3/31/2005 09:03:00 PM
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Wonder y ppl can be so scary... They can laff wif u on one occassion and after that they try to avoid you as much as they can...Felt so shocked and suprise at his behaviour manx... I can't even think of how we offended him... Unless he dislike us at 1st sight... Den y is his behaviour so inconsistant??? Crazy guy... Angry wif him manx...
Den 2dae when we're walking towards Sapporo's citybank... Saw this wierd guy... According to Regina he seems to be waiting for us... Den when we walked past him, he suddenly stopped us... Pointed to the opposite and keep talking to us in Japanese... Smmore he walked closer and closer 2 us and we had to stepped back more and more... 1st time i felt scared by Japanese manx... Den after that he followed us smmore... We gotta hide in Lawson to get away frm him... He's realli damn scary wif his evil looking eyes... The tot of him now still makes me shiver... Veri erie... Dun tink of it.. Else i might strt having nitemare... Ahhhhh!!!!
Oh well... 2ml will b our last dae of attachment... Suddenly feel abit sad... Felt sad that i'm leaving the country and felt sad that i'm leaving the people... Y did i haf such a feeling??? Aren't i suppose to be happie that my boring and disastrous attachment has come to and end... Hmmm... Realli wonder... Actualli noe y... Cos 2dae after giving the sensei the present, looking at their happie face makes me happy... I noe i'll miss them... I'll miss the patients here esp the china patient whom i feel q attached to during my stay here... She's juz lk my fren... Will miss the courteous ppl and the nice restaurant wif the nice boss... "Qign re wu" Anyone come to Sapposo patronise the shop... The boss is super nice... Alwaz gif us free food... Hahax... And i;ll miss the honesty where u need not b scared tt sm1 will tk ur thgs... They'll even keep rubber band in the restuarant until u go back to collect... So impress manx... But i noe i've got no much money left...
Anyway, i'm gonna ship some of my thgs hm... Good bye my aunt's clothes... It'll reach my home in 2 months time... Hope the ship won't sink... Hahax...
3/28/2005 10:43:00 PM
Monday, March 28, 2005
Oh no!!! How can i not sae about my trip to skiing and onsen on Fri??? It's the best time i had ehre though it's Mr. Strawberry who brought us there...
Nonetheless the skiing experience was fantastic... As usual, I'm a clown who goes around entertaining people... When we reached the ski park and had to change into the skiing shoes i cannot fit into the skiing shoes... Guess y...Cos i wore 3 socks... Hahax...Ended up have to tk off all the socks and everyone laffed at me... *Blush*... After that on we go to skiing... Fell dunnoe how many upteen times... Not tt i lost my balance but rather cos i scared i'll fly off dunnoe where... Hahax... But i enjoyed it thoroughly... To bad... No skiing ground in Singapore.. .Oh my pls dun talk abt snow city... Hahax... Mayb can tk up skiing course one of this holiday... Hahax... Simply loved the experience...
The onsen was even better... We went wif Mr strawberry and another guy... No girls... Which means wat we're left on our own once we're there... Luckily they nv bring us to the communal one... Hahax... Nvm... They showed up some thgs tt we shld not do but many ppl inside do it... *duh*... So we went into the onsen got ourselves exposed and scrub... Wat's the big deal about being naked... Hahax... Den we hope into the 3 indoor onsen 1 by 1... It's getting warmer and warmer... Finally we went into the outdoor onsen... It was gorgeous... It was snowing... Everythg was juz so beautiful... My greatest regrets is not being able to tk pictures in the onsen...
My recommendations to all my frnez who come japan go to their outdoor onsen... Esp in winter when it's snowing... It's juz too gorgeous for words... Veri comfortable too... And most importantly, dun listen to HB... U won't faint juz because u're in for 3 minutes... Hahax...
M going back in 4 daes time... C u guys back in Singapore...
3/21/2005 12:27:00 PM
Monday, March 21, 2005
Oh... I'm starting to get bored about Sapporo... We've practically toured almost all the places that we can go... So now super duper rotting in the hotel... Veri boring... Having to think of where we can go the next dae is realli killing...
Today's public holiday in Japan and we're trying very hard to think of where we can go... Think we'll end up touring places that we're not very interested... Hahax... Wat a sad thing...
Tink we'll b visiting the fish market later... Super lame... Realli no where else we can visit le is it??? Hahax... Luckily we'll be going to Otaru over the next weekend and the following weekend we'll b heading home...
As the dae become more and more boring, i'm missing home more and more... Missing my frenz, my cousin who can go KTV and sing lk mad... Missing my vcds that i can watch at home... Missing the programmes and movie that we can understand... Isn't it realli so much things tt i can miss... Hahax... How can i migrate lidat... I tink Singapore still my comfort zone ba... Cos afterall i've found many activities that i can do in the boring country without 4 seasons...
However, i realli tink 4 seasons should b appreciated... 4 seasons gif us an opportunity to look forward to things in the next season... Smtimes i realli tink there's nthg i can look forward to in Singapore because they make everythg tt i can look forward to an all year round affair... So life smimes become super duper boring...
But i noe i'll b super duper bz when i return to Singapore... Because we'll realli haf alot of thgs tt need to be done... Ahhhh~ Will die lidat... On week 15, we'll haf more den 15 thgs due... Isn't tt realli a killer??? Dun even dare to tink abt it manx...
3/20/2005 12:51:00 AM
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Hmmm... I realli enjoyed myself thoroughly tonite wif Misato, Tsutumu and Takeshi... Though initialli i felt abit guilty cos i realised because i said i wanna eat Crab so they brought us to eat seafood... Tink the meal was q ex... And there was no sign of sensei afterall...
After dinner, we went bowling... Had a great time there though cos i too long nv bowl i onli score lk 44... Hahax... Super throw face but i still laff abt it... So nvm... Hahax... Den we went 2 watch nite view of Sapporo... Everythg was so fun...
They've been very nice hosts... Realli enjoyed myself totally... M tired now... But guess wat... Our clothes still in the dryer upstairs... Veri tired already... Tink my eyes won't cooperate anymore... Guess i'll b fallin aslp soon... Wat will happen to our clothes??? Hmmm...
3/19/2005 04:58:00 PM
Saturday, March 19, 2005
2nd week gone... We're juz left wif 2 more weeks and i'm returning to Singapore... During the remaining time betta make good use of it... Tis week has been q a good week, especislly after we reflected and decided to be more guai... But the most important reason 4 it being a good week is tt we're treated to many meals... Hahax... Save money... Hope tis'll mean i'll have some money left 2 buy more things tt i wan to buy... Wanna buy their coat most... Though i might not realli haf chance to wear in Singapore but tink i q like it...
Anyway, something horrible happened yesterday... We tried walking from our hotel to the entertainment district... Who noes it's super far away... To get rid of the cold we drank abit of alcoholic drink... Dunnoe y but we got abit tipsy... In the end after gg to the district we juz sat at the KFC... I vomited and we decide to return to the hotel in cab... Luckily we still noe wat we're doing and return safely...
2dae was q fun... Went to the zoo... Though i would sae Singapore's zoo would haf more animals... But it really felt good going to the zoo after so long not going to the zoo... And wat's nicer i tink is the chance to see winter animals such as polar bear and penguin in their natural environment... Realli had fun though we nearly got freeze to death again...
M gg out for dinner wif sensei they all again... Though abit xian cos i dun realli feel lk socialising... But i haf 2... Anyway, tink there'll b good food lahx... So nvm... Hahax...
3/14/2005 06:44:00 PM
Monday, March 14, 2005
Haven blogged for some time... Basicalli i've juz strted being bz at clinicals cos now our patient whom we're suppose to be in charge of has officially come under our care more... Veri stress... Realli dunnoe wat activity to do with the patient... N was asked to prescribe a splint... Oh my... Tink i'm bad at prescribing splint and doing splint... Smmore tink the splint would b q complicated... Wonder if i'll make a funnie splint tt dun work... Which is usualli wat happened... Hahax...
Hmmm... Over the weekend i went to the ski jump stadium... Took a ski lift 1st time in my life... Took a ski lift up the mountain which cost 500 yen 2 and fro... Wahx.. Expensive manx... Smmore i damn scared of heights... The lift is basicalli lk a cable car but does not has cover at the body... Does it sound scary??? Hahax... It's enuff 2 scare me 2 death... Hahax... Den we went to the stadium... They tried simulating the various winter sports... But basicalli ink they kinda failed... Hahax... Waited an hour 2 play ski jump... But as i'm abit retarded and cannot realli understand wat i'm suppose 2 do, i din jump... So ended up i din jump far sia... Hahax.... Jialat arhx... Hahax...
Caught in snow storm on Sat aso... Wahx... 1st experience of snow storm... The wind is so strong and cold tt u feel lk it's gonna blow u off anytime... Hahax... Walked in snow storm to the Hokkaido university... Took afew dumb pictures... Duh... Nthg realli so interesting there leh... Den we go shop their IT store... As if we'll buy anythg... Hahax...
Oh yar after shopping for so long and tryin so many pairs of shoes Regina got herself a new pair of shoes cos her old shoes spoil... And i got myself a cosmetic pouch... Q happie... Cos finalli got myself smthg frm Japan... Hahax...
On Sunday we went Sapporo factory... Wanted 2 buy smthg in the end i bought nthg... Hahax... But Regina decided to buy another pair of shoes cos the shoes she bought on Sat does not fit... Tink we're stuck in the shoe shop for veri long... Finalli she got herself another pair of shoes... Tink she spent most of her money trying to buy shoes manx... Hahax... Ok lahx... Gotta go tink of my splint design and treatment plan for 2ml... Shall not blog already... Hope my brain won't burst 2dae... Abit headache... Hope i can survive the nite... Haix...
3/11/2005 10:47:00 AM
Friday, March 11, 2005
Guess wat... I'm slacking... Hahax... Having clinicals here damn slack manx... Basicalli u juz rot and wait for ur in charge patient to come who usually come in the morning to see yo for lk 20 min... So everydae 20 min occupied with your client then after that you practically 100% observation... Hahahx... How slack can hings be...
Though i'm learning little by little but i'm still learning... At least onli having 1 patient will mean you can concentrate on treating the patient only... Hex...
Me and Regina chat for very long time yesterdae... Gossip abt many ppl... Damn funnie... Laff till i stomachache... Hahahx... Basicalli m enjoyin myself now... But these few daes nthg to blog cos nv go out... So nthg special... Wait for 2ml ba... Gg zoo 2ml... Hahax... How bo liao can we b... Hahax... But tink it'll b q interesting to c how Japan's zoo is different t that of Singapore...
Ok... Waiting for lunch time... I'm hungry... Gonna eat the Bento set 2dae... Anyway, Japan food is q nice in general... Till now i'm still liking Japan food... Hahax...
3/08/2005 08:57:00 PM
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
Hmmm... It's another dae at the rehab... Did my initial interview wif the patient. The old man seems to be a veri frenly and optimistic person... Onli tt he doesn't have any hobbies. Meaning prescribing purposeful activity might be a littl difficult.... But haven do the entire evaluation wif him yet... Doing it 2ml...
Anyway 2dae was not realli special... Tsuboto SenSei basicalli do alot of oedema control daily... Mayb i shld strt becomign a little proactive and find out how i can do oedema control... Ask to learn the massage techniques...
But i feel abit stress... Not cos of the clinical case... But rather cos of the culture... I'm veri scared tt i'll offend dem unknowingly... U noe i smtimes can b q blur blur... veri outspoken... Hmmm... Hopefulli i haven offend anyone of dem so far...
And aso i tink i tok 2 fast already... They haf difficulty understanding wat i sae... So i wonder if they'd b fraustrated wif me... Muz strt 2 learn to speak slower... Lk Regina... Can speak in their slank... Arghx... U noe i'm bad at tt... Shits...
Anyway, i finalli got my internet access so can cum online blog already... Posted my blogs for the previous daes... So happie reading!!!
3/08/2005 08:46:00 PM
5th March
Hmmm… My comp really abit cranky 2dae!!!
Hmmm… Has arrived in Sapporo… M glad Misato came wif 2 other guysto fetch us at the airport… So we dun haf to struggle wif our luggage all the wae to Japan… Hmmm… It’s –8 degrees here… Veri cold…Colder than Tokyo… So tink it’s q bad… Hmmm… Misato and co looks veri friendly… M glad tt I feel welcomed to the country…
Hmmm…Hotel in general is q cosy… Q lk the accommodation, my mini home for the next month… Everythg are q qi quan… So dun tink it’ll b a problem… Except the fact tt they dun ha wireless internet connection… Haix… So I’ll b damn bored at nite… No more MSN… Sobs… And to send an email I need to pay 100 yen equivilent to S$1.57 for use of 10 min… Damn ex rite… Hmmm… Mayb can onli post my blog all at 1 go once a week??? I’ve gotta save everythg in my comp and cut and paste once a week… Hahax…
M gonna find smthg else 2 do already… Q boring… Sobs…Mayb I shld read up smthg on hands… Hahax…6th March
Hmmm… 2dae was q a boring dae… Din exactly noe wat we can do… Visited a few buildings and towers 2 tk some pictures and we’re back rotting in our hotel… Hmmm…
Tink wat was nicest thg tt I done 2dae was to make a snowman… 1st time making a snowman… Veri cold but ceri fun…
Basicalli I lk winter times cos can play wif snow and scenery covered wif snow really looked nice… But I won’t really wan to live in winter forever cos u’d b immune to the thrill of snow… Hahax… Smmore q ma fan to remove and wear so many layers… And dun mention abt washin… I cannot imagine washing al my clothes… Will probably faint… Hahax…
Anyway, me and Regina really spend lk nobody’s business… Nomatter how I tried to budget it seems impossible not to spend cos I dun c y I need 2 torture my stomach by depriving it of food… Smmore u cum all the wae here muz try smthg nice mahx… Hahax… Otherwise waste air ticket and hotel fee manx…7th March
Started clinicals 2dae… But 2dae is mainly orientation and observation… Saw a few cases todae… We also saw the patient whom we’re in charge of… Throughout this 1 mth will onli b in charge of this patient… This would mean there’s a need to work hard to provide optimum service to the patient.
Apparently, the seniors left veri good impression wif Tsubota sensei… So we muz not disgrace Singapore and NYP… Hahax… Stress…
We’ll b officalli introduced to our patient 2ml… Tt means we gotta do our initial interview… So happie tt time’s provided for us to do initial interview and not the interview is done together wif the assessment… But problem arise when we cannot speak Japanese… Hahax… Tt’s q bad… But Tsubota sensei will help us translate… Hmmm… But I need 2 plan my interview questions… What kinda patient demographics do I need to complete my assignment… Buildin rapport would b q difficult since I cannot speak Japanese but will try nevertheless…
But 2dae we see a new case… She’s not refered to therapy yet… It’s basically a machine injury… The injury is veri bad and the wound is q scary… Regina almost fainted when she c the wound… Hmmm… I was surprise I’m rather immune to it…
Tink the OT dept in Japan is similar to Singapore though there’re still some discrepancies… It can b q suprising to c the therapists using more purposeful activities wif some patients though thera patty seems to be their favorite modality… Hahax…
Anyway, we are allowed to use their library’s resources… Their library is veri big… Hahax… Has a lot more resources than NYP… Though we cannot borrow under our card but the sensei are veri kind to volunteer to help us borrow the books…
Juz had a welcome dinner… The meal is really sumptuous and I’m super duper gorged… Damn full now… But a lot of raw food manx… They serve us and we cannot reject.. .Hahax.. .I dun really lk raw food but luckily their raw food doesn’t taste too bad… Basicalli took raw fish, raw bacon etc etc… Took some cocktail 2… M glad I survived the cocktail cos I really cannot hold my liquor well… I totally made sure I drink super duper slowly…
The people in general are warm and frenly… The doctors are really humorous too… Realli loved the people here… Their culture are veri interesting… I’m still learning to bow… Hahax… Basicalli I tink I can b abit blur not knowin wat 2 do at times cos I’m not veri familiar wif their culture… In Singapore we basically dun bow do we??? Hahax…
Betta go prepare my interview questions for 2ml initial interview… C ya… Update u again… Though I really tink u all will haf plenty to read cos I tink I can onli update my blog once in a week or smthg lidat… hahax…
Was tking my nap juz now… Dun tink I can slp early 2nite… Hmmm… Clinical’s strting tomorrow… Q excited abt it… But I haven exactly read up on it manx… Hmmm…
3/04/2005 07:26:00 PM
Friday, March 04, 2005
Haix... Dunnoe y my blog alwaz doesn't turn up.. .Spent veri veri long time bloggin juz now leh... Sobs... Shall retype again... Sobs...
3rd March 9pm:
Met Regina at the airport to check in... Weigh my luggage... "Veri overweight leh"... Den onli to realise it's cos Dylan placed his leg on the weighin machine... Oh well my luggage was 23 kg... Wao... Guess tt's bad and i tink my hand carried luggage is damn heavy 2... Hmmm...
3rd March 11pm:
Finalli board the plan... Shld b tired at 11 rite??? But i was not... Was still q brightly awake... The plane has got tv... Wahx... Tot shld haf alot of nice movies... Hmmm... Decided tt i shall watch smthg when the plane flies...
3rd March 11.15pm:
Wao... Y the runway lk nv ends one... Keep running... Hmmm... Finally plane took off... but the ascending was q bad... Ahhhh~ Q abit of turbulance... Feel as if the plan will drop anytime... Hahax...
3rd March 11.30:
Hmmm... The movies got Princess Diary 2 and Shark Tale which i had watched... The rest of the show nv hear b4.. Shall juz anyhow pick 1 and watch... In less den 5 min i change a movie... Den change another 1... Gave up and decide to juz watch tis alien movie...
4th March 12am:
Supper was served... Was expecting smthg realli good... But onli get 2 eat muffin and nuts... The air stewardess keep speaking 2 me in Jap... Do i look lk a jap???
4th March 12.30am:
Finished my supper and feel lk slping... The movie abit boring... So off i go into my dreamland... *ZZZzzz*
4th March 3 am:
Awoken by a jerk... The plane rid was not smooth... Frequent turbulance experienced... Cannot even slp well... Arghx...Nvm... Breakfast is served soon afterwards... Fast rite??? Tt's cos we'll b landin in another 1+ hours time... ur breakfast wasn't 2 bad i muz sae...
4th March 4.45am:
The plane started to descend... The descend was horrible... The plane dipped... And dipped... Wowowow... Tt's all i was tinking to myself... Havin motion sickness sia... Cos the stupid plane so jerky...
4th March 5.30am:
Embarking on our journey in search of our hotel with my heavy luggage tt realli wan my life... Got our ticket at 6.40 but the train reaching at 6.45... Wao... Great... Gotta rush with our heavy luggae dwn the escalator... Can u imagine??? I nearly rolled dwn wif my luggage... Ahhh~
4th March 9 am:
Hmmm... Finalli reached the "Prince Hotel" wif me dropping my luggage twice on the train... And struggled across the roads when the light has turned red indicating for me to stopped.Once guy even stopped in the middle of the road to see wat i was doing... Duh~ Y can't he help?? Is tt all he can do??? Anyway, we realised we were at the wrong hotel... So decide to tk cab dwn frm Prince Hotel to our correct hotel... Guess wat's the strtin cab fare??? S$10... Hahx... by the time we reach the hotel which is onl a short distance, we paid lk 1540 yen... which equates to S$25... Hmmm... Great rite...
4th March afternoon:
Spent my afternoon at Tokyo disneyland.. Had fun playin kiddy rides... Took the roller coaster and regretted it almost instantaneously... Took alot of pics... But i juz feel the placed is too commercialsied... Sellin all the disney thgs... Hmmm...
4th March nite: Was exhausted after 1 whole dae of fiduring out how 2 tk railway train and substation and tryin 2 get my ideas across... REalli can kill... Ahhh...
2ml gonna fly over 2 Sapporo... Juz emptied my hand carried luggage into my cargo luggage 2 facilitate easier transport manx...
3/03/2005 07:21:00 PM
Thursday, March 03, 2005
I realise i've realli been crapping in tis blog... Hope i'll stop crapping once i reach Japan cos more thgs 2 share alreadi... Basicalli i'll b leavin my house for the air port soon... Gonna fly over to Japan... The sen sei there emailed us... They sounded veri nice and frenly... Hope i'll haf a fruitful trip there...
Basicalli i tink i still got alot of preparation tt needs to b done b4 we start our clinicals... Would i haf the time??? Hmmm... Nomatter wat muz find time lahx... Hex...
Anyway, tink my luggage will b overweight... Might need to pay money if luggage overweight manx... Hope they're nice ppl and dun charge me... Hahax... Smmore bringin wine over for the host there 4 HB meaning the bag heavier... Cos liquid mahx... Hahax...
Hmmm... basicalli i onli come in to leave a last blog b4 i leave for Japan... Cos by the time i reach Japan aso dunnoe if i still got internet access to post as frequently anot le... But nevertheless, i'll post whenever i haf the chance and hopefully everyone will share my joy while i'm there... Okie dokie... Gotta go bath le...
Buaiz my beloved frenz in Singapore...
3/03/2005 07:21:00 PM
I realise i've realli been crapping in tis blog... Hope i'll stop crapping once i reach Japan cos more thgs 2 share alreadi... Basicalli i'll b leavin my house for the air port soon... Gonna fly over to Japan... The sen sei there emailed us... They sounded veri nice and frenly... Hope i'll haf a fruitful trip there...
Basicalli i tink i still got alot of preparation tt needs to b done b4 we start our clinicals... Would i haf the time??? Hmmm... Nomatter wat muz find time lahx... Hex...
Anyway, tink my luggage will b overweight... Might need to pay money if luggage overweight manx... Hope they're nice ppl and dun charge me... Hahax... Smmore bringin wine over for the host there 4 HB meaning the bag heavier... Cos liquid mahx... Hahax...
Hmmm... basicalli i onli come in to leave a last blog b4 i leave for Japan... Cos by the time i reach Japan aso dunnoe if i still got internet access to post as frequently anot le... But nevertheless, i'll post whenever i haf the chance and hopefully everyone will share my joy while i'm there... Okie dokie... Gotta go bath le...
Buaiz my beloved frenz in Singapore...
3/02/2005 09:40:00 PM
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Hmmm... Gonna fly for Japan 2ml... Dear frenz guess wat feelings i've got??? Hmmm... I realli got alot of mix feelings... I felt veri excited cos it has alwaz been my dream 2 go... But i felt nervous 2... Cos dunnoe how 2 speak their language so probably will blur blur... Hmmm... And aso felt worried cos the lazy me still haven prepare finish... Hmmm... Wat's next on the list??? I'll b missing all my frenz in Singapore... No MSN access there... No more chatting wif all my beloved frenz online...Wat if i feel sad there??? Tink Regina will probably find me irritating when she comes back... Cos i complain 2 much le... Hahax...Hmmm... I haven even finish packin my thgs... Can u believe??? Tink i betta go pack my thgs and strt readin smthg... Dun wanna fail my clinicals in Japan... If i fail den i realli tink i'll b breaking record of all NYP students who're sent for overseas attachment manx... Will probably b killed by Hua Beng and Michelle when i return... Hahax... Ok... Dear frenz... Will b missing everybody... Remember 2 leave me msg on interesting thgs tt happen in ur life via email or comment in tis blog...
3/01/2005 10:59:00 PM
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
Haix... These few daes been gg out and gg out... Y m i gg out daily??? Cos i'm damn bz purchasign thgs at the veri last minute... Die... Flying off soon leh... Lidat how 2 tahan when i go over??? Probably screw up everythg... Ahhh~
Hmmm... Wat m i gg 2 do 2ml??? Gotta go exchange for my currency den after tt gotta gif tuition and gonna watch match after tt... Shld i go watch match afterall??? Wahx... If i go 2ml won't haf time 2 read up le wor... Mayb i shld sacrifice... Hmmm...
Den Thurs aso almost al gone... Cos meeting sm1 b4 i fly off... Wahx... Tink lidat i realli will die sia... Ahhh~ Haix... Better strt reading smthg b4 i die there... Haix...
Dunnoe wat i bloggin aso.. .Q crap... Hahax... Okok... Shall go read up le.. Shan't spend too much time online... hahax...