ever since watching high school musical 3, my interest in waltz has peaked. and now that the holidays have commenced, i didn't fail to grab the opportunity to do as i have always wanted - learn the waltz.

as such, my foray into ballroom dancing began last friday and it was quite an experience, especially because i need to wear heels when dancing. as graceless as i am in dancing, i am finding it really really fun to learn even if my instructor seemed somewhat frustrated at times!

And I'm home!!! After nearly a year away, it truly is nice to be home and with family.

one year has passed by so quickly that we have now finished phase 2. as excited as i am about going into phase 3, i will be sad not to see hui wen and jane as much as i did in phase 2... and as such, i believe our gathering together was both meaningful and fun.

jane invited us to visit her house so that we can have lunch there. we helped her prepare the food 'the vietnamese roll' which, i must say, very healthy and very delicious! i had five big rolls and guess what? hui wen had seven!! then we went swimming (or more like lounging in the water), and i sort of got myself a bit of tan.

nevertheless, such a great day must come to an end at some point and after having some of the cake that hui wen and i bought, jane sent us back to the train station. it was quite a sad moment since the fact that phase 2 was over hadn't really hit me yet.

if friendships are meant to be, they shall last no matter what the distance is.

when people hear of the word 'donation', the first thing most of them think is 'i have to give away some of my money'. though it may be true in some cases, there is one kind of donation that does not require you to part with your money at all... and that is blood donation.

although it made me a little bit tired and sleepy for a day, the feeling of happiness... of having done something good is incomparable to anything i've done before. it made me overjoyed to know that my blood is saving people's life, whether it be a little boy with haemophilia or an old lady with a hip fracture.

donation number 5... and still counting...

exactly 19h 35min to exam!!! and i'm starting to have my anxiety attacks... hopefully the beta-blockers will still be useful even with me drinking coffee to keep myself awake. ARGH!!!

i found myself browsing youtube as a means of escape from studying and i stumbled upon pink music video of 'stupid girls'. although it's a relatively old song, it was the first time i've seen the mv and i found it very funny. but the most important thing of all is how it effectively portrayed how many girls are so superficial and materialistic.

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it seems like yesterday when i first arrived here in sydney but in reality, one whole academic year has passed. we shall be separated once again when i just started to get close to some of the people here. to be honest, i don't feel quite emo like i would expect myself to and perhaps it is because i don't particularly know most of my classmates that well.

the only person i really know is jane, and i shall be sad to see her go to liverpool. as for hui wen, she's going to have a different posting schedule from mine although we will still be in st. vincent's. i have always had trouble making close friends and the few times that i actually had some, life brings us apart. i guess my own contemplation brings on the emo-ness... and i probably should stop my thoughts from wandering too much.

yesterday, i logged onto msn on the rare occasion and ended up chatting with ramzi. as usual, he had something funny to show me and here is what it was.

after a sudden burst of inspiration, i've decided to start posting some of the medical topics that i've studied... with the hope that it will serve as a revision. therefore, the need to separate my personal posts from the professional ones becomes necessary, which led to me opening this new account here.

so i am officially back on livejournal after a period of inactivity.