4/30/2005


Yesh? Enough picture taking pls..

bleahh...

my craving semi satisfied..

Zzz..

Corn chips and dip

4/29/2005

1 more day...

heya! Hiakz..thankies to all of you for the support and encouragement..it didnt turn out too badly hehe..*relieved* is the word! Firstly, my patient was such a sweet and dear 80 yr old man..Despite the old age, he was so lively and humourous!! That had made my counselling easier! But it was sad cos he just suffered from a heart attack and then now diagnosed to have diabetes. Anyhow, its good to know he will be discharged tmr! Yayy...
Anyway, i hope this is my last assessment..skarli..tmr..supervisor say do another one! ARGhh...hope not man...
Bought a yoghurt cake from Michel's Pattisserie and a thank you for the dept..We were hoping it will be a more relaxed day for us..like handing over and stuff..but we have imagined the worst, most assessments and to review ALL the patients we have had for the week..haha..oh well...Hmm..i can sense the lightheartness of my entry today man..
Feeling so thirsty now, must be the MSG from the turkish kebab i was hungrily chomping away for dinner just now plus the coffee..oh velz...coffee is yummy...and a life saver for the chronically- lack- of- sleep me....

4/28/2005

2 more days to the end of the torturous placement

Just 2 more days...tmr will be a test to the skills and pointers learnt for this 5 weeks of hard training, work and torture..Gonna be assessed tmr while i counsel and educate the patient..scary man..i always seem to be stumbling on my words when my supervising dietitian is near..and when shes not around..simply ' ah kai liao' with the patient loh!! Wish me luck pple..need heaps of it..just let mi pass plssss...
Can just imagine how late i will be sleeping till on SATURDAY morning/afternoon haha...cos fri will be the day we gotta hand in the tough tough assignment i was wincing about that i would fail..sighzz..
Oh welzz..just hope everything will turn out fine!

4/26/2005

Sometimes Love Just Aint Enough

Now, I don't want to lose you, but I don't want to use you just to have somebody by my side.
And I don't want to hate you,I don't want to take you, but I don't want to be the one to cry.
And that don't really matter to anyone anymore.
But like a fool I keep losing my place and I keep seeing you walk through that door.

But there's a danger in loving somebody too much,and it's sad when you know it's your heart you can't trust. There's a reason why people don't stay where they are.
Baby, sometimes, love just aint enough.

Now, I could never change you, I don't want to blame you.
Baby, you don't have to take the fall.
Yes, I may have hurt you, but I did not desert you.
Maybe I just want to have it all. It makes a sound like thunder, it makes me feel like rain.
And like a fool who will never see the truth, I keep thinking something's gonna change.

And there's no way home, when it's late at night and you're all alone. Are there things that you wanted to say?And do you feel me beside you in your bed, there beside you, where I used to lay?
And there's a danger in loving somebody too much, and it's sad when you know it's your heart they can't touch.
There's a reason why people don't stay who they are.
Baby, sometimes, love just ain't enough.
Baby, sometimes, love... it just ain't enough.
Oh, Oh, Oh, No.

4/25/2005

Great dinner...

Just came back from dinner with april and derek..Dinner was gd and very very filling ah!!! Think i put on 1 kg liaoz after eating so muchhh. We had curry, beans with mushrooms, xiaobaichye with mushrooms, and fried fish with sweet dark sauce...then after that we had ice cream with some baileys..then peanut cookies, then M&Ms, then coffee/tea and more M & Ms..arrgghh..fat fat liaoz...
Anyway..april and kavi decided to try drinking the curry gravy wif a straw! eekkss..apparently they enjoyed it pretty much..while derek and i were contented just dipping into it with toast haha..
After dinner, we just lazed around, chatting, sharing our experiences about our pri, sec sch lives, work, marriages etc..it was good to have some of our social life re-ignited again haha..after been extinguished for such a long time cos of the sucky place we are in and heaps of work we have had to handle...
Ya and april's rabbit grew so quickly! my gdness..the last time i saw it, i didnt rem it being so big!! Wanted to carry it but decided not to..just in case it decided to bite mi...haha..i still prefer doggies!!
Yayy..no monday blues cos its a holiday tmr!! hiakzz..

4/24/2005


Fastest way to finish up the curry!!

April's super sized rabbit - Mooey

Chubby or wat?!!

Nightfall..

Its almost 3 am, and i m still up. Facing the laptop, familiar chinese ballads playing at a comfortable and soothing volume, table lamp on my right, with its white rays diffusing and illuminating to the other areas of the dark room, the constant humming from the air conditioner..
I relish the night..the kind of peace and quietness that is in total contrast with day. I work better at night, where ideas and inspirations come more easily to me. It is the time where i think and reflect most too..abt my problems, about the happenings of the day, about people, plans, anticipations and worries for tommorrow...Past, present and future...i 'night -dream' too...
Of cos, the night will invoke different emotions depending on what mood the person has at that time..
~Now, is the quiet side of jo where the night evokes a feeling of serenity~

Night in some other time...most often in Singapore...
The party animal in jo will be awakened ( normally) on a saturday nite..cos night to jo then will mean having fun with her girlies/friends/bf at her favourite club with favourite music and alcohol..Total contrast from the peace and quietness...Facing the dancefloor, familiar retro hits blaring at a volume loud enough to vibrate your bones, flashing lights above me, the constant buzz from the other party animals..
I relish the night, in a different perspective, where all worries and stress will be temporarily be forgotten while i dance the night away..It is the time where i just enjoy myself, all i plan about is which spot we should stay put at, at the dance floor, what drink to order next and whether i should just smile at the cute guy dancing opp me hahaha...:p

Didnt plan for this entry to turn out this way actually..but i like how it turned out though..

say cheesseee

April's 20th birthday bbq

4/22/2005

Another day to friday!

Something touched me when i was at the wards today..was chatting with one of my elderly patient and tried to ask him to recall what he had eaten for his meals yesterday. He kept saying he has forgotten and at that time, his wife was around..Then he just kept turning back to her to ask her what he has eaten, the way he turned and called her in his soft and feeble voice ' Love, what did i eat last nite?' ..And his wife knew everything he ate! I mean down to the number of spoonfuls of dessert he had! Woww..It instantly warmed my heart man...

Thus is the love i call everlasting love..the kind of love in times of sickness and health, in times of youth and aged..

Talking abt that..just brought to mind sth i want to share...Having experienced talking and working with the people here, or rather in the healthcare environment, i noticed those who are older than us will address us by 'love, sweetie, darl'. For e.g if you asked them a question, they will say ' yes love', ' not a problem sweetie'...even if i have only spoken to them for the first time..of cos its more often used my matured ladies...somehow, it just made me felt their friendliness and warmth more...of cos there are a minority around who are not as forthcoming and friendly...
And one more thing..i can conclude that those who are asians, or rather chinese looking medical staff/interns/medical officers who speak with an aussie accents think they are the biggest shots around and are v snobbish! yucks...their policy is oni talk to aussies and those who sound like themselves...they wont make small talk to a STUDENT dietitian who is extremely chinese looking and of cos dont speak with THEIR ACCENT..bloody irritating..
oh well...

Oh yah, i mus mention i cooked chicken stew today..haha cos my stews always turn out too thin..this time, i thought was better haha.. but still need to figure out the optimum cooking time for chicken drumsticks! The chicken was cooked..but overcooked liaoz :( oh velz..but dont taste that bad leh!! hehehe..
Talking abt food, i was craving so much for sushis and sashimis..hehe..my nick was Jo ~ craving for sushis and sashimi..and i have never guessed jeff's nick to be astrodon ~ craving for Jo...hehe..sweet huhhh..hiakz k lah..better stop before you move ur mouse to the x button hahaha...

4/21/2005

The big gaping hole

Whenever i feel down, i feel im in a large gaping hole, in that hole lies heaps of horrible stuff : demoralizing vibes, sadness, loneliness, uncertainty, sighzz....and no matter how hard i try to pull myself out, i cant seem to lift myself up..the feeling sux big time.That hole will always be there for me..more often when i m here...its just a matter of being in it, closer to it or further to it, that will oni apply on wkends...Before i could do anything to stop myself from being drawn in there, im already in it..arrgghhh..
Sighz, just let mi pass this plss..just pass happy enough oredi!! But i dont sit down and just fret abt it and not do anything abt it..i try to think hard and work on the assignment ..sighzz..im so darn worried and this has to go on for god knows how long..yesh i m talkin abt the assignment that will determine if i pass or fail this subject which also means if i can graduate or not..not oni that..still have the competencies i need to pass too..
sighzz...

4/18/2005

Dinner at William St

Just got back from Xueling's place..her parents came for her convo and invited us to her place for dinner..wahh..it was a scrumptious spread, had salad, cabbage and pork soup, pan fried salmon, kong bak, stir fried brussel sprouts, omelette and a potato and carrot stew..yummm...Her mum is a really nice lady.. and dad was a man of few words but still v nice lah..And her mum reminded mi of my mum! I miss my mummmyyy...
And we were in the car when winson kindly drove us there and back..and i was just saying how amazed i was that almost all my friends' mums are great cooks man, my grandma, my mummy...Mich, jie's, pauline, jeff's, xueling's and all my aunties who are mums...wahh..all great cooks leh! I hope i will be able to cook as well when i m a mum hahaha...
k lah..think i shld call my mum and tell her i miss her!!

No mood to do work..

Its such a beautiful day today..Clear blue skies, sunny and all..Just like how a sunday should be...Wah, simply no mood to do work! Was on the fone wif jeff last nite and he was asking me where i wanted to go for hols at the end of the yr..It felt nice to be planning and all but somehow, i felt kinda sad when i thought abt it again this morning..I think im mad...I wonder if anyone feels the same as me? Like normally pple will look forward to the happy things, but i felt more sianz cos its still so far away before i can really get there? Maybe its just the monday blues? Dont know man...

4/16/2005

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4/14/2005

Thoughts i have to pen (blog) down...

In the midst of my struggle and immense reluctance to work on a a very crucial assignment,..Thoughts about my friends and the feelings they have evoked came suddenly..And i have to blog it...

Friends are so important to me and i must say they play such a huge part in my life..especially my emotions, thoughts, moods, the way i am, decisions...and just so many aspects where my limited command of the english language cannot describe enough..Of cos some friends do disappoint too..and some may say, these pple are not considered friends if they could evoke such an emotion in me..well..i dont know too...Friends are meant to be there for one another, to support and encourage and be not judge...of cos that is largely dependent on the depth of friendship...

Finally mustered the courage to ask for a friend's msn and msged her after the childish me (that was in the days where irc prgram was so popular, at least for me) decided to ignore her because of some stupid gal friend issue..Dont know why i just had this impluse to do it..well, not a silly act..it was something i wanted to do long time ago but didnt have the time and courage to do it, cos i was afraid she would still be angry with me and i didnt want my apology to be rejected flatly..:) All is gd now, at least for me..cos i did manage to talk to her and seems like the long time problem has been resolved..yeahh..

It was gd to see a friend so delighted when she got a little surprise from me..it just feels so good when i see my friends happy...i feel happy too..:)

Another gal friend have been so troubled by the infamous emotion so powerful that all Man succumb to at one point or another..~love~. It feels terrible when you know that shes gonna be the one to be so hurt in the end, however, she feels happy with the decision she has made and is truly happy for some time...but now, the decision she has made is taking its toll on her..and shes all sad and weary..sighzz..She has seen it coming sooner or later, but was too emotionally involved to pull herself up before it came to this stage..I feel for her..I couldnt bring myself to tell her she shouldnt have gotten deeper into it..and now its hurting her..The least i can do is to be there for her and listen...and to tide through the dark times with her...I hope the dark skies will be over soon..

One of my long lost friend i have been thinking abt finally came online!! Hehe..boy, am i happy to catch up wif him..though it was only for a few mins..it was gd to hear he has been and is doing well and working towards his interests and goals in life!! This friend of mine is such a wacky fella and never fails to irritate me to the core when i hang out wif him haha..nevertheless, he is still one of the gd guy friends i can talk to! Way to go dude!! Total support to him in his future endeavours!!

To another friend that had suddenly been keeping in contact after losing it for so many yrs..he has been feeling down lately too and his nicks on msn are worrying..Many a times, I would have loved to keep you company online..however unable to due to my assignments and sianz moods...I hope the dark skies will clear up for you soon and may you find a gal that could bring you the joy and love u deserve ya! hehehe...

...Such are the thoughts and emotions of Jo...

4/12/2005

Drained..

Drained is the word..to have to be stressed up for the whole day at attachment and then come home and do somemore work. Sighz, have got a presentation tmr somemore..going to die from stress already..Of cos, the morning started with a shooting from my supervisor...then at the end of the day, also kena maligned..This is how it went, i was supposed to page her once i am done seeing all the pts i had for the day and give her her a run down of what i have done for each pt..I juz gotta sit down in the office and was about to page her..then suay suay, she past and saw me. Before i can open my mouth to say anything, she said this : ' Oh so you are here, you should just have paged me instead of sitting around waiting for mi!' Like what the?!! I was so pek cek, i said to her defiantly, ' I was about to page you!!!' then she jus went ' oh issit'...wahlau ay..Being on this placement has taught me to be smart..to be able to explain myself well and tell them whatever i have thought through and done..Cos to them, something not presented to them or said means I NEVER DO, I NEVER THOUGHT ABT IT.
They are supposed to be non- judgemental!! And its one of the ethics of being a dietitian loh!! And i m sure in most health care professions..In fact, to me, we should live with that kind of principle too wat!! sighzz..
I have also learnt that we should cut pple some slack..to give pple a chance to explain themselves before judging...and also not to be so uptight about pple's misdoings...Have also learnt that it is important to speak with tact to pple around us..and not expect pple around me to know what I have gone through even though it was a really bad bad day for myself and that my moods are really affected...the poor innocent pple around me are definitely not going to know wats going on, Can imagine how offended or sad my friends will be like if i suddenly just talk to them in a curt way or just simply give black face when they have simply no idea what had gone wrong....
So i am sorry my friends if i have done that to you all before..I will keep this in mind and always learn to be more patient and try to change!! :)

Oh yah..its Jialiang's bday today..Happy Birthday Jialiang!

4/10/2005

Boring sat

Hmm..yesh its a boring day. Slept in till 1 pm, got up and did some preparation for bloody blue monday..It was still alrite for last nite's party..managed to boogie a little for the initial part of the session..and the music became less and less boogie-able and unfamiliar..People start to fall asleep or knocked out by the overdose of alcohol. I didnt feel much of it till i reached home..3 drinks and i was already feeling it. Blame it on the lack of drinking for the past mth!!
Though the music wasnt that gd, it was gd to see my friends though..Left at around 2 plus and with much persuasion from Xueling and i, we managed to coerce the guys to drop by at Macs for some food..

I felt much happier yest nite..like i told my friends, i always feel withdrawn the next day after a nite's clubbing session when i m here..

Emptiness and detached was how i felt..a friend told me its gd that you do try to share whatever that has been going on in ur life..i dont blame you..but i cant help feeling left out..perhaps it is the loneliness, maybe its a saturday and i am not anywhere but stuck in the room preparing for reporting to my supervisor which i dont look forward to cos it means more bombarding and being pointed out to a zillion things i have missed out..the brief reporting tone i hear over the fone dont make mi any happier and enthusiatic to share my experience last nite..u didnt even ask...

Selfish and keeping you in a freezer till i go back were your quotes..As far as i know myself, i m not definitely not as bad as you deem me in that tactless sentence..


4/09/2005

Another week has gone past..yayy..

It finally friday..think my blogs on fri are gonna have this kinda similar opening line! Friday marks the end of the torturous week and the beginning of the wonderful wkends! I dont want to end up with a job that i will feel miserable for the whole of the wkdays and only think about the wkends..Oh well..dont think so much..gotta be able to graduate first!! Aiyah, nothing interesting to blog abt this week..cos attachment sux!! Just glad that its another week gone!!
Just had 1 and a half packet of indomee with cabbage, corn and egg! Nice nice..but im feeling so full now! argghh...and sleepy too..
Hmm..a few friends around me have been feeling really low nowadays..to all of you out there : hang on there ya!! Actually huh, i shld say that to myself too..havnt been feeling v happy nowadays...
Wahh i m so sleeppyyy...and its oni 8.30pm can..the lack of sleep for the entire week has taken its toll on me man...i m gonna look no different from a panda by the time i reach singapore man..
K lah..gotta go prepare soon i hope..hehe did i mention i m going clubbing? yesh its the SSA dance nite in this club called frostbites..yeahh..hope it will be fun there..then again, i dont hold any high hopes liaoz..cos the clubbing scene in boring old newcastle is PATHETIC! Hopefully the friends who are gonna be there will make a big difference!!
alritey..shall update on my outing tmr!

4/02/2005

The long awaited wkends!

Yayy..first week of placement is over..4 more weeks to go for this block..sighzz...But anyhow, just gotta endure lah..complaining so much wont make the weeks away sooner..TGIF! Finally have got some time to recharge by sleeping innnn...and just do nothing for abit..cos just handed in an assignment...have been sleeping for oni 5 - 6 hrs everyday..yesh yesh..i m a slow worker and i just like to stay up to chat haha..despite the fact that i need to wake up like at 6 plus in the morning..But i have got to prepare to present a case study next wed to the rest of the dietitians *glupz* Shant think abt it now..:(

Ya..and so now, im just nuaing around, we are even too nuaz to cook dinner haha..but soup and toast is still yumm... Just surfing...watching a bit of tv..sighz..boring fri nite..I miss those wkends where i will def be out chilling wif frens..shopping..movies..arggghh.....if not i will be at home wif my babi..Talking abt my babi..he has been clubbing so much these days!! haiyoh..how can he go without me! Hmph! To mdmwong somemore!! *ay jimmy, dont keep asking my dear to go mw hor!* still say u are gonna take care of him.hmph!

And i must mention, i have been dropping alot of hair these days!! its so freaking scary can...arrgghh *prays to god, no more hair loss pls...*I cant seem to piece a cause to my hair loss!! I didnt change my shampoo/conditioner wat! Haiyo...Friends say its stress..i choose to believe its the water/air here!! :(

K lah..i m just blogging rubbish now..gotta watch Hitch now...in the comfort of my room heh..