Half-day @ Mangalore

It's 4.34 a.m in Manipal, I'm not insomniac again, neither do I intend to poke my nose into Ganong ( as I plan to at 8.00 am later) nor am I awake to be online at this hour. I just cant sleep because of all the mosquitoes and their lust for (my) flesh ( blood actually). Besides, I slept quite early last night, so I just thought of updating my blog while I've been kept awake. =(

Yesterday, I went to Mangalore again hoping to watch AVATAR but tickets were all sold out for that and even THREE IDIOTS. So PIZZA HUT was practically the highlight of the day lah..

I really love the garlic bread here lah, way better than that back in Malaysia.

But the best feature of this Outlet was the temple-like bell which had the following sign:

=.="

After clogging up with cholesterol from Pizza Hut, we decided to blow our pancreas with a dose of Baskin Robin's I/C. I had my regular Gold Medal Ribbon =P *drool* Anyways,then we went to Empire Mall - which was very blank even with the bowling alley. Then we patah balik lah to Manipal around 4 sumthing, reached after 6.30pm. And that was our "happening" Christmas weekend lah.. I dunno why but I have this sudden craving for Fish Max.. maybe its coz of Chia Chi's post on it on Facebook. Should convince my konco-konco to makan there lah tonight =P

Oh yea, in case you were wondering, I am planning to make a my posts a lil bit more graphical lah - I noe I cant do is as professionally as Nicholas Heng and Ern Yu but I gotta start somewhere kan?

temples on Christmas =)

MERRY CHRISTMAS TOO ONE AND ALL!
- although my christmas was far from being a merry one =(

My sister, the older one, fractured her leg on Sunday at the Ice Rink of Sunway Pyramid. It got bad and needed surgery.. I just wish I could be at home, just for a little while =( I feels so useless and helpless.. sighzzz.. I wanted to go home , and be with family until new year but usul ditolak mentah-mentah. 2009 is a terrible year - I'll bitch about it a lil laterlah, prolly by the dawn of 2010.

I visited Kollur, the Moogambigai Amman Temple there ( after a long time postponing it) I took the last bus to Kollur from Udupi yesterday, around 6.45pm arrived there about 9.15pm, couldn't find a place to stay nor to makan=( Woke up at 3.30 next morning, went to the river and mandi and then headed to the temple. It was so friggin crowded even at that hour, I was really lucky to be one of the front ones. Its always a magical experience on every visit to this temple =) Then after that, I balik to Udupi. Was soo tired and hungry and really needed to pee badly! Reached my room about 9.30am.. slept until 1.45 then went to makan at 7B's. Then tidur again. Around 6.30, went Sivapaadi temple and then Venugopal temple ( normal routine for Fridays =P). It was mood-lifting lah =)

I pray for a wonderful 2010 for me and family =)

HO HO HO!

Simple times .=(

Remember the time when
- we could sleep in the whole day, 24/7 and not give a damn to the world outside ?=P

- the finest of food came straight to us and we needn't bother about the calories?

- we were blissfully unaware of the "pain" and "hurt"?

- life was a breeze and stress was just a rumor?

- we could just move around freely knowing we are perfectly safe and nothing could ever go wrong?

- we didn't care enough to be embarrassed?

- we were with the one person we truly loved throughout the entire day?

OWH HOW I Wish I could press my "reset" button - I So Enjoyed MY days
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...as an EMBRYO!!

Pre X-MAS UPDATE

I'm somehwhat "Happening" in Manipal Yea.. yeaaa... strange but true =P
Much earlier:
I took part in a POTPOURRI competiton.. it was fun lah. Had four rounds, Pictionary, Tom Dick and Harry, Charades, and something else I so malas wanna explain lah =P Mun Xiew, Karthik and I were the BATCH 25 team to make it to the finals but we lost there.. But it was fun max no doubt! =P

I had to picture-ise SCRAMBBLE.. u can see the checken head on top, the egg just below and I was drawing
the pan at the time this photo was taken =)

The other day:
I went clubbing - on Sathia's Bday =P
Technically, it wasnt clubbing but a picture says a 1000 words kan?

Yesterday :
I took part in the Christmas Caroling! It was uber fun I tell yea'.We went to Four lecturers houses and sang many many X-MAS songs.. I was so high on holiday mood =P My kaki damn sakitlah pagi tadi when I woke up from all the standing in the bus and walking etc etc.

Batch 25 MBBS + BDS

Batch 25 with Madam Bincy -
she is my current table teacher
( for anat disection)


on the bus
- being gentlemen by giving the seats to the ladies =P




Caroling =P

It was a fun night lah =) and Nicholas & San Wilkin made it even more fun =S Nicholas exposed the "akka" issue.. AND i got to know JAYPREE is really an item with a child!
That's all lah for now . Wishing You a Merry Merry Xmas! And A Happy New Year

HO HO HO!

E to the M to the OOOOOOOOO!

Just came back from temple. I think my HDL-levels got boosted due to the long walk =)))
Life is a little bit messy at the moment =S I really have to buck up on Anatomy. Physio and Biochem are getting a lil bit bulky as well. But first year MBBS is okei so far. =) My relatives will be coming down to Manipal next week, am looking forward to that =) Some Malaysian Medical People are in Manipa ady, tomorrow they will be meeting my batch - not so looking forward for that but its still uber.
Manipal is really great lah. On the whole, my batch mates are awesome=) Still, got some pain-in-the-gluteals.. They so pelik lah and soo fake .. heyoo.. Trying to ignore but IT talks for the whole world to listen. The worse part its, I just feeling like telling the World* the truth, but I lack credibility at the moment and I dont wanna upset IT's life too. Shitlah, just have to tolerate. I'm sorry I'm not cool like you lah, you are too awesome to be true..pfftt..
I'm so hungry now, heading to Your Choice. It's past 8.oopm, hope still got enough chicken for me. Hunger+ Annoyance = one dangerous T-MAN. ( I need my dosage of choclose today=()
Hoping to get up in the morning in a happier mode.

Post Blocks Update

Block 2 has started : Respiratory, CVS, GIT block
It seems more interesting than first block, but much more to learn. I really screwed up the preparation for my first block=S so I better change my ways to be well prepared for Block 2.

My block one results was kinda okei lah except anatomy which I almost failed - got 55 =( Shiiiittt! The irony is, I spent 80% of my studying time with anat, and thats the subject I did worst in. Stupid femoral shit!

Anyways, I've got a stupid SDL ( Suicidal Directed Learning ) tomorrow.. and then PBL presentation next week to study for. Kononnya Problem-Based-Learning tapi konsepnya Learning-Based-Problem... Point is.. yes, there is no point.. so I'll leave it as that.

I'll update more about BLOCK 2 in a while.. to sleepy now =P

Lessons of LIFE

These are just simple reminders of things we KNOW its true, but sometimes forget =)

Yeap.. life is almost never fair. Religious teachings have stressed that the unjust of life is karma-based =P but in an atheist's point of view, its merely luck. I personally believe that everything happens for a reason, and that God loves us too much to simply cast despair onto our lives.. We just have to BELIEVE and REALIZE and be grateful with what we already have


Its true.. that's why its called the circle of life =)


Patience - goes a long way yea.

-lol- its true actually.. we keep emphasizing on our problems as if our happiness is the axis of Earth's rotation.. pfftt..

Also, ( i got this from my cousin) when people talk behind your back, its only because You are way ahead of them. so chill.. they hate themselves actually, but they just dont noe it =)

It's always okay to win an argument as long as you dont loose a friend..

Let bygones be bygones and morons be morons
- T-Man

cheers!
Godd luck to B25 ANAT PBL presentation tomoro =)

A graphical update =)

Ussually, my typical posts are very wordy.. so this time, I'm just uploading pics lah..
for the fun of it =)

Band of Brothers


1st year MBBS =)

Hooligans =(


=D


I MADE BANDUNG!! and it was superb (or so the crowd says...)



(Very enterprising =))


The Scenario at MSA drink stall
(only drink stall at the premise =p)

These pics are by Nicholas and M. Syazwan - I am no photographer =)

My gluteal canal is friggin burning.. I guess I am not immune to Fish Max just yet..=P
The rest of my body is aching.. sakit max
But the worst pain to come is ANAT PBL presentation on tuesday! ShiT!!

Legenda 09

I'm writing this post with a really sore back, blistered feet, heavy eyelids.. and a smile =)
Friday was the college's annual day, which I didnt attend as I wanted to go for prayers that night and also, I had nothing nice and classy to wear=( It seemed swell based on the pics taken by almost everyone, everyone looked simply amazing.. Anyways, I spent that night filling up aquajaal water canisters with water from my hostel =). Next day was legenda.. LEGENDA is uber fun and super tiring =S

10:00 am :
Morning I woke up with a message "I need you to make the posters for the drinks, as we have no time, I hope you can do it". I got up, got ready, went to the stationary shop to get manila cards and marker pens, by the time I came back to the hostel and started with the poster-ing, it was already around eleven o'clock.

12.15:
I was still busy drawing the posters when I get a message from Secretary of MSA to meet at valley view at 1.00pm sharp for dinner with the Malaysian High Com and his Wife. Shiit! I had finished drawing all the posters , but had not decorated them yet, so I just coloured 2 of them and left to valley view. I met Chong , and we left to valley view together =) Lunch was blekzz... But at least we got to personally meet with the High Com and his Wife. Then after 2.30 pm, I balik to my room lah.

2.45pm:
The moment I stepped in to my bilik, I get a call from Acap ( b22, vice president of MSA) that all B25 reps were supposed to meet him at the stage at KMC greens. , I went, and I was given some 4000 coupons to be stamped and chopped.. I dunno where were the other reps of my class but lucky Boh was available.So we went to Food Court and she helped me with the stamping and cutting and stapling. And once we were done, I gave the coupon booklets back to Acap

4.45pm:
I was on my way back to my room to collect the water tanks when Amin called to come to his apartment and collect the sugar water and iced lemon tea. So I did that, and then went to my hostel with him , taking two autos to collect the water tanks. Brought the water tanks To KMC greens and then followed Ruben to Vignesh's place to collect our drink containers ( to serve drinks in) and back to the field.

6.00pm:
I went to Nandhini's to collect my rose syrup and 40liters of milk, then to my hostel to collect the posters and cups. Brought EVERYTHING to Stall no. 16. FINALLY! Then started bancuh-ing.
7.20: LEGENDA '09 was officiated with the lighting of a vilakku, a batik and the dragon dance.. the VIPS then officiated our stalls and we were good to go..

I spent the rest of the night selling drinks. I think we untung banyak though one tank of iced lemon tea wasnt used, and three bottles of soya got spoilt, one rose syrup bottle broke in my room ( and my room still damn sticky even after cuci-ing so many times), Anyways, I have to get back to the accounts.. but I'm still soo sleeepy=P It was really a fun experience and there were a lot of really nice ppl =) I really had fun working with the other MSA-ians... =P My roommate was great, he finished the posters for me =) and there was this one girl who helped me carry the milk to my stall, I dunno her name or from which batch she is from, But God Bless her =) I'm so glad to have experienced Legenda...

BLOCK 1 OVER!

My first block ended with a bang - yes, the block exams.. I cant say I wasn't warned, but the exams sucked lah.. =( Physio and biochem was okeilah, dont think I did that badly in them.
Anyways, its a new block now. I've learnt that last minute mugging is a real waste of adrenaline and time =S Seriously, if you dont know it already the night before, U will not noe it during the exam. Anat spotters was sial...

Anyways, on a more uber-note, I went to Mangalore with Nik and Murali on Saturday. There was this super uber cool mall : Barath Mall ( assuming Midvalley doesn't exist back home). For the first time , I ate a civilized lunch : Pizza hut! The garlic bread here is soo much more tastier and cheesier.. It just excites all your taste receptors. Then we went beli-belah. i used my ICICI Debit Card for the first time ever to buy headsets =) Then we went for 2012! ITS super fantasticly amazing! I will post another note on the concept of 2012 a lil bit later. Then we leapk around the mall again, and had dinner in a tempek tandoori gerai. Before that, we went to this really cool AC restaurant ( that sold alcohol bdw). We asked if the food was halal , the waiter said "no". then as we got Up to leave, he rushed to me and say "halall! halal! halal!" in a really stupid tempek-ish manner. We just left lah without saying anything. Our trip back to Udup. It took an hour and half, then from Udupi to Manipal we had to take an auto coz bas takde lagi. Balik, mandi, tak pakai baju, lalu tidur ( my room mate left to Kerala, so I spent the night alone =p). My sleep was severely disturbed by the stupid tempeks noises! I was soo in the mood to just sit on one of them.

Anyways, today started block 2. Some of the teachers are sooo friggin pelik!!
Today, we had our PPD CLASS.. we were playing dumb charades..

This video is self-explanatory...

sighzzzzz.....

My batch is uber cool =)

=l

Yesterday got spotters exam. Damn tension lah I tell you. Got like 25 stations, each with two questions to be answered in one minute. Out of 25 stations, 4 were osteo ( they colour part of the bones, ask u stuff about that part), 3 histo ( the set 3 slides , must observe, identify and jawab) then got 1 embryo chart, 1 radiograph andthe rest were all soft parts ie: Muscle, vessels n nerves.
The questions were pretty simple but I remember getting confused in many stations. Shitlah!! I knew it well the night before but at that time, under pressure, I blank ady =( The most Irritating part of the whole spotters was the teet teet teet teet teet teet teet alarm they use to mark the end of every one minute : damn sial lah that sound, wanna break that thing =s. After exam, I was okei lah, not too affected by it. But everyone around me was like emo sial : wth, wtf, shitlah, omg, etc etc
and emo-ness is pretty contagious, so somehow at the end of the day, even I emo about the darn spotters =P The "terribility..."

Anyways, today, never touch anat! biochem, physio, biochem, physio
Everything is volatile if u approach the subject superficially, it sticks when u betul0betul faham what u read. Im not that inspired to study as much as I used to back in form 6 - I have to get out of this shell =P

Today, I had a long convo with frends back home - online and by line =P It made my day. I miss them =) Currently annoying Shivanan on facebook with "smacks" to humor myself =P Sleepy lahh,.