what a week!
12 March 2009
my mouth is burning.
i just finished eating mee hoon goreng with sambal terasi. :)
what's sambal terasi? it's probably the indonesian sambal belacan.
but it's super nice and super hot.
like the makcik in stall 2 in nss canteen punye sambal mee soto. ahhh.
okay anyway.
what's the deal?
uni has obviously started.
it was so good to be back la.
BUT. i still don't understand why i cannot keep myself awake in lectures.
annoying la can.
it has been awesome though.
i have ALOT of classes as you can see 22 hours of classes is NOT NORMAL for a uni student.
i think 80% of the students has an average of 13 hours so mine's not very cool.
at the end of the day i will usually leave school with two state of mind...
1) totally mentally drained - considering the fact that i actually heard a billion anatomical terms which they expect me to hafal.
or
2) totally blank (yeap it comes with the blank face if you've seen one) - considering the fact that i switched off during all classes or was seriously grossed out by the wet specimens.
how was classes btw? right. i don't know if anyone does read my blog la but anyhoo its good to share.
intro anatomy - 80% hafal EVERY SINGLE PART OF THE SURFACE ANATOMY and i'm telling ya its so much harder than the left ventricle, aorta, mitochondria and shits. it's like labelling something inside the mitochondria. it's not very fun, i think i have to stock up more on my gingko bilobas (mum's classic) or nature's way omega 3 (the modern one) or the-every-kid-hate fisherman's oil or Brand's Essence of Chicken. it's good though haha proven to be but yuck its disgusting.
yeah anyway, lectures is really that, the lecturer will go on and on about the name of the parts and its functions. no wonder it makes me sleep. BUT THE LABS ahh its pure fun. i nearly passed out in the first 2 secs but i realised its very psychological so i told myself to snap out of it.
we have a dissecting lab in uni yeah and we have like a post mortem fridge (sorry i really don't know the professional terms for all this hehehe) soo we get fresh off dead bodies from people donating them when they're alive and then consenting us to use it for study when they die a natural death. it's not smelly hahah it's soaked in formalin or something so the smell and rots go away and at the same time keeping the tissues alive. it's really cool and you know what... hahaha. i think after looking at those wet specimens (meaning the dead body cut into the necessary sections for study e.g. the calf or abdomen) i should opt to become a vegetarian.
nothing like the books like fancy red and nice tone of yellow or something.. it's like how do i describe.. chicken. hoho. just kidding. it's very cool la especially when you get to touch a real heart and intestines and guts but damn i can feel sick after.
the other thing about this course is. we don't get to dissect them. it's somehow conducted by a team of specialists lol. and medical students. but there is this dissecting scholarship offer in summer maybe i should do it. fresh dead bodies + dark room (haha imagination) + scalpel + forceps + aqilah = fun. lol ok i feel sick already.
histology - basically complements intro but its very dry and boring. more labellings but more into it cos intro is only surface like labelling the phalanges and ulna or whatever but histology goes into the insides haha like nerve cells and bla bla. i have a feeling i will fail this subject. haha.
actually i don't know what histology is.
physiology - another boring subject. it's very chemistrycal and it goes on about the ions and electrical signals and all.
the fun thing is all three of them really relate to each other soo in one way or another if i have to hafal parts of the heart i only need to hafal once for three.
its very much related that i don't even know what the difference is hehe or how to explain them.
it's alright, i guess. so much better than studying statistics right so let's be happy!
spanish -
aqilah: hola! me illamo aqilah. como te illamas?
noorul: noorul.
aqilah: que tal noorul?
noorul: muy bien. y tu?
aqilah: asi-asi. de donde eres?
noorul: soy de australiana. y tu?
aqilah: soy de brunei, oman, singapur. donde vives australia?
noorul: si. y tu? donde vives singapur?
aqilah: no. viva es australia.
noorul: mucho gusto aqilah
aqilah: adios!
I LOVE IT. :)
right enough about school.
work has been great. i didn't work much at uni this week cos i'm still fixing my schedules and all.
soo it's been alright.
i'm working at starbucks like on sunday only now, i'm opening AND closing, 10 hour shift.
pretty hectic i will usually end up dead but yeah i guess if i wanna keep my job that's the only option.
how's bobo?
he's awesome. haha he's outside now roaming around the street.
pagi2 dier dah carik mkn tau.
he wakes up at 5am and leave the house.
then comes back around 7.30am.
sleep all the way till 3pm, then goes out again comes back at 5pm, sleep and wakes up around about now and comes home at 10 and sleep again.
i love him so much ah.
my family is good too.
mum has fully recovered from the accident.
alhamdullilah.
my bro, noreis has his own personal training business now.
the rest are pretty much the same.
i watched confessions of a shopaholic today.
i think it's very overated lol but its very good though.
pretty good flick, more for chicas.
worth waiting for the dvd/vcd.
oh yeahh last weekend i had a final destination trilogy.
and a i know what you did last summer.
it was GORY. i thought what better way to prepare myself for my anatomy labs then this.
hehe soo yeah it was 8 hours of fun.
scary shit la. but it was awesome.
this weekend?
i wanna watch i still and i'll always know what you did last summer.
i wanna watch friday the 13th and unborn as well.
ahhh super fun.
right okay la.
i'm off to bed now.
good night everyone.
FRIDAY TMR! WOOOHOOO!
te quiero.
