I do not know whether to feel happy or sad.... Glad that CA6 is over and there is one whole month for me to slack or at least do something that I have always wanted to do... But at the same time, I feel very fruastrated with life because I know that the cycle of mugging will repeat itself again for the next subsequent years... There is a sense of melancholy that is gnawing at the heart of my soul....However hard I try to fight off, it comes back stronger the next time... XUnchen said that it is result of modern life... ha ha

I am wondering what I should do for the next subsequent weeks. First of all, I have to complete my driving. It has been dragging on for ages and i am still stuck at the beginning of stage 2. Really irritating... I want to go out everyday but unforunately, not everyone is as free as I am now that my holidays are here... Too bad all my friends are in NS, slogging their life off... But I am hoping that some ppl can go to Malaysia with me, be it Johore or Genting Island... Really need to unwind myself...

Recently heard about some friends of mine who are enjoying their lives in us... and felt so envious... They can go for short weekend trips to places like France while I am suffering??? How unfair!!!

Anyway, Christmas is approaching!

Went out to orchard on Sat night with my friends. Had dinner and then went to watch some of the basking performances. But many of the locations were too crowded with ppl such that we didn't stay long... But then we managed to see a guy balancing himself on two wheels and some acrobatics. Went to HMV later as I wanted to buy a music cd by chopin... Unfortunately, I didn't buy it as my finances do not permit me... My friend, though, bought 6 vcds for $50...

On Sun, I wanted to start studying but was interrupted by a phone call at around 11. THe call was from george who wanted me to come down to EXPO for the metro Sale... Figuring that I need some Business shirts as well as a new shirt to attend my cousin's wedding, I went to EXPO. Spent over three hours there choosing three shirts and spent $57...
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Went back home but was too tired to do anything. Slept for three hours and woke up at seven pm... Watched two hours of fa wan yi ren. Now currently, reading Snell for tomorrow's practical...

Just finished my CA... B4 we can tarelax, we were told about the topics to be covered for the next CA two weeks later... More topics and less time to mug. Really wonder how I can actually finish mugging especially when the format for ANAT and PHYSIO have changed to Short Ans Questions.

I was so tired that I decided to go home straight to have my well deserved rest. Wanted to go to Metro Sale to buy some shirts for PDP. Realised that I have been wearing the same shirt over and over again for pdp because other of my shirts were either too informal or too kiddy... sigh... and worst still our prof has reminded us to wear a tie for the next pdp session and all my ties look so o blang

Read the newspaper today... about the through train program that most secondary and jc schools are trying to liase with one another.
So glad that I am out of the volatile education system which changes so frequently. First, it was the greater influence Singapore has on the setting of our A Levels. Shortly after, changes are made to integrate both the sciences and arts to make us more "well rounded" A hem... what's the point of being well rounded when life is so short? Although these changes were supposedly made to reduce the workload of students so that they can have more time to explore other areas of interest, I personally think all these propanganda are just pure shit!!! Ultimately, everyone will treat those extra humanities subjects equally important just like any of the subject andmug like siao. In the end, this vicious cycle will repeat itself again and again. Can't they just keep the status quo and not do any more changes to the education system??? In my opinon, this through trained program is done in their last desperate attempt to keep students in singapore. Every year, more and more parents are sending their children for overseas education...

Planning to give tuition. Heard that students in med fac can earn up till $500 per month just teaching tuition...

Did nothing constructive except studying for CAs... Had my new PBL grouping yesterday with a new PBL tutor, Dr Li Qui Tian... Quite a pleasant PBL lesson, considering the fact that my tutor was quite enthusiastic about PBL and actually took it seriously. Heard from one of my friend that her PBL tutor was very slack and bad mannered. This PBL tutor actually told his students that PBL is a waste of time and asked them to get over and done with. What was even more annoying was that he scolded some ppl for being late for PBL when they had to go round searching for the new venue. I feel that PBL is in fact an extremely good way to learn new stuff if everyone were to take it seriously, including teachers. Other medical schools in Canada and UK have adopted PBL as their main platform of teaching and it has worked extremely wwll for them. Glasgow, for example climbed to the second spot amongst the uk medical schools shortly after it adopted the new pbl format. NUS, after seeing the benefits , I suppose, decided to adopt PBL but pbl has unfortunately not worked well for SIngaporean students... Because 1) the school workload is very heavy, on top of the usual CAS... and 2) it is not graded...

To reap the benefits of PBL, I guess the school should not conduct any lectures on a topic so as to give students full freedom of taking charge of his learning...

I heard from some of my juniors that the GP Paper this year was much tougher than the previous year. THe GP questions are quite limited in scope with more questions on family, friends, studying of history and marriage... except for a technology question : are we too dependent on technology?? Thus many students felt such a paper benefitted the arts students more than the science students....

Nothing much happened today. Went to school for 2 lectures and attended anatomy practical. Later, after my anat prac ended at 3pm, I went home with Carrie. On our journey back to the East in the MRT, we witnessed an incident which I was extremely remorse afterwards. Some girl about our age suddenly collapsed on the floor at another carriage near the entrance of the MRT. We didn't notice at first as we were talking... But she was still conscious and ppl around her started crowding round her, trying to help her or just being curious /shocked. Carrie and I wanted to help but there was a Malay guy who seemed very confident... They went out of the MRT soon after the MRT reached Aljunied Station. Before we can decide what to do, the door closed upon us... She looked pale but was ABC was clear since she could still communicate to the ppl around her. Carrie was wondering what could have caused this sudden collapse. I propose hypoglycemia + stress as the cause of her collapse while Carrie told me perhaps it's due to some deep vein thrombosis, etc. At Paya Lebar MRT station, I wanted to go back to Aljunied but unfortunately, did not because we felt we were of not much help with such limited medical knowledge to treat such an emergency. I felt really bad on my way home. That shows the importance of learning first aid seriously. Four months in the Combat Medic COurse hasn't really trained me to react to such real situations....

Last Sat, I went out with my friends to watch Matrix. It was a great show, contrary to what those reviewers wrote. I highly suspect that they did not understand the true significance of each scene and so dismissed it as TRASH. I shan't reveal any of the storyline as there are many nus students who have yet to watched this great show bcos of their upcoming exam. But to know more about the intricacies of matrix, you can visit my friend;s blogspot: vapidus.blogspot.com who summed up the whole show extremely well. I must admit that I obtained new insights of the matrix after talking to him on the matrix. The matrix uses a lot of philosophies and religion, I realised... For example Agent Smith is the direct opp of NEO, the bit about choice,etc. Watch it if you haven't yet.

Waiting fervently for Lord of the Rings. Had a glimpse of the preview. Looks great...

My daily blog has become a weekly one.... WIll try to update more regularly provided i can find the time. THis week has been an extremely relaxing one as we have lesser lectures. Lessons ended at around 10,11 and never exceeded 12pm. On Monday, I went for my driving lesson and as usual got scolded by my other instructor... He complained that I was not concentrating on driving and my knowledge about my traffic rules are really bad... Guess I can't communicate really well with him. He will say out a string of directions, expecting me to remember but I, concentrating on the present moment, will forget what he had said previously... In the driving centre, I met one of my friend, Gina whom we discussed about our present lives in nus... Went back to NUS for mdc and then went for dinner with another friend..

I can't really remember what I did on Tuesday, except for the fact that I had PBL .... On Wednesday, went out with my friend Suay Wei who managed to get a day off for passing his military driving test. Together with another of my engine friend, Sean, we went to play pool at Orchard and then had a quick tea time. Afterwards, I went cycling with SW and I must say that it was an extremely bad day to cycle as it was drizzling. and I can't make sharp turns yet as my balance is still quite poor... I always have problems with balancing. Caused the gears of one bicycle to get stuck and was accused by the owner of the bicycle shop of speeding.. Ha...

Though it was my birthday on Thursday, it was just like any normal day. Recieved a birthday present from George, a book entitled Shanghai Baby written by some chinese author but was translated into English. My only birthday present after many years. Usually no one remembers my birthday as it falls on the season of exam period, let alone buy ing a present for me. But I must admit that seldom do I buy a present unless it's a group present. But I was extremely touched that my frineds, SW and WL wished me happy birthday... I am very guilty about not remembering their birthdays... I will take note of it. Even Xiuling wished me happy birthday, as she remembered that my birthday was one day after hers... Again felt guilty about not wishing her happy birthday but guess that she had a great birthday... Spent my time in Tampines Library studying Lipids Metabolism. Dozed off several times whilst studying. Fortunately the ppl sitting opp me did not complain or did anything nasty. BOught two yogurt, one strawberry and another yogurt... The taste was intoxicating.

Looking foward to tomorrow's outing "(Saturday') as I will be watching the much anticipated MATRIX with my friends.

It has been one week since I last wrote something. Guess I was too busy with my project and FRIENDSTER. I was very depressed on Friday because the results that I got for my experiment weren't satisfactory and to think that I spent nearly every afternoon in the lab. Sigh.
But my mood picked up on Saturday, fortunately. PDP was extremely fun as we got to see the relations of what we learnt during lectures with real life cases. But one thing I dislike about pdp is having to dress up VERY formerly which is very troublesome. Two of my friends who dressed very casually were "told off" by the prof taking us.
But what was really worth mentioning was that I spent the whole of late Sat afternoon cycling. I must admit that I do not know how to cycle, something that has embarrassed and plaqued me for past years. During chalet when my friends went cycling, I had to entertain myself... I did try to learn cycling by myself once but it was a failed attempt. However this time round, it was a success, thanks to my four friends whom I feel the need to write down their initials, SW, WL, Kel, KC... THey were really great teachers who patiently guided me at the expanse of their cycling time.. WL and SW even had to even run with my bicycle for around 500m? almost like going for a run.... I took 30min to get the basics right, and the rest 2 1/2 hours were spent trying to fine tune some of my faults lilke braking, steadying, steering... Contrary to what many have claimed : cycling is something that should be learnt from young, I mastered how to cycle as a young adult of 18... :)

What is the process of learning how to cycle without a fair share of bruises and abrasions? I suffered from quite a few bruises and abrasions and extreme muscle aches which appeared only the next day. I also knocked onto a child and caused her to cry, something I am still very guilty of but fortunately, her parents were quite understanding and forgiving and did not pursue the matter... Also knocked onto a Indian pedestrain who scolded "what the ****"... ha ha

Glad that I managed to master cycling. Once again, a very big thanx to my four friends!!!