It's time to change, the sister said,
On came the gloves and so still she laid,
Aprons and coats, all in white,
I wasn't prepared, what a sight,
My hands worked, my eyes teared,
She laid still, her eyes teared,
Gauze by gauze, we had to cover,
Her skin could hold no longer,
It was too much, the tremors came,
I held her hand, I called her name,
I told her I know, yet I don't.

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I got up real early today just to make it for CSU at 8 am. We learned how to use the ophthalmoscope to check if a patient's eye has retinal abnormalities. I was suppose to be able to make out the arteries and veins but the only thing I saw was a bright spot which turned out to be my friend's optic disc! However, I just couldn't see the arteries and the miniscule spot of light and even tinier hole I had to look through didn't help at all.

Performing the intramuscular injection was even funnier because our attention wasn't focused on the needle but the prosthetic butt lying on the table. We tried to resist the urge of acting like fools, prodding and feeling the 'butt' but failed. It is so soft and rubbery and just so nice to pinch!! Ha ha ha...Then it came down to serious business because the nurse explained that if we inject at the wrong site on a nerve, the patient may become paralysed. As usual, I giggled my way through and luckily, I got a nice nurse who didn't mind.

Breakfast upstairs was a real relief as my stomach was growling all the way but I soon fell sound asleep in the lecture hall during a lesson on epidemiology which was way too boring. Glenn laughed as he was usually the sleepy one and I was the "alert" one. Well, I couldn't be bothered and the next thing I know, Lee Yan, Yee Leng, Imelda, Denise and I were heading off to Sri Petaling for a really good lunch. Yum Yum!!

Hmm...Now it really sounds as if all I do is eat and sleep.

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Hooray!! I finally own a stethoscope!! Its really beautiful with its black piping, glistening body, matching ear-pieces and an engraved nametag. It cost me a cool RM234 too.

There was an initial quarrel between my sisters as to whether to put my name facing outwards or inwards. It seems that I look dorky with my name hanging at the Y-band but come to think of it, if anyone actually stole my baby and used it, it would be obvious that it doesn't belong to them. Anyway... when everybody calmed down, I decided to go with putting my name backwards because I wouldn't want to risk being targetted by lecturers and cranky hospital-staff especially the matrons.

Oh yeah, which reminds me, I better learn how to use it properly!

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There it goes.. Time really flies when you are busy and the weird thing is my 1-week "break" was my busiest week ever this semester. I guess it all started when Andrew asked me to be part of the CF ' CHOICES' camp organising comittee.

I thought I would have a lot of time to become a mall junkie again but I found myself cracking my brains for fun games and suffering long hours mass producing name tags for the campers. To top that all, the seemingly never-ending committee meetings we had.

Oh, before I forget, I have to mention the special journey we took up Genting. Andrew's car radiator overheated and thank God, we stopped halfway before it got out of hand. When we removed the cap, coolant and steam actually escaped and the colour of the coolant is green! Cars and buses passed by and their passengers looked curiously at a bunch of 5 kids busy taking pictures by the roadside while their car cooled off. The funny part is shortly before we had to stop, we actually pulled over to help a couple whose honda civic had the same problem! It was hilarious when they sped past us and luckily they did. I wouldn't know where to hide if they saw us in our state.

Ha ha ha... All's not gloom because people can be so funny sometimes and laughter was really what kept me going. In the end, the 3 days we spent up at Genting paid off. Everybody who went had a good time playing and meeting new faces. Weather was really cool and although we panicked on the 2nd day because it rained (some games were supposed to be outdoors), we found ourselves worrying for nothing.

Coming down the hill was unfortunately terrible because the bus driver sped all the way down and I was really surprised I did not regurgitate my breakfast. The minute I touched home-base, I practically dropped dead on the sofa, clad in dirty clothes ignoring my empty stomach and had my first good sleep in a really long while.

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