germy.

Saturday, March 12, 2005

hello guys!sorry its been awhile since my last post..this week just seemed to fly by!!thats good I guess. My first week seemed to crawl by. Hopefully that means I'm settling in more. I dunno. I slept at 3 am last night cos I was up in the computer room half-msning, half-working-on-a-project and half-talking-to-my-college-friend. We were talking about the problems we had with our college and life back home. Ling's really nice. She's chinese-malaysian but lived in Melbourne all her life, but her aussie accent is stronger than any of the other aussies:)

My week was pretty packed..with most of my school days ending at about 4pm..and it suddenly feels like I've got a ton of work!It's work in the form of presentations and group projects, but still work. I was given an oral presentation assignment yesterday thats due next tuesday!There goes my sunday.

Anyway, my clinic day on monday was pretty cool!I didn't actually get to speak with any patients..it being the first session..we mainly did intros and had a tour of the hospitals..we got our security ID tags and asked our clinical turor a lot of questions..yep so we didn't actually do clinical rounds yet but its gotten me geared up for more I guess. St george's is very new and nice!Its a lot bigger and renovated than I expected and the facilities are pretty neat. St George's is a little more than an hour away and I learnt how to take the train!transport is confusing here. And so expensive!It costs AUD$3 for a single train trip there. And I still have to pay for the bus ride to the train station. Luckily I have a permanant travelling companion there so it doesn't feel too long. The train station felt pretty dodgy. Mio and Ling told me its pretty common to be approached by druggies or beggars.

Then on tuesday was anatomy prac!My first experience with a cadaver. My nose was stinging a bit from the chemicals at the lab. It wasn't scary cos it didn't even look like a human body. It was all brown and stringy and decolourised. Pretty interesting..we got to touch the different veins and ribs and bones..but the tutor was spewing out all these cheem terms!!in the span of 3 hours, she went through the entire human body in detail (well not THAT detailed..guess there's definitely a lot MORE to learn but it was basically a recollection of all the O level and A level stuff) My brain felt quite exhuasted. It was a good lesson though.

Wednesday was a relatively short school day so I went with my scenario group mates to watch a movie!My first movie in Sydney. Tickets here are cheaper than I thought. They're usually $7 but we had 2-for-1 coupons so I paid $3.50 to watch Bride and Prejudice!The theatre's just up the street from UNSW and pretty new. Big comfy seats and we practically had the whole theatre to ourselves. Nice:) And the movie was really entertaining:)

I'm supposed to be working on my oral presentation now. Haha Ling was scolding me for even attempting to do work on a friday night..the college girls originally planned a girls' night out tonight but that was before we realised there's NOWHERE to go on friday nights. All the shops are closed. How depressing. So we ended up walking to "Crispy Cream", this nearby donut shop for $1 donuts!I am so stuffed.

Tomorrow's the Singaporean bbq at Coogee Beach. I find it weird how they have bbqs at midday. They love the sun too much here. And here are a couple of aussie slangs I learnt tonight..
1) Maccers is MacDonalds.
2) Boardies are the board shorts people wear to swim.
Yawn. Better get started on my work. I miss you guys!take care everyone :)

yahui: haha sure!what do you want to know about skydiving?
cheng: cheng!haha yeah just gimme a call if you're bored:) haha I miss home. Wish I could be more like you. And its getting COLD here!yeah the nights are pretty chilly. But the sun still feels strong even though its cold! :P
lynn: I miss you too:) *hug*
gwenda: haha glad to see you're enjoying sydney as well!bondi's nice ya?lotsa nice stuff and the sales are pretty decent:)
clot: haha doc clot dear you are SLOW. Yes I'm in sydney. UNSW!They offered me a place at the last minute. miss ya too!!:)
nolly: thank you nolly:) Yep I hope it'll get better with time..guess its just natural for me to be feeling this way now..

~me~ at 2:02 AM

my search for verve

Saturday, March 12, 2005 hello guys!sorry its been awhile since my last post..this week just seemed to fly by!!thats good I guess. My first week seemed to crawl by. Hopefully that means I'm settling in more. I dunno. I slept at 3 am last night cos I was up in the computer room half-msning, half-working-on-a-project and half-talking-to-my-college-friend. We were talking about the problems we had with our college and life back home. Ling's really nice. She's chinese-malaysian but lived in Melbourne all her life, but her aussie accent is stronger than any of the other aussies:) My week was pretty packed..with most of my school days ending at about 4pm..and it suddenly feels like I've got a ton of work!It's work in the form of presentations and group projects, but still work. I was given an oral presentation assignment yesterday thats due next tuesday!There goes my sunday. Anyway, my clinic day on monday was pretty cool!I didn't actually get to speak with any patients..it being the first session..we mainly did intros and had a tour of the hospitals..we got our security ID tags and asked our clinical turor a lot of questions..yep so we didn't actually do clinical rounds yet but its gotten me geared up for more I guess. St george's is very new and nice!Its a lot bigger and renovated than I expected and the facilities are pretty neat. St George's is a little more than an hour away and I learnt how to take the train!transport is confusing here. And so expensive!It costs AUD$3 for a single train trip there. And I still have to pay for the bus ride to the train station. Luckily I have a permanant travelling companion there so it doesn't feel too long. The train station felt pretty dodgy. Mio and Ling told me its pretty common to be approached by druggies or beggars. Then on tuesday was anatomy prac!My first experience with a cadaver. My nose was stinging a bit from the chemicals at the lab. It wasn't scary cos it didn't even look like a human body. It was all brown and stringy and decolourised. Pretty interesting..we got to touch the different veins and ribs and bones..but the tutor was spewing out all these cheem terms!!in the span of 3 hours, she went through the entire human body in detail (well not THAT detailed..guess there's definitely a lot MORE to learn but it was basically a recollection of all the O level and A level stuff) My brain felt quite exhuasted. It was a good lesson though. Wednesday was a relatively short school day so I went with my scenario group mates to watch a movie!My first movie in Sydney. Tickets here are cheaper than I thought. They're usually $7 but we had 2-for-1 coupons so I paid $3.50 to watch Bride and Prejudice!The theatre's just up the street from UNSW and pretty new. Big comfy seats and we practically had the whole theatre to ourselves. Nice:) And the movie was really entertaining:) I'm supposed to be working on my oral presentation now. Haha Ling was scolding me for even attempting to do work on a friday night..the college girls originally planned a girls' night out tonight but that was before we realised there's NOWHERE to go on friday nights. All the shops are closed. How depressing. So we ended up walking to "Crispy Cream", this nearby donut shop for $1 donuts!I am so stuffed. Tomorrow's the Singaporean bbq at Coogee Beach. I find it weird how they have bbqs at midday. They love the sun too much here. And here are a couple of aussie slangs I learnt tonight.. 1) Maccers is MacDonalds. 2) Boardies are the board shorts people wear to swim. Yawn. Better get started on my work. I miss you guys!take care everyone :) yahui: haha sure!what do you want to know about skydiving? cheng: cheng!haha yeah just gimme a call if you're bored:) haha I miss home. Wish I could be more like you. And its getting COLD here!yeah the nights are pretty chilly. But the sun still feels strong even though its cold! :P lynn: I miss you too:) hug gwenda: haha glad to see you're enjoying sydney as well!bondi's nice ya?lotsa nice stuff and the sales are pretty decent:) clot: haha doc clot dear you are SLOW. Yes I'm in sydney. UNSW!They offered me a place at the last minute. miss ya too!!:) nolly: thank you nolly:) Yep I hope it'll get better with time..guess its just natural for me to be feeling this way now.. ~me~ at 2:02 AM
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