a walk in the park..

Today, after coming back from lecture, zhi and i went to the park for a good walk.. It's really a nice place to take pictures as well as to walk around and enjoy the view and fresh air.. ^.^

snow falling in spring

Hi all, it's tuesday and i'm still on holiday! And know what? I woke up this morning to a sky full of snow! It's been snowing ever since.. Can you believe it? It's already the 21th of April and still snowing.. It feels like it's never going to stop..

The winters here are odd.. I'm not enjoying the world coming to a stand still and i can't wait for spring to come.. I must admit, HOWEVER, i love winter and i still do.. Winter is the time of year i make steamboat, hot soups and all the comfort foods that are too hot to mess with during the summer months. I love to have a good cup of hot chocolate and sit by my window watching the snowfall. The trees would be covered in snow and ice with white frosting that turns the entire neighbourhood into a fairyland.. The city dresses up in its winter finery and the view and atmosphere are wonderful! Besides, it's the season of 'white christmas' and new year.. I enjoy the festivities and warmth of the season.. ^.^

There are many ways to enjoy the winter even though one may not like the cold. This is the time to wear cosy warm sweaters and things that don't work in summer. I love my sweaters and warm socks and fuzzy slippers (i would love the warm fire in the fireplace but too bad we don't have it here).. I love the quietness and magic of snow falling at night.. Most importantly, my very favourite time - snuggling under a blanket with zhi watching a movie on friday night.. ❤

See, how can i not adore winter? ^.^

neuro rocks my world

Hello hello!

Finally some time to breathe.. Today, the 20th of April, is Adolf Hitler’s birthday, and so we have a day off, and most probably tomorrow too.. Sorry for being a lil slow (alright, extremely slow) with updates and all.. I've been really busy and there's just no time to really sit down and post a blog entry.. I've immersed myself in the 'exciting world' of neurology, studying the brain and nervous system.. It's not as easy as it sounds though.. At times I find this subject daunting and stressing me out as there's just so much to study and memorise, but still i do enjoy what i'm learning..

Okie that's it for now, gotta get back to neurology ^.^

Ciao~

Love Story - Taylor Swift

We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I'm standing there
On a balcony in summer air

See the lights
See the party, the ball gowns
I see you make your way through the crowd
And say hello, little did I know

That you were Romeo, you were throwing pebbles
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
And I was crying on the staircase
Begging you please don't go, and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes
Escape this town for a little while

Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go and I said

Romeo take me somewhere we can be alone
I'll be waiting all there's left to do is run
You'll be the prince and I'll be the princess
It's a love story baby just say yes

Romeo save me, they try to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult, but it's real
Don't be afraid, we'll make it out of this mess
It's a love story baby just say yes
Oh oh

I got tired of waiting
Wondering if you were ever coming around
My faith in you is fading
When I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said

Romeo save me I've been feeling so alone
I keep waiting for you but you never come
Is this in my head? I don't know what to think
He knelt to the ground and pulled out a ring

And said, marry me Juliet
You'll never have to be alone
I love you and that's all I really know
I talked to your dad, go pick out a white dress
It's a love story baby just say yes

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Cause we were both young when I first saw you
^.^

by Taylor Swift

it's been a while...

After four months of cold winter, the sun is finally out, beating the drum of spring.. The snow and ice have started melting away, soon the plants will be springing back to life and turning green again! I’m looking forward to doing some outdoor activities that I have strayed away from for months!

this picture was taken during a bus ride after class

scenery captured from 15th floor of the hospital no 13

The past 4 weeks had been dedicated entirely to internal medicine rotation, pretty much a hectic one, and I’m completely drained off my energy.. Been so busy with preparing for classes, clerking patients and writing case reports that I lost track of time completely.. Before I realized it’s already April.. Time flies indeed..

I’m so grateful to have Maria Lvovna as our mentor this semester..I do salute her.. No doubt she’s strict but thanks to her I have a better understanding of the natural history of diseases and the development, and there’s definitely improvement in putting diagnosis, and also ECG readings which is so essential in analyzing cardiovascular diseases.

It’s neurology rotation starting tomorrow, which will be for another 2 weeks and plus. Frankly, I’m pretty excited about it for it has always been a field of interest to me.. Guess I’ll have to work even harder for this upcoming rotation as it’s a really challenging subject. Just hope I’ll be able to cope with it, and even master it! ^.^

已逝的友情

我的朋友，你过得还好吗？好久好久没和你说话了，每一次看见你，都有一股冲动想走上前跟你打招呼，但我始终都没有勇气那么做。。往往都是装作不在乎而离你远远的，偶尔，碰上面时，会习惯性的向你微笑。。心里却是难过的。。不知你是否也和我一样呢？

对不起，我的朋友，因为我的任性，害你受委屈了。。我，不知该如何补偿你。。如今连跟你说话的勇气也没有。。这其实都是我的错。。

真的好希望时光可以重来，但我知道这是不可能的事。。

曾经，在你眼中，我像是完美无缺，独一无二。。你常说，我像是个天使。。而你知道吗？你也曾是我的天使，我的守护天使。。你可以整夜不睡，为的，就是要凌晨三点叫我起身复习功课。。也常会买我爱吃的食物和零食。。我们也曾经无所不谈，褒电话粥可以褒上几个小时。。我病了，你会细心的照顾我。。我伤心难过时，你总会在我身边安慰我，逗我开心。。你总是迁就我，维护我。。我遇到困难时，你会尽你所能的帮助我，而却从来不跟我计较。。现在回想，我似乎什么也没为你付出过。。常常觉得惋惜，好不容易建立起的友情就这样，被我亲手给毁了。。

但我想告诉你，我亲爱的朋友，我真的真的很珍惜我们之间的友谊。。不管将来会如何，你永远都会在我的心中，占据很重要的位置。。在这，我向你献上我最真诚的祝福，希望你会丰富的过每一天，快乐的看每一天。。

pancake day!

We finally made the russian pancakes yesterday! It wasn't our first time though.. We made once while we were in the first year in conjunction with Shrovetide, upon the request of our russian language teacher. That time, we made the real TRADITIONAL pancakes with flour, milk, eggs, yeast, butter etc while this time we're using only the premixed one cause it's really convenient and we didn't have much time. We had only 2 hours before our russian language class..

The history of russian pancakes dates back to the 9th century. There are small thick ones called oladyi and big round ones called bliny. We made 2 kinds of bliny yesterday. One's with banana and chocolate, and the other, with mushrooms and cheese..

Sarah & Anitha
getting ready with the ingredients

premixed pancake packet in box with all the needed ingredients already neatly combined in a tidy little package

all we had to do was just adding water to the premixed flour

stirring the pancake batter

cutting the banana into slices

Tiraj
almost done with the batter
"with proud expression"

we were then ready to start cooking
heated up a little oil in the pans
added the batter mix when the oil was hot

fried the pancakes until they're brown on one side

then flipped the pancakes over to the other side

when the pancakes were brown on both sides
we added mushrooms and cheese to one of the pancakes as it was cooking

put thin slices of ripe banana on another cooked pancake

lastly we just needed to fold the pancakes twice
pancakes were ready to be served!

Tiraj was enjoying the pancakes!

^.^