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Tuesday, February 27, 2007

On only the second day of school, I'm feeling overwhelmed by how much there is to do :( and my scary classmates didn't help yesterday..they sounded like they put their hols to some sort of good use..and suddenly everyone's studying so hard! they were discussing getting together clinical groups to practice for the upcoming clinical exam and already talking about what projects they wanted to do when I haven't even laid eyes on the course guide for this term yet :p well I suppose some degree of stress is good..

And the most annoying part of the day came at the end when I checked my portfolio examination results. bleagh. I hate this new course! where I'm not allowed to progress to the next phase cos I don't reflect well :( just because I can't efficiently put my thoughts into words doesn't mean I don't reflect. booo. so degrading. I need a happy thought....

sigh. ok here's something interesting I learnt..playing piano, with enough practice, doesn't even involve the brain..after we familiarise ourselves with a piece well enough, apparantly we already imprint that pattern of playing into our spinal cord sufficiently enough for us to form a reflex, to play the piano without really even thinking! thats amazing..heh.
~me~ at 2:04 PM

Saturday, February 24, 2007

And so I'm back in sydney..walking along todman avenue again today felt weird..I was enjoying the breeze, and the sunny but cool weather, and I realised I did miss certain elements of my life here during the time back home..but still, there's no place like home:)

I was sad about leaving, but definitely in a different way compared to when I left after summer break last year..somehow I think it's almost become routine..leaving the house, going to the airport, hugging everyone goodbye with promises of emails and calls and 'take care's..I miss home now, but I think it's better now cos I sort of know what to expect..it doesn't mean I miss home any less though :) or that I'm thinking of everyone back home any less:) I love all of you back home! so much:)

heh thanks for the keuh lapis xinli:) very yummy!heh the guy sitting beside me on the plane was eyeing me the whole time I was trying to eat it in peace..


~me~ at 8:53 PM

Monday, February 19, 2007

I never realised lao yu sheng was a purely singaporean/malaysian thing..not a chinese thing. anyhow, happy chinese new year everyone:)
~me~ at 4:00 AM

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

The last few days have passed in a blur once again..I wish time would stand still! At least for a moment..to let me savour this last couple of weeks of the hols:) ouch I've got a blister on my finger now from badminton and tennis..heh tennis is fun! But I think we were more lobbing the balls around than actually playing tennis..

I have discovered good cheesecake! At nydc:) heh 'priscilla's fave' is a must-try! Cheesecake with a generous scoop of choc-chip ice-cream and served with hot chocolate sauce:) I would have licked the plate clean if I could:)

I wonder who’s the kid in this photo:)

I love this photo! lucas has an obsession with light..
he loves staring and pointing at shadows and lights:)

The morning after…haha this time I was the one who succumbed to sleep first..and I was told that I was literally spouting rubbish towards the end as I was drifting off to sleep..xinli and cindy were trying to have a serious chat and I was injecting bits of jibberish into the conversation that didn’t make sense at all..haha and I’ve realized how calming driving around in the middle of the night can be:) I’ve been brought up to think that we should do anything with an end-destination or at least some sort of goal in mind..it’s nice at times to not have any particular aim..just mindless roaming..

kian: haha yes don't worry I'm fine!:) heh tell me how your new clothing fad turns out! I think you looked nice in that shirt:)
phinpeng: haha thanks:) er..I'll keep that in mind! yea but I don't think he'll ever become as big or crazy a fan as you:) & don't be so sad about cny..heh you guys can have your own special celebration there:)
daniel: hello!haha I bought those for my sis awhile back! can't quite recall where though..but they're cute aren't they?:)
nad: sorry naddie! we snapped that after dinner :p wish I had more time for more badminton with you!
~me~ at 2:55 AM

Sunday, February 11, 2007

The continuation of the spider saga...here's my mom seeking retaliation for the spider scare lucas launched on her:) but he's just oblivious to her efforts:)






some moments from my week... :) here's the badminton band gang minus nadine..probably no time for any more badminton sessions before I head back..but it really was fun:) I enjoyed the post-badminton dinners too guys:)


my sleepy-looking sister on the morning after a sleepover at my elder sister's place:) heh my elder sister whipped us up a yummy batch of pancakes for breakfast:)

here's me and xinli at raffles hotel..to watch cindy's hall production! heh it was better than last year I must say..the concerthall really was nice:) and the acting was superb:) goodjob on the lights cindy! hahah:)



~me~ at 8:52 PM

Thursday, February 08, 2007

I've been on a badminton fetish these couple of weeks..started with badminton with the band girls last week..then on monday I played with ollie & lm..and tmr's another session with the band girls:) it really is nice seeing the band girls on a regular basis. heh yay and tennis at ollie's place next week!

Poor lucas has been feeling abit under the weather this week :p he woke up one morning with rashes..the doctor diagnosed him with false measles! didn't realise there was such a thing..its not too serious & is supposed to go away by itself..but his temperature was abit higher than normal and we gave him some strawberry-flavored child version of panadol:) we had to shoot it with a syringe down his throat..poor kid. I guess it's weird but I vaguely remember actually liking the taste of cough syrup when I was a kid. ohoh and I thought the orange-coloured cold medicine wasn't too bad either. was it just me being weird or did anyone else think the same? :p

My stomach's been feeling funny all night..it might have been lunch..I had muthu's curry at suntec..(heh yes pips I decided to try it after your recommendation!) It wasn't my first time there, haha but this time the indian waiters were all dressed up in oriental outfits for cny..they were decked out in chinese hats and chinese-print silk shirts..quite cute:) and I think I might have eaten too much indian ice-cream for dessert..which explains my stomach-ache now :p

oh and I had this weird dream last night, in which I had super powers and had to save the world. must be a result of watching too many hero-themed dramas like heroes and 4400..but it's cool to imagine:) actually, I guess each of us do have our individual special powers, in terms of our individual strengths, though I suppose we never really think of them as 'super powers'..its like how I would admire and respect someone for a talent in cooking, or for being a good mother, but then that person wouldn't think too much of it..but I think it's interesting how other people can see things in us that we can never see ourselves, and how we can see in others what they can't see themselves:) People sometimes say they wish they had a super power, but I think everyone already does:)


happy birthday dear ruth!!:) remember our crazy time in sydney?? heh. photos in the opera house toilet, seafood at darling harbour, gelato in the freezing cold :p I miss you!! loving you from far away:) take care.


xinli: hahaha remember what happened during the bbq? I gave tender loving care to those chicken wings..and I literally set them on fire!haha:)
cheng: hey!!how are you??:)
~me~ at 2:51 AM

Monday, February 05, 2007

Another week gone by..another week closer to leaving home :p

So its been a really fun week:) shopping (with birthday vouchers!), badminton with the band girls, lunches with mom, sweet moments with lucas and my sister, and of course the food escapades with cindy and xinli:)

I just got back from dinner at chinatown..its crazy there now just 2 weeks before cny! but its still nice soaking in the atmosphere:) I almost forgot how much fun I used to have as a kid during cny. but that was awhile ago..this year my family's decided to escape the chores of cny by going away..guess it really can be a headache for moms in particular, having to prepare the ang pows and food and other random stuffs. :p family dynamics can be tricky.

I've been having trouble sleeping these nights..but glad to know I'm not alone :) not that I'm happy that others can't sleep as well, but its always nice to know that other people might be experiencing the same problems and worries and that its alright to ask for help, and that other people are around to help, and to listen:)

oh and this week, I learnt a new method of relieving stress / venting anger - baking bread!


heh well more accurately, its the kneading part of baking bread thats supposed to be therapeutic. well in my sister's words, "baking bread can be very sensual." haha well not too sure about that but I really do think all that kneading can be good for letting out excess energy:) plus the bread smelled oh so yummy in the oven:)
~me~ at 2:10 AM

Thursday, February 01, 2007

I'm gonna miss lucas so so much when I have to leave again..heh among other things of course..but children just have this undescribable nature of capturing your heart:) here are just some of his quirks..


Lucas and his walker! haha he loves it..its his first chance at being able to independantly move about by himself:) chris thinks he resembles a waiter pushing around a dimsum trolley.. "siew mai? char siew bao?"


haha the first thing he does when opening up his toy box is to turn the box cover on its front and nestle himself comfortably in it:) and then my sister will push him around on the box lid:) haha he'd rather do that first than actually play with the toys in the box:)


today my mom gave him some fake rubbery spiders she had lying around (I don't know why she has them in the first place) haha but he wasn't scared at all..instead he grabbed them by the legs and dangled them in front of me and my mom's faces:) I really hope he doesn't do the same thing if he sees any real spiders.





~me~ at 1:35 AM