i'm not sure if it's the weather. but today, i had this sudden feeling that i really miss that wk in sydney. definitely the weather. and the company. it's quite strange, i didn't really miss sydney when i return home immediately. but it's been over a wk, and now, some of these feelings juz came back to me, and yes, i miss sydney. i wld love to go back to australia ++++++++ i muz have my friends along with me.

i lost the to-do list for this weekend. so sunday basically flew by as a totally unproductive day. oh wells. it IS just wk1.
and already, i look forward to end of wk2. haha

here's a nice pic of us in front of QVB. the more impt part is us. so i shall crop away the queen. haha

YR3 SEM1 WK1 - DONE

phew:D

1. i can predict spine is gonna tough. mmhmm.
2. fyp shld be manageable cos my grp has good ppls :D
3. ICU will be a little daunting.
4. paeds shld be fine.
5. i shall enjoy applied physio cos bio has been my fav subject.
6. napfa will be interesting. i wana pass my 2.4!!!! and u know today i was soo annoyed with my tibial torsion. so crappish la. bad enuf tt i dun have slim legs- but muz gimme that weird curve for wat?!?!?! ARGH. still. no excuses for not passing my 2.4.

enjoy the weekends my friends!

fyi: i'm posted to NUH. yes, it's near my house. tt's abt it. dun sense much enthusiasm? haha. there isn't. well, at least it IS near my hse. and i can look forward to chilling at the pubs at holland v after my work. haha.

i'm gonna work hard this sem. academically wise. i dunno how on earth i get such a horrendous grade for the whole of my yr2 placements. i dun think it's justified at all. i can whine and whine all abt it but there's no way anyone is gonna do anything abt it. DAMNIT.

i wana swim with sharks the next time i go aussie :)
tt shld be quite scary. shld be more scary than the skydive bah.
you know i'm proud tt i did the skydive, but the kinda feeling after i completed it doesn't seem very HIGH.. hmm. like i said, maybe it's becos i'm not that scared in the first place. yea. probably.

i need to buy the following
1. school bag (my eastpak is juz peeling and peeling.)
2. longchamp? hmm.... tt's a want, not a need
3. laptop... hmmm.. important for FYP i guess, and 4th yr too.
yea, tt's all. the school bag is very important. probably i'll get something tt doesn't peel so easily on the inside.

btw, thanks PT ppls for getting the chelsea tee, hair curling iron and f21 clutch. all very practical - i like :)

aussie trip part 2- reflections.

1) sydney has alot of internations aka asians. and they speak with weird english which to me - makes me more conscious abt the way i speak.
2) i can't seem to hold a simple conversation, even as simple as answering a waiter's qn abt the food. gosh. i hated their huge portions. big portions literally kill my appetite. thank god there wasn't really much i was missing out on ( i feel)
3) the ppls there dress very well. i wish i had a nice figure to be able to dress like them.
4) the "ah bengs" there really intimidates me. i mean, here in sg, i can just walk past ahbengs and not get freaked out. there, i think i'll just siam them as soon as they’re in my sight. those teens are just so ... [maybe becos i'm a tourist there].
5) i'm starting to worry abt going their for my 4th year. it's not easy. i swear it's not. just hearing stories from cheryl and jie makes me scared. having to speak up in front of them- oh my god. i can't even speak up in my own class la, much less to do so in front of them. and i know they'll be judging me. in a bad way.
6) if i work there, where on earth am i gonna find friends to chill out with after work?????
7) random- do u know in sg we having flashing green man, and in sydney- they have flashing red man. it's quite scary to see a red man in the middle of the road u noe. haha. and this stupid car almost knocked into jie. still shake his head at us somemore. idiot.
8) but the lifestyle there seems quite cool. like there was this park we went to, and ppls were just lying on the lawn..! the weather is so good u cld really do that u noe! i liked it. i love their weather!!! there was definitely less oil on my face at the end of each day! haha.
9) it's not really the place(sydney) that u go, but it's the ppls that go with you. thank u cheryl and jie - for being tolerant abt my mood swings...
10) fyi, if any of u stay in a backpacker's hostel, dun leave ur food in the common area- someone will take it. we had that experience.
11) darkness. u noe, at 6pm there, it gets really dark already. it looks like 10. and shops closes early in aus. so, there wasn't really much we cld do. in fact, i think we spent like 30% of the time there juz on walking from pointA to pointB.
12) how am i gonna meet a guy there? sigh. i need to be more confident man.
13) think the clubbing scene there is bigger.
14) i wish i was born a caucasian. seriously. when i was in sydney, i juz wished i wasn't a singaporean. that way, i cld fit in better with the rest.
15) skydiving. it may seem like i'm a brave soul that conquered such an incredible adventure. but i think i wasn't that scared in the first place, so even though i've completed it, to me, it doesn't FEEL like such a big thing. oh my, i can't believe i just said that. but anyway, i'm still glad i did such a huge thing in my life. i'm looking forward to telling my grandkids abt the awesome 21st bday i had. so, what next? haha, really, it seems like when u completed such a huge thing like this, everything else should be EASIER rite? NO. sigh.
16) i'm a little sad that i have yet to blown a candle on a cake yet. maybe my family cake.
17) being back in sg was a good feeling. really. i know how everything works here, i know where to go and how to get there. i have ALL my friends and family here. it's good to be home. oh and my bed. love my bed. hostel's bed was bunk bed and shared with 3 other ppls. so it was quite uncomfortable la.
18) good to be eating sg's food. compared to food there - where the portions are so huge. i have come to realise that huge portions kills my appetite.
19) now that i've been to australia(even though it's juz sydney), i'm kinda lost. like aussie was my dream for all my life. but after this experience, i dunno if i still wana have a life there. i mean, aside from the weather and friendly staff ??!?
20) I’ve turned 21. I hope that I can really grow up. Have a good and healthy social life. Be, look and act more like a adult. Oh I hope to have a bf soon. Haha. no need AM la. i've decided it's not that impt - nor issit easy.

Resolutions
Exercise HARDER
Learn to drink well enough.
Keep my friends close to me. Or even closer. haha
Think of my next destination
Think of my next big thing to do.. maybe. i was thinking i shld do skydiving more? haha. since bungee doesn't seem AS COOL as skydiving. but oh wells, wateva extreme sports (that dun require training, juz guts), count me in!

sch starts tmr! final lap!

Back from Sydney

WOOHOO!!! it's good to be home :)
UPDATES pics are all on fb :)

day1 thu
i was the first to reach the airport! imagine my horror when i dun see the other 2.
but i survived. we took a cab back to our hostel - YHA SYDNEY CENTRAL.
went to chinatown which was very near the hostel and had lamian for dinner. i was quite, erm hesitant - about eating there. come to aussie to eat chinese food?!?!?!
anyway, the portions were HUGE. i almost didn't feel like eating when i saw the food. oh and btw, there was this EDWARD CULLEN LOOKALIKE in the same restaurant. HAHA! so cute la.
went back to rest. we were in this 4beds room, so there were 2 other roomies there. and me and cheryl were literally holding out breaths as we unpacked to go shower. yea, cos we didn't wana wake them up.
and the bunk beds were metal. so imagine the creeky sounds i made whenever i turned. i didn't sleep well man. there was a easter party downstairs. boom boom boom.
oh, i saw ALOT of internations aka asians.

day2 fri
cereal and milk for breakfast is so not my type.
went to see the opera house and harbour bridge. had a nice chicken burger and hotdog for lunch. you see, the 3 of us share 2 portions. just right.
bought bus tix and travelled to coogee beach. saw this scene where a girl was just screaming vulgarities in the middle of the road, and then at the bus stop. she was like wat, 16? stupid.

day3 sat
brunch at pancakes on the rocks. a hungry joyce is a grumpy one!
walked around the ROCKS, and bought some souvenirs :)
saw a gay couple. nice.
walked along george street, which was really long.
ate krispy kremes :)
shopped at supre!
had salad for dinner. yum? nah. healthy? of course la!

day4 sun
took a ferry to taronga zoo
nope, the zoo is not as fantastic as the singapore zoo. REALLY! we walked the same paths over and over again!
had a little meltdown. sorry girls. i think it's part of pms.
had a awkward dinner at the fish market
everything kinda resolved later on
sat in a circus to watch several acts of performances.
had a nice desert at lindt cafe

day5 mon
went to oxford street. where mardi grass was held. too bad i missed it man!
then to bondi junction- which is a really huge shopping mall
and then to bondi beach.
UNFORTUNATELY, it RAINED like nobody's business! damn it man! pouring like mad la! so we couldn't really walk the beach :(
head back to yha for a salad dinner. haha

day 6 tue
ooh, had breakfast at the 'a little on the side cafe'.
cute waiter :)
i was so not in the mood to eat. even went to the hotel next to the cafe to shit.
and i was still not in the mood to eat after that.
went to direct factory outlet at homebush. had to take a train and bus. i even dropped my 35$ bus ticket on the floor which i only realised after the bus left! SO SAD! shopping was alrite. alot of shops. too many things to see. if only we cld spend longer time there, and if only i had more money. haha
poor cheryl was feeling unwell throughout.
after homebush, we headed back to oxford street cos i wanted to get my shoes from rubi shoes. (didn't really spend as much as i thought i would at homebush). then we took a bus to bondi cos 'i want to touch the sand and touch the sea' at bondi beach. HAHA. how can i not do that when i'm in aussie rite?!?!?!?! of course i insisted we went, even though it was pretty dark. and oh. it was not even 6pm lo. it looked like it was 7-8pm
so, when we reach there. cheryl, finally puked. gosh. it was ONE BIG BAG OF PUKE man! haha, no photos to show for that. but yea. luckily i got bring plastic bags meant for puking, and it came in handy! she felt much much much better, so thank goodness for that. THEN.... we finally went to touch the sand! and i touched the sea! hahaha. it was quite scary, cos there were lightning. haha. i was the only one to make my way towards the ocean, (or issit sea) and made sure the waves reached my feet. hahahaha
later on, we had dinner at bondi pizza :) loved the pasta there! it was my first proper meal of the day i felt.

day 7 wed
SKYDIVING DAY! happy 21st to ME
couldn't sleep well
took a free ride to wollongong. bumpy car ride for 1.5hrs
well, i got ready and this cute guy helped to put the harness on for me. too bad, he wasn't a chatty one. oh wells
adam was my skydiving 'instructor'. took a film of the whole ride
plane ride was pretty cool. we sat in a very close packed position. haha. and there was this other bday boy too! he was the first to go off, followed by his gf, and then it's ME.
it was awesome. it happend really very fast too, i just know i had difficulty breathing, and the next thing i knew, adam opened the parachute.
yea. u guys should check out the video. it was a awesome experience :)

anyway, i was feeling a little unwell for the rest of the day ... so sad
slept in and skipped lunch. didn't even had a decent breakfast lo.
later on, we dressed up and went for dinner! ate at hurricane grill at darling harbour.
oh the waiter. the so fierce looking waiter who resembles lincoln burrows. only darker. haha
didn't eat much, again. couldn't even finish my soup.
thanks jie for the treat!
headed to starcity the casino. spent a dollar and that was it. haha.

day8 thu
last day. did last min shopping and headed back to the airport
ok take note everyone, if u take A380, pls reach the airport like 3 hrs early to check in alrite?! it was such a long queue when i reached there!
plane ride. honestly, simin!! the ride is about the same as normal SQ rides, cos it's economy class. so to me, there's no difference. except the movies and games part- abit more organized and catergorised for easier viewing.
landed safely for the 3rd time (first in sdyney, 2nd was skydiving!)

alrite, reflections will be on the next post. maybe later in the afternoon!

whiny mood

I'M GONNA WHINE RIGHT NOW

I'M SORRY BUT I JUST NEED TO WHINE.

C+ FOR 3 CLINICAL PLACEMENTS SUCKS SO BAD

DO I NOT DESERVE B?

AAAARRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

my overall gpa dropped.

and yes, i know i have a scholarship. but- it doesn't mean i can just fare badly in my modules. shit man

i have to say this. i was disappointed. abt how it turned out. i guess, life can't be smooth-sailing all the time.

anyway, this is a video of the louhei we had 2 mths back. didn't really wana post of FB.. haha. some things are juz meant to be kept within our circles. or so i feel. happy viewing :D

new blogskin. again. :D

apparently, i've been banned on posting on some of my fren's blogs. which really upsets me becos i know they didn't do it but i dunno why that msg keeps popping up!
*hmpf*
anyway, to all my UNI pals - all the best! one more mth of tests, assignments, reports and the dreaded exams.. and then, it's 3 freaking mths of non-stop PLAY

so. not. fair.

by then i wld have started sch :(

hmm. 4 more days to aussie. let the counting down BEGIN.