argh

is there a way to prevent unwanted people from viewing my blog... other than changing my blog address?

and i dunno why. but i CANNOT STAND IT when people i hardly know/don't really/cannot be bothered with call me daph.

it's like.. an infringement of human rights.

LESS THAN 48 HOURS TO SG!!

LESS THAN 18 HOURS TO MY TEST

blogging is bad. bad blog. bad bad bad.

i feel kinda looney right now. i think vic's kinda going down the same path too.

OSCEs on friday!

and.... best of all... Singapore on saturday! YiPpeEeeEeeEEee!~!


(i cannot express my happiness in the form of proper english anymore. sorry guys)

the real deal

well guys, you have to wait for another week before i post pics of the gorgeous food we had.
auge is a great place to have italian food, especially if you have loads of cash and just intend to pamper yourself to the max!

this is the ONLY picture of me and vic the whole night can. the rest of the time we were focusing on the damn food. which was nice lah. damn nice in fact.

we polished off 2 bottles of wine. one red (shiraz something something..wolf blass something something platinum label something something - sorry bad hangover can't rem much) and one dessert wine. (DAMN YUMMY CAN) and Lucky Edward got to drive us back coz that was how wasted the birthday boy became.

and poor victor. woke up this morning after such a big night, with only one thought in his head.



"DAMN I AM 25!!!! O.O "

poor victor. poor him.


tehehehe

V is for victor!

Happy Pseudo Birthday Darling! :)
Glad you liked the cake! yay!

We had dinner at sosta.. hurray for grilled meats. keep everybody happy :)
followed by a trip to buddha bar!......

ok im abit off for words.
enjoy the pics!

pendant for me?

i don't know why but there is something very mesmerising about this pendant. and i think i am the only one that feels that way. -.-

it cost 32 USD though. Argh.

anyone...for a belated present? o.o

oh nooooo.

i feel like i am becoming one of them.

the kind of med students that just rush into a patient's room. and hurriedly ask em'

"can I have a feel of your spleen? I heard it's big"

OR

"can I listen to your chest? I understand that there are some noises in there from your pneumonia"

OR

"can I check out your neck lump? Everyone has told me how cool it is"

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i feel so damn bad when i do that.

ideally, i would like to take a day for history
and another 2 days for examination......

but life is too short.

clinical years are like a whole bunch of youtube clips joined together.
and hopefully by the end, you will get all the ingredients required to make a qualified intern.

shopping spree!!

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PIC?
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1. dress was not intended for my use. it's for lotte
2. my smelly boots lurking in bottom left of pic
3. my hair looked like shit.
4. kaypoh sales girl peeping in and checking on me.

NOTE TO SELF: no more camwhoring in changing rooms!!

this is fun!

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

yeay & booo

I OWN THIS BAG

YAY!!

I AM SO SORRY FIDEL
I WILL SEND YOUR CDS OUT TOMORROW
I PROMISE
>.<

rain..

it's been raining non stop since last thursday.

For the driest state in the driest continent in the world, this is no small feat.

The drought-striken farmers in the Murrayland must have been doing their rain dance conscientiously. I can picture them jumping up and down for joy in the rain, thanking the heavens that water has finally poured unto their corn and wheat and barley and what nots.

Initially it was nice, I loved the change in weather to bits. It brought the temperature down, it helped clean the windows and it made it so so nice to sleep at night.

Now it is just getting plain annoying. the park that i walk through every day to reach the bus stop is flooded. the pond that was previously the size of a small backyard has miraculously transformed into a big splashing pool much to the joy of brown native ducklings that inhabit that area.

It is no fun walking in the rain. Everything you own gets wet. You get drenched. The wind blows mercilessly at you. and you enter the house yearning for a cup of hot tea to warm your chilled insides up.

and this annoying rain business only reminds me dearly of one place on earth -- London.

I was blessed with minimal rain during my stay but there was the inevitable sprinkling period. (thank goodness NOT on the wedding day) The grey clouds would hang like sad dolls that nobody wants to buy in Hemley's, and no one, not even BBC, can predict when the next rainpour would occur.

However, the lively atmosphere in the streets embraced me like an old friend. It was easy to navigate around, the underground was a old but mostly faultless system and for places that the underground wouldn't go to, our dear sturdy legs would bring us there. (not without the help of andy and fidz) London is a place with the oldest and most historic buildings in the world, but yet it boosts some of the coolest new abeit weird things too.

London is where I witnessed how special weddings are meant to be. I was brought up to think that weddings have to be big, noisy and grand events where you invite every human being you are remotely connected to. From the classmate you sat next to in secondary school to the Auntie of the 5th son of the husband of your grandma's sister.... Most people just spend their wedding day shaking the hands of these people that they may only see once every... 5 years or something.

My dearest fidel showed me how intimate and special weddings can be without the 50 tables of guests. Just a small group of close friends, champage and a crazy photographer is enough to cause spark and magic happening.

Most of all, london is a place (I think) I can never get sick of. There is always something new happening. A new musical, a new eatery around the corner, a new bear collection at Harrod's.. Alright, maybe not a new queen anytime soon.

So now when it rains, I think of dear old London.

And that, that really makes me smile.

my 1st code blue

witnessed my first code blue.

it's so depressing when the patient deteriorates suddenly in a matter of hours.


-sigh-

i hope she will come out of it very soon.

my easter weekend!

i ditched my plan to travel far and away to the land of victoria and soak myself full of melbourne. imagine the delight i would experience - greco's cheesecakes, factory outlets on smith street, gelato on lygon street, possible road trips to yarra valley.

Instead, I stayed on in good ol' adelaide.

What could i possibly do? (in the land of the boring brown grass vegetation)

I was a good girl on friday.
Pack my room, did my laundry, ironed my clothes, went out for a run around the park, had dinner in (sausages and mash and corn) and baked 2 yoghurt cakes.

saturday was abit more exciting
vic and i hiked 8km from waterfall gully to mt lofty! the views were terrific. and despite all that whinging about how steeep the freaking trail was, vic and i made it! came back home and rested. went out for a fantastic meal at The Manse. so damn yummy.

sunday was even more packed with activities!
drove to barossa valley - had wine tastings, jam and chutney tastings, etc etc.
came back
headed straight for adrian's bdae party.
lotsa good food, wine, people...

monday
slept in (YAY! for me)
went for a touchy rugby session with the med people. now i noe how the game works! and it's quite fun :) we are hoping to make it into a weekly event. hope that works out

back to the hospital tmr.
8am tute with horowitz... WAHHH

looong weekend!

i cannot believe that my only "holiday" in 18 weeks is right now.

and i have spent the last 2 hours folding clothes and reorganising my closet.
how cool is that!

looks like victor is getting more noise from my blog audience than me!

anyway....

it's 20 months! check out the sushi cufflinks!!! :) :) :)

the things stress can lead to...

molten choc cake making!

2 ramekins worth were produced!

hmmmm. *in heaven*

stay away! both are mine!

molten lava smoooooth centress

gone!

*burp* -satisfied-

its so cold!

the weather's turned all wonky on me.

its mostly cold... plus i have been getting my headaches.
so annoying.

just been lying in bed all day.
feel crippled.

a new rotation awaits me on monday!
the hospital is nearer (yay) and the teaching and all is supposed to be good (yay)
i just hope i get attached to a good team with friendly doctors and all.

weirdly,
i think i might even miss surg at lyell mac.

3 days to friday

having a test on friday.

end of surgery test.

how can a 50mcq test be so stressful to study for??

argh.

i wanna get out of the house and run.
but there are 5 books opened, waiting to be read.

argh

weekend.. be here !!!

moooooore!

more pixxxxxxxx :)

just for the sake of my nosy sg frens:
quinnie + jess = my housemates
jo + klara + david + ian + veni + von + mus + aishah + adrian = med classmates
david + june = engaged
alfred = happy chef!

what have i been up to?

brioche toast with smoked salmon and salmon moouse

candles and rose petals

chicken ciabatta sandwich!

potato stacks topped with anchovies and some herb thing

pan fried scallops with red sauce and pistachio paste

adrian, ian, yvonne

edward in a cocktail making frenzy

da girls! venita, me, june, jess, quinnie, joanne

card games time.

alvin and venita - drunk

it was such a wonderful party!
a combined alfred-quinnie-me bdae party.
we turned the house upside down preparing for this.
moulding potato mash into shape... slicing duck... shredding everything in sight..
moving furniture around. putting out candles.
playing nice soft music in the background.
people holding wine glasses, walking around, engaging in small talk.

everything worked out in the end.
lots of yummy food -which took forever to prepare but tasted so yummilicious!
enough alcohol to keep people happy and chatty (and trigger happy)
and everyone dressed up so prettily. *touched*

*beams* thanks guys, for giving me a night to remember :)

even the cleaning up was worth it!

of pet names

people always call their other halves by weird pet names.

they mostly revolve around dear, darling, honey, sweetie....the usuals.

i was kinda amused when vic started calling me chewbacca. well, it sounded quite cute. in a cute furry tame dog.. here kitty kitty kinda way. so i left it at that.

at least it's more original than many other names.

UNTIL he decided to show me how the real 'chewbacca' looks like.

this freak-until-i-poop-in-my-pants creature from star wars, is, my ladies and gentlemen, chewbacca.

100% original chewbacca.

IN WHAT WAY DO I RESEMBLE CHEWBACCA!!?

post birthday blues

shit. when i run on the treadmill tmr, i will have to input my age as 23. i wonder how that would affect my running performance. haha.

everyone seemed to want to know what i did for my birthday.

nothing much really, considering it was a school day.
went to sosta for dinner. it's an argentinian place, famous for its charcoal grilled meats. i got the veal ribs and vic got the beef fillet. both were very nicely done. all tender, juicy and flavourful.

not forgetting to mention the sheer size of the portions.

it's blardy huge.

*shakes head* not good for normal human consumption.

we figured if we go there again, we'll have to share the mains in order to prevent stomach perforation. (as if)

besides that... got alot of hugs, smses and well wishes from friends. which is all good. esp from old friends, warm fuzzy feeling all over. :)