Post exam activity

Life has definitely taken a 180 degree change today.

After the terrible exam this evening, Sheryl, Jessica, Lin, Ryan and I decided against touching any medical stuff.

We enjoyed a sumptous dinner with Sheryl's mom and grandma at Kota Raya.

Afterwards, Sheryl's mom insisted her to have some young-people-only time with us. We spent half an hour deciding on where to de-stress. Lin said passionately, "Lets go to the Knots!"
Sheryl even suggested us to go horse-riding at 9ish?!?! It's a pity that Luna Park is only open during the weekend...We almost ended up going to karaoke...

Hmm...

But... we spent our time blasting music in Lin's room! We sang so much till my throat hurt but it was till our heart's content :)

Afterwards, Jessica and Sheryl tool turns to play piano.
What a productive post exam relaxation!

What should I do during the holiday?
I just do not want to worry about my result for the time being...seriously the exams are getting tougher...

Holiday comes FIRST!!!!

伤感

每逢过年，外婆都会早起，为了准备鸡蛋糕和鸡蛋卤肉。。。过年最期待的就是吃外婆精心烹煮的食物了！从懂事以来每年都是如此。。。但是以后过年再也吃不到了。。。

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大家都知道我有考试要应付，所以我这么迟才接到消息。
我想要不是不能联络到妈妈，大家都不会告诉我吧！
大家都希望我成为一位良医。。。

谢谢大家的体谅。。。
身在澳洲的我确实做不了什么，但却忍不住抽泣。。。
拼命的忍住，不想让电话另一头的妈妈更加悲伤。。。

很遗憾我不能陪外婆走过他生命的最后
还记得他称赞我乖。。。
还记得他说可能不能在年未见到我。。。
还记得他说可能没办法看到我毕业。。。

还记得我傻傻的说：“我们一定还会再见面的！”

妈妈安慰我说：“外婆终于能陪外公了。外公走了十年，一个人很寂寞啊！”
妈妈也说：“外婆是很安详的走的，没有挣扎。。。”

这是我们欣慰的地方。。。

外婆，希望你在另外一个世界获得快乐！
亲爱的家人，希望你们能从彼此的扶持中找到力量！

：）

Thank you Yu Wan and Chau Wang!

Even though we all are going to have our end of semester exam really soon, despite the amount of studying that we have to do, Chau Wang and Yu Wan have been really nice to MISU!

Chau Wang bought us some dumplings. I was just grumbling to mom that I will not get to eat any of them since I am not at home...Chau Wang also baked banana cake and batik cake for all of us. It was such a shame that I was already asleep when the cakes were ready.



Chau Wang's rice dumplings chased my homesickness away!

Yu Wan cooked on two occasion for us. She made the famous potato salad (it was showered with compliment when she first prepared it in Bairnsdale). She also just cooked fried mee hon and baked chicken wings for each of us!

Yu Wan used one hour to cook for each of us!

Yu Wan and me in Bairnsdale Regional Clinical School

I am so touched by their generosity. The food seriously brings warmth to my heart and of course, to my stomach!

What a Guiness World Records owner!

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's Manuel Uribe, once the world's most obese man, celebrated his 43rd birthday on Wednesday with a very short trip outside his house.

In only his third outing in six years, Uribe, sitting on his huge reinforced bed, was dragged outside his garage bedroom and onto the pavement outside his house in Monterrey in northern Mexico. Presents of suckling pig and lamb arrived.
Manuel Uribe chats with a reporter during an interview at his home in the suburb of San Nicolas de los Garza, in Monterrey May 9, 2008. (REUTERS/Tomas Bravo)

Still weighing the size of three hefty men, Uribe sat on his bed wearing only a bedsheet, drank a beer and chatted to his mother, girlfriend and neighbors in the cool evening air, waiting for a cake.

"I'm happy that it is my birthday," he told reporters interviewing the man who weighed 717 pounds in May after losing 518 pounds since March 2006 on a diet of grapefruits, egg-white omelets, fish, chicken and vegetables.

Uribe is still unable to move his swollen legs and his dream is to walk again and visit the mountainous countryside around Monterrey.

Uribe spent the 1990s eating pizzas and burgers in the United States where he worked as a computer repairman. Addicted to junk food, he eventually tipped the scales at 1,235 pounds back in Mexico, bingeing on greasy tacos.

His bulk made him the world's heaviest man and won him a place in the 2008 edition of the Guinness World Records.

Copyright © 2008 Reuters

The monotonous study break

First semester exam is just around the corner and I have just finished my formative practical exam..

"Did you ask about the family history?" "Did you ask whether did he cough out blood?'

The patient said his family were well..For God's sake, he only had a cold....

Will you ask anything like that if you were me?I certainly do not want to scare my patients to death..By the way, it was OSCE so I was supposed to ask everything regarding the respiratory history no matter how morbid did it sound like, no matter whether did it fit into the clinical picture or not...

So, I have lost a couple of marks :(

Anyways, I was so bored studying that I ended up admiring my pot plants!
Finally, the flowers have started to bloom.



I do have better pictures though..just too lazy to resize...they certainly look much more vibrant in colour than in the pictures...

Thanks Jessica who reminded me to water my plants twice a day with tap water. Believe it or not, I used to water the plants with filtered water. And the plants almost withered...

How to stop sleeping in lectures!

Have breakfast... even if you don't feel hungry.
Eat every three to four hours
Fill up on more fiber.
Fuel your brain with omega-3s.
Stay hydrated.
Watch caffeine intake after noon.
Splash some water on your face or take a shower when you're feeling burned-out.
Suit up in a "power" outfit to beat the blahs.
Vent your feelings
Turn on some tunes.
Let go of grudges.
Take belly breaths.
De-clutter a corner.
Do some good
Cut back on TV and computer time after 8 p.m.
Hide your alarm clock.
Give your pet his own separate sleeping space.
Lower the thermostat.
Skip the nightcap.
Get your exercise
Follow the 15-minute rule.
Write down your worries

from webmd.

I am 21 !!!

Time really flies. I do not feel like I am 21 already. Well, the most important thing is to be young at the heart!

I wish to thank my friends for celebrating for me. I had 3 surprises this year.

On the last night in Bairnsdale, Sally, Gil, Brendan, Yu Wan, Daniel Lee and Lau, Yeu Sheng and Chean Ying made an ice-cream cake! Leo, a 4th year senior was there as well. I am so glad that I have met so many nice people during rural this year. I really enjoyed it so much!

They broke a bowl for the cake!

They are the group of friends who brought about so much laughter during rural placement.

When I came back to Clayton, MISU held a celebration in Rusden Nando's. I was so surprised that Sheryl, Li Ping and Adilah were there as well! We had a sumptuous feast on roast chicken.



It seems like i have a lot of presents this year!

Ryan also gave me some a big surprise by decorating my room and bought me a necklace, a bouquet of pink roses, as well as a nice photo frame!



Besides that, I have also received a lot of birthday wishes from the following friends: Sharon, Ivy, Christina, Lester, Wan Jie, John, Zepeng (surprisingly!), Chew Siang, Yong Wee, Kuan Yuen.

I love my birthday cards from Yu Wan, Li Suan, Daniel Lee, Sally, Gil, Leo and Brendan.

And of course, I want to thank Brendan mummy for the muffin that he baked! And Yu Wan again for the book -- Captivating!

Thank you everyone! I am so touched!