i need a life beyond medicine and climbing. not that i don't derive great satisfaction from both, tho often its more the latter which provides me with the immediate joy i need to fuel my life. need to start mugging properly for exams already though, since my bacteriology CA was like geerah.
for the first time, today i mugged in the central lib with saus and banos, (and ate lunch at arts-this i've done before..not so suaku).. arts side of nus is so much more happening than science, and the open areas around the forum is really something to marvel about, esp after you've spent most of your first one and a half years in nus hanging around the concrete world that is science. to give you a better idea, this is the view of the garden-like area where we had lunch:nice right? plus today's weather was great! sun shining yet wind blowing real hard.

and on a separate note, here's a very happening picture of tilly parkins, an australian climber haha.
holy magoly!! talk about looking pro.

okay i take it back, i've lost the urge/impulse to be an investment banker.
though i still think its quite an exciting job with a lot of intellectual freedom. oh well.
dont think the bacteria CA's gonna go so well, didnt start mugging on time, and its just a crazy amount of info to force into my brain, which has of late been very distracted. keep daydreaming, haven't found that Zone of Mugging this semester.
looking forward to going down to the climbing gym on monday, tho my lower back muscle strain is still hurting me. really cant run, so i went swimming, and it got a little bit worse.
made a friend while swimming who advised me about my breaststroke. hahaa he was quite useful i suppose, always appreciate critical comments with regards to sports. like..running (which i havent done in too long) and climbing haha.
tempted to go to a doctor about my back muscle strain, but figure that all i'll be given is muscle relaxants and advice on physiotherapy. rather self-diagnose!..will try to conduct my own physiotherapy sessions hahaa, with the yoga mat my mom passed on to me. but maybe i'll go for the prescription meds. still thinking about it.
okay back to studying. doesnt feel like i have an exam tmr. think its the general mood i'm in.
in other news, am pleased that my controlled-eating plans have been working so far. though my family isnt helping, mom came back with sugarcoatedpeanuts (i love!) and my dad bought back kuih today, but so far i've resisted..plus there's the redbean buns in the freezer (redbean!!).. (my motivation being, a desire to buy new jeans.. and the fact that my climbing teammate is 53kg and he's 170+cm! unbelievable haha. i'm gonna force him onto a weighing machine one day. okay anw, its more of the jeans-motivation haha.. will go shopping in..march-maybe? [longtermplans])
OK back to the mugs. looking forward to sch resuming though(:

i want to be a solution-finder. i want to be the source of innovative sparks.
is it wrong that halfway through medschool i've derived this sudden impulse to be an investment banker? maybe its all the kane&abel, and the prodigal daughter, or maybe its just witnessing an investment banker at her job, or maybe its just the subconscious white flag i've raised to studying infectious diseases.
bacteria bacteria, how will i master you? i musy conquer you.

happy new year friendly friends!
played through the night and eventually went to sleep at 10AM this morning. i'm super contented with the highly eventful end to 2006, and start of 2007. (:

and i start the new year, very much so ambitious, hoping for a series of desired achievements.
2007, my 21st year.