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JacqUeline siM :)
21/03/1989
currently in melbourne :)
loves most things green tea:)
currently obsessed with her video-laryngoscope :P
often hyper
often misses home

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 @ 6:16 AM

u know when it is past the new year and till now, only till today, on the 2oth of jan that it sinked in. i recruited my first patient for 2010 and it does indeed feel weird. i wrote it wrong THREE times today, sighs...

i seldom blog now, thanks to facebook. pictures are uploaded by friends faster than i can even enter my front door. so i guess blogs are no longer needed for memories ya?? :) even my dad has facebook.

looking back is always fast. but indeed, it has been an awesome 2009. especially the last 6 months! sometimes i complain abt the office politics, but still i cant stop loving AMS, loving working and the flexible timetable! it has been rough too, trying to interact and talk to so many pple, esp when i am nt good with words. but it was a really important learning curve for me. i still feel intimidated after so many months, but at least i have been through it to survive better next time.

onto another thought,

my december hols were full of LOVES LOVES:) Vegas, sanfrancisco and LA didnt disappoint, and i especially love vegas. full of life and colour. i was surprised tht disney is too easy for me now.. i cld take all the rides w/0 skipping a heartbeat. :) the new theme park beside disney was better, with more thrilling rides. but i still conquered the most thrilling roller coaster there- california screaming-which made my US trip memorable!
sanfrancisco was full of shopping and how my sister and i survived thanksgiving day, with massive sales and even bigger crowds. it was scary. the lines were snaking thorough every shop, and i cldnt even be bothered trying on some clothes. it took us the whole day just to cover 2/3 stores. H&M and forever 21 were the highlights of my shopping spree.. and i got a new apple nano 5 in orange! thank my dad for it! lol. cause my bro and him had nothing to do while we girls + 1 woman (mum) shop.haha.
i am listening to it everyday now :)

14 days passed quickly enough. we covered many many many miles driving up and down, frm san fran to vegas, to LA and back to san fran... plus stopping for a night/two along the way. i was the map reader for most times, but then techonology replaced me and made me redundant. i hate to say it, but the GPS was our saviour for those many hours on the road. at least i was useful enough to guide my dad in following the instructions frm THT MACHINE since for some reason, he cldnt really follow instructions... one word : MEN!!! ;)

another thing, i found a yogurt franchise which i soso love tht i crave for it almost every day in vegas. it has green tea, coffee among many many many other flavours and with oh so fresh topping. they charge by weight and NOT yr typical $2 per topping kind so u cld help yrself to as much yogurt and toppings as u want and just weigh it at the counter...yummy and relatively cheap:) a self dispensing yogurt machine i sld have at home, right?

okok.. enough of US... back to spore for a few days and i was back in melb with my brother for his IT competition.

he stayed with his classmate near crown casino where the ASIAN IT competition was held. i stayed at home cos it wld be weird for me to crash their hotel room. but still, i looked for them daily, making sure they were nt up to nonsense. felt like a nanny. i was a really good one, i must say. dexter had so many requests for his melb trip, tht it seemed he was here on a holiday instead for work.
here is a run-through..be amazed.. :p
we went south melb beach, had fish and chips, bought a TUB of fredos tht he claimed wasnt enough to satisfy his gelato craving, went koko black for more calories than i was willing to put into my body, had to go vicmarket 3 times to buy ingredients for dinnerS (one night bolgogi, one night turkey, one night swordfish and trout), went to southWarf for shoppping (HE SPENT MORE THAN ME!!! >.<), went DFO for more shopping, went for crepes and more thick hot chocolate one morning, being forced to play tennis two days in a row in tht strong wind, watched AVATAR, more dinners & more touring.

wasnt tht the ultimate melbourne experience from this poor nanny?? :) HAHA...

but dont get me wrong.. i am nt complaining here, cos for all the things he had me do, i had fun too:) my stomach was well fed, i was well sun-tanned and i learnt what being a "MOM" really meant.... ;) no kids in future!! MUAHAHA>>.<<

anyways, back to spore ") - tagline : the one stop for happiness! -at least for me... LOL ... sldnt i work for the singapore tourism board??? i neednt need to think much on how my days wld be filled. if not meeting up with friends, my parents wld take me out. i had my share of fantastic meals and all the delicacies i have missed in melb. being around everyone at home just feels to right :):):):)
& i had two attempts at a 4D class reunion. the 2nd one was a success :) how i have missed those pple ;) everyone has moved on, but at least we still look back and come together for those times we shared:)
army has done wonders to the guys though. physically and mentally.haha... :)

it was fast... nt too long it was christmas then the new year. both being really fantastic with relatives and friends. :) i took 3 days of art class with my uncle and received many encouraging comments from everyone on my art... so weird!! really weird!! art???? never my thing... but maybe i have a little more patience now and take more pride in my work too perhaps??
thanks uncle sam:) u made my hols really meaningful this time.

ok, i know i cldnt say this, but i did more shopping... pre-christmas sales, christmas sales, post christmas sales, new year sales, post new year sales, pre CNY sales... .... .... ..... .... it goes on & on & on... more than 70% off all stock was flashing everywhere. zara, mango and massimo dutti was and is my current fave:) arent they all spanish brands??? ___OFF TO SPAIN AGAIN___ i have given up on FCUK and country road le. their clothes are so boring now.. :(

u know wat, thanks to those buys, i just got myself a BIG box from ikea to store the extra clothes tht my wardrobe has determined to push out... hehe.. the box now goes under my bed... :)

since i am back, still slacking. one week le yet today i offically did some work and had to write my first 2010 :) i was apprehensive abt gg back to face the whole crowd of theatre staff, but it was fine:O being away for so long and being back again.... was NICE:) i am glad to see everyone again. of coz esp. my two fav. supervisors who even encouraged me to go back for CNY since i am finishing up recruitment soon...

& it is the season for the australian open 2010~ Nadal vs Djokovic. tht wld be match i will be hoping for in the finals. the 'hit for haiti' charity exhibition match ahead of the 2010 Australian Open at Melbourne Park which saw 15,000 seats snapped up was the highlight for me this week. 8 greatest tennis stars under one roof, wat a rare opportunity:) thank you ql for queueing for the tickets :):) i have lots to thank u for, u know :)

ok, it is past 230am and i have taken 2 hrs to write this entry.. my muffins tht i have just baked before writing are nearly half gone! how efficient. ;)
& i am declaring my own holiday tomorrow.. AHHAAA...

planning a horse riiding on sat and a trip to sydney soon :) i MUST go there soon before ju finishes his masters. have been telling him i wld go since 2 years ago. OMG. >.<

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