sevonders

it's updated.

worried

breath in... breath out... everything will be alright, will it?

slow... go slow... and it will be fine?

false hope?

c'mon, get started with assignments, it is time to get geeky.

i'll be alright, i'll be fine, ok, no problem...

i reckon nobody will understand this post, just ignore it.

I-am-not-in-the-mood

yikes... I do not like this feeling... I am so not in the mood right now. Do not ask me why because I do not know either. I know I always rant in my blog but who cares, this is my blog. I am such a mood swinger, this afternoon was still alright till dinner time... Everything just seems to be wrong. grrrrhhhh~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So many things to do yet so little time. 24 hours are never enough for me.

In memories

I just realised that I do not have much pictures of you with me.
I so hate myself for not spending enough time with you.
I know no matter what I do, it would not change the fact that you are gone.

This is specially made for you.
Did you feel that?

The wind was really strong last night and kept blowing the candles off even they were placed in a plastic cup.

To Sharon and Ayumi: Thanks for helping me to complete them, thanks for lending me your shoulders and thanks for staying up the night with me. Love you girls!

why?

why did you leave without saying goodbye to me?

why did you leave without letting me seeing you for one last time?

what happened? what happened to you?

I'll be home in 2 months time, why didn't you wait for me?

And why none of you tell me about this!!!!!!

I have the right to know even I'm away from home!!!

even if I couldn't do anything, at least I know what is happening!

but I don't!

you made me down...... 

coma

my laptop is in coma state >.<

no more internet or watching drama until it is recover.

sigh~~~

爸爸妈妈

张栋梁 - 爸爸妈妈

恨不得快点长大
天下父母都这般期盼着我们哪
我们已健康成长
快来祈祷父母长命百岁呀
请记得要常回家看看爸爸和妈妈
简单的一顿饭他们也开心很久啊
随便聊一些话
或随意待在家
父母的伟大是从不要求我们报答

生活的压力真大
爸爸妈妈多苦也撑起了一个家
我的一点点挫败
说历尽沧桑仍微不足道啊
请给我多一点时间证明给你们看
请原谅我的能力有限还要努力呀
偶尔我没回家
或工作到天亮
偶尔你慰问的电话让我充满力量

请给我多一点时间证明给你们看
请原谅我的能力有限还要努力呀
偶尔我没回家
或工作到天亮
偶尔你慰问的电话让我充满力量

请记得要常回家看看爸爸和妈妈
简单的一顿饭他们也开心很久啊
随便聊一些话
或随意待在家
父母的伟大是从不要求我们报答
父母的伟大终我一生也难以报答
我们要把握时光来疼爱爸爸妈妈

Embodiment

disembodied me and it had just broken me into pieces. My mind and soul are detach from my body. I do not see myself as a whole now. I feel like my body is empty, my brain is not thinking, everything is not connected. This is what embodiment had done to me.

Am I speaking English?

Move!!!

Move Maddy, MOVE!!!
Sharon wrote this on MSN the other day >.<
I just cannot get myself started with my assignment which is going to due on next Monday, how?
and I really want to go for the Royal Adelaide Show with Natasha and Jacinta this Saturday.
I got to finish it by Friday then... but I have placement on Thursday and Friday, aiyaaaaaa......
MOVE MOVE MOVE!!!

internet was down

AGAIN... the 3rd time in this month. It usually takes them less than 24 hours to fix the problem but this time it took them 5 days. The tehnician from internet company had configured the modem with me over the phone for so many times but it still did not work. In the end, they had to contact the ground line company and they decided to disconnect my ground line and reconnect it back again. Anyway, connection is back to normal now. Hopefully this will be the last time after all the hassles.

I am hungry. My apartment is full of KFC's smell which makes me feel even more hungry. No, I did not tapao any KFC. I got this free smell from the store just a few shops away from my apartment ==''' 7 days a week, unlimited supply of free smell during trading hours.

Dawn is one of the student doing placement in Gawler and she lives in GAWLER!!! She and her family being really nice and offered to let me and Sharon to stay in her place during placement. She has 4 sons, 2 of them already moved out. That why she has an extra room for us. At first, we were afraid that our stays will bring them i convenience. She said she has no daughter, so she is very happy when her 2 sons' girlfriend and fiance come to visit them. Therefore, she is more than happy when both of us are staying there. She asked us what do we like to drink so that she can get some for us after we finish our evening shift which ends at 10:45pm, added another bed in the room so that there are 2 single beds, put 2 nicely rolled-hotel-styled-towels on the rack and 2 boxes of chocolates by the sides, and a big teddy on the top rack which it was not there when we first visit, so that it looks more like a girl's room =) Before we slept, we went to say goodnight to her. We used body language since she was on the phone, did not aspect that she actually ignore her phone conversation for a while and said SO many times of "night night" and "sleep tight" hehe... so cute. When we walked to the room, I overheard she said this on the phone:"I found 2 girls......" LOL!!! She is so nice, we are really greatful that we met her.

Oh no... I am eating just plain nutella again >.<
Before i forget, SELAMAT MENYAMBUT HARI MERDEKA! I do not know why, the desire to celebrate Merdeka day is so strong this year. Sharon and I went for our Merdeka Eve dinner. A so called 3-course-meal in 3 different places. Appetizer: 1/2 dozen of fresh oysters at oyster shop. We wanted to eat something cold because yesterday's weather was really hot. Main course: A main seafood spaghetti at the strand

Dessert: 2 regular ice creams from baskin robin.
We wanted to buy fireworks afterthat, but we forgot...

Everyone is leaving =(

So many people are leaving Adelaide. First, Ah Shen left to Singapore in May after finishing his degree. Then, Gwyneth went to Melbourne in June to work. Derek went to Perth in early July to work. Jing went back to Malaysia on 28th July. Chris went to Melbourne a fews weeks ago because he got a job offer. Jordan went to Bribane a few days ago for his new job. Adrian is going back to Malaysia tomorrow after his graduation ceremony on Thursday, and he has already got a job waiting for him back there. Lastly, Amy(plus Justin the Pomeranian) is going to leave on next Thurdays to join Chris in Melbourne. So, a total of eight person and a dog left/leaving in four months. And these are actually people that I usually hang around with other than my uni friends.

Amy keep asking me to do credit transfer since most of them are going to be in melbourne. She was like, "credit transfer la..." or "think about it, they are sending you to Gawler!!!" or "hey, how is credit transfer going?" everytime we meet up. Haha! It was so funny! No doubt that Melbourne is more happening than Adelaide but it is almost impossible for me to move there because the living cost in Melbourne is way higher compared to Adelaide. They also do not have concession price for international students using public transport which is expensive! If I want to go Melbourne, I could have applied for nursing over there in the very first place. Melbourne is too crowded for me or probably I sort of got used to life in Adelaide. I do not feel secure walking alone in Melbourne CBD which I enjoy doing that in Adelaide, whether is walking to China Town or in the park. It will just be a place that I would go to visit my friends, for FOODS and shopping. Confirm I will broke each time after visiting Melbourne >.<

tired, exhausted

I just got a call from the services manager of Gawler Health Services this morning. She told me a bad news because there is no available accommodation for students. OH NOOOOO!!! She asked if I or Sharon has got a car, I said no. Then she told me that a nurse offered to let us stay in her place but it is 5 mins drive from the hospital because it is not situated in the town. We need a car to get in and out. bummer... How long would it takes if we walk? 5 mins drive = 20 mins walk??? Sigh... I am so tired of thinking solutions for this problem. I've got no more energy to think how to solve it. Parents are going to be worry about my safety if I have to walk to the train station at 5:30am and reaching home midnight. Stupid uni never thought about the students' safety problem. Simply send students for clinical placements without looking at their address. How ridiculous it is to send someone 55km away from their house?!?! great...

clinical placement

I have been doing those packing and unpacking jobs since before i moved and also after moved. It is so difficult to do the unpacking especially when you are moving from a big house to a small house. I had to throw so many things away because I really do not have enough space to keep them with me. About 80% of cleaning up has been done since Jing left. Another 20% is still waiting for me at the corner. Sometimes, I just thought of throwing everything away so that I do not have to do so many things.

Venues for clinical placement were out on Monday. I was lucky that I got a DEU rather than block. Doing a block placement means I have to stay Adelaide until 21st December. So 1 whole month of holiday is gone doing placement. Although I got a DEU(starting in next 3 weeks until a week before exam), I was one of the bad luck ones because I was sent to Gawler, which is a semi-rural hospital, ~50km from Adelaide, and the only public transport is by train. It is too far until no bus services there. How great it is... My early shift starts at 6:45am and the earliest train reaches the station at 6:59am. By the time I walk to the hospital, I guess the time will be around 7:15am and confirm that I'll miss the handover time. The clinical placement administrator said I can just tell my Principle Academic that I will be late. But the thing is I do not want to miss handover because that is the time where you will get most of the information of the patients. Otherwise I will be lost when taking care of my patients not knowing what is exactly happening to them. And that could possibly lead to a failure in this topic. I tried to put a message on the topic's forum to see if there is anyone that can swap with me. It was posted up on Tuesday but until today still no reply. It is too far, I know. I actaully do not mind doing rural placement, I think I will enjoy it. It is just the distance and transport problem. It takes one hour by train to reach there. Just thinking of going up twice a week makes me feel sick.

The aunty in my workplace actually offered to let me stay in her place and drive her car to Gawler since she is staying in Mawsons Lake. How nice of her... but I have not been driving for 3 years+ Then she said I can catch bus to Elizabeth and change bus to Gawler. I feel bad disturbing her because I will be waking up early in the morning. But if I have no choice, that is my last resort. Sigh~~~

Moving...

again... not my blog, it is my house in Adelaide. I am moving back to the apartment that I used to stay when I first came here because Jing is going back to Malaysia at the end of this month. So, no point to stay in the current 2 bedrooms apartment since I prefer not to share house with other people. Sigh~~~ So many things to pack.
gahhh...... I am so lazy, I do not want to move~~~ >.<

and more updates

Still do not believe that I had actually turned 21, but that is the fact! I am 21! Accept it!
So I had a birthday party at Chocolate Beans. I still wished that I could have had it in Malaysia, especially with the sevonders >.< Anyway, I still had fun because I had almost a week of celebration? hahaha! That was because some friends who could not make it for the party celebrated days later for me. Thank you! I appreciate the efforts!

So, that is my cake without candles but fireworks that we used to play during mooncake festival. Oh no! I just realised that I did not get blow any candle for this birthday! Eeee... December yea... sevonders! I want 21 candles! or what about cupcakes from cuppacakes? ;P but I still want candles on it! haha! Okay, back to the topic, guess what is the name of the cake? It is called "death by chocolate". Really really rich with chocolate.

NEXT! Star of the night! It's chocolate fountain! Are u drooling? hehe...


I made everyone so SICK with chocolate after this party including myself. XD Everything we had was chocolate: different types of chocolate drinks, chocolate fountain plus the 'death by chocolate' cake, we really got killed by it! lol! I did not touch chocolates for weeks. eheh... something different tho...

p/s: photo credits to EHon.

A lil' bit more updates

I am lazy actually, so I will let the pictures do the talkings. But I will still talk abit la... ;)

So during march, we went for picnic by Torrens River. That was our first outing after the long summer break.
Next, we went to Adelaide's Convention Centre for high tea to celebrate Salina's birthday before headed to her house for mahjong session. Look at the cakes, they are super duper delicious! You will feel like you are flying in the sky after every bite! I will bring you all there if you all come to Adelaide. This is a must-go-place-in-adelaide recommended by me =P
Move on, that was Kai Shen's graduation. Most of them in the picture were my colleague in Knoodles. Yea, were...

Sharon and Ayumi's house warming in Glenelg. Less than 5 mins walk to the beach!


During mid-semester break, we had a road trip to Fleurieu Peninsula. The views were great, beaches were breath taking and the most important thing was, I had great and fun friends that went with me! Sharon, Ehon, Claudia, thanks! It was a memorable trip!


We just love to pose... lol~~~ and yea, I did wall climbling! Not very difficult because I did the easiest one, haha! but my arms were a lil' sore after that. It was fun!

A lil' bit of updates

So many things happened in the past few months. Ups and downs, everything is there.
As I've said in previous entry, I was really busy working beside studying. I worked almost 18hrs every week for the first few weeks. Can die arr... and I hardly have time for my studies, this is bad, I know. Luckily workload from job decreased as time passed but uni tasks started to accumulate >.< Ethics assignment, law assignment, online exam, pathophysiology assignment, clinical placement and exam.

Anyway, everything is over now. Had my last paper this morning. Me and Sharon was late for the exam >.< First time in my whole life! No, we did not miss the bus, we were early instead. We planned to take 8:05am bus, reach flinders at 8:30am, then exam starts at 8:45am BUT... there were so many students from uniSA and AU were heading to showground to have their exam at 9am. Darn! The stupid little pathetic metrobus could not fit all of us. There were too many of us actually but why can't they just send a bigger bus? Although it is a Saturday, but they should know that it is exam period, students from uniSA and AU will be having exam at showground. So we had to wait for the next bus, which departed at 8:20am and reached south road at 8:55am. Not a direct bus into the uni but we had no choice. So we ran almost all the way to uni, put our belongings into the security room, get into the exam hall(people were looking at us >.<) and sat down. The time was 9:05am. 20 mins(including 15 mins reading time) late for exam. I could have done so much more with that 20 mins. So obviously I did not manage to finish the whole paper. It's still alright I guess. I am just glad that everything is over. NOW, it is time for me to clear up the exam mess. Tomorrow is going to be a looonngg day.

lazy me...

I just realised that I have not been updating about my life since I came back to Adelaide. Hmmm... not now. Better get prepared for tomorrow's clinical placement. Otherwise I will be dead if I cannot answer what my PA(Principal Academic) ask me. Everyone thinks that she is a psycho. So yea, better get back to my work now. tata!

random survey

Name one person who made you smile last night.
` Vicky, during dinner.

What were you doing at 8.00 this morning?
` in the taxi, on the way to RFDS base for attachment.

What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
` trying to get connected to the internet.

What was something that happened to you in 2006?
` came over to adelaide to study.

What is the last thing you said aloud?
` 560! stop! (LOL!!!)

What colour is your hairbrush?
` grey and orange.

What was the last thing you paid for?
` erm... taxi fare, it costs me $17!!!

Where have you been last night?
` dinner at chinatown

What color is your front door?
` grey

Where do you keep your change?
` coin purse?

What was the weather like today?
` sunny... i thought it's gonna be quite cold.

What is the best ice-cream flavour?
` rum and raisin.

What is something you are excited about?
` hmm... probably road trip to flerieu peninsula

Do you want to cut your hair?
` yesss... i wanted to cut it short before CNY but my mom said no, so i permed it instead.

Are you over the age of 25?
` noooo...

Do you talk a lot?
` depends on my mood... or maybe the amount of chocolate i ate? =P

Do you watch the O.C?
` er... no

Does your screen name have an "x" in it?
` nope.

Do you know anyone named Steven?
` yea... 2 i think...

Do you make up your own words?
` i think so.

Are you typically a jealous person?
` hmm... sometimes?

Name a friend whose name starts with the letter "A"'
` ayumi

Name a friend who's name starts with the letter "K"'
` kakak!!! (==")

Who's the 1st person on your received calls list?
` charlotte

What did the last message you received say?
` Owkay cya. We're goin crabbing later =P c Tmr how.

Do you chew on your straw?
` errr... sometimes.

Do you have curly hair?
` yessss

Where is the next place you're going?
` spatz, i think... if the plan is not changed.

Who is the rudest person in your life?
` can't remember

What is the last thing you ate?
` chewing gum.

Is marriage in your future?
` yeap.

What is the best movie you've seen in the last 2 weeks?
` i wanna watch mr bean's holiday but i still haven't...

Is there anyone you like right now?
` like ar... alot=P but not love.

When was the last time you did the dishes. be honest
` this morning... after drinking the milk.

Are you currently depressed?
` err... yes? no? i don't know..

Why did you answer and post this?
` cause i felt like doing it?

Tag 5 people who would do this.
` anyone... i don't care

busy

I am pretty much busy with my studies and part time job now. + I am having a really unstable internet connection. So I guess I will not be able to update anytime soon. busy busy busy + dead tired... @_@