My placement now:
I have paint, sand, dribble, snot and playdoh over me everyday.
I make paper kites with streamers.. and have morning tea with the kids..
Toast with jam or vegemite.. and all sorts of cut up fruits.. haha its so angmoh.
(and occasionally i steal their banana pieces too.. hehe)

Patch up bruises and cuts with kisses
Hug them when they start crying in the playground.. my gosh.. so CUTE.. this 4 year old boy with the chubbiest cheeks, humongous green/golden eyes.. and the longest eye lashes.. and he came up to me crying.. all streaky muddy tears and wet wet eyes.. I just sooo melted…

And the way they treat me like I am one of them..
Pulling me in to play.. wanting me to have lunch with them and sit next to them..
And having rainbow sprinkles in their sandwiches and proudly showing it off to me!

I just absolutely LOVE their accents..
I wanna kid with an accent like that!! Haha!
I dunno.. they just don’t sound bratty like some whiny kids can…

And the staff are absolutely lovely..
They genuinely love the kids.. and are just so nice to me.. like.. I’m not just a pesky student..and actually appreciating my being there.. and talking to me about all these weird stuff about being a mom.. picking up their kids.. rebellious kids.. the life of a parent basically.. haha.. I’m so NOT there yet.

Gotta play “What’s the time Mr Wolf” on wed!
Haha.. I’m getting all fit now with all the running… =)

motivation... zilch.
got a 2500 esaay due in 3 weeks. untouched.
feeling: sick and absolutely nua-ey
eating: even if i am not hungry
no photographs please: looking fat and disgusting
Weather today: gorgeously glorious... 23 degree and sunny in winter...
wanna blade and no one wants to *sulks*
they wanna play tennis. =(
Have to host a dumplings party in 2 weeks: Don't want to.
Don't want to clean. and have the hse messed up and aunt nagging at me. Maybe i'll cook up an excuse not to host. heh.

WHY do pple think i'm just happy happy happy all the time??
like i'm alright with everything
Am not, dunno how to express it.
80% of pple who know me just don't see this side of me.
Just not who u think i am.

changed my skin again..
i'm a technology idiot..
i dunno where all the links and crap stuff is..haha
but i don't really care either..
cos i guess blogging is an activity solely for my thoughts..
and the close people i share it with..
other than that.
i can't be bothered.
drop me a comment personally .. somewhere! i'll get back to u..

and i like this skin.. nice, simple.. and my pet fav.. flowers..
haha..
enjoy.

i'm sick.
decided to be all good and physio-y
and spit out my flam (dont' correct my spelling.. haha) this morning..
and it was green

urghs
tried doing a couple of the physio deep breathing ex to expectorate my flam..
its so tiring.
i dunno how patients can be motivated.
i'm dead beat.
and gotta go boxhill for lunch with the CG now..
*cough cough cough*

and travel back by train cos going WCF tonight.
sighs.

we had our graduating class photo taken on the steps of south lawn yesterday.
it was hilarious.

had an email circulating a couple of days ago as a reminder to wear gd underwear...

and after the first few normal serious (and proper) shots of everyone smiling nicely and being civilised.. (and taken with ever faithful Mr Skeleton who has provided as countless visual understandings of bone when we were doing our anatomy and pracs.. haha)

and then it was
"ok everyone! TOPS OFF!"
and all the physios just stripped down to their underwear..
in the middle of south lawn.
and in the middle of winter.
omg.
we were traffic stoppers.
(cos pple couldn't walk past cos we were having pics taken..)
and the number of pple just standing there standing and gawking.

no one outside physio i know is ever seeing that pic.

Kids and more kids!
ON my paediatrics placement now..
And due to a HUGE muck up at uni, they posted me last minute to somewhere near the dandenongs!
(when I happily thought I was gonna be at a sch a 20 min walk from home..)
I nearly hyperventilated and fainted when I heard… thinking of the travelling back and forth everyday.. 1 ½ hrs by train AND bus each way.. and the unreliable public transport..
Until.. a light went off in my head and I realised
JAN WORKS NEAR THERE!

And because we actually have diff centres in the area, I managed to negotiate a placement a 10 mintue walk away from where Jan works!
Woo HOO!!!
Thank God that everything just fell so nicely into place, when I was panicking on mon hearing the news…

Kids are just so cute.. and yeah.. I think I’ve really forgotten so many things that just bring a smile to my face when I see them.
Even though they’ve all got some form of disability.. be it Down Syndrome.. Cerebral Palsy.. or some sort of developmental delay..
On first glance, when u look at them.. playing,, they all seem so normal..

Love playing with them.. and their “normal” siblings..
Though all the nursery rhymes and songs are SO RUSTY in my head..
I couldn’t even remember last line of “row row row your boat”
And the little girl went “ Life is like a dream!”
Awww… the way she said it.. while looking at me like I was stupid.. haha…

And all SO PRETTY and CUTE
Got a kid with the crystal clear light blue eyes… and another with lightest blonde hair.. their HUGE eyes.. and long eyelashes.. omg.. I so want a kid that has those features.. haha..
I’ve always complained that asian babies don’t look as good in comparison.. though they ARE very cute too.. but then.. that’s a fact.
And their accents and mannerisms are just soooo different frm like.. Singapore babies.. just the way they are brought up and the things they say..
And when they just shove their way into your chest wanting a hug or pickup..
And dribble all over..

I’m like a childcare worker..
my coursemate and I have to hang out the laundry on the peg line..
And wipe the mess up after painting sessions..
I dunno which part of me is the physio yet.
Cause its just all play everyday.
Totally different from working with adults.It’s sorta strange and nice.

learning...
once again.. how to fall in love
with Jesus
its been some time..

to fee excited and hungry for prayer
to KNOW the power of prayer
to KNOW it is REAL
to feel His presence so near

though i know when people speak of the cross.. and His sacrifice..
so many times when i take it for granted.
and just don't feel and want His grace
but know that i need Him so much

found this station online!
Klove! its a christian channel.. very cool.. check it out.. www.klove.com
its a US station and i love it! heard it for the first time when i was travelling in US last yr.. and madly channel surfing to keep me and driver awake during the long drives...
so happy i found it online! Brings back good memories of all the long car rides in california.. haha..
and the time difference makes it so funny..its sat night here.. and sat morn in the US.. so.. its nice to hear a cheery GOOD MORNING~! when i am turning into bed!
i got tired of the broadcasts in gd 'ol melbs..
just NOT ENOUGH.
can't get rhema 96.3 frm where i am.. and 89.9 is just a mix of comtempory and christian..
i NEED 100% christian radio.. don't want interruption frm the songs of worship and God..
it's SO GOOD!
all the lastest stuff.. and they don't talk alot.. heard the story about david last night..
and it left me with such a hunger to hear it..
it was exciting!!! the story i mean..
i love love all the songs they play...
and EVERY song they play.. they have the title.. and LYRICS at the SAME TIME..
u can SING ALONG too!!
i'm impressed.
it my new website find of the month!
CHECK IT OUT!! =)

its less than 3 months to the end of physio and uni.

wow.
in a way.. it hasn't hit me yet...
and i think thats good.. cos if it did.. i would start hyperventilating..
about not having yet started revising for finals..
with the cramming of four years of work.
crap lah.
why can't i just have chosen a course that went by semesters?!?!

and its so unfair.
even the latrobe students dont have a BIG final exam!
its just assesments through the year.. which is alot less stressful..
then FINALS (ie.. if you don't pass this you are never getting out of uni)
so scary.

in a way. its no longer about this year anymore..
but looking forward to nx year..
and all the plans and dreams...
not sure if i wanna actually start working as a physio immediately..
and my friend mentioned this work/travel thing in canada nx year..
not sure if i will actually be brave enough to say yes..

but even if i don't.. might just wanna do abit of casual work
instead of full-on physio stuff
just so i get some time off and don't burn out.
aiyah.. i got alot of ideas in my head at the mo...
its too exciting..
and too confusing.
i'll see.

was at church on sun.
and we're doing the 40 days of purpose series...
based on the book "the purpose-driven life"

and so the sermons each week are based on the 5 prinicples..
and this week, it was worship.
i learnt some good things from it..
and i love the feeling of coming back to God,
of Him permeating my first thoughts in the morning when i'm still lying in bed..
singing songs in my head before the day takes over
worship

Have a couple of birthdays coming up.. 21sts and all..
What do you give to a friend?
who seems to have it all?
how much thought to you put into the gift?

What more do you give to God?
WHAT can you give to an infinte God.. that He doesn't already have? hasn't already created?

"I don't want your sacrifices--I want your love! I don't want your offerings -- I want you to know Me!" Hosea6:6 (LB)

and the problem with me lately has been that.
Just not loving God enough
because of me.

"Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. Instead, fix your attention on God" Rom 12:2a (Msg)

its so easy to do that.
easier than fighting to do what you know deep down is right.
what you believe in
so easy to compromise
and go with the flow.
as the speaker said in fri's nite message " life is WAR"
we should not live in peacetime mentality...
As all of us do.

help me God, to fight for what's right. to live my life.. FULL.. but without compromise.
to be HAPPY and FREE and in your love.
and to know it is more than enough.

blistered feet..

the price of prettiness..
urghs..
bought the more adorable brown slip-on shoes with a pretty with flower on the side!
SO CUTE.
and stupid me decided to wear it on sun to church
which would be fine and dandy... (and pretty)
if i didn't decide to WALK.
yes WALK.. all the way from southbank to the city.. which is a reckon an over 2km walk...
in NEW, UNBROKEN-IN shoes.
how smart.

it started to hurt about half way into the walk..
but the kiam-ness and singaporean in me decided it was too short a distance to church to actually take the tram (since i was already half way there.. )
and so i TA-HANed the throbbing pain, practially hobbling into church..
when i discreetly slipped off my shoes and discovered the skin over my POOR archiles tendons (thats the back of the ankes for you) were peeling, angry-red, swollen and BLEEDING.
and my poor 5th toes were looking sadly red and worse for wear.

on both legs!
the price of stubborn-ness.

learning the hard way.
i took the shortest shower EVER for winter yesterday.
you know how winter showers can last forever, with not wanting to get out of the bath..
but it was absolutely stinging stinging stinging..
and i didn;t know which foot to put down on the bath floor..
and so i was jumping around the shower and yelping
and practically hopped out in less than 5 minutes.

they still hurt
and i know you are giving me an i-told-you- look.

Oh dear.
I think clinics and patients are rubbing off on me.
I realised I repeated exactly the same thing in my blog in one week
Refer to tues 19 July and sat 30 July entries.

learn something new everyday!
a new language..
this time .. its different..
sign language

yups.. one of the physios has a patient that is deaf.. and she's so young.. 19..
so.. sign language for all the simple physio terms!
Hold!
can/cannot!

its fun!

and had an extremely good lunch today..
with the rest of the allied health team..
we had sushi rolls.. viet vege rice paper rolls... and all the noodles-in-a-box-asian type stuff...with almost every single favour... satay beef.. seafood.. vege.. chicken.. haha.. it tasted so aussi-fied.. esp when i insisited that there are NO singapore noodles in singapore!
and they were all going " what! why do they call it singapore noodles then?"
how in the world would i know?
but it was all really nice.. and sitting out in the sun.. :) and just hanging out with everyone..

i LOVE this placement!
just like the physios..
my supervisor.. who is so informal.. and calls me ' JOy Jooooy!!!" and "joyful joooy!"
i've got a lovely guy on placement with me at the mo. student from la trobe..
he is SO hilarious...he's aussie.. like.. ang moh.. but SO asian..
he actually likes kungfu hustle..
i was laughing when i heard that
and he has a taiwanese girlfriend who is REALLy taiwanese.. (and loves all the soppy taiwanese serials..)
and i was just looking at him in amazement going " wow! even i CAN't WATCH THAT!"
(apparently he doens't watch it. haha.how surprising..)

and he knows more places in singapore than me cos he was there on hols *big embarrasment*
and knows all the places to hang out.
haha.
i'm so country bumpkin
and he's just SO NICE and gives me a lift to the train station every day.. which would be a 20 minute walk for me.. (i'm good at conning guys like that) *fatgrin*
and so funny.. like " OK, MISSY! you want to leave now!??"

Just thank God for such a good placement.. cos i didnt enjoy my last one lots...
i'm gonna be so sad when i finish end of this week.. :(

a funny thing happened in hospital today..
and i SO gotta write it down..
its a classic i tell u.

Patient: RL, a about 20 yo bloke.. who has sort of a few cognitive problems.. and "steals" stuff unintentionally..

anyway.. at breakfast group this morn.. the occupational therapist noticed 2 crossiants were missing.. and asked RC if he took them. and he said "No". however it was very obvious he did by the big bulge in his pants.
so S, the occupational therapist reached down into his trackies.. and pulled one cresent shaped crossiant out.. and she reached down again to grab the other one.. and
accidently grabbed something she shouldn't have...*sniggers*
and RL said: " strange lady, why are you holding my penis?"

omg.. the whole lunch table burst out laughing when the story was told..
anyway.. yes the other crossiant was eventually found in his other pocket...

we couldn't stop laughing for at least 2 minutes.
it was SO funny.

i GOT MY PAIR OF BLADES!!!!
so happpy!!!!

tho it was sort of a rip off...
but they are K2s.. and i LOVE them!
went blading frm sth melb beach down to port melbs on the wkend.. it was PERFECT weather for winter.. all warm.. with cool wind.. and lovely sea breeze.. and heaps of pple and their little dogs (its an aussie thing i tell u..)

and the path for blading is SO much better than east coast.. no bumps.. flat ALL THE WAY.
and pretty clean.. no tripping and falling over smashed fruits on the ground *bad memory*

and the sun shining in the cool air.. and sea side breeze... SO GOOD.
flozywozy.. u gotta go blading when u come here!!!!!

gotta blade down to st kilda soon... :)