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HOHOHO!! Merry Christmas one and all! Sorry, just had the urge to do that, too bad it's still August... For those who have been coming to my "flat-lining" blog, the reason why I haven been updating it is because *drum rolls* laziness! And of course there's heaps of shit to do! Deadlines to catch up, lecture notes to study, sleep to catch, you know, the usual stuff... I'm writing an entry now because i'm procrastinating, haa.

So... what have I been up to? I did pretty ok for the mid year exams, just really glad to pass. I thought that this sem would be more relaxing, considering I have one module less, but I always get screwed in the ass! It's so hectic, and the syllabus is increasingly tougher, how to relax?! Everyday, it's gym, study and sleep, leading a repetitive life...

Just finished anatomy project at Bena's place, spent 2 days doin it, and guess what, it's only worth 6 marks. 6 FREAKIN MARKS! WTF!? The school expects us to waste our time on projects like this, and the weightage is only a mere 6 marks!!! WTF!!!! Well, I'm glad we're done with this project, now to tackle the other assignments, sigh... vet is not for the slack....

During the hols, did work attachment at SPCA, learnt quite alot of stuff over there, and got to play with the furry pals! Spent almost everyday with Princess Edda, had my dose of being treated like a prince, hohoho! Fun times eh, sweetie!

Meet Inuka! She's my favourite Husky in SPCA! Next day, she got adopted. DAMMIT!

Meet kitty! Looks just like karupin when she was a bean! So adorable!

She looking retro-ly gorgeous and me looking like a donkey, as always, haa

Taken at the airport before she left for HK, sad times... sad times....

When I came back, went for a weekend trip to Mount Hotham to snowboard, awesome trip I tell you! I fell so many times, my ass got numb, but managed to learn quite alot of stuff from the instructors. It was -4 over there, and I was screaming like crazy at the top of the lift on the way up the mountain, face was frost-bitten! I wanna go there again!!!!!! I wanna snowboard!!!!!!!

White fluffy snow!!!

The hardcore snowboarders!

Alex and I completely burnt! (i'm the one with the pink goggles)

Looking good eh? abuaaha

Ninja Boarders! Transform!

Pink is the new black!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, time for my to get back to work, school tomorrow, argh..... till next time, autobot! Roll out!!!!

I SCARED YOU @ 12:40 AM

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Read this off a website while studying, check it out!

1. If your throat tickles, scratch your ear!
“When the nerves in the ear are stimulated, it creates a reflex in the throat that can cause a muscle spasm,” says Scott Schaffer, M.D., president of an ear, nose, and throat specialty center in Gibbsboro, New Jersey. “This spasm relieves the tickle.”

2. Experience supersonic hearing!
If you're stuck chatting up a mumbler at a cocktail party, lean in with your right ear. It's better than your left at following the rapid rhythms of speech, according to researchers at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. If, on the other hand, you're trying to identify that song playing softly in the elevator, turn your left ear toward the sound. The left ear is better at picking up music tones.

3. Overcome your most primal urge!
Need to pee? No bathroom nearby? You are male? Then fantasize...
Thinking about sex preoccupies your brain, so you won't feel as much discomfort, says Larry Lipshultz, M.D., chief of male reproductive medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine.

4. Feel no pain!
German researchers have discovered that coughing during an injection can lessen the pain of the needle stick. According to Taras Usichenko, author of a study on the phenomenon, the trick causes a sudden, temporary rise in pressure in the chest and spinal canal, inhibiting the painconducting structures of the spinal cord.

5. Clear your stuffed nose!
The easiest, quickest, and cheapest way to relieve sinus pressure is to alternately thrust your tongue against the roof of your mouth, then press between your eyebrows with one finger. This causes the vomer bone, which runs through the nasal passages to the mouth, to rock back and forth, says Lisa DeStefano, D.O., an assistant professor at the Michigan State University college of osteopathic medicine. The motion loosens congestion; after 20 seconds, you'll feel your sinuses start to drain.

6. Fight fire without water!
Studies have shown that patients who sleep on their left sides are less likely to suffer from acid reflux. The esophagus and stomach connect at an angle.
When you sleep on your right, the stomach is higher than the esophagus, allowing food and stomach acid to slide up your throat. When you're on your left, the stomach is lower than the esophagus, so gravity's in your favor.

7. Cure your toothache without opening your mouth!
Just rub ice on the back of your hand, on the V-shaped webbed area between your thumb and index finger. A Canadian study found that this technique reduces toothache pain by as much as 50 percent compared with using no ice. The nerve pathways at the base of that V stimulate an area of the brain that blocks pain signals from the face and hands.

8. Make burns disappear!
When you accidentally singe your finger on the stove, clean the skin and apply light pressure with the finger pads of your unmarred hand. Ice will relieve your pain more quickly, Dr. DeStefano says, but since the natual method brings the burned skin back to a normal temperature, the skin is less likely to blister.

9. Stop the world from spinning!
One too many drinks left you dizzy? Put your hand on something stable. The part of your ear responsible for balance, the
cupula, floats in a fluid of the same density as blood.
“As alcohol dilutes blood in the cupula, the cupula becomes less dense and rises,” says Dr. Schaffer. This confuses your brain. The tactile input from a stable object gives the brain a second opinion, and you feel more in balance. Because the nerves in the hand are so sensitive, this works better than the conventional footonthefloor wisdom.

10. Unstitch your side!
If you're like most people, when you run, you exhale as your right foot hits the ground.
This puts downward pressure on your liver (which lives on your right side), which then tugs at the diaphragm and creates a side stitch, according to The Doctors Book of Home Remedies for Men. The fix: Exhale as your left foot strikes the ground.

11. Stanch blood with a single finger!
Pinching your nose and leaning back is a great way to stop a nosebleed if you don't mind choking on your own O positive. A more civil approach: Put some cotton on your upper gums just behind that small dent below your nose and press against it, hard.
“Most bleeds come from the front of the septum, the cartilage wall that divides the nose,” says Peter Desmarais, M.D., an ear, nose, and throat specialist at Entabeni Hospital, in Durban, South Africa. “Pressing here helps stop them.”

12. Make your heart stand still!
Trying to quell firstdate jitters? Blow on your thumb. The vagus nerve, which governs heart rate, can be controlled through breathing, says Ben Abo, an emergency medical services specialist at the University of Pittsburgh. It'll get your heart rate back to normal.

13. Thaw your brain!
Too much ice-cream too fast will freeze the brains of lesser men. As for you, press your tongue flat against the roof of your mouth, covering as much as you can. “Since the nerves in the roof of your mouth get extremely cold, your body thinks your brain is freezing, too,” says Abo. “In compensating, it overheats, causing an icecream headache.” The more pressure you apply to the roof of your mouth, the faster your headache will subside.

14. Prevent nearsightedness!
Poor distance vision is rarely caused by genetics, says Anne Barber, O.D., an optometrist in Tacoma, Washington. “It's usually caused by nearpoint stress.” In other words, staring at your computer screen for too long. So flex your way to 20/20 vision. Every few hours during the day, close your eyes, tense your body, take a deep breath, and, after a few seconds, release your breath and muscles at the same time. Tightening and releasing muscles such as the biceps and glutes can trick involuntary muscles like
the eyes into relaxing as well.

15. Wake the dead!
If your hand falls asleep while you're driving or sitting in an odd position, rock your head from side to side. It'll painlessly banish your pins and needles in less than a minute, says Dr. DeStefano. A tingly hand or arm is often the result of compression in the bundle of nerves in your neck; loosening your neck muscles releases the pressure. Compressed nerves lower in the body govern the feet, so don't let your sleeping dogs lie. Stand up and walk around.

16. Impress your friends!
Next time you're at a party, try this trick: Have a person hold one arm straight out to the side, palm down, and instruct him to maintain this position. Then place two fingers on his wrist and push down. He'll resist. Now have him put one foot on a surface that's a half inch higher (a few magazines) and repeat. This time his arm will cave like the French. By misaligning his hips, you've offset his spine, says Rachel Cosgrove, C.S.C.S., coowner of Results Fitness, in Santa Clarita, California. Your brain senses that the spine is vulnerable, so it shuts down the body's ability to resist.

17. Breathe underwater!
If you're dying to retrieve that quarter from the bottom of the pool, take several short breaths first essentially, hyperventilate. When you're underwater, it's not a lack of oxygen that makes you desperate for a breath; it's the buildup of carbon dioxide, which makes your blood acidic, which signals your brain that somethin' ain't right. “When you hyperventilate, the influx of oxygen lowers blood acidity,” says Jonathan Armbruster, Ph.D., an associate professor of biology at Auburn University. “This tricks your brain into thinking it has more oxygen.” It'll buy you up to 10 seconds.

18. Read minds!
Your own! “If you're giving a speech the next day, review it before falling asleep,” says Candi Heimgartner, an instructor of biological sciences at the University of Idaho. Since most memory consolidation happens during sleep, anything you read right before bed is more likely to be encoded as longterm memory.

I SCARED YOU @ 1:04 AM

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Just woke up from my much deserved nap, had anatomy theory paper in the afternoon, have to admit that it wasn't as bad as i thought, although I was panicking a whole lot. Shitted 3 times in the morning, green in color, which wasn't good. Ate some risotto that sis made, had to push the food all the way down my throat 'cause I felt like puking, the stress and anxiety screwing up my system. In a nut shell, i was a nervous wreck. The fact that I hardly slept the night before didn't help with the calming. Everytime I tried to close my eyes, jargons like 'Longittimus Dorsi', 'Extensor Carpi Radialis', and 'angiogenesis' kept running through my mind, I felt like I was gonna drown in a sea of anatomical words! Seriously, I've never felt so nervous for an exam before. I've had 3 papers before this, and none of them I've felt this way. I felt so unprepared, and so insecure. It's such a relief that the anatomy theory paper is over, but there's still the pract paper tomorrow. I'm in such a relaxed mood now, I feel like the exams are already over! Planning of wat to do on friday!! And then it's saturday!!!!! Gonna go back to see my friends, family and princess Edda!!!!!!! Yay!!!!

Had a few good chats with I-lynn and Benny these past few weeks, really had me thinking about alot of things regarding relationships. And I understand what the both of them are going through, being in a relationship myself. Well, one sentence pretty sums up about relationships: They are never easy. It involves 2 people, giving their time and devotion to make things work.

From what I observe and from what my sis told me, there must always be one person who plays the role of giving in to the other person, and be the one to settle the problems. And it's also the reason why relationships crumble, because the one who's always giving in can't take it anymore. However, no one is at fault. We need to constantly voice out our dissatisfactions to our partners, so that they will know where to draw the line, and its also the only way that they will know what we'll accept and wat we'll not. communication is so important in a relationship. Many relationships fail because one or another of the parties just keep everything to himself/herself to try to avoid arguments . As a result his/her partner would just assume that since you never voice out, you're fine with it. And this snowballs until one fine day, you just break...

I feel that another reason relationships don't work is because partners weren't being themselves in front of their partners, or are dishonest and trying to hide their flaws, sometimes even forcing themselves to like something just to make their partners happy. Why can't everyone just be themselves from the beginning?? Then there wouldn't be problems like this. Very often, partners start showing their 'true colours' months into the relationship, and they usually stop hiding anything about themselves within a year. It's so common hearing people say "But you weren't like that last time!" or " You've changed!". It's such a cliche phrase that I get sick of hearing it. Like princess Edda told me, you should love the person for who he/she is, 'cause a leopard will never change its spots. Yes, you can change him/her for a month, maybe 2, but after that things will go back to the way they were. So wat's the point? Forcing someone to change or to like something just because you like will just make them feel restricted, like they no longer have freedom of choice. It's perfectly alright for couples to have completely different interests, as long as it does not affect their relationship. People have this misconception that couples MUST do the same things, MUST like the same things, and even more outrageous, MUST wear the same things! I've seen couples wearing the same outfit out, and Edda and I would just burst out laughing! Seriously, it's so damn funny!

And there's also the issue of spending time with each other. A few months into a relationship, many start complaining that their partners aren't spending enough time with them. They need to think that their partners have to spend time with their friends and family too, but that doesn't mean they love their partners any lesser. If you were to keep wanting your partner to spend ALL their time with you, they'd eventually feel restricted. Remember, lovers spend QUALITY time, not QUANTITY. It's the things that the couple does that matters, not the amount of time. There has to be a balance between love life, social life and family life. You can't put too much emphasis on any one of them, all of them should be of equal proportions. Alot of people tend to put friends above their loved ones, which causes many problems for the relationship. A typical scenario is the choice of spending time with buddies drinking at a pub over the choice of accompanying ur loved one to shop. Sometimes, you have to give up your friends for your loved one, and sometimes u need to let him/her know that you'd like to have spend some time with your friends. It's not an unreasonable request right? Everyone needs their personal space once in a while. Once again, I emphasizing the importance of communication between partners to get their points across.

Ok, this is a real lengthy entry, haa! Just wanted to tell everyone how I felt, now that most of my friends are attached all of a sudden, and I'm in a really awesome relationship myself with the most awesome princess ever! I'm not some relationship guru, and i admit that my relationship isn't a bed of roses all the time too, but we always try to work things out.. Gonna go for dinner now, then try to hype myself up to study for tomorrow's paper, argh! 4 more days!!!

I SCARED YOU @ 8:58 PM

Monday, May 21, 2007

Here are some pics of what i saw at my 2nd last practical session. Really cool stuff, but not for the faint hearted. For some, you might feel hungry after looking 'cause the pics might remind you of char siew..mmmm.....char siew.....

This is a placenta. If you look to the right, you can see the foetus of a lamb. It's so cool, i kept poking it.!

This is the airway (trachea) of a horse. I held it, it's as big as a fire hose! The heart is at the top of the tray, and it's like the size of my face! Poked it too, it was pretty mushy.

This is a calf foetus. The heart was cut open to demonstrate the differences between pre and post pregancy. This wasn't really cool, 'cause it's kinda gross, didn't poke it, not good for karma.

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Saturday, May 19, 2007

Princess Edda, this is for you sweetie....

February eighteen, two thousand and seven
The day I was torn from your warm embrace
Two pairs of wet eyes met each other
As we said our goodbyes for one last time
You stayed strong, being non-chalant about it
But when I said my last goodbye over the phone
I could hear your sobs from the background..

It's been almost 3 months since I last smelled your hair
I'm starting to forget how warm you feel
Or how smooth or skin is on mine, how your lips taste
One thing remains, always fresh in my mind
Which is the pain of leaving you behind, and the love I have for you
I will never forget how you love me, and how much I reciprocated

I started at the bottom of the castle, looking up
And saw my fair princess by the window, staring out
I've slain the dragon, and killed the witches
And in 27 days time, I'll open the last door at the top of the castle
And embrace my princess once again..

In 27 days time, we'll see each other again
Two pairs of wet eyes meeting each other
This time not from sorrow, but from joy...

I SCARED YOU @ 1:08 AM

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Went to the place where Victoria breeds guide dogs a few days ago, it's called GDV (Guide Dogs Victoria). Early in the morning, no one had the mood to listen to lectures, so this is wat happened:

From far end: Chris hanging by a piece of thread, Joann is gone, and Shianny has already found a comfortable position to snooze. Jan (hand holding pen) is the last one standing, busily jotting notes.

Far end: Kenneth was surprisingly awake, Sandhya gave up without a fight, Priya is struggling to stay awake..

After lunch, went to the guide dogs place. Nothing interesting, but the dogs were so damn cute! The puppies look like jelly beans! But with fur! I wanted to put one in my pocket and run away! They're all Labradors, 'cause their characters are most suited for guiding the blind. I want one! But i'll still prefer husky anytime man!

Labrador pups looking at me with sad eyes.. melts even the coldest of hearts.. awwwww...

"What's tat???" you might ask.. well , here's a close up view:
Super small labrador jelly beans!!!! get yours today!

Well, my presentation's over, finally! Screw that piece of shit man. What a complete waste of time i must admit, wsting all the students' time researching on stuff that are so trivial to us right now. We have more important things to worry about, like Biochem test next week, and Physio test the following week, argh! And an essay to hand in next week as well. Work work work... i feel like a orc in Warcraft.. work work work...Oh well... Ciao.

Just a random pic of karupin being stupid again. This time, she became a tissue box. Need napkins? just pull off her back. How convenient.

Song of The Post - Read My Mind by The Killers

I SCARED YOU @ 11:39 PM

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

I've been away from home for almost 12 hours, left the house at 7 this morning, came back at 7 in the evening. Had animal handling classes at Werribee today, this time was with dogs, sheep and pigs. Thought that it wouldn't be that tired, i was so damn wrong. Dog prac was still ok, just learnt how to handle a dog, how to restrain it and how to feed medicine. The dog we used was so cute, it's a beagle, but it looks more like a cross between a labrador and a beagle. And it's so fat and soft! Awww...

Isn't he cute????

Went to the sheep pen after tat, learnt how to wrestle sheep, yes, WRESTLE. It was so fun to wrestle them, i kinda got hooked. Got hold of any sheep i could get my hands on, and kept flipping them over, haa. Did u know that once sheep are on their butts, they go limp and lifeless, and you can do watever u wan with them, and they won't struggle. Cool eh?
The sheep wrestler!!!!! I'll crush ur bones!!!!!

Look at it's sheepish face, awwww...

After lunch was pig handling. My gawd! The place stinks like crazy! Had a live demonstration on artificial insemination, which was kinda disturbing, but when they showed us how pigs "do" it, i was like... ummm..ok.... awkward.... its's like watching pig porn.

Look at it's sheer size!

I could even sit on it like a horsie!! Go piggy go!!!

Had fun with the pigs though, got down and dirty with them, didn't know they were so freakin huge! The piglets were damn cute! OMG!! So so cute!!! I sat down in the pen and seriously chilled at one corner of the pen, and they all swarmed at me, and started nibbling at everything! I was literally drowning in piglet fats! At the end of the day, i smelled like pig, damn gross... sat the train smelling like a butcher, but didn't care, 'cause too damn tired...


They're literally eating me alive!!!

Chilling in the piglet pen... so so cute....

Look at that! isn't she a darling????

I'm so damn tired right now, and i think i got slightly sun burnt... gonna try to study, but doubt i can get much done. Tomorrow's another long day, argh! Got frog dissection again, gonna try to take pics this time without gettin frog juice on my phone. Oh well, ciao everyone, till next time!

Just a random pic of karupin slacking on my stitch hat.

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