big bang!

sheldon cooper is my best friend as of late. my days have been spent in my room, watching and REwatching what i now regard the best series since Friends. i am so overwhelmed by the brilliance and intellect in the scripts. and not forgetting the great acting!

my favourite quotes thus far (what i can remember anyway):

Sheldon to Howard: Engineering: where the noble, semi-skilled laborers execute the vision of those who think and dream. Hello, Oompa Loompas of science!

Sheldon to Leonard: You have about as much chance of going out with Penny as the Hubble Telescope has of finding that at the center of each black hole there's a little man with a flashlight trying to find the circuit breaker.

Sheldon: Scissors cuts paper. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes lizard. Lizard poisons Spock. Spock smashes scissors. Scissors decapitates lizard. Lizard eats paper. Paper disproves Spock. Spock vaporizes rock. And as it always has, rock crushes scissors.

Sheldon: In bladder voiding, as in real estate, it’s location, location, location.

Penny: So what do you say Sheldon, are we your X-men?

Sheldon: No, the X-men were named for the X in Charles Xavier. Since I am Sheldon Cooper, you will be, my C-men.

Sheldon to Penny: You bought me a present? Why would you do such a thing? I know you think you're being generous, but the foundation of gift giving is reciprocity. You haven't given me a gift, you've given me an obligation. The essence of the custom is that I now have to go out and purchase for you a gift of commensurate value and representing the same perceived level of friendship as that represented by the gift you've given me. Ah, it's no wonder suicide rates skyrocket this time of year. Oh, I brought this on myself by being such an endearing and important part of your life...

Howard: You know, I'm really glad you decided to learn Mandarin.

Sheldon: Why?

Howard: Once you're fluent, you'll have a billion more people to annoy instead of me.

Sheldon: A neutron walks into a bar and asks how much for a drink. The bartender replies "for you, no charge".

Penny: I always tear up when the Grinch's heart grows three sizes.

Sheldon: Tears seem appropriate. Enlargement of the heart muscle, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, is a serious disease which can lead to congestive heart failure.

Sheldon: What are you talking about?

Leonard: The cultural paradigm in which people have sex after 3 dates.

Sheldon: I see. Now, are we talking date the social interaction or date the dried fruit?

My Early Christmas

elifeli surprised me the other day when she brought to my home a mini-christmas tree, decorated with edible candy canes and silver (and blue) bells! i won't be going back to ipoh for christmas this year simply because my freaking final exam is a week after, so she decided to lighten my spirit and brought christmas to me! a month earlier! schoo schweet.

at least my room in vista seems less depressing now. :)

all i want for christmas is hiro nakamura's space-time manipulation superpower. can you IMAGINE all the things i can do with that ability! oh, i believe i've not mentioned that Heroes is the best series i've ever watched next to Friends. and maybe Little Britain. OK NO, heroes is better than Little Britain.

i just checked my sitemeter and found out that i've had visitors from parts of the world i never knew i had friends at! who's from hamilton nz?! & mannheim, baden-wurttemberg germany?! and oxford & stockport in england?! and and ... from bucharest, romania - ZAMMA IS THAT YOU? also: butterworth, sg petani and taiping! who! i'd like to know. :)

5 weeks to EoS5. if you're stressed out and are an internet addict like me but facebook has been annoyingly dull and the people on msn are getting on your nerves and everyone else seems to be on a blogging hiatus and you have ABSOLUTELY nothing to surf online but you still HAVE to go online no matter what... go watch:

this, this, this...

...and some 238912890234 other banned commercials on youtube!

:)

alrighty then! study hard, people!

Tick Tock (edited)

hello hello. just a short post to let my faithful readers (the 2 or at the most, 3 of you) know that i am still alive and well. for my dear batchmates who haven't been keeping count (or are still in denial), we are slightly more than 2 months away from our finals. *dum dum dummmm* *thunder&lightning*. i've been very scared but i still find myself being stuck in first gear. how do i gear UP? coffee doesn't work. neither does sleeping >8 hours a day. or attempting to camp in the library daily. yet it seems like all i've been doing is bury my head in books & lecture notes. that or watching little britain. seriously have you watched little britain? it is the funniest show ever. retarded and vulgar, yes, but very hilarious. TR said i'm obsessed but he has watched just as many episodes as i have. what obsessed shit.

(super) belated birthday shout-outs to Ben, Mervin and Michelle!

THANKS Ben for you-know-what :)

pajamamerv

mich's bday at putrajaya. i know, so lame hor.

(kidding la. putrajaya is beautiful! the buildings are magnificent... except for the two humongous BUAT KERJA signs at the palace of justice. freaking ugly, those signs. and they also show that our judges have to constantly be reminded to buat kerja - how unpleasant.)

ok la please don't emo... here is your face.

edit October 23:

"it's Britney Kwan, bitch!"

Happy Birthday!

Damn You Archie

EDIT (22 May): DAVID COOK WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable. Sad for the cry baby, though, but if you were to put the whole competition into perspective Cook really deserves to win hands down. So happy ;)

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I had a terribly LONG day, having to wake up at 6:45 this morning for a clinic visit all the way in Mantin (N. Sembilan). I was seriously dreading it because all the past clinic visits or whatever shit visits we've had were such a waste of time, so I assumed this would be the same.

Turns out it wasn't! I actually enjoyed myself very much. We followed a nurse into an orang asli settlement to follow up on a 24 year old who gave birth 4 days ago. The place was actually in a jungle! But it was pretty nice and serene - streams, durian trees, wooden bridges... the simple life.

The scary part was that the house we had to go to was somewhere on top of a hill, and the only access to it was by foot. And mind you the slope leading up to it was dangerous and muddy! Shelva and I had to hold on to each other coz we were so afraid we would fall! Well we finally made our way up to the quaint little house. Obviously not very nice and comfortable, and we were sweating like pigs there because it was so hot and stuffy. But that didn't bother us because upon seeing the baby we were very amazed! A 4-day old baby! WITH A LOT OF HAIR. Cute la. And this is ME talking. I, who have no feelings whatsoever towards kids, actually thought he was cute. Maybe I'm changing la I dunno la and I tell you a secret ok I actually like OBGYN a lot =/

OK ANYWAY. We observed a physical examination of the baby and the mother, palpated her uterus... (And it was very awkward when the nurse kept massaging her [as in the mother's] breasts. Not a very nice sight.)

The most interesting thing we got out of this home visit? Was when we found out the mother actually walked DOWN the slope at 2AM in the morning when she went into labour, gave birth at Seremban Hospital at 5AM, and went UP the slope back home the very next day. How she could do it is beyond me. I mean there we were, 5 reasonably fit students who struggled to climb up and down, when a 9-month pregnant woman could descend in the dark and ascend the very next day! Geez! So embarrassing.

After the home visit it was back to the Maternal & Child Health Clinic. Saw some interesting things like a prenatal ultrasound. Saw the fetal heart beating. It was awesome. Oh and I palpated a pregnant woman's uterus AND ACTUALLY FELT THE FETAL HEAD!!!!!!!!!!! Very cool OK.

All in all it was a fruitful visit. The new IMU nurse (forgot her name) was VERY nice. Taught us quite a lot, like what to expect for OSCE and stuff. Finally, one of the visits arranged by IMU was good. =P

Rushed to the student lounge after lectures back in IMU. I never liked the student lounge. It has a weird smell. But today I had to go because............... I HAD TO WATCH THE AMERICAN IDOL FINALS! Coz I no ASTRO in Bukit Jalil =(

Unfortunately it ended up being so disappointing because David Cook just lost it. All 3 songs were absolutely the wrong choices. I really really struggle to say this but Archuleta will win. People always ask what I have against Archuleta. I admit at first I did like him after watching his rendition of Imagine because it was simply mind-blowingly good (as we saw again in the finals), but as the competition progressed I realized all he could do was ballads. He has a great voice, no doubt, but I can't stand his FACE! Face problem! He looks perpetually worried, as if he's on the verge of crying every second. SO. DAMN. ANNOYING.

But today he stole the show. And I am mad. Because this was the worst David Cook had ever performed.

But it's OK. Even if Archuleta wins, he will probably be like Taylor Hicks. I mean even if he comes up with an album, who's actually going to listen? Would you want to listen to 12 boring ballads non stop? NO! BLEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. David Cook will make it big. You'll see. =P

Entry With Most Labels =P

OKAY. I've abandoned my blog for quite some time now. Have been rather busy/lazy... or busy being lazy...

So many things have come and gone. This is possibly the most fun time of the year! Better enjoy it like no tomorrow before lecture notes start piling up again. And by the looks of it, that time is drawing near =(

Important updates:

The University of Nottingham, UK is now a partner medical school of IMU starting from my batch! I am so excited. I may consider the option depending on the fees (since it's 3 1/2 years instead of 3 - half a year for bridging, which means more money to be spent =/). I wanna go!

Ho Wai turned 22 on Wednesday! Had a "SURPRISE" thing at Vista B poolside the night before but it super tak jadi. Instead it was he who surprised us by showing up without warning. Bloody. So memalukan. But all was forgotten by Wednesday coz we celebrated his big day in style, indulged in some delicious Thai food (as generously treated by the birthday boy himself) ... topped off with (what else but) tonnes of camwhoring. Thankfully everyone turned up looking really good instead of looking like vegetables/supporters of a Go Green campaign. Party of the year? Probably. =)

Been attending batch CG sessions. I like.

Decided to start going to ECF (Edwina, Pei & Priscilla's church) from now onwards.

American Idol down to final 3! So exciting. David Cook will make David Archuleta bawl like a baby in the finals. Carly should have been in the Top 3! I angry.

Mother's Day is tomorrow and I won't be home. Again. But will be back next weekend coz we have Monday off. Can't wait.

I am actually enjoying Repro very much, PBLs aside.

More birthdays to come! INCLUDING A VERY SPECIAL PERSON'S. i.e. MINE. muaha.

Shout To The Lord...

on Idol Gives Back.

Nice to see they chose to sing this song for the closing =) My favourite Christian song ever. Somehow, though, I still prefer Darlene Zschech's original version.

ANYWAY. No matter. MICHAEL JOHNS HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. I am pissed. How come that blondie Kristy Lee Cook is still in? Fffffffffffffffff.

Off to CF Camp in a few hours. One of the things I should maybe pray for is for me to stop cursing. Oh well. We'll see.

Have a great weekend guys =)

OI MICHELLE YILIN HOWAI IF YOU GO SHOPPING PLEASE REMEMBER MY GOLD BANGLE OK.

Best American Idol Ever

*updated (29th March)*

This season's American Idol is so exciting! The Top 12 (minus a few) are possibly more talented than all American Idol winners put together. I love Carly Smithson and Amanda Overmyer most. I think they are superb and they just keep putting up mind-blowing performances. I was absolutely for David Archuleta until he screwed up real badly today. Poor boy. Plus he's so young!!

Anyway I was looking at the good performances this season on YouTube over and over again, and I just want to share which ones are my favourite :

• David Cook - Billie Jean (favourite song so far)
• Michael Johns - Bohemian Rhapsody
• David Archuleta - Imagine
• Amanda Overmyer - I Hate Myself For Loving You
• Carly Smithson - Come Together
• Jason Castro - Hallelujah