几时才会好？

2 weeks more to go before our holiday... ongoing health problems, back to my cyst problem... went to have the superficial cyst removed, thinking that once removed, I will no longer have to worry about infection... well, guess what, it freaking got infected again after I removed it! WTF??!! so now, I am back on antibiotics, daily dressings, frequent GP visits, deja vu, anyone?? the stupid thing better heal before I am off to singapore otherwise I will not be very happy...

work-wise, the new grads finally started this week, and the one I got is pretty good so far, and Nicole came over to Aged Care to help out, which means that now there are 3 of us, which means that I am sooo bored at work, with little patients to see... oh well, just biding my time until my hols anyway... so much political drama in Aged care... and there's not much we could do anything about... oh well... anyway, did not get the job at RNSH, so I rang to get feedback, still waiting for a callback... freaking Woy Woy never even bothered to give me a courtesy call or email back to let me know... applied for another position at Ryde inpt rehab this time, but the timing really sucks... oh well... we'll see what happens... Lois retired, her last day was last friday... and Nancy will be retiring in Aug this year... the EOI for the senior Aged care position came up and for some reason, it is only until July 2016, which is not very long at all... and going from what happened last time I applied for the EOI rehab senior position, I am very reluctant to put myself in that position again... 

other than that, nothing very much happening, still reading my online books, badminton on sundays, running man on sundays, just wish these next 2 weeks will fly by and then it will be finally home time! just wish I can just teleport myself instead of having to endure another plane ride... 

weather wise, it has been pretty hot recently, and then interspersed with rainy patches here and there, but still hot overall...

YEar of the MonKeY...

2 days of work, everybody was pretty much sian diao... going through the motions, work was not that busy anyway... 

New Years Eve... day off... went to send hyungie in for service at parramatta, then went to yochi's place to hang out, they made satay which was pretty good actually, and we got to play both the cluedo and ticket to ride games... the downside was that it was really hot that day though... and her house was pretty hot too... after that, went to auntie's and were marathoning running man... 

New Years Day... spent the day at home, cleaning... catching up on my reading... 

2nd Jan... decided to go have lunch at Smokkim at Rhodes... was too greedy and ended up ordering a whole plate of fried chicken in addition to soup and pork bulgogi, both of us were so full that it was pretty much 3 meals in one for me... more reading when we were back home... 

3rd Jan... today... badminton day, it was really crowded today actually, we literally had to stand there and wait for a court to empty and quickly stake the court... it was really tiring but fun... and after that, becos michelle wanted to eat yum cha, we went back to rhodes and OMG... it was sooo crowded, mostly asians of course, long queues, ok, the white bait, roast pork and the char siew bao were probably the best ones, and the only ones I ate actually... after that, went back to auntie's and played twister, taboo, and pongie convinced the crowd to watch 我的少女时代。。。oh gosh this must be my 5th time maybe watching the show and this is not counting the parts where I rewatch on my phone every day just before work haha! and I still love the show... can't wait for the dvd to be released... 

anyway, back to reality, end of the extended long holidays, and now back to work for another 4 weeks and here we come... Home no. 1!

GooDBYe, 2015!

Xmas eve- work was so boring, I pretty much only saw like 2 patients but we had a really sumptuous breakfast, did the whole cheers and selfie thing, and even got to go home at 1330... had pizza for dinner, and then drove to chatswood mandarin to watch the chinese movie Mojin... it was ok... had to pay more cos it is in 3D format...

Xmas day- pretty much was a sloth the whole day, did some cleaning though... read my books and OMG, I found another really excellent website where I found some books which I thought I would never be able to read, was pretty excited about this...

Boxing day- went to eastwood initially wanting to eat the fried chicken but the people running the restaurant was pretty rude cos they saw us waiting outside but still continued to pretend they did not see us... so we decided to boycott that restaurant and went to the one outside aldi instead... and then did some grocery shopping after... bought us a new printer... it was on special, and was cheaper than the original one we had... bargain!

27th Dec- roadtrip to Bowral! high expectations, cos I have always wanted to stay at the Gibraltar hotel... went for lunch at Rashays, but did not realise they would have surcharge... oh well... then drove to bowral, did a quick detour to this famous pastry shop, OMG the whole town was pretty crowded that day... the pastry was pretty small... it was jam packed with people inside, and there was no labelling what the little cakes were, so people were spending time asking what is what... including me... decided to buy this caramel slice and choc mousse cake, when I exited the shop, the queue was already heading towards the road, yup, crazy! the mousse cake was nice, but did not like the caramel slice... we finally arrived at the hotel, the room was really nice, we had 2 separate queen beds to ourselves, and the room was a good size... the onyl complaint I had was the really flat pillow... SOOOO much better than Peppers... boycotting that one... went to check out the sights around, and the weather was so nice that day... and then went for our massage included in the package... it was definitely NOT relaxing, cos the masseuse applied quite a bit of pressure especially at my back and legs... but it was nice, and we both agreed that they have changed their layout... after that, went back to the room, showered (btw, the shower was so nice, just the type I like, with the high pressure hose), and then returned to my reading, SBS was showing the running man episode in Brisbane... so watched that for abit... 

28th Dec- went for the complimentary breakfast but unfortunately, whether it was becos it was so crowded or it's usually like that, the food was only ok, not that fantastic... was disappointed with the breakfast... checked out, and then drove back home... slept for awhile once we got home... and now back to reality ie 2 days back at work... sian...

圣诞节快点到。。。

rehab christmas dinner was much better than the department one... the food was better, especially the chicken skewers and the garlic sauce, the only thing is they don't indicate what meat is those rolls, so I barely touched them... and then after dinner, Dr Chu treated all of us to ice cream and we sat and chatted for awhile... Shelby was EVERYWHERE, climbing, running, throwing food... poor Kara could not even sit still and eat her dinner properly... and in the end, she had to leave early... and then Sharon Wong, Kim, Deanna and I decided to go play laser tag just across the parking lot, and it was at a discounted price as well for 2 games... the first game we had to join with a bigger group, but the second game we got to play amongst ourselves, and it was really fun but tiring... it was good night all in all... 

saturday... went to chatswood westfield to check out the new asian themed foodcourt, and becos we got there early, the stalls were not ready yet, and in the end, only the malaysian stall food was nice... everything else was not very appetizing... and then went to buy ben and jerrys ice cream in preparation for the christmas weekend... it was scorching hot that day!

sunday... worked in the morning, got to go home and change and then it was room escape at parapark... we managed to escape with about 13 minutes left on the clock, but I did not feel the thrill as compared to the ones at the enigma room or the escape hunt one... after that, went to eat at the shanghai place at eastwood cos michelle wanted to eat the dumplings... ended up waiting for approx 20 mins before we had a seat, and it was PACKED... and not to mention, scorching hot, and all 7 of us had to squeeze into the booth... it was not pleasant... the food was not fantastic... not worth waiting that long really... after that, got persuaded into hanging out at prisy's and of course, played the candy game again... seriously, we have wasted HOURS of our lives playing that game... 

3 more days to Christmas, 6 more days to our roadtrip, and approx 6 more weeks to going home! michelle and I decided that we are going to split the bill for an overnight stay at the Marina Bay Sands hotel... yay!

FASt fOrwaRD...

department xmas dinner this year was held at river canyon at parramatta, OMG! it was BAD!, the food was crap, and still have to queue so long, and the performance was so sleazy and unsynchronized and cringeworthy... can't believe I wasted $60 on that! the only good thing about the whole night was the good company I had, had lots of laughs with Nhung, Fang, Krusha and Rhia... and got to visit Rhia's house prior to the dinner as well... 

Celebrated Uncle's birthday at Palsaik, the food was only ok, actually, maybe we had really high expectations of the place, cos Prisy kept saying how good it was... Michelle is back for holidays for the next 3 weeks... so went to badminton with Prisy and Michelle that weekend, and she was really LOUD and embarrassing... but it was good session that day actually... and then played my ticket to ride game, finally, someone willing to play the game with me... but becos I have not played it for so long, the rules had to be reviewed again... and played Wii and watched the korean movie The Masquerade again... it was such a GOOD movie, and I cried again at the last scene with the bodyguard... 

had our department xmas lunch today... it was chicken, chips, some salad and desserts... the chicken did not look very appetising, hence only ate chips and dessert... Kara was my secret santa and I only knew becos I was the only one who did not receive a present and Kara was like... your PRESENT definitely was in the pile... haha! in the end, she got me a mist fan as well as desk fan, but did not realise that the desk fan needed a power supply... but that's ok, I left the mist fan on my table at work, and brought home the desk fan to use at home... Shelby is so cute, but can't imagine having to watch her 24/7, cos she goes and climbs everywhere... Deanna was my recipient so gave her the Japanese mug set, bought her some tea towels and a bar of soap... 

Looking forward to the room escape game this sunday, and then our roadtrip again to Bowral... finally we get to stay at the Gibraltar!!! it better be awesome! very high expectations indeed... hopefully the weather will be cool and sunny that day!

HANd hYgiENe...

Learnt another lesson this weekend... WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE EATING!!!

sooo... met up with Reem at Newington for Japanese on Friday after work, food was ok... nothing fantastic, despite how she was raving about it... after dinner, she invited me over to her house, it was pretty messy, and she had dogs and one of them would not stop barking the entire time I was there... she also had a garden full of vegetables, fruits and herbs which she planted, and so we had a tour around, then she released her dogs out the cage, and we sat and watched the movie Antman... which was also only ok... and she was burning this incense smelling thing which was giving me a headache... and before the movie started, she passed me a huge bowl of popcorn, and I just started taking some to eat without thinking to wash my hands, and was like, ok... this is pretty tasteless and gross, definitely not going to be able to eat this... so I had to say to Reem no thanks... and then by the time I finished the movie, it was pretty late, and by the time I got home, I was exhausted...

the next day, I had the splinting workshop at work... my tummy started to feel not so good the night before, so I ate some Norit and went to bed, and by like lunch time, my tummy started cramping intermittently, and was feeling nauseous, and by the time the workshop ended, I was like so sorry Nhung, don't think we can go out for afternoon tea like we planned, got into Hyungie, ate more Norit, and it did not help that it was boiling hot that day as well... made it to Rosehill before having to pull over becos the cramping and nausea was worsening... I really thought I was going to throw up in Hyungie... so I slept for abit hoping to tide it over so I can continue driving... thank goodness... the feeling of nausea improved, made it home finally and crawled into bed... did not even have dinner that night, woke up briefly to shower, and went back to bed...

this morning, the nausea has gone but still getting intermittent cramping in the tummy... but still managed to go play badminton with the girls and had lunch, and watched the last hunger games in the movie... thank goodness I am off work tomorrow... 

NO one to blame except myself for my stupidity... hopefully no one else got infected by me... yikes!

anyway, work-wise... found out that Gemma will be heading over to Geri-rehab from next year onwards, so who knows who will be covering until the new grad starts, and whilst I am away in Feb 2016...

COUNtDoWN to XmAs StartS...

sooo... did I mention that I am obsessed over the show 我的少女时代... yup, obsessed to the point that we went to the movies again to watch the movie over the weekend, and I illegally recorded some of the good parts on my phone, and watching them over and over, and the song 小幸运 is still on repeat mode on the phone to and from work... definitely going to purchase the dvd when it comes out...

anyway, met up with yochi and the girls over the weekend, had lunch at petaling street and then had this green tea ice cream after, but not very nice, then we shopped around for awhile and then pongie and I went for karaoke whilst waiting for the movie to start... the theatre was pretty packed actually but luckily we decided to wait for the later session and got good seats which meant that I could record parts of the movie... 

work-wise, all I can say, I am the WORST student supervisor ever! forgot all about my student on day 2 of placement, and then its her last week already and I did not even think to organise some sort of farewell until Rhia reminded me today, and I even had a mental blank then, I am the WORST! I think I am just not focusing really... just going through the motions these few weeks until the xmas break comes along and when my holidays finally comes around... 

there are a few farewells, baby shower, lunches and dinners coming up in the next few weeks leading up to xmas... no specific plans over xmas and new year yet, I think the plan is to be a sloth really... other than that, just back to reading my online books... and did I mention that yochi is having another baby boy???

小幸运。。。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sQSXwdtxlY

OK, I am officially obsessed over this movie that pongie and I decided last minute to watch last saturday, cos it happened to be the only mandarin movie showing at hoyts mandarin centre... OMG! it is the best movie of the year for me, as well as best song of the year!!! it is sooo very good, 9/10, the only thing was the ending, it was pretty open ended and I did not really feel the chemistry between chen qiao en and yan cheng xu... I have been watching the movie on repeat despite the very poor quality, as well as listening to the song which Hebe sang on repeat every day to and from work... that's pretty much my life right now...

work-wise, it's only day 3 into my aged care rotation and I am already missing my MRT so badly... not the patients, but the team... and the freedom and flexibility I had in MRT... especially ADOs and leave... dunno how I am going to survive in aged care for a whole year... although, today, whilst seeing a patient, I was almost tearing up, seeing and hearing that she was so debilitated by her condition that she could not go buy underwear, and then seeing her cry, and then the elderly lady next to her started crying as well... and then seeing and hearing the 2 elderly patients hug each other knowing that they probably may never see other again... I was almost starting to cry along with them... there are going to be many changes in the upcoming months in terms of staffing...

HOpe mY baTTeriEs stay aliVE unTil XMas breAK...

workwise, more movement in the office again, Laura returned as a casual in aged care part-time... Gemma got the temporary position in geri-rehab, rumors are that Nicole will be back in aged care in Jan 2016 for 6 weeks and then going off again for another year of maternity leave... don't get me started on the unfairness of this whole situation... Bec's going off on maternity leave soon... and Krusha is pregnant... and my rehab farewell has come and gone today... went out to panthers for my farewell dinner, most of the people whom I worked with previously all came, and we had a great time... it was good to hear feedback and compliments from different staff members... and we really had a good and open chat about the whole rehab and MRT permanent funding situation... received some presents as well... which was really nice... I am definitely going to miss MRT and the people, despite the challenges along the way as well as frustrations... Can't say that I am looking forward to going to aged care though... We'll see... christmas parties coming up, both department and rehab as well as the department xmas lunch...

Otherwise, nothing very much happening... rewatching some old movies, reading my books... looking forward to the Xmas and New Year holidays for a bit of battery charging, and then our holiday back home in Feb 2016...

DonE & dUsTeD...

YES! finished this semester... done and dusted... just waiting for final results now with the assignments, so far, so good actually... decided to enrol for one module per semester next year and see what happens... 

went for our little roadtrip to bowral on thurs... pouring with rain, traffic was horrendous, took us almost 2 hours to get there, tried this scottish arms pub at bowral and decided it was a once-off thing... the spa at Milton Park was really nice, but getting there was not very road-friendly, and especially not when its raining... we were both anticipating a similar nice experience at Peppers this time, but was sorely disappointed, both with the room, and the breakfast... so I provided them with very constructive feedback and hopefully they will be receptive and actually do something about it... definitely not going back there again unless they improve...

nothing very much happening, except my rotation into aged care, my farewell from rehab, xmas, the only exciting thing to look forward to is our trip back home in Feb 2016...

为什么。。。

urrghhh... another interview for a permanent fulltime position as a rehab senior at Woy Woy hospital and I stuffed it up! at this rate, I will probably retire at Nepean Hospital... can't believe it... I always go, oh man, I should have said this and that AFTER the damn interview... I am just really annoyed at myself... and irritated that how come other people seem to find jobs so easily and for me it seems so difficult...

anyway, work-wise, rotations is definitely happening on 23 Nov, and of course, I forgot that I had agreed to taking a student and now I have study leave for 2 days on the first week of placement and then rotating into aged care, hence Michelle Rhia and I decided that the student will keep the caseload and Rhia will assist with supervision for the last 2 weeks of placement... caseload wise... still the same, did the inservice on our QI project with Dr Chu and Kara on Friday just to wrap this project up before I rotate... 

really not looking forward to doing the last few assignments for uni... the bright side is that with all my initial plans changed, I decided to be a little dodgy, and booked our post-uni roadtrip to Bowral during my 2 days of study leave... 

Really starting to enjoy these weekend badminton days, cos we get to exercise and then go eat yummy food after, and then watch Running Man and then play candy game... yup, we are STILL playing the candy game and wasting hours of our lives away... 

Xmas is coming up soon, and no plans yet for the holiday period, nowhere really to go, cos everywhere is either closed or too expensive... probably sloth at home... 

oh and did I mention that Jo is pregnant! OMG!

I JiNxEd MySELf...

ok, this post is purely for me to debrief and vent... had a really shitty day today with a particular pt and his family member... basically, they were not happy with my proposed home mods plans, called it simply stupid and saying stuff like not knowing what I am doing... and pretty much got yelled at today... really looking forward to getting this all situation and mess sorted and get this pt transferred out... of course of all the rehab facilities he is going to, it has to be the one closest to me, and home... S.H.I.T! this is a complete and utter nightmare :( literally... really hoping that everything will be over soon and in a good way...

played badminton on the weekend for the first time after sooo very long... it was actually quite fun, although it was freaking hot... my skills were not as rusty as I thought they would be... but the downside was that my arms and legs were sooo very sore for the next 3 days... pretty sure we will be going again but maybe not every week... even sitting on the toilet seat was painful... that was how very bad it was...

StreSSfuL TiMes AheAD...

forgot to mention in my last blog that I celebrated my 5th year anniversary at Nepean Hospital on 20th September 2015... OMG, can't believe it's been 5 years already, and driving approx 3 hours every day to and from work... and hyungie's odometer passed 100 000 km today... say goodbye to ever being able to resell hyungie in the future...

anyway, many farewells coming up in the next few weeks, drama at rehab last week as well, so now they have pulled michelle and charmaine over to help nhung, wonder for how long... and dunno if this is going to be good or bad news, but Rhia got the position for the rotations program, which means that she will be coming into MRT next... who knows when this is going to happen with all the drama happening now... and aged care will be short of staff when I rotate as well, brilliant :( 

My Feb leave had better be approved, otherwise...

good news is... I get to handover some of my things to do for the 2 N1G patients to Michelle... it was actually good that I got to sit down and have a chat with Dr Chu the other day, just to get a perspective about where MRT is heading in the future... anyway, there is nothing much I can do at this stage except to plod along and go with the flow of things... and Dr Chu seems to be pleased about the way I have been working in MRT, so that was good to hear as well... 

celebrated prisy and christine's 30th on the weekend, drove out to the city, sang karaoke, ate korean fried chicken which was really yummy btw, and had lindt for dessert... and then went back to her place to watch star trek 2... all in all not a bad day despite the rain... and then went out with them for dinner again on monday at hog's breath... i think we had it once at newcastle a really long time ago... the food was not too bad actually...

anyway, happy 3rd anniversary to us moving to our home at Waitara today! the landscape both interior and exterior have changed quite abit since we moved in... 

Nothing really much to look forward to except finishing up this semester and hopefully taking some time off for another roadtrip, pending the weather... urrghhh... summer is definitely heading our way...

FuLL oF ComPLaiNts...

brief update...

work wise... found out that more people are now leaving, namely Alex for a year, Lisa, Amy, Frances, and Bec on maternity leave... and maybe more as well... also, the interviews for the rotations ended on Friday, and is now looking very likely that we will be rotating in Nov 2015 now... this is going to be interesting for all involved... work still is very busy, juggling 2 major mods down in 1G and patients on MRT... and having to work on my uni assignments at the same time... 

a tiny piece of good news in relation to uni is that I got back my results for my 1st essential tools assignment, and got Distinction... Yay! I was very excited despite not really knowing what I was doing and not knowing if I was actually on the right track... still, the whole confidence interval and p values continue to baffle and stress me out... now cross my fingers and toes hoping that all my assignments will be equally good... decided that I would only do one module per semester from next year cos 2 modules per semester is very draining... but that means that I will take 4 years to complete this degree... urgghh... 

otherwise, nothing really much happening... nothing really to look forward to, becos of all these work and uni stuff and rotations stuff hanging over my head... got really annoyed with Elisha yesterday for cancelling on me last minute, and disappointed I guess, of a loss in this friendship... rewatched huanzhu 1 and 2, liu xing hua yuan 1 and xian jian the last few weeks... gosh, you have no idea how much I cried in the last episode for xian jian, it was freaking ridiculous :( 

planning to start catching up on my in death books now that the new one is already out... but it's really hard when I still have uni stuff hanging over my head, so can't fully relax and read properly... urrghh... why did I decide to do this again??!! I must be out of my mind!

HAppY 30Th...

so recap of my birthday celebrations!

22 Aug 2015- work celebrations part 1 outside of work... room escape was sooo fun! but the puzzles were more difficult that the one at Enigma Room... after that, went for drinks at Lindt cos it was sooo hot that day... and then Rennie suggested that we go on this ferris wheel... korean bbq dinner was very disappointing :( don't think the rest likes the food either... definitely don't mind going back to the room escape and play the other room!

23 Aug 2015- had lunch with prisy et al at Bondi Pizza at Top Ryde... it was ok, the dessert was probably the best part of the lunch though... found out that there was a Schnitz there as well, tried it in Melbourne last year and it was not bad... 

24 Aug 2015- day off... don't think we did much actually that day... can't really remember except that papa broke the vacuum cleaner hose and we had to send it in for replacement...

26 August 2015- Happy 30th! got a really pleasant surprise when I walked into work becos there was balloons all over my desk, and number 30 confetti and a sign that says happy birthday... multiple birthday songs were sang as well... went for morning tea with the team, pizza lunch was alittle stressful cos it was running late and people were getting antsy... and I baked both my infamous flourless chocolate cake and pandan cake... got good feedback about the flourless chocolate cake, not sure about the pandan cake... went out for korean dinner at the hornsby korean restaurant... the food there is actually really nice and so much better than O Bal Tan... was also touched by all the birthday wishes on Facebook, even from people who are not on my friends list... 

28 August 2015- went to auntie's house for laksa dinner... yummy! Christine and prisy bought me lots of expensive chocolatey stuff from Royce and Max Brenner's... 

29 August 2015- bye bye papa! went to karen's new house for hotpot dinner... it is a townhouse, but don't really like the setup of the place... and the food was not that great either... another round of birthday song was sang... amelia's son is quite cute, and yochi announced that she is pregnant again. Congrats! 

30 August 2015- worked the MAU shift that day... the downside is... having to finish up the assignment throughout my birthday celebrations week was annoying... oh well, I am really hoping that I know what I am doing and that I get great marks... 

3 Sept (Wed)- mid week informal celebrations just with pongie at home, opened one of the wines which we bought from hunter valley, cheese and she bought me the really expensive chocolate mud cake from Pattisons... 

other than that, still working through my uni work pretty much every night... still watching masterchef... watched mission impossible at the movies whilst papa was here... nothing really much to look forward to atm... found out that Gavin's coming back to work for the next 3 months and then he is off to travelling again... how nice to be young and with no responsibilities... and also found out that elisha and lisa have resigned... and that the rotations program ad finally was advertised but we are all predicting that it will be a slow process... and Frances is planning to resign once she gets offered a new position as well... krusha finished up her fulltime position today and kara is starting 3 days from next week... workload wise, it has been pretty hectic, trying to juggle both MRT and 1G patients...

生病了。。。

noted a tiny error in the date of the commencement of my Masters degree modules... it should be 20 July not August. Small good news in relation to this is that I was successful in my STEP application for funding of $7500 for this financial year... so now that the degree has commenced, my nights both weekdays and weekends are pretty much working on my online postings, reading the never-ending journals (I think I have approx 100 articles waiting to be read atm and counting)... maybe that's why I have been sick with a cold for the last 2 weeks... got better after the first week but now it's back again... and I have been off sick for like 2 days already in the last 2 weeks... 

anyway, my birthday month yay! it would be alot better if I am NOT sick with the cold and not studying pretty much every night... anyway... what do u do... 8 August 2015- went to play our second attempt at room escape at Enigma room and it was SO much better than the one at Kingsford... the puzzles were really creative and we successfully got out with about 1.5 mins to spare... after that, went to Marga's new place to play Wii... we better be careful, becos it is looking like we are getting hooked to another 'ghost-catcher' game in addition to the candy game... 9 August- HAppy National Day Singapore! did not watch the parade live cos pongie and I were at the Hunter Valley... beautiful day... went to try this new dessert bar called Sabor at the Hunter, got overexcited at all the choices and ordered 4 different desserts to try, and we were so sick after, the mousse was not the best and we did not even finish the food in the end... went to a few wineries, bought some wine and pongie's cheese, and of course, went for our spa massage, it was really nice... the only thing that would make it better would be that they had separate showers, cos it was not the easiest to shower with only one hose and 2 people, and a time limit... but the place was BEAUTIFUL... would not mind going back to the spa again... and accommodation was also pretty nice... and we saw kangaroos as well... breakfast was abit disappointing this time, becos it was not packaged and we decided to save some money... 10 August- day off... unpacked, and watched the replay of the parade... 

anyway... nothing much exciting, other than Papa coming for the next 2 weeks... until the 22 August for the work celebration and then my actual birthday at work... we are ordering pizza for lunch... and then hopefully the dinner at Karen's is still going ahead... the only thing is that throughout my special month, I have to keep working on the assignments due at the end of the month and in Sept... :(

COUnt DowN to NatiONaL DaY...

I know that I have not really done any postings recently, but that's bcos there really wasn't alot to talk about for the last few weeks... Masterchef finally ended yesterday, and we were all glad that Billie won, the Heston's dessert which they had to do was seriously difficult and challenging... anyway, we are now rewatching old episodes of Masterchef, yup, that's how addicted we are to the show :)

health wise, not good, my teeth has finally healed, so back to full diet for a while now, cyst thing, no more antibiotics, and I have not needed to apply the cream for the last few days... and it does look like it is healing slowly... thank goodness, God knows how much I spent on bandages, creams and antibiotics for this... pongie now has a new problem of high insulin levels and now have to start taking medications... crap... I always tell myself we have to control our crap intake, but really hard to resist :(

work wise... some changes in acute, aged care and rehab teams... Kate is back from maternity leave, highly unlikely that Laura is coming back, and Kara will be coming back in Sept for 3 days/week... no idea what is happening to our rotations program, we were told that community TACP is definitely on the cards, but who knows when this is actually going to happen... 

birthday plans wise... so far only 10 people confirmed coming along to my birthday event on 22 Aug... room escape and korean BBQ... also, prisy and gang got us hooked onto this WII game of candy mania... we played till like 2300 the other day... we also decided to go play room escape in the city on 8 Aug... and pongie and I have just confirmed that we are going on a hunter valley roadtrip on 9 Aug, and yes, we did not really want to go on  National Day but papa may be coming to visit around my birthday dates, so we did not want to risk not going, so yes, really looking forward to this nice little break and massage... and the plan for my actual birthday is pizza for lunch at work... and going to Karen's new house for dinner on 29 Aug, tentatively at this stage... so definitely looking forward to the month of Aug...

which now brings me to...yes... the start of my Masters degree, yes, started on 20 Aug, no exams but there are a few assignments, and weekly postings to do... hopefully I will do well this semester, still no word on funding yet...

It'S So GOOd to SEe yoU WinTER...

so it now has been 2 weeks since I returned to work, wisdom teeth wise... still have 2 holes on both right and left side of my mouth... and food keeps getting stuck in them, which is annoying, cos I have to clean my teeth out after every meal... cyst wise... yup, it is still ongoing, still having to take antibiotics and apply cream and change dressings every day... anyway, during the 2 weeks I was off work, I was pretty much on an In Death marathon and now we are hooked on Masterchef...

work wise... sort of busy at times, some changes, so we have been told that Sam the new grad will be covering the 3 days for probably the next 6 months, not the option I would have preferred... changes also in the acute and aged care teams... the new grad rotation happened, and Grace resigned... so now the situation is that acute team has pretty much a full team and aged care is short on staff... still no word on our TACP rotation yet... 

Damn, we did not get the national day parade tickets, so I have decided not to go back in August and wait until maybe Feb next year instead... Well, the thing I am looking forward to now is starting on my studies, and my 30th birthday celebrations... It will be EPIC!!

一波未平， 一波再起。。。

oh man, one problem after another... so finally had my 4 wisdom teeth removed on MOnday, and it is very sore, the worse thing is the fact that I still am not able to chew food, and I am constantly surrounded by food that I am craving to eat... so for the past 5 days, it has been soups, porridge, milkshakes, and ice cream and milo for meals... and as if this is not enough, I developed this infection on my sebaceous cyst thing which has been there for the last 2 years without any issues, dunno if it is becos of the bites I had, or the fluvax which I got last week, anyway, it became really red and swollen, and so painful all of a sudden, and now on top of the pain in my mouth, I now have constant pain in my right tummy area, the GP had to give me a local anaesthetic yesterday and made a cut through it to release the crap in it, and I have to spend more money on antibiotics, cream and dressings... Jesus... I simply cannot catch a break... so now I am on regular painkillers, anitibiotics, mouthwashes on top of not being able to eat proper foods... this is a joke... 

anyway, I am hoping that the pain starts improving otherwise there is no way I can go back to work like this on tues...

BAck to UsuaL RouTinE...

so anyway, been back at work for 2 weeks now, work was so very busy for the last 1.5 weeks actually, I was told that they had 10 pts consistently whilst I was away, and the acute team had to cover quite alot as well... found out that Owen and Lauren have resigned... and that Nat's permanent 2 days position have been approved, but that there will be no replacement once Lauren leaves... and now that we have a new registrar, she is so clueless, and everything is all over the place, which goes to say none of us in the team are happy atm... we have 2 new staff members in the dept, both Asians... and I am sharing a student with Jo in June... and I have also enrolled in 2 units in the masters program... also, got asked to attend interview for the STEP program which I applied for like ages ago... sounds like it's only funding for the next financial year only though... attending the Backstreet Boys concert with Yin and other PTs tomorrow night, so that should be interesting... 

oh and did I also mention that besides my wisdom tooth issues, I was bitten by God knows what when I was in Brussels, and I was so worried that it was chicken pox that I went to the GP the day we arrived home... so anyway, she prescribed me with anti-histamine and gave me cream to apply, but although it is not as itchy as before, it is still itchy at times... and people are telling me it does not look like bedbugs, so who knows... 

anyway, took sick leave today cos I had to go see the eye specialist which cost me a fortune, and then the oral surgeon who recommended that I remove all 4 wisdom teeth, and just found out that I am only covered very minimally on BUPA, which meant that I am having to fork out thousands of dollars for this surgery under general anaesthetics again... just declare me bankrupt already! need to start cutting down on unnecessary expenses... and also, I was told that I would not be receiving funding for the bariatric course so no, I am not going then, seeing as how I have to pay for so many things... so nothing really much to look forward except this surgery coming up which I will take a week off for, and then student placement, and oh, we have put in our ballots for NDP tix, so I am still hoping to go back even for 2 weeks to attend the NDP celebration...