germy.

Sunday, July 17, 2005

Yawn. Dunno why I'm so sleepy now..probably a combination of the rainy weather, being out the whole day, and pigging out. :) anyway, 8 days left to sydney.

The days just seem to be flying by..well I guess thats good it just means I'm happy to be home:) but sad cos it means next sunday will be here before I know it :( I'm not exactly sad to be going back to sydney once more, but I know I won't be happy to leave home again. Sigh I feel like I'm just starting to get used once again to the humid weather, waking up late in my nice comfy bed, having my mom spoil me with an endless supply of snacks, listening to my sister play the piano during saturday evening masses, sunday family brunches, giving buster his weekly baths, maneuvering through the crowds of orchard road, childish behaviour in the company of old friends..I could go on but think I should stop thinking so much for my own sake.

There is stuff to look forward to back in sydney as well:) My new timetable just got posted up on UNSW emed:) the lectures and classes sound pretty interesting:)

Tuesday 26 July
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
- Lecture
- Oral cavity and pharynx anatomy
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Lecture
- Exocrine glands of the upper GIT
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
- Science Practical
- Oral cavity and pharynx
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
- Scenario Group Session
- Introduction and images of childhood illness

Wednesday 27 July
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
- Lecture
- GIT development
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Communication Tutorial
- Communicating with children

Thursday 28 July
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
- Lecture
- Upper GIT anatomy
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Lecture
- Upper GIT histology
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
- Science Practical
- Embryology of the gastro-intestinal tract
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
- Scenario Group Session
- Nutrition through the ages

Friday 29 July
09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
- Lecture
- Carbohydrates, lipids and proteins B
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
- Lecture
- Enzyme catalysis B1
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Lecture
- Enzyme catalysis B2
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
- Lecture
- Virtue Ethics, is it still relevant?

Yep thats my timetable for the first week:) Hard to imagine myself back in sydney right now though. Oh well there will be stuff to look forward to:) walks to the beach, cool weather, starry skies and creston outings amidst all the mugging sessions:) But at the same time, I have the feeling things will feel different next semester..

Anyway, I've had a good couple of days:) I went to visit my grandmother yesterday morning..felt a bit bad cos my cantonese has degenerated to the point where I can't speak a coherent sentence to her :( but at least she gets a rough gist of what I'm trying to convey to her:) and at least I understand her:) Ha thank goodness my elder sister was sitting next to me helping me to translate most of what I was trying to say:)

Had a nice lunch in the company of my elder sis at a nearby cheese and pasta place:) I never used to enjoy cheese that much before I left for sydney but since going there I've learned to appreciate cheese a lot more:)I never knew this but my sis was telling me how pregnant women should try to avoid foods high in bacteria content..ha for example stuff like sashimi and cheese..apparantly dangerous for the development of the foetus..so she hasn't eaten sashimi for the last 5 months and she's really missing it :( poor thing.

I kept her company to the supermarket, then went off to meet cindy in town:) We spent a decent amount of time trooping around town..meetings with her usually involve a lot of walking and ducking through crowds which I'm used to by now:) Ha well I had a nice time catching up with her but she had to rush off to work in the later part of the afternoon..

I spent the most of today birthday present hunting..at least mission's accomplished and I had good company:) went for evening mass after that..the father was talking about commitment to God, and how so many people are afraid of commitment..not only to God, but to other things in life as well..I think commitment scares me. Hmmm...

~me~ at 12:52 AM