Surgery stress

This week is a little too hectic for me, such that all my time has been taken up by studies and work. Perhaps I should put it this way. Since the start of surgery posting, nothing has been going right for me. The stress of being monitored daily by the stern, tall built, elderly gentleman in his 70s, whose hair has turned grey by now, is beyond tolerance. The thought of starting my day with his presence seriously throws me into a cycle of depression. It's already a norm to hear loutish words such as donkeys, idiots, scums, buggers and dungus being yelled into our ears.

I've been working really diligently over the past 2 weeks, to the extent of burning midnight oil almost every night. Too much, I guess. Sleeping at 3am to wrap up my cases and waking up at 6am to catch the bus to Muar hasn't at all been easy. The thick rim of dark circles encircling my eyes certainly made me look like a woman who's two times my actual age. Sounds pathetic, I know. I always thought it's fine to get reprimanded by the lecturers and never thought I would cry over something trivial like this. Yet, I failed to hold back my tears the other day after being corrected in an almost unruly manner, over and over again by the scary professor I was describing about. It was like, everything I said was wrong. We know his temper. He flares it whenever he wants. But well, it's all for the good of us. I can't blame him cuz he successfully forced me to spend more time in reading. The awkward part was everyone in class realized my silent tears and tried comforting me. Passing me tissue, tapping on my shoulder and telling me 'it's ok'. I felt so embarrassed after that and I didn't have any idea how I arrived at that state. He actually made me felt like a numskull.

After the episode of tears and mucous, Juen tried cheering me up and so he said, 'I'll buy you the 50cents egg you like!'. When we go for lunch every afternoon, we'll pass by this stationery shop which has those vending machines where you put in coins and twist for a surprise gift. I'd been eyeing on them for quite some time. Sam got me a 20cent egg during medicine posting and inside was a mini torch light which I used it as my pen torch. This time, Juen gave me 1 dollar and I pick the machine that shows chiwawa dogs and it says, 'change their clothes!'. I like that! Okay. This is what I got in the end!

My Chiwawa dog.

My Lovely 23rd! (round 3)

"Many people walk in and out of your life, but only true friends leave footprints in your heart."- anonymous

God has certainly blessed me with a bunch of amazing friends. I'm not someone who's good at making friends. But when I do regard you as my friend, I truly appreciate that you came into my life and made an impact which I'd love to say THANK YOU!

My bestie and beloved housemates gave me a fantabulous post-birthday celebration. It was meant to be a surprise at first, but I came to know about it. My bad. Anyways, thanks all for such a splendid evening, dining by the beach at this restaurant called the Bert's Garden. It has an exotic ambience and actually made the dining pretty nostalgic.

All dressed up for the night.

Placing our orders.
Koon Ling babe
JoonKeat X Soo
Big LOVE

Cake cutting. I was told that the cake was chosen by JK and he was attracted to the name of the cake. It was called the 'Fair Lady'.
This is an ugly pikcha but just to show you the cake.
With my name on it.
Everyone has their shares.
TH said this is ugly. :( since Soo is so sweet, I must show it.Thanks babe for the surprise and pressie! Love it lotsssss
Such a cute t-shirt, I like!
The babes

:)
Darlingssss
Eric and TH(photographer of the night)
Cu Guan X Eric

The couple, also my besties.

I was so touched that everyone actually remembered this day and they never failed to tickle my heart. Thanks for the meal and you presence. :) hugz

Monday 180110, Bert's Garden, Klebang, Malacca

My Lovely 23rd! (round 2)

My family, they are awesome people!! Being with them gives me so much of warmth, a feeling I can never get elsewhere. It's exclusively incomparable. My two lovely god-sisters has never failed to pamper with with their love. And so it makes an event so memorable with these people around.

To the exact date of my birthday, 17th Jan 2010. I have to say that I had a rather simple day, lazing at home while trying to catch up a bit on my work. Being the lazy me(expected), the intended mission had failed miserably. :( You know the Hokkiens have the tradition of eating vermicelli with and egg on their birthday? My sweet daddy actually tried doing so. But instead of vermicelli which wasn't available at home, he cooked me maggi noodles with egg! And the Koreans have the tradition of drinking seaweed soup on their birthdays. So my dad told me to add some seaweed to my noodles. ZZzzzzz. Anyways, that's really sweet of him. Love you dad!

At night, they celebrated my birthday with a seafood party at Segenting. The same place as where we celebrated my mom's but a different restaurant. Food was delicious and we had a really good time chatting, gossipping, joking and laughing. After a sumptuous spread of dinner, we went strolling around the village and visited the 'Lovers' Bridge'.

It was such a beautiful night! And love you all. And thanks for the pressie, from Eilyn, Jeslyn, Hon Wee and Heng.

With Jes a.k.a. Huihui
With Lynn and Huihui
Mommy bakes me a banana cheese cake!
Sistas 4evaMy family!!
Stab YOU!
Now, cut YOU!

Sunday 170110, Segenting and the sisters' house.

My lovely 23rd! (round 1)

I've aged yet another year! And I'm officially hitting the not-so-big TWO-THREE!! :) I'm a weirdo, I tell you. The thing about me is that, unlike everyone else, I am someone who do not mind growing older. I kid you not. I always have the idea that as the years go by, I gain more experience and grow wiser. So it actually makes me glad that I'm a year older by now and true enough, I'd learned so much over the yesteryears. Thank God.

Just like how I missed celebrating Christmas in Malaysia, this 23rd birthday is one of the events I look forward to, to celebrate it with my family. So I'd equally divided my time for everyone, family and besties basically. Alright, so round one celebration was with my little brothers last night. What more can I say when I've been blessed with such wonderful brothers who stood by me all the time? They'd given me a memorable night, a lovely birthday memory enough to last for a life time. Truly, I appreciate all that they'd done.

p/s: Thank you so much Alvin, Loong and KHong!! Loving all of you lotsss!! :) *with a big teddy bear hug!*


Saturday 160110, Station 1 Cafe, BP.

Termination of Existence

Life is short. We can't deny. But the demise of a person can make us deny the fact that death has approached. Be it predictable or unpredictable, the loss has won victory in impacting lives of others. It reminds us about how fragile life is and how much we ought to treasure everyone who has crossed our paths. Significantly or just a passer by.

This week has been a bit rocky for me. It's also a week I came to realize about many other things. I learned about the egocentric human's heart, in a matter of how a friend can hurt you for his/her own comfort. No, I'm not throwing any judgmental view here. But this episode had caught me really disappointed. I'd gotten over it though. Just a note here for me to draft out my personal progression. A friend in need is a friend indeed. I guess this proverb has its exceptions. I lost a friend at all cost.

Facebook is where I get myself updated with juicy news now. Oh well, not exactly juicy all the time. Mishap incidences do occur. Just yesterday, I got to know that one of my highschool teachers, Mr. Ahmad had passed away a day before. And today, I was trapped in a shock at the death of an acquaintance, Ganesha. We were in the same batch and it's hard to believe cuz I just saw him at the start of the week. Seriously, everything came as a predicament I didn't want this week to have even started. It just sounded so wrong.

All in all, rest in peace, Mr. Ahmad and Ganesha. God bless you and thank you for appearing in my life.

Sunshine after the rain

The disappointment,

It breaks my heart. Exploring your true colors can be so disappointing. Were you hiding or was I blinded? Truth prevails after all. And all that I can do is sigh and wonder.

The blessing,

You heal my wounded heart and light up my darkest path. Shifting my attention from a distrust to a brighter future. And all I can do is smile and be thankful.

W

Momma's Birthday

Mom's post birthday celebration was simple yet filled with much love and warmth. We decided to go for a seafood galore at Segenting, a fishing village located at the outskirts of Batu Pahat.

Family ♥