before i start proper, i must add that i am a naturally tolerant person, not usually like the fiesty person i described myself to be in the previous entry. it happens occasionally; a once in a blue moon sort of thing really. i can hardly hurt a flea (i strongly believe in advocating enhanced patient-doctor relations as this would boost my medical career). so, before you start thinking that i am a reincarnation of the amazon woman, pulling my boyfriends into my shady cave by their hair in a cavewoman-like manner, well…erm….you got it wrong. though that seems to be an extremely fascinating idea….the feminist dominance i mean….not erm…anything else that occurs after the erm….oh well, never you mind.

anyway, i come here bearing the latest news. though it has been sitting on the shelves for days now, i feel it is appropriate that i with-hold it those days and only speak of it now as the next jc outing looms near.

you see, when i decided to help out the singapore adelaide assoc in their pre-departure get-ups at the various locations, i was pleasantly surprised to meet my cg-mate, myintzu. now she’s special because not only was she the first person i spoke to when i was the candy-seeking, doe-eyed, six year old sweetie-pie that i was back in primary school, but we were re-united once more when we happened to be in the same class in jc! though, come to think of it, those two events hardly bear any tangible connections, it must also be stated henceforth that she never told anyone of us that she was thinking of doing medicine!

megha and i were just going completely insane over medical schools, making a sort of pact to be in the same one eventually. unfortunately, my middle-income family background could not support the glitz and glam of london and so we parted ways then. we were chummies as well with mingzi and rachel. mingzi decided to abandon medicine when she received an a*star scholarship to wisconsin, whereas rachel wanted to try nus but was given law instead, where she settled down quite comfortably eventually. and there were qiuling and meiyee who both did not get a place in nus, but are considering graduate medical schools in the near future. there are others, but then again, if i might add (and do forgive me for this if it sounds cruel, cos really, that’s not my intention honestly), there are always others.

anyway, so myintzu applied for a place in my medical school..and got in! ooooo…it seems so wonderful! i have been helping her out with accomodation as well as explaining to her what to expect both academically and well, non-academically (ie. transportation, groceries..all that stuff). though i don’t actually have to pull her by the hair into my shady spot, i must say that this feeling of seniority, of supremacy, is mighty cool indeed. i can just imagine myself, the adored senior with the kick-ass notes and exam hints, helping my fellow friend in need. riiiight =)

putting those unrealistic notions aside, i do offer my congratulations and warmly welcome her into the shade under the spacious umbrella of the adelaide medical school. it feels so good to know that another one of our cg-mates is in medicine, thus adding to the doctor pool. just like how we all planned it not so long ago.

it would be great to meet most of them this saturday. =)

i had to delete the previous entry. if you read it, shush up. if you haven’t, thank god. it’s not that i am overly embarassed about the content, rather i am pretty ashamed of the way it was presented. yes, it’s the perfectionist side that is muttering. i will re-write it. i promise.

my jc classmates (or should that be ex?) are meeting up at the alma mater to greet and smile at tutors long gone. mingzi is going to make a spectacular appearance and it’s been yonks since i last met her. then again, it’s been super-yonks since i last met meghzy, who is considering this wednesday’s proposal. she has to pack up you see, for xmas holidays are nearing its end and she’s got to get her butt back to london this sat. i have no idea when mingzi will be back though, but i am aware that she has just returned from wisconsin. ah, we are the rare three jet-setters of eighteen-o-one.

most of them (save for meiyee and meghzy) don’t know that i am back yet and i find it mildly amusing. its not that i supremely detest coming home and making such a ruckus, announcing my return to the whole world with a mega-megaphone in my hand. rather, it’s trying to be discrete, to stay away from the pomp and splendour of social obligations. yes, coming home is just about family, family, family, close friends and food. the rest is all ME time. sure i have heaps of ME time in adelaide, but one has to be steeped into this activity as well to understand the importance of why ME time here for me is necessary.

so that’s it then. roughly two months before i myself return to adelaide. it seems ages ago that i have left. meghzy was right - home has not changed a single bit.

i have decided to start studying. in between my playstation2 sessions that is heh. i was engrossed with *gta:san andreas* for weeks, but i kind of put that on hold for a while recently to focus on *ratchet and clank*. i am bringing my ps2 baby with me to adelaide, no kidding.

anyway, here’s something to perk your lives up. a confession made by a caucasian lecturer who recently left singapore. he claims that singaporean students are incapable of thinking. well, most of them actually for he has had fine students before.

just found out that derek-werek is coming to adelaide for ns! (god knows why really)..he’ll be here in mid-may and i’ll be his tour guide! haha..now i’m scaring him with the dropping temperatures here..

derek’s my committee mate back in tj band..looking forward to bringing him around!

cheers~!