Crap... I just found out I have to make a difficult decision.
a) Follow Prof for the 1st KL International Breast and Colorectal Cancer Congress. It's 3 days at Crowne Plaza Mutiara and I get to go for free. I have to do some work of course but still, its a wonderful opportunity.
b) Follow my Grandpa, Aunt, Uncle, cousin Audrey for a 5 day vacation in Brunei. I love these people and I really want to spend time with them plus I haven't been to Brunei before.
Why God? Why must both happen on the same weekend?! Family or Work? Work or Family? Somehow, I know this will not be the last time I have to make a decision like this...
a) Follow Prof for the 1st KL International Breast and Colorectal Cancer Congress. It's 3 days at Crowne Plaza Mutiara and I get to go for free. I have to do some work of course but still, its a wonderful opportunity.
b) Follow my Grandpa, Aunt, Uncle, cousin Audrey for a 5 day vacation in Brunei. I love these people and I really want to spend time with them plus I haven't been to Brunei before.
Why God? Why must both happen on the same weekend?! Family or Work? Work or Family? Somehow, I know this will not be the last time I have to make a decision like this...
Darn it... Lopez lost too. StarSports didn't even show that match. How come all the men I supported didn't make it? Come on you underdogs! Its tennis for goodness sake. Anything can happen so make it happen!
I love love love love Wimbledon!!!
I love love love love Wimbledon!!!
Oh poor Brits, the great white hope crashed after a valiant effort yesterday. Henman lost in a 5 setter 6-7(3-7), 6-7(5-7), 6-3, 6-2, 1-6 to absolutely gorgeous Feliciano Lopez. Supporting Henman is never easy but I sided with the hopeful Brits yesterday night. The last set was absolute torture. What did Lopez do in the toilet before the 5th set???
I love love love Wimbledon!!!
Oh boy, yesterday was darn tiring. I was shuttling to and fro rooms, checking patients, tracing records and helping the doctors. We had 200 patients in the afternoon! I felt like jello yesterday so couldn't blog and couldn't watch tennis boo hoo :(
I love love Wimbledon!!!
Today was much better although I'll have more workload on top of my attachment in the coming days. I was introduced to Prof G from Cambridge. He's UMMC's new Urological Surgeon and he asked if I wanted to work for him until I leave so as usual, I couldn't say no. Today's highlights consisted of one cataract surgery and a laparascopic cholecystectomy (removal of gallbladder while assisted by a tiny tube-like telescope cum camera). Absolute Coolness!
Tennisly speaking, Go Henin! 6-0, 6-4...She must have wiped out Vera Duschevina. Serena Williams, Elena Dementieva and Jelena Jankovic joins her as 2nd round winners. Tonight's draw will include Henman, Fedex, Sharapova, Venus and Hewitt so stay tuned! Star Sports, Astro, Channel 82. Please pray that it won't rain!
I love love Wimbledon!!!
Tim Henman is through the 1st round after beating Ah Mui's Carlos Moya in a 5 setter. The first 4 sets were played yesterday but due to the English weather, the 5th set was played today. Check out the score people!
6-3, 1-6, 5-7, 6-2, 13-11
He did pull out a couple great shots but statistically speaking, I thought Moya had the upper hand. Henman had 10 aces while Moya hit 17 aces. The last point was a boring double faulter by Moya to set British hopes flying.
James Blake, Marat Safin, Richard Gasquet and Ivan Ljubicic also joined Henman in escaping the 1st round.
I love Wimbledon!
Today as I was doing ward rounds with Prof, a patient did an unexpected thing when we finished examining her. Although she was very frail, she managed to lift both her hands, wave it up and down while trying to say thank you to us. It was a simple and genuine act of gratefulness.
Its hard to explain but the tiredness I felt after a long day suddenly faded and my perspective cleared. Imagine looking through a key hole, trying to get a glimpse when suddenly the door opens and you really get what's going on. I can't wait for med school to start again :)
Its hard to explain but the tiredness I felt after a long day suddenly faded and my perspective cleared. Imagine looking through a key hole, trying to get a glimpse when suddenly the door opens and you really get what's going on. I can't wait for med school to start again :)
It makes certain series and dramas super excessible and 100% free especially the Korean and Taiwanese ones. Okay, I am not a fan of weepy, square-love story dramas BUT when you're at home doing nothing, you tend to be influenced by your siblings' activities and in my case, 2 Korean-Taiwanese-Cantonese-Drama-On-Youtube obsessive sisters.
That is how I came to watch Tree of Heaven, a Japanese/Korean production.
That is how I came to watch Tree of Heaven, a Japanese/Korean production.
What I thought would be a just-for-fun-10-episode-thingy turned out to be one of the saddest stories I have ever watched. From episode 5 onwards, I cried and cried... and cried. The ending is absolutely heart-wrenching and up till now, I'm still reeling from it. The soundtrack and amazing talents (the lead actress was 15 when she filmed this) proved a lethal combination.
I couldn't sleep at all after finishing it yesterday as the scenes played back and forth in my mind. My tear ducts probably hypertrophied after all the crying. All this happened and I was on duty in church this morning. I know...I have learnt my lesson well, very very well. No more Youtube for me...absolutely no more.
Aiyo... Leaving in August has made me incapable of saying 'No' to invitations to hang out unless I have a really valid excuse such as attachment or visa matters.
Anyway, I will be spending the day at Midvalley with 3 friends. They will be shopping for the most of it I think. The problem is I'm not very exposed in the whole area of male shopping. Sure...I shop for my dad and buy gifts for some friends but its usually the case that a male friend follows me shopping and now its vice versa. Weirdla if you know what I mean.
They should have a "How to Accompany Your Male Friend Shopping for Dummies" because I think I'll definitely need it.
Anyway, I will be spending the day at Midvalley with 3 friends. They will be shopping for the most of it I think. The problem is I'm not very exposed in the whole area of male shopping. Sure...I shop for my dad and buy gifts for some friends but its usually the case that a male friend follows me shopping and now its vice versa. Weirdla if you know what I mean.
They should have a "How to Accompany Your Male Friend Shopping for Dummies" because I think I'll definitely need it.
Ah Mui, Thanks for helping me shave a couple of weeks off my dwindling holidays. It was so so much fun! I miss you already.
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The 3 days I spent in Selesa Hillhomes will definitely be one of my holiday highlights. It wasn't a very nice place and by nice I mean nice toilets and nice rooms and clean floors but the crazy bunch of people I spent it with and the God I spent it for meant everything in the world to me.
We went through some familiar things such as prayer, quiet time, tombstone and evangelism but God really opened my eyes to different stuff each time. When it came to the tombstone, we were asked to choose a verse for it and I couldn't think of anything but:
Matthew 28:20 And surely, I am with you always to the very end of this age.
Just reading it gives me the courage to face and do what I am scared of doing especially when it came to evangelism in Bentong town. I had the privilege of meeting 3 strangers, chatting with them about life, their ambitions, mine included and even exchanged phone numbers! They actually said," Wow! You're very friendly for a Chinese." I didn't know if that was a compliment or not hmm...Anyway, that opened the door for me to share my personal testimony and I hope they were encouraged to start living for more! Amen!
Then there are the brand new things such as Bible dancing to some sexy song. Ps Victor is darn funny ha ha! I wish I videotaped the dance but was too busy shaking to the beat. We also taught the theory and practical of baptising which was awesome. Even though it was just role play, I genuinely felt so proud and happy whenever I say," I now baptise you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit...I welcome you [NAME] to the family of God!".
Tuesdays with Morrie was a whole new different thing. I've never got to watch the movie beginning to the end so I was ecstatic when Ps Lindy said we were gonna watch it for one night session. I tried unsuccessfully to suppress my tear ducts when I realised all the times, opportunities and people I took for granted so easily. Here is this man suffering from ALS, unable to wipe his own butt teaching us the most important thing in the world.
To live is to love and to love is to live. I also cried because I was reminded on how perfect and complete is God's love for us. I realise how easily I forget this because I live in a world where bad things happen to good people and I react by questioning how God can let such things happen. What I really needed to do was respond with love. While we sometimes cannot understand tragedies, we must do what we know, we can love. Love the people around us, love our community, love our country and pray that it catches on to others.
Matthew 28:20 And surely, I am with you always to the very end of this age.
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What a dissapointment after the sizzling 1st installment! Invisible girl was only a pretty face in this movie who nearly died in the arms of a very stiff Mr. Fantastic, ironically... His stiffness was only second to the Silver Surfer and whats with the 4-in-one formula this time??? Sorry Johnny, You're hot, you did your best doing the job for your 3 team members but it wasn't enough.
Spoiler Warning!!!
It was awesome! Every eksabit(1 million terabits) of it.
My favourite parts were
1) Andy Garcia @ Terry on Oprah for "donating" the diamonds to fund building camp for 200 kids
2) Brad and George teary eyed after watching Oprah build new home for a family
3) Matt @ Lenny in seduction mode with Ellen Barkin. He was wearing a prosthetic nose which was so sharp, he couldn't drink from a champagne glass properly. Wa ha ha ha...
4) Mr. 5 Diamond Judge...the real one. Ha ha Poor guy!
5) And of course, the entire long con...
See you again boys!
It was awesome! Every eksabit(1 million terabits) of it.
My favourite parts were
1) Andy Garcia @ Terry on Oprah for "donating" the diamonds to fund building camp for 200 kids
2) Brad and George teary eyed after watching Oprah build new home for a family
3) Matt @ Lenny in seduction mode with Ellen Barkin. He was wearing a prosthetic nose which was so sharp, he couldn't drink from a champagne glass properly. Wa ha ha ha...
4) Mr. 5 Diamond Judge...the real one. Ha ha Poor guy!
5) And of course, the entire long con...
See you again boys!
Recently, my buddy went through one of those days where everything that can go wrong went wrong. I thought I was going to be her saviour but hah! I had no idea I was going through one of those days as well until something bad nearly happened. I shall not reveal it here for fear of my two nosy sisters. Anyway, this is a 3 step guide to get through one of those days.
1) Find your buddy and go shopping together! It doesn't have to be a posh place like Starhill. A cosy flea market like the one in Mont Kiara will do. Even though it nearly rained and there was construction going on and some bad person stole my nice parking spot, you'll feel better after a while.
1) Find your buddy and go shopping together! It doesn't have to be a posh place like Starhill. A cosy flea market like the one in Mont Kiara will do. Even though it nearly rained and there was construction going on and some bad person stole my nice parking spot, you'll feel better after a while. 2) Treat yourself and your buddy to something new preferably containing chocolate at a place that pops into your mind. Even though its a posh place(Bakerzin in this case) where the sleepy waiter irks you and still brings the wrong order after repeating your order correctly, stimulating your taste buds helps to reduce your irritation.
3) Find more friends especially those you haven't seen in a long while. Go to a lousy restaurant, order and laugh at each other for paying exorbitant amounts for lousy food. Better still, move on to the "Remember whens..." and continue laughing off the entire sucky day. After that, you'll find it hard even to be irritated by the guy with shaky hands who takes your picture .
3) Find more friends especially those you haven't seen in a long while. Go to a lousy restaurant, order and laugh at each other for paying exorbitant amounts for lousy food. Better still, move on to the "Remember whens..." and continue laughing off the entire sucky day. After that, you'll find it hard even to be irritated by the guy with shaky hands who takes your picture .
Try it and let me know if it works will you?
I think this was the first time I saw Federer so flustered on court. His winners couldn't undo the 50 unforced errors(if I'm not mistaken) he made battling Nadal. Poor guy...The French Open title remains elusive. 
Although, its definitely not the case for Nadal who whipped Federer in a 4 setter (6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4) after a minor set back in the 2nd set. This means that Nadal is the second guy in tennis history to get a French Open hat trick since Bjorn Bork in 1978.
While both of these players are not my favourites, it was still an amusing game to watch and if it was any other player against Nadal, they would probably have lost in straight sets. I can't wait for my favourite Grand Slam.....The WIMBLEDON!
Yay! Henin prevails Ivanovic after all in a very one sided match. Although she started off being broken by the Serbian beauty, I remembered what my coach always says. The first half of the first set is trial and error. After that, its serious business.
True enough, Henin recovered but Ivanovic never did. Sad though because I was looking forward to a fight. Anyway congrats Justine! You're amazing!
By the way, Djokovic is Ana's boyfriend and even though he saw his girl got thrashed 6-1,6-2, he still supported her. ;)
True enough, Henin recovered but Ivanovic never did. Sad though because I was looking forward to a fight. Anyway congrats Justine! You're amazing!
By the way, Djokovic is Ana's boyfriend and even though he saw his girl got thrashed 6-1,6-2, he still supported her. ;)
Its that time of the year again where the greatest names in tennis clash on clay. This time in the finals tomorrow, its backhand-wonder Justine Henin against Sharapova-teenage-killer Ana Ivanovic.Both had a breeze in their semifinals with Justine beating Jankovic 6-2, 6-2 and Ana thrashing Maria 6-2, 6-1. While I'm rooting for Justine, I must say that Ana looks pretty intimidatingl with her tendency for aces and hard strokes. For Justine to lift that French Open title again, I think she needs to pull deeper from her past experiences and a couple more of aces should help along the way.
GO TEAM HENIN!!!
Haiyo, I was too tired yesterday to blog because I spent the entire day with Ah Mui running about town mostly settling my stuff at KLGH where I had a painful Mantoux test and applying for visa in Wisma MCA.
The Mantoux Test
Thanks to Lee Yan, I had a painful premonition about the intradermal jap but things got worse when I saw the nurse jabbing another guy before me. She dropped the cotton on the floor and proceeded to pick it up while holding the needle which was still in the guy's arm!!! I had to stifle my scream. Worst thing is, she reused the cotton on the guy. Phew...Luckily, the MO on duty took over. What I don't understand is, must they draw an ugly circle the size of a fifty cents coin around the puncture mark? They say that I can't wash, wet and scratch that area including the circle so the GP knows where I've done the test?!!!? After sweating due to KL's weather, the circle faded and now, its completely gone.
VisaUK
They have increased security like crazy since the last time I went there. You can't turn on your phone, bring your bag in and even let your poor best friend in. Luckily there was secret recipe downstairs. Then, I had to wait my turn behind this mother and son who took ages just to enquire about application. When they finally left, I thought everything will go well but they said my affidavit wasn't detailed enough. They actually want to know in detail how much I'll spent on even shopping and food! How in the world am I supposed to know how often I'll frequent Zara and MNG???
Afterwards...
We finally reached KLCC and the cool air-conditioning greeted us. I never felt so happy before. It took a few minutes to decide where to satisfy our hunger and soon, I am myself again in one of my all time favourites...CHILI'S. This got me thinking, I hope we get to eat when we're in heaven and how I hope that there's CHILI'S there... Maybe God could let me run His Chili's outlet...sigh...
The Mantoux Test
Thanks to Lee Yan, I had a painful premonition about the intradermal jap but things got worse when I saw the nurse jabbing another guy before me. She dropped the cotton on the floor and proceeded to pick it up while holding the needle which was still in the guy's arm!!! I had to stifle my scream. Worst thing is, she reused the cotton on the guy. Phew...Luckily, the MO on duty took over. What I don't understand is, must they draw an ugly circle the size of a fifty cents coin around the puncture mark? They say that I can't wash, wet and scratch that area including the circle so the GP knows where I've done the test?!!!? After sweating due to KL's weather, the circle faded and now, its completely gone.
VisaUK
They have increased security like crazy since the last time I went there. You can't turn on your phone, bring your bag in and even let your poor best friend in. Luckily there was secret recipe downstairs. Then, I had to wait my turn behind this mother and son who took ages just to enquire about application. When they finally left, I thought everything will go well but they said my affidavit wasn't detailed enough. They actually want to know in detail how much I'll spent on even shopping and food! How in the world am I supposed to know how often I'll frequent Zara and MNG???
Afterwards...
We finally reached KLCC and the cool air-conditioning greeted us. I never felt so happy before. It took a few minutes to decide where to satisfy our hunger and soon, I am myself again in one of my all time favourites...CHILI'S. This got me thinking, I hope we get to eat when we're in heaven and how I hope that there's CHILI'S there... Maybe God could let me run His Chili's outlet...sigh...
Shrek 3 was oklah... I totally agree with Jay that the villains were killed and turned into new leaves too easily especially when Artie wasn't even that inspiring. Snow White totally outshined the princesses and even Princess Fiona.The Baby Shreks and Baby Drakeys were very cute though and Pinocchio's attempt to not lengthen his nose while being interrogated by King Charming was hilarious! Other than that, I didn't laugh much.
Pirates 3 was awesome and isn't Jack Sparrow to die for? I absolutely loved the way he gets out of a tight situation. Slash the ropes! Woo Hoo! Fly up and swing about... I wish I could do that. I went to church after that and the soundtrack was still playing in my head especially the fighting scenes. I wanna be a pirate too (still day dreaming...)
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