Late Night Craziness.

Had an awesome CBP session today. Our coordinator Louisa, was very hyped about our presence at Thalassaemia Australia, and had already drafted the rational, a whole bunch of research questions, and aims for our CBP project. So choosing a CBP project to do was a walk in a park. We modified the rational, chose a few research questions to answer, and did up the aims right. Ta-Da! Suddenly we had a concise overall picture of our research project, clearly stating its aims and goals. Really useful indeed. Then we did up a survey for people enquiring about Thalassaemia over the phone.  In one hour. Insane I tell you. The amount of work we did today. Did I mention that I even got my learning goals done on the same day. Right after coming home from CBP. O.o

Fencing was great. It was exhausting. I fenced one of the club's top fencers Epee. And I lost 13-15. Zzzzz. But I was really fencing all out. And he was kinda toying with me. Lol. But I did make some really good hits, some so good I even surprised myself. Mark praised some of those hits, and gave me tips on how to get better. Damn shiok. That's what I call real fencing. I always wanna fence the best and lose. What's the point of fencing the same old beginners over and over again, and winning? You'll never learn, and you'll still be shit. Sigh... I'm not complaining, but most of the club members are like that, including my dear friend Lionel, and week after week I can see myself beating the shit out of them. Zzzzzz. Some one please get better and beat me up. 

Scooting over to Darling's place now.... crazy, I know, its a weekday and its almost 11 pm. But I did make some promises to her before the exams to stay over at her place after the exams were over, and I feel like I've been neglecting her a fair bit. Then again I just can't bring myself to get started on work tonight. CBP must have drained me. Towards the end of CBP the coordinator was basically just talking to me, and my brain had to digest all her questions and ideas and match her viewpoints for hours. My partner had drifted away into lala land after the discussion extended past lunch time. 

Better get my life back on track soon... I know how I've been able to be successful in so many aspects of my life, academic studies, sports, family, friends, relationships and personal time. The key to balancing it all is time management. This is a skill many others do not possess, and hence they are naturally less successful. Once I let this balance tip over, it'll be hard to get it back on track. I have to do certain things at certain times of the day, on certain days of the week. Period. No questions asked, no to everything else. 

Tonight, I'll break this rule for my Darling, and also to reward myself post-exams. I realised that I haven't really pampered myself for studying so hard. Shit man. Inhuman.

Post-Exams.

The after exam lull has been almost perfect. Got a lot of back-logged things done this weekend, including getting a new toner, printing past lecture notes, and getting my hair cut! Short and spiky (if I bother to gel it up...) as usual. Feels good to be able to feel the wind between my scalp and ears once more.

Played poker with chips on Friday, and hmmmm it looks as if I've finally controlled my gambling impulses. Or maybe its because no money was involved. But I didn't give a shit about how much I won, and guess what... I won everything. Freak la why never play money. 

Met up with Si Han and Si Qi's parents on Friday night for dinner.... Went to the Glenn for dinner, some Chinese restaurant. Food was not too bad, quite good actually. The fish was surprisingly fresh, and my uncle kept feeding me portions of it. I liked the roasted items too, good on Si Han for getting them. Slurp.

Spent much of yesterday with the Darling, at Springvale, Clayton and Glenn. Yea, sure as hell covered a lot of ground. The standard weekly bowl of beef noodles at Springvale again, then its down to Clayton to get my toner and a carton of eggs, and then to Glenn for my haircut and grocery shopping. Then its back to my house for some SPC chionging and dinner. Following which, we had study buddy at Darling's place, and then spent the rest of the night playing Hearts with Huilin and Christine. 

Ownage. Talk about a packed day.

So here I am now, sitting at my desk, finished clearing all, I mean all, my backlog of stuff to do, and pondering about the future to come. This here would be another starting point. A whole new half a semester of stuff to learn, to do. 

Oh yea, I finally went to church today. Sat by myself at the pews, but I was alright. Sort of keeping my end of my promise to God. Help me finish studying everything, and do very well for this exam, and I will go to church the same week. God did answer my prayers, and yea I went to church. I hope I'll find the resolve to continue this habit in the long run.

SPC is such a pain. CBP will probably be worse. Ah what the heck. I'll get it done soon, just need a few more sources to back up my work. 

Love my darling, she's the best in my eyes. Fat little baby rolling around in her big room. I should call her now. =D

Work Life Balance. I want to have everything. The only thing stopping me is myself. 

My Fat little baby ran away again.

My fat baby ran away from home after her run. =(  Hmmmm I'm sad because I miss studying with her. When I next see her I'm gonna beat her backside.

Baby's face is getting chubbier and chubbier. Now when I squeeze her cheeks together she looks so cute! Hahaha like how babies look when they still have their baby fat around their cheeks. I read somewhere that the reason why babies have so much fat in their cheeks is because important cheek muscles such as the Buccinator are not yet fully developed, and the cheeks need to be turgid enough to keep food from collecting in the space between the cheeks and teeth. Mmmm maybe that's why darling is growing fatter. Natural response for her need for more food. Because food is passing through the mouth so quickly, there is less time for mouth muscles to work, hence the development of accessory organs (fatty cheeks) to compensate for increased food intake and passage. 

Anyways all that just means I get to pinch her cheeks more.

Feeling satisfied with myself at the moment. Finished 3 sets of lecture notes this afternoon. 3 more to go at night. Hmmm.

Have to pick up darling from her lavish abode after dinner. Hmmm time to grab the baby back. 

Crunch Time.

Exams are coming, the mugging has begin. Day 2 and I'm picking up the pack steadily. Hope I can maintain it till exams come. Darling has been coming over to study, and it really helps me keep my focus on the work. Whenever she's around, I have to study and that's a good thing. =D

Except for some of her irritating habits, like making this weird popping sound when she unconsciously snaps her jaws together, she's alright as a study partner. Oh did I mention that she loves to flip her notes endlessly after finishing a page, and it irritates the hell out of me. Like after every page, she flips the entire chapter to see how many pages more to go. Then starts on a new page. Repeat cycle for the remaining chapter. Hahaha feel like telling her, freaking just read the thing and stop wasting time wondering how much more to go. 

Parents just left Melbourne, and I'm missing them a little already. Spent the beginning of the mid-semester holidays with them, had a ball of a time. Went house viewing, went to Port Aurthur, spent a day cooking dinner for them with Jasmin. Really relaxing good stuff.

Love the houses I've seen. Really impressive interior designs and beauty. Most of them are deceiving from the way they look on the outside. Rundown, humble on the exterior, well-renovated and lavish on the interior. 

Port Aurthur was an absolute delight to visit. Great views of the surrounding sea from Mr. Gomez's beach house atop the hill. Lovely comfy place, from which to spend the day eating fish and chips and exploring the surrounding towns. We had dinner there, and I loved the dinner topics and company. Really hope we get together sometime soon.

Rosemary Lamb. My first try at it, and it tasted fine, but was a little too hard by the time it was done. I was unsure of the time to leave it in the oven, so I had to cut it up multiple times to check. Ah well, everyone except mummy seemed to enjoy it so... 

Stayed at the Quest serviced apartments at Chapel Street. Lovely spacious place, it was a really nice pad from which to travel around Melbourne or just laze around. I was absolutely glued to the plasma TV, and I can't rememeber how many hours I spent in front of it catching old movies. Man, that was the life.

Anyways, have to say it was a great start to my Easter holidays. Now its time to get back into business. Gonna own the pile of lecture notes on my printer. 

A Great Weekend.

One of the best Saturdays just passed. My parents came to Melbourne for a week, took my sister, Jasmin and me around the place. We went for beef pho noodles at Springvale, killed time shopping at Chadstone, and wound up having dinner at a fantastic restaurant at Chapel Street, Toorak. Really enjoyed my T-bone steak that night. Medium rare and served with my favourite side, mashed potatoes, it tasted succulent and juicy. My parents enjoyed their dinners too, could tell that the mood was good amongst the family. 

Mummy and Daddy stayed in a service apartment quite close to Chapel Street. Accommodation was way better than I expected. Large screen plasma TV, spacious living room cum dining area, neat little bedrooms and a good sized bathroom. Ah, looking forward to staying over on Wednesday night when the mid-term break begins. 

Spent the rest of the night watching "Witches" with Jasmin. We ate chocolates and watched the movie in the spacious living room, warmed by the overhead heater. It was my ideal weekend. Typically all my weekends pass so quickly because I enjoyed them so much, but this one was over in an instant. 

Sigh, miss my parents so much. Gonna make myself cook them a good steak this Thursday. Hope it'll be good.

And I wanna do a pasta, but I can't seem to find the original packaging in Coles anymore...

Sigh. Life in Melbourne without school is blissful indeed. 

 

A Different Friday.

This Friday has been different. Just spent a few hours after dinner at bible study, then stayed around to watch funny videos at Jon's room. Talked about castration and what not. Got to see Peiqi, Christl, Jemima and Jon dance around trying to copy some you-tube video. OK-GO I think. Hilarious at some parts, seeing them knock into each other. Haha who says medicine students don't know how to have fun. Hmmm should spend some more time with this group of friends. They have deeper and more meaningful friendships than most other cliques I've seen. 

Going to stay around and play cards with Desmond and Jemima and Lionel I hope. I really love card games, and I don't really get a chance to play often. Finally found a group of people who share the same passion. Hahaha good good. Shoot the Moon. 

Yea, I wanna do something I really like later. Finally a different Friday. 

The Noise.

My neighbours just irritated the hell out of me... and sadly I took it out on Jasmin darling. They were talking so loudly, and past midnight. I was tired, and stuck at a final section of my notes. Read it a couple more times and nothing got it. The noise continued. Felt like walking over and telling them off. But that would be humiliating for the both of them. Zzzz suffer in silence loh. Poor Jasmin, called me at the wrong time. Not her fault too though, didn't expect my parents to go for a walk. But yea its all settled now. Once the noise subsided, I quickly finished the notes. 

So much tension inside from being irritated. Need to spend a while at the com. Damn I hate living so close to people. And I hate it even more when I keep getting disturbed when I just wanna study. I mean, I spend so much time doing other stuff like exercise and projects and what not, when I need to study, I have to study! ARRRh..

Fencing was good though. Henry came, and I hope he enjoyed himself. Poor guy, I think he was quite worked out by the end of the session. So many gripes with the seniors at fencing. No motivation, no enthusiasm. Just lazing and talking. Sigh. No wonder I'm owning so many of them its not funny anymore. I have so little people left in the club whom I can fence. And by that I mean people who can actually give me a work out and trash my ass. Haiz. When I own the whole club maybe I'll try Kendo.

Got a long day of lectures tomorrow... hope I don't get insomnia tonight. Today was a good day of studying. I must say the respiration notes has so much content squeezed in a few sheets, it doesn't feel like I've covered much today. Stress laaaaaaaaaa. I want my teddy bear to hug, but she's so far away. Sometimes I feel like I'm not treating her right. But it always only occurs to me on hindsight. Hmmm. I'm quite nasty when irritated... its hard for me to be nice when I'm holding so much tension inside. Mmmm.

I wanna get a chicken soft toy for Jasmin. Hahaha it must be a cute, stupid looking one.