went for the british council pre-departure thing yest. honestly, i didn't think it helped other than that now i know a medical check-up is not required for visa. i also realised that the people going to uk all dress very well! :S now i'm so glad i'm not going to study in london cos i'll be so out of place harhar. and yest i also found out that at lse and imperial, you have to settle all your meals by yourself! disgusting! worse still, it's super expensive in london. hennggg the people at cambridge treats us relatively better. :)

we had so3e gathering at elvine's house yest too. it's going to be the last gathering with a full class available cos we are going to have our first departure from singapore in 2 weeks! :( it's official now: we are going to drift off to our various parts of the world soon, ineveitably seeing one another less and less. aiyah thinking about it already makes me sad. but i hope i have my core group of friends that will always remain contactable and close. yes i really hope so...

just came back after helping lilian move and settle into her new home for the next year at nus. her room's a bit smalllll but it's now has more personaly touches than other rooms. i must say her bed looks the most comfortable. got the full set of bed linens plus bolster, pillow, another bolster, quilt... hahaa the full works! sigh yet another moving into a new stage of her life... i thought they rj people will be the majority even in halls but i'm not that sure now. there were only 4 of them in the same block so far. and all the rest were speaking chineseee.. they all seem like overseas scholarss! well tmr's hall orientation, hope everything goes well.

dilemma.. again!

after i thought all my decision-making for my future was done, another carrot appears right in front of my eye. a huge humongous million dollar carrot no less. :(

well pros are that i don't have to pay a single cent (well duh..) and i get allowances too! 1100 pounds per month may even be more than what half of singaporeans earn! PLUS after 3 years when i start PhD, i'll have a stipend too! and i've heard it amounts to 3000 plus sing dollars, OVER AND ABOVE the monthly allowance. at this rate, i can buy my own house straight after a get my degrees without actually having to lift a finger to work!

ok now for the cons: i don't see myself doing resarch, even though it's tied in with clinical experience (which i doubt will add up to much considering who's offering the scholarship). and even if i convince myself to do research, i think i'll need to start out with some semblence of clinical practice before i can actually come up with useful treatments, and the scholarship doesn't allow you to specialise! major draw-back point. :(

ughhh. looks like i'm throwing away my million dollars :(:(:(

driving is actually quite fun! especially when you don't have to turn your head around at every junction/intersection/turn or risk earning points. :) i was driving around the area this whole morning but i still can't tell directions! i have to have someone sitting beside me in the car, so i won't get lost. hahaha.

before the test, this tester was giving us a pep talk to calm us down. the way he talked was soo funny i was trying so hard to stifle my laughter! haha:

"the traffic conditions will oh-ways chainnn, you all must make sure that it is safe before proceedinggg... relack yourselves and make sure you don't waste your time, money, and effort in this test..." HAHA.

oh and speaking of driving, the day i got my license, i witnessed an accident!! whoaaa. it's like a sign. right after i was made to watch that safety video the day before too!! this little boy was playing around with his dad's lorry and accidentally released the handbrake, so the lorry started moving down the little slope and hit a stationary car, not only once but a series of times kinda like how you bounce a ball off the floor! the sound of metal against metal was horrible!! and the little boy was so terrified he just stared in fear at the driver of the stationary car. aiyoh poor boy! scarred for life.. luckily he wasn't injured, nor was the driver of the other car.

yay i finally got all my friends back from ipho and medicamp! whoopie!! :)

I PASSED! :):)

finally! i think i got over the initial happiness already. it all seemed so long ago, although it only happened this morning. just like how the whole of the past week seemed like ancient history. hmmm, i don't rather fancy this feeling, it seems as though time is passing really fast and reality is just starting to sink in...

ARGHHH..

driving test tmr! :S

i hope i pass...