Juz returned from the last KKB posting I'll ever have. Have my final sight of the town... and I guess I won't miss the place much... perhaps other than the wonderfully cheap and delicious Restaurant 98, and the cheap ice cream (less than RM 2.50 for 4 scoops!) there. The latest KKB posting was... bad. Not as bad as the one in sem 3 when everyone is stressed out by EOS3, but nothing compared to the blissful time we all have back in sem 2.
In fact, I dun feel like a med student at all in the latest posting. I'm kind of fed up with med school life. Dun get me wrong, i'm not regretting taking up Medicine, juz that i'm tired of the usual routine of a med student's life... study study and study. Blegh. I have totally abandoned all thoughts of studying for the past few weeks, and went lepak-ing all over KL in hope to recharge myself... but so far I'm still desperate for something to turn me on perpetually... Everything feels so dry now, as if I'm in a desert or something!
Anyway, this KKB trip is full of accidents... Left my sotong balls & honey in the bus when I reached KKB, and I still can't locate the whereabouts of them. Broke my watch there too, have to get it fixed ASAP (thank God the warrantee is still good). And left my favourite formal wear there too, my comfy blue snails collared-shirt. :( Sigh... At least the BBQ was fun...
Somehow I got this melancholic feeling surrounding me all the time I was there. Seeing how my friends mingle around with everyone, I can't help but noticing how superficial most of our friendships are with one another... I can see how after we've graduated from IMU and leave for the PMS of our choice all over the world, we might never see each other nor keep in touch again... It's as if our friendships only last for this moment, never meant to be kept for life...
Everything seems to feel as if they're ending or fading away soon... Guess it's about time for me to sail to the West, to the Undying Lands of Aman... Oh heck forget bout the LoTR talk. I guess I'm juz weary bout this current phase I'm in, and eager to start anew in my clinical training overseas!!! The green pastures of New Zealand does sound inviting...
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Friday, October 21, 2005
BAH KUT TEH IN SRI PETALING!
I can't believe my eyes as I drove pass a signboard on my way to OUG: Fatty Long Teluk Pulai (Klang) Bah Kut Teh!!! Wow, not only is there a new Klang Bah Kut Teh restaurant in Sri Petaling, it's a branch of the famous Teluk Pulai Bah Kut Teh!!! Back in Klang, the place is always crowded: you need to wait to be seated when u go at peak hours! And here it is, a branch in Sri Petaling itself!
But I can't help but being skeptical and suspicious... Is it really a branch of the famous bah kut teh, or izzit yet another name-borrowing fake like the countless bad Seremban Siew Paos out there? (No offense, I LOVE the authentic Seremban Siew Pao, but there are plenty of lousy ones out there with the same name!) So today, I finally ventured to try it out with 2 of my Sabahan friends...
I was really pleased when I found out the owner of the restaurant is a Klangite (ah it's so good to see someone from my hometown "so far away from home"!), and everything do seemed to be right... And here's my verdict after we ate the food: it is good, and it does has the Teluk Pulai taste! So yup, it's authentic! Yay!!!
It's so great to have such a good hometown food served so near to my campus! Gonna frequent this place from now on with my non-Klangite friends to introduce them the famous dish that originates from nowhere but my beloved hometown! >=)
But I can't help but being skeptical and suspicious... Is it really a branch of the famous bah kut teh, or izzit yet another name-borrowing fake like the countless bad Seremban Siew Paos out there? (No offense, I LOVE the authentic Seremban Siew Pao, but there are plenty of lousy ones out there with the same name!) So today, I finally ventured to try it out with 2 of my Sabahan friends...
I was really pleased when I found out the owner of the restaurant is a Klangite (ah it's so good to see someone from my hometown "so far away from home"!), and everything do seemed to be right... And here's my verdict after we ate the food: it is good, and it does has the Teluk Pulai taste! So yup, it's authentic! Yay!!!
It's so great to have such a good hometown food served so near to my campus! Gonna frequent this place from now on with my non-Klangite friends to introduce them the famous dish that originates from nowhere but my beloved hometown! >=)
Sunday, October 16, 2005
UPDATES
Is my life really that boring now till I have nothing to update about?? Guess so... Sigh...
Finally caught Christabel by surprise in her surprise birthday party last night, thanks to the great collaboration between us and CB's mum! Hehehe... It's really amazing la how her mum can send her to Vista without arousing too much suspicion from her. The shock on CB's face is juz... priceless! Hehe... Happy 21st Birthday Christabel!!!
Played A Tale of Two Sisters during the party. As I expected, it got almost everyone confused throughout the movie, but I'm a bit disappointed that not many ppl like it at the end of the movie. And some ppl are juz so impatient! It's as if a movie can nv hold their attention unless it has funny jokes, great action scenes, wonderful special effects, scary shocks or some tender romantic scene in every single minute! Such addiction to sensationalism... Sigh...
Well, as for me, watching that movie again makes me appreciate it even more so. Some comments by the more alert and patient viewers are quite interesting, and did shed more light to my understanding of the movie. Of cuz, Bryan's cynical "unbelief" is hilarious too, though I wonder does he actually like the movie really.
Now that Endocrine System is over and Rotation Posting is beginning, I guess I should start revising my sem 1 stuff already. I guess I couldn't revising anything during the 1st 2 systems of sem 5, considering they're probably the toughest systems there are in phase 1: musculoskeletal system and the nervous system... And since I have to conduct the Q & A session for the sem 1 summative 1 exam anyway, might as well read up a bit so that I won't embarassed myself in front of the juniors! Lol.
...Hey I end up updating something after all... Not bad... Hehe. Let's hope the upcoming rotation is full of fun! Really looking forward for the KKB posting now considering how many friends I'll be with there! >=)
Finally caught Christabel by surprise in her surprise birthday party last night, thanks to the great collaboration between us and CB's mum! Hehehe... It's really amazing la how her mum can send her to Vista without arousing too much suspicion from her. The shock on CB's face is juz... priceless! Hehe... Happy 21st Birthday Christabel!!!
Played A Tale of Two Sisters during the party. As I expected, it got almost everyone confused throughout the movie, but I'm a bit disappointed that not many ppl like it at the end of the movie. And some ppl are juz so impatient! It's as if a movie can nv hold their attention unless it has funny jokes, great action scenes, wonderful special effects, scary shocks or some tender romantic scene in every single minute! Such addiction to sensationalism... Sigh...
Well, as for me, watching that movie again makes me appreciate it even more so. Some comments by the more alert and patient viewers are quite interesting, and did shed more light to my understanding of the movie. Of cuz, Bryan's cynical "unbelief" is hilarious too, though I wonder does he actually like the movie really.
Now that Endocrine System is over and Rotation Posting is beginning, I guess I should start revising my sem 1 stuff already. I guess I couldn't revising anything during the 1st 2 systems of sem 5, considering they're probably the toughest systems there are in phase 1: musculoskeletal system and the nervous system... And since I have to conduct the Q & A session for the sem 1 summative 1 exam anyway, might as well read up a bit so that I won't embarassed myself in front of the juniors! Lol.
...Hey I end up updating something after all... Not bad... Hehe. Let's hope the upcoming rotation is full of fun! Really looking forward for the KKB posting now considering how many friends I'll be with there! >=)
Sunday, October 09, 2005
NEW HANDPHONE
Yay, I finally got a new handphone!!! It's about time too. My Nokia 3310 is serious bad shape adi, broken pieces, cover scars, loose cover and all. I initially decided to get something cheap, around the range of RM 500 to RM 800... But my cousin who follows me to the shop asked to see those with memory one pula... I was initially a bit worried with the price, but after trying them out, I got really attracted to them...
I finally narrow my choices down to 2: Nokia 6670, and Sony Ericsson K750i. After much discussion and thoughts, I finally settled for...
...which cost me almost RM 1500... Ouch... But heck, for now, I'm loving it!!! I was really impressed with the audio quality when the salesgirl play an MP3 song for me. Too bad it's only 64mb... I'm probably gonna upgrade it one day... For now, I juz wanna have fun playing with my new gadget! The 2 megapixel camera function seems promising! >=)
I finally narrow my choices down to 2: Nokia 6670, and Sony Ericsson K750i. After much discussion and thoughts, I finally settled for...
SONY ERICSSON K750i!!!
...which cost me almost RM 1500... Ouch... But heck, for now, I'm loving it!!! I was really impressed with the audio quality when the salesgirl play an MP3 song for me. Too bad it's only 64mb... I'm probably gonna upgrade it one day... For now, I juz wanna have fun playing with my new gadget! The 2 megapixel camera function seems promising! >=)
Friday, October 07, 2005
"Leading" (I dun do much actually) the sem 1 students thru CG on "Life in IMU" makes me a little envious of them... The young, carefree faces of these juniors make me feel old after studying juz slightly more than one year here in IMU Bukit Jalil. There's something about me that is permanently altered or lost after going thru (and surviving) semester 3, but I juz can't really pinpoint what it is exactly.
Going thru Sem 3 and EOS 3 is as if I've seen hell, live in one, and walked thru it, and emerged from it, not victoriously, but still alive (thank God). The entire experience was traumatic, to say the least, and extremely stressful bcuz failure is not juz possible, it is almost probable. I nv knew how much knowledge that we are expected to know by heart and how impossible it is for me to grasp every single one of them. The harder I try to cling on all the information, the more it seems that they're slipping away from me. Q and A sessions become scary and stress-inducing, when I realize how much stuff that I've studied juz the week b4 if lost in the sea of information that I've drown myself in. To have pass the exam doesn't feel exhilarating at all (unlike EOS1), merely relieved.
Looking at the Sem 1 & 2 juniors know who are oblivious of the trials and hardships that are awaiting them not so far into the future, I envy their "innocence" and gaiety. Seeing how the Sem 3 students started to reacts towards the impending doom that awaits them a few months in the future makes me feel pity for them...
Well, I guess this is something that all med students in IMU have to go thru... Let's hope it's for the best... But sometimes I really miss the carefree me from the past, before the traumatic sem 3 days...
Wonder will I ever be the same again...
Going thru Sem 3 and EOS 3 is as if I've seen hell, live in one, and walked thru it, and emerged from it, not victoriously, but still alive (thank God). The entire experience was traumatic, to say the least, and extremely stressful bcuz failure is not juz possible, it is almost probable. I nv knew how much knowledge that we are expected to know by heart and how impossible it is for me to grasp every single one of them. The harder I try to cling on all the information, the more it seems that they're slipping away from me. Q and A sessions become scary and stress-inducing, when I realize how much stuff that I've studied juz the week b4 if lost in the sea of information that I've drown myself in. To have pass the exam doesn't feel exhilarating at all (unlike EOS1), merely relieved.
Looking at the Sem 1 & 2 juniors know who are oblivious of the trials and hardships that are awaiting them not so far into the future, I envy their "innocence" and gaiety. Seeing how the Sem 3 students started to reacts towards the impending doom that awaits them a few months in the future makes me feel pity for them...
Well, I guess this is something that all med students in IMU have to go thru... Let's hope it's for the best... But sometimes I really miss the carefree me from the past, before the traumatic sem 3 days...
Wonder will I ever be the same again...
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
NEWER, HEALTHIER
I've been jogging twice a week and swim bout 2 to 3 times a week. In these moments of boredom, I've learn to appreciate and enjoy some exercises! About time I start to improve my stamina... Hehe... >=)Here's to a newer, healthier me! >=P