Excellence

Proverbs 22:29

Do you see a man who excels in his work?
He will stand before kings;
He will not stand before unknown men.

wow~ i woke up later than i shld this morning, hoping to get some work done before heading to the beach.. so i felt pretty lousy. but i did my devotions first, and this verse struck me hard! like real hard.. wow wow wow~ God's like saying, i want you to excel! and when you excel, you will be in demand or admired, you will not take the backseat. God desires excellence, because He wants to lift us up. but i've been running the other direction instead (studies wise especially). I'm now motivated to study. or at least, complete my literature review ;)

and today......... is Ps Sivin's birthday!! Happy Birthday!!! :) You've been a great blessing and inspiration to me!!!! Just to quote one of his wise sayings...

"consequences … there’s always consequences for our actions or inactions. words spoken or unspoken. But more for the words blurted out. Some stuff are best left in ourselves - or at least between us and God. That’s a good place to work it out. A wise sage might help."

-Ps Sivin Kit.

and also to cousin Kah Wai and Joy, Happy Birthday to you tooooooo!!! :D

cupcake attempt #3

looks more promising eh?! i seriously think i have OCD now. i was sitting on my desk, trying to get started on my literature review.. but the word cupcake keep coming into my mind. i finally succumbed, gave in and started searching for a recipe. ta-daaaa...!!!!!! chocolate cupcake. i must say, i'm pleased with the results. however, i'm not pleased with my literature review's progress, neither will Dr JT be. uh-oh....

Don't Give Up!

Philippians 1:6

being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.

that, is a powerfull promise.. and as I was reading that, I was thinking to myself, I know God will complete it.. but it gets tiring. God reminded me of the 2 battles fought in the past.

Moses' generation

Exodus 17:11-12

And so it was, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. But Moses' hand became heavy; so they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side, and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

Joshua's generation

Joshua 8:18, 26

"Stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." And Joshua stretched out the spear that was in hi hand toward the city.

For Joshua did not draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the spear until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

I think I'm a bit more like Moses, less stamina, gets tired easily (physically as well haha), but God never said that I have to do it alone. The similarity between the 2 battles is, that they both didn't give up, they persisted to the end. He reminded me the importance of having support, from people around me, working together, to see the completion of this good work :)

extra extra!!

it's one of my syiok sendiri moments.. bear with me.. 999 unique hits! since 4 Sept :) woohoo~

long weekend ahead!! :)

hehe.. actually i didn't even KNOW we had a long weekend. it's quite a rare thing.. unlike malaysia, where we get public holidays every few weeks.

here's what happened on monday,

Dr E: Christine, looks like this is the last session you'll be having with me... (it's only my 2nd clinic with her)

Me: huh? but Dr, i still have one more week for my rotation, i'll be here next monday!

Dr E: u sure? it's Labour's Day you know?

Me: oh really?!! *blush*

it still hasn't sink in that i'm finally going to have a long weekend! woohoo~

i've started celebrating already, had some ppl over for dinner.. marabelle has the pictures :) (it was sooooo funny, we were both like, TAKE PICTURES!!!!!!!! and she whips out her camera, i whip out mine.. and guess what? her's says.. no memory card! mine says.. change battery pack! o_O) anyway, i put my sd card into hers, solved the problem :) they will be up soon. we had chris' pasta bake, abel & belle's pizza, sumi's roast chicken, shiwei's sushi inari, sung's ?famously/infamous fruit punch, and tong yuen by yours truly. played boggle, mah jong, chor dai dee! wah~ i didn't know mah jong's such a complicated game -_-"

and then we made sandwiches and the girls made chocolate cheesecake for tmr's picnic cum outing at St Kilda's Playground. weee... reliving childhood again. i like :) let me tell you about the sandwich story.. yes? no? yes? no?

yes lah.

see, we had this little sandwich factory going on, to "up" productivity & efficiency. so... our roles are as follows:

shiwei & delia - spread butter on the bread
me, sumi & sheelaine - spread tuna on the bread
yongling - put the bread together
chris - cut the bread into triangles
sung - put them in the bag

how can THAT go wrong huh?

we did it heaps fast.. like in 15 mins. or so we thought. until........... we realized that half the bread was cut & placed in the bag with NOTHING inside :-o

so much for quality control and efficiency guys :P

kidding kidding!!! still heaps fun :)

St Kilda's tomorrow... and thereafter to OxyGen's Battle of the Sexes :D

i made cupcakes!

my sudden obsession, soon became a compulsion.. still a noobie. but wat'dya think? :)


p/s: i'd let you try but because i'm such a noobie, i forgot to let the cupcakes cool before putting on the icing. so, what you see, is not exactly what it looks like now, cos it all melted! i'll try again!

cupcakes!

i've got this sudden obsession and urge/?compulsion to make cupcakes! now! my hands are itching!!!! how?! ooh.. they look so tempting. help!

funny!

so i'm scheduled for acis (acute crisis intervention services) today which is in..... salisbury! yup, so i was supposed to take the earlier bus, but i was too tired, so i snoozed a bit, and decided to take the second one.. plan was going on perfectly. i arrived at the bus stop 2 mins before the stipulated arrival time. good timing? yes! of course. it was the first bus stop of the journey, and it always arrive on the dot. but today, i waited for like 5 mins, then i started thinking, "oh no! what if the bus came early? i can't afford to wait for the next one cos i'll definitely be late (cos it's like half hour apart)!" so how so how??!! i waited for another 2 mins.. and decided i really did miss the bus and had to think of other options! *humdeedum*

and i suddenly thought, i know!!!! i can take the train. since i'm already halfway through the city, just walk a bit more, i'll reach the train station. yes! brilliant. or so i thought.. as i began to run...
GUESS WHAT?! the bus passes me by...... *GREAT!* anyway, it went too fast, i couldn't catch up.. (no amount of training can help, trust me)

anyway, i took the train in the end :) which was pretty good. more leg space, very clean, took only 15 mins! (minus the walking part) and yeah i got there on time. woohoo~ had a good workout!

but today at acis was a bit boring, i only went for ONE visit. that took almost 2 hrs -_-" when we came bck the registrar asked me to write an entry for the case notes.. and i passed it to her at afternoon handover. she was quite happy and said, ok! you've worked hard today.. i think u should go home. i don't have any patients to see anyway.. *i worked hard?! we only saw one patient, and i only wrote one entry*

ahh.. the difference between the two hospitals. i like the latter ;)

going to church now.. toodles~

this is a story about a girl

who had a herb stuck in her throat. and it looked something like..... this ->



how did it get stuck there? i seriously have no idea!!! cos all i did was taste the pasta sauce (NO i don't put thorns in my pasta sauce in case you're wondering). anyway, it annoyed me the whole night.. i could actually see it! it's just behind my right pharyngeal arch, with the end sticking out. i could feel it grazing against my tongue and palate.. i tried to take it out, with my eyebrown tweezer, chris tried too! cotton bud, whatever, u name it, we've tried it.. but my gag reflex was working TOO well.. so i decided to go to hospital early the next day so that i could get one of the ED doctors to help me remove it :) so there!

oops, did i reveal the identity of the girl?!

the funny thing is.. because i was afraid my gag reflex might work overtly well with the ED doctor, i decided to skip breakfast, which left me very very hungry. but instead of taking a bite, i went straight for perinatal clinic.. dr E was nice enough to ask me if i wanted to have an early lunch, because she knew i hadn't had anything to eat but i declined saying i wasn't hungry.. seconds later, i hear that oddly-too-familiar sound *growl* that's right. my tummy. grr.. gave me away -_-" embarassing!!!!!!

i spent my whole day with dr E today in perinatal clinic. i saw such a wide spectrum of patients, it was so interesting! and i'm so inspired by what dr E does.. she is one passionate lady! i'm glad to be given the opportunity to be under her. although it went on until 445pm, it was time well spent. i thank God that i'm actually enjoying my psychiatry elective rotation! He changed my outlook on psychiatry, totally, 180 deg..

after that, me & joanne went to watch hairspray!! it was AWEEEEEEESOME!!!!

the songs were catchy and makes you wanna move to the groove. man. it was good!! a recommended watch definitely!!! hee... and we had sushi before that.. yum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i've sinned...

and this innocent looking croissant is the cause of it!!!!!!!! did you know? did you know? one itsy-bitsy piece of this what seemingly-looks-like-a-harmless-pastry is actually very very bad. evil in fact! and i had TWO of it. no no, not the normal sized ones.. but the mini ones. you know the cute ones?! they are so not cute at all when i read the label: 1150kJ/each. omigosh... *faints*

I know why...

sometimes i forget, why i'm doing what i'm doing... it is in situations like this, that God uses, to remind me why...

it was on friday,

my registrar asked me to talk to this patient, who is depressed and apparently suicidal, just to see how he's going because she had something else to do.. she told me to go through the case notes first, just so i got a brief picture of what has been happening. she gave me the ward #, bed #.. and off i went, thinking in my head, "it must be one of those people who just don't value life enough, and want to take the easy way out."

as i arrive at the wards, i realize it was a palliative care ward. i wanted to find the case notes but i felt a prompting to just go straight in and look for the patient and so i did.. there he was, sitting on the chair, with the oxygen prongs placed across his nose, with his eyes closed. i didn't want to wake him up, so i thought i'd come back a little later, but he woke up to the sound of his neighbour's squeaky bed..

before i introduced myself to him, i noticed he had a bible on the table... i immediately remembered what dr richard loh said when he gave the talk on "So you wanna save lives?". i did the same thing, and said. "that's a good book, it changed my life!" and introduced myself to him.

we chatted at great lengths as he shared about his family, the things he used to do as well as how he's holding on for the sake of his granddaughter's arrival but sometimes feel it's so hard. but throughout our conversations, i noticed he had laboured breathing and was in obvious pain, he would mention many times that the pain has become so unbearable for him at times, and i could sense that he was very frustrated deep within, for the fact that he got his terminal illness from his job, costing him his life. i knew he wanted to have the pain gone forever, he was already on maximal analgesia, and still, his pain score was 4-5.

it was at this point that i pointed to the bible, and said, you know this great book? contains a lot of promises you can claim :) medications can help you to a certain extent, but it is God that can heal you and help you! at that point, we had already chatted for about an hour. and i was supposed to be at a meeting back in the wards. i felt prompted to pray for him before i leave. i asked for his permission, he agreed, and we prayed together. the moment we said amen, he said. thank you. thank you. you know, just before you came in, i'm not talking about minutes or hours, it was seconds! that i felt really upset and frustrated and fed-up and felt like giving up, until you introduced yourself and started talking to me. you've made my day so much brighter, thank you for that prayer! i don't feel the pain as badly now. he smiled for the first time.

it was at that time that a tear streamed down my eye, and i felt so humbled. that God would use me, to say a simple prayer, and make a difference in this patient's life. it's only a small seed. but it made a difference in him, just that smile, that joy! that peace! it is through moments like this that God reminds me why i'm doing what i'm doing. not for my own glory's sake. but for His.

when people ask me why medicine? my answer is... to be honest, i didn't choose medicine. i never thought i'd do medicine.. it has been architecture all the way, until... i realize, it's not about ME! it's not about my ambitions (especially after A levels as some of you might know). as cliche as it may sound, i want to touch lives for God, i want to help people and i think medicine is the best platform to do just that. i know that God has open this door for me to pass through, I can testify to that, through His providence (IMU and University of Adelaide?!! that's heaps of finances required), through His faithfulness (of bringing me through every exam and rotation) and bringing different people in my life to inspire me (the list is endless).

woohoo~!

i found my coat! which means.......... i lost it first! oh man.. and i only found out when i was already halfway through my bus ride, in which i got a free ride cos it's within the 2 hrs period. (in case you don't already know, i'm posted to this hospital that's wayyyyyy up north, takes abt 1.5 hrs for me to get there, that's only one way) so.. when i was in the bus i suddenly did my infamous, "OH NO!!!!!!!" and looked really flustered.. i must've made quite a scene cos everyone was staring at me with concerned looks..

ok to cut the long story short. i immediately got off the bus at the next stop and hop onto another bus bck to the hospital, trying to think where i left it. cos i've been to so many parts of the hospital today! like the ED, cardiac stepdown unit, the medical ward, the psych ward, the library, and of course the northern mental services at salisbury (and the bus ride that went in between). and i can't think of where i could've left it!

bottomline is.. THANK YOU LORD! because i found it.. and I HAD to write a post on this in the library cos that's where i found it. teeheehee.. actually, i did this blog-addict test awhile ago and it was 70%, i reckon if i did it again, it'd probably be hitting a 100% :P or maybe facebook would be a 100%?! haha.. no la, i'm not that bad. just check it once/twice a day! don't think it fits the DSM-IV criteria ;)

random thought of the day: don't say something if it's not going to help the situation in any way, if you can't offer a solution, or just for the sake of saying it so that you feel a sense of superiority. if that makes any sense. ie. don't be judgmental. we learnt that yesterday during one of the extra imu tutes when taking sexual history.. cool huh?

Trick Questions!

Scenario #1
Time: 1100
Place: Northern Mental Health Services, ACIS (i'm doing Psych as my MSA)
Persons involved: Dr JT and myself

Dr JT: So Christine, why did you choose Psychiatry? There must be an area of interest that you
have in mind...? **TRICK QUESTION ALERT**
Me: *i never said anything about liking psych?! oh yeah... it's my elective. that says a LOT!*
Actually... To be very honest with you... I didn't choose it.
Dr JT: *gives me THE look* well, at least you're honest about it :)
Me: But... ahh... It's really interesting, to be able to see a whole spectrum of psychiatric illnesses.
And now that I'm in the community setting, I think it would help me get exposure to the
other services that are provided here. *phew, there you go!*

oh you know, Dr JT's actually malaysian, and he's so young for a consultant! heaps nice too. he let me go off early that day (but i still reached the city at 530 regardless cos it's SO FAR LAH!). he taught me lots just on that day alone.. brought me in to see a psychopath. Nuff said. hahaha...

Scenario #2
Time: 1515
Place: Still at the Northern Mental Health Services, ACIS
People involved: Dr DL and myself

Me: *knock knock* Hi I'm Christine, blah blah, doing Psychiatry MSA and I'm supposed to
arrange with you the schedule for my MAC team? I emailed you the other day (carefully
avoid mentioning the Psych Viva that I sat for last Friday in which he was one of the
examiners, hoping he won't recognise me)
Dr DL: Yes, Christine! I remember you. You took the Viva last Friday. How did you think the
exam go? **TRICK QUESTION AGAIN**
Me: Err... OK?? (what am i supposed to say right?!)
Dr DL: You know, actually I think you know more than what you presented, you were just too
nervous.
Me: -_-" (Actually... I really don't know anything. And whatever I presented reflected exactly
what I knew but I can't say that can I?????) I was quite nervous, and yeah, I wasn't too
sure of the answers, just went blank. Ha ha ha... (y'know, to break tension)

But again, he was really nice to show me how to get there cos it's not in the hospital AGAIN! and he was quite happy to see that I'm doing Psych as my MSA (he doesn't really have to know why, hahaha!)

Scenario #3
Time: approximately 1830 (it went on forever, i can't tell)
Place: Cardiology Administration Unit, TQEH
People involved: Prof JH, myself, Chuen, Aly, Robert

Prof is going through my research proposal draft, when suddenly he looks up,
Prof: There's going to be a big scale research done on Perhexiline (which is the drug i'm
proposing to research on) next year **TRICK STATEMENT** (looking expectantly at
me)
Me: Oh really! That's interesting Prof. *forces a smile* Where is it going to be done?
Prof: Most probably in Europe *YES!* but they'll probably have an Australian arm *NO!* to it.
I'm definitely going to be a part of it.
Me: Oh! That sounds exciting..
Prof: Yes it does, it is very exciting.
Me: *silence*
Prof: *stupid girl, i'm expecting you to say you want to be a part of it too!*
Me: *oh no! I totally blew it*

it's not that i don't want to do it, i'm really afraid i'm not competent enough, or able to cope with it next year. but i must say, prof has been so so so nice! contrary to popular beliefs. which I have only God to thank for :)

Thanksgiving Post :)

i'm done with my Psychological Health rotation.. and the good news is...... i'm still sane. at least i hope i am :)


[top to bottom: 1 dozen roses i bought from coles, only 3.99!!
anxiolytic "drug" ie chocolate that chuen blessed me with so that i stay sane :)
self shot, therapeutic :P haha.. NO la.. i'm not so vain ok. i was just fooling arnd ;)]

these are the kind of stuffs that kept me sane throughout my mini swot week :P taking random pictures :D

thank you everyone, for being patient with me. i reckon i had the most erratic moods during this period!

[Angels...]

firstly, i just want to thank God so so so so very much for bringing me through this rotation. YEAH! i passed it :D it was just such a trying time, a searching time, a seeking time.. at so many points, i thought i was going to break. really. hmm, those were tough times. words can't describe how agonising they were.. i'm not exaggerating yeah. it's true. look at the number of posts related to my psych posting along?! and i thank God for sending me all these little angels that has been pushing me on, cheering me on and praying along with me:

my parents! have been very understanding and kept telling me it's ok! it's going to be over soon.. just stay strong ok?

my baby, who has bear the brunt of my mood swings, and just being there for me.. he even cooked for me during my mini swot week! :)

aunty chiew har, ernestine & jia ching, sharon who has been an amazing encouragement during these periods of confusion, and insecurity. thks!

[top to bottom: the RAH people :D and the same ppl who did ACC with me too. You guys.. rock my sock!
punctured boost juice cup?! that explains why it's so different when they're not arnd. haha!! right robert? :P]

the new friendships that i fostered over this 12 weeks (ACC included), thks guys for being my source of entertainment! haha.. u made the rotations a lot more fun and bearable.. gonna miss you guys *sniff* must say, i really, really enjoyed my rotations because of the people that were in it.

even those from afar.. who sent me emails & smses. thks peeps!!

where am i going on to next? haha.. i think most people would know and think "there she goes again"! hehe.. i'm doing Psychiatry AGAIN! but this time it's as an elective for 3 weeks.. and it shouldn't be as full-on as it was in RAH, but the hospital IS quite far away.. but after all these little grace and mercies God showered upon me? I bet you He'll pull me through again :)


[top to bottom: before... after! :D]

yesh! i cleaned my room :D hehehe.. no more living in the 'tornado just hit' environment :P

[top to bottom: yummy food.. all made by quinnie~
the birthday boy pulling out his present..
what is rahul doing, scrutinising sean's present?!
housemates & jenna! notice how we housemates are all wearing white? :D]

and then.. it was sean's birthday celebration @ quinnie's place.. i must say, quinnie cooked up a storm!!! aww, so sweet!!! sean you better appreciate this precious gem ok? :D Happy Birthday SEAN!! you're an awesome psych partner :) No more Thursday kan cheong syndrome ok? God bless you heaps!!

Of raisin toasts and Thursday afternoons..

délicieux :)

perfect snack to keep me going! :D thks sweetheart..

Nuff' said..

Psalm 10:14

But you, O God, do see trouble and grief;
you consider it to take it in hand.
The victim commits himself to you;
you are the helper of the fatherless.

Isaiah 65:24

"It shall come to pass
That before they call, I will answer;
And while they are still speaking, I will hear."

Mini SWOT

wee :) i don't have to go to hospital! no no no.. let me correct that, i don't have to go to C3 (Psych Ward) loveeee it! Thank God for Dr Koopowitz who gave us 3 days off to study for our viva. hehehe.. (note: it's not a distinction viva ppl.. haha, i wish it was!)

a funny scene that took place just outside the nursing station, C3...

me, sean & robert waits for Dr S to come out from the room so we can personally thank him (as it's officially our last day in the wards)

me: *humdeedum* he's taking quite a while eh? (while nudging sean)
sean: yalor, should we just go?? we can come back on see him on friday what.
me: *gives him the glare* you mean you want to step into C3 again?!!
sean: ok ok.. we wait.

after what seems like forever, he finally comes out.

me: Dr S, we just want to thank you for having us in your team for the past 5 weeks..
(i must have stuttered or mumbled because...)
Dr S: yes, i've just seen the patient DG and met the new patient X but i noticed you had a tutorial going on so we didn't wait for you. we're going to see KS later if you want to come along...
me:*???!! Quickly regains composure.. tries again* Oh haha, Dr actually we have to go and hand in our case reports and log book to the Psychiatry Department cos this is actually our last day in the wards already. So we thought we'd say thank you before we leave!
Dr S: oh yes.. that's right. it is your last day.. i had the chocolate cake, it was very good. thanks! so any of you considering psychiatry?
sean & robert: ?!! *smile smile*
me: errr, i will give it a think. *nervous laugh* (MSE: either Dr S is tangential or it's my mumbling and he can't understand what I'm saying!)
Dr S: you should give it a thought.. it's the only specialty you can do part time, unlike being a cardiothoracic surgeon. trails off with laughter.. hahahaha..
me, sean, robert: -_-"
me: *self reflection* did i look THAT lazy to him?!

funny right?!

anyway.. i really should be studying..

procrastinating tools in order of severity:
1) FACEBOOK aka bukumuka. it's the ultimate distraction i tell you!
2) my blog. haha.. i'm obsessed? maybe even to the extent of being compulsive to update it.
3) my bed. so inviting.. *yawn* the next thing i know.. i've been asleep for a few hours -_-"

so now that i'm halfway through my questions.. i'm beginning to think i'm a little bit psycho myself? i fit most criteria.. i'm not kidding! but Psalm 121 says He will preserve my soul.

God continues to remind me to seek Him. it was another "wow" moment.. when i downloaded Dr AR Bernard's podcast (u guys should give it a listen, it's really good!), and he spoke about seeking God! hey, it's definitely no coincidence.. what are the odds?

i'm going to my happy place soon :) hehe..

what a week!

hmm, actually i have nothing to write about, but just thought i needed an outlet to de-stress! heh~ it's been a crazy busy week. it's been a long time since i was that busy. but i remember coping better then. lack of practice now? maybe... i always thought i was more productive being busy, actually, i still think so now. but it's just not the same anymore... the very fact that it's not the same anymore, affected me heaps! and as i'm writing... here's what God reminded me of:

and He is a rewarder of those who earnestly seek Him.

Hebrews 11:6

once again, God speaks through my blog's Daily Wisdom!

i don't think i've been seeking God enough, instead, i brood over matters, use my "primitive" defense mechanisms of denial, projection, reaction formation, undoing, displacement to deal with circumstances instead of confronting the matter directly. these are all psychiatric jargons that i'm trying to master myself, at the same time, finding myself falling into most of the categories.

i want to go back to being a person of faith! i'm really quite tired of being tossed back and forth by the waves. i want to stand firm (Ephesians 4:14).

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1

instead i'm being such a worry-wart now..

If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
Matthew 6:30-33

O me of little faith... and again, God reminds me to seek Him.

wow.. from not knowing what to write, to this. God, i've never denied your real-ness, your power, your love for me, but why is it that i still can't seem to trust you now, although you've brought me through it all before?

It says the rubber of faith meets the road of reality under hardship. It says the trueness of one’s belief in revealed in pain. Genuineness and character are unveiled in misfortune.
-Max Lucado

does my character say anything?

ok, now for some pictures..

so this is how church looks like on a Sunday morning..

but look at it now! Youth Alive Band!! a tad bit too loud for me, but the atmosphere? heaps good.

and the opening act by the new york street dancers, nubian gents.

aiyoyo, so tiny, but that's switchfoot! here in adelaide.. and paradise being the proud host of the concert.

switchfootttttt band!!! i'm amazed at what jerome (far left) can do! he is the ultimate multi-tasker.. he sings, plays the electric guitar, percussions and also the KEYS! whoaaaa....

AWESOME! aussie anot? :P aussie lah.. considering i'm not big on loud music, i must say, they were pretty good :) 100 decisions made. is that God or what?

defense mechanisms

stress & how u cope?!

i think i have primitive responses. grr..

collapse, collapsing, collapsed!

fuh~

i'm beat.

woke up at 0745, caught the bus at 0810, ran like crazy because i took some random bus that didn't stop right in front of the hospital, passes a burst pipe (it's not any pipe! it's mega huge!) and was sprayed with water despite being so far away (not very wet, but enough to get into your face kind), 0830 NGAM NGAM reach ward C3 just in time for intake rounds. *phew* thank GOD! (fast forward to...) 1410 goes for common programme on haematology, humdeedum.. so sleepy *yawn* 1700 skips imu tute, heads back home with jenna and start baking and cooking. bake bake bake cook cook cook and i'm finally done.. at 1220am. *breathes a deep sigh of relief*.

HOPEFULLY IT TURNS OUT WELL TOMORROW FOR THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FIESTA. God please miraculously turn it into a lip-smacking, delicious, ask-for-more dessert. Jenna & my "face" is at stake here..

thks jenna for helping me out and standing in for me. and to jebbs & chuen. appreciate and honour you girls lots!! *hugs*

it's my LAST ward round tomorrow. yippee! and my consultant knows my name, double yips! i get excited about the smallest things.. geez. and and and, he said i wrote a competent report in the case notes, triple yips! ok time to go to bed. i can definitely sleep well tonight. hopefully not too well, i DO have to get up at 0715?!

My Happy Place :)

CENTRAL MARKET! :) the vibrant colours, the fresh produces, people from all walks of life.. LOVE IT there.. It should be open everyday! Unfortunately, it's not.. Heh..

Preparing for Psych Viva

See, we have a hundred questions to answer divided among 5 of us, in preparation for our Viva Voce next Friday (14 Sept 2007 mark this date on your calendar so you can fast & pray for us, hehe..)

Christine being Christine, has a very SHORT attention span. So what does she do? You guessed it right! BLOG... hahaha... (amongst other things eg. chat, checks her facebook, listens to music and browsing through dessert recipes)

But it doesn't mean I'm not productive OK!! I only have 3 more questions to go :)

I was really encouraged reading the book JiaChing passed to me 2 weeks ago. Didn't read it until last Saturday, and it just blew me away. God blew me away actually.

"Focus on giants - you stumble.
Focus on God - your giants tumble."

- Max Lucado, Facing Your Giants

To my dear brother Neuman, who's taking his UPSR now, remember that Jie2 is praying for you!

Note to myself, my giants ain't that big. God is bigger, and greater, and stronger, and mightier, and more powerful! Most of all, He loves MEEEEE :D

1 Corinthians 10:13

God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make a way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

All about IMU (IMU Ball 2006)

over a plate of roti canai (ok fine, many plates), chicken curry and a hot cup of teh tarik with chris, jebbs, robert & jenna, we were just talking about life as medical students and i don't know how, but somehow, our conversation turned to... videos! and so i decided to youtube it. no it does not impinge on copyright law in case you're wondering :P and this is one video worth watching, people! it still cracks me up. hehehe.. i miss IMU, i miss that old, dingy-shopping-complex-become-university building, i miss the PEOPLE most of all.


p/s: there's jebbs, ken & sean in the video!! (now that i know them already, i noticed!) haha..