Yes~! Today is the last practical for this module- Binocular Vision. Upcoming exams, reports to submit, GEMs and PBL assignments, upcoming practical exams and tests are crushing me each day. I think I am crushed until I've grown shorter and become rounder now. I looked at myself in the mirror and see how round like an apple I am. Anyway, apple was a nickname from Merlyn. Haha so yea... it sounds like there's no wrong being called apple... fat round juicy apple.

Had been so stressed up with meeting deadlines of these academic stuff, planning my time to ensure I can finish up all the tasks up on sleeve. I am suffocating and sometimes can't breathe really. I am really having fun today during practicals today. Relaxed a bit for today. That's why I am slacking right here blogging. After the practical, our eyes muscles are like strained lol and all started to be giddy and eyes so tired that we're going to fall asleep. Vision therapy is not easy as it seems. Patience is much needed.

Some interesting shots in the practical lab. Haha see our eyes converge~! We're training our eye muscles....

Practicals finally ended and we all went home... when I pick up my bag, OMG my bag shoulder strap broke~! I am discarding the bag... okay time to invest on nice handbag or shoulder bag to go with 3rd year formal wear lol... it is weird to carry a backpack in working wear.... haha i think i need something more feminine.

Tomorrow is the 6th year anniversary we're together... but on this actual day, I got GEMs and Spectacles Recycling after that. So my activities for the day ends @ 5pm. Rather sad huh? Wonder what it will be like tomorrow... let's wait and see... :D

8:54 PM; undramatically.Y

Recommended by my classmates. I went to try with my khakis this place called Astons. They tried it before and said it was a MUST-TRY. So we went on a rendezvous to go to The Cathay just behind Plaza Singapura where the shop named Astons was located.

9:16 PM; undramatically.Y

Yea, today we finally collected our white coat that most of us awaited. A coat that we dreamt to have and also part of the reason why we chose this course for some of us. It is this white coat that attracted us. It makes us feel like a mini doctor in that snow white coat.

We got so excited and started putting on the coat for contact lens fit practical. Haha.... we didn't want to waste time putting it on and only put it on after the prac.... see what good students we are....



After Konda's Lecture on Contact Lens fitting, Reena, Huiqi, Shirl, Merl and I made out way to the library with different purposes.... Reena and Huiqi wanted to print tutorial answers for binocular vision. Whereas Shirl and I are like aunties... wanting a branded paper bag from NewUrbanMale haha... but the goody bags were long finished... so Reena and Huiqi stayed in the library and Shirl, Merl and I made our way home. As we walked along until we reached the control station of Dover MRT, Merlyn said she would be accompanying me taking the same MRT line for she is going Far East to buy sandals and shoes because all her shoes seems to be all wearing away or spoiled. Haha, since I have train concession and plus today I had nothing to do, I thought I may as well accompany her plus window shop for some new year clothings or shoes too.

We walked and hunt the whole Far East Plaza for the kind of sandals Merlyn used to like and wear because she simply cannot wear any kind of sandals as most sandals and slippers would result in discomfort for her.

On our hunting mission for the sandals, we ended up buying a mario purse for it was Windi's birthday and we thought mario purse suits Windi's mario style haha.... so we bought it as his belated present.

It was really hilarious to go out with Merlyn for she always have things for me to laugh at and I'd always get a lot of entertaiment from her. Finally after walking so long, we went back to buy a pair of sneakers that was on 20% discount. The cheapest that we could find though it was not really in a tip-top condition with some thread fraying out, but it was the only pair left that was Merlyn's size.

Later we tried to continue to hunt for the kind of sandals Merlyn prefers but to no avail and our day ended with trying of Hokkaido Ice Cream's Hot balls with Mango and Milk Topping. Merl and I had never tried it before. I was initially reluctant and from the display, the hot balls are really minute and 4 pcs acutally costs $2.80. But Merlyn wanted to give it a try and claimed that once it is put into the microwave oven to heat it up, it will expand and grow in size because in the poster, the hot balls looks much bigger in size. It was hilarious coz we bet on it... I didn't believe the hot balls will grow big. And I am right~! Haha.... It's just that on the poster, it was enlarged or zoomed in till the hot balls look so much bigger than actual. It was our first time trying it and though the price was kind of steep but the topping was really delicious, sweet and thick. Yummy Yummy and then we went on our way home as it was getting late.

11:30 PM; undramatically.Y

A continuation from my previous post. After Biostatistics was Mrs Tan's Binocular Vision tutorial class and oh gosh.... practical exam is round the corner. Sadded....

Next was ocular pathology class. Miss Dorothy Ng was late and to kill time... We started taking photos... posing... etc... having lotsa fun....

After ocular pathology class was lunch break and Merlyn, Shirlyn and I went on to foodcourt 3 to eat tom yam noodles.... we love the tom yam noodles in foodcourt 3.... oishii desu yo~!

Shirlyn is going out to treat her family lunch. So yea only Merlyn and I ate together with Evangeline who later came to tagged along. We met Matthew and the gang haha and they've decided to pop out at the open house at convention centre to get free candy floss and kill time. Evangeline went to meet her friend after lunch.

Merlyn wanted to return a book to the library, so we made a trip to library. We're sort of lazy and so we stayed in the library hunting for books. I borrowed a book titled "Geisha". It's been a long time since I last read a story book. The libarian told Merlyn that that day was the last day of the 'Promotion offer' haha, we can borrow up to 10 DVDs... or else after the 'promotion' we can only borrow up to a max of 2 DVDs only. Funny Merlyn really went to start a collection of 10 DVDs to borrow home despite our big fat bag with loads of stuff on friday class. Oh yea, plus she borrow 2 books... If it's me, I would borrow slowly seriously... than to end up carrying so much extra weight home and feel so lazy to bring back to school to return to the library.

2:53 AM; undramatically.Y

Okay, fine~ I read Merlyn's Tag like now... at Biostatistics class. We're all distracted... not listening to class yet expects ourselves to clear and pass this module.

Merlyn is just next to me and instead of talking to each other, we started to tag on each other's blog.... -.-" Now you know how bored we were in class....

We had an assignment given long ago... but yet not long ago.... in Nov I guess.... The asignment is called 'Be A Pro'. We're suppose to screen 20 people's eyes and become a pro in our field. Despite of our busy schedule, we need to find time to book slots and room for checking people's eyes. We need 20 subjects. Finish 20 subjects... full eye check... by 30th Jan (the new extended deadline). I've only done 5 subjects... How am I suppose to finish 15 (after discount from lecturer)? I need another 10 subjects... People~ tell me if you're free.... I really need patient and subjects~!

What I'd be doing in the eye check:
- NPC (near point convergence) [See how much your eyes can converge)
- Pupillary Response (Is pupil reactive to light)
- Slit Lamp Examination (Check different layers and structures of the eye for abnormalities)
- Ophthalmoscopy (Checking for retinal abnormalities)
- Subjective Refraction (Power or prescription of the eye refractive error)

Anyone interested to get checked by me???

9:04 AM; undramatically.Y

Today's Japanese class starts at 10am. Our strength of the class became smaller without Aye and Windi.

We got a Japanese with us, a friend of Sensei I suppose. I forgot her full name. We call her Nami Sensei. She is a Japanese and is now working in Singapore. She is here to share with us some of the cultures and practices in Japan.

We started the class with song translation. The song for the day is called 「情熱の代償」 (jyou netsu no daishou). As usual of course we sang it in class and we made use of the dictionary we bought to check out the meaning and eventually translate the song lyrics into english. =D

The PV (promotion video) is below. In Japan, they dun call this MTV but PV. Yeap. Something new I've learnt.



After the song translation exercise, the other half of the song not done in class is our homework and we got to go home and translate the whole song as homework. Next, we sat in a circle to go through some cultural practices in Japan and Nami sensei elaborated on the New Year in Japan. We talked about food, decorations and practices during New Year in Japan.

Class ended at 2pm. After that I went home and conscientiously do my song translation and fell into a deep afternoon nap. =D

11:43 PM; undramatically.Y