Bhangra Night


Anna, Kelvin and myself (the fellow Perthians) went to Fremantle for an exclusive Bhangra Street dancing. S couldn't come but I guess that makes Kel feels a lot more at ease ever since the last (very trival) incident that happened few days ago. All of us had such a fun and wild night dancing on the streets with a few occasional Aborigines loafters around. Anna just couldn't stand the "smell" of them. What can I say when they are "born" and "bred" in bush while attempting to live in the real civilisation world. From there , one get to see all different races get together shaking their hips and doing the twisting moments with the wrists. And of course, the indians guru themselves would do the more bollywood type of dance - pretending to be a palm tree in the centre with a couple moving around it.

We had a break over at Benny's Bar. We just couldn't stop constantly joking around and share our amusing tips on travelling. As you can see, all these friends I made are from a travel website. Travellers like us who enjoy putting up pics and tips of places where we have been. That's what the website is all about (www.virtualtourist.com)

I've still got more 'gossips' coming up shortly..need to take a nap.

Strangle or struggle?

Out of the blue, Adam, Sophie and myself get together for a coffee session. It was all going all right until Sophie took away Adam's phone -think she wants to play around. Adam indicated that there are some personal stuffs in the phone but at this point, Sophie doesn't seem to get the indication: "Some personal in my phone so please respect". It's true that Sophie as verberlized that she doesn't mind people looking through her phone but everyone is different! Each individual needs to be treated with at least some respect. So I can't blame Adam totally while he tried to get back his phone , the table slightly topped over which in turns, causing Sophie's phone to slid off from her bag and *thud*. Her phone just landed on the floor and a small dent is formed on the top corner of phone.
Is heaven trying to being fair for one or another?
From that moment, I can tell Sophie was pissed with her arms folded plus the whole conversation simply ended.I was the one who is trying to be a peace (pace) maker between both of them. Basically, if Sophie gets the hint earlier on and returns the phone to him, such things will not happen.
I didn't tell her all these because this is all on my perspective. Additionally, she doesn't have to listen to my craps like this.

I did reassure Adam that it will sound "silly" if Sophie doesn't get over with the damage on that inanimate object.

Had being sandwiched....bah* Anyway, I know I'll be heartache if my 2 month old phone kena "accident". Then again, what can one do? If I seriously don't kick a big fuss, I don't think I'll show symptoms on my face. As for Sophie's case, her non-verbal cues just gave it away no doubt she said she has forgotten the whole thing.

Sandwiched stuffs aside, I just grant a wish for a Malay girl under the Boys Bridget Programme of buying a set of stationery online. Feel so happy and hope she likes it :)
If I got more money later, i'll probably get a hamper for an elderly folk.

Enjoying every moment

Met up with Steff last Wed. Each time when we go out, we can never have enough korean food at Kim Chee House (@Northbridge). She always commented I am so quiet when the food arrived. What can I say coz' it is simply too yummy. Next, we walked a couple of rounds to "lessen" the fullness on our tums. Had "modified" ice kanchang at Eutopia...so ex as compared to Singapore. I miss ice jelly back home!! ;<>

Brought Deepa for shopping on Thursday. Almost late while picking her up because the road was closed and had to make a detour. Bloody **** people always close the road at unusual time. Don't they understand it's peak hour traffic - after hours?? Was raining so heavily at the same time that even the fastest speed of the wipers can't help it. I spend about $50 bucks on 3 tops. All sparky ones .....uh oh.Sense of guilt of spending money coming in.Plus, I saw a few earrings that look soo nice. About 3 of them in total.Hmmm.... After shopping, we went to makan makan eat the nasi branyni. What the? The makan cafe has run out of the rice and Fish Curry. Nescafe Tarik supposed to be nice to drink but not anymore when it's too bitter *bleah- where is the bag* Deepa was asking me if I want to go Auckland next year. I wish I can for skiing during winter! OMG, I've still got Darwin, Sydney and Cairns to cover.

Oh I've started my savings account with the high interest rate one. Hee.

This weekend is gonna be interesting I hope. KIV pubbing tonight and more shopping/clubbing tomorrow. KIV sunday Swan valley. How exciting!

"Fly aeroplane"

Firstly, Girlfriend F asked me to let her know (in regardless of email, sms way) if I wanna go out on Tuesday night and I did replied her this early morning. Right now, I suppose I am not going anywhere tonight since I didn't get her reply for at least out of courtesy sake.How am I suppose to take her messages seriously the next time? On the other hand, I can never comprehend the messages she typed on MSN. It just doesn't make sense at all. Neither am I trying to judge her academics, it will make things a lot easier for me even with the most simplest and shortest sentences.
Enough of crap.That's the thing - I cared too much for people's lives. Why I am making my life so "miserable" just because others are.

Worked at Senior Centre this morning. This elderly lady can't thank me enough for getting rid of her in-grown nail bit and pieces ." What can I do without you?" Feel so flattered. HEEHEE. My body feels so lethargic as the weather's getting hotter and hotter. I just want my nap after work.

One local hospital from Singapore approached me if I wanna work for them. Decisions decisions....arrghh**

Life is not just overcoming one hurdle.

Sunday:

Woke up in the late morning to meet Deepa for Bridget Jones movie. For those who haven't watched, the ending is Bridget married Mr Darcy *lol*Come and kill me then, readers ;p
Had korean BBQ chicken for late lunch and cocktails in the evening. This cocktail called Japanese Slipper whereby it consists of Midori, pineapple, lemon and dunno what else. To think about it, I had this Valention Blue which I reckon it's one of the best and soothing drink for me.
Unfornately Anna can't come along for that day as one of her close family friends is really sick at the hospital.
Watched Australia Idol finale!! Casey is the winner as I've guessed it earlier on.

Today:
Suddenly I feel my world is filled with some ultimate sad people. Spoke to Anna on MSN this afternoon and she told me she feels shitty at work. Lack of concentration the whole day because of the bad news on the family friend.
On the lighter note, I hope Eli would try to refrain herself to compare her other friends. There is a chinese saying :" Ren Pi Ren , Qi Si Ren." Direct translation is the more you compare, the more frustration builds onto you.I don't see the objective of why people wanna compare. Ocassionaly/Casual comparison is not too bad which can act as a source of motivation to produce better results for one self. As for Eli's case, I find her taking comparisions far off too seriously. That's why it backfired and caused more sadness which probably will sink into depression if she doesn't cope well.
F is another g.f of mine who just recently broke up with her b.f. In fact, she should have ditched him much earlier on. No doubt she is a nice g.f to me, but I wish her life is less screwed. I can't say or comment much as this will only hurt one's feelings. There are a lot of times I wish she would think before she act. For instance, going out with a dude with kids on the verge of seperation. Just because his (ex)-wifey has a b.f and it's ok for him to have a g.f too. From my point of view, the ex wifey is being a dumb to get herself into this. And so, my g.f shouldn't have agreed follow the "blind". I understand my g.f's love for the kids but I am not sure what kind of hopes is my g.f pinning on that dude.....

Thank goodness for blog where I can just vomit everything which can't be said it out.

Money Saver

Drove to Mandura yesterday to work at a senior citizen's centre. Time taken to reach there approximately an hour or so. Quite fun driving to places which I've never been before. Mandura is more a place for the retirees to stay and big big expensive houses cost like 400,000AUST. On my way back, there is this forest bush fire along the freeway (highway as you call it in Singapore). Driving through a thick misty fog of smoke along the freeway was kinda....excited. *lol* Thank goodness I manage to make it through the freeway before it shut down to prevent danger threats to vehicle drivers.

Went online yesterday and signed up for money savers with Citibank. Who can resists a 5.4% interest rate? Can't wait to submit my application but first, must get my dentist babe to be my referee. So all i need is to dump some money into my account every month and it's well-worth it rather than put the bling into the normal savings account.

Donny left for singapore yesterday and gonna meet Deepa (from Adelaide) and Anna for bridget jones movie. As for today.....perhaps I should go to the mall and chill out. And perhaps, going for a jog later if I am not being a lazy bum.

Full on my tum tum


Donny from Brissy came to Perth for a short holi cum visiting his cousin for almost a week. He is certainly a real 'housemaid' where he is indeed excellent in cooking and household chores. In fact, for my past few days' dinner is usually settled at his cousin's place. Too much good food and I am beginning to notice my waistline starts to wobble again. Then again, D is taken up by his Swiss b.f. So that goes off for another domestic potential partner for the guys out there. Dinner menu on Monday is yong tau fu, Tuesday is Mexican Tacos and Tortilla with tomato soup and as for today was pumpkin soup, Russian Salad plus honey baked chicken. *burp* Feels really happy to have friends/visitors coming to Perth. D and myself did a session of Karaoke and more shopping to come.

Recap on last Saturday:
Meet up with a few peeps from Virtualtourist.com. The main icons of that night were Deepa - a finance consultant orignate from Malaysia but travelling around Australia for work. Kelvin is a final year psychology student. Grins* He thought I was only 21. Guess the beauty products do have an enormous effect on my face ;p Together with Anna, all of us had a great night out with yummy food and partee @Metros. Dancing with Deepa was like *wow, she's a hot mama along with her various sexy movements. I bet Kel was trying not to perspire too much if he can. Fantastic nightout I must say. Keep in view to meet on this Friday for more drinking session.

Sunday:

Gone crazy with the cycling trip where we started to ride from my place to the cotteslow beach. Took us about about an hour more to get there. Of course, first thing is to jump into the seawater for a dip. Phew. NO sore quadriceps this time. I was still kinda tired from recuperating NOT enough on Metro's post nightout.

Career path

Went to Foothills suburb to watch my fellow colleague Cara to perform a nail surgery on this adolescent boy. Quite fun to see how the nail being partially 'ripped' off due to in grown (think the side of the nail starts digging in instead of growing straight). And also Cara was nice to let me to inject some local anasthetics on her skinny big toe. Can't wait to get my own nail surgery set so that I can start on some prisoners. *wide grin*

C is going to UK to work next April *sob sob* I wish I can follow her!! To come to think of it. I've planned to stay one more year in Australia (till end of 2005) before going back SG. In fact, within the one year, it doesn't really matter where I am. Quite tempting to go Uk and work even for 4-6 months. As one knows how expensive travelling in UK/Europe can be. Indeed, my job allows me to travel anywhere possible. Perhaps, I'll think about it after I get my permanent residency.

Christmas is coming! The best part of Christmas isn't on that day itself. It's the wrapping up gifts for friends' part. Ha ha! I've got 3 Xmas present to wrap and I reckon........there will be about 5 more to come. Think I can be Miss Santa judging from my generosity. MUHAHAHA.
Going to cook dinner before suffering from hypoglycaemia.

Denium Skirt

Went to the mall and I tried on this short A-line denium skirt which costs only $15. Should I buy or not?
If I buy it means I gotta watch how I sit or not even taking a bus in Singapore. But I like it coz it fits well on moi.

Decisions decisions decisions ......gurrrrls.....*eyes roll up*

Can't wait for cycling trip again this Sunday. Feel like a putting bubble wrap on the seat so that i'll not suffer from butt pain again.

Talking to my bro now. He just got to know a new friend (he claimed that girl look like Belinda Lee. God knows who she is since I've been away from home for so long) working as a hairstylist. Tee hee, at least I know someone can revamp my hair at a discount rate. I am quite tempting to cut my hair to chin-length bob.

Belgium Chocs

I am falling in love with the shell-shaped chocs. uh oh, just can't stop eating. Worked half a day today and nothing else. Slept through the whole afternoon and god knows why I am so tired. Rainy weather and sunshine at the same time which can literally drive someone's mood to sink into the bed (that's me!). Chatted with bro last night on MSN and hope that he can get me a Ministry of Sound album chillout session 6. Teehee.

6 more weeks to Christmas. I've managed to get a list of people for Xmas gifts. Donny will be coming to Perth end of this week! I just can't wait for his arrival and paint the town red. Dying for a karaoke session and Hip-E club on next Tue.
Meanwhile, I am checking the flight rates of going to Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra with Mom for next year. And again, I can't wait for my holidays to come.
Other places to venture in 2005 includes: Darwin (Northern Territory) and Cairns. See, that's where most of my $ go to. But I know it's worth it in the end.

X'mas wish list:
1) set of roxy bikinis
2) USB with MP3 player
3) MAC/Bobbi Brown/Prescriptive Makeup
4) SPA treats
5) Rxxxx watch
6) A pair of Levis

.............better stop now just in case the list gets longer.

Changed BlogSkin

This is just a testing testing of my new skin. Not sure how to enlarge those fonts but I'll work that out tomorrow.

I missed home a lot recently. Missing my lovie g.fs, parents, and I managed to talk to Linda (from my sec school) recently on MSN which was a great feeling! It's been such a long time that we managed to catch up at all. Thanks to Shuming and this young lady is going to be a bride in coming December! Whee!

Working through almost middle of November already! Hopefully by this time of next year, I'll be packing my stuffs and head back to SG.

Gave KH a few tips on how to spend his time with g.f while holidaying in SG. See, any one who ever be my boyfriend can never get bored. *grinning* I am someone who can't simply stay still and do nothing.

Why do I always cry on shows like Dr Phil, Oprah, advertisements on donation to the poors or any touchy moments on TV?? *grrr* I sounded like a 'jelly'. So weak and vulnerable that I am going to get 'smashed' at any time. BUT hey, my favourite type of shows (beside Queer eye for the straight guy) are often CSI and Law &Order. Solving mysteries , forensic science for evidence based and powerful speaking from the attorneys.

Butt Pain

I had a fantastic cycling trip riding organised by Freda. Joining us on the trip includes Micheal (F's fencing instructor) and Tracy (F' s friend). We started off at the uni and the ride continued all the way to South Perth, and up on the bridge towards the city , passed by the Swan bell towers, and towards Causeway. Lunch break was at Hungry Jacks and of course, we had a fair share of jokes and rubbish talks. Then we proceeded to send T off home where we had to ride back to the uni and also had a rest at my place before we head back to M's place. Freda wanna learn rollerblading from M. In fact, she has done pretty well as she can now serving drinks to us wearing the blades. Good on her! Nursing with ice on a bruise located on my shin coz I hit on the trailer which I didn't notice initially. No more pretty with a patch of black zone now......

After that, it's back to Freda's place so that I can pick up my car. Gosh* I have been on the bike since 9am till 4pm. My a** is soo sore ;<>

On the 2nd part of this blog, I have been told on 3 consecutive days by a different person that "I need or I should have a b.f ." Is that a sign that my life is getting too lame or bored for others to even see through? In fact, I am not opening up my feelings as easily as before........too insecure perhaps.

Accused

While waiting for the next client to come, I recalled boss said I didn't do a good job on a previous patient. To recap, he claimed that I didn't treated her corn on her right 5th toe properly which eventually leads to a small ulcer formation. So I decided to pull out her file and have a read.
Guess what? She came in each time complaining of sore 5th toe plus the previous pod (and myself) has given her some protector to wear on the toe in order to prevent excessive friction/pressure on the area itself. Whether she wears it faithfully or not, she would know best herself. Anyway, I felt that the boss is 'accusing' me of not being competent enough to treat such basic stuffs like CORN. He would want me to demonstrate my basics well enough that I may start getting initial consultations on the patient.
Here I am dying to learn from my mistakes and yet I wasn't given enough opportunites to do so.
I am getting a bit restless each time when I step into the clinic...........not happy ;o(

Working tomorrow at the 'pigsty's ' senior centre tomorrow. Gross..........

Bedtime

I need to be more discipline and no more getting in bed at late hours!Bleah* Feel so dreadful going to work in the morning. The receptionist didn't ring me the day before that the 1st client is arriving at 8.40am instead of 8am. So I was there exceptionally early and hang around the clinic reading a book till the client arrived. How bored can it be. Confronted the boss to let me have more patients for initial consultations. Then again, he seemed to be quite reluctant. He expects me in the sense that to prove to him that clients want to see me more often on their consecutive treatments. And I commented that the majority of the clients I've seen are elderly folks with continuing palliative nail care treatments only. Also, I stressed on the importance of getting experiences from seeing a variety of clients and expand my knowledge from there if possible. He sounded so unconvinced where he wanted me to 'master' the basic of nail care and even came up with an example of me not dealing well with a corn on the patient.
What/when exactly is the' right 'way to learn?
I can't possibly wait till the patients to indicate to see me for next follow ups. I can understand why he refused to give me any patients which just in case I screw up along the way and patients never come back again.
If that's the case, I can never get a chance to learn. Perhaps it's time to say good bye once the contracts end in March. Just can't wait for now...........

Crappy day: long distance's drive to the prison, headache, neck pain, lethargic

Holiday

I am so looking forward for a decent break. After finishing my 2nd degree in June and jumping straight to full time working, a distress 'signal' seems to be hitting on my mind lately. A nice one week gateaway would be lovely to escape from work and PERTH.
Mom rang me this afternoon saying that my whole family may be coming over for this coming Christmas holiday.Whoopie, that means I probably can do a short trip with family to Kalgoorlie (approx 500++ kms East of Perth).

On the other hand, I am looking for another new job in a private practice if possible. The private clinic which I am working doesn't give me much job satisfaction and seriously, I am learning 'inadequately'. Basically my objectives are not met after having to work there for more than half a year. No surgery clients, no inital consultation (prob like 2-3 so far) and only elderly folks for me.
Don't feel a sense of challenge going on. Moreover, still must wear uniforms. I must stress at this point that I am only working in a small private practice and not a large medical centre. I don't see the rationale of wearing uniforms. There are only 2 podiatrists there (boss and myself) where we don't work at the same time. And still, I got to wear this 'factory outlet lookalike' 3/4 sleeved working check dark blue shirt while receptionist wears a light blue check shirt. In fact, the colour tone doesn't make any difference to me. Such a waste of money. On the other hand, the clinic has this pressure mat to determine which part of your foot indicated the highest pressure. I am not sure how crucial is this piece of information is going to help in the diagnosis. I rather chose to record a person's gait and analyzes it over a slow motion mode. Hence, this will also be able to produce a general overview of the alignment of whole body. The hallway at the clinic isn't that fantastic either Hence, that makes it even harder to observe a person's gait at a lesser distance.

One sickening boss has been owning me some pay since August till now. Confronted by his secretary today that she will remind him again about the pay. She gave the 'excuses' that he is out of the country and so? That's none of my business and all i care is to pay my rent on time and not suffering from hunger. If I didn't get my cheque by this week, I am going to march into his clinic and demand for it. Shame on him being the president of xxx. Not going too much details but he just annoys me so much. All I can say is he is spoiling his own image or perhaps he doesn't even care for a small 'fry' like me. Thank goodness I didn't work for him for long or else I just have to live on maggie mee with an egg everyday.

Any ideas of getting back my pay are more than welcome on the tagboard.