火曜日, 4月 03, 2007

my last day at CGH
byebye!

月曜日, 4月 02, 2007

psymed posting has proven to be alot more daunting than i've expected.
as the posting draws to an end, the tension escalates.

i just said mean things over dinner to my bro caused he caused some spilling of soup on me..
hai.. shudnt have done so la, but it just came out..

is my little shell cracking?

日曜日, 4月 01, 2007

yest i recovered my bag frm the lib n studied in the lib for a while before joining chekwun n jenheng for lunch..
today is April already! i tot the yr just started.. haa time sure flies O.o"
i woke up frm a nap just now.. gasping frm air due to a nightmare... hafnt had a nightmare in a long time but it wasnt too bad.. cause the dream started off as being q a happy one..
anyway.. let's study.

土曜日, 3月 31, 2007

tonight.. i came home with only my wallet, my handphone and my book "stop the emotional rollercoaster" haa
i was studying in the library and started chatting w yingwei.. then after a while.. we went to get dinner at NUH kopitiam and we happily continued our chat..
when i looked at the clock.. it was 1015! already!.. i was still thinking if the library closes at 1030 or 10.. haaa so we ran all the back.. to find out tt the lib doors are locked already.. haaa
even the security guard at the dean's office.. who called the campus security cant help me.
so..
my stuff.. my bag.. my notes.. my books... everything got locked up in the library.. lalala
n i gotta go bk to get it tmr morning heh

but well it was q an experience.. hahaa
i cant really believe it happened hahaa

but i had a real nice long chat w yw.. :)

oh n i met eric today..
i saw him.. he saw me.. and we smiled at each other..
at the same time i was busy searching my memory.. to try to recall where i've met this guy haa
it turned out he's was a fellow volunteer at assissi hospice when i volunteered there in m1.. great to see him again. hope he gets into med sch n get to b our junior! :)

木曜日, 3月 29, 2007

i'm glad that i've grown up quite a bit since years ago, and my self-worth is no longer determined by such things.. hmm

huimin is officially sick. ha..
i usually catch something each posting.. didnt expect to get it frm psychomed posting tho..
i have a sorethroat, somewhat like a flu n slight cough.. i think more's to erupt.. my tian.

after coming to 3 weeks in psych med posting.. i must say it's a real eyeopener..
it's been really interesting.. looking at the services.. the patients.. their problems.. how we can try to help them
but in some part of it.. it feels pretty bleak.
our forensic psy tutor told us abt the Penrose rule

The Penrose hypothesis (Penrose, 1939) suggests that the changes described above and the current prevalence of mental disorder in the prison population are linked by a complex relationship that centres on changing values in society. Penrose proposed that the approach society adopts towards people who behave in a socially unacceptable manner is largely dictated by prevailing social norms, the political climate and the availability of a suitable route for disposal. Thus, according to this hypothesis, an individual who behaves in a disorderly fashion is more likely to be dealt with by mental health services if such services are well-resourced and hospitalisation is favoured. In contrast, the same individual is more likely to be seen as an offender and sent to prison in a society where resources and statutory provision favour imprisonment .
Penrose also proposed that the proportion of society that ‘requires’ institutional care remains relatively constant over time, implying that if people with mental disorder cannot access hospital beds they will gravitate towards prison.
Although Penrose based his hypothesis on a study of criminal statistics and mental hospital populations across 14 European countries carried out over 60 years ago, the situation in many Western countries today where prison populations have risen significantly following the scaling down of in-patient psychiatric facilities certainly seems to fit the same model.


well and it's one posting where i've seen the most number of pt's i've clerked breaking down into tears at some point of the interview.. a handful of them, but significantly more than the other disciplines i've been to.
sometimes it just strikes u that life hasnt been too good to some of these people and we are a pretty fortunate lot already.

imh is a lovely place.
v spacious.. v quiet.. v serene.. i wont mind going bk to roam ard on my own someday haa.. and it's the nearest hospital to my house! haaa i'm usu bk home in less than 1/2 hr...
certain rooms in there are called the Serene Room..
i love the concept of The Flat as part of the OT programme.. where there's this room whereby when u go in through the door.. it looks exactly like stepping into someone's HDB apartment.. it helps our patients learn basic skills.. how to do housework and familiarize themselves w the environment at home before discharge.. v cool.. reminds me of the little tatami room we saw during our jap exchange w juntendo university.. the geriatric dept.. to help the elderly patient rehab and familiarize themselves with their home environment.. so as to b more prepared for discharge.

mental illness is a pretty lonely disease.. and there's so much stigma around it..
can we change the mindset of people?
"What if people don't change?"
"The point is they will or they don't."

日曜日, 3月 25, 2007

everything fustrates me these days.

土曜日, 3月 24, 2007

良い映画ですよね。
いっぱい涙をなきました。すごく感動しました。
泣いた後、くつろぎました。
家族のいろいろ、まだ困ります。
どうしようかなー
オーバータイムの久我さん。。。別に悪くない
何年前に、本当に格好悪いとおもいました。。
ハッハ
もう年をとりましたかも。
何か卵ゲームやりたいなー。

火曜日, 3月 20, 2007


this is a quaint picture with the faces of the main characters distorted
but oh well.. it's the best i could find from a quick google search
months ago i had this hugh craving to rewatch this drama
and i was very upset that youtube only had the first episode
i remembered i got it from serene but i just can't find it anywhere at home.
asked liv but she said she didnt have it
today... i saw it again!
beng returned it to me today at piano class
silly me, i absolutely forgot that i had lent it to her..
together with my Engine n Beachboys
so now.. haaa i shall rewatch it when i have time!
muahaha
my favourite japanese drama...
which ending i can never come to terms with
after watching it in my teens.. i shall now watch it again in my 20s and bring it out to watch it again in my 30s.. haaa
wonder how it would feel like then..
scarli i'm like the natsuki character in the show by my 30s haa
then i shall hope to meet a younger goodlooking souichiro... if fate allows haaa
argh. i hate dozing off at 9 n waking up at 3+.. wat kinda lousy sleep cycle is this
just when i tot i cud snap out of it after the whole of last wk by having a therapeutic wkend of excessive sleeping.
my tian. sorry to everyone who sms n msn me stuff but had no reply.. sorry guys. talk to u all in the morning.
i feel abit disorientated hmmm..

月曜日, 3月 19, 2007

it's 3pm on a monday afternoon and sitting at my desk by my window feels unnatural
haa
the breeze's pretty strong.. the sky's pretty grey and it's nice n cooling
but i feel abit weird not being at the hospital
time to catch up w my reading!
there are times where i feel so calm and at ease with myself
there are times where i feel so sick of everything and wish no one would bother me

日曜日, 3月 18, 2007

huay got me to register at facebook.com haaa
it's nice to see her in all her pix, her life in nottingham.. i took some time to explore and went into the RGS n RJ groups.. saw many many familiar faces.. pple whom have been my schoolmates at some point of time in my life.. also fotos of the old rj campus
pretty nostalgic.. places where i had the most fun in my life.. met pple who influenced n shaped who i am..
n my school mottos are:

filiae melioris aevi
auspicium melioris aevi
Success Story of a Bright Girl [OST] - Love Song



this morning, i happened to chance upon the last episode of this drama on ChU.. haaa and watched it. i've watched it years ago and it brings back q abit of memories watching it again :)
just got bk home from a judo girls outing! wah i had so much fun :)
we havnt been out together for a pretty long time and i miss them all!

met huiyi at 4 to shop for beng's present.. and manage to get sunyanzi's newest "album" for free of the shelves of HMV! thnx to the friendly shopkeeper heee.. damn funny
and met HO ph on the train on my way here n dawn at city hall.. wat a small world :)
we shopped ard.. checked out the M at newurbanmale and headed to The Central @ clark quay

it's a pretty cool mall.. still q quiet cause many shops are not open but i think it'll be pretty cool when it's all open.. so it's nice to by at a less crowded on a sat aft...
we ended up eating at waraku!! to celeb beng's bday... enjoyed to food and had a lot of fun.. w the marble-drink n the nice waiter-boy haaa i was damn paiseh asking for the plastic bag in the end :p

but well we did our usual eating photo-taking chitchatting and laughing and i miss it alot! hafnt had much time together since JC when we see each other almost everyday and trained so hard together..

beng beng got 3 birthday songs! haa 2 frm our neighbour table of strangers! thnx guys..
altho i was all set ready to drink my heart out but we didnt la.. miss the happyhr anyway (some places sat dont haf oso) so we were kuai kids and ended by at coffee club..
MUDDY mud pie! tiramisu n nice pretty drinks.. was q fun.. n we were sitting on the bouncy bright coloured balls haaa remind me of dango! haaa PASSION tea was nice :)

clark quay's really q happening at night.. wah saw lotsa interesting pubs.. there's clinic C.. where u get to sit on wheelchairs and see pretty "nurses" in uniform tt needed more materials... haa
but it's pretty along the river at night :)

in short, i had the most wonderful time! thnx gals... take care lots.. till we meet again :)

土曜日, 3月 17, 2007

posting's really affecting my sleeping habits.
i cant believe i woke up automatically at 5am on a perfect saturday morning. oh my tian
and i've been sleep at 8-10pm daily haha

木曜日, 3月 15, 2007

pix of us at cgh's medical student lounge!
we've got indiv lockers at cgh.. n there's like a fridge, tv, computers, magazines.. pretty comfy :)
HAPPY 22ND BIRTHDAY yingwei!!
it's been a pleasure knowing u much better since our new cg frm paeds days..
had alot of fun learning and working w u!!
hope everything goes well for u in 2007!
may this birthday be filled w lotsa joy n hapiness for u :)
today i actually came home an hour earlier than usual.. and now even after my dinner, the sky is still bright! haa sun hasnt set yet...

now that i'm posted to CGH, i enjoy my 15min walk to the busstop in front of caro's house daily... it save me about 60cents from taking a bus just for that 1 busstop of distance between CGH and tampines, and provides me with this precious time of the day, just hanging out with myself.

"walking is about clearing the head" this is a quote i got from my fren's blog.

i'll reflect on my day, appease myself if need be and be thankful.
be thankful that my sanity is still intact
be thankful that the only voice i hear in my head is me talking to myself in first person.
no auditory hallucinations. heh.

水曜日, 3月 14, 2007

just hear this song on class 95. it got mi recalling a distant vague memory many years back.. when i was on a bus heading towards east coast park w my friends.. this song came up.. someone was singing it.. and there was possibly a hilarious song competition trying to see who can memorize the SBS tv drama theme songs n sing in on the bus ride.. haa does anyone shares this bit of memory w me? (Hopefully it's not one of my hallucinations)

Title: I Will Remember You lyrics
Artist: Sarah McLachlan

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

Remember the good times that we had?
I let them slip away from us when things got bad
How clearly I first saw you smilin’ in the sun
Wanna feel your warmth upon me, I wanna be the one

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I’m so tired but I can’t sleep
Standin’ on the edge of something much too deep
It’s funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, but we can’t be heard

But I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

I’m so afraid to love you, but more afraid to loose
Clinging to a past that doesn’t let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You gave me everything you had, oh you gave me light

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don’t let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Weep not for the memories