the NEW car
April 06, 2005 - 20:57
hmm, so it is a hyundai sonata 2000! ok such a big car... i really dun know how to drive. better wait till i have the time to get dad to supervise me on how to drive =p
ok so i didn't take one week to know... in fact, just one evening of talking nicely to my dad worked!!! hahaha.
hmm... so lovely.
on getting... married!
April 05, 2005 - 19:00
I am still here.. blogging. i will pay for this slackness with my grade! argh.. hmm, i am here again coz i can't get down to business and coz i was pretty surprised to find that one of my sec sch friend, or rather, someone i know, just got married.
that got me thinking. when will it be my turn? i know we are saving hard for our marriage fund.. well, at least dylan is saving hard. i am glad that between the two of us, there is someone who is more sensible with money.else whole life also no need get married liao.but i am saving too! $20 a month into our joint acc! hahaha. i know it is little. but little little build up big mountain right? maybe in 20 years it will be a mountain. alamak, by then it will be too late!
ok, i do envy my friend who got married at this young tender age but i know that i can't! i has so mmuch awaiting for me. i got my degree, my masters, my phd, my potential high flying, i do hope, career ahead of me! i can't give them up for love and family.. they are my dreams and life.. i got to fulfil my life first.. right?
trying hard to discover what i really want in life. met people who chose career, people who chose marriage, people who chose children... people who chose religion... but me? i still dun know. if everything can go my way, i want to:
1) get my degree.
2) work for 5 years.
3) get married and get my masters in somewhere nice like japan.
4) travel the world
5) have child and get my phd!
but there are so many things i cannot determine and will alter the course of how things will ultimately turn out. i want control in my life, but some things, i just can't control.if the world ends tomorrow, i will get married today.. if not... these will be the only reasons i can think of for marriage in the next 3 years..
1) if there's a little dylan on his way
2) if there's a little regina on her way
3) if we won angbao draw
4) if it is time for the end of the world
5) if i am gonna die.. somehow.
6) if i know i will lose him in some way.. *touchwood!*
7) if i drop all the things i want to accomplish for myself
8) if God tell me to.
the grass is always greener on the other side huh.
wait for me dear friend, i will be there too.. someday.
facts of my life now
April 05, 2005 - 18:08
Fact no. 1: I am back from Japan.
Fact no. 2: I have tonnes of assignment undone. yet i went out as if it was still holiday with dylan to crystal jade and orchard yesterday. and today, since i came home 4 hours ago, i have been packing my room. my messy table so i can do work and also did my laundry. at the end of it, i am too exhausted to do any serious work.
so here i am. now i understand why dylan can be so tired sometimes. sigh, i guess i really dun understand what it is like to really work. as in put your soul and mind to something. how come dylan can do it so easily most of the time?
gone for one month, i can't even remember some things in my house. like where did i put this thing ... and what was the last spyware that i used?my memory is failing me.. else, my mind is still clouded with images of hokkaido... and the people i left behind.
dylan has been staying over since i came back, everynight, he has so much to say ... but in every 10 sentences he say, he will ask me.. "why did you leave me for so long?" it feels sweet... to know that someone almost went crazy, just waiting for you.
distance made the heart fonder... but for how long?
i think along the way, we realise how impossible, life is, alone now.
Back to serious work. bye
chatterbox whispering in my ear
April 04, 2005 - 23:50
dylan, please stop talking! haha. he has been talking non stop, seriously, non stop since i came back. i think he is trying to make up for lost time or lost talk. aiyo, i need some peace sometimes, i thought i was a chatterbox but dylan turned out more chatty than me. ok, finally i am the quieter one.
went out to orchard and ate at crystal jade. good food. anyway dylan surprised me with a nice sunflower! so cool.
o ya and i got a new phone and finally, i will be linked up wirelessly. thanks singnet. they gave me a free new phone and a free modem. =p
feeling sad to leave sapporo
April 01, 2005 - 21:27
I will miss all the people who hosted me... i miss everyone of them... thank you words at the dinner wasn't enough.. i really missed them..
sigh. gotta get back to life and reality but i know.... i will be back! and i wanna meet all of them.
missing sapporo
March 31, 2005 - 22:03
i am going back home in one day's time. i will miss japan. i will miss the snow, the cold, the people here who are absolutely polite and courteous.. i will miss the patients here.. think i injured my patient today with over zealous exercise!! and i will miss the sensei.. i will miss this nice hotel too. i will want to come back to sapporo! maybe with dylan.. it will be so nice and i want to come back in winter coz all these fond memories are all snowy white!
i think i like winter more than anything else too though it makes everything very bulky.. luggage, clothing etc... but still it is so fun!
sigh, i hate leaving people behind.. like the sensei and the china patient we have grown so close to...but then life has so much more for us.. we just had to go. we are after all, just a guest.. hope i will have a chance to return though...
really enjoyed this trip. i think, it is the best of my life time thus far.
looking forward to a may trip with dylan! dylan's treating me to a trip! so exciting! heehee.
going home in 2 days
March 30, 2005 - 22:26
2 more days and i will leave sapporo! i do hope to be back in a year or two to visit the nice people here... though i think it may not be that possible with so much travelling plans on hands and no money! hahaha.
miss dylan
March 28, 2005 - 21:38
i miss dylan so much! so exciting , dylan's gonna treat me to a holiday. hmm.. i look forward to it!
I hmm, dun know why but i just wanna go home.
A lot to say about this clinical but no mood.
It's having a kind of snow storm here ... so scary
great experience.
March 26, 2005 - 23:52
suddenly i dun wish to go back to sg. enjoyed myself so much skiing. how come sg dun have snow? skiing is so fun! but tiring and really need strong muscles. i want to be able to go skiing annually.. hmm...
after skiing, we went to the onsei, which means hot spring. it was so lovely! it was the outdoor kind and while we soaked, naked, we got a chance to feel the snow falling on us coz it was snowing that day. we were so lucky coz it is near the end of winter and it was one of the last snow.it was a lovely experience.
will miss the senseis. especially the 2 male senseis who brought us skiing and to the hot spring. they are super nice.
Home sicken
March 24, 2005 - 21:56
i miss home and dylan. i want to go home. NOW and TODAY. I want to sleep in my own bed. Hug my own bolster. Smell my own room. I want to see my sister, my brother, my mother and my father!
I want to go home. I am sooo home sick now.
earthquake news
March 22, 2005 - 22:11
a pretty huge earthquake happened somewhere not so far away yet not so near enough to feel anything.
not to worry, we live right next to the emergency exit and we have a torch light in our room and we have a table to climb underneath.
ok, earthquake apart.. here's some photo!
us at the cold cold icy mountain.
back from the grocery store in braving in the snowstorm.
hmm... thanks!
March 21, 2005 - 11:42
I think i will be moving away from diaryland due to its recent crashing history. it gets quite irritating!
anyway let me start with talking about my adventure with serene last friday that got a bit disgraceful but absolutely funny.
-we set off to susukino(a very large night life centre with plenty of porno in sapporo city)
-we decided to walk there.but serene wasn't dressed thick enough to withstand the cold.
-therefore smart alec us decided to go to 7-11 to buy a alcholic drink.
-we drank and walk to susukino, but halfway started to snow like nobody's business, serene decided to take a cab.
-took a cab to susukino and reached. but we were drunk!
-started feeling funny and lightheaded.
-then went to kfc to have a hot tea but still couldnt feel better.
-i started to take funny pictures.. hahaha.
-sat in kfc for so long then serene went to throw up.
-decided to go home in a cab again!
-spent 30 sin bucks just taking cab! cab here are super expnsive. once you board, it starts at 10 sin bucks. sigh.
-so our trip to susukino ended up only sitting in kfc and doing nothing else.
-but i got a kids meal and got a nice organiser. haha.
ok that aside. today is a public holiday in japan so we are sleeping late in the hotel and still wondering about where we can go later. getting boring here.
hmm, and reflection time: i realise how much i miss dylan and how very much i have always taken him for granted and for a ride half the time. i am soooo bad. i feel guilty of being a terrible girlfriend. and the worse is, i always don't tell others about how terrible i am that caused him to flare up. hmm, i tell half the story so people misunderstand him. sigh, i did him wrong indeed.
recently was talking to serene about us and she reminded me that dylan is really a great boyfriend who cares so much about me and my family. yet, i treat him, quite not so well. i must day i did a lot of stuff that a good girlfriend will never do. and i have done terrible things that i shouldn't do to anyone! i can be very wicked sometimes...
well, thanks to dylan who has been looking after my mum and sis during this period and for being on 24 hours standby to remit money ! thanks for the cute mickey mouse beside my bed now. thanks for the many stuff he has bought just because i wanted it... all the things that i had took for granted. thanks for the never failing trust and love. and the tolerance for my terrible temper. hmm, for those who didn't understand, i must admit that i was the one who provoked him most of the time to cause him to flare up.. and i tink, i am super good at provoking people.. hahaha.. i can really say mean things!
hmm, ok, reflections aside, i will i will change to blogspot soon if diaryland die on me again.
drunk state
March 18, 2005 - 20:58
we got drunk. it is a funny experience. will talk about it tomorrow.
wasted trip downtown tonight. hahaha
pic for the day
March 18, 2005 - 17:41
anyway post a photo for the day.
me at the icy cold mountain! at the ski jump park. =p
change of room
March 18, 2005 - 17:33
Mr LHB should have been smarter. we got ourselves a twin room from tomorrow onwards and we can save quite a bit of money, also, serene and i are like siamese twins now. she slept over in my room for the last 2 days so her room was practically wasted. hahaha.
i am glad that we got initiative to make changes on our own. =p
going out for the night!
some sentiments
March 14, 2005 - 19:56
i happen to know that eug's grandad passed away and i feel sad for him. coz i remember him always telling me about his grandparents.. think he being able to make it to be a doctor today is something so comforting for his family. sometimes i wonder, did i cause him to have to go through such troubles coz we played too much in college? think not, coz people do make it into nus med with 3As!
anyway it is just funny coz people whom you left behind in your life, somehow u will miss one day, especially when something big happenin their life and you wonder, if you are still together, how will it be like?
thinking back, it's been 3 years since we broke up. it;s a long time back man..
some part of him is still very sweet to me, but i know, it was impossible to work out.
luckily for me, dylan can bear with my ways much better.
miss you, i know you are reading this. =)
Interesting day
March 14, 2005 - 18:40
went to observe an operation today.
sunday in japan
March 13, 2005 - 17:13
i have got plenty of work to do and i am feeling super sleepy.
we went to the supermarket far away and bought a lot of junk food AGAIN.
to think that my initial plan was to lose weight here! i am going to get fat! argh. but i dun care except that people will get to see my tummy when i go to the hot springs.
we are indeed very adventurous and independent. putting aside the fact that we went to tour tokyo all by ourselves, we are intending to tour Otaru, a nearby city all by ourselves too. hooefully we can set off this weekend.
went out to buy things today and realised that it cost 20 bucks sin to watch a movie here! WTH. really scary, everything is soooo expensive here.
ok here's another pic for the day.
my first patient in the hospital!
feeling unfortunate
March 13, 2005 - 09:07
i have never felt so suay in my life coz an unimagineable amount of stuff is spoiling on me. no. 1: my luggage handle broke in tokyo. to be correct: shiyi's mother luggage handle. ok so how? do i buy a new one back for her? so expensive. i feel like crying. maybe next time shouldn't borrow anything from others. all buy your own then won't have such troubles. no.2 : my shoes spoiled. this is my fault coz before i set off SG i didn't check if my shoes were fine and turned out it wasn't fine and couldn't withstand snow and water. the sole fell out and i tried to superglue it over and over again but it couldn't work!!!! so i ended up buying a pair of shoes here. it is so darn expensive. sigh. and it don't fit well coz? my feet too big and japanese has small feet! argh. no.3: hmm, the calling card i bought couldn't work. 20 bucks wasted.
ok so much misfotune. no need watch a series of unfortunate events. i am unfortunate enough, just hope that good things come our way during the ski trip and the hot spring trip.
hmm, do look forward to seeing everyone naked. it will be interesting. hahaha. too bad, cannot post photos about it.=p
for now, look at this:
At tokyo disneyland
bored afternoon
March 11, 2005 - 11:52
basically i am quite bored now and my stomach seems to be aching =(
but the handsome therapist is bringing us out tonight. great! haha.
great time today!
March 09, 2005 - 22:09
i had a great time with serene today, she is actually a very lovely companion! we basically went for a walk around and the snow was falling and it was -3 degree celcius! everyone was rushing home but we are the two mad woman to take a stroll in this temperature. then we got huungry and managed to get into this restaurant where the people are very nice and there were huge pictures which we can point to and order. which is very important. the other day we tried to order in jap and got all the wrong food!!!! hahaha.
after sitting in the place and talk for about 2 hours... we decided to head back to do the laundry. waited by the laundry machine for 1 and a half hour! haha. and we talked crap and laugh and laugh. so funny.
anyway i got lots of work to do but i am sooo lazy. sigh. sooner or later my sensei will kill me...
anyway look forward to this weekend when we are going to the sapporo zoo ourselves. keke.
a picture!
March 08, 2005 - 21:29
At the Sapporo tower.
Sapporo
March 08, 2005 - 21:18
Hi i am happily sitting in my hotel now feeling warm and cosy .. was in the snow for the last hour trodding through thick snow and slippery ice in order to get back to the hotel from the supermarket quite far away,
it's so fun so far. the placement is interesting but during their staff conference, which they hold standing up, i was so sleeping and tired! couldn't understand most of what was said. just bow when needed. haha.
can speak some Jap now. cool. anyway we will be going to ski soon but i think we will not get to go the hot spring with the therapist coz apparently, the girls who came last year hesitated to undress... the therapist was a male you see.. hahaha. so funny right. but i think we wouldn't mind cos he is qite handsome, the best i have seen in the hospital so far.hahaha.
there 's some other students here too.. from jap uni.. and they are quite hmm, not so friendly coz i think they can't speak english well and a bit ashamed to speak too. actually a lot of jap can speak english but they just dont want to for fear of embarrassing themselves. a few of my pts so far can speak eng.. or simply phases.
have a great welcome dinner last night! haha. the food was good, the best we will have in days, or rather weeks. got to drink sapporo beer too.. nicer than tiger beer. they got us to say a speech each and we had to be very polite and give a nice bow at the end.. was quite nervous actually.
we are quite independent here... visiting and sightseeing on our own. after this trip, i realised i can survice out there on my own! serene and i conquered tokyo all by ourselves! haha. and now sapporo. visited the city on sunday all by ourselves.. but luckily i am better at directions and we got along fine.
look forward to the coming weekend to explore more of sapporo. but for tomorrow, need to go do my work now... ROM and sensory testing etc. need to do my first splint on my pt.. argh!
Being in Tokyo
March 04, 2005 - 22:34
I am now sitting in a Tokyo hotel which we took 3 hours to reach after fighting the complaicated railway, subway and then finally after given wrong directions and landing up at the wrong hotel... we arrived in a taxi. the starting fee of the taxi was S$10@! and for every 224 km, it jump by S$1!In singapore, taxi jump by 10 cents per 224 km lor! so terrible.
We spent a total of $70 travelling around on railway and subway alone today.we had a really funny but actually challenging yet honestly bad experience of luggage spoiling and being too heavy, we seems to be moving to Japan for good coz we got a total of 50 kg worth of luggage!
the most stupid thing of all was that i tagged a 5 kg backpack to Tokyo Disney land when I could have just left it behind in the hotel! stupid me.. bringing my anatomy text book all the way there...coz i forgot all about taking it out. sigh, now got trigger points,, hurts.
but Tokyo Disneyland was so amazing.serene and i were most amazed by all the kiddy rides. hee. but then if you ask me, it is not worth visiting again coz it is quite simple actually.. but big and spacious. fmaily with kids will love it.. and it does bring out the child in me,(in the first place, as dylan always say, I ams till pretty much a kid myself). it was fun and amazing.. don't know how to describe the feeling but i just felt so happy and excited and now, contented. took some photos.. will post later.
Japan is pretty much the same as Korea except for prices. everything is super expensive here!!!! i do mean expensive, especially in terms of food. we are therefore starving ourselves after having one good meal today.
Will be going to meet my uncle in Tokyo tomorrow for lunch. he speaks like a Japanese now.. hahaha.
Well, i survived the stormy air trip! o ya, it is snowing heavily in Tokyo now. =) I love snow and the cold weather.
packing done
March 03, 2005 - 01:14
i am so tired from the packing and running about getting last min stuff and changing to yen etc that i just got down to rest.
Sigh, i am tired even before the trip start. and suddenly, i don't know how we can enjoy ourselves when the date line for all those assignments and tests are so near. ok plan your time. plan...
hmm, on hindsight, it is getting pretty exciting. the sad part is that dylan didn't manage to come over coz i guess he's too tired. but look forward to seeing him tomorrow. wow, our very first parting for more than 3 days since we got together 2 yrs ago!
I will miss him, and my bed.
Second last night!
February 28, 2005 - 22:34
i don't think i have any chance of sweating in japan, but why did i pack my deodourant all the same??? maybe that's why my luggage is freaking heavy and i think i am gonne pay for excess!!!!
Ok getting really excited because this is my second last night in SG! come thursday night and I will fly off. =) yeah. but guess what, we have't settled on a hotel AT ALL in tokyo and we are dead meat if we still haven't get it by tomorrow. means that we will 1. freeze in the streets of tokyo 2.tour disneyland with all our barang barang 3.look really pathetic.4. spend the night at the airport =(
hmm, really quite excited. but a bit sad coz my wallet is going empty with all the gifts we are getting for the hosts. hopefully tomorrow will find good buys at Chinatown.