Bottled UP!

So what’s in the bag??

bubbles — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:43:24 +0000

Because at the end of every chess game, the King and Pawn both go into the same box.

Above was an Italian proverb found on the cup of my gelati serving from Gelatissimo. It tasted so good and it has huge chunks of chocolate in it. This beats Cold Rock hands down. I don’t think I could eat Cold Rock after this experience. Yes, it is an Experience. *sigh* I want more. >.< It was Steph's birthday yesterday and instead of the movies, we went to a play instead, presented by the State Theater Company of SA. I finally got to go to the Adelaide Festival Centre down by the Torrens River which is beautiful by night. All the lights and buildings. Of course it doesn't compare to those in Melbourne / Sydney but this is Adelaide, nothing compares. -_-"

Anyway, we watched and abstract play called ‘Attempts on her Life’. Even the title is open to interpretation and I must say, it was very interesting to spend the whole duration trying to figure out who this ‘Annie’ was. It started off rather abruptly with different people trying to contact this elusive ‘Ann / Annie / Anya’ (whatever you want to call her) and throughout the play, we were presented with differing scenarios of people, people from all walks of life and background and social status, discussing the character of ‘Annie’, as they knew her. Her childhood, past conduct, her more outrageous exploits, the shockingly cruel deeds, her uncertainties… Some were hilarious, others acceptable, one or two were very disconcerting. You kinda feel that someone was going to take a gun out and start shooting the audience. -_-” In the end, it is up to the audience to decide for themselves whether Annie was one person, or many. Whether the people whose lives she has touched knew here well, or understood her. Whether they forgave her or will they simply forget her? Uh, I am confusing myself now. Some of the scenes really stood out and they made me think, even right now as I replay the thing in my mind. The ending was on a very laid back mode, carefree chatter over bottle of beer, casual and relaxed. Sort of like releasing the audience from mental strain of trying to follow Annie. Lol, I thought that this is just so Aussie, to finish of with a beer. But I did some searching on the net and this play isn’t new. It was written by Martin Crimps some 10 years ago and has been translated into more than 20 languages. The National Theater put it up last year in London. So it wasn’t a new production after all. =P

Again, some photos taken after the play, I skipped the dinner party this time round. Going broke >.<

The Girls =)

The guys!!

some pretty lights that change colour every few seconds, the scary thing is the child-like voice that come out from it. The inquisitiveness of the tone. Not something you want to walk past at night.

Enjoying our gelati after that

I sneakily took a picture of the interrogation scene of the play =P

On Friday though, Amanduh (Amanda) had her housewarming party for us meddies. This lucky girl just moved in to her new apartment which is like the best place ever. Situated right smack in the middle of Rundle Mall itself, on top of David Jones departmental store!!!! Omg, the convenience of things!!! See, she is now 5 mins from uni, Rundle Mall in front, North Terrace behind (that means, library, art galleries, Casino, Festival Centre, Museums), and Hindley St joins off Rundle Mall on the west (read: night spots aplenty), Rundle St on the east (read: cafes, art house cinemas, boutiques, more cafes, and Gelatissimo!). Plus the place itself has its own indoor pool, gym, lounge, function room, rooftop patio / garden etc etc etc…. You get what I mean. =P

Me and the girl herself - Amanda

I made this myself. There was so much dessert that night. Apple pie, Chocolate Pudding, Chocolate Brownies, Cheese Cake, Ice cream, Poppy Seedcake… Oh and Mahesh made us curry which we ate with yoghurt =) and we have the usual pizzas, garlic breads, salad, lagsana.

Then we got bored, so Radikha got out her hair straightener? and James Sagi had a go at Richard’s Hair. Note the curls in the begining..

Dion did some styling…

Note end result. Pretty cool =)

Tim wanted to have his done too…

but I guess some things just can’t be helped. =P Haha…

They tried to make mahesh look like one of our more eccentric lecturers but he messed it up before I managed to get a pic of him so here he is with puppy eyes instead. But we’ll let him go this time on account of his good curry. =)

One month late =P

bubbles — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:27:20 +0000

And so exactly 1 month after me turning 21, there is finally a time for us to get together and have some fun. =) This time it is with the meddies. It is pretty annoying to have your birthday fall right smack in the middle of winter hols when everyone has gone back home. What with med convention being held in Melbourne during that time and rural week clinical practise right after that, trying to coordinate everyone’s timetable just wasn’t feasible. We made do with celebrating it after everyone was back. So many post birthday parties to hold. We’re running out of things to do now… -_-”

It was not exactly planned actually, I just mentioned that maybe might go Karaoke and ppl seemed quite keen on the idea so some last minutes emails were sent, bookings made and before we knew it, it was Friday and we were heading off to enjoy the start of our weekend. (I think it was more of an excuse to go out rather than stay home) Honestly, weekends here are crazy, everywhere is full and bookings are a must. And there were like 3 other people having their birthday’s on as well. Lol, imagine having to go from one party to the other…

Went to the Strathmore Hotel (on North Terrace) for dinner, it was packed!! They have these stone grill dinner where you cook your own meat on a 400 degree slab of stone. Really fascinating to watch but I didn’t get those. Had a delicious serve of Beef Wellington which was something new for me. I never thought that pubs can serve such nice meals. I was expecting decent meals but it was way beyond my expectations. It was nice to be able to try something new. Cept that most of us were too full to finish the cheese cake later, pity… cos it was really nice. =P

After that, the rest of us went over to K Box (yes, they call it K box here too -_-”) to start the entertainment while some others had to leave for other birthday commitments. Personally, I like Buddha Bar better but it just wasn’t appealing having to walk across the city especially when it kept threatening to rain. K Box focused more on Asian artistes and therefore have a smaller selection of English songs and they couldn’t help laughing at the fact that English songs were listed under ‘Foreign’ category. -_-” But we made do with what we had and omg, you never would have believed that some people can be so passionate (and shameless) about singing. Haha…. Opened my eyes yesterday. Should have joined them during their other karaoke excursions next time…..

Anyway, presents!!!! Some really cool ones and others downright embarrassing… =X

From the meddies, which turned out to be…

1. A book (book!!!), ‘The Chocolate and Coffee Bible’ which is quite ‘me’. Well, the chocolate part anyway. It has everything about the different types of chocolate, history, recipes etc =).
2. A Candy Bra. Lol, you’d probably know about it if u’re in Aus long enough. Unless it is an SA thing. =X
3. DKNY Red Delicious EDP spray. Smells lovely and I have to say, this is my first bottle of fragrance. =P Took me 21 years to finally reach here. Quite a milestone eh. According to their website:

A second bite of temptation. A bit more tantalizing, a bit more daring. Champagne, exotic lychee, red raspberry and Crisp Apple combine with violet petals, vanilla bean and patchouli. Completely irresistible.

Below are the presents that I received from a month ago

Okie, so what was I doing the past few weeks since school started???

1. Phyllicia’s 22nd. The fun loving bubbly girl whom I am sharing my apartment with now. =) We had it at Fasta Pasta bcause we love pasta… Lol no. She is from Singapore which explains why she is 22. Haha, honestly, almost every single message from the card I got yesterday had my name and the word ‘old’ in the same line. Made me feel quite ancient really. Anyway, phy is the President of the Singapore Students Association. Well, not for long cos they’ll be handing over soon but wow, I never knew that when I first met her last year. We both love to read although the stuff that we read couldn’t be more different but I did manage to get her hooked on historical fiction. =)

2. Romain’s 19th at the Stag Hotel which serves the best Pub Steak in Adelaide (among the pubs, that is. Lol) Nobody tried the Wagyu beef but apparently their T-bone is delicious (Chong is the strongest advocate for that) but I had to settle with something less expensive >.< " Again, this is a pub that serves better than average tasting meals. A place I would definitely recommend. Plus, it is situated on the east end of Rundle Street which basically houses heaps of good eateries, desserts and etc to satisfy every taste bud. Romain acting crazy as usual. =) Can't wait to watch him in MedRevue next month.

Yeah, we sort of set his cake on fire =P

camera shy… -_-”

3. Next was Vish’s and Dish’s night of blackness. =) This time, we went to the Pancake House which I think is the one and only outlet in Adelaide city. Pathetic really, having only one pancake place. I think they’re trying to make up for it by opening 24 hours. Haha… We choose this particular place because this was where Vishnu met most of us for the first time last year. =) It was on Pancake Tuesday which was basically all you can eat. Satish was supposed to have his own birthday party on another day but Amanda, who organised the thing spoiled the surprised by including Dish’s email in the mailing list as well. -_-”

4. Jack’s birthday which I did not attend since it was held at Dion’s house and it’s too far to walk. Ok, that was a lame excuse. I guess I had enough of parties for that week. =P

Ooh, and it will be Steph’s birthday coming up next. I think I mentioned that we’ll be going to a play this time. Looking forward to it. =)

Ending on a very different note, I recently got this idea for a lovely oatmeal brekkie. =) I am not normally a fan of oatmeal. I still remember the tasteless, thick, lumpy concoction that I had the misery to consume when I was in high school. Not the easiest thing to do when you’re late for school and trying to force down something with the consistency of glue.

Anyway, the Quaker Oats sold here seemed much more easier to eat and I noticed that adding milk to the thing helps give it a much better taste as well. What got me really excited about oats now is Gingernut biscuits!!! What I do is pop 2 pieces of those at the bottom of the bowl, pour your dry oats on top, add some milk, and then add some boiling water to cook it! =) The gingernut taste is lovely with the milk and there is no need to add sugar / honey after that. What I also do is add apples slices and cinammon to it. Delicious! The wonderful thing is that you can go wild here and make up any combi of toppings for your bowl of plain oats. I’m thinking banana and chocolate, nuts and dried fruits / raisins, tim tams??? Lol… make it thick with lots of milk and freeze it to be eaten as dessert instead.

Busy busy busy… =)

What’s that smell???

bubbles — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:48:51 +0000

Lol yeah, after spending hours in the surgical lab every week. I think I’m starting to smell like the prosections themselves. >.< There are just instances outside the lab where I catch a whiff of scent which reminds me of these things and like, it makes one wonder what will happen by the end of this semester…… not pleasant. Thing is, it gets so engrossing and you end up elbow deep in everything and next thing you know, your hair is in there as well and by the end of 2 / 3 hours, your back and shoulders go stiff from hunching over the table. -__-” And they’re absolutely heavy! Removing the fat was no easy job. I am so totally off fatty foods for the moment (until maybe Hungry Jacks come calling). But its totally fun though, no lectures or tutes and we get to do things at our own pace, explore stuff as we go along. Best of all, there is four to a table so it really informal and we have a nice long chat with each other while working away until someone’s blade slices too deep. Lol. Cept that our table usually end up singing the whole time and it annoys the heck out of the other people working on other tables… Haha…. Okay, not really, we don’t sing that loud or that bad either. We went through a whole score of Disney songs today. =X

Going to the theater next weekend for a play. “Attempts on her Life” showing at the Adelaide Festival Centre which is this really nice collection of three theater halls down by the Torrens River. Lovely view at night. It’s for a friend’s birthday. Haven’t been to the theater earlier this year. Can’t wait.

Dawn is coming

bubbles — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:28:31 +0000

Breaking Dawn is coming out in 5 hours time… I am in a state of distraction!!! I do not understand why USA can get it on August 2 whereas we have to wait till the 4th but omg, I am so going to the release party. So not missing this!!!

Meme =)

bubbles — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:36:55 +0000

This list was compiled in the U.K. by the BBC. The average adult has read only 6 of the books on the list. I’ve read 25, 32 if I included those of abridged version. Not much but well above average at least =)

If you like to participate, just copy and paste this list of books into your own blog, and follow the instructions below, or add up the books you’ve read.

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read.
3) Underline the books you love.
4) Strike out the books you have no intention of ever reading, or were forced to read at school and hated.
5) Reprint this list in your own blog. (This list in no way represents the top 100 books. )
* I have put books that I have read, but not the unabridged version, in [].

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 [Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte]
4 The Harry Potter Series - JK Rowling
5 ~~To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee~~
6 The Bible
7 [Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte] ( want to read the real one next time)
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 [Great Expectations - Charles Dickens]
11 [Little Women - Louisa M Alcott]
12 Tess of the D’Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveller’s Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 [David Copperfield - Charles Dickens]
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli’s Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 [Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne] (Lol I know, shame on me. To be such a fan but have not yet read them properly)
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meaney - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid’s Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan (tried to watch the adaptation, didn’t go to far with it)
51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel (It is sitting in my laptop waiting for its turn…)
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons
54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones’s Diary - Helen Fielding
69 Midnight’s Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 [Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens]
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte’s Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton (Oh wow, this is on the list as well??)
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo (surely if I can manage Vanity Fair, this would be possible as well??)

It is nice to see books that I love on the list. Rupert of Hentzau is not though which is a pity but they seem to be all good books, with a mix of old and new, for the young and ….. not. =P

And only one which I did not like… Hmm….

21 years and counting

bubbles — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:12:07 +0000

I would love to churn out long and detailed ramblings about how it feels to be finally 21, all the apprehensions, anticipations, joy, longing, uncertainty and etc but decided to leave off all that. Apart from the realisation that I ’should’ be more responsible (for lack of a better word), I am still stubbornly clinging to my childish fancies, a ruse I tell myself in pretense of staying forever ‘young at heart’. I guess I may need a few more years before ’sense’ comes knocking at my door…

For me, my 15th of July basically consisted of:

I had some lovely presents and cards from friends. Was extremely glad to hear from those as far away as Ireland and Scotland as well!!! All these simple gestures just makes my day. =) Mom came over for a visit this winter break and brought along the nicest present Ever. Haha… I am now the proud owner of the Murakami Multicolor Pochette Accessories. =) Apart from that, there was a Yard - Long Chocolate bar from those who knew my obsession with chocolates, an artistically made pen holder (made from nuts and bolts!! haha) and also Peach Sencha from Tbar!!! Omg, I have always walked past T bar and wanted to try their wonderful array of teas. Sigh, dream come true. Lol… I will post pics of them later. I have taken them but have not yet uploaded them to my computer.

On another note, exam results came out today and I can only say that the relieve I felt when seeing them was immense. I sort of felt that I was carrying a cloud over my head, a constant threat of downpour hovering over me. But after seeing my results, my sun came back and the clouds are no more (I suspect till the next finals -_-”). I scored so much better than I expected, I am still in a daze. I guess I can finally sleep tonight. -.-

As an update, I am now currently obsessed with the Twilight books and final one is being released on August 4th next monday. I have a mind to attend the launching party at Borders. Do read the twilight books. =) No other book would have been able to draw a mile long of fans at the recent ComicCon at San Diego.

After a long hiatus

bubbles — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:06:00 +0000

I do not have a long and delicious post to make up for my long and unpardonable absence. =( Needless to say, my life has been pretty boring these past few weeks. I was totally entraped with exams and hospital visits and also a sinfully addictive new book series called Twilight (omg this is a must read!!! Final book coming out in August I can wait!!!!). Some of you might know it because I did send out copies to a few. =) Do read them and anyone who is interested can tell me. I’d happily oblige with a copy.

Diana Wynne Jones has come out with a new book =) The House of Many Ways which is connected in a way to her Howl’s Moving Castle characters. I can’t wait to get my hands on that as well.

Narnia was such an unexpectedly nice movie. It was EPIC in a totally different way compared to the first film a couple of years ago. The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe was more of a children’s film. Not surprising since Narnia is a childrens’ book but Prince Caspian was so much more grown - up and it was disconcerting to see a much older Lucy (Georgie Henly). AND the scriptwriters did an amazing job of creating such a smooth flow between events and making sense of everything because I have read the books and really they were sometimes quite confusing with bits and pieces that seemed chucked in for fun. It was turned into a much more cinematic material. Staying faithful to the book would just make the movie disappointing. Plus the song at the end of the movie was so touching. Must listen to that, The Call by Regina Spektor. I wonder how they would film Voyage of the Dawn Treader… Peter and Susan will no more be in it and a cousin of the Pevensie siblings will be in the adventure instead. In a way, that makes me sad because I would love to have all four siblings throughout the 7 books. Just when you start to feel a connection with the characters, they leave you to do other things such as Growing Up. That’s why I never really grew to love the Narnia series, I just cannot stand the fact of characters abandoning Narnia for their mundane lives although they had no choice in that matter so I guess any unkind feeling of mine should be directed at the author….. But there were quite a bit to learn from the books as well. I never really gave much thought about it when I was reading the books years ago but as I was watching the movie, something hovered just in the peripheries of my mind, how EVERY single experience teaches us a lesson. How there is always something to be gained if only we looked hard enough. Every sight, smell, sound, touch etc. The privilege of growing up is having an excuse to wonder, learn, ask questions and make mistakes. and that was what the Pevensie siblings did in their trips to Narnia. They had the additional excitement of doing it in a totally new world but I guess I just have to make do with the little world I am in right now….

Imagination running rampant

bubbles — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:50:33 +0000

I tried to make chocolate muffins just now. I did not exactly have a recipe for it, just one that is plain but I decided to improvise, hopefully without disastrous results. =P Chocolate flavoured because I have an insane amount of cocoa powder, actually no, there was less than half a tin left. And just as I was putting the muffin paper onto the tray, I realised that I did not have enough paper. (!!!!) Why does something always happen to exasperate me when I try to bake??? The first time it was the oven, then there was the incident with overflowed chocolate brownies, then curdled milk and now this -__-”. I think this is a very big hint for me to STOP baking eh? I haven’t tried the muffins yet, I feel really full now. Probably tomorrow.

Ok, Pilobolus. I’m pretty sure some are wondering what does that word signify. Well, if you’ve googled it before, you come up with
a) Some sort of fungus that survives on cattle dung
b) a famous US dance company that has been in existence for 38 years =)

Obviously, the second one is what I am referring to. Attending the Adelaide Fringe has got me excited about attending another one. Pilobolus has amazing dancers and this is the company’s debut in Australia (and exclusive to Adelaide. Haha..). Student tickets were relatively cheap at $25 considering the fact that I bought my booties for the same price. Oh wait lemme show you my fuzzy foot friends =)

Yay!, ok I digress. Anyway, The show was held at Her Majesty’s Theater on Grote St. It is quite an old theater but still very nice. I got quite excited about the chandelier -_-”. We were seated at the balcony overlooking the stalls so we got a pretty good view of the stage. The program of the evening was split into 5 short pieces: Aquatica, Pseudopodia, Gnomen, Symbiosis, and Day Two. I was a little worried that I might not understand all these artsy dance stuff but once they started on their first piece, I was completely blown away. They were awesome. All the grace and fluidity in their motions. I know everything is choreographed but they were able to make it seem a spontaneous, spur of the moment action. Those with a subtle storyline were intriguing. They make you wonder, smile, they leave you awed. I especially love Gnomen which had this sense of regal-ness as the dancers interacted with each other. They had an air about them which sometimes serve to puzzle and at other times just make you laugh. Ok, I’m not making much sense here but I find it hard to describe the feelings that went through me when I was watching for my perch at the top. One thing that struck me (and really amazes me) is not only their ability to control themselves but also the amount of control they had over their movements. I sometimes get this fleeting feeling that the dancers were emotionally outside their bodies and that they, were watching, like us the audience, themselves moving from a distance instead of being in the whole whirling thick of things. I guess it is just the precision and grace of their movements. It just seems surreal. Everything is so precise as if someone is tweaking it as we’re watching. I feel like they were somehow controlling their bodies with invisible strings from above. Aquatica was also nice as it gave me a fairytale sort of feeling. I was a kid again playing by the seashore, while the waves sent up seaweeds to tickle my feet and every piece of flotsam was a treasure the sea gave up.

I think my $25 well spent. Its a pity they’re not touring to other cities in Australia. There are quite a few videos of their performances on Youtube. Just type in Pilobolus. They also performed at the 79th Academy Awards ceremony and that was really good. I wish I could have sneaked some pictures of the performance we were prohibited and I don’t want to take any chances with it.

Oh no… I’m now looking forward to going on another theater excursion again. The Australian Ballet is giving a performance later this year, and there is Cinderella on Ice (omg!) as well. I saw a leaflet advertising Les Miserables and I was quite interested in that until I realised that 1) it is a musical 2) I suspect that everything is going to be in French and THEN I will be worse than a duck lost in the desert. I really want to watch Cinderella on Ice but the tickets are a whooping $40 - 50 for students. =(

On another note, has anyone picked up the recent TIME magazine 100 Most influential people to read? I bought myself a copy and was flipping through it this morning. The usual big (la di da) names until one stop me dead on my tracks (literally). Anwar Ibrahim, the ex-deputy prime minister for Malaysia. Wow, he got quite a positive and glowing piece written about him in there. I am not going to dwell on what was written. I don’t fancy our ex-PM would ever make it in there. One thing I noticed about TIME is how it hates Malaysia. -_-” It has yet to say something nice about my country (there must be something!!!).

Oh anyways, my mind is starting to wonder. I have hardly spent so long a time writing a blog post nowadays. As I am writing this, most of the med students are probably drunk and falling down the rabbit hole to meet Alice in Wonderland. Weather has been positively vicious this 2 days and blowing me off course quite effortlessly. I should start panicking about exams. I have 5 papers to sit this year. FIVE!!! while my housemate has a measly 2.

[edit] I finally managed to borrow BBC’s version of Pride and Prejudice from the local library. I am so happy. I don’t think I can ever get enough of Jane Austen. Come on, someone must share my unhealthy fascination of her and her works.[/edit]

Tick tock tick tock…..

bubbles — Thu, 15 May 2008 15:35:16 +0000

Theme for MedBall this year is ALICE in WONDERLAND. So we follow the white rabbit, late for his audience, down the rabbit hole, into the world of constant wonder. Meet the Queen of Hearts, make sense of the Mad Hatter and out grin the Cheshire Cat. =)
Tickets are $85.00 which include 3 course meal, 4 hours drinks package and entrance to HQ nightclub where the after party is.

And I am not going =( Eh, after all that vigorous promotion, people just slowly folded and bought tickets to go. Even though it is $85!!! (I can get myself some nice boots for that).

Exams timetable is out and to my utter dismay, I have papers on the 25, 27, 28 of June and also on the 1, 3 of July. How can they put two papers in two consecutive days???!?!?! Immunology somemore…. Right after some Major RLE paper… That is too high a price to pay for 6 credits.

My housemate’s mom is leaving this Saturday… No more homecooked meals after that. After 3 weeks of having dinner prepared, I am surely going to be at loss on what to cook. And it will be back to stir frys for me. =P

Why this feeling of melancholy?

Gnomen

bubbles — Sat, 10 May 2008 04:02:47 +0000

Exams are LOOMING over me and my conscience right now…. -_-”

Pilobolus was so nice to watch. Such amazing grace, seamless execution. *sigh*

An 8 year old blogger??? What is this world turning into??? I am turning old too maybe… I mean, being surprised at seeing an 8 year old blogger??? Her mother is really cool and supportive. I supposed it gives her a chance to practice her writing skills, which is really good for a child who has only seen 7 - 8 christmases.

I am hopping for a time when indie books will become popular if there ever was such a thing. Just like vintage clothes and indie music eh? =)

Will talk about Pilobolus next time, and my rural week, and my Rundle + Gilles Street Market experience… Oh and the Tin Cat Cafe!!!

Chocolate intoxication. Is it possible to get chocolate overdose??? I just read about this chocolate place at Handorf. Can’t wait to try it le…

Went to the hospital situated 40 minutes away from the city to do my Early Childhood Development program. Went pretty well I suppose… The ladies weren’t that repulsed from us students walking up to them saying a bunch of things that roughly translates to ‘Hi I’m a 2nd year med student, you wouldn’t mind me stalking you for the next few months till you give birth right??’ Ok, to their credit, most of them were quite happy with it. It was only the over protective (jealous) partners who needed more wheedling and coaxing. I got one nice lady =) only 2 years older than me and currently having her 3rd child. (Somehow I just feel nauseous thinking about it. I would have made a terrible mom >.< I can’t even cope with myself let alone raising 3 on my own). Anyway, confidentiality agreement prevents me from disclosing more. So, I’ll just comment on the fact that Aus has so much more better hospitals than Malaysia. -_-” Nevermind the fact that I was in the poorest neighbourhood in the whole of Australia, the hospital was way much better than the Queen Elizabeth in KK.

Happy Mothers’ Day to my mommy =) =) I can’t wait!!!! Love you much… <3

Ps* and to all mothers who are not as fortunate to have their loved ones around with them.