Be Still My Soul

had an amazing saturday! got to meet up with SC3 again, and it feels like so long since we met. so many of the girls are either doing honours or studying, and the guys are looking chubbier and chubbier. and we learnt that you should never call an occupational therapist a masseuse. even if the people he works with are called clients and not patients because of services rendered... also totally amazed that Ruth the Archie Girl can still find time to play WoW. truly a dedicated gamer. should find time to get her to play DotA!

i think afternoon DotA is not as competetive as night-time DotA. the calibre of players is much lower, case in point being the game i just played. for craps sake, 3 leavers in the first 5min? enemy players complaining when i run off to the fountain? it came down to me and some canadian guy who was making anti-asian remarks, 1v1. so as he made a big push with a leaver, i took 2 windwalking leavers and piled him from behind! twice, no less, as he tried multitasking. wish i had more chances to do this kinda work, because my multitaking isnt so strong. better than his apparently. he quit after dying for the 3rd time in 5min. making the game a great 10min long. had just reached lvl11... assholes!

Finlandia - Jean Sibelius

Running Hot

today looked much better than most of my normal-type days! i got to redo my PA with PJ. and believe it or not, the film, in holder no less, went straight in to her mouth and aligned itself so quickly! took like 2 minutes, when yesterday just getting the damn thing it was a study in frustration. and the film was very nice too. good detail, and it showed me enough to think that if PJ ever asks me to do endo on her #46, i will consider referral.

because of a once-in-a-lifetime 3-hour lunch break, the brotherhood went to trawl Clementi. after a good round of Thaksin Beef Noodles, we went to play pool. i have never played like that in my entire life. sure, Mao wasnt playing called shots, but the sheer number of disgustingly lucky shots i had were enough to induce adrenaline smiles. me and Shafiq ended up willing 2-1 on aggregate. to be fair though, Mao looked really rusty. really wish we could do this kinda thing more often...

Peripheral Decay

think today was quite disheartening. had quite a bad morning. dropped my bur-box in the lift lobby, let rip a string of *uh-hem* french and realised that some fresh-out-of-JC interns were standing nearby. then got hammered in the perio competency over the stupid inter-space brush. and finally found myself unable to do any kinda posterior PA technique on PJ. like... gaah! and to top things off when i finally got a shot off it was way too high. and it looks like i'll have to put the poor girl through another round of my rusty handling and a couple of extra Rads. sure i might be cavalier about personal exposure, but the lab partner is something different.

Wa Si Li E Gun So Chia, Ta Gang Wie Lih Chiu Kua

another one of those rushed, strange sundays... it seems like these days can fly by so fast even without having done anything of note. besides a dominating DotA session. its the first time i've played a session with 4 strength heroes in the same team. hairy stuff in the beginning... and i think that getting a team-mate out of an ambush is about as satisfying as getting a kill. something to think about...

sometimes when i have a bit of time to myself i think of all the things that i've wanted to do over the year and wonder if any of them are realistically on the horizon for me.

1) learn to blade

2) learn jap

3) learn guitar

4) learn to drive

5) go to sentosa with a bunch of good friends and play volleyball

somehow, even though it doesnt seem so far out, i never get round to it. and the last one... as noted in Lego's blog entry on the chalet, the class is getting pretty off. was talking to Daysleeper and we were reminiscing about the time when we were preparing for the freshies to come in. the chalet time spent in Sentosa... damn i miss that! all the nonsense we did. seems as if the class friendships have grown that much shallower. i suppose other people find amusement with outside friends, but i got to confess my pool of friends is quite small. i've always operated that way, with a small core of dependable people. but increasingly i wonder if it's enough. theres the dependable 3 of my class brotherhood, but they have their own stuff. and Jo, and increasingly Lovy over in church...

realised that watching japan hour is a great way to destress. there's something so amusing in watching japanese people looking so sincerely and honestly happy as they stuff themselves with, oh say, raw whitebait on rice garnished with yam gratings. the big smiles and happy grunting... why cant i get a holiday job like that?

tomorrow i will finish the bloody diastema, polish my amalgam until the instructor gets flash-blinded, and do up a class 3 in CR in the meantime. because i can. seyla.

My Wish-My Life - Do As Infinity

*happy birthday Daysleeper!*

That Voice Which Calls To Me And Speaks My Name

think today will be an excellent competitor for most boring public holiday of 2005. as expected, but not desired, there was nothing to do and no-one to go out with. pretty depressing really. i just managed to fill the day with pharmaco, perio and DotA. the only upside being that i won all games. at least not everything is going shitty. and i envy people who dont feel lonely when its an empty, quiet night.

Xiao Hu Shi - Mayday

Mana Break

i dont think that school has ever been this draining at any point in my prior academic life. so draining that me and Shafiq ended up slumped in Kopitiam chicken-winging ourselves. and after that we remembered Coffee Grounds and the sandwiches and cheesecake. like... damn!

endo was rather slow today. i wouldnt actually call it a bad day cos i got some stuff done up... but due to a lack of equipment some of my cluster didnt get to use their NiTi burrs. this ended up with Clement being very pek chek at lunch. haiz... it is really quite sad when we pay mad school fees and still dont have enough equipment. clinic wasnt any better... whole session closing a bloody diastema? crazy! and it wasnt even ready to sign by the time we got ejected from clinic. PJ was so tired out she was babbling nonsense about needing to clean amalgam debris out of her Oscar rubber face when we were obviously late to go down.

also somewhat saddened by a movie outing today not materialising. sure... just because you have a reputation for kite flying im supposed to feel a it more at peace with the world when it happens? damn i need movie therapy!

Revelation - L'Arc En Ciel

Mayday

decided to pick up the Mayday CD from the cheapo parallel-import rack in the bookshop in NUH. damn, it aint half bad! havent listened to chinese music for yonkers... almost miss the nights spent in the Coy office with 93.3 for company... just the music bit. sleeping at midnight on the couch with my boots still on was stupid.

had an amazing session today on 4-handed dentistry. the whole concept is that with some clever synergy between the operator and the DA, you become the dental equivalent of Ne Zha the 4-armed Taoist deity, destroying caries and making pretty restorations in half the time. way harder than they made it look in the demos. and passing un-capped syringes promises to be a hairy affair. i somehow seem to suck at it, but PJ aint half bad. mebbe i should employ her as my DA.

half the class was in pretty snappily dressed today. in fact, stripes were predominant. which kinda took the shine off my special-application Zara shirt. oh well... the ladies also got an explanation of why short skirts, no matter how figure-flattering, are bad clothing choices for any dental assistant.

squeezed in time to take and have taken a set of DPTs. the quality aint too bad lah, at least grade 2. mebbe the condyles and spine are a bit fuzzy, which mite require a retake, but the presence of a supernumary supposed premolar in my sector 4 is a heck of a lot more worrying. looks like a visit to OMS may be in the cards.

Tenderness (Returning Your Freedom Mix) - Mayday

*this being an approximate translation of the chinese titles*

*update!*

played DotA to Mayday. they have a Hokkien song! fwaah! everybody buy this CD oredi! if the rousing music aint enuff to make you want to buy it, the Hokkien song is the icing on the cake!

Once I Thought That No-one Knew The Way

been reflecting on some things lately. i need to be more tolerant. mum says its been something i grew up with, i used to get spazzy if younger kids drew in my books or broke my toys. but developmental or not, its really starting to bother me. i cant go about life getting pissed at every human failing that i see, every lapse in judgement that befalls my path, every smooth question asked in lectures that make me doubt the prior attention of the inquirer. God grant me the grace to be more humble...

135 - Do As Infinity

Blaze Of Glory

tired as hell after playing in the Classic Battletech Tsunami Benefit. an epic 4-hour match over 2 x 2 maps, with 7 players trying to be the last survivors. and in the end, with me and Colin-sama standing over the steaming wreckage of the unfortunate 5, i bagged myself a hard-cover Master Rules book! points to note: my water play is still weak. hengfully my gamble to go for the higher armour of the Wolverine 5M paid off over a more mobile Phoenix Hawk 1D. other point to note... the head armour of the Phoenix Hawk is crap. all in all, much fun to be had, and i hope the close to 200 bucks collected will be of use.

radio test on friday, and still left in limbo as to how i did for the endo test today since none of the doctors called on me to discuss my performance. dare i trust Adrian's stolen glance at my grades that predicts a pass?

Mellow Amber - Do As Infinity

Scream If It Hurts

today was quite an eventful day! i now have had the experience of being semi-professionally isolated and rubber-damned. spelling intentional.

somehow ended up volunteering for the isolation clinical demo since when Dr Lim asked for a volunteer/volunteeress everybody developed shrinking violet behaviour. it is now clinically proven that i have majorly tight contacts, especially in the lover jaw. thankfully these come with healthy gingivae, because i took quite a beating as Stan tried to floss in the rubber dam. taste of blood disappeared in 5min, lip anaesthesia lasted for almost 3 hours. other learning point: expect that the patient will not be able to spit accurately into the spittoon after LA.

tried eating lunch with the uncomfortable realisation that i couldnt tell if i was drooling out of the numb corner of my lip. went to the new cafe near the medical library with Mao and Clement and PJ and Anqi. which was in its own way quite a surprise. general consensus was that the food wasnt quite up to scratch. of special infamy is the Pasta Alfredo With Chicken, which had a rather soapy aftertaste. ratified by the rest, it has nothing to do with lubricant on my rubber dam. they did however save the day with their desserts. the cheesecake is of good quality and acceptable pricing, definitely recommended.

Ways & Means - Snow Patrol

If You Find That Once Again You Long To Take Your Heart Back And Be Free

looks like Phantom is turning into the movie of the month. Mao went to watch it on a separate occasion and posted lyrics from All I Ask Of You on his blog too. i think its really something that despite the movie's flaws, those songs keep playing in my head. there must be something about the story of the tortured genius and the couple in love that makes us want to remember.

had dinner and a pool session with Char on saturday night. and yeah, this is the first time that i've referred to her by name instead of designation. its been so long, and i think things are good between us. didnt feel any tension at all, and it was good catching up and hearing about mutual friends and work. and yeah, pool sucked. but i finally beat her in one round out of four and treated her to a sundae at KAP Mac's. jon is easily pleased, no?

the christmas project is getting into planning stage quite nicely. a little bit of the plot and framework are coming up, and 2 possible songs have presented themselves. hoping and prayng for good stuff. come support me ok? this time i book way way way in advance!

Heart - Do As Infinity

Isnt It A Beautiful Night?

title for tonight is the rhetorical question that seems to be the trademark of our favourite vampire Alucard. Hellsing looks very promising, slightly different target audience from Inuyasha but indeed very kewl! the BMG is good, the pacing and direction of the cinematics is very jap in its manga-style pan angles, and who wouldnt like a guy who refuses to die?

finally got to watch Phantom! ok, so yeah the Phantom can't sing for nuts. and it was apparent as soon as he started singing the bit where he berates Christine about Raoul. and Christine is a bit of a soppy little puppy. but the songs! it's all about the songs! and the ones which weren't jacked by bad singing were very nice. actually got a bit misty-eyed when they sang "All I Ask Of You". after the show got into discussion with Shafiq about re-casting the whole show. and we came to the conclusion that they shoulda gotten the Moulin Rouge gang into this one. Kidman to do Carlotta, Ewan McGregor to do Raoul. mebbe even Travolta to do the Phantom if he lost some weight!

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All I Ask Of You

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[Male voice] (Raoul)

No more talk of darkness Forget these wide-eyed fears

I’m here, nothing can harm you

My words will warm you and calm you

Let me be your freedom

Let daylight dry your tears

I’m here, with you and beside you

To guard you and to guide you

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[Female voice] (Christine)

Say you love me every waking moment

Turn my head with talk of summertime

Say you need me with you now and always

Promise me that all you say is true

That's all I ask of you

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[Raoul]

Let me be your shelter

Let me be your light

You’re safe, no one will find you

Your fears are far behind you

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[Christine]

All I want is freedom

A world with no more night

And you, always beside me

To hold me and to hide me

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[Raoul]

Then say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime

Let me lead you from your solitude

Say you need me with you here, beside you

Anywhere you go, let me go too

Christine, that's all I ask of you

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[Christine]

Say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime

Say the word and I will follow you

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[Both]

Share each day with me, each night, each morning

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[Christine]

Say you love me

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[Raoul]

You know I do

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[Both]

Love me, that's all I ask of you …

Anywhere you go, let me go too

Love me, that's all I ask of you

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will i ever be able to ask people out for a movie and not have my kite flown? why does this happen? is it exclusive to the class? i've never seen it like this before!

Shine - Mr Big

Another Year Is Dawning

seems like ive been really too inert to get any blogging done over the last week. another year is starting up, and there are new challenges ahead! namely passing all the evil memory-based subjects, treading the social minefield that is dental life, and becoming a better person in every aspect possible.

Lovy, Jo and me have kinda embarked on Project Christmas. whereby we will get a kick-ass musical seeded for this christmas. cos 2 months, as frequently ranted on by me, is so inadequate. our church has talent which isnt being put to better use because we've been too slow and lazy to plan it properly. hopefully by God's grace and guidance we'll have something good this time, instead of the barely-there which has been the paradigm.

had a good jalan session with the brotherhood today. popped by GPA so Mao could return a book to Dr Wilson Goh, and then we went shopping! got another Do As Infinity CD set that was going cheap, saw many cute girls, ate 25cent ice cream, disturbed Shafiq's friend. life should be like this.

Desire - Do As Infinity

*thanks for all the nice stuff for christmas PJ!*