Don't get me wrong. There's nothing wrong with the places I went to. They were fantastic. We went to the Manchester Museum. Its collection ranges from real egyptian mummies to ancient greeks stuff to African tribal community to even Malaysian keris! I'm definitely visiting the museum again. Then we went to the Manchester United stadium at Old Trafford. There's a match going on - MU vs Tortenham. Naturally, there were a lot of people so we didn't manage to tour the stadium. But it's really a good experience seeing the fans dressed in full MU accessories n the tight security - there were full of police n police horses n sniff dogs all around the compound. After that we proceeded to the Trafford Centre, a really big shopping mall that resembles KLCC/midvalley. The place was good, but it's clearly an upmarket place - cannot afford anything. Finally, we took a bus to Chinatown since my friends from other parts of England were so enthusiasted to see it. It was dark already at that time. The rest of them proceeded to M2 (a night club) while I came make, cooked a bag of instant me for myself n went to bed rite away.
The part of the outing that I hated the most is the people - not all, in fact only one of them - spoilt my weekend entirely! My Malaysian friends from Nortingham, Liverpool n London came up to Manchester for a visit, so we brought them around. This particular person, from the moment I met her till the end of the day, couldn't stop bragging about what she has in her place. I'm so tired of listening to that... Bigger bathroom, bigger room, better coursemates, richer flatmates, better math, better father, better taste, better alcohol tolarance, better handphone... She so full of herself. ('Phlem', Bill's girlfriend in Harry Potter, is much better than her) N she dared ask me why was I so quiet...! Can't she figure out why? I have no opportunity of voice out at all... she's been dominating the whole day to talk about herSELF! I thought I was going to staple her mouth n chuck her into a garbage bin... Since I arrive at Manchester I'd started to quit the habit of judging people and having negative thoughts prejuidices about others, but to people like that, I really can't help but to give her a big fat SUCKER label on her forehead. She better pray that I don't see her again today. Go back and never let me see you again!
I didn't know I could get so annoyed until words like that comes out... Really, I hope I don't have to see her again n endure the same whole thing all over again.
Mummy, pa, Yeeleng, Cheng, Lee n Teng, check out the pictures that I took on this website:
http://www.picturetrail.com/tyee_yen
U guys might want to try clicking on 'slide show' so the picture can come out more smoothly.
Alrite, I better start working on my PBL case 2 now. So many things to cover for this week's case - five chapter altogather! (Heart, circulation system, fetal development, antenatal screening, genetics n chromosomal abnormalities) This is going to be a crazy weekend. But I'll still work my ass off because I love PBL n I love my PBL-mates!
Sunday, October 23
Wednesday, October 12
I'm going WILD! I love my PBL group...
Guess what? I'd just got myself drunk for the first time in my life. It was Lauren's brithday yesterday n our PBL group went out for a party at Tiger Tiger in the Manchester city centre. Before that, the girls gathered around at Lauren's flat and we had some drinks. Lauren'd literally fed me with the alcohol. At first I was quite okay with a quarter cup of vodka, mixed with orange juice. Then when I told her I haven't feel anything after about an hour and a half, she poured the half a cup of vodka into my already quite alcoholic orange juice. Goodness... after that cup, my head was spinning like merry-go-round n I was saying so much of silly things. I'd told my PBL-mates beforehand that I'd never been drunk before n they've got to take care of me if anything happens. It's quite funny about that the rest of the girls were also as drunk as I was (actually most of them worse) yet they took care of me as well as they could that they kept asking me whether I am alrite while I think I should be the one taking care of them considering their mental state. I think Rachel n Claire were the only ones who managed to keep their composure. I remember Anisha holding my hand to make sure that I cross the road safely as she was yelling "No yeeyen, wait for the greenman... yes, that's the greenman. Hi greenman, come on, let's cross over". On the way to the city centre, Lauren was still passing me tonics n gens (I haven't got a clue what kind of alcohol is it..). Throughout the nite, I could see Rachel keeping a close eye on me.. really sweet of her. She's always so quiet in the group but I bet she's one of the most responsible among us.
I followed the group (My PBL-mates n Lauren's flatmates) all the way to the club (walk-bus-walk). In the club, I was dancing away at first. I think it's because of the alcohol influence, I'd really enjoyed it. We were dancing from one lounge to another. Then the spinning started to wear off + I was quite tired, so I sat down with John n Viv. Both of them sounded like my big brother n were obviously keeping an eye on me n make sure that I'm alrite. I started to get annoyed with the noise n the smoke. Yet it was the sight was actually rather enjoyable - people snogging around at random n doing really sexy n somewhat disguising action... It's really been an eye opener for me. About 1:15am, I went back with Laura n Karen. I manage to get myself to bathe, n didn't really had a good nite sleep.
Today, during the communication skills session, my PBL-mates started to tease me the moment they stepped into the room n I was like 'I wasn't that drunk last nite' n they unanimously went 'o yes u were...' Today it was my turn to interview the stimulated patient. I was paired up with Adil. I was quite nervous throughout to be honest n was really glad that Adil took the lead rite from the beginning. At some point, I feel that Adil n the patient were talking to smoothly that I don't know where to come in. I didn't talk a lot. N the dreaded feedback moment came. I thought people were going to comment on how bad I was in keeping up with the conversation n I was definitely expecting negative feedbacks. Even when Nasha (our facillitator) asked me what are the positive things I thought I did, I was just lashing out about all the negative things in my head, about how the questions just did't get structured fast enough to be asked at an appropriate time, about the fact that I'd only understand at most 80% of what the patient's saying (I didn't said this but actually I had to pretend to be emphatetic at a point because I didn't get what the patient said). When she insisted about the postive stuff that I'd done, I managed to come up with a 'well, I picked up from Adil pretty well' n after that all I hear was constructive n encouraging things all the way through. Frankly, I'm really happy n excited today coz there're just too much fantastic feeling run through my nerves now. My groupmates n the facillitator complimented on how ritefully I kept quiet but kept a good interest on whats the patient saying, asking small but relevent n meaningful questions at good times. The old lady who was acting as the stimulated patient also told me that she distinctly noticed that I was smiling all the way n listened attentively, well mannered, empathetic, sensitive and cared to ask for consent for small things which other healthcare workers would had been ignorant about. To top it all, Nasha n my PBL-mates were reassuring me that it was a wonderful interview even after the session. I am really touched by their gestures.
I went to see my PBL tutor before the communication skills session n I was telling her how much I love my PBL-mates, n I really meant it. I think the combination of people in semester 1's PBL 15 COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER! Also Dr Westwood pointed out about how she think I'd do fine from what she's observed about me, which is a bit of a pleasant surprise. She even said she was sure that it wouldn't be a problem for me to chair the group n believe that I'll pass the semester 1 exam with flying colours - how amazing is that? She said she saw no problem in me sharing knowledge in a PBL group while literally all of my other Malaysian, even Singapore friends who are doing medicine n dentistry engaged in PBL complained about how difficult it is for them to get their messege across the group that very often it just got stuck in their heads until the session is over, finally feeling frustrated. I was completely flattered.
When I left KMB, I thought I was never going to find a better combination of people than M03P. I was clearly wrong n here I am finding another perfect group of great people to work with. Meanwhile, I'd learnt quite a lot about British culture (Clubbing's one of the major British culture according to John) n to date, I'd been quite attracted to two guys, whom both I saw today, both r proper gentlement n one of them dressed particularly smart today. I'm obviously not going to publish their names here, so go figure...
I followed the group (My PBL-mates n Lauren's flatmates) all the way to the club (walk-bus-walk). In the club, I was dancing away at first. I think it's because of the alcohol influence, I'd really enjoyed it. We were dancing from one lounge to another. Then the spinning started to wear off + I was quite tired, so I sat down with John n Viv. Both of them sounded like my big brother n were obviously keeping an eye on me n make sure that I'm alrite. I started to get annoyed with the noise n the smoke. Yet it was the sight was actually rather enjoyable - people snogging around at random n doing really sexy n somewhat disguising action... It's really been an eye opener for me. About 1:15am, I went back with Laura n Karen. I manage to get myself to bathe, n didn't really had a good nite sleep.
Today, during the communication skills session, my PBL-mates started to tease me the moment they stepped into the room n I was like 'I wasn't that drunk last nite' n they unanimously went 'o yes u were...' Today it was my turn to interview the stimulated patient. I was paired up with Adil. I was quite nervous throughout to be honest n was really glad that Adil took the lead rite from the beginning. At some point, I feel that Adil n the patient were talking to smoothly that I don't know where to come in. I didn't talk a lot. N the dreaded feedback moment came. I thought people were going to comment on how bad I was in keeping up with the conversation n I was definitely expecting negative feedbacks. Even when Nasha (our facillitator) asked me what are the positive things I thought I did, I was just lashing out about all the negative things in my head, about how the questions just did't get structured fast enough to be asked at an appropriate time, about the fact that I'd only understand at most 80% of what the patient's saying (I didn't said this but actually I had to pretend to be emphatetic at a point because I didn't get what the patient said). When she insisted about the postive stuff that I'd done, I managed to come up with a 'well, I picked up from Adil pretty well' n after that all I hear was constructive n encouraging things all the way through. Frankly, I'm really happy n excited today coz there're just too much fantastic feeling run through my nerves now. My groupmates n the facillitator complimented on how ritefully I kept quiet but kept a good interest on whats the patient saying, asking small but relevent n meaningful questions at good times. The old lady who was acting as the stimulated patient also told me that she distinctly noticed that I was smiling all the way n listened attentively, well mannered, empathetic, sensitive and cared to ask for consent for small things which other healthcare workers would had been ignorant about. To top it all, Nasha n my PBL-mates were reassuring me that it was a wonderful interview even after the session. I am really touched by their gestures.
I went to see my PBL tutor before the communication skills session n I was telling her how much I love my PBL-mates, n I really meant it. I think the combination of people in semester 1's PBL 15 COULDN'T HAVE BEEN BETTER! Also Dr Westwood pointed out about how she think I'd do fine from what she's observed about me, which is a bit of a pleasant surprise. She even said she was sure that it wouldn't be a problem for me to chair the group n believe that I'll pass the semester 1 exam with flying colours - how amazing is that? She said she saw no problem in me sharing knowledge in a PBL group while literally all of my other Malaysian, even Singapore friends who are doing medicine n dentistry engaged in PBL complained about how difficult it is for them to get their messege across the group that very often it just got stuck in their heads until the session is over, finally feeling frustrated. I was completely flattered.
When I left KMB, I thought I was never going to find a better combination of people than M03P. I was clearly wrong n here I am finding another perfect group of great people to work with. Meanwhile, I'd learnt quite a lot about British culture (Clubbing's one of the major British culture according to John) n to date, I'd been quite attracted to two guys, whom both I saw today, both r proper gentlement n one of them dressed particularly smart today. I'm obviously not going to publish their names here, so go figure...
Monday, October 10
A reflection on the activities i joined
Even before coming to Manchester, I'd already sort of made up my mind about clubs that i was going to join. I'd canoed twice before during camps in secondary school and I enjoyed it very much, so the Caneoing Club was on my list. But I drop the idea after learning that I have to pass a swimming test first (thats swimming for a 50m lap). I don't know whether I'd actually finish the course considering that I always go really breathless after swimming for a distance of around 30-40m. When I was in Malaysia, I was also quite determined to continue learning taekwondo here, only to be let down by a demonstration. The taekwondo style here is just too different that I'm not sure whether I can adjust to it or not.
Browsing through the freshers' fair, I was actually quite attracted to some of the clubs, which include the Nightline, the Choral, Scouts n Guides Society etc. I ended up signing up for the Malaysian Society (which cost me about £3 - but I never hear from them again...), Buddhist Society (which I havn't taken part in any of their activities yet), CAOS - Choir and Orchestra Society (which I'm still a sleeping member for now, but I'll definitely have a look one day since Lauren's asked... n it sounded quite fun) and The Socialist Workers Society (actually just attracted to the anti-bush, anti-third-world debt, anti-G8 things). I haven't been active in any of those clubs. On my way out of the student union building, I was dragged and pestered by someone to join the Party Animal club. To be honest, I hated the name of the club (It sounds so improper..) but so far the activities has been good. I took part in the badminton session they organised at a really cheap rate n got to meet really nice people.
On the other hand, I signed up as a volunteer for quite a number of Medsin projects. After attending Medsin Explained, I was just so excited about the many activities that match my interest. I joined the After School Club, which gives academic tuition to the local Somali refugees, because I think it won't that up that much of time (only an hour per week). I'd also signed up for Heartstart, which teaches 13-14 year old kids Basic Life Support. I think it'd certainly brush up my BLS as well as my communication skills. I'd just attended the first training for Heartstart and I found the people that I know from that occasion simply great! In addition, I'd put my name on the Chernobly Children's Project (CCP) and the Teddybear Doctor Project. I have yet to hear from the Teddybear thing but I'm thinking of dropping the CCP thing because it'll be quite time consuming for me, not to mention the inconvenience of always having to attend the meeting down at Fallowfield...
I'd always have a great interest and passion about doing voluntary social work, people who know me should be able to tell. But I really don't want to simply dwell in voluntary work through out uni life and miss out on opportunities to participate in more exciting activities... Yet i just couldn't let go of any opportunity for me to volunteer... maybe I should just follow my instict until one day I get sick of it...
Browsing through the freshers' fair, I was actually quite attracted to some of the clubs, which include the Nightline, the Choral, Scouts n Guides Society etc. I ended up signing up for the Malaysian Society (which cost me about £3 - but I never hear from them again...), Buddhist Society (which I havn't taken part in any of their activities yet), CAOS - Choir and Orchestra Society (which I'm still a sleeping member for now, but I'll definitely have a look one day since Lauren's asked... n it sounded quite fun) and The Socialist Workers Society (actually just attracted to the anti-bush, anti-third-world debt, anti-G8 things). I haven't been active in any of those clubs. On my way out of the student union building, I was dragged and pestered by someone to join the Party Animal club. To be honest, I hated the name of the club (It sounds so improper..) but so far the activities has been good. I took part in the badminton session they organised at a really cheap rate n got to meet really nice people.
On the other hand, I signed up as a volunteer for quite a number of Medsin projects. After attending Medsin Explained, I was just so excited about the many activities that match my interest. I joined the After School Club, which gives academic tuition to the local Somali refugees, because I think it won't that up that much of time (only an hour per week). I'd also signed up for Heartstart, which teaches 13-14 year old kids Basic Life Support. I think it'd certainly brush up my BLS as well as my communication skills. I'd just attended the first training for Heartstart and I found the people that I know from that occasion simply great! In addition, I'd put my name on the Chernobly Children's Project (CCP) and the Teddybear Doctor Project. I have yet to hear from the Teddybear thing but I'm thinking of dropping the CCP thing because it'll be quite time consuming for me, not to mention the inconvenience of always having to attend the meeting down at Fallowfield...
I'd always have a great interest and passion about doing voluntary social work, people who know me should be able to tell. But I really don't want to simply dwell in voluntary work through out uni life and miss out on opportunities to participate in more exciting activities... Yet i just couldn't let go of any opportunity for me to volunteer... maybe I should just follow my instict until one day I get sick of it...
Sunday, October 2
Roaming around Manchester again
I find myself quite restless these days. I thought I like to enjoy the peace and quiet in my private study room, but turn out that the longer I stay in my room, the more time I waste, and worse, the more water I drink n the more food(mostly rubbish) I consume. So I ended up going out to the city centre of Manchester early in the morning on Saturday. I bought a badminton racquet and intended to look around n buy some warm clothing n some sports clothing (including swimming suit). Unfortunately I was too undecisive and finally left with nothing. After that I went to a shop in China town n bought some tomyam paste, toufu, a scoop n soya sauce. The weather during that particular morning was terrible. It was raining quite heavily n the wind was so strong that I can see so many people's umbrella breaking! Can u imagine how cold I was? But it was over the moment I board the bus from Piccadilly to MRI. On that evening, Ai Ling, Pei Lian, Mei Lin, Yi Yian n I went to the other seniors' house at Longsight. We spent the whole evening there chatting away and having tea while the others gambled (Very low bet: ranging 1p to 50p). After coming back to Whitworth Park, I served Yi Yian n Ai Ling fried rice with the left over soup. I was flattered when they told me that my cooking was 'professional'... We continued to talk until around 1:30am in the room after dinner. Yi Yian slept over in my room because it was too creepy to go back so late at nite. At the middle of the nite (about half past 4) the fire alarm set off.. I think it was the drunken people at the neighbooring flat who set off the alarm...
This morning, I went off to Fallowfield - Armitage Sports Centre to play badminton. It was great knowing people through the game. I met Raymond - who was my partner n my opponents - Carol of China n Nic of Manchester. I was a bit disappointed that I sweated so little even after the long continuous 1 n a half hour play. On the way back, I met Pei Lian n she invited me over to her place for lunch. She served me porridge mixed with some onions. meat n carrots. She was quite worried that it's not going to be good but actually these days, I don't really care about taste anymore - as long as the rite nutrient gets into my body. Then, before going back, I explored Fallowfield a bit n shopped in Sainsbury for a while. It's basically a nice place to shop - great variety yet I find the goods a bit too expensive compared to stores like Asda n Lidl. By the time took a bus back to the City campus n I reach my room, it was already around half past 5. I was so exhausted (considering that I never slept well the nite before).
This morning, I went off to Fallowfield - Armitage Sports Centre to play badminton. It was great knowing people through the game. I met Raymond - who was my partner n my opponents - Carol of China n Nic of Manchester. I was a bit disappointed that I sweated so little even after the long continuous 1 n a half hour play. On the way back, I met Pei Lian n she invited me over to her place for lunch. She served me porridge mixed with some onions. meat n carrots. She was quite worried that it's not going to be good but actually these days, I don't really care about taste anymore - as long as the rite nutrient gets into my body. Then, before going back, I explored Fallowfield a bit n shopped in Sainsbury for a while. It's basically a nice place to shop - great variety yet I find the goods a bit too expensive compared to stores like Asda n Lidl. By the time took a bus back to the City campus n I reach my room, it was already around half past 5. I was so exhausted (considering that I never slept well the nite before).
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