And I'll be back in Galway, with a weekend to go before starting 5th year.
I have to admit, its pretty scary! Its the last year I have before I'm expected to know almost everything, being a Final Med Student. I also have a research paper to complete before the 21st of September (my Mummy's birthday!) So yeah.. Its gonna be busy when I get back, plus my parents and my brother will be coming along to Galway as well.
Each time I come home to KL, I find it easier and easier to leave. Its not something I really like, its just, a thing I've noticed. Galway is becoming the place I live my life, the place I'm starting to call home. I don't want to call it home, because my definition of home has always been where my family is. And my family is here? But things are changing this year. My brother is heading back with me - he's goin to be studying in the UK.. And my parents and my youngest brother might be moving to Vietnam. And I don't think I'd call Vietnam home, so.. I'm going to be confused with where "home" is.
My holiday at home so far has been filled with trips to One Utama, procrastinating writing my paper, eating good good food, shopping, shopping, shopping, playing with my brothers (yes, playing outside, running here and there, jumping around, sliding down slides - wheeeeee!), feeding my dogs treats making them happy and tail-waggly :)
Friday, August 31, 2007
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Again..
Its been ages.. I think my last post was bout 4 months ago? Since then, we got done with exams, moved from 3 the Rookery to "Rumah Merah", said bye to Annie, said hello to Flavian, summer research project started and ended but still not completed, went through 2 rented cars, crashed into a tree in a bush for the fun of it (not one that was rented), twisted both my ankles, hyperextended my shoulder, grazed my knee, got 2 huge-ass bruises, all from jumping around outside with Che, hmmm what else happened... Well we stayed a night in Dublin for the BudLight Revue Comedy Festival... Yeah... That's my summer in Galway in a nutshell! Back at home now, kicking back, getting way too lazy... I sit and watch TV even when there's nothing to watch, and there's usually nothing to watch. Today I thought I'd do something different, so here I am posting a blog :)
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Long time no blog!
Part of the reason being that my laptop died :( and also, its kinda hard trying to write a blog in a public place? As in the computer suites, where the screens are big enough that people who pass by or look over can read what you've written... So no blogs for that reason, oh yeah, we were having exams too! One last one on Monday, medicine MCQ. Oh wait, and the forensics oral on the 31st - if I get picked...
Anyway, we've been a busy busy house over here. Everyone trying to get stuff packed so we can be out of this house by the 30th... Zool's the first one to get everything done, Esther and I are pretty close behind... Sheila and Zaidan finally got their car back :) So they can zoom onwards as well...
So far, I have got:
- 15 medium sized boxes
- 2 large boxes
- 2 duffel bags
- 1 guitar case
- 1 suitcase
- 1 hand luggage bag
- numerous little boxes
And I still have 2 tables, 2 book racks, one shoe rack, and a whole kitchen cupboard full of things to pack... Hopefully all will be sorted and moved by the 30th :D Cos on the 31st - Ang and I are going to Kilkenny! Yayyyy :) We're going for the Cat Laughs Festival :)
But yeah, I'm so sad we don't get to stay with Zool (and our perpetual house guest - Afza) next year... It's been loads of good times - great times actually! Them cooking, me eating! Haha, I don't know how I'd have survived had they not offered me food whenever they cooked. I would probably miss food from home a lot more if they didn't! Also, I think I would have failed certain subjects had they not been here to study with me. I get so relaxed when I study alone sometimes, and I get too lenient with myself so that I end up studying really really slowly, with loads of breaks in between. But seeing them studying, I feel the need to study. And I have that teeny bit of pressure that I need to really concentrate :) I love them so much!
Things do get crazy when we hang out. Random, loud shouts ensue - each person trying to give Afza or Sumi a fright. It works on Afza maybe 50% of the time, but on Sumi? You get a much higher success rate ;) Its fun scaring people. I remember for Sumi's birthday we all hid in her room while she was in the shower, and she came out went into her room and got a little surprise trifle :)
We have some crazy videos too - some taken without them noticing I was taking a video! 2 makcik's talking on my bed, someone trying to turn around in my wheelie chair and falling off it, someone waffle-waffling at someone else's bum bum, someone wearing my bag as a hat and talking like Phua Chu Kang, someone dancing around thinking I was going to take a picture, ALL of us taking turns to "stand" on our heads on Sumi's bed, in Sumi's small room, and Sumi trying to do it - ALL WRONG by the way... HILARIOUS.
Bop-it games. Pretending to sleep whenever anyone entered a room - regardless of what they were doing at the time, for example Afza walking to the toilet and Zool watching a move on his laptop (I enter the room) and Zool looks at me shouts "Sleep! Sleep!" and Afza "falls asleep" standing up leaning against the wall and he does the same wherever he is. It may not sound funny - but it is SO FUNNY. Makes me feel kinda unwanted at times, haha, but it's just funny!
We alsocram study for exams together. Those were the times! Playfully telling each other off for making noise (turning a page or moving around).
Random trips to Tesco and the Mediterranean store... I'm gonna miss grocery shopping with them! They taught me how to "not-buy-expensive-things" :) And I now cook more often because I learnt that bringing a lunch to school saves me SO MUCH MONEY - that I learnt from ZooZa :)
What else do we get up to? Oh yeah, we watched Friends! We got to the final episode of the final season, and we all got so emotional - cos we were moving out too! "Appletiser with Friends" is now "Peartiser with Friends"! Peartiser sounds so weird! At least Appletiser sounds like appetiser, Peartiser doesn't! As well, after almost 3 years of Appletiser being the sponsor. Weird!
We watch Heroes together :) And, people get bad dreams together after watching it :P
We also imitate Sumi - especially when she's not around - we do it cos we miss her when she's not! Plus it's fun to do ;) Hehe.. We love you Sumi!
I'm gonna miss staying with you guys so much!
Afza :) There's something proper about her and she's got an old soul - like Sumi said. I think that's pretty true :) She's got a kind of datin-aura around her, you know? Like she is someone big, someone up there, but without being a proud person. She's guarded but when she lets down her guard - you'd be hard pressed to get her to keep something from you :) And she's a brilliant cook! And makes the BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE EVER!
Zool, you are full of surprises! Also a brilliant cook! Zool is the cause of zoolosis - which is difficulty in correctly recalling times and dates :) He has spread this disorder to me :( I'm now a carrier! He's a romantic guy, and I just love seeing him and Afza together. With some couples you feel all icky seeing them together, but not with these guys :)
Like Ang said, "They're Zool and Afza!" You just don't see them being apart :) I love you guys!
Sumi, not so much - cos we're staying together again next year! But I'll write a little tribute to my aunty-like friend as well :) Sumi's great :) She's the kind of med student that's painfully enthusiastic! And so painfully is she enthusiastic! Hehe, no she's not that bad :) She's a hard worker and a very determined person - and I look up to that. Sometimes I wish I could be like that, but I dunno... Maybe one day :) Esther is brilliant at the piano! And a really good harmonizer ;) When I can't find the harmonies to songs - Esther finds them for me :)
I'm so amazed at the way our friendships have grown over the past year and a half - and I really truly am looking forward to a lifetime of it :)
Anyway, we've been a busy busy house over here. Everyone trying to get stuff packed so we can be out of this house by the 30th... Zool's the first one to get everything done, Esther and I are pretty close behind... Sheila and Zaidan finally got their car back :) So they can zoom onwards as well...
So far, I have got:
- 15 medium sized boxes
- 2 large boxes
- 2 duffel bags
- 1 guitar case
- 1 suitcase
- 1 hand luggage bag
- numerous little boxes
And I still have 2 tables, 2 book racks, one shoe rack, and a whole kitchen cupboard full of things to pack... Hopefully all will be sorted and moved by the 30th :D Cos on the 31st - Ang and I are going to Kilkenny! Yayyyy :) We're going for the Cat Laughs Festival :)
But yeah, I'm so sad we don't get to stay with Zool (and our perpetual house guest - Afza) next year... It's been loads of good times - great times actually! Them cooking, me eating! Haha, I don't know how I'd have survived had they not offered me food whenever they cooked. I would probably miss food from home a lot more if they didn't! Also, I think I would have failed certain subjects had they not been here to study with me. I get so relaxed when I study alone sometimes, and I get too lenient with myself so that I end up studying really really slowly, with loads of breaks in between. But seeing them studying, I feel the need to study. And I have that teeny bit of pressure that I need to really concentrate :) I love them so much!
Things do get crazy when we hang out. Random, loud shouts ensue - each person trying to give Afza or Sumi a fright. It works on Afza maybe 50% of the time, but on Sumi? You get a much higher success rate ;) Its fun scaring people. I remember for Sumi's birthday we all hid in her room while she was in the shower, and she came out went into her room and got a little surprise trifle :)
We have some crazy videos too - some taken without them noticing I was taking a video! 2 makcik's talking on my bed, someone trying to turn around in my wheelie chair and falling off it, someone waffle-waffling at someone else's bum bum, someone wearing my bag as a hat and talking like Phua Chu Kang, someone dancing around thinking I was going to take a picture, ALL of us taking turns to "stand" on our heads on Sumi's bed, in Sumi's small room, and Sumi trying to do it - ALL WRONG by the way... HILARIOUS.
Bop-it games. Pretending to sleep whenever anyone entered a room - regardless of what they were doing at the time, for example Afza walking to the toilet and Zool watching a move on his laptop (I enter the room) and Zool looks at me shouts "Sleep! Sleep!" and Afza "falls asleep" standing up leaning against the wall and he does the same wherever he is. It may not sound funny - but it is SO FUNNY. Makes me feel kinda unwanted at times, haha, but it's just funny!
We also
Random trips to Tesco and the Mediterranean store... I'm gonna miss grocery shopping with them! They taught me how to "not-buy-expensive-things" :) And I now cook more often because I learnt that bringing a lunch to school saves me SO MUCH MONEY - that I learnt from ZooZa :)
What else do we get up to? Oh yeah, we watched Friends! We got to the final episode of the final season, and we all got so emotional - cos we were moving out too! "Appletiser with Friends" is now "Peartiser with Friends"! Peartiser sounds so weird! At least Appletiser sounds like appetiser, Peartiser doesn't! As well, after almost 3 years of Appletiser being the sponsor. Weird!
We watch Heroes together :) And, people get bad dreams together after watching it :P
We also imitate Sumi - especially when she's not around - we do it cos we miss her when she's not! Plus it's fun to do ;) Hehe.. We love you Sumi!
I'm gonna miss staying with you guys so much!
Afza :) There's something proper about her and she's got an old soul - like Sumi said. I think that's pretty true :) She's got a kind of datin-aura around her, you know? Like she is someone big, someone up there, but without being a proud person. She's guarded but when she lets down her guard - you'd be hard pressed to get her to keep something from you :) And she's a brilliant cook! And makes the BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE EVER!
Zool, you are full of surprises! Also a brilliant cook! Zool is the cause of zoolosis - which is difficulty in correctly recalling times and dates :) He has spread this disorder to me :( I'm now a carrier! He's a romantic guy, and I just love seeing him and Afza together. With some couples you feel all icky seeing them together, but not with these guys :)
Like Ang said, "They're Zool and Afza!" You just don't see them being apart :) I love you guys!
Sumi, not so much - cos we're staying together again next year! But I'll write a little tribute to my aunty-like friend as well :) Sumi's great :) She's the kind of med student that's painfully enthusiastic! And so painfully is she enthusiastic! Hehe, no she's not that bad :) She's a hard worker and a very determined person - and I look up to that. Sometimes I wish I could be like that, but I dunno... Maybe one day :) Esther is brilliant at the piano! And a really good harmonizer ;) When I can't find the harmonies to songs - Esther finds them for me :)
I'm so amazed at the way our friendships have grown over the past year and a half - and I really truly am looking forward to a lifetime of it :)
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Sunday, May 06, 2007
When I say, "I am a Christian"
When I say, "I am a Christian," I'm not shouting, "I've been saved!"
I'm whispering, "I get lost! That's why I chose this way"
When I say, "I am a Christian," I don't speak with human pride
I'm confessing that I stumble-needing God to be my guide
When I say, "I am a Christian," I'm not trying to be strong
I'm professing that I'm weak and pray for strength to carry on
When I say, "I am a Christian," I'm not bragging of success
I'm admitting that I've failed and cannot ever pay the debt
When I say, "I am a Christian," I don't think I know it all
I submit to my confusion asking humbly to be taught
When I say, "I am a Christian," I'm not claiming to be perfect
My flaws are far too visible but God believes I'm worth it
When I say, "I am a Christian," I still feel the sting of pain
I have my share of heartache which is why I seek His name
When I say, "I am a Christian," I do not wish to judge
I have no authority--I only know I'm loved
...
Copyright 1988 Carol Wimmer
I'm whispering, "I get lost! That's why I chose this way"
When I say, "I am a Christian," I don't speak with human pride
I'm confessing that I stumble-needing God to be my guide
When I say, "I am a Christian," I'm not trying to be strong
I'm professing that I'm weak and pray for strength to carry on
When I say, "I am a Christian," I'm not bragging of success
I'm admitting that I've failed and cannot ever pay the debt
When I say, "I am a Christian," I don't think I know it all
I submit to my confusion asking humbly to be taught
When I say, "I am a Christian," I'm not claiming to be perfect
My flaws are far too visible but God believes I'm worth it
When I say, "I am a Christian," I still feel the sting of pain
I have my share of heartache which is why I seek His name
When I say, "I am a Christian," I do not wish to judge
I have no authority--I only know I'm loved
...
Copyright 1988 Carol Wimmer
Thursday, May 03, 2007
It's getting so hot here!
Apparently, it was 27°C yesterday..!
Today we had a tutorial out on the grass with Dr. O'Donovan - it lasted an hour and a little bit... It was awesome, we sat outside in a circle, everyone with their notes and some with sunnies, others with hats, and me in my shorts! I love being able to wear shorts to classes! I am now, 2 shades darker (yay!) and a tiny headache richer (boo).
My Orange MicroCrush is on its way! I can't wait for it to arrive :D
Off to the gym I go... Kinda lost my motivation these days, I think it was so much more fun to do when I was only going once a week, upping it to 2-3 times a week - I just get bored! But maybe it won't be so boring today ;) We'll see...
Today we had a tutorial out on the grass with Dr. O'Donovan - it lasted an hour and a little bit... It was awesome, we sat outside in a circle, everyone with their notes and some with sunnies, others with hats, and me in my shorts! I love being able to wear shorts to classes! I am now, 2 shades darker (yay!) and a tiny headache richer (boo).
My Orange MicroCrush is on its way! I can't wait for it to arrive :D
Off to the gym I go... Kinda lost my motivation these days, I think it was so much more fun to do when I was only going once a week, upping it to 2-3 times a week - I just get bored! But maybe it won't be so boring today ;) We'll see...
Monday, April 30, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
My mind is transformed!
Again I found myself up - and the whole house asleep :) My internal alarm clock rang at 7am this morning... I rolled around in bed for a while, then got up to shower at half 7... So from 8am, I tried to get online. I restarted the router twice, reset the modem twice, and sat there patiently for an HOUR. Until I wanted to cry. Hahaha, I think I cry pretty easily - when I'm frustrated. Anywho, I decide to pack my lunch for our little after church picnic - and my rolls have gone rock hard :( Wasn't my day this morning - but after that it was all great again :)
Our picnic got shifted indoors to Cathie's house :) The weather didn't like us today :( But it was still loads of fun! I only just got home bout half an hour ago? And yeah, I figure if we were actually outside at a picnic - we'd be back home wayyy earlier than that :) It was really nice, everyone inside having food together, chatting and laughing and just hanging out :)
Spoke to my parents last night, and I think the whole family's coming over for when my brother, Yong starts university :) I can't wait! But it also means I'm not going to be going home for the summer... I'm missing out on catching up with friends and also the lovely food and sun and camp5 and DRIVING, but sure I can do that in December (if I go home then!)... I'm so excited for them to come over! Just can't contain myself! Told Angela and Sumi earlier and I couldn't stop jumping around ;) Yayyyyyyyy!!! Its like I live my life here separate from my family, and its just great knowing that I'd get to share that with them when they come over :) And its the perfect timing too - cos now I'm well settled in, and its not too close to them having to come over again for my graduation so... Just PERFECT!
I still can't get Mr. Shy Smile out of my head... Its not like I've been obsessing, but just... His smile... What is wrong with me! By the way, I didn't make it to the gym yesterday :P Met Phillip for coffee (well, he had coffee, I had apple juice) and after that met up with Cathie for tea in town :) We walked through the market and smelled some yummy food, some fishy fish and bumped shoulders with people :) Then I went shopping...
I got me a new pickup for my guitar :) Now all I need is an amp to try it out on! And also a guitar strap so I can start playing my own guitar in church :)
I also got me some new running shoes for the mini-marathon :) Adidas a3 Vortec!
I also bought some new duvet covers and sheets - they were on sale at Harry Corry :)
Walking home from town yesterday was nice - I got to stop at an open area and lie down by the river and enjoy the sun before heading back :) Lovely... And I think I'm tanner! Just a little bit :)
I also spent yesterday emptying 60% of my wardrobe into a luggage bag and a duffel bag... So now my room is really looking empty - when I open up my wardrobe its almost all gone! Ah well, good to get that sorted now while we're not haunted by exams :)
That's all for now - I wonder have people copped on to the fact that I'm blogging again? B'feider!
Our picnic got shifted indoors to Cathie's house :) The weather didn't like us today :( But it was still loads of fun! I only just got home bout half an hour ago? And yeah, I figure if we were actually outside at a picnic - we'd be back home wayyy earlier than that :) It was really nice, everyone inside having food together, chatting and laughing and just hanging out :)
Spoke to my parents last night, and I think the whole family's coming over for when my brother, Yong starts university :) I can't wait! But it also means I'm not going to be going home for the summer... I'm missing out on catching up with friends and also the lovely food and sun and camp5 and DRIVING, but sure I can do that in December (if I go home then!)... I'm so excited for them to come over! Just can't contain myself! Told Angela and Sumi earlier and I couldn't stop jumping around ;) Yayyyyyyyy!!! Its like I live my life here separate from my family, and its just great knowing that I'd get to share that with them when they come over :) And its the perfect timing too - cos now I'm well settled in, and its not too close to them having to come over again for my graduation so... Just PERFECT!
I still can't get Mr. Shy Smile out of my head... Its not like I've been obsessing, but just... His smile... What is wrong with me! By the way, I didn't make it to the gym yesterday :P Met Phillip for coffee (well, he had coffee, I had apple juice) and after that met up with Cathie for tea in town :) We walked through the market and smelled some yummy food, some fishy fish and bumped shoulders with people :) Then I went shopping...
I got me a new pickup for my guitar :) Now all I need is an amp to try it out on! And also a guitar strap so I can start playing my own guitar in church :)
I also got me some new running shoes for the mini-marathon :) Adidas a3 Vortec!
I also bought some new duvet covers and sheets - they were on sale at Harry Corry :)
Walking home from town yesterday was nice - I got to stop at an open area and lie down by the river and enjoy the sun before heading back :) Lovely... And I think I'm tanner! Just a little bit :)
I also spent yesterday emptying 60% of my wardrobe into a luggage bag and a duffel bag... So now my room is really looking empty - when I open up my wardrobe its almost all gone! Ah well, good to get that sorted now while we're not haunted by exams :)
That's all for now - I wonder have people copped on to the fact that I'm blogging again? B'feider!
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Looks like...
I'm back into the posting groove - don't know if that's a good thing or not...
I may be the only person out of 7 in this house that has an internal clock. Its a Saturday, and I woke up at 8, to an extremely quiet house... Its not fair how they can sleep in til "late" - later than me anyway...
I got two emails today from the consultant I'm doing research with over this summer, its so cute, she thinks I spell my name "stezsie" instead of "Stacey" because that's what I use in my email address... Maybe I should get me a proper email address :P
I may be the only person out of 7 in this house that has an internal clock. Its a Saturday, and I woke up at 8, to an extremely quiet house... Its not fair how they can sleep in til "late" - later than me anyway...
I got two emails today from the consultant I'm doing research with over this summer, its so cute, she thinks I spell my name "stezsie" instead of "Stacey" because that's what I use in my email address... Maybe I should get me a proper email address :P
Friday, April 27, 2007
Last day of attachments..
What a miserable day. And what a miserable way, to end our 4th med attachments... Got kicked out of the ward round to take histories - we were supposed to present them when they got to our patient in the round... So we go down at about 20 past 9, and the history and exam is done by 10, and so the waiting begins... Half 10 rolls around, and we're still waiting... I text Ailbhe to see if the team is with them yet - they're not. So we wait some more, and 11 o'clock arrives "I'm leaving if they don't get here in 5 minutes", Daniel goes and bleeps the SHO, "We're in Mary's, we're going to Anthony's next"... So we're like, OK, might as well wait for them at Anthony's... So we wait... And wait some more... And continue waiting... At this point, its close to 12pm... And everyone's getting agitated and irritated... Aimi's voice starts getting all high pitched, I start stamping my feet on the ground - throwing a little hissy fit... And Ailbhe, cool, calm and collected says "Sure, its our last day, let's not make a big thing out of this..." We finally catch sight of the team, and guess what? The consultant is gone... And its just the team then... And there's still too many people to be on a ward round, and we wait outside while they talk to patients... Hanging around only long enough to arrange for a tutorial... One is arranged for 3pm. I couldn't make it for the tutorial, but guess what, our group got stood up again - and the tutorial never materialised. Oh well, we're done. What a way to end it. Ah well... That's that.
I'm still here thinking of Mr. Man's shy smile :) I think the thing I liked about him, was that he's good looking, but wasn't full of himself? You can tell that about guys... Guys who act like they know they're good looking aren't as attractive as they would be if they didn't.
Anywho, enough about guys and their smiles :P
I'm pretty proud of myself, did I mention a couple of us from church are doing the Women's Mini Marathon? So I started training last week... Anyway, why am I proud of myself? Well yeah, I've been going to the gym for over a year now, and I hardly ever do work on the treadmill... Probably when I just started, but never really... So... This is what I've accomplished in a week:
I'm still here thinking of Mr. Man's shy smile :) I think the thing I liked about him, was that he's good looking, but wasn't full of himself? You can tell that about guys... Guys who act like they know they're good looking aren't as attractive as they would be if they didn't.
Anywho, enough about guys and their smiles :P
I'm pretty proud of myself, did I mention a couple of us from church are doing the Women's Mini Marathon? So I started training last week... Anyway, why am I proud of myself? Well yeah, I've been going to the gym for over a year now, and I hardly ever do work on the treadmill... Probably when I just started, but never really... So... This is what I've accomplished in a week:
Tuesday last week, I ran 2 km in 16 minutes (7.5 km/h) at 0 incline :)
Tuesday this week, I ran 3 km in 22 minutes (8.18 km/h) at an incline of 4 :)
And yesterday, I ran 4 km in 35 minutes (6.86 km/h) at an incline of 5 :)
Well not actually that proud bout my latest "result", got kinda lazy - and I don't think it was such a great idea to do all them weights before running, so new strategy for tomorrow... Start with stretches then go for the running :)
I have to say that I have ZERO stamina! I can run short distances and do them in bursts, but I find it hard to maintain things at a constant pace... So yeah, I'm proud of myself... Tomorrow, my goal is to get 5 km done in 35 minutes :) while keeping the incline steady at 5 :) Will be reporting back again tomorrow :)
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Brown sugar in the hole!
Guess what I did? Today I was making tea in the cafe, and.. Instead of pouring sugar into my cup of tea, I tore open the sugar packet over my cup, and poured it into the bin hole :P It wasn't like I was half asleep or super tired, just did that unconsciously - and had a little laugh to myself :) Good thing there wasn't anyone around when I did that :) Tee hee hee...
My eventful day full of tutorials, free journal club keychains, and heart sounds, ends with a lovely session at the gym :) Cute European guy and myself kept exchanging glances and smiles :) I was on the lower abs stand thing, and he was on one of the trapezius machines, and he starts saying something to me, I don't know what he said, so I get off the thing I'm on and go over to him, and he asks if he can have a go on my machine thing :) And so I said ok - I think he was trying to show off, cos he attached like a 25kg weight to his belt and did like 10 of those things guys do - I don't know what they're called, where you have like parallel bars and you lift yourself up and lower yourself down with feet off the ground ;) Anyway, it was nice to have some attention... And he had such a great smile :D I love smiles :D Haha, and I can't believe I pulled a "damsel-in-distress" on him :P I was on a hamstring machine, and I had to adjust the bit that you hook your foot onto? Yeah, and I tried to adjust it, I only tried for a second to unscrew the thing, in my heart hoping he'd come to my rescue, and he did!
Aah, my lovely, smiley gym man, when will I see you again? Can't believe you were there for so long! I was there for two hours, and you were there before me, and when I left you were still there... No wonder you're so fit :)
My eventful day full of tutorials, free journal club keychains, and heart sounds, ends with a lovely session at the gym :) Cute European guy and myself kept exchanging glances and smiles :) I was on the lower abs stand thing, and he was on one of the trapezius machines, and he starts saying something to me, I don't know what he said, so I get off the thing I'm on and go over to him, and he asks if he can have a go on my machine thing :) And so I said ok - I think he was trying to show off, cos he attached like a 25kg weight to his belt and did like 10 of those things guys do - I don't know what they're called, where you have like parallel bars and you lift yourself up and lower yourself down with feet off the ground ;) Anyway, it was nice to have some attention... And he had such a great smile :D I love smiles :D Haha, and I can't believe I pulled a "damsel-in-distress" on him :P I was on a hamstring machine, and I had to adjust the bit that you hook your foot onto? Yeah, and I tried to adjust it, I only tried for a second to unscrew the thing, in my heart hoping he'd come to my rescue, and he did!
Aah, my lovely, smiley gym man, when will I see you again? Can't believe you were there for so long! I was there for two hours, and you were there before me, and when I left you were still there... No wonder you're so fit :)
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Another new layout
Yeah, I've been itchy with html lately. Just can't leave it alone! I dunno, maybe because I have nothing much to write about, I go and play with my template? B'feider...
I liked the template before this - those of you who got to see it saw it, its gone now - but, it wasn't really what I wanted? But yeah, I love this template!
Anywho, enough of this template talk :)
How is anyone who is reading this? How's your week gone? How's the first quarter of your year gone for you?
I can't believe its already April! And the end of it!
I will be back after lectures to post another post - internet at home's gone funky monkey..
I liked the template before this - those of you who got to see it saw it, its gone now - but, it wasn't really what I wanted? But yeah, I love this template!
Anywho, enough of this template talk :)
How is anyone who is reading this? How's your week gone? How's the first quarter of your year gone for you?
I can't believe its already April! And the end of it!
I will be back after lectures to post another post - internet at home's gone funky monkey..
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
How do you like my new layout?
I like it! Still have to edit and add links, but that's about all I think? Oh, and my tagboard too..
Loads have happened since I last posted a post :P As loads usually do.. In a nutshell, here goes!
We went snowboarding! So much fun! Can't wait to go again! Will post some pictures soon enough :) Flights back to Galway got delayed and missed - leaving us with only 2 hours in Galway before having to leave for Krakow on our class trip!
Krakow was really good fun, just so nice to do things together as a class :) Dinners, drinking, and a trip to Auschwitz...
Had a birthday party to celebrate my 21st :) Another great night out, with the class and people I love :) Only wish that my family and Angela could have been there...
Loads have happened since I last posted a post :P As loads usually do.. In a nutshell, here goes!
We went snowboarding! So much fun! Can't wait to go again! Will post some pictures soon enough :) Flights back to Galway got delayed and missed - leaving us with only 2 hours in Galway before having to leave for Krakow on our class trip!
Krakow was really good fun, just so nice to do things together as a class :) Dinners, drinking, and a trip to Auschwitz...
Had a birthday party to celebrate my 21st :) Another great night out, with the class and people I love :) Only wish that my family and Angela could have been there...
Monday, March 19, 2007
I got tagged O.o
So there's this tag thing that I see going around, where you have to write 6 weird things about yourself? Yeah, so I just got tagged :)
So here's 6 weird things you mabe didn't know about me :)
So here's 6 weird things you mabe didn't know about me :)
- I eat my burgers outside in - leave the bits in the middle :) I always leave the best for the last :) I also do that with other food... Its like I'm rewarding myself at the end of the meal - without having to have dessert? I don't know :P
- You know the way Linda has her bobo? I have my little bolster :P I can't sleep without it! There was once, my brother hid my bolster.. And I ended up not sleeping that night :( Til he gave it back to me at 6am in the morning :( He didn't do it on purpose though, so it's okay :) But I've had some training, (my luggage bag got left behind - not my fault) and now I can live without it for up to 2 weeks.
- I like buying textbooks, but I don't necessarily get to use it to the fullest during the semester or even before my exams. More than half the books on my shelf look brand new :P
- I love to pack. Packing grocery bags, packing my backpack to go to school, packing my luggage bag to go home or to come back here, packing to move house, packing to stay over at a friend's house, I love to pack :P I think I'm kinda good at it!
- I have numerous moles all over my body and face. I'm still discovering new ones daily. I look in the mirror and I see a new mole on my face. I get all paranoid about finding new moles and noticing a change in old moles, but they're all tweeny weeny so... Maybe I should waste less of my time noticing :P
- I love wearing shorts :P It doesn't matter that its snowing outside and freezing inside. I hate the restrictions of wearing long pants, especially when going to sleep cos I get tangled up in them :P Same applies to sleeping in long sleeved t-shirts...
So that's the list! Who am I tagging..? Afza, Sumi, KJ, Angela, and Mel!
We're going snowboarding! We're going snowboarding! We're going snowboarding!
Did I mention it? We're going snowboarding!!
Friday, March 16, 2007
SPSS
Exams finally over - Yayyyyyyyyyyy!
Medical Informatics Statistical Analysis report due - BLEARGHHH!
Moving along to happier things in life...
I'm going snowboarding next week! Yayyyy, 4 days and 3 nights in Peyragudes :) With KJ, Bob, Trisha and Gagan :) We arrive Friday night, and will be in Galway 4 hours before we jet off again to Krakow for our class trip! Busy, busy, busy! This is going to be the best mid-semester break ever!
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Pathology and bacteriology..
Why does time go by so fast? It's already the 4th week of the year, and I looked back at my goals for the year, and already they're not being accomplished. Good thing I looked at them, so now I can get focused again :)
Major exams are coming up soon, in about 4 weeks time. Pathology and bacteriology finals. Kinda scary! Actually, pretty scary. Got all stressed out last night about it all. And still kinda am. Sorta pushing a lot of things to the side to make room for study. At least attachments are over - for now. So we actually have all day to study :) Yayyy :) So now to get focused and shift into 5th :) No more hanging around in 2nd gear.
Had an awesome weekend up in Letterkenny with KJ, Esther, Bob, Fla, Clifford and Annie :) Will post up some pictures soon :) We had KFC (That's where I want to be!), we went to the Giant's Causeway :) Then came back :P Tiring weekend but I'm fully recharged after the long sleep I got last night - and now I'm going to study :)
Major exams are coming up soon, in about 4 weeks time. Pathology and bacteriology finals. Kinda scary! Actually, pretty scary. Got all stressed out last night about it all. And still kinda am. Sorta pushing a lot of things to the side to make room for study. At least attachments are over - for now. So we actually have all day to study :) Yayyy :) So now to get focused and shift into 5th :) No more hanging around in 2nd gear.
Had an awesome weekend up in Letterkenny with KJ, Esther, Bob, Fla, Clifford and Annie :) Will post up some pictures soon :) We had KFC (That's where I want to be!), we went to the Giant's Causeway :) Then came back :P Tiring weekend but I'm fully recharged after the long sleep I got last night - and now I'm going to study :)
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Saturday, December 23, 2006
I'm home :)
Have I done anything that I said I would yet?
No BBQ yet! Though people were over today for lunch :) Thanks Linda and Sha for coming over! Sorry you guys got lost on the way :( And that you had to leave early :P Have an awesome time in JB my friend :) Sha! Tell your mum thanks again for the Bario rice and also the Ipoh white coffee (I love that stuff!)
Guitar lessons? Not gonna happen - but I do have an alternative plan! I'm gonna find me some guitar books! I can teach myself when I get back to Galway :) Need to work on scales and plucking :)
I'm in love with Andy McKee's music.. Don't know why but I can't put the video up :( Go on YouTube and search his name and these songs:
- Drifting
- For my Father
- Shanghai
- Rylynn
- Africa
Great schtuff I tell you!
I've spent time with my family :) But haven't helped out around the house! Haha, its one of the things about being home - I get soooooo pampered! I don't have to make my own bed, I don't have to do any dishes, laundry is taken care of, I can play with my dogs and not have to worry about feeding them or taking them for walks, quoting Linda - www.camp5.com :) First session was 3 and a half hours! Next 2 days were spent in agony trying to lift my left arm :P My deltoid was sore from belaying my brother hehe...
Ok! Time for bed! G'nite :D
No BBQ yet! Though people were over today for lunch :) Thanks Linda and Sha for coming over! Sorry you guys got lost on the way :( And that you had to leave early :P Have an awesome time in JB my friend :) Sha! Tell your mum thanks again for the Bario rice and also the Ipoh white coffee (I love that stuff!)
Guitar lessons? Not gonna happen - but I do have an alternative plan! I'm gonna find me some guitar books! I can teach myself when I get back to Galway :) Need to work on scales and plucking :)
I'm in love with Andy McKee's music.. Don't know why but I can't put the video up :( Go on YouTube and search his name and these songs:
- Drifting
- For my Father
- Shanghai
- Rylynn
- Africa
Great schtuff I tell you!
I've spent time with my family :) But haven't helped out around the house! Haha, its one of the things about being home - I get soooooo pampered! I don't have to make my own bed, I don't have to do any dishes, laundry is taken care of, I can play with my dogs and not have to worry about feeding them or taking them for walks, quoting Linda - www.camp5.com :) First session was 3 and a half hours! Next 2 days were spent in agony trying to lift my left arm :P My deltoid was sore from belaying my brother hehe...
Ok! Time for bed! G'nite :D
Monday, December 04, 2006
So naive..
Someone said something to me today...
That I didn't know what "it" was about. It being relationships. And that I'm trying to live in an ideal world (that doesn't exist).
What a reality check! But I think that person was right. And it made me think. And I came to realise that I am naive. And I am trying to live in an ideal world - waiting for Mr. Perfect to come along and sweep me off my feet and carry me off into the sunset and we'll live happily ever after. But apparently (and obviously) that's not the way it works in this world we live in. Don't know why I never realised it before.
But I like what a good friend of mine said about his status: Single but not available.
That's a label I've been carrying around lately. I'm single but I'm not looking to be with someone.
My reasons are that I'm too busy with university, and I'm enjoying my life as a single person - I have the rest of my life to be attached, so what's the hurry?
My fears are that I don't know how to love someone that way, and that relationships can be very superficial when both parties don't have the time or energy to put into it, and also if its goal is not something for the long term. There's also a fear of putting myself out there - making myself vulnerable to another person, consciously choosing to let someone really know me, weaknesses and quirks and all, risking the chance that they may not like what they see.
I guess that leads to another reason why I'm single but not available. I'm choosy, I don't see anything wrong with knowing what you want, but at the same time keeping things within reasonable limits. Which also means that I mostly only let my heart into anything after I've thought things through (not saying things never happened the other way around or that I always think things through... but I'm working on it, I don't want to end up hurting anyone by deciding later on that I've made the wrong decision!).
Anyway just some thoughts, time to get back to the books! I have a medical ethics, medical law and human rights paper on Wednesday! Then it's Surgery on Friday and then Medicine on Monday, and I go home Tuesday! Yayyyy :)
I'll leave you with some pictures from Esther's 21st on Friday :)
The birthday girl and her adoring fans ;)
This is Angela :) And myself :)
:) Housemates!
That I didn't know what "it" was about. It being relationships. And that I'm trying to live in an ideal world (that doesn't exist).
What a reality check! But I think that person was right. And it made me think. And I came to realise that I am naive. And I am trying to live in an ideal world - waiting for Mr. Perfect to come along and sweep me off my feet and carry me off into the sunset and we'll live happily ever after. But apparently (and obviously) that's not the way it works in this world we live in. Don't know why I never realised it before.
But I like what a good friend of mine said about his status: Single but not available.
That's a label I've been carrying around lately. I'm single but I'm not looking to be with someone.
My reasons are that I'm too busy with university, and I'm enjoying my life as a single person - I have the rest of my life to be attached, so what's the hurry?
My fears are that I don't know how to love someone that way, and that relationships can be very superficial when both parties don't have the time or energy to put into it, and also if its goal is not something for the long term. There's also a fear of putting myself out there - making myself vulnerable to another person, consciously choosing to let someone really know me, weaknesses and quirks and all, risking the chance that they may not like what they see.
I guess that leads to another reason why I'm single but not available. I'm choosy, I don't see anything wrong with knowing what you want, but at the same time keeping things within reasonable limits. Which also means that I mostly only let my heart into anything after I've thought things through (not saying things never happened the other way around or that I always think things through... but I'm working on it, I don't want to end up hurting anyone by deciding later on that I've made the wrong decision!).
Anyway just some thoughts, time to get back to the books! I have a medical ethics, medical law and human rights paper on Wednesday! Then it's Surgery on Friday and then Medicine on Monday, and I go home Tuesday! Yayyyy :)
I'll leave you with some pictures from Esther's 21st on Friday :)
The birthday girl and her adoring fans ;)
This is Angela :) And myself :)
:) Housemates!
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