Friday, November 26, 2004
its a totally fun day today..
went for anat grp outing at settlers' cafe after lectures.. i think it was much more fun than i had expected.. initially thought that it was juz some board games.. din expect that i would haf so much fun.. haha but its all thanks to all my anat grp classmates! without them it wouldnt haf been half as fun.. we played taboo.. played jenga.. some bomb-o card game.. and there is this boardgame dunno wat it is called.. which we get to build bridges and our pawns aka dragons are supposed to cross the river to the opp side.. really had fun.. dont mind going back there again.. and it is quite cheap too..
tues was sandra's (a church friend) bdae.. so nice of her to invite me and shijie to her party even though we haf only known each other for a few mths.. so after some mugging in sch, we went to jurong point to get sth for her.. finally settled for a giraffe soft toy pencil case which looks quite similar to the dirty pig pencil case tt shijie has.. haha.. but its quite cute.. party was a blast.. had lots of nice food.. and its vietnamese food somemore.. my first time eating them.. not bad la.. for more vivid descriptions of how nice the food were.. pls go to shijie's blog accessible frm my sidebar on the left =)
really dunno wat is taking the microb dept so long to mark our ca scripts.. and furthermore they are juz optical mark sheets.. not that i am that eager to get back my results la but i juz wanted to get the matter off the back of my head.. and i juz heard tt we might not get back our pharmaco results until yr 3.. tts totally absurd la.. and why arent they going thru the answers with us? then how do we know which qns we answered wrongly? then wat is the whole purpose of cas? really dunno wat the profs are thinking..
these few wks feel a little bit like i am playing survivor.. haha dunno whether u all get this feeling.. but i juz feel that this forming of clinical grps thingy is somewhat like that in survivor where u form alliances.. but i think it is inevitable la once we are allowed to form our own grps of 2s and 3s.. cliques will be broken up into smaller grps and some people are bound to be less happy than the others.. for me, i am really glad that i found someone who lives relatively close to me, who can motivate me to study, who is disciplined, sincere to friends and is like a big brother to me.. looking forward to clinical yrs.. when we can finally pretend to be doctors.. haha.
i'll worship You, my God; 10:17 PM
Sunday, November 21, 2004
heh i am becoming sort of a weekend blogger.. so dun bother checking my blog on weekdays.. it will most probably not be updated unless sth really exciting happens and the possibility of that happening is very remote haha..
anw i had a gd wk i would say.. minus the part that i din study and i am feeling terribly guilty.. havent been conscientiously studying since the cas.. i think i muz find the momentum back again..
my running form is also terrible.. i ran a grand total of ard 12 km in 2 weeks.. i think i ran much more than that during the ca weeks.. this is definitely not marathon form and i am dead worried.. luckily i signed up for a 10km run which took place this morning.. not bad la.. ran with jp.. it is always a good thing to have someone to run with and with a runner like jp, i got to push myself a lot to keep up with him.. clocked a reasonably good time, in fact its the best 10 km time i have ever done.. happy! 2 more weeks to marathon..
feel more relaxed this week.. i think the mahjong sessions, the evening drinking session at wala wala and the car show did me a whole world of good.. but also spent a lot la..
car show was great.. went on thurs with yx,jp and zy.. enjoyed myself thoroughly.. saw many nice cars.. but well can see only la.. can touch also but cannot buy haha.. anyway i havent even got my license sob.. but we already planned what cars we are getting next time liao.. alfa romeo gt, mazda8, lexus sc430, maserati quattroporte, rolls royce phantom and lamborghini murcielago.. haha i think in our wildest dreams la..
i think there are certain things in life that i still havent given up since accepting Christ.. keep giving myself excuses.. i am determined to get rid of them for good and be a good testimony to Christ.. i think my pastor puts it best: as Christians we ought to be wet blankets and party poopers and lead a different life from the rest..
havent been keeping in touch with some of you recently but i do hope u all are getting along well and making the most of your lives.. have a great week ahead!
i'll worship You, my God; 2:30 PM
Monday, November 15, 2004
5 days passed really quickly and i havent even managed to do anything.. haf juz been rotting away at home..
marathon is 3 wks away and i barely ran like 5 km last week..
at least it was a well deserved rest after all the exertions during the ca weeks. but i hope i can find some zest and drive soon..
sat we talked abt parent-children relationships.. the part abt non-christian parents was especially pertinent to me. sometimes i do feel that i have let them down in some way.. don't think they are particularly happy abt me going to church but i am grateful that there havent been any major conflicts and they have had no violent objections.. i am now treading on a thin line between portraying the right idea of my faith and trying to appease them by doing the things they do..
but i am sure things will work out well..
shall go swim later.. hopefully the rain will stop..
and muz do pbl.. and tidy up my things
it's back to sch tmr..
i'll worship You, my God; 2:47 PM
Sunday, November 07, 2004
yeah hello!! sorry to those who haf been reading my blog.. a lot to blog abt but no time to do so cos surprise , surprise got CAs.. wat else can it be rite? med fac is all abt studying for cas and then forgetting everything that we haf learned.. bioavailablity of ganciclovir? adverse effects of NSAIDs? symptoms of hantavirus infection? huh??
but i haf to say it has been a really good week for me.. thank God =)
1. well first the not so gd news.. i failed my driving test. 40 pts.. actually i wanted to go on a tirade abt the tester and his ticking of the boxes like there is no tmr.. but after some self evaluation, i think i prob didnt give him a lot of confidence abt my driving so he decided he din want to pass me..
quite screwed up.. first 2 stations in circuit i already fumbled.. upslope i rolled back a bit and kancheong, quickly stepped on accelerator.. die liao..
den 2nd station, direction change.. ey.. how come cannot reverse.. release clutch more.. step on accelerator more.. sth wrong wif car? orh.. never change to reverse gear.. wah pengz!! i noe i die liao.. but i remained calm and did the remaining 4 stations very smoothly.. only got 6 pts in circuit.. but i tink i already left a bad impression.. so though i think i din make any serious mistakes outside the circuit, he could still pick out every little thing and fail me..
nvm la, when u fail, try, try and try again..
2. never knew u can gain so much satisfaction frm helping someone.. yup i felt damn happy after helping someone on my way home.. glad that i made someone's day a bit easier and happier. helped to ease a bit of the disappointment of failing the driving test too hahs..
3. woah.. this one muz blog.. my cousin got 74 for his maths exam. first time he ever cross the 70 mark loh.. last time he rarely even cross 60 marks one.. i felt really proud of him when i heard his results.. perhaps the paper was easy la but even then it was a big achievement for him.. its also very encouraging for me cos at last i know tt my exasperated efforts at telling him to work hard and haf belief in himself had not gone to waste.. really happy.. should get sth for him.. wonder wat to get him though..
4. CAs finally over! again i muz say that the CAs' importance is seriously overrated.. actually i felt quite relaxed in the build up to this week's CA prob cos i already studied them once b4.. haha but i still cant remember much on sat itself.. i dont think i will do well for immuno and microb.. took the gamble for too many qns and got them wrong.. i juz hope i pass.. anything more than that is bonus.. agree with shijie tt it suddenly feels weird now tt there is no ca to study for.. well fret not, jan we will haf another one haha.. not looking forward to it..
5. after cas, i went wif shijie, di and zy to holland v nydc to eat.. and guess wat? we saw the singapore idol guys.. yup all 5 of them.. sly, taufik, olinda, leandra and daphne.. exciting! can't believe our luck.. we were juz sitting next to them.. after much indecision abt whether or not to go up to them to ask for their autographs, we finally did la.. damn paiseh la.. never done this b4 in my entire life.. anyway it was for my sis la, she's all crazy over sylvester.. u can imagine her reaction when i passed her the autographs, esp when she saw sly's comments and well wishes for her Os..
6. church was great! we discussed abt marriage, dating and relationships .. very thought provoking.. esp the part abt christians dating non christians.. i think as a non christian it is very hard to understand y christians are so inflexible and particular abt this.. well i know bcos i haf been there done that.. so now i haf crossed camp (hmm a crude way of putting things) and i think i understand a bit better abt the reason and wisdom behind it.. but i am still not very sure where i stand on this issue la.. i hope i never get into that kind of dilemma.. cos i m already having enough problems reconciling wif the fact that my parents are non christians.. hopefully the workshop next wk will put things into perspective
saw sth at communion today.. hope it is wat i think it is.. really witnessing the grace and kindness of God.. happy for tt person!
7. finally thanks to shijie, di, zy, p and yx for making my saturday a wonderful one.. havent had so much fun for a long time.. and to the rest, take care and enjoy.. rock on!
i'll worship You, my God; 10:05 AM