call it panic / semi-inspiration / semi-motivation. more like a feeling of inadequacy. or motivation not-to-lao-kui-in-front-of-Dr. so therefore i am gg to study tonight. cos patient who is hiv positive decided to hv syphilis and also hv cryptosporidiosis. i dont think there exists another word with 3 'o's, 3 'i's 3 's's and 2 'r's. congratulations we all learnt a new word today. they shld put this on sesame street.

to simplify matters, its a protozoa. parasite thing. talking about parasites, i dont really like orchids. they feel spidery. i only like those with huge petals. such that they dont look very orchidy. dont like the spotty kind. so anyway. yes i digress, anyway. the Dr wanted nitazoxanide (i think there doesnt exist a word with 'x' and 'z' other than this. sesame street here u go). so the poor nurse came to me at 4.30pm (thanks). never heard of it in my life. think it sounds like a pesticide. haha gut feeling is right. anyways. now crossing fingers and hoping Dr will take the alternative paramomycin, which nice HP happened to chance upon 30 tab which we brought in a year ago. thats why i hv this inkling that during my pre-reg there was this paramomycin case that created waves. now i am sitting on one. whoohooo.

so gg / trying to read up on hiv treatment of HAART, syphylis tx and also this cryptosporidiosis. goodness i cant even spell it without looking at it twice.

time to mug

Ubin 9th August 08

(long anticipated by our Leader HR)

we awoke to a bright and sunny day, the sky a nice blue, the sea a nice blue, and the jetty a nice blue. too.

off we went on our lil chuggy boat to the offshore island of rural Ubin

(pronounced as ooh-bin)

me and The Leader

the pharm sisters

the generalized fuss

starfruit

rambutans

and then someone mentioned we shld hv brought a friend along that can climb trees.

off we set for Chek Jawa, a nature reserve on the east coast of Ubin, to catch the low tide at 9,45am. however, we got distracted along the way by this viewing tower.

what i meant was, we climbed it.

we later realised that it shakes with the wind.
huirei and Mr Green Fish

me and my pharm sister xq.

huirei commented tt smth is "missing". its pharm sister trio not duo.

so xq and i had no choice but to take with HR too.

(our leader commands)

me, solo.

mangrove swamp. we had a running commentary by Amy who told us of the wonderful adaptability of salt-excreting capabilities of the mangrove tree. then she went on to talk about breathing roots.

feels like a field-trip

we reached the coast and saw the Seagrass Lagoon (submerged) and also the Coral Rubble (also submerged)

so of course they looked kinda similar, namely

blue-ish

watery

no depth

after a bit of staring at the wide blue sea and imagining all the what-you-are-supposed-to-really-see under the sea, we finally reached the rest stop. which was rather quaint.

actually it looks not crowded but it was rather packed with ppl wearing red. national day mah. and someone offered us a hotdog bun. but we politely declined. then xq sulked at me.

LUNCH!

and we were so hungry we forgot to take pix

of my Moonlight Hor Fun

(which is actually Char Kway Teow with raw egg)

fancy nancy.

after lunch, to meet our Leader's objective, we went to see all the quarrys. so this is the first one and the most un-shiong and most accessible. minus the sweltering heat.

the Leader said she would sign our CCA cards after this.

and i was stopping every few moments. or rather skidding to a halt suddenly to snap pix. and ppl keep asking me if i'm alright. i think they tot my bike got problem, suddenly stall like tt. but bike no engine mah. its a voluntary stall.


and the terrain became rougher as we ventured into the road-less-travelled. really super duper bumpy.


ever wondered why our butts have 'cushions'?


now this one is called China Bowl. really very bumpy. but very beautiful.

then we had coconuts. then we decided to take the dirt path back to the jetty as it would bypass th swamp.

so this is the swamp.

and i saw a huge mudskipper the size of my hand.

we also ended up somewhere where we could see this mangrove islet. quite pretty. then we noticed that MainLand had a bout of shower. we went Wow.. then we went.. Uh Oh..

and it started to drizzle...

chaos

mad scramble

it drizzled but didnt pour (not like the last time pharm sisters had their canoe trip to ubin and it poured). so we cycled quickly back to the jetty. the path was really bumpy, crossed quite a few makeshift bridges, avoided low-lying branches. etc etc etc.

finally! the way out! no more bumpy road. as i took this pix, i realised smth.

the sign read :


For Public Safety, Track is Closed Until Further Notice

very funny siah, u close one end and dun close the other. best la.

The End

thanks to the painstaking-effort of our Leader HR

and Mr Green Fish who helped read the maps

and xq who makes all things fun

and amy who says all things fun

and HR sis & her bf for providing some sanity

(which we were hopeless at)

you look really good.

RAOUL:
'No more talk of darkness,
Forget thesewide-eyed fears.
I'm here,nothing can harm you -
my words will warm and calm you.

Let me beyour freedom,
let daylight dry your tears.
I'm here,with you, beside you,
to guard you and to guide you...

CHRISTINE:
Say you love me
everywaking moment,
turn my head with talk of summertime...
Say you need me
with you, now and always...
promise me that all you say is true -
that's all I ask of you...

RAOUL:
Let me be your shelter,
let me be your light.
You're safe: No-one will find you
-your fears are far behind you...

CHRISTINE:
All I want is freedom,
a world with no more night...
and you, always beside me,
to hold me and to hide me...

RAOUL:
Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime...
let me lead youfrom your solitude...
Say you need me
with you here, beside you...
anywhere you go,
let me go too -
Christine,thats all I ask of you...

CHRISTINE:
Say you'll share with me one love,
one lifetime...
say the word and I will follow you...

BOTH:
Share each day with me,
each night,
each morning...

CHRISTINE:
Say you love me...

RAOUL:
You know I do...

BOTH:
Love me -that's all I ask of you...

Anywhere you go
let me go too...
Love me-that's all I ask of you...

(CHRISTINE starts from her reverie)
CHRISTINE: I must go-they'll wonderwhere I am...Wait for me, Raoul!

RAOUL:Christine, I love you!

CHRISTINE:Order you fine horses! Be with them at the door!

RAOUL:And soon you'll be beside me!

CHRISTINE:You'll guard me, and you'll guide me...

(They hurry off.)