whoops

feels like ages ago since i updated my blog. i just don't have much to write about these days. if only my life was slightly more interesting.

but i really shouldn't complain, should i.

well except that i should. because preston sucks and i have virtually nothing to do outside the hospital. i do go to manchester often but not as often as i'd like to, and what i'd like is to be there every single day. but it is not feasible. well actually it IS feasible just that it'll burn a hole in my pocket. so i should stop complaining. OR i should just get a car. hmm.



aww i love trafford centre. it is my favourite shopping mall in the whole wide world. yes more than the siam paragon and hong kong's harbour city mall. christmas decorations already up, including a carousel and a skating rink! and santa's grotto which you have to pay £4 to go through a cave thing to sit on santa's lap. err no thanks. but still the atmosphere is lovely all around. did some damage to my bank account while i was there... as always. but hey it's not like i go shopping everyday.



my most worthy yet unworthy meal at Rice in trafford centre. worthy because the indonesian fried rice and thai seafood noodles were really good and reminded me so much of home. unworthy because they were £9 each. :\ heck i wouldn't even pay RM9 for either in malaysia. but but. i had to satisfy my cravings!



happy birthday peihua and dominic! :) celebrated peihua's birthday at a szechuan restaurant in chinatown last week, and going to celebrate dom's later today.



can't wait for christmas. at the eiffel tower. :) :) :)

rejoice

didn't sleep a wink last night. yes not a wink. fecking loud people. fecking thin walls.

got up early to go to church this morning, only to find that my kitchen counter was full of bread crumbs, the kitchen counter that i scrubbed so intensely yesterday.

took deep breaths, wet a cloth, and wiped the crumbs off.

decided to make taiwanese vegetarian instant noodle - because it always effectively feeds my soul on cold and miserable mornings like this. tore open the packet and SPLAT. noodles broken into pieces came flying out and landed all over kitchen counter and floor.

took deep breaths, wet the cloth again, and wiped the noodles off.

also used up a lot of energy to hold myself from screaming while at it.

then i decided that i wasn't going to go through the day being angry and frustrated.

so i savoured my breakfast, got dressed and put on my makeup to avoid looking like a zombie. walked a half an hour to church with an open heart as i enjoyed the fresh crisp morning air.

at church, i was as usual greeted by warm and friendly smiles. i felt at peace while thoroughly cherishing the worship and the sermon. simply amazing.

Philippians 4:8-9: Whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy- meditate on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you.

how appropriate.

after church today, for the very first time since coming here, i feel as though the Christian in me is alive again.

how your days are made is how you decide to live them. so as of today i am only going to think of happy things. or at least try to.

it is a good good day. :)

headaches

i've always been plagued with terrible headaches since i was small, even had an MRI done many years back which results came back normal, thank goodness. but i realised that lately my headaches have gotten worse in frequency and severity that i've wasted so many days away lying in bed not able to do anything. popping pill after pill of paracetamol doesn't work unless i have a 12-hour sleep to go with it. and 12 hours is a bloody long time to waste, mind you. i slept through the whole weekend with the worst headache i have ever had, and it could be a side effect of the swine flu vaccine i had taken last friday, i don't know, but it was SO bad i had to cry myself to sleep each time i woke up. and that was one weekend gone.

yesterday i had a class cancelled so i headed down to uni campus to settle some stuff and took the opportunity to go shopping! now i can gladly say i am fully equipped for the cold winter, leather gloves and puffer jacket and all. but as i was halfway walking down the high street my head suddenly felt as though it was going to explode. i couldn't concentrate on what i was doing or where i was going that I LEFT MY NEWLY BOUGHT COAT IN A SHOE SHOP!!!! as i was going to take the train back home, niha realised i wasn't holding on to my paper bag and asked me where it was. i screamed and rannnnnnnnnnnnnn back to the shop, and thankfully it was still there! what a fright. that's what my headaches do to me - they make me so unaware of everything. came back home in the evening, and slept till this morning. would have slept in more but i had to go for a simulation class (which was damn freaking cool by the way, i LOVED it), and now i'm back home typing this entry with a little residual headache still.

don't know what the heck is wrong with me. headaches are really annoying, one of those medically unexplained symptoms. sometimes i wonder if i'm going to die of a stroke. :P CHOI!

haha i know this is entry is like a primary school essay but whatever la, couldn't be bothered.

be gone you bloody headache.

btw i love band of skulls. check em out. awesome stuff. hope to catch them in manchester soon! (and at a VERY REASONABLE PRICE, too)