boo yah!

Man Utd 1-0 Barcelona

And we are thru' to the finals in Moscow thanks to some guy named Scholes.

And now it is 7.49am, I only have 3hours of sleep max. I'll be trouble if i don't get more snooze time. Though I really feel like screwing the PBL and lectures and just watching Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle which I downloaded though I 've watched it 3 times before already. Guess I can't seem to wait for the Escape From Guantanamo Bay to be released.

Anyway. Wanna sleep. Just want to forget the world for a while. Quite a vile place.

g'day 'mam

Wow I didn't know that Mr. Bowler Hat above can move and dance. O_o

Can't help it. Still read the link in the previous post.

Sometimes I just wish and wish that life will be simpler. Easier. Able to make your own decisions and be respected for them. Now I know that all parents aren't perfect, and they are only acting for their children's best interests, but.....haih. I just don't know what to say anymore. Things do not need to be this hard you know. It just breaks my heart everytime I think of what I must be putting the gf through, when all she asks for is stability and to know that I will always be there. I wish I can turn back time but I can't. I wish I can have the ability to change people's minds just with a snap of my fingers but I can't. I can wish and wish but I still know that I can't. The human being has got to be the most lame thing in the universe.

I forgot why I am typing this already. Maybe it's because I am sick of reading lecture notes and staring at blood films which all look bloody similar to the next one that I am going to read. WTF. I just want everything to be simple and ok. No need for deception, lies, hidden meanings, backstabbings or anything of that sort. But I guess it is always easier said than done.

I am SO failing Manly Monday. Damn. Just hope I don't fail haemato + GI.

Please do read the link.

This SRC Elections is seriously gonna boil over. I sense a storm coming soon between the Medic and Pharmacy batches. Oh boy. Thanks to this. Sometimes it is wise to look at things with eyes open wider you know. Or in this case just open your eyes is also good enough.

If it ain't love I don't know what it is.

How? Here I am, sitting down in utter silence and typing this. People whom I want to talk to are busy doing something. Things are fluctuating more than the stock market. If this keeps up I seriously don't know what's going to happen. Giving up is always an option open to me I guess, but that will be taking the easy way out. Which I hate. So we just have to pray and wait that someone calls out and saves me. Saves us.

Feel like breaking down already. Just stretched and stretched and stretched to the limit. Come on come on. It ain't that hard. The glue that I am applying just isn't holding. But I guess the other force that is being applied isn't working strong enough.

And then I have all these studies to worry about as well as the voting for my elections are up next week Monday, and then tomorrow 6am have to wake up to go to Seremban for the IMU inter-campus games. God I need you. I'm so tired of everything. Just take me away.

Angelos Charisteas!

Wow. 2008 already. Incredible. Another Euro coming up, this time Euro '08. Heh I remember as clearly as it was yesterday that in 2004 in my secondary school days I bet that Greece will win Euro '04 against Portugal - and they did! Haha easy $120. Brunei Dollars as well.

Speaking of the flying speed of time, I haven't been doing much studying, and the Haemato+GI exam is coming up on the 15th of May. Still busy with stuff, but much less now compared to the last 2 weeks, and less stressed as well.

Just did some questions on the Medscape/Emedicne website - yes I signed up for it, I am a super-nerd - and I got them all correct. Cool. Related to CVS + Respi though. Hmmm.

Low Yat later most likely. Fix the gf's laptop. Maybe, just maybe, we can find a slot to watch a movie at Times Square? Or just hang out at Border's. Yay!

Oh-oh Spagetthi-O

What a turbulent past few days. Had a huge fight, which ended in tears. Not to mention only 2 hours of sleep and I had CSU the very next morning, or rather 2 hours later after I finally got to doze off. Then last night just fell asleep instantly once my head touched the pillow at 11pm while I was helping the gf with a letter. And had a nightmare bout the gf losing her handphone and I couldn't contact her as she was in Indonesia or something and she didn't want to call me and tell me about it.

The story of my past 2 days. Sigh.

And now I am typing this instead of being in lectures. Later in the noon having 2 meetings. Hopefully I can get to go to Low Yat with the gf tomorrow. I am so tired I need a break.

As Ric Flair would say

Wooooooo!

And yes as you might have guessed, Husting's speech and QnA was good.

IMU Ball '08

There goes the IMU Ball 2008. No offense to anybody reading this but it was boring. And the food. OMG OMG OMG OMG. Bad to the bones. Fish bones. The only good thing about the Ball was taking pictures! No seriously. Everyone was looking good, and the pictures looked even better. I don't have many taken with my phone, but in other people's cameras. The gf and I (above) of course looked gorgeous haha.

And went to Bar Sa Vanh after that. Took 1 hour deciding which club to go to. Wasting time. This bar was ok I guess, but Saturday is just a bitch-ass day for music cos' it is trance. Quite sien after a while. Hmmm. No pictures taken there but this one below is taken at the Ball (at Park Royal Hotel) with Olisa Achike wearing a cap to look like his dad's hair.

Note to God

God please make sure that nothing bad happens to my gf's dad, who now has acute kidney blockage. May he get well soon and be healthy again. =\

All that's needed.

Sometimes all that's left to say is a thank you, or maybe even a good job and do better next time. That is just all that is needed to say to leave a person in a good mood. Especially in big organisations such as hospitals and government offices, we always wonder why people are so sour-faced and curt and sarcastic and forever in the I-don't-give-a-damn mood. And notice that this happens more often in the East here than the West. Somehow I feel that people over here are reluctant, or just not used to praising people for whatever good things they have done, instead choosing to harp on the bad.

Another reason I guess why I like International schools. So although they are sometimes arrogant or have low morals or what, there are still some good points that we can learn from Westerners. Also a reason why I think Leslie will make a good President. And I hope I am given the opportunity to work under him as the Sports Rep. Change the perception of the SRC to students, as what Geowin has said.

11.36pm

Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no. Tell me this is not happening.

10.47pm

I think now I am quite confident about my campaign speech already. The batch response was good, as was the individual responses. Then I found out that there may be 2 sports reps after all. Hmm. But still people, remember to vote for me! Cuz this is all not confirmed yet, and there may only be one after all.

I must start studying haematology. How how how I don't think I can finish studying. Die.

And I think I am becoming less sarcastic, though maybe it is a good thing as my literature teacher Miss Wilson used to say in her Aussie accent, "My darlings, a sarcastic tongue is the Devil's weapon." Also she used to ask us to shut up when we are too noisy in class, "Do you people have verbal diarrhea?!" Ahh sweet memories of an international school.

Speaking of which, I do miss my international school A LOT. Other than the issue with the ex-gf, everything there was brilliant and I loved my teachers. All eccentric and foul-mouthed. Ok maybe not foul-mouthed, but yea you get the picture. It was fun, easy-going and you actually learn more knowing that they are friendly and approachable and all. Not that I'm saying anything about IMU lecturers. All of you, if you still have the chance, should really experience studying in an international school like mine. Seriously it is an entirely different experience.

Ok must stop before I start reciting grandpa stories. Back to the current, back to SRC tasks. Woohoo?

tonight

Went to campaign in2 batches today just now. Thought it was fine but then people came and told me that I sounded nervous, which was strange because I knew that I really wasn't as I know most of the people in both the batches anyway. Hmm might have to work on the speech tone then.

And the on-and-off stressed out thing that I am suffering from has to stop. SO damn annoying. Like needing to shit and then you find a toilet which has no toilet paper. CCB. I have changed my biggest wish now from WORLD PEACE to finding a day where I don't need to talk or do anything related to the SRC or campaigning. Ahh sweet.

It is 2.15am and I can't sleep. She is already so soundly asleep she doesn't even realize I woke up and came out here to blog. And my heart aches so bad. I just have no idea as to why. It shouldn't be like this.

MZEE??

Hence the entire weekend was spent in HELP university playing MAPCU Scrabble. From 8am till 5pm. Not bad actually. I finished 19 out of 40 contestants, and IMU finished 10th out of 20. And I lost the final game to a national player by 5 points. !@#$%!@

Other than that, busy busy doing my campaign poster (which I have no idea how i want it to look like). Also all the tasks and minutes and stuff. PBL not even touched. Damn. I am so stressed I don't even know what to do anymore. And everything gets on my nerves.

Someone please cheer me up?

Happy 7 months!

Let there be 7.

=)

!@&*#@^

The days are shorter. The tasks get longer. Stress levels increasing. Study time decreasing. Everything is just so pissing me off at the moment. Head is in a mess. Mock OSCE tomorrow. Then lectures. Then meeting. Then PBL. Then meeting again. Then mum coming for the night. Then MAPCU Scrabble on Saturday.

Ah fun times.

Jargons.

Ahaha this is great =D Even got me laughing after a long, difficult day.

Here.

Have fun.

My Manifesto.

1. Changing Rooms with Showers
With the establishment of the Greenzone Court, a lot more IMU students are finding it easier and more convenient to exercise daily. However, it still lacks a very vital component – changing rooms with shower areas. With the construction of changing rooms, both male and female separate, students will definitely find it easier and more advantageous to change in proper changing rooms before heading out to the courts. This changing room will also come with pigeonholes WITH lock combinations, so students can leave their personal belongings there with no fear of theft. As the B1 basement car park is to be renovated to a Student Center, I suggest that the changing rooms with the showers to be placed there. Students can access the rooms easily when heading to change after lectures, and those after games can effortlessly walk to the changing rooms, shower, and head home.

2. Water Cooler at the Greenzone Court
After a long hard game of basketball, futsal or volleyball at the new court, all the players will definitely be thirsty. At the moment, the only options that they have in obtaining clean, drinking water is that either they bring their own bottled water, or they will have to spend money buying drinks from the roadside stalls. Some students, I noticed, also chose to walk all the way into IMU Ground Floor’s water cooler to refill. Placing a water cooler near the court will definitely bring a lot of benefits to the users of the court. It will be a useful expedient where they can instantly get clean, cold water without resorting to taking long breaks between games. They do not have to worry about getting into IMU during school hours (before 6pm) without proper dress code. I’m thinking at the moment of placing the water cooler just outside the court in front of IMU. This will allow for easy access to all users of the court and at the same time allowing the security guards stationed at the B1 basement car park to look after the cooler, preventing any mischief.

3. Construction of a Proper Gym and Bigger Dance Studio
At the moment there is a small room outside the dance studio which accommodates a few basic gym equipment. There is not enough equipment for more than 2 people to use simultaneously as most of the equipment is not functioning anymore as well. Since there is the new block coming up soon, as well as the B1 basement becoming a student center, I will propose and fight for a new and more professional gym to be installed there. This will allow IMU students to go to the gym knowing that the standard of this gym that we have in IMU is on par with Fitness First, California Fitness and other gyms. A bigger dance studio is also probably on hand to be constructed. The talent and prospect of IMU students in dancing is immense and the lack of a proper studio to practice should not be a hindrance and the reason why IMU students cannot perform well in other bigger dance competitions.


These are the things that IMU can actually do for you all if I get to be the Sports Rep. And of course, with your votes I will be. So do the right thing, for your decision is my wish.

House Night but...

Just finished writing my C.V and manifesto. Now I'm hot, flustered and tired. But satisfied non-the-less. Still got lots of tasks to do. Meetings to attend. Reports to write. And of course on top of all these SRC tasks I still have to remember to start studying for my Hematology System, GI System, practice for Mock OSCE - all while trying to live my life and continue having fun. Guess I can almost throw the last one out.

Oh and one of my competitors pulled out, leaving one pharmacy guy. Yay?

And have to alternate between being the gf's bf, and also her apprentice for this Sports Rep position. Haha. Now that you think about it, it is rather hilarious.

How I wish I can be more of a help to others. Guess the world is indeed a cruel place. Sigh.

If you wanna call me a sore loser so be it

If you can't play ball properly, but instead only want to use your fists instead of your skills (or the lack of it), you can just ask me and I will gladly accept the challenge.

Me me me!

So stressed out. Sometimes you just feel like giving up. People you hope will give you better advice and help just don't get what you are going through.

But the cool thing is that sometimes help comes in all different shapes and sizes and people. And it is the littlest things that people say that spurs you on. It goes to show that other people do care too. Now there is nothing that can shake my belief or determination to run for the Sports Rep post. Thanks guys! =)

Run

So yep. I'm running for IMU SRC Sports Rep. After numerous sleepless (not) nights of serious thinking and contemplating the pros and cons of actually starting this long journey from next week onwards - campaigning and convincing people to vote for you - to the daily routine of doing duties and typing numerous emails and dealing with the admin staff, I decided that it shouldn't be that bad. So if any of you guys reading this, I really hope you all will be able to support and vote for me to be your Sports Rep.

On the other hand, the IMU Ball performance auditions are coming up real soon but MY VOICE IS DETERIORATING! I am really disappointed with myself. Rarr. But what am I to do? Can't be too greedy I guess. Hmmm.

Weekdays

April Fool's Day. Ah what fun. NOT. Maybe we have got over that stage where we just loved to play a trick or two on our friends. Or it is maybe - and more likely - to be caused by us being medical students. Damn. We are medical students not dead for crying out loud! Where is the spirit and fun?

Another day almost gone by. Spend it in front of the laptop again doing nothing that can change the world or anything that can win me a Nobel Prize. Blasting rock music. Just in the mood for rock instead or hip-hop or rap. Metallica. Switchfoot. The Fratelli's. The Cure. Led Zep.

Practicing to perform for the IMU Ball. My voice sucks now. Sigh.