Winter dreams.

June is here. 

Winter starts in 1.5hours. It's gonna be so so cold and I thought I'd get used to it. It can't be that bad... Can it?

Since its so cold already, I wonder why it does not snow in Melbourne. :P

I have big dreams this winter. I have so much to do, I have so much to achieve. Finally I can savour freedom and every time I think about it I smile, I am just too happy :))

May came and went. Leaving me in June's hand. Please let this month be my most memorable month here. My first paper is in 4 days. Funny how I feel so unprepared and yet I don't feel as stressed as I am supposed to feel. 

Exams, please be quick, because I am looking forward to the days after you! :D

I want to accomplish my winter dreams :)

10 days.

10 more days till my final exams!

Oh well, I can just say I am glad it's coming. I can't bear studying the same thing over and over again. Had our last lecture for the whole semester today. It was kind of pathetic because almost 70% of the students skipped the lecture. Lol. There was only 60 of us in class. But I am quite sure those who did not attend will regret it because the lecturer discussed the past year exam questions. Something we don't get everyday! Haha!

If you ask me to what extent am I prepared for the exam I will say 50%? I realized that memorizing 21 medicines (drug class, trigger points, administration, dose, counselling etc) isn't as hard as revising Maths xD

Anyways, I had a great day with the two Amanda(s) and Natalie today.

We had an afternoon trip to Caulfield to check out our exam venue. Unlike other campuses, our campus is too small for us to have our exams, so we have to go all the way to Caulfield to sit for our exams. The venue was called Caulfield's Racecourse. We're like four crazy girls seeing the world for their first time when we saw the racecourse. :P We've never seen a jockey course before :P 

And we visited Monash Caulfield, it was so huge!! There was Block A, B, C bla bla bla all the way till S. My campus? Pfffftttt... Only 3 small buildings. Even Kwang Hua is 3 or 4 times bigger than my current campus xD It was a great afternoon. Definitely a great de-stress trip to Caulfield. I hope we get to go to Monash Clayton next time! :D

The last 10 days! Gonna give it all I've got!

I can, I will!

Have you seen this 9GAG before?

 It was in the Monash Parkville group and I find it so true!

It happens to me EVERY TIME!

But this time, it will not happen. I may procrastinate, yes, slack, yes, but I will definitely force myself to put in more effort. I may not be ready now, but I really hope I will be when its exam time. Because if I can't do well in First Year, what makes me think I can do well in Second Year, Third Year and Fourth Year? It will only get harder and harder. I don't want to look back and ask myself why didn't I put it more effort when the syllabus wasn't that tough yet. I don't want to look back like how I did to my SPM and question myself why didn't I work harder.

In 14 days, I will be facing my finals.

Stressed..? You bet! But I'm hope sure I can manage this well :)

Have a break, have a Kit Kat :))

Thanks to 7-Eleven Australia, they are giving away free 45g Kit Kats everyday until the last day of my final exams (isn't the timing just fantastic?) :D

Now I have something to munch while studying! Haha!

3 computer based exams this coming week.

And the next week is called SWOT VAC, I don't know what it stands for but it means that we have a week of holidays to study for our exams.

I still remember how we used to say PMR is Darurat (in English - State of Emergency. Lol)

Well, my darurat is just about to begin :)

Night Lights.

Link to website for original photo here !

It's pretty isn't it? :)

This map shows the geographical distribution of the cities.

The brighter it is, the bigger the population in that particular area.
I found all these when I was studying about rural pharmacy and stuff.

This makes me wonder, how's life like in those places with uber bright lights? Bright spots on the map also represents the wealthier population. And what about those areas with no lights at all? How's their life like? A small city..? Or... Living in poverty?

United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean

Europe and Africa.

South America.

And last but not least,

Asia and Australia :D

Alright, should go back to my lecture notes now. I want to make a difference..?

I belong.

I like how I have new friends in uni that I can talk, joke around, share the laughs, work on our assignments and a lot more. But at the same time, I like how we're from different backgrounds and yet we do not need to hide our differences.

Everyone is different..

We're good in our own ways I suppose? :)

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Will it?

I chose this and so I will go on. But will it be able to give me what I want for it? Everyone is talking about how pharmacists are all over the place and how pharmacist will become a profession with the highest percentage of unemployment. Then, with what I am doing now, will Pharmacy be able to give me a better future? With a good job and a consistent income?

From what I've learned in one of my subjects "Pharmacy, Health and Society 1", there are many different categories for pharmacists. Community, hospital or rural pharmacists. I wonder which one suits me the most! 

A local friend told me that most of the Aussies that are studying pharmacy with us right now are local students who are really brilliant in their studies but don't know what happened, lost their places in the Medicine course and so landed in Monash's Pharmacy. What I am trying to say is.. Half of my class are geniuses that could have became a doctor, but because of luck/whatever, did not manage to get into their desired course. #ohmygawd

One more thing I want to add, I am really grateful that I joined St John for the past few years. I cannot imagine my current life if I didn't. All the Home Nursing stuff are so useful and will be examined in my exams! Because I've memorized them before and know them by heart now, I do not need to panic at all! Muahaha! xD All the SAMPLE, CPR, basic first aid etc is something we have to study in the years to come. That's why I've transferred my St John membership to Australia. I need it! xD

Next week is the last week of the semester. After that would be our final exams. I don't think I am ready for it yet :/

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This was what I saw when I woke up at 7am this morning. It's really pretty eh? :)) 

I hope, everything would be as simple as staring into the beautiful sky.

I Love You, Mum :)

Happy Mother's Day to my dearest mother back home! ♥

(and of course all the mums in this world)

Mummy, you cannot imagine how much I miss you :')

Its the first time that I've been away from home for so long. Skype, whatsapp, calls and texts cannot fill my desire to see you guys in person. But I find it cute that my parents are willing to wake up super duper early just to skype with me. I always get to see their blur + sleepy faces on Saturdays :))

Sorry mum, for not being able to celebrate this meaningful day with you. I hope you know how lucky I am to have you as my mother :) I will always love you.

Just to be happy.

I am counting down the days till my final exam :(

I am ALSO counting down the days till my winter holidays :D

Do you know what is worse than having an exam?

It is when you receive your results.

Oh well, just have to live with the bad results and focus on the coming exams.

Nothing else I can do, eh? :)

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The days are getting colder. It's almost mid-May already. June, is when winter starts. And by that time, I will have to find a way to survive. Lol. Everything is cold. *shivers*

Next week's forecast is about 5 degrees. Cold die me x( When I start working after the exams, I must go and do some serious shopping. Need more clothes for winter, especially long pants!

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My friends look forward to going back to Malaysia during the winter break. I wish I can go back too :') But I chose to stay here, because the air tickets are so expensive and I don't want to waste the money to go all the way back, and a month later, having to say goodbye all over again. I hate goodbyes, so I can't bring myself to face another goodbye. I rather miss them, then to mouth goodbye.

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2 more weeks till the end of Semester 1.

3 more weeks till the start of my final exams.

4 weeks and 3 days till the start of the winter holidays! :DD

Random.Darkness.

Ohmygawd.

ELECTRICITY! Y U NO COME TO MY AREA?!

I am literally typing in the dark right now. Thank goodness my wifi in Aussie works on batteries instead of electricity so I can at least online to kill le boredom.

Its a cold cold night. The electricity better come back or you're gonna find an ice stick tomorrow morning. I want my heater!! D:

I am seriously hoping that my laptop battery won't die on me. Its too cold to go to sleep now. The bed is cold, the blanket is cold and my bolster is cold! I don't even want to hug the bolster any more because I feel like I am hugging a big cylindrical piece of ice!

I am done with tests for this week. Rest for one week and week 12 is going to be a nightmare. Week 12 is worse than this week, it is filled with practical test, online tests and dispensing practicals. 

Not bad eh, I can still type properly in the dark. Haha! Oh well..

I think I will just watch a movie for now. There's nothing much I can do anyway :/

Mayday!

I don't mean Mayday - Wu Yue Tian, the band. I mean mayday as in trouble xD

Tomorrow's the last day of the week! The last day of the super duper stressful week! I am studying my ass off for Physiology. All the nerves and brain stuff is making me feel so sleepy!! (and that's why I am here! xD)

I really have that many books on my table when I study. Lol. I can't wait for tomorrow to end!

The test on Monday, which I studied so hard for, I got only 32/36. Not really happy about it because I could have gotten 36/36. Sigh.

My presentation on Tuesday, I got 8.5%, I accept. Since it was my fault that I exceeded the given time limit.

Experiments and tutorials all went fine :) Online quizzes all done. Now it's down to Physiology's mid semester test! Shall go study now. I must set a new goal for myself. The old goal is no longer motivating me to study harder. Hmmm..

Till next time :)

P/s. May, please be nice to me. kthxbai!