week is my first week of work free weekends... did not do very much today though... spent the day at Borders... rewatched a hongkong drama, chanced upon this chinese drama called the mystery pearl... not bad actually although it is a sad ending... I like the special effects... there is a trend nowadays with chinese dramas... they all have a similar timetravel theme...
had dinner with Amelia and Karen on Monday... it was pouring that day, really wanted to postpone the dinner, but it was too late... it was nice to catch up with them... saw Karen's new car... a toyota corolla but way nicer than mine... she has a skylight on the roof and bluetooth and usb functions... really envious... but I am still really happy with Auris... it has really helped me alot...
looking forward to the april easter break... Stupid Woolies cancelled my staff discount card, which means I can't get cheaper petrol and no 5% discount...
Sunday, March 06, 2011
MArCHinG all ThE WaY...
I have got 3 announcements to make this time around... Firstly, the PT has finally started so now there's me and the PT, which I think is much better and she is nice as well... although I feel so inexperienced beside her, she is really good at what she does... really hope that I can learn more from her and really hope that we will work well together... still waiting for the clinical nurse specialist, registrar and therapy assistant to be recruited...
Secondly, we have finally confirmed our cairns trip, after weeks of headache and stress, it's been settled and now it's all about getting our stuff ready and organised when april comes... we need a new camera... I am quite excited...
Thirdly, I did not think the time would come that soon but I have finally decided to resign from woolies... the main contributing factor was my leave request for easter got rejected... I was like no way, I am going to Cairns... and the same situation is going to arise when christmas comes and I want to go home... so I am determined to quit... work-free weekends here I come...
Secondly, we have finally confirmed our cairns trip, after weeks of headache and stress, it's been settled and now it's all about getting our stuff ready and organised when april comes... we need a new camera... I am quite excited...
Thirdly, I did not think the time would come that soon but I have finally decided to resign from woolies... the main contributing factor was my leave request for easter got rejected... I was like no way, I am going to Cairns... and the same situation is going to arise when christmas comes and I want to go home... so I am determined to quit... work-free weekends here I come...
Sunday, February 20, 2011
SLowLy iMpROviNg...
it's still been quite hot these few weeks... pong and papa came... original plan was to visit the hunter valley but we did not go in the end... went out to eat alot though... which means that I am currently broke atm... other than that, nothing very exciting happened... watched tangled... highly recommend this cartoon, it is really funny and cute... mandy moore was really good in it... also watched the korean drama secret garden... I have to say that it may be that my expectations are too high, after all the good reviews, I personally found it was only ok... it was cute and funny at times, but not enough to make me really hooked on the show...
still trying to organise my easter cairns holiday, becos of the cyclone which happened in queensland and cairns, I was really hesitant to go ahead, but if I don't go now, there would not be another 5 day weekend for a while... and the fact that it is the holiday period, flights are very expensive and running out fast... headache... cross my fingers, hopefully everything will go according to plan... I am actually really excited about this package... adventure sports involved ie diving, hot air ballooning and white water rafting... workwise... nothing really much happening, except from tomorrow onwards, there will be another member in our mobile rehab team, the PT is finally starting so hopefully our service will be better... and I would be able to do more stuff and be more effective...
saw a property last saturday during the open house... we really liked it, however, after meeting the broker, we are at the same issue like the time before... we need more money... :(
still trying to organise my easter cairns holiday, becos of the cyclone which happened in queensland and cairns, I was really hesitant to go ahead, but if I don't go now, there would not be another 5 day weekend for a while... and the fact that it is the holiday period, flights are very expensive and running out fast... headache... cross my fingers, hopefully everything will go according to plan... I am actually really excited about this package... adventure sports involved ie diving, hot air ballooning and white water rafting... workwise... nothing really much happening, except from tomorrow onwards, there will be another member in our mobile rehab team, the PT is finally starting so hopefully our service will be better... and I would be able to do more stuff and be more effective...
saw a property last saturday during the open house... we really liked it, however, after meeting the broker, we are at the same issue like the time before... we need more money... :(
Saturday, January 29, 2011
兔年快乐。。。
the past 4 weeks have been crazy for me at work... resulting in me buckling under the pressure one day last week... hopefully things would be back to normal next week when one of my colleagues return... the upside is that I have indeed learnt alot over the past 4 weeks...
it has been stinking hot for the past 2 weeks, it was 40 degrees on australia day... we went to the city for karaoke so it was not that bad... but when we arrived home, it was really boiling hot at home... the room was like an oven, we had to turn on the air conditioning and I slept on the floor downstairs that day cos the bed was so hot... when is autumn coming??!!
fluffy's gone... for about 2 weeks already... saw him in the morning but when I return from work, he's gone... I still can't help but look out the windows every now and then to see if he returned, but he is well and truly gone now... :(
rewatching it started with a kiss, ariel lin really cracks me up especially in part1, her character is so stupid and prideless... she is worse in part2 and is not as funny... waiting for pong to bring new dramas back... had my ado yesterday, one day a month does not seem that much, but I find myself really looking forward to my day off every month...
still in the process of organising for the great barrier reef trip, it's taking awhile to organise and the more I think about it, the more I am concerned about the issue of being seasick... and most probably having to wear contacts...
michelle's gone to new york to work already... it's snowing over there, as opposed to stinking hot here...
no chinese new year for me this year... miss out on the hong baos this year... don't have enough leave to go home... so will be stuck here for now... well... Happy Chinese New Year then!
it has been stinking hot for the past 2 weeks, it was 40 degrees on australia day... we went to the city for karaoke so it was not that bad... but when we arrived home, it was really boiling hot at home... the room was like an oven, we had to turn on the air conditioning and I slept on the floor downstairs that day cos the bed was so hot... when is autumn coming??!!
fluffy's gone... for about 2 weeks already... saw him in the morning but when I return from work, he's gone... I still can't help but look out the windows every now and then to see if he returned, but he is well and truly gone now... :(
rewatching it started with a kiss, ariel lin really cracks me up especially in part1, her character is so stupid and prideless... she is worse in part2 and is not as funny... waiting for pong to bring new dramas back... had my ado yesterday, one day a month does not seem that much, but I find myself really looking forward to my day off every month...
still in the process of organising for the great barrier reef trip, it's taking awhile to organise and the more I think about it, the more I am concerned about the issue of being seasick... and most probably having to wear contacts...
michelle's gone to new york to work already... it's snowing over there, as opposed to stinking hot here...
no chinese new year for me this year... miss out on the hong baos this year... don't have enough leave to go home... so will be stuck here for now... well... Happy Chinese New Year then!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
FLuffY...
the first post for 2011...
hmm... did nothing much over the new year holiday period... mainly watching the hongkong show... in my opinion, I would rate it 6/10... mainly becos it was more of a comedy rather than anything else... not too bad actually...
our relative finally want back to perth after 2 weeks here... after one week, I really cannot stand her... the way she kept repeating how good the things she did were... seriously... by the second week, my strategy was to limit the amount of contact I had with her...
work wise... running off my feet since they decided that I should cover for one of my rehab senior who is on leave... mentally and physically exhausted mostly every day of the week... maybe I would lose some weight now... learning alot, but really tired... had my performance review yesterday... it was alright... just to keep learning and showing improvements over the next few months... had my first home visit this morning... it was really tiring... and after coming back from the visit... spent alot of time organising stuff... took the whole day just doing stuff for this one patient... another one tomorrow... another one next week...
I have decided to take up the opportunity over the Easter 5 day weekend to go to the great barrier reef... otherwise there will not be another better time to go... hopefully everything goes well with the planning and I will be able to go... looking forward to this holiday!
following from the excitement of finding out about the santa bubble, another Secret Santa gave me one that day... and is still growing bigger by the day... not that it is really of use... just for "bai mei" purpose...
also... since last Tuesday... we had a new guest appear in our backyard... a small bunny... he is really cute... he really looks like an Easter bunny... I have named it Fluffy!!! we have decided not to block off the exits... so he can come and go as he please... but I think he has decided to stay as he kept going out the backyard and returning... he is too cute...
hmm... did nothing much over the new year holiday period... mainly watching the hongkong show... in my opinion, I would rate it 6/10... mainly becos it was more of a comedy rather than anything else... not too bad actually...
our relative finally want back to perth after 2 weeks here... after one week, I really cannot stand her... the way she kept repeating how good the things she did were... seriously... by the second week, my strategy was to limit the amount of contact I had with her...
work wise... running off my feet since they decided that I should cover for one of my rehab senior who is on leave... mentally and physically exhausted mostly every day of the week... maybe I would lose some weight now... learning alot, but really tired... had my performance review yesterday... it was alright... just to keep learning and showing improvements over the next few months... had my first home visit this morning... it was really tiring... and after coming back from the visit... spent alot of time organising stuff... took the whole day just doing stuff for this one patient... another one tomorrow... another one next week...
I have decided to take up the opportunity over the Easter 5 day weekend to go to the great barrier reef... otherwise there will not be another better time to go... hopefully everything goes well with the planning and I will be able to go... looking forward to this holiday!
following from the excitement of finding out about the santa bubble, another Secret Santa gave me one that day... and is still growing bigger by the day... not that it is really of use... just for "bai mei" purpose...
also... since last Tuesday... we had a new guest appear in our backyard... a small bunny... he is really cute... he really looks like an Easter bunny... I have named it Fluffy!!! we have decided not to block off the exits... so he can come and go as he please... but I think he has decided to stay as he kept going out the backyard and returning... he is too cute...
Friday, December 31, 2010
2011, HErE wE cOMe...
christmas eve at work was such a drag... everyone was already in holiday mode and no one really wanted to do anything that day... but the good thing was I was able to leave work a little earlier that day...
christmas day... went to eat zattar at banksia... it was yummy as usual, was really craving it actually, and it was good although it was so hot that day... stayed home for the rest of the afternoon, and auntie finally came...everyone's question was what were we going to do with her for the next 2 weeks??
boxing day... the good thing was I did not have to work both days... was raining in the morning and became really hot in the afternoon... spent most part of the day at my cousin's cousin's house... nothing really exciting except we were playing kinect with the kids... my auntie brought over the hongkong series can't buy me love... which I had been wanting to watch... still halfway through the show... it's funny mostly, but there's way too much talking, and that's really fast talking... and it's not your typical dramatic hongkong series... I will have to rate it after I finish watching...
Monday... off work... went to the city with auntie... wanted to check out the new opened westfield... everything in there were branded stuff... so needless to say, we did not spend much time in there... got to eat my spicy beef and went karaoke with prisy and later auntie joined us... went to the movies that evening to watch tron legacy... my opinion is... don't bother watching if you are watching it for a good plot cos there's really none... the only thing that it had going for it was the special effects which only lasted for the first hour... and it was all talking after that...
tuesday... off work too... yippee... all of us drove down to stanwell tops lookout (again!), to the temple (Again!) and to kiama blowhole point... the weather was really good actually... and there were so many people at the lookout... and this was the first time after being there so many times that I actually saw people paragliding and hang-gliding, which would probably explain the crowd... there was actually alot of people everywhere we went... this time there were many huge waves?? at the blowhole point... unlike the last time I was there which was with Huimin, there was actually none... it was really quite exciting... and they went till really high as well... finally the long weekend came and gone... it was back to work for the next two days... :(
work was really slow though... everyone were still in the holiday mood and no one really wanted to be there... when we were about to leave for work yesterday... one of my colleagues gave me a christmas santa bauble... and I was really surprised... I really wanted one... although it was really for the novelty cos it really does not do anything... I was really curious about how it all works when my colleague got one from her secret santa... and tried to google it as well, but nothing useful came up... in the end, one of my colleagues suggested that we ring national geographic cos they stock the product and enquire... so I did that during lunchtime on wednesday and we were all cracking up... the sales rep at the other end was really serious and sincere though in explaining how it worked... it was hilarious... we had a really good laugh that day... auntie gave a treat yesterday evening at this chinese restaurant at rhodes... the food was not too bad actually...
finally another 4 day weekend... although I have to work on sunday... it is going to be stinking hot again... the best plan would be to stay indoors... no confirmed plans as to what we would be doing, so probably just trying to finish watching the show now...
I won't bother with a new year resolution this time... cos I never seem to be able to fulfill them anyway... just to be healthy, happy and be smooth sailing at work... establish good relationships with colleagues...
christmas day... went to eat zattar at banksia... it was yummy as usual, was really craving it actually, and it was good although it was so hot that day... stayed home for the rest of the afternoon, and auntie finally came...everyone's question was what were we going to do with her for the next 2 weeks??
boxing day... the good thing was I did not have to work both days... was raining in the morning and became really hot in the afternoon... spent most part of the day at my cousin's cousin's house... nothing really exciting except we were playing kinect with the kids... my auntie brought over the hongkong series can't buy me love... which I had been wanting to watch... still halfway through the show... it's funny mostly, but there's way too much talking, and that's really fast talking... and it's not your typical dramatic hongkong series... I will have to rate it after I finish watching...
Monday... off work... went to the city with auntie... wanted to check out the new opened westfield... everything in there were branded stuff... so needless to say, we did not spend much time in there... got to eat my spicy beef and went karaoke with prisy and later auntie joined us... went to the movies that evening to watch tron legacy... my opinion is... don't bother watching if you are watching it for a good plot cos there's really none... the only thing that it had going for it was the special effects which only lasted for the first hour... and it was all talking after that...
tuesday... off work too... yippee... all of us drove down to stanwell tops lookout (again!), to the temple (Again!) and to kiama blowhole point... the weather was really good actually... and there were so many people at the lookout... and this was the first time after being there so many times that I actually saw people paragliding and hang-gliding, which would probably explain the crowd... there was actually alot of people everywhere we went... this time there were many huge waves?? at the blowhole point... unlike the last time I was there which was with Huimin, there was actually none... it was really quite exciting... and they went till really high as well... finally the long weekend came and gone... it was back to work for the next two days... :(
work was really slow though... everyone were still in the holiday mood and no one really wanted to be there... when we were about to leave for work yesterday... one of my colleagues gave me a christmas santa bauble... and I was really surprised... I really wanted one... although it was really for the novelty cos it really does not do anything... I was really curious about how it all works when my colleague got one from her secret santa... and tried to google it as well, but nothing useful came up... in the end, one of my colleagues suggested that we ring national geographic cos they stock the product and enquire... so I did that during lunchtime on wednesday and we were all cracking up... the sales rep at the other end was really serious and sincere though in explaining how it worked... it was hilarious... we had a really good laugh that day... auntie gave a treat yesterday evening at this chinese restaurant at rhodes... the food was not too bad actually...
finally another 4 day weekend... although I have to work on sunday... it is going to be stinking hot again... the best plan would be to stay indoors... no confirmed plans as to what we would be doing, so probably just trying to finish watching the show now...
I won't bother with a new year resolution this time... cos I never seem to be able to fulfill them anyway... just to be healthy, happy and be smooth sailing at work... establish good relationships with colleagues...
Thursday, December 16, 2010
暴风雨。。。
hmmm... today has to be one of the more memorable days since commencing work at Nepean... everything was going as per usual until after lunch, when the sky started becoming really dark and ominous and before you know it, it was pouring, rain was pelting down and there was alot of hail... my first thought was... OH NO! AURIS!!! my car is going to be damaged from all that hail coming down... went to take the elevator to go up to the wards and bad luck, the light flickered and the elevator stopped, started flashing 5 instead of 2, where we were, and I was like... you have got to be kidding me!!?? no way I am going to be stuck in the elevator when there is a storm going... thank god the doors opened after a few seconds and I decided to take the stairs instead...
after approx half an hour, got a page from a colleague informing me that the roof in front of our office has just collapsed and we had to evacuate from the office immediately... went down and started packing our stuff and going into the students' room for the time being... all of us were told to stay there until further notice, and when everyone had gathered, we were hearing things like some parts of the hospital has been flooded, roofs have collapsed, and they were moving the patients and have declared the hospital disaster level1... which apparently meant that we had to stay put and not go up into the wards... whilst waiting, we were hearing things like the underground carpark has been flooded, there were ambulances flooding the hospital as a result of the collapse of the roofs of the local pub and shopping centre... I know this probably sounds bad, with people injured, but my main concern was my car really... had to wait in the office for the next hour before finishing for the day... when I finally got to the car, I was so relieved to find Auris still intact with no dent marks visible... and after hearing the news, found out that the storm has pretty much hit the whole of NSW... not just western sydney... really did bring back memories of when we had the really bad hailstorm a few years ago and I was all alone at home... the hailstones were the size of golfballs and smashed the windows in the lounge area...
it was one hell of a day... one week more till christmas, not that we are celebrating, having a relative visit, but am looking forward to having the days off...
after approx half an hour, got a page from a colleague informing me that the roof in front of our office has just collapsed and we had to evacuate from the office immediately... went down and started packing our stuff and going into the students' room for the time being... all of us were told to stay there until further notice, and when everyone had gathered, we were hearing things like some parts of the hospital has been flooded, roofs have collapsed, and they were moving the patients and have declared the hospital disaster level1... which apparently meant that we had to stay put and not go up into the wards... whilst waiting, we were hearing things like the underground carpark has been flooded, there were ambulances flooding the hospital as a result of the collapse of the roofs of the local pub and shopping centre... I know this probably sounds bad, with people injured, but my main concern was my car really... had to wait in the office for the next hour before finishing for the day... when I finally got to the car, I was so relieved to find Auris still intact with no dent marks visible... and after hearing the news, found out that the storm has pretty much hit the whole of NSW... not just western sydney... really did bring back memories of when we had the really bad hailstorm a few years ago and I was all alone at home... the hailstones were the size of golfballs and smashed the windows in the lounge area...
it was one hell of a day... one week more till christmas, not that we are celebrating, having a relative visit, but am looking forward to having the days off...
Sunday, November 28, 2010
COuntDowN to XMas STaRts...
mum and nainai are here... which meant that I am off Woolies for 3 weeks, which is really great, really enjoying my weekends... spending time with them... brought them out shopping... was planning to go visit hunter valley but it was raining this weekend, and nainai seemed to have caught the cold... hopefully the weather will clear up by the end of this week, cos I am looking forward to our roadtrip next week...
just went to the movies to watch harry potter... it was really good, sad but good, looking forward to the final instalment... have to admit that I totally do not remember the story... hmm... maybe I should read the book over the christmas break... watched backup plan and how to train your dragon... both were really funny... would recommend them if you want a good laugh...
work has been going ok I guess, nothing really new... colleagues are nice but we just don't seem to be clicking to date... dunno if it is the personalities or maybe it takes time... we'll see...
just went to the movies to watch harry potter... it was really good, sad but good, looking forward to the final instalment... have to admit that I totally do not remember the story... hmm... maybe I should read the book over the christmas break... watched backup plan and how to train your dragon... both were really funny... would recommend them if you want a good laugh...
work has been going ok I guess, nothing really new... colleagues are nice but we just don't seem to be clicking to date... dunno if it is the personalities or maybe it takes time... we'll see...
Sunday, November 14, 2010
ThE seAsOn I hATe thE mOSt...
countdown to christmas and the end of 2010... summer is here... it has been really hot for the last few days... nothing very exciting happening atm... mum and nainai arriving this week... and we have received news that one of our relatives whom I have not seen for ages is coming to visit over christmas... joy... not... no new dramas so I am rewatching my collection of dramas... work is still ok... the official word is that the mobile rehab team will not be commencing until next year... so currently I am assisting with the acute team caseload... but hopefully will also be able to work on rehab stuff... and it looks like I am going to be stuck here for awhile until I have sufficient leave to go home...
Thursday, October 21, 2010
PLodDiNg aLonG...
yesterday was my one month anniversary in the hospital... still no news as to whether the team will go ahead and whether the other team members have been recruited... so I am still the team atm... hopefully we will hear good news soon... work is going well on the whole... still trying to get used to the smells, having to carry bulky equipment over long distances etc...
completed baker king drama... I would rate it 7/10... the plot is good, however lacking in chemistry between the male lead and the girl he ended up with... I would have preferred that he went with Eugene... but on the whole, touching drama... I would recommend this drama...
met up with NAt, Bernadette and Flea yesterday for dinner... the food was not impressive... spent the whole dinner listening to Flea's grievances against certain people at RSC... she basically hated everyone there and having worked there for almost 21 months, I can't believe I did not notice these things happening... things were not as rosy as it appeared to be... thank god I have left the company...
other than that, nothing really exciting happening, except mum and nainai are coming to visit in Nov... so that should be interesting...
completed baker king drama... I would rate it 7/10... the plot is good, however lacking in chemistry between the male lead and the girl he ended up with... I would have preferred that he went with Eugene... but on the whole, touching drama... I would recommend this drama...
met up with NAt, Bernadette and Flea yesterday for dinner... the food was not impressive... spent the whole dinner listening to Flea's grievances against certain people at RSC... she basically hated everyone there and having worked there for almost 21 months, I can't believe I did not notice these things happening... things were not as rosy as it appeared to be... thank god I have left the company...
other than that, nothing really exciting happening, except mum and nainai are coming to visit in Nov... so that should be interesting...
Thursday, October 07, 2010
臭臭的。。。
work is going ok I guess, although I do go home with a headache most of the days due to the huge amts of brain drain... feels like I have to learn everything that was taught during uni again... and bcos we have quite alot of people now and I am working in a different area from everyone else, it is difficult to form bonds with any of them... hopefully things will become better once I get the hang of what I am supposed to do... got my new uniforms today... we are entitled to 5 shirts, 3 pants and a jacket... which is pretty good, no need to pay for them and no need to waste time and brain cells thinking of what to wear for the next day... and we get an 'allocated day off (ado)' every month, which is probably one of the few good things about working in public hospitals... the thing I really am not used to is the smell, I know it probably sounds really bad but the patients really do stink and I find myself coming into frequent contact with all sorts of body fluids... yuck...
the long weekend just passed... went to the city with pong for karaoke and went to ceci's for lunch... bought the baker king dvd... hopefully the show will become better judging from the reviews I read... atm it seems alittle draggy...
other than that, nothing very exciting happening... it's been raining these few days but it definitely looks like summer is nearing... hello flies :(
the long weekend just passed... went to the city with pong for karaoke and went to ceci's for lunch... bought the baker king dvd... hopefully the show will become better judging from the reviews I read... atm it seems alittle draggy...
other than that, nothing very exciting happening... it's been raining these few days but it definitely looks like summer is nearing... hello flies :(
Saturday, September 25, 2010
FREakiNg oUT...
survived the first week at nepean hospital... first 3 days was hospital orientation and only on thursday did I commenced observation in the rehab unit... both in and outpatients... and that was when I started to freak out... I have no idea what to do and what to expect... and the plan for next week is for me to spend some time in the acute wards... oh man... and I found out that my position was meant for a level 2 OT... seriously... I really hope for a miracle otherwise I really dunno what I am going to do... working in a hospital is really different... cos you are surrounded by people and the OTs all gather in the staffroom to eat during lunch... there is no table, you pretty much have to hold your lunch in your lap and eat...
and what else I found out... you have to buy your own birthday cake on your birthday... you have to pay for your courses... you have to use your own pens... you have to be responsible for cleaning up urine and poo if your patient suddenly lets go, not the nurses??!! *faints*
this decision to work in the hospital is not looking too smart at this stage... what have I gotten myself into??!!
and what else I found out... you have to buy your own birthday cake on your birthday... you have to pay for your courses... you have to use your own pens... you have to be responsible for cleaning up urine and poo if your patient suddenly lets go, not the nurses??!! *faints*
this decision to work in the hospital is not looking too smart at this stage... what have I gotten myself into??!!
Saturday, September 18, 2010
WiSH mE GooD LuCk...
tuesday... we did manage to go to the zoo and it was only drizzling alittle when we were there so we managed to see most of the animals there, it only started to pour whilst we were waiting for the ferry... and after that, went for karaoke... now that bog echo has renovated, it has become quite cool with disco lights and touch screens... so we have decided to go to big echo instead of k mix...
went to the city to meet up with Alana and Nat for lunch at Lindt's... that was good but becos they only had their hour of lunchbreak, we could not spend more time together... but it was nice to be able to spend some time catching up with them...
highlight of the week... definitely the S.H.E concert... totally worth the money, better than Backstreet Boys and much much better than Jay Chou... they sang mostly older songs and there was interactions with the crowd as well... got some good pics and videos... still cannot believe that I got to see them in concert... it was unreal... really want to go to the Super Junior concert in Singapore in January 2011...
oh and I finally got my full driving licence on Wednesday... after 3 years of driving... so goodbye to red and green plates! one more day before a new challenge commences...
went to the city to meet up with Alana and Nat for lunch at Lindt's... that was good but becos they only had their hour of lunchbreak, we could not spend more time together... but it was nice to be able to spend some time catching up with them...
highlight of the week... definitely the S.H.E concert... totally worth the money, better than Backstreet Boys and much much better than Jay Chou... they sang mostly older songs and there was interactions with the crowd as well... got some good pics and videos... still cannot believe that I got to see them in concert... it was unreal... really want to go to the Super Junior concert in Singapore in January 2011...
oh and I finally got my full driving licence on Wednesday... after 3 years of driving... so goodbye to red and green plates! one more day before a new challenge commences...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
新的挑战。。。
this week can be considered a week of rest/slacking for me... last friday was a mad rush and a blur for me during the last 2 hours... was frantically doing everything at the same time... completing reports as much as I could and signing file notes... and Amber was nice enough to stay with me till 7pm that night and helping me clear stuff and tidy up my workstation... it was sad leaving and there were a few tears shed when I had to give a "speech" and when I read the card with everybody's well wishes...
did some shopping yesterday... planning to go to the zoo today, so hopefully the weather would be good enough to not rain... tomorrow, driving test in the morning and no plans yet... thursday, meeting Alana and Nat for lunch at Lindt's and dinner with the girls from work... friday... hanging out with prisy and then going to SHE concert...
still unsure if I am looking forward to starting work at Nepean... it would be like commencing a placement but this time, no supervisors and I am having to treat someone... that is one scary thought...
did some shopping yesterday... planning to go to the zoo today, so hopefully the weather would be good enough to not rain... tomorrow, driving test in the morning and no plans yet... thursday, meeting Alana and Nat for lunch at Lindt's and dinner with the girls from work... friday... hanging out with prisy and then going to SHE concert...
still unsure if I am looking forward to starting work at Nepean... it would be like commencing a placement but this time, no supervisors and I am having to treat someone... that is one scary thought...
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
GooDBye...
last week at RSC... hmm... just trying to get through as much as stuff as I can... got to work around 8am and finishing around 6pm and it looks like it would be like this for the whole of this week... looking forward to the one week break next week for some R & R before starting a new chapter... went to the hospital last week to submit some paperwork and met some of the OTs working there, saw some familiar faces and was informed that there will be more familiar faces when I start... don't really know if that's a good or bad thing yet...
went to teppanyaki for a company dinner last Friday and I have to say that it was really enjoyable and I had alot of fun... although it was quite a waste of food, but it was really amusing watching others and myself catching food ie raw egg, omelette and bowl of fried rice... did something embarrassing as well, did not manage to catch the raw egg and it landed on my colleague sitting next to me, the egg went all over her bag, and to top it all off, I threw my bowl at her... everyone burst out laughing... definitely one of the better company functions I have been to...
decided to hold my farewell dinner at Max Brenner on Thursday so hopefully that will be fun as well...
nothing really much else going on atm, still have yet to study for the driving test... been hooked onto Boys over Flowers again, God knows why... still in Super Junior phase... and I heard that they are having a concert in Singapore, urrgghh and it's going to be expensive, but cannot go anyway
looking forward to S.H.E concert next week, will give you an update following the concert... I am hoping that it would be better than Jay Chou's...
went to teppanyaki for a company dinner last Friday and I have to say that it was really enjoyable and I had alot of fun... although it was quite a waste of food, but it was really amusing watching others and myself catching food ie raw egg, omelette and bowl of fried rice... did something embarrassing as well, did not manage to catch the raw egg and it landed on my colleague sitting next to me, the egg went all over her bag, and to top it all off, I threw my bowl at her... everyone burst out laughing... definitely one of the better company functions I have been to...
decided to hold my farewell dinner at Max Brenner on Thursday so hopefully that will be fun as well...
nothing really much else going on atm, still have yet to study for the driving test... been hooked onto Boys over Flowers again, God knows why... still in Super Junior phase... and I heard that they are having a concert in Singapore, urrgghh and it's going to be expensive, but cannot go anyway
looking forward to S.H.E concert next week, will give you an update following the concert... I am hoping that it would be better than Jay Chou's...
Friday, August 13, 2010
HapPy 25th!!!
have not been blogging for a while now... sian man... I am still waiting for Nepean Hospital to confirm employment... had to go get chickenpox vaccine and chest X ray... so currently just biding my time at RSC and been getting all these one off assessments... hopefully they will confirm soon...
and I should be studying for the driving theory test now to go get my full license but all because of pong... she has now got me obsessed about Super Junior... seriously a week ago, when she was watching them, I was like oh my god! they are so ugly! and now a week later, I am the one obsessed about them... they are actually quite funny... totally hooked now, and all I can think of all the time are them... seriously I should NOT be obsessing over them (most of them are like younger than me) at this age... totally pong's fault!
was sick last week for a week, am blaming people at work for passing the virus to me and I passed the virus to pong and michelle by the end of the week... they were not impressed...
and the exciting thing to look forward to next month is... WE HAVE CONFIRMED GOING TO SHE CONCERT!!! I could not believe that they are actually coming to Sydney... prisy and I were actually talking about it last year after going to Jay Chou's concert and now it is really happening... will definitely update after the concert... hopefully I will be able to get good pictures...
hmm... today is Friday the 13th (random)
and I should be studying for the driving theory test now to go get my full license but all because of pong... she has now got me obsessed about Super Junior... seriously a week ago, when she was watching them, I was like oh my god! they are so ugly! and now a week later, I am the one obsessed about them... they are actually quite funny... totally hooked now, and all I can think of all the time are them... seriously I should NOT be obsessing over them (most of them are like younger than me) at this age... totally pong's fault!
was sick last week for a week, am blaming people at work for passing the virus to me and I passed the virus to pong and michelle by the end of the week... they were not impressed...
and the exciting thing to look forward to next month is... WE HAVE CONFIRMED GOING TO SHE CONCERT!!! I could not believe that they are actually coming to Sydney... prisy and I were actually talking about it last year after going to Jay Chou's concert and now it is really happening... will definitely update after the concert... hopefully I will be able to get good pictures...
hmm... today is Friday the 13th (random)
Sunday, July 18, 2010
不想在这里了。。。
still no good news yet regarding my job hunting... still crossing my fingers and toes hoping that I can get a hospital based job soon...
well I am sure it is no longer news, but I am glad that Spain won the World Cup 2010, although I personally think that their games are boring, most of the games are 1-0 now I have to wait another 4 years to watch football...
pong is finally here, still settling into the pace of the life here... been invited to a baby shower next Sunday and Yochi is getting married at the end of the month... so this month my pockets are pretty empty...
currently considering if I should go to Cairns during birthday leave... hmm really depends on pong's timetable and the situation...
was quite annoyed on Friday... have another job interview at Nepean Hospital and hence requested for a few hours' leave and received an email from my Manager requesting that I try to schedule appointments outside of working hours and I was like WTH??!! did she even think before she emailed me cos I have no idea how to do that cos in case she did not notice, I work from 8am to 5pm so I can't think of how I should schedule the job interviews outside of working hours... I was so annoyed after reading the email and they have agreed to support me in the first place... the other mildly annoying thing was that I was not being told that my billing target would be increased until I was cc'ed into an email which she sent to the accounts dept... thanks for telling me...
well I am sure it is no longer news, but I am glad that Spain won the World Cup 2010, although I personally think that their games are boring, most of the games are 1-0 now I have to wait another 4 years to watch football...
pong is finally here, still settling into the pace of the life here... been invited to a baby shower next Sunday and Yochi is getting married at the end of the month... so this month my pockets are pretty empty...
currently considering if I should go to Cairns during birthday leave... hmm really depends on pong's timetable and the situation...
was quite annoyed on Friday... have another job interview at Nepean Hospital and hence requested for a few hours' leave and received an email from my Manager requesting that I try to schedule appointments outside of working hours and I was like WTH??!! did she even think before she emailed me cos I have no idea how to do that cos in case she did not notice, I work from 8am to 5pm so I can't think of how I should schedule the job interviews outside of working hours... I was so annoyed after reading the email and they have agreed to support me in the first place... the other mildly annoying thing was that I was not being told that my billing target would be increased until I was cc'ed into an email which she sent to the accounts dept... thanks for telling me...
Friday, June 25, 2010
CROss mY fiNgERs & tOEs...
WOW this 2010 World Cup has turned out to be quite a shocker!!! the big European countries are playing like crap and now both France (as a reminder, was 2nd at last World Cup) and Italy (the champions at last World Cup) are now out of the tournament, and England looks to be going out soon, Germany, Holland and Spain look to be doing well but then again who knows, but other than that, this World Cup looks like it's going to be a South American blockbuster, we have got Brazil, Portugal, Argentina doing really well and of course, you never know what to expect from South Korea and Japan... i was like, could the reason for the European countries performing like crap be partly bcos of the vuvuzela horns (the noise is affecting their play and concentration??!!) or the environment that they are in (it looks like it fluctuates between hot and cold) or simply bcos they are CRAP!! (let's not find excuses)... not sure who I will be supporting towards the end but I can say for sure that there are going to be more surprises coming...
onto the boring stuff, attended my first job interview after 1.5 years at Blacktown hospital, met Amelia there cos she has got a locum position there, I thought the interview went well, except I did not know what the quality improvement cycle was... apparently I should have learnt it at uni... hmm... certainly no recollection at all... applied for Westmead as well, and I am hoping to get the Westmead one just cos I am more familiar with the place... so cross my fingers and hopefully by the next entry, I will have some good news!!!
onto the boring stuff, attended my first job interview after 1.5 years at Blacktown hospital, met Amelia there cos she has got a locum position there, I thought the interview went well, except I did not know what the quality improvement cycle was... apparently I should have learnt it at uni... hmm... certainly no recollection at all... applied for Westmead as well, and I am hoping to get the Westmead one just cos I am more familiar with the place... so cross my fingers and hopefully by the next entry, I will have some good news!!!
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
WInteR cHiLL...
my life at the moment only has 3 elements: Masterchef, World Cup and Work... very excited now that the world cup is finally here again but bcos of the weird hours in the morning, I am always having to record the matches and watching it after, which kind of takes the excitement and anticipation away cos I know the results already... so far the matches have not been really exciting maybe bcos it's still the first round... disappointed in England's first match against USA though, although I was quite pleased with South Korea's win over Greece... on the other hand, there are some really unknown countries who qualified for the World Cup and the good ones did not even qualify like Czech Republic, Sweden and one of the strange ones would be North Korea... I was like what the??!!
and the other much talked about topic in the World Cup is the constant buzzing of the horns which apparently are the local horns... i did not even notice it in the beginning but now that everybody is talking about it, I am like noticing it even more and it is very annoying...
still looking for hospital work currently and there did not seem to be any out there... am getting tired of the occ rehab scene... and really need change of scenery... so cross my fingers and toes, hopefully I will be able to find one soon...
yesterday was the june long weekend... met up with uncle andrew, his wife and friends for dinner at this pizza place at harbourside on Friday... did not really like the pizza, maybe due to the flavours picked, but I actually preferred the pizzas we ate at the italian place at Balmain... maybe also bcos they had the nutella pizza...
worked over the weekend and our initial plan was to head to hunter valley on Monday but uncle suggested that the traffic on the way back may be bad hence mich suggested going to cockatoo island for the biennale art exhibition instead... so we drove down to circular quay, and there was already a long queue for the free ferry to the island... it was quite boring actually, the island is actually an old prison and shipyard where the prisoners worked on the ships apparently... so we were there for approx an hour and we were queuing again for the free ferry ride back to circular quay when prisy actually spotted a big celebrity... EWAN MCGREGOR!!!! We were like no way... and nobody except us seemed to have recognised him... so we were queuing on the left hand side for the free ferry while his group decided to take the paid water taxi and we got an up close and personal look when he walked past us... so the 3 of us decided to pretend to want to go ask how much the water taxis cost and we actually got really close to him... but being mature adults, we did not burst into girly screams or whip out our cameras... we were really composed and after finding out that it was $10 each, we decided it was not worth it to pay that much to be in the same boat as him... hmm... I wonder if I would pay that price for maybe Mike He??
anyway, that was probably the highlight of our day really... and he was not even wearing sunglasses, he was dressed really casually and prisy said the woman and child walking beside him is his wife and kid...
after that, we went to have a browse around the museum of contemporary arts, and then headed to this place near the rocks for a fire water show and then to the night market at the rocks... there were alot of people hence that may be why it was not as cold... was exhausted by the time we headed back home... it was a very artsy day really, which probably would not be something I would choose to do...
back to monotonous life again... the next long weekend is not till October...
and the other much talked about topic in the World Cup is the constant buzzing of the horns which apparently are the local horns... i did not even notice it in the beginning but now that everybody is talking about it, I am like noticing it even more and it is very annoying...
still looking for hospital work currently and there did not seem to be any out there... am getting tired of the occ rehab scene... and really need change of scenery... so cross my fingers and toes, hopefully I will be able to find one soon...
yesterday was the june long weekend... met up with uncle andrew, his wife and friends for dinner at this pizza place at harbourside on Friday... did not really like the pizza, maybe due to the flavours picked, but I actually preferred the pizzas we ate at the italian place at Balmain... maybe also bcos they had the nutella pizza...
worked over the weekend and our initial plan was to head to hunter valley on Monday but uncle suggested that the traffic on the way back may be bad hence mich suggested going to cockatoo island for the biennale art exhibition instead... so we drove down to circular quay, and there was already a long queue for the free ferry to the island... it was quite boring actually, the island is actually an old prison and shipyard where the prisoners worked on the ships apparently... so we were there for approx an hour and we were queuing again for the free ferry ride back to circular quay when prisy actually spotted a big celebrity... EWAN MCGREGOR!!!! We were like no way... and nobody except us seemed to have recognised him... so we were queuing on the left hand side for the free ferry while his group decided to take the paid water taxi and we got an up close and personal look when he walked past us... so the 3 of us decided to pretend to want to go ask how much the water taxis cost and we actually got really close to him... but being mature adults, we did not burst into girly screams or whip out our cameras... we were really composed and after finding out that it was $10 each, we decided it was not worth it to pay that much to be in the same boat as him... hmm... I wonder if I would pay that price for maybe Mike He??
anyway, that was probably the highlight of our day really... and he was not even wearing sunglasses, he was dressed really casually and prisy said the woman and child walking beside him is his wife and kid...
after that, we went to have a browse around the museum of contemporary arts, and then headed to this place near the rocks for a fire water show and then to the night market at the rocks... there were alot of people hence that may be why it was not as cold... was exhausted by the time we headed back home... it was a very artsy day really, which probably would not be something I would choose to do...
back to monotonous life again... the next long weekend is not till October...
Friday, May 21, 2010
FOoTbALL feVEr Is BAcK...
nothing really much exciting to blog about this month... had to go all the way to Goulburn last week for an initial and workplace assessment and hence invited the "oldies" along... so while I was working hard, they proceeded on to Canberra for some sightseeing... it was freezing that day though...
winter's coming... starting to get cold and lethargic...
I have informed work that I am looking for another job preferably hospitals and they were actually really nice about it... i was actually worried about their response and even had dreams of this matter and even spoke to Nat about it... which was really helpful... so cross my fingers, I will find one soon and hopefully this time, somewhere closer to home...
i am really looking forward to June 2010... guess why?? 2010 World Cup, after 4 years of waiting, it's finally here again... and sydney is actually one of the countries/cities having an international fest for the whole period between june/july 2010... and I have confirmed that we will have access to all matches on free tv... yes!! this is definitely one of the benefits of Australia being in the world cup, although I am definitely still supporting England... weird hours though...
winter's coming... starting to get cold and lethargic...
I have informed work that I am looking for another job preferably hospitals and they were actually really nice about it... i was actually worried about their response and even had dreams of this matter and even spoke to Nat about it... which was really helpful... so cross my fingers, I will find one soon and hopefully this time, somewhere closer to home...
i am really looking forward to June 2010... guess why?? 2010 World Cup, after 4 years of waiting, it's finally here again... and sydney is actually one of the countries/cities having an international fest for the whole period between june/july 2010... and I have confirmed that we will have access to all matches on free tv... yes!! this is definitely one of the benefits of Australia being in the world cup, although I am definitely still supporting England... weird hours though...
Friday, April 30, 2010
轻松的长周末。。。
anzac day long weekend...
decided to go on a roadtrip to Bathurst and Orange... began our drive early on Sat morning and arrived at Bathurst mid day... our first stop was Mount Panorama where the Bathurst 1000 is held annually?? you can actually drive up along the actual tracks up the mountain which is pretty cool...
next stop is our overnight accommodation at Bathurst... i have to say that I am not very impressed with the place... there was a smell and there were holes in the wall and the cottage looks really old...
compared to the place that huimin and I stayed over (can't remember the name of the town)... that was really nice and we actually paid the same price for this one...
next up we drove onto Orange which was approx an hours' drive... our first stop was Borrodell vineyard which is located atop a mountain and overlooking the place... it was really pretty but the next thing we knew... it started to pour... the rain was really heavy and we could not do anything as everything was pretty much outdoor activities... hence we decided to wait it out and have lunch first at subway...
by the time we finished lunch... the rain became a drizzle and we decided to visit our next location, Orange Botanic gardens... it stopped raining when we were on our way there but started to rain again when we arrived... i was really disappointed as I was sure that if it did not rain, it would be really pretty...
next stop was the Lake Canobolas reserve... luckily the rain stopped when we arrive and we were able to walk for abit and take some pics...
after that, we went back to the accommodation place for the night and hanged out playing mahjong and celebrity head... it was pouring again by the time we arrived at Bathurst and continued throughout the night...
next day... we decided to go take the zigzag railway but when we were almost there, there was roadblock as there apparently was an accident and we had to take a detour... luckily for us, when we got there an hour late for the 11:00am train, the train was still there and we managed to get on the train... i have to say it was ok... like once was enough, i would not want to go on it again... it was pretty expensive...
after that, we started our journey back home and got back in the afternoon... and went out for dinner at a jap place at eastwood recommended by Prisy... it was actually pretty good, this is probably the only place that i have been to which gives alot of unagi...
on monday, the weather actually cleared up and it was a really beautiful day... decided to go have lebanese bread at rockdale... and we proceeded to maroubra beach which was really pretty... took more pics... and we went to bondi junction for abit of shopping... then went to randwick for thai... did not really like the food though... and the highlight of my weekend... went to lindt cafe!! the iced chocolate is so yummy... i wish i could have it every day...
and now it's back to reality... looking forward to the next long weekend in June...
decided to go on a roadtrip to Bathurst and Orange... began our drive early on Sat morning and arrived at Bathurst mid day... our first stop was Mount Panorama where the Bathurst 1000 is held annually?? you can actually drive up along the actual tracks up the mountain which is pretty cool...
next stop is our overnight accommodation at Bathurst... i have to say that I am not very impressed with the place... there was a smell and there were holes in the wall and the cottage looks really old...
compared to the place that huimin and I stayed over (can't remember the name of the town)... that was really nice and we actually paid the same price for this one...
next up we drove onto Orange which was approx an hours' drive... our first stop was Borrodell vineyard which is located atop a mountain and overlooking the place... it was really pretty but the next thing we knew... it started to pour... the rain was really heavy and we could not do anything as everything was pretty much outdoor activities... hence we decided to wait it out and have lunch first at subway...
by the time we finished lunch... the rain became a drizzle and we decided to visit our next location, Orange Botanic gardens... it stopped raining when we were on our way there but started to rain again when we arrived... i was really disappointed as I was sure that if it did not rain, it would be really pretty...
next stop was the Lake Canobolas reserve... luckily the rain stopped when we arrive and we were able to walk for abit and take some pics...
after that, we went back to the accommodation place for the night and hanged out playing mahjong and celebrity head... it was pouring again by the time we arrived at Bathurst and continued throughout the night...
next day... we decided to go take the zigzag railway but when we were almost there, there was roadblock as there apparently was an accident and we had to take a detour... luckily for us, when we got there an hour late for the 11:00am train, the train was still there and we managed to get on the train... i have to say it was ok... like once was enough, i would not want to go on it again... it was pretty expensive...
after that, we started our journey back home and got back in the afternoon... and went out for dinner at a jap place at eastwood recommended by Prisy... it was actually pretty good, this is probably the only place that i have been to which gives alot of unagi...
on monday, the weather actually cleared up and it was a really beautiful day... decided to go have lebanese bread at rockdale... and we proceeded to maroubra beach which was really pretty... took more pics... and we went to bondi junction for abit of shopping... then went to randwick for thai... did not really like the food though... and the highlight of my weekend... went to lindt cafe!! the iced chocolate is so yummy... i wish i could have it every day...
and now it's back to reality... looking forward to the next long weekend in June...
Monday, April 05, 2010
EAstEr WEekeNd...
it's the easter weekend this week... wow haven't had a week where I have 3 days off in a while... friday... went up to bilpin again for fruit and nut picking... too bad the apple farm did not have as good a harvest as the last year we went... apparently due to flying foxes... had to walk quite deep into the far to see a hint of apples... whereas it was a different story at the nut farm... plenty of chestnuts and walnuts and people really... at least it was good weather...
sat... worked at woolies... for some reason, they were closed on both friday and sunday this year which meant that I have more days off...
sun... brought nainai to manly... sat the ferry and the weather was really weird... on our way there, it was pouring and we were like should we not go today... and we decided to try our luck, which turned out to be the right decision, cos when we got to circular quay, the weather was great and there were so many people about... it was so crowded on the way to and from manly... walked to the operahouse and to the rocks... and guess what i had for dinner... after wanting to eat it for long... i finally got to eat at mamaks... as usual, the queue was already there when we arrived... but prisy and i managed to get a seat... and cos they only open at 5:30pm for dinner... we were one of the lucky ones... i have to say, the prata was not bad... the satay not really... we also had the tisu prata... oh lord... the amount of sugar on that thing was so bad... would i go back there again?? maybe... the thing was it was too expensive... $5 for a piece of plain prata and curry... compared to 60 cents in singapore??!!
sat... worked at woolies... for some reason, they were closed on both friday and sunday this year which meant that I have more days off...
sun... brought nainai to manly... sat the ferry and the weather was really weird... on our way there, it was pouring and we were like should we not go today... and we decided to try our luck, which turned out to be the right decision, cos when we got to circular quay, the weather was great and there were so many people about... it was so crowded on the way to and from manly... walked to the operahouse and to the rocks... and guess what i had for dinner... after wanting to eat it for long... i finally got to eat at mamaks... as usual, the queue was already there when we arrived... but prisy and i managed to get a seat... and cos they only open at 5:30pm for dinner... we were one of the lucky ones... i have to say, the prata was not bad... the satay not really... we also had the tisu prata... oh lord... the amount of sugar on that thing was so bad... would i go back there again?? maybe... the thing was it was too expensive... $5 for a piece of plain prata and curry... compared to 60 cents in singapore??!!
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Autumn's here...
second week back... everything looks the same, it is as if I did not even go anywhere... sian man... back to routine, working 7 days a week... i really need a hobby... something which I enjoy doing, that will allow me to relax... looking forward to the easter holiday... long weekend... really would like to go on a road trip... hopefully if everything goes according to plan, we may be going fruit picking...
found out last week that our general manager is leaving in april... 4 people have left since I started... although I am sad to see them go, but also happy for them... and they have found another OT to join our team, so our IM team is all consisted of OTs now... not sure how good would that be for us... personally, i think it is better to get someone of a different allied health background, like maybe a PT, so there can be a sharing of different skills and knowledge, but it's not really up to me... and i have been told that i will be moving desks as well, to the other pod...
have been thinking of looking for a job in the hospital, but it looks like it is going to be difficult, there did not seem to be many hospital jobs available now, and the ones that are available required OTs who are already working in the hospital... so that rules me out... dun really know what to do now... just have to wait and see...
found out last week that our general manager is leaving in april... 4 people have left since I started... although I am sad to see them go, but also happy for them... and they have found another OT to join our team, so our IM team is all consisted of OTs now... not sure how good would that be for us... personally, i think it is better to get someone of a different allied health background, like maybe a PT, so there can be a sharing of different skills and knowledge, but it's not really up to me... and i have been told that i will be moving desks as well, to the other pod...
have been thinking of looking for a job in the hospital, but it looks like it is going to be difficult, there did not seem to be many hospital jobs available now, and the ones that are available required OTs who are already working in the hospital... so that rules me out... dun really know what to do now... just have to wait and see...
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
走过回忆之路。。。
3 weeks of holidays just flew by like that... really dreading going back to sydney... wish I could stay here and slack forever... haha... although I must say that I have managed to meet up with all the people that I have not seen for awhile... the only thing is everyone's working now, hence not much flexibility in the times that we have... and after being here for 3 weeks, I actually thought of what would happen if I were to return here to work... but silvana told me that day that I would not be able to cope with the pace and culture of the workplace here... and I do not think I am confident enough to start work here at this stage...
also bought some stuff here... new shoes and clothes... things here are actually not that cheap, especially clothes... huimin and fran are leaving before I leave... will definitely miss them when I go back... dunno when will I be able to come back again... especially now that I am thinking of changing jobs to hospital-based...
also got to eat most of the food which I have missed... the weather here is really unbearable without air conditioning... constantly in a state of perspiration... also finished watching down with love from this chinese website... it was really by luck that i chanced upon this website... really loved the show... both jerry yen and ella were both so cute and funny... although i have only watched bits and pieces of autumn's concerto, but I think it is getting so draggy...
also watched 14 blades starring wu chun and donnie yen... thought that ip man was definitely better... the list of movies I am planning to watch before I return: percy jackson, hot summer days and alice in the wonderland...
also bought some stuff here... new shoes and clothes... things here are actually not that cheap, especially clothes... huimin and fran are leaving before I leave... will definitely miss them when I go back... dunno when will I be able to come back again... especially now that I am thinking of changing jobs to hospital-based...
also got to eat most of the food which I have missed... the weather here is really unbearable without air conditioning... constantly in a state of perspiration... also finished watching down with love from this chinese website... it was really by luck that i chanced upon this website... really loved the show... both jerry yen and ella were both so cute and funny... although i have only watched bits and pieces of autumn's concerto, but I think it is getting so draggy...
also watched 14 blades starring wu chun and donnie yen... thought that ip man was definitely better... the list of movies I am planning to watch before I return: percy jackson, hot summer days and alice in the wonderland...
Monday, February 08, 2010
BYe SyDnEy, HeLLo SiNgApoRe...
I am finally back in the sunny island called home after 2 long years of not being able to come home... have yet to really go out since I came back and everything that I have seen so far looked the same... but I have been told that there are many changes ie the new resorts that is opening on Chinese New year... saw it briefly when we drove past yesterday... a few new shopping centres... but the thing that never changed is the humidity... it is really hot here and I feel sweaty majority of the day... that's probably the one thing I do not enjoy... got to eat some of the foods which I really wanted to eat for a long time... will be looking forward to spending time with family and friends before i return... who knows how long before I can come back again... and we have decided not to go korea... nothing much atm happening... but will continue to update... and I have been diligently working on my "mini" project given my colleagues at work...
Saturday, January 23, 2010
WHaT??!!
one year anniversary of my working life was on 5 Jan 2010... i can't believe it has already been a year... definitely learnt alot during the past year but continue to feel like there are so much stuff that i still don't know but which i feel like i should...
met up with amelia that day, went to the chinese place at parramatta for dinner, and went back to her new place to get new movies/dramas... during dinner, she dropped a bombshell on me telling me that she got a boyfriend just recently... it was a surprise to me cos if you know amelia, you won't believe it initially... but when i met her bf at her house, he seemed nice... i got a few some dramas off her, but have yet to start watching, for some reason, i am not really in the mood for them now... although i am feeling bored nowadays...
counting down the days to going back home... it is freaking hot over here, so hot that it is difficult to sleep at night, everything is hot, the bed, my clothes, the air outside... it's blowing hot air... that is how disgusting it is over here right now
we were sleeping downstairs on the floor on some nights now... that's how unbearable it is...
then today, while browsing facebook out of boredom, i found out that piyo got married!!?? i was like no way, i actually had to look twice to make sure that my eyes were reading it correctly... that was another shocker... she probably is the first of my friends getting married...
met up with amelia that day, went to the chinese place at parramatta for dinner, and went back to her new place to get new movies/dramas... during dinner, she dropped a bombshell on me telling me that she got a boyfriend just recently... it was a surprise to me cos if you know amelia, you won't believe it initially... but when i met her bf at her house, he seemed nice... i got a few some dramas off her, but have yet to start watching, for some reason, i am not really in the mood for them now... although i am feeling bored nowadays...
counting down the days to going back home... it is freaking hot over here, so hot that it is difficult to sleep at night, everything is hot, the bed, my clothes, the air outside... it's blowing hot air... that is how disgusting it is over here right now
we were sleeping downstairs on the floor on some nights now... that's how unbearable it is...
then today, while browsing facebook out of boredom, i found out that piyo got married!!?? i was like no way, i actually had to look twice to make sure that my eyes were reading it correctly... that was another shocker... she probably is the first of my friends getting married...
Sunday, January 03, 2010
WHaT WeRe yOuR reSoLutiOnS for 2010?
the end of my week long holiday... no more sleeping in... recap what i did since the last post...
wed... went to have lindt with nat at martin place, and she showed me her new workplace... on george st... went to window shop after lunch... and went to kinokuniya again... and i went to have spicy beef seeing as i am already in the city although my shoes were killing me...
thurs... new year's eve... went to work for awhile at woolies, was quite busy that day... prisy and I stayed at home while the rest went to the city for the fireworks... we watched 'from hell' which was quite an old movie with johnny depp... about jack the ripper... quite gory actually... and we decided to rewatch boys over flowers... i know, we are so very sad... paused for awhile to watch the fireworks and continued till they came home which was ard 230am...
slept in on new year's... prisy's friend came over and i decided to go check out top ryde shopping centre... got there and found that most of the shops were closed and the place was still unfinished... so in the end, only spent some time in big w and woolies before going home... came home and we played trivia again... after that, we had to head over to uncle's friend's home as we were invited for dinner... did not really feel like going cos i don't really know them, but bcos steve (yes, uncle's friend's name is steve) helped me with the visa thing awhile ago, quite paiseh if i did not attend... spent quite awhile there and when we arrived home, i pretty much was exhausted... but ended up sleeping late again cos i was watching the new year's eve concert in taiwan... this year's concert was not too exciting... only had SHE, raine yang and ding dang...
was working on sat... came back home and prisy and i did karaoke again... she had this idea to hook up the xbox, leave it running so the mics are working and then connect the hard disk into the computer, but that did not work for some reason, and so desperate people like us, went for plan B, which was leave xbox running and sing along to the mv on the laptop... and then after that, decided to switch to play street fighters... remembered that i used to play the game a long time ago, but i can't really remember the special moves... and i dunno if this is normal, but are your thumbs meant to blister from using the controller??!! cos my left thumb is still hurting till now...
2010... quite a few things to look forward to this year... going home, world cup and new challenges... hopefully this would be a good year...
wed... went to have lindt with nat at martin place, and she showed me her new workplace... on george st... went to window shop after lunch... and went to kinokuniya again... and i went to have spicy beef seeing as i am already in the city although my shoes were killing me...
thurs... new year's eve... went to work for awhile at woolies, was quite busy that day... prisy and I stayed at home while the rest went to the city for the fireworks... we watched 'from hell' which was quite an old movie with johnny depp... about jack the ripper... quite gory actually... and we decided to rewatch boys over flowers... i know, we are so very sad... paused for awhile to watch the fireworks and continued till they came home which was ard 230am...
slept in on new year's... prisy's friend came over and i decided to go check out top ryde shopping centre... got there and found that most of the shops were closed and the place was still unfinished... so in the end, only spent some time in big w and woolies before going home... came home and we played trivia again... after that, we had to head over to uncle's friend's home as we were invited for dinner... did not really feel like going cos i don't really know them, but bcos steve (yes, uncle's friend's name is steve) helped me with the visa thing awhile ago, quite paiseh if i did not attend... spent quite awhile there and when we arrived home, i pretty much was exhausted... but ended up sleeping late again cos i was watching the new year's eve concert in taiwan... this year's concert was not too exciting... only had SHE, raine yang and ding dang...
was working on sat... came back home and prisy and i did karaoke again... she had this idea to hook up the xbox, leave it running so the mics are working and then connect the hard disk into the computer, but that did not work for some reason, and so desperate people like us, went for plan B, which was leave xbox running and sing along to the mv on the laptop... and then after that, decided to switch to play street fighters... remembered that i used to play the game a long time ago, but i can't really remember the special moves... and i dunno if this is normal, but are your thumbs meant to blister from using the controller??!! cos my left thumb is still hurting till now...
2010... quite a few things to look forward to this year... going home, world cup and new challenges... hopefully this would be a good year...
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