post- XmAs...

a recap on what i did over for christmas this year... worked on christmas eve and i was also closing... it was really quiet when i started around 6pm but it got quite busy around 8pm and i was working straight through... so needless to say, i was really tired by the time i got home... and currently, prisy and i are watching two animes... one called kenshin and we also decided to recap get backers again... and that afternoon, we watched journey to the centre of the earth... it was ok, not as bad as the reviews i read...

christmas day... we went on a roadtrip to blue mountains... it was really quiet on the roads that day... when we arrived at katoomba town, we saw this sign saying free xmas lunch... so of course, being kiasu singaporeans, we decided to have a stopover and check it out... it turned out to be free lunch organised by the local christian community for people who either have nobody to celebrate christmas with or people who were poor... so we felt really bad being there, but it was too late, in the end, we decided to quickly eat and make our exit... so by the time we arrived at the blue mountains it was like noon... and ohmigod... the place was packed with tourists, it was like everyone also decided to come to the blue mountains all at the same time... and it was mostly asians... michelle managed to persuade me to try the giant steps trail down one of the three sisters rocks... i should not have listened to her... the steps were so narrow and it was really steep and on top of that, it was so crowded... and not all the steps had rails on both sides... it was really scary... coming up the steps was the worst part... it got so hot by then... i gave up after going down maybe six flights of steps... that's it... if i kept going, i would not have the strength to climb back up... so prisy and michelle went further while i slowly made my way back up... oh man, it was really horrible... never again... my muscles are still aching till now...

boxing day... i decided to check out DFO bcos i really need decent work shoes for when i start work next week... so prisy and i drove down to homebush and when we took the exit to DFO... there was this long queue of cars going into dfo... i was like, you are shitting me!!! the whole world again decided to go to dfo to check out the sales... so in the end, after much difficulty getting into the parking we managed to get a spot but it was outside... the whole place was packed full of people, again mostly asians... seriously... and to illustrate how packed it was... the oroton shop had to close the shutters cos there were too many people in the shop, and so people had to queue up outside the shop to wait for their turn into the shop... it was crazy... in the end, i really did not have any mood to shop bcos it was giving me a headache, so i ended up with no shoes but a pair of work pants... and when we were backing out of the carlot when this car wanted to park, so the driver came down and told us to go back into the lot so they could park first, so ok we went back into the lot, then the car beside us was backing out too... so in the end, the car beside us went out first, and the stupid driver was gesturing to me to move further forwards, so he has enough space to reverse out, but there is only so much i can move forward without hitting the car in front of me... so in the end, the stupid drive got really impatient and started gesturing and scolding me... i was sooo annoyed and upset with the whole thing... and it did not help that it was hot that day too... never again will i go out on boxing day... it was just ridiculous and not worth it...

圣诞节快乐。。。

last friday was the last day of placement and officially i have completed the degree course... so now i am on a two week holiday before i join the working class... no more early days, and self-declared holidays... not much happening these past few days, still trying to look for a pair of black shoes to wear to work... what am i going to wear when i start work... headache... watched jumper that day, my advice is, don't bother watching the show and wasting time... the story has no plot at all and the main characters can't act... but i thought the chronicles of narnia prince caspian was pretty good, although the fight scenes were better in part 1 and alot of the battle scenes in part 2 looked like it was copied from lord of the rings... also, i started watching this jap drama called nodame cantabile... the show is ok, occasionally quite funny but i expected something nicer, judging from the reviews and the recommendations the show got...

two more days before christmas is here... it's always boring when there is a public holiday here, especially christmas, cos all shops are closed, everywhere is quiet... boring... this year i am only working on christmas eve night, and we are closed on both christmas day and boxing day... and i was not rostered on new year's day... damn... an opportunity wasted to earn more money... seriously i am really considering if i want to continue at woolies... i am so over working there and being the "cleaning" lady...

黑暗。。。

yesterday was one of the darkest days of my life... got back the results for my thesis and i did alot worse than i thought... i was very upset, and what made it worse was reading through the examiner's reports, the criticism from one of the reports was so harsh, i got even more upset... i really felt like crying but i was still in the hospital, so i was trying to hold the tears in till i got into auris... i was really upset that i did so badly... after 1.5 years of hard work, i certainly did not expect this kind of marks, and i told myself that i would not be attending grad in april, cos i dun want to be the last one going up onstage among the people doing honours, and also knowing that anna did well somehow made it worse, so i told auntie that if she called, tell her i am not at home... after crying for most of the night, i was much calmer today, although i was still feeling upset about the results, and i still did not print the feedback from the examiners yet... and i don't think i will be publishing the research, cos it was crap anyway, according to the reports from the examiners... still, i have decided that i will attend grad bcos i know that my family would want me to... i kept thinking of alot of "ifs"... if i did not do honours and just get a pass, i think it would be better rather than now having to endure the humiliation of being announced as second class in front of everybody... if i had a better supervisor...

and also something happened during placement yesterday which added to me feeling like crap... i was so worried that mu supervisor will fail me bcos of that incident but i don't think she will, judging from today... so now i tried to avoid similar incidents from happening, and just wishing that friday will come sooner...

WeT wEt WEt...

i survived the end of the second week of placement... whew... seriously i think i did more reading than more clinical work... it was really boring... anyway, can't wait to finish placement although i think i will miss my supervisor and the staff at the unit cos they are all very nice... but mental health is just for me... met up with piyo and her parents last wed for dinner at ceci's haha again... however, bcos they had a buffet lunch before they were still full, so in the end, i think they did not really enjoy the food... but it was nice to see piyo again, have not seen her for awhile, not even when i was back in singapore earlier... she looked the same but i think she looked slimmer... after dinner, we did not really do much cos it was raining... it has been raining for the past few days... and today was so heavy, it was raining practically from morning till night... but apparently it's going to be hot again starting tomorrow, the weather here is really whacked... i don't mind it being cold, just not hot... and not raining when i am outside...

went to see yochi yesterday to show her the grad gown, cos she is thinking of getting one made in indo rather than rent one here... so we just did some catching up cos we probably would not be seeing each other for awhile... and today, went for a haircut at this korean place at west ryde... i like the place there, the only thing is that they speak little english, so it was very difficult to tell them what i wanted... and the price is quite reasonable... oh and anna got her honours results back already and as expected she did really well, and now i am stressing out abt it, although i know that there is no use worrying abt it, cos there is nothing i can do abt it now... just have to wait till next mon or tues before i know the results... really crossing my fingers and toes...

SUmmER is hErE... cRaP...

it is the second day of placement... dunno whether is it bcos i am so used to waking up early and working for a full day that at the end of the day, i have a headache, and it does not help that it is so hot everyday now as well... placement is ok, not really looking forward to going to macquarie, but the good thing is my supervisor is nice and good, and one of the things i dun like other than the fact that the people there are always smoking as usual, is that i got assigned to this patient whose behaviour is quite sexually inappropriate, so i am so wary of any interactions with him, and it does not help that he is still so young... just hoping that this placement will pass quickly and everything will go well...

and i forgot to mention something important, well at least to me, my grad ceremony has been confirmed to be on 3 april friday... it seems so far away now... but i really hope that everything will go smoothly for me, and the honours results will be coming back to me soon, really crossing my fingers for this one...

for the past few days, i have been watching this korean drama called iljimae, with lee junki... ok, anna was the one who recommended to me before but i was actually hesitating of whether to watch it, bcos i did not really like him in my girl, too sissy... but i have to say after watching the drama, my opinion of him did change... his acting was really good in the drama and i definitely recommend it to people who enjoy korean dramas, personally i would rate the drama 8/10... but i have to warn you, the drama is very sad... but i still highly recommend it...