Update!

hmm..been away for a long time, hmm...first post since i turned the big 2-1! woohooo~ RA movies here i come..and the coming of age..okay, lots of things to blog about, but no time actually...

so i shall split them up accordingly:

Clinicals

its been fun so far! well, actually more of tiring. first day everybody looking dam smart, but i was late as usual, just missed some briefings..

my CG rocks man! jenica, amanda, kaixiang and yingwei are dam fun! and FUNNY! HAHA life's nv a bore with cg29..plus dickson and isaac..we're practically clowning around half the time..yes u got that, we clown around half the time, but the other half, when we're supposed to be learning stuff and clerking patients, you betcha we do a good job! oh yeah we do! so actually...we didnt really have a lot of waiting time like the other grps..cos our grp is dam on the ball!
first day oredi lunch outing oredi...nyDC and 1/2priced waffles at gelare for lunch together, too bad no camera siah, and after, MUGGING MADNESS! haha..okay lah we read up lah, so can answer a few qns..wahliew, my spigelian hernia answer actually correct lor i tell u...anyway, its really tiring so far, though we've been doing noting much..but really, its really what they say u finally see what uve been mugging for so far, not just medicine, but practically everything that uve learnt..u incorporate even GP skills from A levels u noe, that kinda thing..yeah..and seeing patients, man, that takes the cake..and we're really treated like lowly beings in the wards...tread carefully and u'll be safe. in fact, no one bats an eyelid at m2s in whitecoats..i think they're all used to it, but u finally see how just plain history taking, like those endless seemingly boliao qns that your doctor asks you finally comes to light, that they can already give you an idea of the differential diagnosis that u can make... MAN! AM I A MOTIVATED MEDICAL STUDENT NOW!

phew~ more days to come, can't wait for physical exam! HEHEHEHE

birthday! 21st.

yup, and so it is, from boy to man, though the transition already happened a long time ago, though some would tend to differ. ahem. well, its more like a festival really...from the moment i stepped into the YHA room in sydney with zhong, it hasnt stopped... celbratead with zhong, et and yingci in sydney(woohoo!) really sweet, they got me a muffin which had TWENTY ONE chocolate chips on it! wow man wow! hahaa...and i celebrated with a beer of cos..countless..yummy! and then the moment i touched down, cheang appeared at the airport, or rather i chionged out to escape customs, haha and there she was...pretty as an angel.. little did i noe that scheming girl had sooo many things up her sleeves that she even surprised the unsurprisable hb. hurhur..

first, it was the jolly good raspberry cheesecake she made (FIRST TIME SHE EVER MADE ANYTHING EDIBLE!) and then, it was the jolly good present she came up with...reallly WOW! mann, a full bartending set including a whole book of recipes!! plus a really cute tshirt....hehehee... well what can i say, hb is a lucky man, he's got the sweetest girlfriend ever! man, that was the best birthday i ever had!!! and the best present too!! she's so ultimately sweet...yes im really lucky...and i can go on rambling..will post up pics!

yeah! and then it was chionging down to aranda right next day for the first party, for the meddie peeps, lots of booze! and thanks for cumming peeps! sorry about the cockup with the cake though, amply made up for with the stunningly white snowy flaked haagen daaz ice cream cake..which costs a hefty 100bucks...what the fuck right!
well, it looked really good and tasted good...thanks much to dicks and jirong for helping me get it...and, HAPPY 21ST TO U GUYS SOON TOO! can't wait for this sun man...im so not gonna drive..i hope we get drunk..hahahhaa

anyway, it was great to see everybody, and on the 2nd night, it was pure fun/hell...thanks loads no thanks to the drunkards and of cos isaac and bryant teo's beancurd which completely destroyed the bedroom...thanks brudders for getting the sleek raoul tie(i can't bear to use it), sarah for the cake, botaks and vida for the ball, jersey and really sweet card, shiwei for his choc cheesecake! yummy! rita for the cufflinks nice! mann...i feel so loved. hahahaha.. clearing up was a bitch!

not forgetting soi, serena and stef, the three Ses in my life, thanks for the card and photo soi, and the calls which didnt quite get thru from stef and serena :) love you guys!

thanks everyone, it was a blast. :)

Aussie!

MAN, finally a break outta the country....aaaaaaaahh...finally got thru the customs and everything, wahlkao, aussie's a bitch lor, nabei, think im a bloody terrorist, keep checking me and my passport, detain me, ask me so many stupid qns lor...but well, it was a blast! bondi beach totally takes the cake man! we visited so many fun places, great ocean road, yarra valley for wine tasting and aussie rules in melbourne, plus sydney opera house, fish market, blue mountains, meeting up with the aussie dudes porshe and timo, and bondi beach in sydney! mann!! i loooooove bondi beach, ZHONG, ARENT U GLAD I BROUGHT U ALONG!!! it was fabb!! will post up pics once zhong has sent me the photos...all i have are the topless pics of sunbathing aussie chicks...hahahhahaha....

MicroB.

WELL. yeah. it's finally over. the truth has come to light...............HB's hardwork has paid off!!! duly satisfied with his results....thanks to zhong!! woohooo...though, a pretty average grade of B...still, GOOD LAH! considering how shitty my results were..must be neurosci pull up my grade....NO MORE SLACKING FOR COFM AND PHARMACO!! books books here i come!

Last but not least.

WELL, i couldnt have had such a blast if not for this special girl called cheang. from sneaking in the birthday card to zhong, so that he could pass it to me on the stroke of midnight in sydney, which was really sweet :) and the pickup from the airport, coercing with my whole family including my auntie for the birthday surprise ie, raspberry cheesecake plus bartending gift, and helping me much during the party, and of course, for the SUPERB booty/boobilicious BURN THE FLOORS performance on sunday....now u noe why i call it a festival...its the most anyone has done for me, MAN! i love you so much baby..

and of course, to mummy no less, who was so sweet to have passed me the keys of the new velocity red mazda3 on my birthday itself...man!! though it officially belongs to her...all i gotta do is just drive her around...and i can have it all...thanks mom, i love u too :)

hahahhaha

will blog more when the pics come!!!

come on talleys, come on browse! im gonna ace OSCE!!

more! 

thanks for coming yo peeps..and the presents and booze!! 

drunken festival at aranda fr left: my fav, leonjoelorlum,brudders4,isaac 

aussie rules!

okay, 6 hours before my plane flies, i have yet to pack my bag, (nothing in at all) i have yet to change my currency, and i can't find my visa.
hahahaha

oh well, at least it'd be a good getaway, to the beaches, the shopping, the beer(YEAH!!), the cakes, the chocolates, some krispies from sydney, woohoooooo.... yeah at least i'll finally be out of the country after ONE YEAR...gosh, how did i survive..no wonder i was going crazy the entire year...havent had a decent beach holiday for a loooong looong time..i miss the sun sand and the sea...grrr...yeah that's bondi beach by dusk, or isit dawn im not sure...shiok siah!!

we're gonna rent bikes and cycle along the whole coast, from bondi to coogee...while having some grilled burgers....hmm...seafood..whatever lah!

not forgetting the great ocean road...erm, yeah we erm gonna rent a car though my mum forbids me to....visit the 12 apostles, of which only 9 are standing...

soak in the sights, cruise along the coast line (in a convert i hope?) breathe in the salty fresh sea air...i'm living in a dream world...

and of course lah, go and shop and eat like mad in melbourne!! shat lah, i really should go and change my money like now..shouldnt go airport..later the rates lauya lauya...hmm...dang! dang dang dang dang dang!

ya thats the famous train station...and visit the MCG! wahliew, we missed the commonwealth games, and den we missed the F1, no way are we missing AUSSIE RULES MAN! somemore i nv go and watch the rugby sevens siah, last time held in signapore oredi :( oh well.

aye, enuff ranting lah..im so totally not prepared at all...

byes y'all

oh yes, it's finally over.

after weeks of hell and fretting over microbes, its finally over. sometimes i wonder why i put myself thru such rubbish, having dropping thinning hair, ulcers erupting in my mouth, having that palpitation once too often in the day, profused cold sweats on my palms and soles and that inability of somnolence at night. if only, if only. after that scare in m1, i still didnt learn my lesson!!

somehow, the situation just seemed to have escalated in m2, though im supposed to have been more mature..haha..luckily for me, the past few wks would have been much worse if it hadnt been for zhong and daniel(dq) around..rain or shine, sunday or monday, they'd be there..ready to answer any queries that i have..not forgetting zhong for going thru staph aureus with me the day before the paper!! wooohoo!

yes well, im going to blog this down and possibly hyperlink to the side bar, to always remind me of what hell i have been thru.

dear hb,

remember how your heart literally sank thru your gut into your testicles everytime u looked at the microb board on the 2nd level? i felt that.

remember how you looked at bartonella, bordetella, brucella, bacillus, bacteriodes, and thought they were all the same?

remember how miserable u were that u almost screamed out at your girlfren..but den u didnt, and that i'm proud..and how u resumed that same ritual a year later, day in day out, wake up go library come home sleep routine..

remember how you couldnt sleep the night before the exam, and woke at 4am to go thru parasites (THANK GOD!) and den u couldnt sleep again 2 nights later..basically making in 6hours of sleep out of 72, well preparing u for the next subaru challenge?

remember how when everyone (esp zhong) started spouting out 'bacillus anthracis.....a case in central london happened this way...any form of anthrax eventually leads to septicemia and death' and dq's "yes! rhodococcus equi..causes pneumonia in the immunocompromised" and u nod wide-eyed in amazement and admiration but at the same time inside your cardiovascular system goes into full steam and cold sweat starts pouring out of your pores again.....

that you could actually not go thru all these if u had been consistent from week (not saying everyday) 1?

remember that.

love,
hb.

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ok, that said, its been a pretty toned down post-exam 'celebrations' this year, but wait, I CAN'T WAIT!!! ohhh man, for my first nap, my first buffet, my first trip out of this suffocating country in a year!!!!! wooohooooooooooooooo!!!!

mark my words mark, and people, i'm gonna make a comeback.