HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEIYUN! :) last of the gang to join adulthood and haa haf bad influences tt buy u drinks! anyway may the 21st year of ur life be a fantastic one! :) stay happy! ~*
A fren i've known almost 9years (this coming dec) been in the same class frm sec1-4 n now in med sch... we haf got our differences, good and bad times, but glad to have come this far and still be great frens :) i'll definitely be hopelessly lost in sch/hospitals w/o her because of my lousy sense of direction. hope we can tahan thru med sch and work together towards our goals :D jiayou ya! an invaluable member of gang too, to keep us crazy pple grounded la.. always helping me keep focus. May ur bdae wishes come true. 

me and py
with our passionfruit daiquiri! 

us at harry's
glad to buy peiyun the first drink of her life haa :D..
it was still rather quiet coz it was earli enuff for us to catch the happy hour

a doodle i did at cartel :) 

light at the end of a tunnel.
issit a train charging towards u? 

last sunday we went out to celebrate py's birthday.. this is somewhere opp fullerton.. after we went to the pretty tcc opp ocbc tt i like alot :) kinda just chill there, (it was q chilly actually) aha.. went on to stroll to esplanade n marina... 

a couple of minutes more b4 tuition starts..

the first week of surgery has passed. I'm totally drained. I really tired everyday cant do much reading, just konking out soon after i get home. Altho in that way i sleep quite abit but i'll get nightmares and stuff. btw just woke up from another one. shit. sigh.

monday had us all looking lost after the briefing before we managed to contact doc R frm the colorectal team. tt's the team me and py's attached to this week.

managed to go to the scope room and did 5 PRs at 1 shote... we could do it on everyone who came in :) dr S and dr R are really willing to teach us, and it was fun. It generally feels abit more exciting than medicine, the gungho doctors who maneouver the colonscope and yea some screaming patients. must have been uncomfortable.
lec was at 5-6 and going home at tt time was terrible. 95 is damn crowded and it's almost impossible to get on to the 1st bus u see.

we run to and fro cme sessions which can be quite exciting, hearing discussions of OPs and patients and radiological findings.

tuesday was short w pharmaco malay n minster's talk and i ended up reaching home nearing 11.. and missing my piano class AGAIN. this tue has the dean's talk at 6.. wat time ll it end? can i reach tampines by 8? this is ridiculous. i've been trying to find time to go piano classes.. and the school fees are actually rising, up to 80+ per mth, and i missing 20+/lesson like nobody's business.. no wonder my bank account seem to be shrinking exponentially. i kinda contemplated giving it up but oh well watching MNIKSS on tv and seeing how nice it is to learn it.. i kinda dont wanna give up just lidat.. but wat can i do sia? i can barely cope w school and school just dont seem to end on time. :(

wed was more exciting w a tutorial at the ICU ward and we went into OT for the first time.. were really quite loss haa but it was very exciting experience.. stood there for 3+ hr watching an anterior resection of a rectosigmoid carcinoma from a patient whom we manage to talk to the next day. it was a laproscopic surgery at the beginning but converted to using a handport in the end as the lower margin of the tumor is hard to determine from outside just laproscopically.. the nurses in there got me and py a stool to get a good view (thnx) and dr R was there giving a running commentary for us.. thnx so much! then we went off to dr A's clinic and learnt quite abit too..

thursday was a day we clerked quite a few patients and had nite call.. not as much new admissions as when we followed RC in AH but the HOs were really nice and taught us alot of things.. saw a couple of cases and went home..
oh ya and i feel down right in the middle of the food court beside some pple having their meals because of my shoe that lack friction.. haa i scare the poor patient and her family... n was q apologectic about it. O_o" and my polar puff few out of my hand scattering its filling all over and the cleaner uncle had to help me clean it up :p damn paiseh lor and he even came over to make sure i was ok after my fall.. haizzz

friday started off bad too i must say.. saw a pt in High dependency ward and went to clinic.. halfway in clinic i was shock to find tt i was actually holding a blue clipboard and to my horror i saw a pt's sticker on the top right hand corner and IT WAS HIS 4HOURLY PARAMETER CHART! omg. wat have i done? i was still trying to comfort myself that there's still 1+hr before 12, before the next time the nurse had to document something may no one ll realize tt it's gone. I WAS WRONG.. as i rushed back from KRW to the mainbuilding, as i was approaching the glass door there was already a nurse there waiting for me.. before i reached the glass door she pointed at the clipboard in my hands w horror and i knew it. jit pai si liao. haa i handed it back to her and went in to apologize nonstop to everyone... the docs were actually looking for it cause a pt must be quite ill to b in a HD ward right? haizz wat have i done. in the ward another nurse and a doc aft they realized wat i did, just couldnt stop laughing.. but i was shot a dirty and stern look from another doc who didnt seem q amused by my stupidity.
sigh. dr A and nurse S laughed q abit too when i return to the clinic and told them.
n i fell down AGAIN. as i was rushing to the grand hospital round, no one saw except py la.. so haaa
n we kinda joined dr G tutorial by accident and he was a good tutor... i came home early on fri i think and indulged in watching alot of tv cause i feel damn tired but this is no good :( must try to control sia.. ok it's 10 and my tutees are coming soon!

one more day to a brand new week w hepatobiliary w dr C.. i heard too many not so nice stories abt him. haiz hope all goes well because i'm all alone w tt team :( but well he seem like a good teacher so we see how it goes la.

happy birthday peiyun!

us all at bishan's ajisen.. caleb's the cameraman!

haa this is a v small pix of him on stage.. i forgot to bring my camera today :( cant take pix of him or pix of py.. sigh

today i went to lee sheng jie's autograph session! :) haaa i'm like 21 and this is the first time i actually went to some idol autograph session. thnx to my sun you - chekwun haaa
no la.. thnx for bringing me to my 1st ever such session and i was actually impulsive enough to buy the cd on the spot and got him to sign for me :)

i was thinking when will i ever get a chance to see a singer that i kinda like and get him to sign an album of his? so i just bought it la.. hee but i onli had a dollar on mi, and even aft cw emptied his wallet we onli had 17.70 and the cd cost 18bucks.. where is 30cents when u needed it? haha but well i bought it in the end anyway w the help of an atm.

now i'm listening to the cd.. let mi find my fav song frm it n try to upload it later la :)

today i spent a grand total of 9hrs? at j8.. went shopping w jialin for py's present and participated in the surprise bdae party the yunnan pple were planning for her.. jl's the mastermind haa :) glad it turn out well.. hope she enjoyed herself! hafnt seen everyone in such a long time.. good to meet up again.

mi n cw spent hrs waiting haa at mos at ajisen.. cause aft leeshengjie we had nothing much to do. haa oh well it's worth it since the surprise came thru, rite?

n i was trying to recall my meeting w celebs occasion.. think there was a daniel chan last time when i was doing com service w nkf, then there was serene's ah dih moment w energy, then there was jay's concert tt i went w carol and now i actually shook hands w lee sheng jie.. haaa he looks q pleasant when he smiles :D n he's voice is q a comfortable listen i must say..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLBZF9gGC34

for serene

today mi n py went to watch the lake house. I wanted to watch it since it came out but couldnt find the time. glad i did.. it's such a sweet n romatic show. Although I kinda know the whole story since i watched to korean one some years back.. but i still enjoyed it.

frm my fav actor/actress.. sandra bullock's my fav actress since i can rem. It's her eyes. I love her eyes.. like how alex described her with her long brown hair, and those gentle unguarded eyes.. or something along these lines.

She has this air around her that I really like.. i think she has a very comforting look.

keanu reeves really charming too. in all his shows, he's my fav aft bradpitt.. and they look so compatible.

oh well n the story felt closer at heart w her being a lonely doctor, keeping to herself alot.. and her senior telling her to get as far away from the hospital as possible on her days off, to somewhere where she can be most like herself.

i wished i had a place lidat.

anyway i enjoyed the movie. he waited. he did. :)

and thnx to py who accompany me shopping, i now have a new big and sturdy bag and 2 new pairs of shoes for clinics :) yea

end of medicine posting.. surg on monday..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHX7CCg11zw

i know i really should be studying right now because i dont wanna fail my MCQs
but i dont noe
mayb i'm just tired, mayb i haf a headache, had i impending sore thoart and i feel drained.
ok aft this i'll study
w no more distracting thoughts

read a dear fren's blog
and it suddenly hit me tt yea medicine posting is coming to an end.
yea i noe it's abit too early to reflect abt it b4 the final tests on fri
but well since i'm at it.

i'll miss the plants there. there's this really pretty plant behind the cafeteria w white flowers..
gotta take a pix of it
the tree w the slopping trunk supported by a little stump tt tempts me to kick it off
oh well dun wan anything to haunt me so better dont
there's the long green path to the busstop i walk by everyday
there's the overhead bridge, if i'm abt halfway n the bus reaches the bus stop.. i can catch the bus if i run

the people
my tutors are a fantastic bunch really really nice
dr sum - he's calm and kind demeanour
dr azman - who stimulates us to think on our toes
dr lim - whom i learnt most abt a doc's day2day duties by following her rounds
dr wong - whom i was afraid of at the beginning, but turned out to be the most comforting and encouraging tutor i've got
dr tan - i felt tt i always learn tons from him, a very pleasant man who wears pooh ties but i respect him alot.

my spot at the cafeteria every morning.
the tehping or moutain dew to wake me up
the auntie at the cafeteria.. who ll sweep my area everyday.. and then go tie her hair in the toilet just like me (sometimes we do it together)
the patients
mr c is finally discharged, i'm so glad for him
mr r became more cheerful
so many many more pple i've met in these 7 weeks
sip students like eugene and deborah who helped us and taught us so much
the nurses, who we get to know
sarah and fidah!
MOs HOs reg consultants we met.. :)

today, when i was standing in the ward waiting for my examiner to appear, i was looking at all the docs busy at work
i suddenly saw my end pt or mayb my beginning.
n it hit me tt the process of learning as a medical student is a v long one and we'll never stop learning.. getting there getting my mbbs is my short term goal for now.. and whether i get there w/o glitches or take a longer route.. it really aint tt impt rite?
because eventually i'll get there and start off from there.

gotta get gifts for our tutors i think
gotta get our log bks signed
gotta compile the writeup marks and get them back
gotta arrange for a rheumato tut w dr ng
gotta find a new cg rep

haaa i wont say i'm elated but i'm glad to b off duty soon
it's been fun w my CG1.. n yea no matter wat mean things i say to them abt not wanting to meet them next time, i'm actually looking forward to 8 more wks w them.

altho i always complain at AH
it's lack of toilets for my poor bladder,
it's high temp in the wards
it's lack of pts w signs
etc etc

i feel tt i haf benefited from this posting. really learnt abt stuff, met pple i wont forget, and yea it's a good start la hopefully for more fun postings to come.

MCQ~*

on my way home today aft med test frm ttsh, i already thought of wat i wanna post

i passed.
so 1 test down, 1 more to go.
and i wanted to say today has been a good day.
i met a new friend, haa the auntie in charge of the level 1 toilet.
i met her when i arrived at 8+ and tied my hair up
i met her again when i went to pee before my test
and i met her again aft my test..
we spoke on all 3 occasions and she's really a nice lady :)

then i had my test.
my examiner, dr tan is really a very nice man.
a very kind examiner, and i felt it was more like a teaching session, because he debriefed me, pointed out my mistakes, and even brought be bk to ellicit subtle signs tt i didnt pick up. the pt had cerebellar signs with slight clumsyness when he did the dysdiadochokinesia (?spelling) which i missed.
but all in all i learnt q abit.
my long case was q jialat.. i was v flustered because of poor communication with the uncle who's abit hard of hearing. and i kept repeating peripheral nephropathy haa
i didnt feel tt i did very well, but at least he said i passed.
better buck up for mcqs!

another good thing tt happened.
when i reached my lrt stop i saw a little boy w a hugh pushtrolley filled to the brim, he was just abit taller than the trolley
and the lift was under repair.
she he just stood there, looking sadly at the terribly long flight of stairs, back at his trolly and at the lift that wont work.
and i asked if he needed help.. the both of us manage to lift the trolley and walked down the stairs together :)
glad to be of help.

but my sunny day had nimbostratus clouds floating in.
it had always been there in the distance, but i see it all so clearly now.

this was us too.. when we learn gataguruma (for green belt grading i think) haaa :D 8 of us! :) miss those days man. 

now that i'm starting to freak out < 48hrs before my end of posting test, i was suddenly reminded of my judo days.. :) this is us after J2 training camp.. i think this was the last day of the camp, look at the bandage on xy's ankle and metatarsophalangeal joint. everytime i'm in extreme pain/stress i'll tell myself tt if i can survive judo training i can survive anithing. haaa like when i went for a tooth extraction last time. oh well.. mr eng said b4, there is nothing to fear except for fear itself.. y i'm so freaked? just do it man! n he says while u r slacking away all ur opponents are training hard.. yea better keep tt in my mind when the next posting starts. haiz ll i be ok? i hope so la. feeling all nostalgic suddenly too. drank moutain dew today, it's my drink when i'm tired (100+ is the next on my list).. well i'm getting out of pt, in summary i'm rather stressed now, feeling all nausea and queasy but i think i'll be fine. psyching myself up just like before a match. our team of green belts went to fight a team of brown belts w/o fear rite? :)  

Cinema Paradiso - Josh Groban

Se tu fossi nei miei occhi per un giorno
Vedresti la bellezza che piena d'allegria
Io trovo dentro gli occhi tuoi
Ignaro se magia o realta

Se tu fossi nel mio cuore per un giorno
Potresti avere un'idea
Di cio che sento io
Quando mi abbracci forte a te
E petto a petto, noi
Respiriamo insieme

Protagonista del tuo amor
Non so se sia magia o realta

Se tu fossi nella mia anima un giorno
Sapresti cosa sento in me
Che m'innamorai

Da quell'istante insieme a te
E cio che provo e
Solamente amore
(bis)


If you were in my eyes for one day
You could see the full beauty of the joy
I find in your eyes
And it isn’t magic or loyalty

If you were in my heart for a day
You would have an idea
Of what I feel
When you hold me strongly to you
Heart to heart,
Breathing together

Protagonist of your love
I don’t know if it’s magic or loyalty

If you were in my soul for a day
You would know what is inside me
That I fell in love
At that instant, together with you
And what I sense
It’s only love.

happy birthday to my dage aka laoda's laoda/laodada
altho he's 26 already, he's still damn childish.. always irritate mi and we always get into fights together..
better marry him off soon la hahahaa :D
anyway he's someone i've known all my life, and he's FON, just like me!
:) and thnx to him i had KFC to add to my dinner and the choc mint cake from polar which was fantastic!!