ahh. am trying to look for this christmas song which i've heard soo many times but can't put a name to. choral one. terribly frustrating!
anyways its so early.. only cos i slept at 9.30 haha. 1st thing i appreciated was spore's greenery when i got back. LV is like a real desert.. there's practically no greenery at all save the palm trees they planted for aesthetic purposes.. and they're everywhere.. but that's still kinda diff in the end.. its still artificial.. and in the outskirts its really all little grey shrubs and cacti. really ugly to me but parents didn't think so.
the hotels. well. when we first drove into aladdin i was like whoa.. its so grand.. and inside.. the decor and stuff.. but actually after a while the grandeur wore off. and seeing the hotels consisted of like visiting the casinos [haha] cos they always make u walk thru the casino to get to wherever you wanna go. my dad was saying its their ploy to make u spend money before you get to yr destination.. cos everytime we go for buffets [which was really rather often i must say] we'd to go thru this whole long walk
oh yes and i also appreciate spore's rules abt smoking.. they can just smoke anywhere in vegas.. even in aircon areas.. which is totally sucky. and that happens sometimes in france too.
so now i can name most of the big hotels. like in alphabetical order. anyways each hotel had shopping, casino and sometimes attractions like shark reef n stuff. so everytime i went to the shark reef/secret garden/dolphin habitat n etc i'd want a tiger/lion/dolphin n so on. the dolphins were really sweet tho:) n they're so smart!
okay i feel kinda robotic now. but anyway. there was horse riding too [happily;] western! i don't think i've ridden western before. major was a good horse but he didn't seem to like me very much. v easy to get him to trot:) and cheyenne [i think its a v nice name but it'll just proly get mispronounced all the time] was absolutely naughty. refused to stop! horrible mare. hmph. she'd like turn her head ard n stare at me. somehow she felt quite lazy at the beginning. and at the end she'd keep trotting. just to annoy me. cos she's not spposed to.
o yes v glad my bro came along:) he's hilarious.. he said he watched pirates of the carribean at least 10times thruout finals week.. just put it on replay and listened to the dialogue. and then he was imitating johnny depp occasionally it was quite amusing:)
ohhhh!! the shows! okay free shows were fun but the 2 others i watched were way cool:) cirque du soleil's 'o' [thanks to jane:] and the magic of rick thomas [whom my bro sed reminded him of chow yun fat] i wanted to go watch mystere at treasure island too but i guess hafta be a hse guest to get the gd seats n stuff. sigh. 2 resident shows at LV! how cool is tt. n i can never figure out how magicians perform their stuff.. he was quite funny tho kept saying he hated birds although he was working with them.
o yeah and its like on 13 dec leann rimes was performing at aladdin [while i was still on the plane grr] and then 20 dec mariah carey was performing at aladdin while celine dion was performing at caesar's palace.. actually not that i wud have watched them [i think] but just think there're so many pop concerts in vegas it really lives up to its name of entertainment city
okays am at this yahoo cafe which is free! woohoo~ at japan airport waiting for flight back. haha i found it quite amusing we go to vegas with 2 pieces of luggage and one bag each, come back with 2 luggages, 1 box, 2 bags each. anyways this jap keyboard is a leetle bit weird. therefore cant figure out the punctuation and this looks like the way jiahui smses haha:)
too lazy to type anyth more at the moment so.. shall wait till when i get home and am super bored
i decided the flight here's really tiring. and finally get to sleep on a real bed. lovely. i have a [queen size? dunno] all to myself!:) hahaha
and the comp's really well controlled there's like nothing else besides internet explorer and i can't load icq2go [hardly anyone uses icq anymore methinks] and i don't think d/ling msn wud work. so well. heck.
hotels are really really grand. but the grandeur wore off after a bit heh. having some problems finding nice show to watch crap should have booked for cirque du soleil long loong time ago:( our fault. bah. its really tiring walking around from hotel to hotel.. they're seriously huge.. and one can hardly find fastfood or cafes or stuff. mostly restaurants. dinner buffet was good tho:) luckily didn't eat lunch today.
i wanna go ride horse!:) haha. with good conditions n all. it isn't too cold yet thankfully. i forgot wat else i wanted to say so o well. shall go sleep if possible its like 1am+ here i think. can't be bothered to change watch time.
just visited my uncle's house and feel very poor. its a huge house! with rustic charm and all. and all the little nooks and crannies [sp?] which are so cute:) and fun to stick around in. decor's lovely etc. sigh. and this mini swimming pool. the architecture is wonderful!! yeah like this little thatched hse which is actually quite grand. anyways yeah i can't say enough words don't do justice.
o wait i forgot to talk abt e bad pts there're quite a few mosquitoes and LOTS of stairs so i wudn't actually want to live in it but its just really pretty:)
ugh out of 6 pple on msn 4 of them aren't replying. just wanted to tell u guys bye.. o well.. hopefully they'll hurry up n reply i've like 4 hrs left to flying off. and 2 hrs to going to airport. better remember to pack everyth.
oh i forgot the funniest thing. in the morning i was standing around novena and then this person who was working at tan tock seng stopped, looked at my sch u [wearing tt cos i'd to do metro cip later] and asked "u're from ri issit?" [i think she was from the old era when ri was a mixed sch since my mom's fren was frm there] "they're still abusing u like tt ah?" and "since you're a rafflesian i'll support u:)" it was quite amusing.. her terming comm service as abuse..
ah b4 i forget again. my 2 upper limbs are suffering from tremendous aches. sorry lyd but i am -never- ever going to help youth challenge thanks.
whole day of cip! ugh. my feet are numb. and my hands were trembling after holding that stupid heavy box [for youth challenge cip] for like 2-3hrs.. the nurses etc at tan tock seng were so unhelpful! bah.. guess they're sick of old pple..
and i hate the way pple just ignore u when u're talking to them.. i mean.. like hello i'm talking to u would u mind looking at me or at least saying something.. geez. most of the time i was trailing off in mid-sentence cos pple just walked off. that really sucks lah.
anyways the youth challenge thing was really crap. 1st of all i wudn't sell those spastic feather pens. 2ndly u tell us to meet at 8.30 and only start the stupid freaking briefing at 9.30 and waste a whole lot of time till 10+ to make sure everyone's there.. and then give us hrs only starting frm 10am.. at least for me anyway sucks.
thought metro was better. at least there're vouchers so maybe tt'll induce pple to donate haha. and i decided tt when i sound happier pple are more likely to donate. and pple frm the cosmetics/make-up area are more likely to donate too. observations from one day. which might/might not be true. anyhow.
must record the 3 funny incidents b4 i forget!
1. there were 2 ladies. one donated 1st. and gave e lucky draw thingy to hk [btw thanks for coming if not i think i'd have been really bored] and then the other one donated, gave to the 1st lady, who dumped it in the collection box and then realised her mistake.
2. another lady who said to hk "i come here everyday" so i was thinking.. how weird is that u come to metro everyday to buy stuff? not like the stuff's gonna change rite.. as if new stock comes in everyday..
3. one lady whom on hearing that $5 wud be gd for donation [since dick sed tt was spposed to be the limit for the coupon bklet], got her husband to find change cos she only had 2 $50 notes.. so btwn e 2 of them they came up with $4 in coins for me and the lady dumped it in my hands and refused the coupon bklet. i was really quite amused. but at least she was nice:)
think i've had enough. i hate asking pple for donations.
yay going to stay with jane in vegas!:) 2 or 3 nights? anyways woohoo~! :) haha jane if u stand me up on this one i'll kill u:p
oh i decided my hols have been very enriching but not so much in e area of academics haha. like terp and work attachment and church camp and rda cip. hmm. actually tts not a lot but well. time really flies
just back frm church camp. and like a 4.5h nap. cos i slept ~4hrs this morning. wasn't spposed to sleep but it really got quite boring.. there were like just 6 of us playing cards and then aft tt liesl wanted to watch e soccer match.
anyway.. on e whole.. it was good!:) yay:) actually felt quite comfy with them. and i've found fellow bridge fanatics:p haha okay not really fanatics but.. hm.. bridge-lovers? jasmine's hilarious.. and the guys.. haha.. jonathan and timotheus "i'm the indonesian maid!" [i can't remember wat jonathan said on e phone to merit that though unfortunately] and hans who gets quite impatient sometimes. can't remember much else at e moment. oh anyways i learnt to appreciate n count my blessings better. esp after jason was talking abt his army experiences i was quite horrified. poor thing!:S
and sigh i've just realised how fast time passes. tmr i'll be spending e whole day doing cip and then sat i'm flying off! and i haven't done v much hol hw or anyth. gah. which means i'll have to chao piah when i come back.. there's like jobshadowing report to be done.. and probably choir comm meetings too and stuff. and other stuff tt i planned to do. hols are too short!:S oh and terp! ugh. will have to go back to ntu
ah. ri concert was. hmm. not particularly very good i think. esp the finale. wat a horror. it was a complete fiasco. and i was like hmm how come i can't hear any of the sops besides either tiff/weiying who was behind me..
and the chord thingy for deck the hall! i'm quite horrified.. why didn't he tell us beforehand tt we'd have to play the chord ourselves ugh there was like this interminable silence when mr toh mouthed at the sops f-sharp major and no one moved and val was like "clar i can't play!" [or sth like tt] and i temporarily blanked out and then after tt then realised wat an f-sharp major chord was. argh. terrible. i bet the audience knew how unprepared we were just frm tt. oh but at least they laughed haha hopefully tt was kinda a saving grace.
and the very very long waiting. but the talking was quite interesting:) besides the fact that it kinda got into quite a bit of a bitching fest for a while. and seeing emilyn!:) happy. haven't seen her in ages.
oh and i must thank jan lots for doing my make-up:) saved me. anyways then they all started saying i looked like a doll. then i remembered how serene kept persisting in calling me a furby last time. [grr]
RDA today. i think Dunedin is a v pretty horse!:) if i ever get to buy one i want something like him:) haha. bay. nice eyes:D and he's got character the last time the rider got off him he gave [the rider] a nuzzle:) like a kiss! haha anyways it was very cute:) and Fraggle was so naughty today. i could just see the balefulness in his look. think he didn't like me very much as a sidewalker.
oh and sandra's cocker spaniel's so cute and friendly its tail kept wagging n wagging n it was very excited n curious abt everyone. and its furrier than the horses. haha. i have a penchant for furry things.
clar's verdict on herself: she is very unfit.
i just spent ~1h40mins playing squash. oh wait let me rephrase that. -attempting- to play would be more accurate, haven't the foggiest idea how it's spposed to be played so just whacked e ball around btwn e 2 lines on e wall. now i can hardly type properly. and i must admit i spent half the time picking up the ball haha:p
plus e racket's kinda old so the grip's falling apart n i ended up with black hands *big sigh* don't think i can hold a pen for a while haha this sounds like when we were doing tennis for pe module. i wonder how effective this "exercising" was hmm must try more often n hope for results.
besides that. last day of attachment. kinda sad la won't go to the clinic anymore. i hope they liked e presents tho:S or their kids for tt matter haha. and i finally realised that one of the nurses' name was hooi nee not winnie. cos i kept wondering who hooi nee was and whether she quit or sth then i finally realised aft like 5 days *shakes head* v pathetic clar.
anyways. the op was quite gross. didn't noe had to cut thru so many layers of flesh [more like fat.. could see the yellow and stuff gross huh bet candice will love this] and muscles [?] and wat not. and used so many pieces of gauze to mop up the blood [okay it wasn't that much i think caesarian probably wud have more since its a baby and all]
took out e woman's uterus bcos she had adenomyosis. [forgot wat it is shall hafta go check it out.. but i noe it resembles a fibroid. man i was going to type ressembler as in french -groan-]
anyhow for once i was looking at e real thing instead of at the screen w e help of e laparoscope. very interesting. his sewing is so neat haha. quite cool actually. i always wonder how he figures out wat is wat. and then he pulled out a bit of the large intestine to show me haha. gross huh. and stuffed it back in. okay so this description really doesn't do justice to wat he was doing but ah tts the essence of it:p
the uterus looks really tiny. like maybe just slightly bigger than the huge fibroid frm e german lady on wednesday. anyway surprisingly it wasn't so cold in e op theatre today dunno why.
i figured anasthetists have a lot to say during ops to doctors. and they seem quite slack. just sit around and be "back-seat drivers" as on monday. quite amusing. but conversation is interesting. today they were complaining abt sumiko tan. and the anasthetist was saying tt tomatoes are gd for the prostate. and one of them was thinking maybe that's why italians are so horny.
another day they were talking abt finding nemo. and the anasthetist was saying in e tearoom tt she likes watching spongebob squarepants. with no trace of embarrassment or anyth. admirable!:D hardly find adults saying such stuff i think.
hmm i seem to have ready fingers when i start typing. [variation of the "have a ready pen when i start writing"] okies time for dinner soon yay sushi!:)
totally zoned out today dunno why either. like walking in a dream. [not tt it was a very gd dream/bad dream just didn't noe wat i was doing] and i hate standing in front cos i keep getting picked on and i miss weiying! [quick be honoured if u read this] hahahaha. rite.
surprisingly enough i now prefer "have urself a merry lil xmas" to "what sweeter music" when at 1st it was the other way round. bleargh. well.
don't know what to say. thus am eating honeydew. doesn't make sense as usual. oh i was just thinking socialising is so tiring. wat a lazy clar.
hrms. this is 3rd day of work attachment.
3 major things. 1st abortion. hmm. quite horrifying.. he just sucked everyth out with this vacuum curette thingy. and then at the end all tt was left of the 5-week-old [i dunno wat u call it.. embryo?] was this jar of red liquidish stuff.
2nd yay i got to see a delivery! haha. there wasn't that much blood. i thought the whole floor was going to be full of it or sth cos he was wearing sth like wellingtons but well it was quite under control. interesting seeing the way he stitches tho. amazing how he can see wat he's doing cos i'd no idea wat was happening until the end-product was in sight n it was really neat and looked v normal. and the baby was so tiny:) happy parents tho.
3rd operation. the theatre was freezing cold. and had to change into the green garb [as candice calls it] which was freaking thin. so yeah i was standing around freezing for 1/2hr+ at least it wasn't too long.
laproscopy i think it was called? hmm website spells it as laparoscopy anyways for sure its keyhole surgery. and got to see everyth inside like intestines [i think:] e uterus n ovaries n stuff.
tho the cyst was quite gross. lemme try remember e name.. ah just checked. dermoid cyst. like it had hair and pus and stuff. ugh. was quite surprised that the doc just had to tear it frm the ovary.. only one part had to be cut with this instrument [forgot e name] and this woman kept standing rite in front of me n blocking my view.
afternoon. hmm. saw a 134.5kg pregnant lady. she's like.. 3 times my weight or sth. this little boy was so cute he was fascinated with me n offered me a sweet that the nurse gave him. and there was one cancer case which was very depressing.
came home in a rather bad mood dunno why mom is trying to pry some reason out of me so i told her i was hungry [true to an extent] wonder if i shud have decided to go RDA tmr. hmm. or go on fri for the leader workshop. but on fri so many pple signed up! i think they have an excess of volunteers. and they still welcome somemore. sigh.
i want to buy a horse and a dog [preferably a golden retriever/lab or a mix or anyth tt i like haha] but 1st i'd have to be rich. hais. feel jaded. don't feel like doing anyth. n i hate the way half the books i bought have to have vulgarities. maybe i shud get desensitised. sucky crap.
oh. last fri. this couple came in. doc "how long have u been married for?" [femme was 3 mths pregnant] couple "we're getting married tmr" i was so shocked esp when the doc cud just calmly go on with his questioning/congratulating/watever.
k dinner. hopefully i'll be happier aft eating haha:D
clar is super tired. like. really cannot take it anymore. but i got a leetle bit more energetic upon switching on e comp haha. anyways i gotta charge my phone for a while, don't really like e thought of leaving charging for the whole night. yeah.
anyways. yes. i realised today's gala premiere brother bear was quite similar to le papillon. and also to finding nemo. like journey with one crabby guy looking for a destination and then a spastic companion who annoys the crabby guy. yup. very similar. just the characters that they use. like bear, human, fish. haha. quite cute actually. i was even thinking they should go and do a horse one when i remember spirit stallion of the [simarillion?? tt sounds like tolkien's book] anyways i can't remember e exact name but yeah. haven't watched it yet tho.
i must try n remember some quotes frm kai n cheukka frm yesterday. tho actually today lyd was quite silly [as usual;p] forcing poor joon to finish every bit of pasta and admonishing her for every morsel left behind on e plate. hilarious:D -stomachache frm laughing- joon too.
ah. attachment. too tired to type very detailed stuff. ultrasound's cool but a lot of stuff gets quite routine aft a while cos pple either fall under the fibroid/normal check-up [look at uterus/ovaries] or the pregnancy category. which reminds me there was this very cute couple who were so happy over the pregnancy which made me v happy for them too:) and another couple [husb frm rj, wife frm nj] who were absolutely hilarious. e wife sed her husb was nuts and pathetically squeamish and kept making a whole lot of crazy comments.
kk my eyes have been red for quite a while and i'm dead tired so off to bed! -relief-
ooh poor clar's legs are freaking tired. walking frm cine to fish&co glass hse is quite hmm. plus stops at centrepoint and plaza sing. glad i got mommy's pressie hope she likes it:)
woah backgrd is super noisy. father is trying to help resolve some family conflict its quite funny actually if u look at it lightheartedly.. like.. dysfunctional? i dunno. haha he's like taking charge like he's the boss. wielding all e power.
well dinner was quite hilarious. little foursome was so fun:) lovely memories. and silly pple like us:p oww left foot is having pins n needles. anyways papillon was quite funny but heartwarming to an extent too. felt it could have been longer tho.
ah i'll post my complaints abt lotr sometime soon i guess. tho i think lotsa pple will be after my neck hehe:p time to watch my french show on central! whee~
clar is in a rather bad mood. haha like rollercoaster. cos while i'm blogging i see my last post which says clar is v happy. anyhow. i don't know. cumulation of little crap. sigh hopefully tmr's dinner will make it all fine:) =looking foward= yay:) -temporarily happier-
wat to do? quoi faire. je pense que j'ai peur de trop. mais ce n'est pas vraiment juste si je le fais. haha oh dear i forgot the french word for worry! the SE verb. crap. i think angoisser is. but the other one. ah! s'inquieter. just checked haha how sad! je m'inquiete trop aussi.
yay clar is a v happy clar today:) i'm $100 richer! haha and $200 more to come!:):) whee~ i guess i kinda get a better deal than e SRP ppl huh ;) haha. just tt i somehow think SRP has more recognition though. but still. hahaha! it kinda paid off
was v glad we managed to get our gold if not i'd feel so bad for breaking prof's tradition [past 3 yrs his grps always get gold] ladida:) haha hope choir was okay.. but if it was fun then i'd have missed it! blah watever. i figured going back to sing for 45mins wasn't very practical. n i'd have to sing in court shoes/horrible skirt/long sleeves
and oh i met a lot of nice pple:) yay:)
was actually feeling quite happy after talking to my ex-piano tcher but after tt all sorts of little crappy things disturbed me quite a bit. ah heck. concert on tues! haha yay will be able to find more nice songs whee~ :)
aiyah i want my finding nemo dvd! .. patience clar .. o well. i shall go watch somemore of my vcds bwaha:) my hols are really.. haha.. hmm.. and suddenly nearing the end of terp i kind of appreciate learning all the extra stuff:) although tts probably cos its nearing the end. haha. and i still hate waiting around in the lab/outside. bleah!:p haha. okay my good mood has kind of returned yay:)
sigh i was actually quite happy upon returning frm terp. cos i managed to find an explanation to sth in the ppt!:) and pointed out sth else. whee~ but.. on getting home.. haha.. forget it.. its quite dumb anyhow. not worth it. plus i'm probably just being me as usual. hate this. sigh. now lemme go find sth nice to watch on tv tonight:)
whee~ i'm currently on a bit of a high. cos i found my vcd!:) am so grateful:) haha. but i guess watching it 2 nights after i watched it for the 1st time wasn't such a great idea. but it was still good:) yay!:) i was so afraid i wudn't be able to find it.. and then poof! decided to follow my mom to westmall n pop into e shop n found it! yay yay yay:) lovely show.
btw does anyone have e vcd for amelie de montmartre? mom taped for me on wed nite [central] but somehow the stupid tape stopped n there was like ~15mins left? so dunno how it ended! so annoying. hais. plus all e flies were attracted to the living room light n landing all over e place. !!
o yes n i wanna buy e vcd for imptance of being earnest! hais. o i was rather surprised my mom didn't like question me why i was buying e vcd today [esp since its like chinese] like the other time when i wanted to buy anna n e king.
anyhow clar's happy for the moment. at least makes up for the sinking feeling that i felt when i woke up. that today's sunday. n tmr's monday. equals terp again. its like tt horrible lab is my 2nd home for e moment. i think i'd rather spend my time in sch.. at least there're more pple there tt i noe:p at least aft sat it'll be over! n then there's ssef nxt yr too. haha.
ah watever.. and work attachment.. n hopefully i can go get my horse cip done yay:)