Miss Lau

I was chatting on msn the other day with Jen Xin, and I mentioned the fact that when I was doing my last block, the consultants seem to think that I wasn't very good at English.
Well let me clarify what they seem to think so, it's my own fault actually. Whenever they asked questions, I always answer one word answers. I'm probably too afraid of saying the wrong answers, or perhaps just not very good at speaking up. I'm not as confident as people think.
Then there was this occasion when Amy asked me if we studied medicine in Malay in IMU. haha I thought that was so funny. Then Jen Xin told me about how her classmates also ask her silly questions, like "Do you wear tudung in Malaysia? " or "Do you study medicine in mandarin in Malaysia?". Anyway Jen Xin never fails to amuse me, she said to me, "Do I look like I wear a frigging tudung ?". Miss Lau, I really miss our sam-pat times together :)

tudung- headscarf worn by muslims to cover their hair

6 months....

It's been 6 months since I was last back in Malaysia.

I just realized that time passes so fast, you can't even keep track of it.

It just dawned on me too, that I'll be a doctor in 2 years time.

Now, that IS a scary thought.

Food

Ooppss, I just realised that half of my posts are about food.
I possibly have some sort of obessession with food or something.
Worse bit is I think I associate people with food.
I best remember people for food we have eaten together, or food we cooked together, or they cook for me. Something or the other.
Shall try to write about other stuff besides food.
Even though I think my life mostly is centralised on food.
Like when is my break, so I can run home to grab some lunch to eat, etc.
Next up, I'll probably blog about my stay at the KL Hilton.
Althought I have no pictures to post up, as I didn't have a camera yet then.
I think I enjoy posting about the past more than the present.
Nothing much happening in the present actually.
Just basically freezing half to death, cause the weather is becoming colder.
When I walk outside in the cold, I can feel my fingers becoming frozen with this tingling numb sensation.
I wish something exciting will happen in my life soon. Life is getting too routine.
I know I'm the type of person who craves excitement.
Anyway can't wait for December exams to be over, so I can run away to London again.
I just realised I cannot stay too long in one place, as I get bored too easily.
I need to go to new places, and meet new people, explore new things. I always get fascinated by new things anyway. Notice how we all always wear our new clothes often, till we buy the next new shirt or other, and we'll wear the new one more often instead.
Jeff once said that I'll probably get bored even if I was in London.
Right now, I'm studying for my Paediatrics assessment tomorrow. After this is over, I'm going back to Aberdeen on Saturday. I can't wait to get back to Aberdeen actually. I miss my flat there, and I definitely miss my food in my cupboards there! I didn't really bring much food to Aberdeen other than my oyster sauce and a few coffee packets. I also need to get my mooncake from Adrian. I hope he remembered to save one piece for me. Craving for mooncakes right now.
After my paediatrics block is over, I'll be doing Psychiatry and Geriatrics block. I hope those 2 blocks are interesting.
Oh yeah I remembered something which happened yesterday night. Chris made some toast and cheese on the grill and I was in the kitchen cutting apples to eat. After that both of us went back to our rooms. After awhile, I heard some sort of beeping noise outside, and I opened the door of my room, and it was just thick clouds of smoke with burning smell. I quickly went to the kitchen to switch the grill off, and went knocking on Chris's door to tell him that he forgot to switch off the grill. Luckily the fire alarm didn't go off, as I think a lot of people would have been quite pissed off, cause apparently the fire alarm went off earlier in the night while I was out at tescos.
I think this post is so random. Like me.
Always coming up with random things to say.
Oh right about London, I don't think I should get too excited about it or anything.
It's because I think that the higher your expectations on something, the more it will dissapoint you if it doesn't meet your expectations. So don't have expectations in the first place!

Nearly done with Paediatrics

Here I am sitting and typing into the computer when I should be reading my notes for the paediatrics assessment tomorrow instead.
Lost the mood to study after today's infectious disease assessment, which went pretty alright.
I think my posts are all extremely short. I should write more actually.
I always get ideas to write at the most inappropriate of times.
Especially near exams/assessments. Like being distracted I suppose.
I've been watching ho chiak! on 8tv's website lately. Luckily my brother told me about the website. I totally love the show, and all the places where I can get yummy food.
Back home, we always end up eating at the same places. I don't know why.
Probably because we try and play is safe, and we know those places definitely won't dissapoint us. I think I went to eat at Madam Kwan's at least 3 times. I remember experiences pretty well especially in relation to food :) I have always wanted to eat at Madam Kwan's but never got around to it, coz I heard some pretty good comments about the place, and I always walked past it in KLCC. Anyway the first time I ate there was about 2 years plus ago I think. Yan Li came down to do some shopping, cause her dad was in KL for business. I took the train from IMU to KLCC to meet her and lepak with her. We walk around and was wondering what to eat. Finally settled on Madam Kwan's. Both of us have never eaten there before. I had no idea what to order, and left the ordering entirely to her. I still remembered what we ordered. It was sambal petai prawns, rendang, stir fried chinese vegetables, tea and white rice. The food was served promptly, the meal was delicious. The rendang just melts in your mouth, and sambal petai prawns tasted absolutely divine. The food was probably too much for 2 people to eat. But it was really good, and both of us were stuffed at the end of the meal. It was great meeting up with her as I only get to meet up with her once a year. I always enjoy my once a year gathering with friends :) and catching up on gossips. We walked around the shopping centre, and I remembered she bought this orange skirt from this shop which I have forgotten the name of. Later in the afternoon, she went and bought a hot drink from coffeebean. I was so full from lunch, I couldn't even drink anything. It felt so good. Chatting with an old friend over a steaming cup of hot coffee, occasionally glancing up to check out passerbys in a busy shopping centre.
After that, it was time for goodbyes as I had to go back to school for classes if I'm not mistaken, can't really remember.

Dinner

I say yesterday's dinner was excellent!
How we even came up with the idea of having dinner together was incredibly random.
There I was popping my frozen lasagne into the oven, and Fraser started describing to me about how to make it. and there I was standing, starring at him in a confused manner.
and he was like " I know it sounds complicated, but it's really easy to make!"
and that was how it started, and how the three of us, me, Amy, and Fraser decided to cook dinner together.
First there was the matter of deciding on the time!
Tuesdays..
went knocking on their doors to look for a suitable time.
THURSDAY-- day of cooking.
I was supposed to be on call. So I went back after classes, to cut up the chicken meat and peppers so that I could cook them straightaway when I come back.
I went back to the paediatrics ward again after that.
But there were no patients around!
I was wandering aimlessly around the ward, which caused the nurse to ask me if I was looking for something.
Decided to go home, since there was nothing else to do.
They were just going off to buy the raw food.
We trotted down to Fraser's car, and I went in the backseat, and *gasp* I forgot to wear my seatbelt! (FYI you need to fasten your seatbelt even if you are in the backseat in UK) and we sped off to tescos with blaring music from the stereo system.
The tescos we went to was this really huge, 24-hour one, which I have never been to before situated in the retail centre.
So we walked around and bought all our stuff. We got most of our food stuff on offer.
Returned back to cook. First the frying of the beef with tomatoes, and the white sauce, and the hard work and sore arms from grating the cheese.
Our immense efforts finally paid off.
Just standing there, with the smell of lasagne slowly wafting into your nostrils....
Fraser and Amy went off to the common room to nick a table so we could lay our food on.
and dinner was served....
First course was french bread eaten with our own butters respectively.
followed by the delicious lasagne, and stir fried peppers cooked by yours truly :)
and to polish of the meal was a delicious belgian chocolate cheesecake.
Absolutely divine and melt in your mouth :)
Fraser was evil and cut me a totally huge slice.
I told him that he reminded me of Miss Trunchbull in Matilda, forcing the fat boy to eat the whole chocolate cake.
I did finish the cake in the end, if you were wondering.
To cap off the evening, we gathered in Amy's room and watched the movie hot fuzz together. It's some british comedy, which Fraser found absolutely hilarious.

Children

I swear kids these days are so smart!

I was playing with this 4 year old yesterday,
and he said to me, "I'm a toddler"
so I thought perhaps he did not understand what the word was and he probably picked it up from listening to his parents or something.
So I pointed to the other 7 year old, and asked "Is he a toddler too?"
and the 4yr old promptly replied, "No, he's a kid."

LOLz!