So Medical School almost over

this is just a short one, but it is hitting me that literally by the end of the year i will be a Doctor. can you believe it? my Lord, i will have responsibilities. i have already gotten my first mail addressed to Dr. Ruth-Ann Marie Sterling. when i did, i thought nothing of it, but now its hitting me. i'm getting a bit excited about it all, even though i'm not done yet. i am so thankful to the Lord for seeing me through. just this morning i was walking through the park and praying, just saying to God that though there are somethings that i could allow to worry me at this moment, i know he has always been faithful. never, never let me down, so there is a peace in leaving it in his hands. my medical school career, i tell you, has been a miracle, faith walk and if i were to even tell you half the story, not only would this post not be a short one, but you may not even believe me. neways, im kinda in this thankful mode, cause i was sent a new photography site, and the photographer is simply amazing, tuff yuh nuh, but he also sounds like a christian, or is at least spiritual and man it shows in his photos. his blog was a good read, inspirational, so i almost feel like i have a new toy. lol...... new and exciting blogs to read and keep me inspired. Neways...... his site is on my site to check out list, its the new one... take the time to look at the others as well. much love and blessings, i gone sleep now, cause i have to go to the hospital tomorrow to sort out the stack of paperwork, that is necessary for my employment. i wonder if i will enjoy being a doctor.....lololol... that my friends is another post.......

Weekend with Tash

this weekend was a really good one. on saturday, i went over to Sibon's house to participate in a black chicks chill night...lol.. ok, ok it was just a girls night and it so happened that all of us are black. this excuse for us having the night, not that we really needed one, was the arrival of Sibon's long time friend from London, Natasha. we all got along swimmingly. the attendees were Sibon, Natasha, Neva, Furo and myself. we was showered with great food prepared by Gerard (Sibon's Husband). we had garlic shrimp and rice, as well as beautiful roast pork, mashed potatoes and apple, blue cheese and rockette salad. desert, brownies, was kindly provided by yours truely. we had such a good night just chatting and chatting away. i didn't get home till almost 1 am, didn't go to sleep till almost 2 am. i was up by 6 am, cause i was singing at church that morning.

after church, i ended up chilling with Sibon and family again. we went to yum cha, and then a drive. it was cool to not have to go home and study. to not have any work to do at all. it was brilliant, such a mental relief. we stopped by the harbour and took some pics. it was so cold, but we channeled america's next top model and gave our fiercest looks.

neways that's it for now.... oh and of course Mr. Leon was as cute as ever

Final Days

so sorry that i left you all hanging like that, for weeks, but it was exam time and though exams have been over for a bit now, i really haven't felt like writing. with all the study, writing this just seemed like more work. i'll warn you from now that this blog is a vent, cause i am feeling a bit inadequate.

neways... lets start from the beginning. exams, so they roll around and i feel like i know jack shit. nada, nothing. the miracle of it all is that, the lord knew that some knowledge was up there. i studied hard, but up to the day before, i felt like i knew nothing, but i got in there and the lord brought the knowledge back. i felt that it was quite an easy exam, there wasn't anything on there that stumped me, nothing that i just had no clue about. so that was good. the next day was a free day in which i was supposed to review for OSCE (practical), that didn't really happen. no matter what i did, i just couldn't buckle down and do it. i did revise somethings, which came in quite handy in the folder sessions, when i had only 2 min to complete my last question, which just happened to be one of the first things i looked over. i was so happy i did that, cause i know that i wouldn't have been able to answer those questions quickly if i hadn't. i know i missed out things in each of the other stations, but i have to console myself with the fact that that is always gonna happen. neways..... i passed them all. in fact we all passed, so now everyone else has finished their last ever exam in med school and i still have one more rotation. can i tell you it sucks big time. there are good things about it, in terms of how prepared i will feel going into internship, but sucky in that i feel slightly left out when everyone else keeps talking about 'thanks god that that was the final exam i will ever have to do in medical school'. they are done and i'm not....... ok my gripe is over

some good times in all of this, after exams we went to have thai and then saw hairspray, which was fun and funny. on wed after the OSCE we went to the log cabin, had drinks and lunch and just chilled out, enjoying the fact that we were done, that night most of us caught up at the opera bar, down by the harbour, by the opera house. it was good fun, a nice chill night. met Jibran's brother, who is a hottie. so i had some eye candy that night, not that most of my friends aren't cute, they are, but since they are my friends and i see them most of the time, i needed some new eye candy, so don't be offended, Eric, Cameron and Jawad.

ok so that was exams.... i was gonna write about the thick packet of paperwork that my future employer sent me to sort through, plus visa issues that arise with changing over my visa to a working one, but i'm tired and this has already been a long one. so that will have to be a next time issue......

Lavender

man i wish i had a better camera, actually knew what i was doing, so i could capture what i see. the brilliance of it. i wish i had time to devote to learning this craft, to experimenting and honing my skills. i think i could be good at this. it already is one of my loves, i want it to be that and more. i love taking pics, capturing life as it happens, immortalizing it for all time. i love it, and i love when others love it too. i love the casual, the unexpected, the candid shots of people and things. i love black and whites, i love colours, i have definitely gotten into this photography thing. well, guess what, next year i will find the time and i will get my bigger and better camera. i will be good at this. and who knows, maybe i'll incorporate it more into my art work and possibly make some money from it. but mainly, i'll take joy in it.....

Floral Explorations

just trying to look at nature through my little point and shoot.

APEC Friday in the Hunter

so for the surprising public holiday given to us by the APEC summit, i decided to join my flatmates (Peta, Janine and Marco) on their wine tasting tour of the hunter valley. it was totally unplanned on my part but i am very glad that i went. i had been saying that i wanted to go to the hunter for ages now, just to see what it was all about and since we got this day off, it was the perfect time. even though everyone was leaving sydney, it wasn't crowded there. i guess that most of them were staying for the weekend, where we were just staying for the day. it wasn't as pretty was i thought it would be, i wasn't wowed, but i can imagine that it would look good when the vines have leaves on them.

it wasn't a nice sunny day, it was cloudy, rainy, with patches of blue skies, peeking out every now and then. we mainly went to little boutique wineries. it was really good, our guide for the general tour was this annoying American, who is now an Australian and prided himself on having a keen interest in aboriginal culture. he boasted about knowing how to throw a boomerang, how he was taught by the tribes people and at every juncture decided that is was his job to correct us of any and all misconceptions we might be harboring about anything, especially aboriginal culture and wines. we all just wanted him to shut up.

neways despite that the women that took us through the wine tasting and the tour of the winery were just fun and entertaining. Pat was my favourite, at iron gate winery. that was our first stop and the most beautiful. it looked very Spanish with its terracotta walls and colonial design. it was a beautiful stop and their wines were spectacular. i really sorted out the type of wines i like. anything that doesn't have too much oak, i can handle. we did learn a lot about wines which was cool. and the tour of the winery was great. it was really amazing how different the wine making process is from what it used to be, with little French or Italian women stomping the grapes. now its all machine made. very sterile, but all still made with the same passion.

we visited 3 wineries, plus a cheese and a chocolate shop. the cheeses were great, really good. the marinated feta was great. there were too many good ones to even remember them all. the chili fudge from the chocolate shop, really, really gives u a kick up the backside. really is hot, but its good. it would really clear you up if u were stuffy, it did for Peta. all in all it was a good day. brought home wine, thats always good. next time i go i will go with lots more money so i can buy more wine.