PP3A iS oVeR!!!

at last, tomorrow is the last day of my 6 week placement at northcott... both happy and sad... happy bcos well, this placement has ended and i must say that i have worked really hard during these past few weeks and deserved the marks that i got during the placement... sad bcos this has got to be one of the better placements so far, cos pple there were all really nice and i felt like i was a part of their team... now that the placement for PP3A is over, i will be on a two week break before going on the next placement at westmead hospital... hopefully it will also be a good placement although i am quite worried cos it is a hospital placement which meant that i will really have my own patients... quite anxious to know which area i will be working in though...

anyway, nothing much happened this past week, just met up with amelia, karen, yochi and anna on thurday at eastwood for dinner at this korean-chinese restaurant... the food was okay, not that great and it was just nice seeing them again and talking about what is going on in their lives... sometimes i feel so out of touch with uni and like i dun feel like a uni student anymore... the two week break will be a good time for me to just relax and then prepare for the next placement... went over to amelia's house on friday... bought pizza and we watched ocean's eleven... and she lent me quite a few chinese series to watch during the break... haha...

SEcOnD laST weEk...

easter monday... was actually planning to just stay at home and catch up on the placement stuff... but got pulled into going to swim at lane cove and then walking after... and then watching fun with dick and jane later at night... it was funny but like all usual jim carrey shows, it's those funny but stupid kind of shows...

and then it's back to placement again... second last week of placement... found out that i have like 9 extra hours accumulated and i have to use them somehow... but it's been so busy everyday and tuesday and wednesday, we had to go to wheelchair trials and when we got back to the office, it was so late already... which i really hate cos it's so dark outside and i really can't miss the last bus otherwise i will really be in deep shit... thank god so far, that has not happened yet and hopefully never will... and i found out two days ago where my next placement will be... it's at westmead hospital... the good thing is it is quite close to the train station... but the bad thing is i am the only one going there...and i actually wrote on the preference form that i would like to do a mental health placement... oh well... hopefully it will be a good placement and the pple there are nice...

went to the movies yesterday with prisy, uncle and auntie at hornsby... watched sunshine... like i thought it was a science fiction show cos it appeared like that on the trailer... but towards the end of the show, the movie became quite scary bcos if an unexpected presence on the crew's ship and this crazy person started going around killing the crews... btw, michelle yeoh's in the movie... just thought it's worth mentioning... but i would not recommend watching it... cos the storyline's not great and it's got the creepy-looking guy cilian murphy in it...

EAstER roAdTriP...

was working on saturday and man, the store was quite busy, when i started my shift, all the checkouts were used so I was asked to do returns instead... and after that, I was asked to mop the express area... it's not that I am complaining or pampered... the mop that I had to use was so crap and I have never used that kind of mop bucket before, it was like you had to step on it with one foot and use your other foot to push the lever down and slowly squeeze the water out of the mop... and my stupid supervisor was like... aiyoh, singaporean kids are all like that... and I was like hey, aren't you singaporean too??!! anyway, I did not even get to use the registers much that day... was mostly doing the tickets actually... and towards the end of the day... the seafood section was selling all their stuff at half price so I quickly called auntie and michelle to come grab some before all are gone...

yesterday, we went on a roadtrip... started out at 8:40am... drove for almost 3 hours to this lookout point called Bulli Lookout where we could see the coastal line and the city of Wollongong below... it was really pretty... then we drove into the city of Wollongong to visit this rare Chinese temple called Nan Tien Temple... it was just weird for me to see a chinese temple here and there alot of tourists there when we arrived... apparently the temple is very commercialised but it was huge... did not spend much time there but prisy met her friend wenndy there... what a coincidence... then we continued our journey to the Grand Pacific Highway... which apparently is after Wollongong and there is like a bridge walk which you can do along the coastal line of the ocean... we only did like half of the walk actually... there were also quite alot of people doing the walk... and it's absolutely amazing... to see the ocean and there was like a huge cliff on the opposite, and the weather was great, and you could see people hand-gliding and doing parasailing at the beach area... we wanted to walk the whole way but it was getting quite late and we are still planning to go further... we then continued our journey to this country town called Berry... and the shops were open... and it's bustling with activity, unlike in sydney, where it's like dead quiet cos it's easter sunday... prisy and I bought ice cream... yummy... and once we got back into the car, it started to rain... i thought the weather was really kind to us yesterday, like it only rained when we were in the car, but when were out strolling along the shops, the weather was so nice... continued along on our journey to Kangaroo Valley... the scenery was just beautiful... mountains, farms, cows, acres of green everywhere... really amazing... then we stopped at the town area, where we spent awhile looking at the shops selling all the handicrafts, jewellery, nice stuff... then it was time to head home... went to eastwood to eat dinner and when we finally arrived home, it was like 9pm... all in all, the roadtrip took us 12 hours to and fro... pretty amazing...

A LoNg-NeeDeD brEaK...

it's the long easter weekend... well, i would say that it is a long and much needed break for me... went to castle towers to do some shopping with prisy but i did not get anything, and then came home to watch children of men... i thought the show was quite good... but they should have elaborated on the ending a little more... actually prisy and i have watched it the other day, but i was so tired that i only watched half of the show and prisy finished it the other day... we also watched monster house on wednesday night... although it was a cartoon, it was pretty scary... but it was also quite funny, especially the main character's friend...

then on easter friday, went bowling at fox studios with prisy michelle, steve and toufic... the special thing abt this bowling venue was that it was kind of like cosmic bowling... glow in the dark, so it was quite exciting... and we had lebanese bread for lunch... so basically it's like a pizza bread base thing and they have either herb, cheese or meat on it... the herb and cheese ones were nice, did not really the meat one... then after bowling, we went to this chocolate shop to eat, but i did not get anything cos the stuff there were quite expensive... then after we came home for awhile then went to myat's house for their cousins' night... she cooked some burmese noodle dish... and we were actually late cos michelle wanted to bake a pudding at the last minute... played last chance and i laughed so much that my facial muscles were actually aching and i literally had tears in my eyes... myat was really funny, she cracks me up sometimes... played till quite late and we were making alot of noise... was really tired by the time the last round was played...

FiNALLy auTuMnS hERe...

last week has been so hectic... and i have accumulated almost 5 hours of extra time during placement... so that means that i can actually go home early this week if i can... which i will try to make use of... it's going okay at the moment, just that i have reports to write and the skills for wheelies thing to think about and there is just so much to prepare and organise for the day... and i have a good news, well for myself really... i succeeded in doing a partial wheelie... yay!! it was definitely not easy, and i think i will never be brave enough to do a full wheelie... it is way too scary... i just have to do enough of a wheelie to get myself over a kerb...

and saturday was a really good day for me... cos i took a day off work and prisy and me went out into the city... when we got to the train station, we realised that the trains were not operating and we had to drive all the way into the city... and we parked at Nao's house... went to my favourite sussex centre to eat my favourite spicy beef rice which i have been craving since... yummy... and after we walked to big echo for karaoke... and then after, edlyn came to join us and we all want for dessert at passionflower... we actually skipped dinner and went straight for dessert... haha... and wendy and her mum and sister also came to join us for dessert... i had the super duper brownie and it was delicious... oh man... like saturday was one of the best days ever... got to eat and do my favourite stuff... and the weather was good also... sunny but also windy... but i did not buy anything though... now that I think back, i have not been doing any shopping or watch any movies for ages...

but then sunday had to come and i am once again back at work... working a ten hour shift again... nothing really exciting happened... except that woolies will be closed on easter friday and sunday, so that means that i will get two days off... but apparently i am working on easter monday... but also bcos of easter break... i will have to do an extra day of clinicals... oh well... i quite like the place that I am doing my placement so it's okay...

DeAd ExHauStEd...

I am so tired... more so physically cos my feet are killing me... today was the first time in the history of working in woolies that i worked for 10 hours... and it was definitely not fun... not when it was so quiet cos it was raining outside and daylight saving ended today... time passes so slowly when i am working but so fast when it comes to everything else... i need a break!!! i know i just went for karaoke that day but i really need a whole day to just recharge myself, not thinking or doing anything, just doing stuff that i like... when will that day come i wonder... and my stupid supervisor's put me down for ten hour shifts for the next few weeks... i think i will go talk to her if i really cannot do it anymore... and i have clinicals from mondays-fridays... and i have this big project and individual presentation coming up... and the stupid webct postings that we have to do every week... where got time to do so much stuff??!! am really looking forward to the easter break... hopefully i will have some time to relax and recharge... maybe one of the best ways would be just to put my head down and just cry it all out and get all the stuff out of my system...

went to observe on this seating assessment and the client had really severe scoliosis... and he was so thin, he weighed like 26kg, so light that his mum could manually lift him from his wheelchair onto the bed... it was quite confronting for me, cos i have never seen anything like that before... but it was also kind of sad to see him like that... he was so young... and he only has his mum to take care of him... he could not even speak...

went to this swimming carnival held by the northcott society... i was designated to be the third place ribbon writer... and the job is really boring... i just have to sit there and wait for the results to come and i just write the names down onto the ribbon for the kids... it was actually held on two fridays, last friday and today... and today ended earlier than expected bcos apparently one of the kids shitted in the pool...

went on three home visits this week... one's at chatswood, one's at south coogee which was like an hour's drive away and the other is at cromer, which was also an hour's drive away... i dun mind going on home visits but sometimes the journey's so long that i really felt like sleeping... and after every visit, i have to write up the reports...

and yesterday, i went back to uni to meet up with the honours supervisor (finally!!) and to return this library book... and i met amelia and karen... and we were like starving so we said we should go eat at ceci at strathfield... and guess what, we ended up going to the city for karaoke... and i actually ate KFC... i hate KFC, but i was so hungry and it was quite late already by the time we got there... we sang till like 11pm... after karaoke, i felt so guilty, bcos it's a thursday night and i still have clinicals the next day... but anyway, i have not been to karaoke for so long since i came back... could not resist the temptation... it was also nice to be able to catch up with amelia and karen...

DaY 2 oF PP3A...

Day 2- 13 March

This morning was yet again another shitty morning… bcos my dear friend who’s on placement with me offered me a lift… but the traffic was so bad outside that I waited like half an hour for him outside in the cold… I am so lucky that I have not fallen sick… two days in a row in the cold waiting… anyway, I am not saying it’s his fault, cos he was nice enough to give me lifts to and from northcott… very lucky that he has a car and lives near me…

Anyway, we just made it there on time cos I have a meeting with the team but some pple on the team were late so we only started at 930am… the meeting was basically just abt the general things going on in the team, so I just sat there and listen and of course the main thing to remember is to LOOK INTERESTED!!! Even though you feel like sleeping…
And then bcos my supervisor has a presentation on a conference which she attended in the US on spinal cord injuries, she asked me to help her do some binding for the stuff that she was planning to give out… and so I ended up doing binding for two whole hours… I never did know binding was actually not easy at all… and bcos I think the transparency was too flimsy, the binding machine could not punch properly and it came out crappy… I was like shit, why is this so difficult??!! and then I had to stop halfway bcos our team had to go for lunch cos one of the team members came back from pregnancy leave… and we went to a café in parramatta park and the food there was so expensive that I did not really feel like spending so much on lunch… so I ordered hot chips and it was so salty that I did not finish it… and then back to the office where I continued binding, and after we went for the presentation… and it was actually quite boring, cos I did not understand half the stuff she was saying and it was really dry… but of course, we always have to keep in mind the golden rule when you are on clinical: APPEAR INTERESTED!!
So after the presentation, we went back to do some reading and amy (my supervisor) came and told us to help her with some stuff… so we went down to the store to “steal” two wheelchairs to prepare for the in service meeting tomorrow, and we got to try out the wheelchairs, and it was my first time doing a wheelie… in case you dun know, which I initially also dun, a wheelie is where you have to grab the wheels and lean back as far as possible on the wheelchair and push the wheels forward quickly, so that the front castors lift up and you are tilting backwards… and it was really scary even though amy was actually the one tilting the wheelchair back behind me… it really is difficult… I can’t imagine how the pple in wheelchairs do these things… what happens to those who really cannot do??!!

DaY 1 oF PP3A...

Day 1- 12 March 2007

Today morning was really SHITTY!!!!!! I was early at the placement site… like really early… one and a half hours earlier… sian man… I was like sitting at the bus-stop in the cold for that long… stupid…

But the placement site is really new and nice… very clean and organized… and the supervisors and pple there are really nice… although there were a lot of things to do and read… I still prefer the atmosphere here at northcott as compared to nepean hospital… where the lunch room is soo small and so not everybody can squeeze there and mingle with everyone… and pple here include you in whatever they are talking abt…
We started off with the usual general briefing, talking abt the place, a tour ard the place, got introduced to all the pple working there… and our supervisors were really nice… the only thing I dun really like is the fact that I am expected to travel to other places, like go look at equipment suppliers, attend this swimming carnival at this inaccessible place, go other hospitals to look at their wheelchair programs… and you know why I hate it, it’s bcos I DUN HAVE A CAR!!! That’s why!!! Thank god I have another friend on placement with me who drives… so basically the first day is mostly admin stuff, but my supervisor discussed all her active clients with me, telling me what disabilities they have, their goals, and what she is planning to do with them… and I also got to read on some of the cases… and we will be doing a project called “Skills for wheelies”, where it’s like a program where the kids with wheelchairs come in to northcott to attend a day program on how to use your wheelchairs, how to steer it up and down ramps, what to do if you fall from your wheelchair… the thing I am worried abt is we have to actually learn how to use the wheelchairs and apparently there is this thing called “wheelie” where you have to tilt your wheelchair back so that the front castors are up the herb or ramp… how scary is that??!!

Another thing that I realized was that after so long without having to speak the aussie way, I have to start all over again when I am on pract, otherwise they dun understand what I am trying to say… and that meant no more “leh, lah”… I have to really think over what I want to say first and make sure I dun end the sentence with leh or lah… how weird is that…

WOrriEs, WoRriEs, and MoRE WorRies...

it's the last day of my long holiday... i really think the holiday is too long... now that clinicals will be starting tomorrow, i am getting worried... i hope everything will go smoothly and that my supervisor there is nice... and instead of taking the train every morning, i am taking the bus there and back every day... and the bus fares are sooo expensive... it's like $4 one way, and going there is a pain cos i have to walk quite alot to get to the place... and everyone's saying how third year placements are very different from the previous years cos we have our own caseloads, we have our own clients and we have to come up with our own intervention plans... it will really be a test to see how much i have learnt and managed to absorb during the last two years... one thing to worry abt...

another thing to worry abt is my driving lessons... to get my red p's, i have to have at least 50 hours of driving lessons, and i am only at 13 hours now... and bcos of the recent increase in the number of accidents involving red p's drivers, they are becoming more strict... so the driving test is another thing to worry abt... and whoever said driving is easy is lying... cos it's not... there are alot of things to look out for... reverse parking is damn difficult...

and bcos mu uncle and auntie are thinking of relocating, that's another thing to worry abt... and if they move to a place which is far away from the train station, i am going to have trouble...
the honours thing is also another worry... i have no time to go down to talk to my supervisor abt the topic and bcos we have to start early... i want to be able to come up with a topic before semester two starts so that i can go start my research... but no... and bcos i am an international student, my visa expires in march 2009, which means that i have to hand in my thesis before christmas while others can afford to delay theirs... and then i am hoping that i can do my fourth year placement in december- jan so that i can go back in time for chinese new year, but that is if they can find a placement for me during that time, otherwise i may not even be able to go home this year... and prisy wants me to go to hong kong with her in feb... and of course, back in s'pore, we have to move by the end of nov, which means that i won't be able to go back to my home when i go back...

WHY the hell is everything happening all at the same time??!!

ExTRemELy diSaPPoiNted...

DAMMIT!!! I was waiting so looooong to watch the last episode of hana kimi and I was really really disappointed... the ending was so anti-climax... actually the last two episodes were not nice at all, spoilt the entire show, it was so exciting up till episode 13... they never even got to confess to each other especially quan... SHIT!!! I am very upset... and everyone were like they better have part 2... but shows with part 2 all not nice...
okay enough about hana kimi...

last week went back to uni for honours and placement briefing... nothing much changed except they renovated the bite me cafe again... and it became like a mini food place where they sell like biscuits, chips and sandwiches... and they still have only two pathetic microwaves... went out for lunch at a korean place at strathfield with karen and anna... the food was okay but that day was one of the shittiest day of my life... i shall not say more...

michelle's friend from america came over to stay for a few days... and we took him to the city yesterday to have yum cha, which to us is commonly know as "dian xin" at chinatown... personally, i dun like the food they serve and it's expensive... but steve and her friend were very kind to treat us... after that, the three of us wanted to go karaoke, but the two guys did not want to sing, so we ended up going to fox studios thinking to go bowling, but they were all full... but the bowling place was really cool... it was glow in the dark... i really wanted to bowl there badly... so in the end, the two guys played pool while the rest of us sat there talking... after that, we drove to bondi junction... it was my first time there too since coming here, and the beach was really big and nice... it was a beautiful day and you could see the waves and pple swimming and surfing...

LyRiCs...

Since I am currently on the hana kimi/wu zun/fahrenheit phase now, I decided to post the lyrics of some of the nice songs that I have heard from them... trying to look for the song"dong le" by tank in the hana kimi OST... does anybody know where to get it or have it??


专属天使 - Tank

我不会怪你 对我的伪装天使在人间是该藏 好翅膀人们愚蠢鲁莽 而你纤细善良怎能让你 为了我被碰伤

小小的手掌 厚厚的温暖你总能平复我不安 的夜晚不敢想的梦想 透过你的眼光我才看见 它原来在前方
没有谁能把你抢离我身旁 (我身旁)你是我的专属天使唯我能独占
没有谁能取代你在我心上 (我心上)拥有一个专属天使我哪里还需要别的愿望

小小的手掌 大大的力量我一定也会像你 一样飞翔 (一样飞翔)你想去的地方 就是我的方向有我保护 笑容尽管灿烂
没有谁能把你抢离 我身旁 (我身旁)你是我的 专属天使唯我能独占
没有谁能取代你在我身上 (我身上)拥有一个专属天使我哪里还需要别的愿望Woo~

要不是你出现我一定还在沉睡Oh 绝望的以为生命只有黑夜
没有谁能把你抢离我身旁 (我身旁)你是我的 专属天使唯我能独占
没有谁能取代你在我身上 (我身上)拥有一个 专属天使我哪里还需要别的愿望 Woo Wu Woo Ho~ Wu~ Ho

怎么办 - S.H.E

怎么办 Oh 怎么办
为什么　你为什么　老是把空气全都吸光了害得我　你害得我　在你面前呼吸急促需要叫救护车别看我　先别看我　我的脸红就快要爆料了没什么　哪有什么　我是绝对不会承认我喜欢你了
怎么办　感觉甜又酸偷偷爱你　快乐又孤单怎么办　爱却不能讲你真讨厌　不来帮我的忙
你怎么可以这样　笑容打败太阳甚至比我还要更好看我虽然无力抵挡　但是日子还长总有一天换你为我疯狂

为什么　你为什么　这样不讲理的就出现了害得我　你害得我　连仅有的一点矜持优雅全都毁了靠近我　别靠近我　到底离你多近比较好呢完蛋了　我完蛋了　我整个人眼看就快要不是我的了
怎么办　感觉甜又酸偷偷爱你　快乐又孤单怎么办　爱却不能讲你真讨厌　不来帮我的忙

你怎么可以这样　笑容打败太阳甚至比我还要更好看我虽然无力抵抗　但是日子还长总有一天换你为我疯狂 (为我疯狂)
怎么办　感觉甜又酸偷偷爱你　快乐又孤单怎么办　爱却不能讲你真讨厌　不来帮我的忙

怎么办　感觉甜又酸偷偷爱你　快乐又孤单怎么办　爱却不能讲你真讨厌　不来帮我的忙
你怎么可以这样　笑容打败太阳甚至比我还要更好看我虽然无力抵抗　但是日子还长总有一天换你为我疯狂


只对你有感觉

飞轮海: 无解的眼神　心像海底针飞轮海: 光是猜测　我食欲不振飞轮海: 有点烦人　又有点迷人
Hebe: 浪漫没天分　反应够迟钝Hebe: 不够谨慎　花挑错颜色Hebe: 但很矛盾　喜欢你的笨
飞轮海: 微笑　再美　再甜　不是你的　都不特别Hebe: 眼泪　再苦　再咸　有你安慰　又是晴天飞轮海: 靠的　再近　再贴　少了拥抱　就算太远合唱: 全世界只对你(你)有感觉
飞轮海: 玩的　再疯　再野　你瞪一眼　我就收敛Hebe: 马路　再宽　再远　只要你牵　就很安全飞轮海: 我会　又乖　又黏　温柔体贴　绝不敷衍合唱: 我只对你(你)有感觉

飞轮海: 体贴却黏人　爱哭却温顺飞轮海: 有时天真　有时很邪恶飞轮海: 对你耍狠　就是舍不得
Hebe: 请吸收养分　让脑袋平衡Hebe: 要你现身　动作慢吞吞Hebe: 怎么承认　我非你不可
飞轮海: 微笑　再美　再甜　不是你的　都不特别Hebe: 眼泪　再苦　再咸　有你安慰　又是晴天飞轮海: 靠的　再近　再贴　少了拥抱　就算太远合唱: 全世界只对你(你)有感觉
飞轮海: 玩的　再疯　再野　你瞪一眼　我就收敛Hebe: 马路　再宽　再远　只要你牵　就很安全飞轮海: 我会　又乖　又黏　温柔体贴　绝不敷衍合唱: 我只对你(你)有感觉

飞轮海: 微笑　再美　再甜　不是你的　都不特别Hebe: 眼泪　再苦　再咸　有你安慰　又是晴天飞轮海: 靠的　再近　再贴　少了拥抱　就算太远合唱: 全世界只对你(你)有感觉
飞轮海: 玩的　再疯　再野　你瞪一眼　我就收敛Hebe: 马路　再宽　再远　只要你牵　就很安全飞轮海: 我会　又乖　又黏　温柔体贴　绝不敷衍合唱: 我只对你(你)有感觉

爱到

爱到　爱到　爱到脑海里有一万个你　快爆掉你一个眼神我什么都好　或许就是狠狠爱到
这就是电到　爱到　爱到每夜失眠脸上却还傻傻在微笑谁叫你可爱到无法救药　让我这样狠狠爱到
黑色的瞳孔带着闪亮空气中飘著你无敌迷人发香每一个小动作都吸引我就算洗脑也无法將你忘掉
我学会什么叫二话不说你开口我就没办法 Say No Woo Oh这感觉找不到适合形容费洛蒙向我进攻就被你掌控 Oh Baby
爱到　爱到　爱到脑海里有一万个你　快爆掉你一个眼神我什么都好　或许就是狠狠爱到
这就是电到　爱到　爱到每夜失眠脸上却还傻傻在微笑谁叫你可爱到无法救药　让我这样狠狠爱到就是爱到

將你缝上纽扣扣住我爱到不让你有任何机会挣脱在一起的时间绝不错过车子后座　我只会为你保留
就是想要把你占为己有不要你出现在别人眼中 Woo Oh紧紧抱住你哪怕会痛舍不得眨眼怕少看你一秒钟
Oh Baby~
爱到　爱到　爱到脑海里有一万个你　快爆掉你一个眼神我什么都好　或许就是狠狠爱到
这就是电到　爱到　爱到每夜失眠脸上却还傻傻在微笑谁叫你可爱到无法救药　让我这样狠狠爱到就是爱到
爱到　爱到　爱到脑海里有一万个你　快爆掉你一个眼神我什么都好　或许就是狠狠爱到
这就是电到　爱到　爱到每夜失眠脸上却还傻傻在微笑 Woo Ho谁叫你可爱到无法救药　让我这样狠狠爱到就是爱到

飛輪海 - 夏雪

你給的愛帶著溫度 尤其擁抱時最清楚
心跳傳來的起伏 像一顆跳動的暖爐
手放進口袋的溫度 融化了走過的路途
冰天雪地的國度 能抱著你就很滿足
誰都知道氣候會變 更別說諾言
你的冬衣還留在我窗前

你的世界已經準時晴天 遠方的我在夏天看雪
我的孤獨慢慢凍結 在沒有你的夜
給我的愛已經過了期限 而我的心在夏天下雪
明明寒冬已經很遠 我還是無法 結束這冬眠

我的世界亂了季節 赤道居然會飄著雪
熱帶雨林的原野 看起來白茫茫一片
回憶在我心中積雪 連日出也無法融解
應該流汗的夏天 可是卻一直流眼淚

誰都知道氣候會變 更別說諾言
你的冬衣還留在我窗前
你的世界已經準時晴天 遠方的我在夏天看雪
我的孤獨慢慢凍結 在沒有你的夜
給我的愛已經過了期限 而我的心在夏天下雪
明明寒冬已經很遠 我還是無法 結束這冬眠

沒有你的夜
你的世界已經準時晴天 遠方的我在夏天看雪
我的孤獨慢慢凍結 在沒有你的夜
給我的愛已經過了期限 而我的心在夏天下雪
明明寒冬已經很遠 我還是無法 結束這冬眠

SiAN diAo...

almost been back for a week already and everything's felt like what it used to be... be it at home here or at work... it's like nothing has changed, like I have always been here and not been back for 3 months... at work... the same faces... except that apparently a few check-out staff left... not many new faces... and the long-anticipated last second episode of hana kimi is finally aired... and i actually could not sleep the whole of last night... woke up early this morning just to watch it on youtube... how sad am I... was quite disappointed... the whole episode is mostly on that famous photographer wanting to expose ruixi... and this coming sunday is the finale... can't wait to see who will confess first... haha... ruixi or quan??!! and xiuyi is going out with ruixi's friend... haha...

resumed my driving lessons... i am no longer scared of driving but i almost knocked into another car bcos I took a long time checking my side mirror and blindspot and went into the other lane today... so scary...

STatuS: bAcK in sYDnEy...

Yes, I am officially back in sydney... and the weather here is still really hot... and apparently my worries that my work has forgotten abt me is not true... cos just this morning my auntie told me that my supervisor called and i have shifts on both saturday and sunday... sian man...

and btw... i know it's abit late but... Happy Chinese New Year!!! I am so happy that I got to spend this year's chinese new year here with my family and relatives... although we are not close, i still am happy that we got to gather and see each other... I have not seen some of them for two years... i still remember the times when we were small... all of us were really cute back then but now everybody's grown and not so cute anymore... this year chinese new year was at one of my uncle's home... collected hongbaos and ate alot of stuff... took pictures and went off to visit the relatives on my father's side... then came back home and ate dinner with two of my uncle's family... had a reunion dinner at home with my father's friends from philippines... ate steamboat... and watched the chinese new year programs till midnight for the countdown... hopefully 2007 will be a good year...

and ohmigod... i found out that the last two episode of my hana kimi will only be shown two weeks later... i am going to be so depressed till then... i really hate having to wait so long to know the ending... i want to know what happens in the end... ahhhhh.....

HAnA kiMi...

went to smu to visit fran with huimin... fran brought us around her uni... her uni gave me an impression of being really quiet even though it's in the middle of the city... unlike NUS and NTU... where everywhere you turn, there are pple... we slacked awhile in one of the study rooms there, then huimin and I left for bugis street, in our search for bags... after walking for a long while in bugis, both huimin and I got a bag each... i actually wanted to get a sling bag but all the bags there were either not to my liking or too expensive... but i finally got a gold one at the basement of bugis junction... i will definitely miss all of them... although we dun see each other often, but i want to tell you guys that i often think of you guys and i am glad of our friendship... :)

i have been so caught up and obsessed with the new taiwanese drama called "Hua yang shao nian shao nu" with ella and wuzun that i have not been blogging... it's my new favourite show at the moment... ella's character is so cute and funny... and wuzun's so cute too... the bad thing is bcos the show's still airing in taiwan, i have to wait like two weeks more for the last 2 episodes... and i can't wait... i want to know what happens in the end... the show's really cute...

btw... 6 days more before leaving... sian man...

GAmeS & KTV...

alamak... these few days got so many new shows coming out... and i can't watch them when i go back... shows like the channel 8 happily ever after... the show cracks me up... haha... and the new channel 5 show parental guidance... saw the first episode and it's quite good... jessica hsuan spoke really good english... and heroes... have been watching every episode since and so far so good... now i really dun feel like going back... the shows there suck man... and i am watching victoria's secret fashion show now... whoa... nice underwear, pretty models, skinny bodies, long and shiny hair... haha...

met up with jo, huimin, fran and sherry that day and we went to mind cafe at prinsep place... initially the plan was to go wild wild wet but fran was sick... and i was actually surprised to see sherry... i had alot of fun at mind cafe... we played cluedo, taboo and this train game that jo introduced to us... very interesting... and we all laughing so loudly... we really must go there again the next time okay guys... and then after sherry left, we proceeded to chinatown for ktv... and bcos it's a friday and chinese new year was around the corner, it was so crowded... sian man... ate abit at smith street before going to ktv... although it's only $10++ i still preferred kbox, maybe bcos the atmosphere there was not that great and the songs seemed to be slower than usual... but still i had alot of fun... cos we kept singing "bimbo" songs like barbie girl and my oh my... i was really tired by the time i got home...

CAn'T beAR tO LeAve...

went to look at houses on sunday, bcos our block apparently finally was sold... so we have to move out soon... really dun want to move... after that we went to plaza singapura to do grocery shopping then went to lau pa sat to eat dinner... actually it was my idea to eat there cos i wanted to eat satay and stingray... ate till i was so full...

went to central at clarke quay that day... still not fully opened yet though and it was really quiet... nothing really special, also the usual shops, still looking for a nice and comfortable pair of sandals... and i went to trim my hair again before i go back... my resolve to keep my hair is starting to waver...

went to meet huilin at chinatown... this time it was my turn to be late... huilin, so sorry!! i really did not mean it... anyway, she wanted to eat at this two-storey hawker centre but we later found out that it was actually the one that moved to outram park... so in the end we ate at people's park complex... it was so freaking hot that day... after eating, we walked along temple street, smith street and although it was a weekday, there were still alot of people... everywhere was red... there were stalls selling new year goodies, the mochi sweets, new year stuff... actually it was also my first time walking there... if it wasn't that hot, it would have been a great experience...

2 MORe WeeKS...

i am counting down the number of weeks before i have to leave my family and friends...
did not do much this week except slacking at home... found out that i have benn posted to this northcott society for my clinical placement for 6 weeks in march... went to find out more abt the place and apparently they mainly deal with paediatrics and young adults with problems like cerebral palsy, spina bifida, etc... which made me realise that i will be dealing with prescribing equipment, helping them to look for jobs, employment skills, etc... it would be something really different from the previous two placements... i was actually hoping to do a hospital placement... but the good thing is it is not as far as my previous placement... really hope i will do well in this setting...

on a lighter note... went kbox with pong at suntec... the only thing was that i was wearing her sandals and they really hurt my toes... i was in pain for the whole afternoon... and i still can't find a nice suitable and comfortable sandals for myself...

met up with melissa and fran on saturday at orchard... we went to food republic to eat and we were lucky to have found seats... fran and i ate the fish with rice and melissa as usual was late... cos she forgot the time we were supposed to meet... after that, we just strolled along orchard road, went to heeren and centrepoint... apparently they added a few more shops but we found out that there were actually nothing much also, just some food shops, espirit and gap... all the expensive clothes...

CUtiE...

Last friday was fran's birthday!! went to ntu to visit huimin in the afternoon and attended one of her lectures... then after she brought me to her school and they had free food there... and we were like shit we should not have eaten just now... but we still thick-skinned and ate the fishballs, some sticky thing like soon kueh and the cakes... so full after... then after walked around jurong point, wanted to look for fran's present, but did not find anything in the end... met up with fran and jo at orchard... ate at ding feng tai at paragon... and i was so careless, spilled the soup onto my pants, alamak... my first time eating xiaolongbao... not bad actually, and we ordered alot... after that, walked around paragon, then to takashimaya, and i ate brownie again... and i saw christine at wisma... what a coincidence... and we planned to meet up again to go to wild wild wet...

got hooked onto another show, but it's a taiwanese serial this time... it's devil beside you... i now it has been out a long time already, but i just saw it on tv recently, and got soo hooked onto it that i stayed up all night to watch it on youtube... thank god for youtube now... haha... mike he xiaomei is so cute!!! haha... and apparently the two of them are going to act together again in another show called exchange love...

went to watch happy birthday with pong... what a sad ending... and although the show is quite draggy sometimes, it's still not bad... i think the show's trying to tell us to treasure the times u spent together with the person u love cos u never know when they will leave you without u even knowing one day... very sad...

LAst WEeK...

this is the last blog entry for january 2007... time really flies, soon it will be time for me to go back to sydney... very "she bu de"...
yochi left for sydney... hope she has enjoyed her stay here in singapore...
went to eat at carnivore vivocity with my dad and ate till i was so full that i did not eat dinner that day... watched pan's labyrinth with pong at lido... the movie's in spanish and it was not as scary as i thought it would be... but it was only okay, maybe a 5/10...

accompanied pong to nyp for their open house... too bad it was raining outside cos i wanted to take photos at the gardens... but it was interesting to be able to go back there again and see all the courses that they offer and to visit my favourite swimming pool and drink the soya bean... saw a few of my ex classmates... inthu, joanna, elaine, gurjit and brother... and i was like telling them that they seemed to be having more fun than what we have over there in sydney... they always seemed to be having exhibitions and stuff... so envious that they will graduating soon in june... while i still have two more years to go... after that, we went to J8 to shop a little while, nothing much, shall go visit the library there soon...