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Saturday, December 27, 2008
Christmas Eve:
We all cooked and had such a yummy dinner: salmon, lamb and devilled eggs with fruit salad, Baskin Robbins ice cream cake, key lime pie and JUniors cheesesake =)
You can imagine how stuffed we were. And then, opening our presents from our respective secret SANTA from under our pretty Christmas tree ;) I got a handbag from HJ from ALDO ;)!
Then, it was TABOO. and we toasted at midnight with Grey Goose Vodka with orange juice and almost everybody konked out -.- Desmond slept over and we had a night of pillow talk.
Woke up next morning, we left for Jersey to Desmond's aunt's place where his family is visitig from M'sia.
I love it here!
We had home made margaritas tonight, and she's bugging us to finish her Sangria and Kahlua lol...
We went shopping today too, and I bought a NINE WEST knee length boots ;) Desmond picked it out for me, and he said it's bound to be a "killer" =) it was from a factory outlet la.. ;)
So far, it's been food after food. Curry chicken, roast turkey, lasagna, pumpkin pie, pastries, bubur cha-cha!!
Woah, food galore. and TIGHT jeans -.-
Time to hit the sack.
*muacks*
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Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Now my cheeks are much rounder ahhh -.-'Anyway, I love coming home to sweet surprises, especially messages from friends whom you haven't heard for a long long time."The most beautiful discovery that true friends can make is that they can grow seprately without growing apart."
Laugh.Cry.Learn.Live.Love.
And be yourself. Be extraordinary.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
It's almost 3 am.And I can't sleep.I don't know why.But my thoughts keep on lingering on me leaving NYC soon.And it's bothering me. Max (my housemate) saw me online and asked why aren't I sleeping yet?I don't know... He said not to think so much. I know, but I can't help it.The next 3 weeks are going to fly.I am going to miss this place so dearly. It's not so much the place, but the people and I will miss them.Miss everything. Miss everyone. Miss the company. It's been a fun 2 months. Memorable. Fulfilling. Exciting. And I know, just like he said, it's going to be a fun next 3 weeks too.Carpe diem *muacks*
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There's this little nagging feeling at the back of my head, somehow telling me I've got only 3 more weeks left here in NYC.I know I've only been here for 2 months but despite that short period, I've come to fall in love with what New York has done for me.I love what it has. Who doesn't? Tonnes of things to do, to see, to eat ;)"Diversity is what unites us"I saw that today on a signboard, whilst walking. And diversity is exactly what NYC is made up of.But most importantly though, is that in this short period of time, I have made friends and had great company. Formed relationships with wonderful, bright, loving people.And I've shared many fond memories with all of them. Nothing extraordinary, just simple things done together -that bring joy and laughter.That said, I also miss my family. I know the sisters would have all grown ;)And I'll be home in time for daddy's birthday! I'm fretting. What should I get for dad? I'm supposed to surprise him and be home for his birthday! =) Mum said that's a great gift enough for me to be home.Awww... =)<3
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Monday, December 22, 2008
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Yesterday, we went in to the ICU to see one of our new patients whom we were consulted on regarding dialysis.She was sick, she was intubated and had wires and tubes hanging everywhere and into her.The moment we arrived outside her room, we encountered at least 5 family members with her.I believe 3 or 4 of them were her daughters.And a few had tears in their eyes, which they tried to hold back from rolling down.She wasn't sick sick- as in she wasn't going to die anytime soon. She definitely had months more to live.But the tears in their eyes I saw... if you're not from the medical profession, watching your own loved ones being hooked up to machines, having tubes inserted into half your orifices, having needles and wires around you- it is daunting to say the least; and for most, unbelievably scary and horrifying at the thought of that person lying there possibly being you.It hit me there and then, that we don't think twice anymore when we see patients looking like that.We don't feel anything other than know that that patient is sick and needs our help.We are almost numb to the sight.It is scary and true. But we do become immune to it and lose all that, when you've seen enough and worked so long in the hospital.It's so important to always remember this though. To always remember that their families are not like us; their families are wrecked with fear and uncertainty. Their families haven't seen this on a daily basis. Their families feel that having tubes and wires all around you is certainly the worst and most painful thing anyone can experience. More so, when it's their loved ones. They need us to remember that.
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Sing Wei sent me this song for my birthday and I'm going to share the lovely lyrics :) Happy Birthday, my friendHere's to all the years we've shared togetherAll the fun we've hadYou're such a blessingSuch a joy in my lifeMay the good Lord bless youAnd may all your dreams come true So light a candle on your cakeFor every smile you've helped createFor every heart and every soul you've helped to growA little more pounds, a little more greyDon't count the years, just count the wayIt takes a little time to go from water into wineDon't ever lose the wonder of that child within your eyesCorrinne May.
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Mummy phoned me up at 4am the other day.4am... my phone rang loudly, breaking my peaceful dreamy sleep."MUM? It's 4!!!""Suuuu, what's your shoe size? There's a sale at Isetan'I couldn't help but smile.Mummy phoned me up early in the wee hours of the morn to ask for my shoe size. I laughed inside. How mothers can be. It's a sweet gesture. And it's borne out of love. Of course, I was pretty happy to knowing that once I go home, I've got new shoes waiting for me ;PIt's small things like this that make me feel I'm being thought of by my family far away at home and consolidates the fact that I am both my mummy's and daddy's girl. Together with the other 3 monkeys, of course. We're all our parents' babies :) Despite me being an adult now. Despite me being a doctor now. Despite me taking on much more independent roles and bigger responsibilities now in the outside world. I am still their baby girl at home and at heart. AND I LOVE IT ;) Nothing comes close to parents' love.On the hindsight, mummy said to me the other day 'Sue, 50% of your pay goes to me ahhh' -.-"Ma, I only earn $49,000 a year excluding tax- how to survive. I was in fact going to warn you that I might still need to hulur tangan in desperate cases ;)" LOL That said, I don't want to rely on their money at all once I'm working.Self-sufficient, I will be.
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