Sunday, 1 April 2018

碎碎念

原本是要在父母来那天post ,不过写不完哈哈哈。明天就回Dublin,再不 post就会很忙了

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终于可以坐下来好好的update了。
我今早到伦敦,父母下午会到。tmd 差点miss飞机,set 错 alarm, 幸好赶得及。 
anyway, 我一个一个慢慢说吧。

2017十二月-2018一月
这期间真的是空中飞人啊。答应了学生会朋友考完试一起去爱丁堡,过后坐火车去Liverpool找冯。 那几天我们三个 (+wm) hei 的很爽,懒懒的好开心 😄。回Dublin 第二天我就飞回Malaysia了,那时真的很想家。上学期的课业是最难熬的,考完试了特别担心自己会不及格。之前父母打算十二月过来的,不过公司不够人手,所以换我回去啦 (一个人飞便宜过两个人嘛)。回去大概十天,来得及庆祝爸爸的生日,在家过圣诞。之后嘛。。。因为本小姐上学期缺课太多 (先说明上学期的时间表非常烂,导致大家集体缺课,集体拿warning letter), 所以特地飞回Dublin 上三天课 (干他娘学校一直强调compulsory) -.- 现在想起来,妈的好蠢。总而言之我飞回去上课后又飞回来马来西亚啦,这次是因为我的research在新加坡。其实还蛮感谢学校给我们这样的自由,6 星期的research 选哪里都可以。之所以选新加坡:1)靠近Malaysia 2)为了CV 3) 为了回家过年 (!!!)

2018一月-二月 
Research 在 SGH,整体来说蛮轻松的,因为医生给我很多的自由。第一个礼拜妈妈陪我,刚好我们的酒店有shuttle bus,我们问司机有去Singapore General Hospital 吗?他说:”没有,我只去新加坡中央医院。” XDDD 司机是中国人,他超好笑的。每次我们去的时候都没人,包车哈哈,他就一直跟我们complain他遇到的奥客,老板不好etc etc,可能难得有人听他抱怨吧。哦还有,我几乎每个礼拜都会回kluang,第一个礼拜去看外婆,过后第二个礼拜她住院,第三个礼拜表姐结婚。其中一个礼拜有回家,也有去penang 找那些回来了的朋友。在新加坡我和我两个表哥住,他们有另外五个hsemate。 从来没想过会和两个帅表哥睡同一间房,每天被帅醒哈哈哈哈。我们的年龄gap 还蛮大的,一个29,一个37 吧。我小时候他们有帮忙带我,不过长大也没有常联络。经过这次的打扰,感觉和他们变close了,有点小开心嘿嘿。

新年
我这次的 research 99.9% 是为了过年,可以回家真是太好了。虽说和我预想的不一样,还以为可以早点离开新加坡,结果拖到过年那个礼拜才回到家。初一斟茶给父母的时候,爸爸一说话我们三个女的就哭了,一家人一起过年越来越难得了。我跟他们说这一次,我真的很认真的在过年。大家哭的稀里哗啦的,现在想起来还是会鼻酸,可是又很好笑。 由于我初三凌晨就得飞回dublin,这次过的很赶,不过很值得。我很想念过年的感觉。

Rotation
飞机同样的在初三到达Dublin,因为一到了要赶去一个离Dublin一个小时多的地方check in,初四(星期一)开始在那里 (Dundalk)rotation。我只在Dundalk呆一个礼拜,那是个小镇村吧,医院也超小的,像是clinic多一点。也许是地方小的原因,医护人士好像比病人多哈哈哈他们也比较有时间教我们,大医院的睬你都傻。学校provide的BnB也很cozy, 只是weekend学校不 provide,还是要回去Dublin。 我的组一共六个人,第一个礼拜包括我只有五个,另一个不懂跑去哪儿。我是唯一一个华人,其他的都是中东人, Kuwait 来的。 一开始看名单的时候我不是很满意,然后我们每两个人得分一个小组行动。我看过我的partner,对他的印象蛮差,他很像激进分子。。。可是当我认识他后真的很羞愧。他是唯一一个每次一看到我就会提醒其他人讲英文,很自动的叫我们把行李放在他的车里面载我们回城市,有什么新的update都会联络我。出乎我意料,他是最好的一位。其他人也很棒,我很幸运,我的组员都很好,有时我和他们隔着一张椅子他们会问我为啥不坐靠近一点,他们会和我说那间病房有interesting的病人,都会和我分享。总之,他们让我上了一堂很重要的课,不要以貌取人,不要有偏见。过后三个礼拜我在Drogheda, 离Dundalk差不多半粒钟,不过比较靠近Dublin。 那个area的病人大多数在Drogheda,大医院嘛。医生真的。。。不理我们 T.T 什么都自己来呗,又不organize。真的除了旅店很豪华之外,没有优点,超想念Dundalk的。

Badminton + OSCE
这次的osce (临床考试) 在 23号,between我的比赛 (22-24)。tmd超赶。 我在 Drogheda的最后一个礼拜,拜三晚上就回Dublin,第二天早上去UCD比赛(22号),还好这次在Dublin (ZH 的学校) 啊不然我不懂怎么赶。比完后就赶回去Drogehda 的酒店,因为隔天早上在Dundalk 考试。考试那天我 tumpang 我的好心 partner去那间和蔼可亲的Dundalk医院。我们很幸运,是第一组 。。。 lol 一批一共四个人,那天有大约二十多个人,第一批很紧张啊不过我赶着回去所以还好。 他载我回 Dublin我就马上赶去UCD,这是第二天比赛。如预期我们进了division 2。总共有二十个team吧,分成group ABCD,一个 group5个 team, 我们是 groupB。第一天赢了两场,第二天输了两场。group的1st & 2nd 被分进division 1 , 3rd 4th division 2 。 我们是 division 2 (div 1 太强了啊啊啊啊)。Anyway 我们第二天quarterfinal赢了groupA的,所以第三天是semifinal。我觉得我发挥得不错哈哈哈,final输给了DIT, 不过有奖牌拿我就很开心了哈哈哈。

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本来想写更多的,拖了几天mood不见了。下次吧。会尽量更新的。哦对,得空的请看 《go back couple》,12集而已。俺很洗番。

Friday, 8 December 2017

考完就能回家了

Final 这个礼拜开始了。目前考的两张不是很理想,尤其是昨天的,我觉得我会fail。这次的时间表安排得很奇怪,时间很紧凑,一个科目考了相隔一天就到另一个科目。Chuan 考第二科那天早上出现幻觉 (他两天内只睡两个小时),读医科的人其实很不健康。 考场不知为什么在别间学校,还好学校有提供shuttle bus。 

昨天一考完后就有gg 的感觉, 怎么出这么多细胞照片,一大堆紫色和粉红色,看起来都一样啊。写的那张我的diagnosis 错了,所以接下来的问题也错了,怎么治疗啊,有什么complication啊。。。注定 summer 重考了 。。。唉 T.T。在巴士上的心情很不好,又晕车,真是闷啊。

回到学校就和几个女生去吃午餐,发现爸爸早上的missed call就打给他。原来他是要祝我考试顺利,心里暖了一下。和爸爸说了很有可能会重考这件事,也说了自己考得很差。“it's okay,as long as you did your best. 你要记得,爸爸很疼妳的。” 这句话好温暖。我一考完有在whatsapp 和家人报备一下,不久后就收到妈妈的reply: “算了吧,让俺去学几道菜帮你压压惊,补补神”。 真的心情舒缓了很多,因为感受到了满满的爱吧。

不知道是不是知道要回家了,最近挺想家的。和家人skype 的次数在考试期间多了很多,对我来说很好的解压方式。回想起final前一天自己很不争气的哭了,因为觉得怎么读也不记得。其实昨天的考试更应该哭吧哈哈,反而情绪方面没有很大的波澜。真的要感谢智浩的陪伴,虽然不是天天见面,不过精神上的支持他帮了很多,当然我馋嘴的时候他也帮了大忙哈哈。家人的关怀也是,每次都有被爱的感觉,整天说些戳中我泪腺的话,心里暖暖的。

最后两张是在下个礼拜,也是相隔一天。不过还好有几天的gap来读书,大家昨天考完都睡觉去了,我很难得的睡了十个小时,睡眠是很奢侈的。要好好加油了,重考的话一科就够了 :P
要回家了,好兴奋  :)

Monday, 13 November 2017

Dr Sattar

I had a scrub group last Thursday and it kinda clashed with my lecture. Luckily it ended early so I was able to attend the last 15 mins of surgery lecture abt head injury, our first lecture with Dr Sattar.

This old man has long, white beard prob near retiring age. To my surprise, his lecture was so good that it got me hooked within that 15 mins, the only lecturer after Prof Leader whom I actually like the way they teach. Anyway, I told Addy abt my pleasant discovery and he asked me to search his name on Google.

I did. Thank goodness I did it after some revision.

Apparently, Dr Sattar lost his entire family (wife and 3 children arrd me n my sibling's age) due to arson attack 4 years ago. 8 teenagers (yup, oldest 24 youngest 17) wanna seek revenge for their buddy who got killed hours before the attack BUT THEY FOUND THE WRONG HOUSE.

It happened in Leicester at midnight coz the children studied there and the father was in Dublin, still working in the hospital (he's a neurosurgeon btw) when they informed him abt the tragedy.

I was stoned when I saw the news, couldn't imagine that happened to him. I started stalking all the news that were related to this case. He's a devoted Muslim (good one) and was quite popular among the local community. During the funeral he said "I am not angry, yes my heart is broken. I cried a few times today carrying the coffins of my family (but) I am going to continue the work my wife and my children have left for me." Since then, he dedicated his life to our hospital and his religion. 

I was beyond impressed at how strong his mentality must be to be able to endure and move on after such tragedy in 4 years time. However, the part that got me really upset was the comment section below. Random people with racist comments saying that he deserved it coz he's a Muslim etc, worse still, those were the comments that got many likes.  I had adrenaline rush reading those comments and totally lost my study mood. 

lol I spammed Addy's messenger for almost an hour after that to release my anger. 谁叫他跟我讲 :P Anyway,  I respect Dr Sattar even more after knowing his story. Will defo go to all of  his lectures from now on.  



Thursday, 2 November 2017

四个多月后

我这是多久没写部落格了啊。。。

搬家也搬了,新学期也不新了,考试也考几次了。事情接踵着来,虽然忙,浪费的时间也不少哈哈。

最近终于搞掂了明年的 research elective, 在新加坡。下学期我们会有三个 block: 1 research + 2 rotations。 因为天时地利人和的关系,第一个 block拿research 是最明智的选择,所以我争取了block 1。8th Jan - 16th Feb 在 SGH,19 号之前必须回到爱尔兰。新加坡那边超麻烦的application真的给了我不少麻烦,不过为了回家和短暂的新年,再苦也值得。

学生会的事除了开学前几个礼拜和一些活动之外基本上就没那么忙了。 上个礼拜才参加了PMCSA game,我打篮排羽。 这是RCSI和UCD的“友谊赛”。在这比赛之前练了一个多月的篮球和排球,羽球就照平时club training。羽球对到了新加坡国手,结果我就不多说哈哈,至少其他人都赢了 4-1 羽球那边我方获胜。排球包括我在内,大多数都是菜鸟,结果也可想而知,不过很好玩。篮球是我练得最开心的,有种完成to-do-list 的感觉吧。想当年看slam dunk 的自己,一直都很想学篮球的说。比赛我们赢了,30-29,好险,那时激动的心情挺感动的。

哦对,十二月大考后我会找冯几天,然后回马。原本父母要来的,不过基于种种因素就变成了我飞回去,20号晚上到,一月一号凌晨再飞回来。

有点奇葩,但我回来上了一个礼拜课(听说不能skip)后,又飞回去for我的 research。
现在是一有机会就想回家,可能上次回不够,回去了又忙,没好好享受。加上明年夏天大概不会回去了,因为要准备一个额外的考试叫USMLE。 为了让自己以后有更多的选择吧,这考试除非fail了才能重考,啊不然要等七年才能刷新record。这次夏天很多senior 都是因为这考试而没回去,明年就到我了哈哈。

现在几乎每两三个礼拜就有30%的考试,下一个是拜一,得准备了。啊不然final剩余的70%很煎熬。

不论是为了什么,我们都一起加油吧。

Friday, 16 June 2017

Princess Agents

So I just told Qiu how much I wanna watch this Mainland drama. Unfortunately it's still ongoing.

I hate waiting but this time I might just give it a go coz it looks really interesting and the title itself already attracts me.

I'm not sure if I can handle the wait but I wanna try how it feels like to watch a drama ending first-hand without all the spoilers. It's been a long time since I watch an ongoing series lmao (and a Chinese one). sou sou long.

Here's the MV if anyone is interested ;)


Saturday, 10 June 2017

Staying alone

ZH flew back to Malaysia this morning with his hsemates, probably landing soon. memisshome
Ice passed her exam yayyy haha I'm so happy for her. (waiting for my result, fingers crossed)
Since she's in Thailand and Zh is not here, I'm gonna stay alone till I fly back haha.
I realised I've never actually lived alone here apart from the first week when I first came to Dublin. 
I was the one who always left Ice alone, my bad.
Research Summer School (RSS) Program started this week, super glad that I'm not working in Beaumont. I've had enough travelling there last semester, not gonna go there again during summer break lmao.
Pretty happy that 3 of us (frank, fletch, me) are working under the same professor, Dr Sam Anya.
We were supposed to do data analysis for malaria in West Africa but prof wanted us to understand malaria better before we actually analyse the data. He gave us one week to write a 10 pg essay and a powerpoint presentation. (sibeh happy sial no need to go office everyday)
"I want you to learn, I don't want you to just do your job and learn nothing from me. Quality is better than quantity." - Dr Sam Anya.
For the past few days, I've been deep cleaning the house, beh tahan the dust lol.
Now that the house is clean, I'm gonna start experimenting different dishes becauseimtoofree.
Made kimchi tgt with zh few days ago (our 2nd batch, 1st batch was last week at zh's place) and it fermented beautifully :') 
The milk in my fridge is gonna expire soon so I made condensed milk today haha.
Still adjusting with 'single' life but I think I'll adjust well.

Friday, 2 June 2017

Summer time

Ello homosapiens ;) 

I've been busy these few months, now it's finally time to chill. 

Week 1 of April was SU campaign week. Sibeh hectic lol no more.  This year's competition was really tough as there were 3 teams running. Our opponents were strong, I didn't think we stand a chance especially for the popularity votes. My team started preparing last year before winter break and we went through some difficult situations where we had to change our members, twice. Everything's paid off when we won lol too bad I wasn't there when they announced, I was in Limerick for badminton intervarsity (week 2). Literally tears of joy when I saw my messenger haha. Losing in semifinals didn't matter anymore ;)

Week 3 there's a 30% quiz, which I clearly didn't prepare enough due to the distractions I've had for the past few weeks (excuses).  Spent the next 2 weeks studying/cursing/dreading for finals. If I don't pass this time, I'll still be around during summer for resit (lol positivity at its best). 加上考试期间收到学校电邮说其他两组投诉我们搞到要找职员调查到底要怎么专心读书嘛。有了权力政治就无所不在啊还以为医学院的学生都慈悲为怀看来我想太多。

Started travelling 2 days after exam to Venice, Rome & Croatia. Venice is a romantic city, love the buildings, love the food. In Rome, the people I've met were mostly rude. Had to watch out for pickpocket 24/7, even the train ticket machine warned you abt it. Vatican city was DA BOOM. The crowd was unbelievable, thank God we bought the skip-line ticket + guide. SO. WORTH. IT. I sibeh gandong when I saw Michael Angelo's painting in Sistine Chapel (had to bear with people mountain people sea but the place's just beautiful). Flew to Croatia for 9 days after Rome, spent 2 nights in Plitvice Park. It reminds me of SAB camping days :) After that we went island hopping in a private yacht with only 8 of us + skipper. It was fun at the beginning but every island looked the same lol, I realised how much I miss Dublin after spending few days on the yacht. 

ZH waited for me at the airport and I couldn't be more pleased :3 It's been roughly a month since we last met due to our schedules etc but he'll be with me till he flies back on 9th June. Summer research is starting next week, can't wait for the allowance to cover up my travel expenses lol. 

I'll be back in August, see y'all then :)