Co-host to Disney’s MythBuster. That’s me. And my partner is this tall, dark and funny guy who looks familiar, but I cannot quite put my finger on who he resembles. We are in a huge circus tent and there are people in flowing dresses spinning, spinning, spinning in intricate patterns, making figures of eight on the ice. There are a million stars in the midnight sky and tiny orange lights coming from lanterns.

In the middle, there is a a red and white candy cane holding up the tent and I am there with my partner, doing our mythbusting experiment = ‘Can vanilla ice cream float in a bubble?’ Not just any bubble. It’s the lady bird bubble, the one which comes in small tubes and you squeeze a bit out, mold it around a tiny yellow tube and blow into bubbles which do not burst on touch.

Here

Bubbles taken from here

I scooped (and in the process, ate) some vanilla ice cream into a cup and blew a huge bubble around it. All the while, they keep dancing and swirling around me.

And then my alarm went off and I did not get to see if the ice cream floated or not. But at least I get to have a dream with all my favourite things.

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Anyway, back to reality. I have a presentation I need to finish for Tuesday and wrapped in this purple duvet on this very comfortable sofa on a rainy day is not doing anything to kickstart my brain. I’m oncall on Monday too :( I hope it won’t be a busy day/night because I don’t want to be in a fuzzy-brain condition come Tuesday. (It’s also on my not-so-favourite subject, neurology - cerebellar stroke)

I’m glad though. I have something to look forward to after that :)

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How do you make the date show up for each post? I don’t want to fiddle about with the codes because I’ll just mess it up (and I’m lazy). If you’ve time, can you do it klong?

PS. At the moment, it’s 8.24am on a Sunday, 22nd November

EDIT - hey, what’s wrong with your blog? There’s nothing there. Just a big mass of blueness.

Today is not a beautiful day - as in a sunny day. But it’s beautiful that the tiny raindrops fall like a mist on my face. And a robin playing in the puddle. It’s beautiful to see the rainbow and the sun between the clouds, every now and then. To see the clouds change shape, rushing past with the wind. After all the rain, the sun will shine and the sky will be blue again ~ after all manner of bleh-ness, things will get better. Just need to wait it out. I know it’s hard, but I hope you can  get through everything. *hugs*

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Gummi Bears! Bouncing here and there and everywhere~

I’ve finished French Milk which was OK. A travel journal + graphic-y novel of sorts about a girl and her mother, living in Paris for a month, eating croissants and drinking fresh milk. Now I’m on to Tom Holt’s ‘You don’t have to be evil to work here but it helps’. That’s a mouthful.

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Medical stuff here, sorry.

I did an ascitic tap today!!!!!

(ok, I’ve exhausted my supply of exclamation marks for the week)

Yes. I poked a bloated tummy with a needle and drained fluid which had collected there (not in the tummy, but I’m too lazy to explain). Tiring job after a while though, because I was already tired and pulling that 20ml syringe… OK, won’t get into too much detail.

Oncall - Someone came in the casualty with status epilepticus. He was jerking nonstop, frothing and very blue in the face. His O2 sats was down to 60%. After 100% oxygen, suction, ativan, phenytoin, MgSO4 and a whole load of other drugs, he settled down and O2 sats went up. Fuh. No, I didn’t do all the work. Eric, the reg was there the whole time and I was the assisstant, preparing and pushing the drugs in.

Normal stuff otherwise.

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Dave, my previous reg said he’d organize a party for me (us interns actually), end of this year, before we switch to another hospital. I can’t believe how fast the time flies… I mean, it felt like only yesterday that I was starting work, getting all grumpy with the xray doc, whooping over successful canulations etc. Now, I still don’t get along with the xray doc, I’m whooping over ascitic tap and doing A&E stuff and I still long for weekends. 5 months… been quite an experience.

Now, all I need to do is remember stuff. I have really short term memory…

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Weave me the sunshine :)

I’ve been making plans with Aine. I still have one day of my annual leave (or two, I’m not sure) and add that to a weekend, I can get away for a few days. We thought of going to Istanbul/Alhambra/Paris/Prague… oh lots of places.

But then, finally settled on boring old amazing London because of the time limit. And because Aine wanted to do some shopping while I just want to walk around with my camera and unwind myself. maybe do a bit of sketching or whatever travel journal thing that I always do.

Oh, I’m also going to London in a few days’ time to meet up with my parents and get free food.

Until the time comes, I leave you with some of the pictures that I managed not to erase (I’m still pining over my lost pictures…). <— hint hint***

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These are hats which I wanted to get, but i know I won’t be wearing them during ward rounds, so, I decided against buying any. The masks were a different matter altogether.

why hello there. I wonder how much it costs to live in one of those apartments by the river. I meant the river corrib. Probably 500?

Lamp posts… my favourite subject. All thanks to the Narnia books I read as a kid.

The bank? Post office? I know we stopped by this big courtyard kind of post office to get postcards for kaklong. There’s something that looks like a well in the middle. I think my memory is a bit addled now..

Gondoliers! On one of the small islands, we waited for the waterbus. Sometimes sitting on the ground by the pier, playing with a sparrow (not torturing the thing, just taking pictures) or just wandering. Other times, people watching.

I love the dinosaur :) Cute drawing/graffiti.

We walked until the sun set and the lights came on. Lit up the place like fireflies…

I’m postcall today. Tomorrow, I’m oncall again. That is the reason why I need to get away. I need to find a balance in my life again. All work and no play kind of thing.

(I do seem to blog a lot though)

I thought I was going to stay in OopsyDaisy Town for the weekend to study because I’m on tomorrow. But then, someone asked if I wanted a lift to GoldLeaf, so, off I went.

Here I am, in the car, on a friday, on the way to Gold Leaf. Before Mr Sandman captured me.

That night, we had baklava (sp?) all the way from Istanbul. Thanks to CK and Shark. Aimee came down from Letterkenny. We’ve decided to take over CK’s apartment for next year.

And apple flavoured tea which I had no idea how to make. Should have those tiny teacups instead.

Morning ~ woke up early, but stayed in bed a while. Had English breakfast :)

Well, it was a brunch really. Just as we finished, Daria called for lunch with her Mister. Had a walk around town, down that cobbled place where they used to sell antique stuff back in first year. Now, they have a market there. Something like the Saturday market, with stalls along the medieval walk. Muffins and pies from Athlone, sweet strawberries dipped in chocolate, carrots, tomatoes, sushi… eclectic mix I’d say.

Chocolat (saje je nak eja cam french), carrots, berries

And these two are the ones selling the cakes and pies

Christmas lights are up

Happiness in mini doughnuts drizzled with chocolate and a sprinkling of fine sugar. This small cobbled walkway with the sugary, spicy aroma transported me back to Brussels and those soft, heavenly waffles. I think my wish to grow laterally will be answered this winter.

And finally, we went off to Lemongrass for the usual. This is a bento box - deep fried seabass with panang curry sauce, succulent prawns, wok fried veggies and a dessert of fruits. Oh, thanks to Aimee for treating us to this late lunch :D

This is me in my white dress I wore since Friday. Yuck, I know, but I was in a hurry and had no time to change.

And now, after a 2-hour journey, I’m back in OopsyDaisy town. Short but happy weekend. Come sunday, I’ll be slaving away in the casualty again. But will dream of sugar and spice tonight, so, it doesn’t really matter (at the moment anyway).

Hugs and kisses to Tiger and family and friends.

I’ve been eating junk food for aaay-ges. I don’t know what might be brewing inside me, but I just cannot find the time (or effort, because who likes doing dishes and pots and pans… if only they will magically clear up). In my boudoir, I have a big blue bag, filled with junk - choki choki (chocolate paste you squeeze so that they come out like tiny snakes or worms), marshmallow teacakes, monster munches in various flavours, pillow crackers, swirly crackers, instant noodles…

Then, there were those ice lollies at 3 pence for the short ones and 5 pence for the very long ones. Which would stain my tongue blue (or red or orange or yellow). I have given up on those after we moved away from Newcastle. Only to be replaced by another 10 cent version, which I’d get everyday after school, from that generous 50cent allowance (and I still managed to save a coin a day for my piggybank).  Haagen Daz is just lovely, especially the strawberry cheesecake which I finished in one weekend, while bundled up in a furry bathrobe to keep warm. Italian gelato is also droolworthy and I am glad that I had the chance to taste quite a few on that short winter trip. Yep, I graduated to posh ice cream. But my favourite is still ‘Split’, with the green lime-lemoney flavour outside and that crreamy pure white vanilla inside… bes tol.

OK, side tracking.

eh wait. MILO. LOVE the chocolate malt drink from when we were kids. Not any old Milo. The one from the green Milo van which would come every sports day. It’s like the fountain of the best chocolate drink in the world and people would line up in the blazing heat just to get a cup. I think you (or someone else) took a big empty bottle and filled it to the brim once.

Ahem.

Now I am thinking of reducing the amount of carcinogens in my life because lets face it, I’ll never be that 180-year old who keeps celebrating birthdays just because she eats crisps all year long. Will think some more and figure out a way to eat better.

I get enough physical activity running all over the hospital, so, I won’t be worried about a big bum or anything.

Didn’t say that this is going anywhere. I just feel like rambling.

Will not give up ice cream though. 6 months to go before the next Split

yep, let’s go travelling again. I don’t know how to reblog, so, I’m just answering here. Just us, change of clothes and cameras. And maybe a book to doodle.

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I’m currently dloading stuff from when I was a kid. Remember those early mornings when they keep repeating songs and nasyids on ntv7 or something? Or maybe I was the only one at home at that time. Anyway, I found them :)

I passed! Alhamdulillah :D

I feel like I’m on a merry-go-round, flying around, up and down with that tinkling-almost-like-my-old-musical-box-music :) I know it’s just ACLS, but it’s one very expensive course and I wouldn’t want to have to repeat it. So, yep, I am now a qualified advanced cardiac life support-er thingy. Will not bat an eyelid if you drop in front of me. Will scream call for help.

Fun. We even had lunch prepared for the first day, so, I didn’t have to go hungry (I’m kidding. I don’t go hungry. Promise). Another good thing that came out was that I get to know the names of most of the staff here because of the huge name tags they give you. You know how bad I am at remembering names (even after working here for 5 months).

So. Now what do I do?

Watch anime!!! (well I’ve been watching anime and jdrama for the past few days anyway)

Sleep.

Eat.

Oh. something else. The DHS guy called and I now have the BOOKS! Happy days indeed

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This was… where was it? I can’t remember. Somewhere in Italy, yeah, that’s right.

Lihatlah di dada langit
Bintang bertaburan
Bulan yang indah
Menyinari malam

Lihatlah di dada bumi
Lihat air laut
Yang berombak mesra
Menghempas ke pantai
Tak pernah jemu membelai

Alam yang indah
Rahmat dari-Nya
Sungguh mempersona
Bersyukur pada-Nya
Kecapi nikmat-Nya
Berzikir padanya
Agar kan jadi
Hamba yang setia

Lihatlah di kaki gunung
Ada suria pagi
Menampakkan diri
Menerangi alam

Setelah terbenam mentari
Berehat menanti
Terbit rembulan nan berseri
Menerangi kegelapan

Segala yang diberikan
Adalah rahmat dari-Nya
Jangan kufur pada-Nya
Jadilah hamba yang bersyukur

Kepada-Nya…

evil leprechaun hides behind a smile.

It’s 1am and it’s raining outside. Cannot sleep yet.

One leprechaun, two leprechauns, three leprechauns…