Monday, October 27, 2008
Finally done with all that crazy assignments...and now its just exams. Currently on study break, progressing really slowly on revisions..which is not really good. Have to accelerate.!!!
I have 3 papers altogether..1st paper on the 6th of nov (health behaviour)...100MC....2nd paper on the 12th of nov (Functional human anatomy)...90MC...oH gosh..this unit is freaking me out..there is so much to remember...name of bones, bone landmarks, muscles : names/attachment/insertion , nerves, ligaments, tendons...........arrrgggghhh....how can i remember all of them! last paper on the 13th of nov....Physiology.........another unit that is worrying me alot. Consist of MC and short answered questions, worth 50%. This is a particular unit that is so unorganise..we have to go to another campus in melbourne for practical and was ask to complete 6 reports in 3 weeks..what a killer. Whereas the students at that campus get to complete 1 practical report in 2 weeks. Everyone felt that it was unfair and we might just wouldnt know what mistake we might have made. There wasnt much guidance in writting this prac report, well only towards our last tutorial class when the reports were due in 2 days time. LOL. Glad that its over, im just hoping i would pass it and the freaking EXAMS as well!!!!
ok....stress enough bout exams......
Went to Melbourne to sort out my air ticket, fuuhhh...useless to sort it out through phone call. S'pore airline office here will just put you through the operator, while u wait for ages to be entertainted which never seem to happen. Counting down the days till the 19th of Nov. I hope i dont miss my connecting flight to KK...cuz i only have 1 hour gap till the next flight to KK. i can imagine i Will be running like mad on that day searching for the domestic terminal. First time travelling long distance alone...oh dear...im scared.
I just came to realise that, quite a fair bit of people think that i dont look chinese. Like my friend's foster family from America thought that i am philippino, and the porter working at the place where i had my fieldwork asked " are you philippino" ..i was like..'uhh no..malaysian chinese'..LOL. One local aussie guy asked if i am malay, as in malaysian..malay.....
and today in the train, me and my friend met a Iranian guy who has been to malaysian for 6 years, who knows malaysia much more better than us (amazing) ..been to KK as well...Sipadan Island, manukan Island, sandakan, Sutera Habour -Beautiful...wow wow wow.
hahah..impressive. He asked if i am a malay...or kadazan..lol..he knows Sabahan native people as well..then he said..maybe not malay.. cuz he saw my cross necklace which i wore..shows that iam a christian. Other mainland china people that i have met also said that i dont look chinese..definitely not from mainland china..LOL..funny funny. But once you speak mandarin, their jaw drops..LOL. Hahah something special.
Alrighty heading off to bed. Ta.
I have 3 papers altogether..1st paper on the 6th of nov (health behaviour)...100MC....2nd paper on the 12th of nov (Functional human anatomy)...90MC...oH gosh..this unit is freaking me out..there is so much to remember...name of bones, bone landmarks, muscles : names/attachment/insertion , nerves, ligaments, tendons...........arrrgggghhh....how can i remember all of them! last paper on the 13th of nov....Physiology.........another unit that is worrying me alot. Consist of MC and short answered questions, worth 50%. This is a particular unit that is so unorganise..we have to go to another campus in melbourne for practical and was ask to complete 6 reports in 3 weeks..what a killer. Whereas the students at that campus get to complete 1 practical report in 2 weeks. Everyone felt that it was unfair and we might just wouldnt know what mistake we might have made. There wasnt much guidance in writting this prac report, well only towards our last tutorial class when the reports were due in 2 days time. LOL. Glad that its over, im just hoping i would pass it and the freaking EXAMS as well!!!!
ok....stress enough bout exams......
Went to Melbourne to sort out my air ticket, fuuhhh...useless to sort it out through phone call. S'pore airline office here will just put you through the operator, while u wait for ages to be entertainted which never seem to happen. Counting down the days till the 19th of Nov. I hope i dont miss my connecting flight to KK...cuz i only have 1 hour gap till the next flight to KK. i can imagine i Will be running like mad on that day searching for the domestic terminal. First time travelling long distance alone...oh dear...im scared.
I just came to realise that, quite a fair bit of people think that i dont look chinese. Like my friend's foster family from America thought that i am philippino, and the porter working at the place where i had my fieldwork asked " are you philippino" ..i was like..'uhh no..malaysian chinese'..LOL. One local aussie guy asked if i am malay, as in malaysian..malay.....
and today in the train, me and my friend met a Iranian guy who has been to malaysian for 6 years, who knows malaysia much more better than us (amazing) ..been to KK as well...Sipadan Island, manukan Island, sandakan, Sutera Habour -Beautiful...wow wow wow.
hahah..impressive. He asked if i am a malay...or kadazan..lol..he knows Sabahan native people as well..then he said..maybe not malay.. cuz he saw my cross necklace which i wore..shows that iam a christian. Other mainland china people that i have met also said that i dont look chinese..definitely not from mainland china..LOL..funny funny. But once you speak mandarin, their jaw drops..LOL. Hahah something special.
Alrighty heading off to bed. Ta.
7:42 PM
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Wooo...it has been ages since i last blog....
I cant believe it, October is here! Which means final exam is approaching in a month time and soon i will be going back to KK! ...Oh dear...im near towards completing my 1st year! unbelievable...time really flies. Have been extremely busy with assignments...it doesnt seem to end..till the last day of exams..then i reckon i would declare myself..free from assignments and exams (temporary).
This week is my mid-semester break and clearly its not a break for students to enjoy themselves. Special week dedicated to finish your assignments. I had to go to Burwood campus in Melbourne to do 6 practicals in relation to my physiology unit for 2 days, since the campus in Geelong doesnt have the appropriate facilities. Took the train to melbourne with 2 of my coursemates and we catch the suburban train to another coursemate's house. All in all it took 2 hours to get to my coursemate's house. In the suburban train, there were a group of people..dressed in casual clothes..one of them came approching towards us..suddenly showed his ID...i thought he was some FBI guy...and asked us to show our tickets. Melbourne public transport is pretty strict with the ticketing system, they will randomly go on suburban train or trams...and make sure every passenger has a ticket or else u will be fined..with big lump sum of money! Anyways, that was the big hit of the night.....10.30pm and stantionmasters still come out , dressed in casual clothes to do inspections on passengers. great.
Had a great time crashing in at my coursemate's house. The housing area is pretty cozy, not to mention the house itself..two floors, basement living room, upstairs: bedrooms, kitchen, another living room, bathroom, dining room and a veranda....quite spacious, with plenty of items...as in for decoration...it may look pretty but imagine the amount of dust collected. Lol...
Somehow the Burwood Campus in Melbourne felt more like uni-environment...i mean the campus is quite huge, different buildings everywhere and we almost got lost during our 1st day..searching for the practical laboratory and even during the holidays, there were quite a fair bit of students hanging around!
Practical was enjoyable, although most of the time was just sitting around, obseerving our subject and waiting for time to pass till the next test is being done. Part of the experiment was testing subject's blood glucose level during resting, exercise and after consuming high glucose drink which according to my coursemate tasted like extra sugary-lemonade. I became an expert in pricking my member's fingers...lol...taking blood samples..inserting blood samples into tiny chips which is connected a device called Acu-chek ( i think diabetics used it to check their blood glucose level). Had to check for cholesterol, triglyceride and blood lactate level as well. That was the fun bit..hahaha...just felt like a professional for a moment. In other exercise experiment on measuring blood pressure and heart beat...i sucked in taking blood pressure and listening to the heart beat using a stethoscope not eligible to become a nurse or doctor i reckon..haha.
I became a subject for the last experiment which is measuring blood pressure, heart rate, lactate level and carbon dioxide production in relation to increasing intensity in exercise. OMG..almost died in this experiment. I have to ride an exercise bike, breath throug this large tube which is connected to the computer that measures the amount of carbon dioxide you are producing at the same time my nose was being clipped so that i dont breath through my nose. Had to maintain my riding speed at the same time increasing the intensitiy every 4 minutes from 50W to 250W!!! After every 4 minutes on my left side, my friends checked my blood pressure and on my right another friend pricked my finger to get some blood samples..lol...and i was puffing out towards 150W....it was unbearable..and the clip kept on falling off my nose....guess its not meant for asian flat nose...and my friend has to hold on to it..AHAHAHA..that was hillarious. I couldnt finish the experiment....way beyond my ability..shows how unfit i am as well..AHAHAHA. Totally puffed out. Anyhow, overall it was fun. Now the not so fun bit is having to complete 6 practical reports in 3 weeks!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh........somebody kill me.
......sigh...........
so much to do...have to sort out my enrolment for next year as well. Still cant decide what electives to choose! 2 of them! ...hmmmmm most likely doing ...critical perspectives on rural issues??..lol..since its recommended for OT and might be useful during my 3rd year..
Gahhh but cant think of another elective...and i want to do it on-campus instead of off-campus!..might choose language? lol...chinese perhaps? AHAHAHAH..
ALrighty..better head back to my anatomy report..Arggghh cant wait to get over anatomy!...
BTW...HAPPY 21st BDAY to my SISTA AIMING!!!!!! LOL..hope u have a blast sista!
I cant believe it, October is here! Which means final exam is approaching in a month time and soon i will be going back to KK! ...Oh dear...im near towards completing my 1st year! unbelievable...time really flies. Have been extremely busy with assignments...it doesnt seem to end..till the last day of exams..then i reckon i would declare myself..free from assignments and exams (temporary).
This week is my mid-semester break and clearly its not a break for students to enjoy themselves. Special week dedicated to finish your assignments. I had to go to Burwood campus in Melbourne to do 6 practicals in relation to my physiology unit for 2 days, since the campus in Geelong doesnt have the appropriate facilities. Took the train to melbourne with 2 of my coursemates and we catch the suburban train to another coursemate's house. All in all it took 2 hours to get to my coursemate's house. In the suburban train, there were a group of people..dressed in casual clothes..one of them came approching towards us..suddenly showed his ID...i thought he was some FBI guy...and asked us to show our tickets. Melbourne public transport is pretty strict with the ticketing system, they will randomly go on suburban train or trams...and make sure every passenger has a ticket or else u will be fined..with big lump sum of money! Anyways, that was the big hit of the night.....10.30pm and stantionmasters still come out , dressed in casual clothes to do inspections on passengers. great.
Had a great time crashing in at my coursemate's house. The housing area is pretty cozy, not to mention the house itself..two floors, basement living room, upstairs: bedrooms, kitchen, another living room, bathroom, dining room and a veranda....quite spacious, with plenty of items...as in for decoration...it may look pretty but imagine the amount of dust collected. Lol...
Somehow the Burwood Campus in Melbourne felt more like uni-environment...i mean the campus is quite huge, different buildings everywhere and we almost got lost during our 1st day..searching for the practical laboratory and even during the holidays, there were quite a fair bit of students hanging around!
Practical was enjoyable, although most of the time was just sitting around, obseerving our subject and waiting for time to pass till the next test is being done. Part of the experiment was testing subject's blood glucose level during resting, exercise and after consuming high glucose drink which according to my coursemate tasted like extra sugary-lemonade. I became an expert in pricking my member's fingers...lol...taking blood samples..inserting blood samples into tiny chips which is connected a device called Acu-chek ( i think diabetics used it to check their blood glucose level). Had to check for cholesterol, triglyceride and blood lactate level as well. That was the fun bit..hahaha...just felt like a professional for a moment. In other exercise experiment on measuring blood pressure and heart beat...i sucked in taking blood pressure and listening to the heart beat using a stethoscope not eligible to become a nurse or doctor i reckon..haha.
I became a subject for the last experiment which is measuring blood pressure, heart rate, lactate level and carbon dioxide production in relation to increasing intensity in exercise. OMG..almost died in this experiment. I have to ride an exercise bike, breath throug this large tube which is connected to the computer that measures the amount of carbon dioxide you are producing at the same time my nose was being clipped so that i dont breath through my nose. Had to maintain my riding speed at the same time increasing the intensitiy every 4 minutes from 50W to 250W!!! After every 4 minutes on my left side, my friends checked my blood pressure and on my right another friend pricked my finger to get some blood samples..lol...and i was puffing out towards 150W....it was unbearable..and the clip kept on falling off my nose....guess its not meant for asian flat nose...and my friend has to hold on to it..AHAHAHA..that was hillarious. I couldnt finish the experiment....way beyond my ability..shows how unfit i am as well..AHAHAHA. Totally puffed out. Anyhow, overall it was fun. Now the not so fun bit is having to complete 6 practical reports in 3 weeks!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh........somebody kill me.
......sigh...........
so much to do...have to sort out my enrolment for next year as well. Still cant decide what electives to choose! 2 of them! ...hmmmmm most likely doing ...critical perspectives on rural issues??..lol..since its recommended for OT and might be useful during my 3rd year..
Gahhh but cant think of another elective...and i want to do it on-campus instead of off-campus!..might choose language? lol...chinese perhaps? AHAHAHAH..
ALrighty..better head back to my anatomy report..Arggghh cant wait to get over anatomy!...
BTW...HAPPY 21st BDAY to my SISTA AIMING!!!!!! LOL..hope u have a blast sista!
6:52 PM