a quick update before i fly off tonight into a champagne world set right on my doorstep that is the pembroke may ball...

it's been a week since the last day of hell and i've grown significantly tanner. the sun came out for cumas' garden party, but decided to snub us at cumsa. but i am thankful to say that the rainy season seems to be over now. just in time for mayball.

john's june ent: around the world. made the hugest mistake to join the 2 hour queue for crepes in the rain. i can't complain about the free food and ice lollies though. the dj was fantastic.. i haven't had that much fun for time.. well for 3 days to be exact.

i can't believe jesus had the feeling play for them! and we've got noisettes. female lead singers don't bode very well for me, gwen excluded. bummer. i was hoping for a good band this year. we'll seeee...

not even the rain can stop us

today was such a blast!

notwithstanding the showers which threatened to spoil my garden party day

before when all was nice and calm...

then it got a bit more messy...

after all the mad rushes to the food trays as they come out of the makeshift kitchen

we started getting a little bit more desperate and chased each other for that last bit of sausage/juice/crisp

news of the release of hom results unsettled some of us...
but WE ALL PASSED!

the second years had to endure all our screaming and celebratory hugging.. it was quite a sight. we had concluded that us pembroke medics are one smart bunch by the end of the day. :)

post-exam euphoria

yesterday, the end finally came.

tara and lis were waiting outside histology armed with bottles of champagne. there were lots of bottle popping; people were being drenched in champagne; hugs all around: it was such a good feeling. then anita shelly charged up bull-like and threatened us with our lives if we didn't bring our celebratory din somewhere else...

back at pembroke:

lazying around on the lawn. more champagne, g&t with a little too much gin, cheese and crackers, chocolate mousse, drunken croquet (always a blast), loads of talking and catching up cos i feel i haven't seen some of the medics since the start of mugging season, guitaring, then cindies!

the cheese was great, especially on an end-of-exam day.. got back to bed with sore feet and a rumbling stomach, but i was happyy. happiest i've been in awhile. :)

picnic with the medics today. we bought too much food as usual... that's what you get with a bunch of kiasu singaporeans. the sun was glorious and i was actually burning. went shopping after and went a bit crazy. haha garden parties tmr and now i've got a nice dress to go in!

ahh the start of fun times...

yessss! 3 in a row now :)

steeplechase was fine. more importantly, steeplechase is over!

one more to go...

phew..

after cramming for a whole afternoon, night and morning, with a maximum of only 4 hours of sleep, the week of hell is finally o v e r! thank god. i don't think i could have sustained that amount of work every single day. i dread to think what i'll become next year with almost 8 consecutive days of exams.

the new secret weapon for taking exams = caffeine. i've never had coffee before an exam, just mostly during essay crisis nights. but it works perfectly :) ipoh white coffee - the superdrug. hehe.

i'm loving this taste of freedom, even if it's just for tonight. makes me think of all the things i can be doing other than studying. 2 more papers and i can start burning my notes!

i thought it couldn't get any worse

but it did.

cambridge - where your best is never enough.

speaks a lot about today's papers.

sucks.

funnily enough, once i step out of my room i feel good. even if it's going to the library. for one, it's bright and sunny, and i can concentrate.

then they kick us out and i lose my motivation. so i sit in my room and mope.

i don't get how some people can be so carefree.