MESA BACK!

HI EVERYONE!

I am back from my long long trip.

very tired. but very rewarding

pictures and travel journel up asap

till then!!!!

*hugs*

missing summer..

never really got around posthing up this collage. we polished off a huge wedge of a watermelon! yummy. very sweet and crunchy and juicy. perfect solution to a hot summer day. and summer days are so hot and stuffy you cannot bring yourself to do work. hence, you cam-whore and take many stupid pictures.

the cold cold weather made me feel gloomy. that's why i need some happy pics like this to make me feel happy! :)

I MISS SUMMER

BLAHHH..

me! with my squrtle (the turtle) and ryan (the lion) in the background 

victor. my baby

only less than 24 hours before i embark on my great tassie tour. you would probably imagine me packing frantically, trying to remember to bring all needed things, but NO.

Daphne is very busy in the kitchen cooking up a storm for victor.

I churned out stir fried spaghetti, chicken pasta sauce, gyu-don..
now the fridge is stacked with bowls of food - so that when i am away, victor can still have some decent food which, hopefully would remind him of me.

in this way, i guess i can't bear to leave him behind. the thought of him having to leave on french fries, burgers and oil-laden yiros and kebabs.. is just too painful. kinda makes me feel like his mummy, ensuring his nutrition despite my physical absence in his life.

besides that, he will probably go crazy playing dota, and doing all that guy bonding..which isn't a bad thing i suppose.

*sigh*

at the end of it all, i know that tasmania will prove to be spectacular and wonderful..

so hang in there vicky! i will be back soon!

uncles and golf

vic's dad arrived in adelaide on sunday! with his 2 golf kakis. so we had to entertain 3 uncles the past few days. initially, i thought it would be a boring affair - afterall what would 3 businessmen have in common with me?

apparently, quite alot~ hahaha...

they were really cute, always fighting to pay the bills at restaurants. when we were at angas park shop (sells dried fruits and chocs) the lady at the cashier was saying " no fighting boys!".. it was hilarious.

and these uncles are pro-golf people. always giving tips on how to play better golf, and even how to drive a buggy properly. daphne the crazy girl nearly ran the buggy into a tree.

but i love the buggy!! :)

it's cool, and the top speed you can ever go is not high enough to scare me.. yet it's exhilarating to drive 2 men across the fairway at top speed, making them cringe as they hold on tight to their seats. haha they call me the formula 1 buggy driver.

too bad these uncles are going off tmr! so sad. they were so much fun to be with.

and im going off to tasmania on saturday!! :)

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on another note, i went to bunning's today. bunning's is a huge huge huge DIY warehouse. i was fasinated with every single thing in there. made me want to commence a big DIY project for my room. heh heh. in the end, i bought a large white plastic hook for my mirror, a whole roll of stuff to tie my cables up neatly and a babylight. the babylight was really cool. it switches on when the room is dark and it turns itself off when the room is bright again. tiffany had one in her room in sg when i visited her. im so happy i have my own one now!! lol

alright enough crap.

another time guys!!

photos galore

V for Victor apple pie!!

me him and the doggie

me and the apple pie

chicken pie

the rain has started

damn it. the rain is here!!!! and it just WOULDNT go away. i hate walking in the rain. especially when you need to get from point A (house) to point B (med school). it's disgusting to go for class drenched and soaked. ahhhh. perfect reason for not leaving the house i tell ya.

i can almost smell the holidays!! :) 2 essay due, one tmr and another one on friday.. both done!! i'm SHO SHO SHO proud of myself. first time ever, finishing assignments on time. congratulations daphie. vic! jiayou! you can finish it too *hugs*

tmr evening.. we are going to celebrate adrian's 21st! very exciting, going for indian food. and a large party too - 15 friends in all. i just hope we wun scare the rest of the customers away. heh.

friday - off day from uni!!!! MUAHAHA. plan to go shopping. walk around and you know, RELAX.. i'm supposed to cook for victor and i. but i dunno how or what..

saturday - yvonne's housewarming. her house is damn warmed loh. they moved in 1 year AGO! finally, i thought she would never have one. lol.

that's enough fun stuff for now.

time to zzzzz.

my blog is turning FOOD orientated

says my dear green hair monster friend, IAN LOW

I do not deny it. but Ian you see, cooking is a hobby that is edible. It is one that you can share with people, cheaply too. You can have warm conversations + jokes accompanying it as desserts and appetizers. You can feel satisfied and happy after you eat your hobby up.

PLUS, the way to a man's heart to thru his stomach! Hah hah...

I wanted to post up some pics, but I'm way to lazy to reach for my camera cable, which is located at the top of my wardrobe. help me, all you tall freaks. ladder loving freaks can help me out too.

currently doing a case on BURNS. it's not your regular "ouch, it hurts and my wound is red and inflamed" sort of burns. dealing with the sort that leaves your nerve endings destroyed and your wound turning a white weirdy colour. eeeicks. very distressing to look at the damn pictures!! O.O helppp. i need some selective visual thingy that helps me to look beyond the gross pictures.

niwae guys, i am deprived of snail mail. send me something.

quick! now!!

impulsiveness and puff pastry

the result: double pies in one night.

decided to be nice to victor. he's been a good boy working out at the gym. so it's time for a good homecooked meal to reward him. he loves chicken pie, especially the ones from canteen at lido shaw house, level 1. except in australia, the pies are ALL made with beef. minced beef, beef with mushroom, beef with kidney, beef with beef. all beefy and gross. we prefer chick pies. so when you cant find them, make them!

hah hah, thankfully i learnt a little trick to help me with the pie making process. and the chick pie turned out good! vic was impressed. heh heh. and there's even pie for lunch tmr ;)

we saw that the fridge had some apples, and the left over puff pastry sitting in the freezer demanded some attention. so we gave it what it wanted. and whipped out apple turnover!

so right now, im tired. no more pies for a longgg time. although vic has started his "when are you going to make this again?"

no victor, you got to be a good boy. then i will think about it :)

sunday

claypot rice on sunday turned out really really well. except the rice was abit hard but it was so flavoursome, the chicks were tender and the dark sauce was spewing out of every single bite we took. victor goobled up the food, and i took it as a sign that it was good stuff. ho ho ho.

we went to chocolate bean on saturday!! this place serves some good choco choco. from the hot chocs, to the warm choc cake.. even the chai latte is nice. but the size of the serving called for some extra troops to come forth and help devour the massively rich cake. and we guys talked and laughed and have a wonderful time. yay. would definitely do it again. *keeps a mental note*

sunday. nothing much. read abit, doodled abit, went for mass, thankfully it was youth mass so the songs they played were so.. uplifting to my weary soul. wheee! and i sounded like an overly enthu fella singing my lungs out just because i know the lyrics. ah hem, i was once in the church choir ok. haha. but yeah, i like church. it's the making time and getting there that's the problem. but since the holy week is coming up soon.. i shall aim to be more erm.. religous.

"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"

hot hot hot

I HATE THE WEATHER. *beads of sweat rolling down the side of my face*

IT'S SO HOT. SO STUFFY. SO MANY FLIES.

WHERE'S AUTHUM?

HURRY COOL AIR, COME TO ME.

the weekend!

yay! its friday! FINALLY. i thought this day would never come. i wanted to walk with victor to the soccer fields and hang around there for abit with the other girlfriends-who-got-dragged-out people. but i couldn't even make it to the 1st traffic light because it is scorching hot outside! the beams of rays feel like laser burning my skin. so i did a u-turn..and i'm now sucking ice cubes and very comfy in front of the computer. ho ho ho.

it's only another 2 weeks to the mid term break!! i am soo excited. in the first week, vic's dad is coming for a golf holiday. and i leave 2 days later to meet my mum and sis in tasmania for our grand aussie scenic tour. i forsee alot of fresh seafood ingestion too, since tassie is well known for its extremely fresh salmon, oysters, sallops, fish, fish, fish, shellfish, .... yeah. my seafood vocabulary is quite limited. but u get my point. and seafood is cheaper too! sounds like a dream come true. fresh n cheap. heh heh

hmm my PBL group is functioning at 75% max at each tutorial. this one guy had a surfing accident, and is currently nursing a kidney infection. so he's been MIA-ing for quite a long while. the other girl hasn't been appearing and we think she might be taking the year off or something. o.o strange. and there's another 2 kids in my group who are transfer students (one from monash, and the other from uni of leichester in UK). so.. we don't really get too much done, despite the fact that i think i have a good tutor this semester. you never get the best of everything i suppose. -.-

alrighty. shall mop around until dinner time. claypot rice for dinner!!! :) YAY

house warming

technically, it should be called a room warming, since i'm the new one to move in. haha. next time remember to tell me to think twice before i invite 15 people and cook everything from scratch. thank goodness i had the dedicated help of...victor! and my housemate jessica. they are fantastic people. i would have never done it alone..

so let's see, there was stir fried spaghetti, fried rice, soya sauce chicken drumsticks, herb chick wings, battered prawns, lamb kababs, mussels in tomato sauce, miso soup... ending it all with longan almond jelly and watermelon!! ;) everyone liked the food. phew phew. and we had a good time laughing at how slow singaporean swimmers swam at the commonwealth games. we were 7th in some men's rally. the aussies and NZ and canadians were swimming in one direction and our fellows were still catching up from the opposite direction. malu sia...

PS: victor and i looked like shit in the pic because we were busy cooking we didnt bother changing into nice clothes. my messy hair...ahhhh

btw.. time for some names.
top row: aishah, victor, musdyana, david, ian, hans
middle bit: alfred, me, kristin
bottom row: garry, venita, jessica, joanne, klara, yvonne, angie.

each of them are special to me in different ways. aishah and mus make me laugh all the time. and i love the way they hate each other, despite living in the same apartment. the 2 of them are practical, crazy, fun loving, and alot of fun at parties. just see how they bought hats and wore them to my party man... (aishah took hers off in this pic though. what a pity)

david's household consists of yvonne my fake sister, angie her real sister, david whos in my pbl, and kristin, whos actually in 2nd year.. but shes nice. and their household comes as a package deal. haha. invite 1 = invite 4. lol yvonne is very big with arm gestures, and she is so slim with the longest pair of legs that goes from adelaide to singapore. ditto for angie. all 3 girls (kristin, angie and yvonne) are ditsy, super hilarious and can whine in different ways. ha ha ha

ian and venita. a couple who really should get a room!! though they always accuse vic and me. ian's chinese is atrocious and out of tune. and venita can speak better chinese den him. what a letdown to the billions of cheena people out there. but together they are cool, hip and they bake the best sticky date pudding too!

hans is a friend who i love to hate and hate to love.. haha he's full of shit, loves eating and is constantly on a diet.. and has been so for the past 2 years i've known him. he bakes very yummy bread and cakes and stuff.. and he loves his sauces and condiments and oil very much. very erm.. flavourful cooking. but we all love him even though he laughs louder den me ( i let him win one)

alfred, joanne and klara. a unexpected trio of friendship. alfred is a true goumet person. he reads fine wine and dine mags, hides exquisite chocolate and cheeses in his study drawer. he is addicted to chocolate and there is never such a thing as too much choc in his vocab. joanne is my fave galfriend! She is funky, extremely sporty (plays soccer with guys) and always game for something exciting. klara is the epitome of jap fashion. she is such a dolly - makeup, nice curls and pretty frocks. she make me look like poo when i stand to her man.

last but not least, jessica! someone who i'm trying to know more at the moment. she is really sweet and helpful. and terribly diligent and has the neatest room, neatest handwriting and clean the kitchen to cleaniness. i feel like a messy freak next to her man. HELP

so there u have, a run down of my friends. i can tell u all alot more but i guess that's enough for tonight. bye guys!! *hugs*

o.O

you know how boyfriends are always supposed to say that their girlfriends are not hot and very lovely to them? looks like someone's plans backfired

gf: i'm so fat!
bf: no dear, you are not.. err you are like a..twig!
gf: really? but i think im fat
bf: hmm.. maybe a fat twig.
gf: ................................

weeeeeeekend!

just had PBL. and i really think that i have one of the cutest, nicest and most knowledgeable tutor :) and hes hilarious. he spoke me one on one.

tutor: so daphne, do you have any problems?
daphne: Nope. *shakes head*
tutor: what about problems last yr?
daphne: *still shaking head*
tutor: so no problems at all?
daphne: yes
tutor: that's good.

AND!!! it's a long weekend in adelaide! hail public holidays man. lol ;) victor is going to make me dinner tonight. yippeee. im a happy girl, even though i have to study about the HIV virus this weekend.

weather v hot. i need some ice cubes

drained

having an hour long break between my classes at the hospital. phew. spent 1.5 hours with ONE patient and i'm pretty much dead. all the intensity. and its all so full on man. lucky alvin is a good person to partner. and as usual, the 3rd girl who's supposed to be with us didnt turn up.. i like it this way though. haha.

i'm not too sure if i can turn up for tutorial later in casual clothes. but my tutor's crazy xiao on and very strict.. shall not risk it.

just moved into my new place! so far so nice. the room itself isnt big.. but i think it's still bigger than the rooms in nus halls. the rest of the house is pretty cool. so im liking it alot. ;) u can ask me for my address if u want.. i don't want to post it up.

alrighty. i shall catch a short nap before i head back to the hospital again.

oh! and tmr.. victor and i will be together 7 mths! ok ok i know it's not long. but unoe... lol. just another reason to eat out and dress up i suppose.

MY BIRTHDAY!

happy birthday to me !

i woke up to a chirpy voice.."happy birthday baby!!" and hold and behold! victor made me breakfast. although it was just fried egg, tuna and toast and milo - it made my heart warm and fuzzy. ;)

went to uni early for my 8am class. rotted and died in class while my bimbo classmate insisted that blood do not flow backwards in the portal vein.. but rather it just "builds up".

spent 1.5 hours in the anatomy lab, looking at solid rock hard livers and preserved bits swimming in plastic containers. haha. but it was all good. i learnt something new at least.

i am now too tired to remember what happened the rest of the afternoon. it was a blurry memory of dozing off in lectures and copying notes frantically when i woke up from my nap.

oh! den i went for dinner. at a nice nice japanese yakitori place. YUM. and we took a slow stroll back to vic's place..

the highlight was after 9.30pm. there was CAKE! (mascarpone coffee) and DRINKKS! (dessert wine) and when 8 crazy people unite, you have noise pollution, fun and laughter. we talked and gossiped and poked fun at each other.

but we all got to go.. coz there's a bloody 8am lecture later.

thanks to all well wishes, cards and presents and time spent with me! and special mention to victor! who managed to surprise me. *hugs*

school

wow. i wake up at 7 every single frigging day for uni. i hate it to bits. HELP someone..

had my first PBL session in 3 months. funny how your mind just clicks and vola, the scheme of things just fall nicely into places.. datapoints, significance, hypotheses.. i'd like to think of it as though i'm learning how to ride a bike. once you master the art of it, you'll never forget it.

went to the hospitals today, except there wasnt really much to do except the whole intro and welcome thing. that's why i am home right now. catching up on some work. and i even made pasta sauce for dinner tonight! so that after gym, i just have to come back and boil pasta and vola i will have food to eat.

alrighty time for lunch. it's just plain sandwich with tuna and lettuce. nothing fantastic.


i'm such a boring person.

how time flies.

20 yrs ago..

i was a teeny toddler who was probably starting to talk and walking around and putting everything into my mouth to have a taste.

15 yrs ago..

i entered primary 1 in marymount! i loved colouring my worksheets and learning new words. School was actually really fun. ;)

10 yrs ago..

i was in pri 6. more school work and the biggest thing in your life was PSLE. which unfortunately i didnt ace but i still think of that as a blessing in disguise.

5 yrs ago..

i was 17. i thought i knew it all in life. but i didn't. Seeing boys in class for the first time. Rushing for lectures and tutorials. Not doing homework. Not attending classes. made some really close friends in the process. lol

a day ago..

i was panicking because i couldn't find a suitable place to stay. the tutorial group list came out and i realised i was not in the group with all the singaporean. twas' sad. but i got over it.

stuff

went to check out my friends' townhouse today. it's a 8min walk from the east end of the city. nice place, new and very neat. i like it even though im going to end up with the tiny room. but oh well. cosy cosy i suppose.

also check out the gym - fitnessfirst. but the guy who's supposed to bring people on tour of the gym was busy. so that would be settled on monday. or maybe tuesday.

did my supermarket shopping. lots of healthy food in the basket. im proud of us! :) in fact i cannot think of a super unhealthy thing that we bought. hmm that's good. i need to detox my body from all that oily food consumed in singapore. (mind wanders to think of roti prata.. laksa...)

came back home.. and victor rooted himself in front of the computer whilst i actually did 1 hour plus of work. yippee. im happy for me. haha. but that was it. cooked dinner.. cleaned up..

oh and we took a walk! around the city. the evening was cool and windy. very nice to talk and walk. we took our time.. was nice. just relaxing and enjoying each other's company.

there's the singapore association bbq tmr at lunch. i just hope it wun rain... coz things will be terribly messy if it rains.

that's all for now. TADA! my life in a nutshell