...simply said...

I feel so much better after a hot shower. The flow of steamy hot running water, it's so cleansing and relaxing. Shampooed my hair twice - washing away every last bit of dirt and oil. And that feeling of glowingness after, especially when your steamy body is hit by cool outside air. It's such a rush.


Ah the little pleasures in life.


Hot showers could be the solution to world peace!

Everytime Bush wants to bomb a country, he should have a hot shower.

My attempt at rhyming...



Coffee for breakfast

Instant noodles for lunch

2 tim tams for tea

What's for dinner? KFC?

Am feeling extremely grumpy and have decided to isolate myself from humans for their protection.

For today at least.

URGH.. I have seriously had enough of exams. I am mainly pissed at myself for wasting 2 days out of 4 precious days to study for the most difficult paper of all. And that stems from being unable to focus and prioritize??!!!

Stress + a lot of shit happening in my life. OK, not too much, it definetely could be worse, but I'm just frustrated and annoyed with certain situations, things and people.

Yes, I am allowed to be a bitchy grump for one day.

Wanted to get up at 4, with 3 hours of sleep last night, but no... i kept putting my alarm on snooze and resetting it somehow in my unconscious state. Till 7am. So for 3 hours I had very disturbed sleep. Finally got up on the wrong side of the bed feeling extremely tired and irate because of a nightmare - i dreamt i kept sleeping through my alarm and finally woke up 1/2 hour after my paper had started. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

The worse thing is that I'd had RED BULL at 10 pm. That stuff usually keeps me buzzing for at least a day. But no...... I had to get sleepy 2 hours after. C'mon. If TAURINE + CAFFEINE + SUGAR doesn't work on me, what will???


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Maybe I should go for a run and get this out of my system. But that would involve people and other living objects. I'll pass.

I shall just struggle through today and tomorrow till 6pm. Hopefull this mega pissed-offness would have dissipated by then.

Had my pharmacology paper today and albeit 4 hours of sleep and a ****load of stress, I am still awake and almost.. buzzing!

Must be those caffeine pills.

Paper was alright, although the 75 multiple choice questions were a little draggy after awhile. Brain was threatening to stop functioning after an hour and a half. The paper was really thick! I got a shock when I first touched it. WHooaaa.. I thought it would take me awhile and I would probably be late for work, and I was right. I usually don't use the extra time given to us *ahem* underpriveledged, *ahem* non-English speaking international students, but this time I was glad of it! Forgot to do some last minute study on the anti-arrhythmics section, and I regretted it! The types of arrhythmias, and drugs and all that nice stuff was swimming around in my brain and I'll be happy if I got a third of my answers for that section right. But anyhow, one paper down, 3 more to go! The last one is another nightmare, but I don't reckon the next 2 will be too difficult. *touches wood*






On Tuesday night, I went to an awesome event that was part of the Adelaide Caberet Festival - 'Here's to the Ladies by a little woman with a huge voice, Christine Andreas. It was Broadway music, the kind i love. I actually stayed awake the whole performance, rapt in awe, thinking how beautiful this woman looked with her ski jump nose and tousled hair. Before each song she would tell a little story related to what she was going to sing, and also revealing her life story. Sort of. But we slowly learnt how the man playing the piano as accompaniment was her husband, and it was all just too cute. Many thanks to Mark's company, Locher for this whole event!

We had drinks in the bar after, and who did we see walking into the restaurant section after for dinner? The Andreases! A lot later, a few of us who were the last ones to leave got to have a little chat with them, and they were very real. Very friendly, looking a little tired and jet lagged (they are from New York), and I realised she's shorter than me! She looked pretty big on stage!




And I burnt one of my favourite shirts! This is the only other accident I've gotten into with the iron, besides leaving and iron-shaped print on one of Mark's shirts. That was not my fault! He refused to let me put water in the STEAM iron I was using, which I wasn't familiar with anyhow. I left the iron a little longer that usual cause the creases weren't coming out due to the lack of STEAM and anyways *ahem* wasn't my fault! Hehe.. So. What do I do?? I thought of making some sort of lace cap sleeves thing to hid the lack of cloth in that area. Hmmm.


What I scraped off the iron. It was crunchy!


The villian


Any suggestions?

Thinking about it, pharmacists are pretty darn versatile.

We are the drug experts. Of course.

We are like doctors - we can diagnose and recommend treatments eg tinea, warts, nappy rash, all that lovely stuff.

We are like nutritionists - we advice people on weight loss, supplements, etc.

We are like podiatrists - we advice people on soles, shoes...

We are like nurses - dressing wounds of random people who come stumbling into the pharmacy asking for help.

We are counsellors - we have to care about compliance, people tell us their life problems, come for heroin therapy, etc etc

We are like occupational therapists - fitting crutches, wheelchairs, etc etc


...and so much more!


=) I like!

I finally have my own!

http://www.designawards.com.au/ADA/04-05/Consumer/051/051.htm

Thank you, Alex Liddy!

I love great pictures. Those pics that were taken when you were at the same spot, but never saw what the photographer saw. The beauty in the smallest things. Or a whole new world by just altering the angle.

I don't think I have that creative eye. But I think I should start taking pictures again.


http://www.michaelefford.com.au/ - a graphics dude, with some great art work and nice photos!

http://www.karencheng.com.au/ - This is a very cute blog, with graphics I love and if I could copy the design of any layout this would be it!

http://www.jrocksvt.blogspot.com/ - The picture blog of one of Mark's ex-gfs, who is an amazing photographer. Have seen some of her works, and they are pretty darn good!

I. Am. In. Love.

Only USD 2400.

This is as close as I'll get to hobo-ness. Woke up pretty late today, quarter to 10, after a late night up studying (or semi-studying - if you demand brutal honesty). For someone who usually gets up before 8 on most days, this is pretty late! The first thing that hit me was 'Gee.. it's so warm!' Yes, it was a warm day, but the temperature difference at 8am and 10am is quite noticeable!

So I got up. And had cereal + yoghurt for breakfast. Started Mark's car, which he left in my care while he globe-trots to Perth *sob* without me, and resisted the temptation to drive somewhere. Did some washing up, cleaned and scrubbed the kitchen then did a little studying before browsing blogs and downloading songs. Before i knew it, it was lunch-time and I gladly trotted off to the kitchen again for some chow. Had an incredibly authentic eggplant + fish porridge + stir fried vege combo that Mark somehow produced from his white man hands. Then I attempted to study again before falling asleep. When I got up, it was almost dinner time (!!!). Wanted to keep my schnitzel as tomorrow's lunch at work, so I had instant noodles (Carlos: 'Are you simplifying your diet too?') and am now wasting time online again. BTW, exam period is very bad for waistline. As you can probably tell.

I feel like dessert now.

On Wednesday night, Mark and I and a Venezualian couple had dinner at Lungomare, Glenelg. The food was really good, but 'petite' as Tatiana put it. We had a laugh about it because we were so brutally honest. Quality, not quantity.

Our bellies half empty (half full?) we trotted around the corner to a chocolate shop for dessert. I can't believe I've never been there. Had a Belgian waffle with liquid chocolate and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. And.... Hot chocolate made with melted dark chocolate. The waffle was exquisite and the drink was to die for, but what got me the most was what it came it.

They call it a mug and warmer, and that's precisely what it is. It looks like a mug + oil burner. A tealight sat under the mug, in the burner thingy and heated up the chocolate. It was an AWESOME invention!!!

So I'm wondering where I can get one. The ones on eBay are all electric or USB powered, but there's something so deliciously romantic about it using a candle.

By the way, the chocolate shop is called Bracegirdle's House of Fine Chocolate. On Jetty Road. Now I wish I was living in Glenelg =)

Like my new blog?? Gotta love free blog templates, this took me less than 10 minutes. =D

It's a pukey green colour but I love the design and somehow, the green looks acceptable. By far the best I've seen. I think my last one was so unique, but no doubt the template has some flaws, and I got tired of purple. Let's see how this one turns out.

Will play with it the next time I get bored with studying Pharmacology.

Any ideas?

But my laptop has a widescreen and it doesn't stretch to accomodate it. =(

It's midnight and I've just had a bowl of instant noodles. There goes my no food after 8, much less no carbs at night principle. Mark left for Perth today, only for 4 days, but a long enough time! We had a quick (and small) dinner at Ikea comprising of ONE gravad lax and ONE daim cake and TWO coffees between 2 people who are naturally big eaters, so I was feeling a little light-headed and nauseas up till about 10 minutes ago.

Was the last day of class today before the exams!! It created a mini panic attack in me and I'm actually gung-ho about studying pharmacology! I think stress is a good thing. I am absolutely not motivated otherwise.

I feel like my life now is so relaxed, much more than a couple of years back anyways. I feel contented cause I've found 2 gems of friends with whom I can talk about the deepest stuff, yet also go absolutely nuts and laugh till I cry. I feel like there's a sort of need in me to fight - fight against norms, fight against prejudice, fight for independance, fight for life exprience, fight to be different, fight to earn more money (hehe).... it's funny, cause people generally perceive me as a placid, easy-going person, and I believe I am, but maybe that's another way of fighting.. against myself? I don't like to settle! Maybe people call it striving. I don't like just accepting some things the way they are. If only I had a passion in something like anti-fur or anti-keeping-bears-in-cages-in-japan, I think I would go far. *basks in self-praise*

But as I was saying, I feel so relaxed and contented right now. I feel like I've had my fun setting up a house, working to get very different people as housemates, getting to know people (it's not easy!), getting a job, getting my career set up, getting settled at uni. I feel so happy and settled in my relationship with Mark, friends, parents.... and I have a job in a pharmacy, as well as a few casual jobs for extra money. Accomodation not so settled and a forever stress in my life, it seems, but I reckon it will be that way till I have my own home. Keeps me on my toes - heh. Even uni is not bothering me so much anymore. I realise that pharmacy is really interesting and is probably going to get more interesting in the years to come. So many oppurtunities and choices, the world is mine! (or will be in a couple of years)

But the strive in me is hath not died! I need to get off my arse and start learning / doing something new. I wanna learn German and some random language just so I can eavesdrop. How cool would it be to speak African! Maybe I should start with Mandarin, but pfftt.. I'm so used to being harassed for not speaking my mothertongue anyways (blame it on my parents! wahahaha). Have started belly dancing and am almost through Beginner One. Yes, I can dance to Habibi Ya Eini with my green hip belt with the noisy coins I bought off ebay. I actually think I have a natural flair for it, maybe thanks to my generous hips. Need to work on coordination and learning to focus my mind on certain parts of my body.

Try moving your head super horizontally in little movements from left to right - no tilting or wobbling! Now try that moving another part of your body - hahahaahhaha!!

I can't believe how long it's been since I've last blogged. In fact, I can't believe how quickly time has flown this year. It seems not too long ago, (yet long enough!) I was celebrating Christmas with Mark and my family. Hmm..

It's nearly time to say goodbye to the first half of my 2nd last year of uni. Exams are in 2 weeks, somebody please get me stressed. I'm really enjoying third year though. I've never studied so, well, not hard, but consistently for a whole semester. Have mantained a 70% (in fact, I got 70 in 4 out of 6 of my tests! And if I do some calculations, the average of the other 2 might end up being 70% as well.. haha..) It might cause some nerds diligent students to go "What are you happy about?? Only 70%??" But considering how I usually do not study at all till a month before exams, I think I'm pretty contented. In my first year I didn't even know when we had tests! Geezz.. how in the world did I get into the pharmacy course. And stay here.. hehe.. But I wouldn't change a thing! I'll give up all the distinctions in the world to be able to experience new things and meet new people and have a life less ordinary.

But life has been pretty simple lately, and I like it. Seems to revolve around uni, some studying here and there, Mark, work, a few special friends and trying to figure out what I want out of life. Let's not even talk about getting rich. I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my life from this year to the next. My lease expires in August. What to do in terms of accomodation? Rent a room? A unit? Sub-lease? Go buy a caravan? Should I aim for honours? Does it really make a difference? My interest is not there right now but will I regret it and wish I'd worked harder for greater benefits down the track? Am I just lazy? Should I do a placement oversease? If yes, where in the world?? - literally. Somewhere in Europe? Can't speak the language, but hey, it's a challenge. America? Too many Americans there, Mark says. Haha. Family's applying for Canadian PR - should I give that place a shot? Some random country like Slovakia? Probably not. I'm adventurous, but not crazily so. What about money? How much to save? Wait. How TO save?? Where's all my money going? How to make more money? $_$ What about PR? Are they changing the rules? What's this about working 3 years before getting PR? Pfftt..unfair, unfair.



Sometimes I think I think too much. I think I should blog more.