Venepuncture

yesterday, we had to do venepuncture for the first time. first we had a short briefing on venepuncture and then we proceed to the clinical skills lab. it was the first time for us first year to use that lab. i think the nursing students use that lab more than us since they have been exposed to clinical stuff a lot more. there was a dummy for us to practice on but i didn't use it but one of my classmate was good enough to let me draw blood from him without letting him doing it on me in exchange. we were supposed to have partners and draw blood from each other. But i was afraid of letting an amateur do it on me for the first time since Melissa scared me with air embolism. I'm looking for syringes, needles and volunteers so i can perfect the art of venepuncture.

Adrenaline rush before exam.

i just finished my end of block exam. yay!! right before the paper yesterday, Melissa and I were still reading last minute stuff at 8.45am. Then, Melissa locks the room door with the keys and my stuff still in the room!!! the paper starts at 9am. So i took a chair and went to the room's window in a desperate attempt to climb in but the window was too high. So in the end, we rushed down to the office to borrow a spare key. That really woke me up for the exam. I just lost my keys about one week ago. I passed my keys to Vijaya to passed it to Melissa but somehow the transaction wasn't done. And the keys are nowhere to be found. it's kinda sad cos I really liked the keychain which my mom gave to me. i even went to the office to see whether anyone found it but my search was in vain. Still hoping that someone will return my keychain to me since it has my HUGE name on it. that's all for now, need to do a major cleansweep to our room and arrange my notes.

i only need one wish for now...

i want to be healthy again. I'm down with the cold, hopefully not flu. runny nose. watery eyes. you get the picture. All i want to do right now is have a nice bowl of mushroom soup and sleep for two days. but i don't have any soup or time to sleep. all i have are books to be read.

Raya in UNIMAS

Last Saturday, our college celebrated raya at the auditorium. Mats were placed on the floor and we all sat on the floor. I guess it was to make it more malay/raya-ish. What am I saying? Anyways, it was quite a funny night though at somebody else's expense. I would not go into detail on that. Here are some pictures.

me in my mom's kebaya.
L-R: Vijaya, me , Melissa.

with my classmate, Azhar.
this is Vino, in nursing,2nd year.

Charlie, Wai KEat, Sheau Ing, Sha Lene and Melissa.

Each house had to contribute some food for that night. I helped to make fruit salad. And i accidentally ate chicken on that day. I'm turning into a vegetarian. At least i think so. I haven't research properly but i have been a vegetarian for about 10 days if you don't count the spaghetti with chicken meatballs. I totally forgot! I can feel the accusing stares already. On that night, there was a competition for best dressed. Guess who won.Here's a hint.

;P

This is when i start worrying.

Omgosh, it's friday already. Next thing i know, holiday will be over and classes will resume. I haven't done anything. This is the list of things of what i was supposed to do during the holidays.

1. finish learning some topics concerning pathology.
   
2. Exercise my ass off
   
3. Learn yoga from the video.
4. Learn how to cook.
5. Finish reading the other boleyn girl.
   

But this is what i ended up doing.

1. Watched a snipet of the movie, Pathology.
   
2. Ate my ass off during Raya. Btw, you know you're old when they stop giving you duit raya.
3. Learnt all the sleeping position (not that kind of sleeping position) one can do in 12 hours plus of sleep every night.
4. Googled a recipe and found an old recipe book.
5. Watched the movie, the other boleyn girl.

I really don't know where my holiday went. Oh well, no use crying over spilt milk. I wanted this holiday to end quickly anyway.

It's a fresh start!

Today was the first day of second block. I'm quite excited and motivated to start this block since I really need to make up for my first block. We're learning about malaria for this week's PBL. Haiya nothing interesting to blog about. JUst that i tried on this really really nice high waisted skirt and i MUST have it.. Oh yeah HAppy Birthday, Shaqirah if you read this. Hope you have fun.
Alright, need to wash this mask off of my face. I'll write something more interesting next time.

I never learn.

Why do I keep doing this to myself. last minute studying. It's 4am and paper starts at 8am. Still need to learn bout tissues and cell death. sheesh. At least I'm awake thanks to nescafe.