Watch my dead face

I know it's a bit early to grumble, but yes..I am feeling dead. So hard to smile at this hour already. Plus, it's BOILING in my room.

I had a busy day even though it was only ONE lecture. Had to rush to the city after that to buy food, and some other stuffs.

Was expecting to be able to rest, only to find out that I have my printer in storage, so...I'm not able to print anything. And I didn't wanna delay printing ALL the dermatology notes till weeks later, so had to force myself to go to the hospital to get it done. Grrrr...

Apparently, dermatology in Cardiff is of a gold standard worldwide. I actually suspected it to be since I notice that quite a fair number of GPs in Singapore actually went to get a dermatology qualification from Cardiff, and Kunsen's dad also specially came here to do his specialty. Hmm..now I know why Kunsen wanted acceptance frm this uni so badly years ago.

I was impressed with my dermatology lecture today. It's amazing that the department actually used e-learning and they're really organised. I do see the big amt of effort they have put in to make this possible. In the website, there are online lectures, formative MCQs, quizzes, group discussions, forums, etc etc. It's a MUST to get into it since we are supposed to do the MCQs at the end of every online lecture, and the department actually keeps track to whether we are doing the MCQs. If only every department does the same thing, it'll be fantastic.

Have been studying throughout, as we're expected to finish going through 5 online lectures ourselves at least by the end of the week. Manz..it's just dermatology. There's still 4 more specialties in this block, each expecting us to finish certain stuffs by this week too. Gosh..how am I gonna do that?

I'm trying hard to keep to Prof Kua's advice to slp at 11, and get up at 7. But I find it more and more difficult. I get really tired by about 10, but there's so much to do...how can I possibly get the day's work done by 11? Sheesh..I wonder if he really goes to slp at 11 and up by 7 when he was studying in Oxford.

Sigh. There's a mad rush for books in the library now. With so few copies of each book in the library, there isn't enough to go around for even a small group of students of each block. And it's scary looking at the number of reservations (now, who said that only singaporeans are kiasu???). Fortunately, I got the books on registration day, so I can still at least have the books with me for 2 weeks, but there's no way I can have them in the next dunno how many weeks. Will be borrowing a few from Michelle, and I'm wondering if I should buy the rest. Books are terribly expensive here. And if I were to purchase any, will have to buy at least 3 books for this 1st block. Each costs abt £20 ($60) leh...haiz. I really wish for a moment that my family owns the bank.

Met my landlady this afternoon to give her stuffs I bought for her from Sg. Had a great chat with her, and as usual, she'll ask if I'm attached. Am really amazed that we both have the same opinions (abt rships and guys) and character! I felt more reassured of myself after chatting with her. And the fact that she's a Chinese who is proud and supportive of her race in this foreign land just makes me feel much closer.

Also met Dr Winterburn for a chat and laughter session. This guy's impressive. He's so well read! If only Dad's here, I'm sure they can go on chatting for hours about politics, geography, and share their views on all kinds of issue. Bu kui shi Sub-dean of the Medical school.

Gonna go sleep now...sigh..so damn hot...*fans myself*