So I got that dreaded assignment out of the way and finished all my other assignments... There is just one in-class test due Mon and then 5 exams! Yeah, 5! And as usual, I'm not really going very well with the studying... hmm.. It's just that I feel like I can't study. For some reason, I'm feeling stupid and that I can get nothing in my head. Sigh sigh... I know it's another month to slog, but it just seems so tedious and too stressful...
Pray for:
1) motivation to study for in-class test: 9 Nov (Monday)
2) motivation and focus in studying for my theory exams on: 18, 21, 23 Nov
3) motivation and focus in prepping for my pract exams on: 24 and 30 Nov (need to get 100% - if I don't, will need to resit - but can only resit just once!)
4) my rent doesn't increase too high. Negotiating at the moment to 300 from 320. Currently on 270 per week for 2br! They're increasing it mainly cause everything around my area is going up as well cause of the shopping centre that's just behind my house - it just opened (earlier than expected)!!
5) safe journey for me and my friend heading to Melb on 30 Nov and 1 Dec (respectively)
6) safe journey for TY and his parents to NZ on 4 Dec
Thanks in advance! =) These are for the moment - until hols begin! But really really desperately need the prayers!!
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Going Insane...
Too much work piling up, hence the MIA from blogging for a while...
Imagine this (OR DON'T) - 2 assignments due this week, 1 online quiz, 1 in-class test, 1 clinical portfolio, 1 case studies compilation assignment, 3 theory exams, 1 practical exam, 1 oral exam... and it all ends 24 Nov!!
People keep saying it'd be alright, but I'm lacking self-motivation! One of the assignments is due tomorrow and I haven't started writing up anything. If it was only easy enough...
Everything is good BUT this course that's draining me from head to toe!! Sigh!! I know it's another year to go, but I'm kinda slowly giving up... sigh!! Pray that I can fight this!!
Most worried about the exams and oral exam in particular!!
Imagine this (OR DON'T) - 2 assignments due this week, 1 online quiz, 1 in-class test, 1 clinical portfolio, 1 case studies compilation assignment, 3 theory exams, 1 practical exam, 1 oral exam... and it all ends 24 Nov!!
People keep saying it'd be alright, but I'm lacking self-motivation! One of the assignments is due tomorrow and I haven't started writing up anything. If it was only easy enough...
Everything is good BUT this course that's draining me from head to toe!! Sigh!! I know it's another year to go, but I'm kinda slowly giving up... sigh!! Pray that I can fight this!!
Most worried about the exams and oral exam in particular!!
Sunday, 9 August 2009
Dramas in Class
So many dramas in class! One of my classmate's hasn't been to class since the hols because he broke his knee cap while surfing and he needed an operation, and then the anaesthetic didn't work on him. Another classmate - her dad went to surgery at the last min - her dad actually fired a nailgun into his eye. I know - Oww! But he's okay. Still another classmate had swine flu during the hols. And another one, she has her period, but she's been bleeding for about over 2 months now, so she needs to see a gyni... But beyond all that, one of my other classmates got engaged last weekend. Too much info that I found out in one day!!
Been hanging out too much since Friday and feeling ultra guilty for not doing any uni work, so might start on a bit today. But one of the girls is viewing my place today - hopefully it doesn't take too long... And I still need to go to Officeworks and print stuff, plus do some errands... As usual, there's always lots to do!! sigh!!
Been hanging out too much since Friday and feeling ultra guilty for not doing any uni work, so might start on a bit today. But one of the girls is viewing my place today - hopefully it doesn't take too long... And I still need to go to Officeworks and print stuff, plus do some errands... As usual, there's always lots to do!! sigh!!
Wednesday, 5 August 2009
First Week of Uni
So it's been the first week of uni and I have today off... Monday was the first day and it was really tough! It was straight into everything!! The morning class was really bad cause it probably used up all my brain cells. It's actually only this unit. It's comprised of physio, anatomy, brain testing, graphs... a very very dry subject. And yesterday, which was the second day of uni, was the first practical we had for this subject, and it was soooo boring. It took us 4 hours to experiment and do testing, and I have to write a lab report on it, and as a group, we didn't even follow the instructions all that accurately cause the software was not very user-friendly...
But the other theoretical units are really interesting... on h-e-a-r-i-n-g aids and p-a-e-d-i-a-t-r-i-c-s. Haven't had the peds unit yet, but I just read thru the intro lect notes and I think I am really gonna enjoy it! =)
We also have a few s-p-e-e-c-h p-a-t-h-o-l-o-g-y students joining us in first sem for some of our units, plus two D-a-n-i-s-h students on exchange... =) Something different to start the sem which is good in a way I guess...
One day off today, but so much to just get thru! I particularly need to pay attention to the most difficult and driest unit of all! So prob gonna go over some of the lecture material today. By the way, watched 17 Again recently and it's good fun to watch, but the ending was really abrupt, so was kinda left disappointed... Also been playing all these time management games. I downloaded B-u-r-g-e-r Shop 2 on the weekend and already finished playing it - except for the expert mode. And now, I've just got H-o-t-e-l M-o-g-u-l... will probably play that later as my little reward... hee hee!
And ooh, I got back my tax return money! Got back a fair bit and am happy! yay! But it'll prob contribute to my car servicing which I'll need to get done soon... and rent...
But the other theoretical units are really interesting... on h-e-a-r-i-n-g aids and p-a-e-d-i-a-t-r-i-c-s. Haven't had the peds unit yet, but I just read thru the intro lect notes and I think I am really gonna enjoy it! =)
We also have a few s-p-e-e-c-h p-a-t-h-o-l-o-g-y students joining us in first sem for some of our units, plus two D-a-n-i-s-h students on exchange... =) Something different to start the sem which is good in a way I guess...
One day off today, but so much to just get thru! I particularly need to pay attention to the most difficult and driest unit of all! So prob gonna go over some of the lecture material today. By the way, watched 17 Again recently and it's good fun to watch, but the ending was really abrupt, so was kinda left disappointed... Also been playing all these time management games. I downloaded B-u-r-g-e-r Shop 2 on the weekend and already finished playing it - except for the expert mode. And now, I've just got H-o-t-e-l M-o-g-u-l... will probably play that later as my little reward... hee hee!
And ooh, I got back my tax return money! Got back a fair bit and am happy! yay! But it'll prob contribute to my car servicing which I'll need to get done soon... and rent...
Sunday, 2 August 2009
Part 2 Melb - onto Part 3 Melb trip
Oh yes, I was supposed to write Part 2 Melb... but I think by now, everyone knows a bit about Part 2... so here's my brief version...
Part 2 was my last few days in Melb during the 2 weeks I was there. Ate a lot and caught up with a few movies like Transformers 2 (which was better than the first one), Harry Potter (which was horrible) and Night of the Museum 2 (which was really fun). Also went up to Geelong to visit frens and played the new version Pictionary. It's actually a pretty good game! TY and I had never played it before and managed to whip some arse! Hee hee!! Sorry M and D! But at least it's ur game - you have many many days to improve ur Pictionary skills before the next time I'm there! Hee hee!!
The finale of Part 2 - leaving Melb back to Syd for a supplementary exam and also for work because I couldn't take leave. The supplementary exam is one of those practical exams that you have to get 100%. They don't even accept 99%! It's a pass or fail and every unit is a hurdle requirement for the next semester. The sup was tougher than the initial paper and the surprising thing was that almost half the class turned up! But they were all there for different components of the exam and everyone found it hard. One of my classmates had the same component as me and he came out having a different answer for one part of it, but in the end, he still passed. I guess they are okay with 99.97% or something like that. He received feedback saying he had that one bit wrong, but he still passed - I didn't get any feedback at all - just congratulations. So progressing to Sem 2 and today I have quite a lot of readings to get through!
But first, Part 3 of Melb - ate a lot again. There weren't much movies to see, but I played a lot more iPod Touch games on TY's iPod Touch, celebrated TYs actual bday with dinner which was a funny story, and also went to the snow! For TY's bday dinner, he wanted steak and we were wanting to go to H-o-g's Breath, but it was closed for a private function. So we said S-t-o-k-e-h-o-u-s-e and when we got there, there was a special dinner banquet going on, but the restaurant upstairs was still opened at that hour, and because we were really hungry, we said okay. We sat down, and it was fine dining!! But the food was really worth it! Both of us had a kingfish fillet with celery puree, bugs around it, some seaweed thingy lying on top of the fish, crushed pistachios, alfafa - sheer perfection! Wouldn't mind going again. For about 40 something, it was really worth it! And I cleaned my plate!!
I was only in Melb for 5 days in Part 3 of my Melb trip. One of the other things I did was see Australian snow for the very first time! We wanted to go to L-a-k-e Entrance but it only had 5cm of snow. So we went a bit further - Mt B-a-w B-a-w. It was about 3 hours away and really worth it. It ended up snowing there too! And one of the cafes there ended up having my potato and leak soup! =) Yummy!! It also snowed while we were up there, and we made a really interesting-looking snowman. I tried to make a snow angel but the ice was too hard! The snow was really a last min thing, and because I didn't bring any really thick winter clothing, I had to rent some. Snow pics are not up on FB as yet, but will be soon.
Returned to Syd Fri nite, and had to work immediately the next day on the Ashes (cricket) till midnight. Also went onto my uni site and found out that I have all these readings to do for class tomorrow! Yuck! My housemate isn't back till tonight - she extended her flight - which is kinda good too cause I can clean the place. Also looking for a housemate. Got quite a few interested, but I quite like two of them, and out of the two, I like one better... One is a hairdresser and the other is gonna be studying a postgrad course in music therapy. They haven't viewed the place yet, and I haven't confirmed anything... but will definitely update this! I really enjoyed the hols and Melb! Can't wait to be back again!! Miss the hols and not looking very forward to uni starting tomorrow... Hope I survive the next semester - cause it's gonna be tougher!
Part 2 was my last few days in Melb during the 2 weeks I was there. Ate a lot and caught up with a few movies like Transformers 2 (which was better than the first one), Harry Potter (which was horrible) and Night of the Museum 2 (which was really fun). Also went up to Geelong to visit frens and played the new version Pictionary. It's actually a pretty good game! TY and I had never played it before and managed to whip some arse! Hee hee!! Sorry M and D! But at least it's ur game - you have many many days to improve ur Pictionary skills before the next time I'm there! Hee hee!!
The finale of Part 2 - leaving Melb back to Syd for a supplementary exam and also for work because I couldn't take leave. The supplementary exam is one of those practical exams that you have to get 100%. They don't even accept 99%! It's a pass or fail and every unit is a hurdle requirement for the next semester. The sup was tougher than the initial paper and the surprising thing was that almost half the class turned up! But they were all there for different components of the exam and everyone found it hard. One of my classmates had the same component as me and he came out having a different answer for one part of it, but in the end, he still passed. I guess they are okay with 99.97% or something like that. He received feedback saying he had that one bit wrong, but he still passed - I didn't get any feedback at all - just congratulations. So progressing to Sem 2 and today I have quite a lot of readings to get through!
But first, Part 3 of Melb - ate a lot again. There weren't much movies to see, but I played a lot more iPod Touch games on TY's iPod Touch, celebrated TYs actual bday with dinner which was a funny story, and also went to the snow! For TY's bday dinner, he wanted steak and we were wanting to go to H-o-g's Breath, but it was closed for a private function. So we said S-t-o-k-e-h-o-u-s-e and when we got there, there was a special dinner banquet going on, but the restaurant upstairs was still opened at that hour, and because we were really hungry, we said okay. We sat down, and it was fine dining!! But the food was really worth it! Both of us had a kingfish fillet with celery puree, bugs around it, some seaweed thingy lying on top of the fish, crushed pistachios, alfafa - sheer perfection! Wouldn't mind going again. For about 40 something, it was really worth it! And I cleaned my plate!!
I was only in Melb for 5 days in Part 3 of my Melb trip. One of the other things I did was see Australian snow for the very first time! We wanted to go to L-a-k-e Entrance but it only had 5cm of snow. So we went a bit further - Mt B-a-w B-a-w. It was about 3 hours away and really worth it. It ended up snowing there too! And one of the cafes there ended up having my potato and leak soup! =) Yummy!! It also snowed while we were up there, and we made a really interesting-looking snowman. I tried to make a snow angel but the ice was too hard! The snow was really a last min thing, and because I didn't bring any really thick winter clothing, I had to rent some. Snow pics are not up on FB as yet, but will be soon.
Returned to Syd Fri nite, and had to work immediately the next day on the Ashes (cricket) till midnight. Also went onto my uni site and found out that I have all these readings to do for class tomorrow! Yuck! My housemate isn't back till tonight - she extended her flight - which is kinda good too cause I can clean the place. Also looking for a housemate. Got quite a few interested, but I quite like two of them, and out of the two, I like one better... One is a hairdresser and the other is gonna be studying a postgrad course in music therapy. They haven't viewed the place yet, and I haven't confirmed anything... but will definitely update this! I really enjoyed the hols and Melb! Can't wait to be back again!! Miss the hols and not looking very forward to uni starting tomorrow... Hope I survive the next semester - cause it's gonna be tougher!
Friday, 10 July 2009
Hols in Melb - The First Few Days - Pt 1
Back blogging!! I know - it's been a long while... Am in Melb at the mo!! It's freezing over here, as winter usually is over in good ol' Melb... but been eating loads of hot and yummy food, and it's great! A friend invited TY and myself as well as another friend over to have potato and leek soup as well as this chocolate cake delight and it was fantastic! He grabbed the recipes off Masterchef and his version was really really yummy!! Like Christmas in July! Hee! I need to find the time to cook like that too! Haha! But it's now the hols - been feeling lazy and thinking about having lots of fun and rest time before sem 2 starts. The fun comes from playing games on TY's iPod Touch and he recently bought me Sims 3, so been madly downloading objects for it and playing it... Games are so addictive!!
Had some enjoyment time up in the Dandenongs (the mountains) where I began appetising on potato and leek soup. Haha! I ate so much while I was up there... Also surprised TY with his bday pressie of a stunt car driving course. He did 180 handbrake spins and 360 spins, car ramp jumps and experienced driving on 2-wheels. He really had lots of fun!! Contributed to his torch pressie too which he absolutely loves and has been testing it in dark places. Glad he loves it! =)
Today, had this email from the clinical coordinator mentioning to everyone in the course about the supplementary exam (to resit the clinical practicum exam), and it seemed really harsh - how they were marking it... She said that every component of the clinical exam we did had to be correct, and if we didn't get certain parts or even one small part right, we have to resit those parts in the sup exam. That sup exam's on the 27th and I really hope I don't have to resit it cause I'd be in Melb then... If I do resit it, I'd have to rebook my flights... One of my classmates already received an email saying he flunked 3 units of the course and cannot continue the course. When he told me, I became really anxious, cause for one of the units, we practiced together and he knew a lot then, so if he flunked it, I wonder what I got... I just need to hope and pray really hard that I don't have to resit the exam, or any exams for that matter!! I haven't received any bad news email yet, and I don't plan to... Always so stressful having to go into my uni mail, thinking there may be an email such as that... Results are out next week, and I am hoping it'd be okay, but it just gives me tummy rumbles just thinking about it.
I just received another email with my sem 2 timetable and class group members, which adds to more stress. I'm fortunate to have really good group members actually (well, they seem to be)... but the timetable is pretty scary - it's more intense than last sem's and I'm just dreading it... Now with only 24 of us (that I know of) within the course, from the 29 that we first had, there seems to be greater competition and it's quite scary... These emails are really making me feel guilty and I think I should start reading up for sem 2 soon...
I probably should try not to think about it and try and enjoy the hols while it lasts. Gonna try to catch up with Gossip Girl actually... I was watching it quite faithfully before I got to Melb and stopped for a while... When I think back on my life dramas and Gossip Girl, there are similar relations (not to the extent of the drama in Gossip Girl that makes you really frustrated), but it makes me think that perhaps one day, I'd write a Gossip Girl XOXO journal-type book. I think it'd be cool!
Tomorrow, TY's taking me on a date. Hee! *grin and shy smile* We haven't done something special in a while and thought it'd be nice to do something like that. It'd be really sweet - looking forward to it! Then on the weekend, it's out with a few peeps! =) Yum cha twice in a row!! Hee hee! But it's out in the burbs and should be good fun!
Had some enjoyment time up in the Dandenongs (the mountains) where I began appetising on potato and leek soup. Haha! I ate so much while I was up there... Also surprised TY with his bday pressie of a stunt car driving course. He did 180 handbrake spins and 360 spins, car ramp jumps and experienced driving on 2-wheels. He really had lots of fun!! Contributed to his torch pressie too which he absolutely loves and has been testing it in dark places. Glad he loves it! =)
Today, had this email from the clinical coordinator mentioning to everyone in the course about the supplementary exam (to resit the clinical practicum exam), and it seemed really harsh - how they were marking it... She said that every component of the clinical exam we did had to be correct, and if we didn't get certain parts or even one small part right, we have to resit those parts in the sup exam. That sup exam's on the 27th and I really hope I don't have to resit it cause I'd be in Melb then... If I do resit it, I'd have to rebook my flights... One of my classmates already received an email saying he flunked 3 units of the course and cannot continue the course. When he told me, I became really anxious, cause for one of the units, we practiced together and he knew a lot then, so if he flunked it, I wonder what I got... I just need to hope and pray really hard that I don't have to resit the exam, or any exams for that matter!! I haven't received any bad news email yet, and I don't plan to... Always so stressful having to go into my uni mail, thinking there may be an email such as that... Results are out next week, and I am hoping it'd be okay, but it just gives me tummy rumbles just thinking about it.
I just received another email with my sem 2 timetable and class group members, which adds to more stress. I'm fortunate to have really good group members actually (well, they seem to be)... but the timetable is pretty scary - it's more intense than last sem's and I'm just dreading it... Now with only 24 of us (that I know of) within the course, from the 29 that we first had, there seems to be greater competition and it's quite scary... These emails are really making me feel guilty and I think I should start reading up for sem 2 soon...
I probably should try not to think about it and try and enjoy the hols while it lasts. Gonna try to catch up with Gossip Girl actually... I was watching it quite faithfully before I got to Melb and stopped for a while... When I think back on my life dramas and Gossip Girl, there are similar relations (not to the extent of the drama in Gossip Girl that makes you really frustrated), but it makes me think that perhaps one day, I'd write a Gossip Girl XOXO journal-type book. I think it'd be cool!
Tomorrow, TY's taking me on a date. Hee! *grin and shy smile* We haven't done something special in a while and thought it'd be nice to do something like that. It'd be really sweet - looking forward to it! Then on the weekend, it's out with a few peeps! =) Yum cha twice in a row!! Hee hee! But it's out in the burbs and should be good fun!
Sunday, 14 June 2009
The Semester Coming to an End
So the main theory exams are over and I have one practical exam left on the Thurs. Don't really need to study it much because it's a pract. But I have to have the correct techniques etc to pass. So hopefully I do... It's a hurdle as well. If not, I have to be back on 27 Jul to sit a supplementary.
Back in Melb from 4 Jul - Independance Day... and then back to Syd on the 16th to work on the weekend, and then on 20th, back to Melb again till 31st. But of course, if I fail the pract exam, I'll need to head back after that. I wasn't nervous about that pract exam until now... And my first two exams, I was quite stressed, but surprisingly, I was quite calm about the paper during both theory exams. I think I did enough to pass - well, hopefully... but I had a little smile on my face after, which is usually rare after exams... So overall, it was good I guess. Just have to wait for final results. And right now, have to try to make use of the university simulators to practice for the exam...
Can't believe one semester is nearly over!! Am looking forward to semester two - sort of - because there are two units involving pediatrics and I quite like that specialty... but there are a lot more assignments... hmmm... doesn't always come with the best of both worlds... But after this semester, have to enjoy hols... hee!
Back in Melb from 4 Jul - Independance Day... and then back to Syd on the 16th to work on the weekend, and then on 20th, back to Melb again till 31st. But of course, if I fail the pract exam, I'll need to head back after that. I wasn't nervous about that pract exam until now... And my first two exams, I was quite stressed, but surprisingly, I was quite calm about the paper during both theory exams. I think I did enough to pass - well, hopefully... but I had a little smile on my face after, which is usually rare after exams... So overall, it was good I guess. Just have to wait for final results. And right now, have to try to make use of the university simulators to practice for the exam...
Can't believe one semester is nearly over!! Am looking forward to semester two - sort of - because there are two units involving pediatrics and I quite like that specialty... but there are a lot more assignments... hmmm... doesn't always come with the best of both worlds... But after this semester, have to enjoy hols... hee!
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