here's a quick post:
I'm alive :P the study bug has well and truly hit .. hence the lack of posts :P
between watching videos on youtube and eating and sleeping and church i've been essentially... studying.
i think i've strained my right arm (rsi owchies) - so i'm using my left arm to type and stuff... it's a bit of a bummer because i study by writing - so lots of r&r for right arm ;) and lots of reading i guess :)
so yeah. that's probably it until thursday... (prof prac OSCA!)
-- I (l) Keane ;)
Sunday, November 05, 2006
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
There is nothing new under the sun....
All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing - What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time... (Ecclesiastes 1:8-10)
It's one of those days... when you feel like "What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?" (Ecc 1:3) - after settling into the monotony of study... humans get bored so easily! And you sit there thinking - why? And why bother learning stuff? "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief." (Ecc 1:18)
But what happened to "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!" (Phil 4:4) ? Should we not stop complaining and rather emulate Paul as he says "I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength." (Phil 4:12b-13)?
I know I'm sure struggling with not grumbling or whinging about study, and it's definitely a struggle to rejoice when there's nothing but stress and fear of failing around me - lots of prayer would definitely help :D And chapter 4 of Philippians is definitely so helpful:
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Phil 4:6-7)
And why can we rejoice? "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation" (Rom 5:8-11)
As Mum always says: "Happiness depends on happenings, but joy depends on Jesus" (hehe thanks mum :D) - noone expects this time of year to be happy - but do you have that joy?
--
Randomness: I discovered a band called "hellogoodbye" today (which i later found out is in the top 10 of myspace music :P - hehe it's so me - i hear a song then it's like 'oooh they're good - hey i like this band... oh you mean other people like this band too? oh it's cool? oh it's so not cool any more :( ) - anyway www.purevolume.com/hellogoodbye has the song "bonnie taylor shakedown .. 2K1" on it - arguably one of the cutest and catchiest songs i've ever heard (it's based on a .. shakedown! of the traditional "my bonnie lies over the ocean")
When I did the "deleted all the illegal music off my computer" thing earlier this year, I was like "I'm going to be so bored. and have no music... but *sigh* here goes" - now I have a respectable collection of legal music on my computer (not to mention a more than decent collection of CDs) and www.purevolume.com and www.myspace.com are most definitely more than enough to keep me from getting bored - see how God provides! :D
Oh and Weird Al Yankovic's "White and Nerdy" is definitely "ROFLOL" hehehehe (www.myspace.com/weirdal if you want to listen to it)
--
My bonnie lies over the ocean
My bonnie lies over the sea...
All things are wearisome, more than one can say. The eye never has enough of seeing, nor the ear its fill of hearing - What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, "Look! This is something new"? It was here already, long ago; it was here before our time... (Ecclesiastes 1:8-10)
It's one of those days... when you feel like "What does man gain from all his labor at which he toils under the sun?" (Ecc 1:3) - after settling into the monotony of study... humans get bored so easily! And you sit there thinking - why? And why bother learning stuff? "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief." (Ecc 1:18)
But what happened to "Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!" (Phil 4:4) ? Should we not stop complaining and rather emulate Paul as he says "I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength." (Phil 4:12b-13)?
I know I'm sure struggling with not grumbling or whinging about study, and it's definitely a struggle to rejoice when there's nothing but stress and fear of failing around me - lots of prayer would definitely help :D And chapter 4 of Philippians is definitely so helpful:
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." (Phil 4:6-7)
And why can we rejoice? "God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God's wrath through him! For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation" (Rom 5:8-11)
As Mum always says: "Happiness depends on happenings, but joy depends on Jesus" (hehe thanks mum :D) - noone expects this time of year to be happy - but do you have that joy?
--
Randomness: I discovered a band called "hellogoodbye" today (which i later found out is in the top 10 of myspace music :P - hehe it's so me - i hear a song then it's like 'oooh they're good - hey i like this band... oh you mean other people like this band too? oh it's cool? oh it's so not cool any more :( ) - anyway www.purevolume.com/hellogoodbye has the song "bonnie taylor shakedown .. 2K1" on it - arguably one of the cutest and catchiest songs i've ever heard (it's based on a .. shakedown! of the traditional "my bonnie lies over the ocean")
When I did the "deleted all the illegal music off my computer" thing earlier this year, I was like "I'm going to be so bored. and have no music... but *sigh* here goes" - now I have a respectable collection of legal music on my computer (not to mention a more than decent collection of CDs) and www.purevolume.com and www.myspace.com are most definitely more than enough to keep me from getting bored - see how God provides! :D
Oh and Weird Al Yankovic's "White and Nerdy" is definitely "ROFLOL" hehehehe (www.myspace.com/weirdal if you want to listen to it)
--
My bonnie lies over the ocean
My bonnie lies over the sea...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Just when it was starting to get boring.... God sends a hailstorm!!!Spiky squash-ball sized hailstones = lots of noise, lots of people going "AAAH MY CAR!!!" (the hailstones in the pic melted a lot before we got them on the towel and took pic as well... so most of the spikyness went too :(... )
Feeling sorry for all those people with cars... smashed windscreens and dented cars is not fun :(Some random brave people went out with their golfclubs (and helmet) to play exploding hailstone golf...
And just as quickly as it all started - the sun came out and it ended! Strangely familiar... exactly the same as the carinya y12 grad, 2003 ;) Hehe I'm off to get me some more of those hailstones and find an unsuspecting victim...
--
"God is exalted in his power.
Who is a teacher like him?
Who has prescribed his ways for him,
or said to him, 'You have done wrong'?
Remember to extol his work,
which men have praised in song.
All mankind has seen it;
men gaze on it from afar.
How great is God—beyond our understanding!
The number of his years is past finding out.
"He draws up the drops of water,
which distill as rain to the streams ;
the clouds pour down their moisture
and abundant showers fall on mankind.
Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds,
how he thunders from his pavilion?
See how he scatters his lightning about him,
bathing the depths of the sea.
This is the way he governs the nations
and provides food in abundance.
He fills his hands with lightning
and commands it to strike its mark.
His thunder announces the coming storm;
even the cattle make known its approach.
- Job 36:22-33
Monday, October 30, 2006
Ode to Mary: a joyful spirit :P
Sorry Mary, I won't write you an ode longer than that. yet. hey Gray's anatomy is almost on and i don't have enough time to do you proper justice ;) you have, however, been immortalised in my blog. Hehehehe :P maybe one day... but to steal your words: remember psalm 121 in stuvac!
Sorry Mary, I won't write you an ode longer than that. yet. hey Gray's anatomy is almost on and i don't have enough time to do you proper justice ;) you have, however, been immortalised in my blog. Hehehehe :P maybe one day... but to steal your words: remember psalm 121 in stuvac!
--
I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
I lift up my eyes to the hills—
where does my help come from?
My help comes from the LORD,
the Maker of heaven and earth.
He will not let your foot slip—
he who watches over you will not slumber;
indeed, he who watches over Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
The LORD watches over you—
the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
the sun will not harm you by day,
nor the moon by night.
The LORD will keep you from all harm—
he will watch over your life;
the LORD will watch over your coming and going
both now and forevermore.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
10 days to go! I finally get immunology and i've nearly finished renal - still on track! :D
Studying the body makes me realise just how complex everything is - how "fearfully and wonderfully made" people are, and how incredibly big and powerful God is, that he made every single one of us! And not only did he make us all, he knows absolutely everything about us... ow thinking about that makes my head hurt... so many people... :P
--
O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.
You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you.
(Psalm 139:1-18)
Studying the body makes me realise just how complex everything is - how "fearfully and wonderfully made" people are, and how incredibly big and powerful God is, that he made every single one of us! And not only did he make us all, he knows absolutely everything about us... ow thinking about that makes my head hurt... so many people... :P
--
O LORD, you have searched me and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.
You hem me in—behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.
Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake, I am still with you.
(Psalm 139:1-18)
And so stuvac begins!
Here's a post to the well-neglected blog - today, i guess, marks the beginning of the stuvac week! 11 more days until first exam - here goes for a (hopefully) productive and focussed week of study!
Going into this week, it's been interesting to see how God seems to speak (or maybe better said as "how well I seem to listen") in proportion, if that could be said, to the amount of stress i'm feeling - when I'm tired and sick of studying and feeling hopeless about the amount of stuff that needs to be crammed into my brain in less than 2 weeks, it's when I realise again I can't do it all on my own, and the only way that i'm going to survive exams (and, indeed, the rest of life) is to be fully relying on God - if only my unreliable self would think like that all the time! (and if that's what it takes, then let life be stressful!)
So let me change that statement about this week to : looking forward to a week of study, praising God for everything he's given me (including, but most definitely not limited to: a brain, an awesome course.. and yes, even the stuff i'm having to cram into my head) and trusting that he's in control and what he says in Jeremiah 29:11:
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Not that I have already been made perfect... or i really would be joyful all the time, and never complaining or grumbling :P Happy Stuvac everyone! (and to those not at Newcastle - happy.. um.. rest of semester! hehe)
--
His oath, his covenant, his blood,
Support me in the raging flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
This still is all my strength and stay
Here's a post to the well-neglected blog - today, i guess, marks the beginning of the stuvac week! 11 more days until first exam - here goes for a (hopefully) productive and focussed week of study!
Going into this week, it's been interesting to see how God seems to speak (or maybe better said as "how well I seem to listen") in proportion, if that could be said, to the amount of stress i'm feeling - when I'm tired and sick of studying and feeling hopeless about the amount of stuff that needs to be crammed into my brain in less than 2 weeks, it's when I realise again I can't do it all on my own, and the only way that i'm going to survive exams (and, indeed, the rest of life) is to be fully relying on God - if only my unreliable self would think like that all the time! (and if that's what it takes, then let life be stressful!)
So let me change that statement about this week to : looking forward to a week of study, praising God for everything he's given me (including, but most definitely not limited to: a brain, an awesome course.. and yes, even the stuff i'm having to cram into my head) and trusting that he's in control and what he says in Jeremiah 29:11:
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
Not that I have already been made perfect... or i really would be joyful all the time, and never complaining or grumbling :P Happy Stuvac everyone! (and to those not at Newcastle - happy.. um.. rest of semester! hehe)
--
His oath, his covenant, his blood,
Support me in the raging flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
This still is all my strength and stay
Thursday, October 05, 2006
"...if you let yourself go, you’ll dive head first into a parallel world in which magic and nature work together. Miyazaki trusts that children will pick up on his complex ideas and accept them more readily than an adult audience. I think he brings real wisdom to the art of animation, something that Hollywood doesn’t have a hope of doing." Jaimie Leonarder, THE MOVIE SHOW SBS TV
I started studying.. then i watched Howl's moving castle with mum... again!!
But how can anyone resist Calcifer?? He's so cute...
Now I'm trying to decide whether or not to get the complete 14 DVD set of all of
the miyazaki movies... it's only $75.... and there's 14 DVDs (and 13 movies....).... *sighs* ... or maybe i should just stop playing morrowind and do some more study instead..
Going back to Newie tomorrow!!! :D but that means leaving home again :S
ugh... more liver to study... wheeeeeeeeee (oh hang on i'll save that for the renal system)
Monday, October 02, 2006
Holidays!!
Well it looks like i've finally got a lot of "free time" so I can finally catch up on my blog! :D
Last weekend in Sydney: Grace Chinese Christian Church turned 21! So the Wongs headed down to Sydney for the party to celebrate of God's grace and power demonstrated in that church over the last 21 years. We were there from 1993-2000 (when we were in sydney) so after not being there for 6 years (apart from the odd wedding/random visit) it was really good to catch up with people again :) and it was encouraging to see the way that God's grown the church and the people in it - every time we go back there's even more people I don't know!
Last week: On the way home from Sydney, I went to one of the Chinese shops and stocked up on food - which resulted in a week's worth of eating dumplings filled with BBQ pork or egg and custard, fried rice with everything (and we found out that sticking honey and sherry in fried rice does most definitely NOT make it taste better.. or good... .. *JERAM!!!*....), and in between eating and cooking, going to class and surviving through a last week of uni before....
HOLIDAYS!!!: So now I'm back home in Tamworth (since Friday night), having a general time of vegetation and gearing up to start the insane study regimen that's hopefully going to mean that i'll pass this semester!
last night i watched "Howl's Moving Castle" (another one by Hayao Miyazaki) - SOOOOOO CUUUTE!!!!!
oh and ..... I GOT TO DO STITCHES I GOT TO DO STITCHES I GOT TO DO STITCHES!!! (for the first time on real person!!!!) WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! hehehehehehehe... it's so weird when you're sticking the suture needle through real skin instead of fake skin stuff or foam... WOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!! :D
--
And continuing in the "Joyce's favourite songs" vein...
--
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my Wisdom, Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
Be Thou my battle-shield, sword for my fight,
Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight.
Thou my soul's shelter, Thou my high tower.
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.
High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heav'ns Son!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O ruler of all.
Well it looks like i've finally got a lot of "free time" so I can finally catch up on my blog! :D
Last weekend in Sydney: Grace Chinese Christian Church turned 21! So the Wongs headed down to Sydney for the party to celebrate of God's grace and power demonstrated in that church over the last 21 years. We were there from 1993-2000 (when we were in sydney) so after not being there for 6 years (apart from the odd wedding/random visit) it was really good to catch up with people again :) and it was encouraging to see the way that God's grown the church and the people in it - every time we go back there's even more people I don't know!
Last week: On the way home from Sydney, I went to one of the Chinese shops and stocked up on food - which resulted in a week's worth of eating dumplings filled with BBQ pork or egg and custard, fried rice with everything (and we found out that sticking honey and sherry in fried rice does most definitely NOT make it taste better.. or good... .. *JERAM!!!*....), and in between eating and cooking, going to class and surviving through a last week of uni before....
HOLIDAYS!!!: So now I'm back home in Tamworth (since Friday night), having a general time of vegetation and gearing up to start the insane study regimen that's hopefully going to mean that i'll pass this semester!
last night i watched "Howl's Moving Castle" (another one by Hayao Miyazaki) - SOOOOOO CUUUTE!!!!!
oh and ..... I GOT TO DO STITCHES I GOT TO DO STITCHES I GOT TO DO STITCHES!!! (for the first time on real person!!!!) WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! hehehehehehehe... it's so weird when you're sticking the suture needle through real skin instead of fake skin stuff or foam... WOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!! :D
--
And continuing in the "Joyce's favourite songs" vein...
--
Be Thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;
Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art.
Thou my best thought, by day or by night,
Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light.
Be Thou my Wisdom, Thou my true Word;
I ever with Thee, Thou with me, Lord;
Thou my great Father, I thy true son;
Thou in me dwelling, and I with Thee one.
Be Thou my battle-shield, sword for my fight,
Be Thou my dignity, Thou my delight.
Thou my soul's shelter, Thou my high tower.
Raise Thou me heavenward, O Power of my power.
Riches I heed not, nor man's empty praise,
Thou mine inheritance, now and always:
Thou and Thou only, first in my heart,
High King of heaven, my Treasure Thou art.
High King of heaven, my victory won,
May I reach heaven's joys, O bright heav'ns Son!
Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,
Still be my vision, O ruler of all.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
May the mind of Christ, my Saviour
Live in me from day to day
By His love and power controlling
All I do and say.
Live in me from day to day
By His love and power controlling
All I do and say.
May the Word of God dwell richly
In my heart from hour to hour,
So that all may see I triumph
Only through His power.
May the peace of God, my Father,
Rule my life in everything.
That I may be calm to comfort
Sick and sorrowing.
May the love of Jesus fill me,
As the waters fill the sea;
Him exalting, self abasing
This is victory.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
RAINING!!!
It seems to be monsoon season at the uni of newcastle ;) rained today, sprinkled yesterday, poured the day before, rained the night before that (cool lights and sound fx with that one too :P)
So on a fine saturday morning (i got up at 9! then spent an hour in shower - mmmm) i'm contemplating doing my washing (starting to really need clean clothes) and thanking God for dryers. And thinking of all those poor people wandering around in the rain on open day and hoping they're not too wet or miserable...
It seems to be monsoon season at the uni of newcastle ;) rained today, sprinkled yesterday, poured the day before, rained the night before that (cool lights and sound fx with that one too :P)
So on a fine saturday morning (i got up at 9! then spent an hour in shower - mmmm) i'm contemplating doing my washing (starting to really need clean clothes) and thanking God for dryers. And thinking of all those poor people wandering around in the rain on open day and hoping they're not too wet or miserable...
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Ok so it's been another 2 weeks...
and I am indeed a terrible blogger...
but here's another post just to keep the imaginary fans happy ;)
on the med front: in the midst of renal failure, kidney stones and i think at some point we'll look at the fascinating (really.) world of micturition (urination). Yesterday me and mikey went to Raymond Terrace to do a day of GP placement and it was AWESOME!!!! We had a fantastic GP who was not only really nice but let us do heaps of stuff as well - we got to watch excisions and curettings, take stitches out, watch lots of needles, and watch him burn lots of stuff with liquid nitrogen, talk to patients and get fed coffee and biscuits all day by the lovely practice staff :) and now there is lots of work to do, as usual.
on the life front: in between going to class and stuff, and studying occasionally, i've had a complete change on the music front of sorts as i've learned that having CDs on your computer is STILL illegal (in Australia at the moment anyway) hence i'm only listening to physical CDs, internet radio and FM radio at the moment .. that doesn't mean that i've stopped listening to new stuff or finding new stuff to become addicted to - at the moment i'm in love with the Cat Empire ;) - but now i can do all of that with a clear conscience :D
and joyce needs to run off to class!!! *runs* nasi lemak in PBL today!! I LOVE YOU YANI!! ;)
and I am indeed a terrible blogger...
but here's another post just to keep the imaginary fans happy ;)
on the med front: in the midst of renal failure, kidney stones and i think at some point we'll look at the fascinating (really.) world of micturition (urination). Yesterday me and mikey went to Raymond Terrace to do a day of GP placement and it was AWESOME!!!! We had a fantastic GP who was not only really nice but let us do heaps of stuff as well - we got to watch excisions and curettings, take stitches out, watch lots of needles, and watch him burn lots of stuff with liquid nitrogen, talk to patients and get fed coffee and biscuits all day by the lovely practice staff :) and now there is lots of work to do, as usual.
on the life front: in between going to class and stuff, and studying occasionally, i've had a complete change on the music front of sorts as i've learned that having CDs on your computer is STILL illegal (in Australia at the moment anyway) hence i'm only listening to physical CDs, internet radio and FM radio at the moment .. that doesn't mean that i've stopped listening to new stuff or finding new stuff to become addicted to - at the moment i'm in love with the Cat Empire ;) - but now i can do all of that with a clear conscience :D
and joyce needs to run off to class!!! *runs* nasi lemak in PBL today!! I LOVE YOU YANI!! ;)
Friday, August 25, 2006
Ok, I'm a hopeless blogger. (hey it's only been 2 weeks!!) In justification of the prior statement - life has been incredibly full-on and busy for this semester. (not that I'd have it any other way, I'm loving it!)
Med-wise, we've just finished our 5 week unit on the gastro system and we're about to start another 4 or 5 weeks on renal (i.e. we can stop looking at poo now and progress to the joys of urination), had my third and last abdo exam skills tute yesterday (which means i've formally finished learning how to prod people's tummies) and GP placement is looming in early september! There's heaps of work but as always is a stack of fun :)
NCS-wise, we had mission week here last week which went "awesomely" - keeping on praying for people that heard the gospel that week and that God will work in their hearts! We often take the privilege of evangelism for granted - last week was a great reminder to me that it's such a massive privilege to be out there sharing God's message with people! Last weekend I headed down to katoomba reachout with a carful of college people which was a great weekend about mission (keep 3rd weekend of august free next year!!) And now it's back to balancing course on Islam, college bible study, bible talks on wednesday and med bible study with work and the rest of life :P
And as for the "rest of life" - I'm heading back down to Tamworth this weekend (today!) for the Conservatorium showcase - since lil bro won the violin scholarship last year, he has to play something for the showcase this year, and since big sis (me) is an overprotective perfectionist, NOONE is going near the piano part!! *growls at everyone including head of conservatorium :P* Going with another girl in 1st yer med, so it should be heaps of fun :D and I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone at church on sunday :)
So there's a short summary before I dash off to class ;) (happy now?? :P)
-- Now playing - Jack's Mannequin - I'm Ready
Well I'm ready
I'm ready to drop
I'm ready
I'm ready so don't stop
Med-wise, we've just finished our 5 week unit on the gastro system and we're about to start another 4 or 5 weeks on renal (i.e. we can stop looking at poo now and progress to the joys of urination), had my third and last abdo exam skills tute yesterday (which means i've formally finished learning how to prod people's tummies) and GP placement is looming in early september! There's heaps of work but as always is a stack of fun :)
NCS-wise, we had mission week here last week which went "awesomely" - keeping on praying for people that heard the gospel that week and that God will work in their hearts! We often take the privilege of evangelism for granted - last week was a great reminder to me that it's such a massive privilege to be out there sharing God's message with people! Last weekend I headed down to katoomba reachout with a carful of college people which was a great weekend about mission (keep 3rd weekend of august free next year!!) And now it's back to balancing course on Islam, college bible study, bible talks on wednesday and med bible study with work and the rest of life :P
And as for the "rest of life" - I'm heading back down to Tamworth this weekend (today!) for the Conservatorium showcase - since lil bro won the violin scholarship last year, he has to play something for the showcase this year, and since big sis (me) is an overprotective perfectionist, NOONE is going near the piano part!! *growls at everyone including head of conservatorium :P* Going with another girl in 1st yer med, so it should be heaps of fun :D and I'm looking forward to catching up with everyone at church on sunday :)
So there's a short summary before I dash off to class ;) (happy now?? :P)
-- Now playing - Jack's Mannequin - I'm Ready
Well I'm ready
I'm ready to drop
I'm ready
I'm ready so don't stop
Saturday, August 12, 2006
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CONGRATS ANTHONY AND BETH! :D
Back in tamworth.. again... but this time i have no cello :( but... i have something else to occupy me now - i've dug up the dvds of dragonball z that my cousin from malaysia gave us... and found out that we have all the episodes from trunks to the end of cell!! and 2 of the movies!!! so at at rate of 15 eps a day... for the next 3 days.. i think i have something to do apart from watch the soccer, eat and sleep now... YAY!!!
Piccolo is my hero
Back in tamworth.. again... but this time i have no cello :( but... i have something else to occupy me now - i've dug up the dvds of dragonball z that my cousin from malaysia gave us... and found out that we have all the episodes from trunks to the end of cell!! and 2 of the movies!!! so at at rate of 15 eps a day... for the next 3 days.. i think i have something to do apart from watch the soccer, eat and sleep now... YAY!!!
Piccolo is my hero
Friday, June 30, 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHSU1zL2Jic
For an awesome and really cute lego soccer video - Germany vs. World All Stars - there are several plot discrepancies but overall it makes for a great insight into the real workings of the world cup ;) and it's really cute ;)
and it's definitely time for bed but dad and joel are on computers in the living room at the moment (which is where i'm sleeping)... ridiculously enough we're all on laptops, despite the 2 desktops that are looking lonely in the corner... (but you can't sit in front of the heater with a desktop on your lap :P) - i give up it's time to plug myself into crouching tiger hidden dragon until they decide to pack up and go to bed....
For an awesome and really cute lego soccer video - Germany vs. World All Stars - there are several plot discrepancies but overall it makes for a great insight into the real workings of the world cup ;) and it's really cute ;)
and it's definitely time for bed but dad and joel are on computers in the living room at the moment (which is where i'm sleeping)... ridiculously enough we're all on laptops, despite the 2 desktops that are looking lonely in the corner... (but you can't sit in front of the heater with a desktop on your lap :P) - i give up it's time to plug myself into crouching tiger hidden dragon until they decide to pack up and go to bed....
Thursday, June 29, 2006
did i mention that this hols i've been doing a lot of cooking? :P (when bored, play cello. when sore, plug laptop into internet. when sick of that, cook! when done with that - EAT :D) - the laptop usage and cooking can be simultaneous if i'm trying to decide what to cook and using the laptop to help to do that ;) the "recipe book" is now outdated, as i tried to explain to mum the other day :P
so far, it's been pork in plum sauce, crackling, standard chicken stirfry, pastry "boats" stuffed with .. stuff.. and a really really really yummy lemon sponge pudding thing with icecream and custard - next time i think i might put a layer of condensed milk in and maybe some coconut on top... mmm.... (i reckon the thing that made it so good was forgetting to soften the butter before trying to mix it with the sugar and lemon zest then going 'aaagh this isn't mixing!!' then sticking the bowl in the microwave (oops melties!) then going oh stuff it i'll just keep going - kate you'd be proud of me :P) i'm thinking tomorrow i'll try this brocollini and tofu salad thing that looks pretty good.... it involves frying so it can't be tooo healthy... lol look at me i'm going on about cooking!!! (only because joel's fixing computers with dad so we can't play skibi :( and mum and my cousin from adelaide who just arrived today are talking (and talking and talking and talking, as females tend to ;P) so we can't start watching crouching tiger hidden dragon....)
time for more reading on couch with warm comfy doona and snow patrol's new cd playing in the background, tummy is contentedly full (and it's no fun cooking when you're not hungry...)
-- Now playing - Set The Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places
so far, it's been pork in plum sauce, crackling, standard chicken stirfry, pastry "boats" stuffed with .. stuff.. and a really really really yummy lemon sponge pudding thing with icecream and custard - next time i think i might put a layer of condensed milk in and maybe some coconut on top... mmm.... (i reckon the thing that made it so good was forgetting to soften the butter before trying to mix it with the sugar and lemon zest then going 'aaagh this isn't mixing!!' then sticking the bowl in the microwave (oops melties!) then going oh stuff it i'll just keep going - kate you'd be proud of me :P) i'm thinking tomorrow i'll try this brocollini and tofu salad thing that looks pretty good.... it involves frying so it can't be tooo healthy... lol look at me i'm going on about cooking!!! (only because joel's fixing computers with dad so we can't play skibi :( and mum and my cousin from adelaide who just arrived today are talking (and talking and talking and talking, as females tend to ;P) so we can't start watching crouching tiger hidden dragon....)
time for more reading on couch with warm comfy doona and snow patrol's new cd playing in the background, tummy is contentedly full (and it's no fun cooking when you're not hungry...)
-- Now playing - Set The Fire To The Third Bar - Snow Patrol
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places
Wow it's thursday morning already!
The last few days have been filled with cello playing, cold tamworth weather and shopping with mum and watching chinese movies and playing the ultimate 2player LAN game with Joel - Skibi's Tower Defense (on Warcraft 3 - Frozen Throne)!!
tonight/last night/whatever you want to call it - i shall hereby name it tonight - anyway - tonight's NYSF (national youth science forum - science camp 2 weeks on campus at uni of canberra in y11-12 hols) training thingo with Tamworth Rotary club provided an interesting sense of.. "recall?" - 3 years ago i was the nervous little NYSF hopeful trying to get ready for a set of nasty interviews for the biggest camp of my life... (NYSF is an apparently prestigous thing to have on your resume - not that i've ever encountered any prestige from it :P the selection trials were rather stringent tho - first you have to get selected by the rotary club you apply to, then you have to be selected for the rotary area through a set of 4 interviews...) - 3 years later, i've been on the camp, been asked back to be on the interview panel, and given tips to 2 sets of people on how to get into this thing that in hindsight, was probably overrated... 2 weeks away from home was good, doing the entire sciency careers thing was.. interesting, meeting loads of people was fun, and a couple of months after the majority of us had got over the whole thing and moved on with life. so there you go - random topic for the night - that's NYSF and what i think about it (anyone in year 11 thinking about going for it - i'd head overseas for 2 weeks with the spare time and money :P)
hmmm 12 hours until haircut and i still haven't decided what to do with it yet - i'm sure some form of inspiration will hit me tonight, otherwise it'll just another case of "yeah whatever you want to do with it" (though my hair has a bad habit of either halving length or volume or both every time i say that...)
*yawns* yep i guess it's time to give the fingers a rest and stop typing and go to sleep or something since there's no soccer tonight - cello+cold = ouchies joints - lol i'm getting old! (or at least my fingers are!)
-- Now playing - Dance, Dance, Christina Päffgen - Anberlin
Don't need no drugs, you're my chemical
Now I'm dependent, no not cynical
Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight
I need a fix in those heroin eyes
The last few days have been filled with cello playing, cold tamworth weather and shopping with mum and watching chinese movies and playing the ultimate 2player LAN game with Joel - Skibi's Tower Defense (on Warcraft 3 - Frozen Throne)!!
tonight/last night/whatever you want to call it - i shall hereby name it tonight - anyway - tonight's NYSF (national youth science forum - science camp 2 weeks on campus at uni of canberra in y11-12 hols) training thingo with Tamworth Rotary club provided an interesting sense of.. "recall?" - 3 years ago i was the nervous little NYSF hopeful trying to get ready for a set of nasty interviews for the biggest camp of my life... (NYSF is an apparently prestigous thing to have on your resume - not that i've ever encountered any prestige from it :P the selection trials were rather stringent tho - first you have to get selected by the rotary club you apply to, then you have to be selected for the rotary area through a set of 4 interviews...) - 3 years later, i've been on the camp, been asked back to be on the interview panel, and given tips to 2 sets of people on how to get into this thing that in hindsight, was probably overrated... 2 weeks away from home was good, doing the entire sciency careers thing was.. interesting, meeting loads of people was fun, and a couple of months after the majority of us had got over the whole thing and moved on with life. so there you go - random topic for the night - that's NYSF and what i think about it (anyone in year 11 thinking about going for it - i'd head overseas for 2 weeks with the spare time and money :P)
hmmm 12 hours until haircut and i still haven't decided what to do with it yet - i'm sure some form of inspiration will hit me tonight, otherwise it'll just another case of "yeah whatever you want to do with it" (though my hair has a bad habit of either halving length or volume or both every time i say that...)
*yawns* yep i guess it's time to give the fingers a rest and stop typing and go to sleep or something since there's no soccer tonight - cello+cold = ouchies joints - lol i'm getting old! (or at least my fingers are!)
-- Now playing - Dance, Dance, Christina Päffgen - Anberlin
Don't need no drugs, you're my chemical
Now I'm dependent, no not cynical
Addicted to those glances, taking chances tonight
I need a fix in those heroin eyes
