Almost missed the train this morning… alamak if i missed this train... i will be late for clinicals...
In the morning, followed Rebekah to do an initial interview with this elderly lady who’s really alert and she could understand us and who could also joke with us… a really nice old lady… after that, there were more documentation to do mainly completing the initial forms and progress notes… like seriously, I was telling prisy earlier that in a day, we only see 3 patients at the most and the rest of time was spent looking for the patient’s files and writing notes… this is definitely not efficient… I mean, the patients are constantly piling up but here we are, as OTs, being stuck writing out all the documents and stuff… wasting time… might as well spend more time with the patient… and then after that, we were called to do a shower Ax on this elderly male patient… I dunno abt you, but I personally have never seen a guy’s penis up close and personal before… only on pictures in anatomy TBs and the atlas… so today was quite an uncomfortable time for me… like I think my supervisor’s actually trying to shield me from him bcos she stood in front of me and pulled the curtains but I would see it eventually anyway, if u noe what I mean… so anyway, it was not a comfortable experience for me… at least I didn’t have to help wash him or something… but he did asked me to help him put on his socks… I have no idea why… like he wanted me to do it, even when my supervisor said she would help him put it on… abit creepy there…
So after that, more documentation stuff… and then it was morning tea… after morning tea, the OT dept had a dept meeting which we attended also… so us students just sat there and listen to them talk about some housekeeping stuff… one interesting thing that they were discussing abt was whether they should continue with making attendance at case presentations compulsory, which was like every fortnight, one of them has to do a presentation on a certain illness/ disability, which I thought was interesting… I mean, as OTs, we cannot just focus on the clinical area that we are working on currently, it is always good to learn more abt other clinical areas, bcos who knows in future you might need the info… so anyway, today’s presentation was on dementia… quite interesting as the OT presented it was well-prepared and I thought she presented it really well, and she also all these cognitive tests that she found were useful for screening pple with dementia…
and then after the meeting, we went back down to the ward again... did a mock initial interview with Rebekah to practise... tomorrow i will be doing one by myself... i kept wanting to laugh during the mock interview... dunno what to ask also... anyway, then after that, followed this other OT Melanie who's got this Polish client and she got an interpreter to come in to translate... i got to sit in and observe her doing a cognitive screen thru the translator... really interesting... and the patient was in a good mood today, not like the last time i saw him... and then after the interview, Rebekah suddenly dunno disappear to where and i waited for her for like half an hour... feeling so extra at the ward... alamak... and the remainder of the afternoon was spent reading up more case files and walking ard the hospital... did not do much after... hope i will do well for my initial interview tomorrow...
Friday, July 14, 2006
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Day 3 OF CliNiCaLs...
Day 3...
In the morning, bcos my supervisor had to attend a conference so she arranged me to follow another OT Melanie who works in rehab ward... before we went down to the ward, she showed me a home modification which she did for this patient who is an amputee... thinking of the home modifications and the drawings that OTs have to do make me dread being one... cos my art is like beyond fail... i simply cannot draw and visualize stuff... how... i can't even draw straight lines... anyway, out of the 4 of us at placement till now... i am the only one who still has not been on a home visit... the rest all have gone at least once... i would like to go on one home visit to see what we actually do... we'll see...
and then after that, we went down to the rehab ward to do another shower assessment for this elderly lady... and again all i did was stand there and watch her shower... i think the more you do it, the more immune you get when u are watching someone showering... seeing them makes me dread getting old... u start having illnesses, pains and ur body starts to give out on you, even ur physical appearance declines, body parts start to droop and stuff... and the lady could not wash her bottom so melanie had to wash for her... abit confronting... and after that, she was like telling me like during the assessment, it is quite difficult to remember everything u saw, so what she does is have a mental picture of the human body divided into face, neck, chest, trunk, genital areas, UL and upper and lower parts of LL... and while u watch them showering, note down mentally which parts they wash and which parts they didn't...
after morning tea, i followed another OT Ruth... we went to the cardiology ward first... and again, did another shower Ax with an elderly lady... her right UL was totally flaccid and her UL and LL were swollen badly... and she required assistance with her transfers and mobility... the thing was Ruth... i found out that she's actually Irish... i mean, how cool is that? i dun even noe any Irish till her... and u noe how pple from Ireland speak as if they are singing... really cool... i actually get to meet alot of pple from different countries here... and after that, more documentation to be done, and i got to fill in initial interview forms again... i think i would have to do an initial interview soon by myself... dun noe if i can do it... what if the pt's not cooperative? and also sometimes i can't understand what the patient's saying... cos they are like mumbling to themselves...
after lunch, followed Ruth again to the respiratory ward... and she interviewed this male patient whose both feet were swollen and i think he has ulcers on his feet too... and there was this other case where the file has pictures of the patient's feet rotting and turning black and red... urgh... gross... that's why i am never going to be able to do podiatry... anyway, the initial interview took an hour... oh man... like she was really detailed whereas in the stroke ward, the initial interview at the most only takes 15mins... i was trying my best to understand what the patient was saying and i almost dozed off halfway... got released half an hour early today though... becos our tutorial on confidentiality and professional behaviour ended early... and I still have not got a topic for the project yet... how...
In the morning, bcos my supervisor had to attend a conference so she arranged me to follow another OT Melanie who works in rehab ward... before we went down to the ward, she showed me a home modification which she did for this patient who is an amputee... thinking of the home modifications and the drawings that OTs have to do make me dread being one... cos my art is like beyond fail... i simply cannot draw and visualize stuff... how... i can't even draw straight lines... anyway, out of the 4 of us at placement till now... i am the only one who still has not been on a home visit... the rest all have gone at least once... i would like to go on one home visit to see what we actually do... we'll see...
and then after that, we went down to the rehab ward to do another shower assessment for this elderly lady... and again all i did was stand there and watch her shower... i think the more you do it, the more immune you get when u are watching someone showering... seeing them makes me dread getting old... u start having illnesses, pains and ur body starts to give out on you, even ur physical appearance declines, body parts start to droop and stuff... and the lady could not wash her bottom so melanie had to wash for her... abit confronting... and after that, she was like telling me like during the assessment, it is quite difficult to remember everything u saw, so what she does is have a mental picture of the human body divided into face, neck, chest, trunk, genital areas, UL and upper and lower parts of LL... and while u watch them showering, note down mentally which parts they wash and which parts they didn't...
after morning tea, i followed another OT Ruth... we went to the cardiology ward first... and again, did another shower Ax with an elderly lady... her right UL was totally flaccid and her UL and LL were swollen badly... and she required assistance with her transfers and mobility... the thing was Ruth... i found out that she's actually Irish... i mean, how cool is that? i dun even noe any Irish till her... and u noe how pple from Ireland speak as if they are singing... really cool... i actually get to meet alot of pple from different countries here... and after that, more documentation to be done, and i got to fill in initial interview forms again... i think i would have to do an initial interview soon by myself... dun noe if i can do it... what if the pt's not cooperative? and also sometimes i can't understand what the patient's saying... cos they are like mumbling to themselves...
after lunch, followed Ruth again to the respiratory ward... and she interviewed this male patient whose both feet were swollen and i think he has ulcers on his feet too... and there was this other case where the file has pictures of the patient's feet rotting and turning black and red... urgh... gross... that's why i am never going to be able to do podiatry... anyway, the initial interview took an hour... oh man... like she was really detailed whereas in the stroke ward, the initial interview at the most only takes 15mins... i was trying my best to understand what the patient was saying and i almost dozed off halfway... got released half an hour early today though... becos our tutorial on confidentiality and professional behaviour ended early... and I still have not got a topic for the project yet... how...
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Day 2 OF cLiniCALs...
Day 2 of clinicals...
In the morning, did a shower assessment on this elderly assessment... it was quite uncomfortable for me and i think the lady also felt uncomfortable cos she's like showering while the two of us just stood there watching her shower... i cannot imagine how it would be if it's a male patient... peeping tom?? peeping andrea??? just weird... she managed quite well on her own and it was later found out that she was discharged just one hour after we did the shower with her... which according to my supervisor... is the aim of the acute stroke unit... discharge asap... which meant that we only get to spend little time with the patient, just enough to do an initial interview, review their ROM and strength briefly and that's it... we'll just refer them to some other depts... eith rehab or community OTs...
and my supervisor went thru the learning contract with me and told me that things are not as rosy in the real world as described in the lectures... where we learnt that we must spend time to get to know our patients... client-centredness... all the skills that we were taught like assessing ROM, manual muscle testing, PNF and NDT techniques... i was told today that we would rarely use them in real clinical practice...
anyway, i got to fill out some referral forms, initial interview forms and progress notes... and my supervisor actually filed what i wrote into the patient's file where everyone in the hospital can read and it would be like there forever... wow... it felt so real... like i was an OT already... my supervisor's also really nice and i found out that she's only like 2 years older than me... most of the OTs there are quite young also... in the afternoon... observed Rebekah my supervisor do an initial interview with an elderly man... it was quite funny cos we went in without looking thru his case file first, which we would normally do b4 going in to look at the patient... so i didn't know what was wrong with him, etc... and then the rest of the afternoon was spent reading thru more case files... so i was just sitting there reading and trying not to doze off again... and the weather these days are so nice... it's like clear skies outside and sunny but windy also... wanted to go outside instead of being stuck reading the files... a good thing that happened today was i made a new friend, Catherine... she's also one of the 4 of us at nepean hospital... she seemed like a nice person... but we'll see... like i recognize her face at uni but never really get to speak with her... we actually clicked off quite well today... :)
In the morning, did a shower assessment on this elderly assessment... it was quite uncomfortable for me and i think the lady also felt uncomfortable cos she's like showering while the two of us just stood there watching her shower... i cannot imagine how it would be if it's a male patient... peeping tom?? peeping andrea??? just weird... she managed quite well on her own and it was later found out that she was discharged just one hour after we did the shower with her... which according to my supervisor... is the aim of the acute stroke unit... discharge asap... which meant that we only get to spend little time with the patient, just enough to do an initial interview, review their ROM and strength briefly and that's it... we'll just refer them to some other depts... eith rehab or community OTs...
and my supervisor went thru the learning contract with me and told me that things are not as rosy in the real world as described in the lectures... where we learnt that we must spend time to get to know our patients... client-centredness... all the skills that we were taught like assessing ROM, manual muscle testing, PNF and NDT techniques... i was told today that we would rarely use them in real clinical practice...
anyway, i got to fill out some referral forms, initial interview forms and progress notes... and my supervisor actually filed what i wrote into the patient's file where everyone in the hospital can read and it would be like there forever... wow... it felt so real... like i was an OT already... my supervisor's also really nice and i found out that she's only like 2 years older than me... most of the OTs there are quite young also... in the afternoon... observed Rebekah my supervisor do an initial interview with an elderly man... it was quite funny cos we went in without looking thru his case file first, which we would normally do b4 going in to look at the patient... so i didn't know what was wrong with him, etc... and then the rest of the afternoon was spent reading thru more case files... so i was just sitting there reading and trying not to doze off again... and the weather these days are so nice... it's like clear skies outside and sunny but windy also... wanted to go outside instead of being stuck reading the files... a good thing that happened today was i made a new friend, Catherine... she's also one of the 4 of us at nepean hospital... she seemed like a nice person... but we'll see... like i recognize her face at uni but never really get to speak with her... we actually clicked off quite well today... :)
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
DaY 1 oF cLiniCALs...
okay guys it's confirmed!! I AM attending the congress on TUesday, 25th july... decided to fork out the really expensive price to attend the congress, considering that this might be my only opportunity to attend it since it's held at where I am now...
Day 1 of clinicals...
nothing very happening... woke up early in the morning at 4am to watch the world cup finals... in the end, bcos the game went into penalty shootouts, I missed the ending cos i had to leave the house to catch the train... the journey to kingswood was horrible, freezing and i was so urgent... there were no toilets nearby so i had to endure like 45mins till i got to the station... normally, i dun even want to use the toilets in the station, but today really cannot 'dahan' already... my bladder's about to burst man... :(
the first session was an orientation ard the hospital where the supervisor brought us ard the hospital showing us where all the different departments and wards are... and after that, more talking abt the policies and procedures of the hospital... blah blah blah...
then after that, the 4 of us split up and followed our respective assigned supervisors... my supervisor was called Rebekah and she looks after the acute stroke ward... first, she brought me to the ward, and showed me ard again... quite a small ward, and she explained to me that bcos it's an acute stroke setting, we dun get to spend more time with the patients except to do an initial interview, maybe some reviews regarding their ROM, muscle strength, cognitive and perceptive abilities... we only saw 2 patients today... the first lady was quite alert and knew what was going on ard her... my supervisor asked her some questions, like do u know where u are now, asked her to cross out Es from lines of alphabets, and got her to undo her buttons...
our second patient was also an elderly lady, she was also quite lucid, but she spoke really basic english and her daughter had to translate for us... her only deficit was her weak left upper limb, but i thought we actually listened to her stories more than we did therapy with her... that seemed to occur often when we are dealing with the elderly... i like listening to their stories... like last time in njc, when we had to do community service at this nursing home, and the elderly there always got some stories to tell... even though sometimes i have no idea what they were talking abt since they were in dialects and i just nod my head... haha...
my supervisor was quite unprepared though cos she also just came back from holidays and she did not expect such a heavy workload... so when she had to do settle some stuff, she would dig out some stroke stuff and ask me to read... not that i am complaining, but i was really sleepy cos i woke up so early today... and i dun think the stuff i was reading actually went into my head... sigh... and... i actually dozed off while reading... luckily nobody walked past... and bcos this year's placement was supposed to be a 3 weeks placement, but the school shortened it into a 2week one, we had to do a project after the placement... and we have to come up with the topic ourselves... thinking abt the project is giving me a headache... when i get home, the only thing i wanna do is watch my kim sam soon... :(
Day 1 of clinicals...
nothing very happening... woke up early in the morning at 4am to watch the world cup finals... in the end, bcos the game went into penalty shootouts, I missed the ending cos i had to leave the house to catch the train... the journey to kingswood was horrible, freezing and i was so urgent... there were no toilets nearby so i had to endure like 45mins till i got to the station... normally, i dun even want to use the toilets in the station, but today really cannot 'dahan' already... my bladder's about to burst man... :(
the first session was an orientation ard the hospital where the supervisor brought us ard the hospital showing us where all the different departments and wards are... and after that, more talking abt the policies and procedures of the hospital... blah blah blah...
then after that, the 4 of us split up and followed our respective assigned supervisors... my supervisor was called Rebekah and she looks after the acute stroke ward... first, she brought me to the ward, and showed me ard again... quite a small ward, and she explained to me that bcos it's an acute stroke setting, we dun get to spend more time with the patients except to do an initial interview, maybe some reviews regarding their ROM, muscle strength, cognitive and perceptive abilities... we only saw 2 patients today... the first lady was quite alert and knew what was going on ard her... my supervisor asked her some questions, like do u know where u are now, asked her to cross out Es from lines of alphabets, and got her to undo her buttons...
our second patient was also an elderly lady, she was also quite lucid, but she spoke really basic english and her daughter had to translate for us... her only deficit was her weak left upper limb, but i thought we actually listened to her stories more than we did therapy with her... that seemed to occur often when we are dealing with the elderly... i like listening to their stories... like last time in njc, when we had to do community service at this nursing home, and the elderly there always got some stories to tell... even though sometimes i have no idea what they were talking abt since they were in dialects and i just nod my head... haha...
my supervisor was quite unprepared though cos she also just came back from holidays and she did not expect such a heavy workload... so when she had to do settle some stuff, she would dig out some stroke stuff and ask me to read... not that i am complaining, but i was really sleepy cos i woke up so early today... and i dun think the stuff i was reading actually went into my head... sigh... and... i actually dozed off while reading... luckily nobody walked past... and bcos this year's placement was supposed to be a 3 weeks placement, but the school shortened it into a 2week one, we had to do a project after the placement... and we have to come up with the topic ourselves... thinking abt the project is giving me a headache... when i get home, the only thing i wanna do is watch my kim sam soon... :(
Sunday, July 09, 2006
My shIny aNd NeW laPtOp...
okay, i am actually using my brand new laptop to type this blog... i am so happy... it finally came on friday and it's so shiny and it even smells new... wide screens and nice typing keys... everything is so nice, abit scared to use it cos it's so fragile... haha ... this could be one of the most exciting thing that happened during the two week holiday...
went with prisy to strathfield with her friends, actually wanted to eat at ceci... but it was so crowded when we got there, no thanks to michelle who wanted to detour to rhodes shopping centre on the way to strathfield... i was told that the chinese grocery store at rhodes shopping centre actually sold kaya spread, so i went in there to find, wanted to buy one bottle to try, but i couldn't find it in the end... miss my kaya spread... okay, so instead of eating at strathfield, we went to eat at this other korean place, where most of their dishes were soup-based... ordered this beef soup and pork rib soup with rice... didn't really like the food though... after that, we went home to make cinnamon rolls... HUIMIN!!! my cinnamon roll fanatic partner... i found this recipe online and decided to make it... turned out okay, not as nice as the ones i ate in singapore before they closed down... the dough tasted funny and the cinnamon were melting and leaking out of the dough... maybe next time i will find another recipe and we can make it together k... :)
ate till i was so full yesterday, with all the cinnamon rolls in my stomach... and we also made cookies... aren't we healthy??!!
tomorrow is the world cup final already... so fast... Italy vs France... my bet is on France... haha... wanted Germany to win... oh well... definitely staying up to watch even though the next day is my clinical first day... which btw, i am really dreading... dun want to go, juz want to stay at home and rot and bum around... what if the supervisor asked me something and i dun now anything how? year 2 already and still dun noe anything... what have i been doing in uni??
and then today, went to work in the morning, and when i came home, michelle wanted to make her custard puffs... so in the end we made her custard puffs, cheese pastries AND brownies... i am getting fatter every day... how to lose weight like that??? also got prisy to trim my hair cos it's getting so thick and going out of shape... haven't cut it since last december... thinking of growing my hair long... since it's winter now... i have not grown my hair beyond shoulder-length ever... we'll see how it goes... dunno if long hair will suit me though... it's a hassle having long hair also...still haven't decided if i should attend the congress... should i go or not??
went with prisy to strathfield with her friends, actually wanted to eat at ceci... but it was so crowded when we got there, no thanks to michelle who wanted to detour to rhodes shopping centre on the way to strathfield... i was told that the chinese grocery store at rhodes shopping centre actually sold kaya spread, so i went in there to find, wanted to buy one bottle to try, but i couldn't find it in the end... miss my kaya spread... okay, so instead of eating at strathfield, we went to eat at this other korean place, where most of their dishes were soup-based... ordered this beef soup and pork rib soup with rice... didn't really like the food though... after that, we went home to make cinnamon rolls... HUIMIN!!! my cinnamon roll fanatic partner... i found this recipe online and decided to make it... turned out okay, not as nice as the ones i ate in singapore before they closed down... the dough tasted funny and the cinnamon were melting and leaking out of the dough... maybe next time i will find another recipe and we can make it together k... :)
ate till i was so full yesterday, with all the cinnamon rolls in my stomach... and we also made cookies... aren't we healthy??!!
tomorrow is the world cup final already... so fast... Italy vs France... my bet is on France... haha... wanted Germany to win... oh well... definitely staying up to watch even though the next day is my clinical first day... which btw, i am really dreading... dun want to go, juz want to stay at home and rot and bum around... what if the supervisor asked me something and i dun now anything how? year 2 already and still dun noe anything... what have i been doing in uni??
and then today, went to work in the morning, and when i came home, michelle wanted to make her custard puffs... so in the end we made her custard puffs, cheese pastries AND brownies... i am getting fatter every day... how to lose weight like that??? also got prisy to trim my hair cos it's getting so thick and going out of shape... haven't cut it since last december... thinking of growing my hair long... since it's winter now... i have not grown my hair beyond shoulder-length ever... we'll see how it goes... dunno if long hair will suit me though... it's a hassle having long hair also...still haven't decided if i should attend the congress... should i go or not??
Thursday, July 06, 2006
StAtuS: ObSeSseD...
obsessed... i am declaring myself to be officially obsessed over the show now... been watching it so many times now and thinking abt it day and night... i think that's all i have been thinking abt these past few days... alamak... how... now i really want to go korea already...
yesterday went to anna's house for a gathering to celebrate her bdae... bought her a tiramisu cake and she cooked korean dishes for us... really nice... although i didn't dare to eat the ox tail that she prepared... after lunch, we sat down and watched suddenly 30 while we ate cake and chips... ate till i was so bloated... took pics too... saw her son justine for the first time too... really cute... stuck to anna like a magnet the whole time, everywhere she went, he also followed...
nothing much exciting happened... just waiting now for my new laptop to come so that i can use, instead of using the old one which kept hanging on me... and watched the semifinals this morning between germany and italy... was hoping that germany would win... sigh... oh well... oh and saw the earth shaking news... haha... that david beckham quit as england's captain... think he must be really upset that england did not win... maybe also bcos he's getting old as a footballer also... he's still my alltime fav football player... think that he's a good father, husband and player...
clinicals starting next week already... dreading it actually... dun even noe what's going to happen... do i have to prepare anything? like read up on stuff or what? can't watch tvs anymore... oh and found out that i can't be a volunteer for the OT congress bcos the compulsory briefing's on mon, which is the first day of clinicals, so i can't attend... maybe it's trying to tell me that i am not meant to attend? i have to pay like $190 to attend the congress for one day... "hai wo bai gao xing yi chang!"
yesterday went to anna's house for a gathering to celebrate her bdae... bought her a tiramisu cake and she cooked korean dishes for us... really nice... although i didn't dare to eat the ox tail that she prepared... after lunch, we sat down and watched suddenly 30 while we ate cake and chips... ate till i was so bloated... took pics too... saw her son justine for the first time too... really cute... stuck to anna like a magnet the whole time, everywhere she went, he also followed...
nothing much exciting happened... just waiting now for my new laptop to come so that i can use, instead of using the old one which kept hanging on me... and watched the semifinals this morning between germany and italy... was hoping that germany would win... sigh... oh well... oh and saw the earth shaking news... haha... that david beckham quit as england's captain... think he must be really upset that england did not win... maybe also bcos he's getting old as a footballer also... he's still my alltime fav football player... think that he's a good father, husband and player...
clinicals starting next week already... dreading it actually... dun even noe what's going to happen... do i have to prepare anything? like read up on stuff or what? can't watch tvs anymore... oh and found out that i can't be a volunteer for the OT congress bcos the compulsory briefing's on mon, which is the first day of clinicals, so i can't attend... maybe it's trying to tell me that i am not meant to attend? i have to pay like $190 to attend the congress for one day... "hai wo bai gao xing yi chang!"
Saturday, July 01, 2006
1st WeEk oF holiDayS...
today is the last day of june already... my first week of holidays is coming to an end... on mon after orl exam, angela and me decided to take a train down to kingswood where the hospital that we are going to for clinicals is located... it was almost a 2hour journey there... and the train fares are hiking up again... a weekly ticket there is going to cost me $45!!! the hospital was quite new and nice, at least it's more than 1 storey, which most hospitals i have seen are... and the pple there are quite nice so far... we toured ard the place, found out that offer hostels for students to stay... and i was really considering to stay there for 2 weeks during the clinicals... but after thinking abt it, i decided not to... cos firstly, it would cost me more to stay there and i dun think i can stay there by myself... not as independent as i thought... so the down side would be that i would have to wake up really early in the mornings and travel for long periods of time in the cold...
during the week, i did not do much except bumming ard at home, looking for a new laptop cos my current one died on me during the exams... shitty... now i can't even start it and i still have stuff saved on it that i have not backed up... i dunno how am i going to transfer those... finally ordered one online yesterday night, after much browsing ard... it's a dell model and apparently it's got really good features at a reasonable price... went to eat yum cha at that north ryde rsl club again, this time with uncle and auntie, prisy and michelle... and again, it was really expensive, even though we did not order much... i dun even like to eat dim sum and stuff... but bcos we could not decide and prisy had to rush to work... i never ever want to go back there again... if i can help it...
went to eastwood yesterday and rented a korean series called my name is kim sam soon... quite hilarious but i dun really like the main actress, kim sam soon... i noe her character is to be like this person who does what she wants and dun care abt what others think, but sometimes she can be so overbearing, and okay, i have to say this, the main actor, hyun bin, is damn cute leh! haha... has a boyboy look also... i think he's better looking than Rain... anyway, i would give it 7/10, sometimes it can be quite cheesy... but cute...
went to hornsby at night with prisy... bought a navy blue pants for clinicals... nothing much... and went to work again on wed... felt so alienated when i stepped into woolies, cos i haven't been to work for almost two weeks... and i have officially worked there for 1 year and 7 days, since june 23... congrats to me... haha... dreading work this weekend... working the shitty shift from 1-10pm on both sat and sun... help!
during the week, i did not do much except bumming ard at home, looking for a new laptop cos my current one died on me during the exams... shitty... now i can't even start it and i still have stuff saved on it that i have not backed up... i dunno how am i going to transfer those... finally ordered one online yesterday night, after much browsing ard... it's a dell model and apparently it's got really good features at a reasonable price... went to eat yum cha at that north ryde rsl club again, this time with uncle and auntie, prisy and michelle... and again, it was really expensive, even though we did not order much... i dun even like to eat dim sum and stuff... but bcos we could not decide and prisy had to rush to work... i never ever want to go back there again... if i can help it...
went to eastwood yesterday and rented a korean series called my name is kim sam soon... quite hilarious but i dun really like the main actress, kim sam soon... i noe her character is to be like this person who does what she wants and dun care abt what others think, but sometimes she can be so overbearing, and okay, i have to say this, the main actor, hyun bin, is damn cute leh! haha... has a boyboy look also... i think he's better looking than Rain... anyway, i would give it 7/10, sometimes it can be quite cheesy... but cute...
went to hornsby at night with prisy... bought a navy blue pants for clinicals... nothing much... and went to work again on wed... felt so alienated when i stepped into woolies, cos i haven't been to work for almost two weeks... and i have officially worked there for 1 year and 7 days, since june 23... congrats to me... haha... dreading work this weekend... working the shitty shift from 1-10pm on both sat and sun... help!
Friday, June 23, 2006
LAsT paPEr To gO...
i know i haven't blogged for a long time... exams!!! what else... first paper, neuroscience, was okay, not as hard as i thought it would be... i think it's bcos i know what to expect after the mid semester exam... anatomy was quite shitty though, i couldn't do the last few questions on pelvic motion and control... and then today's DHR paper was quite okay, not too difficult, although i never pay attention during lectures and sometimes even 'pon' lectures... not a good thing... but i can't help it sometimes... i really feel like dozing off sometimes... my body is there, but my spirit is not... haha...
last paper is on mon... ORL... so wish that today was the last paper... then i can enjoy the weekend... didn't do much stuff this whole week except study and watch the world cup whenever i can... sigh... today saw the news that the czech republic is out... i can't believe it... i wanted them to go into the nect round... i really like them... oh and australia is in... i actually caught the last 10 minutes of the game today, and the game was really getting out of hand... the referee gave a red card to a croatian player but he still was allowed to keep playing... how weird is that? and the referee was also giving the red and yellow cards out like they dun need money... the whole game was weird...
so anyway, that's about it for now... oh and denise emailed me saying that she might come to sydney... really hope that she can come...
did i mention that i will be going to this faraway suburb called penrith for my placement? it's like almost two hour one way journey there... thinking of the fact that i have to wake up at like 5am in the mornings freezing cold just make me dread the start of placement... somebody help me!!! it's a hospital placement this time, and i will be working with acute stroke patients... the good thing is that angela is also doing her placement there, at least i got company...
last paper is on mon... ORL... so wish that today was the last paper... then i can enjoy the weekend... didn't do much stuff this whole week except study and watch the world cup whenever i can... sigh... today saw the news that the czech republic is out... i can't believe it... i wanted them to go into the nect round... i really like them... oh and australia is in... i actually caught the last 10 minutes of the game today, and the game was really getting out of hand... the referee gave a red card to a croatian player but he still was allowed to keep playing... how weird is that? and the referee was also giving the red and yellow cards out like they dun need money... the whole game was weird...
so anyway, that's about it for now... oh and denise emailed me saying that she might come to sydney... really hope that she can come...
did i mention that i will be going to this faraway suburb called penrith for my placement? it's like almost two hour one way journey there... thinking of the fact that i have to wake up at like 5am in the mornings freezing cold just make me dread the start of placement... somebody help me!!! it's a hospital placement this time, and i will be working with acute stroke patients... the good thing is that angela is also doing her placement there, at least i got company...
Saturday, June 10, 2006
2006 FIFA WOrld CuP...
That day one of the channels on tv actually showed a chinese show, turn left turn right... by gigi leung and takashi kaneishiro... this show actually brought back alot of memories... of NJC , especially J2 and my first crush... firstly because when the movie first came out, the radio station 93.3 held this outdoor thing at the bridge that connects NJC and Chinese High... so both siti and me waited outside at the busstop to be the first ones to get the tickets to watch the movie... when we were at the busstop, there wasn't anyone there, so we thought okay, let's just wait here at the busstop and loook out for the radio djs... and then pple started to queue at the bridge, so we quickly went up to the bridge to queue... we were so stupid to have waited... and we actually queued at the wrong end on the bridge too... so in the end, we were not the first ones to get the tickets... but it was good that we managed to get the tickets... pple started to flood the whole bridge, all the students from NJ, Chinese High and Hwa Chong JC... it was so crowded and apparently it was such a big thing that the 630pm news that night actually did a story on this... and the funny thing was, my ex-crush also came to queue for the tickets... haha...
so the viewing was held at this 'ulu' shaw centre theatre near suntec... so me and siti both went to watch even though we had practical exam the next day... and i also saw my ex-crush outside school for the first time... it was so funny, i can't believe that i still remembered it after so long...
too bad the movie ending was stupid...
anyway, back to the present... last mon after handing in ORL assignment, we actually planned to go to newtown to eat thai food, but it was raining quite heavily that day so in the end, we ended up at ceci strathfield... haha... the food was okay, wasn't as nice as i remembered, it's been so long since we ate there... we must really go explore new places... otherwise we keep going back to the same places to eat... after eating, went to mel's new house... she moved from one side of strathfield to the other... the side with less shops and less noise... her new house was much much bigger than her previous one though... nice and spacious... she made us hot chocolate and also got biscuits to eat... whoa, ate till i was so full... and we just hung out at her place, talking, looking at her photo albums... nice...
finally, today is the start of a very exciting and special event.... (drum Rolls please)... THE 2006 Fifa WORLD CUP!!! yes, after 4 years of waiting, it's finally here again! i am so glad the australian team got in, otherwise i doubt they would even broadcast the matches here... football to them meant rugby... which is the national sport... that was why initially whenever i heard them talking abt football, i thought they were talking abt football... who knew they were actually talking abt rugby... anyway, so glad that the australian team made it into the world cup cos that meant that the matches would be broadcasted on tv... too bad i am not supporting them... England!!! show the world what you can do!!!
so the viewing was held at this 'ulu' shaw centre theatre near suntec... so me and siti both went to watch even though we had practical exam the next day... and i also saw my ex-crush outside school for the first time... it was so funny, i can't believe that i still remembered it after so long...
too bad the movie ending was stupid...
anyway, back to the present... last mon after handing in ORL assignment, we actually planned to go to newtown to eat thai food, but it was raining quite heavily that day so in the end, we ended up at ceci strathfield... haha... the food was okay, wasn't as nice as i remembered, it's been so long since we ate there... we must really go explore new places... otherwise we keep going back to the same places to eat... after eating, went to mel's new house... she moved from one side of strathfield to the other... the side with less shops and less noise... her new house was much much bigger than her previous one though... nice and spacious... she made us hot chocolate and also got biscuits to eat... whoa, ate till i was so full... and we just hung out at her place, talking, looking at her photo albums... nice...
finally, today is the start of a very exciting and special event.... (drum Rolls please)... THE 2006 Fifa WORLD CUP!!! yes, after 4 years of waiting, it's finally here again! i am so glad the australian team got in, otherwise i doubt they would even broadcast the matches here... football to them meant rugby... which is the national sport... that was why initially whenever i heard them talking abt football, i thought they were talking abt football... who knew they were actually talking abt rugby... anyway, so glad that the australian team made it into the world cup cos that meant that the matches would be broadcasted on tv... too bad i am not supporting them... England!!! show the world what you can do!!!
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
GOoD n bAd...
okay, happy and good things to report: 1) I now own at least 5 new pairs of jeans, well not really new new, cos i did not buy them, but it was prisy's and she gave them to me cos she dun want them anymore... they came at the right time cos i was thinking of buying jeans cos it's winter now and it's what i wear to uni every day... the only thing abt the jeans are that they are damn tight... cannot breathe in them but according to the experts (Prisy and michelle), they are supposed to be like that and not have extra material hanging out... i was like says who???!!!... haha... 2) watched X-men 3 last tues... and i was totally disappointed... both the first and second ones were so good and the third one had to ruin it all... firstly becos many pple died... and the new x-men were not even given the chance to display their powers... rogue was the worst... i mean, can she be any more useless??!! and angel... wasn't he supposed to have really cool powers??!! and what happened to nightcrawler??!! oops... did i spoil the movie for everyone now??!! anyway the verdict is save ur money and watch it when they show it on tv...
3) got back my anatomy practical results... and i got credit... think i tried my best already... although i did not study joints and nerves well... i always skip joints when it comes to exams... i dunno why... now let's hope that everything i have crammed into my brain for the practical will return to me in time for the end-semester exam...
bad things that happened... finished my ORL assignment today and handed it in... last night was another shitty night trying to complete the assignment, and it was so cold and raining outside... didn't even get much sleep then had to wake up at 6am today to try and finish it... i already can predict many more of these shitty cold nights in the coming weeks, cos exams are coming in 2 wks' time and i still got another COP assignment left... i am so really sick and tired of doing assignments...
my life is boring... uni, work and home... that's all... how sad is that... the thing is... i actually got thurs, fri off last week and i started doing my ORL but somehow, i dun even noe what i was doing the whole weekend, i ended up doing last minute work again...
work was okay... got to see my 'motivation' on sunday... realised i really need a weekly dose of 'motivation' before i can work and study properly... how sad is that... becoming too dependent...
3) got back my anatomy practical results... and i got credit... think i tried my best already... although i did not study joints and nerves well... i always skip joints when it comes to exams... i dunno why... now let's hope that everything i have crammed into my brain for the practical will return to me in time for the end-semester exam...
bad things that happened... finished my ORL assignment today and handed it in... last night was another shitty night trying to complete the assignment, and it was so cold and raining outside... didn't even get much sleep then had to wake up at 6am today to try and finish it... i already can predict many more of these shitty cold nights in the coming weeks, cos exams are coming in 2 wks' time and i still got another COP assignment left... i am so really sick and tired of doing assignments...
my life is boring... uni, work and home... that's all... how sad is that... the thing is... i actually got thurs, fri off last week and i started doing my ORL but somehow, i dun even noe what i was doing the whole weekend, i ended up doing last minute work again...
work was okay... got to see my 'motivation' on sunday... realised i really need a weekly dose of 'motivation' before i can work and study properly... how sad is that... becoming too dependent...
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Wk 11 FinAllY OvEr...
Soooo glad wk 11 is FINALLY OVER!! i had 2 assignments and an anatomy practical exam due this week... almost benged studying for the practical exam... i hate it when they crammed everything into one exam and some more it's practical lor... i knew i sucked at identifying the nerves and the foot ligaments on the cadavers... didn't even know which was which, and everything was so rushed, dun even have time to think... in the end, had to tikkam so many of my answers... :(
OTTP major group assignment is also finally over... realised that i dun like groupwork... the only thing was u dun have to do all the work and u get the same marks as everyone... but the bad thing was if u are stuck with pple who tended to dominate the meetings, and pple who dun really care, it can really suck... hope we did well, oh and apparently for the peer evaluation forms, i think i was too honest in the marks I gave to some members... oh well... we'll see...
And then today was the deadline was DHR assignment, which was also a groupwork thing and I was doing it with amelia and karen again... as usual, I was the one doing most of the stuff... like me and amelia were the ones who practically did everything while karen did almost nothing, and every time we meet, she would be sleeping... I dun even have the energy to be pissed, i just want to get it over and done with so that we could move on... and also bcos it was her bdae tomorrow...
really really glad that this week is almost over, and i can finally get some sleep... been sleeping late and waking up early since last week... but tomorrow still have to work... but at least dun need to think so much... now have to move on to my other assignments... sian man...
OTTP major group assignment is also finally over... realised that i dun like groupwork... the only thing was u dun have to do all the work and u get the same marks as everyone... but the bad thing was if u are stuck with pple who tended to dominate the meetings, and pple who dun really care, it can really suck... hope we did well, oh and apparently for the peer evaluation forms, i think i was too honest in the marks I gave to some members... oh well... we'll see...
And then today was the deadline was DHR assignment, which was also a groupwork thing and I was doing it with amelia and karen again... as usual, I was the one doing most of the stuff... like me and amelia were the ones who practically did everything while karen did almost nothing, and every time we meet, she would be sleeping... I dun even have the energy to be pissed, i just want to get it over and done with so that we could move on... and also bcos it was her bdae tomorrow...
really really glad that this week is almost over, and i can finally get some sleep... been sleeping late and waking up early since last week... but tomorrow still have to work... but at least dun need to think so much... now have to move on to my other assignments... sian man...
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
PicTuReS...
Prisy's graduation at the main castle, behind us is the castle that is the main feature of uni of sydney... was my first time there too... 
Huilin and me at my fav korean spicy beef and rice place at sussex centre... we were supposed to make funny faces, but she bluffed me!
Huilin and me at Bondi Junction, we ate at the italian cafe behind us... the food was also not that great...
At a korean restaurant in strathfield... i didn't really like the food though... but we had fun...
On Amelia's bdae, inside Bite Me... karen hand-made her a cheese cake...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
MotHeR'S dAy...
got back my neuroscience mid-semester exam results, did quite well, but it's those kind of tests that does not require you to understand the stuff, u just have to memorize them... so till now, i still dun understand some of the brain stuff...
last week got an extra long weekend cos i pon uni on thurs, sat was working the whole day, saw my roster for next week and i got the shitty shift again... 1-10pm... this shift seemed especially long, dunno why... this is the shift that i dun like most...
sun... busy busy... cos it was mother's day, so i called mum on sat night to wish her happy mother's day, and the three of us were not working, so we decided to go to the city... started our journey early in the morning, and did some shopping at paddy's markets while waiting for michelle...
after that, i got to eat my fav spicy beef rice... yummy... while michelle and auntie and uncle went to this shop called 'zhu ma ma' (i called it 'you ma ma' cos it's so oily, especially the yu zha gui)
anyway, and then shopped ard market city, actually it was more like michelle shopping, and she took forever, and all of us had to wait sooo long for her... so obviously i was not in a very good mood after waiting for so long, but then after we decided to go karaoke... my whole body felt energized again... haha... sang for 3 hours and it was the first time the three of us are in the city shopping and singing karaoke together... we had fun singing... me and michelle were like singing all these quite old songs like alex to's wu xing shang hai and tian zhen and teresa teng's songs...
and prisy was complaining cos she didn't noe any of those songs...
after singing till like 630pm, time for dinner, since it was mother's day, it was my treat at eastwood to thank auntie and uncle for taking care of me... but when we reached there, there were no seats so we had to wait outside in the cold for like 20 min... but the food we ordered made up for the waiting... and then after dinner, we again decided to go try the limited edition brownie with ice cream dessert at mcdonalds... oh man... i was so full after all that eating... but i think all of us really enjoyed ourselves that day...
last week got an extra long weekend cos i pon uni on thurs, sat was working the whole day, saw my roster for next week and i got the shitty shift again... 1-10pm... this shift seemed especially long, dunno why... this is the shift that i dun like most...
sun... busy busy... cos it was mother's day, so i called mum on sat night to wish her happy mother's day, and the three of us were not working, so we decided to go to the city... started our journey early in the morning, and did some shopping at paddy's markets while waiting for michelle...
after that, i got to eat my fav spicy beef rice... yummy... while michelle and auntie and uncle went to this shop called 'zhu ma ma' (i called it 'you ma ma' cos it's so oily, especially the yu zha gui)
anyway, and then shopped ard market city, actually it was more like michelle shopping, and she took forever, and all of us had to wait sooo long for her... so obviously i was not in a very good mood after waiting for so long, but then after we decided to go karaoke... my whole body felt energized again... haha... sang for 3 hours and it was the first time the three of us are in the city shopping and singing karaoke together... we had fun singing... me and michelle were like singing all these quite old songs like alex to's wu xing shang hai and tian zhen and teresa teng's songs...
and prisy was complaining cos she didn't noe any of those songs...
after singing till like 630pm, time for dinner, since it was mother's day, it was my treat at eastwood to thank auntie and uncle for taking care of me... but when we reached there, there were no seats so we had to wait outside in the cold for like 20 min... but the food we ordered made up for the waiting... and then after dinner, we again decided to go try the limited edition brownie with ice cream dessert at mcdonalds... oh man... i was so full after all that eating... but i think all of us really enjoyed ourselves that day...
Saturday, May 13, 2006
PrIsY's GraDuAtiOn...
it's been a week since i last blogged, last friday was a big day for prisy... it was her graduation ceremony at the main campus... we were all so excited for her, had to wake up early in the morning 6am to travel to the main campus in the city so that we dun get caught up in the traffic... so when we arrived there, we were one of the earliest, so we took the opportunity to take pictures of the castle that is the trademark of university of sydney, the castle' s really huge and old... that was also my first time inside the castle... the weather was really nice that day clear blue skies but freaking cold...
after taking pictures, we went to take the photo gallery and prisy took pic with auntie, uncle and michelle and i heard that it was very expensive if u want to frame it up and stuff... even renting the grad hat and the sash thing was expensive... lucky for her, her cousin has got the grad gown so she did not have to rent that...
after that, more pple arrived and soon, the whole place was filled with pple in their grad gowns and hats, all excited to graduate and reunite after so long... at first, we thought that bcos each graduand was only given three tickets, i would not be able to go in, but in the end, i managed to sneak in and attend the really boring ceremony... i literally dozed off halfway but the great hall was really nice and ancient-looking in a way... according to michelle, her graduation ceremony took longer than prisy's... bcos they had more pple... so one by one they want up to collect their certificate...
after the ceremony was more pictures taking with her friends... i was getting quite bored and restless and hungry... but i am happy for prisy... uncle was especially excited on that day... it was as if it were his graduation... :)
after that, yay, lunch time... we were all starving... went to this suburb called randwick where michelle's uni was, unsw, and ate at this chinese restaurant... the food was quite good actually... i dunno if anyone has heard of white bait??!! it's this small white fishes and they cook it with salt and pepper, but that time was my second time eating it, the first time was at that yum cha place... it was much better than the yum cha place... we also had sweet and sour fish (my fav), hor fun and some dofu hotpot... nice...
after that, we went to this shoe warehouse and i bought another pair of boots again!! shit, i just couldn't help myself, it was suede material and it's platform, not heels so it was easier to walk in... and relatively cheaper than if u buy it somewhere else...
and then after that, michelle went out and prisy also got dinner with her frens, being a good girl, i went home with auntie and uncle...
this whole week nothing much happening, more assignments and anatomy pract exam's coming... quite worried abt my cop assignment, cos i think i did not do it properly and i had no diagrams... and i skipped uni yesterday, so i got an extended long weekend... will try to get as much things done as possible...
oh Happy Birthday, HUIMIN!!! hope u received my letter... and SHERRY, BON Voyage!!!
after taking pictures, we went to take the photo gallery and prisy took pic with auntie, uncle and michelle and i heard that it was very expensive if u want to frame it up and stuff... even renting the grad hat and the sash thing was expensive... lucky for her, her cousin has got the grad gown so she did not have to rent that...
after that, more pple arrived and soon, the whole place was filled with pple in their grad gowns and hats, all excited to graduate and reunite after so long... at first, we thought that bcos each graduand was only given three tickets, i would not be able to go in, but in the end, i managed to sneak in and attend the really boring ceremony... i literally dozed off halfway but the great hall was really nice and ancient-looking in a way... according to michelle, her graduation ceremony took longer than prisy's... bcos they had more pple... so one by one they want up to collect their certificate...
after the ceremony was more pictures taking with her friends... i was getting quite bored and restless and hungry... but i am happy for prisy... uncle was especially excited on that day... it was as if it were his graduation... :)
after that, yay, lunch time... we were all starving... went to this suburb called randwick where michelle's uni was, unsw, and ate at this chinese restaurant... the food was quite good actually... i dunno if anyone has heard of white bait??!! it's this small white fishes and they cook it with salt and pepper, but that time was my second time eating it, the first time was at that yum cha place... it was much better than the yum cha place... we also had sweet and sour fish (my fav), hor fun and some dofu hotpot... nice...
after that, we went to this shoe warehouse and i bought another pair of boots again!! shit, i just couldn't help myself, it was suede material and it's platform, not heels so it was easier to walk in... and relatively cheaper than if u buy it somewhere else...
and then after that, michelle went out and prisy also got dinner with her frens, being a good girl, i went home with auntie and uncle...
this whole week nothing much happening, more assignments and anatomy pract exam's coming... quite worried abt my cop assignment, cos i think i did not do it properly and i had no diagrams... and i skipped uni yesterday, so i got an extended long weekend... will try to get as much things done as possible...
oh Happy Birthday, HUIMIN!!! hope u received my letter... and SHERRY, BON Voyage!!!
Friday, May 05, 2006
AssIgNmenTs, asSigNmeNtS, and MorE AssiGnmEnts...
my blogging has been delayed again... wanted to blog halfway during the week, but i was so caught up in the assignments that i decided to do it after the human occupations assignment... speaking of which, sucked... cos i did not know what i was writing about... it's on leisure and how it relates to occupational therapists... and neuroscience mid-semester exam was last fri... which also sucked... bcos apparently, we are not supposed to understand what we are studying, but just memorise everything, so if u memorised ur stuff properly, u will get high marks, if not, well... and so obviously, i did not memorise my stuff well enough, so most of my answers were based on 'tikkaming' and 'vaguely remembering reading abt this'... we'll see how it goes... was talking to a friend from orthoptics and she was like saying how come OT has so much assignments??!! well, good question, i also want to to noe why... :(
now that HO assignment is done, next up is COP... okay, i have assignments due every week and in wk 11... i have 2 assignments and anatomy practical exam... interesting huh??!! wonder how i am going to do so much stuff with so little time... although i am now working much less than before... it seems as though i have much much less time to do stuff... i dunno why...
okay, enough abt uni stuff... the only interesting thing that happened this whole week was last sunday, when we went to play badminton with diana... michelle's colleague from work... oh and apparently we found out that both of us were actually "tong men shi jie mei", we both are crescentians!!! ahhh... we were so excited man, so 'qiao'!!! we started talking abt crescent and the teachers and we also found out that we actually have quite a few teachers in common... and of course, who could forget MRS SIAH??!! aka lobster lady... haha... Go Crescentians!!!
it was just weird... and then after badminton that day, they decided to go eat "yum Cha" (that means dim sum), i personally dun like eating those food, but i was overruled by the majority and ended up spending so much money for so little food... it was damn expensive!!! note to everyone who likes going to eat dim sum... never sit near the kitchen!!! danger... cos u are tempted to order everything that comes out of there... and end up with a big hole in ur wallet and pocket!!! that's what happened to us... when we saw the bill, it was shocking...
now that HO assignment is done, next up is COP... okay, i have assignments due every week and in wk 11... i have 2 assignments and anatomy practical exam... interesting huh??!! wonder how i am going to do so much stuff with so little time... although i am now working much less than before... it seems as though i have much much less time to do stuff... i dunno why...
okay, enough abt uni stuff... the only interesting thing that happened this whole week was last sunday, when we went to play badminton with diana... michelle's colleague from work... oh and apparently we found out that both of us were actually "tong men shi jie mei", we both are crescentians!!! ahhh... we were so excited man, so 'qiao'!!! we started talking abt crescent and the teachers and we also found out that we actually have quite a few teachers in common... and of course, who could forget MRS SIAH??!! aka lobster lady... haha... Go Crescentians!!!
it was just weird... and then after badminton that day, they decided to go eat "yum Cha" (that means dim sum), i personally dun like eating those food, but i was overruled by the majority and ended up spending so much money for so little food... it was damn expensive!!! note to everyone who likes going to eat dim sum... never sit near the kitchen!!! danger... cos u are tempted to order everything that comes out of there... and end up with a big hole in ur wallet and pocket!!! that's what happened to us... when we saw the bill, it was shocking...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
easter hols' part 2...
this is a continuation of my easter hols' update...
last thurs, went to the city for karaoke... okay but this time, i went with huilin and a few singaporean pple from the spp program that i attended last year... it was quite fun but at the same time, weird... fun bcos i love karaoke, and i have not been for a long long time and going with singaporeans are better bcos i get exposed to a wider variety of songs and can then update my song list... haha... now got 2 new songs which i like... one by rainie yang called "zhi xiang ai ni" and the other is by jolin tsai, "dao dai"...
i also got to eat my korean spicy beef twice... yes, twice, for both lunch and dinner... haha... it has got to be the nicest korean food i have ever eaten... even better than ceci...
but the weird thing abt going karaoke with them is... i dun even noe them well, even huilin, although she was also from njc and we were in the same cca... we were not even close then, but we have gotten quite close now, dunno why, maybe bcos when u are in a foreign land, when u meet someone from the same place as u... u will naturally bond with them, like they actually know what u are saying and we understand each other... like for eg, at karaoke, we did funny things like the kallang wave and took alot of pics... and the singlish naturally comes out... when i am talking to the aussies for eg or even friends who are non-s'porean, i have to mentally check my language first before speaking...
anyway, back to karaoke, we started at 1pm and sang till like 8pm... aren't we die-hard karaoke fans??!!
and then huilin came over to stay for a night... and we stayed up to watch failure to launch, which was not nice btw, the two leads just dun have the chemistry... and they look funny together...
and then on fri, we went to hornsby to shop...
okay, our first stop was kmart cos huilin needed to get something, and so while i was browsing ard, i happen to see the post-easter sale going on... ALL the easter chocolate eggs were selling for $1 each, both big and small kinds... i totally freaked man!
i grabbed as many as i could, got huilin and the both of us started to grab the easter eggs like they dun need money...
in the end, we ended up with 3 bags each of eggs and bcos they were so bulky, we had difficulty walking, much less shopping... after a few shops, i was like exhausted already, my fingers were about to break man...
on sat... had to work the whole day, and at night, michelle's friends came over for dinner, and we ate pizza again... i have been eating so many pizza since uncle and auntie were gone, it's not funny... so sick of it already... apparently, one of her colleagues, diana, who's also s'porean, is going back to singapore to work permanently soon... she's really funny though... although she's been here for so many years already, she's still really singaporean... i actually think i will be like that too... even though i am going to be here for quite awhile, i will still act like a s'porean, still speak singlish and stuff... i still remember our national anthem... haha...
sun... alamak... the supermarket where i work suddenly blacked out, after i just started work... and it lasted for an hour and a half, i thought we would be allowed to go home, since we can't do anything about it, but no... we had to start cleaning everything, and after that, help to do shelving... irritating man... the lights came back on after awhile and i thought it would already be like 9pm, but no... it was only 730pm... ohmigod, i still have like 3 hours to go... great... apparently, we were not the only ones affected, the surrounding areas were also affected and the whole stretch of road at thornleigh was pitch dark...
hmm... recently, all the cute guys at woolies all disappeared, sian man...
last thurs, went to the city for karaoke... okay but this time, i went with huilin and a few singaporean pple from the spp program that i attended last year... it was quite fun but at the same time, weird... fun bcos i love karaoke, and i have not been for a long long time and going with singaporeans are better bcos i get exposed to a wider variety of songs and can then update my song list... haha... now got 2 new songs which i like... one by rainie yang called "zhi xiang ai ni" and the other is by jolin tsai, "dao dai"...
i also got to eat my korean spicy beef twice... yes, twice, for both lunch and dinner... haha... it has got to be the nicest korean food i have ever eaten... even better than ceci...
but the weird thing abt going karaoke with them is... i dun even noe them well, even huilin, although she was also from njc and we were in the same cca... we were not even close then, but we have gotten quite close now, dunno why, maybe bcos when u are in a foreign land, when u meet someone from the same place as u... u will naturally bond with them, like they actually know what u are saying and we understand each other... like for eg, at karaoke, we did funny things like the kallang wave and took alot of pics... and the singlish naturally comes out... when i am talking to the aussies for eg or even friends who are non-s'porean, i have to mentally check my language first before speaking...
anyway, back to karaoke, we started at 1pm and sang till like 8pm... aren't we die-hard karaoke fans??!!
and then huilin came over to stay for a night... and we stayed up to watch failure to launch, which was not nice btw, the two leads just dun have the chemistry... and they look funny together...
and then on fri, we went to hornsby to shop...
okay, our first stop was kmart cos huilin needed to get something, and so while i was browsing ard, i happen to see the post-easter sale going on... ALL the easter chocolate eggs were selling for $1 each, both big and small kinds... i totally freaked man!
i grabbed as many as i could, got huilin and the both of us started to grab the easter eggs like they dun need money...
in the end, we ended up with 3 bags each of eggs and bcos they were so bulky, we had difficulty walking, much less shopping... after a few shops, i was like exhausted already, my fingers were about to break man...
on sat... had to work the whole day, and at night, michelle's friends came over for dinner, and we ate pizza again... i have been eating so many pizza since uncle and auntie were gone, it's not funny... so sick of it already... apparently, one of her colleagues, diana, who's also s'porean, is going back to singapore to work permanently soon... she's really funny though... although she's been here for so many years already, she's still really singaporean... i actually think i will be like that too... even though i am going to be here for quite awhile, i will still act like a s'porean, still speak singlish and stuff... i still remember our national anthem... haha...
sun... alamak... the supermarket where i work suddenly blacked out, after i just started work... and it lasted for an hour and a half, i thought we would be allowed to go home, since we can't do anything about it, but no... we had to start cleaning everything, and after that, help to do shelving... irritating man... the lights came back on after awhile and i thought it would already be like 9pm, but no... it was only 730pm... ohmigod, i still have like 3 hours to go... great... apparently, we were not the only ones affected, the surrounding areas were also affected and the whole stretch of road at thornleigh was pitch dark...
hmm... recently, all the cute guys at woolies all disappeared, sian man...
Saturday, April 22, 2006
EasTeR HoLs...
okay... the one-week easter holidays... a summary of what i have been up to till now...
fri... stayed at home, spring-cleaning with prisy and michelle... otherwise by the time auntie and uncle comes back, the house will become a pig sty and unrecognisable... haha... why girls drop so many hairs??!!
sat... worked the whole day... woolies was so busy... which is good bcos it means that i dun have to do other stuff like cleaning or putting rubbish at the back or putting stock away... very tired when i went back home...
sun... went to this jetty-like place, it's called a wharf btw... to try out this new equipment that michelle's colleague, steve, has... u are supposed to jump on it and it will carry you around on the waters... but that is if u did it correctly, if not, u will end up just sinking into the water instead of hopping ard on it... steve made it look so easy but i can tell you, it's not... okay, i did not actually try it in the end though... i am such a coward... but it was amusing watching the others try... i did go into the waters to float ard though... it was FREEzing! after i went in, i could not even feel my fingers and feet... it was also quite dirty... all i could see down below was green... and stuff floating ard, i dun even want to now what things are down below... anyway, spent quite a long time there, got quite a nice tan also... and after, we went to this chicken place called nando's to eat dinner... dun really like the food there though... and after that, they all proceeded to our house to celebrate my cousin's boyfriend's brother's bdae... they bought ice-cream cake, which was really yummy... but after that, i did not join them anymore, went upstairs to study for abit and sleep soon after...
mon... went to yochi's house to study... her uncle's family went away on hols somewhere and she had to stay home to look after their dog and chickens... yup, u read it correctly... they rear chickens, 1 rooster and 5 hens... and according to her, the rooster is very protective of his hens... he will attack anyone who comes near them, so she always has a hard time feeding them... anyway, studied for abit, ate pizza for lunch, and after awhile of studying, i told her i felt sleepy so she suggested washing her dog to wake me up... the shampoo for the dog was so smelly... yuck... nevertheless, it worked... i was awake, studied abit more and it's time for dinner... she cooked pasta and we watched the notebook as we ate... i actually watched it b4 already... but i still cried at the end... yochi also cried... it was quite funny... the two of us crying as we ate... slept over at her house...
tues... met up with amelia, and the three of us went to macquarie to watch the inside man... the whole place was so crowded, even though it was 10am, forgot that it was the school hols for the school kids too... i personally did not like the movie, maybe bcos there was just too much talking, and maybe the plot was too 'chim' for my brain... almost fell asleep halfway... did i also mention that i also watched zathura... but it was pirated one... but i liked it... quite scary though...
wed... sian ah... had to go back to school bcos i had library books due... had to walk to school and it was so hot that day... when i reached school, i was so ready to 'beng' already lor... but i still managed to do something productive... did research for HO and COP... HO is due first wk of may, how??? i dun even now what are we supposed to talk abt... it's on leisure and OT... and i have neuroscience mid-sem exam friday... shit... neuroscience is definitely a huge leap from last yr's syllabus... i need help!
okay, i am going to stop here for now, have to go cook dinner... this blog entry is getting too long... will blog soon k...
fri... stayed at home, spring-cleaning with prisy and michelle... otherwise by the time auntie and uncle comes back, the house will become a pig sty and unrecognisable... haha... why girls drop so many hairs??!!
sat... worked the whole day... woolies was so busy... which is good bcos it means that i dun have to do other stuff like cleaning or putting rubbish at the back or putting stock away... very tired when i went back home...
sun... went to this jetty-like place, it's called a wharf btw... to try out this new equipment that michelle's colleague, steve, has... u are supposed to jump on it and it will carry you around on the waters... but that is if u did it correctly, if not, u will end up just sinking into the water instead of hopping ard on it... steve made it look so easy but i can tell you, it's not... okay, i did not actually try it in the end though... i am such a coward... but it was amusing watching the others try... i did go into the waters to float ard though... it was FREEzing! after i went in, i could not even feel my fingers and feet... it was also quite dirty... all i could see down below was green... and stuff floating ard, i dun even want to now what things are down below... anyway, spent quite a long time there, got quite a nice tan also... and after, we went to this chicken place called nando's to eat dinner... dun really like the food there though... and after that, they all proceeded to our house to celebrate my cousin's boyfriend's brother's bdae... they bought ice-cream cake, which was really yummy... but after that, i did not join them anymore, went upstairs to study for abit and sleep soon after...
mon... went to yochi's house to study... her uncle's family went away on hols somewhere and she had to stay home to look after their dog and chickens... yup, u read it correctly... they rear chickens, 1 rooster and 5 hens... and according to her, the rooster is very protective of his hens... he will attack anyone who comes near them, so she always has a hard time feeding them... anyway, studied for abit, ate pizza for lunch, and after awhile of studying, i told her i felt sleepy so she suggested washing her dog to wake me up... the shampoo for the dog was so smelly... yuck... nevertheless, it worked... i was awake, studied abit more and it's time for dinner... she cooked pasta and we watched the notebook as we ate... i actually watched it b4 already... but i still cried at the end... yochi also cried... it was quite funny... the two of us crying as we ate... slept over at her house...
tues... met up with amelia, and the three of us went to macquarie to watch the inside man... the whole place was so crowded, even though it was 10am, forgot that it was the school hols for the school kids too... i personally did not like the movie, maybe bcos there was just too much talking, and maybe the plot was too 'chim' for my brain... almost fell asleep halfway... did i also mention that i also watched zathura... but it was pirated one... but i liked it... quite scary though...
wed... sian ah... had to go back to school bcos i had library books due... had to walk to school and it was so hot that day... when i reached school, i was so ready to 'beng' already lor... but i still managed to do something productive... did research for HO and COP... HO is due first wk of may, how??? i dun even now what are we supposed to talk abt... it's on leisure and OT... and i have neuroscience mid-sem exam friday... shit... neuroscience is definitely a huge leap from last yr's syllabus... i need help!
okay, i am going to stop here for now, have to go cook dinner... this blog entry is getting too long... will blog soon k...
Saturday, April 15, 2006
I aM sAd...
celebrated amelia's 21st bdae last thurs... went to the other side of eastwood to eat at this korean steamboat place... okay, i didn't noe abt this in eastwood until last week also, but on one side of eastwood, it's all asian stuff, mostly chinese stuff, and that's where the roast pork shop and the cheap rental shop is which i kept talking abt before... and on the other side, it's where all the korean restaurants and shops are... they even have shops selling the korean traditional costume... how cool is that!! interesting huh... we ordered this huge bowl of spicy pork rib soup and this seafood omelette... okay, i dun really eat all that stuff, so i ended up just eating rice, alot alot of potatoes and abit of the omelette... that's why whenever i have to go out and eat, very 'chi kueh' one... and it's not cheap, just the steamboat alone costs $50!!??
but i think we all enjoyed ourselves... too bad i could not post the pics... dunno why blogger does not let me post them... and then after eating, we decided to go hunt for angela's 21st bdae present (i am soooo broke already!!)... she already told us that she wants a cap, mechanical pencil and a jacket... somehow she reminds me of fran... very practical person...
went to macquarie shopping centre to look... did not do much shopping cos it's not really sale season yet so everything's still quite expensive... found her a nike light blue cap, a grey jacket and a mechanical pencil... all in 2 hours' time... aren't we efficient?? haha...
i have got a really sad news... my parents just called and told me that we have to sell our home... (sobs) and we have to move out by the end of this year... i really love the location that i am living in and the house... and what's worse is that by the time next year when i go back to singapore, i will not be going back there already... did not even get the chance to see the house for the last time or say goodbye...
btw... happy easter!!!
but i think we all enjoyed ourselves... too bad i could not post the pics... dunno why blogger does not let me post them... and then after eating, we decided to go hunt for angela's 21st bdae present (i am soooo broke already!!)... she already told us that she wants a cap, mechanical pencil and a jacket... somehow she reminds me of fran... very practical person...
went to macquarie shopping centre to look... did not do much shopping cos it's not really sale season yet so everything's still quite expensive... found her a nike light blue cap, a grey jacket and a mechanical pencil... all in 2 hours' time... aren't we efficient?? haha...
i have got a really sad news... my parents just called and told me that we have to sell our home... (sobs) and we have to move out by the end of this year... i really love the location that i am living in and the house... and what's worse is that by the time next year when i go back to singapore, i will not be going back there already... did not even get the chance to see the house for the last time or say goodbye...
btw... happy easter!!!
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
LaST wEeK...
this blogging business is getting abit delayed... it's already a week past what i am going to blog on... anyway, last sun caught up with huilin... if u remember, she's the one who also goes to NJ... she's doing speech therapy now... anyway, went to bondi with her, prisy and her fren, wendy...
we did not shop together though... went our separate ways after arriving at westfield... personally, bondi westfield is like the high-end shopping centre... all the branded and expensive stuff... not my type, huilin also like me, only go for cheap stuff... me, i would choose hornsby or castle towers anytime for shopping... that's why i told huilin i will invite her up to our place next time so that we can go shop at these places... we finished walking in abt an hours' time... actually thinking abt it now... it's kind of weird... cos we were not even close in jc... but we could not stop talking, she likes to talk, very bubbly and she likes brightly-coloured stuff... haha... we are actually quite different in tastes... took quite a few pics which i am going to post... we ate lunch with prisy and wendy at this italian place... actually i wanted to go to the city to eat my fav spicy beef rice, but huilin seemed to want to eat there so we ended up eating there... quite expensive and i ordered fish and chips... when my food came, the fish was like 3 tiny strips only lor... cheat my money...
i had fun that day though, too bad i had to leave early for work... :(
then last week, also called zhenzhen... she was so funny when she answered the phone and i told her who's calling... probably did not expect me to call her... just wanted to ask for her opinion regarding the OT conference... btw... the whole story was... our uni held a lucky draw for 5 lucky pple to attend one day of the conference for free... so a few of us entered... angela and yochi got it... but angela did not want to go so she asked the person-in-charge whether she can let me have the ticket instead... the stupid lady said no, it's not fair to the rest blah blah... and if she dun want it, she has to write a note saying she wants to forfeit and they will redraw... i wanted to go so badly... but i really could not afford the ticket... so in the end... after talking to zhenzhen, i decided not to go... maybe next time when i can actually afford it...
we did not shop together though... went our separate ways after arriving at westfield... personally, bondi westfield is like the high-end shopping centre... all the branded and expensive stuff... not my type, huilin also like me, only go for cheap stuff... me, i would choose hornsby or castle towers anytime for shopping... that's why i told huilin i will invite her up to our place next time so that we can go shop at these places... we finished walking in abt an hours' time... actually thinking abt it now... it's kind of weird... cos we were not even close in jc... but we could not stop talking, she likes to talk, very bubbly and she likes brightly-coloured stuff... haha... we are actually quite different in tastes... took quite a few pics which i am going to post... we ate lunch with prisy and wendy at this italian place... actually i wanted to go to the city to eat my fav spicy beef rice, but huilin seemed to want to eat there so we ended up eating there... quite expensive and i ordered fish and chips... when my food came, the fish was like 3 tiny strips only lor... cheat my money...
i had fun that day though, too bad i had to leave early for work... :(
then last week, also called zhenzhen... she was so funny when she answered the phone and i told her who's calling... probably did not expect me to call her... just wanted to ask for her opinion regarding the OT conference... btw... the whole story was... our uni held a lucky draw for 5 lucky pple to attend one day of the conference for free... so a few of us entered... angela and yochi got it... but angela did not want to go so she asked the person-in-charge whether she can let me have the ticket instead... the stupid lady said no, it's not fair to the rest blah blah... and if she dun want it, she has to write a note saying she wants to forfeit and they will redraw... i wanted to go so badly... but i really could not afford the ticket... so in the end... after talking to zhenzhen, i decided not to go... maybe next time when i can actually afford it...
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Soo eNviOuS...
for those fools out there, Happy April Fools'... haha...
juz kidding... anyway, i am now into week 5 of uni and already we are going into april, which means it's getting colder and darker by the day, it's autumn now and soon, winter's here and i am soo not looking forward to waking up at 6am in the morning... :(
anyway, been working alot these few weeks, and no time to revise... i am soo dead... thinking of telling my supervisor that i wish to reduce my working days to only 3 days a week... becos if this continues, i would not be able to catch up... went out with prisy on thurs... late night shopping at hornsby, and i bought boots and perfume... shopping spree man... i already have 2 perfumes already... actually wanted to get ralph lauren's ralph for a long time now, but it's so expensive, so i bought paris hilton instead... which has a similar smell and apparently it lasts longer and cheaper too... and then that day at hornsby, i bought fcuk's her... really must stop spending...
today, rarely that the three of us are all at home, so prisy suggested we visit Homeworld, a place where designer homes are built for pple to go in and take a look ard... whoa... everything all so nice, especially the brick houses, and there were a few homes with really nice toilets, they have like a huge toilet with a jacuzzi, a shower and 2 sinks... and some of the bedrooms have really big walk-in wardrobes, it's like another room by itself... and then there was this really nice room with like an extended ledge by the window, which u can sit on and maybe read a book at night... and rooms with windows over the bed, so that at night u can open the windows and look at the stars... seeing all these beautiful homes make me wish that i have lots of money... all of us were like ooh and aahing... so envious... hope that one day, i will be able to afford a home of my own... and two dogs...
juz kidding... anyway, i am now into week 5 of uni and already we are going into april, which means it's getting colder and darker by the day, it's autumn now and soon, winter's here and i am soo not looking forward to waking up at 6am in the morning... :(
anyway, been working alot these few weeks, and no time to revise... i am soo dead... thinking of telling my supervisor that i wish to reduce my working days to only 3 days a week... becos if this continues, i would not be able to catch up... went out with prisy on thurs... late night shopping at hornsby, and i bought boots and perfume... shopping spree man... i already have 2 perfumes already... actually wanted to get ralph lauren's ralph for a long time now, but it's so expensive, so i bought paris hilton instead... which has a similar smell and apparently it lasts longer and cheaper too... and then that day at hornsby, i bought fcuk's her... really must stop spending...
today, rarely that the three of us are all at home, so prisy suggested we visit Homeworld, a place where designer homes are built for pple to go in and take a look ard... whoa... everything all so nice, especially the brick houses, and there were a few homes with really nice toilets, they have like a huge toilet with a jacuzzi, a shower and 2 sinks... and some of the bedrooms have really big walk-in wardrobes, it's like another room by itself... and then there was this really nice room with like an extended ledge by the window, which u can sit on and maybe read a book at night... and rooms with windows over the bed, so that at night u can open the windows and look at the stars... seeing all these beautiful homes make me wish that i have lots of money... all of us were like ooh and aahing... so envious... hope that one day, i will be able to afford a home of my own... and two dogs...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)