of the many unfortunate events that have happened to me thus far, one more appears to have emerged...

frankly, am getting rather tired of discovering the many ailments my body appear to have, it's like doraemon's treasure pouch, intended to surprise at every moment.

experienced yet another attack of urticarial rash today, right after i stepped off the treadmill. that's two consecutive times!!! so instead of maximising my $2.50 worth of gym time i am forced to pop a pill and drive home. sigh.

please tell me this is temporary. have enough of lifestyle restrictions as it is.

is someone up there testing me? i fervently hope not...

*licks fingers* i love durians. funny how i can never get the smell off my fingers even with soap though.

wah louis! u say i have weird taste!!! *glares* thanks!!! (strikes u off my "friends" list) haha i happen to have impeccable taste can, and i am rather exacting about the quality of potter movies... !!! unlike erhmm some erhmm people. ha =P

hope u are having fun teaching!! you and zhengyi can commiserate about your students together... =P

harry potter and ali baba

i never thought that i would still be known as ali baba 12 years since the day the nickname was coined for me... haah it certainly made me feel as though i am a primary schooler again!

went to watch the much-anticipated harry potter movie today with my perth tourmates... and my fav two little girls came along!!! its so funny watching them run all over the place, it seems like there are two energiser bunnies sprinting around! admire them for their boundless energy lor... (i feel very much like an ancient relic) haah =P and tingting really does remind me of my penguin PJ who is currently perched on top of my bed... so cute!

particularly enjoyed my swordfight with them at toys'r'us! (thats the good thing when u hang out with kids, no one will think you are nuts or too old to play with toys HEE =D). i think i have a deprived childhood, never did visit toys'r'us when i was young! kids nowadays are very xing fu...

and now its time for me to grouse about how lousy and disappointing Order of the Phoenix is! *great big sigh* its really quite bad. no climax! the most exciting thing must be the weasley twins zooming around the exam halls setting off fireworks! i feel embarassed on J.K Rowling's behalf, and i feel cheated for having spent 9.50 bucks on this movie lor. and to think i was partly responsible for all of us watching harry potter... i just want to dig a hole and hide my face in shame. ha. SIGH. i really hope they do the last two movies justice!


am feeling kinda sad. tmr is the start of study break. SIGH. so much stuff to catch up! and i have to start exercising!!! i feel like a lump of lard. *pokes at my fats* hope i dont get cholinergic urticaria again!! my last run in the gym with ahma two weeks ago brought out an attack of hives right after my run! i think i shocked ahma and bobby with my rapid onset of rashes. look positively hideous! lucky bobby's house was in bt panjang so i was home in a jiffy! sigh. see, not i dont want to exercise k, i always have funny things happening once in a while. GAH.

ooo. i am craving for durians.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

i really want to kiss J.K Rowling's feet, for having given me such joy over the past 10 years for the magic she wove with her words.

it's really sad that there is not going to be anything to look forward to anymore. =( i do feel a sense of loss! it's almost as if i grew up with harry, ron and hermione!

was up real early this morning after much deliberation last night over which is the best time to start queueing up at singpost like the true-blue kiasu singaporean i was. imagine, i actually wound up my alarm to wake me at 6.30 on a no-sch saturday!!! and i was of the house by 6.40am, clean teeth and all!

imagine my trepidation when i realised there was already a queue outside popular bookstore. i sped to the post office and....

CHEY. not a single soul!!! YAY! i am first in line! *rubs hands in glee*

haha i was right after all in my deduction that singpost would have almost no queue! heehee. *pats myself on the head*

but of course it would have been pretty fun to bask in the excitement alongside other like-minded potter fans... imagine if i were at Borders or London! my god. the excitement must have been palpable! i could have dressed up as a witch to collect my book lor... that would really have been fun!

started reading at 7.20am i think, was sorely tempted to skip the gathering at guorui's house so that i can finish the book in peace! but alas, it would have been very rude of me. so i went! and brought my book along, and proceeded to be really anti-social at his house! (buried my nose in the book for two hours, not even bothering to eat lunch)

ah well, i did emerge after i begin to feel to anti- socialist. heh.

and so, after a fragmented 9 hrs read, i finally finished the book! it was wonderful! a befitting last book to a series of such wonderful stories.

SPOILERS AHEAD!!! THOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!





i am really relieved that the trio of best friends remain alive! i would have been devastated if one of them didnt make it! i am sure legions of fans would be rioting in the streets right now lor, the book being the worldwide phenomenon it is!

its so sad that hedwig and dobby had to die. SIGH.

i wish J.K Rowling could have added even more suprises in the tricky relationship harry shares with his aunt's family! dudley was quite funny. hah never did think he would have it in him to miss harry!

the suspense and the many twists and turns and gazillion facts J.K Rowling threw at us really delights me! i feel like i am on a treasure hunt lor. although i feel abit lost sometimes, but i think it's great to discuss the story with other like-minded fans! so fun!

i wish the book was thicker. 607 pages only. abit disappointing considering the last three books were so fat!

i cant wait for the movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they better do this book justice! even if it has to be a 4 hr movie!!!


ok. enough raving. i shall go read it a second time. heehee.

*maniac muggle fan*

reflections of a extremely stressed m5 student

school is sooooo exhausting.
you can really tell yr 5 has started from the way students rush here and there to see as many patients as they can before they finally run home and start mugging feverishly. everyone is beginning to feel the stress! exams are less than 8 months away and there seems to be endless things to study (for me anyway! what i read leaks out really fast... must check the back of my head for a hole). SIGH! i feel S-T-U-P-I-D. nowhere near ready to start work as a houseman next yr. and there are as always the brilliant students who can ans every single ques! that's it, i am locking myself up at home to study. no more playing! dont wish to fail my final year!

paeds has been fun, the kiddies were really cute as usual! but the 7plus am to at least 6pm days were getting to me. feel like i can sleep for one whole week now. haha

there was a little boy in the wards that day that really left a huge impression on me, ying zhen his name was. he was two years all, and painfully thin for his age. he looks quite ill and malnourished. but yet i can see that his parents really dote on him. the first time i saw him, he was surrounded by medical students and really, he didnt seem cute at all. he was fretful and grouchy and was scrunching up his face.

i went to see him a second time with just one other person. it was then i realise what a sweet little kid he was! although he was weak and probably quite ill (had hepatosplenomegaly), his whole face lights up when he smiles, and your heart really just aches. he still can't talk and can walk a little with some help, so we were really delighted and proud of him when he was able to point out the correct body parts! and when he blew me a kiss (with my prompting of course) i had this sudden urge to protect him. really felt abit teary, cos it was unexpected that he understood and was able to blow me a kiss. its really sad that he was so weak, and the cause of it is still not known. i hope he will be well and healthy. at least he has parents who really love and care for him. its a small comfort i guess.

perhaps its because the paediatricians at nuh are all really smart, but this revision posting made me realise my inadequacy as a final year student. prof daniel goh was a really great tutor! very inspiring! and it was wonderful to watch how he interacts with the little kids! and our tutorial with prof yap really awed us... if we can just be half as good as her!



anyway, my two-week study break starts now. have to finish studying paeds and internal med! my internship starts in two weeks time! ARGHHHHHHHHHH. (i can just imagine myself being scolded by everyone from the nurse to the consultant. sheesh.)

nevermind. harry potter should give me strength. cant wait to dive into the book tmr! YAY!

07/07/07

i love forrest gump.

never had the chance to watch it before, but have heard of its famous tagline since long long ago. and had felt that the tagline was indeed a very apt description of life indeed.

finally watched the show tonight, alone at home thanks to cheesie who remembered me saying i have yet to catch that show.

true, it doesnt have the gimmicky lighting and fantastic props and special effects of modern-day movies, but it has a heart that many movies fail to capture or incorporate.

i wonder if somewhere out there, there really is a kid like forrest gump, who is born special and somehow manages to go on and on and on, getting past all obstacles and finally making it good. i know it may sound far-fetched, but i like to think there is someone like that out there.

there is something about forrest gump, that is so real and frank that makes you feel like a jaded old cynic. what most people care about, like wealth and social standing and good looks, is the least worries for him. he knows what are the most important things in life, like kinship, family, friends, and being true to yourself. sure makes you wonder why you always dream of being a big star or making lots of money when you were young.

i wonder how many of us actually hug or tell our parents and siblings that we love them. or for once, even ask how their day was instead of misinterpreting their concern for ceaseless nagging.

and indeed, my life has been a chocolate box. like what sam-soon said in the korean show, i have had many bitter ones and i hope its all sweet ones left now! (this explains why i never particularly care for dark chocolates!)



see, i am growing old. growing all soppy over a movie!

went to attend the graduation ceremony of one of my bestest friends today. lihui graduated with honours today! looking at her, all grown-up and pretty and intellectual-looking in her graduation gown, i cant help but feel that we are all growing up too fast!

seems like only yesterday when this sporty girl was cheering me on at the OBS 5km run... haha. *nostalgic*