Once In A Blue Moon

                 Why do I like football? Since when have I turned into a fan who watches epl and turns to the sports section of Stars every day? My dad asked me if it was because of ming hong ’s influence. (yes mh ur obsession with man u is THAT well-known =P) My sis claimed that I am watching football because of the footballers; but later she apologised, telling me that ‘I am really sorry. It doesn’t mean that you are not a liverpool fan if you haven’t been supporting it since young. It doesn’t mean you cannot like steven gerrard though you don’t know everything about him. Just like I can still admire jay chou though I don’t know as much as jin yun does about him.’

So the truth is…..

Steven Gerrard-the guy who get me interested in football. The inspirational Liverpool captain. The man of the match in last season’s FA finals, whereby Liverpool lifted the FA Cup!!

Rafael B. should really let him play centre midfield, look at how he scored when he is in that position. They kept arguing that gerrard scored well in right position last season, but that is not the point.

*drool* so yeng. I first caught sight of him when I was coming down from my bedroom during study break in sem 2, and dad was watching the finals of FA Cup. It was that magical moment that I had to see- steven gerrard scoring the winning goal! Then the screen played back the important equaliser scored by none other than Gerrard himself.

                I was like, ‘daddy who is that? who is that cute guy? so geng!’ then I found out he is steven gerrard, and he is the captain of liverpool!!

                And since after that World Cup was on, I started watching the matches.well I did watch WC 4 years back then, but now I started to appreciate their skills, and most importantly, I knew how to watch out for offside traps (fine I know it is so ‘duh’ to you guys, last time dad and sis roughly told me but I didn’t get it). And I learnt about gambling from my die-hard-football-fan friends: asian handicap, fair game, give you how many balls etc… I lost my virgin bet of RM 10 in the japan vs australia..damn those aussie guys, so rough!! *oopz* then I stopped betting and just enjoyed the matches. 

               

                I followed the matches of france, england *blush*, brazil and germany especially. I watched some on spain *ah carsillas*, italy and argentina too. I supported either france or germany to get the cup, and I supported england to get into semi-finals which they failed. Frank Lampard failed miserably in his i-lost-count attempt in shooting. Crouch’s leg is useless, his head comes only come in handy at certain time and this still applies in liverpool matches (despite the fact that he scored in premiership, I still think so).

Besides gerrard, I look up to:

John Terry, england’s defender and chelsea captain!

Now, before you think that I have this thing for captains, let me fill you in. I noticed terry when he did a brilliant save in WC (I forgot against which country)- the ball was on the line in the goal when terry defended it with his head I think. Later, I found out that he is chelsea’s captain!

Joe Cole- he was in the england squad and he is a chelsea player. I thought he was quite cute. NOthing much that he did leave me with an impact like gerrard and terry.

Christiano Ronaldo- I know many people think he is lengchai but he doesn’t attract me in that sense. I am attracted to his character-his persistence and confidence.  Did you see how he run to tackle the opponent? I thought he looks like a horse, didn’t know he runs like a horse too. lol.

Craig Bellamy- not lengchai AT ALL but I am amazed at how he runs. He is short but he is the cili padi of liverpool.

Enough about footballers. There are some incidents lately that was a bit paiseh for me.

1. Just now, I went to lecture hall/audi (don’t know what they call it now) to talk to kai yee. She then asked me to stay on for her pathology class. Since I had to wait 2 hours for dad, I figured out why not I stayed on and see what medic students learn? The lecture was on Pancreatitis. So I was smsing my friends (so happy to offer words of encouragement to them when they needed them, all the best!!) while ‘listening to lectures.’ Then the friend called so I had to go out and talk to her since it was urgent, I was in the first few rows so I resorted to use the front exit.

                   However,I found out later from steph wong I stirred up some attention coz it took me a while to open the door. She said, ’so u are the girl who went out just now is it. The lecturer gave break after you went out. Some more you not from our intake.’ haha. I think sem 3 students have ME to thank for a ‘ breathing’ period in their otherwise tiring lecture.

2. I was at the cinema megamall on the last day of my exams with my friends when I saw this guy who seems familiar to me. I think I always see him around in uni, in fact, I think he is teik sheng’s friend. Since he was looking at me, and we were at a small distance only and I am a friendly girl at nature, I asked, ‘ you from IMU?’ and he was like ‘no’.

                Crap. I was paiseh and I wondered if he heard me muttering sorry. but he really looks familiar to me ok!! Maybe he was in HELP. I don’t know la. But please people, do NOT think it is a PICK UP line coz the guy is not some hunk ok. He is tall, dark, no specs. Furthermore I am a girl who believes in elegant female practice (means girls shouldn’t be so initiative). Even if I had to come up with a pick-up line, I am MORE CREATIVE than ‘are u from imu?’ ok!! *sticking out tongue*

Due to request my michi and my wish to convey my heartfelt thanks to my friends, I have decided to do this: ^_^

Pestle and mortar by michi =) She wrote "U’ll Be a Great Pharmacist" in it. Really meaningful for me.

My birthday presents!Card that travelled over oceans and continents from uk to my doorstep *thanks sara*, photoframe with turnable eyes by teck jian who said ‘it caught my eyes when I saw it’, hp accesory from my dear sis who ’spend a lot of time choosing’ and handphone from dad, to name a few. There are ‘not solid’ gifts that I hold dear to heart too-phone calls from uk and hong kong *thanks yee ket and chee wei*

Just in case you didn’t get the glimpse of my samsung X 700 and the cutie piggie hp accessory by my sis. My hp is lying against my nice bedsheet. See the screensaver? It is a pic of me, 2ml (2nd sis) and serene (youngest sis) on my birthday.

Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ascertain the facts and events, the author may have overlooked some details. Some views are entirely the author’s own feel and should not be taken personally, or misread in any sense. There will be others who will blog about this trip too, so be sure to read from their blogs ^_^

Date: 17/11/2006-19/11/2006

Venue: Malacca (aka bandaraya bersejarah)

Event: Stephanie’s 21st Birthday Party

Chief Commander: Stephanie aka Staphylococcus aureus

The Captains: Carol, Lai Peng,Laura, Moritz, Phang

The Crew from B105:

Hoon Hing, Phang, Wai Chiat, Teoh,

Bavani, Fay Jin, Gian Wan, Hui Xin, Irene, Kher Li (Come/ Kham, Kher Li) Li Yen, Michelle aka michibun, Poh Leen, Shin Yi, Sin Qi, Sze Ni, Yi Fen

Acknowledgements:

A big thanks to Stephanie who has patiently planned and organised everything despite the unforeseen circumstances, and for playing a great host!

A big thanks for Lai Peng for showing us around her hometown,Malacca, along with Stephanie, not to mention, using her Unser to fetch us around.

A big thanks to those who drove us around, i.e. Moritz, Laura, Lai Peng and Carol. They drove manual car you know *wink*

The Activities

a) A Famosa Waterworld

             On Friday, 3 cars full of bee-pharmers departed IMU at 10.00 a.m. Steph, michi, Yi Fen and Laura took the bus early morning as there wasn’t enough cars.

              Zooming in to waterworld, it was around 12 plus when we reached there. I think. We paid RM 33 for the wet park INCLUDING a meal of chicken rice OR curry rice OR hotplate with a canned drink. Not cheap if you ask me. However, it was my first time being in a waterpark so I had fun =) yes, I am a local and I have NEVER been to sunway lagoon, and I am not ashamed to admit that. It is irony that we kl ppl have never been to KL tower (Me at least) yet we visited temples and attractions in penang and malacca that our fellow friends from there haven’t  visited and will not visit.

                  

There was the wave pool, in which hoon hing lost his tee shirt despite him diving into it and searching frantically but in vain. We had to rent a tube at RM 10 (RM 5 to be refunded upon returing of tube). Then there was something called tube, whereby there is this slide you slide down in the rented tube. There were 2 types of slides-a covered one and a non-covered one. It was quite nice but can’t say it is exciting enough. The family ride, in which 3-4 people sit in a tube and slide down, is way more exciting. It is an added bonus if you are as lucky as I think fay jin and friends coz the Malay guy knew how to manouevre the tube and they really had a blast.

                As for shin yee, laura and I who were in the tube, we had our fair share of ’syokness’ when the tube dashed down rapidly and then curved up. I for one, didn’t think that it could be quite thrilling as there were 3 people in a tube instead of one. Next on is some water slide whereby you just slide down without a tube. A warm-up to the upcoming High Speed of 90 degree Free Fall, if you ask me.

                      Being me (who did parasailing in penang though was initially scared, went for lethal weapon-a thrill ride with 360 degrees turn in Movie World, Gold Coast back then in Form 2), I decided to pluck my courage and try on either the high speed or Free fall. The free fall is a water slide whereby you slide horizontally at first before plunging 90 degrees straight down. I was up there after climbing many steps of fear-inducing stairs. I was deciding which one to go, and stepped towards the High Speed (less scary than Free Fall) when the rest of the B105 down there cheered me on to try the Free Fall. With that, I did something that I thought I woudn’t dare, screaming at the top of my lungs and closing my eyes THROUGHOUT the whole ride. I dared not open my eyes when I was free-falling. Really.

From left: steph, sin qi (both are my =) lab partners) and michelee. Steph looks so cute in this pic!It was snapped offguard.

                  

            

            

               The people who took bus came later and we chilled around (read: getting bored) while they went on to play. It was raining but luckily it stopped after a while so that michibun and all could indulge in the rides. Michibun said the Free Fall and high Speed was ‘Nothing’ since the day before she tried on all the thrill rides in Genting. ^_^

b) Shopping at Jonker’s Street

                 On Saturday afternoon, we walked along Jonker’s Street after eating chicken ball rice (which I will review further upon getting the pics). I didn’t know malacca is famous for pineapple tarts until then. I saw many shops in Jonker Street selling ‘freshly made’ pineapple tarts (which I LOVE!!) with the claimed home-made jam. I bought one box at RM 10 which is pretty cheap (since in KL you get slaughted at Rm 14 and above for a tin of cookies).

                 It was the aroma that beckoned me to get it when I was buying gula melaka in the shop next to the pineapple tart shop. I should have  bought MORe since my family finished it in a day.(but then again, I wouldn’t have enough money to get my love-at-first-sight skirt from Jonker Street). Now I know what to ask my malacca friends to help me get next time. *nudge and wink* ahem. ahem,steph and sin qi.*

From left: Carol, Irene, Fay Jin, Sin Qi, Me

                 We entered the Samudera Museum, whereby adults paid RM 3 and kids have to pay RM1. Sorrie I lied, that was what carol asked me to. hehe. We went to camwhored while waiting for the others to finish with their shopping at the craft gallery opposite this ship. It was a scorching hot day and we did not have interest to cross the street to the ship, let alone enter the museum. However, steph said that I am given the honourable task of blogging so the whole lot of us sacrificed in the name of blog.

c) The Birthday Party

Happy Birthday steph!!

       

Steph’s yummy, to-die-for, heavenly choc cake specially ordered from Renaissance Hotel!! The chocs are just nice, not too sweet and not too filling. The cake is neither too moist nor too dry. =) Perfect. There’s another cake whose pic I failed to upload, but there is a story behind it, as related to us by her mum.

              Once upon a time, there was a girl called steph who refused to give up her pacifier even when she was 5. Her mum decided to put a stop to it, so she threw the pacifier to dog’s poo in front of steph. At night, steph cried and kept bugging her mum for her pacifier. Her mum told her that it is dirty since there is dog’s poo. Steph said, ‘(not her exact words) it’s ok, wash already can still eat.’ Eww. *grin* So her mum custom made another cake with the pic of a BIG PACIFIER!

d) Bowling and Midnight Show

            We went to Mahkota Parade just opposite our hotel after steph’s party for bowling and midnight show. The bowling cost Rm 4.50 per game, plus shoes is Rm 5.50. Michi, I didn’t get tinea pedis because of certain decision I made *insider’s joke*. After so long for not bowling, I am quite happy to get 71,hehe. But Laura was the queen, she got strikes and some spares, can’t remember her score. And michi will not be pleased if I don’t mention that she was the 2nd highest among 5 of us who played. Later on, we watched Happy Feet instead of the intended Casino Royale because it was sold out. Happy Feet is cute!! I like the music too. What is your heartsong?

e) Pubbing

From Left: Sin Qi, Sze Ni, Kher Li, Bavani, Me-Drinking ‘Sweet Child Not Mine’ (lychee cocktail) and ‘Acid’ (soda +lime)

 

      

Me and Michelle.

The place is called Clan Club (right steph?), the atmosphere is good-reminds me of some place I have been to in bangsar. However, I was really UNDERDRESSED coz I didn’t know we were going there. You just can’t tell because the pic is waist up. At least it is not a clubbing place.

f) Eating

Food Review

Chicken ball rice. It is your Hainanese Chicken Rice with the rice shaped into balls by a machine. Personally I think the rice is a bit bland but otherwise it is good. Some people smashed the balls up into rice…*to think that we are supposed to be eating rice balls*

Satay Celup. I really thought it was satay-turned out to be ‘Lok Lok’. You choose whatever you want (meatballs, cuttlefish, fishballs, fishcakes, crabsticks, bird’s eggs, vegie *eww*, tofu, hot dogs, ham..) and dip them into the hot boiling satay sauce. I prefer normal satay actually. The sauce is boiling hot (as in panas) and spicy, so being a not-so-good-spicy-food eater, I can’t really taste the authenticity of the sauce.

Group pic!!

                There is another place where we ate satay babi and chicken satay!! =) The satays are salty in nature in contrary to the usual ’sweet’ satays we ate. The meats are not succulent (i.e. meaty) enough for me, but overall, it is a must-try. After all, where do you get satay babi??

             We had satay AGAIN in steph’ s party so the outcome of malacca trip: Bphamers have a phobia for satay, especially satay celup!!

             For more pics, ask from steph. I suggested that she upload the pics on photobucket for us to grab=) I cannot possibly upload all here because friendster limits me to a number of pics per month. Overall, I enjoyed the trip, and it is indeed true that you can know a person better in a 3-day trip than 3 months in uni.

             I dislike loneliness. It kills. May be it is partly due to the fact that I have grown up in a (relatively) big family with sisters making noise all the time. =P Thus I can still proudly say that, all my schooling years till now, I am blessed to have met with friends that I hold dear to my heart, especially mc gang and some helpians whom I miss dearly like sara, yk, cw…miss talking to you all but then com is down and I cannot afford to call you all. Imagine me left with Rm 7.30 after a week of reloading my digi.

               Anyway, sorry I digressed. So back to my original train of thoughts. What I dislike more than loneliness is insensitive people and sensitive people. Insensitive people are those who think that just because you do not conform to their ways of thinking, what they perceive as socially right, jokes they think are funny and stuff they think is rude, you are WRONG. Just because a majority seem to like them, they think that you, being different from them, has violated the social rules.

                  Sensitive people are those who get so petty over trivial matters. People who view a small hole as a giant cave. People who are so full of themselves that they always think others are wrong and not them.

              Before I move on, allow me to introduce a word that I will use from now onwards. It was originally coined by mc gang to talk about Justin(a). The word is SHIM, derived from SHe-HIM. Now you get it?It is genderless, thus, I can use is safely to pen my thoughts in case some self-sensed (word coined by ai nee to mean perasan) people decide that I am bitching about them, when the truth is, they have hurt me at one point or another.

Shim Number 1

            Shim number one was quite an independent, outstanding person in the sense that shim speaks shim’s mind loud and clear to anyone, without being considerate. What is meant to be a well-meaning advice will turn out to be harsh words that pierce one’s heart like a sword. Shim doesn’t put shim’s self into others’ shoes and think about how embarrassed they may feel when shim shoots the comment to the person right on the spot. Worse, shim likes to comment on one’s habit of doing something, which I think is kinda like invading one’s privacy. I felt hurt and shocked when I was attacked, yet I emerged a stronger person.

                 I don’t know if shim realised that what I have for shim is some degree of respect due to the way shim carries shim’s self. However, I am indifferent to shim.  Do not think that I do NOT know what is going on if I do not confront you. I chose to be the person with a bigger heart, I chose to give a stairways for you to back off graciously instead of poking you right in your face. And because I chose to take criticism constructively, I am not hurt by you..anymore. "Sticks and stones may break by bones, but words can never hurt me".

Shims Number 2

               For convenience’s sake, I have generalised some people whom I have crossed path with as shims number 2. They are people who think that girls walk around meaning to be kissed by any guy. They sorta lack respect for girls and  think that as long as they think that certain things are socially right to them, they do not need to care what others may feel about it. Worse, they NEVER admit their faults. Saying sorry is like a prick in their’e egoes, thus, they refuse to do it. All my life I have never met these kind of people and initially, I was really hurt and down. I wonder why on earth they cannot leave me alone since we can give each other due respect and nothing more.

               As time goes by, there are one of two shims whom I think have more courtesy now. At least there are a few circumstances which I think they show some respect and politeness. I guess we are all changing. What I can say is, time really tells. Time heals all wounds, and time can nurture the seeds of friendship.

Shim Number 3

                   Shim number 3 may seem ’shy’, quiet and innocent to you. Shim may seem oblivious to what is going on but like my sis put it,‘at times, one must be innocent to dig out more stuff.’ I cannot stand people like shim who has never been really close to you, talk to you in a overly friendle manner. What is worse is, shim’s other half has hurt you before and shim seems to think that you are the one at fault. May be shim is trying to live in denial. Or love really is blind. Shim’s over-friendly manner is like trying to coat a bitter pill with sugarly sweet chocolate coating that make you really sick coz it is so ‘filling’.

Shims number 4

                    Some time ago, I thought I found someone whom I could click with. Smoeone who sort of share the same perspectives with me in many things. I can tell you, I was so so so so HURT in that. I guess I am a silly girl who gives too much in friendship. The person used my friend’s and mine sincerity. They used us for excuses to go out (because their parents will grant them permissions if they know those shims are going out with us decent, responsible friends) , they used us for transport, for homework. I guess from there, I learnt that the truth may not be what it seems all the time. May be because of them, I am not blatantly a giver in friendship now; I am more guarded. May be because of that, it is harder to break the ice with me.

              But please do NOT misunderstand. I still believe in sincere friendship. In fact, some people have told me that I am outspoken. ^_^ My reply to them is, I am outspoken when I think I meet people of the same wavelength with me. Cheers to friends out there who have been there through thick and thin, who have listened to me patiently and not judged me otherwise. You all are the best!! *hUgZ*

                I would like to leave you all with these quotes that I came across in doing my debate research on altruism(loving others as oneself, self-sacrifice for the benefit of others).

                "There is a power in love that our world has not discovered yet. Jesus discovered it centuries ago. Mahatma Gandhi of India discovered it a few yers ago, but most men and most women never discover it. For they believe in hitting for hitting; they believe in an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; they believe in hating for hating; but Jesus cames to us and says, "This isn’t the way." And this morning, I think of the fact that our world is in transition now. Our whole world is facing a revolution."  ~Martin Luther King, Junior.

            

       

Yes this is me rambling. I think I was a good girl coz I stayed back in library and enjoyed talking to kai yee to study for my exams. It works these few days because my usual routine will be-go home,read newspaper while snacking, lunch time, study a bit, afternoon nap which last 2 hours.

But now in uni, I wisely spent my time by… 1 hour MAX using com since I am a net elf I cannot use com at home to check emails, 1 hour lunch + bonding session with kai yee, and study + making notes that I read last min the morning before the exams.

I hope the graph of my performance will be an exponential one. It is plotted for self-performance versus papers done as days go by. I think my shittest paper is natural product, MINUS the pharmaceutical analysis paper that is yet to be done. Dr. K is notorious for his super thinking and tricky Qs, so I am crossing my fingers. On sat , I spent some time on his lectures, that’s why up till now, I am yet to finish reading all my lectures. Which means I had better eject myself out of here to study while waiting for dad.

But just a note, u know what drug to use for treatment of a patient with epilepsy, having chloroquine-resistant malaria??

It is NOT chloroquine coz already said resistant =P, and it is NOT mefloquine coz it causes side effects of psychotic disturbances (has to do with the person having seizure). I met Prof Mak just now so thought of asking since I will never know the answer if I don’t ask. So he said best is use combination of drugs, but he and I cannot quite remember the options. For sure is, the choices with combination of doxycycline+….., proguanil + …… and malarone +…. are all ok PROVIDED that mefloquine or chloroquine not there. I think I chose proguanil + mefloquine which is entirely based on instinct. haha.

So tomorrow is freedom day. =)and I got back the access to my old dashboard in my private blog. That is why I deleted the poem which I posted here because…oh well, let it be something I share with close circle of friends. ^_^ It is entitled, "Yesterday’s Memories, Tomorrow’s Dreams".Have a nice day. and good luck to me me me!!

That is the most common messages that we all get on our birthdays, don’t we? That is exactly the cliched line that all my friends told me yesterday ^_^ Cliched as it may be, I still like to hear it, just like who will ever get sick of listening to ‘I love you’?

I thought that there wouldn’t be any celebration but then things happened otherwise. Dad asked me if I want a cake on the way back and I said ,’why not since sis they all can eat too.’ In my heart I was like, ‘Ofcuz I want la!! I have never had a bday with no cake and no candles blown=)’ I am a sentimental person. My mum said I am an idealist and worships romaticism but I denied.=P

So back home, mum suggested that we go out for dinner since she wants to take a break and there is not much ingredients left for dinner. There is chicken which we had the night before. All my sis were so supportive of going to Bar B Q Plaza in one u, and they all looked at me in a God-like manner. hehe. That is just a metaphor, I am so little compared to the Almighty God (I am not a Christian, but I do believe there is a ‘All-powerful being up there’).

So I said yes though dad was concerned that I had to study. I didn’t want to prick everyone’s bubble and I also want to have something on my birthday. Plus, it is a rare occasion that my mum AND sisterS all agree to ONE idea so fast, usually it takes like some lengthy discussion when we want to go out for a meal, from the price of the food, the waiting time to the type of food and the place…Dad wasn’t too keen on BBQ but then the birthday girl won. =)

It would be a new thing if you have never experienced the ‘joy’ and ‘thrills’my cutie sisters yvonne and serene had when they place the bacon/sirloin/beef onto the copper hot plate and seeing them turned from red to brown. I am not impressed with their ‘custom-made’ sauce that they pride themselves in. it is like chee cheong fun sauce with a tinge of spiciness–I think given time, I can concoct something more impressive than that.*grin*

However, I did enjoy myself though I wished the waitress could like take care of the cooking, like how things were done in the CHUN korean place Han Kwok Kwan that I had my first korean BBQ. That cost me a serious BOMB but I just LOVE that beef. Heavenly^_^ *drools* So this place is quite reasonable with quite nice ambience if you go with a bunch of friends. But if you people are meeting up after a long time, I won’t recommend the place coz you will be so busy taking care of the food that you don’t have time to talk. For couples or more importantly, couples-soon-to-be, this place ain’t ideal either because you won’t have time to gaze into each other’s eyes. That is solely my opinion coz majority of them were couples in that place yesterday. And one did some erm..interesting act (read: camwhoring and public display of affection, known as PDA) that my 2nd sis spotted and showed disgust. haha. This is a democratic society after all, dear sis =P So if you ask me, Chilis, Italiannies or Paddington Pancake (which I haven’t been to) are the ideal place with the right food and right ambience..hehe can’t say the same for the $$$ factor.

So yeah after that I went home with a super strong will to study as I only touched 3 notes in the afternoon after a much-needed nap sleep. However, a few people started smsing so I was busy replying smses since I am a nice person I enjoy ‘talking’ to my friends. Later on, I got a call all the way from HK from yeeket who refused to say ‘Happy Birthday’ until the time we wanted to hang up. Sorry I had to cut short the conversation (to 20 mins btw, which is long in my parents’ definition) because I desperately needed to study.

Later on, shin called me after I hinted her in my replied sms–’what day is today?’ coz that busy girl just came back from an expedition to Gunung Ledanga and she is so exhausted that she lost track of dates. ^_^ I am not at all offended dear shin=) u just have to make up after my exams by dating me!! =P

Later at night, I was diligently studying pharmaceutics when my hp rang. I saw the number and thought it was yeeket again. When I picked up the hp, I was like ‘hey yeeket again..’ and the guy on the other end of the receiver said, ‘You know who this is or not? Chee Wei ah’ ^_^ U know before that I was thinking,’ will ling  call?  will sara call? will chee wei called like he promised?’ I really was thinking of that though I do not expect anything since they are all so busy with studies. ^_^ So yeah, chee wei’s call was a pleasant surprise, expecially at 1.40 a.m. since he had to get my number from his old hp after he reached home. Yk’s call wasn’t so much of a surprise coz he told me on friendster that he would call.

Thanks again to ALL OF YOU who wished me and made my day!! I miss talking to my old friends and listening to their voices.

By the way, you would have noticed that I didn’t mention about blowing a birthday cake. That is because, I didn’t have one–sisters weren’t keen on eating cakes since we had carrot and choc cakes from our piano teacher. So yeah, I didn’t get to officially make wishes by blowing candles. But I am still a happy birthday girl. *Hugs*

I have to make this fast since dad will be here in 10 minutes. ^_^ I hope my dear friends will read this coz I don’t have time to reply them individually by clicking ‘reply’ on frenster message now, and my com at home is down.

‘ no candles too bright..no cake too sweet,no day too wonderful for you!’

Thus said the card that travelled across mountains and valleys, oceans and seas from Leeds in UK to PJ in Malaysia. I saw the card lying in the basket yesterday after dinner. Muaks sara! You have been a superb friend yourself, like I said in my sms(which I hope u received), I wouldn’t be who I am today without people like u.^_^ May our friendship lasts till our marriages and beyond. =P and like I said, you and wil are becoming one entity huh? =P so yeah thanks wil for your wishes too!!

Then I got some timely smses from tze teng right after 12, and a call from jing tien ^_^ Ka keat and amanda wished me like 4 minutes before 12 but hehe I guess they wanna be earliest but amanda won!! Thanks to you all!!

Today after drug metabolism, michi darling handed me a paper bag and told me, ‘don’t talk to me right now, I am in serious stress.’ I felt touched that she actually had time to get a present. I really didn’t expect anything. Then as I read the card, I am happy that this woman custom made it herself, and she is ever her frank self which I totally adore –’I am financially challenged’.

The present she gave me..is CHUN!! It is a pestle and mortar from ikea, and being michi, she customed made it by writing ‘U ll be a great pharmacist’ in it. I love this present a lot , it is so meaningful!! Michi dear I actually wrote a 3-sms long sms for you BUT accidentally got out of the message so all deleted. gonna write it after I blog ya. Dare not call u to express my joy since u are in dead stress and forewarned me not to talk to u. Muaks!! (”,)

This birthday I feel the joy from my heart because I know I have emerged a stronger person. I could still remember how I was last birthday and I do not wish to mention it. My sincere friends never gave up on me, and some walked in when I wanted to build a barrier due to certain reasons. I love u all and will do so till….till u ‘break up’ with me!! ^_^

Like I told jing tien, doesn’t matter that I do not go out today because I can feel happy by not going out too. ^_^ I am so gonna make up for it next week after a week of superstress!!! Really, it is the thoughts that count, those I know *ahem* my darling friends are gonna gimme presents when I next see them..they are all over ah… =P

Birthdays are just another day but it is special to me. Of course they are normal days that are special to me too..like the day you came and picked me up after ‘the talk’ and telling me ‘it is nothing much’ when you showered me with 2 boxes of yummy irish choc and accesories =) thanks sara!

..like the day u called me when I asked you to after I found out that I was being 2 timed. Thanks chee wei!

..like the day u came to my house in your cute little kelisa (u look cute driving a small kelisa,minghong) and drove us out for makan.

…like the days you never stopped telling me that I must believe in myself, shin and ling!

…like the days u made me laugh a lot, michi..

..like the day I realise we click super well, kai yee..

..like the day I think I found a super compatible friend, staphy dear..

There are just many many more memories that I haven’t put it down here. I wish to thanks Y-O-U who have been part of my memories, listening to me and accepting me for who I am.

Thanks to yee ket, stephanie, yee ket, victor, pui li, victor, lydia, shan lin who wish me on frenster! I hope u guys read this and know that your wishes have been received with much joy ^_^

hehe guess what I am in the com lab now and someone is playing the song I LOVE–once in a blue moon..the theme song in the japaneses series, ‘With Love’. Just another simple thing that made my day.=)

Some people may have known their friends a whole lifetime yet never really know them inside-out. Some people have strong instincts about their friends’ characters and at times,they turn out to be true. They may also be some people who are at the same wavelength or key with us, so much so that at times we do not even need to say out what we want to say–they can just read our mind.

After being tortured for a series of killer MCQ in class tests and more to come in finals, I have come up with my own set of MCQs for you all. =) Do take some time to do it and put your answers at the comment box. No worries, if you don’t know the answer, take a guess based on the extent you know me. I will reveal it all in my upcoming post. Thanks for your time!

1) This is a Bonus Question-Who will most likely do this friendship test?

a) My secret admirer(s)

b) My all loving-kind-sweet-nice-genuine friends

c) Some random dude in my so called friend list on friendster

2) If I didn’t do pharmacy, what do you think I will succend in becoming in future, in your opinion?

a) Lawyer

b) Counsellor/psychologist

c) Rich guy’s wife

d) Journalist/Writer

3) I would really really go the extra mile for…

a) A genuine friend

b) A guy

c) Ben luke’s homemade cheesecake

d) Prawn mee in Taman Paramount

4) Which of the following is my most ideal way of hanging out with close friends?

a) Dress up to the nine and hit Zouk

b) Going to ss2 pasar malam

c) Potluck at someone’s house

d) High tea at  Lemon Garden in Shangri La Hotel

5) Which of the following sports do I play? I said play, NOT excel ok.=P

a) badminton and netball

b) badminton and basketball

c) basketball and volleyball

d) netball and volleyball

6) What do I always eat for supper?

a) Maggie mee

b) Korean mee

c) Jacob’s biscuits

d) Gardenia bread

7) What is the following hypothetical movie that I will NOT miss?

a) The Exorcism of Emily Rose 3

b) Sense and Sensibility

c) The Bourne Identity 3 (there is an actual one called the Bourne Ultimatum coming up next year)

d) The Princess Diaries 3

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I just had the FIRST paper of my finals–natural product in medicine. I am NOT HAPPY with my performance because I didnt manage to write 12 marks worth of point for the use of atropine though I studied. I missed out the CNS depressant, truth drug and remedy against spasm in GKIT and motion sickness. Heck that is A LOT. I think being old makes me dumb. =( I lost my brain cells. HElp!!!!!!!!!!!!

To add to that, the bloody drug prototype question came up!! (I had better chance in scoring in this question that another question with NO SUB-questions. My strategy is, if you cannot remember 90% of the points in an essay, choose the one with subquestions which have break-down to your points. At least u get some points by writing something u aguely remember rather than concocting an entire 20-mark essay out of your partially saturated brain.) I spent some time ‘coming up’ with side effects of mescaline, cocaine, LSD,fentanly, amprotropine etc…

That is because most of the side effects are so similar and u can have like 21 derivative drugs from atropine alone!! So I didn’t pay attention to side effects when I was studying. I could name that all the drugs from the prototype of morphine, thebain, papaverine and atropine. NOT the individual side effects. Crap. So I used my 2nd strategy–MOST, practially ALL the drugs have nausea and vomitting as side effects. Don’t believe me? Check the BNF. =P So erm, I put nausea for those that I cannot write hallucination, sedation or addiction. heck is addiction a side effect? I checked just now–I mixed up some side effects =(

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I don’t know to be grateful that I could write something or be sad that I didn’t memorise the right thing. I studied fatty acids, polyketides and that terpenoids which dr arjun said ‘very important’. Not to mention, I think those are less nausea-inducing to read. I also ‘goreng’ away that subquestion on conversion of stigmasterol to progesterone because BLOODY sad la..I put Oppenauer oxidation at the end and NOT the beginning..mixed it up with the 457473868 of reactions that we had in the notes.

OK la, I think it wasn’t that that bad but it was pretty not good. I hope I get a B+. Is that too much to ask?

If I get that targeted GPA this sem, which I really wish I can get, I may just cut my hair short. My family knows how much I LOVE MY LONG HAIR so you know how much I am willing to ’sacrifice’ for the sake of my grades…. OK to be more practical I MUST STUDY AND FOCUS. STUDY STUDY STUDY!!!

I don’t know why but this is the first time as far as I can remember that I got headache doing revision before exams. As in real headache that required me to take panadol. I also had disturbed sleeps last week and I wonder if that is a sign that stress crept into me unconsciouly.

May be it is true that the more you want something deep inside, the more anxious you are. But then again, I always tell myself, less is more. I don’t want to have too high hopes because the greater the hopes, the greater the disappointment may be.