The Apple Of Our Eyes

My cousin sister came home last weekend. We were all so thrilled about it cos it has been almost a year since we last saw her. And the thing is, she brought her little baby back! Ok, maybe we were all more excited and anxious over the little girl, but still, it's a welcome-home event worth celebrating! =D

Little Kar Cheng is almost 7 months now and she looks so much like her dad! Plus, the thought of me being an aunt (though it sounds a bit old), is most fascinating! =) But ain't I a sassy young aunt? LOL Right, self-praise is no praise. Heee!

I remember trying to test her grasping reflex HAHA (from what we learnt in lecture). No worries, she has it all =) From grasping, to smiling, to sucking (she sucks almost everything! including my pig LOL)..

They left on Sunday =( Don't know when we'll be seeing them again. Sigh. Soon, I hope.



That's the toy phone she loves sucking. =D

I watched Dark Knight already! And it is so good!! Heath Ledger left such a legacy that I'm sure will never be forgotten. Christian Bale's performance as Batman was absolutely stunning as well. Maggie Gyllenhaal was ok..Aaron Eckhart was good (just a tad sad he was going to be Two Face in the following shows) and Gary Oldman has always been great at what he does anyway LOL. There was so much of suspense in the air, what with the high-pitched strings at one point of the movie. A 10/10 ratings!

Anyways, I won't bore you any further with my petty little details. Gotta go read up on Kawasaki disease and smoking (my GP gave me homework -__-).

KKB rotations posting

I've got some of the pics up, but not all of them. The rest are with Chen Yi so we'll just have to wait =)

Anyways, we were all pretty depressed that we had to go KKB, me more. The only source of food there was 98 Restaurant which is made famous by the frequent visits of IMU students, the chicken rice next to my favourite waffle and ice cream stall (damn, it's the cheapest waffle and ice-cream i've ever encountered!!! Rm 1 for a scoop of icecream and Rm 1 for a waffle!) and the mamak stall and the 7 eleven which supplies everything and oh! the grocery stores as well where the packet of milo is 40 cents cheaper than those in the 7 eleven.

DON'T EAT THE FOOD IN THE HOSPITAL CANTEEN. IT SUCKS BIG TIME. Makes me vomit!!!

It was pretty tiring, the whole 3 days. Had to wake up early and Dr. Lim's enthusiasm just didn't make it better. She wanted reports, summaries, this and that and she's a really fussy woman. Oh, never forget Sister Rita. My god. She's a real pain in the arse. I have never NEVER ever EVER met anyone that could make me hate her, dread her, detest her, for life! She is just the very person you wish would vanish into thin air when she starts to speak. OH MY GOD.

We didn't exactly get to see any extraordinary cases. But there was one which Sundar, Selene and I clerked which was really sad. She had a misabortion and was waiting for 6 years for a baby to come along. So, this was her first. Misabortion means (according to Dr. Lim) she previously (probably) was pregnant but there was a miscarriage during the early months or even the early weeks and the thing is, she doesn't even know that she was pregnant in the first place. Thus, the zygote/fetus was left in the uterus for years leading to later complications such as this. Selene and I didn't get to interview her cos she speaks only in Tamil. But one can really tell that she was devastated from the tears that were verging on pouring out. Very sad. =(

The nurses' hostel is so filthy that I couldn't even bare to empty my bladder, let alone defaecate =S Sigh. Beds were filled with layers of dust, cobwebs etc etc. and it was so hot on our first night (Khine, Selene and I couldn't stop complaining). It was terrible. Thank god it was our final posting at KKB (I hope I don't get posted here for my houseman years).

We managed to visit the dam and the "bridge" on our last night. The view was absolutely breath-taking. I never thought I'd see such a panaromic view in Malaysia. LOL.

The scenic view surrounding the dam

The dam itself

The guys trying to be monkeys LOL (Sundar and Kelvin)

From left: Avinder, Devaki, Huiling, Me

Huiling and I =)

This is the bridge! =D
HAHA syok sendiri. It's just the thought of standing in the middle of the road *grins*

Some of the guys wanted to drive up to Fraser's Hill that day itself since it was only an hour away. But most of us (the girls) wanted to stay back cos we're pretty exhausted already and it would be rather late by the time we came down. So, we had our last meal at KKB at the 98 Restaurant and had our beloved ice-cream and waffle =DDDD

Headed back to the hostel, played our cards (bridge and chor tai ti!!) and MAFIA. LOL I'm really bad at it =( Came back to Vista the next day via Kaarthig's car =) Never loved Vista that much!

I guess I still need to improve on my BM cos it sucks big time honestly. It doesn't even come out right. Sigh. GP posting starts this coming Monday. I hope Dr. Lim Huat Beng is still as nice as he was 10 years ago when i frequently visited him as a child =D

Times Square

I actually just got back from Kuala Kubu Bharu (KKB) and i am just freakingly tired and exhausted from the 3 days of hospital posting. Yeah, tell me bout my career geeee..

Anyways, I'm not here for an update on KKB just yet. Haven't got some of the pics quite ready to be posted. Since i have the pics for our CLS outing last Saturday at Times Square, i shall first let known to the world what we, bunch of psychotic, insane, crazily silly shopping queens (so i just discovered our hidden talents LOL) did then =)

As Malaysians as we are, half the bunch were late. I wasn't, mind you =D Took our lunch at Food and Tea Hong Kong Restaurant or Shop. Sort of a Kim Gary thingy although i have to admit Shelva and i were rooting for Japanese food (however, it was rather expensive). Cat and i didn't like our noodles though. But we liked our dessert! =D

Then, we went on and on shopping like some seriously-deprived-of-clothes girls. LOL And i didn't know ET and EC were our reigning shopping queens. My god. Everything in Times seemed FOC haha. I bought an anklet and a top, which Cat and Shel bought too. Only that mine was turqouise. =)

Cat and I both trying out our tops! =D

Free vanilla ice-cream and soya bean. How cheap can things get LOL

From left: Shelva, Cmei, Elaine C, Catherine, Me, Cheryl, Elaine T.

Had a really great time catching up with the guys. It's been a long, long while. And as I'm sitting here looking into the future of where we'd be and what we'd be and how we'd look like, I'm sure we'd still be the same - the same old girly girls we once were in school and that manic lot who're all out to conquer the horizon (abit of a dramatic effect here LOL)

KKB'd be up soon, once i get my head straight. =D

Procrastination!

My grand uncle just passed away this morning. My heart goes out to my "yi poh" and my aunts. Although I barely know him, our families rarely meet up and all, but my condolence reaches out to them. RIP.

Anyway, I'm about to go to KKB in 20 minutes time. And I hate it. The nurses' hostel isn't in a very good condition just so you know. I'm not being a princess here. And everyone's been complaining. So shut up. And the fact that i have to wake up 7am for the next 3 days, and stick around the hospital till 430pm for the next 3 days just kills the last living daylight out of me. Sigh. Hate it. For now, Vista seems like heaven (at least for once).

I hope time moves exceptionally swiftly for the next 3 days. Sigh =( And that Dr. Lim doesn't kill us all. I don't like her. GRR...

Up Down Left Right - Which?!

Yeah i seem like i'm pretty lost, eh? *Sulks*

I remember telling the girls "Eh, nobody sulks past 12am today ok?!"

Ok. Exam results were released today. 1130am. Damn. And we thought we might want to scramble to the Aquaria in KLCC right after my stupid selective's exam (I hope Dr. Ranjit doesn't read blogs LOL awww he's such a sweetheart!) and coming back to IMU to collect the slip later in the noon. Nobody there anymore to ask "how'd you do?" and you'd probably have to reply "Shut up, you arse. I'm trying to open it!" (ok maybe I ain't that harsh hahah). So anyways, we decided not to carry on with the plan cos we'd probably have our minds wandering off and thinking how we did throughout the visit. We headed for Dim Sum instead! =)

Came back to IMU 1130am sharp. A few smiling faces. A few bland faces. A few not-so-excited ones. A train of thoughts passed through my head. I don't think I'd fail. But then again, the world is full of surprises. Anything can happen. What the hell. What if I'm among the 14 people who failed? What if it isn't up to my satisfaction? What if it was lesser than what i deserved? What if what if what if what if. SHUT UP!

Came back to vista. Tore it apart. SIGH. I passed. I guess it was almost as I expected it to be. Feedback wasn't very great. So I would've guessed it anyway. But it's good. It's good, as mum says. It's all that she wants. And she's proud (I love you mum). But you know how you wished it was of a better grade? I mean you always hope and hope and hope for the better despite already expecting what is to come. And then, that dash of reality strikes at you. And you go "Oh, ok...mmmm I don't know".

Anyways, I should be glad. I really should. I should be proud of myself having thus achieve this far. And i survived! =) Maybe I'd work a little harder for EOS 5. Say only lah. Later all down the drain XD

Shopping!

Phew! I just got back from my beloved home in Penang. It was just this wonderful shopping experience free of guilt and all the petty little worries of exams and all. It isn't like I don't have any exams coming up soon, in fact i have one this coming friday, which however i'm sad to say that i'm not studying for it at all yet. Then again, I haven't felt so much of a stress-free shopping day in a long, long time coming.

Bought a long-sleeve top from nichii

Bought a pair of jeans from MnG =))))

Bought a pair of sandals

Bought a skirt from seed =DDDDD

These are for myself.

Mum bought a jacket for herself and a long sleeve top also from nichii =DDD

Dad bought a pair of shoes, 2 shirts from padini XDDD

All in one day. Yes. LOL

That's it. No more shopping until Chinese New Year, you stupid child (from the voice in my head) LOL

Anyways, came back here. Has not been very good the way things have turned out to be. As much as I hate to admit it, i miss Fen. I miss how we always have dinner together with NC although they'd be sitting 10 feet away from me, I miss how much of a noise Dee Dee makes. I miss how they'd be laughing their heads off from next door. I miss how I'd always complain about "that bitch" to her. (I hate admitting it cause she keeps bugging me to tell her how much i miss her..stupid woman). And the whole place is such a filth. And i'm so tired of being the only one cleaning up the place when i'm not the only living habitant here. So basically it's like coming back from heaven to hell. That'd explain everything. Sigh. I guess I can't change some people.

Finished our presentation today. What a relief! All my public speaking skills have gone down the drain and so i realised today. And i tend to run out of breath easily. Wonder how I'd fair when it comes to kissing my husband in the not so distant future. HAHAHA. Scratch that!!!!!! XD

Friday's the exam. Not very enthusiastic about it as you can see. Not all racked up for it also. I really should start I think. 10 notes. 20 OBA and 2 SAQ. Plus, results this friday. OMG. 14 people failed. I just hope i'm not one of them. Dear god, have mercy on me. =)

Just a little something i took out of my pathetic vista windows. Guess what it is!!! yay it's a moon!!! ( i know i'm lame, you bitch LOL)

A Day Worth Remembering

Yes, I'm officially 20 now. Not YET 21. But will be soon =)

Mum called me up just before she went to bed to wish me happy birthday. That was before it was 12am. Hui Li wished me on msn =) Then MZ on fb and a few others. And then at 12am, messages started pouring in. Teeheee! I thought none would rmb. Maybe I exaggerated it. I thought FEW would remember. Here's the many people I have to thank for making the day a great one, my very first birthday away from home, a blessed one and a wonderful one =)

Surin: I know you started it all, you planned it all. And you got your mum to drop us at secret recipe. Although your acting wasn't that of a hollywood standard (LOL it was pretty shitty you know), but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the kindness you have shown to me, not only on my birthday but for my whole 2 years here. I love your bracelet! =)

Michelle: Miss Gayathri (I love calling you that. Or Rajaretnam, your father LOL), you weren't a very great actress yourself and in fact you ruined their plan LOL but you know how much I really want to thank you for the Pride and Prejudice (it's perfect. PERFECT!), the sleepover, the dinner that Phoebe made, the comfortable bed, the maggi mee breakfast and milo, the tea, the curry puffs and all. And also I have to thank your mum and dad. The walk around Country Heights, with Mr Koh and a whole lot of dogs, and some cina ah pek yelling at us. HAHAHA. And thank you for the cake at secret recipe =) I read your letter and I trully forgive you for running low on cash. It made me feel so divine and angelic =) Thank you for EVERYTHING. I've got your back, and I know you've got mine =) Love you.

Shelva: Thanks for being part of the plan as well. Whack Mich for ruining part of it. Thanks for the cake too. Thanks for the soon-to-be-received handphone pouch all the way from Hong Kong. LOL Thanks for coming over for Kajang satay with Praveen =)

Sooi: I already thanked you. No need for a second time LOL

Siao Wei: I also did previously.

Lameena: Thank you for that beautiful little bear you bought me. Loved it. His name is Pudding by the way LOL

Fen, NC, CJ: I already thanked you guys. But you left for gentings this morning without telling me! ARGHH!! I don't have class today, you know! =(

Danis: LOL thank you for singing me the birthday song. It wasn't very nice but hahaha..=D And thank you for the failed surprise you ought to have given me if it wasn't because I went over to Mich's. Plus the cake! You just had to buy me a chocolate cake to add on to my already excessive weight. But again, thank you.

Carrie, Christopher: Thank you for the pig. Very funny *smirks* Wait till I get home.

Aunts, Jeunn Ling: Thank you for the ang pau! =DDDD Enough for my shopping spree =)

Everyone who text messaged me: I can't name everyone. But you know who you are.
Can't wait to see all of you =)

Everyone who sent me a wall post on fb: Thank you so much!

Great but tiring day indeed =)

Mum's buying me an ice cream cake when I get back this weekend. HEEEEE!!! =D

ps: No thank yous for you this year, kar how. I still can't comprehend the fact that you...NEVERMIND. I hold you to your words of 2 westlife tickets in malaysia, a dinner/lunch, and a soft toy. NO TEDDY BEARS. And it's got to be something cute. *grins*

I'm 20

Tick tock tick tock tick tock...

I'm officially 20! =D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Fun Fair!

Saturday was pretty dull honestly. So there wasn't anything worth noting in here. Sunday, I thought, would be just the same. But no, it was a much better day than Saturday. Fen, my housemate was planning to have dinner at Secret Recipe with Ngie Chang and then she asked if I wanted to tag along. Argh, I already ate my dinner! I don't wana be a hippopotamus! =S But when she mentioned the word "cake", ahh! I was so up for it! =D Then, she later told me bout her "haunted" house which she would be staying rather soon when she leaves for Seremban, our clinical years. It's bad enough that our clinical years would be the most dire and dreadful years, so her "house" didn't help at all. Sigh.



Then, we decided we should go to the fun fair at the stadium since we had nothing else to do (a pretty bored lot we are). Cheng Jun joined us later. There were tonnes of people there OH MY GOD. And it's been so long since the fair was here, that I could even remember the music banging at my ears during my summative study break! And it was really cool. Obviously it isn't as cool as the ones in Genting (there are less games here), but it's pretty something. You know the ones we have in Penang, the Pesta thingy? Yeah, that's bout it. But anyways, the key issue here is that we took this really crazy ride, the Challenger. It didn't look that scary as we stood there watching it. But when we were on it, trust me, it's definitely not for the faint-hearted. I thought it would be just a piece of cake for me but it was one hell of a ride. it went up almost 120 degrees in mid air, imagine u sitting there with a piece of metal flap in front of u and a seat buckle, and two metal bars at the side for you to grab on, and your feet dangling in mid air, and your spectacles are being removed, you could really see nothing except the lights flickering from below. And there you are, screaming your lungs out. And all that is going through your mind for the past 5 minutes was "SHIT, I'm going to die". Honestly. And your butt is constantly being lifted up and you just have to hold on to the metal bar for your dear life.



As soon as in ended, we came out and our hands were just trembling. And we couldn't even walk straight. So much for wanting more of the adrenaline rush. LOL

Clockwise: Ngie Chang, Cheng Jun, Me and Fen =)

So we came back, cos we knew we wouldn't be able to take another boost of the adrenaline. LOL (and they call themselves guys..tsk). Will miss them loads =)

Randomness

Today was ok. Nothing out of the box. Nothing exceptionally extraordinaire and bizarre. Watched "Get Smart" at Midvalley. Was absolutely humorous. Anne Hathaway was really good. I'm sorry I am never a fan of Steve Carrell. Neither do I watch The Office. The Rock was WAY TOO HOT!! OUCH! You should've seen us going "AHHhhhhh" *melts* when he appeared. Plus, I didn't like the fact that Anne Hathaway kissed Steve Carrell too. So yeah, a 6/10. An additional 0.5 marks for its unstoppable laughters. =D

And then I came home. Absurdly bored. No plans for the weekend. It's just pathetic! I'm sorry I'm not more of a social butterfly. Then again, maybe I'm not. I need to be alone at times. Ok. Maybe most of the time I am alone here. That explains why the blogging spell is being so much of a salvage for my pityful soul. I like writing, anyway. Fine. Typing, in this manner.

Then I watched "Becoming Jane". It was stupendous. Complete flawless acting by both Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy (one of my most favourite actors of all times since "Children Of Dune"). They were just stunning. In case any of you haven't already know, it is the love story of the timeless, classic English novelist, Jane Austen herself. And that lucky guy (or maybe not so lucky afterall *spoiler*) was Tom Lefroy. Of course, Anne Hathaway isn't very much English in it, but still, she was absolutely gorgeous and wonderful. It just amazes how beautiful she is. Even in "Get Smart", she's every man's dream. For a moment, I wished I was a guy. Her eyes, her lips, they're so intoxicating! And there's no denying that James McAvoy is one hell of a talented actor. And he's really getting very good at it. Too bad he's married =( Maggie Smith and Julie Walters stars as the supporting cast (the former being Professor McGonagall and the latter being Mrs Weasley in Harry Potter LOL..I'm sorry I just couldn't help it). Great performance. A complete 9/10 ratings. It would've possibly been a 10/10 if only the ending was what I wanted to see. LOL I like happy endings! Sad endings make me depress! =(

Somehow, I just have a knack for such movies. Those set in the early centuries of England. Take "Pride and Prejudice" for example. I just adore it to bits. I've watched it over and over again until I lost count of the number of times it played on my DVD player back at home, and here. Although I haven't watch Colin Firth's Hallmark version of it, which I'm sure I'd love it just the same as Kiera Knightley's portrayal as Elizabeth. I wouldn't say I'm a huge fan of Jane Austen. In fact, it's a little embarassing to say that I've only quite learned a little more of her after watching PnP. But of course I do know who she is and what novels she wrote. I ain't that ignorant. Maybe someday, when I have a little more time to spare and a whole library dedicated to me, I'd read Sense and Sensibility, Emma and Mansfield Park.

"Atonement" is another of my favourite. At least it was when Hollywood started to take notice of James McAvoy. But be warned, for those soft at heart, you wouldn't like the ending. It's too depressing. Very. Sigh. "The Other Boleyn Girl" was brilliant as well. Very in line with the English history and very dramatic! Love it to bits as well. History has always been my favourite subject just in case none of you know. Especially the ones that are "non-Tanah Melayu atau Asia Tenggara atau Sabah Sarawak" LOL Plus I like how bitchy Natalie Portman is OWH!!! Eric Bana is just amazing, so is Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman. I love seeing women in those big frolicky gowns, with their hair all in curls and tied up. And I love the English accent! =)

As silly as it may sound, at times I wished my life was that dramatic as well. I mean dramatic in a good way, with a happy note to the end. I don't want my life to just end like Jane Austen's. Unmarried in the end and died at such an early age of 41. Of course she's now one of the most noted novelists in history but then again, "what's the pleasure in life when we can't be together?" by Tom Lefroy to Jane. How I wish life could be more of a fairytale.

Lost

• I don't think I know what I want
• I think I'm going crazy
• I must have a bipolar disorder
• I'm feeling ecstatic for a moment
• I'm depressed the next
• I think I'm bored
• I don't know what is it that can satisfy me
• I think I hate everyone
• I think I'm not getting what I want
• I can't sleep
• I'm too tired
• I dream bout cockroaches and other weird stuff
• I think my 28 days is up
• I think I'm just not me

And I'm suicidal...

The Exploding Belly

Ugh..my stomach is on the verge of bursting. No. More like there's a detonator fixed in it and it's just gonna give its way anytime soon. My god. All my diet-crashing and weight-watching and the excruciating pain top up with the pain-staking efforts of trying to shed the pounds and holding back myself while I watch eagerly as my favourite foods passed me by, IS CURRENTLY DOWN THE STUPID DRAIN. I mean not that I'm exceedingly fat and all, but you know that's what girls do best. And you can never stop a girl or lady or woman from her trying-to-lose-weight scheme. DAMN.

To start it off, the guilt hasn't even left my bleeding heart since I took the tiramisu and chocolate cake last night. And to add to that already alarming weight that I've been gaining for the past months, there was blackforest cake this noon, specially bought for our birthday girl, Shelva. And due to my extremely, utterly greedy behaviour, I took an enormous piece out of it. Enough is enough. Then again, maybe not quite. Italiannese came banging at my doorstep just an hour ago. Sooi, her mum and me ate so much that it felt like it was our last meal on my graciously, beautiful earth. Sigh.

Clams.

Grilled chicken.

Garlic chicken pizza.

Salad.

Capuccino pie.

Yes. All of which is an absolute hazard to my weight. To OUR weight. Just shoot me in the head. But I swear, that capuccino pie we had for desert was undeniably scrumptious. Yum!! But I'm betting that only a 100km worth of jogs and runs, top it up with 10 hours of calories-burning exercise would be able to shed it all off. MMmhmm.

But then again, how can anyone complain when there's good food? And for a person like me, food is in my blood, in my soul. I live for food. That's it. It's my very weakness. Sigh.

A huge thank you to aunty, who paid for the exceptionally expensive meal (at least to me) and thanks to Sooi who bought my groceries for me =) I seriously don't know what I'd do without you. Have a safe journey home tomorrow and I'll see you either when I'm back in pg or when we're both back here. =D Love you tonnes! *hugs n kisses*

Post-exams

Exams are officially over. Wait. Maybe not. I still have my selective exams to go. And maybe EOS 5 in the next 6 months. Then again, who cares bout selectives. I mean I do since it carries a certain percentage for EOS 5 (I have such messy brains). And EOS 5 is well, considerably still quite far ahead and maybe not too far either. But let's just finish one thing at a time.


Summative was over. I definitely did not work as hard as I did for all previous summatives and exams. I don't know. Maybe it's getting a bit too much to handle (whoever said medicine was easy). And the post-exam fever immediately sanked in. Went home and gobbled down loads of good food. I mean LOADS. My belly is already showing itself =( Sighs. We celebrated my birthday and mum's too. Her's belated, mine in advance. It's a depressing thought that my 20th this year would be in vista here. I mean, can it get any more pathetic??!!

Daddy's little girl

Mummy and me

Met up with Siao Wei as well. Still as bubbly as always =) Thank you siao po for the gift! Love that gloss from Lancome Paris =D I want a Mac one next year. LOL (too much to ask for. tsktsk)

And I coincidentally bumped into Mou Zheng at New World Park! Still the same =)

A very big thank you to Sooi who's done so much for me today. She bought me 2 pieces of cake; Tiramisu and Chocolate to sorta celebrate my birthday in advance cos she'll be in penang then already. And she bought me (.....) nevermind that, and a apple-scented candle which I really like =) Then we headed over to pasar malam for a fiesta to satisfy our roaring appetite and ended up eating so much! Then we headed back to vista for my cake cutting ceremony =D hahahah!

Stupidly ugly

Poor child deprived of cakes and oh-so-fattening-yet-extremely-delicious foods

For that, I am truly thankful to this absolutely wonderful friend cum sis of mine =) Definitely something I'd remember forever.

Since I should not be studying anything at all for now (theoretically and literally speaking in my context), I am planning to enjoy as much as possible. Just a tad sad that Sooi's going back on thursday already and noone's accompanying me throughout this post-exam period. Hopefully my dvds'd serve me well.

Tomorrow might be an interesting one too =)