tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40059442011-09-10T05:53:18.967-07:00the world through my lenses...Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.
Live the life you've imagined.
- Henry David Thoreauhoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.comBlogger831100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-11920999147243557732008-06-10T09:04:00.000-07:002008-06-10T10:27:09.093-07:00.Wilson's Promontary - atop Mount OberonSemester 7 - End of AMS yearWhat can i say...its been another great semester in melbourne, albeit a rather short one. returning to melbourne from my USA/HK trip, i didn't have much time before i got back into action in the lab. the pressure was on to produce results since i only had a few months left before thesis submission.lab work has been frustrating houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-37714320395595780252008-03-31T05:05:00.000-07:002008-03-31T05:25:46.006-07:00last friday's dinner at Taxi bar was absolutely awesome...all thanks to the glaucoma conference. Taxi restaurant at federation square is one of the most highly rated restaurants in melbourne. it was kinda uneasy though...being a low ranking medical student...sitting amongst all the consultant ophthalmologists...pple who have somewhat made it in life and made it to the top of their game.here's thehoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-26182463074641764512008-01-15T08:02:00.000-08:002008-01-15T08:48:29.843-08:00yet another semester has gone by in Melbourne! how time flies!3 years of medical school is officially over and i'm at the halfway mark!before i boarded the plane for singapore, as usual, i sat in the departure lounge...staring out at the tarmac....yet another lazy afternoon in melbourne. i enojoyed just sitting and watching the guys gas up the plane and load the last of the baggage onto the 747-houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-52818927521897418852007-09-11T23:13:00.000-07:002007-09-11T23:24:02.220-07:00wonder why i get depressed easily these days....i guess it happens when u have too much time or no goal to work towards. i try not to think about what if i had gone overseas. sometimes i wonder why i could not achieve that 70% aggregate. is it because i was too distracted by stuff in my first 2 years? i guess thats possible. in retrospect, even though i thot that i did study hard, i guess it houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-51040450156437241942007-08-22T08:48:00.000-07:002007-08-22T09:11:00.322-07:00The Phantom is Back!I can't stop rambling on about an awesome night out i had last night! What else could it be! The day i've been waiting for for 4 months since i booked the ticket! The Phantom is back in Melbourne! As usual, the music was great and absolutely swept me away... but it was also the theatrics and special effects that left me with an unforgettable experience.Of course, the company houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-13104725791751020322007-07-01T11:41:00.000-07:002007-07-01T12:33:40.103-07:00Holiday in Taipei!Just got back today from a week long tour/visiting trip to Taipei. Its been a great experience, I always enjoy visiting places that I've never been to before. Knowing little about the island, I went in with an open mind and came back discovering a whole new world and culture that I never really had much insight of previously.As one flies into Taipei, one will look out of the houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-89916095385749287742007-05-25T06:28:00.000-07:002007-05-25T06:34:26.903-07:00today was the last day of school for semester 5, and also the last day of preclinical school.in a sense, i left the school gates with mixed and strange feelings. on one hand, glad to have finished 2 and a half years of gruelling preclinical school. on the other hand, kind of sad to go separate ways from all the good friends that i've made during my time spent here. also a sense of pity that i didhoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1175935453027182672007-04-06T23:23:00.000-07:002007-04-07T01:44:13.053-07:00seems like ages since i last blogged! haven't been at it since returning to melbourne. which is pretty bad and quite a pity since so much has happened. let me try to fill you guys in as best as i can.the notable stuff that's happened to far is that i've been keeping myself busy with enrichment classes like karate, ballroom dancing, and a bit of debating. microbiology and immunology is not a joke houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1170529753180392102007-02-03T10:45:00.000-08:002007-02-03T11:09:13.193-08:00MFA tea sessionAttended the MFA (ministry of foreign affairs) tea session with my sis at the swiss hotel stamford today. was suddenly reminded that i didn't actually attend any tea sessions back in JC. how sad! it was pretty interesting...listening to some high commissioner talk about how he used his diplomat privileges to buy duty free luxury items like volvo cars and french wine.chatted with houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1170408847840273752007-02-02T00:59:00.000-08:002007-02-02T01:34:07.863-08:00Relief Teaching.These 2 days, I got to try my hand at some relief teaching for the first time after getting a call from a neighbourhood secondary school. It was certainly quite an experience and I must say i kind of enjoyed it!The classes i took were mainly the lower sec classes, so being highly energetic 13 and 14 year olds, it was difficult for anyone to possibly control them. But i have houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1168186137879273362007-01-07T07:12:00.000-08:002007-01-07T08:08:57.896-08:00Cultural Learnings of HK for make benefit Glorious nation of Sing-a-pore!Ahh...still suffering from a holiday hangover. To date, this is my 4th time going to HK. Previous times were in 1996, 2000, 2004 and now 2006-7. It was awesome spending the new year there with the HK cousins and joining them for a countdown dinner/party! Surely a great way to usher in the new year with a big bang! I'm so houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1166417560240241212006-12-17T19:09:00.000-08:002006-12-17T23:05:17.716-08:00Anhyong!!! Welcome to Korea!Its been a week since i got back from the land of the morning calm but i'm still pretty much having a holiday hangover! Korea is indeed a beautiful country as seen in some of the popular Korean dramas like Winter Sonata and All In. They've got lots of unspoilt natural landscapes, the urban areas are well developed and clearly at a very advanced stage of houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1164896251557438652006-11-30T05:44:00.000-08:002006-12-01T16:18:46.940-08:00Back from Adelaide!I didn't really think much of Adelaide before setting out on my trip. I took a trip there mainly because I wanted something inexpensive and since Adelaide is one of the few major Australian cities that I have never visited. That leaves Darwin and Cairns.Having said that, I arrived in Adelaide expecting to see a rather boring city. True enough, it is a smaller city than houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1164066817134531252006-11-20T14:59:00.000-08:002006-11-20T15:53:37.153-08:00G20 summit comes to Melbourne!I know this doesn't seem like something to shout about, but guess what? I actually went to a demonstration / protest for the first time in my life! How deprived right? To actually get all excited about such things? Can't help it if you come from Singapore since in Singapore, you are only allowed to protest inside a 14 x 20 metre box inside suntec city! lol!So while houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1162992443229677072006-11-08T05:23:00.000-08:002006-11-08T05:27:23.243-08:00midway thru the exams now...2 down...3 to go! its none other than the much feared and dreaded Neuroscience semester which legions of seniors say is the most difficult semester!i actually found neuroscience quite interesting, despite it being like a new language to master. so much of it is still unknown, so many pathways still not elucidated. but yet the amount of info we've got to know for the houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1159890908700997872006-10-03T08:12:00.000-07:002006-10-03T09:15:34.560-07:00Menu du jourLe porc au sauce de char siewLes oeufsLe légumes avec des tomatesLe rizLe Dessert:La glace chocolatBeyond blue... where the sky meets the earth... taking it easy at Williamstown!Medical Ball 2006....the theme: spend a night in Monaco!Elizabeth Walker and Michelle!Dear cousin and me at the Royal Melbourne ShowWe should have gone on the ferris wheel dammit!houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1159284203072911692006-09-26T08:04:00.000-07:002006-09-26T08:23:23.090-07:00hi guys! i'm back!the long awaited one week break has finally arrived....and what i really need right now is to catch my breath and take a breather from 10 intense weeks of neuro and sex! (sexual reproduction)went to watch An Inconvenient Truth with the Political Interest Society yesterday. i must say that it is a film that will certainly compel you to think about global warming seriously and houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1154961504076353582006-08-07T07:05:00.000-07:002006-08-07T07:42:03.266-07:00it is certainly about high time i updated this blog if not people will think i've abandoned it!what can i say....quite a lot has happend in the time since the last post, notably, the winter holiday back in Singapore, my trip to Shanghai, etc....let's start with the Shanghai trip..well...no regrets...it was awesome! even though it was only for 5 days, it was definitely much better than the other houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1151312056675981162006-06-26T01:19:00.000-07:002006-06-26T01:54:16.723-07:00bringing in native English speakers to teach English in Singaporethis is one of the big debates in singapore right now. apparently the standard of english has reached such appalling levels that the singapore government, known for its efficiency and ability to adapt to rapidly changing global conditions, has decided to swing into action and consider the possibility of recruiting native english houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1151309866089776582006-06-26T00:25:00.000-07:002006-06-26T01:17:46.156-07:00the winter holidays have gotten off to a slow start since getting back from Australia. apart from meeting up with old friends and chilling out at the usual familiar places, nothing exciting has been happening. its always nice to be back here though, the sense of familiarity, the cheap and good food, and best of all, mum has just decided to back paddle on her hardline stance against maids and hirehoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1150399016274079802006-06-15T11:54:00.000-07:002006-06-15T12:16:56.326-07:00end of semester 3!finally, the semester on cardio, respiratory and locomotion has ccome to a close with the last exam on tuesday. time to chill out now after a couple of tense weeks.feel like i'm getting old these days....clubbing doesn't seem to appeal to me anymore...can't believe i actually missed the post exam party! oh well....sitting at borders and reading a book doesn't seem like a bad houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1146319177560495302006-04-29T06:26:00.000-07:002006-04-29T06:59:37.600-07:00this week is kind of like the calm before the storm...from next week onwards, we'll be doing locomotion, which means memorizing the names of close to 100 muscles involved in various forms of movement....sounds like fun huh?time to start a concerted effort to for the finals which is only like 5 wks away....not much time left considering the fact that we'll be cramming new stuff for the next few houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1145551391779141152006-04-20T09:06:00.000-07:002006-04-20T09:43:11.840-07:00the easter break seems to be flying by so fast and i haven't achieved all that i've set out to do! which is usually the case...sigh.anyway, i just got back from easter camp last monday...it was pretty nice. got to know a lot of people and the location was great too. portsea is a seaside town with a small populationhoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1144429056670323802006-04-07T09:10:00.000-07:002006-04-07T10:22:24.900-07:00i'm horrified to realise that i've not been blogging for almost 2 months! due mainly to procrastination and tests and an idiotic HP essay...anyway, the most exciting thing recently has got to be the F1 Grand Prix in melbourne. i don't exactly follow the F1 that closely but it was an awesome experience watching the F1 cars zooming past at speeds that u would not normally experience on normal roadshoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1140569723893778602006-02-21T16:37:00.000-08:002006-02-21T16:55:23.906-08:00one of my first culinary exploits:beef steak with black pepper sauce...with brandy thrown in.medium raregarlic breadorange juicedessert:cadbury triple chocolate ice cream with tim tams crushed into it*burp*another sumptuous and wholesome self-cooked meal...houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1139420869889679942006-02-08T09:20:00.000-08:002006-02-08T09:47:49.900-08:00new nokia n70.as part of my latest round of material acquisitions, i have upgraded my phone to a nokia n70. one of the latest n-series 3G phones by nokia. even though people here hardly use 3G, and i'm unlikely to use 3G in melbourne, i got the phone anyway because of its cool 2MP camera, expansion slot and other awesome multimedia features. in addition, its the CNET's editors choice and houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1139067918363904902006-02-04T06:59:00.000-08:002006-02-08T09:16:03.703-08:00just about a week left before returning to melbourne...i'd say its just about time. been stuck here in singapore for way too long. of course, i've had a great time lounging in the comforts of home and being a total glutton on the delicious, cheap food here. plus enjoying all the conveniences of a modern metropolis.i just got back from bintan yesterday, terribly sunburnt. apparently the med schoolhoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1137573648821714252006-01-18T00:02:00.000-08:002006-01-18T00:45:19.920-08:00the man who is supposedly barred from entering Malaysia, thanks to his mischief with the ringgit back in 1997.last week, i attended a talk at Raffles City Convention Centre by George Soros. it was nothing really finance related, as most people were hoping for, but rather, he spoke at length about a global open society.its nice and noble of him to use a portion of his wealth to try his hand at houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1136904984713684162006-01-10T06:37:00.000-08:002006-01-10T07:27:43.946-08:00so much has been happening in recent days that i thought it would be best to keep this blog updated instead of leaving it all unchronicled!i hope this doesn't make me sound too despo, but the highlight for this week has got to be receiving an email from the cute American girl from Boston! haha! just as i was resigned to the fact that i had faded into oblivion in her memory as one of the many houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1136001771359861132005-12-30T19:24:00.000-08:002005-12-30T20:02:51.370-08:00finally 21!i wonder if that's a good thing to say....finally reaching a certain age! its always good to be young isn't it? but anyway, being the baby of my batch, who's birthday is on 29 dec, i finally came of age last thursday! and as lots of people do, i had a kind of bday party at my place...here are some highlights.the good old folks from my class in JC and RJC people in general. feels like houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1135617766917323752005-12-26T09:01:00.000-08:002005-12-26T09:29:41.943-08:00 Signal officer cadets of 2003! Myself, Benedict, Jeun jye, Kevin, Chin Soon, and Scott.friend's wedding dinner.tonight, one of my best buddies from OCS (officer cadet school) got married and had his wedding dinner at Marina Mandarin Hotel. we were in the same platoon back in our days as signal cadets....training to be officers, and had gone through thick and thin together.the amazing thing abouthoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1135010673277109112005-12-19T08:34:00.000-08:002005-12-19T08:44:33.286-08:00the festive season is going by too fast and i barely have time to enjoy the moment....maybe it doesn't help that i'm stuck in NS doing meaningless and mundane tasks...oh well...i'm not complaining....my life there isn't exactly too bad...i just pulled my rank on some fresh recruits today....its been quite a while since i did that. i don't usually enjoy raising my voice and behaving like a sub houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1133064304730320212005-11-26T19:51:00.000-08:002005-11-26T20:07:05.206-08:00i'm just feeling kind of nostalgic about the IH days so i thought i might post some pics here... mostly taken during the last few days there...me and jess...this exchange student from tufts university in boston...she's really nice... and as the saying goes...good things come in small packages!christmas dinner in college...this was the last dinner we had in college before everyone checked out and houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1133026648291312762005-11-26T09:07:00.000-08:002005-11-26T09:37:28.300-08:00TOPLESS SHOW OPENS IN SINGAPORE!what an awesome experience...watching "crazy horse", a french caberet show in swisshotel westin on monday night... the thrill was not so much of watching french beauties prancing around on stage with female beauty at its best, but rather...actually watching such a performance in singapore....which...to the best of my knowledge...is UNPRECEDENTED!other than that....houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1133022408246245562005-11-26T08:18:00.000-08:002005-11-26T08:34:02.580-08:00back in singapore!it was a nice feeling...seeing the singapore coastline just as the SIA jet came in on the southern approach...the skyline of the central business district....the distinct outlines of the neat blocks of HDB flats.....the artificial coast of the east coast park....for a moment i appreciated the smallness of out little island.... from that angle i could actually had the entire houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1131874162058479862005-11-13T01:17:00.000-08:002005-11-13T01:29:23.213-08:00bye moe!this morning at 7.30am, moe yamazaki, my floor mate in wadham, left melbourne to return to japan. it made me realise how fast time had past and how this whole year in melbourne had just gone by in a flash. its rather surreal now walking past an empty room as i walk up the stair case and turn right.bye moe...i'll miss all those times we talked about all those really random stuff ... and houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1131703480492690622005-11-11T01:44:00.000-08:002005-11-11T02:10:23.420-08:00cheers! all major exams for semester 2 have just concluded today and i'm half alive after a whole week of late nights and last minute cramming. late nights of pouring over endless notes and textbooks have become more important than getting rest, cos we realized that there ain't no point getting rest if ur mind is blank.so anyway, after prac today jielin, kc, jiawei, zing, decheng and i headed houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1130772119139945992005-10-31T07:18:00.000-08:002005-10-31T07:21:59.153-08:00halloween party!a hostage situation in IH! terror alert! notice my face go white with fear...this poor guy even had a screw driven through his neck! talk about loose screws!houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1129909560267262022005-10-21T08:08:00.000-07:002005-10-21T08:46:00.286-07:00i think its about time that i posted something here, else people might think that i've vanished from the face of the earth.anyway, tonight was kai chin's 21st, so we had dinner at this place at federation square called chocolate buddha. it;s kind of like a fusion style restaurant, with really authentic jap and korean food served in a western ambience.we then wondered around and somehow ended up houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1126781278731224152005-09-15T03:41:00.000-07:002005-09-15T03:47:58.736-07:00a dull existence??there's been a lack of excitement in my life. i just feel it in my bones. i'm just degenerating into a boring mugger toad, and i gotta put the brakes on that before its too late. mag's been taking spanish classes and it seems pretty interesting. i should check that out next semester!mid sem test this week. didn't manage to finish studying the volumes of info and ended up with a houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1125327891978790692005-08-29T07:58:00.000-07:002005-08-29T08:04:51.986-07:00urggh....hasn't been a great day. still kinda tired from too much enjoyment over the weekend.i think my vocab is now going down the drain, considering the fact that all i've been reading for the past month has been medical literature. its time to get some good intellectual fodder!tomorrow is merdeka, or malaysia's national day. it should be a great celebration. we are probably going to bismi houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1125232718206799952005-08-28T05:26:00.000-07:002005-08-28T05:38:38.213-07:00 That's us at the accomodation in rural shepparton, a small city 3 hours north of melbourne. really quaint and quiet. rent here is so cheap...only $40 a week!!! That's us with Professor Dawn Dewitt, an inspiring rural GP who was educated in University of Washington, Harvard, and Cambridge.primitive me has finally taken to uploading pics onto my blog...anyway...i had a really awesome weekend in houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1124974443271250612005-08-25T05:45:00.000-07:002005-08-25T05:54:03.276-07:00work is just piling up these days....more stuff to understand, more PBL research to do, etc... i miss the semester 1 days...oh well...looking forward to a weekend getaway to shepparton this saturday. gonna be attending a rural GP conference to see what life is like as a rural GP. hopefully i don't have to end up there one day. best part of the trip though...is wine tasting at various wineries on houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1123856644259981162005-08-12T06:59:00.000-07:002005-08-12T07:24:04.266-07:00hi all...its time that i get down to blogging again...many of my friends have been remarking that i'm outdated...and i don't want u guys to stop visiting! i love u all!tuesday:singapore's national day! i don't see myself as an extremely patriotic person. but since coming abroad to study, i've had the opportunity to look at my country from a different viewpoint. i realise that in many aspects, we houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1123248027091144752005-08-05T05:35:00.000-07:002005-08-05T06:20:27.096-07:00right after an awesome anatomy lecture today, i rushed over to the architecture building for a public lecture by Mr Chen Yonglin, the infamous chinese agent who has just "defected" and got a "protection visa" in australia. (something like political asylum)as i stepped in, it seemed like an auction, or market. there were these couple of china men shouting at the speaker on stage...calling him houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1123245334597989612005-08-05T05:29:00.000-07:002005-08-05T05:35:34.603-07:00the speech by tim costello last night was so moving, engaging, and riveting. most of the IHers in the dining hall were so spell bound by this seasoned orator, speaking off the cuff, that there was almost a pin drop silence as he spoke. pretty rare occurence at IH.i wanna be like that some day.my table was pretty interesting and we had this pretty lively debate on topics ranging from america's houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1123046039820394592005-08-02T22:13:00.000-07:002005-08-02T22:13:59.826-07:00first clinical placement today. went to Austin hospital in heidelburg....it was so impressive! wasn't the dodgy, dirty hospital that i imagined it to be, but a modern, bright and architecturally decent building. the wards were pretty much the same as what you would find in singapore hospitals like gleneagles....it just amazes me how the australian government supports the health care budget if houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1122891694096504222005-08-01T03:19:00.000-07:002005-08-01T03:21:34.103-07:00It was a great night out last saturday...120 IHers jamming onto a tiny craft cruising down the lovely yarra river taking in the serene night scenery....houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1122294598640538782005-07-25T05:03:00.000-07:002005-07-25T05:30:00.483-07:00the first week of school has been pretty relaxing and slow paced....nothing too overbearing or hard to digest.i had this conversation with rachel today about investment banking and the big money involved....and it just set me thinking for the whole day. its especially "distressing" when u hear all these stories about ur friends in the US doing internships with investment banking firms and earninghoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1121771295667394572005-07-19T03:55:00.000-07:002005-07-19T04:08:15.673-07:00Back in IH!ahh....the nice cool air minus the humidity. its great to be back here in melb where i only have to take 1 or 2 bathes a day and don't feel too sticky! but still...all the singporean med students do feel kinda homesick for the first couple of days of arriving in melb! i miss my car!school started yesterday but its so strange! like the whole university is only occupied by med students (houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1121185392202526662005-07-12T09:05:00.000-07:002005-07-12T09:23:12.206-07:00what a coincidence! i was supposed to meet jon and shaun for dinner at holland village tonight! just as we were about to step into crystal jade, guess who we bumped into at the entrance! LQ and chipmunk! haha! it was a nice coincidence! *wink*so we sat at separate table and we ordered chinese "la mien", which is basically handmade noodles...i think. shared some shanghai meat buns with the guys. houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1121100234153280262005-07-11T09:27:00.000-07:002005-07-11T09:43:54.156-07:00yesterday was great cos my parents FINALLY came back from UK after one long week and i am finally relieved of some of these irritating household chores and duties. the only chore i actually enjoy doing is being a chauffeur for my younger siblings cos its nice and relaxing zipping around town in the new car.it was fun test driving jiawei's camry 2.4 last night. don't underestimate that toyota! it houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1120929125366045452005-07-09T09:32:00.000-07:002005-07-09T10:12:05.373-07:00just got back from zhongwen's 21st bday at his condo. its amazing how time flies and how we have all come of age! 21! its the time u get to watch RA movies legally! met his girlfriend who's gonna be off to the UK to study law, and he's going to NUS. long distance relationships are always painful. not that i have been in one, but i can imagine the frustration and angst.met up with the scouts in houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1120835347895397302005-07-08T07:46:00.000-07:002005-07-08T08:09:07.916-07:00the past few days have just been crazy! i never realised that housework and mundane tasks can be so incredibly stressful. basically both my parents are in the UK now and i've gotta take care of those things like fetching siblings to school, doing the laundry, walking the dog, feeding the dog...etc. sometimes these chores seem endless...i hate it!...really miss the days when we had a domestic houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1120308489227052172005-07-02T05:35:00.000-07:002005-07-04T06:43:33.013-07:00ahh...back to blogging after procrastinating for a few days...yesterday, it was charmaine's 18th bday so Ying yi, Jiahui, Allen, her and me gathered at Orchard MRT. the time was supposed to be 12 pm but as you know about singaporean punctuality, i arrived at 1215, and some of the others later. so we started walking towards takashimaya shopping centre at 1245.we got a seat at crystal jade pretty houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1119891731512760892005-06-27T08:23:00.000-07:002005-06-27T10:02:11.566-07:00went for yum cha with some relatives today at Furama Palace at Furama Hotel.it was pretty good....the tim sum was of a pretty high standard. had a great chat with my cousin....who has just returned from tokyo after a really long stint at the singapore embassy there. he's really having a good time. meeting japanese diplomats, bringing the singapore ministers around to the best restaurants in tokyohoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1119803058638503932005-06-26T08:59:00.000-07:002005-06-26T09:24:18.643-07:00being back here for almost 2 weeks, i can't help but feel that i'm being sucked back into some of the viscious cycles or mindsets that i have tried so hard to free myself from while i was overseas.all the stereotypes, all the expectations of the society, all the invisible hierachies and pecking orders that quantify us and judge our worth as a person. its awful sometimes...went back to RJC on houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1119801474252164862005-06-26T08:33:00.000-07:002005-06-26T08:57:54.256-07:00woke up late today again and missed church service! i really wanted to go to church today for reasons that are not convenient to discuss on this blog! but yea....that's all right...there's always next week.gave tuition to my younger cousin in the afternoon for 2 hours. i'm pretty lucky to land this temp job for the hols...so that i can at least say that i spent some time in the hols trying to houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1119502789121004762005-06-22T21:30:00.000-07:002005-06-22T21:59:49.126-07:00it was another lazy day yesterday. went to changi beach club with jiawei for a swim in the awesome olympic sized swimming pool. the water was clean and clear...and not too highly chlorinated. and there were only 4 people in the pool! it was great just chilling out at the boardwalk later on and watching the world go by.we then hopped into my car and headed down to changi point where i gorged houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1119434048467930632005-06-22T02:34:00.000-07:002005-06-22T02:54:08.473-07:00yesterday was quite an enjoyable day for me. met up with kin foong for breakfast at our usual roti prata haunt in simpang bedok and chatted there for almost an hour and a half! lucky guy! he is gonna be studying at NYU, which is right in the heart of Manhattan! its amazing how time flies...not too long ago we were just sitting at that very same spot, bitching about how life in the army and houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1119204354987528852005-06-19T10:39:00.000-07:002005-06-19T11:05:54.993-07:00it was a great sunday.....just chilling out at the usual spots and walking around town.attended service at Shalom BP in the morning. was an hour late!!! nothing much has changed there. chatted briefly with ben and debbie...she seems to have grown prettier!had lunch with mum and bro at lavender...our favourite beef noodle place. it was awesome! i gulped down another plate of the famous wanton houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1119029581488233342005-06-17T10:05:00.000-07:002005-06-17T10:33:01.493-07:00attended a lecture at NUS today by Kumar from Kumar and Clark! Yes the legendary lady who wrote this textbook that is the lifeline of med students!after the lecture, i couldn't help but feel the difference between the environment in melb and in singapore. Kumar kept asking why the audience was so quiet and inhibited as this was not the case in the UK. i just felt kind of strange cos just a couplehoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1118943151779289012005-06-16T10:06:00.000-07:002005-06-16T10:32:31.786-07:00I'm back in SG!It's been the moment we were so looking forward to when we first arrived in Melbourne but when we stepped out of IH today it was a time of mixed feelings. Great to go home and meet up with friends and family, but at the same time, sad to leave the friends whom we will not be seeing for a month, especially the exchange students, whom I will probably not see till God knows when.At houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1117901730270304022005-06-04T08:57:00.000-07:002005-06-04T09:30:50.006-07:00exams tomorrow!!! i'm suddenly feeling the panic! especially after talking to charlotte and learning that she's attempted over 500 mcqs! oh no!!!its was a great lunch in china town today with the folks staying on my floor. went to this restaurant called shark's fin house, recommended by Dino. it was great company with Mark, Mervyn, Julia, Lynn, Dino, and Moe.Its sad that Mark and Julia will be houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1117816173580171662005-06-03T09:18:00.000-07:002005-06-03T09:29:33.586-07:00sometimes, we need to just relax and let loose. go easy. see the lighter side of life and take things less seriously. look less deeply into insignificant things!making friends isn't all that hard a thing to do. just gotta open yourself up more and be more receptive to person to person interactions! go out more and do stuff with people! be positive and don't conjure up negative self images!houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1117121808770000442005-05-26T08:12:00.000-07:002005-05-26T08:36:48.776-07:00had a good chat with some guys in the hostel tonight...come to think of it, in some ways, i regret the way i lived life in the college for this half a year. i don't know why i've shunned so many of the activities that have been available.maybe it was my cynicism. maybe it was the influence of the other close-minded singaporeans. maybe it was fear of not studying enough. maybe it was fear of what houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1116090268710259792005-05-14T10:00:00.000-07:002005-06-06T01:06:15.970-07:00I think I need to learn to forge deeper friendships and relationships with people.I also need to learn to be a warmer person.My icy cold demeanour at times is not the most welcoming gesture.Lastly, I need to learn to take myself less seriously.Let go and go crazy. Don't self-impose restraining orders. Be less uptight!houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1115137330880521192005-05-03T09:05:00.000-07:002005-05-03T09:22:10.880-07:00I think I haven't changed much since RI days.When i say that, I'm referring to the fact that I tend to take myself too seriously sometimes. Sometimes, things just aren't as complicated as my mind is, so i really should learn to relax and let loose! It makes life a lot easier and gives more breathing space!I didn't know it was Rachel's bday today! Was awoken by the sounds of happy birthday whilst houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1115136285091129922005-05-03T09:02:00.000-07:002005-06-06T01:10:14.556-07:00Hi all! I know i really haven't been blogging much and updating u people since my arrival in Melbourne. Here's some of my diary entries of my first few days of life down under!17 Feb 2005.Haha….went out with a Jap girl tonight. How smooth of me. She came to the dining hall at about 715 in the evening and they stopped serving dinner. So she asked me how she could get stuff to eat and I offered to houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1100780091783457572004-11-18T04:05:00.000-08:002004-11-18T04:15:55.203-08:00Bon soir mes amis!
Maintenant, nous sommes le 18 novembre 2004 jeudi. Je suis dans mon bureau faire mon service militaire. C'est tres tres ennuye... Mais, la vie n'est pas miserable. J'ai beaucoup de temps libre, alors, je peux ecire la.
J'ai juste lire un article au site de mon ami. Il s'appelle Salvadore Allende. Il est tres fache contre des filles, parce qu'il trouve que beaucoup des fils houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1094231976515306732004-09-03T10:07:00.000-07:002004-09-03T10:37:40.373-07:00Bonjour ! Ca fait longtemps que je n'avais pas ecrire a mon site d'internet. C'est une dommage...parce qu'il y a beaucoup des choses interessants que je voulais dire!
Maintenant, ma vie est plus bonne qu'il y a un ans. Apres j'ai caisse mon bras, je n'ai plus pu beaucoup des metiers dans l'armee. Alors, je fais de l'ordinateur tous les jours dans un bureau comfortable. Je me suis fais quatre houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1083498066192826792004-05-02T04:41:00.000-07:002004-05-02T04:45:19.966-07:00A friend of mind just told me that he had found my blog thru some links....it then dawned on me that its been ages since I got down to updating my blog. I wish I could do it everyday conscientiously, that would certainly be a great way to chronicle my life at present and provide me with sth solid to look back on in the event that i want to reminince my life in NS. Sounds unlikely.
But I do houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1077809431400759912004-02-26T07:30:00.000-08:002004-02-26T07:33:18.293-08:00Asian Aerospace rocks! Had a great time today at the trade show, thanks to Wilson who informed me that SAF personnel supposed to get free tickets. Its nice to have friends like that! Thanks to my powers of persuasion and the grace of God, the kind young lady at the ticketing counter agreed to give me a ticket, if not i would have to go back to camp to get one, which is 101% impossible cos i'm on houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1075913994926097062004-02-04T08:59:00.000-08:002004-02-04T09:02:12.326-08:00Yet another day on MC has gone by....not too bad...learnt parallel parking today...interesting experience...its more tricky than i thought.
Still kicking myself over yesterday's blown window of opportunity at Orchard Library. Such is the cruelty of life...the window of opportunity only opens for that precious few minutes, seconds, or just a fleeting moment and its all up to you to seize it. It houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1075567839639249862004-01-31T08:50:00.000-08:002004-01-31T08:52:52.653-08:00Just got back from a Sierra 3 dinner at Marina Bay...$10 per head eat all you can...not too bad a deal.....not surprising the place was pretty packed.
Its always nice to get together with a bunch of old friends and remininsce about all the old times and all the shit that you guys went through together. It really seems as if we have come a long way to get to where we are today. How time flies...houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1070451061087313542003-12-03T03:31:00.000-08:002003-12-03T04:14:18.326-08:00Fate
Hi all....apologies but this entry is not going to be very long by virtual of the fact that I'm typing with one hand, no thanks to the fact that I broke my right lower arm last week during SOC. Sounds silly huh? But I guess that's life. Shit happens, especially when you are 2 mths from commissioning.
My NS career hangs in the balance now. People tell me it doesn't really matter, in fact, houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1059750159737671962003-08-01T08:02:00.000-07:002003-08-01T08:02:39.620-07:00Exercise Spade
I seriously can't believe that ex. spade is over. This has got to be one of the milestones of OCS life as many seniors would say, but here i am, coming out alive to tell ya the tale.
It couldn't get any worse than if you were exercise PC for ex. spade. Just imagine, when everyone's slacking in their trenches, you've got to be going round, co-ordinating stuff. To make matters houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-1058032076416910952003-07-12T10:47:00.000-07:002003-07-12T10:47:56.276-07:00Its really strange returning to the blog after almost 6 months of lull period. Really seems like i've vanished off the face of the earth and suddenly made a comeback. Must say its pretty fun reading the stuff about BMT though, makes you feel really good about yourself for living thru all that shit and how much you've come of age....haha. but seriously, its amazing how we've actually changed over houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-889527852003-02-11T19:58:00.000-08:002003-02-11T19:58:38.353-08:001st 3 weeks in NS.
hey all! woa...how time flies. I've survived 3 weeks in BMT and counting. Its now book out day thanks to hari raya but i gotta rest at home to recuperate after nearly falling sick after a 24 hour guard duty on sunday.
Guard duty makes u stupid but at least it was an all new experience. At least now i can sympathise with the poor security guards, prowlers and metal detector houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-871046232003-01-08T01:14:00.000-08:002003-01-09T07:57:58.000-08:00Holiday in Europe. London Paris Manchester.
Day 1. 16th Dec 2002
Left Qiuwei's bday party abruptly to catch a flight to Manchester via Brussels. There were hardly any Singaporeans on he flight, mostly British returning home for christmas perhaps. Yes! After one whole year of slogging, its finally time to get out of this place for a while.
Arrived in Brussels after an agonizingly long flight..houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-867583892002-12-31T11:21:00.000-08:002002-12-31T11:21:03.800-08:00Hello 2003, Goodbye 2002!
Welcome all after a long dry spell due to my 2 week vacation. Just thought that the heading might be a good break from the cliched "Happy New Year" that one commonly hears. Anyway, how time flies and I'm now just 2 days past my 18th bday. kudos to those of u who remembered. The reality hasn't sunk in yet. The harsh reality of being and adult....the implications....the houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-857744512002-12-10T01:23:00.000-08:002002-12-10T01:23:31.766-08:00Enlistment Day.
hi all.....i just came back from pulau tekong today...went to see my friend off to NS.
here's a walkthrough of the process if you are interested.
at 0745-0815 hrs, you arrive at the SAF Ferry terminal in a super ulu place near the airport and alight
from the air-con tibs bus. You enter the terminal and are greeted by friendly gun-totting NS men carrying the
latest SAR 71 houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4005944.post-856629932002-12-07T19:05:00.000-08:002002-12-07T19:05:41.580-08:00Hi all. This is my very first msg on my very on Blogspot.
Thought it might be a pretty cool idea to capture some of those thoughts somewhere cos I'am usually too lazy to maintain my handwritten journal.
2 years of JC has officially come to a close. Should have started this earlier to capture that plethora of emotions and sentiments.
But anyway, every journal of a thousand miles starts with a houshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09864078075099192772noreply@blogger.com0