Excellence Award Ceremony

I've always pictured what would it be like receiving awards at university level. Okie. I'm not like gila awards and stuff, but then the idea of getting into the dean's list is like so fantastic. Didn't help much with sis, being the smart ass that she is, to always be in the dean's list, n getting ever-so-great grades. Hmph! that certainly fuel up the enthusiasm.

So looks like my dream (okie more like fantasy) did come true after all. Weee~ Hahaha. All that late nights with my coco crunch did paid off eventually with dinner at a hotel in KK and a certificate to go with it. Weee~ So what if I din eventually turn out as the BEST student, I'm contented (although that piala did look very very nice indeed). So we arrived and took our seats.

Pictured from left Jeremy, Me, Michelle n Kok Leong

We actually were seated in another table around the corner, surrounded by all seniors and far far away from our frens. But we were so jahat as to switch places. Oops! :P Hey, it'd be like so weird and all okie? Anyway, the hotel view was quite nice I have to say.

Pictured here at the lobby, Kok Leong, Me and Michelle

We were taking like loads and loads of pictures until the organizing committee had to calm us down ,asking us to sit down. Oops again! hehehehe.. Can't blame us being all excited cos it was our first time coming to the award ceremony. Hahaha. Like melepaskan kambing out of kandang pula. Lol. Not that I'm saying I'm the kambing. :P

Pictured here at the stairs. Always imagine cinderella entering ballroom :P

So the nite went on, with food served in buffet style (wasn't all that fantastic, but edible though) where we munch down like we hadn't eaten for years! Lol. I think we were all like thinkin I'm eating my heart out for all that hard work and stress we had to go through to come here. Lol. So anyway, the award ceremony commenced.

Just look at that satisfied smile :P

It was so cool to go up and get your cert. Like practice to graduate in another 4 years time. Lol. That feeling was just so satisfying although it was like just for that 10 seconds. Hehehe. Thinking back when I was in first year, I have to admit, I did studied like a crazy woman. With sleeping as early as 7pm or sometimes even at 5pm, then waking up in the middle of the nite, all panic and just rushing to the table to grap my anatomy book out from the shelves. At least now it has gotten somewhat better in 2nd year.

Don't we look like we just graduated?

So, kudos for all people for my batch who made it. We did it! Weee~ As for the others, hopefully more of us will be there again next year. Hehehehe. Till then la. Karleen, Out!

p/s: To papa, hope u enjoyed reading this post! :)

-karleen-

Note to Self...

He's.Just.not.That.Into.You.

Read it. Learn it. Memorise it. Practice it.

-karleen-

Family Day 2010

Wow.. Yesterday was definitely fun! At first, I wasn't exactly excited about the activity during family day, more of meeting another someone there. However, that person decided to have a no show. Oh well. Nonetheless, I did have fun! (Seriously)

I think I was too excited the day of the family day that I actually woke up about 4 something. Call me crazy, but that's what I did. It was still raining when we left for the family day. I was thinking, "habisla.. Sure family day gone havoc!" It was like tat initially. But I hv to give props to the organizing committee. They managed to handle medical students plus nursing students plus MLT students! That's like wow. Cos medical students alone already enuf to make u pening kepala somemore campur with other students.

Started off as usual with opening ceremony bla bla bla.. The aerobic session wasn't as nice as last year. Sound system oso was not as loud. Oh well. Wa I like complaining a lot kan? I should stop. Then station games started. I dunno wat the heck happened tapi 1 bunch of gila guys from my class decided to join my teammates and I. So the whole time, the loudest voices that you can hear is from my team. And all d cheers was a result of Avatar. My gawd! the way they call themselves- Turoktomato (I dunno how to spell!) and add it into the cheer plus all d body shaking, it was hilarious. Glad they joined in. It did added the fun element to the day.

After all station games, it was like free time for us to mingle. What else to do? Jump into the water la! Weee~ I've always wanted to feel wat it was like to jump from the deck (i think it is called the deck), and it was awesome!! Lol. Water was sssooooo salty. But it was fun. Throw ppl into the water, splash water and all. Awesome! Then I was so smart pegi tukar baju and all to find out we had tug of war and they needed me (now here's one thing they need big ppl like me! haih~). Again like last year, I had to be the anchor (a.k.a the biggest girl in class). But it was okie. Cakap cakap saje la. We look at it from a different perspective, I am the strongest in class. Lol. Just look at my photos on FB and judge for urself. :)

After all the huha, finally came back. This morning woke up with so bad a sore on my back! All because of yesterday's tug of war! Kenapa la so 'bok meng'? haiyoyo. But it was all worth it, we won!! Weee~ Beat the first year plus the nursing students. But it was no less filled with controversy cos there were like ppl helping those pulling the rope, kacau-ing ppl pulling etc etc. But we have the bragging rights for a year! Weeee~ :)

Okie la. Have dinner to attend tonite. Till the next post. Will definitely put in photos next time to blog oso. View kat FB je la. :P

-karleen-

Long Day Finally Over

Yesterday was so tiring!! Phew.. just glad that it is over..

Started off as usual with classes at 0800.. I got up at 5.ooam in d morning (don't ask me y, I just did). 2 whole long hour of dean's lecture (he's always asking us to talk loudly, but you have to like strain your neck just to hear him talking.. with a mic!) where I like fell asleep a few times. Oops! Lol. Then it was group discussion for our research proposal. I don't like epidemiology!! (I had to get it out of my system). Now we have to come up with a research proposal, with again all the IMRD stuff.. Help! Breathe Karleen, breathe!!

Okie. Then I basically had the afternoon off (yay!) so I spent most of it studying. (Can imagine Eileen shaking her head saying she's really a nerd). Well I can't help it! It's a short module where next week we're having yet another test! Haih.. I dunno what's going through the arrange-time-table-person's mind. Arrange it so packed. With research to do, drama to practice.. Somemore somemore everyday classes sure overtime, over 5 o'clock.. Then then next week like I said there's test and all.. HELP!! To add it all up, there's the planning of IMHC going on. Haih haih..

This few days always get so irritated over this one particular person. Let's put this person as 'A'. Okie. So this A loves to interfere with a lot of people's work. No matter what it is, A wants to be a part of it. So A is in the committee for one of our project, and A just loves to take over your job, leave it suddenly then take it back again. Then keep complaining or saying it's not good enough somemore somemore get's so irritated when others give opinion and shut them down just like that. So irritating you know. Then when A needs help, super nice to you all over again la. A total pain in the ass so so so irritating. Just talking about A will get me all fired up! I just need to get it out of my system once and for all. Phew~

So back to yesterday, after the afternoon off, I had to get down for drama practice which ended up a failure cos no compliance and everybody kept running away. Kesian the director. Then yesterday I had like one of the craziest meeting of all time. A meeting starting at 1am and ending at 4.30am!! Crazy kan? I basically slept at 10pm yesterday till 12.15am, then off to bed again at 0430 and up at 0630. Wa tiring ohr cos wake up then sleep and wake up all over again. Haih. Now I'm just hoping I survive this whole module.

Okie. Like daddy say, don't complain, just look at everything from a bright side and it'll all be alrite. With his wise words, I'll leave you guys here for now. Till the next post! XOXO

-karleen-

100110.. Just amazing

Okie. So somehow I just liked the date yesterday, so I thought I'd just blog about it. Nice rite yesterday's date? 100110. All zeroes and ones.

So it started off well shocking. Why I say so? Well it was time for my second visit to my foster family in Kudat for this year. And, and, and.. We're like supposed to be down at the bus stop at 0630 to wait for the bus. When I got up, (well actually more of like my roomie got up n shrieked la) it was already.. 0619! Shit! Watudoo. Cepat-cepat bergesa-gesa go toilet, mandi and all la, get dressed then it was off to the bus stop. Reach at approx. 0700. Hey I was actually early! Bus was scheduled to leave at 0700 actually, and believe it or not, I was one of the few early birds. All those rushing, somemore knock here and there (I'm getting more accident prone by the day!), semua untuk tunggu kat bus stop jugak. Haih...

To make matters worse, bus came late, and we were off only at 0800. 1 hour wait imagine that! Somemore somemore.. I dunno kenapa la si driver to, he went east instead of west (metaphorically la, not that i know where east or west pun) to go pump petrol, then turn back then only we were off to Kudat! Another HOUR wasted just to go pump petrol. Sweat sweat. But then again, good oso la, cos I gotta sleep more on the bus! Weee~

After 3 whole hours of exhausting journey (Don't la imagine roads like PLUS highways, think Kuala Pilah that kinda road, but with more holes, and just as winding), we finally made it safe and sound to Sikuati. My poor foster mom was waiting anxiously for us aldy. She waited for like almost 3 hours for us! So paise la! So we had lunch, and the next thing we know, we were off to their house in the kampung.

I finally met baby Asyikin for the 2nd time already. Ok. This was how she looked like when I last saw her during the Raya break. She was only like 2 weeks old.

Adorable ain't she?

Well, after 6 months, here she is now..

Looking as precious as ever

Isn't it just fascinating, she can grow up so fat? She can even walk on the baby walker now! From the photo above don't we both look like sisters? Ok. Lemme clarify something. She's actually my foster mother's granddaughther. So that like makes me her.. Aunt! Omg! Lol. Well who wouldn't wanna be her aunt. Just look at her...

Cute eh?

She does look like a chinese rite? She's so adorable and her face is so chubby! Reminds me of me! Lol. I just wanna protect her from being pinched by all those horrible horrible person. They are just so evil! Hmmm.. (Patutla I chubby till now)

So after another exhausting ride back UMS, we didn't stop and rest there. My friends and I went straight out to KK on another shopping trip! Ok ok. Well not exactly shopping trip for me. Just that Bao Ling is heading off to KL tis Wed for EASMC (so jealous of her!), so she had to get some souvenirs from Philipino Market. It was so cheap there! Much cheaper than the morning market they have every Sunday! Hmph! the 4 of us that went even got for ourselves each similar bracelets! Like sisters pulak! Lol. Buy la although I don like wearing bracelets. Hehehe.

Then later on, we headed off to the newest, swankiest hot spot in KK. The..

Well the name says it all rite?

Metrojaya, Hush Puppies, Levi's, Voir and a whole lot more of exciting shops awaits to be opened. Can't wait! Hopefully it will be fully opened before I head of to Sandakan. Hehehe. They were having book sales at 30% off for best sellers. They even have Cecilia Ahern The Gift. (Jie you want me to get it for u?). So excited when I saw those books! Lol. Okie. Proves that I am a nerd. Who cares! Lol. We had Pizza for the nite. Then head on home for much needed rest.

(L-R) Michelle, Bao Ling, Me!

Before I head on to this story, lemme show u a pic first...

Ignore the spelling mistake please

Get the idea? Well if you still don't, let me have you look at another sneak peak..

Got it?

Okie okie. I'm too excited d. My story got published in the newspaper!! Weeee~ Yes yes. And please do read the title. Lol. Tak faham le. Lol. It was written by yours truly in Bahasa Kadazandusun! Weeee~ And it was printed on a color page, on my birthday!! OMG! Happy birthday to me again!

The whole article

I'm so proud of myself. Don't the pictures look fantastic? Hehehehe. Okie. I'm off to my next class now. Till my next post! In KD perhaps. Lol.

-karleen-

Bye bye 2009, Hello 2010

Wow! It's 2010 already! Been like 3 months plus since i last updated my blog. Yikes! So what better way to start 2010 off with a new template? U likey??

Basically, 2009 has been filled with a lot of ups n downs. N i mean A LOT! There's this whole new life that I'm building here in KK with a bunch of crazy friends which i absolutely adore. But then again, you can't help but miss the comforts of home. Ok ok. I should stop complaining anymore now cos i don't want this to be an emo post.

So let's just sum up 2009. It has been yet another hectic year, but i can't help but to say i have such wonderful memories. Just last year, I've been to Taiwan for my AMSC conference [which i unfortunately got quarantined :), yet still had a blast], I've also managed to visit jie in AUH which i always enjoyed, there's the health promotion for 2 weeks in Kg Tongod, Climbing Mount KK which was absolutely awesome! Oh yea, did I mention i went water rafting in Padas River too! It was absolutely amazing [although i did injured my toe and ended up with a swollen toe for a whole week! lol]. U know as i write on abt my experiences in 2009, i can't help but think i m 1 clumsy person. Sure sustain some kind of injury somehow wan from everywhere. Lol. I guess that's to make me remember the experiences more. Lol. Besides all these trips, I've also gotten so much just by being a medical student. I would definitely say that I've grown (although still accident prone). Hey that actually rhymes!

2009 aside, new year, new aspirations, new.. well everything! Lol. This year promises to be yet another hectic year, of cos fabulous at the same time. Hehehe. Mid of this year will be the much anticipated IMHC (International Mental Health Conference) organized by AMSA UMS. This is such a huge event, although we're like facing so much of roadblocks now, I really hope we can pull through. Then there's also moving from KK all the way to Sandakan come Jun/July. Bye bye preclinical year, hello clinical years (if i make it through this sem's final exams, keeping my fingers crossed!). I'll definitely miss preclinical years, but I can't help but get all excited about postings in hospitals! Lol.

So what's more for this year? Well not much has been planned as yet. But I really hope it's as awesome or not more awesome than 2009. Cheers to 2010! :) Till the nest post (which will be vy vy soon. Promise.. hehehehe..

P/s: definitely will try updating more this year. :P

-karleen-