Holidays

My my my. How time flies when you're not scared to death about an impending OSCE.

It's a beautiful feeling.

Well, I have actually gotten a fair bit of stuff done in this last week, so it's not like I've been sitting at home on my bum the whole time. Yeah right, you say. No, I'm serious!

Here's what I've done.

Thursday last week
Had my last exam - that SPM which was surprisingly difficult. I've never seen a patient with nephrotic syndrome in my life!

Friday
Can't really remember what I did to be honest. I think I stayed home and washed the car.

Saturday
I don't think I did much on Saturday either. Hmm, maybe I have been sitting on my arse.

Sunday
Went to the shops and got a USB control pad for Jeffrey (Sa's brother). It's a nice Logitech one with vibration feedback - so you can actually feel those crunching tackles coming in when you're playing Fifa06.

I love that game - I've been playing it since 1998 and its da bomb. I've never played PES, but I don't believe those who reckon it's better - I don't care, I love my Fifa. :P

Monday
Went to the city, had dim sum at Northbridge Chinese Restaurant and then went and got my mantoux done. For those not in the know, it's a test to see whether you've had or have been immunised against tuberculosis. They inject this bleb of TB fluid into your skin an see if your body reacts to it - they check again in 4 days.

Dim sum was good - hung out with Chong, Lin and Andy - as well as the Edinburgh crew (me, Sa, Jane, and Duy). There was this waitress there who kept trying to offer us dessert in the middle of our meal. By the third time, she was getting pissed off. But hang on, you say - don't you normally eat dessert after the meal?

Well, yeah! And we eventually did eat some egg tart, and after the meal too. She was much happier when we eventually said 'yes'. (On the 6th visit).

Tuesday
Stayed at home and tried to cook scrambled eggs. And played Fifa. Love it.

Wednesday
Went shopping at Garden City with Sa. We bought the boardgame Balderdash, which we should all play at some point. Sa got this nail buffer thing, made by Dead Sea (?). It's amazing - scrubs the nails until they're shing like they've been painted.

Thursday
Went to STA Travel at UWA to get our train tickets sorted. Another $430 later, we had them sorted - and we can finally get around Europe without having to walk. I like trains. Anyway...

Random: I also bought a Macbeth study guide for my brother - he's studying it next year.

Then we went back to the city and got our Mantouxs read. My bleb had shrunk down to a whopping... 0mm. Meaning my body doesn't recognise TB and I'm not immune to it.

Afterwards, we went to look at some cameras - I'm currently tossing up the Panasonic FX9 and the Canon Ixus 55. I think I'm leaning toward the Panasonic at the moment, but to be quite honest, they're both excellent and will certainly be an improvement on my current Canon A70.

Also bought an Arsenal shirt (finally!).

Friday
Finished downloading Age of Empires III. It's an awesome game and I'm still playing it. I was actually tossing up downloading it before the exam, but now I'm soooo glad I waited until afterwards. There's no way I would have even bothered to open a book if I had this baby on my computer.

What else... ooh yes. Also had my first OPV.
Yum. Actually no, it was disgusting. Not something you want to eat first thing in the morning when you've fasting for your blood test for 12 hours! So afterwards, went to Pathwest where I got my blood taken by a dodgy phlebotomist who missed my vein and made it really hurt! I'm no wuss - but when you miss the vein and have to dig the needle around the cubital fossa to find a vessel, it kinda hurts. Serious. I'm not a wuss. Sa's venupuncture site bruised (probably as expected!).

Also got my police clearance which cost a cool $42 for a piece of paper with a stamp. Can you believe it?

And that's it!