Study block

I have not been able to study today. What a horrible feeling. Is it because this sleep-study-eat-repeat-again routine has been going on for more than 2 weeks? Or is it because sweet holidays are a few hours away? 18 hours away to be precise...

I'm going to learn from Steph and compile a list of movies i wanna watch:
1. Magadascar
2. Batman
3. Corpse Bride
4. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
5. Kate and Leopold (again...)

Any suggestions people?

Burns baby Burns!

Pre-exams..This is what exam stress does to people, well, some people anyway...Las always get the blame... poor him.... *tsk tsk*

I've caught the disease that Chewy has been recently diagnosed with. It's called Burns Disease. In fact, i think it has become an epidemic! Golly golly. B's and Chewy's text messages at 6am woke me up today. I had all the intention in the world to sleep until at least 8am (i thought i deserved a good sleep-in :P) but with my biological clock accustomed to waking up at 6am, sleeping in was the last thing on my body's mind. All it needed was a stimulus.... and a stimulus was what it got! Those two stayed awake the whole night at Burns CAL. By the time i arrived there with pancakes, they were showing signs of delirium, with Chewy laughing at everything i said. I must say that it was a good start to the morning. Didnt help the disease tho.. who said laughter was the best medicine?? Hehe... At least B got shut-eye for 15 minutes or so on two chairs joined together. Ruth came by. Nice to see people waking up early in the morning. (Ooi Ruth, all the best for tomorrow!!!) If not, i think i would have been swept away by their VERY sleep-deprived humour.

Burns CAL after church with Josh O, Jessica, Las and Chewy. At the moment it's just me...

Fate is building a bridge of chance for someone you love - My Sassy Girl

Exams

I remember what Mdm Chan told us in Form 5 before SPM trial exams... Look up for inspiration, look down in desperation, but do not look sideways for information. She is one lovely lady, an incredible teacher, and a compassionate soul, one i will never forget.

The funniest impersonation session in 110 this evening, with Jon and Las and Cheekins. But my gastritis flared up. Forgot that i hadnt had dinner and i drank coke some more. Man, must have been mass acid-production in my stomach just now. Actually, now too in fact. Still sore tummy. :S Quite stressed about tomorrow's paper. Actually, come to think about it, in 12 hours and 20 minutes, it will be over already. Which means i better get back to my books... Nite people. And congrats to all the Health Sci students who dont have English this semester. You're freeeeeeeee..........!

New quote

Sleep is practice for death - Jon Jong (27/10/05)

Martin replied "That is the worst quote ever."

Tonight Chewy is the designated door opener for Burns CAL.

Josh O has the hots for the acoustic quitarist. *should we be worried?*

Grumpy amu

University of Otago Clocktower - historical & unique

I hate sleep debts. Darn panda eyes... I'm tired and i dont feel like doing any work. It's horrible isnt it? Just my Orals over and i'm already so sien. I got put off my studying cos when i looked at Tuberculosis, i was reminded of what i did not say in my clinical station. ARGH! So nervous everything just blanked out. I'm not a happy chappy today. :S

But God has been faithful. He's been so good, so gracious to me. Grumpy old me. He's surrounded me with friends. People that make me laugh until my stomach aches. Till just the thought of them makes me smile. Beautiful weather that i'm just waiting to run and jump and skip around in. Ice-cream and sandwiches. Someone's 'water bag' broke and another had a new-found rash to Starbuck's blueberry muffins. Haha.... writing all this out makes me feel bad for being so grumpy and unproductive in my studies. I have all the reason to be a happy chappy. God's with me and He's surrounded me with all the happy things in life. What else can i ask for. :) Dont feel like grumpy lao amu anymore. Also went out for a walk with Ruthie and guess what?? Came across running tracks! WOOHOOO... reminds me of athletic days. *nostalgia* Next year... next year....

We had lunch at the Leith a few days ago. Sunny day. People studying and sunbathing at the same time only in a bikini for a top, sprawled on the grass. Wah... the day i'd do such a thing is the day eels eat chicken bones. Got clips of Josh O.. new one this time, an impersonation of Come What May from Moulin Rouge. I am tempted to compile them and make a grand presentation on his wedding day. Heh... Josh, you better be very nice to me! Hehe... :D

S.T.U.D.Y.

"Natural abilities are like natural plants; they need pruning by study." Francis Bacon

Friend or food? What is the motivation to stay up into the wee hours of the morning to study? Is it the kindred spirit sitting next to you? Or the bag of munchies in full view on the dining table? What is it that makes me choose to study in the library at night and not just continue to plant my behind on the seat in my bedroom? Some people say it's distracting... and yes, i have to admit that i did, at some point in time, think that way. But then you'd need to take into consideration other factors like the people that you are with, what you are studying etc etc etc. It's been so much fun the past week. I have never laughed so much while studying in the library. Never had such eccentric topics discussed. From underwired bras to gonad size inequalities. No, dont ask me anymore. I'm innocent! REALLY! I just listen and laugh. Hahahahah. I enjoy those study sessions. Something everyday that i look foward to...

Father, please take care of all my family and friends that are preparing and sitting for exams. Hold them so that they wont be burnt out or feel lost from the world outside. Cradle them in your arms so that Your peace envelopes them like a glove and nothing, nothing can worry or harm them. Thank you. In Jesus' name i pray, Amen.

View from Josh O's place. It was lovely. Aiya! This B was still sleeping when the sun came up earlier... now that was gorgeous. The rays came down from behind the clouds like spotlights in a concert. A heavenly concert. Shouldv brought my camera with me...

In the future, i hope to have a home that overlooks the sea. Or at least some sort of scenery... nature. Trees, greenery, mountains, the ocean. *heavenly bliss* Given a choice, i doubt i'll be the kind, really, to live surrounded by a jungle of concrete. Cant wait to own my own home, decorate it and arrange things the way I want them to be. To have things colour coordinated (or course must have the $$$ to do so as well la) and shop for furniture. I've seen some beautiful houses on the outskirts of Dunedin. Never fail to melt my heart. I want one... :)

He chooses to stand different from the others. Arent they adorable?? :)

What random brain activity churns..

Home local veggies…*licking lips*. It was one of those quite random-ish things that Ruth and I brought up that night when she was over at my place. Wah…the thought of kangkung, paku-pakis (stir-fried with belacan..YUM!), ‘native’ veggies, okra, long beans… It was cool to have Ruth over. Paiseh I fell asleep earlier than i intended too. Sorry Ruth! It was interesting...1am, talking about all sorts of things. It never fails to amaze me how much there is to a person than seen on the surface. Ruth is one amazing person i have had the pleasure to know and befriend.

I think my salivary glands were over-stimulated that night. Can’t wait to go home and dig into a bowl of yummy greens. I’m pretty sure I‘ll be able to thrive as a vegetarian if I were back home, and if it wasn’t for keeping up with iron levels…hmph. Dups..i'm starting to feel hungry now and i've just had lunch. :X

Retail therapy has been my exit door from studying for the past week. The all too familiar aisles, dairy and bulk food section, fruits and trolleys. In the future, I bet that any adrenaline-pumping stressful situation will land me inevitably in a supermarket. After the night session in Room 110, everyone dispersed and headed their own way, mostly to Slumberland. I’m sure that at the rate that some of us are going, we’ll pass SLEP 301 with flying colours…. Even be considered for an honours! Browsing through the supermarket, Josh O and B started an ad tune

We like peanut butter
Skippy is the one
That’s what mummy feeds us
Cos she’s a loving mum.

Imagine, pushing trolley with two guys singing joyfully (plus got rhythm some more!) in a supermarket. We must have been quite a sight. That made me laugh. It was fun! Hehe… :D















Retail therapy…girly style. Another item to add to a chest of pink things…

Ah...ah....ah.....choooooooooo!

Makes me laugh every time i watch her blow her nose. So characteristic! So methodological. So procedural. First, carefully fold the tissue in half, then half again... but not quite symmetrical. With one side a little longer than the other. Then blow once, twice. Fold in half again and another blow. Now fold into a square and wipe another time, just in case. Last but not least (of course have to wipe anything left inside right??) fold into a triangle and wipe wipe. Finish and into the bin you go, tissue! So cute. So methodological. Hahahah.... Now she has a red nose... like Rudolph the red nose reindeer.

It has been a most eventful day. Some way to start the morning with swear words pasted on the walls.

Check this out.. Bible Lego-style . Wouldnt it be nice to have breakfast with Jesus? I bet that would be the tastiest breakfast ever!


As soon as they came ashore, they saw that there was a charcoal fire with fish cooking on it, and some bread. Jesus said to them, 'Come and have breakfast.' John 21:9,12

Prayers answered

Dunedin's Tunnel Beach...gosh, i havent been there for 3 years!

The sun shines brightly, i want to go to the beach!!! Today is the last day of Uni 2006, with exams on the way and just a week of study sandwiched between. My mind is delusional... thinking that it's a semester break. Therefore the adrenaline hasnt kicked in full throttle yet and though there's that nagging itch at the back of my head that i've got a loadful to revise. Moments like these it's an advantage to have that itch.

I was reminded again last night, about how God is so faithful in answering prayers. I'd prayed for a fasting partner, since i lack that discipline, about 2 weeks ago. And most ashamedly, it'd slipped the back of my mind and fallen behind my bed. And last night, just when i'd lease expected it, i received this amazing email. The answer to my prayers. He sure knows how to surprise me when i least expected it. I want to be able to trust all the time. Because when i find that i do, and surrender to God, He really blesses me.. and i dont have to worry about it. No need to stress, but to know when to let go and trust. God is always faithful. It's just a matter of whether I am faithful or not. Just the top of the iceberg of my list of answered prayers recently:

Hospital attachment
Printer on 5th floor lab works
Fasting partner
Eunice staying 2006

Went out kia-kia with Chia just now before my Accounting workshop. There's so much foot traffic! So nice too... can laugh at the same jokes and she understands when i say something, even if it's just one word. Cos we've watched the same cartoons, laughed until our stomachs hurt at the same joke. And it's reciprocated.. what i say. Mimicking voices, pulling faces. :) Happy.

"I will bless the person who puts his trust in me. He will be like a tree growing near a stream and sending out roots to the water. I twill not be afraid when hot weather comes because its leaves stay green. It has no worries when there is no raing, it keeps on bearing fruit" Jeremiah 17:7-8

Waihoooooooooola!

Peeping baby lamb...... it's just shy...

Waihola was great. I'd debated about going but i'm so glad i did. To get away from Dunedin for a bit, seek Him among nature, to hang out with the amazing people God's blessed with Homegroup. I remember waking up early and just soakin' up the quiet tranquil. I had time to do my own quiet time and got some Cardio revision done. All my attempt to quietly jump down from the upper bunk and rustle through my things discreetly to find Mr Toothbrush and Ms Toothpaste in the dark was in vain because i think i woke Eunice up (and maybe even Alice too). Oops... :S Oh well, it was cool studying together in the morning. Reminded me of our time at Mrs Fraser's in 2002. Heheh.. Good thing too... can ask each other questions on studies. :P


"And...it's a tie!!! Best Marilyn Monroe award!"

We headed off to the lake and river for jalan-jalan after sessions. As usual, we had plenty of entertainment with Josh O and B. Those two never fail to crack me up. Especially army boy and his interesting poses and facial expressions. However, all i needed to feel cold was to look at those two wearing shorts...outside...windy! Ruth smiles a lot. So every time i look at her, i cant help but smile. Haha, Ruth, honest! There's nothing to it. *cheeky face*

The same incident, one year apart. The same name, the same hairy legs. Is it just plain de ja vu? So coincidental. Lol... That's strike 2 for our 'in' joke, aye??

God has answered my prayers with a "YES!". I got the Dunedin Hospital attachment from the 7th! I am very happy. :) I had told Him that i'll be happy with wherever because it's going to be good. If it is Your will, i'd like Dunedin. That way i can still head to the Med lib to read up on things, it's close to home, familiar, family and friends are around, and i can still attend Jess' 21st! Thank you God.

Courtesy of Ruthie:
A woman was asked by a co-worker "What's it like to be a Christian?"

The co-worker replies "It's like being a pumpkin. God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes the dirt off you. Then He cuts the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate and greed. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see."

New leaf 2006

"What makes you weak is that you are afraid of doing something, afraid that you're never gonna make it. Don't be a fool; even Noah had the same problem. He had to sail for forty days and nights in the midst of a great storm until he found a place to park his ark."--Zeus Villafuerte

This made me smile. Got it of Vanessa in Pharmacy School. She's one cool lady. Really gotta give her the credit for being patient with all of us during the lunch breaks. You get this ridiculously long line outside her office, students waiting to pick up assignments, lecture notes, module booklets...you name it, she's got it. Ever so patient, sabar, sabar, and so often repetitively the same question to answer. And she has this smiley face that makes you feel better when you get your test paper back and its a crap mark. Like "Dont worry, you're not alone". Heh.... :D

Things are going to be so different next year. 2006 marks turning a new leaf. I cant help but wonder how Homegroup's gonna be like. I'm so used to Alice and Ming and how they run things so well. I remember leading worship one night, the night they'd left for Chch... and i honestly felt so lost. If it wasnt for Sulyn, Ben and Josh O leading worship with me, i'm sure i would have floated to the ceiling. Like nothing that tied me to the ground. But i believe that God's going to prepare all our hearts for next year. The changes, the new things, the new people. I believe it's gonna be an amazing year with massive outreach and growth. Cant wait will Waihola on Friday. Like Jess said during accountability today,"If all given a chance, everyone would be a leader." It's hard that we have to only have a few people for this retreat, but hey, every single person is going to lead a lifegroup for Christ in the future! "Leader" should be synonymous to "Servant".

Hospital externship will come out on Friday....

Bird brain??

First response: "Ooh....the poor bird!!!!" B

Botannical Gardens is just the place to play pity-party for seagulls. I guess our tantalizing waft of KFC and chips made us the main attraction for those looking for a bite for lunch. Well, back to this bird. Lye Funn, Jean, Eve and i were cooing over the poor thing. "Goodness, can you imagine hopping around for food all the time?" "It must have had diabetic neuropathy, poor bird, getting it's leg amputated." So we reached over the KFC bucket to grab something for it to eat. Just as i turned around, my eyes opened in absolute surprise to see it walking off .... on TWO legs! We all stared in shock and then it must have felt us looking, because it stopped. And 'kept' its foot in again. Just like how aeroplanes keep in their wheels after take-off.

Second response: "SHOOOOO!!!" Whoever coined the term 'bird brain'... this is one bird that has brains!

Jean, Eve and i

Ruth's surprise dance squad

It's all about the fun of making Ruth smile. She turned 20 years 11 months old last night and being non-maths students, we like to round numbers up. So let me rephrase that: She turned 21 last night! woo hoo... It was a wonderful evening. So many people and so much to do. Hehe... And Ruth in that tartan skirt *whistles* and looking pretty and sweet as always. Hope you like the dance, Ruth, and as the phrase of the night was, the dance was FOR RUTH!

I have no idea what it is with me and accidentally deleting paragraphs of what i write, and no way to retrieve them! Argh, so annoying. I've done that 3 times already this morning!!!