The one where she finishes her essay

I finished it last night... after weeks of research, writing and rewriting, my affair with the Influenza virus ends today. I still have some proof-reading to do, but I'm trying to put it off for as long as I can...I think I have issues letting go...I live for pressure and stress..it's what keeps me going, complain as I might...and I know I will feel the void the minute I hand the essay in...so in anticipation of god forbid..extra free time!, I have signed up for SKIP, an international champion of childen welfare so I can busy myself with fundraising events and campaigns........and I dont even like kids...what is wrong with me..gah!....or maybe this is just the frustration from having a swollen eye talking....it hurts when I blink, and I just spent 4 pounds on 10 ml of Golden Eye Drops........I fucking hate the GBP...

Anyway, now tht I have time to be bored...I'm fast running out of things to do...I have watched all my series thingies, watched all my movies, been on Ronald McDonald's Colouring Book website twice, coloured Big Bird 3 times and vacumned my room 3 times.......

And despite what I might have said about the sheer beauty of snow, someone needs to make it stop...a week of alternating snow,sleet,hail and rain makes Jade cranky as fuck....and an outer temperature of 0 degrees with a broken radiator does absolutely nothing to help matters

I did, however, discover the therapeutic effects of mixing stuff--- I had this strawberry cheesecake thing that I got from Asda, only the cheese bit tasted so much of eggs it made me sick, so I ate the biscuit base and started playing around with the rest of the cake. The whole idea is to just keep stirring until everything comes together, strawberry chunks and all, and resembles strawberry yoghurt in colour and consistency......
Sounds gross, but it is really calming and it does give rise to great ideas...i think it;s all about chanelling positive energy and turning it into inspiration......
I'm so full of shit...haha.......I need to go to sleep to unswell my eye....

For the love of medicine

When I came to university, I knew I was signing away most of my freedom for pretty much the rest of my life..if I graduated of course......Then I looked at my yearly schedules for the next 5 years and realized I had unwittingly given up any semblance of a holiday--Christmas, Easter and Summer no longer exist in my vocabulary....

And this morning when I went in for yet another lecture on atheroma and thrombosis, complete with a slideshow movie of ridiculously clogged up arteries and fatty heart after fatty heart, I made a vow never to touch a full fry up from the dining hall...or anywhere else for that matter..ever again...no matter how lovely the fried bread smells or how tempting the sausages look; at 7.30 in the morning, I dont think I can get past the uncanny resemblance they bear to a fucked up blood vessel.....

I hate u medical school...for taking away everything that made me so happy...I really do.. :(

Fight or flight

I went to the bank last week having received my credit card statement...only it was a January statement which is ridiculous since I haven't used my card since last October...feel proud of me later..it gets better.....so I skimmed through this blasted piece of paper, and find I've been charged a balance brought forward from the previous statement plus interest....that explains the January bill...what I didnt understand was why I never recieved the 'previous statement' that should've been due 3 months ago...following?no?tough...I've had a long week and I NEED to let off steam...where was I...ah yes..so I speak to this patronizing cow of an information officer and I do mean cow in every bloody sense of the word....and she tells me to wait for the credit card company to send me a copy of the statement.....those who know me know for a fact that Jade Lim does not like waiting..especially when she can do little else except curse during that waiting period, which in this case was about a week.

Anyhoo, I got my copy of the statement yesterday together with surprise, surprise, the original statement that was 3 months too late...note: I woke up at 7 having had a full day of lectures plus work the day before, dressed up and read up everything I could about respiratory examinations, only to go to the hospital and find out half the lectures as well as ward rounds had been cancelled.....One can do a lot of seething in the 45-minute bus ride from the hospital to the main campus....

So I march into the bank with a file of previous statements and receipts, a big empty space where the Oct/Nov bill should've been..yes, I file my stuff now...and my new fresh copies from the mail.....I explain as nicely as humanly possible for a PMS-ing chick who just spent the better half of the past hour shooting everyone in her mind my predicament...only to have the lady shrug and say:" It happens I guess..we have no control over the postal system..I've had a credit card for 3 years and it's never happened to me before"...fucking hell!
I've fucking had a credit card for 3 frickin yrs and it's never happened to me before!!!....U work in a frickin bank in a country where even the neighbour's dog has a fucking credit card!...dont go parading the fact that u have a credit card when u're supposed to be helping ME with stupid late statements that I got charged interest for!!! Whatever the fuck happened to 'customer's always right'?!

I take a deep breath,forget the nice demure international student act and repeat my story. This time, she offers a refund of the interest.
Do i take it? Hell yea...but not without launching into a tirade about it being the principle of the matter rather than the money itself,demanding some reassurance that a complaint will be made and soliciting a promise that it would not happen again first.

in case anyone was wondering...the interest charged and refunded was 29 pence.
Should I have let it go?considering I cant do much with 29 pence...perhaps...but like I said, its the principle of the matter.....besides, it's been a stressful week and I was just aching for a fight :P

Woof

In lieu of the Lunar New Year, I thought it'd be fun to check up on my new year's resolutions--that way, if I've forgotten anything..or decided that certain things are just more possible blogged than done, I can make a whole new set...hehe...dont u just love second chances :P

1. I shall study like there's no tomorrow--constant revision baby!
I'm constant.......enough....at least I have the right idea:P

2. I shall finish assignments at least one week before the deadline--no more last minute bullshit
done 2 pages of the stuff.....considering the title itself is bullshit, I so deserve a medal for even bothering...influenza can kiss me arse

3. I shall stay awake in lectures....even if the lecturer is lulling himself to sleep
Hell Yea!!...stayed awake even during 5 hour symposia..beat that!

4. I shall turn up for Public Health lectures
negative...but then we havent had any lectures on public health :P

5. I shall learn how to ask 'open questions'
been there, done that, and on video too

6. I shall draft a budget that would make Ebenezer Scrooge proud
yep, and sticking to it is easier than i thought....I am a banker's daughter..hehe

7. I shall get a weekend job
Catering assistant...sounds fancy dunnit ;)...I get to make money..woohoo!

8. I shall go to Italy
pending.....see 6...Ebenezer would never approve of frivolities like gelatto..

9. I shall go to a friendly pub once--it's a bet..one I'm willing to lose considering a friend's future is at stake..hehe
my friend has no future...so I shall remain sober for another term

10. I shall find out what a Ramlee Burger is
soon enough..

11. I shall go back to KTJ and say a proper thank you to the Scots, the Singaporean and the lactose-intolerant one
will pay for my own ticket once I earn enough...damn I feel independent

12. I shall remember birthdays and anniversaries better
handphone calender is a godsend

13. I shall be tidier
*drumroll*....I am sooooo tidy nowadays, I vacumn my room 3 times a week, and sweep it with the little broom thing my dad got me every day ...hehe

14. I shall be less cynical....at least in public..what I think is still my business :P
I was born this way...so bite me

15. I shall eat more fish...bleh...it's supposed to be brain food
dining hall dsnt serve fish :P

16. I shall employ an 'open ear policy'...everyone is entitled to freedom of speech; should I disagree with any seemingly unfair comments, I shall bite my tongue and think happy thoughts
I quit...my tongue hurt after the first 2 days..

17. I shall stick to some kind of excercise routine...I WILL lose the ass! woohoo!
100 crunches n 100 leg lifts baby!

18. I shall appreciate what I have and complain less
I barely have time to think...so the complaining is on a decline...if not for the right reasons..

19. I shall make more effort to keep in touch with friends, old and new
affirmative:)

20. And above all, I shall enjoy life
15 pounds on a CNY eve dinner.....I think I'll stop enjoying for a while...happiness is expensive..

17 out 0f 20 seems impressive enough considering it's only February....
Oh, I pen or keyboard(?) this post a working woman...hehe...I started me new job today, think I earned me close to 20 pounds for 3 hours work.....AND I got a cute black t-shirt...AND it felt good to work at a job I found on my own.... :)

maybe this will be a good year after all...*fingers crossed n touching wood*