点心点心~！

今天和朋友去吃点心。

很久没有吃点心了，最记得的是我常和爸爸在 KL 的点心店或者小摊吃点心。

爸爸每次都对我说要早点起床去吃点心，不然卖完了没得吃。

有时候我们和公公一起去。咦，我们一家五个人好像没有在 KL 一起吃点心过呢……

我最记得吃点心的一次是我大学第一年回去大马时刚到达的那一天。抵达时是早上，由于时间还早，回 KL 家之前爸带我去吃点心。

爸说我们吃点心的那间店蛮出名的呢，而且不会太贵，常常看到有很多人在那里吃。

而今天和朋友吃点心跟以往我和爸爸吃点心有所不同。

我们去的不是什么点心店或者小摊，而是一间餐馆。

我们选了中午时间去。本来说是 brunch 的，结果变成了 lunch。哈哈！

想起爸爸说吃点心通常是早上吃的，唔~

这好像是我第一次在澳洲吃点心。好好吃啊~

嗯，我想应该更常吃点心……

好，就把这加入假期计划里！

其他的假期计划包括：

- 约喜爱咖啡的朋友在 uni 的那间‘高级’ cafe 喝咖啡，上一次去那里是去年的事了

- 逛街购物，六月有大减价！！

- 准备秀婷的礼物，她要出国咯

- 想去 St. Kilda Road 的那些文化建筑物看看并拍拍照，友望肯定会有兴趣吧？

- bake bake bake - 倩颍，你说过假期是增肥的日子啊哈哈哈

- 看连续剧、看小说、玩大规模型的电脑游戏 （很久很久没玩了，因为需要长时间来玩所以有点懒惰……不知道我还会有兴趣玩吗？）

- 温习功课 （写这个是来让自己不觉得 guilty 罢了哈哈）

给自己的忠告：醒醒啊，考试在先！

Pick me!

Erm...I actually have a lot of things that I can write about. But I just don't know what should I write, or what is actually interesting to write about. And I don't know where to start either...

I'm still enjoying life. Holidays are coming. At the same time, piles of assignments waiting for me to finish before the holidays (due date during the holidays but I'll be in NZ then! So gotta finish them early)...

I posted a question to my friends just now on the way back from hospital. Well, I realise that I'm often the first person in the group (of us students) to be asked to answer questions from the tutor/interns/registrar. For example, during ward rounds the registrar often asks questions like,

'So, what are some of the symptoms of hyperthyroidism? Let's start with you, JESSICA'

'Okay I want you guys to listen to his heart and tell me what you hear. So, Jessica, what do you think?'

'Jess - tell me, what are the causes of hypercalcaemia?'

'Tell me what you think about this chest X ray'

I got questions from intern(s) as well. 'Okay, so what are the causes of chronic liver failure? Sorry Jess you're always the first to be picked up on...but tell me'

And even 5th Years.

'What are some of the investigations that you would carry out in this case? Jessica...'

'So what do you think of his examination?'

'Hmmm, yeah? How do you test for proprioception? Show me'

It's common that we get questions from doctors, but to be the FIRST in the group to be asked so frequently? That leads me wondering... it's either they think I'm smart and know stuff, or they think I'm dumb and should know stuff. HAHA

It's not something to be proud about, but the first few times I was actually quite taken aback when questions were directed towards me first. Scary it seems at first, but I feel good now because I learn more that way =) Thank God for the good nice people I've met so far which made me enjoy clinical year since the very first day =D

Updates

Okay...I should have blogged about this earlier...about the 'biggest' morning tea charity that we held on 8th May to raise funds for breast and prostate cancer research. Basically each of us brought food...mostly home baked!!

(I got these photos from Facebook, haven't gotten the originals yet)

It's quite blurry but this is just to show PART of the amount of food we have....We had muffins, various types of cakes, baklava, sausage rolls, custard desserts, cookies, doughnuts, more cakes...it's all sweet stuff!!

Sally made sushi! And she also made Japanese green tea with her coffee plunger~

Pink for breast cancer!

Sally and I...she would have won the 'best dressed' award hehe

=P

That night was also great because I had dinner with a few of my Dandy friends at an Afghanistan restaurant in Dandenong itself after spending the day at the hospital. The owner of the restaurant told us that it's nice to see us from different cultural backgrounds (locals, ABCs & internationals) hanging out together =D

Li Ping suggested that we gave Yun Ying a surprise later that night because her birthday's the next day, so 5 of us went to her house (Ryan purposely left the house door unlocked) near midnight with a little spongecake and ice cream =)

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The past weekend has been great as well. Watched 'Angels & Demons' on Friday night and went for Combo birthday party celebration at Sofia's on Saturday.

belated birthdays of Yun Ying, Cheng Khoon & Justina

More birthdays coming up soon... =)

这个星期的故事

星期一第一次 scrub in，虽然不是第一次看手术，但还是有点手忙脚乱……
本来就没有想过会有机会 scrub in，以为这一次又像以往一样只是观察而已。
所以当医生说‘你来 scrub in 吧’ 我有点吓了一跳，不过觉得很兴奋
心想可以在更近的距离观察手术啦~ 而且可能有机会能做些什么呢～

走到洗手的地方洗手 (surgical hand wash)，5th Year senior 说要洗三次，我从来都不知道呢……
连洗手时也有怎样放手的 position 才会洗得干干净净，还有刷子可以刷手和指甲 （两年前有个 gloving & gowning 的 tute 不过我都忘记怎样做了啦）……
由于是个 angiography + angioplasty + femoral artery bypass 的手术，所以大家都要穿上防 X 光的制服，是用铅 (lead) 做的，好重～
我刚好那时洗了手什么东西都不能摸，所以 radiology department 的人拿了制服套在我肩膀上，还帮我把 belt 绑紧哈哈～
是第一次穿那样的制服，所以他把制服套上我肩膀时我都不知道会是 ‘有重量’ 的哈哈哈

好了，戴了面罩，穿了防 X 光制服，洗了手，是时候穿上手术服啦～
我的 senior 叫我向后退走入手术室旁边的房间（就是用背后和屁股开门那样子进去）=P
看到护士在帮医生穿上手术服和 sterile 手套。
医生穿好后拿着另一套手术服，我还没想到为什么时senior 对我说“走到医生那里去吧”
我就“哦”一声走过去，总觉得医生好像一个爸爸在拿着衣服等女儿穿上呢～
他还帮我穿上 sterile 手套和绑好手术服，哈哈是不是真的很像爸爸帮女儿穿上衣服呢～

手术开始了,时间是2.30pm，我心想，也许4pm可以回家了吧
不过因为 angiography 拿了较久的时间，所以手术到6.30pm才结束……
天啊，我从来没在医院这么久过呢……朋友们早都回家了
不过我觉得学了东西真好
手术当中，医生把我的手指放在 femoral artery 上感觉它的 pulse
directly 感觉 pulse 和在皮肤上感觉的 pulse 还有点不一样呢
医生还让我剪 stitches，这也有方法和 skill 的哦！=P （因为我以为只是像平常拿剪刀剪线那样就行了可是不是这样的）……
不知不觉手套沾满了血……手术服也沾到了一些……vascular surgery 就是这样

手术完毕，换好衣服后我等 senior 访问一个病人 for 他的 case presentation
等他因为他载我回家……我们离开医院时已经晚上七点了，天空好黑暗
路边没什么街灯，所以黑漆漆的
二十分钟后到达了 Clayton
我回到房间时才发觉到手表不见了！
想着一定是留在 scrubs 的口袋里忘了拿出来了！真糟糕
不知道会找得到吗
不知道会拿得回来吗
想着第二天早上去找找看……不知道他们把那些蓝色的　scrubs 和青色的手术服送去哪里洗

星期二早上一到医院，我马上走到更衣室那里寻找手表
昨晚的脏衣服全都一包一包地被装起来了，叠得高高的……要怎样找啊？？
刚好来收拾脏衣服的工人来了，我向他说明我的困境
他说，这不简单呢，不过你跟我来，我去问问他们看
他带我到底层去（准备要把脏衣服送往 laundry service），那里有另一个工人
他们帮我在一些袋子里找找看
结果我们找出了一张十元纸币和两个二元金币呢！不过没找到手表
他们说，打电话到 laundry service 吧 （Warragul Linen Service）
我把电话筒接过来向对方形容我的手表款式，还说明是在蓝色的 scrubs 而不是青色的手术服当中
他说如果找到了会还到医院的 linen service 部门
放下电话后，我向工人们道谢，他们叫我下个星期再来问下手表的下落
能做的只有这些了

星期五早上比较迟到达医院
我从 student common room 走出来时，有个 cleaner 问我是不是不见手表的人，她说 linen service 的人找到手表了
我听了喜出望外！！终于找到啦～
松了一口气～ 还以为会不见了呢……
哈哈，真好！
当天我手上就戴着两只手表 —— 一只是之前不见的，另一只是我这几天戴着的
朋友听说我的“故事”都感到惊讶，连我的 PBL tutor 也问为什么我戴着两只手表
手表不见在 surgical scrubs 当中还可以找得回来，而且是从 laundry service 那里（就是 Warragul Linen Service) 找回来的……去到这么远还找得回来，amazing!
如果再迟一些才发现，或者再迟些才通知 linen service 和 laundry service 的人，手表也许就下落不明了
之前　laundry service　的人还说手表有可能会被 squashed呢，不过我的手表完美无缺，真是太好了！

昨天也是我们学生主办 morning tea 来筹款 for breast & prostate cancer research　的日子
我没带相机，所以等我拿到照片了再 blog 吧～
昨天晚上也给芸颖一个 birthday surprise！=)

p/s: 我还在想为什么那个　cleaner　会知道是我不见了手表……

E for Efficiency & eoe

I have finally received the photos from eoe!!! The parcel was supposed to reach my house within 3 working days but there has been some delay because the courier service people didn't know where my KB house is...hahaha! So if they were to know my house I would have received the parcel 3 days after I placed my order, which was last week...

But at least the photos are still intact, nice and pretty!

And I'm really satisfied by the quality of the photos =) The photos were even nicely arranged in the album! Wow~

I'm happy that the eoe team is so efficient...my queries through email were answered very quickly...really appreciate that =) And also because the photo order is processed, printed and delivered just within 3 working days!

Yay~~ I guess I'll choose eoe Online to develop my photos next time - convenient, fast and efficient!

http://www.eoe.com.my

Hikari (Light)

By Hoshimura Mai 星村麻衣

何を求めここにいるの?　後ろ振り返れば
君の笑顔ぱっと咲いた揺れる花の陰で

瞳とじた闇の中に何が見えるのだろう
ただ傍で微笑む　
それだけなのに愛を感じている

ひかりの先に　笑顔の先に　
私は明日への夢を見る
激しく胸に　残す事実に　
僕らは明日への希望を知る
小さな掌の中に　生まれて旅立ったものは　
無数の出来事と
誰かを導くひかり　
私を導くひかり

空を動く　白い雲をじっと見つめていた
時を超えて人は今も願い祈っている

何かが変わってくれること　ただ待っていたんだ
翳した手の奥に　
変わる強さの　意味を感じている

明日ひかりが届かなくても
見えない壁が高くても
背中合わせの光と影を　
彷徨いながら歩いていく
頼りなく自分を責めて　訳もなく涙流した　
眩しい陽射しの中に
誰かを愛するひかり　
私を愛するひかり

明日になれば　陽はまた昇る　
誰もが未来への夢を見る
果てなく続く無辺の空に　
僕らは生きていく意味を知る
全てを包み込む愛に育まれ気づいたものは　
心の奥にある
優しくよりそうひかり　
私を導くひかり

何を求めここにいるの?　後ろ振り返れぱ
君の笑顔　ぱっと咲いた　揺れる花の陰で

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nani o motome koko ni iru no? ushiro furi kaereba
kimi no egao patto saita yureru hana no kage de

hitomi tojita yami no naka ni nani ga mieru no darou
tada soba de hohoemu soredake na noni ai o kanjite iru

*hikari no saki ni egao no saki ni watashi wa ashita he no yume o miru
hageshiku mune ni nokosu jijitsu ni bokura wa ashita he no kibou o shiru
chiisana tenohira no naka ni umarete tabidatta mono wa musuu no dekigoto to
dareka o michibiku hikari watashi o michibiku hikari

sora o ugoku shiroi kumo o jitto mitsumete ita
toki o koete hito wa ima mo negai inotte iru

nani ka ga kawatte kureru koto tada matte ita n da
kazashitate no oku ni kawaru tsuyosa no imi o kanjite iru

ashita hikari ga todoka nakute mo mienai kabe ga takakute mo
senakaawase no hikari to kage o samayoi nagara aruite iku
tayori naku jibun o semete wake mo naku namida nagashita mabushii hizashi no naka ni
dareka o aisuru hikari watashi o aisuru hikari

ashita ni nareba hi wa mata noboru dare mo ga mirai he no yume o miru
hate naku tsuduku muhen no sora ni bokura wa iki te iku imi o shiru
subete o tsutsumikomu ai ni wagukumare kiduita mono wa kokoro no oku ni aru
yasashiku yori sou hikari watashi o michibiku hikari

nani o motome koko ni iru no? ushiro furi kaereba
kimi no egao patto saita yureru hana no kage de

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What am I searching for here? As I turn and look back
Your smile blooms brightly, beneath a swaying flower’s shadow

When I close my eyes, I wonder what I’ll see in the darkness
You just smile by my side and that’s all I needed to feel love

Beyond the light, beyond your smile, I dream of tomorrow
We discover hope for tomorrow in the truth embedded fiercely in our hearts
The countless events, born in the palm of my small hand, set off on a journey
Becoming the light that guides someone, the light that guides me

I was watching the white clouds move through the sky
All throughout time, people have and still pray to them now

I was just waiting for something to change for me
I can feel the strength of change in my hand as I shield my eyes

Even if tomorrow’s light doesn’t reach me, even if the invisible wall is high
Light and shadow are back to back as I walk forward without fear
Blaming myself for being unreliable, I cried tears for no reason in the sunlight
The light that loves someone, the light that loves me

The sun will rise again tomorrow, everyone dreams of the future
We discover the meaning of life in the vast and limitless sky
The thing born from a love that covers all things is found deep in our hearts
The light that softly draws near, the light that guides me

What am I searching for here? As I turn and look back
Your smile blooms brightly, beneath a swaying flower’s shadow

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Love this song!! =) And I've embedded it to the side of my blog...but only the chorus part. You guys should listen to the song from the beginning (Click 'Play full song')...it's really nice! =)