the time has come...

finally, our 4 wks of swot vac has come to an end (and of taking deep breaths and giving standard replies of "nope, my exams are not over yet, because it hasn't even started!"). haha.. not that i'm complaining.. 4 wks is just nice. much needed. although, haha.. if it was any longer, i may go berserk :P

and this is it. i can almost see the finish line. all 5 yrs of medical studies, with this BIG exam being the last lap. i'm going to sprint. no looking to the left or right. only focusing on the prize, thoughts on how God has brought me through time and again, lap after lap.

this year especially has been such an eventful year. you must be thinking, why am i writing this on the day before my exams??!! go study la!! but yeah, this will serve as a mark. that when i look back a few years down the road. i'll remember. remember His faithfulness. remember how far He has brought me. and that i commit this exam, into His hands, once again.

well. keep me in your prayers! and to all my fellow batchmates. all the best!

Lifted Me High Again

Listening to Lifted Me High Again, from the album For This Cause by Hillsong (yes, ancient) brings me bck to my JC days, when I used to attend City Harvest. Can vividly remember the atmosphere, the trumpet players (distinctly!), and of course, am then reminded of how God brought me through my 'A' Level days. It was a true demonstration of "impossible is nothing". Exactly what I need to know, cos at this very moment, I'm not as productive as I would've liked myself to be.. Cos for the past 4 hours, I've only covered Asthma. The good thing is. I'm still not stressed :P because He has just lifted me high again :)

more cupcake pictures

sweet & rosy was what i had in mind while making this batch :) and i think they turned out picture perfect!!

[vanilla cupcakes with buttercream frosting; banana cupcakes with chocolate fudge frosting]

2 wks into swot vac

my titles are getting a bit boring, even i had to stiffle a yawn as i wrote it :P

but haiyah, my brain juice (creative or not) is all recruited to absorb any form of medical knowledge i can lah. so if i forget names, birthdays & other things, forgive me k? i'll bounce bck to normal memory on Nov 29th :P hehe..

should be sleeping now, but just had a bowl of maggi (my comfort food!!!) because my empty stomach was complaining aloud - like seriously aLOUD. and also partly because, i needed a break from all the studying.

really wanna thank God for the past 2 weeks, although it's been wake-eat-devotion-study-sleep cycle throughout, there wasn't a single moment where i felt stressed, (bored maybe, but not stressed) at all. and i pray it will stay this way for the next 2 weeks - especially as i start paying more attention to practicing & brushing up on my clinical skills.

God I want to pass.... and like Joshua, i'm gonna hold my spear up until the battle is won! :D

ok, goodnight peeps~!

too much studying does this to you

i was reading about oesophageal cancers - and i came to this part about the complications.

sometimes, it involves other mediastinal organs as well eg. recurrent laryngeal nerve invasion...

i interpret it as, the laryngeal nerve being constantly poked and prod!! isn't that annoying?! invade already, still want to invade somemore -_-"

anyways, i read on further, and it goes on to say...

there may be signs of hoarseness as a result of recurrent laryngeal nerve involvement.

haiyoh~!! then only i realized why it sounded so funny before, i took the word recurrent LITERALLY, when the recurrent laryngeal nerve is a structure of its own!

i knew that!!! i really did!!(in case you have already made a mental note not to come & see me nxt time) it just didn't occur to me at first. to redeem myself, the words 'recurrent' & 'laryngeal' were in separate lines that's why all these confusion took place! grr..

i may not be...

1) an american

...neither am i

2) into politics

but i'm glad obama won :) when i first saw him giving a speech (on tv la of course!) i thought to myself, wow, a man with charisma, heaps of it! - i wouldn't be surprised if he became president.

let's hope the US will see a brighter future under his leadership. winning is only one part. executing it would be a story he has to tell in the next 2 terms.

p/s: his speech was pretty awesome! considering i only watched the end bit, but still feel like i was actually there, having that patriotic and hopeful moment. haha.. 'yes we can!' (echoes that for the exams..)

After a whole day of studying....

i'm kinda saturated. scratch that. i am VERY saturated. you have to agree with me, rheumatology is NOT the most exciting subject on earth. but i'm pleased to announce that, i manage to cover 3/4 of it in a day :D anyways, past few days i've been studying orthopaedics, now rheumatology.. so it's all about bones and joints (and sometimes extra-articular features - non joints eg. heart, lungs), and i found some "abnormalities" in myself. i know they're benign one la. but i just thought i'd tell you :P

1) i've got clicking on my L hip when i walk
2) i've got crepitus on both shoulders & both knees
3) my R knee tends to give way when i walk
4) i have a 3rd heart sound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sounds like a horse gallop. lub dup dup. actually i know this a long time ago already. when i went for my checkup for visa approval 2 yrs ago, when the dr placed the stetoscope on my chest, she looked a tad bit worried - i nonchalantly told her, yeah, i've got 3 heart sounds! :P

the first 3 is probably due to my more "active" self last time. which essentially revolved around dancing. the 4th one.. not sure? physiological splitting kua..

and since yesterday, i've been having indigestion. threw up my non-digested dinner. and started burping non-stop, until NOW!!!! eww gross. any remedies???

i can't waittttttttttttttttt to go home!