I was blindfolded, but now I'm seeing. 

My mind was closing, now I'm believing. 

I finally know what just what it means to let someone in, 

To see the side of me that no one does or ever will. 

So if your ever lost and find yourself all alone 

I'd search forever just to bring you home, 

Here and now, this I vow 

By now you know that I'd come for you,

No one but you, yes I'd come for you, 

But only if you told me to. 

And I'd fight for you, 

I'd lie, it's true. 

Give my life for you 

You know i'd always come for you.

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Hmm... It's been some time since I've had post out of compulsion (I believe I've run out of time since the last post...), but post I shall. It seems quite odd, given that I'm actually supposed to have a lot more time, since I stopped playing WoW for the exams (Truth!). I expected it might come to this, but not this soon... Oh well, it's only a 2 weeks hiatus, nothing special. (Except it's just after the WotLK release omg... I'm falling behind T.T)

The initial idea was this: Given how much time I have the tendency to spend on WoW, then technically, removing  it from the picture should result in a large influx of time, which I would then make use of to study for the upcoming exam, here in a week's time. Sadly, I failed to recognise that time is a dynamic entity, and doesn't like being fitted into moulds, for example: 3 free hours + 3 hours (freed suddenly from a drastic change of habit) does not equal 6 free hours. Essentially: time tends to fill itself up somehow. You can get rid of things taking up time, but it doesn't give you a 100% return, not even 75%. Hell, not even 5- Ok, I'll stop. Basically, I think I need some sort of enzyme or harness to efficiently contain the freed time, lest it disappear into the nether, along with all the lost hours of my day. Timetable, you say? Meh. 

Parents and sis are arriving soon! 13th of December I believe, give or take. Argh... Miss them quite a lot at times, I realise. The cumulative effect of being away takes a toll after a while =/. Morose evenings and lonely nights: it's no wonder I look to the computer more than ever, my window to the world. Anyway, the thing is, with my coming exam on the 15th of December, their arrival has the potential to become something of an... Inconvenience. My parents know of this, and being the rational people they are (amazing how your views change when you're away from people huh?), told me specifically not to come down to the airport to recieve them, of their own accord. But since then I've heard some alternative viewpoints, persuading me otherwise. Is it right, simply allowing my parents to stealthily fly in, and hide out in Singapore until I finish my exams, before they come out and we meet properly? How hard is it just to appear at the airport? While I do see where these contentions come from, it doesn't quite sit well with me. I suppose I'm rather non-traditional and non-cultural in my thinking and beliefs: in my opinion, if my parents are matured enough tell me honestly not to come down (And I say matured. None of that disgusting "saying one thing and meaning the other" crap), I can be gracious enough to accept that thoughtful gesture. I believe in tradition, just not to the point where it becomes antagonistic. After which I do away with it, especially when the feeling is mutual. It's so easy with family... Sometimes I wish everyone were that simple. 

I'd like to highlight Thursday in particular: most packed day I've ever had in ages. Lectures in the morning, Formative Assessment (pre-CA test) for Anatomy in the afternoon, which somehow wasn't as bad as the last two. I actually passed this one. Then there was this batch photo-taking session after that, which was sort of cool, since everyone was dressed formal and stuff. And then I almost broke my arm during the informal shots. Basically: front rows, girls. Back rows, guys. You don't want to know what the back rows were like, felt like, during the informal shots. I'll leave it there. Anyway, had clinicals after that, which was like one and a half hours of standing (It's not much fun after you've just had a full day, and you're totally dehydrated). We were auscultating patient's hearts with stethoscopes: I think they would have had more fun auscultating mine. Palpitations, tachycardia, some hypotension, you name it. I don't know why I was so dehydrated, sometimes I do forget to get a drink though, especially when things move too fast. Anyway, I survived. 

And after our clinicals... Went down to Starbucks with Wei Ling, for FREE COFFEE! I chanced upon the information while queueing for lunch (lol, random), and turned out she was going to Starbucks too, and knew a coffee place that was pretty nearby/near her house/relatively isolated. Let me just say: 

Free coffee = WIN. Kthxbye.

Says it all. So we went down to the isolated Starbucks, to find... A queue that spanned halfway across the width of the building. It moved pretty quick though, soon got my hands on a Tall (yeah, no Venti this time :< ... Not complaining though~) cup of revitalising caffeine. I didn't exactly grab it scott free, but at least my money went to the Salvation Army. 

The caffeine shot was a good thing: I then had to head down to some condominium in Bukit Batok, for Zhen Le's 21st birthday (one of my cell members)... I wouldn't have turned up, not exactly very close to most of my cell group, since I can't really attend the meetings, but she asked me specifically, and I wasn't really in a position to say no (I know her a bit better than the rest I suppose), so... That was a bus --> train --> change train --> walk --> bus just to get there, and I was still in my formal attire. Carrying my stuff. Sort of glad I made it down in the end I guess, cell members were around etc. So it wasn't too boring. And one of them started playing WoW without telling me! Bah... That's 1 free month gone! Please tell me if you're planning to start WoW lol~

Awkward moment as I was leaving... I was taking my leave and saying goodbyes, and she was thanking me for coming down. That somehow ended with a misplaced and rather inadequate handshake... I would have given a hug (as is rather routine back in Australia! In case I lost a few readers there), and she half looked like she was expecting one, but... I'm still learning how things work over here. In terms of adaptation, by far it's so much harder the other way around. Singapore --> Australia = liberation, Australia --> Singapore = constraint. Only 3 years gone and I'm an awkward wreck already. Anyway, touch at the shoulder both ways dispelled the tension, and I went on my way. Bus --> walk --> train --> change train --> bus (hilariously long route for somewhere so close by on the map isn't it). After the walk back to my room, I promptly collapsed, D.O.A. I believe it was close to 12am, though I can't quite be sure, given the state I was in. 

Trying very hard to focus with the studying, it helps when I've actually got practice questions this time around. I feel more familiar working with them, especially for something like physiology, which is really quite akin to the biology I did back in Melbourne (ironically, not the biology people did here). 1 week to go, max dps~! More DoTs, more DoTs! Can't believe it's almost 2 weeks to Christmas. Really, unbelievable. That soon? Feels more like Easter or something, some random holiday in the middle of nowhere. Festive what? If anyone else can identify, it's my dear classmates lol. 

Hmmm, I think I'm switching to Chrome, over Firefox 3.1. Simply irresistible. I've been bought. 

/bye.