i'm croaking due to my cough that lasted for one week and just recently got worse because of a stupid sore throat....
and i so want my pizza.... grrr.... *roar*
update: i have just gotten my vacuum cleaner and my slow cooker!! yay!! this is awesome man... now i get to vaccum my room anytime i want to and i can finaly cook my fave soups and broths!! it's the guranteed comfort food for the coming winter and the now-here autumn which is really freezing me into a Popsicle... besides, broths and soups are the easiest and cheapest to do... especially if you are surviving on a student's budget of time and money... just throw in carrots, celeries, meat, dried oysters and potatoes in the morn and voila! you get a nice comforting hot warm-feeling-in-tummy soup for lunch and sometimes, dinner! easy peasy... so thanks to kelvin who helped me carry back both of my brand new additions to my apartment... and my hands are not achng from your package of minced pork or chrysanthemum tea..LOL
announcement: i am friends with an international standard violinist by the way! rach, you go, girl! knock them dead in japan ya?? and make us all meddies proud of you!! you have finally broken the mold of meddies being boring nerds who have no talents except for mugging...LOL... and the musical last night rock... and for heaven's sake, please please please, i'm begging you to at least play ONE song for us!! pretty please with sugar and a cherry on top??
and so week 8 passed happening-ly (is there such a word?) with lectures on embryology, PBL tutorials on an old lady bowler who possibly suffered from heat stroke from being too active on the bowling field, another anatomy prac where we got to incise and sew cadevers up, an all-out shopping trip and a sore throat... *cough cough*
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Happily N'ever After
Listening to: Sukiyaki by 4PM
Weather: freaking cold that you want to curl up in your comforter and your fave pyjamas...
Doing: My Anatomy Dissection notes for tomorrow!!
have always wanted to see Happily N'ever After...
"...will I ever have my own fairytale??..." (Lissyl 2006)
I think I already have....
*dreams*
Weather: freaking cold that you want to curl up in your comforter and your fave pyjamas...
Doing: My Anatomy Dissection notes for tomorrow!!
have always wanted to see Happily N'ever After...
"...will I ever have my own fairytale??..." (Lissyl 2006)
I think I already have....
*dreams*
Saturday, April 21, 2007
dissection and life...
Listening to: Keith Urban's Tonight I Wanna Cry (the perfect song for the gloomy Melbournian weather)
Reading: my PBS notes on visceral systems
Eating: nothing
Drinking: My favourite green tea (i can drink this forever)
wow, the 1st week back after Easter has been crazy!! so much to do, so many people to see, so many places to go, so little time!!
1st off, i had my 1st dissection class and boy, was it interesting! we got this cool surgical intern guy at RMH as our tutor and thank goodness! he was really good man. and he answered all our stupid, anooying questions with teh patience of a grandmother. and he is BUFF!! HUGE BICEPS AND TRICEPS!! and totally built!! geez, where does he get the time off to body build man??!! aren't surgical interns supposed to be the busiest of the lot??!! oh well, into the bodies then... so yes, i had my 1st exposure to a dead body!! yayness! and we got this old fat dude who died of complications of diabetes and i do mean COMPLICATIONS!! he had like gangrene (toes of both feet amputated), heart diseases (metal plates in his aorta) and liver problems (he had numerous operations at the abdomen area)... and his tummy was HUGE, probably due to alcohol and unhealthy diet... suddenly, looking at him and all his problems makes me determined that i will never ever let any of my close friends or family members ever end up like him, unhealthy and probably unhappy from all the health problems he has... so people, take care of yourself... coz the cadaver that I saw did not look pretty at all and he did suffer ALOT... really hits home that health is really more important than anything else...
but let's rewind abit... so when i first walked into the dissection lab, all i could see was rows and rows of cadavers covered by white clothes and the smell was unmistakably of embalming fluids and it was cold in there. so yes, i admit that i was kinda scared at that particular moment. but in like 5 minutes, as i stood there like phey yee and jacq and lun, it went away. it sort of felt that i was meant to be there and nothing can change that and the sooner that i got over the stupid irrational emotion, the better off i'll be.... but that's not to say that i did not feel the pang of pity and empathy i felt for the poor guy the moment they lifted the cover sheet. the feeling when i first looked into his face was undescribable. i will never ever forget the fleeting emotion. it's hard to describe.
a mixture of sadness, pity squeezing at my heart.... i think.... and probably a bit of disgust and fear... coz like i said before, death is never a pretty sight...
but the show had to go on... so we had a look at various X rays and then a severed lower limb with the thorax region....
after the dissection class, i was walking back with phey yee and we were talking about how we felt so much like medical students now once we had our 1st taste of cadavers and death and how human we were still going to be even after countless encounters with death and patients. coz after all, the human tough is what all doctors need, in my opinion, to be a healer and carer of the sick. knowledge and information is good, but definitely not enough to make your patient feel like they can put their lives in your hands. coz that's what you have in your hands. the lives of a thousand people....
and then, there's an exam next monday to test my knowledge so far and i'm still not feeling particularly confident about it so now back to mugging and studying about visceral systems...
Reading: my PBS notes on visceral systems
Eating: nothing
Drinking: My favourite green tea (i can drink this forever)
wow, the 1st week back after Easter has been crazy!! so much to do, so many people to see, so many places to go, so little time!!
1st off, i had my 1st dissection class and boy, was it interesting! we got this cool surgical intern guy at RMH as our tutor and thank goodness! he was really good man. and he answered all our stupid, anooying questions with teh patience of a grandmother. and he is BUFF!! HUGE BICEPS AND TRICEPS!! and totally built!! geez, where does he get the time off to body build man??!! aren't surgical interns supposed to be the busiest of the lot??!! oh well, into the bodies then... so yes, i had my 1st exposure to a dead body!! yayness! and we got this old fat dude who died of complications of diabetes and i do mean COMPLICATIONS!! he had like gangrene (toes of both feet amputated), heart diseases (metal plates in his aorta) and liver problems (he had numerous operations at the abdomen area)... and his tummy was HUGE, probably due to alcohol and unhealthy diet... suddenly, looking at him and all his problems makes me determined that i will never ever let any of my close friends or family members ever end up like him, unhealthy and probably unhappy from all the health problems he has... so people, take care of yourself... coz the cadaver that I saw did not look pretty at all and he did suffer ALOT... really hits home that health is really more important than anything else...
but let's rewind abit... so when i first walked into the dissection lab, all i could see was rows and rows of cadavers covered by white clothes and the smell was unmistakably of embalming fluids and it was cold in there. so yes, i admit that i was kinda scared at that particular moment. but in like 5 minutes, as i stood there like phey yee and jacq and lun, it went away. it sort of felt that i was meant to be there and nothing can change that and the sooner that i got over the stupid irrational emotion, the better off i'll be.... but that's not to say that i did not feel the pang of pity and empathy i felt for the poor guy the moment they lifted the cover sheet. the feeling when i first looked into his face was undescribable. i will never ever forget the fleeting emotion. it's hard to describe.
a mixture of sadness, pity squeezing at my heart.... i think.... and probably a bit of disgust and fear... coz like i said before, death is never a pretty sight...
but the show had to go on... so we had a look at various X rays and then a severed lower limb with the thorax region....
after the dissection class, i was walking back with phey yee and we were talking about how we felt so much like medical students now once we had our 1st taste of cadavers and death and how human we were still going to be even after countless encounters with death and patients. coz after all, the human tough is what all doctors need, in my opinion, to be a healer and carer of the sick. knowledge and information is good, but definitely not enough to make your patient feel like they can put their lives in your hands. coz that's what you have in your hands. the lives of a thousand people....
and then, there's an exam next monday to test my knowledge so far and i'm still not feeling particularly confident about it so now back to mugging and studying about visceral systems...
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Easter is over...
Easter is almost over and there goes my break from medic.... now am back to the grindstone... a few things to look forward to in the 2nd part of Sem 1....
1. my 1st ever dissection class!! yay-ness!! i'm almost faint from excitement but i sure do hope i won't faint from the stench.... i heard that after coming out of the room, you feel as though you can eat a thousand horses!! u are THAT hungry.... and kelvin's sister said that once you start dissection, you'll never think of lap-cheong (chinese wax sausages) in an edible light ever again...LOL teh bodies apparently stink of that smell... and i do LOVE my lap-cheong....
2. not being quite the baby of medical school anymore.... after all, i've been there for 6 weeks....
3. being 19!! when i start sch, i'll be 19!! which isn't much to me... not as much as 18 though...
4. just being in lectures and PBL tutorials.... talking about injured spinal cords and penises taht erect for four hours straight due to spinal cord injury (it's called priapism!! what a cool word man...) the things you learn in group study is oh-so-useful man... *grinz
5. having lunch near the toilets (rachel, we need a change of environment man...) in Union House (Rachel, we need a change of lunching places man....)
6. hanging out in the library for our next class to start... doing absolutely nothing.....
7. waking up to 8am lectures and stumbling to thetres with half-awake eyes and barely-there consciousness....
1. my 1st ever dissection class!! yay-ness!! i'm almost faint from excitement but i sure do hope i won't faint from the stench.... i heard that after coming out of the room, you feel as though you can eat a thousand horses!! u are THAT hungry.... and kelvin's sister said that once you start dissection, you'll never think of lap-cheong (chinese wax sausages) in an edible light ever again...LOL teh bodies apparently stink of that smell... and i do LOVE my lap-cheong....
2. not being quite the baby of medical school anymore.... after all, i've been there for 6 weeks....
3. being 19!! when i start sch, i'll be 19!! which isn't much to me... not as much as 18 though...
4. just being in lectures and PBL tutorials.... talking about injured spinal cords and penises taht erect for four hours straight due to spinal cord injury (it's called priapism!! what a cool word man...) the things you learn in group study is oh-so-useful man... *grinz
5. having lunch near the toilets (rachel, we need a change of environment man...) in Union House (Rachel, we need a change of lunching places man....)
6. hanging out in the library for our next class to start... doing absolutely nothing.....
7. waking up to 8am lectures and stumbling to thetres with half-awake eyes and barely-there consciousness....
Monday, April 09, 2007
All for Nic...
a huge shout out to Nicholas Chai....
HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY!!!
MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY!!!
and most importantly,
MAY ALL YOUR WISHES & DREAMS & ASPIRATIONS COME TRUE!!
just so you know, Nic, i'm sorry for not making time to meet you when i was back home... there was no excuse for it... all i can say is that i'm really sorry and that i hope to see you soon in the june holidays....
but for today, enjoy yourself and make the most out of it... you only turn 19 once.... and heck, you have to do it properly....
you deserve all the happiness in the world and you'll work hard for it and you'll have it.... all the best to you... and i miss you very much....
Muaackz... XOXO Mel
P.S. i wanted to post a very flattering picture of Nic but my USB drive is with Ai Lynn.....
HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY!!!
MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY!!!
and most importantly,
MAY ALL YOUR WISHES & DREAMS & ASPIRATIONS COME TRUE!!
just so you know, Nic, i'm sorry for not making time to meet you when i was back home... there was no excuse for it... all i can say is that i'm really sorry and that i hope to see you soon in the june holidays....
but for today, enjoy yourself and make the most out of it... you only turn 19 once.... and heck, you have to do it properly....
you deserve all the happiness in the world and you'll work hard for it and you'll have it.... all the best to you... and i miss you very much....
Muaackz... XOXO Mel
P.S. i wanted to post a very flattering picture of Nic but my USB drive is with Ai Lynn.....
Friday, April 06, 2007
Easter revelation
it's Easter break now and Melbournites sure are making a HUGE deal out of it, what with the pounds-heavy choc eggs and choc bunnies... and Koko Black's window display look absolutely delicious, literally and metaphorically....
and Easter break means that i have succeeded in going through the first half of Semester 1 and it's one long awaited break... i could go on and on moaning about the ever increasing workload and information that my poor brain needs to process but I WILL NOT... after all, i did choose this course out of interest and heck, it IS interesting...
"Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a changing fortune in the changing fortunes of time...." - Desiderata...
(for those who have not read Desiderata, it is the most incredible guide to life ever.... so get your copy now... my dad was the one who read it to me when i was young and i will be forever grateful to him for it.)
so yes, Easter break is only ONE WEEK so Mel's Must Do List for Easter stands thus:
1. Finish the Health Practice essay by Tues
2. Revise the whole of Anatomy and Histology lectures, despite the fact that Dr Eizenberg is a lousy lecturer except for the times he took off his layers of shirts to entertain us
3. Do my videotape interview and review it!! and get over the fact that i might look 10 pounds heavier on camera.
4. do more exercise
5. cook more exotic and complicated dishes
6. time for some SELF LOVE and SELF CARE!! eg yoga, catching up with friends....
7. prepare myself mentally for the dissection sessions we are having after Easter and pray that i dissolve into jelly the moment they lift the sheet covering the cadaver
8. SELF LOVE AND SELF CARE!! i write this twice as Term 1 was absolutely killing for anyone mentally and emotionally and physically.... i need back my streak of life.... it was slowly but surely ebbing away...
9. REFLECTION: on the days that have passed and the days that are and the days that have yet to come.... and just sit and think of anything that comes to mind...
- no more stories for Mel , just work and work -
and Easter break means that i have succeeded in going through the first half of Semester 1 and it's one long awaited break... i could go on and on moaning about the ever increasing workload and information that my poor brain needs to process but I WILL NOT... after all, i did choose this course out of interest and heck, it IS interesting...
"Keep interested in your career, however humble; it is a changing fortune in the changing fortunes of time...." - Desiderata...
(for those who have not read Desiderata, it is the most incredible guide to life ever.... so get your copy now... my dad was the one who read it to me when i was young and i will be forever grateful to him for it.)
so yes, Easter break is only ONE WEEK so Mel's Must Do List for Easter stands thus:
1. Finish the Health Practice essay by Tues
2. Revise the whole of Anatomy and Histology lectures, despite the fact that Dr Eizenberg is a lousy lecturer except for the times he took off his layers of shirts to entertain us
3. Do my videotape interview and review it!! and get over the fact that i might look 10 pounds heavier on camera.
4. do more exercise
5. cook more exotic and complicated dishes
6. time for some SELF LOVE and SELF CARE!! eg yoga, catching up with friends....
7. prepare myself mentally for the dissection sessions we are having after Easter and pray that i dissolve into jelly the moment they lift the sheet covering the cadaver
8. SELF LOVE AND SELF CARE!! i write this twice as Term 1 was absolutely killing for anyone mentally and emotionally and physically.... i need back my streak of life.... it was slowly but surely ebbing away...
9. REFLECTION: on the days that have passed and the days that are and the days that have yet to come.... and just sit and think of anything that comes to mind...
- no more stories for Mel , just work and work -
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