swimming & masjid jamek

decided to combine both of 'em (ha! kill 2 birds with one stone..
am i smart or am i smart?)

swimming was fun.. initially i was a bit reluctant.. i mean, i didn't
want to invite thoughts of.. "eeeeekss.. she's so fat!" going arnd in
the heads of my uni friends y'know. ok anyway.. we got a SILVER
for breast stroke relay.. whoopee~! sabena, me, yeeleng & steph
were in one team! only 3 secs behind.. right girls?? hehe.. but i think
i was a bit slow..

if u all know me well enough u'd know i'm not much of a sports
person.. so.. haha.. yea.. that explains it all right??? but i actually
really like swimming, did a lot of that during the hols! of course..
it's more convenient having an olympic sized pool just below where
i stay without any worries of bumping into anyone! :D except my
brothers.. but here in vista.. erm, gotta swim @ like 10 pm to avoid
"human traffic"!

since we're in the renal system right now.. we were sent to dialysis
centres to see how things work there etc. funny enough, when it's
our turn to go, we'll say "i have dialysis tmr laaa..." -_-" sounds
wrong. haha.. typical malaysian english right? always wanna use the
short cut! instead of "i have to go to the dialysis centre tmr".

anyway, the journey there was a hilarious one. quite "membengangkan"
also.. cos first of all, none of us know where it is! (being the first grp
as usual -_-") so we just now it's NEAR masjid jamek lrt. period!
n we happily boarded the lrt (which was when i found out, STAR LRT
is no longer STAR LRT but RAPID KL!! surprise surprise)

happily boarded the lrt!!! n then chun peng was like. eh, u know how
to go to jln hang lekiu ah? i looked at the map but couldn't find it...
uh-oh!!!!! when we arrived at masjid jamek, we looked at another map.
there was hang tuah, tun perak, but NO HANG LEKIU!!! panicked a bit..
then we start asking around for directions. those pakciks working at the
lrt station have NO IDEA. n the kakak who sells kuihs just pointed
somewhere behind.. n burger king workers says it's behind too! -_-"

can u imagine, 8 of us.. trudging along masjid jamek.. not knowing where
to go exactly. hmm.. quite a sight.. especially when we cross ROADS!!!!
chun peng!! u've gotta look at the TRAFFIC LIGHT! :-P me & anu were
always behind.. hence always "almost" being "knocked down" by
accelerating vehicles. oh n did i mention it was drizzling too?!! *splash*

finally, i said, there's gotta be a phone number somewhere.. n so we called.
lo & behold, we were just one street away from it. happily again we
walked there and saw the LANDMARK! *eyes sparkling* JIN HO building.
the nurse said the dialysis centre is beside it. so we crossed yet another
road.. thinking we've arrived. and guess what!!!! the building was actually
right behind US. we didn't have to cross that road..

but the whole session there was fun. cos the patients there are special.
very motivated.. they can hook themselves on to the machine n take it
off themselves. they interact with each other & it's like one happy
family.. (except i guess, being on dialysis isn't exactly something to be
happy about) but what i admired most is.. they made the best out of
their situation.. and they don't dwell in self pity.. but are determined
to live that precious God-given life.. YAY!

more pictures

hee.. just thought i'd liven things up a bit instead of words,
words & words.. :D

coming up posts
1. imu swimming competition
2. the trip to masjid jamek dialysis centre

which i will write about when i have time! hahaha...

X-CAVATE-D!!!!!!!  

me and chris!! :D 

imuball2006 :-) (a bit delayed) 

sunset :D 

the before-exam-always-eating-and-sleeping syndrome (BEAES Syndrome in short)

it has gone from bad to worse. haha.. with the ultimate manifestation last saturday. i seriously suspect my repro notes suddenly decide to emit some sort of sleeping gas. i tell u. each time i picked it up, no matter whether i was lying down, sitting on the couch, on the chair or on the floor i'd just drift to a snooze. n it's not a SHORT one. average of 1.5 hrs. -_-" on saturday!! so in total i probably slept abt 16 hrs out of the meagle 24 hrs i had! when i had only 4 more days to study. thank God sunday monday & Tuesday wasn't like that.

it was BIZZARE.. really BIZZARE.. which resulted in me being very very angry with myself for being such a PIG! (i can just hear jack snickering right now -_-") but i really am.. have i mentioned before how much i can eat?? oh yeah.. haha.. go visit makanclub.blogspot.com to see how many other gobblers there are (at least i'm not alone.. teeheehee)

oh well, now that exams over.. i seem to even have more things to do! (and everyone says.. why am i not surprised?) i know i know.. but i'm already being a very good girl by taking a deep breath, swallow, and say no to church dance ministry, piano, upcoming christmas production & my batch's convo mag *sobs* it wasn't easy. but God says let go. n i let go..

now i can concentrate on CF & campus ministry. hmm, but i just wish that i had more encouragement & support from my parents.. i did not enrol in medical school just to study, but i really want to serve God and the people around me every way i can. i think God has proven to be faithful.. that despite my busy schedule, He gives me extra grace & favour to get decent grades.. i truly owe it all to Him.. it's not me. but i thank Him that He blessed me with the ability to study..

upcoming events on my calendar? (chronologically)
1. malaysian studies "truly malaysian - food fair & cultural show"
- praise the Lord, i managed to choreograph the chinese dance in
one night
2. metro's parents day celebration dinner fashion show this
weekend..
3. imucup (cheerleading have to start choreographing already!!)
- oh n i'm miss scorekeeper ;-) so ahem.. all batches.. i keep track
of your scores.. u "sek jou la" :-P
4. preparation for cf committee retreat (God give me the grace to
lead)
5. renal exam (7/7/2006)
6. planning a mission trip to hulu perak's orang asli settlement
with Prof Paul Chen (hopefully i can go too!)

really need your prayers.. other prayer items:
1) selectives (hope i get a good one - preferably with more free
time so that i can catch up on my studies)

2) PMS. i don't know where to go.. i'm torn............
** btw, PMS stands for partner medical school.. i don't know how
many times i have to explain to my mom what it stands for haha..

oh.. n did i tell u?? i'm on a MAGGI PHOBIA right now. YES LI YEEN I AM!!!!! haha... after the terrible diarrhoea i had that day.. i promise myself not to torture my body like that anymore (for a month) good for my hair also.. later botak :-S

something about tunnels

Maybe you could use this today.. The darkness is only for a season.
It's not like you're stuck on the other side of the moon! It's just a
tunnel, here's what's GREAT about tunnels!

1) They may be dark but they're just for a little while
2) And if you keep going, you WILL come out on the other side :)
*phew*
3) And when you do, you realize that you just took the shortest,
quickest means of dealing with a mountain in your way.

- John Fischer, Daily Devotional Purpose Driven Life

WOW..

i'm going through a tunnel right now. (i guess it includes blogging
2 posts in one night-a package thing) which is a rather complicated
one. it's windy, and long, and dark, and gloomy, and i can't wait
to reach the other side of this seemingly never ending tunnel..
thank You Lord for holding my hands as i walk through this :)
i know i'm not alone.

i'm sorry baby for my bad moods lately.. thank you for being
there.. and for being patient with me. love ya ;-)

end of course assessment

repro's over. thank God!

assessment? (as in i literally wrote these - in a nicer
way, on the feedback form)

1) remind lecturers that they HAVE lectures to teach
2) pls don't put PBLs & CSUs of ANOTHER system before
we even finish this current system.
3) and for goodness sake!!!! print clearer pictures for OSPE!

sincerely,
not me (anonymous sounds so...)