timsum

Obviously

2010-03-29T21:49:00.003+08:00

Dr. Murdoch: What is vetafil?

Tim: Umm... a type of suture material... non absorbable.

Dr. Murdoch: Not what I was looking for... what is it? Similar to Supramid.

Tim: Ummm... polymerised caprolactam, white, synthetic, plastic coated suture material used for skin suturing.

Dr. Murdoch: No... seriously... what is it? It's not a trick question.

Tim: No idea. I just told you everything it is...

Dr. Murdoch: It's called nylon.

New year

2010-01-01T22:37:00.010+08:00

Dear 2009,

I know I haven't been blogging at all. I think this blogging thing is getting old for me. On second though, maybe I'm the one getting old, not blogging. 22 after the turn of the year feels kinda... weird.

Responsibilities.

Anyways, year 2009 was an absolute blast.

From normal birthday parties

to the weird costume ones

from fun caregroup meetings

to disciple class

From one stupid thing

that hurt... alot

to the other

From the lions of south africa

to the homer simpson of pizza king

To all my friends, thanks for everything.

To my parents, thanks for putting up with me for yet another year. Don't worry though, each year I age means I get closer to moving out =D

To popo, I miss you.

To Anai and Zion... please don't grow up

...ever

To GOD. Thanks for my passing me in 4th year and everything big in my life.

To Murdoch uni computer systems... screw you

To 2009, thanks for the memories and awesome times... and inevitably, albeit reluctantly, we have to turn the page.

So here's to an even more awesome 2010.

Please?

Sincerely,
tim

Helicopter ride in South Africa

2009-11-16T09:50:00.002+08:00

What happens when you don't bring a decent camera/videocam to South Africa?

Lots of crappy pictures and videos taken by phonecam...

In this video, you should be able to see gazelle, hippo, and rhino... but considering the crappy quality of my cybershot 2 megapixel camera, you would be lucky to spot the 200 meter Boma. Which brings me to my next point:

Towards the middle of the video you should be able to see a V or funnel shaped structure. This is affectionately called a "boma". It serves as a funnel to channel wild game like buffalo into a bottleneck to they can be captured.

2 days of hard work building the 200 meter structure + 2/24 buffalo caught in total = weirdly satisfying.

Anyways, enough procrastinating, i need to study...

Lions rawr

2009-11-13T10:53:00.003+08:00

Murdoch Numbat News October 2009

Veterinary students from Murdoch University spent a hair-raising night capturing lions in Kruger National Park recently, as part of an annual South Africa field trip. The 10 students, with trip co-ordinators Dr Kris Warren and Dr Leisel Wion from the School of Veterinary and Biomedical Science’s Conservation Medicine Program, were helping vaccinate the lions against rabies, after the pride killed a rabies-positive dog.

The operation, a joint mission with the State Veterinary Service and Wildlifevets.com, involved radio-tracking the pride of 17 adults and cubs, attracting them using a dead wildebeest and the recorded sounds of lions eating and then darting and anaesthetizing several of the adults. Teams of students helped vaccinate and health-check the anaesthetized animals, while keeping watch for other lions, as well as for signs that their own lion was waking up. “We really appreciated the opportunity to observe a pride of lions up close in a natural setting” said Dr Wion. “It was truly a once in a lifetime experience”.

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Assisting with lion anaesthesia and transport at Moholoholo Rehab Centre (the daytime lion shots)

The students also visited nearby villages to help local vets from Mpumalanga State Veterinary Services vaccinate dogs and cats and talk to local people about rabies - one of the most serious infectious diseases in southern Africa. The disease is endemic in many wildlife and domestic species, and interactions between infected animals and other animals and humans can lead to human fatalities and the loss of village livestock and endangered wildlife. “It is critical that this disease is controlled at the interface between domestic and wild populations” said Dr Wion “So a key management focus is vaccination campaigns of domestic animals and education of local people.”

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Community work at the schools (vaccinating the dogs and cats against rabies, as well as other basic health checks - the dogs are being dewormed in these photos)

Children from Masoyi and Manzini Schools were only too happy to bring along their pets for vaccinations and health checks. “One of the challenges for the vet students was adjusting their animal-handling skills to dogs with very little handling and occasional aggressive tendencies” said Dr Wion. “But the students commented that it was incredibly rewarding to be involved in a positive project in such a poverty stricken area, and to see the enthusiasm and warmth with which the local children greeted us”

Other highlights of the trip included the opportunity to help hand-raise two orphaned baby rhinos. Round-the-clock care included bottle feeding the babies and sleeping with them overnight. Students also helped capture and relocate two adult giraffe, and constructed huge “bomas” or barriers for funnelling and capturing game such as buffalos for disease testing. “Making the bomas demonstrated to the students the immense technical and logistical challenges encountered by wildlife veterinarians” said Dr Wion.

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Giraffe darting and capture (students assisting)

Fighting the rabies battle on multiple fronts helped illustrate the “one-health” concept of conservation medicine: that endangered wildlife health is often interconnected with public health, the health of domestic and other wild animals, and issues such as community development. “The students developed an appreciation of the links between poverty, socio-economic issues and biodiversity conservation” said Dr Warren, Program Chair of Postgraduate Studies in Conservation Medicine. “Key aims of these field trips are to give students an immersion experience, and explore issues related to conservation at the grassroots level”. Dr Warren also hopes that their experiences in Africa will inspire students to continue to engage in local and global biodiversity conservation initiatives.

good times =)

Silk Milk

2009-10-27T01:25:00.002+08:00

You all should know this joke:

You get someone to say the word "silk" about 20 times so it gets into their head right. Then you ask them a question which they should answer as quick as they can. A question like:

"So what do cows drink?"

A lot of people at this point would think "hmm... trick question, he wants me to say silk but i am too smart for that.... IT'S MILK!!!"

The correct answer is obviously not milk but "water".

Here is the joke when tried on Joy. =)

Tim: "Joy say silk 20 times and answer my question as fast as you can after that."

Joy: "Ok... silksilksilk x20"

Tim: "What do cows drink?"

Joy: "Silk"

Joy =)

C Restaurant

2009-09-30T21:41:00.008+08:00

Okay, so dad made the most of the study break and arranged a lunch for the family at C Restaurant. For those of you who don't know what C Restaurant is... neh... it's the revolving one.

Was nice having a meal with just the 6 of us for once. So here are a few pictures from it:

Jeremy so happy

sky sky sky sky

Look mom, it's swan river

Dad doesn't like taking pictures. Note: Enthusiasm on the right, apathy on the left

At this point, it is worth mentioning that we were so hungry that when the entree's arrived we ate everything before I had the chance to take any pictures...

So... NO ENTREE PICTURES... seriously... all gone before the camera was even out.

On to

Main courses:

Pork sirloin, field mushroom and spinach duxelle with hand cut mustard chips

Cracked pepper buffalo and red wine sausages, smashed potatoes, confit cherry tomato, basil pesto and roast garlic aioli

Crispy skinned saltwater Barramundi fillet, caponata vegetables, lemon basil aioli

Garlic and rosemary smoked lamb shoulder with a pumpkin, English spinach, pine but and feta salad

Dessert!

Vanilla bean creme brulee, blackberry compote and almond tuile

Trio of ice cream filled profiteroles with chocolate sauce

Double chocolate tart, Chantilly ice cream and creme anglaise

Okay, now i'm not a food critic nor do I frequent these high flying restaurants so I shall leave just the pictures with you. C restaurant is still having their lunch special if any of you want to check it out.

I shall only say two things

1. Desert was awesome

2. I prefer a bowl of 3 ringgit kolo mee any day =(

Tim's philosophy on university life #1

2009-09-08T00:18:00.015+08:00

Talking to ollie in the car on friday reminded me that i have a phillosophy to succesful (pass) uni life... Curious? Listen up:
There are 3 types of students:
1. Smart
2. Normal
3. Dumb

There are also 3 types of study techniques:

1. Consistent throughout the year.
2. Last minute study.
3. No study.

SO... mathematically, by combining these study techniques and types of students, there are several outcomes (3 x3)

1. Smart + Consistent throughout the year - These people are the nerds in the truest sense of the word. These people are naturally gifted with some degree of natural intelligence. They go home to date "Pathologic basis of disease" and sleep thinking about "Osteochondrosis dissecans". Inevitably. these people are HD students, will become the next nobel prize winners and probably be extremely rich. They deserve it too.

They can have their HDs

2. Smart + Last minute study- A lot of people i know fall into this category. These people like to enjoy life to some degree. You might even be able to say they actually have a life. They attend lectures if they can wake up on time but they always lectopia any lectures they miss. They like to enjoy life outside uni and have varying degrees of balance between life outside and inside of uni. When exam pressures build up, they lock themselves up in their room/library/toilet and become a study hermit for the week leading up to the exam. The tradeoff between slacking for 10/13 weeks of uni is absolute study hell for the remaining 3 weeks (Crazy cramming, caffeine and sleep deprivation). Their horribly unbalanced lives of 100% fun during teaching weeks and 100% study during study breaks works and might even balance out and be classified as "balanced lives"... weird...

Too cool during school, hardcore during exams. Hardcore grades to come with... HD-D students.

3. Smart + No study - These people probably deserve to fail but just won't. They are too smart for that. They have photographic memory and good lecturememory. These people are the "bastards". You never see them study, they are the life of the party and play competitive sports (dota is a sport). These people get owned by lecturers/tutors for skipping lectures and tutes but own them back by aceing the exam. HD-D students with minimal effort - "bastards". Some even drop out of uni and invent a worldwide multi-billion dollar internet search engine. Future bill gates, google brothers, obama.

Face it, there are "bastards" in this world. They say to normal and dumb people "life is unfair b*, suck it"

Coming up:

The NORMAL combinations... when i have time and interest to continue this...

Disclaimer: These are just jokes and stereotypes like how asians cant drive and are smart. I love all sorts of people. This blogpost can correctly be defined as "typal diarrhoea"

Might not be safe for non-soccer fans (educational links provided)

2009-08-30T20:04:00.011+08:00

Manchester united just beat Arsenal 2-1 last night in the EPL. Going 1-0 down before halftime and getting 2 goals back in 20 minutes. The combination of goalkeeper reflex saves and desperate defending in the final FIVE minutes of injury time predisposes to myocardial infarction... MU were lucky to be honest but a valued 3 points nonetheless. After talking to David Chieng, I have come up with the perfect solution to whenever Manchester united are losing.

5 Apr 2009 ... Manchester United v Aston Villa 3-2

United went 2-1 down at halftime. David, being a manchester united fan feels very dissapointed and turns off the game and heads off to sleep. During his slumber, Ronaldo equalised and Kiko Macheda heralded his debut in the premier league by scoring the winning goal. David wakes up, checks the scores and curses his luck for missing the awe-inspiring 3-2 comeback win.

Macheda's delight compounded with Villa's distress

30 Aug 2009... Manchester united vs Arsenal 2-1

1-0 down at halftime and seemingly firing blanks at a well organised Arsenal side, David feelgs very dissapointed and turns off the game in favour of sleep. While he dances with the tooth fairy surrounded by flying hippos, a combination of luck and sheer determination yielded 2 goals and a memorable 2-1 win. David wakes up, checks the scores and wonders why he always misses these comeback wins.

Rooney scores the equaliser and sparks the comeback to make it 1-1.

Now, if you haven't made your own conclusions from this, here is mine:

Manchester United comeback wins are inspired by David's apparent lack of faith. Everytime manchester united go behind, he goes to sleep... and by going to sleep, he either fervently prays before that or changes the balance of the universe WHATEVER - Fact is, when he sleeps, manchester united win.

If this gets published, the next time manchester united go 1 or 2 goals down at halftime, David can expect a few phonecalls from manchester united fans to the tune of:

"GO TO SLEEP DAVID!!!!!"

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On another note, the commentator on soccernet.com was in an usually creative mood yesterday during the game. When berbatov scuffed an absolute sitter, the commentator went

"Dimitar Berbatov gets on the end of a fantstic ball from Nani and repays his team-mate with a woeful attempt at the art of finishing which he appears to execute with his shin. Rubbish."

lol worthy

randoms randoms

2009-08-18T23:56:00.012+08:00

It's been so long since i blogged (sorry mo)...

and...

I still don't have much to blog about.

Weather has been too bad for me to do any form of outdoor sports apart from walking mishka

Mishka:"I am so effing over this rain type weather"

Lectures are actually not too bad (the ones i actually attend). It is reasonably interesting but I never learn well from listening to lectures. Our orthopaedics lecturer summarised my feelings well today:

Dr. Mark Glyde: "This is really boring isn't it... I know... it's hard... lectures at 8.30 in the morning... feel free to take an early coffee break if you want to. I don't mind if you sleep in class, just don't snore."

I could never pay much attention in lectures let alone REMEMBER anything from them. I think it is a left brain right brain thing. I learn better by doing rather than listening. (The word "better" is relative to my ability to achieve nothing more than "mediocre").

Basically my hands are better at remembering things than my ears. I find it hard to remember much from lectures alone. Then again, it could be that sleeping in lectures is still acceptable (we shall not mention snoring), hence I sleep and learn nothing from lectures, while sleeping in a surgery is not, hence I get alot more out of doing a surgery.

But here are two examples of remembering by doing... and forgetting by not =(

I failed the driving THEORY test twice (Once in malaysia and once in Australia) while I passed the actual PRACTICAL driving component on the first try.

I only ever got to Grade 6 THEORY in music and have forgotten all of it by now, and I miraculously completed grade 8 PRACTICAL for piano.

Still so much THEORY to cover this semester. I do not know how I am going to pass.

But there is hope for me...

To quote the excellent Dr. Leonard Hofstadter and Dr. Sheldon Cooper from "Big Bang Theory"

Leonard: "The key to proficiency is repetition"

Sheldon: "Well, there are certain exceptions... Suicide, for example"

I guess I just need to say "FHV and FCV are the most common causes of FURTD" more times than the average person to remember it long enough till exams. ^^

Hoohah. This has turned into a very random rant. Just as well I titled this post just that.

Time for bed.

Till next time. I have more south africa pictures but I need to wait till my internet gets uncapped. Long live Bigpond...

Quotes from south africa

2009-07-29T19:11:00.003+08:00

• “That cow is going to fuck you up” – Chris said to Louis as he scaled a tree

• “if a buffalo is chasing you, you will be over a fence like a fart through underwear” – Louis

• “If the herd of buffalo come running at you, climb a tree, or if there are none around, lie down next to the buffalo that you have on the ground – they won’t run over their friends”. Fererra’s advice while catching buffalo

• “If a Rhino comes running at you, run at 90 degrees to the direction he is running in” – Fererra again advice for buffalo capture – wait... who said anything about being chased by rhinos in the first place!

• “WHOOOOOOOAAAHHHH” – Leah as she saw a Giraffe right next to the bus,followed by El – “She just had a giraffegasm”

• “Hippo’s” – Parry referring to rocks

• “A real crocodile is better than a fake hippo” – Jim after being teased that he spotted such a small crocodile.

All credits to Abbey and Anhui for compiling these quotes.

More to come...

Lost in translation

2009-07-02T17:33:00.003+08:00

When in South Africa, we built these big things called "Bomas". It is basically several hundred meters worth of plastic curtains arranged in a large "V" (funnel) shape. It functions to capture animals as a helicopter drives them into the funnel. Great concept, awesome fun, hard work, and ultimately unreliable....

Anyways,

Working on these big bomas mean working with many people. Some of the workers there were Swazi. They were big, darked skinned men with builds suitable for any kind of hard labour. I fail to remember their names, (Tokohelle etc, or something) but lets say one of them was named Bruno (no reason).

Bruno was a well built specimen of the Swazi people - about 6 feet tall, well muscled and direct with his speech. He would shout instructions in crude english or Swazi. Swazi to me, is a very gruff language. Whenever Bruno said something, it sounded like Mufasa from the lion king. I grew to respect the authority in which he gives instructions in the deep baritone that he possesses.

Then one day, we were working on the Boma, he was looking around for a ladder. So, in his deep, awe inspiring voice, he shouted out "Steppies please!"

"What?" We paused. "Steppies?"

We all knew straight away what "steppies" mean't but there was something about a big swazi man saying the word that made each of us smile. Before we had time to think any more than that, we heard Bruno go again:

"Where are Steppies!"

Favourite Swazi word = ' Steppies"

Distinctly south african

2009-06-28T22:22:00.011+08:00

Ok, I'm back from South Africa. It was a Whirlwind experience and I can't wait to start talking about it. Unfortunately, I only brought a phone cam so... not many pictures for now.

Here are a few interesting ones though:

Woolworths

Morning mist just starting to clear

Playing with baby rhinos

Locating some buffalo

Got a buffalo

Didn't want to catch any of these though

Then again...

Post mortem on a 4.5 meter long male crocodile

Jumping off cliffs

The cliff itself... 72 meters of awesome freefall... my finger was censoring a guy falling to his death...

Ok no, hope to have better pictures up soon.

Enjoying the sunshine on the balcony

Enjoying the views

Drinking weird drinks

Watching a couple of nice sunsets...

Capturing lions, chasing giraffe, patting cheetahs, playing soccer with local boys, wresting with lion cubs...

Yea, it was pretty awesome lah, I got a few videos and many more pictures coming... once I get them off a few friends. But till then, i need sleep...

Good riddance

2009-06-11T20:49:00.004+08:00

So Ronaldo is finally leaving. The incredible sulk decided he wants to try to win the second best league in the world in the sunny beaches of spain. Oh wells, good riddance I say. Spare me another summer of speculation when we should be celebrating winning a hat-trick of premier league titles.

But with 80 million... what can we buy?

Here are some suggestions:

1. Lionel Messi - The brilliant Barcelona winger runs the barcelona attack. If Inieta is the conductor, Messi is the concert master of the Barcelona orchestra. He's not gonna come cheap if he does. (HIGHLY UNLIKELY)

2. Karim Benzema - Similar to Zidane they say. We shall see.

3. Valencia - A flop at Wigan, why should be succeed at united.

4. Huntelaar - We don't need another striker kthnxbai

5. Frank Ribery - Bayerns midfield wizard. A good buy regardless of the price. Plays on the right wing, perfect replacement for ronaldo, minus the whinging.

6. Arjen Robben - The balding genius (is he bald already?)... good replacement for ryan giggs. Pacey and creative winger. Only downside is his receeding crown.

7. Newcastle united - Looking at Roman Abrahamovich, the Glazers and the hooded owners on manchester city... hey, buying a club must be fun.

*Main point is:

Not many players in the world can replace ronaldo. Lets face it, replacing 40 goals a season will be hard. But Manchester United were never a one man team. Cantona leaving merely paved the way for the 1999 treble (which has yet to be repeated). There is no way but forward for united, history proves that. The key is in balance and in Fergie we trust.

So here's to the future... and a hella exciting season of ~~la liga~~ -_- EPL.

On other note, I almost finished exams and im going to south africa for a bit. Catchya guys soon.

on studying for exams

2009-05-21T22:57:00.001+08:00

tim pani says:
i wanna kill myself
stop me

sammy - says:
no tim, dont do itt
k i tried ^^

This from someone who is doing year 12... you wait sam... wait till you get closer and closer to...

T. E. E

*insert horror music*

Ronny and Sheasy love

2009-05-14T22:12:00.003+08:00

I was really bored and this picture was too funny to pass up

I call it "Starstruck Sheasy"

i swear he almost kissed ronaldo -_-

flapdoodleyloey

2009-05-07T23:37:00.003+08:00

It was one of those epic champions league semi-final nights where i got up at 2.30am to watch the game between arsenal and manu.

Usually i'd survive the next day of uni quite well but yesterday i had an 8.30am start with full 4 hour lectures in morning and a 3 hour lab in the afternoon. ALSO, what a special day, because we had a 5.30pm lecture which went on until 7.30pm. At about 4.30pm i was thinking "Yea no worries... im hero... red bull ftw. Ive survived before... watching soccer doesnt take up energy one... makes one more energetic in fact".

1 hour and 10 minutes into lecture. The remember thinking "OMG... I can't take this anymore"... then the next thing I know... everyone was staring at me. Some looked annoyed... most looked really amused.

"Huh? Eh?? what is going on guys?????"

Then I realised...

I had inadvertently dozed off in lecture and let off a few really loud snores. Ve Jun nudged me pretty quickly but the damage was done.

Dr. Rick Read is going to give me so much crap in surgery for sleeping in his OVH lecture.

My career is over...

on a side note... Manu - Barca Champions league final the night before my exam. Watch or not to watch...

ANOTHER side note...

tim pani says:
samoxapox
sammy - says:
timoxarox
tim pani says:
i rox
i know
sammy - says:
.......
unintentional

Running after you

2009-05-04T23:26:00.011+08:00

In vet school, our mornings are usually occupied by lectures and the afternoons, by practicals. A few weeks ago, we had our sheep practicals. Now, after a full morning's worth of lectures, I was about ready to give up and go home. The prospect of a full 3 hours work carrying sheep around and generally just molesting them in the hope of finding some sort of defect only the demonstrator seems to notice sounded way less appealing than taking an afternoon nap at home... or anywhere with a decent planar surface... yes... sad... I was sleepy. (wow @ long sentence)

Nonetheless, these practicals are vital for our training and emphasis is placed on attendance and participation... umm... Basically, turning up punctual and looking like "you tried" warrants full marks.

That afternoon, I was down at the farm with the other vet students, waiting for our instructor to start her demonstration on the examination of a sheep's reproductive organs. Before she started, the usual attendance tick- off revealed one missing person. It was Brandon.

Disaster. This was unprecedented. No one comes late to Dr. Helen Chapman's practical classes. No one... unless you had an extremely good reason (not weak ass excuses such as "my car broke down" or "Car accident"... im talking about "death of family member", "swine flu"). Dr. Chapman had a choice to make... Either she could start demonstrating without Brandon and fail him for not attending, or she could just wait for him. The glimmer of humanity shone through that day God bless her soul, and she decided "I'll wait a few minutes".

After 15 minutes Brandon was not there yet. This was calamitous... the rest of us tried to reassure her that he IS indeed coming and he was just held up for some important reason (truth was he was paying for his parking permit at the chancellery but the line was longer than he predicted on the day). Dr. Chapman looked icyly at her watch and stood there, arms folded, glaciating anything that dared look her in the eye.

A few of us decided to send someone out to the carpark just to check if he was really coming. Dr. Chapman had been remarkably patient and approved reluctantly. So Mari nervously ran off in search of Brandon at the carpark while the rest of us encouraged quietly "Hurry up!" and looked nervously at the fast dissapearing figure of her. We feared the worst.

Suddenly, we could see Mari running back towards us. As she got nearer, we noticed another figure running behind her. It was Brandon. What actually happened was that Mari got to the carpark, saw Brandon just getting out of his car, and asked him to hurry up... so both of them started running towards the barn where all of us were. What it looked like however, was hillarious. Brandon was effectively chasing poor Mari. Mari might as well have been shouting "HELP! HELP!" and Brandon "You can't run away from ME!"

The rest of us cracked up as we looked on. When Brandon finally got to the barn, slightly ahead of the now puffed out Mari, we looked nervously at Dr. Chapman.

She looked the winded figure of Brandon and a smile slowly but surely crept up her cheeks. I think we all expected a flogging but all she said was "Glad you made it Brandon." And I swear a few of us heard her stifle a laugh... i suppose that shall forever remain a myth.

Unfortunately, the rest of the prac wasn't quite so exciting

BACK TO STUDY

Flying or teleporting

2009-04-20T19:36:00.004+08:00

Jeremy is having school holidays now. Spending the study break with him in the house... was interesting. I almost forgot he loves to belt out songs spontaneously. It is entertaining, annoying and funny all at the same time.

On some days, he is funnier than others... whether he knows it or not:.

One day, I caught him belting this out:

"Mama mia! Here i go again. My, my, how can you resist me..."

Yes folks,

The famous song from Abba horribly and narcisistically distorted

And he didn't even know it.

And this is still one of my favourites:

"Lucky I'm in love with your best friend"

From Jason Mraz feat Colbie Callait

My brother is so... wrong.

Hillsong Music - At The Cross

2009-04-12T01:02:00.001+08:00

Verse 1:
Oh Lord You’ve searched me,
You know my way;
Even when I fail You,
I know You love me.
Your holy presence
Surrounding me
In every season,
I know You love me;
I know You love me.

Chorus:
At the cross I bow my knee,
Where Your blood was shed for me,
There’s no greater love than this.
You have overcome the grave,
Your glory fills the highest place,
What can separate me now?

Verse 2:
You go before me,
You shield my way,
Your hand upholds me;
I know You love me.
And when the earth fades,
Falls from my eyes,
And You stand before me,
I know You love me;
I know You love me.

Bridge:
You tore the veil, You made a way
When You said that it is done.

Happy Easter...

Uni happenings

2009-04-02T19:11:00.006+08:00

Been pretty busy with uni stuff and others but i will leave a few pictures just to keep this blog alive (well... semi-alive anyways)

From boring radiology classes... equine hoof... bla bla

Moving on to more exciting stuff. Elle taking blood from a sheep jugular vein. Just imagine the sheep going

"I dont' want to look... just get it over with please =(".

Human doctors have it easy... look at her trying to locate the jugular vein underneath all that fleece... I'm happy to say that she was successful in the end.
Disclaimer: Sheep was handled with appropriate restraint and felt minimal discomfort during the procedure. Comfort of the animal is our top priority.
I just thought it was really cute =)

Try taking blood from THIS GUY!
Officially murdoch vet farm's biggest bull. Nice guy too.
Lenny, I call him.

Late night suturing practice. My sutures were awesome...

ly bad

Moving on to hardcore surgery...
All gowned up and ready for surgery... random Bain circuit over my neck... I wonder why I was so happy... Might have been the anaesthetic vapours circulating in the place.

Wait

Effects of anaesthetic inhalation? Cardiovascular depression, Respiratory arrest, Hypoxia... =S

Studying for exams have been bad for me. Had 3 exams 3 weeks in a row and it really is taking a toll on me. Let me show you why...

Till next time... *munch* *pats tummy*

funny thing

2009-03-19T19:25:00.006+09:00

I had some fillings done at the dentist today. He injected some local anaesthetic and within 10 minutes, I had lost all sensation in the left side of my mouth and tongue. The injections hurt (about 100 times more painful that my rather benign tetanus booster last week) but as a result, the procedure itself was relatively comfortable.

It's a funny feeling. I couldn't drink, eat or talk properly for about 2 hours after the procedure. But that didn't trouble me too much.

It was when the anaesthetic wore off that i realised i had bit myself several times on the tongue and inside of my lips without even realising.

Now i have to live with several small ulcers in my mouth.

sad.

Anyways... I have been doing disciple class and... It's been really fun so...

here is just an insider's look into a typical day in disciple class

Apart from that it's really interesting most of the time and the company is awesome.

On another note, I have been having weird dreams...

It's probably the stress...

back to study...

Yj conversations

2009-03-10T22:51:00.003+09:00

Tim: So we play tennis at Rossmoyne say, 5pm?

YJ: Okok... Eh why don't you come to UWA to play, because UWA at 5-6pm still bright mah. So don't need to turn on the lights.

Tim: Err... it's the same in Rossmoyne... it's still bright at 5-6pm...

YJ: Oh yea hoh!

Tim: -_-

dinner conversations

2009-03-06T23:43:00.005+09:00

At dinner today, we were at first talking about crime, juvenile detention, age of accountability etc

Oliver: Did you know that the age to be prosecuted for crime is above 10 years old? Stuff like murder. There was this kid who murdered his parents... he was 8 years old... *voice trails*

Jon: That's quite young. How would they know what they were doing.

Tim: Yea, BUT, Jedi knights go on missions and stuff when their what... 11? 12?

Mel: It's 13.

Jon: BUT then... Jedi's receive training since they are babies. So they are very mature for their age.

Oliver: Oh yea! Ash took his pokemon out to battle and missions when he was 12.

Mel: Yea! But...

Aaron: *wtf face*

-_-"""

Happy Birthday dad. Love you lots.

2009-03-02T23:25:00.001+09:00

please

just go away

happy birthday

2009-02-25T21:44:00.002+09:00

Melting

Happy birthday.

You gave me a car for my birthday.

Because i am awesome

i give you this

a really big clock

because

your getting old XD

but it's okay, the clock i give works like the clock in benjamin button (in which you sobbed uncontrollably)

So you can turn back time whenever you want and look back on the awesome years that past and maybe think about the even more awesome future...

so... go ahead and reminisce

like the auntie your turning into

Happy birthday Mel

megahug

random #584

2009-02-24T16:43:00.003+09:00

The lecturer in anesthesia did his job well today,

I fell asleep.

On a lighter and more exciting note

Weyyen sliced his finger open in repro lab the other day

Big cut, lots of blood

Big ass bandage

Most exciting thing to happen in uni yet...

random trip stuff thingis

2009-02-14T23:22:00.008+09:00

Just a few pictures of what happened during my holidays in the tropics

Berjaya Times Square indoor roller coaster

That is it... see that carriage going up the tracks... wait till they reach the top heheh

This is me... cool as a cucumber (yes... my brave face is totally devoid of any anxiety... no worry in the world... i.love.rollercoasters.)

-_-""

but

look... this is

Tiffany

=)

We ended up riding the coaster twice.

It was awesome

KLCC

hrmph

Holding the skybridge up

On the skybridge

You must be wondering where all the KUCHING pictures went. After all, I spent 2 weeks in kuching and only 3 days in KL...

Well, time in Kuching was mostly spent with

This

and of course

The people

Okay I'm tired of uploading pictures for now... more to come once i manage to find some time for myself in the next few weeks

but just the last thing

Let me introduce you to the most handsomest person in the world

and no... it is not andrew leong this time

It's...

I want to share something with you

2009-02-10T20:27:00.006+09:00

Ok i finally found my USB cable for my phone.

But now, I'm lazy to plug it in and transfer pictures.

So in the meantime, you have to see this:

Went to dino world in KLCC and there was this stage with a screen and camera mounted in front of it. I decided to get on stage and see what it would do:

Some random music plays and....

I DANCED WITH SOME DINOSAURS

Me getting warmed up with the dinosaurs... 4 very friendly velociraptors if i am not mistaken.

Think some random cha cha music...

Woopdeedoo... jump for joy... jump and spin and turn and pirouette before the arabesque and...

Then they turned violent i dont know why... and decided to try to eat me...

I know i dont dance very well but cmon guys -_-

RUN!!!

YES... i was running in the wrong direction... i got slightly disoriented ok (it was the dancing)

Then this spinosaurus came and chased the others away...

T-rex the king appeared too... oh shizz what now

My dancing must have been really bad

Pictures credit to "dinosaur world" KLCC

Uni is busy and I just spent 1 hour today learning how to scrub my hands properly.

It was boring and surprisingly difficult (2 page instructions on scrubbing anyone?)...

On the other hand, my... hands (lol @ pun) never felt cleaner... really

they are like baby hands

Back

2009-02-06T11:32:00.009+09:00

Back after 17 days in malaysia. Refreshed and 5 kilos heavier, was an awesome holiday.

Now, I lost the cable connecting my phone to the computer, and the intelligent LG design has such a unique input that no other cable works -_-. So... that means no pictures (besides current facebook ones) until either I find it again or I buy a new one.

Anyways, rediscovering Kuching was fun. It was alot cooler than I imagined (due to the rainy spell). I also realise that people in Kuching like to drive, mainly due to the ~~incompetent~~ non-existent transport system... but also because of chinese new year. Driving etiquette doesn't exist and I find myself congratulating the odd driver who signals before turning.

One day, dad mentioned how amazing it was, that despite the hazardous driving, we haven't seen any accidents. The next day, we saw 3 accidents... The irony...

Parking is as beautiful as I remember it to be... People angle park (acute) in perpendicular boxes... quite neatly I must say, and I bet my life if there were any angle boxes, people would park perpendicular.

The peroduas and protons really make the odd BMW and Camry stand out much like how a tall western fellow stands out in a crowded shopping complex.

Common courtesy faded slowly throughout the 2 weeks in Kuching and dissapeared completely in the last 3 days in KL. Watching dad hard line a street vendor from selling him a bag at 58 ringgit "special price" to "Sir... sir... what price you want... just say... 10 ringgit... please sir... please" was poetry in motion...

Catching up with old friends was the best part. I found myself playing badminton most of the time and even squeezed in some indoor soccer with Andrew and co... must have been the crappy outdoor weather.

Lovely to see you all again...

Anyways, enough talk... hopefully i will find the cable soon and post some pictures up.

It's good to be back in boring old perth... wouldn't have it any other way =)

Ah

2009-01-17T12:51:00.002+09:00

Man: "Are you studying uni?"

Tim the pizza delivery boy: "Yeah"

Man: "Here..." *gives me 5 dollar tip*

Yes... I need all the financial help I can get...

Anyways, side note,

It started with 2 flies which somehow sneaked into our house...

Now there are about 8 generations of flies in my house... little flies, big flies, cousins and nephews, nieces all included. It is getting really annoying...

But it's okay, because I'm leaving for Kuching TOMORROW!

Happiness, anticipation, looking forward... joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, self control, gentleness, love... wait.. wha? *dumb look*

anyways, see you guys in about 2 weeks

Happy Birthday

2009-01-07T23:42:00.004+09:00

I'm officially 21 years old.

"Harry Girthday - josh"

Lots of things are supposed to take on new meaning. More responsibility, maturity, and... stuff. I quote Dr. Dennis Jensen's Federal M.P's very... err... personal letter to me

"It is an exciting time in your life because turning 21 traditionally sumbolises "coming of age" and all the adventures and success that follows"

I certainly hope so...

Adventures and success... well if adventure and success are both measured by serendipity of making good friends and the good times we have together, then this 21st birthday is not about me. Well, it's about you

So, here is to all my friends who I have met, kept and loved all these 21 years of my life... some of you I'm just beginning to know... but no less treasured

To all my friends who have stuck with me through the crap times and smiled with me through the awesomely good times. To those who I haven't met in person for years but still talk like it was just yesterday that we gone our own ways...

If I just keep the bunch of you for the next 21 years, I will be doing well

Thank you.

happy new year

2008-12-31T17:02:00.012+09:00

Back from mission trip (ok, it's been a week) but yea...

I find it difficult everytime i want to write something about mission because i feel the need to summarise everything. There is just too much to write and tell... but i shall try to give you just a fraction of mission trip 2008 Thailand.

Mission trip was awesome to say the least. Even before the mission trip started, we encountered God's love and plan for us. Lives were changed even on the plane to Bangkok.

It didn't stop there.

We went into schools, prisons, rehab centers, homeless shelters, a slum village and an old folks home...

Hundreds of people willingly raised their hands to accept Jesus Christ into their lives throughout the 2 weeks we were there. I do not dare to presume that hundreds of lives were changed but i know that the seeds have been sown. We can only pray for it to grow, and for it to be nurtured (mission trip next year? =)).

There were alot of surprises. As much as mission trip 2007 shared with us and gave us so much insight and lessons from their experience, God... still managed to surprise us...

We didn't expect to do what we did during the 2 weeks.

And God certainly gave us a few lessons... new lessons learnt and old lessons re-learnt

We didn't expect that we could sit and just listen to someone share their life with us, in another language - God taught us to listen

We didn't expect to have someone (multiply that by several hundred) walk up to us and ask for something as simple as a handshake, hug, or prayer - God taught us to give

We didn't expect that people would listen with such an open heart to the word of God - We learn't that God works everywhere we go.

We didn't expect to learn so much from people who have so little - God taught us humility

We didn't expect that either of us could stand in front of hundreds of people who did not even speak our language (english nor chinese) and share the love of Jesus with them - We learn't to trust and have faith in a really BIG God

I have no way of making this sound less corny but... we learn't to love. From our little gifts of love, to giving that man in the slum village a handshake, prayer and a hug. There is no way to describe the feeling... only tears to show for it, when you know your giving that person the first hug and handshake he has ever had in his life.

The ability to love comes from God, who loves us more than we can ever imagine.

And to be able to love other people, you gotta love your own team first =) and those closest to you - God taught us the meaning of friendship

oh yeeea...

*slideshow up soon.. i hope*...

cheng loooooooooooooooooooon... picasaaaaaaaaaaaa

going away

2008-12-07T00:43:00.002+09:00

Going tomorrow to...

Not MalayAsia yet lah...

Thailand =)

See you guys in 2 weeks...

Picture courtesy of Murdoch University Library Reserve.

smalltalk

2008-12-01T00:37:00.004+09:00

I swear there were at least 3 memorable incidents from today but i can only remember one

*At lunch*

Tim: "Hey did you guys watch "Bad Santa" last night?"

YJ: "What?"

Tim: "Bad Santa"

YJ: "Ben and Sta?"

Ben: "No... Bad Santa"

YJ: "Bats and Cars?"

Tim and Ben: "NO! BAD SANTA!"

YJ: "Oh... that's what i said wad"

Friday 29th November gig thingo

2008-11-29T00:09:00.002+09:00

EXAMS ARE OVER!

My last exam for 2008 (ok maybe if i get supplementary paper then 2nd last), started at 2.30pm and finished 4.30pm. I left at 3.00pm.

MESSFEST!

Practice was at 5.00pm. Gig started at 7.30pm... ish.

We were worried about equipment and stuff because we really did not want to bring our own equipment (no one likes to carry bass amps up buildings).

But we finally got it sorted... everything was to be provided for

The improvised safe room... complete with Chiropractic massage chairs XD... ooh wait.. what's that pink thing in the background

Steve wasn't too happy with the drum kit he was going to use l.o.l. What's wrong with it steve?

Half an hour before we started. Beautiful weather.

Ok...

We started off quite frankly... crap. Equipment issues and generally playing shit was the summary for the first 3 songs.

Then we played Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours".

Everyone started dancing and singing along. It didn't matter if we screwed up anymore. I suspect that it was either due to Jason Mraz's wonderful mood setting music... or the alcohol finally taking effect on the crowd.

But yes... ended well enough.

again...EXAMS ARE OVER... thanks guys for the support, texts, messages and prayer. Makes my day everytime.

On a side note... who the hell starts an msn conversation and nudges you 1 second after typing the first sentence...

one more to go

2008-11-27T16:02:00.005+09:00

Dr. Alan Lymbery (Parasitology lecturer) when asked how hard the parasitology exam is going to be

"don't worry, our exam will be easier than pathology. pathologists are often bitter and twisted people - it's got something to do with hanging around dead animals all the time "

tomorrow is pathology paper...

Happy birthday tiffany

2008-11-24T18:38:00.003+09:00

Exam starts tomorrow

Hopefully we survive...

On another note...

Happy birthday Tiffany... she can finally drive

lol

nolah... not bad...

good can send me around

Vending machines

2008-11-22T19:38:00.010+09:00

Staying in uni for most of my life these few weeks have been a revelation to me... no, not in terms of virology or pathology... more in terms of

Vending machines

After putting your precious 2 dollars into the vending machine, you as carefully as possible (Because you want "Deli choice Honey Soy Chicken Chips", not "Smith's original potato chips" next to it) , gingerly click "B" followed by "4"...

then you wait... and hold your breath as the little plastic wire thing around your purchase unwinds...

Because you are never sure if your packet of "Deli choice Honey Soy Chicken Chips" will drop down or not... as much experience as you have with vending machines, you will NEVER be sure

In the event that your chips ARE stuck in the machine (poor man)... you can either

a) bang the vending machine really hard... continuously... this includes shaking and vandalism

b) give up and walk away,

c) or buy another packet behind it hoping it will push the stuck packet down (this creates a whole new set of problems... off the top of my head).

Oh and getting any change back whatsoever is a gamble

Anyways... that was just a little fact i observed today.

My main question is this:

How the hell does this work? Murdoch has recently acquired this chip machine located in the tavern.

Fresh chips from a vending machine?

This from their website:

"The machine operates like a hygienically sealed automated restaurant which uses Rice Bran oil, one of the healthiest oils available in the market place today. All machines can be monitored on-line 24/7 and even have their own ‘back to base’ alarm systems which communicate directly to your mobile phone. The oil is changed after a certain time period or cooking a certain number of serves- which means the chips are only ever cooked in fresh clean oil. Unfortunately we can't tell you exactly how the machine works but we can tell you the technology is sophisticated, unique and is currently covered by provisional patents."

Yet another miracle of human technology. Complete with salt and tomato sauce.

One can only wonder what's next...

automated kampua mee machines

By means of procrastinating

2008-11-20T19:10:00.004+09:00

We were all sitting there staring at the clinical data for a 4 year old cat. What is wrong with her... Kelly, Eloise, Tim, VJ, James... sitting in silence trying to work out the significance of the elevated lipase and normal ALP... What could it be???

5 minutes of silent thinking

James: " OH YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!"

Kelly: "You know the answer?"

Tim: "What is it James?"

VJ: "You know?"

James: "Oh no, I just found some chocolate in my bag... here have some..."

Back to pathology...

150th

2008-11-14T15:49:00.005+09:00

I always thought Mishka was an indiscriminate feeder. Meaning she will eat anything and do anything for food.

This is not the case for treats

As illustrated in the case below

We were over at Esther's backyard with Jeremy, Mishka and Rusty. Mishka was visiting for only the second time. As expected, Mishka plonked down nearby where we were sitting in the patio while Rusty ran around chasing his toys... and Jeremy.

Esther likes to eat as much as she likes to give food so Esther gave Mishka a treat. Mishka didn't touch it. The treat lies wasted on the floor.

"Didn't you say she would do anything for food!?" Esther exclaimed.

I said Mishka can get quite picky with treats.

Esther was dissapointed so she went and took another treat but I remained doubtful. "Maybe she will like this one!" Esther declared.

Esther held the treat in front of Mishka with determination and expectation.

*in high pitched voice* "Treat... Mishka... Treat... here"

Mishka sniffed at it, and took the treat into her mouth...

"SEE! EUKANUBA TREATS ARE THE BEST!" Esther immediately shouted in triumph.

Then Mishka spat it out

Ok...

Library camping starts tonight...

rawr...

I want kolo mee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq3M1vsAP1I

Bastards... no it's not the "omg you can feed a village in africa with all that food" kinda bastard...

it's more stemming from jealousy

yea

again... bastards...

Silly workers

2008-11-11T19:14:00.007+09:00

I can't believe it,

My house is undergoing renovations at the moment and

I told the plasterer to close the side door when he finishes working so Mishka doesn't run out.

I went to uni,

Came back, Mishka was sitting outside in front of the house... OUTSIDE THE HOUSE! There were also 2 buckets of water beside her...

This is what i guess had happened:

Dumb plasterer did not understand the malaysian chinese instructions i gave.

Dumb plasterer finished work and left without closing the door.

Curious Mishka saw the door open and walked out to explore.

Mischievious wind blew the door shut behind her.

Shocked Mishka saw the door close but it was too late to get back in.

Lazybum Mishka decides that, instead of walking and exploring the suburb in the sunny 26 degree day, she should just sit there and wait until someone gets home and opens the door for her.

The weather gets hot and Mishka gets thirsty and bored, she beings to regret not exploring the suburb

Kind neighbours see Mishka and brings over a bucket of water for her to drink.

Grateful Mishka drinks.

More kind neigbours see Mishka and brings over another bucket of water...

Satisfied Mishka has enough water for a week.

Bored Mishka sees dad come home and becomes happy.

Dad is not so happy...

In fact, Dad gets angry...

Dad scolds plasterer

Tim thanks neighbours...

Mishka sleeps wondering what the fuss is about

Parasite prac over

2008-11-08T13:17:00.013+09:00

Parasite prac just finished yesterday,

So many parasite names and life cycles to learn... from simple names like Ascaris Suum to *opens book* Macracanthorhynchus hirudinaceus... *closes book*

Preparation leading up to the exam was epic...

COMMON ROOM MANIA

Review and summary notes on parasites written by "Mature Responsible Learning group inc."

K-Dawg bullcrapping on phylum Protozoa

J-Dawg looking blur as usual... cheating with the book

Common room fridge selling 1 dollar/litre iced coffee... which we indulged in freely... which can lead to diarrhoea... which is not to be confused with diarrhoea caused by Strongyloides spp.

The only failing during common room cramming sessions... was the pool table you can see in the corner of the above picture...

Tim+VJ team > J and K- Dawg team

~~Asians > Aussies~~

After a week of studying, i went to sleep early the night before the exam feeling extremely confused with hundreds of parasite names swirling around my head like the iced coffee in my stomach.

I woke up the next morning to and sms that read:

"Timothias Parasitas!"

As if i wasn't confused enough with the parasites already in my head... still want to introduce one more? Stress la...

It was just the starting of an awesome text from the awesome melwarta footcallusa...

Anyways... so after all that hardcore study, hundreds of parasites, coffee cramming sessions, confuzzling sms' and yet another epic week of vet school... big question is:

How did the exam go?

oklah

is this it

2008-11-04T19:06:00.005+09:00

*Ignore*

Life just seems really dull at the moment... and

There are things I find really hard, parasites among them...

Sometimes I wish I could fast forward life a few weeks or months...

Sometimes I wish I could rewind life a few weeks or months...

Things I regret,

Regret... that's a funny word... they say never have regrets... but how not to...

Things i look forward to

I can't take away the past

And who knows the future

I don't know what to think

Wait... parasites... that's what I gotta be thinking about now... trypanosoma cruzi, trichostrongyloides, stephanurus dentatus, spirometra, trichinella spiralis...

2008-11-01T16:54:00.002+09:00

weddings are nice...

wedding dinners are nicer

berbatov

2008-10-30T22:01:00.001+09:00

there is a reason why he is paid people's annual salary in a week...

I wanted to post a video of it but andrew already did (kinda) and youtube has copyright issues so yea...

Still... omg

study study

2008-10-27T16:20:00.006+09:00

I must study!

Vet 343 Pathology- Remember in first and second year where we got nice anatomy pictures to look at and study? Lungs, brain, heart, etc. Well 3rd year path is just all those pictures... just with more crap on them. Like blood, pus, necrotic debris etc... and you have to figure out what disease the animal got.

I always like how VJ comes up with his diagnosis

"That brain is f*cked up... it is a f*cked up brain"

and prognosis

"Sure die one..."

If only it was that easy...

Vet341 Bacteriology and Virology- How can those little bastards screw you over so bad...

Vet344 Parasitology- Slightly bigger bastards than in vet341, and they screw you pretty bad too.
Oh yea, and it's Schistosoma japonicum for humans, Schistosoma bovis for cattle, Schistosoma mattheei for primates, Schistosoma mekongi for dogs and Schistosoma nasalis for goats, sheep... and that is just for bloody Schistosoma, literally... Schistosoma lives in your mesenteric blood vessels... ok nevermind...

RARGHHH

Btw, Happy birthday Liz =) Jia you studying...

blearh

2008-10-25T17:24:00.004+08:00

sleeping at 4am ish cannot be good for health.

Planned to get up at 8.30 to finish my testimony for mission trip. I was incapable of getting up at 8.30. Got up at 9.30 to make it to mission trip meeting at 10.00.

Testimony sharing was a mess. Blearh.

Got home, decided to nap for a little bit. Somehow, i managed to neglect signing out of msn...

I got into bed, closed my eyes for a good 5 minutes, then

DOIODIODOIDKKK (assume that is msn conversation pop up noise)

*mutters... grumbles... -_-* walks to computer... shuts off msn.

Ok, maybe now i can sleep properly...

RREEEKKKKKKRREIIIIIKKK (assume that is driller noise)

Yes, my house is undergoing renovations at the back. The carpenters are doing their job. Mind you, they are really good at it, fast... just noisy. Very... freaking noisy...

So anyways... after half an hour of that and constant attempts to migrate to dreamland... I gave up...

So i tried to study respiratory pathology lectures 3 and 4.

Made it to the end of lecture 3, and I decided to do something useful instead

i.e Tried out the new fifa 2009 ps3 game i just bought...

berbatov got injured after the first 5 minutes of playing... its ok, got tevez...

After 15 minutes, Mishka gave me the "i want to get out of the house ffs you, stop playing that noisy machine" look...

fine... fine

Walking my big polar bear is always fun, just not as rewarding as if i actually had more than 4 hours sleep the night before.

And now, I got work from 5.30pm to 11.30pm

Such is life... till next time

can I do something else please

2008-10-19T21:29:00.001+08:00

I don't want to study ><

2008-10-14T23:53:00.005+08:00

Just a little bit of fun with the muvee studio... yes... I was bored

Pictures are from Viewty U990

Filesize only 1.6 megs for those who are on stringent broadband diets

First attempt with random pictures

Second attempt with the same theme, different pictures ... I think this one is better

Filesize 1.6mb, pictures via Viewty u990 (rach if you interested)

The theme and music just reflects my slackness right now... sigh... gotta go study

Viewty U990 attempt

2008-10-13T17:37:00.005+08:00

Was out walking Mishka today and saw a few nice details I normally do not notice. So decided to try out my new LG Ku990 camera.

The colours actually turned out quite nice but it is hard to get a decent photo with Mishka pulling on one hand (in fact, her tail is in the second picture), camera in the other and wind blowing the plants all over the place.

Image stabliser was dissapointing (Doesn't really help with plants shaking in the wind) and picture taking skills need improving.

Will try to take better pictures when I walk around the suburb again sometime...

On a more relaxed note:

Pizza king episode #241: Asians 1-0 Aussies

As I am a driver, the time I actually spend in the shop is limited. However, what few minutes I do spend in the shop every shift, is pretty much gold when the boss is not around.

In this episode,

Tim- Me

Timmy- Manager (asian)

Braden- Aussie pizzamaker
___________________________________________

Tim: Hey Timmy, Braden gets really really pissed when we speak in chinese you know?

Timmy: Really?

Tim: Yea, go say something to him in chinese...

Timmy: Hey Braden, ni jin tian hao ma? (How are you today?)

Braden: Wtf... Tim, what did Timmy say to me?

Tim: I don't know, I didn't hear it. (I was honestly distracted at that point and didn't catch what Timmy said)

Braden: Bullshit! Timmy, what did you say?

Timmy: I don't know.

Braden: Your so full of shit Timmy... Hey Tim, what the hell did he say? I bet it's something bad! (getting extremely agitated at this point)

Tim: Timmy what did you say?

Timmy: Ni jin tian hao ma? (How are you today?)

Tim: Oh, hey Braden...

Braden: Yea?

Tim: He called you an arsehole.

vet revue

2008-10-11T23:38:00.011+08:00

Vet revue, a time of fun, music and crude humour,

We, Band Neutrophil... were the inhouse band in what was to be our first gig ever, and possibly the last...

The day did not start well,

Kelly was supposed to pick up the equipment with her truck but broke her phone, so after alot of miss communication (or lack of), Kelly ended up in uni without picking ANYTHING up...

Without Kelly's truck, how were we going to carry the drumset and amps to the venue?

Somehow, Steve managed to fit the ENTIRE drumset into his lancer. Apparently, it did not even go in halfway the last time he tried. I also managed to fit the bass amp into my corolla. Divine intervention? maybe...

Anyways, we made it on time, carried all the equipment up three stories,

and the show started...

Vocals: Kelly (K-rispy), Jen

Electric: James (J-Dawg)

Bass: Tim (The Foo fighter (apparently -_-"""))

Drums: Steve (Steve Daddy Shaggs)

* Nicknames were NOT my invention*

All in all everything went pretty good,

Side note:
James consumed a fair amount of alcohol, Kelly consumed WAYYYY too much and Steve did not have a drop. Apparently, he said "I've tried drinking before playing drums... couldn't keep the beat right"

Steve and I were asked to do a little bit of impromptu jamming during the intermission. Didn't really know what to do so before we started, we decided that we should keep a funk beat throughout and somewhere in the middle, I will signal Steve for a drum solo.

I actually asked him "You want a solo?".

He replied "Is that even a question..."

I expected a 30 second, minute long solo, max. He ended up doing about 5 minutes... yes...a jaw dropping, mind blowing 5 minutes...

Steve having some fun in the intermission, yes, he is twirling the stick on his right hand...

The lowdown

Nothing much else to say just it was fun, funny. Alcohol was in abundance and afters were... well, lets just say I didn't want to stay too long...

Alex asked me to take the picture for her (girl on right), so Alex, here it is if you ever want, or remember it... you probably won't

why am i blogging again

2008-10-06T20:30:00.006+08:00

Firstly congratulations Steve for your birthday present (mel close your eyes):

Double kick bass drum pedals!

Now I would like to tell you a erm... story

A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

A fierce battle is going on

Hurrhh!!!!!

Jono tries a defensive parry (erm... by some jedi powers, Jono manages to retrieve his balloon saber from the clutches of Darth Charles)

Charles is too fast and delivers the coup de grace... Darth Joshua is pleased with his young apprentice Darth Charles

The dark side prevails yet again

Point to note: Sword balloons should be deflated when the handle pops, in the presence of 5 year old children...

And lastly, I would like to give tribute to two amazing badminton players I saw on Thursday

Goku and Gohan team

sunday blues

2008-10-05T21:08:00.005+08:00

Assignments are usually due on monday.

I havent had a decent stress free sunday in weeks now. Last sunday (monday morning) i slept at 4am.

I guess it's my own fault, having the whole week to do everything but always managing to end up undone on a sunday night...

Oh yea, went to see melly at muffin break saturday afternoon, the plan was to cheer her up (because she missed the bbq for work).

Went there, saw Nick (check), then sta (check), parents (check), aussie staff worker (check),... eyy?? where is mel?

After abit of neck straining and tiptoeing over the counter, there she was! Smiling away waving at us.

We talked abit, laughed, then left because we felt like we were intruding on work. I swear Nick threw me a few dirty looks while making coffee...

Walking away, I can't help but to feel that somehow, the little girl (bahaha) with a big smile cheered us up more than we did her.

then again, maybe it was just the muffins... mmmm

woah

2008-10-05T00:10:00.003+08:00

Walked into work, saw on the counter

"14 family size, 7 small" total price $279 in ONE delivery order...

wo wo wo... thats what a driver usually does in one NIGHT

Jake wanted it, thinking he could get a 20 buck tip (300-279) so let him lah.

He came back about 30 minutes later, looked at us, said

"2 dollars tip, and considering I had to spend 15 minutes looking for the house because the lady gave me a wrong number, and that i had to make 2 trips to the car to get all the pizzas out, bleh"

$279 = $2 tip

Jake just managed proportionately the worst ever cost to tip conversion ratio I have ever seen.

I hate it when

2008-10-02T15:39:00.003+08:00

Lecturer pointing to a omgwtfbbwcomplex diagram of Angiostrongylus vasorumfdgfdagesv and says

"Now, we would never expect you to memorise this, but it would certainly help to learn it."

Okay

wtf

Exam still essay questions right. So if don't learn how to understand, don't memorise how to sit the exam.

If you want us to memorise shiz, don't give us false hope by trying to make it sound like we don't have to memorise the life cycle of Aelurostrongylus absrusus and it's relation to Filaroides hirthi L1- L13 when you are going to set questions like "Outline the life cycle of Aelurostrongylus absrusus and it's relation to Filaroides hirthi L1- L13"

Up yours parasitology

GMC concert

2008-09-30T23:24:00.002+08:00

was awesome...

some funny moments off the top of my head

**************

Tim: Rach you the leader of this group right (group of sean, rachel, jono, tim)?

Rach: No!!

Jono: I think the oldest should be the leader.

Tim: Well I think the person of a different gender to the rest should be leader.

Rach: No! I think a real man should be the leader!

Jono: Dammit...

**************

Uncle quartet... dancing

************

Joseph walks in with his hardcore camera idontknowwhatitscalled

"Hi Jono!" *snaps a picture straight away*

"Oh! Hi Tim!!" *snaps another picture*

Later,

Joseph: Tim, let me show you something... woooo *shows me the LCD display on his camera by moving the camera up and down repetitively* woooooo

Tim: Erm, your point?

Jono looks bemused as well

Joseph: woooooo *continues moving camera up and down repetitively*

Tim & Jono: Your point, Joseph?

Joseph: You don't get it? Normally these cameras don't display on LCD, but mine does...

Tim & Jono: oh...

Joseph: You don't get it... nevermind... sigh *dejected*

******************

Sarah playing the tamborine while holding the mike singing... slowly tiring and slowing down throughout the singspiration...

***********

Natalie speaking chinese... perfectly....

***********

Yu Jhyn

**********

Ways to annoy people

2008-09-27T00:09:00.003+08:00

I R Bored

1. Show up at funerals in a clown suit.

2. Sprint up the down escalator.

3. When talking to someone, repeat every third third word you say say. It is very very annoying.

4. At the cinema watching a romantic movie, clap when the girl's true lover dies.

5. Or... you could always throw popcorn in the air and shout :"Its snowing!."

6. When asked to prepare desert, try boiling ice cream.

7. When giving directions in a car, point to the left when saying right. (I am not liable for accidents)

8. Laugh at fat people in swimsuits.

9. Ask your date how much money she has with her.

10. Before you come out of the lift... push all buttons

berbatov

2008-09-22T18:33:00.009+08:00

Score is 1-1... with 2 minutes left to go...

Tevez gets substituted on. He warms up with a good first touch, but loses the ball after taking it past one defender. Chelsea regain posession.

Chelsea press on in attack. Joe Cole beats Neville and dribbles down the left wing, puts in a telling cross. Kuszcak rises highest and is (however you spell it) equal to it. He throws the ball quickly down the middle. Rooney picks up the ball around the halfway mark. United are now on the counter attack. Ronaldo open on the right wings, Tevez running just in front.

Rooney pushes the ball down the middle to Tevez. Tevez flicks the ball through to Berbatov with a deft touch. Berbatov holds off one defender and breaks free!

He takes 2 big strides and unleashes a blistering shot on goal!

It completely takes Cech by surprise!

The ball is headed for the top right corner!

GOAL!!!!! THE SCORE IS NOW 2-1 to United!

OH THE JUBILATION. WE CAN NOW TASTE VICTORY!

Berbatov runs to the Stretford end pointing to the united badge on his shirt as if he had achieved his ambition of a lifetime by scoring for his dream team.

Sheer elation from the united camp! Total disbelief from the other. All coalescing into the anthem oh so familiar

"Glory glory man united!"

Stamford bridge has never known such loud ariosing for their own team, let alone an away team.

But this wasn't any away team.

It was Manchester United, Champions of the England, Kings of Europe...

... then i woke up

monday morning 7am

2008-09-21T23:19:00.000+08:00

sucks

Viva Italia

2008-09-11T22:15:00.000+08:00

Today, I wore an Italy shirt to work.

Considering what Italy did to Australia (or what the referee did) in the last world cup, I figured it might be unwise to fly the colours of Italy to work... I might get lynched...

On my first delivery, this aussie bloke opened the door, looked at my shirt, then looked at the big Italian flag printed on the front, and said

"Well, you got the right idea...

so now... how to do you say "pizza" in italian?"

Turned out to be one of the best thursday tip nights ever.

viva italia...

Suturing, consults and foood

2008-09-05T17:06:00.003+08:00

Had a conference about 4 days ago which taught me several things. Firstly, there's

How to deal with angry clients

Several things stuck with me. So whenever clients get pissy,

It's not about you, it would have happened to the next person in their way

Always keep a cool head, even if you have to "hang on one moment", go outside the room and "FFFFFFFFFFF**************", then walk back in smiling...

Remember that you and the owner have the animal's best interest at hand

Shouting is just a form of communication, and swearing is just language

If all doesn't work well... get the boss

Consultation skills

Bascially just practiced going through a consult, asking the right questions and keeping the client happy and informed.

Main thing: Shut up and listen

Palpation workshop

Learning to ~~grope~~ physically examine pu.. cats and dogs.

Suturing workshop

A basic suturing class

on a banana...

Overall awesome fun and the best thing about the conference... the thing that beat everything else....

endless supply of food, cakes, muffins, bbq, brownies, subway... beer

bathing and the essay

2008-09-03T14:26:00.007+08:00

I am sitting in my room bored out of my brains. Don't get me wrong, I have an essay due in 5 days which I haven't started... I just, don't feel like doing anything.

Mishka got bathed 2 days ago. She doesn't like baths. Don't think anyone would really like being tied down and drenched against your will. But we had to do it.

So after a few whines and a lot of coaxing, we (dad mainly) managed to get her clean.

She smells really nice now (smelling really nice being the absence of doggy smell).

Just yesterday, she completely dried off and smells great (took a whole day and half to dry off damn fur ball malamute). So clean dog = allowed in the house + more huggable. She gets to spend a little bit more time indoors watching tv with us and just lazing around the kitchen floor (it's cooler there). She gets more pats and cuddles for being clean and smell-less too. And I think she's a happier dog for it.

Guess it's like us sometimes eh. No one likes doing essays (some people do, but I'm sure most don't), schoolwork, assignments, studying for exams, or even having a particularly hard day, week at work.

Just, we gotta do it, hang in there like this girl:

She wasn't happy being bathed (seriously, look at her face), but she persevered (courtesy or the leash, general placid nature and treats i guess). And now, one and half days later, she's cleaner, allowed in the house, more huggable. And she is a happier dog for it.

Makes me realise that sometimes, just, do what we have to do, hang in there... be it

one and half days till you dry off,
5 days till you finish your essay,
one week till you finish a bad week at work,
one month till you finish exams,
one year or two till you graduate,

Smile through it, and maybe... just maybe, you might come out the other end a happier, more huggable creature.

so now...

i'm gonna start my essay

bye

Happy

2008-08-31T22:47:00.001+08:00

Happy Birthday popo

我爱您

The Breakup: episode 2304

2008-08-25T23:53:00.005+08:00

s says:
you all good?

tim says:
nope

tim says:
im heartbroken

tim says:
i have a confession to make to you s

tim says:
*serious face*

s says:
-_-

s says:
*slap*

tim says:
i

tim says:
love

tim says:
mishka

s says:
OH MY GEEE

s says:
i knew it!

s says:
how could you tim?!

tim says:
gasp right?

s says:
after all we've been through

s says:
you stab me right in the back

tim says:
im so sorry

s says:
and go for.. a malamud?!

tim says:
im contrite

tim says:
its malamute!

tim says:
you idiot

s says:
i mean. WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG HERE?!

tim says:
thats exactly why i cant be with you

tim says:
you cant even spell

tim says:
im sorry s

tim says:
im just not your type

s says:
*tear drop*

tim says:
i have perffect speling

tim says:
you dont

s says:
*sniff

tim says:
here... take a tissue

tim says:
its the least i could do

tim says:
im sorry it has to end this way

s says:
t-th-thank you

tim says:
i just hope..

tim says:
we can still be friends

s says:
NO

s says:
each time i look at you i'll just be reminded of the heart ache you've caused me

s says:
this heart of mine needs time to heal

s says:
*dramatic exit*

tim says:
*looks on.. half his heart decides to chase after her... but the other half cannot take the pain
anymore*

tim says:
she goes left and you stay right...

**********************Filmed with "Windows Live Messenger 7.1"***********************

I win

2008-08-25T23:32:00.001+08:00

Just finished a report, took me 36 hours to finish... handed in 47 minutes before deadline. I win.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones - Theodore Roosevelt

Laughter is the closest difference between two people - Victor Borge

I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts. - John Steinbeck

ignore

2008-08-21T11:00:00.006+08:00

You know what...

I have no need for friends who are chummy when things are going well, and conveniently gone when things are not.

Friends who treat you like a nobody

Friends who constantly think their problems are bigger than yours.

Friends who take you for granted...

Frankly, I had enough

Time for embarassing pictures

2008-08-20T18:52:00.007+08:00

Happy birthday little girl

You are the blurness sometim...

all the time...

but thanks for being an awesome baddy partner...

well...

kinda awesome

on a side note:

why are you always snapped with your supertwin?

Your pretty good at guitar

no, seriously

So before my stomach feels any funnier...

Happy Birthday Sam, mate, moxa,muthu, idiot, whatever

I have a feeling I could have been nicer with this birthday post... but...

nahhh

random

2008-08-14T21:21:00.002+08:00

Today at work, was at the oven turning some pizzas over... and Braden said

"Tim i think one of your friends are here"

I looked across and saw Ivan (foochow one). So Ivan and I talked for abit bla bla bla... something along the lines of "free pizza... free pizza... free pizza"

Then he had to go and the boss was throwing disgusting looks at me...

After he left,

Braden looked at me and said "Can you guys not speak asian (chinese) in front of us aussies? It's hell annoying... it really is"

I replied, "Well, I didn't want you to understand what I told him about you."

"Hahahaha... wait... sh1t... you serious?"

"=)"

"No really... you serious?"

Bandwidth I kill

2008-08-12T20:57:00.011+08:00

Last week, so many things happened

First there was the Jason Mraz concert which was awesome (I shall say no more because I will be lynched)... So here are just some pictures

I like this one

Someone was desperate for ice cream... very very desperate...

Joy we all know what your gonna say

The man himself

Yes... we were that close.

Interestingly, we only lined up for like an hour for a stagefront view. Heck, at some concerts, you wont even get a ticket if you slept overnight at the doorstep.

Anyways, blogspot hates me... I can't see any pictures as I am typing this... only the HTML...

I digress... next up was halfway day

It was a day where 3rd year vet students celebrate getting halfway (2 and a half years) through the 5 year course...

The theme was halfway between dreams and reality (shaity theme in my book)...

So became a busker/bar singer (cheap i know)... brought my guitar too. VJ wanted to be a vampire and Weyyen wanted to be a matador i guess

stuntwoman Lisa

James obviously didn't think twice about falling over in that...

So many more interesting outfits...

and what do vet students do when they celebrate?...

Take a guess

*sorry for the picture... i didn't take it... wasn't there for the craziness... i left early for...

Sis night in church

Videos were on previous post (below)

but yes... awesome stuff again...

Best dressed dude in my book

Then there was basketball competition on the saturday...

Hectic week done...

Today 8 hours uni...

so at lunchtime...

Just needed a timeout

Sorry for killing your internet

Sis night 08 (same as imc blog)

2008-08-10T22:19:00.001+08:00

A big big thank you to ALL the brothers who put in so much effort into sis night.

And we want the sister's to know that we did all that because we love you. We love because he first loved us. (1 John 4:19).

So know that your appreciated and much loved sisters.

Hope you guys had an awesome awesome night

here are the videos from youtube (Thanks josh)

Part 1 the making

Part 2 interview

Part 3 the movie

First day back in uni

2008-08-04T20:39:00.000+08:00

Today first day back in 8 weeks.

I actually have my parasitology manual open in front of me... I shall succeed where marshy failed... revising every night....

SIF

it wont last.

it never does.

So today, went into lecture, first person I talked to was the ever bubbly Kristine... so happy to see her again... then i sat next to the amazing genius Nat...

throughout i had weyyen sleeping on my left and nat vigorously copying notes on my right...

I was somewhere in between them... half asleep and half copying notes.

Saw James the Giant too... tall and big as usual.

No one changed,

VJ lost weight but thats about it

The familiar 100 or so students packed into VCS1.106 lecture hall, the smell of rotting flesh coming from the dissection labs nearby coupled with the smell of faeces from the equine barn due north...

Boy, am I glad to be back

Rawr

pure joy

2008-07-25T00:05:00.002+08:00

I ring the doorbell...

ah john opens the door... looks at jono and i sleepily...

his eyes fall on the 2 family pizza king pizzas we were carrying.

instantly his face... changes

You guys know what the picture of pure happiness is?

"OH YESssss!!! YESS!!!!.... YII KUOK!!! PIZAAAAaaaa.. COME EA...." dissapears back into house to find yii kuok.

unmasked joy there...

hrmph

2008-07-22T17:44:00.001+08:00

Somehow, I have less time to blog in the hols than when it's not.

So i take the lazy option

Guess who is who

Snow or fur

Birthday Smile

2008-07-14T00:13:00.001+08:00

ew happy birthday cutie

and the fatty

2008-07-11T16:37:00.001+08:00

post camp depression hits

Sam the cat

2008-07-05T23:31:00.000+08:00

One of the funny moments of farm prac.

Was having breakfast with the farmer and his wife.

Talked and talked...

The toast was very nice too.

What I realised later was that every bite of my toast,

yielded a fresh sprinkling of toast crumbs on Sam the cat who was sleeping very soundly on my lap

resulting in her being covered in a brown layer of toast, looking very insulted

im sorry sam

Back

2008-06-27T17:21:00.002+08:00

Back from 1 week of cows and cow poo

How was it like?

Remember my post on cow prac?

multiply that by 1000 =)

Anyways views were specatcular... first few days were sunny, albeit freezing cold, grass green, rolling hills and plenty of trees.

Meals consisted of very simple food like toast, baked beans, chicken for dinner, pea soup etc

There was this diamond tree lookout tower nearby for tourists. You could climb the tree (rungs provided) and go all the way to the lookout house at the top for the views. One of the days i made up my mind to climb it.

I got there.

Looked up

Took a better look up

Looked down at the rungs

No. Freaking. Way.

What if i get a panic attack halfway up... i was all alone.

Heights are not my thing.

But still i tried... made about 20 rungs... common sense prevailed

Anyways, I think I owe a few animals some dedicated blog entries eh, got 1 or 2 more dogs from the alpaca farm and I want to blog about a certain aristocratic cat from this farm sometime

Till then, time to catch up on... sleep

2008-06-21T01:13:00.000+08:00

1 week of cows.

ciao

randoms about dogs and people

2008-06-19T22:50:00.001+08:00

Going to woop woop in 2 days time so i might as well post this up while i can

Here is Roland

He is always hungry (well, looks hungry anyways that fatso)... here he is trying to get a piece of Teneil's biscuit at lunchtime

None for you dear says Teneil

Ok no food from the mean girl... how about you tim?

Yes... Roland lives for food, he is such a dear when he looks at you eating your lunch

... that you can't help... but to give in

*Comic moment for today*

Drove a 4 wheeler today... very fun...

But when Kevin, who works at the farm tagged along for a ride, the rotating sprinklers came on. I just managed to save myself, Teneil and Weyyen, by skillfully swerving to the side out of reach. The bore water cascaded harmlessly past our heads.

I was pretty happy with myself so i stopped the 4 wheeler.

Then I heard a shout from behind me

"FURTHER FORWARD!! DAMMIT"

The sprinklers got kevin, I didn't move forward far enough... he was drenched XD

Couldnt stop laughing for 5 minutes

*Comic moment #2*

Some damn spitting alpaca spat at me full in the face.

It was disgusting.

I raised my hand to try to scare her away in a "im gonna hit you" motion

My hand barely made it above my head

The damn thing spat again.

It was disgusting... and embarassing this time... i walked away...

Oh yea and happy bday mom... with your pizza king pizza/bday cake

Hope you can see mishy in the background covered by jeremy.

More dog pictures, more doggie blogs next time, still have about 8 dogs to go... too many tonight for me

eejit

2008-06-18T17:08:00.001+08:00

You wanted alpaca pics?

Here is one

Peggy Sue trying to kiss weyyen... or is weyyen trying to kiss her

Here is two very friendly alpacas

ooh another two in different colours

Here is a bunch

Happy now eejit?

Ok now on to the dogs... theres about 11 dogs all up on the property... maybe blog about them next time

Here is a preview tho

Banjo the cavalier

The cuteness

2008-06-16T18:37:00.001+08:00

Alpacas are so cute

but, there is one thing cuter

"Mere" the chihuahua

They don't come much cuter than that

Cutie

Smiling gets you more tips

2008-06-14T23:49:00.002+08:00

Smiling gets you more tips? Dont know...

I worked tonight and it was really busy at one point so i had to do a triple delivery (means i drive to 3 houses to deliver 3 orders in a single outing).

So before i left, One of the guys at the shop said "remember to smile tim, more tips"

Off I went.

I reached the first house without problem (my acute sense of direction *nods*). Rang the doorbell, and this bearded fat man opened the door. We shall now refer to the bearded fat man as santa. The first thing santa said was

"I asked for pepsi max".

I glanced down at my hand holding a bottle of pepsi. I didn't know what to say but apparently i committed some huge sin by bringing him pepsi instead of pepsi MAX. In fact, he actually said

"I don't drink pepsi, no one drinks pepsi"

I retorted

"WELL WHATS THE DIFFERENCE SANTA??!?!?"

... ok i did not say that... but i wanted to. Spent about 5 minutes explaining to him and whatnot...

Can someone tell me whats the difference please?

Smiling, was impossible... so no tips

On I go to my next house, already 5 minutes behind schedule...

I curse my sense of direction... I got lost

15 minutes turning up and down, I finally got the the house. Surely there can be no more problems this time, only a simple pizza delivery, no stupid pepsi max or santa.

A young fellow, slightly on the fat side with a red nose opened the door. We shall now refer to him as "Rudolph".

Naturally, I smiled.

Rudolph smiled back. He seemed a nice man.

I was happy.

He reached for the handle of the grill, it was locked. He needed his keys... he needed the damn keys.

Having keys in a convenient, easily accessible place like his pants pocked would be wonderful. But no, he had to look for them... 5 minutes...

oh so cold standing outside...

I smiled after i handed him his pizzas...

10 cents tip...

No matter! On I go to the next house... already a good 20 minutes behind.

Glad to say I did not get lost getting there this time...

I got lost getting back to the shop...

What fun...

har har

Oh yea...

grand total tips from those 3 deliveries

Santa: Nah

Rudolph: 10 cents

Last house: 50 cents

Smiling is not worth it...

I never felt more mentally drained in my life

2008-06-04T19:08:00.002+08:00

Just finished my pharmacology exam...

6 and a half hours study and 4 hours sleep before the exam is definately the limit for me... I admire some people who can cram stuff, not sleep for the entire night, and STILL maintain a reasonable amount of function on exam day (you know who you are).

This is the first time i'd say i felt more mentally drained studying pharmacology than first year anatomy practical exams. In fact, i feel more drained than first and second year combined was how i felt. One simply CANNOT remember all antibiotic and analgesic cover for dogs cats humans rabbits horses pigs ruminants birds kangaroos.

I swear i never felt like this before but... medicos have it easy, damn them (disclaimer : i have nothing but respect for medicos... this is said in a moment of spontaneous status epilepticus... which btw we use diazepam and phenobarbitone to treat har har... har... what about horses?)

on I go

Someone (the gracious steph) compiled a list of drugs we have to know for the exam and showed it to me the night before. There were about (cant remember exactly) 100+ drugs. Talk about rote learning, this takes the crown.

/telmisartan, captopril, gentamicin, ketamine, thiopentone, phenytoin, propofol, atenolol, clenbuterol, clomipramine, ketoprofen, doxytetracycline, i hate you because i actually know what all these drugs do... my head hurts...

Now that i know the 4 top NSAIDS to give cats... why dont we memorise another TEN NSAIDS for horses and dogs hmm?

So much material to memorise you actually learn new things in the exam.

General consensus was, no one could sleep the night before either

1) too many drug names floating around in their head
2) too many drugs still to learn
3) nervous
4) all of the above

Anyone who could sleep during the night before either memorised everything happily, or just gave up (most likely the latter)

Talk about giving up... brandon sat next to me in the exam... he went out after 80 minutes, looked at me before he went... "I give up"

way to go... i want to give up as well... but i still need to bullsh1t some random drug to treat urine spraying in cats. (buspirone i figured).

i left after 90 minutes

we mourned

at least its over

I need to study nutrition now

i am the tiredness... my nephew zion manages to put cute in it too somehow

what?

2008-05-31T10:58:00.000+08:00

Crappy, Happy

Whatever

Reasons... excuses

What can I do...

Nothing

only less

I hate riddles

too simple

a century of blog posts

2008-05-27T10:17:00.000+08:00

100th blog post

All i can say is

Priorities are stuffed

dont have

2008-05-22T23:11:00.000+08:00

to say anything

because its right here

Toxic plants

2008-05-20T18:02:00.000+08:00

Our vet school ran a little toxic plant conpetition (some toxicology thing)...

So it was open to every student, and whoever gets the most and best toxic plant collection in 1 week gets a 100 dollar prize (woooo). *personally i rather work 1 week and earn 5 times more than spend the week collecting TOXIC plants... but then again... there is this annoying education thing*

Needless to say, I did not participate... those who did... however (nerds) *ok maybe not nerds cos they are pretty awesome people but*, did a pretty impressive job i must say.

The various collections were displayed today...

Fine... fine specimens... Patterson's curse, iceplant, soursob... the rest fails my memory

But the standout one

Huh?

Marijuana... or cannabis sativa

The plant collection won first prize

Owner wouldn't reveal the location of her aquisition

On a more personal note.

I sniffed it...

it was disgusting

Don't do drugs

If only you could talk

2008-05-17T10:43:00.000+08:00

... If only...

I think if I wait long enough, she will give me a slice of that pizza

Starvation is imminent

That was from me? Really?? Nawwhh...

I think I need a walk, or a sleep... either works fine

Pass me the blanket on your way out will you?

I'll be your best friend, if you'll be mine

One united

2008-05-12T21:10:00.000+08:00

Is it really easier to get fat than to get skinny?

Hmm...

Anyways... random thought. Didn't want to think too much about it

What i REALLY wanted to say was

Oh yea baby...

her name is Mishka

2008-05-05T22:35:00.000+08:00

Quote of the day

Jeremy asks Joseph and Rachel

"Are you guys brother and sister?"

Joseph : "Hmm. She's my wife... Haha...."

Jeremy: "Really?"

Joseph: "Just kidding"

Newest addition to the family

Our dear bigkahuna goofball malamute

infatuation

2008-05-03T12:03:00.000+08:00

I think i fell in love ^^

a pinch of salt

2008-05-02T09:23:00.000+08:00

Something that came up recently and in care group.

Something about predestination and free will. I want to state my beliefs on it but I am no authority on this matter as I have the wisdom of a three year old. Just my take on it.

Free will vs predestination is such a big issue, something people have been debating about for centuries, even among believers. But it is something not crucial to the belief of salvation. So whatever discussion of the matter in this issue does not prove or disprove the existence of God and the reality of salvation. In fact, I think it is a healthy debate. The Bible has a fair number of seemingly contradictory verses on various topics, but when taken as a whole across all scripture there is always a logical solution that allows all the verses to fit together nicely in the puzzle. I shall not attempt to argue what people have argued over the centuries over thousands of books and articles (read some if you will, to understand it). Calvanism, armenism, bla bla... too much to cover. I shall merely state what I believe, in the SIMPLEST way possible. Here goes.

So does God choose people to go to heaven or to end up one way or another, or does God let people make their own choices (free will).

One thing that we need to understand is that God is outside time. He is the past, present and future. Saint Thomas Aquinas used the image of a watchman, representing God, standing on a height looking down on a valley where past present and future, represented by the individuals and their actions strung out along its length, are all visible simultaneously to God. God KNOWS what will happen, the decisions we will make etc. He knows how the world will end up like in revelation, he knows there will be famine, natural disasters, antichrist etc because he has been there and seen it.

So does this take our notion of free will away?

I don't think so. We are COMPLETELY free to make our own decisions, and God is here to guide and lead us but then again, God is in the future as well so he knows where we will end up. Hard thing to get your head around isn't it.

I think about it this way, your dad tells you to pay particular attention to chapter 2 and 3 in the physics textbook because it is important for the exam tomorrow. So you listen and study them thoroughly. After the exam, you ace it and run home to tell your dad "Dad! Dad! You were right, those chapters DID come out and I did really well!" Dad simply replies "I know". Or in the alternate situation where you don't study and come home crying. Dad gives you a hug and says "I know, try again next time". Just an example (so don't go "but I don't study physics, or anything of the sort")

So what does this say.

You are perfectly free to choose to study those chapters after dad told you to. You are perfectly free to choose to NOT study those chapters as well. That is free will. If you are a reasonably "good child", you will, more often than not study those chapters and dad sits back on his couch, knowing you will do it (he can almost predict you will do well). If you are a "not so good child", you will probably choose to ignore the advice and a good dad will probably give you some encouragement. You still can choose to not study it, but you will not do well and dad knows it (he can almost predict you will not do well). Assuming direct correlation between studying and doing well.

So same thing with God. He knows who we are (good child or not so good child) and what decisions we are predisposed to make. He KNOWS pharoah wont let the israelites go free without his influence in the matter. He KNOWS Moses will listen to him when He asked him to save the israelites. He sometimes lets us make our own decisions, sometimes he influences them, sometimes he almost forces us to (dad with a cane).

But that doesn't take the element of free will away (you can STILL choose not to listen, like Jonah, yea he gets caned). But what God DOES know is the end result (he can predict results WAY better than dad because he has seen it, been there).

He wants the best for us and wants us to ultimately get where he wants us to. So yea, God does in many ways influence our decisions, but it is up to us to choose to listen now, listen next time, or never listen. The end result of either choice, God knows... literally.

So thats just a really really small part of what I had to say... because... I need to go back to study for my exam sigh...

But having said all that, this is the basis of my faith:
I believe the Bible is clear that works cannot produce salvation, that grace is a gift undeserved and unearned. I also believe man has free will, but the only “choice” he makes in salvation is by accepting God’s free gift (Eph 2:9).

laksa night

2008-04-24T23:06:00.001+08:00

ugh

2008-04-21T23:28:00.000+08:00

90th blog post...

and i have nothing to say

just random stuff that happened during the week

This one was the highlight:

I ate pig food.... voluntarily

Our pig doctor was demonstrating stuff to us on the piggery... he then picked up some pig pellets... and popped them into his mouth... started chewing... and seemed to enjoy it

so i tried lo

yes its about time

2008-04-14T22:30:00.000+08:00

Of big cakes

and cookie mistakes

Those eyes

2008-04-08T23:29:00.001+08:00

That day i was in the uni outdoor cafe... just sitting around.

Then this old lady came near me to sit down... i turned around

and following her was this beautiful Labrador guide dog.I am going to name it Larry... because i don't want to call Larry "it" and i shall call the old lady "lucy"... because no reason

Larry followed Lucy around, and when she finally sat down, the dog sat at her feet... waiting on her.

Larry guides Lucy around, protecting her from everything, and is probably trained to vocalise when there is an impeding stroke... total and complete loyalty...

Makes me wonder

what does Lucy give back to Larry?

She can't give anything besides food, shelter and a little bit of love and affection (in the senile old lady way)... but most of the time, Larry probably gets ignored when Lucy is busy with doing her stuff... but still sitting there... giving all his attention to the master entrusted to him...

So why does Larry stay with Lucy?

Is it just because he was trained to do so? Shaped since young to serve his master till either one dies?

I dont understand it

Until i noticed Larry's eyes

I do not have a good picture of Larry... I only took a snapshot from the side... but you can imagine

Probably the kindest eyes you will ever see...

A pair of eyes that says

I don't mind if i get kicked on, stepped on, rejected, starved or abused... I am here for her... and always will be... because her life depends on me...

It's the kind of eyes i would imagine Jesus has...

kicked on, stepped on, rejected, starved or abused... but still here for us... everyone of us... and...

how freaking cool is that

2008-04-03T21:28:00.000+08:00

"I think what you said in the entire presentation... was bullshit... *pause*..."

*everyone in shocked silence... presenter hangs head in disbelief and shame*

"nah just kidding..."

What kinda lecturer does that to the poor presenting student??? sadist... april fools just passed tool...

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Anyways that wasnt the point of this post...

I had a presentation today. Had to talk in front of lecturer and my peers.

It was a group presentation and i was one of the people actually presenting.

They asked me to dress up nicely for the presentation.

"Dress like you would for an interview"

were the exact words...

So i dressed up in nice pants, long sleeve-shirt and nice tie... ("nice" is a perception btw)... halfway walking to the lecture hall, feeling very formal, i thought to myself

"It would be hillarious if everyone else were in their tees and shorts ahaha"

I got there... went into the lecture hall...

W...T...F

Everyone WAS in thongs, shorts, tees... jeans at best...no one dressed up dammit

SeRiouSlY?!?!?!

I desperately looked for my group in the crowd... and saw them

Not exactly formal either...

Ever walk through a crowd feeling like an idiot?

well... that was exactly how it was

Everyone ... every single one... stared... some laughed... some smiled... some were kinder than others...

Lecturer noticed the source of the commotion...

and when he did,

he exclaimed... in front of the entire lecture hall... with upmost grace and tact

"WHAT THE HELL IS ... THATTTT... HAHAHAHA"

next presentation i shall go in my bathers thank you very much

bahhbah

Noobdles

2008-03-31T17:27:00.001+08:00

I was cooking instant noodles the other day. Yes... no one was at home, so i was solo for lunch. And i was cooking the niceandoilymsgloadedsuperdeliciousbutnotsohealthy mee goreng type.

You know when you cook noodles (yes... cooking instant noodles is an art... dont even argue), there is one point when your boiling the noodles, the perfect point, not completely cooked through, but soft enough, that you stop the flame and start drying out the noodles.

So the end result is perfect little strings of noodles, with the right tang and elasticity... the niceandoilymsgloadedsuperdeliciousbutnotsohealthy type.

Any slackness in timing or mistakes could lead to either

1. uncooked noodles... hard... tasteless

2. overcooked noodles, big, swollen, soggy, bland

Yep... that particular day, i was waiting meticulously at the pot, waiting for that perfect point to stop the flame and take them noodles out.

Almost... almost... 3...2... my eyes and smile widened by the second (like a fool) as the noodles reached their état critique.

*vivaldi's "spring" concerto began to play* (thats my house phone ring tone btw)

I swore...

debated with myself what to do. Should i just pick up the phone, and almost certainly destroy my noodles? Or should i stay with my noodles, and potentially risk missing an emergency (eg. dad needs me to pick up something/ someone needs my help urgently etc etc)

I seriously considered with latter... but the scrupulous part of my *coughsmall* character decided that... an emergency was too much to risk... it's only noodles anyways... not like i'll... break down and cry or something...

So i picked the phone up.

"Hello... "

"Hi"

and i swear the other person said everything in the slowest possible manner

"Is... Christina... Wong... in?"

"erm no shes working sorry"

"does she have a mobile phone"

i considered saying no at this point

"yes"

"can i have her number?"

said in the fastest way possible

"04582938402384"

"oh it is... 0...4...5...8...2...9...3...8...4...0..2..3..8..4....issit?"

"yes..."

"thank you"

"bye"

At this point... there was no hope for my noodles. I rushed back outside to my boiling pot of stringy flour...

and broke down crying

ok maybe not... but the noodles have almost expanded into a soggy spaghetti like size, and the water in the pot has reduced by about half...

AND MEE GORENG IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TASTE LIKE SOGGY SPAGHETTI... huff puff puff...

the end....

I forgot how dumb people feel on the first day of a new job

2008-03-27T22:07:00.001+09:00

Something interesting at work today

Some dude walked in the pizza shop today...he wanted to get to bullcreek shopping centre.. and offered to pay 20 bucks for it. This is because he couldn't get a taxi and was half drunk enough to walk there.

Thats all fair and square but

bullcreek shopping is 30 minutes walk from the pizza shop.

I drove him...

the idiot should have walked

didnt mind the extra 20 tho

An easter story

2008-03-24T20:55:00.002+09:00

The true easter story is a story of life,

It is a story of God overcoming death in resurrecting Jesus Christ our Lord

So that all may be saved

But here is a story... OF BUNNY DEATH!!

Meet Bunsten the Easter Bunny. Minding his own business... as usual. Cute little creature, wouldn't harm a fly. But, dear old Bunsten has a fatal flaw.

WHAM!! He tasted too good

Boomsten his ~~fwen~~ friend comes along. "OH NO WHAT HAPPENED!!... my dear bunsten!!"

"hello boomsten... you look tasty too... " *imagine (ignore the smile) the bunny screaming in horror now as he sees the big fatty human licking his lips*

WHAM!!!! ........ he tasted good too... jono the big fat bald monster had the head... i had the rest... mmmmmmmm

Happy easter guys

yes...

i

am...

mentally challenged