managed to hide away from the crowd to catch the fireworks. it was a beautiful night. well there's one more by the korean team this evening, if you can, go catch it. worth the squeeze in the train. haha.

SCHOOL: everything's going quite alright, except for the fact that i have to do readings about what was taught after every lecture. too bad i don't have any bio-background. i really regret not taking bio in sec school. its a lovely subject, and i'm now being punished for not taking it. i have to absorb all in 1 sem. shit.

shopping with the girls is a huuuugggeeee distraction from my texts. but i can't help it either! Tiff brought Olive and I over to chinatown to make our own belts and necklaces. freakin' cheap! price differences:

Bugis street (ready-made): $13

Chinatown (make yourself): $6

and we directed our shopping to chinatown for the day instead. $10 dresses and all. hahah. had so much fun. i'm gonna spend the next 2-3 weeks doing damage-control in my wallet before heading down again for more good deals!!

*cheerios!

hypnotized the marionette;

I actually found out that anatomy isn't my greatest fear. rather, its physiology. i'm FREAKIN' blur during physiology lectures and the person standing at the front with the least amount of hair speaking to us ZOOMS like an aeroplane. (its quite obvious to see why HE has a PHD and i don't!) to think that the speed of my brain is just at "motorcar" level. haha. he just assumes everyone has done 4 years worth of pure bio.

shit.

so i have no choice but to chiong physiology before every lecture. its crazy. the textbook alone can kill. i can try dropping it on your feet and you'll get purple toes. eww.

so for now, my one and only love shall be Martini- fundamentals of anatomy & physiology.

Bye Bye Bye.

I love physiology, I love physiology, I love physiology.
**notice how i ALWAYS seem to have problems with subjects starting with "PHY"??
eg. PHYsics, PHYsiology.

hypnotized the marionette;

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Everyday should be Christmas.

Rules of the Taggy Quiz:
A] People who have been tagged must write their answers on their blogs & replace any question that they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

B] Tag 8 people to do this quiz & those who are tagged cannot refuse. These people must state who they were tagged by & cannot tag the person whom they were tagged by.Continue this game by sending it to other people.


#1. If your lover betrayed you, what will your reaction be? upset... if to extremes, revengeful? haha.

#2. If you found out your lover is a transexual, what will your reaction be? Sick! what kinda question is THAT?! he/she was a liar to even make me believe he/she was a guy in the first place.

#3. If you could be at one place right now, where would it be? a nice vacation destination. ANYWHERE. cos the reality of school is starting to sink in...

#5. What's your ideal lover like? to be a full-fledged GUY...

#6. Which is more blessed, loving someone or being loved by someone? being loved...

#7. How long do you intend to wait for someone you really love? until someone else beats me to him.

#8. If the person you secretly like is already attached, what would you do? emo for a certain amount of time, then move on.

#9. Is there anything that has made you unhappy these days? umm... nope?

#10. What do you want most in life? a smooth-sailing life. although the profession i'm committing myself to now doesn't permit me to do so.

#11. Is being tagged fun? yeah, but only if you're really free like what i'm experiencing now.

#12. How do you see yourself in ten years time? "scapel" and i say "Here you go, doctor"

#13. Who is the current most important person to you? mommy & daddy (:

#14. What kind of person do you think the person who tagged you is? a focused and artistic guy. always drawing during GP tutorials. haha.

#15. Would you rather be single & rich or married but poor? is life always this extreme?!

#16. If you could have any animal for a pet, what would it be? moon bears. as in Winnie-the-Pooh's breed. haha.

#17. What are one of those things which you would prefer not to do? Cecilia's most humble task: "scavaging for shit in the hospital"

#18. What kind of person do you think you are? perfectly normal.

#19. What do you define as a bad day? your boss hating you and giving you shit-jobs.

#20. If you have to choose between love and friendship, what would it be? this question is to vague for me to answer it. haha.

and finally, i tag:

1. Marie
2. Leonard
3. Hiang Suan
4. Geraldine
5. Elaine Chong
6. Clement Sim
7. Melvin Soo
8. Rudi

There. Go, Go. Have fun!

hypnotized the marionette;

Everyday should be Christmas.

Its the last day i can officially relax and fool-around with the time i have in my hands. School starts tmr at 8.30. SIGH. and to make things worse, i didn't get the ballot for the carpark next to med school. SHIT. so on days my bro doesn't need to go to school, i gotta take the bus and mrt to school. CANNED SARDINES, HERE I COME!! so i'm leaving the house at 7 for school tmr. ugh.

update, update! i straightened my hair!!! haha. finally i had the guts to do so. and it looks really natural! so I LIKE IT (: total damage to the pocket: $205 incl. hair treatment. it cost so much, it better look good. haha.

Bought a new laptop from school ytd, NEC. $2066.15 for a 13.3" 1.8kg with battery pack. cute!

There was also the CCA fair on during the matriculation fair. Joined netball. haha. one thing i like about their trainings. they don't train in the afternoon (: trainings are on tues 6.30-9pm. kudos to Olive and Ting Ting for joining netball with me (: you girls are the sweetest!

ok, that's all for now, so i'll post updates about school next time then. P.S. I'm probably gonna get funny pictures from the first-aid theory and practical courses. hahaha.

hypnotized the marionette;

Monday, July 28, 2008

Everyday should be Christmas.

The final chapter in my education life AS A KID.


Nursing @ NUS (:


Orientation camp ended 3 days ago and matriculation and registration day for all medical-related faculties is tomorrow. Orientation was fun, basically cos of the TWO out of the six guys in nursing we had in our OG (that gave us a huge advantage in physical games) and our lovable banana seniors like Jasmine, Brigitte and Shah.


fancy being able to meet loadsa NYJC girls in nursing (both my batch and senior batches) INCLUDING primary school CCA senior, Jasmine Tan! to think it was already coincidental for me to have lester from rosyth as my classmate in JC.

BANANAS IN PYJAMAS! coming in over-all champions on day-four of camp.

there were loadsa pics of my group taken during all the funny/crazy things we were doing like the costume party and all. we morphed our costumes from bananas in pyjamas to bananas in PER-JUMPERS. derived from the lack of blue duct tape we had to work with. hahah. i'll try to locate it and post them up again later on.

Labels: yesterday was our first and our sweetest. i still get butterflies in my stomach now...

hypnotized the marionette;

Sunday, June 22, 2008

Everyday should be Christmas.

Pics from Mt. Kinabalu climb. (long over-due)

here are some pics as promised from the previous post (:

we LOOK all psyched up for the climb! I had NO IDEA what was in store for me.

First, it was all steps.

Then the higher you go, the rockier it gets. Like my dad says, "It can only get worse."

...TORTURE

TORTURE

TORTURE... Till we reach the "base" camp.

View from "base" camp. its freaking not base man! its effing high!!!!

take photo, take photo, take photo... with our very own army boys from SINGAPORE!!

Bracing ourselves for a trecherous descent. ughh..

Niceeeee viewwwwww......

And it AIN'T as easy as it looks. we're just smiling in every picture just to look good in the picture. read previous post for details of climb and complaints from Ms Daphne Lim. haha.

wanna see how it really was to climb that mountain.....?

Lack of the necessary O2.

hypnotized the marionette;

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Everyday should be Christmas.

updates, UPdates, UPDATES!!!

1. Climbed Mt. Kinabalu and came down ALIVE!! its crazy there. you need to be insane to decide to climb it.

2. Accepted offer for NHG scholarship.

3. Received crucial test dates & test dates for school in AUGUST 2008. its just the first month of school man! sigh...

• Mount Kinabalu

Maximum altitude of mountain: 4095.2m
Elevation Daphne reached: 3554.6m

I couldn't bring myself to go any higher. The air is SO thin, very little oxygen for my dear lungs to breathe, it was freaking cold and windy when we were approaching the peak, and its was raining. I had to turn back cos i treasured my dear life. haha.

Picture this:

Day one:
- 8am, set off to climb up to "halfway house" (its not really halfway, rather its at 3/4 the altitude of the mountain)

- damn alot of suffering and breathlessness along the way up.

- 3.45pm, reach halfway house. rest, take a shower, have dinner.

- 6pm, SLEEP.

Day two:
- 2am, wake up and get ready for remainder climb to the peak.

- 2.30am, set off for climb.

- 7am, return to halfway house for breakfast.

-8.30am, set off to descend down the rest of the mountain.

- 1.45pm, reach foot of mountain. I was kissing the ground then. my legs couldn't hold me any longer!

I couldn't walk properly for 5 days after the climb. I won't be going back there anymore. the lack of oxygen is enough to scare me. Imagine this, at the point you start off climbing, its already at the height of Genting Highlands in Malaysia! I'm not going back there. But I don't know about youuu.....

I've got photos of the climb. but i'll post it some other time when i've uploaded it on my com.

• Accepted NHG scholarship offer

Well, there's nothing much to say for this YET.. haven't signed the deed with ttsh yet. I pray pray pray I can live with this bond i'm about to bring myself into.

• School's starting!!

Yes, school's starting, but i'm excited and scared at the same time. I'm scared cos I just received the crucial dates for first aid in August.

4 Aug: First Aid course Lecture

5 Aug: First Aid course Lecture

6 Aug: Test (20 MCQ) [its damn fast la!!! either i have to absorb damn fast, or they're testing on don't know what stuff]

15 Aug: First Aid Course Practice
15 Aug: Practical test

** and i haven't been to ANY first aid courses in my life!!!! HOW SIA.
MELLLLL, i'm wishing i had your first aid cert now........ hahhaa.

While others can enjoy orientation for a while, I gotta muggggg for my tests.......

hypnotized the marionette;