Mixture of feeling
It stroke me hard and sharp enough. Jus at a split second while was strolling back home wit Bombom n KokFoong, there’s this sudden gush of impulse tat recollects my memories back to the first time i landed here, in Edinburgh. A real sentiment chemistry started to play deep-rooted in my heart. I know, its my last day here, my last time to step again in this same path tat i used to since the first day i reached here. Uh, it is jus not my usual self to be so drowned by emotion. Was feeling a deep absence of certain stuff after a short duration of 4 weeks staying here. 4 weeks, was indeed like 4 days, really. Too short for me to jus appreciate everything, yet too fast for me to settle down before bidding farewel to this place.
For sure gonna miss lotsa lotsa things, occasion, and the upmost vital one is the essence of ppl tat i’ve met here again after sometime,especially this bunch of ppl tat i’m staying wit BOMBOM n KOKFOONG. Meantime here, i jus don wanna drowned myself even deeper or else am afraid i cannot take it further. On the other hand, am so stressed my selective tat wil be commencing there bac in Msia the next morning after i reached there. Been waiting for ages for the letter. Aih, wil be driving me really mad if its tat lady who’s culprit behind everything.
Life’s go on, i knoe. Bah Kut Teh..KLang one…I’m coming !!!
Snow angel?
Wow, even weather forecast here are much more accurate. Its gonna be a white Easter they claimed. It did really snowed heavily in Windermere day before Easter. Lady Luck is again on my side and i didn miss the opportunity to play under the heavy snow with jest. Hours later after snowing, a 3 inch plane thick of snow started to form on earth surface where snow is possibly drop to. So, being a curious boy me, i lie straight on a undisturbed plane of ice and started to wave both my upper n lower limbs abbuctionly and adductionly in simultanoeus effort. It’s snow angel tat i wanna do. Let’s see…
So it starts wit arm and hand abduction 160 degrees
Next, abduction both legs 45 degrees
Repeat n do it simultaneously
Viola!! Snow Angel or does it look like…
Great Seal of America XD
Post BBQ snowing..
Vinandr’s Lake- Windermere
It was going to be a blast, i told myself just before joining the trip. Yes indeed, it was one of the most noteworthy gathering ever. Folks from all over UK ranging from Glasgow, Aberdeen, London, Southhampton, Manchester, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Dundee and not forgetting me, only sole representative from Seremban, and was the only strange one,who was tagged as ’dari Msia one’ throughout the trip. (As if la, all of them from not from Msia XD) I travelled down south from Edinburgh together wit Bombom n LeeYan taking bout 4 hours train journey and some travelled upnorth to this small town known as Windermere. It is boasted to own the largest uncultivated natural lake in UK and is a frequent holiday haven for tourists especially during summer and winterv season. Vinandr’s Lake they call it, the old Norm of local English ppl. Indeed, it presented an excellent standard of artistry scenery that really thrilled me, but still the upmost subtle attraction is the folks who were present for the trip.
Overall, the trip was packed with ecstatic fun and joy. 15 of happening folks had rocks the town igniting much of memories that is impossible to be forgotten for sure. I really salute the enourmous effort tat had is poured by all of them to make this trip happen by their presence. Most of them will be having FINALS soon, in fact one of them is having MOC OSCE nex week, and part of them have to complete their never-ending assignment before the due date. I felt so lucky to be able to join this trip as it coincides with the Easter and Good Friday Public Holidays for 4 days n 3 nites. It’s never sufficient when it comes to having fun.
I personally did really enjoy myself to the point to develop post-trip syndromme day after tat. Do really miss the fun n ppl throughout the trip as i wud consider this is kinda once-a-lifetime experience. Also wil not forget my first ever driving experience in UK tat freaked out tat restaurant waiter’s nerve to the max. haha. Manual gear ma, wat to expect. Eventually turned out better anyway. hehe. Not too bad lar. Self praise a bit..XD
Reaching home, was really dog-tired after an average of not more than 4 hours of sleep everynite. Now, home alone without PS n KF as they had adjourned their trip to Prague aftertat together wit LYAN and SSING.
Hunkies starring from left:me,BoonHui,Bombom,KaoSaiHooi,MonkeyTan,James OT GUAN
Hot chicks starring from left:KhaHong,SueChoo,YeeLeng,LeeYan,SingYee,ShewSing. Hot chick not in pic:Alice,SuokTeng,MingYing(Later i’ll put k)
Trying to outjump the monkey
Amazing rite..the ppl, i mean XD (SS lar)
Neh the other hot chick was not in jus now:Suok Teng,3rd from left uprow
Neh the other 2 hot chick tat i nearly left out:Alice(2nd from left) and MingYing(3rd from right).This is taken in BeatrixPotter House.
Last but not least, this pic meant lots to me. Most natural laughter, joy, giet-ness, are all painted in this pic =)
Bak kata pepatah, “Bagai pinang dibelah dua” tsk tsk..
Cun-ted Hokkien Song..XD
Wua..this is superb la..Guys, got this from other blog, darn funny man. Guaruantee u listen again, again n again, or til u drop, jus like Poh Sen likes to eat til he drops..kekeke..
Bad-day
This morning wasn’t a pleasant one. Woke up late, half an hour late than usual, thou slept super early last nite around 8 something. Guess, my exhaustion of the post Winderemere trip syndromme hasn’t really subside. Dashing for breakfast n then to bathroom. N again, the heater is not working. Told myself not gonna do tat, bearing the misery of bathing in cold super freezing water for the 4th time! I go speeding to catch the bus. My stomach started to hum and can felt both my leg are weak. Not this time wei…was in the midst making the decision to open my bowel, or to be on time for my teaching in hospital. Silly billy me, to choose to go to catch the bus. That’s the worst bus experience i ever had. Having the colicky urge intermittently plus wit the crowd in the bus was really making me into neurosis. I hav to stopped half way at a petrol station to clear it. Had really bad diarrhea, not for once but following thru the while day. bad bad…Came bac home after seeing my elective tutor, n sulked the whole day here at home..Poh sen’s room i mean..
Malaysia Delight!
Just now, supposingly to fulfil my dream to savour the pizza buffet, but ended up eating at a Msia’s restaurant, named Kampung AH LEE. Its sort of a final farewell dinner wit Poh Sen n Kok Foong coz might be the last time we are able to have meal together before i fly back to Msia nex week. So, I met them 2 straight after reaching Edinburgh, n off 3 of us to tat restaurant. Didn expect much of it actually, food’s ok. Wud really strongly recommend for those had missed Msia’s food dreadfully. There’s quite a sumful of choices available in the menu, n plus the environment n ppl inside wil makes u feel more homey. Let’s see wat we had..
The mahal-est nasi lemak in the universe..RM39.20. Not too bad, coz government don tax on restaurant one. *clap*
Curry Wantan Mee..Most expensive ever found..Kok foong’s choice. Looked n tasted nice.
Curry Mee, as big as my head, in fact bigger portion…tat mus be Poh Sen’s one la.lol.
Last but not least, the Belacan fried Hot n Spicy Chicken..Uhh…I’ll giv a thumb up for this.
The 3 Msian leng zais..savouring happily..mumm mumm!!
See ya Late-er!
My 3rd week here and the hardwork stretching my ear sensorium center showed something fruitful.haha. I’m catching up bits of their accent now. And these helps me lots in slotting into their daily conversation. So less of episodes of self-emberassment like laughing to the conversation they are having to me, which is actually a question throwing to me while silly billy me, mistaken it as a joke. haha.
So ppl here tends to stop their pronounciation at every T before continue it even though its a word itself. E.g. Later, they’ll pronounce it as Late–err, Water —-> Wat—er..So these are the basic ones.. ninety-nine—->ninet–ey nine..Here comes when ppl are calling Gordon’s name, BUTTOCK..It’ll be BUTTT-ock!
Well, in a way, i’m getting to adapt to the ppl around here better. Started to be able to mix around wit ppl here. But still there’s an edge of discrimination among the Caucasians here. Was going for some groceries shopping the other day, and reached my turn at the cashier, when i handed out my 50 pounds notes, the cashier was checking and double checked wit other cashiers before accepting it. Ta ma de!..Didn see she did tat to other Caucasian also.. Another occasion was yesterday when i was waiting for bus as usual in the middle of the town, and all at sudden ppl inside the car jus pull down the windshield and shouted F*&K Chinese!! I was the only Chinese there, it took place in the middle of town. All was looking at the only Chinese ,me.. It really shook me twice as i can never imagine the first class mentality community cud hav behaved at such filthy demeanour. I was stumbled.
Days in Edinburgh
Well, doing my elective here in Edinburgh, isn’t bout touring around in Scotland(wud hav wish to be so). Though my previous posts were mostly touring here n there, while u guys bac there wud hav to mug for exams, suffering in rural residents of nowhere, or got traveller’s diarrhea after weeks long..I’m here too, to have no hassle-free routine. But well, i will not beg to differ if some may think i’m still better off overall here, simply coz so far i’ve been enjoying my elective here.
My days start early in the morning. Really early..around 4 something 5 am, when Poh Sen stil sleeps soundly beside me, but not always..coz he for sure wil be waken up by me to go to the toilet. haha. But anyway, waking up so early is so not my routine, but i got no choice becoz i’ve to travel for quite a distance to reach my Hospital which i’m attached here. Yea, was tagged as a rubber tapper by those Glaswegian pharmacy gang.
The Hospital i’m attached to isn’t really in Edinburgh, its in Livingston which kinda distance frm KL to Seremban. And i’ve to board buses to reach there, plus minus some strolling to do, it takes me the fastest 2 and half hours to reach my hospital from place where i’m staying. Reaching there, i usually joined the ward rounds with the consultant and housemen here which starts at 9am. But every Tuesday n Wednesday, there’s teaching which starts at 8.30am. Tat’s even earlier.. =(
Ward rounds usually ends around 10 something 11pm and i will then clerk some of the patients here or spend my time in the library before going for lunch. And carry on with clinics which usually starts at 2pm and ends around 4 something in the evening. Classes, ward rounds, clinics..are most of the slots of my routine in this hospital. And these routines involved all of the staff including medical student. Ppl here emphasize on the involvement of medical student, n they does not take ur opinion lightly even though u r just a medical student. I rmr some of the occasions when i introduced to the doctors, “I’m just a medical student”, n they just paused there before reminding me again of my status here as a medical student. Its really pressuring when it comes to classes and ward rounds especially when i’m the only medical students here so far, n others were FY1-2s,ST1-3s, and consultants. Each questions from them n they wud be staring at me, till i uttered out some answers even though u show the expression taktau sign. They jus can’t understand. But on the other side, i do learn plenty from the discussion.
Its when my clinics ends, i call it a day for me . And again i’ve to travel back to home usually reaching around 6-7 pm, just nice for dinner. By then, i wud be darn exhausted. But then its when only the time when fun begins. haha..cooking, wit PS n KF. N then only to bed around 9 something. Revision usually takes place in the bus or library here.
Overall, i do really enjoy my time here.
Dundee Trip
Jus got back home from Dundee, and find myself still energetic to blog. Jus went for a 2 days 1 nite trip in Dundee to visit the 4th biggest City in Scotland. I went wit Poh Sen, by bus and took us bout an hour n quarter to reach the nearest city north of Edinburgh. Too bad Kok Foong was not with us. Wasn’ really expecting much from Dundee, after reviewing the comments from ppl around here esp how they describe Dundee City as just a street in Edinburgh. Oh but well, its more than that..
Both me n PS was welcomed by Kok Hooi a.k.a Kao Sai Hooi( Dog Shit Hooi) and also Wei Meng. Oh anyone wonder how the name Kao Sai Hooi got its origin? Well, well, its simply coz of his interest of stepping on Dog Shit wherever he goes,weird rite?.XD..No worries, he seems proud of tat. Haha. They changed nothing much except, getting thinner.
Upon reaching there, they brought us around to St.Andrews which is a tourist spot around Dundee situated bout an hour bus drive from Dundee City. What so special bout this small town which resembles something jus like a Sungai Siput town to me back in Perak, is the cremation of Saint Andrew’s bone in this town. Saint Andrews was told to be one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ. And how exactly St.Andrews remaining got here, i’m not sure then.
Later after that, he brought us toured around Dundee City, before going to their teaching hospital, which left me agaped of how good and lucky they are to have such an environment for learning. Was not even thinking of comparing back to Seremban Hospital, which left me much more somber. Then back to their home for dinner, and yes,was indeed having the best dinner in Uk so far. Courtesy of the Master Chef Yee Leng and Huey Ying. Oooh..suddenly felt so ‘hang fok’ really. Just realised how truth is the wise saying ‘ to please a man’s heart is through his stomach’..So hints here to all gals*
Later night was all guys nite when we served each other different types of beer available here in Dundee. Will never forget those moments of how surreptitiously we turned to Mok to reveal his discreet secret. Shhh…all remains in the 4 walls in their kitchen.haha. Anyway, the next day we toured again the remaining attraction in Dundee before lunch. N once again, its time to bid farewell to friends in Dundee. PS was dog-tired n my first time seeing him watching series the whole nite without sleeping. So, wat else cud be expecting from him now..Sleeping like a piggy only..tsk tsk.
I’ll be a Dato if ever i cud swim across behind this strait. Tat’s English Channel.
The awatd winning ice-cream in Scotland, ya knoe..
See how pleased the guys are..=)
Dundee city..err..its more than this actually.
Everyone loves Mark Mok.K.Y..
Kao Sai Hooi wans 2 hunkie models to promote his bedroom..XD
Glasgow trip
Off i went to the West of Edinburgh, to Glasgow the last 2 weeks. Claimed to be the largest city in Scotland and 4th popular city in UK, ppl there are known as Glaswegian. Was superbly excited to go for that trip actually, mainly coz am meeting group of so called Msian-born-Glaswegian friends who have been there for a year, almost, rather than sight-seeing the city. So off i went rushing after my friday clinic, and bac to Edinburgh before catching a bus to Glasgow. Took me 45 minutes in the bus to reach there from Edinburgh. Was indeed faster than i tot earlier.
Upon reaching there, when i was bout to head to their place my ownself, they in a group 7 was actually waiting for me to guide me bac to their home. Meeting them the whole group of pharmacy gang after a year was indeed a blithe experience. All of them were still the same cheerful as ever and warmly welcome me to Glasgow. Felt really grateful to their hospitality and time, thou all of them are hastening their assignments for their supervisor before the due date. I wonder if my mandarin had progressively worsen or their mandarin had improved, i found there’s pinch slight of communication barrier with them. Anyway, They toured me around Glasgow city the next day, and well, its quite similar to Edinburgh city structurally i can say, but its the atmosphere difference when going out wit these group of friends.
Overall, i did enjoy the trip and was really happie to see them again. Wish them the Best of Luck in their coming Exams!
Thanx for the cake, courtesy of Lu yi =)
In front of Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
Back of me is Cityhall of Glasgow.
Me, Wern, Bao, Lu Yi, Sumiin
Me, Sharon, Adeline, and Low Yee Tat..
I would not ask for more..XD
P/S: Thanx everyone esp, Wern, Jie, LuYi, Qristine, Bao, Pei Ling, Sumiin, Phuay Fern, Hazel, Yuen, Yeaw, Choo, MYing, KYee, KYie, WJiun, and rest whom i met..Really glad to see guys again! Hope too see ya’all again soon. God Bless~
