My FEET Ache

lawd, mi foot a hot mi. i stand all day and can i tell you my shoes are not helping. i need to get that brand of shoes that my friend wari has, where she feels like she is walking on air, and her feet are supported. if i don't watch it, i am not gonna last. so the past few weeks i have been doing slave labour in O&G. it has been good and i am getting the hang of all this medical stuff. lol.. you would think that after 5 years of school, i would kinda know something, but the actual doing is soooo different. alot more glorified secretarial work with hints of medical knowledge....lol... naaaw its not so bad.....mmmmmmm yes it is.

i have been watching babies being born, i even got to assist in delivering twins. that was very cool. however that same day i also saw a still birth, which was extremely sad. i felt tears prick my eyes and that poor mother. today i saw the weirdest shaped bellies, looked like aliens. it was crazy. i also saw a c-section on an almost 5kg baby. thank god we did it, cause that poor little Asian mother could not have pushed that thing out of her. neways, i have to be up really early tomorrow, so i gone to bed....

Aussie Open

what a weekend i have had. it was simply amazing. i left Sydney in the rain. looking out the window of the plane i thought, at least Melbourne will be sunny. oooooh no. that was not the case. its a good thing i packed a sweater. but i was eager none the less as my weekend of tennis was to begin.

so, down to Melbourne i went for the Australian Open, which i do every year that i am in Australia. this time i was able to go for all day Saturday, which turned out to be an historic day. it all started with Andy Roddick's loss at 2 am Sat morning and continued with Roger's (#1 in the world) 10:8 win over Tipsarevic (#49 in the world) in the 5th set. during that match, i couldn't even get up to use the bathroom. no one wanted to leave lest they miss something. i was on the edge of my seat, the match lasted 5 hours and was just simply amazing. that was followed up by Venus' win over Mirza and the then Hewitt came on court at minutes to 12am. that match was the latest starting and ending match in Australian open history, ending at 4:34 am Sunday morning. i had to leave that match at 2 am, cause of flight times the next day. i did stay up till about 3:30 am, then fell asleep. it was really really good, even though Hewitt won. i was cheering for Baghdatis. My friend and I did get to congratulate him on an amazing match in the airport on Sunday. we had a 2 sentence exchange and so i was happy... but i digress...
i had a great time with friends one, who went with me the last time, and the other, who had never been. i met a cool photographer (Amy) in the Garnier line. we lined up for over and hour for me to get the free products and a massage. it was worth it. i'll hopefully get to see some more of Amy's photography when her website gets up and running again. from her card, she looks like she is a good photographer. we chatted about camera preferences, flicker and anything else we thought about to pass the time. you all know that next year when i go back, i will have a new camera with zoom lenses etc, so i can get great pics of my favourites.

then on sunday, one of my friends had an early flight and the other and i got to sleep late, since our flight was at 5:15pm. we roamed the mall where i saw this magnificent sight. this mall was built around an old coal or lead factory. and the photo above is the sight that greeted you when you looked up. impressive. i do like Melbourne to visit. the trams are great, and shopping exceptional. but the best thing for me is always, the tennis....:)

Rough...

this is the 4th day of a really tiring week of orientation. 8 hours of lectures and chats about the hospital a day. some quite boring, others quite helpful. i'm not even gonna mention how i feel about this whole internship thing. my mood right now is too disappointed for that. i had to turn down a casting today, worth $10,000 and a trip to Kuala Lumpur. i just couldn't make the casting with the other stuff for orientation. as my friend Cameron said, here is the difficult thing, deciding between careers. it was so hard to let it go, and i must say that i haven't completely yet. after all it just happened today. it always seems that when the big jobs come, those are the ones i can never make. i had to do this same thing to a job that was $30,000 and a trip to Europe. this one was a serious possibility. it looked like i was one of the major contenders. sigh..... man, that is disappointing. i wanted it, for the experience, the money and to see Kuala Lumpur. it would have been great. and for once i could have made the time for the 3 days, but i can't even get to the casting....lol... i'm so gonna have to pray about this one so the Lord can help me let it go, or he can work it out....lol... he has been good today though. he provided so that i could pay my rent and my bills. he is good and i give him praise for that. i gotta give praise and props in the good times and the disappointing times......ahhhhh well

I missed him

Awww, one of the cutest, if not the cutest babies in the world, Leon. i missed him while he was away for the christmas. but he is back now, looking great, still smiling and chatting like always. and is just a simple joy to be around. i love him...:)

I'm Late, I know

i know, it's 9 days post new years, and i haven't written anything about it. i'm a lazy bugger what can i say. i just didn't feel like writing, so sue me. since the year has started nothing much has happened and much has happened.

new years eve was spent with a few friends at a friend's house. we ate pizza, drank champagne, and watched the fire works on tv and from the balcony. we then setteled down and watched good ole JT on DVD. and as always, the man was brilliant. love him. so it was a really good chill night

new years day was spent at the beach with Janine and Peta. Jan also came by, which was great. the sea was rough, the day was hot and we chilled. easy. just what i needed. then for the rest of that week i worked.

nothing much exciting happened after that, except on the sat, we went clubbing with amelia and her twin sister. salsa dancing and then on to another club. didn't get home till 4 am. drama happened outside our door as our neighbours got beaten up. janine heard it all, not me as my room is to the back of the house. Monday was my last day at work but i had to see my agent first. that was great, cause i haven't had to see her for 4 years. all our business is over the phone. so it was good to see her and catch up. i then went to work where my boss cried as myself, Jen and Chris left. that was sweet. i have been working there for 4 years, Jen and Chris for 3, so it was all a long time. been through a lot.

so that is what has been happening...... orientation is on Mon. a new chapter begins.