Hard day

So i had lessons from 8-9am today and had the whole day free. hahaz...

While i know many of u in singapore who live super far away from sch wont go all the way just for 1 lesson. Guess thats the perk of stayin 2 mins from sch. (looks down at the hole in my pocket)

anyways.. studied/ did essay for the whole day with a nap in between. Still waiting for that inspiration to start my essay. "What does it mean to be a professional".

I guess im still not used to that term yet.

anyways the results of my test is out and i guess i did alright. Expected i wont do so well.
But fact is i survived my first test and thats the Grand Plan for now. haha...

lunch: minced chicken w mushroom and baby spinach with oyster sauce and cheese omelette.
Dinner: Fish with chinese barbeque sauce and bak choy with oyster sauce.

and yes.... my friends are forcing me to eat fruits and i guess its not too bad... haha...
oh well... never though i'll see the day...

Difference Between College and Uni

So after my second year in Aus and 1st year in uni. I've noticed the difference betw college in Aus and Uni.

1. The teachers are more helpful and approachable
2.There are many more UBER smart ppl ard...
3. The test macham free one....
4. U are always behind in work
5. time seems to fly...
6.i don get any lectures
7. its the time spend outside class that kills u
8. i blog more...

need i say more....

Sad Life

this is the chicken kiev
this is honey soy chicken with cheese omelette

Well, its now 1am and yes. im listening to an online lecture and resorting all my notes. still as lost as before and its getting worse. its not that bad, just that i dunno what i know and i know all that i dunno. sigh

ooo alvin long time no see. haha. hows ur exams and results? power ar? haha. good luck for ur exams yea!

My apartment yea i guess its qutie big for one person. still thinking abt whether to get a roommate or not. but oh well, not as if i can find a good one. haha

so my essay is due like in 2 weeks and i haven even started. sigh.

todays lunch: fried chicken with chinese barbecue sauce and fried dumplings

todays dinner: chicken kiev with baby spinach in oyster sauce.

guess used to cooking and washing liaoz. haha. much cheaper.

just did my PBL(problem based learning)

IT WAS TAXING..

its like each week, we get a medical case and we will have to get a hypothesis and generate a mechanism to find out whats wrong with the patient. and as we turn the page, more info is revealed. Sounds exciting rite??? NOT.....

got participation marks and its hard being an international student. Find it hard to speak out because the locals here are much more open and eloquent. though sometimes they stuff they say no link one.

anyways i need to shower and sleep. 8am lect tml.. so dead...

cya

My Apartment

sss

so after many requests to see my apartment. here are some pics. as u can see, its realli neat. and why? its cos i haven messed it up yet. u shld see it now. 

haha.

its quite nice, just nice for mi, and i get 2 beds... muhaha.

but its a little ex... but 2 mins to uni... realli good overall liaoz.

so ive been quite busi lately. but still got time to see facebook and jackson's video on his facebook profile! 

A MUST SEE FOR ALL!!!! haha....

still fairly behind in my work.. so far my uni life is...

(dunno u all got the same thing not)

1. no idea what the lecturer is saying 

2. when i reread my notes i took, i have no idea i wrote them

3. too mani jargon to remember and everyweek i learn like 100 new ones.

4. too lazy to start on assigments

5. struggling to participate in class...

6. onli life i have is hang out with frens

but oh well... most of my meals are home cooked (believe it or not)

i cook with my frens and yea, its pretty good. haha

post up some pics nxt time yea.

anyway back to study. i need like 100 more hours just to catch up...

good luck to those who have exams.

damn sad not to be back in june.. =(

Aftermath

So on friday 04/04/2008.....

i sat for my principles of biomedical sciences test worth 10%...

my first test in my uni life. and yea. i tink i screwed it up. what i studied or think i studied didnt come out and what i didnt see came out. sigh. don wanna think abt it anymore...

moving on...

after the test at 9am, i left straight for the library to pick up a histology textbook book to read. i was there in like under 5 minutes.

and yes, all the textbooks were gone... with ppl holding it standing all around. sigh

and im not gg back in july cos i am attending an AMSA( Australian Medical Students' Association) convention. Prolly the onli year it will be held in melbourne so yea. think i shld go. i'll prolly be back in dec or if i have another break i'll come back. hahas.

gg to eat breakky now. =)

Have u got the Kung Fu

So i joined the melbourne university kung fu club aka Barry Pang Kung Fu school.

YES I JOINED. =)

oh well.. the style is called Wing Chun and Bruce Lee is one of the people who practice it.

extra info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_chun

and yea if u dont know, according to Barry Pang 01.04.2008 @ ard 2200 hrs

" Bruce Lee, that guy has no Kung Fu. How can u tell, u just look at his butt"

yes HIS BUTT.

on the fateful freezing april night, when u think u will be played an april fool's joke, i met the man himself.

yes, the one and only.

my "SHI FU"

my mentor

the incredible

the MAN's man

Grandmaster Barry Pang aka Mr. Kung Fu

and he came and asked us, so what is Kung Fu

immediately an image of Yang Guo with his right hand chopped off, using his sleeve and twisting the sword when Guo Fu tried to attack him. ( for all the martial arts novel lovers out there).

i tink that is Kung Fu.

then someone said: Kung Fu is hard work

so i imagined a shaolin monk getting punished for not doing smth and standing on his finger for 12 hours non stop or hitting his head against a wall ( aka tie tou gong)

then some one said " its the mastery of a skill"

so i imagined this young sneaky looking bugger tryin to steal his master's secret manual (antagonist of many kung fu shows). and later realizing all he got was a book entitled "dance of the river bear" 

and so.....

20 minutes and 5000 words later, he got to the main point.

Kung fu is smth that cannot be seen, but ur opponent will know its there.

so i imagined the 18 dragon slaying palms ( aka Xiang Long Shi Ba Zhang) and how using ur internal energy, ur opponent will fly thru the air and vomit blood. and later u go heal him. =)  using the same "qi"

and my thoughts were interrupted by a loud *SMACK*

and i looked up at Shi Fu Barry Pang ( who i hope does not read this )

if u do, i still love you... and  u rock... *peace sign*

anyways coming back...

yea, he had his hands on his butt. 

and another 5000 words later, he explained that REAL kung fu is in the practice of a basic stance. keep doing it, generate enough power in your stance and u will prevail!

and so in training that stance, u will have, a according to shifu and grand shifu, the quads of he-man and the butt of... hmmm... a nice butt... sculpted, if u will.

and so, a person with REAL KUNG FU will have,

the butt to die for

steel like, 

macham reinforced concrete liddat.

and if u are wondering, no i did not stare at it or tried to imagine.

and as proof he had our 3 instructors push him and yes, he balanced with one leg. he did not move an inch

and he literally made one instructor the "butt" of the jokes

pun intended.

he kept showing us how strong he was at his expense. sigh. kinda feel bad for him..

then i rmbed, first lesson, he kicked me and said "u in the brown shirt (1 SIR one), COMPLETELY WRONG" 

HAHA. no grudges i swear =) and yea, i was completely wrong. haha.

and to my horror, Barry Pang's shifu used to demonstrate how good his "kung fu" (aka butt) was by asking a particular student to feel it. yes the same one everytime..

hmmm...

so nxt i imagined at the end of the year, if barry pang ever says, " Lawrence, can i see ur kung fu? "

hmmm, i don wanna be caught with my pants down ( pun intended) 

=)

Alone..

Hmmm, think i like reached the half the number of posts i posted last year liaoz.. good progress..

staying alone.

well it has its perks.

1. i can throw my stuff anywhere i like

2. i got 2 beds to myself

3. no one to nag or tell me how to do my things

4. no shared kitchen or toilet

5. full responsibility to maintain it myself ( should go in the "bad" list ) 

and it has its downside too

1. L-O-N-E-L-Y

like studyin alone and all its not realli nice

don wanna spend any more than i have to so i stay at home most of the time.

and sometimes, its just eerily quiet. i think if i listen hard enough, i can prolly hear my own heartbeat... or mayb an action potential being generated .... 

ok.. too far... i think its the studying and loneliness. But i'm getting used to it so its fine.

prolly shld find a study buddy.

a movie buddy?

a sports buddy? though i think there's a soccer grp ard somewhere from church. i'll go check it out after exams.

anyways back to mugging for my test. =)

cooked garlic fried rice and spaghetti for lunch and dinner respectively . 

yum.

at least i can cook decent meals now. haha