MSN Chat.

One fine day, Jessica met Qi online.

Qi: Let's webcam!

Jessica: Eh, video conversation better! Can talk and see each other.

Qi: Okay okay.

So they went about setting up their webcams and microphones. Jessica clicked on the Video Conversation and then she saw this.

BWHAHAHA. It's funny! Qi cannot see Jessica, but she can hear her voice, while Jessica could see Qi, but cannot hear her! This makes Qi a blind person, and Jessica a deaf person.

Cos Qi couldn't see Jessica, she was furious! She went ROAR!

After realising it was useless to get furious, she stopped roaring. But after she stopped roaring, she became MAD.

Qi had a really great idea and decided to edit the MSN man to Jessica, so it would resemble more of Jessica, instead of a pot of green lard.

Jessica: 'WONDERFUL CREATIVITY, I LIKE IT!' I give it 99.9%. The 0.1% was lost to the big tummy of Mr. MSN man. But I still like the image of a sexy bikini MSN girl. Great job!

Boredom is definitely driving me nuts. But I want to thank Qi for giving me such an interesting MSN chat! It was really fun right? We should do this more often, and we can cook up more cock and bull stories.

Walking In The Rain - A1

Booboo.

It's raining cats and dogs AGAIN. Sometimes I thank the Lord for the rain, cos' I can sleep in and my sleep would be a better one. But rain always makes me feel depressed. Don't ask me why, cos I don't know either.

When I was lil' Jessica, I always thought that it'd rain when someone in this world is crying, and the rain would stop if that person stops crying. For sure, I know now that it isn't true after all. But it seemed so real, cos' there was really a time when I cried and it started raining, and the rain stopped when I stopped. That's the most amazing thing ever. But, oh well, now I'm no longer in some fairy tale life, the reality is that rain is actually part of the water cycle. Boo. How boring is that?

Surely, there will be someone in this world crying at this instant. He/she could be crying cos' he/she ran first in her annual school marathon, he/she could be crying cos' he/she has lost a loved one, or he/she could be crying because it's raining. -.- Okay, that's highly improbable.

People always describe rain as a depressing event, like a down in your life, but after the rain, the rainbow comes out, and life seems to be better - the up in your life. Why don't we look at rain as a good thing? After all, rain is also created by God. Somewhere in this world, a little town may be in need for water, cos' it hasn't been raining for ages, and they're all thirsty and dehydrated. Rain can actually save their lives, to replenish them so they can work in the fields again. Rain water can be reused to water our plants. Rain can make a city go all so romantic. (hur hur hur) Rain can make Singapore cooler. Rain can turn into snow if it's really cold, so kids can play and have fun (excludes getting sick). After the rain, there's a pretty rainbow.

Rainbow Brite, one of the many cartoons I watched when I was a kid.

Wow, so rain isn't a bad thing after all. I think I need to change my perspective of rain now. Something I've learnt after typing this post out - I need to write things down so I can ponder long about them. Do give yourselves time to think of stuff. Not nonsensical stuff, that is.

Sitting Down Here - Lene Marlin

Mooloo people, how have you guys been? Great? (:

Today's a public holiday (ANZAC DAY), so everyone in NZ is great (except for those who's got presentations and assignments to hand in tmr!)! So buy some poppies people! Haha. Speaking of public holidays, does anyone know if it's a public holiday, is it ILLEGAL to open your store and continue business on that day?

Take the Easter weekend for example. Many Kiwis have to stock up food in their pantry for the long weekend, since most shops are closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and maybe Easter Monday. Shops DO include supermarkets! However, on both Good Friday and Easter Sunday, we had our dinner @ Asian Restaurant, which shows that it isn't at all illegal to be open for business on a public holiday. Otherwise some funny police would storm into the shop and demand the lady boss to close her shop. Come to think of it, it would be very funny.

Funny Policeman: HEY MRS LADY BOSS, you aren't supposed to be open for business today! What are you doing serving food to these lazy students who can't be bothered to cook at home?!

Lady Boss: Oh oh oh, I'm sorry Funny Policeman, but these students need to have their food, or they'll starve tonight!

Funny Policaman: No, it's an absolute NO! You have to close for the day now.

Lady Boss: Since it's already 830pm, why don't you wait till 930pm when we close? You can stay here while I give you some chow mein. FOC, Sir!

Funny Policeman: Hmm, that doesn't sound like a bad idea. Okay, then! Bring in the crispy chicken chow mein!

OH MAN, I'm getting lamer and lamer by the day.

But other than the restaurant we ate at, most shops are closed, including other resturants. Hmm. And there weren't many customers @ Asian Restaurant as well. This still baffles me. Haha.

I've still got a week of holiday to relax and study (hur hur hur). Yesterday has been wasted on DOTA. Oh man, seriously, that thing is addictive! So if you haven't started on that game, please don't even think about playing it. It hooks and clings on you for a long time. WHAHAHA. I don't know about you guys, but I'm kinda addicted to it, even though I'm really bad at Dota. Hmm.

At the computer lab. We had almost 10 people playing together last night, and all are from our church. HAHA. We've been dota-ing like mad since coming back from church camp. Awww, church camp.. I miss it so much now. Anyway, 8 of us started playing first. It was girls vs guys (4 v 4). Our team (the girls team, of course!) actually had only 3 girls, then Joshua changed his name to Hooi Xian and pretended to be a girl. ROFL. But he's the Dota pro after all, so after all the rage and killing and pawning and whatever, the girls' team WON!!!! LOL. Ben was actually next to me, and I pawned on him first! Ben said, 'THAT'S IT, JESS.' and we kept killing and attacking each other. Seriously, this game does affect your relationship with your friends, especially if you're on different teams. So I would say to Ben, 'OK, so I've killed you once, now you can come and try to take my head.' Doesn't sound fun anymore right? But if we don't do that, he'll start complaining 'JESS WHY YOU KILL ME AGAIN...'. BWAHAHAHA. I stopped playing after 2 rounds of Dota (ONLY), before I started to surf the net and dozed off with my head on the table.

I think I'm really bad at keeping myself awake through the whole night. I don't know how you guys do it, but if I actually DID stay up through the night, I'd already be on my bed before 7am. No kidding! And if I don't have anything interesting things to do, I'd fall asleep before 3am. These timings are like fixed into my life. Imagine.

Jessica can sleep at most 13 hours. Jessica has to sleep at least 5.5 hours. Jessica cannot stay awake for more than 24 hours. etc..

Okay, back to last night. The rest of them continued playing while I was slipping into my dream after the 2nd game. Ben had to send me home before rushing back to continue playing. I felt abit booboo-ed, cos I can't stay awake!! ): Oh well, nevermind. I guess it isn't just me who can't stay awake. Maybe computer games are not my things after all, if you compare it to shopping, singing, dancing etc. YEH!

ASEAN Cultural Night will be held on 29th April 2006 at Castle 1, Otago Uni students! Please come and support ME!!! I mean, please come and support US!!! Hahaha. This year's ASEAN Night is co-hosted by the Otago Singapore Club and the Otago Malaysian Students Association. I really hope there would be a good turn out, because the Mayor of Dunedin and the High Commissioner of Singapore stationed at Wellington would be coming down to see this performance. We'll just do our best! Speaking of which, we've only got 4 days to go till the big night! The dance is finally completed! All we gotta do now is to put in my ENERGY and effort. Can't wait!


Grabbed from Michie. (: And as Mich says, BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!! Woohoo!


I know, I know, I still haven't posted the camp photos up. No worries, after I've gotten them into my hands (Muahaha), I'd post alot alot of photos ok? (:

Happy Anzac Day to all Australians and NZers!

Church Camp 2006

An absolute success. Many thanks to the church committee and everyone who went for the camp. Remember the motto of the camp - BREAK THE COCOON AND COME OUT!!! （破茧而出）.

The 4 days 3 nights camp just came and went so quickly. I already miss staying with all of them... Aww.. Haha. We're well taken care of and had loads of fun. Will get the photos soon and will post them up. DCMC 一极棒 !

Recognized Foreign Medical Schools in Singapore

I have been told many times that my university degree would be recognized in Singapore (which means I can work there), but I've never actually went to search for the whole list of universities which are recognized. So I googled it and I found this! (I think this is more relevant for Singaporeans studying Med overseas, like THAZIN.), but it's fun looking at those names. Check out those from EUropean countries at the bottom.

LIST OF MEDICAL SCHOOLS IN THE REVISED SCHEDULE (March 2003)

AUSTRALIA
Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide
School of Medicine, the Flinders University of South Australia
Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne
Faculty of Medicine, Monash University
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Newcastle
Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales
The University of Queensland Medical School
Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
Faculty of Medicine, University of Tasmania
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Australia

CANADA
Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa
Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University
Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, University of Western Ontario

HONG KONG
Faculty of Medicine, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong

IRELAND
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Dublin (Trinity College)
Faculty of Medicine, National University of Ireland, University College Cork
Faculty of Medicine, National University of Ireland, University College of Dublin
Faculty of Medicine, National University of Ireland, University College Galway
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (National University of Ireland)

NEW ZEALAND
Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, University of Auckland
Otago Medical School, University of Otago

UNITED KINGDOM
Faculty of Medicine and Medical Science, University of Aberdeen
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Queens University of Belfast
The Medical School, University of Birmingham
The Medical School, University of Bristol
School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Dundee
Medical School, University of Edinburgh
Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow
School of Medicine, University of Leeds
School of Medicine, University of Leicester
Faculty of Medicine, University of Liverpool
The University of London Medical Schools, including:
The Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of MedicineI
mperial College School of Science, Technology and Medicine
St. Bartholomew's and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London
Royal Free and University College Medical School
St George's Hospital Medical School
Faculty of Medicine, University of Manchester
Faculty of Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
The University of Nottingham Medical School
Oxford University Medical School
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Sheffield Medical School
Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton
Medical School, University of St Andrews
College of Medicine, University of Wales

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Baylor College of Medicine
Los Angeles School of Medicine, University of California
School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego
San Francisco School of Medicine, University of California
Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (New York)
Cornell University Medical College (New York)
Duke University School of Medicine
Emory University School of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Mayo Medical School
University of Michigan Medical School (Ann Arbor)
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at Dallas
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
University of Washington School of Medicine (Seattle)
Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis)
Yale University Medical School

That list right there was confirmed on March 2003, and on March this year (2006), 29 more medical schools were added to the list, and they are:

List of additional 29 foreign medical schools to be recognised (March 2006)

Austria
Medizinische Universitat Wien, Vienna
Medizinische Universitat Innsbruck
BelgiumKatholieke Universiteit Leuven

Denmark
Aarhus University

Finland
Helsinki University

France
Universite de Louis Pasteur
Strasbourg IUniv Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris VI)

Germany
Ruprecht-Karls Universitaet Heidelberg
Ludwig-Maximilians Universitaet Munchen
Humboldt Universitaet Zu Berlin (Charite Medical School)
Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe Universitaet Frankfurt

Italy
Universita di Roma La Sapienza (Facolta I and II)
Universita di Firenze

Japan
University of Tokyo
Kyoto University

Netherlands
Erasmus Universiteit
Universiteit Utrecht
Universiteit Van Amsterdam

Norway
Universitetet I Oslo

Sweden
Karolinska Institutet
Uppsala Universitet
Universitetet I Lund

Switzerland
Universitat Zurich
Universite de Geneva
Universitat Basel
Universitat Bern

USA
Case Western Reserve University
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Iowa

It's quite cool to the the only 2 NZ unis with medical schools recognized in Singapore - Otago Med School, and Auckland Uni Med School. So right now, there should be 100 foreign universities recognized. For those of you whose uni isn't listed may still apply to the SMC to practise under temporary registration.

Go here for more details.

Good Friday.

It is Good Friday. The day Jesus died on the cross. That is how great His love is for us. My cell group leader asked me a few hours ago: Why 'good' when Jesus died on the cross? Well, that's because he died for us. I actually want to tell all of you the significance of this day, but I guess I don't have the adequate information and facts. That's because I haven't read much of the Bible (bad me) and tomorrow's church service would officially be the 1st Good Friday service I've been to. I will tell you guys after I get accurate information ok? (:

I've been to the supermarket several times these few weeks, and some of the shelves are decorated with bunny drawings and filled with many different brands of chocolates too. The 'festival' has been so commercialised that people only think of Easter eggs, bunnies and hot cross buns during Easter. It is definitely much more than that, and I'm sure most Christians would know that. I don't mean that I don't buy those Easter eggs, I actually do! My friends also gave some to me. YUMMY. Haha! Too bad I've got a sore throat. So many choc eggs waiting for me to engulf themmm.

I'll obediently stay home tomorrow to reflect and think of the meaning of Good Friday. I want to watch Passion of the Christ again!

Dissection...

IMPORTANT: I think this post sounds kinda crude, so pardon me if you get put off.

Taken from Merriam Webster Online Dictionary -

dissect
Pronunciation: di-'sekt; ÷dI-'sekt, ÷'dI-"
Function: verb
Etymology: Latin dissectus, past participle of dissecare to cut apart, from dis- + secare to cut
1 : to separate into pieces : expose the several parts of (as an animal) for scientific examination
2 : to analyze and interpret minutely

cadaver
Pronunciation: k&-'da-v&r
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from cadere to fall:
a dead body; especially one intended for dissection

So I made up my mind this morning that I won't vomit/faint during my lab today. We've seen prosections cut off from older cadavers during our first 7 labs, and today, we are introduced to REAL cadavers. Yes, the whole fresh body. And what are we gonna do with them? DISSECT THEM, of course!

Since there is a limited number of cadavers for all the students, we've got our cadavers with their skull sawn and brains taken out. So, if you see them at the head region, you'll only see a hollow ball thingy there. Eyes have been dug out, but other than that, everything's intact.

I thought there'd be people fainting during the dissection itself, but I was left disappointed! So our batch is one strong and brave batch! But I think there was this girl who cried even before dissection started. Hmmm.

The cadaver that my group had was a huge man. He died of a stroke, probably due to the huge amount of fats he's got in that body of his. We had to flip him over such that his back is facing us. Since the body's lost quite abit of water, and this man was quite old, his whole back was flattened, so it looked kinda gross...

We had to cut the gluteal region (buttocks) to see the major muscles and nerves, and damn, this guy's got real lots of fats oozing outta his butt. We also dissected the back of the knee to look for tendons and nerves and muscles, and luckily it wasn't as fatty at that region. The whole 2 hours of dissection past sooooo slowly I couldn't wait to leave the dissection room! We could smell the chemicals put in the cadavers and it was just unbearable.

And no, this is not the end of dissection. I think I've got more dissection sessions after Easter! We're still left with the anterior part of the lower body, and also the back. One of the groups had actually dissected the back, and onestly speaking, it was so cool! I could see the different muscle group and everything! Maybe the student dissected it well. I think I'm bad at dissecting!! I dissected the back of the knee so we could see the inside. I was supposed to slice the skin first, then the next layer which is the subcutaneous tissue (yellowy stuff), then the deep fascia(whitish layer), before we could even see the muscles. I think I was too eager, so I cut straight through the deep fascia and into the muscle! OH MAN.... That was embarrassing. But now I know I've learnt something - ALWAYS BE PATIENT, AND TREAT OTHERS LIKE HOW YOU WANT OTHERS TO TREAT YOU. Oh yeah, I wouldn't want someone cutting straight into my muscles! Whaha.

Although this sounds like a really bad experience, I've learnt abit from this lab, and there will be more of the same kinda labs in later years.

How come I feel like I don't wanna do this again... No, I cannot look at it this way. I must strive and do my best in every lab. Oh yeah.

Week before Easter.

The weeks seem to be passing on by so quickly. It'll be Easter week for NZ from Friday onwards. I've been waiting for Easter since foreverrr. I'd be getting 2 weeks of no lectures and tutorials till 1st May. I really need this break terribly, to catch up on my sleep and also on my studies.

This week hasn't been all too good. Flu's attacked me from the back and my throat is sore. My nose is runny and all I want to do is sleep. I think the deprivation of sleep is a secondary cause of my sickness. There was a day (i think it was thursday) when I went to Ben's place for lunch, and right after lunch I slept!!! Ya, I sound like a pig right.. So I skipped 3 lectures in the afternoon, adding up to 3 hours. So this means I pon-ed school for 3 whole hours ever since I left ACJC. Despite the guilt, I couldn't help it. I seriously needed that rest.

And yesterday, my left eye was soooo painful I really thought I was going blind. My flatmate checked me up and said he's gotten it alot of times, and he taught me a way of reducing the pain. He had me placing a hot towel over my left eye for a minute or so, doing the same thing for a few times. It really did work!! Thank GOD. I wasn't gonna get blind! LOL. It should be me straining of eye too much. I played pool in the afternoon so he joked that I was aiming too hard on the pool ball until my eye muscles were strained. HAHAHA. Super funny.

What I'd be doing for Easter? We've got a 4 days 3 night church camp!!! I'm definitely looking forward to that. And I wanna go up to Christchurch for some shopping!! Nothing's confirmed yet, but hopefully I can. Hee.

Okay, I just wanna end this entry with a line from this wonderful song - In Heaven's Eyes by Sandi Patti.

In Heaven's eyes, there are no losers.

Ciao!

Church 10th Anniversary!

And yes, the title speaks it all. DCMC had its 10th anniversary just yesterday. Here are some photos from yesterday. Haven't got all the photos yet, so I'll post them right after I get them.


The cutting of the cake. (:


Photo taking is FUN. We've got many people in this collage! Hooi Xian, Janice, Dennis, Lawrence, David, Church poster, Yeo's Chrysanthemum tea, Isabelle(!!!), Ben, Rachel, Joshua, Joy, James, Natalie, Joyce, Josephine. And of course, myself. (: Okay, the Yeo's packet drink and poster don't count as people.

Okay, I wanna take this opportunity to also introduce to you this real cute guy from a Jap drama I'm currently watching. Unfortunately I didn't manage to get his name right, so I'll let Jac tell you guys his name okay? Anyway the drama's title is Nobuta Wo Produce. Not a bad show, and not a good show at the same time. But the thing about Jap dramas is that they also end every episode with something good, something that you can make use in your daily lives. Sweet.


This cute guy from Nobuta wo Produce! KAWAII NE!!!!!!

I'll then end this post with an ugly picture of the tired me. Happy viewing. LOL.

ME.

D-oh!

I still cannot believe it's FRIDAY today!! Yahooooo! :D

It hasn't been a really busy week as compared to the rest of the semester, but I'm still quite tired... I've been going to Central Library to study, and I think this routine is going to stay on for a long time, just like last year, except that I'm not at all as stressed as last year.

Wanna see how tired I am? Take a look at this.

See Homer there? Sleeping there with his mouth open? YEAH, that's me!!! Except I don't drool. Whaha. And I can't get any donuts as big as the one there in Dunedin! Those that I can find are all smaller than my fist! Hmmm.

There was this episode where Apu (I got his full name! It's APU NAHASAPEEMAPETILON. Damn! That's long.) had an affair with the milk lady, and when Homer saw their scandal, he was walking backwards with mouth agape and eyes wide open, from Kwik-E-Mart back home into his bed. IT'S SOOOOO HILARIOUS I TELL YOU! Jan and I were laughing our heads off just looking at shocked Homer walking backwards with his funny expression on his face. I tried looking for that episode to get the image of that Homer look, but there are so many seasons (17 and counting...) so I gave up searching for it. ):

I think you guys will think that I like The Simpsons alot. Well, kinda, but it's a show you don't have to think about and just laugh at Homer at every scene. You may need some of The Simpsons once in a while to loosen up, mates. Whaha.

Need to switch channel to Grey's Anatomy now, and in that sense I mean STUDYING anatomy. Got a lab in an hours time. Ewww, those prosections... I hate thinking about the smell. It just gross me out. But I take it as a chance to learn more about the body. Cya guys! D-oh! (as said by Homer)

I just like to be random.

MOOLOO people!!!! I'm terribly sorry about the infrequent updates on this blog. I really feel guilty. Haha. I have changed my internet provider, and the new one (shan't say which company) has got DEAF telephone operators. Okay, period. Won't talk much about that anymore. Only makes my blood boil...

ANYWAY! So much things happened these days. I was too busy and lazy to upload my pictures into the computer. But FINALLY, I did it. Hee. Loads of photos for this post, for your viewing pleasure. HAHAHAHA. Anyway, FIRST STOP! Janice being ridiculous!


Janice with my labcoat, and she being a cute weathergirl wearing my gigantic raincoat. WHAHAHA.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. She was wearing my raincoat cos' we were supposed to go to the gym LATE AT NIGHT, while the sky continued crying its clouds out. And of course, for the 2 photos up there, she was acting as a sexy doctor. AHEM. Dr. Janice Cheung. LOL.



Just last week, Ben bought his ultimate fav - a SKATEBOARD! Don't know why he decided to buy it (he got bad ankles due to skating in SG), but who cares? it's so damn gay prettY! too bad i can't skate. I just can't balance on that bloody plank thingy. DAMN. But it's fun taking photos with it! Hahaha.


THE skateboard. Which belongs to BEN. THat foot there is mine by the way.

Ben doesn't dare skate to school YET, because he said he hasn't skated for so many years. He needs TRAINING, or else he'd xia suay himself. Haha. Totally agree. I laughed at this guy who fell off his skateboard just last year. Call me evil. I didn't mean it, I'm sorry! X)


sk8er to be. WHAHAHA. i'm joking. really!



Also on the same week, I received some stuff from Mum, all the way from SG. And one of the stuff is... IPOD MINI BATTERY!

The thing is, we had to fix that crappy thing ourselves! So now look at us as if we're technicians. We made really good progress! We finally managed to replace the old battery with the new one!


Operation Ipod. Surgery... FAILED.

YES. Sadly to say, the operation actually FAILED. Can you believe it?! Everything during the operation went smoothly (except the first part where we had to yank out the bloody cover). I was able to listen to my music while charging the ipod, but when I took off the power plug, the screen just went BLANK. B L A N K. Left me hanging there just like that. ARHHHH! So sad. Still don't know what to do with it. Damn. X(



Never mind about the ipod, because I've got yet another BABY! Congratulate me!!! Omg, that's so lame. ANYWAY! Another thing that came with the ipod battery is.....

MY PDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Presenting to you, Miss X51V.

Charging quietly at the corner...

beauuuuuutiful thing.

It is THE centre of attention in my whole room, I tell you. I can't seem to put it down!

my BABYYYY.

Cool aye?! I managed to go online with this pretty thing. It's gonna stay with me for a long long time (that what I promised Mum). It has the best specs as compared to the rest of the PDAs I've checked on. (:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:

There was one time I was wondering whether I'm right or left handed.

By the way, what exactly is the definition of right/left handed? Are you right handed because you do almost everything with your right hand, or merely because you write with your right hand? Same for left handed.

I think I'm different from many of you out there because... I really don't know if I'm left or right handed. Or both.

I brush my teeth with my left hand.

Brush. brush teeth. Brush, brush teeth. Little Jessica brush, brush teeth!!! (a song composed by my ah bu when i was young. ROFL.

I comb my hair with my left hand.

combing my hair! damn, i look crappy. ><
come pose abit with the pink comb.

HOWEVER...

I write with my right hand! Don't worry, you're not the only one seeing double Jess.

Yeah! That's weird eh? I don't know why either. Hmm.

I even dig my nose with my left pinky! OKAY I'M REALLY JOKING THIS TIME!!! I don't dig my nose.. Unlike some disgusting people...

so.. Am I a leftie or a rightie? Or, even better, ambidextrous?!

I've yet to figure out yet. You guys can probably help me with that. Haha.

Yesterday was BEN11CA's 2nd year anniversary! Hahaha. Don't know how this name came about, but we've got loads of friends who greet us Beniica when they see both of us together. (BENjamin + jessiCA). Anyway! I made something for him! Well, not really make make, but.. You get what I mean. -winks-

something small i gave ben for our 2nd year anniversary. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, BEN!! ^^

OKAY! Gotta help Janice with dinner now. Will try to update as frequent as possible. (: Love you guys!

Lame things we do. No, she does.

If you realise, there aren't any duplicates in this collage. Imagine how much we photowhore. Woot. Actually this ain't considered photowhoring because I wasn't posing in MOST of the photos, if you get what I mean. Ahem.

Help. Seriously. Help.

Now that school's started (officially), work starts piling up like mountains. So I'm buried under all my notes and books, swimming around, trying to get a gasp of air whilst drowning in the heavy workload.

I am sooooooo... SOOO busy these days. 9-5 everyday. And guess what? It gets worse next week. 9-5 everyday (except fri i think), with 1 hour break! Where have my 3-4hour breaks gone to?!

ANYWAY.

I've been posted to Wellington to do my ECC week. Just got the tickets this evening. Hopefully I'll learn alot there, and also get around the capital city. ALong with Nad and Theresa. I think it'd be loads of fun. Hee.

THANK GOD Thazin finally got herself using the school's network to contact us of her wellbeing. I seriously thought she was lost somewhere in KL. Take care ah, Thazin!

Janice and I are doing OKAY here.. Just getting bored.. Luckily we've got each other, otherwise I'll go into depression. I do enjoy cooking with her, eating with her, chatting with her.. We've got so much to talk about.. And so much telepathy. I don't think any 2 people got as much telepathy as the both of us. We can comment on something OUT OF THE BLUE. Sing the same sentence of a song OUT OF THE BLUE. Want to do the same thing OUT OF THE BLUE. How's that for sisters. Haha. Cool aye? xD

Weather's getting bad baD bAD BAD. Raining, hailing, strong winds, messy hair, dry skin. Add altogether and you get Dunedin. Brrr. Please look at Janice's current MSN nick:
jaNicE---* brRrr.. its cold in here! there must be some cheungies in this atmosphere! i say brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....

Wah. So 'bring it on'-ish. LOL. By the way, 'cheungies' stands for the cheung sisters (us).

Weekends are endless too. Not in a good way. Busy with everything. I don't know how long I can take it with so little time for myself. I haven't been blogging lately, have I?



This post is so random.

Mumbo Jumbo Bits.

Finally. The long awaited weekend is finally here. Well, it's not as if I won't be waking up at 730am tomorrow (going to farmers' market tmr!), but just phew, TGIF (Thank God It's Friday).

Janice and I accompanied a new friend of ours to a potluck session @ Clubs and Socs, which was organized by the Overseas Christian Fellowship and Varsity (is that how you spell it?) Christian Fellowship. Got to know some of the people there, and of course, we enjoyed the food! Lol.

You ask me about first week of school? Well, I've got a 9-5 timetable almost everyday this week. Imagine that. Lucky for me, this is gonna ease down a wee bit next week. (: The thing I don't like about this week was the 3 hours non-stop lectures after lunch!!! It's just crazy to stay awake for the whole 3 hours! Plus, Colqohuon Theatre has such comfy 'head rests' and benches that are so nice you just want to close your eyes... Treat the lecturer's voice as a lullaby.. And off you go to dreamaland. Honestly speaking, I think I've dozed off at least 2-3 times a day. No kidding man.

I know it's bad, but sometimes you just can't help it. I mean, the lectures are right after lunch break, your stomach is filled, the lecturers are mumbling away with their oh-so-boring lecture, and oh, the seats. I do feel guilty after I realise I've missed quite abit during the lecture, and now I know NUTS about Pharmacology!!! I'm definitely struggling to understand the lecturer! Well, I don't quite know where he's from, but he's got this funny accent like Ali G! If you've watched any of Ali G's funnily ridiculous shows, he says words like 'saying' as 'say-ing', such that the words are split? So imagine someone saying 'making' as 'make-ing' and other words ending with 'ing' the same way. Okay, I don't think I should call that accent funny, but rather, UNIQUE. But I'm definitely trying way hard to try to get what he's trying to get across to us. Sigh. I should just record his lectures next week onwards. Haha.

How I'm feeling right now? TIRED, SLEEPY, HELPLESS. Helplessness. Sometimes, you think you SHOULD be doing something, but some things just hold you back from doing whatever you have to do. Maybe the word used is wrong. Maybe this is not helplessness. Like... You know something would definitely do harm to your body, and someone's doing it. But somehow, it's not easy going up to the person to tell him/her that he/she is hurting his/her own body, because you don't want to sound like you're naggy and you've got no life. Yeah. You might know how I'm feeling now. So whilst the person is continually doing that thing, I'm just sitting down here doing NOTHING, so... I'm not doing the right thing, am I? Some things are just difficult to voice out. I don't know... I would love to change this person's life, but there seems to be an obstacle. No. ObstacleS. So... People, any suggestions? Help poor Jessica here. Haha.

Oh, and I've got the pictures from my friends! Pictures of the orientation. Hee.



First day of orientation! I love the top I'm wearing. Janice and I got it in Singapore. Whaha. Looks super student-ish.

















At Otago Museum Reserve waiting for the bus to bring us to Larnach Castle. (: Nadia! Can you pass me some of the photos you took? Those showing other people's costumes? They're so interesting!

At Larnach Castle.

2nd day of orientation! Me with the international... peace pole thingy and my tidy teddy!

At NZ Army grounds. I love the first photo! Hee.

3rd day of orientation! Treasure hunt. I'm with the orange laces. Hur hur.

I just want to give credit to Nadia and Queenie for the photos! Thanks loads! I owe you 2 a million. No. 2 millions. LOL. Okay, I'm lame.

Off to bed! :D (okay, I think photos make me happy.)

I'll be a specky nerd for awhile.

I shall just copy and paste a newspaper article taken from TodayOnline.

CONTACT lens wearers ? take heed.

There has been a jump in the number of fungal eye infections related to contact lens use, with seven cases reported last month and three this past week alone.

Three patients, aged 20 to 43, have had to undergo urgent corneal transplants to save their sight. Since last May, 22 people have suffered from infections of the cornea, a transparent window covering the eye. The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has treated 19 of them.

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According to the Ministry, all the patients used disposable soft lenses, and cleaned and stored with them in multi-purpose contact lens solution. All but one of them said they used eye health company Bausch and Lomb's (B&L) ReNu with MoistureLoc solution. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) is investigating the product.

B&L said that despite the lack of conclusive scientific proof that the solution was responsible, it would suspend sales of the product indefinitely. Its chief medical officer will fly in from the United States on Monday to conduct the investigations with the HSA and SNEC. Contact Lens Practitioners board member Roland Izaac said he was "surprised" at the recent increase in such infections and was unsure of the cause.

"It could be because more people are using contact lenses. And people do abuse their lenses, as they would wear them for four or five years without bothering to clean them," said the eye doctor with 30 years' experience.

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Haha. What the eye doctor said really makes me laugh. Not washing lenses for four or five years is madness! But, of course, the eye doctor would not lie about this kind of thing.

I will be a specky nerd for awhile because I am currently using this product for my soft contact lenses - Bausch & Lomb MoistureLoc contact lens solution. Mummy web cammed with me yesterday evening, and was showing me the newspaper article to me (The Straits Times), and questioning me if I was using that brand. Not only did it freak her out that I was using that particular brand, even I was shocked.

I think I've been using this brand of contact lens solution since I started wearing contact lenses, which makes it my 3rd year then. Honestly, I don't find anything wrong with the solution I am using now. But being kiasi (scared to die), I've decided to put my contact lenses away and be specky for awhile. Maybe a week. Maybe 4 days... Maybe... I will start wearing them tomorrow. You see, I haven't gone out with my spectacles for so long, and I definitely feel very weird wearing it in public. Also, people DON'T recognize me when I wear my glasses!!! Trust me, I look super different when I wear specs. Today, already 3 friends just walked past me without realising it was me. Funny, eh? But I'd rather think of wearing specs these few days as a time to relax my eyes and give them more OXYGEN.

BREATHE, MY EYES, BREATHE.

The statistics of people getting fungus in their eyes after using that solution really bothers me. Mum suggested I buy another brand before the whole controversy is solved. What about my 6 bottles of B&L contact lens solution lying between my drawer and the bed? Do I get refunded since those in SG are recalled back. 6 is not a small number okay.

Howww? What should I do...? ):

Better.

I think I feel much better after 2 hours. This is so absurd. =
Now I have the mood to talk about my day. :D

Today marks the end of my first aid course, and honestly, if I have the time, I would go back to refresh my cert as often as possible. My instructor is very informative and wonderful, totally love her. And the course sets you thinking what you should do when this accident ever happens. There always seem to be incidents you never thought would ever happen to you, unless you're the most unfortunate person on the planet. But with the instructor's guidance, we sorta managed to get a grasp of what we should do during an emergency.

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School starts tmr! FIrst official class in Med school. As I told everyone on MSN, I'm 'excited yet sian (bored) at the same time'. Excited because it's the first day of school, and sian because... It's the first day of school. WTH am I saying... Haha. Okay okay, one more time. Excited because it IS the first day of school. New school, new classmates (not really, actually), new environment, new subjects, new lecturers and tutors. Right. And... Sian because I have to start studying like some crazy mugger AGAIN. I am someone who cannot take stress, so if you come annoy me when I'm stressed, you better watch out, cos' the you've just lured a tigress out of her cage man. RAWRRRR. LOL. Or else, you'd be sitting there in front of me, head resting in your palm and elbow on the edge of the table, listening to me sob and moan and complain about anything and everything. At these times, I'd really pity you, even though all I can think about at those times would be me, myself and I. Selfish selfish times. Whaha.

Although school's starting, all I can think of is inter semester break! I would most probably be going to Sydney to see my cousins and also for a short holiday. After that, I'll have my ECC week from 3rd July to the 7th. ECC stands for Early Community Contact, so during that week, I'd be in contact with 'real' people, learning about there medical conditions and dealing with their problems. I think it'd be so cool! :B Can't wait.

I... have nothing else to add on, besides telling you guys that I may not be able to blog as often as I can from tomorrow onwards. I'd be studying hard. Yeah, you bet I will. Hahaha. Actually I really don't know. What do you think?

Upset

Please tell me it's just PMS.

I feel so upset now. All I want to do now is cuddle myself in my room, tune in to slow sad songs... I feel awful. ):

I want to be a hero!!

I just got back from my first day of Red Cross First Aid Training. Guess what? I almost slept several times during the lesson!!! I woke up at freaking 7am (okay, I snoozed till 720am) and the class finished at 5pm!!!

I mean, the class itself IS interesting (CPR, bleeding, poisoning is cool), but I had too little sleep, NO caffeine today, and listening to the same person talk for almost 8 hours is so not fun. And clever me sat right in front of the teacher, so if I did sleep, she would spot me right away! So time crawled slowly... Slowly... Every hour... Every minute.. Every second...

However, I've come to realise that first aid is so important! The instructor was telling us that at least one person in a household must know first aid. :D Obviously, I would be the 1st one in my household to learn first aid. Proud of myself. WHAHA. But then!!!! CPR is not my thing man.

Okay, CPR for children and infants is easy peasy. As long as those mannequin squeak and make some sound, you know you're doing the right thing. HOWEVER, I just cannot give an adult mannequin the correct chest compression! No matter how much I exert force to the chest, it just doesn't squeak!!! ): It only squeaked on my first attempt, which isn't at all a perfect one either. Boooo. I need to eat more so I get more strength to break the rib cage of an adult! MUAHAHA. Yes, I'm obviously joking.

CPR for infants is so CUTE and simple! You know, for an adult mannequin, I gotta use all my might to make it squeak? But for infants, I only require 2 fingers to gently push its chest before it starts squeaking. EASY. And cute! Whahaha! Those mannequin even have names! One infant's called Lucy, and the instructor's favourite mannequin is called George. Lol.

I think I've learnt quite abit today, and I hope I can remember all that I've learnt! I'm gonna have the same thing tomorrow (8 hours !!!!!!) till 5pm. I need this first aid certificate because it's a requirement for my course. It is very interesting and useful. I'm actually quite happy that I did join this training session. When someone's in danger, I can help! I think Singapore should also have these kind of courses for teenagers to attend, because in my point of view, first aid is important. If an accident occurs, help is just there. Don't have to wait for the ambulance to come, cos' it may even be too late for the patient, or the injured party.


Okay, that's it. Gonna have dinner now. Toodles.

Mooloo mooloo!

Mooloo mooloo people!

:D

You guys must be thinking what 'mooloo' is right? Well, 'mooloo' is 'hello from new zealand' (in my own language). So... MOOLOO PEOPLE! Haha. Don't use that word okay.. It's original. It belongs to me and only me! MOOLOO MOOLOO! Hahaha. It sound retarded anyway. XP

I guess most of my friends haven't seen me online since agesss ago, and that's because I'm still in the midst of my orientation!! It's O week!

Yesterday we went to Larnach Castle for Med Ball! And the theme of the night was MEDIEVAL! Whahaha. Initially I planned not to wear anything medieval-ish there, but suddenly everyone was so enthusiastic, and I got excited and started looking for medieval-ish clothes to wear! Haha! And I found a top Mummy got for me from Mango! I must say it is quite medieval-ish, so I wore that with a long skirt I got for CNY. Haha. Call that creativity.

The front gate of Larnach Castle. Taken from inside the bus crowded with students!!

At the beginning it was rather dull... Everybody talking to one another.. Blahblahblah.. When the clock struck 9pm, the lights went down, and disco lights came up! Slowly, people started gathering at the dance floor showing off their dance moves. Honestly, the songs weren't exactly good, but some were, like 'Lose My Breath' by Destiny's Child. WOOHOO, that song is BEST for dancing man! Haha. It's really interesting to see people with their moves, be it saucy, cutesey, or robot-ish. It's the company that matters most, and I must say I had heaps of fun last night!

Sorry but no photos yet, cos' photographers Nadia and Queenie haven't passed photos to me yet! -ahem ahem- Hehe. Our orientation lasts till Saturday night at The Cook (some famous pub in Dunedin). Don't know if I'll go there on Saturday, but we'll see. (:



On a totally different note, I'm missing home so badly. ): Even though I've got friends here in Dunedin, I miss my dear friends back in Singapore (you guys know who you are). I asked my sis (Janice) if she misses Singapore. Guess what she replied?

'Er... Actually not really. I just miss the food.'

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How can she?!?! I thought we were shopping queens!!! Haha!

I miss the shopping, the city, the food, the company. Everything about Singapore. Somehow I never fail to miss home everytime I come back to NZ. This shows how much I heart SG. Teehee.

Me with Shuo and Joan. Will miss you guys soooo much! All the shopping and gossiping and eating. (:

At the airport with Ning, Ah Ma, Jac, Mummy and JONNY! Hahaha. You know you guys are treasures to me. I miss Ah Ma!!!!! ): And to Ning and Jac, thanks for the Kbox treat! Muah!

Me looking at Thazin's SUPERB DIY jeans! Thanks ah girl, it is inside my cupboard loh. At least I didn't hide it under my bed. LOL. =P

Eifer-07 + Bryan and Jack. THANKS A MILLION! You guys never fail to send me off everytime I leave for NZ. EIFER FOREVER. Hee.


Anyhow, I'm quite happy here, because friends are all coming back to Dunedin, weather is SO good even I cannot believe it myself, and my sis is here, finally! I mean, she's been here for almost 2 months, but I just got here, right?

There are so much to do during these 2 weeks. Blood tests, vaccinations, SCHOOL (we start school a week earlier than everyone else!!), orientation, administration stuff, meeting up with friends, and so on. I'm so blardy tired man. Can be a good thing and a bad thing, but I'd rather think of it as good. Keeps me busy.

Eiferians, if you want the photos at the airport from me, just msg me on MSN okay? I've got them uploaded already. Steph, I think there's one photo in your cam right? I want that!! Hehe. In the mean time, all of you just chill and keep it real. Those who are gonna have their exams, 加油加油加油！Out!

To Janice : Your long lost boyfriend

Janice, when I was in Takashimaya the other day, I spotted your long lost boyfriend!!!!

Remember or not? The super macho one, the very very tall one.. And of course, very huggable! :D

You know, he's been wearing the same clothes for the past 8 years, but when I saw him that day, he was wearing a different suit! I was shocked! And guess what? I took a photo of him too! Secretly lah. I didn't want him to know I'm spying on him for you. Hahahaha.

Janice, I present to you, your long lost boyfriend!!!!!!!!!

I secretly took his photo from his left!! Uber cute!

Uh oh! He spotted me!!!

HAHAHAHA. This is so lame. Anyway Janice, don't you miss him??? So cute and huggable. You like. =P

My eyes.

If I don't recall wrongly, I've been wearing spectacles since Secondary 1. No, to be exact, Primary 5, when I had to wear only when I look at the blackboard. You want to know how I managed to get my eyes so 'spoilt'?

Er.. I'm actually having second thoughts whether or not to tell you. Because.... It's STUPID. Hahaha.

But anyway, here goes. When I was in primary school, I've got a group of really good friends (the 4 of us). And out of the 4 of us, 2 of us wear spectacles. Somehow, I thought wearing spectacles is very COOL. OMG, should I stop telling you about this? Oh heck, I'll continue. ANYWAY, ya, since I thought it was so cool, I tried to spoil my eyes! I tried on my friend's glasses for fun, and wear them during classes. Within a year, my eye degree went up by 200 degrees! That is MADNESS, people. So when I was in Sec 1, I had to permanently wear glasses in order to stabilize my eye degree.

Then after wearing spectacles for 4 years, I finally tried on contact lenses at the age of 17. I must say I am super brave and 厉害. LOL. I managed to learn how to wear and take off the lenses within 10min. Woohoo! So till date, I've been wearing contact lenses almost permanently for 2 years. Honestly, I think wearing contact lenses is bad for the eyes. Everytime I take off my contact lenses, all I want to do is just close my eyes... And never open them again. Somehow, wearing these lenses make your eyes so tired until people see your eyes as 2 thin lines. -__-

But because of vanity and convenience (come to think about it, actually not much of convenience ), I continued putting contact lenses. If you're a friend of mine on MSN messenger, you'll notice I always put my personal message as 'I want perfect eyesight', or something else along that line. Now that I think of my primary school days, I think I'm the dumbest person on the planet. -.-

I have thought of going for lasik surgery to perfect my eyesight, but it seems scary. Many say it's not time for me to do it yet, wait till I'm older and my eyesight stabilises. But I think what worries me is the long term side effects. It would be terrible if I ever lose my eyesight. EVER. Even if I'm old and wrinkly, I still want to see with my own 2 eyes. So all I gotta do now is wait for the success rate to go up. Yup, that's what I'm gonna do. Wait. And wait.

Gadgets, CQ and Ah Belle!!

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO JANICE: Your 'O' level result slip can be collected this Friday afternoon. MUAHAHAHA. Scared? Don't worry, I'll go collect it for you.

Techie techie techie!!

I think my mum's the mum. She's so... HIP man. She knows about everything and anything (besides sci. LOL. you should hear her answer jon's science qns. super cute.)!! She even knows the latest tech gadgets! Well, she got me a 80GB external hard disk (okay those who got it already may be thinking this is nothing man.. but for girls this is an ACHIEVEMENT! we're techie friendly! =P), and she got me a Skype phone as well!

What is a Skype phone, I hear you say? Well, you know the programme Skype which allows you to call anywhere in the world if you've got internet and, of course, the programme! Most people will use a mic to speak with their friends through the net, but my mum's got a phone for me! So I'll have a better 'feel' of talking to my friends. Awww.. LOL. Actually this gadget is kinda useless, but I think it's really cooooool!! You should see it, so here it is!

the skype phone. power.

The Skype phone has got buttons just like those we can find on ordinary land phones. Whaha. Just that it is plugged into a computer!

cant wait to use it with my friends! yahooo!

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2 photos from Jumbo + tcc night with eifer. Thanks for looking after me girls! Lousy me got a terrible headache that night. Booo.

eifer @ CQ!

love the lighting, and of course the people. XD

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A picture of Isabelle!! Church friend's daughter, who is UBER cute.!!!! They came for a short trip in Singapore, so we brought them around! It's quite fun being a tour guide sometimes. Hee.

my ah belle!!

Cutesey!

Tralalala and POOF~!

hihooooo!

Hihooo! :D

My, my... Time really flies, and guess what? I'll be leaving for New Zealand in 3 days time! That's a really short time. At this time of the year, I face farewells after farewells, be it cousins leaving to further their studies, friends taking buses to Malaysia (WHAHAHA. Yes Thazin I'm talking about you), or... Just me leaving my country.

To me, personally, farewells are tough to handle with, especially if the person leaving is someone very dear to me. Farewells always remind me of the 1st time I left Singapore to study overseas. I remember crying non-stop for almost 3 hours, starting from seeing my friends come to send me off, to reading farewell cards and opening farewell gifts from my dearest friends on the plane. I was practically wailing in the plane. Come to think about it, I think I really threw my face that day. Luckily I was disguised by my swollen eyes and flushed cheeks. =x

But our farewells are just temporary, because we will meet one another again. I just don't want to say goodbye forever. Get my point? So I always pray that everyone who is dear to me will stay safe and healthy, because I wouldn't want anything terrible to happen to any of them. People do get sick, people do grow old, so saying our last goodbyes is inevitable. Sometimes we got to accept the reality and move on with our lives. If we find it tough, we got to learn to let go of things. I will let go, but I will never forget.

Hmm. This post seems to be too solemn.

OKAY! Lighten up people! Here are just some updates on my life:

• CNY was great! But of course, those who are missing in action are dearly missed by us too! I'm actually still in the 拜年 process. Lots of ang baos!!! (:
• I feel really blessed to be surrounded by so many beautiful people. When I say beautiful, I mean the inside being beautiful. I just wish I can flick those irritating and gross people away with my super powderful index finger! -whistles-
• Isabelle is soo CUTE!!!!!!!! Irresistibly kawaii ne!
• I must say my mahjong skills are improving!!! I'm not joking this time! I'm darn serious!!
• Ben's back in Dunny! So NZ friends can go visit him now. Hahaha. I bet he's busy playing with his beloved desktop huh? Don't think I don't know ah... Lol.
• I've got lots of new techie gadgets and other funky accessories from Mummy!!!!! You're the best, Ma! No wonder all my friends say you're cool. Teeeheeee. :B
• I'm going to draw up a diet plan.. Not for me, but for my puppy AJ. FATTY PIGGGG!!!
• I'm still learning cooking from my super grandma.
• Qi's gonna be a happy girl in a day's time. Lucky girl you. Smiley!
• I got to chat with Nien on MSN FINALLY! After almost 3-4 months!
• Janice is complaining again that she's too lazy to blog and requests me to blog for her. HMM. I think I ought to get paid sometimes. Hahaha.

Okay, right now I just want to sit back and relax and chill during these few days in SG. After that, it's farewell again. ):(: <-- sad cos I'm leaving my family and friends, happy because ben's in NZ. Peace to the world!!!!!!

Specially to Tuck Yuan.

This morning, at about 810am, we bidded goodbye to our dearest Tuck... ):


YES I ADMIT. I CRIED... Don't you know that Jessica is a cry baby? She cries about everything and anything.


Tuck Yuan. My cousin who is a year older than I am, who is extremely hilarious, who is ever so thoughtful.

TUCK YUANNNNNNNNN! Please take care okay? I think the main reason why I cried when I sent you off was because I was worried for you. Everytime I think of how you're going to be independent, going to live your own life from now onwards, I worry for you. You have definitely come to this stage with much difficulty. I am indeed very proud of you to be able to get a scholarship to further your studies overseas. So you gotta work hard and continue to do us proud. (:

Please look after yourself, and I'll see you really soon! I promise I'll go to Sydney to look for Ming and you, okay? Oh, your dad's gonna see you soon too! And of course, Ning as well. See? Everyone loves you so much! Hahaha! The outside world is very different from the sheltered life you've got in Singapore. It's good to learn from the experience you get outside of SG. So, study hard and play hard too! Don't be a hermit and study whole day ya? Remember Xiao Shiang jiejie's advice.

I really hope you do check out my blog, or else this post is so useless. Haha. Lastly, cousins forever, Tuck. We cousins stand strong together. Haha. Cheers! (:

P.S. Remember to send us the photos we took in the airport okay?! I've got 2 photos of you from the outside of the departure gate.