ACC is coming to an end...

*sigh* if this is gonna happen at the end of rotation, i'm gonna have multiple episodes of depression a year! although i know, that i know, that i know (sounds like michael rowan), orthopaedics is not for me, but it doesn't mean i can't enjoy it ey? not the surgery part of course.. that's just way too much! but other than that, the consultants, regs, rmos & interns have been so superbly nice! and of course, i had a good group too! we learnt lots, but slacked lots too! hehe.. the many coffee sessions, i like! (although my wallet probably doesn't agree with that)

some random observations i made abt the orthopod regs:

1) they ALL like checked shirts
2) they are ALL of the same height
3) they ALL like to tease each other
4) they ALL wear Tag Heuer
5) they are ALL good-looking people :)

signs that show i'm still loving surgery:

1) i call physicians Mr. so-and-so (note to self: it's dr.. Dr.. DR.. DR.. not Mr!)
2) i complain when ward rounds get too draggy..
3) i still have the urge to bring home the OT scrubs.
4) i wash my hands like i'm preparing to scrub in.

tmr's plaster day again. yippee!!! or maybe i shld scrub in for surgery..... hmm......

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medicine and math DO NOT go together!!!

argh, here i am, at 3.22am struggling over my evidence based review over a statistical question! and math was my best subject, until i entered IMU, stats being my favourite too! (that was then) -_-"

thks to my darling's phone call to wake me up (which usually = futile effort but he succeeded this time, with much frustration), i'm awake to work on this question. thks babY! otherwise, i'll go for the case discussion with NOTHING tomorrow.

so, now what? is it statistically significant or not??????? God help me!

strengthen yourself!

hm, i slept for a whopping 13 hrs last night :( the word PIG resounds in my ears.. NOoooOOO I will not be condemned :P

ok anyway, when i woke up this morning, i did my devotions (and realize i skipped yesterday's! :-O hence i made up for it today la)

but it turned out to be even more WOW for me. because i could connect the 2 chapters & storyline together..

1 Samuel 30

v6 now David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him (i would be greatly distressed tooo!!!!)... BUT David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.

v18 So David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away, and David rescued his two wives (phew-it, David so macho la)

Reflection: i like the part where the bible talks abt how david was greatly distressed. being a man after God's heart, doesn't mean he doesn't have fears, and feelings. but, he chose to strengthen himself in God. and he personalized it as HIS God. there's something intimate abt that.. which is so amazing.

1 Samuel 31

v3 the battle became fierce against Saul. The archers hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers.

v4 then Saul said to his armorbearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it..." (anyway, the armorbearers didn't do it, i wouldn't either! even up to this point in time, he still wanted other people to bear responsibility for his own life!) therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it. (He killed himself!!)

which subsequently led to the event of everyone else who was with him committed suicide as well.

Reflection: Saul on the other hand, when faced with trouble, wanted to take the short cut of ending it all, even then, he didn't want to take responsibility of his own life, and his own actions! and that caused other ppl to fall with him as well. he started off so so well, he was God's annointed, but time and again he took things into his own hands.

My New Favourite Love Song :P

DESTINY

What if I never knew

What if I never found you

I'd never have this feeling in my heart

How did this come to be

I don't know how you found me

But from the moment I saw you

Deep inside my heart I knew

Baby you're my destiny

You and I were meant to be

With all my heart and soul

I give my love to have and hold

And as far as I can see

You were always meant to be my destiny

I wanted someone like you

Someone that I could hold on to

And give my love until the end of time

But forever was just a word

Something I'd only heard about

But now you're always there for me

When you say forever I believe

Maybe all we need is just a little faith

'Cause baby I believe that love will find the way

Baby you're my destiny

You and I were meant to be

With all my heart and soul

I give my love to have and hold

And as I far as I can see

From now until eternity

You were always meant to be my destiny.

Jim Brickman rocks! :)

should i change profession?

last week, i gave sung a hair cut. which turned out ok.. because if it didn't, yong ling wouldn't ask me to cut his today right? so if ppl think his turns out well, i'm going to get my 3rd customer, ben. wahaha! this is hilarious. 3 makes a good testimony and advertisement eh? so.. from medical student to hairstylist?

on another note. i'm having this gushing feeling of pride now. NO! not because i can cut hair. puh-leease.. i'm proud of imucf :) i'm so proud of the ppl who are IN imucf, and who made it possible and making it grow. i'm so proud of my "predecessors" & my "daughters & sons & grandchildren". they're doing such a good job for the kingdom of God.

i'm proud, not because we are, but because God IS :)

a broken arm?

as a matter of a fact, everyone doing the rotation with me broke their arms too! haha.. kidding, we had a how-to-put-on-a-cast class! actually we all look too happy to be having broken arms. it was so so fun!! i even got to bring bck my very own cast :D


these are some of the materials we used. me & sarah, showing off our "broken" arm. we sure look happy to be having them -_-" weird medical students!


lucy & ian with TWO broken arms. poor little things.. hehe..

ok before they all start stoning me for "proclaiming stuffs" *touch wood*. we were just practicing ok..

today is a real special day.. why? it's the first time in the entire rotation history of Acute&ChronicCare1, our tutes were not cancelled! wee.. don't u think that's a reason to celebrate? *beams with gladness*

so after learning how to put on a cast, we had a tute from a rheumatology consultant which was really good! i totally enjoyed it and absorbed like a sponge.

if it's not already a good day, ian baked chocolate chip cookies for all of us! (i think he's trying to match the ones i made :P wahaha..) u still owe me a banafee pie!

and then we all headed to hungry jacks for lunch before heading for common programme. which was the first time (in months) i actually stayed awake/paid attention for the lectures! and the first lecture being cardiology, i just felt God reminding me about how he wants me to be a people-cardiologist. mending ppl's heart. although i negotiate i don't have the BEST people's skills ever.. but..

before i proceed, let me share what happened during camp...

it was during the first night, that God brought to my mind the story of the 5 loaves of bread & 2 fishes that the boy gave to Jesus, that fed thousands after that. being the irritating person i am, i actually contended with God saying that, but God, my 5 loaves of bread are fungating, and 2 fishes are rotten ones. surely, u don't want them? but God says, no.. i want all of it. It's not about what you can give. It's about what I can do with what you have. *humbled*



so bck to the point that i don't have the best people's skills..

"God use my introverted self, change me, so that people will know that it's not me. but You. if i ever turn out to be someone who mends people's hearts, whether physically or emotionally, let it be because of You Jesus. use my rotten bread and fishes (i.e. having experienced being broken), God i hold on to Your word which says,
a broken spirit and a contrite heart, You will not despise."

which brings me to another point that, I guess God confirms that surgery is not the path that I should be taking after all :)

i crave for...

SWENSEN'S ICE-CREAM!

(esp earthquake.. oh man)

ACC1

it's 2.28pm, and I'm already bck in my room, I've even had lunch already! I've been in this ACC rotation for the past 3 weeks. Let me sum up how it went.....

week 1: i just came bck from malaysia lah, what did you expect? haha.. but i still remember enjoying my 1st week a lot cos it was my "busy" week. And the whole team's really really nice.

week 2: by now, tute's started to get cancelled.. had long hours of break in between which resulted in, MORE coffee breaks. the amount of money spent on coffee? hmm, i shan't disclose.

week 3: Seyin,Layin & Wenhao were here, and it was my cruisy week anyway.. so nothing much done there.

week 4: NOW! tute's are still getting cancelled, it's almost annoying. but i've made a resolution this week, to be a good student.

so here's how today went....

i got up at 7, to make it for the 743 bus, which i missed! and so i walked. which is not really a bad thing, considering how sedentary my life has become :P

anyway, i arrived at the hospital early - 820! just on time to bump into my registrar who tells me that..... the tute is cancelled! ahh??!!! again??!!! but he says there are a couple of emergency cases in the OT, so i thought, hey.. why not? BUT~ by the time they're done prepping the patient, it's already 915 and my nxt tute starts at 930 (by the time everyone arrived, it was 10! poor Mr S. who btw is really nice, he's a retired surgeon, and he's giving students tute out of his own good will! wow..).

so after the tute, at 1115, i wanted to go see a patient! (let me repeat, because i've really ber-taubat and really want to be a good student, so that i actually gain something out of this rotation) I dragged Ian & Robert with me. and, ahem, lo & behold, this, is the FIRST official patient we have clerked and examine. o_O" *applause*

by the time we're done, it's time for the nxt tute - Radiology. and you have no idea how much we dread radiology, but we don't exactly want it to be cancelled again BECAUSE... it's been cancelled for the last THREE weeks! anyway, when we got there @ 12, the registrar wasn't there yet, so... ha! we went for grand rounds, to uhm, get freebies.

it was really funny because me, Ian & Robert pretended to look really interested in the new drug, and the trials that they conducted etc. but what we were really interested in was the free pens, post-it notes and stets tag. haha!! then we got food! which was really yummy this week, they had like truffles, and muffins, and cookies, and samosas (which were oh-so-good!!!), burger sandwiches, fruit baskets.. which was a real blessing cos, i didn't bring lunch, and i AM supposed to save money. i didn't bring cos i FORGOT to make lunch, yesterday was just a zone-out day. sorry baby, caused you not to have lunch too :(

so tmr's gonna be good, cos it's Plaster Cast day! weee...

GUESS WHAT?!!! Phantom of the Opera is in Melbourne like, RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *sniff* it's like a dream come true.. i remember me & evelynn used to go goo-goo-gaa-gaa over the movie, we even choreographed a ballet dance for the song, AND i watched the movie at least THRICE! i hope we can get tickets to go watch. anyone wants to sponsor my trip?? pretty please? :D

[WARNING: picture overload ahead] :P

ELEVATION 2007

i'm bck from camp! it was massive! HUGE! awesome! PHENOMENAL! u get my point.. haha. we're so honoured and blessed to have Ps Michael Rowan as our speaker.. even from earlier this week, at the Leadership Summit, he preached a powerful sermon that was rhema to me. it just totally blew me off and caught me off-guard. Thank You God, for sending Your servant to speak to me. I've never met a more humble man of God. each time we applauded him, he would always re-direct and applaud Jesus instead. which simply commands my respect, like he probably did deserve an ovation, but he wouldn't take it, even that, he would give all glory to God. it is so true, that God gives grace, and exalts the humble. find out more about his ministry at michaelrowan.com and elementsingles.org.

Chris, bringing you, Barossa Arts & Convention Centre, our camp ground. the band and the stage. awesome worship!

it was ernestine's birthday too!! that's us & Zie.

Blessed Birthday Dear Ernestine.. You've been such a great leader, one who serves by example and with such love and sincerity. Love you heaps!! and pray that the year ahead will be a higher level of relationship and intimacy with Jesus! Keep shining for Him.. *hugs*

Zie, thks heaps for being such a great bro! :D pray that you will have a terrific time bck home. will definitely miss you! thks for helping in so many ways!


the guys! the girls! me & jien ni @ Jacob's Creek. *sigh* look at my EYEBAGS!!!

we are one HAPPY family!! :D

camp was fun because of all the wonderful ppl that were there. i want to thank jiaching & ernestine!!! jiaching, for coming bck all the way to fetch me & chris. so paiseh but so touched. *sniff* sacrificial love. and they're like the camp papa and mama! for making sure we have places to sleep, make sure we got car to sit in, make sure our tummies are filled. thks!!!!! :D

i end my updates of camp by quoting one of his favourite lines..

"Jesus is, the best thing, that has ever happened to me!" - Ps Michael Rowan

Seyin (Emily) & Layin (Shirlyn) & WenHao (Jonathan) came to visit us in Adelaide! Here's a pictorial synopsis of their trip ;)

what better way to start than picture of MeToYou bears with me, Emily & Shirlyn!! hehe.. i LOVEEEE these bears! we came across this shop and just HAD to take a picture of it. i'm halfway through my collection ady.. soon, i'll have a whole gallery :P weee...

Day1: HAHNDORF


It's a little German village, south east of Adelaide City (I think). We went there by bus, and we're toasting to, arriving there in one piece, and not hypothermic.

The German Arms Hotel, famous for their German Food. Now that's what I call sausages! YUM!

We are happy people.. SS-ing is our hobby :D

LOLLIES! Plenty of lollies! and that's what Humbugs mean too! The word humbug reminds me of you kenneth! wherever u are.. haha.. u and your "bah humbug", never knew what it meant!

Day2: Paradise Community Church & Glenelg

Emily,Me & Shirlyn in the O-Bahn, on the way to church. That's me and Chris on the way bck :)

Us again on the tram to Glenelg. That's a picture of the super old tram.

The Boost Advocates :D esp Chuen and WenHao! haha.. we had take away lunch from this shop.

Us, SS-ing while waiting for our take away.. Getting ready to eat!

FISH & CHIPS, literally...

group picture!! say cheese :D

ICE-CREAM!! I've had so much ice-cream that week i think it's enough to last me for the year! (emily too!) haha.. that's me & baby.

this is the gazillionth time we took the picture, and we succeeded! all in the air, weee...


me and shirlyn with an "IN" car. see the number plate!!!!! we shopped for groceries too.. mushrooms!! yummy!! emily's favourite!

that's us cooking. that's us eating! we've been eating non-stop it seems!

shirlyn and chuen made dessert. fruit crumble. wah, super good!!! i want the recipe too!! :D and we ended the day with Texas Hold'em. our, err.. chips were, rubber bands, boggle cubes and sudoku chips. wahahaha!! talk abt innovation man.

Day3: Cleland Wildlife Park & Italian Food

we ate at amalfi@frome rd/rundle st. it was so so so authentic! yummy-licious. thks ian and joanne for the recommendation! now we have some place else to go besides amore and primo!!
the girls, wenhao and chunpeng went to the park during the day while we were all at school. they had a good time i see, from the pictures.. not to mention, hilarious moments too. i'll let them do the honour of telling you..

this picture, deserves to be on its own! haha.. it's this super cool cake shop called
"How Sweet It Is" *happy sigh*

on the final night the girls were here, we had steamboat. which was superb! kinda wonder why we never thought of having it for the past 6 mths!!! haha.. pictures, i don't have. can check steph's blog. hehehe.. and also the drama behind it.

and on wednesday, they left for perth :( *sobs* miss you girls.. have a good time in hongkong.. and all the best in UK! *muaks*

wenhao left on sunday morning, managed to meet him on saturday night, after camp..

will miss all of you!!!! :D

*phew* end of picture marathon.


have a blessed week ahead everyone!!