Awesome-ness!!!!

Life might be boring and hectic studying in medic school.. sometimes we ought to take a break in between...

well, we just had the chance to do so last weeek. We were having reproductio block, and since it only has 7 lectures, our batch mates planned and managed to shift all the lectures up, hence we had a short holiday from wednesday to the next sunday...cool!! many of them went to buy their bus tickets to go home...

i might have felt sad if that was the case... but thank God that i signed up for a camp before this. It was organised by the LiveWire Media-- ChargeUp!!!2011in DUMC, KL. i didn't knew how awesome it was until i went and experienced it myself.

before this, maybe i should explain why i was going to this camp. Just recently, Pearl.. well-known as the only technical person of our christian fellowship planned to form a media team. I joined without much hesitation as first... since i wasn't sure of many things... maybe it's a way i could serve the Lord... =)

then, Pearl introduced this conference to us... Cool!! after knowing that we'll get to learn new things, me and 8 other friends signed up for it..

however, there were some complications along the way. We had trouble finding transport and accomodation. But God paved a path for us, maybe for them not much for me though.. i'll explain on later.. We decided to go there by Transnasional bus, it turned out to be a double-decker bus... and we stayed at Tune hotel Kota Damansara, which was quite an awesome hotel!!! affordable and the most comfortable bed ever!!! woohhooo....

the challenge was greater for me though.... before leaving for chargeup on wednesday night, i had the worst fall ever on monday morning. i actually fell down from my double-decker bed!!!! @@**!!!££%%... not while sleeping, but when i was coming down. I'm used to jumping down on my chair first before getting down, but somehow, i fell that particular time... maybe i was rushing to get the door, when i thought i heard someone knocking on it at around 6am!!! who would have come at that hour??? but later i found out that it was just my room mate coming in..... ==''

the impact from the fall was quite bad actually... i hit my backbone, my right arm and also the worst-- my right FOOT!!!! i got a lump on my back, a sore on my arm... and my right foot was so swollen that my sport shoe became swollen too when i insisted on wearing sport shoe to lecture.haha... i was quite grateful that i could still go to class in this condition... limp limp limp my way to lecture hall, at night still went out for CG farewell... phew!!! it really wasn't easy limping!!! ==''''

the pain was really freaking me out.. lots of my friends who knew about it kept nagging at me to go for an x-ray... but someone who fell so frequently like me knew very well that it's just soft tissue injury, and refused to go through the hassle of taking an x-ray at HUSM... plus, i was really busy that day.

Thanks to final year senior, eunice who brought me some bandages the next day... bandaging really helps... at least i could walk better.. and the pain subsided a bit. wow!! i didn't know how great the impact of the fall was.... >< never been so badly injured before.

but that wasn't all.. the evening before we departed.. while i was bathing... was scrubbing my head with shampoo.. suddenly, i felt tinggling and numbness in my right fingers... oh no!!! i remembered i had a blue-black on my right hand... did i hit a nerve or something??? suddenly i was so worried, scared... helpless--in the bathroom.. i was afraid that i couldnt open my eyes, and afraid that if i open my eyes i could not see...darkness..... i prayed in my heart... ''God, don't u want me to go for chargeup! ?''.. from somewhere deep down in my heart, i found the courage to turned on the tap again... i rinsed off the shampoo from my head... and i opened my eyes!! i can SEE!!! i can SEE!!! i was really thankfull that i can see the light again,... hallelujah!! but the numbness in my hand still persist for quite some time before it disappears...

and i went for ChargeUP!!!!

1st and 2nd day we had workshops.. while 3rd day we had Project time... when we get to produce our own video..!!! awesome!!!

we were advised to stay in DUMC for the shoot.. our group tried, but can't, so we went out to the city to get out video footages. my injured foot was getting much better, and i didn't need to bandage it already...the experience was awesome!!!... we took LRT, MRT.. went to Bukit Bintang, Chow Kit.....but the editing part was tedious.. our dateline for project was 12am, but we couldn't finish editing by that time... ahem, we werent the last group, ok??

accidents always happen, i'm just too clumsy... that day, my injured toe was hit by the monoport leg, and in the room, i tripped over something... however i didn't expect these to have much effect on my ''looks-to be alright'' leg...

i was awoken from my precious sleep by the numbing, awful pain, aound 5am... it took me quite a lot of effort to go back to sleep again... the next morning when i woke up at 8am, when i was about to go to the toilet to bathe, i couldn't stand on my right foot!!!! shocked, scared, lost-- again. with one left leg, i hopped to the toilet, luckily, tune hotel room is small enough, not so big.. haha.

after bathing, lying on the bed waiting for the rest to get ready... i still couldn't stand on my right foot... it was so painful!! even painful than the first day... Oh no!!! i want to attend church service!! i want to watch the media showcase!! the firsrt thought i have was to stay in the room, but those were the reasons that kept me out of the room. However, EC, the awesome taskforce member who drove us from Tune hotel to DUMC daily insisted that i get an x-ray done... so, unwillingly i went to University Hospital... i hopped into their A&E...and they popped me into a wheelchair...so, that's how i went around in the hospital... haha

went and get that x-ray done... NO FRacture!! thank God!!... see i told you all, it wont be fracture la... but soft tissue injury. The doctor prescribed painkiller for me... just like what i told them... see lah, for no reason RM35 fly already lo...it's worth it also, at least they stopped nagging at me.. :p

the fifth morning at KL.... we went to 1utama from tune hotel. from there we could catch a bus to LCCT... 1utama is really huge man... bigger than queensbay??? i feel that i just can't finish walking within 3 hours, plus my leg like that... haiz... found MPH alas, went in sat down and rest for most of the time... haha next time, when i can walk, i will come again... :p

finally, arrived safely at USMKK... the flight was quite scary too.. due to turbulence.. we had a free fall of some amplitude, to the extend of someone screaming... phew!! i was sleeping at that time...

i'm really grateful, despite all these obstacles i'd met before, during and after the conference.... I really gained a lot of experience through the workshops and projects in chargeup!!... also the bonding with both chargeup and usm awesome people.. :)

very long post.. should stop and study now...
will be back in MAy!!!! can't wait... ><

USMKK chinese new year night

yo!! it's been a long time since i last updated my blog. i've been very busy since october practising and preparing for this event mentioned above -- Chinese New Year night. It's supposed to be a grand event for the chinese not only in campus, but also to the local chinese community.

every year, the second year students would plan and make arrangements for the event... while the first years would be involved in the performances. As first years, we get to go through a series of auditions in order to select the performance/s we want to join. It's kind of like our OSPE exam, 'from one station to another' not answering questions, but to show your talents instead. After the session, we get to make our choices, from 1st to 8th/9th( like UPU application) haha...

normally, most of us will get our 1st choice... and mine was choir hy.

to tell the truth.. i really don't enjoy going for practices at first. I don't know why, especially after christmas night. i was surprised at first when i found out that i wasn't the only one... haha but eventually, as i get to know more people in the team... it wasn't that boring to go for practice. However, another problem arise... i was pressured by the piles of notes i had to study every day, with Selanjar 3 at the corner at that point of time.... X(

nevertheless, it's all over now... all these moments we spent together became a part of our memories we will never forget. Our performance directors choo soon, whom we call 'daddy' and sarah, whom we call 'mummy' and we 38 of us, are their children... heehee :D '' you all must sing with your 'dan tian' don't keep your voices in your throat!!! your voice must project out!!! your voices must have SUPPORT!!!!''-- that's what our 'daddy' said during almost every single practices.

At the same time, 'mummy' will go... ''must put more feeling into your melody... use your bow to express yourself... use more vibrato...follow the conductor (which was 'daddy') beats/hand signals...''

to be an excellent choir team is not easy you know... because most people would see it as a performance where they could go to the washroom or whatever... (even myself would think like that...) =p

however, that night... after our performance, it was the only time 'daddy' was satisfied with our performance... i guess everyone had really put their hearts into it and sang as best as they could.. for the first time, with microphones, there wasn't any problems... normally, there will be a particular someone's voice heard through the mics...

all went well... until the very last end--- my mic started to drop at my very last note!!!! but nevermind, it was already the end of the performance... haha but i might look wierd on stage trying to put the mic nicely in place, so that it will not hit the mic stand..

pictures!!!!


sarah (mummy) mentioned above.. too bad she couldn't stay for the event, as she had to go to Beijing for a language programme. She really helped me a lot, arranged the pieces i played..


it's the year of the rabbit... woohhoo!!! the deco team made a few rabbits from cotton wool...



the choir team.. but this was after the performance though... Our 'daddy' still calling out to the other children who were still not on stage to take the 'family picture'

carmen and shirlene (right,front) acted as mother and daughter in sketch.... while corinne young(left, front) is the narrator... deborah(in red dress) and renling (beside deborah) were from choir... and the one beside me is a 4th year medic student-- tee meng... and together... we're from usmkk christian fellowship!!! haha..

the choir girls in red and black!! :) happy faces at the end of the performance...

ooh...!!! i got my selanjar 3 results... again good news and bad news

(MCQ- multiple choice questions; SEQ- short essay questions; OSPE-i don't know what it stands for)

the good news is, i got A- for my overall results (MCQ+SEQ+OSPE), first time got A for my selanjar... but the bad news is, i failed my SEQ (F+) :(... also first time... but this time i know where went wrong... out of 5 questions, 3 questions 'kantoi' already... but still F+... for F, we have F+, F-, LF and LLF... i really thank God for my result.. i thought i would fail this time.. I wasn't sure whether i wrote my matrics number in the last few questions for OSPE, and MCQ got negative marking.... nevertheless, i passed this time!!! woohooo!! but i should really buck up for my SEQ... ANybody has any tips on that??? :)

i guess that's all for this time... back to studying again... :)

Bye, and God Bless :)