Monday, January 03, 2005
a new template for the new year. thanks to pamela who taught me how to change it. finally had time to blog after almost a week. got so much to blog abt~
my attachment stint at alexandra hospital was a wondrous experience. the staff there were all very friendly and keen to impart their knowledge. the supervisor, lily, was especially nice and made us feel so at home by joking with us, treating us chocolates for christmas etc. most importantly she gave us the freedom to handle a case by ourself, even those that we had not learnt in school yet. finally i was given the chance to practise what i have learnt during the past 2 weeks. we were supposed to work half day on the 31st but she signed our books on the 30th as she was taking leave on the 31st and hinted to us that she will not know whether we report for work on the 31st. in the end none of us went ;) .
had a rather quiet but meaningful new year eve celebration. the mumbo ppl met at 8am at east coast park to raise fund for the tsunami victims by washing one car for $10. when i reached the macdonalds at 1.30pm, there was no one in sight. i only realised they were at carpark e2 beside the hawker centre only after calling them. sian 1/2!!! i assumed that they will be washing at a carpark near the macdonalds since they met there in the morning. boy was i wrong! it was drizzling somemore. so i walked all of half an hour in the rain over to the carpark. got down to work immediately after reaching the carpark to make up for lost time. around 3 plus, a carpark warden (erm...those that issue summon for illegal parking) came up to us and told us we are not allowed to wash cars in public. after explaining our cause to her and showing her our permit to raise fund for the red cross society, she still refused to turn a blind eye. so we had to pack our stuff and leave. it was fine by us as we needed to start preparing for steamboat at diana's house but we couldnt help but feel we could have done much more for the victims. all in all we managed to raise around $1k which i tink was quite commendable as we had to pause many times due to the rain.
next came the preparation for the steamboat at diana's house. most of them went to diana's house to bathe while a few of us went to buy food at tampines mall's ntuc. after buying and preparing the food, we finally had our dinner at around 9.30pm. diana's uncle was kind enough to lend us his lorry and we drove to downtown east in 2 batches as there were just too many of us. by the time the 2nd group reached the place, the countdown was already over. so we started the scavenger hunt organised by ling and david. they were already hyping the game to be very exciting and fun a few days before so we were really expecting something good. when we got the list, everyone was visibly disappointed. the list comprised of many bbq food items. so its going to be a begging session for food huh? i dun mind asking for silly stuff from strangers and embarassing myself in public but to ask for food from them? its almost like begging. not wanting to upset the organisers, we decide to give it our best. we climbed the fence over to the chalet area coz we dun wanna pay :p . it was quite an experience trying not to get caught...haha. we went around the bbq pits asking for our required items and surprisingly the ppl were very sporting and cheeky ;) . they were willing to give us the food but only after making us drink liquor or some other teasing acts. we managed to get many of the food that we never dreamt of getting. we din mind that there was a group who got more items than us coz we enjoyed ourself :) . but the other groups were a let down and the total items the other 5 groups collected was pathetic. as expected the organisers were disappointed and i was also taken aback by their actions. here they are, the so-called "lao jiao" of the camp, giving such a negative response. they are supposed to be the crazy and siao on ppl who will lead the rest with enthusiasm. anyway after the game we went back to diana's house to wash up and rested for a couple of hours b4 going for breakfast. took a long bus ride home and slept all the way till 5pm after which i met some of them for dinner at chomp chomp.
hell, my report is due today but i din bother to finish it coz i knew the lecturer will extend the deadline. haha i tink i really must wait till the last last minute before i will panick. tats becoz im a high "perceiving" person :p (for those of u who dunno, go and do the personality test i recommend a few posts back). went for vball training today. din wanted to go at 1st coz my ankle haven recovered fully so i went home at 3 after my last class. i was debating whether to go and in the end i went coz i really wanted to play. im glad i did coz i feel that i played better than the last lousy session i had :) . my ankle still hurts a bit after i took off the ankle guard but i tink it was worth it. looking forward to next mon~.
ok i shall end this long post with my new year resolutions. i shall be more realistic and not say something like "hope that there will not be any more natural disaster" which everyone else is saying (as if i can actually realise my resolutions :p )
1)To get better at volleyball and get into the semis of the ivp
2)To juggle a part time job to subsidise my huge monthly expenditure or to cut down on my expenditure.
3)To appreciate the ppl around me more and not take them for granted (which sometimes im guilty of)
4)And lastly to enjoy myself as much as i can ;p. life is short~ ;) ;)
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