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Name: Gavin
Country: Malaysia
Metro: Kuala Lumpur
Birthday: 2/7/1988
Gender: Male
Interests: Interests include meeting people! (As stated above) =P Soccer runs in my blood... been playing... and loving it since I was born. Currently into basketball as well. Also into chess, and at the moment trying to learn squash ( Anyone know a good techer?)
Gotta mention this as well, I am an ardent fan of MANCHESTER UNITED!!! GO GO DEVILS! XP
I just adore the Sacramento Kings as well... Their 3 point shooters are so sharp !
OK ok. This sounds super super nerdy. But I like the cardio and respiratory system! Wrong thing to say yeah. But hey, You gotta like your profession. I am a med student. Your average medical student=)
Expertise: For now expertise i have none,
All i know how to do
is have some fun!
Occupation: Student
Industry: Other
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
MSN: gavinng88@hotmail.com
ICQ:  110166254
Member Since:
2/13/2005
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| Well, first days are always tough.
Today was the first day I took a run in a long time. Say... 2 weeks?
-Due to the assignment- Yeah, it was tough. I was kinda disappointed,
really, seeing the distance that I could run. I bumped into Steven, who
managed to go one whole round Princes Park. I only managed 1/2 of it.
Better put in more effort, I say. Even breathing through my nose hurt
my head... Sighs. Just shows how out of shape I am.
Today was also the first day of being apart from Trili! Well, I guess
its something I have to get used to. We don't even stay in the same
country. (ok ok so what if our coutries are neighbours). So yeah, its
tough.
But on the bright side, there were quite a few ups today.
HP assignment completed!!! Finally, no more epdemiology. There is no
way I am going to choose an AMS that requires me to do any
statistically study. AT ALL. Enough with the blasted p-values, CI, RR,
All that jazz. It irritates me.
Darren cooked! It was super awesome. I am just sorry that I finished
about 1/2 of the pork before he even added the sauce. So sorry. But it
was that good. And the curry was good lah! Hmm... okok I learnt not to
stir chicken in for too long. But no one's perfect.
And I went to Max brenners with the IH dudes and Ngan and Christine! So
super awesome. I had a choc shot... and we shared about half the shop's
worth of pastries. between the 7 of us, we had a babka, strawberry
waffle, dome, souffle and 7 drinks. The people were so funny... esp.
Ngan's imitation of an emo girl. And calling Cheong uncle. Well...too
bad for him. It was good fun lah...The IH people are an amazing group.
Only person that was missing from our party was..vicky. But she's busy
too. Oh well...
Shout out to christine! My dear sister is 19 today. Have the bestest birthday k!
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| The week's gone by so fast, its almost a blur to me. Actually, almost
half the semester is gone, and its moving at an alarming rate. I can't
believe that in a week, I will be on holiday. A break from uni. Just
when it felt like it just started. Oh well... I will use this time to
catch up on my studies...I really need some respite. Not like some lucky person who gets to go back to their home country. I have to be here and work. And study.
I can't say that I am not enjoying myself here though. There are many
things to do, really. And sort of... so little time to do it.
Yesterday, I went to Austin and bumped into Juni on the way. Not that I
know her well, but she sorta made my day. In a strange way, meeting her
sort of lifted me up, sorta like how meeting an old friend would lift
you up. Anyway, thats besides the point. The purpose of my visit (along
with about 60 other medis) was to view a small presentation by a
patient with chronic asthma. The poor lady was chronically ill with
that debilitating disease. Somehow, it also appears that pople
eventally develop tolerance to asthma medication, thus the need for
stronger medication every time tolerance is developed. The lady had
terrible side effects arising from the medication - the worst being
osteoperosis. How terrible is that? I really felt for her then.
Seriously, she got the short end of the stick. Really short end, if I
may say so. She has a ridiculously low peak flow as well, limiting most
of the activities she can do. How sad is that, seriously. If I were
here, I would be suffering from depression (which incidentally, is one
of hte side effects of the medication). Why is asthma so impossibly
difficult to cure? I always believed that scientists would at least
understand the mechanism for it right now, but apparently its still up
for discussion.
Helped Trili out with some marinating for her mom's birthday tomorrow.
Her fridge is a-ma-zing. Seriously. I would never get hungry if I
stayed there. Its literally a "you name it you got it" fridge... haha!
And her collection of pasta is amazing. It reminds me of the amount of
rice I have in my home in Malaysia. Thaaaaat much.
Also, dinner with Sung and Shen was great. Yesterday was my first
souvlaki of the year! Definitely won't be the last, thats for sure. It
was good to catch up with them. I had no time to do so up to now, and I
am seriously glad that I did. Both of them are seriously amazing
people, confident in defending their arguments and being ridiculous at
times. Love Shen's speech sticks. He's coming to church on Sunday and
visiting UL next Friday. How good is that.
Take a deep breath and slow down
dear. I know its alot of work, but I believe if you slow down and look
at it, it will seem more managable=) You're capable of work, I know it!
Besides, there are people around you to help you too... Enjoy your trip
back to Singapore. Gonna miss ya!
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| Well, its been about a month, more like a month and a half since I have blogged. Great to be back, really. I wasn't away because of my laziness, I swear! Just got internet about a week ago. Thats why. Now that I have freedom and connection to the rest of the world again, it feels good. Really. Med has really been fine. 6 weeks in... This is now week 7. Starting to move into cardiology. Man. For a small thing, the heart is really confusing! Not only am I learning about the physiology of the heart, I have to cover the physics of the heart as well. Its beat, nature, thrills and heaves, murmurs, lifts... everything. Did I mention that they had UL in my house a couple of times already? Don't think it will continue though... our group is getting quite large, thanks mainly to the people from IH. They are an amazing bunch, really. Never thought we would grow that fast that soon... it just proves how quick God can move when he wants to! Johnathan, james and Jason... so far its been super great to meet and catch up with you guys. In more ways than one, you people encourage me and tell me that "hey, its time to move forward, get off your butt and start doing something in church." Thank you for that kick I needed so badly. Last...16 days is it? Have been...fascinating...interesting...and just beautiful. I mean, I totally learnt a whole lot about epidemiology (which, incidentally, is the most boring subject ever) and I got to know someone really well too. At least now, my walls aren't so plain. They have got well... stuff sticking to them! The last time there was something... it was diagrams of molecules I had to memorise. Good thing its something more interesting right now. There seems to be a collection of earrings in my place now. And a bangle. And overalls. Should I just let them lie here, or put them in the lost and found? I hear salvation army needs things though. Hmmm. Or maybe I should just keep them, as mementos. I hear that plastic almost never degrades. It just gets lost, or broken. But I do keep things quite well... (with the exception of my pencil box which I somehow lost in the public lecture theatre -mutter mutter) I really believe in you. Being in Year 12 doesn't mean anything to me, because I know just what you are capable of. In some fields, I can safely say that you can lead me along. And I will follow you and trust your judgement. You are that good and that capable, and don't let anyone ever make you think otherwise. | | |
| Yay!! I'm nineteen today. Or more like yesterday, but what the heck=)
Today was in every way... totally awesome lah. In every aspect. I even
took pics! (Something I rarely do as its quite a pain to upload them
and goodness knows what) I'll probably do that later. Camera's already
packed away.
Anyway, I guess the day really started at 12am on the 7th... my phone
started to beep, and my friends were already wishing me! Jernie, Cheng
and Christine thanks so much! And Darren too, but I couldn't get his
call because I was on the phone. >.< My fault entirely.
Well throughout the entire day I got smses wishing me happy birthday=)
Sure, it probably took like 2 mins of their time to type the sms, but
it honestly brightened my day. And Trili wished me! Twice! Cuzzy
remembered tooo=)
Went out for lunch with Dav, Jos, Shan, Cyi, Wei Sung and Deniece. Cyi
insisted on trying to pronounce every syllable of Deniece's name,
ending up with De-nien-see. *Shrug* To each his own I guess. We went to
this Jap place in this office building. Can't remember it...all I got
is its name. Saisaki...I think. W-O-W. Jap buffets (or at least, this
one) are super elaborate. They had practically every sushi under the
sun... and more. Sashimi...Maki..tempura... even had beef udon and
korean kimchi! Got some even more unique food... like oyster with
cheese, and escargot. First time with those foods...and it was a good
experience. Hey. You only live once... might as well.
Then came back... went out to 1U with my mom to pick up my lenses.
Thanks to my mom for a year's supply of eyewear! Goodness. Lenses are a
real life saver...Glasses can be so "in the way" sometimes. There I got
Puddle and paper's wishes!=) So happy they remembered.
Picked up my sis...and when I got home! I was super tired >.< Had
only 6 hours of sleep in the past night... and my body couldn't really
keep up=) All that energy spent digesting that jap buffet I guess.
Knocked off for one hour...then headed to the bball court. Figured I'd
give it one last look before I leave for Melbourne. (Things change real
fast. The last time i came back, they redid the floor. And painted
lines. Wow thats quite awesome actually. Can't really think what they
going to do next. New rims?) Yeah so...just sat and chatted with the
people there.
Dinner with my family! =) Just a simple dinner, but it meant so
much to me! Can even remember what we had...like bee
hoon...chicken...cucumber...some spinach with dried prawns...=)
Then finished packing loooo. Flight's at 6pm today. Its pretty amazing
what you can do in a really short period of time if you put your mind
to it. I practically finished (ok my lovely mom did most of the
work>.<) all the packing in about 1/2 hour. Ended up with 30
kgs...hopefully SIA is lenient with the baggage and what not.
Later! Darren and Zhen Hong came over and we went out.=) That was
awesome... wanted to go to swensons...but it wasn't Earthquake day
-_-". All of us totally forgot today wasn't a Tuesday. Oh well...headed
off to Secret recipe and got...cake. 2 choc cakes and 2 marble cheese
cakes..and one really awful yoghurt cake. Sour wan... that cake. Sigh.
I chose it also.. bad choice. Oh well...=) But it was great. Thanks to
everyone who sent me smses!!! Goodness. Made my day....=)
Special paragraph for Yen Tink! Gosh...I am so touched you took the
effort to make that card! Really happy. OK.. I am a huge sucker for
hand made cards...love em=) So that was definitely a great gift, from
my point of view. Thanks for being an amazing friend... and all the
best in your A2! No way am I going to be praying for bad results. Want
to see you successful mah=) Hope to see you in Melb this mid of the
year.
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| Man. Leaving's hard. No matter how I use my mind to tell my heart that
this is something I gotta do, like it or not...it still hurts. All my
mind is doing is lessening the hurt. But its still there...the nagging
pain you feel when you just recovered from an ankle sprain. You are
afraid to use that leg for a bit, knowing that if you apply pressure
the pain will come searing back.
Yet, I have come to realise that it is genuinely easy for me to...lose
a grip on reality, so to speak. I forget my sadness easily. Take things
for granted... and forget that when everything is at its barest, all I
really got is my family. And my God. I cannot expect to depend solely
on my friends for support and think in a high-and-mighty way that "I am
finally independent, I can do what I like." My parents will be there
for me, all the time, no matter what the circumstances. Sometimes, I
can't even spend that 5-10 minutes on the phone with them, telling them
about my day. Maybe I'm busy, entertaining someone else, whatever. I
can't honestly justify why I can't spend those 600 seconds.
I am blogging now, not to kill time. But to remind myself of this
sadness that I am feeling. I wish to be reminded that I am in
Melbourne, above all, as a student. Not to have a great time, at the
expense of my studies.
I wish to be reminded, that the freedom given to me by my parents comes
with a price. That price is responsibility, where I must be responsible
for my well being and my progress through my course.
Yeah.
Well... on a happier note.
Went to Nando's with Yen Tink today. It's pretty decent, in all
honesty=) As good as the ones you get in Australia. Yeah...I compare
with Aus because! That's where the best Nando's supposedly comes from.
Had a good talk with her... and I am happy that I am able to speak up
for my God and what I believe in. Walked around a little bit and then I
went to fetch my sister.
Wow...I mean...this is like seriously...going to be almost the last
time I am picking up my sister from the LRT station. When I come back,
she will be a college girl already. Big girl. Driving car to college.
No more need kor kor to pick her up di=) I better appreciate these next
2 days :) 2 or 3 days lah. Final 2 or 3 days that I get to fetch her... 
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