好人無好報

好人無好報，反而死得早。做好人只會被人當水魚~~ 切記。

Weekend

A happy and happening weekend indeed. Last night, we had a steamboat gathering at Wan Yi's place, in conjunction with Yin Chien's birthday. Although it was meant to be a dinner, we all got to start the preparation from early the morning. Going to Springvale to buy all food, while Wan Yi cooked the soup at home. And we got to get there early to spend almost an hour on washing all the food. Well, for such a meal, we really do need a day to get ready. But of course, it was an enjoyable night, just simply chatting away with friends while kept munching the food. After the feast-like dinner, we all craved for more entertainment before further food-input (the cake). Haha.. 4 of us, the "gamblers" set up a table to play Mahjong. Dunno what happened, I kept winning last night till everyone were grumbling. Never seen a game of Mahjong could cause so much anger. But well, Victor was a bit bad luck. Oops. As for today, after the quick morning cleaning, Kheng Ling n I set off to Chadstone to run errands as plan. But... Whahahah~ We managed to grab the latest Harry Potter!! I was sooooo happy, esp after a week of regret not pre-ordering it earlier. But well. Hahaha...What a joyful weekend; me appreciating it~!

語文真的這麽差嗎

懂得兩種語言與懂得翻譯是不一樣的。Janet 和我都是香港人，在澳洲也讀了好幾年書。平時跟朋友家人說的是中文，對老師同學，病人都說英文，看起來兩種語言都 mastered 了。誰知道中文，英文都只是半桶水。區區一張中文的家長通告，我們都寫了幾個小時，最後還是文法不對，詞不達意，簡直是英文直譯的。英文呢，問題沒這麽大，但 grammar 還是要 supervisor 姑姑幫我們改正。我們的語文真的這麽差嗎？慘了....

Career?

As I m in my final semester, I have started thinking about my career. I used to say that I would work anywhere as the job offers. But come to think about it, where I really want to work? Melbourne, Hong Kong or Singapore? Clinical, community or industries? Or even continue with Honours? Taking very much everything into consideration, I found myself contradicting in my thoughts. Oh well, the first job shldn't be what i like, but what if the employers don't like... ha...

Silence

Silence. No communication is better than mis-communication. Well.. It is my problem, but i m not working on it.

Passion in Community Dietetics

Do we really have that passion in community dietetics, or just that we want to get it done n be over? Apparently our supervisor, Anne, has commented greatly on our efficiency on Janet's n my progress of our project. Well, what we have done is definitely not a great deal. Perhaps she is trying to encourage us. But of course I won't complain, a good well-done is a reward afterall. Well, we ll continue to work for it. Kids: Go For Your Life!!

The IELTS

The International English Language Testing System. I have just taken my IELTS today. It has been a long while since I last took an English exam. I was a bit anxious initially for this exam, but as I was spending almost all my time on the placement project, i hardly realised until I sat in the exam hall. Three hour exam which I seem to have got used to. Listening, reading, writing, speaking - 4 parts. Nothing like the 'O' level. Well, I did my best n now I shld wait for the results which might ultimately decide if i can stay in Australia after graduation.

Program Planning Placement

2 days into program planning placement~! Oh, experiencing both ups n downs in barely 2 days. One of the most exciting issues is that Janet n I are provided with our private office! Hahah.. We spent quite sometime yesterday re-arranging furniture n stuff to make ourselves as comfy as possible. Well, the downside of things is what we ought to spend most of our time in this office working on a quite uninteresting project - impact evaluation for kinders, for the upcoming 8 weeks. Yesterday we indeed felt a bit trapped in this project, not knowing what n how we shld start. However, i think we just need sometime to get our heads around the public health setting, as well as the acquired health promotion skills. Anyway, it could be cool to be unsupervised most of the time, but also challenging to be unguided. Umm.. perhaps they want us to go off by ourselves now.

PS. One very super funny joke Janet & I had during the placement: Our core initiative named "Go For Your Life".. And guess what it becomes when WE translated it into chinese?! "Go For Your Life" = 去你的命 (OMG~ This is hopeless chinese but extremely funny joke. Hahaha...)

Learning to Be Unkind

If my kindness has continuously been taken for advantage, I got to learn to protect myself by being unkind, perhaps. Maybe to certain people who offer nothing but a big bite in return, I better keep my helping hand before it got bit off.

End of Winter Break

A reluctant goodbye to my lovely holiday. Now, my 2-week of winter break has come and gone, and my 8-wk program planning placement is going to start. Well.. I m actually proud to say that I have enjoyed this holiday very much. Most days I was occupied, n of course, spending the last few days with Xingwei from Singapore was special too. Everyday was purposeful, n i didn't feel wasted like I used to in previous long holiday~ Um.. Oh of course, it is a good time to give myself a bluff of fresh air from academics.

Results 出了

Results 昨天出了。我這次的成績是歷史新低啊~ 雖然當初我 placement 的表現連合格都有問題，而對現在的分數因該滿意，可是難免有一點失望。再想想將來的畢業成績單上有這遺憾，構成一個影響找工作的缺憾。唉~ 不過，另外一件事令我不開心的是兩位好友的坏消息 - 不合格。大家都是過來人，明白那盡了力卻徒勞無功的無奈。我心好酸啊~ 希望她們 overcome this sadness soon...

Xingwei in Melbourne

These 2 days I have been spending time with Xingwei, who has come to visit Melbourne from Singapore. Initially the trip was planned to have Bernard here as well, but due to unfavourable circumstances, only Xingwei could make it. Haha.. Xingwei was supposed to be the surprise of the trip when Ber only told me that he wld be coming with 'a friend'. Anyway, not been too closed with Xingwei before but these 2 days have definitely been an opportunity to know him more. Yesterday, after he touched down, I first brought him to a round trip around the Melbourne Airport carpark (as Kheng Ling n I failed to re-locate our car in that massive carpark.. Ooops~). Then, upon arriving to the city, we had a quick lunch n then a city tour to the famous Burke St, Flinders Street Station, Federation Square, the Crown. And, eventually going up to the Lygon Street for Italian dinner. Well, pretty full. As for today, we ve been to the Victoria Market for a mega shopping n then got him booked into a day trip to Great Ocean Road before getting onto the tram to St Kilda Beach. I believe I did give him a kind of welcome to Melbourne, i hope. Haha... Shall have a farewell for him tomorrow night, after he gets back from Great Ocean Road.

Statement

An empty statement or a warning with assumed accusation.

Ashamed > Sorry > Indifferent > Denial > Angry > Cursing.

Oh well, no matter what the intention is, whatever said has made things worse.

中國人

Mummy 來電，得知哥哥誤入黑店的事，差點嚇暈。好彩人沒事~！中國如此黑暗，再努力發展，都只怕是原地踏步。國民教育啊~ 想想今天突然心血來潮到了 Clayton Library 借書，奇怪一進門就聼到裏面吵吵鬧鬧的。仔細一看，原來一群中國太太在，孩子東奔西跑沒人理。唉~ 真丟臉~

Supervisor Workshop

This afternoon i attended a supervisor-training workshop, which i was invited to share some opinions n feedbacks. When I walked into the room n being confronted by the 30 pairs of supervisors' eyes, i felt unprepared. However, once Jamie n I seated at the centre, the start of informal discussion lessened the tension in the room. Glad that Claire pointed out the issues with international students. I was able to fire away comments i wanted so much to say before. I knew i could do something to increase the awareness of our welfare, make them understand us. Perviously I tried to talk to the head of the course, but apparently she is least interested. Think it is much of a better way to directly present the message to the supervisors. Yes~ Hope i m doing some good for my juniors la~

年紀大，機器壞。

年紀大，機器壞。生老病死是人生必經的階段。可是一提到病總是有一種可怕的感覺由心裏震出來。在醫院工作天天看到那些百病纏身的病人，無奈對種種病都有恐懼。最近友人的父親突然感到心口痛，檢查後發現是因糖尿病引致血管嚴重閉塞，要開刀做 by-pass，我聼到都為他擔心。他幸好發現及時，不然就大件事了。想想 Daddy，Mummy 常常說身體這裡痛，那裏不妥，我真怕是有什麽事。雖然生老病死是人生必經的階段，但我相信平時保持健康的生活，會延遲疾病的到來。我真的希望我能成爲一個能協助延遲病人患病的營養師，或至少能幫 Daddy，Mummy stay healthy 啦~~