EstherTan's Xanga

should I return?

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:50:22 GMT

whoa.. it's almost been 7 months since I've blogged.
should I continue blogging?
will anyone read about the boring life of a medical student?
does anyone even care? O.o
hmm..
why not.. since the hospital's computer doesn't allow access to facebook..
WHY la.. don't doctors or other health professions need to update their status on facebook?
or even chat on msn?
geee... oh well at least xanga still works..
well maybe I should blog. haha

well, a few highlights of the month of May.. more pictures on facebook.. :)
The month of "FIRST" everything..

my first time at Macquarie! with the ocf-ers there. :)

went out with my med friends for yumcha.. our first yumcha in 3 years! =O

yup.. and my first karaoke session..EVER. never dared to sing in front of people but well since it's all girls..who cares! sang my favourite chinese songs in the most broken-chinese-you'll-ever-hear and cheesy english songs! :)

Michelle's farewell .. :( the first best friend to leave Sydney..

Ju Bee's 22nd Birthday.. :)

gosh..miss the times when the 3 of us stayed together. :)

yup that's it.. June's here.. Oh my giga! so happy! why? 5 more months till I return!! yes yes yes!!

BUT

the dilemma now.. of what extra-faculty course to take!!
opinions needed!!
should I take:-
a) Accounting 1A
b) Communications & Social Work
c) Marine Environment.

three different faculties..esther's trying to challenge herself.. haha. :) SELECT TWO FOR ME! PLEASE! :)

well i better get back to my research..
till the next time..

~eSther

Birthday Post

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 11:50:57 GMT

okay, i shouldn't be doing this. *should be studying*

exam on monday and thursday..

omg, i can't wait til thursday!!!!!!!

can't wait till the 23rd when i finally see my family and all again! yayness! :)

anyway, firstly..

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR WISHES on my birthday!

really made my day special! :)

Thanks everyone who made my day special too!

will post pictures on facebook soon! :)

nights!

xoxo,

~eSther

random post..

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:45:38 GMT

exams are coming!
10th November - Personal financial planning
13th November - Medicine End Of Course Exam.

argh.. why are my exams so late! everyone finishes before me! no fair! no fair! but oh well, on the bright side, I have extra time to study.. really need that extra time i guess... procastinating until now! o.m.g man. too much anatomy of the brain (horizontal, coronal slices..oh goodness!) to revise within a week.

anyways, this is just a random post. Just felt like blogging about the video I watched in tutorial today about 2 couple's real life experience with a partner having Alzheimer's. super sad man. two women with such great husbands..that go all out to care for their wives eventhough their wives don't remember them at all.. how sad. wonderful memories just wiped out with a single disease.sigh... would never want to live like that.. being alive without any memories...........sigh. i want to remember every detail of my life.. good/bad... i must not lose it.

well .. ok this is so random.

going to sleep now.

nights.

sweet memories.

~eSther

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 12:31:04 GMT

I'm going to get a headache soon! Cranial nerves took me a whole day.. a whole saturday!
One prac one lecture = one whole day of revision..
okay, maybe it's cause i wasted my time drawing.. hehe. can't help it. =P so bored, just seeing words after words..

okay.. and Nadia just recommended me this website which I shall share :-
www.asos.com
WHY ARE THINGS IN UK SO CHEAP FOR THEM? so jealous! The dress is only 8 pounds?!
Beat that! :(
can't wait to go shopping again after i'm done with this Brain cycle!
:)

~eSther

But by the grace of God.

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:56:27 GMT

Still standing - Lakewood Church

Verse One:
You gave me courage to believe
that all your goodness I will see
cause if it had not been for you standing on my side where would I be

Chorus:
If not for your goodness
if not for your grace
I don't know where I would be today
if not for your kindness I never could say I'm still standing
if not for your mercy if not for your love
I most likely would have given up if not for your favor I never could say I'm still standing
but by the grace of God

Verse Two:
To you I lift my offering
and set my heart on higher things
cuz if it had not been for you standing on my side where would I be

Bridge :
On Christ the solid rock I stand
all other ground is sinking sand
On Christ the solid rock I stand
but by the grace of God.
On Christ the solid rock I stand
all other ground is sinking sand
On Christ the solid rock I stand
but by the grace of God..
I'm still standing I'm standing I'm still standing but by the grace of God

A song that directly speaks for me! :)
wouldn't have gone through the year or even my whole life without Him! :)
Lakewood church songs rocks! super meaningful. :)

well i'm back..for now.
can't seem to be bothered about my group project on neuroimaging techniques, individual assignment on the ethics and sociocultural context of brain death and withdrawing life support treatment and my Personal Financial Planning financial plan assignment.
BAH. be gone you projects and assignment!
can't seem to bring myself to finishing either of them.. cause 1) group not doing anything so I'm not motivated either 2) ethics is some dodgy grey area which i hate exploring..i want black&white answers. 3)I'm not graduating why should I have a financial plan! I'll think about investing in shares and all when I graduate and actually have money to put in Telstra, Woolies and so on for long-term high-risk growth of money. =P

anyways, gtg. one day in hospital can be so tiring plus tmrw I wake up to two brain lectures..perfect!

well i shall leave with a picture. :)

*before you say anything that is not my boyfriend. =P
Commerce Society Masquerade Ball 2008.
The photographer has super skills!
more pictures on the ball can be viewed at http://www.enterthechase.com/gallery.php?level=album&id=2&plog_page=2

Mei and I at OCF E-Night.

okay quite lazy to put up more pictures. facebook is the way to go! ;)

nights!

~eSther

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:59:22 GMT

yes, I've been missing for quite a while. blame cardiology! that was stressing! too much physio for me! haha. just hope i did okay for the exam on thursday. *fingers crossed..twisted..plaited*
this term is neuro..brain drain! ;)

anyways, it's just the first week of the 7-week cycle so still on procastination mode.. that's why I have the time to upload some photos! hehe . :)

my life hasn't been that exciting except it's great living on the same street as other students in particular, medical. goodness, Blenheim Street is some medical-student-dominated street.! hehe :) can simply crash other people's house.. oops! :P

okay so well my weekend was exciting.. after the paper on thursday i just need a break.

so went to Royal National Park with my bible study group.. oh it was wonderful road trip! enjoyed myself very much! :) the scenery was just wonderfull .. God's so amazing! :)

haha.. okay so random.. but you can't blame me.. was bored! :)

and today was Oon Peng's graduation! lucky man! :)

someday it will be my turn... ;) four more years. sigh!

more pictures on facebook! lazy to upload here.. :)

okay it's back to Lymph Nodes and Neuro.. oh goodness. :)

~eSther

suddenly.

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:38:49 GMT

in the midst of a hectic-schedule-due-to-constant-procastination situation.

i find myself looking at my picture folder, only to think of times like these..

sigh. I wish I was back in Malaysia.

Saturdays were super fun. That's when my dad would often call us out for lunch, watch cartoons with my sibs, evening sports, family dinner.

I WANNA GO BACK! :(

~eSther

oh my.

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:05:27 GMT

ok it's one of those random posts. once I blog, I just can't stop! hehe..

was just thinking about the question ..

If I was given the chance to change course from medicine what would I do?

yup you guessed it. i'll be baking my heart out - cupcakes, bread, cakes.. oh and decorating them!

sigh.. why did I choose medicine.. haha no lar, medicine's fun too just that well sometimes I wish I went into the baking line..explore my "artistic" side.. aww! I wanna go to baking school! hehe.. ok this is so random.

random point #2 : I feel like baking now and it's 4:!2am! but thanks to the stupid oven which broke down on tuesday....................................................................................................................... yeah, not able to do any baking..gee...

ok i better go before I keep on making random notes. hehe

nights!

~eSther

M.I.A.

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:43:26 GMT

missing in action.
like totally.

well now that Beginnings, Growth and Development A is done... I am freee! at least till 20th July! ;)

a little update on what's been happening although I've been nerding, project-ing, and assignment-ing 99% of the time. haha.

31st May - the housemate for the 2nd year turns 21!

morning-afternoon-night.
it was a day long celebration. trust me. since 12am - 12noon. non-stop. only had 2 hours of sleep but it was worth it! ;)

[the afternoon party] - my housemate, Krystina and the devilled eggs we made..*note the cute faces on the eggs! hehe*

yup the housemates - Krystina and Ju Bee.

[the night dinner at Erciyes]
my first turkish dinner! :) The dips were really really cool and yummy! ;)

apple & cinnamon tea.

21st June - the new housemate turns 20! ;)

oh my goodness... =P

this time it's Thai food! yummmyyyy! ;)

with the perfume Ju Bee and I got for her. ;)

TODAY - 26th June - Lany turns 19! celebrated at The Pancakes, Darling Harbour.

ok the housemates again.. everywhere we go must take a picture hey! hehe ;)

all the girls.. well almost with Lany on my left! ;)

with Darren..

well that's all for now. till then! ;)

~eSther

guess who's back.

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:23:36 GMT

okay, it's two weeks before exam and i'm actually taking time off to blog?!
saturdays and sundays are the worst days for studying eventhough there's a small feeling of guilt, i can't be bothered. terrible. 2nd year into med and i'm turning into a slacker! oh well. hehe. :)

FIRSTLY, LET ME START BY SAYING I"M SO PROUD OF YOU SARAH TAN YONG YIN! Congrats on winning that gold medal for shot putt! YOU GO GIRL! :) *hughug*

well some pictures on what's been happening to me since I've been blogging sporadically. :)

It was Darren's Birthday last Saturday (12/04/08)

had a party in his house. my goodness, was surrounded by so many actuarist-to-be it was freaky. all this smart people. hehe. was fun. Darren's a super friendly guy so there were so many good comments about him when we played the game of expressing how we came to know him. Glad I met you Darren! You're one overly crazly smart and extremely friendly actuarist! :)

my housemate and I missed Jor How too much that we had to go up to the room to do some poses! haha.. haih too bad he lives in Kingsford now. miss those times we spent last year!

since it's his room too and it's his birthday, Darren gets a shot too! hehe. :)

ok.

need i mention more? i've already admitted to being hooked on ... baking! ;)

found this recipe online. apparently it's some Australian traditional bread. taste like scone lar. oh well Australian version of scone i guess. :) Made it for my housemate and I's lunchbox! :)

a closer look. note to self : make the shape nicer next time. :)

see once I start I can't stop. baked this slices to bring. healthy lunchbox part II! :)

today made ham, pineapple and cheese scroll. tasted good just that once again, the appearance was super ugly. Glad all my 6 testers enjoyed it.

so inspiring to know people love what you bake! :)

but but but.. people are starting to think i'm so 'motherly'. is that a good comment?

makes me feel old.

ok well that's not important. GROUP PROJECT due Sunday!! gtg.

Mandarin Exam on Tuesday!

End of course exam on 1st May!

still blogging?!

...

hehe

nights!

~eSther