And Yet Another Bday

Just a short post since senpai is ticking me off for enjoying myself too much. Hehe. *Gotta study!!*

Anyway, it was Hwei Sung's 20th bday and the celebrations for it was fun! [So many bdays recently, I'm sooo broke! Over-budget ade!! T_T] Went to his house at 8pm in Beh's car since it was raining rather heavily at that time - thanks for the lift - and we ppl gathered outside b4 rushing in like the SWAT team... Hahaha.

Kee already gave us the key so we just let outselves in lah. Kinda funny that.

Unfortunately, bday boy was not really surprised wo... Aiya. Since his housemates are so un-adept at keeping it a surprise. I mean, come on, they placed the plastic plates and cups in full view in the kitchen okay.. Summore they also put the cake just like that in the fridge wo. Tsk tsk. They really need to buy a "Organizing Surprise Parties for Dummies Guide" or something. lol.

Anyway, they didn't tell me there was going to be pizza, drinks and stufff with the cake so I already had dinner b4 I came. So was damn full after a slice of Secret Recipe's Blueberry Cheesecake (yum yum) and a slice of pizza... The same old carbs carbs story lah.. I shall not repeat myself. Bleh.

We had 2 bottles sparkling juice [Ohhh, so that was what it was for, was wondering why they bought it the other day] as drinks. Quite nice~

The guys wanted to 'rape' the bday boy [I think they got 'disorientated' after Orientation, this is what I meant when I said they're scarred for life, so sad~] but in the end, nothing really happened. Haha.

After feeding ourselves silly, we watched tv, chatted for quite some time b4 deciding to call it a day.. The other girls wanted to go back already, and I'm too lazy to walk home in the dark + rain, so of coz must follow Beh's car lah.. Hehe.

So that was that lah. I'm too lazy to say anymore. I'm tired.

Now, I really gotta FOCUS when it comes to studying!!

= FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS =

There, I hope that went into my thick skull. Bah.

New Nick, Same Ol' Me

As some of the observant you might have noticed, I'm Disenfranchised Girl no more... My new nick will be Zzzyun~~! :D

Well, I've decided that there is no use in hiding behind a cool nickname anymore when ppl keep linking me using my real name. Kinda defeats the purpose, doesn't it? Haha. Besides, my blog is rather open to public viewing anyway with all the free publicity and all. :D

Yes, I know, my new nick here ain't exactly my real name but it's close.. :P And it's totally shorter too, so easier for others (and me too) to type...

And it's more snazzy? I hope so... The 'zzz' part of the name has a hidden meaning too, if you haven't figured it out yourself.. It means I'm a total sleepyhead~ lol.

So there you go, a brand new nick but the same ol' funny me. Hope you enjoy reading my (disenfranchised = unique) blog! :D

Sing Your Hearts Out

This post will be continous from the previous and will talk about nothing other but the Finals of the Chinese Singing Competition. (Well, I hope.)

Anyway, I went about half an hour earlier and only managed to bag a few places 4 my frenz when some ppl moved away. Or else for sure have to sit on the stairs ade.. Haha. Response not bad, most ppl staying around here turned out for it, especially our super enthusiatic M1/06 and P1/06 batches!

We're the most spirited, I must say~ I think we must really 'miss' the cheer fights during orientation, coz we're totally shouting to the rhythm of >> Phar-ma-cy, Me-di-cine << almost the whole duration of the comp. I sooooo lurve the feeling of united-ness!!

Anyway, some of the ckeeky ones decided to change the rhythm to >> Phar-ma-cy, Nur-sing << since they said they're shouting on the behalf of the ppl from nursing. -_-" Funny lah, these guys~

Since I'm one of the crazy super-enthusiastic sem1s, I waved using my super bright light from my handphone..while there was one who used a really bright coloured torch! Chun~ Wanted to buy the pretty glowsticks but they have already sold out by the time I wanted to buy. So not fair! T_T

Okay, I'll not beat around the bush anymore and go rant abt the competition.

I want to say this:- All the finalists were damn good man! They really are in the wrong career!! Haha.

We have 3 batchmates as finalists => Hwei Sung, Zher Lin and Ester. The first 2 are my orientation group members, so of coz I know them well lah. [I think one will always have a special bond with one's orientation group members lo..] Ester's singing was rather good, considering that she doesn't know chinese (Wah) and is singing using HanYuPinYin only lo. Not bad~

Later after everyone had sung, they chose another 5 finalists from the 12 original finalists. And *tada* Hwei Sung was in!! Yayz~ Uber cool!

To determine the placings, they were required to sing the song, The Moon Represents My Heart, in a as creative way as they could. And Hwei Sung was damn good leh!! Summore got Acapella effect leh! (I rmbed he tried smtg like that during orientation, but forgot for what ade..haha).

Anyway, the winners were:-

1. Shin Han (from pharm and I concede, she is good),

2. Hwei Sung!! (Hurray for M1/06!)

3. Some rapper dude who like singing Jay Chou songs, pity he couldn't rap that classical song. Or that'd be classic, so to speak. :P

So, who said that we are a bunch of nerds? We are sooo totally not! *Grins widely*

Okay, for the group category though, the winner of the night goes to no other group but that of the widely popular San Zhi Xiao Chu = 3 little pigs.. :D They are a damn entertaining group, accompanying their songs with wildly funny movements. So cute! They even came dressed in suspenders and bow ties!! But I think they didn't think that they would win, since they said that their main aim was just to entertain! How nice of them~

Astro Talent Quest 2005 Champion - ChanKokFai was the guest artist of the night (beside another chinese-opera-singing lady). I'm not a fan of him, but his voice is nice I guess.

After that, it was his autograph session and blah blah blah. I went home after that since it was quite late ade.. Only to hear later that many of my batchmates went to Steven's Corner later.. Aiya, I wanna go~ Shld had stayed on later. Haha. Oops, I seemed to be going out extremely alot these few days.

Inner Voice: Bad girl!! Baaaad girl~

I guess that's the general overview of the competition! Just wanna congratulate Hwei Sung on his victory! And Happy 20th Birthday too!! That calls for a double celebration! :D

I really must amend an assumption that I stated here earlier.

==> Who said that life in Imu is boring? It totally is SO not...

I'm totally having my hands full, it seems almost as though there is something going on everyday! But I think it depends on whether you wanna be a joiner or a loner, I guess. :P

Whatever, I have always believe in living a wholesome life, and now I'm really living it! Yayz~

PS:- Hey, you never know, I just might join the singing competition next year! :P Had a little inclination to join this time, but I was just too busy with my other ECA lah.. You know lah. Hehe. Btw, might be going to Redbox this week with the singing-addicted gang. lol. Going out, again. Seriously, I'm having too much fun. Blek. Anyway, still...

I PROMOTE * LIVE LIFE LOUD *

Another Day Spent Not Studying

Went to watch Da Vinci Code yesterday with about 26 batchmates... Woah~ Look out, M1/06 is taking over Sunway Pyramid's TGV...! Haha. We went after class in TuckLam's car - thanks for the lift! - and hung around, waiting for the movie to start.

To whirl time away (and my money, blek), we went to Baskin Robbin for ice-cream! :D I just lurve ice-cream! Pity that it wasn't the 31st that day...

I decided to try Winter White Chocolate, it was okay, but not as nice as I tot it'd be, I think the minty smell kinda ruined the overall taste. Valene's Twinberry Cheesecake was the best! [Next time, I'm getting that!!] I know, coz we had a taste-testing session which means everyone tried everyone's ice-cream lah... lol.

After indulging in the ice-cream, it was almost time to go in and watch the movie. We bought popcorn, and it was pretty bad of them to force me to finish the large popcorn on my own sometime during the middle of the movie. Made me so full ~! Aikz.

Anyway, about the movie, imho, it wasn't really good, but it wasn't that bad as what some ppl claimed..

Here is the overall feel you might get if:-

• you haven't read the book, you might get confused over some parts, but still give thumbs up.

• you read the book right before watching the movie, you would probably think that it sucked, since it chopped off and changed many parts, I think.

• you read the book a looong time ago (this is me~) and can't really rmb most of it, you would probably think it was pretty okay, but still go Huh? when some parts which you are pretty sure weren't there b4 appear...

It is a bit lengthy - 2 and a half hours - with the universal side effect of making the audience a tad sleepy. I totally felt sleepy after the movie, which is considered okay ade, since some frenz kinda dozed off during the movie. Lol. What can I say? I have a better attention span? Haha.

And what's with Tom Hanks's bad hairstyle? It made him looked like he was balding or smtg. Totally cannot tahan it~! Give me some scissors and gel! They really shld fire his hairstylist!

Yes, yes, I know that Robert Langdon is not supposed to be good-looking or handsome in the book, but he was described as 'distinguished-looking', which I think Tom Hanks was SO not~ But whatever.

And what's with the lack of English subtitles?? I mean almost 50% of the movie was in Spanish and they had to take away the English subtitles? This is totally weird. A batchmate had to keep translating for some of the foreign students for the entire length of the movie. Pity lah... Really Msia boleh lo~ *Sarcastic tone*

Spoiler Alert => Btw, what's with the super-imposing of Mary Magdalene onto Jesus's shoulder?? That was sooo not in the book okay~ But rather creative of them to think of it though. :P

Hmm. Enough of ranting abt the movie.

After the movie, it was time for lunch! We M1/06's split into two groups, one went to Hart's Chicken Buffet (moi included) while the other went to Kim Gary. I was torn between the two choices but decided to try smtg new in the end. :D But later found out that Kim Gary was closed so they went to A&W instead. Oh well, made the right choice~

Anyway, Hart's Chicken Buffet was good~ Thanks to papa Kajen for recommending it to us!Totally yummy and worth-it!! [We adopted Kajen as our surrogate father since he was fathering us then, haha]. The best thing there was definitely the fried chicken~ (It's not called Hart's Chicken Buffet for nothing..) *Drools*

The other food there was pretty good too, many sumptuous choices. :D There was soup, salads, lots of fried stuff and even ice-cream! Omg, I'm totally pilling on the carbs! Bad for health leh... O.o

So after a few helpings, hehe, we're done. Yes, of coz, we sang Li Yann her bday song! :D

I had to do some toiletry shopping b4 we could go to. Nice of them to wait for me. What to do, almost out of shower foam~

Well, Pui Fun and I had hatched a plan that we two would go off on the pretext of buying toiletry (I really had to buy some actually), while she would sneak off to buy Li Yann a bday cake...and the plan almost went off without a hitch, if not for fate.

The others went to find us a while later and to Pui Fun's dismay, on the way there, they saw her in the cake shop. Aikz. So, the cat was let out of the bag. But anyhow, she would have known sooner or later...

After I bought my toiletry plus some snacks [sorry, I just couldn't resist], we were off! They decided to come to my humble little home to celebrate since I was the only with a lighter. Haha, funny reason, that.

And so we sang Li Yann another two renditions of bday songs before letting her blow the candles of the American Chocolate cake... It was pretty delicious! [Ow, carbs, carbs, oops, I'm turning into someone I know, who's totally obsessed with her calorie intake... O.o Better not go there~ I'm just kidding lah..]

After some chit-chat - not the stiff type with our SPs okay - they went off to Pui Fun + Sue Wen's house... We were planning to go watch the Finals of the Chinese Singing Competition held in no other place but my uni~

The competition was pretty 'havoc', as PJambu, a lecturer would say. But more later~ This post is getting a tad too long. :D

PS = Just found out that we didn't exactly complete every station during Treasure Hunt. Apparently, we missed out on one [only one lah] of the worst stations. Thank god~ How did I know?

Well, Janet who I got to know during Broga Camp asked whether I rmbed her from orientation...and the answer was negative. She then started describing her station which was an infamous one that I had heard of before somewhere.. It had smtg to do with taking smelly stuff of a fridge (dunno what they had to do with it and I don't think I wanna know) and the tip of the iceberg was that the juniors had to *drum roll* french-kiss a fish!!!

Ah ha. I can see many mouths hanging open. Haha...

Just glad that I missed that one. Hehe.

I mean, if we have to do it, we'd probably be the worst off, coz we'd be the last group to French-kiss that fish after dunno how many lips had played tonsil tennis with that poor little fish. Major Eww!! *Gags and vomits*

Birthday Time

Happy 19th Birthday, Li Yann!!

[Must blog this 1 day earlier, so she can read it on time! Hehe... And this must be the shortest post in my blog.. since I'm a long-winded old lady.. lol.]

The Confusing Life

Life can be pretty confusing sometimes. *Huge Sigh*

Yeah, I'm quite confused.

You guys won't know what I'm talking about, and let's leave it that way. It's bad enough my blog is too open to public and I can't blog about things that are too private. Arggh.

What the hell.

*Reads back post*

[Why do I sound so pissed off? I am not, really...]

Simply Random

Miss procastinator shall do what she does best and leave some of the best posts to the last (meaning no Broga Camp posts yet, sorry guys! Hehe.) Suspense lah~ lol.

Anyway, had my 2nd patient-interview today, it went okay, but I tot my 1st one was better.. *Shrugs* Whatever. This SP was a 69 year old lady having itchiness on her arm, face and back... She was working as a waitress. [Waaait a minute, a 69 year old waitress? Huh? Nvm..]

Ah, shall not blog abt that anymore, coz it's getting kinda boring. :P Anyway, our video review was after both interviews coz pjambu was not free yesterday. When we went to see him, the earlier havent even gone in. Dunno which group took so much time that it overlapped into our time. Aikz.

So, we went to tend to our grumbling stomachs first... Our group (Group 26 = yeeyoon + shin anne + tucklam + nikram + khairiyah) plus ellice and the gang went to this mamak store in Sri Petaling lah. Not bad food... but I've had better.

After a rush lunch, we're baaack... Waited for a while b4 we're in pjambu's room. He reviewed all our videos and the main problem with most of us were posture, posture, posture~ Sigh. I was kinda leaning on my left hand and I wouldn't have noticed if not for the funny video. Oh well, there's always room for improvement. lalalala...

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The server was down again [Facilities? What facilities do we have here?], so had to continue today (as in thursday)... and I totally forgot what I wanted to blog about. Pretty sure I had smtg [important] to say, but nvm...

Well, they recently opened up the scaffoldings that enclosed my uni b4 this and now the sunlight streams thru the panes, and it's so bright! So much better than the dreary and dark uni that I've kinda gotten used to... All I say is, wow, so this was how it looks like b4 the renovation... Not bad~ Now, if the atrium was finished, that shld be cooler. :)

Hmmm... I totally haven't been studying much recently and I feel SO guilty...!! :( Relaxing a tad too much!! O.o

See what I have done recently:-

1. Went for Broga Camp [Nope, I didn't regret that],

2. Aikido sessions twice weekly [Erm, no comment~],

3. Went for the Chinese singing competition last night [planned to stay for abt two hours only, manatau dragged till four hours okay, Damnit, I've no self-control..]

4. And tmr, me and a bunch of batchmates will be going out to watch Da Vinci Code & celebrate LiYann's bday too...!

I'm soooo going to fail, if I don't buck up soon, I can feel it in my bones... T_T

Bleh.

Poster + Patient-Interview + Flamed

I know, I know, I totally shld be blogging about Broga Camp, but patience pls~~ I got other stuff to talk about first..

Hmmm. See the picture below? This was what I decided to use as the background for the Chinese Chess Poster that I'm in charge of. Isn't it so eerily cool?

I wanted to post the whole poster up, but apparently there's smtg wrong with the program and it can't be posted up. Sorry guys! I can't believe it but I took only like about 3 hours (and minus some time messing around MS word and Powerpoint) to finish it!! So fast, right? Yayz!

Okay, after gushing about my poster-making skills (hehe), I'd like to tell you guys how my patient-interview thing went!

I just finished it and for once, it went pretty alright!! Woot~ *I guess I'm pessimistic in a way sometimes...*

Anyway, my SP was a 55 year old Indian man working as a driver. He had stomachache, fever, headache and fever.. (Wah, so many symptoms at once!! *Faints*)

Was halfway thru the interview b4 yeeyoon who was filming, told me that she didn't record it! [Oh no!] So had to redo it, and it felt a bit weird going thru the same thing again... But it's alright, dear, I'm not blaming you, at least you noticed it halfway, definitely better than not filming it at all... Haha, so no worries~! :D

Anyway, I went thru the whole process of >> Onset, Cause, Problems, Worries << with the SP lo... Pretty run-of-the-mill stuff actually. Haha, I'm kinda starting to feel robotic already [A big No-no], although it's my 1st time. Probably becoz I've practiced it a few times with frenz..

And imho, I tot my small talk a.k.a. chit-chatting felt a bit stilted.. *Mused look* Oh, well.. Practice makes perfect, I guess, so I must practice more! lalala...

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Aikz, was chased out of the comp lab by the same cranky lady who teaches pharmacy students... Especially when ppl have the semangat to blog. Tsk tsk.

What was I saying ade?

Oh ya, just watched the video of myself interviewing the patient. Damn funny lah!! :D I feel like totally LOL when I looked at the video... Aikz. I looked soooo funny and the things I said was so weird okay..! Well, that's why I think lah, seriously. Hehe.

Anyway, the feedback by the SP was pretty encouraging though. He said I did rather well, and that was how it was supposed to be done. *Kembang* Applause pls~! Ok ok, J/k.. :P

Well, he gave me a pretty good feedback and I feel that for once, I'm doing smtg right for the 1st time. Definitely a new experience... :D

Well, my video review session had been changed to tmr so I'll hvta do 2 interviews first b4 I can have them reviewed by my tutor lah... Tmr will be my 2nd patient-interview and I don't feel so nervous anymore... Yayz for me!

Oh, b4 I go, just wanna tell you guys smtg. I commented at this guy's blog sometime ago and I totally got flamed! *Sigh* It's an article about doctors and trust, so, fellow colleagues, pls do read it and tell me what you think about it, okay? Thanks! Click here for the link.

At first, I was pretty riled up by what some of the ppl said, but no point arguing with them lah... Besides, they do have a point, I guess. Hehe... I'm learning how to take constructive crictism! :)

Happening Stuff

This post will be short and sweet (I hope, with my long-windedness in mind) and its purpose it to clear some stuff hanging around in my cluttered mind.

The past week has been a flurry of activity. We're now having a new section of our Foundation 1 and these 2 weeks, we're taught Behavioural Sciences (BS)... [A senior volunteered Bullshit as an alternative name?? lol.]

Anyway, the lectures are easier compared to normal and I'm like totally relaxing a tad too much! O.o Well, we're supposed to learn how to conduct a simple interview with patients and after practicing, we hvta do 2 interviews with an SP (simulated patient, not stimulated patient okay!). And both will be videotaped and reviewed by a certain tutor. AHHHH! So scary lah...

I'll be having my interview tmr so wish me luck, guys! [Btw, I practiced with yeeyoon once and it was a funny/weird sort of interview... You can read the whole conversation at her blog, it's linked to mine. Haha.]

On the other hand, the past week has also been the Campaigning Week for the new batch of SRC-to-be's.. (SRC = Student Representative Council) Pretty hectic for them. They came in between our lectures to talk persuade us to vote for them and blah blah blah. They also gave us lots of cool stuff to hang around our student IDs and even sweets! :D

They have their manifestos up at the boards near the library and I did take some of my time to read some of them. But I'm starting to wonder how much of their promises are really going to work out after I listened to a super senior's comments. But I guess I'll be optimistic since this is my 1st time around. Being that cynical makes me feel old. Haha.

Smtg funny happened last monday. *Yes, funny things happen to me ALL the time.* I was in a rush for my hip-hop dance class so I just downed 2 Dunkin Donuts as lunch in less than 10 minutes. I think it caused me to have wayyy too much sugar in my blood that I couldn't bloody concentrate for the whole length of the lesson, however hard I tried. Puifun described it as a sugar rush! Oh, so this is how a sugar rush feels like lah.. Hehe. Damn funny lah. (My insulin must be not effective lah.. Charm. :P)

Sigh, went to the Chinese Chess Committee meeting just now. Wah, now, I'm in charge of making posters for the coming Clinic (to teach newbies) and C.Chess competition. Me making posters? Hopefully it goes alright. *Prays that my creative juices will flow smoothly* Haha.

And I went for Broga Camp last weekend that was organized by Campus Frenz. It was super duper FUN, man!!! Totally enjoyed myself there!!

I'll be blogging postS about it later so keep your toes up!!

Haha. I sound rather hyper... Must be the after-effect of the camp! Woo~!

The Story of How We Got Our Results

Before:-

Once upon a time, there was a girl who had...

Shaky cold clammy hands, increased sensible perspiration, hyperventilation, increased heart rate, higher blood pressure which are the symptoms of ----> ?

Confused?

The answer is simple. And one doesn't need any medical knowledge to answer it too. Hehe.

It is the signs and symptoms I get prior to getting our summative 1 results... Haha. Ok, maybe I'm exaggerating (Yes, I AM) but still I was kinda nervous since I fully knew that I didn't do well for it, and I was deadly scared that I'll fail.

Yes, me - failing?

Hardly the prettiest picture. But nvm.

Anyway, I decided that what will come, will come. So didn't worry that much until the few moments of truth just prior to taking the results.

The Process:-

Waiting in a looooong line outside AAD (Academic Affairs Department) with much anxious whispering, silent wails, happy whoops rebounding around us. Me & the girls were just discussing how we're SO going to die when we get our results... :'(

Wails: I don't wanna die!!

Ah, don't bother about me. Just crapping. lol.

Anyway, we went ahead and got the results after much waiting and anxious whisperings (mainly from moi as I'm scared that I'm gonna fail).

In denial~No, this is not happenning to me, I'll not fail~!

Whatever. Forgive me pls, I'm not in my right mind..

After:-

Me and the girls decided to get the results and open it together. I was the first to got it open (funny way to tear that paper)...and lo behold!

I DID NOT FAIL!!! *Whoop of joy*

Yayz! All that senseless worry for nothing! :D

Well, to tell the truth, actually, deep deep very very very very deep down, I did have a tiny inkling that probably I'll not fail - with consideration to the feedback session - but I definitely wasn't expecting the A minus I got.

I tot that I'll probably just pass lah... [Yes, I'm serious, for once.] I guess that whoever marked my paper was lenient lah! Thank god!

Now, I must work harder for the next summative and EOS1!! *Gasps* Must focus and procastinate less!!!!

These are my new signs and symptoms = Heart rate back to normal, lower blood pressure (BP) levels, only insensible perspiration etc etc.

Okla, will not bore you guys with the details lah. lol.

Anyway, I'm pretty satisfied with my results lah. Sometimes, it's best not to have too high expectations...well, for now.

I heard that only about 150 something ppl passed leh. That means about 70 smtg ppl failed? That's rather high, isn't it? Wow, I really must be thankful.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, was the story of how we, the enthusiastic sem 1s (with moi being the main character in this story, hehe) went to get our results... Tada~!

Recent Events...

...that deserve a place in this post and I guess is sufficient to qualify for a post in this unique blog of moi.

Here goes:-

I went for extra aikido practice last Friday. It was at one of the dojos near KL central, so it was more professional lah... Less repeated demonstrations, more action. All the ppl there were more pro than moi so it was kinda paiseh when I had to confess I had only a vague inkling of certain techniques. It was a good thing I went to Wei Han's classes on Thursdays (Rmb the super senior I mentioned? That's him, though technically he is not exactly a super senior from my uni la...) since the sensei taught some of the same techniques so all was not lost for me. Phew~ *Wipes off sweat*

I was the only Sem 1 there, altogether only 4 ppl (including moi) went there. 2 seniors and a postgraduate also in our class and an ignorant girl. Sigh, dunno why the other guys all pulled out in the end. This is another first for me, when the en masse absence of fellow frenz did not deter me from my original goal and I just gritted my teeth and went for it. Hurray for me~ :P

We went for mamak after the class. [Yay, so long didn't go mamak ade! Hope one opens in our uni once FoodA closes down..] The food was not bad, I ordered maggi goring with chicken, and when it came, it was SO LARGE okay!! I wasn't planning on having such a large supper leh...coz recently eat too much junk while studying ma... :'( But it tasted quite good, reasonable price for such a proportion, but a bit expensive (RM5!!) for a certain someone who needs to keep the reins on her budget. Ok, if you didn't get it, that certain someone is no other than moi la. Duh.

We arrived quite late, it was sometime b4 midnight ade.. The guys offered to walk me home. Thks! I wouldn't enjoy walking home during that time!! Wow, was kinda tired after that.

The next day, sat morning, went for my first session of badminton practice with the girls. (I need more exercise ma..) It was a pretty fun and kinda grueling workout. I think aikido sessions gave me better stamina, but it didn't give me enough exercise coz till now, all my 4 limbs are still aching.. :( *Sighs*

I foresee the need for more sessions in the future! Haha, now I am clairvoyant! :P Maybe next week, we girls can go swimming and play more badminton la. Hehe. Though I prefer the former of coz, since it is more cooling!

But seriously, now I see the benefits of regular exercise. It was like after the session, I miraculously felt much better/healthier! Or maybe it could be just due to the placebo effect lah.

Haha. But then either way, it still makes me feel better, which is cool! Yayz!

After badminton practice, I had plans to go watch MI3 with David and the gang. But then multiple factors plagued me like: the practice went on quite late + it was raining heavily + I felt damn tired + my limbs were protesting over sudden overuse + I had to go home alone using a route that I wasn't sure about, so much so that I cancelled on David and the others... Sorry ya!!

I kinda regretted it a bit since everyone seemed to be raving over how good it was. Nah, a lecturer said it wasn't good, right? [Case of sour grapes, anyone? lol]

But at least I used the time to replenish my sleeping debt. I have been depriving myself of sleep while wasting my awake time away. I dunno why, it is just me. Haih.

Well, I think you guys enjoyed your MI3 and your Philharmonic outing too. Seemed so cool. But what to do, money money constraints~ My money seemed to be flowing out of my pocket like water leh. O.o

I think I need some feng shui to help me keep my money in! Haha. J/k. I don't really believe in that sort of feng shui. That is just commercialism by another name. Aikz.

Well, the rest of weekend was spent in trying to study *Imp word here = Trying*, but I made little progress. Sigh, more work spilling into this week. My procrastinator genes must be working overtime!! Haha.

Anyway, went out for dinner with beh and a few batchmates. Beh took us to this kopitiam which was pretty popular. The food was pretty good! We ordered the rice & dishes type of meal. Haven't had those in a while!!

The funny thing that happened here was beh wanted to save money so he decided to order only 3 dishes (god, for 7 ppl okay!) and the auntie taking the order was so damn shocked/fierce when she kinda shouted in Cantonese: What? Three only?! while giving us an incredulous look that we all turned to look at her in surprised faces. I mean, customers had the right to order any amount of dishes they want if they have the ability to pay right? But apparently this lady did not know this... lol.

Anyway, David tried to make amends by adding another dish. I guess that kinda soothed her rattled nerves. Poor her and poor us. The latter is meant literally. Tsk tsk. Well, the total that came was quite reasonable and we had to pay about RM8 each.. Ok-lah, KL standard is like this one lah, where can compare to my hometown = food heaven? Hehe.

And so that was how I spent the weekend. Quite eventful compared to my normal boring ones...

And this coming week totally has the potential to shape up into a hectic but cool one too. Will blog more later lah. Now, kinda tired ade.

Btw, b4 I go, let me clarify, I am blogging on my comp, then I will save the post b4 copying and pasting it into blogspot when I have internet access at uni. So to get the gist of when I am talking about smtg, pls refer to the time and date of each post which will be modified to reflect to when I really blogged, technically.

Okay, ciao for now!

It's Not What You Know, But Who You Know

Imho, the above title is an idiom that is generally rather true in today's society...

Connections play an important role in today's realistic society. [Wait, let me clarify, I am talking about connections in the positive sense, not the sort of dirty connections that get you a datukship or whatever.]

Now, to look for potential housemates and a nice apartment to move into, I need connections, right? You can't simply walk up to a stranger and enquire about his/her availability to be your housemate. Well, you could I guess, if you wanna risk a few dirty looks when your back is turned but whatever.

Advert:- Anyone reading this who have a partially/fully furnished apartment for rent in Vista B by July pls contact me via this blog.. Thanks! Oh ya, I am looking for a few medic sem 1 batchmates as housemates too! So anyone who fits this criteria or knows of anyone who does, pls do tell me okay! Many thanks! :D

Of coz, I hope that my potential housemates would be nice ppl who are tolerant, helpful (especially when it comes to household chores!), wouldn't mind helping with the cooking, generally clean and *followed with a loooong list of positive traits that I don't have time to come up with*. Haha, am I being too choosy? Lol.

Ok, advert time over! Hey, this is my blog and I can use it for anything okay? :P

Anyway, back to the idiom.

~Hands up pls those who thinks the idiom rings true~

*Loud gasp at sudden blockage of view by throng of flailing arms*

Connections matter in almost every aspect of life. Still in doubt? You want real-life proof?

Let us go by examples, these are the benefits if you have (positive) connections:

• You will be one of the first to know if there is a major development in some event of other. This is important as it lets you be aware and prepare for whatever changes that are headed your way.

• You get things done much more easily as you are able to delegate to the right ppl, or you know who is in charge of what and can straight away head to the right person, instead of getting pointed in several directions b4 nailing the right person. Waste of time, right? After all, time IS money. I mean, free time = more sleep. Hehe.

• Knowing more ppl means that one will never be lonely for too long. Which is good for ppl who are away from their family, namely moi. But of coz, it would be better if one gets to know at least SOME of the ppl much better, instead of knowing EVERYONE but just scratching on the surface only. Not much use that since you would be saying hi repeatedly to everyone you meet but then find yourself alone for lunch. True, right?

• Connections are also important as there are some times that you might need help. At that time, you would know the appropriate person to turn to for help or advice. For us medic students, seniors are a great boost to our studies [and health, haha] as they will be able to guide us along the way. And we will in turn help our juniors and so on.

• Ah, that reminds me, I wanna thank Kenneth, for lending me his notes...as they helped me a lot, especially in lectures where notes are not given or when there are better notes (compared to the ones given out) which were also passed down sem by sem starting from dunno when. Haha. I am just following the tradition!

• But seriously, medic is one of the courses that needs help from seniors and fellow frenz. Cooperative learning is essential here. Now, I am starting to see the benefits of study groups! As one might put it, 'they facilitate the learning process'. Another good thing abt connections! You get to know ppl who you can study with!! Hehe.

• You will be the one who get more small benefits if you are a friendly sociable person. The uncle at the food store gives you more chicken than others or give you a slight discount when you buy the economy rice. If you are a shop owner, you get more customers as ppl tend to go back to shops where the service is good. And of coz, as a medical/business student, connections are important since the frenz you make now are potential patients and clients in the future. It would be better if you leave a good impression now as first impressions tend to die hard.

• And so the list goes on... (Sorry, brain a bit sluggish today, coz slept too much. Oh nooo~ Haha.)

• Ah, heck, is giving ppl smiles that difficult? Even though you might not get anything in return, at least you have brightened someone's dull day. And that is smtg that is commendable in my book. :D And you never know when you might need that someone's help. *Anyone rmb the story of the lion that was caught in the net and eventually saved by a mouse? Same principle here.*

Ok, the list is quite long enough already for at least some of you to see the light, right?

So, I conclude that to survive [ok, maybe to be successful] in today's society, connections are crucial.

Oh, one important thing, one shouldn't look at it as a means to an end, but as an end in itself.

Heck, getting to know ppl by itself is FUN lah!! Hahaha...

It Takes All Kinds To Present A Lecture

Haha. The way I'm blogging now is slowly changing. Notice anything NEW recently, anyone? I have started using capital letters/upper case when I want to stress on something. And I have also started using this too when writing my notes.

I think this is most probably due to the influence of one of my lecturers... His notes are..erm..one of a kind. Not only most of the words are in CAPITAL LETTERS but he also goes on sentence by sentence without PUNCTUATION. Yes, that makes it rather difficult to read, right? Especially with the abbreviations that sometimes have you scratching your head wondering what they means. Lol.

But seriously, me and my batchmates are considered lucky already coz he did slightly modified our notes, making it slightly easier to read, compared to the previous sems'. Whenever I looked at my senior's notes, my eyes will surely become like this --> @_@ Hahaha...

Different lecturers sure have different styles alrite.

Besides the one mentioned above, [no names mentioned okay~], there are:

• lecturers who speak in unintelligible accents/slangs *Blank look before falling asleep in lecture*,

• lecturers who have totally weird pronounciations (letting you wonder for some time what he is referring to before the truth dawns on you and you go 'ohhhh'),

• lecturers who give notes out VERY late or don't give at all *Groans*,

• or lecturers who joke a lot making the lecture interesting and all but then you find out in the end that the lectures are totally content-deprived etc etc.

Of coz, generally there are quite a few good lecturers here, though they do have their very own quirks sometimes.. But I think once one gets used to it, everything should be fine and dandy... :D

Since it takes all kinds to make a world, I guess the title of this post totally makes sense then. :P

On a partially related note, something weird happened to me last last Thursday. [Wait, don't weird things ALWAYS happen to me? Aikz.] Those who had heard this little tale bear with me pls, or stop reading if you like, impatient ppl~ Tsk tsk.

Anyway, me and Vun Heng were walking home after a rather late session of akido - had to practically 'force' him to walk me home, lazy guy, haha - and we were in the carpark walking, I was helping him to hold his boken (wooden sword) as he was carrying lots of stuff.

There we were walking and talking...

Suddenly, I saw his head swiveled to smtg behind me, and as human nature dictated, I also turned my head to look at what thing that fascinated him so much. But I never got a really good look...

...when suddenly two hands clamped onto me from behind, wrapping them around my neck. Strangely, I wasn't really frightened or anything. Probably because I figured it was one of the aikido guys playing a prank on me or smtg, coz if it was a would-be-molester/rapist, probably Vun Heng would have whacked him on the head or smtg. *Wistful look* Well... I hope. *Gulps*

Anyway, can you imagine my horror, when I turned around to face my 'attacker', it wasn't one of the guys after all!! Heyyyy, it wasn't even anyone I remotely know! :O But Vun Heng seemed to know him though, so I tot it was probably some weirded our batchmate of his who have a penchant of tip-toeing onto ppl and grabbing their necks. He was lucky that I didn't hit him with the boken. Ha.

Well, at least he quickly released me after that. He joked smtg about that although I went to self-defense classes, I wasn't alert enough to defense myself then, especially when I was holding the boken too.. Well, I don't usually hit ppl as I don't have violent tendencies. [Erm...Riiight...]

Then, he said it was lucky that I didn't hit him anyway, since he probably would have suffered another myocardial infarction (Read: Heart Attack). Ha. Lucky for him. -_-

After he went off, then only I asked Vun Heng who the hell was he. It turned out that he was NOT a batchmate, and also NOT a student..!!

He was... *drum roll pls* a LECTURER!! O_o Yes, I can imagine your shocked faces... Pardon me but isn't that smtg rather un-lecturer-like?

Now, if I have been a little more timid/tense sort of person, probably I would have been scared to death and (1) freeze & start hyperventilating or (2) start hitting him frantically with the boken...

And no.2 definitely isn't good for his (poor) health. Tsk tsk.

Sigh, strange things always happen to me.

Oh well, although sometimes it isn't fun, but I guess it does spices up my mundane life. Lol. :D

Shop, Shop and Still Shop

Yeah, finally not so much stuff cluttering my limited brain space. So, now I can blog about the shopping outing with the girls! :D

Well, to celebrate the "death" of our Summative 1, we went shopping at Sg. Wang Plaza. Haha, I know, not exactly the most high-ended place, but still sometimes, looking for bargains is more fun, right? Hehe. Hvta save on those $$$ anyway. :P

Actually, was planning on buying those cool T-shirts with really humourous messages that my high sch frenz bought last time, but couldn't locate the shop even though we checked the signboards. So, I conclude that my frenz were mistaken about the location of the shop la...

Anyway, we went to Kim Gary for lunch, and the cheese-baked rice and the french toast there was damn nice leh! *Salivates* lol. After a satisfying (and expensive) lunch, we walked around, looking for bargains la.

However, Suewen had to go home early so in the end, there were only 3 of us left shopping. Too bad, next time lo! :P

And we went to this shop selling lots of cool clothes and I tried on a few tops, and my frenz decided that the yellow cardigan plus the strapless black top made a really nice combination! I wasn't sure at first, but they said it looked nice on me wo... (It's the first time I'm buying smtg like this oh..) After some hesitation [which is usual when I go shopping, haha], I bought it~! :D

Haha. I seemed to be using a lot of money these months leh! Oh no~ *Must exert more restraint on budget!!*

The other girls didn't get anything though. We must go shopping more often okay! (Wait, didn't I just say smtg about more restraint? lol.)

All in all, it was a really fun shopping trip and a really welcome break from the monotony of life here in the forgotten little town of Bkt Jalil.

More fun trips next time ya! Yayz!

The Unanimous Verdict

Right.. I know this is something that me and my frenz have mentioned countless times but I still wanna reiterate again.

My batchmates and I have come to an almost unanimous verdict that... *Drum roll*

===> In the measly two months that we've been (stuck) here, this is the MOST that we have EVER studied in our LIVES.

Yes, it's true!!

The file containing my notes (the common black biggish type) is so damn thick okayyy. The notes are damn thick, I mean. Mind you, it's already thicker than my previous one year's worth of pre-u bio notes. Sigh.

Seriously, take away our studying and we have no life.

Case in question: This happened on the day after we had our Summative 1. No lectures that day (and god, we don't feel like studying okayy) and since my celebratory plans fell through, had to resort to going to the Student Lounge to watch Lost and House to fill up the empty empty void inside.

Gosh, without studying, we feel so aimless. Yes, not me only, others feel that way too.

Studying medic is no fun. Literally and figuratively. *Mused look*

Phrases From Songs

Phrases from some songs that I find rather meaningful:

• Stop existing and start living.

• Forget the reasons why you can't in life.

• I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand.

Can you identify which songs they are from? :D

Hmmm. Inspirational phrases are so nice~! [I need them at this time of life anyway, when I'm down. Haha.]

Btw, my favourite sentimental song of the moment is Brian McKnight's Back At One... So nice~!! And so romantic.

Oops, now you know. I'm a cynist and romantic rolled into one.

Charm. Split personalities. Conflict. Lots of drama. lol.

False First Impressions

First impressions are always important. (Superficial but true~) But you won't believe what sort of first impressions I gave to other ppl when I first came here. Accounts were rather varied and definitely different from the ones I heard before.

Ok, I didn't know that I looked like I have mixed parentage or something before I came here. [Or maybe becoz no one mention that to me?] But apparently, that's what some ppl think. A few only la..

So what were the false impressions that ppl supposedly have of moi?

1. Hmm. Someone asked me whether I've Arabic blood in me. :O OMG. This is damn funny..and a bit unbelivable? But sadly, nope.

2. Another commented that I looked like a fair-skinned Filipino when we were talking about mixed parentages.. Huh?! Oh my~ *Faints*

3. And I'm not done yet.. There was another person who said I looked like an Eurasian. (!!) [Sadly, I've run out of ways to express my surprise.]

4. Haha. Due to my *cough cough* not-bad level of fluency in English, ppl are VERY surprised when they get to know that I'm chinese-educated... Which means they don't think very highly of the level of english of Chinese-ed ppl la. Which in turn I gotta admit, is kinda true. I'm just an exception. lol. But my chinese sucks anyway.

5. Apparently, my chinese name is kinda hard to pronounce (and remember). I tell you, there was this instant, this guy tot my name was Zeus [as in the Greek God] and his face was damn surprised okayyy!! *Cue for wild laughter pls*

Okla, so far these are the weird perceptions of me that I've known so far, besides the usual one, which is I'm damn sarcastic. Aikz, that doesn't change. Haha.

Btw, before I go, let me reiterate, I'm pure chinese la... erm, I think. But truthfully, my mom said that I've some Thai blood in me through my great-great-great...grandmother. But then, Thai doesn't equal to Arabic/Filipino/Caucasian...

Hmm. This is kinda strange.

But hey, ppl who are mixed parentage look exotic = Hot! Woot~ lol.

To My Other Home

Hmm. Back in the dull little place called Bukit Jalil already. Ha. The bus journey yesterday took so looong.. 6 hours! It was raining and made worst with the traffic jam too. I think a lot of ppl went home for this longer weekend which explains the extra amount of traffic (especially those long-distance buses too, one which I was on.)

Anyway, chuan's dad got us these tickets for this damn chun bus... It costed RM38/ticket and its the type of bus which provides us with movies and music!! [But I can't say much for whoever-who-put-the-mp3s-in's taste. Bland.] I managed to watch 2 movies and listened to some of the boring songs lo.

Hehe, coz I was feeling kinda sleepy (but sadly I can't really sleep on buses, dunno why) so I chose movies that were easy to watch. [Read: Nonsensical & not logical thus no need to follow plot closely.] The 1st movie I chose was A Chinese Tall Story and I must say, the story is really kinda hard to swallow. It's like, with me being half asleep, I can still identify many glaring illogical gaps in the movie. Tsk tsk.

The 2nd movie, I chose some pokemon movie, which wasn't really interesting anyway. Strange, I used to like watching pokemon movies one leh. Ha, things do change.

Btw, my fren watched The Maschinist and fell asleep halfway. lol.

Well, chuan said that normally he didn't buy tickets that are so early, except that at the time his dad bought the tickets, get this, there were only like THREE tickets left. Some more we bought them so early beforehand! Walao. Bus tickets sure are real popular this weekend. Thank god we bought them 'early'. I think that's also the reason that his dad bought the more expensive type of ticket. Coz probably that's the only few left.

Mental note to self: Buy tickets real early beforehand, especially on long weekends, to make sure that there are always tickets available!!

So, I arrived around home 6pm. Ordered in again coz damn tired.

Haih, from 2 kinda light bags, I had multiplied to 3 VERY heavy bags... Thank goodness chuan was there to help with one of my bags, or else sure die. Haha.

Ok, gotta go home now coz it sounds like it's going to rain soon. Aikz, it's always rains here... :(

Well, at least I didn't get on the wrong bus and end up in Thailand or something. Ha.

Almost On The Way

Sigh, will be going home by bus soon. Whatever I have said in an earlier post, I still guess that staying at home does have its advantages too. I don't need to do my laundry, get to use albeit an unstable internet connection and also get to eat some of my favourite foods, cooked by no other fabulous cook than my mum! I missed penang food sooo much! lol.

And truthfully, staying home with my family is about the only place where I can feel truly safe. I don't need to worry whether I'm making the right choices, or whether I am safe onot. Aikz.

Anyway, haven't studied AT ALL this weekend and I am so going to die when I get back home later. T_T At least my fren is smart enough not to bring home stuff to study. Haih.

I also haven't done my PBL for tmr!! Gotta finish it tonight! lalala... I don't think I really like PBL sessions. But at least now my new facilitator seems to inject new meaning into PBL sessions... At least now I understand that these sessions are not a new way of torture dreamt up by the committee, instead it is a useful tool in teaching us stuff! :D Hehe.

Sigh, was going to post this up as the connection looked stable just now. But then my uncle just called, and lo behold, it returned to its usual disconnectivity. Bah. Streamxy totally needs some competition coz as we know, competition breeds quality service. I gotta say its customer service sucks! But whatever.

Dunno why, but the way and the stuff I blog seems to be changing. I rmbed I used to blog more intelligently. Now, all my posts are rants, whines or mindless updates about my bland life. lol. J/k! I will blog more interesting posts when I have the time. [Ok, that could be pretty 'far' in the near future! Haha.]

Well, the few days spent here were pretty fruitful days. Got to spend time with my family, yes, counting aunts, uncles, grandmas and grandpa. I also got the stuff I needed! Aikz, I came home with a light bag and now not only my bag is full, I am still loaded with other bags! Oh no. Coz I went shopping yesterday ma.. Got quite some stuff. O.o Hehe. Cannot resist ma~ Now, how am I going to drag all this stuff back home, going thru Pudu some more. Aiya~

Don't think I would write that much now since I wanna spend the time left here usefully. Not blogging some post that I can't post up anyway. :P

Wails: I'm so MSN deprived!!

Okla, later I will blog about the Celebrations that me and the girls had the other day! Have patience ya! :D Tataz!

The Experience Of Going Home

Well, have been back for abt 2 days and I have to admit that maybe I'm already used to living alone. Living on my own does has it own pros, you know. I can do anything I want at anytime I want to...

Aikz. Suddenly, I can't wait to get back to my freedom! :P

Haha. Anyway, must tell you smtg about my experience sitting a relatively long-distance bus! lol.

Get this: Me & my fren nearly got on the wrong bus...to Ipoh!! Omg. And I can't believe for once, I am not the blur one, instead, I am the one who noticed smtg wrong and hauled us both off the bus. :D Hopefully I will be less and less blur lah! Hehe.

Anyway, we went up another bus, only to be told that we were on the earlier bus to penang and that there was only 1 seat left. What to do, must wait for our bus lah. Bah. Btw, we saw Hercules (a batchmate) on that bus too, suddenly only rmbed that he's from penang too.

Well, we left that bus and waited 'patiently' for our bus to arrive lo. Which was damn damn late. It was late by 45 minutes okay!!! Had to wait there, not knowing wth happened. 45 minutes of sweltering heat, with nothing to do summore!

I dunno why, but things like this always happened to me! Argh. Just my sort of luck.

So when the bus rumbled up, we were quite relieved that at last, we're on the way home. Get this, the bus which was supposed to set off at 2:30pm came only at around 3:15pm! Ish. Dunno who told me that this company's buses are quite often on schedule. What a nice first impression. Ha.

Anyway, the bus was quite comfy though, nice seats to sleep! However, I couldn't sleep very well, though I severely lack sleep the night before coz I felt the seats were built for ppl bigger sized than me la. Whatever. At least it was a nice rest. Talked to szewei for a while b4 going into snoozing mode.

After a relatively uneventful ride, we reached penang around 7:30pm I think. When we were on penang bridge, I felt a sense of exhilaration that I was finally going home! Even the orangey-yellowish scenery that evening was really beautiful. Haha. Nothing can be compared to my hometown. Especially the food!! Food haven! :D Even my KL frenz have asked me to buy some of the famous tau sa biscuits for them. Hehe.

So I met my parents at the station, they didn't do anything special. Haha, they are not that kind of ppl. lol. We are the typical conservative Chinese family la. What to do.

Heck, they didn't even tell me about the 'birds and bees' okayyy. Whatever. Next time, I am going to do it right. :P But hey, all things said, I know they do care about me. :D

Ok, went home, and as I said earlier, it's like so many tiny changes have taken place in the short span of 2 months! Oh no. One of the significant changes is that the streamxy connection at home has become VERY UNSTABLE. Arggh!!! I feel like shouting obscenities at it. Two months without Msn messenger and a stable connection and when I come home, this is what I get?? What the hell!! I feel sooooo deprived of online chatting... T_T I can't wait to move and get my own internet connection lo... *Sobz*

And I take back what I said in an earlier post. I do not miss my bro bugging me. In fact, I shld say that I have gotten used to him NOT bugging me that he seems very irritating these few days I am back home. You would think that he'd have the sense to bug me less since he haven't seen me for some time and would not be seeing me again for some time too. But NOOO... He had to be his own annoying self. Argh. Guess that's just him being him la. Bah.

Now I understand why some of my frenz aren't eager to go home... Sigh, sometimes going home isn't just what it seems. :'(

But still.

I dunno what to say.

Surreal Realities

Okaayyy! I'm back home in that dear little island called Penang!! :D It's only been two months since I was last home but it feels so long ago! Omg, at first I even feel a bit foreign in my own home! :O

To tell you the truth, I feel like I'm existing in two separate realities.. Life has been rather surreal so far. Sometimes I can't believe that I'm already in medic school and has been surviving for two whole months on my own. Far away from the sheltered life with my family..

Now, I've to look out for everything (Yes, everything) on my own. If I don't, it is me myself that is going to face the [often disastrous] consequences.

I've to make sure I have a well-balanced diet *which I'm still working at, mind you*, make sure there is enough shampoo left, make sure that I can wake up at the correct time [which I failed twice so far, okla, not that bad right? lol]...

Basically, it just means a lot of planning ahead, being observant and alert at all times.

Difficult, right? That's what you get when you're alone, by yourself, lost in lonely city called KL. Haih, sometimes I just wish that there is someone who can look out for me, someone to take care of me when I'm down. :'(

But whatever. I don't want to be needy! Haha. I'm an independent woman~ Destiny's Child once sang. Well, learning to be one lah. :P

Anyway, I feel like I have returned a different person. (How come that reminds of the poem about Si Tenggang?)

People change, things change.

I feel like how I view things, my perspective is different already. And I feel I am heading in the right direction, to somewhere, to my calling in life or something. Hopefully I am right there.

Suddenly, my life is more purposeful, more focused, that I am not just some stupid mechanical robot doing what it is supposed to do.. :D Wow, what two months alone can do to a person...

Actually, it's not like there is a big earth-shattering change. It is the numerous tiny little changes that make me feel a different person. It's hard to pinpoint what...but wth, let me try. Hehe.

As one's mind gets more organized, point form so be it!

• I'm definitely swearing more. Ok, not the f*** type (though sometimes when situations call for it, I can do it now without much hesitation), just the normal socially-acceptable ones.. Is that a good sign? You decide.

• I'm speaking better English. It's getting very fluent. :D Before I came to KL, my english wasn't that bad, just that sometimes I get tongue-tied when I talk to someone who is intimidating or whatever. Now, hell I don't. [Mostly lah..] That's definitely an advantage.

• I'm more aware of stuff happening around me. Last time, blur me didn't really bother about brands or prices (as in grocery shopping), or which roads lead to where. But now, I do. I have to, if I don't want to get lost, or conned. Aikz, the world can be a scary place.

• Btw, I can cook eatable stuff now. Haha. I managed to cook spaghetti, porridge and chicken rice sometime back. Pls keep in mind that I don't have a stove so all this stuff is cooked using a rice cooker. Hey, necessity is the mother of innovation. Just can't wait to move and get a apartment with a stove!

• I'm starting to know the value of money..! How true. I rmbed when my parents were paying for stuff, I didn't really feel the pinch. But, now forking out money for unimportant stuff makes me feel quite guilty sometimes. Bleh.

• I'm more outgoing, sociable than before! Yayz! So far I have gotten to know quite a lot of batchmates and seniors! :D Mind you, there's like 200 ppl in each sem and there are 5 sems in all. And I am talking about medic only lo. But it's really FUN getting to know different types of ppl, there is such a plethora of colourful personalities around here! All with different pasts somemore!

• I'm exercising more! Haha. Miss-used-to-be-PotatoCouch is changing! Yes, besides, the twice weekly session of akido that gives me regular bruises *Ouch!*, there are the weekly dance classes, not to mention the enormous amount of walking that I have to do to get to anywhere... Argh. And the girls and I were thinking of doing jogging, playing badminton and swimming next week!! Gosh, that is SO unlike the old me. But then, I'm changing for the better lah! I am totally aiming for a healthier lifestyle. But eating a lot of junk food when studying for tests though. lol. I quote my lecturer: "Medic students are notorious for eating junk." Tsk tsk. Poor us..

• I am more up to trying new stuff!! Yes, very true! I have become more of a risk-taker, more fun-loving, more open, and more vibrant! God, in the span of two months, I have done so many things that I never thought I would do! For example, signing up for self-defense martial arts, trying out hip-hop classes, will be going to a Camp that is freaking cool in a fortnight... It can be anything new; I only listed the major ones though. Basically, it is just doing things that I never dreamt I would be doing. My new motto --> Living Life Loud! Hey, baby, we only live once, I wanna do it right. :D

• For the first time in my life, I have to do regular studying! OMG! Ppl must be be thinking, holy shit, zy is studying regularly?? Yeah, baby~ What to do. Ppl here are generally rather hardworking (yes, there's a lot of library furniture!) and we, the lazy ppl get scared out of our minds looking at them, so much so that we HAVE to study too. T_T Talk about positive peer pressure. Now, I get it. Ironic.

• Get this: A lot of ppl (including moi of coz) are on undivided agreement that the stuff we study these two months is the most we have ever studied in our entire lives. No kidding. Doing medic is no walk in the park.

Okla, I think that's it. Of coz, I'm giving you guys the general overview of things. I can't seem to rmb the minute things in my cluttered brain. :( You should know why. And I think there are other changes that I can't seem to rmb on the spot too. Whatever.

As long as there are (good) changes, it's all Good! :D Yayz!

Confessions of A Sentimental Heart

You know what?

I never thought I was the type to be very homesick (I still am not, comparatively) but the thing is, whenever I see families in shopping malls, it just tears me up inside.

I dunno why, but it just does.

I feel this slight sadness nudging me, these families are like a sudden reminder that I'm far away from my family.

You know the proverb, Absence makes the heart grow fonder? Cliche it may be, but I guess it's true after all.

When I was with my family, I think I took them for granted. [Don't we always?] That they'll always be there for me, be there to bug me, be there to restraint my freedom etc.

But now I'm not with them, I miss my mother's naggings (can you believe that?!), my dad's reassuring presence, my sis's ramblings about her idol Daniel and my bro irritating me about whatever.

Sigh. Don't I sound like a sentimental old fool...

But I'm not.

Coz suddenly, in an unusual flash of inspiration, I know that family and frenz are one of the most important things in one's life. Never let life's other things take priority over our family and frenz! Never say you're too busy over work or whatever. You never know when it might be too late to show that you really care for them.

Gosh, I didn't know that I could be this mushy. *Wipes tear off and gives weak smile* Hey, it also makes me sound so much mature! :D

Hell, I think this might even have the caliber of being one of the defining posts of my blog. Wow.

Now, you must be wondering why I'm so emotional... Easy. Coz I'm going back to see my family this coming weekend. And I just can't wait!

Penang, here I come! I'm going to paint the town red! Muahaha~

I Think I Bombed

YES! Done! The moment of truth has passed... And I think I can pass kua, my first exam in uni.. Hopefully~ Muahaha.. :D

I sound pleased, don't I? But to tell the truth, I could have done SO much better in the paper had I really diligently study like how some of the others had done...

Of coz, there was the usual stuff where I would have known how to answer had I planned my time properly and went through my revision properly.

For example, give 3 functions of cholesterol in the body!! For the love of god, I can only think of one... So simply crapped the last two, which were wrong btw. Worst still, this was one of the lectures that I studied a bit later summore.. Tsk Tsk.

I think it must becoz I'd overloaded my brain with too many facts and figures... But then that's medic school for you.

Haih.. And I think I busted the question on glycolysis and whatever biochem cycles la. Bah. I hate biochem!! A-level ppl have it so much easier!! :( Not fair...

Anyway, I think I can pass, but whether I did well onot for an A I dunno lo..

Actually, this only comprises 15% of our total marks for End of Semester (EOS1) exam. So no need so stress la hor? :D Hehe, you know la, that's usually how I comfort myself.

Wei, I didn't sleep much the night before okay.. I think in total definitely not more than 2 hours... Just dozed off for a few half an hours, coz too tired ade. T_T What to do, this is what miss procrastinator does when it comes to cramming for exams ma... And to think that I tot the last minute habit could be weaned off here.. Tsk Tsk.

Ok, enough about exams!

What about the Celebrations? Hmm. Have to be postponed coz my frenz are not free today ma.. And at first I tot that I could go to heng's house to play Dota (he says he is going to teach me wo), manatau he just smsed me said he's not free tonight leh. Aiyo~

So what the hell am I going to do here in this god-forsaken land? T_T Haha. Guess I'll just start talking to the walls lo. :P Don't worry, I will think of smtg.

Ok, will blog more tmr. I don't even know when I will be able to post this up too. Having internet access is so crucial to my life you know... Yalah, addict la, I know. Haha.

Ciao!

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Continued from yesterday~

Haih, today is (was?) a BAD day. :( Yes, seriously. It started off bad. Coz I was totally late for class. ARGGH!!! Why? Eh, this time not becoz I couldn't wake up ok, it was becoz blur me set the alarm wrongly la!!! Haih. I'm supposed to wake up at 7am but last night blur me set the alarm for 8 leh... :'(

And when I woke, I didn't notice the time summore, still took bath rather slowly.. Then when I came out, wanna go for breakfast, I just happened to glance at the clock, and to my surprisement (and later horror), I found out that it was 8:30am ade and my class started half an hour ago.

Rushed to class straightaway without breakfast. Argh! *Huge sigh* Summore today's lecture is about kidney, which is damn complicated one... Just my luck, the day I'm late for class happens to be the day of a difficult lecture. Ish.

And after the lecture today, they HAD to give us the feedback on the test yesterday. (Feedback is basically just a session where they just tell you the answers to the test la. Argh.) And omfg, I have to take back what I said above.

The test yesterday was NOT okay...!! :'(

I think I totally busted it...!! Especially the Qs on biochem. It made me lose a lot of marks lo... And I'm kinda scared I'll fail. Seriously. Coz the passing mark here is 65 okay!!! Okay, probably I won't fail, but I think that for once (ok, twice, thrice?) in my life, I'll scrape by with a near pass only... T_T

This is SO not good. I really need to buck up. But I guess this is normal. I often bombed first tests, then it will [hopefully] scare me into becoming more hardworking la.

Yes, come to think of it, that is the trend. Haha.

Hypnosis:- zyun~~ You need to study harder~~ Study study study~~

Whatever. I'm sick of being library furniture, whether it's the sleeping type or the studying type. -_-

Library Furniture - Me - The Snoozing One

Haih, another day of acting as library furniture. But I did get some stuff done. But still not enough though. Sigh. Let's hope I can finish what I'm supposed to study by monday, which is the Day of Doom! Not a happy picture, is it?

Oh, whatever.

There's no class today but I'm still in uni. Trying to see whether I can get my procastination levels down a bit by studying in library ma.. Erm, I guess it was slightly better as there's not many things one can do in the library to whirl time away...except sleep! Bah.

Btw, studying in the library has its cons too. Coz my uni is doing reconstruction now and it's quite noisy sometimes, with all the drilling and hammering. Arrgh, especially when one is trying to memorise the krebs cycle or the urea cycle... -_-

Guess I'll be visiting the library again tmr! Wee~ What a way to spend a weekend! Sheesh.

Okla, gotta go home for dinner ade... Bye!

Do You Have The Aptitude...To Play Along?

Wanted to blog yesterday but got caught up in the library, not studying, mind you, but acting as library furniture. Haha. [In case you didn't know, 'library furniture' is a popular phrase here which means sleeping in the library...]

Bah. I tot that studying in the library would be better since I'd not be able to procrastinate so much... It was effective the first few days, but since I severely lack sleep now, sleeping in the library became almost second nature. Too bad for me.

Guess I shld rest more before continuing.

Anyway, what did I wanted to blog about? I kinda forgotten after crapping about the connection between library & furniture. Lol.

Oh ya, I forgot to tell you guys about something the seniors did to us during the first part of orientation. It was damn funny (to them, that is).

On the third day of class, we're supposed to sit for a Medical Aptitude Test... Which to me, sounded like some sort of IQ/EQ thingy, so I didn't bother.

But I heard some ppl took it pretty seriously, and was up all night preparing for it. Preparing as in studying, okay...! Crazy. At that time, I had practically returned everything I learnt to my teachers (am currently in the process of snatching it from them, lol) so no need to say anything la.

Lo behold, on the day of the test. There were papers! And questions (!!) asking things I've never for my life heard of. [Blame it on my pre-U. The bio I did was SO not sufficient okay!] Charm.

*Blinks* So it definitely wasn't an IQ/EQ test...

Btw, the 'reward' for coming out top is that he/she will have a private lounge or something. When I heard that, I was like, Ok, damn, that is SO elitist!

Anyway, there was I, sweating over my paper... I can't really rmb, but I think I managed to answer a few Qs.. *Shrugs* But biochem like Krebs cycle and glycolysis (which I'm learning now) was totally foreign to me. T_T

And my guess was that there were quite a few ppl sweating like me too... I see panicky faces and clammy hands!! :O Then, the time was up! And we're dead. :(

And this lecturer with a really chun British accent came to talk to us about our paper, and our student ID tags. He showed us that student ID tags have a blue line on them and then showed us his tag, which happened to be blue too... Which got me thinking, Eh, why the lecturer has a student ID tag???

*Drum roll* And the truth was then unveiled.. He was NOT a lecturer! Just a sem 3 senior! And my god, the whole exam was a HOAX!!

Brought to us specially by our nice seniors... :( Aikz.

Either they have too much time on their hands, or they're really stressed out by their studying la. Tsk Tsk. But I guess it was funny in a way. (I'm always one to see humour in things okayyyy...! Hehe.)

But seriously that guy really totally looked like a lecturer ok (he's a post graduate, and I think around 28 years old or smtg) and his British accent definitely rocks!! I want such an accent too!!! So CHUN~!!! :D Haha, I'm totally raving over it, aren't I? You gotta hear it, it's just damn cool! :P

By the way, I dunno whether I shld pity the ppl who stayed up all night to study. Haha. Isn't that a bit kiasu? Shucks to them! *First time I heard that not studying paid off! lol.*

Anyway, maybe we should repeat this welcoming present for the next batch! lol.

Heyyy, it's just only in the spirit of fun lah!

ZzZzZ

Should I be blogging now? Yes, that is a rhetorical Q. lol.

Ok, the answer is a resounding No. But hell, who cares.

Born a procastinator, always a procastinator. :P

Sounds like I'm rather resistant to change... *Suddenly rmbs the 'inertia' that galileong always talks about.* Boy, how do I miss his ramblings. The way he teaches is really...erm... unique. Haha.

Well, nothing much to talk about today, just using blogging as doing something different from the routine. I don't really like routines btw.

Oh, ya. There is smtg diff. Today was the 1st day I overslept (if you don't count telematch day). T_T Aiya, woke up at 7:30am!! And my class starts at 8am leh. Normally, I wake up around 7am. Sigh. Becoz of that, didn't even get to take a shower. Only gobbled a doughnut, changed, and was ready to go!

Tsk Tsk.

Okay, it was becoz I slept a bit too late last night, was pottering around doing dunno what besides a little studying. But at least, I didn't oversleep to the extent that I miss class! Thank god.

I think I must have woke up when the alarm rang, shut it off, and decided to sleep for "a little while" la. Manatau the "little while" turned out to be half an hour. I think I even had a tiny dream (epiphany?) about smtg funny during that half an hour. Was waking up, smiling to myself before thinking Shit! when I looked at the clock. Can't rmb what it was though. Keke.

Anyway, let's hope this doesn't happen again. (Have a bad feeling it will, since I'm in the hyper-stressed medic sch). :(

But heck, whatever. I'll live, I suppose. :P Feeling much better btw..

Ok, gtg now. Got aikido later, and I wanna go change!! Toodles~

De-stressing

Phew~ Finally finished editing the papers for my PBL tmr. Wah, damn stressful leh. I edited about 20 pages of crap and managed to condense it to 5 pages. That's the best I can do lah. *Huge sigh*

Now, am blogging for a while to destress. :(

Feel like going to library after this to study but seriously, I feel damn damn tired.

[Announcement:- From henceforth, "damn" is not a obscenity in my vocabulary and will be a used excessively as a superlative, as the observant readers might have noticed. Ha, the way I'm talking and blogging is starting to become different already... Even my chinese sounds weird sometimes! Aiya, what to do.. External influences ma~]

Whatever. Dunno what the hell I'm crapping about.

Anyway, I wanted to upload my orientation pics but they need such a loooong time to upload leh!!

So, I hope your patience prevails. Guess I'll do it when I use the comp at home! Haha.

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My stress levels are soaring wayyyy high. :(

Found a few batchmates' blogs by accident and to my relief, not everyone is coping so fine with the stress and the insane studying! Thank god, I thought I was the only one... Phew.

Whatever. Will rest first before continuing the madness. Till then, ciao~

PS:- Hey, the number of comments at this blog are dwindling day by day leh... WHY?? So sad la.. Comment more lah, my dear readers, to make me more happy, can ah? Since I need more reasons to smile these few stormy days. (Dramatic~ lol) Aiya, I sound a bit depressed.. Nah, it's just the tiredness sinking in. :T

S.t.u.d.y.i.n.g.

Haih, I'm having mixed emotions about studying la. Sometimes, it's rather interesting (hehe, the intricate mysteries of the thorax and heart!) but sometimes it's just totally bland.

Probably it feels dull becoz I lack sleep, but not becoz I'm studying as hard as I shld.

I think I'm wasting A LOT of time pottering about the house, doing god knows what. Probably the "very interesting" household chores I guess. (Do you sense some procastinating in the house?) Arggh.

My Summative Assessment I is in one week's time and I'm SO going to die. Burn in hell!! Blah.

I just can't finish what I'm supposed to study lah! No need to mention revising...! T_T And it's all becoz I spent too much time on the 1st bloody lecture by the ever-famous pkumar (due to his accent which makes lectures a mass of foreign words. Ish.)

Yay, sleeping sessions during his lectures! lol. Ok, I didn't do that, yet, I did tried my best to listen okayyy... Haih.

Whatever. I totally shouldn't be blogging.

*Rushes to prepare PBL for tomorrow*

Haih, why am I such a procastinator? :(

It's Getting Cob-webby In Here..

Hey ya guys, I've been pretty busy lately, and my 1st Summative Assessment will be due on the 24th of april (Yikes!)

So, sorry for the lack of updates recently, will resume blogging when I more time - a luxury I can't hardly afford these days. Sigh.

Miscellanous stuff to bore you guys:-

1. A few weeks back, went out at 12 midnight to go surprise a fren coz it was her bday!! Hehe, having no curfew is FUN~!

2. Dory went home for the weekend, so I was alone for the whole weekend (3 days, shit.) Thank goodness my high sch frenz chose this weekend to come down to KL on a trip, so to alievate my boredom (and of coz also becoz I wanna see them la), I went to Midvalley to meet them lo. Was quite fun seeing them, miss them so much!! It does get a bit lonely around here... *Mused look* Am still trying to get use to it. Sigh.

3. My air-con started leaking. And the stupid landlady doesn't want to repair, she even went as far as insinuating that I don't know how to use an air-con. I was like WTF!! The air-con in my house is wayy more high tech that yours ok!! Arggh. Have been filling the water in pails these few days, ish. Now, even worse, last night although there was no leaking, it's not even functioning anymore, the air that comes out is sooo hot!! Guess I shld clean it la... Hmm. She's always sooooo damn rude + sarcastic on the phone. Bloody hell. I'm so moving out after this sem. Hrrumph.

4. Was visited by 2 christians who were seniors quite late at night sometime ago. They got my number when I filled in some form on the 1st day of registration. Let them in, coz I tot they're coming in to discuss smtg abt registration [they weren't very clear] but manatau. Haih. Well, me being the polite person I am [puh-lease], bore with them for 15 minutes b4 they made a move. They even asked whether they could come again.. And god, I said ok! *Must have been temporarily insane* But a few days later when they called again, I'd to tell them no. In a nice indirect way of coz. (Boy, am I changing now.) I'm a freethinker for now. Hah, I can't even handle my studies properly yet ok, nevermind converting to a new religion. Whatever.

5. Ok, I probably will be going back to penang for a short visit after I finish my exam on the 24th... It's such a long weekend! Yayz! So, peeps back in penang, gimme a call and we'll go hang out lah! Woo~ I can't wait to go back to my dear penang!!

Okie, that's all for now. This is just a post to keep you guys from grumbling la. Haha. Got quite some stuff to do afterwards leh.

Sigh, it's study study here everyday! Anyway, Cheers, guys! :D

Meeting Blogger Frenz

Hmm. Suddenly at a loss as to what to talk about, although I know there's quite some stuff pleading for attention in my brain. Bah.

*Squeezes brain dry*

*Lightbulb appear*

Oh ya, had a trip to Times Square last monday with no other than...Kryptos, Raptor and another 3 of their frenz. (Erm, not really good at rmbing names la... sorry ya, there was a harry potter look alike though. Serious!) One was a pharm senior from imu too. :P Pretty cool , she's in the Dance club committee~

Erm ya, it was the first face-to-face meeting for me & kryptos. [Oh, meeting online frenz are dangerous leh.. Hehe.] Since I've only seen 1 or 2 photos of him, couldn't recognize him at first, but no matter, he definitely could recognize me. lol. Camwhore I'm. :D

So we we're off to Times square using LRT la. We went to this Summer cafe and the food was pretty good! The atmosphere was not bad too, it like a japanese setting sort. Funnily, the food served wasn't Jap style at all. One of the trademark dishes was called Coffin Rice. Which sounded eerie la, but it was really tasty! Yum yum~ But imho, it doesn't remotely look like a coffin la, however nice it was. lol.

Then, after a large dinner (which the guys later paid for, thanks very much! :D), we sat there playing many many rounds of Choi Tai D. My fav card game! Hehe. Raptor insisted that we only make a move after he won. Haha.

And that was what we did. After he finally won (he did win in the beginning), we finally decided to go to Times Square. [The cafe was outside it.] We walked around aimlessly, chatting was the main agenda la. We finally settled down at Borders - I just love all the open shelves books! - but we still talked more than looking at books. Ha, as if I can afford the time/money to read/buy. Blek.

I guess that was it... Time that wasn't spent constructively, nah, just kidding. I enjoyed myself, guys! :D Nice meeting new frenz~

Went home with Joyce, the pharmacy senior... And didn't study at all that night, coz too tired. Sigh, that is happening too many times recently leh.. T_T

Holding Posts

Sigh, I knew I shouldn't have gone to that AGM meeting.

Just now I went to the Chinese Chess Club meeting. Heck, I can't believe that I'm in that club actually. Just joined for fun (and also the fact that it doesn't need a registration fee, hehe) and also tot I could improve my chinese chess playing skills, occasionally. Pls take note of the 'occasionally' okay...

Manatau...

I was asked to be the Vice Secretary leh... Erm, not really my cup of tea okkk. Aikz. How leh...?? At first, I was given the post of Vice Treasurer, but then my current post was vacated, and I had prior to that convinced them that I'm not really good with money. Which is very true okay, coz I rmbed when I was treasurer for form 4 (I think) and I can't balance the amount properly. Kept getting less than what I shld. Had to pay back myself leh. T_T

So therefore, I was given the post of Vice Secretary lah... Haih.

All becoz of my O.O la, who happened to be the President... He was the one who nominated me la. Tsk Tsk.

I totally knew I shouldn't have gone to that meeting... :(

And I was hoping to be a sleeping member, as in I'd only appear to play whenever I like. Now, how leh..?

Guess I'll just try my best la, but seriously, I'm involved in too many clubs ade... This is definitely going to be the first to go if I'm dropping any.

It's not that I don't want any posts, it's just that I'd prefer that my posts are in clubs I'm serious in. *Mused look*

Sigh. Guess I'll just go with the flow. *Does taichi stance*

Are You On Auction?

Ha. So much to write about and so little time. Argh.

Well, sometime back, can't rmb when, my uni had a food fair to raise funds for the imu ball (which funnily was held last sat, April's Fool Day!!). The food was normal la, nothing much to crap about.

The main attraction of the day was... *Drum roll pls* The annual Slave Auction! Gosh, you all must be reading this and biting at your nails, coz this sounds way frightening, right? It can be, in a way.

Anyway, for those not in the know, which practically is everyone, haha, the Slave Auction is a way to raise funds (too) by auctioning off ppl...! O_o The ppl 'bought' will have to do his/her bidding for the week... Of coz, not going too overboard la... Duh.

And, again, it's a great chance for (Read: desperate) guys to hit on pretty girls la. Coz most of the ppl auctioned off are either good-looking in the conventional sense or just plain weird. Talk abt extremes. Blek.

The bids can go up way high leh...[these ppl got $$$!!] The record was last year's bid that went to RM450!! *That practically is an infamous legend around here anyway.* This year's highest bid was RM210, I think for a really pretty sem 2 girl.

Anyway, guys will hvta strip off their shirts and dance when the bids have surpassed a certain amount (from RM30 onwards I think). Girls, of coz no need to strip la, but need to dance too. Haha. The things here are messed up la... :O

Ahem, as an answer to kryptos's Q, nope, I did not get auctioned off and thank god. Hey, saya belum 'sampai tahap' sehingga boleh di-auction la...! lol.

And nah, I didn't buy anyone la. Hey, kinda short on cash here la... Besides, no one that interests me was on auction anyway. :P

And so that was that. Quite a many ppl were auctioned off and I think they did raised a hell lot of money.

Normally, for (girl) slaves, if the buyer is an interested guy, he'll take her out for dinner and movies and stuff la. Like blind dates I guess. I dunno what they do for guys. Do the household chores and wash the toiletbowl? *Shrug*

Ok, done.

*Britney Spears' song: I'm A Slave For You plays in the background*

They totally should have played that song. Nothing can be more apt. :P