The Long Week Ends

February 29th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

1. My student visa has been processing for way too long. At first I was worried but now I’m just annoyed. If the reason for the delay is a problem with my health, I should’ve been notified long ago when the results were back. No one should be so irresponsible to leave a patient lingering around uninformed about a pathological chest x-ray finding or a positive infectious disease screen. If it’s any other reason then someone in the department needs a quick dose of adrenaline.

Update: I got my visa!

2. Year 5 is sometimes stressful because there are many things expected of us to achieve or know by this stage. Somehow after office hours we’ve managed to find time, company and the will for long dinners with a round of dessert after. Last Sunday we drove all the way to Teluk Jawa for seafood. The road was bumpy, unconventional and wrongly painted at times but it was a good roadtrip. The seafood wasn’t the greatest, attributable to more than the unfortunate fact that I am allergic to most shellfish, but the dinner was good nonetheless.
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3. Part of the reason we’ve been going out for long dinners with a second round of dessert is because Yu Xiang and Chia Yin are leaving for their elective in Melbourne tomorrow. During the dinner at Banafee Village two nights ago YX and I coincidentally wore matching outfits – grey sweater/tee with electric blue pants.

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It was kind of awkward and funny at the same time and I thought it wouldn’t happen again but today we wore somehow matching b&w striped shirts to Carabao -.-

4. Grill Bar has some pretty awesome desserts. Their Chocolate Lava cake has been one of the best desserts I’ve had this year and was enough to make me make a mental note to try their mains at least once before I leave.

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5. A good photo of Sarah and I :)

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6. 2 years ago I remember being so petrified to poke patients with a needle I laid off doing venepunctures until late that year, just a month or two before the logbook was due. 2 years later, I find myself digging a patient’s flesh with a needle in search of a vein for some fresh blood. I’m glad to say that I’ve somehow progressed, much thanks to the A&E Department. Bunked a few branulas but succeeded a few more. Know where to place the ECG leads and did CPR on a real patient. Much more to learn, much more to do. But let’s not rush things.

7. I like this photo of myself :P

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8. And this one too :P

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That’s all!

Cya!

InstaG

February 20th, 2012 § 1 comment § permalink

Sorry for the unintentional hiatus! My internet connection really hasn’t been very kind to me :( But the TV has been way too kind :P

I’ve started a new posting! And I must say that it’s been pretty good.. so far.

Took some time off last weekend and crossed the border to Singapore on both days.

On Saturday, the agenda list consisted of me + Yee Ping getting our medical checkups done + searching for heels and graduation bear for my sister. I think if I ever have to search for heels again after this I would puke my guts out. It’s not an easy task. Thank goodness I wasn’t doing it alone :)

Cath was ever so kind to lend me her killer legs *cough* to try on some killer heels hehe.

On Sunday, I went with YX ‘n’ CCY (haha sound like robots wth) because they needed a tour guide and we all know how good I am at playing tour guide *cough cough*.

Okay now I’m just gonna randomly caption the photos.

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#1 I think those red heels were the nicest but too bad they ran out of the smallest size. Had to settle for the black ones but they’re quite cute too :)

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#2 Now let’s cross our fingers and hope that they fit my sister’s feet well.

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#3 GAP sale which was surprisingly good :) Bought two sweaters from there the week before but nothing this week. Fun fact: Apart from food I spent zero money on myself in Singapore!

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#4 Monster Threads tees in HMV! I don’t know if you recognise the bear but I have a jumper which I’ve worn about a million times with the same bear on it. Also from Monster Threads la but I got it from Sydney 2 years ago so tsk tsk they never update their graphics :P

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#5 Caesar Salad with rosemary-honey dijon chicken (whatever that means) at PS Cafe. My second time there, first during brunch hours and I realised that 95% of their mains have egg in them :(

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#6 (One of many) cute sight(s) at Ann Siang Road, which was named after a Malaccan by the way.

That’s all!

Cya!

The New Pass

February 7th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

There’s a jam here on the way back to my apartment and my cab driver isn’t the smoothest of drivers so to distract myself from his constant abrupt braking I shall write a word or two here :)

I’m back in JB :( This time for longer, for sure.

Spent my last day at home running around getting my passport renewed and was so pissed at the immigration department for allowing the payment line to be down for hours. If the humans can’t beat the system then what are they still doing there?

Anyhow, after hours of waiting and eventual queue cutting because of my expressed urgency :P I managed to get my passport before flying back to JB!

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Can you guess which one’s the new one? Yeap you guessed right. (lame pun)

I’m so glad that their somewhat lack of strictness has allowed my red hair to identify me for the next 5 years.

Urgh my cab driver just burped.

Anyway, I’m so glad that I don’t have to carry that old ugly photo anymore. The new one isn’t heaps better but still much better.

Oh! I’m back. Will update soon with more substance I hope.

That’s all!

Cya!

Cherry Eyes

February 6th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

It’s good to be home. No regrets spending on the overpriced air tickets to fly home for the long weekend, even though I’ve only left home a little more than a week ago.

I don’t think I’ve taken care of myself very well for the past one and a half weeks. I think I’ve drunk more water in the past 2 days than I have in the past week. Not to mention all the fast food I’ve been consuming. It’s definitely not how I’d imagine my diet to be like but when you’re staying alone in an apartment with a kitchen that’s been untouched for months, the intention to cook just doesn’t quite reappear so soon. At home it’s just so different. My meals are the least of my worries.

When my mom asked me what I wanted to eat for Chap Goh Mei I nonchalantly said suckling pig because that was the first thing that came to mind and lo and behold, a few phone calls later…

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The meal was of course heaps expensive but once in a while should be okay la kan? :P

Being in Year 5 is really quite an experience. Carrying the label of a ‘pre-intern’ brings a lot of pressure because it’s just not my own reputation that I’m responsible for and sad to say, I haven’t been making the best impressions :/

It’s also a lot lonelier but I guess that’s just part and parcel of growing up. Being alone in a 3-room apartment has its perks, but sometimes the perks are overshadowed by the presence of a creepy neighbor, which is true in my case but let’s not go into that now.

Things could get a lot worse and I think I’m subconsciously anticipating that because there’s a tub of ice cream sitting in the freezer. I think that’s a rather good substitute for the retail therapy I’ve almost (keyword!) been engaging in.

So what’s for me to do this year? Keep moving the bricks until it’s time for my real holiday and spend less on clothes, if any at all :( The wake up call is when I received a RM40 voucher from Padini for spending RM800 throughout last year. When I first saw it, I was like ‘No way! I hardly even shop at Padini’ but thinking back on all those store wide clearance sales they’ve been having…. *nervous laugh* The good thing is that I’ve probably saved at least RM800 too *futile attempt to console self la la la la la*

Oh! I should cut down on the sugar intake too.

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That’s all!

Cya!

Today’s Lesson

January 31st, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

The one thing I learnt today is that when you’re old, ugly and disgusting, everything you say or do will somehow be seen as inappropriate, irrelevant and disgusting.

Hence, it’s crucial to remember to appreciate, utilise and sometimes sensationalise your youth because it’s not going to last forever.

I am young. I am young. I am young. And with that comes a hint (maybe too obvious a hint) of silliness. But at least when I wake up in the morning I’ll still be young.

And this will stay true for a long enough time to come.

That’s all!

Cya!

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