Words that touched the heart, Words that brought out the smile

Just received a note from Aunty Chloe with Chocolates and my thumbdrive that I’ve passed to her. I hope she won’t mind me writing the message here.

Hello Candy

Thank you for personally delivering the thumbdrive to my office. And thank you for showing your strength and resillenc during the KK trip. You were an inspiration to many… or at least to me.

I hope that you will remember the help you received from your friends to get you to the summit. And extend the same help to those around you. I know you will. Because you have a big hard =)

Take care!
Tarimah!

Well, I still remember those who helped me and I will definitely extend my helping hand to those who need it. Like what Uncle Kwok was saying.. We are our strongest at our weakest link. Yeap. It’s the little things that makes all of us join forces.

School day after CNY~

I’m pretty lost now and hence, explains why I’m here blogging. Today’s the fourth day of CNY! I’m back in school. Not that bad, compared to those who are studying in secondary and primary school. SP declared another day off ^^ I’m thankful enough.

Well Well. Candy trying to make change to her life once again. Yes. Sudden realisation in the train this morning that my life is pretty messy now in the sense that I didn’t plan my stuff properly. Basically just my time management. My mind was running when I’m on the MRT just now and my playlist played the song “Man in the Mirror” Instantly reminded me of the LEAP Foundation Camp (AND ALSo MY UNDONE WORK ><)

Anyways.. pass few days I'm pretty happy. It's Chinese New Year and I was enjoying myself. Not only the food, I get to go visiting. It's interesting to gather at my grandaunts and granduncle's place.

Still dreaming about holidays and stuff. Time to get serious and start studying for upcoming tests.

Reunion Dinner- Round one

On the eve of chinese new year and im munching on the goodies already. Sure will grow fat. =x

I just had reunion lunch with my paternal grandparents. Well, its nothing new about eating steamboat, but my third uncle is here today. He’s usually the rare guest. Im serious. I mean like i only get to see his whole family over here maybe once or twice at most a year. Its funny how all of us will gather here every now and then and they never fail to not turn up. I mean putting all our birthdays aside, at least when its my grandparents’ birthday you have to make it a point to come down.

And its not as though my grandma house have maid. Like seriously, finish eating just dump all the bowls there. I washed them cause i wont want to leave it till my aunt come and wash. She did enough to prepare the food. Moreover its not her duty to help them do their dishes. The last straw came when they left without sayinb goodbye. Like seriously?! Basic courtesy. First they came late and then didnt even greet us. At least call jiejie or something. Jitao just dao everyone.

Seriously spoil my mood. They only turn to us when they need help. Gosh. We arent obligated to help you. When you dont need our help, dont even see the sight of you. =.=

Here is something that mummy and ahma will make every year. This year helpedy mum quite a bit when she was making this.

Its nice ^^ thats something my house will run out pretty fast. Maybe behing bah kuah.

Heading to maternal grandma place for reunion dinner ^^ second round. Hehe

Fever. Sore Throat

Had fever on Thursday and sore throat came in earlier today.
Or should I say yesterday? Anyways… Tomorrow’s Chinese New Year’s Eve!
Can’t really say I’m excited for it, but… some how there’s no feel of CNY this year.
Not sure why, perhaps too preoccupied with things.

Yesterday was dear’s Birthday!
Another year older!
Was jokingly saying..
He old liao still must have energy to entertain me.

We caught two movies yesterday.
I not Naughty and Dance Dance Dragon.

I got to say the story line of I not Naughty is awesome.
Well.. Jack Neo’s movie have always been reflecting factual scenes that are happening in Singapore.
This time round, quite a few aspects were included like cyber bullying, gambling, gangs and how the students from the “not so good” polys are deemed as.

The most touching part would be the part whereby the two guys helped their Shimu to deliver the baby. As much as they are terrified, they have to do it. And that’s also when they understand how painful child delivery is. The many times when they broke the hearts of their mother. They reflect back and realize that the things that they do weren’t right at all.

Well, I guess another worth mentioning point is that those kids who join gangs and stuff aren’t necessarily bad. Chinese’s san zi jing has this sentence, ” ren zhi chu, xing ben shan” It just goes to say that everyone’s nature at the beginning is good. It’s just the environmental factor, the people factor that shaped them to who they’ve become. Just like how the teacher in the show did, he goes the extra mile to help his two students and it yielded results. Perhaps not everytime it’ll work, but at least he tried.

The second storyline isn’t that bad, but definitely not as good. But I guess it shows that when you really believe in something (like god/buddha, etc ..) it do come through. I know this sound kind of absurd, but sometimes things do occur that make you have to believe in it. I’m not a strong believer, but I try to heed advices and stuff. At least I have my mind cleared off something. Hmm, I guess another aspect would be kids really can cause change in the family. It’s just how you see it.

All rights. End of my post.
I’ll be heading out soon.
And It’s a long weekend!  ^^

 

Photo while trekking

and of course..

At the summit of Bukit Timah Hill.

^^

I’m mid way through the week already. These few days have been pretty occupied with things.

Monday:
We had practical shifted to the morning cause we needed people to fast for OGTT test. We did a measure of ketone bodies as well. That day was pretty messed up. Adhi got pricked twice cause of his blurness. AWFUL PAINFUL FINGER PRICK!!

Lunch break was pretty short cause we went to buy Subway! And the fact that Adhi and Syaz went to buy KFC. The queue there is super long and hence.. we only had about 10-15minutes to finish. Rewarded myself with Green Tea Cream from starbucks. Nomnomnom

Class started off with presentation about jaundice. It’s pretty interesting. But once in a while when I’m researching for information, it’s rather saddening to find stories about patients suffering and how the conditions have affected them.

This makes me really wonder.. How susceptible we are.

Second session of practical for Medical Microbiology. We were given three samples to do bacteria culture. I like doing striking! Always hope that I’ll have nice streaks.

Training in the evening with the Kili team!
We broke up into two groups and did stairs climbing.
A total of 300 storeys!
Not bad, Not bad at all.
First time I ever went for stairs training, cause on Mondays, I usually have Dip plus class.
Just so happened that we didn’t have class on that particular day.

A few of us went for dinner at Clementi and halfway, got a call from Mr Kwok saying that Jieying went missing >< Got so worried, so I asked Kaixiang to drive us back to school such that we can help Kwok search for her.

SP is pretty scary at night.. After we finish one round of searching (briefly), I got a call from Uncle Kwok saying that she’s back home already. THANK GOD!! Thought something might happen to her cause she left everything in school and it was two hours after she rushed off to meet her friend.

Tuesday:
Class started at 9am, AGAIN! Biostats in the morning. But its for the better good. At least I don’t have to stay back so late as till… 5pm on friday. Med micro case study and we LUNCH BREAK! We had a good three hour break.

We went FC4 to buy lunch. Been so long since I last went there/ta bao from there to eat. Had Mini wok ^^ nomnomnom.

Med micro practical after that. GOSH. I guess it was the most pek cek session that I ever went. Like seriously!! Shall not talk about it. Shall keep my fingers cross and pray hard that my bacteria are growing well. ^^ everything will go well!

Went chinatown after that with dear. Dinner was… super filling. I bought tim sum and he bought noodles, red bean pancake an char siew su. LIterally stuffed ourselves with food and ended it off with Lao Ban Dou Hua. Nomnom. It’s really damn nice.

And it’s a pretty interesting sight to see people buying dou hua in bulk. 10-15 boxes of it at one shot.

Shall end the post here.

 

Be Nice Or Leave – Thank you

I really didn’t want to blog about the same issue over and over again, but I am once again so disturbed by it. Raging at it. (This word seem to he used quite frequently now. Hahahhas. )

我真的越想越气.
一个巴掌拍不响
如果说我有错，你的罪也不少
你怨……因为你的助手不是你选的
但是，你又在什么时候试过？什么时候努力过？
这么常的 时间以来，你又有什么贡献呢？

我问心无愧。
虽说我最终已对这件事漠不关心，
至少我尝试过，努力过。

要浇熄心中的那一把火，
需要很多的功夫？
心灰意冷之后，要补救，要挽回
已未时已晚。

Now I’m more determined with the decision I made.
Things that mattered, don’t matter.
People who mattered, don’t matter any more.

Not a machine

After being tormented by headache for the past.. three days I guess. Proper sleep have finally made it go away! Yes. Very important lesson learnt. Body isn’t a machine. So from now on… I’ll try to sleep at 12 everyday. Headache not something very nice. 

Yesterday was the sharing session by our Kinabalu group. Come to think of it, I’ve sprained my ankle for about a month and it seems like its not really recovering well =x If I can make it up kilimanjaro, I guess Sundown Marathon won’t be a problem bahh. Just hope my ankle gonna recover soon. 

I’m gonna head out already. 
Till then
<3 

Telltales

Ubdisturbed sleep for 13 hours. Fatigue? Guess as well. Been staying up late for the past three nights cause of things to do. And guess my body has its way of protesting.

Last time headache only visits me after i sail on saturday/sunday cause of the sun. Now its every other week. Guess its time for me to learn to sleep early already.

After so many things that i have learnt in class, when my body tells me stuff, i worry. Its not really a good thing . Cause some of the things i know what they are hinting at. Time to take some precaution against it.

Persevering?! Need to know your limits

A photo of lily! This one was the one we bought for Wanlin on her 18th birthday. Its nice. Whats the meaning behind it? Shall go search that later. Meanwhile.. I shall guess. Purity bah. Since its white.

Randonly thought of 出淤泥而不染. Used to describe the lotus flower that grows in the muddy areas. They dont get influenced by their environment and be who they are.

Thats something that is lacking in our society. Isnt it?? Many a times, we dont want to be ostracised, dont wanna be different from others and go with the flow. Thats when the true self get hiddens away. And may even get forgotten after sometime.

Seems like i have so many views these few days. Hahas. Oh wells. Busybusy day! School started at 8. Then lesson ended at 11. Lunch break. Pract. Seminar and slacking! Video recording. Then kili meeting. Napfa, gym and dinner. Shall start heading to gym more often. (in between classes – after i finish the drama i watching noe)

Well. The blog posts is a reminder to myself  that i need to know my limits and know when to stop. Cause today tried pushing myself and guess what happens?? Ankle becoming more worse.

Verdict!

My ankle brace is only useful in preventing sprains. Cause what it does is to restrict the movement. It does support the ankle to a certain extent. But not good.

So i guess i cant run until i visit the sinseh a few more times. Should i go back to the super ex yet effective one?? The ratio is like one to 4 can. Gosh. So irritating.

Dinner with the kili team was great !! Thinking what name should we get. Lalalalala~

Kai and i being biomed/ biomad student were suspecting that jeff has hyperthyroidism. Lol. Symptoms fit rather perfectly. Insomnia, high metabolism.

Sonething else to remind myself. Should stop myself from asking people to let me draw their blood. Hahahas. Gonna get the image of a vampire soon.

On my way home.
Tired!! Still got work to do

蒲公英

蒲公英的花语和传说

来源:百度百科    日期:2009年2月13日

有关花语 蒲公英：有着充满朝气的黄色花朵，花语是“停不了的爱”。 紫蒲公英：呈淡紫色的蒲公英，花语是‘传说的紫色’，属性暗。 飞箭蒲公英：冠以飞箭之名的蒲公英，花语是‘瞄准弹珠’，属性风。 有关传说 相传在很久很久以前，有个十六、七岁的大姑娘患了乳痈，乳房又红又肿，疼痛难忍。但她羞于开口，只好强忍着。这事被她母亲知道了。当时是封建社会，她母亲又缺乏知识，从未听说过大姑娘会患乳痈，以为女儿做了什么见不得人的事。姑娘见母亲怀疑自己的贞节，又羞又气，更无脸见人，便横下一条心，在夜晚偷偷逃出家园投河自尽。事有凑巧，当时河边有一渔船，上有一个蒲姓老公和女儿小英正在月光下撒网捕鱼。他们救起了姑娘，问清了投河的根由。第二天，小英按照父亲的指点，从山上挖了一种好草，翠绿的披针形叶，上被白色丝状毛，边缘呈锯齿状，顶端长着一个松散的白绒球。风一吹，就分离开来，飘浮空中，活象一个个降落伞。小英采回了这种小草，洗净后捣烂成泥，敷在姑娘的乳痈上，不几天就霍然而愈。以后，姑娘将这草带回家园栽种。为了纪念渔家父女，便叫这种野草为蒲公英，简称公英。 每种花都有个传说。 蒲公英也不例外。 据说是“谁能找到紫色的蒲公英谁就能得到完美的爱情.”还有个爱情故事那就是“在很久很久以前，有一位官位显赫大户人家，有个小女儿叫朝阳，长得非常美丽、聪明、贤淑善良，深得双亲的宠爱。可朝阳到了十七八岁时，还没有找到心仪的郎君，因为朝阳不喜欢那些达官贵人家的花花公子，而父母也不舍得心爱的女儿离开他们，所以对此事也并没有怎么放心里。 有一天朝阳带着贴身丫环在街上玩耍，她看到了一个挑着草药的英俊小伙子，那小伙穿着粗布衣裤，肩上搭着条擦汗用的旧毛巾，却长得眉目清秀、英气非凡。采药的英俊小伙子也注意到了美丽的朝阳，但是他们只能相视一笑，因为那时的传统观念是男女授受不清，当朝阳目送小伙子的身影消失在人流后，她在芳心也已被带走。 在街上的邂逅相遇，让彼此的心中都留下了深刻的印象。朝阳时常向下人们打听那个采药郎的情况，她得知自己心仪的郎君叫蒲公，他曾饱读诗书，学识渊博，但是后来因其父母早逝，落得家境贫寒，所以才以采药为生，而蒲公也时常想起朝阳，可他想到自己家境贫寒，而心生自卑。 这世间让人永生难忘的莫过于情，蒲公和朝阳在承受着相思的煎熬，彼此都无时无刻的思念着对方，他（她）们终于抛开了世俗和传统的观念，偷偷的约会了多次，并互订终身，只愿此生长相依。终于，有一天朝阳鼓起勇气、害羞地对父母说：“爹、娘，有个采药的……叫蒲公的小伙子…女儿想…父母立刻明白了女儿的心思，因为她们早已听下人们说起过，父亲说：“朝阳呀，你也不小了，婚姻是你一生的幸福，蒲公出身低微、家境贫寒，应该知道父母是为你好，”亲人态度使朝阳很沮丧，但她的还是那么倔强，因为她的心是那样的恋着蒲公。 当朝阳再次跟父母说起此事时，遭到了父母强烈的反对，父亲用严肃的口气说：“我们绝不同意的，他想娶我家千金小姐绝不可能。” “是啊！我们是实在不忍心让你受苦啊！孩子，你可得理解啊！”说着母亲流下了无奈的泪。 倔强的朝阳含泪说：“我今生非蒲公不嫁，如果您们不同意女儿的婚事，那女儿只好来生再报答您们的养育之恩了，”说完就冲出了房间…… 父母没有倔强过女儿，更不愿意失去心爱的女儿，便勉强答应了。朝阳的脸上绽开了美丽而幸福的笑容，当然蒲公更是无比的感动与幸福。但是他们成亲后，父母和亲人对蒲公还是有很多的不满与岐视，朝阳看到父母和亲人的态度，她想不清为什么深爱着自己的父母竟然如此排斥着自己心爱郎君？朝阳和蒲公商量后做出了一个心甘情愿的决定—–浪迹天涯。 朝阳和蒲公后来浪迹到一个风景秀丽的小山村，在那里还有一个可挡风寒的破瓦窑，在瓦窑的前边还有条小溪，小溪边长着很多的兰色的野花，他（她）们决定就在此居住，瓦窑的生活虽然艰苦，但他们却生活的很幸福，并且朝阳还还生下了一个非常美丽、漂亮的女儿，在朝阳生女儿的那天，小溪边的兰色野花开得出奇的鲜艳，朝阳因此为女儿取乳名为——兰若。 然而由于局势荡乱，没过多久，蒲公被迫着去参军打仗了，这一去就是十八年！ 十八年里蒲公遥无音讯，朝阳带着兰若坚守着瓦窑，父母送来粮食、衣服也不要，那些有钱人家的公子、少爷用金银珠宝来诱惑她，但她仍然是那么无怨无悔的在守望着她心爱的蒲公，她每天都要带着兰若到山上去，站在山坡上遥望着远方等着蒲公的归来，十八年里她们母女靠的只有那满山的一种不知名的野花来填饱肚子，到了那野花干枯的时候她们还拿回瓦窑取暖，朝阳和兰若提着篮子跑遍了附近大小的山，后来她们发现这种野花不但能吃，还有疗伤、美容的效果，原因是朝阳有一次在采花的时候不小心摔倒了，擦破了皮，因没有钱去看郎中，朝阳只好躺在瓦窑的干枯野花上养伤，到第二天她发现伤已无大碍，她看到擦伤处粘了些干枯的野花，特别是兰若因长期服用这种野花，还用长满野花的小溪水洗脸而貌如桃花、美如天仙，朝阳每次带着兰若在山坡上看那随风飘逸的白色野花，她都会和女儿兰若说：“看，多美啊，它们在随风而舞，一朵一朵在天空寻找着伴侣，又飘落在大地的每个角落，到明年又有更多生命的鲜艳”。 十八年后一天，一个天大的好消息像一阵春风传入了朝阳的耳中，蒲公回来了！并且因战功卓著，已做了大将军，朝阳听后无比的激动、喜悦……这个她盼望了十八年的消息使她太过于激动，加上朝阳的相思成疾，她晕倒了 瓦窑依旧，而前尘往事的爱恋就像昨天般回绕在蒲公和朝阳心头，蒲公爱拂着伊人已斑白的鬓发，眼前已是模糊 朝阳在弥留之际，带着无限依恋的眼神对蒲公说：“好好照顾兰若，还记得山上遍地的野花吗？带着它们去前线吧，它们不但能吃，还能疗伤，当你们想我的时候它们就会随风飘扬在你们身边！”。说完后朝阳就化作成无数的白色花朵飘扬在天空。后来蒲公带着兰若和很多的野花离开了瓦窑，蒲公行军作战数万里，沿途他都会拿那些野花出来让它们随风飘落在大地，从此满山遍野随处都可以看见那美丽而自强的野花。”

Got this story from http://yy.yuanlin.com/intime/poem/2009-2-13/12411.html

Thinking I should paint dandelion on my room’s wall. ^^