did you know??????

cheapskate is an actual english word. feel so "sat pai" only know now.. when i'm already 23 years old -_-"

coffee and chocolates reduce lower oesophageal sphincter tone~! but one keeps me awake, and the other keeps me happy! so how~?

i miss you *INs*

*muaks* miss you girls.. (and william too, our photographer :D)
can't wait till we meet again...

Young Guns 2007

"it is the soil that makes the seed grow" -Ps Ashley Evans

the environment determines if the seed reaches its fullest potential or not.

an average christian spends 10 years watching /internet but only 4 months in church; in their entire lifetime.. hmm, it truly got me thinking..

"the soil becomes fertile when something dies" - Ps Ashley Evans

i was quite shaken at that statement. die?!! for something to live?!! poked a few uncomfortable buttons in me.. God challenged me to die to my laziness, cynicism, resentments..

"you must first wear the mantle of 'follow-ship' before you take on the second mantle of leadership" -Ps Danny Gug

if i can't follow, i can't lead.

"if you don't have someone who can say NO to you, you're not ready to lead" - Ps Danny Gug

i am quite proud sometimes i must say. not one who is easily corrected. that too, i must change..



two of the bestest preachers, here in SA, at the opening night of the State AOG Conference, kicked off with Young Guns. thank you Lord for the opportunity to be a part of this heart stirring meeting.

have a break.. have a kit-kat!

i can't study all day you know.. :P

it's a gloomy day.. see, so dark and cloudy. and i'm studying hard! veggie tales desktop wallpaper keeping me company :P


studying's not much fun hey?


ooh! yummy quick, easy and healthy snack! (this is my "kit-kat") it's low-fat vanilla ice-cream, with strawberries, banana slices and K-special cornflakes! :) try it! and u will never be the same again...


happy already!!


forgot to make an important announcement... my "bao bei" phone is back home :) say goodbye to ugly-needs-t0-go-on-a-diet-because-it-is-so-fat LG and hello to "bao bei" sony ericsson.. welcome home! u're dearly missed :D

saturday morning seen in a different light :)

good morning world!

after 3 attempts to wake up at 5.30am, 6.30am, 7.30am, i finally dragged myself out of bed at 8am. u may be wondering why so early on a saturday morning? that's because.. i slept at 8pm last night -_-" this is my 3rd time since coming bck from melbourne sleeping around the clock! haha~

so what am i waking up to? i'll give u a hint.. SWOT VAC has officially started!!! so i should study lor~

having only 2 more weeks, my heart and my mind is playing a tug of war game.. my mind is getting stressed up while my heart is calm and peaceful. is that possible? whatever it is, there IS some form of stress in me, that clouds my view of this beautiful saturday morning.

as i read from His word, 2 verses came up to me:

Ephesians 4:14a

that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about every wind...


Psalm 143:5-6,8

5 I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all Your works;
I muse on the work of Your hands.

6 I spread out my hands to You;
My soul longs for You like a thirsty land.

8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning,
For in You do I trust;
Cause me to know the way in which I should walk,
For I lift my soul up to You.


God never fails to amaze me with His word. after knowing Him for so many years, indeed I should not behave like a child anymore, easily swayed.. but my trust and my faith in Him should grow! He even gives me reason to do so, by reminding me to remember of "the days of old", how he has brought me through my studies all this while; meditate on the miracles that I've seen Him work in my life and the people around me; muse at His creation, at everything He has made; evidence of His reality in life.

and when I began to remember all these things, there is no other way to respond BUT just as David did, I lift my hands to worship Him, thanking Him; as I continue to want more of Him in my life..

cause me to know which way I should walk (or to study! haha~) because God, I trust in You! :)

similarly to everyone who's exams are approaching.. All the best!!!

sigh~ yesterday marked my last day being in the hospital for this year. it's been a good year, Praise the Lord! ending with Med Onc was purely grace..

*punch fist in the air*

YES! i'm done :) woohoO~~ my 500 word (ok maybe a bit more..) essay/literature review is completed. haha!! i finish 3 hours earlier from the last review i did for psych.

just for the records!

Thank You Jesus, for keeping me awake. For helping me to write the review. For loving me. For Your grace.

goodnight peeps! *yawn*

yet another rotation coming to an end :(

medical oncology. although i haven't blogged much about it.. (because no time la! have to study all) me, chris and angela (6th year) gave our final case presentation today.. *phew* big relief! although med onc was an elective, it was quite full-on i must say.. but it was full on in a good way. i learned heaps! got bck in touch with the basics! the team is really nice.. really really nice.. and my supervisor is just so smart! first impression was: wow!!! i really liked the tutorials he gave us, cos he made us think. just like prof R :) the regs are the funniest ppl ever.. i even found out one of them attends paradise :) hehe.. and there's the rmo and intern.. really down to earth and helpful :) it changed my perception about working at the RAH, well.. a bit. haha!!

we went out for lunch with the team today... it was the rmo and intern's final week too. finally got to try east terrace continental after all the hype about it! the bruschetta was excellent! :) our reg treated us to lunch! so nice of him :)

i've always thought oncology was a good field to be in, but this rotation helped me to gain more insight into what it's really about. and it was good. it's not all doom-and-gloom. especially when i attended outpatients, i realize that people actually lead a pretty normal life despite having cancer. and with medicine being so advanced now, the treatment options available actually give these people a good survival rate.

one thing i noticed though, losing hair seems to always be the greatest concern when the subject of chemotherapy is brought up, especially with the ladies. they wouldn't ask about nausea/vomiting/diarrhoea, but their hair?! i'd have thought that i'd rather get my cancer cured, than worry about my hair.

but.. even the bible says a woman's hair is her crowning glory! then i thought to myself, i'm not even having chemo and i'm already SOOO concerned about the potential bald spot on my head -_-" geez.. humbling.

anyway, tmr will be my last day, and i have to hand in a 500 word essay before i'm officially considered done. i did 1500 in 8 hours for Dr JT the last time, i wonder how long i'll take now?

the burning question for now is...... should i bake tonight??? since they've been such nice people?

p/s: vanilla ice-cream and cornflakes make a good dessert/afternoon snack! haha, this is so random!

i don't like having the XX chromosome 84 days a year (maybe more)

this is an "okayy-christine-too-much-details" post. but i just have to post it!

:P

i hate having menses!!!!!

it leaves me anaemic, tired, bedridden, analgesic/NSAIDs dependent..

grr, and it doesn't help i have extra-active ovaries too. it comes too often for comfort. i only have 500 ovums (or less) to start with. i think i'm going to menopause early :-o *sobs*

ok end of gory details post. i should be studying.. lalala~

the things my 2-door-away-housemates do...

we're at the common room downstairs, packing up after study group..

chris: hey rahul can i have your answers for the "immediate management for the coffee ground vomitus" question?

rahul: *whips out his phone and dials chris' handphone number* pick it up dude!! (this is after he told us how optus gave him extra credit because of some glitch)

chris: *presses the answer button and puts it on speaker mode*

the rest is history.. they speak to each other through mobile phones when they are less than 1 metre away from each other -_-"

why? why? why?

complacency

watching the Leader's Debate 2007 on Sunday (between Mr Howard and Mr Rudd) for the upcoming elections, got me thinking.

firstly, i must make it clear i'm not THAT into politics, i know enough to tell you who's my current prime minister, the US president, UK and Aust's PM. that's about it. haha!! :) enough to strike a superficial conversation without appearing as a "frog in a well".

the live debate, however, was really quite interesting.. although it revolved around taxes, and interest rates etc.. what was more interesting was how it was presented. i must say, Mr Rudd is very eloquent in his speech, with tons of statistics and references to back every point he made. very impressive. Mr Howard however, hmm.. coming from a PM of 11.5 years.. not quite the way i remember him to be.

the word complacency came to mind.

and i wondered, if Mr Rudd were to win the elections, will he end up like that as well? of course, he has to work harder now, because he has nothing to "prove" except promises of what he can do IF he were to be elected.

similarly, God reminded me to not be complacent.. it doesn't mean once u're "up there" u can slack off (up there can be at whatever stage i am in with my walk with God). the higher i go, the more responsibilities i have, the busier i get; that's when I shld be MORE in touch with God. always ready, always geared. by spending time with Him, meditating on His word, seeing what He sees, wanting what He wants.. "break my heart for what breaks yours" is that merely singing, because it's a nice song? or am i (are we?) singing with conviction..

1 Corinthians 10:12

Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.

Melbourne!!

sorry for the temporary hiatus. there are many things i want to post, but most of it stays in my draft, still needs editing :)

of course! melbourne.. ahh, what can i say? it was AWESOME!

my first thought was, i could definitely get used to this life.. it's soooo like singapore, only less tense and stressful :) i love it! i'm such a city girl. haha..

but.. Adelaide has definitely grown on me, it holds a special place in my heart. i like the pace, the place, and the people! the 3Ps!!! so.. i'm not moving anytime soon. haha..

but melbourne is still nice to visit. hehe! and it was just too short! 3 nights, with little sleep, but so much fun!! and God has been gracious to grant us good weather! it was supposed to rain!!!! but it didn't :) pretty cold on the first 2 days, but perfect sunny weather on sunday.

thank You Jesus for good company, and absolutely fantastic hosts, esp wenhao, darren and chunpeng..

okie dokes, i'll let the pictures do the talking (click to enlarge). i'll save all the food pictures for the makanclub blog..

Day 1.

avalon to melbourne


we made it safely!! *phew*




ying thai @ lygon street. spicy-ness redefined :)




il dolce freddo has the bestest gelati in australia!! (after lecka lecka :P) too bad i didn't get to try their famous durian gelato :( it's always sold out! i went bck twice in that 3 days i was there...


in our cosy room, and comfortable PJs :)

Day 2.

Queen Victoria Market - my happy place #2.



UniMelb


RMIT

i've always wondered how life would've been so different, if i proceeded with my own "plans" and went ahead to study in either of the above, doing architecture!!! i can't imagine actually, i thank God for placing me where i am today, no regrets.. :) the friends, the course, the people i meet. Jeremiah 29:11, Job 42:2




tour around the city :)



random shots :P


max brenner~!! chocolate heaven *sigh*


dinner @ stalactite (greek restaurant) and then to the crown casino..


one day, one day, i'll open my own bakery/cafe/dessert shop..


*cheers* to lasting friendship ;)


kita semua dari surabaya.. :P adat situ ambil gambar kaki.

Day 3.

yummy dutch pancakes!!

chuen & jebb's "celeb" look!


melbourne's state library (looks like adelaide's parliament!)


melbourne central :)



The Phantom of the Opera at the Princess Theatre.
these 3 photos deserve to be bigger :P hehe.. it's like my ALL TIME favourite musical!! thank God for the opportunity to watch it. a dream come true.. when they sang, i was melting in my seat.. it was sooooooooo good! i wanna watch it again!!!!!


dinner @ mercadante. it's a prank restaurant i tell you!! they put plastic spiders on your lap, throw plastic plates at you, give you a "cappucino" upside down & dress up as "homer". nadya was so scared!! but grace and ann didn't mind him. haha.. but i must say, the food was excellent.


koko black :)

oh noo... it's our last day ady!!!

Day 4.

goodbye melbourne.. until we meet again. thanks again to our lovely host! and to the best travelling mates *hugs*

fuh~ finally i'm done. i should now devote myself to oxford, kumar&clark and talleys.