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A Twist

2010-08-28T07:38:00.000-07:00

quote from my gp - in osce exams, there's usually always a twist in the end...

can't quite imagine that twist happening in my life at such unexpected time..

what to expect? hphm..

hope it's for the best! :)

Child

2010-08-18T06:39:00.001-07:00

today i was seeing patients in my gp's practice as usual and i met a sweet old lady who came in for her routine check. and first thing she asked me was how old i was? i sheepishly replied "25" n her jaw dropped...

"i thought you were 14 - a child"

*sweat*

must be the short hair..n that is the "youngest" i have ever felt for a long time.. :D

i've found a good reason why i love my gp practice - i get plenty of time to chat random things with my patients..and they always give me lots of support, encouragement, hugs and blessings - be it for the exams or the future. feels extremely good :)

Baking - Birthday Cake

2010-08-15T09:25:00.000-07:00

as my blog was in a hiatus for the past half a year, its time to post up overdue pictures. my friends would know that i love to cook and bake...so here's my first attempt on baking a birthday cake - oreo cheesecake :) whoever said that baking at home is way cheaper than buying a cake outside..is so wrong! baking is an expensive hobby :(

Extraordinary for mum

2010-08-14T07:37:00.000-07:00

one of the most touching videos i've seen ;) i'm at the crossroad of my life..actually wait..WAS at the crossroad..now that i've chosen my path. i hope its the right one :) will update a post on that as a reminder for myself on why i chose that..

REAL holidays ahead

2010-01-06T19:41:00.000-08:00

8/1/2010 - 20/1/2010 = Syd --> New Zealand--> Syd

21/1/2010 = Syd --> Melb

22/1/2010 - 6/2/2010 = Melb --> Malaysia --> Melb

Exciting! I hope this holiday will never end :)

PS : More pictures coming up if I'm not too lazy

Egg Tarts

2010-01-06T19:24:00.000-08:00

my elective so far at prince of wales hospital can be summarised in 1 word = holiday ;)

with loads of time at hand, i baked and baked (and put on heaps of weight!). after watching some random stephen chow movie, i was inspired to bake egg tarts. in my opinion, it turned out quite well for a first timer :) hehe. proudnya.. : D

Claire

2009-12-08T00:47:00.000-08:00

Yawn! Dad - you're so boring!

Yawn again...you're still boring!

i like mum better :)

this is Claire :) and my brother tagged a picture of her using my name and now everyone is going to think that's me (no..i was way chubbier and *cough* cuter :P kidding!..about the cute part..chubbier yes!)..and that my name has turned into Claire. so no, I am not Claire..that cutesy pie is Claire :)

:P

2009-11-17T06:33:00.000-08:00

apparently my baby niece looks like me or so says my dad

i texted him to say "mummy says i am way cuter :P"

n dad replied "mummy is bias :P" <-- since when did my tech noob father knows how to type a smiley??!! (must be my brother...i refuse to believe my dad knows how to text a smiley..)

n now..to wait for my brother to actually send me a picture of the baby...

ps : a quickie good luck to the final year med friends who will be finishing their exams this week...I AM SO ENVIOUS : D

Aunty

2009-11-01T05:42:00.000-08:00

I'm finally an aunty! (2 days ago) - i've been an aunty a long time ago in relation to my cousin's children but this time, i am an aunty to my brother's daughter :)

no pictures to post up at the moment as i havent even seen the baby but im sure its a beautiful baby (every baby is beautiful regardless)

an addition to our small family ;) yay!!

ps : now i have an awesome excuse to buy those cute lil pair of pink nike shoes :)

Supermum

2009-10-14T03:10:00.000-07:00

happy birthday to....

my dearest mummy :)

she's my supermum! n i miss her so so much!

Unique

2009-10-14T01:02:00.000-07:00

today in gynaecology clinic, i was chatting with my mentor regarding "unique" names..
and i told her the most recent "unique" name that i heard was a guy named Dragon...
she was like WOW...but my Dragon was soon put to shame...because one of the recent babies that she delivered was given the most "unique" name that i have ever heard...

the baby was called...

ABCDE (pronounced as AB-SEE-DEEE)

now, that's WOW (definitely takes the prize)

hehe..

Pregnancy

2009-10-13T01:05:00.000-07:00

Prof Permezel was asking me during a lecture today "What do you think you will die from Li Chia?"
and the first answer that came into my head was "Pregnancy" : D

but of course, I can't show my disinterest in O&G to the head of the department..just to make my life easier for the next coming 6 weeks :)

O&G - i like the N

2009-10-11T23:59:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : singalongsong - khalil fong

rant rant rant - im in my 3rd week of O&G and oh my, it is....to be polite, not nice... : ( the only okie part about this rotation is probably the neonate part which isn't even in its name O&G - it's the N (mini paeds).

the bad : i have no interest in seeing how other woman suffer - in delivery and during gynae examinations because it only reminds me of how i might actually be a patient one day. and O&G is basically a field of invasion of privacy - poking and proding into other ppl's ahem - not pleasant. the subject itself - physiology and memorisation. so far, i've came to a conclusion - O&G is a horrible reminder of how complicated we women are (in every freaking way...and we are so so breakable - think tears and prolapses)

the good : neonates are cute :) (omg since when am i a kids person...:S). it also reminded me of how wonderful and brave my mum is for going through 3 normal deliveries and of course, every woman who went through deliveries are superwoman because i honestly don't know if i can ever go through such pain...(if i ever do get pregnant - pls freaking give me an epidural even before 1st stage begins or knock me out on GA :P) . and every guy should always accompany their wife to the delivery suite because the things that a woman sacrifice for their family is undescribable through words alone, you really have to see it to see how scary it is...(i had horror images and screaming woman's voices hovering over my head before i sleep after my delivery suite shifts..SERIOUSLY)...

argh. how am i going to survive this rotation? i don't know...but at least i know you (LATTE) share the same sentiment with me regarding the vagina squads : P

i should try hypnotizing myself to like O&G *starts chanting*

msian nite

2009-09-18T22:11:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 你怎么连话都说不清楚 - 周杰伦

a sudden cravings for msian food lead my housemates n i to come up with our very own 'msian nite' : D we had 2 other friends over - pg and ek (we also celebrated ek's be-early bday in my opinion of how a wonderful bday should be) happy be-early bday dumby! our menu for the night : main course - curry laksa & roti canai with chicken curry
dessert - melissa's guava jelly
red bean soup

the food satisfied my cravings indeed : ) n it was good night for good friends to catch up and play crazy card games. ahh..if only medical school days were always like this... :)

residents of 7/10 rosanna with pg n ek :)

ek with his mini cake

melissa's jelly

makan-makan (ek tak layan - makan first!)

our creation ; )

Kang Meng's 25th Bday

2009-09-13T03:00:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 方大同 - nothing's gonna change my love for you

pictures from recent birthday celebration @ just thai & my cube

queen of poker

kang meng's 25th bday :)

the girls

thank you ; )

2009-05-10T07:08:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 搞笑 - 羅志祥

thank you to everyone for the lovely celebration @ tomodachi : ) i must say this is one of the best days i had since my easter trip *hugs* thanks kaisin for choosing my pressie - i love it! i've been trying to get a clutch for a long time : )

will post up pics once kaisin sends em (tsk tsk...)

i'm starting my final rotation for sem 9 - cardio, respi & gen med tomorrow @ the northern. and guess what? i am presenting in front of many many students tomorrow *gasp in horror* i am scared and stressed. but i am pretty sure i will be very glad when its over tomorrow night. so wish me lucks : )

good night : )

天天想你

2009-03-25T06:56:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 张雨生 - 天天想你

Boon Shih's 23rd Bday @ Bluecorn. Happy belated birthday to my housemate/buddy/friend : D

Love the food ; )

Short note : Stressful times ahead. Not funny at all. *sigh*

阴天

2009-02-05T00:52:00.000-08:00

currently listening to : 莫文蔚- 阴天

i am going to miss...

- the times when i have absolutely nothing to do, nothing in mind, zero stress level
- waking up to the familiar environment
- being able to eat mamak/"tai pai tong" food for breakfast/lunch/dinner/supper
- shopping with my dearest mummy
- not having to walk to places under the hot hot sun
- can watch my dramas peacefully without feeling guilt of not doing any work
- my family (we're not perfect and my brothers are definitely not the type that would tell me that they're going to miss me, but nevertheless, today..while packing, my eldest brother walked over and passed me a red packet with no other words except take care..i honestly felt like bursting into tears :S - my siblings and i aren't as close as i would love us to be..but i know they'll catch me if i fall..)
- my friends (thank you for making my holidays so fun-filled! this time around, 90% of my friends are busy with work..and it's the first time i felt pretty pressured to start work too..oh well, my time will come. to those that i didn't get to meet - sorry! do keep in touch still..)
- walking around in shorts, slippers, sleeveless (but i'll probably still get to do this in melb with the psycho heatwave going around in melb)
- not having to manage my own finances, housework, cooking

if i continue to list..i am sure i will be so emofied..saying goodbye tonight will be twice as hard. hence, i shall stop..and think of all the good things back in melb : )
2009 will be tough (there will be no doubt about that - fellow clinical students would understand.) but hopefully, it'll be better than i imagine..

take care everyone! will miss you, you and you! *waves*

Goodbye!

2009-02-02T18:17:00.000-08:00

currently listening to : 突然好想你 - 五月天

holidays are coming to an end. it's that time to say goodbye again. it's the 5th time already and yet i am still not quite used to it. at times i think - i only have 2 more years left as a student..abit sad : ( and at other times i think - omg, 2 more freaking years to go! so longgg!! anyway, not like i have any choice at the moment..so i'll just take it as it comes : D

so, here's goodbye to my family and friends in msia : ) take good care of yourself. and hope to see you ppl again soon (altho soon MAY BE dec 2010 - due to the lack of hols this year and a 4 weeks compulsory electives somewhere). thank you for the wonderful times and i will miss you! *hugsss*

Happy CNY! tata *waves goodbye*

Happy 2009!

2009-01-05T07:12:00.000-08:00

i meant to upload pictures from my spore trip but due to the mega size files taken via chao's SLR camera n the ridiculously slow broadband connection in msia..i shall upload pictures from my new year eve's meet ups instead (taken via my ancient canon ixus i :P)

weili brought me to solaris, mont kiara for dinner @ ole ole bali - i actually thought the place was really pretty - environment wise, similar to the curve but more noisy clubbing places (if im right..). our dinner @ ole ole bali was really good as well..i think im starting to love indonesian food more n more - its spicy! i love their barley lime or watever they call it - barley + limau kasturi..alex was very kind to take many pics of weili and i : ) the company reminded me of new year eve's 2 years back, it was the same ppl..but this year we're missing derek (who is probably flying around the entire world at the moment)

after dinner, we picked wan jean up and headed to centrepoint for starbucks. we left the place within half an hour to the curve/1U (to be precise - the carpark between the 2 places) for fireworks with weili's friends. a good spot really to watch the beautiful fireworks : ) happy 2009 everyone! may 2009 be a wonderful year! : )

this is wan jean - she is my best friend from primary school. very smart gal whom im really glad that she's back in msia (penang to be precise)..so that i can meet up with her more!

this is weili - my best friend since high school : ) i am once again very glad that she is back from scotland..and yes! so that i can meet her more! : )

our dinner @ ole ole bali - oops! weili closed her eyes

more pics together : )

this is alex - my high school friend, actually i cant quite remember how we met but he is my usual meet up kaki when im back : )

solaris

happy 2009!

Post Spore

2008-12-29T08:24:00.000-08:00

currently listening to : 王力宏 - 心跳

i am home after a 8 wonderful days of holiday in singapore. pictures coming up soon! (hopefully). my ultimate goal was to visit the bestie who is currently residing in singapore, the land of all stresses ; P in short, the trip was a success : ) i had great fun. shopping was saddening due to the unreasonable exchange rate. food was mediocre standard. company was good. why oh why do we not have holidays everyday. i love cities but not singapore - why? becos everywhere is crowded/jam-packed every single minute and seconds. suffocating :S and part of my lack of shoppingness for clothes was becos i no longer have the energy or enthusiasm to push and shove everyone just to get my hands on a shirt. and no, i will not wait 1 hour in line just to try 1 piece of clothing : P and the worse part, public toilets in shopping malls are always always ALWAYS filled with ppl..i dun recall once in spore where i don't have to be in line just to go pee :S argh! in my opinion, i really still very much prefer malaysia : )

snail

2008-12-14T09:01:00.000-08:00

argh!! i was super enthu to upload a couple of pictures from my brother's wedding..but 1 freaking picture takes forever to upload (eventhough im on broadband..WTH). enough. i will stop trying for the day before i explode. GRRR

makan makan

2008-12-12T22:39:00.000-08:00

ever since i came home last saturday..all i've done is eat eat and eat. i've eaten so much food its not even funny :S (especially when the figure for my weight count is increasing exponentially by the day..). places that i've makan about so far :

jin xuan hong kong for dimsum - i reckon melb's dim sum is actually much nicer
little penang cafe @ mid valley - one of the places that i must go every year when im home..their ice kacang is the best! it's one of those very few places that serves ice kacang with rootbeer as their topping : D
delicious @ 1U - my first time to this rather pricey cafe(?). their main dish (i ordered spicy seafood spaghetti was just alright for its price.) but i must say their dessert (which i ordered applelicious with vanilla ice cream) was really quite good for msian standard : ) but its rm12.90 for 1 apple pie..hphm..expensive.
zen @ pyramid - japanese food in a classy looking restaurant, i went in with shorts..and i actually felt quite inappropriate considering everyone around me was in dresses :S since when msians are so dressy while visiting shopping malls?? my chicken katsu don set cost me rm30 : ( but again, the food was really quite good : ) or maybe im being less picky..
pantai seafood restaurant - chinese food *yum yum* had my favourite kangkong belacan ; )

thats as far as i can remember at the moment, shall continue the list in a weeks time to remind myself how freaking fat i am :S

HELP @ PBD

2008-12-10T07:25:00.000-08:00

i went to renew my passport at pusat bandar damansara today, it's actually where my college is. the immigration office is just a couple of doors away from my college. it has been a long while since i came back to HELP, in fact, if my memory serves me right, the last time i was here, it was with yijun to collect my a levels certificate. looking back it's almost 5 years since i left HELP. time does fly..scarily fast. i was trying to look for the "zhai man" today but unfortunately i don't think mr zhai is there anymore (those from HELP would know what im talking about - he serves the best curry mutton ever!..i still remember those crazy days when we were so desperate to buy his food till we even helped him to set up his stall by the roadside). actually, nothing seems the same there anymore. its way crowded than before. and many new shops have actually opened there - secret recipe, watson's just to name a few. the level 4 building that we used to have our classes..i don't think its there anymore (i actually din take the lift up but there wasnt any student hanging around, so im guessing they closed it down?). nevertheless, while i was walking past KFC - i remembered how jinweng used to tease me saying how he never got to eat KFC in peace since he befriended me cos i despise KFC : P, while i stroll past starbucks - i remembered how i used to sit there waiting for transport, while i walked past pizza hut, i remembered the time we had our lunch together as a group after our exams..and of course, mcdees!! our daily brekkies together : ) the good ol' memories...a levels was fun..1.5 years whizz by so fast!

went jalan-jalan with mummy @ mid valley today before heading back to collect my new passport. i came home empty handed! omg. seriously i didn't even see anything nice..anything that make me slightly wanna buy it..hphm..is it me being more n more picky? or isit fashion in msia is not right for me? keke

airport drama

2008-12-07T01:02:00.000-08:00

my semester 8 exams ended on friday -5/12 late afternoon. melissa and i went back to pack and settle most of our apartment issues before heading to the airport for our midnight flight. i somehow was not as excited as i thought i would be but nevertheless, was very thankful that exams are over and holidays begin now. i didn't manage to get much sleep throughout the entire journey and as i was expected i looked very "chan". while waiting for our luggage, suddenly there was an announcement which went something like this "ms chong "lai" chia from flight mh128 flying from melb to kl pls report to *mumbles mumbles*". our first reaction was to stare at each other in the most disbelief face. the announcement went for 4 times - twice in english twice in bm. what happened was, melissa and i checked in 3 luggages together, i had two melissa had 1. the guy told me that 1 of the 3 luggages were left in melbourne and would only arrive later that night. i cannot imagine what would have happened if it was mine that was left behind because my dress for my brother's wedding dinner was inside my luggage. anyway, it was melissa's luggage. thankfully for her nothing really important was in her luggage. their reason for her left behind luggage was - stuck in the conveyer belt. wth. that's not a reason! airport drama for the first and hopefully the last time...

good luck : )

2008-12-02T05:44:00.000-08:00

currently listening to : 失恋无罪 - alin 黄丽玲

3 days from home and 3 days from exams.

fingers crossed

good luck to us all who are still struggling here in melbourne for the last few weeks of the semester : )

birthdays

2008-11-15T06:44:00.000-08:00

currently listening to : broken - lifehouse

friday : spontaneous random outing with pg and bs @ starbucks catching up : D i had fun. very awesome if everyday was like that.

saturday : kaisin and i met up to pick a pressie for melly's 23rd. i managed to buy a top for myself - i take it as a self motivation tool and reminder for me to study (but it's not working..im still procrastinating!). mel had her bday at uropa's function hall which was nicely decorated with black and white helium balloons..roses petals (reminded me of an engagement party). after the eating - her mum prepared most/all of the food (the greatness of mums really..), the party started off with speeches from her dad and a couple of friends. there were performances by the bday girl herself and a couple of her friends - guitar strumming and singing : ) i had to leave after we sang the bday song for kim's bday at some korean restaurant that i can't spell. arrived before the bday cake was presented thankfully. the night ended at about before 11 but because the traffic in the city were all clogged up - tim only managed to pick us up before 12. hence, we reached home just before 1. (melissa and i waited in the cold @ bourke st for more than an hour... note : i was wearing a skirt with minimal protection from my thin jacket).

sunday : i am so dead tired...zzzz..the procrastination continues

helium balloons

roses as decos

char, kaisin, bday girl - mel, me and jinjin (the theme for the party - black and white)

kaisin looking good : D

pre party pic

mel and her parents performing

more singing

the other bday girl - kim and i

christmas decos @ myers

bourke street filled with "stars"

3 weeks!

2008-11-14T05:38:00.000-08:00

currently listening to : 你 - 林依晨

i have been thinking alot lately about going home. its officially 3 weeks from home. this time around in 3 weeks time i'll be home attending my brother's big day. i have so many things that i want to do, places that i want to go, food that i want to eat, friends that i want to meet...8 weeks of holidays seem so short (in fact, i think it is memang short). 19 weeks of continuous clinical studies is not even funny, its extremely taxing - mentally and emotionally. and 3 weeks from the mid-finishing line, i feel like stopping. stop running, stop walking, stop caring and stop stressing. i honestly just want to go home...(prays to god that i don't fail my osce from all my procrastination lately)

on another note, makan place that im looking forward to :
- the loaf : overpriced bread/food apparently but i still wanna try (at least once) : P
- chilli's : serves the best southwestern eggrolls
- secret recipe's : tom yam kung (not as spicy as i want it to be but its not bad)
- paddington's pancake : msia's version of sydney's pancake on the rock
- cupcake chic : haven't tried this but saw the lovely pics online : D
- homi curry puff : weekly consumption of curry puff from my fave curry puff stall :P
- shih lin taiwan street snack : mee suah and fried chicken : D drool
- coffee bean : sunrise (orange juice + milk)

cant wait cant wait..

34 Celcius

2008-11-12T04:52:00.000-08:00

currently listening to : 痛彻心扉 - 张栋梁

the erratic nature of melbourne's weather is really annoying. today the weather went up till 34C (apparently, i reckon it was higher than that mid afternoon). usually i would be more than happy to be greeted by bright sunny days but today, it was just too much of it. i nearly melt under the scorching sun while i was travelling (walking) home from hospital despite wearing short sleeve and skirt. the weather was so hot i decided to take a nap and annoyingly, it was an interrupted nap due to the hot hot weather (i felt like i was in an oven) .

currently, im blasting my ceiling fan...and i opened my balcony doors as well. a stupid fly flew in and refuse to get out. argh. i was running around the room with a paper to shoo it away and it is still here...omg. how to sleep with that buzzing sound....zzzz....arghhhhh.

small miracle

2008-11-06T05:05:00.000-08:00

thanks for all your lucks and wishes but my miracle did sorta happened. the case presentation was canceled! whee! hence, i manage to escape. it was perfect timing because the night before i did not prepare a single thing..and now, im less than a month away from home. i cant wait..
: D

so "lucky"

2008-10-20T23:26:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 爱在记忆中找你 - Raymond Lam

i cannot believe my luck. i had 1 in 6 chance and i was so "lucky" : ( im talking about the weekly case presentation we have in austin (2 from the entire batch will present weekly to the dean) and OMG im scheduled for a case presentation = public humiliation in week 3 (6/11). i swear i had that 6th sense feeling of getting picked on sunday before the list was out...and damn, how i wish for once my 6th sense was so wrong. till my highly possible public embarassment, i will stress and rant 24/7 about it : P *runs around screaming like im mad*.

i like spring but i don't like strong winds + pollen (hayfever? im not sure) because im down with a flu, sorethroat and soon to be fever since last week. i cannot breathe... : (

almost done with block 6

2008-10-15T04:54:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 周杰倫 - 魔杰座

im in my final week of block 6 - GIT & Hepatobiliary & Gen Surgery. it really amazes me how time passes by so so fast in clinicals (it's passing by as though i have exams 24/7..). next week i'll be starting my 3rd and final block for this semester - neurology & opthalmology & ENT (i am so not looking forward to this block, if you knew me well enough you would probably know why). however, i am so looking forwards to going home in less than 8 weeks time. i desperately need a long holiday and some time with my family. and most of all, away from hospital and clinical life for a while...

my share of block 6 - too much time wasting waiting in the wards for tutes to happen. me no like surgeons that much anymore and my thing for surgery is officially over. i heart my previous block so much more - haem, ID and infectious disease. argh...i hope things are not going downhill from my first block..i need good things to happen in my last block *crosses fingers* jia you for the last 7-8 weeks of sem 8!! *rawrrr*

picnic

2008-10-12T03:03:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 周杰倫 - 稻香

spring is here! 29C today hence we decided to berpicnic at carlton's garden (and also to celebrate wee jie and wen hao's bday). chungyew n i met up at kaisin's house to prepare egg mayo sandwiches and dim sim for the pot luck and our lil picnic started at about 1+. after everyone's arrival we started eating all the yummy food (sze yuen's muffins, weejie's fried bihun, random kfc from dunno where etc)..the weather was slightly too hot and windy (it was so windy that sze yuen's chicken flew towards wen hao spontaneously). i had trouble eating as well cos my hair was flying around my face. kai sin brought oreo (the dog) and a picnic mat along too to add to the "picnic feel". hehe. after eating, we split into 2 groups of 5 and played taboo. fun fun : D n our team - awesom possum (created by wen hao) won! wheeeeee! btw, it was my first time playing taboo keke. quite fun : ) reminds me of the game in 'super trio show'.

damn, weekends are over. monday blues all over again : (

chocolate mud cake

cutting cake ceremony

team awesome : D

the other almost awesome team : P hehe

everyone + oreo : )

右手边 - 光良

2008-09-20T08:40:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 右手边 - 光良

the tvb drama "moonlight resonance" that i've been following is coming to an 2 hour finale tomorrow. excited! hopefully its a good ending :D (may raymond lam wins the best actor this year..hehe).

2 weeks into my 2nd rotation - git & gen surgery : hphm. i find myself missing my first rotation more and more..which is really kinda odd because i've always thought i'll like GI & gen surg more. maybe its because i miss my previous tutors and the fact that i have to start learning a bunch of new stuff. okay, i shall not complain because i can foresee i'll complain much more when my 3rd rotation starts - neuro *shakes head* so not looking forward to it : ( i need a holiday (very very much needed)...n i miss home. here's a picture from kang meng's 24th bday with special "added light effects" hehe

Happy Times

2008-08-29T20:17:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 不，完美 - 李玖哲

weekends are the best time of the week : ) dinner @ big mama (again..this place is sucking all my money..argh) and dessert @ san churros. we ordered way too much chocolate and i was happy the whole night (must be the high dose of chocolate!). 2 plates of churros, 2 suckao like drink, 1 buddha baci and 1 cup of chocolate drink for 4 person (thank god for the vouchers that eng kiat has..or else we would be paying way more than aud6 per person..hehe). good times really..pg, hang in there at rmh and always remember we're here for you : D ps : we so must meet up more often (no excuses..i don't care if you have to study : P keke)

our very tak jadi hand sign (trying to show the group 10 symbol - unfortunately, it was terbalik)

smartass pg

churros

me and the whole table of chocolate :S

group 10 austin - high even before the chocs (implying to boon shih only : P)

Max Brenner

2008-08-17T03:05:00.000-07:00

ahem. why am i not surprised by my temporary hiatus in blogging since the commencement of clinicals. hehe. i am quite predictable : ) its sunday today hence i shall not elaborate about clinicals (i'll leave that to rant about on a weekday). a couple of pictures from dinner @ big mama and max brenner with the gang yesterday. good times and good food : ) i ate 3/4 of the choc brownie and 2 pieces of the chocolate pizza (fattening but i honestly didn't bother much...i just wanted to eat and eat..cos chocolates make me very happy..wheee). the 8-5 routine begins again tomorrow. i am so going to have monday blues : (

eskimo kang meng, smiley kaisin and peace lichia

a warm hug

choc brownie - shared by kaisin and i

kai sin and shuang

First Week of Clinicals @ Austin

2008-07-25T00:35:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 梁静茹 - 不是我不明白

the weekends are here finally! i am looking forward to waking up at 11am instead of my 7am routine for the past week. so after 1 week of orientation at the austin i can safely say i think i made the right choice by putting it as my first choice for clinical school (and i was very lucky to get my first choice). its kinda hard to tell how effective their teaching would be since my official teaching only starts next week BUT the environment here is absolutely great : ) i really love the idea of getting revision tutes on the basic physical examinations by semester 10 students (i honestly think they taught us really well, and they were very kind to share their knowledge on what was important and gave us really good tips..at least, i felt we have a really good support not just from the clinical school but from the seniors as well) - and im not sure how supportive it is at the other clinical schools. i personally thought our dean, a/prof richard o'brien is very friendly and i guess he gave me the impression that he really cared..so hopefully he's really good. i am also thankful that i was allocated to my current group, i think we possibly could work pretty well together (I HOPE) (the president and vice president of AMSS is in my group! hehe)..and most ppl have only 1 clinical buddy...guess what? i have TWO : ) yay to that! after 1 week of being in the hospital, i think i've developed a syndrome - to hunt for free food in hospital and be paranoid about infection control (I LOVE the moisturizing lotion they provide in wards..its addictive!). i'll be starting on my first block @ the austin (haematology, oncology, infectious disease and breast) next week so..*fingers crossed* hopefully everything will be good and FUN : )

Boo Hoo

2008-07-20T04:15:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 王子的新衣 - 萧敬腾

semester 8 begins tomorrow! its not just any ordinary semester..it's the commencement of my clinical years in austin hospital. i am feeling very lazy, emofied and a bit traumatized over the uncertainties of my upcoming 19 weeks. shall keep this quote in mind 'when the going gets tough, the tough gets going' *crosses fingers* on a brighter note, flying home is just round the corner : D (ahem..maybe a couple of rounds lah..hehe)

this is a picture that i like to use as my msn display pic during swot vacs & exam periods to express my worried-ness. and now, i think it's time to show this pic again today..ehehe

Yum Cha @ Shark Fins Inn

2008-07-18T07:38:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 相知相拥 - 无印良品

i went to the city today to buy my coursework books (very last minute as usual..hehe). met up with PG at her home to put down my heavy books. i gave her a list of places to makan and asked her to decide "choose either big mama, ying thai, rose garden, yum cha". surprisingly she chose yum cha and we spontaneously went to sharks fin inn for yum cha : ) i so have to introduce a very yummy dish that i don't think can be found in msia (or maybe you can now..but i realise not many ppl know this thing actually exists). its called "char leong" - my must-call dish during yum cha sessions (besides egg tarts). its actually yao char kuey wrapped with chee cheong fun. i first found out about this dish when i visited hong kong many many years back and i remembered so clearly this dish cos it was so delicious! a must try if you havent try before... : D after that, we went to shop at DFO @ spencer street (i just window shopped, PG bought a long jacket - sorry woman, i just have to announce to the world that you bought a long jacket..hehe). we finished walking around DFO pretty quick, so we jalan somemore around the city. due to the impending clinical school stress, both of us went to indulge in the very sinful max brenner - yummy choc nut brownies and waffles! went to pick up my books from her home before dropping by at melisa's home for dinner with a couple of other friends : ) i received a very belated bday pressie from char today - a pair of pretty pink socks from sportsgirl (its not the typical socks that you wear out, it's those that you wear at home to keep warm during winter and it has pretty buckles on it, so it actually looks like a pair of baby shoes - darn im bad at describing! should have taken a pic instead..heehe) *hugs hugs*

ps : PG - i dislike you for not putting austin as your clinical school because i am going to miss walking to school together with you (and every other crazy things that we did during pre-clinicals - so not going to jot it down now...cannot ber-emo..anyway i think you know what i mean since you can practically read my mind almost all the time..hehe) : ( we shall jia you together okay?

char leong

not enough sleep

PG and the yummy brownie

Mornington Peninsula

2008-07-15T20:51:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 猪先生- 许志安

chungyew, kangmeng, weejie and i went on a mornington peninsula road trip last monday. it was quite a spontaneous thing hence, the last minute gathering and planning. we left the city just before 9 in the morning (i was dead tired as usual as my sleeping time has been long messed up). we were very fortunate that the weather was super good that day - sunny and bright : ) our first stop was the main street of mornington peninsula. according to the brochure i took from the information center, that street was suppose to house a couple of historic buildings. but from my point of view, the length of the street is almost equivalent to burgundy street @ heidelberg and the so-called historic buildings wasnt very impressive (there was one building that used to be a bank, but it is now replaced by subway *sweat*). we had brunch at a cafe along the main street - i had a plate of bacon and eggs which was very salty. chung yew and i bought pastries from frank's bakery (highly recommended - my german apple crumble tasted really good!). our next stop, schnapper point - its basically a spot facing the sea. we then drove to arthur's seat - another picture taking spot. there's a huge chair in the garden (similar to the chair at surfer's paradise gold coast). our next spot, aschcombe maze & lavendar gardens - it's suppose to be the largest garden maze in australia (kononnya). i think this place was the biggest dissapointment of the day, the maze was alright (as in, a huge maze lor but the soil was a bit muddy and wet - quite membencikan). the ultimate blow was the rose maze - it was a maze without any blooming rose, just left over branches of rose trees. very memspeechlesskan. the rest of the garden was also a waste of time cos it's merely just a patch of not very green field with a couple of rocks here and there. boo hoo. i can't believe i wasted aud13 to enter. sniff sniff. we continued our journey to a couple more places as we need to only arrive at our last destination before 6pm. we stopped by at cape schanck and rye pier before reaching peninsula hot springs just before 6pm. its quite relaxing to end a long road trip there. we berendam in hot springs for almost 2 hours before heading back to the city. was dead tired when i reach home at 11+pm. all in all, another successful trip and to top it off, we planned it all by ourselves (thanks to boonshih for providing me with last minute destinations..hehe)

schnapper point

ashcombe maze

stone garden @ ashcombe maze (rundown hut)

spot my name! : ) hehe

cape schanck

smile for the pic!

sunset at rye pier

bye bye - till our next road trip : )

Last Week of Sem7 hols

2008-07-12T21:51:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 会呼吸的痛 - 梁静茹

2 months of winter holidays came and gone by...good times indeed past by quickly : ( here i am at the last week of my sem 7 holidays, i feel abit emo actually. how i wish my holidays would last longer..and my daily routine would consist of sleeping, eating and chatting only without any exam stresses (tee hee..yeap yeap quite a pig indeed). this morning (or rather nearly afternoon) the first 5 seconds when i woke up...the first image i saw was actually the surroundings of my room in malaysia. i honestly had that 5 seconds feeling of being back in my comfy room in msia. then i rubbed my eyes again, and the surrounding looked abit unfamiliar again. then i realise, argh its my room in melbourne. just to clarify, i am not unhappy in melbourne, im just missing home at the moment. and being really greedy, while my current holidays are coming to an end...i am thinking about my end year holidays. how i am going to visit every major shopping centre in KL, sleepovers in my besties homes, brekkies with my parents :D ooo..and of course, my brother's wedding!

to my wonderful 2 besties, congrats! i now have 2 additional super hot graduates as besties : ) hehe (i am sincere okay)

Mt Buller

2008-07-10T23:26:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 雨天 - 孙燕姿

the journey to mt buller took approximately 4 hours. but as we inch closer to our destination, i felt that excitement because that would be my first time actually seeing snow : ) i am thankful for my super thick roxy jacket because i would have turned into a walking ice cube without it. we reached mt buller at about 10-11am, the temperature was slightly below 0C. i find the combination of sun + snow very beautiful. most of the pictures that we took came out really nice due to that combination too i guess : ) we spent most of our time exploring the village, taking pictures, playing with snow and basically just having a good time. we didn't opt for the skiing combo because we reckon it was a bit too expensive and we also have limited time to do so (perhaps another trip in the future? hehe). i loved the ski lift, however it was slightly too short of duration. it was indeed a great feeling to be above the snow covered land and mountain : ) we left mt buller at about 4pm and reached city only at about 8pm+. i was already dead tired by then. we went for dinner @ the spicy noodle house and i was on my way back to heidelberg after that. end note : another successful and fun trip **hugss**

i know you're way taller than me okay..

my icey-pop

white is my favourite color : )

i heart you guys : )

pekghe, me, boon shih n wee jie @ mt buller

i shall bury you alive : P

all smiles! : )

Pre-Mt Buller

2008-07-09T20:07:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 我不配 - 周杰伦

we were scheduled to leave the city to mt buller at approximately 5.45AM (Note : AM, in the morning, WTH). since it would be almost impossible for me to arrive on time if i were to leave my home at heidelberg at 5AM and the fact it was quite dangerous to travel alone that early, pg and i decided to camp at bs's home for the night. after meeting up, pg n i bought bread just in case we were hungry the next day. we then head to bs's home to lepak. pg as usual wanted to sleep early (in fact she went to bed at about 10+pm) leaving bs and i to chat. it's always nice to catch up since the last time we properly chatted was before i left for sydney and before bs left for adelaide. at about 1am, bs and i were still pretty much wide awake. pg started making ghostly sounds...and screamed 'she cannot sleep..etc etc'. it was a pretty hilarious scene actually. instead of comforting her, bs and i couldnt help but to laugh VERY LOUDLY. becos she claimed that the lights was disrupting her, bs turned off the lights and used a torchlight instead to look for his gloves. again, words kenot describe the scene. hehe. i went to bed at about 1+ to try to get a few hours of sleep, but i ended up tossing and turning the whole time. reasons being : pg was tossing and turning alot hence, i couldnt really sleep. bs has a super thin blanket which cannot be termed as a blanket because its thickness is equivalent to my towel. pg and i were freezing and we started stealing each other's heat by placing our feet on each other's feet but becos we both dun generate heat, it was cold feet touching cold feet. both of us had sleepless nights really...but bs was sleeping soundly like a pig : P pg n i gave up finally at 4am. we woke bs up and complained about his blanket, pillow, room and heater. despite all the complains, i think we all had a wonderful time catching up..we had so much laughters, i am convinced ian was cursing in his heart for the noise that we made. hehehe. we were all ready by 4.45am and left his home at 5am. we waited for weejie before walking to the city to catch the travel bus. i bought a latte from hungry jacks (which tasted nothing spectacular) while bs bought a breakfast set from mcd's (refer to picture for his super mini size orange juice).

i have the "can-barely-open-my-eyes" look & bs with his mini orange juice

Corn

2008-07-06T03:26:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 思念是一种病 - 张震岳

one of aldi's weekly special this week was corn - 4 half corns for 99c. i actually have a thing against corn (pls dun ask me why because i don't know why i dislike corn either). but 99c for 4 corn was too good of a bargain, i just had to buy it. i tried psyching myself to buy it cos i remembered how the last one i had in sydney was not too bad and also partially, i wanna try to expand the circle of food that i eat (trying to be less picky here..). this morning i steamed 2 half corn, put a lil bit of salt and ate it while it was hot. after finishing 1, i felt super jelak and my hatred towards corn came back. i put the remaining corn out of sight becos the smell of it was enough to make me even more jelak. my conclusion is, i still dislike corn BUT at least i tried liking it : ) hehe. (what am i going to do with the remaining 2 corns? any takers?)

dropped by the city to meet up with keng seng. its been a while since we last met. he shopped, i window shopped (li chia is officially broke and has to ikat perut for the coming months..hehe). i bought a pastry called taro bomb @ greening. its actually really nice - with lots of "real" taro. dinner was at nasi lemak house - i feel the standard of the nasi lemak is deteriorating. i remember how back in first year, the sambal was super spicy but now, i dun think its that spicy anymore (either they made it less spicy now or my tolerance is getting higher). and somehow i was feel my tummy doesnt feel very right each time after a meal there. but its still a relatively good place to go to if i have that sudden craving for msian food. we ended the night with dessert @ freddos - green tea and roche : )

taro bomb

the not very appetizing looking nasi lemak

keng seng is quite gelojoh : P

but i am worse, because i dun have to eat to look gelojoh : (

Oreo

2008-07-05T04:04:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 我在哭 - 萧敬腾

yesterday was eventful indeed. my day started off quite bad. but it progressively got better : ) yumcha @ sharks fin house with kaisin, bting, ming, wee jie and darren. it was my first time at this branch of sharks fin house. i was surprised that it has 3 floors but has no stairway. therefore, customers have to move in and out via 1 very slow lift. the dimsums were also carted to us in snail mode leaving us with long intervals between each dish. the food was average but what annoyed me most was, i ordered tau foo fah from a waiter after waiting for more than 15 mins for it to appear on the carts. the waiter came back and said "sorry our tau foo fah sold out already". there i was complaining to my friends why such a huge restaurant dun have sufficient tau foo fah to serve its customers. after paying for our food, while waiting for the lift (remember how i mention the lift is SLOW??)..i saw a waiter pushing a cart full of dessert (tau foo fah and sai mai lo). ARGH. didnt the waiter say it was all sold out?? hphm. head to kaisin's house to lepak before our dinner with the rest of our friends @ ying thai. i found a little wonder at her house which i so feel like kidnapping : P OREO is my new found love : ) n i so want to get a puppy in the near future. actually, make it 2 : a shih-tzu and a beagle would be perfect for my home : D

kaisin, bting, ming and i played cards and chat/gossip the entire afternoon. and im going miss bting and ming when they head home for good this july. dinner at ying thai with the rest of the imu ppl were good, except we waited for half an hour or so before we manage to get a table (despite making reservations). dessert was at san churros (again!). holidays are wonderful..and how i wish they would never end : )

Drained

2008-07-02T02:48:00.000-07:00

Currently listening to : 对爱渴望 - 杨宗纬

Today, I experienced how my hormones can totally wreck my thoughts and emotions. I am physically and emotionally drained. I shall sleep early today.

Baking Set

2008-07-01T02:38:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : no air - jordin sparks feat chris brown

my time in sydney was spent binging on cakes and desserts of all sorts (think tiramisu @ gloria jeans, hazelnut choc cake at lindt's, chocolate cheese cake @ chocol'art etc). despite being back in melbourne for a week already, im still stuck in the habit of wanting to scoff down 1 cake per day. it's always like that, once i start binging i can't stop! bad for the weight and pocket. to satisfy my craving, im thinking of investing on a set baking utensils. but once again, there's always the money issue. actually its the fact i wonder if i'll really put those utensils to use once my clinicals start that is pulling me back on buying them. decisions decisions. if i have to choose between a new ipod and a set of baking utensils..i'll probably choose the ipod though. at least i know i'll use that everyday : )

Ipod

2008-06-29T23:54:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : no air - jordin sparks feat chris brown

my Ipod shuffle started giving me problems on the last day of my sydney trip. the time when i needed it most to accompany me on my trip back from sydney, it broke down. alternating orange and green lights flashed - indicating some sort of error and i had to endure the entire journey back from sydney to heidelberg stoning without any music. fortunately, after plugging it to itunes, it miraculously resumed its normal function. but yesterday, the problem came back. i was on my way home from the city and it died again. argh. im seriously pondering on investing a new ipod. should i or should i not?

Essendon DFO

2008-06-29T09:11:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : jason mraz - im yours

i am so addicted to this song! im a person that has a strong liking for emo songs (those slow love songs with meaningful lyrics that can sometimes make you break down in tears occasionally sorta thing..) but somehow i really love this song. it gives me the sorta bursting with joy and happiness mood. which is so what i need at the moment. i was at san churro's the other night with mel sipping chai latte. when they play this song..i nearly went "YAYYY" (super loud) but thankfully i realised i was in a public cafe not my room..so my YAYYY turned out more like yayyy... : )

finally visited essendon DFO this morning. its a better shopping place compared to DFO spencer st. however, due to the fact its quite a distance from the city with no public transport connecting directly to the place...it was quite a challenge to get there. i manage to come home with 4 tops. i am a happy girl BUT i have huge holes in my pocket at the moment. i shall be guilty for the next 5 mins or so before i head to bed : ) pg n i decided to be adventurous during dinner. so we passed on our usual makan spots and headed for dumpling plus on swanston st. the place looks a bit posh but the food was rather dissapointing. its not too bad actually but just a bit bland. taste wasnt proportionate to the price. i am craving for super spicy food at the moment! argh.

New Start

2008-06-12T17:14:00.000-07:00

currently listening to : 胡彦斌 - waiting for you

i've officially shifted from xanga to blogger : ) reasons being : i've tried changing my xanga blog skin several times and it eventually reverted to the original boring template, blogger has autosave function. hence, i dun have to worry about sudden dissapearance of blog posts. anyway, i havent been updating much lately. in fact, i haven't been updating at all since i don't know when. hopefully this new blog will inspire me to blog more often.