excuse me, are you a foodie?

18/5/07
Wow.. town is really crazy on a Friday night.. people are drunk everywhere.. alcohol smell reeks in the air. But ok, not as bad as london. Haha so funny.. bumped into timothy, margaret and Thomas.. they were in a Singaporean restaurant! We were saying we’ll see each other again when we get back to church but ended up meeting here. Small world. But it’s nice to see some familiar faces. Settled on a lovely café (where else) along little Collins called coffee and biscotti (C&B). realized what qianling meant.. nothing could replace the rustic feel of sitting in a cobblestoned pavement, live band crooning.. wow the pumpkin and white bean soup with spinach and parmesan was delectable.. the accompanying ciabatta tasted so real, wasn’t hungry but finished it all. The latte tasted strangely like rum though.. think I’m just paranoid. After, tried an emu sausage haha.. quite tough but interesting taste, part pork, part beef. The food near Austin’s really wonderful too.. café burgundy had the marvelous caramel and macadamia cheesecake with a glassy almond topping.. in addition to the 30 other cakes they have. Apparently café scintilla just opposite has the best iced coffee in Melbourne.. gonna try next wk = ) trying to wean off yoghurt.. but it tastes so nice here, raspberry and pomegranate, apricot soy, black cherry, passionfruit and mango.. the list really goes on.

Went to this café called sycamore tree next to the sycamore church.. there was an explanation abt their name, from that bible study passage in the 2nd session fr Luke 19.

Therefore, it is hoped that whoever steps into this café will find peace and salvation in Jesus, like Zacchaeus did that day in the sycamore tree. Aw..

Feeling a bit.. saturated now. Just craving for a big cup of fruit juice. Think I’ll need to run a few marathons when I’m back. Ex cg mates, can I crash your training?= P


Joke of the day no 1: what do you call a medical ward round?
Ans: shifting dullness.

Joke of the day no 2: what is a lady like you doing alone on a Friday night? Someone stood you up?
Ans: no, and I have to go back to my hostel. Bye.

It’s not a big deal, and after so much time alone.. well I’m finally used to it = ) and maybe.. just maybe wouldn’t want it any other way.

21/5/07
Pardon me.. so zonked out from typing a 1500word report in half a day.. aiyo, ward round lasted more than 4 hours with 32 patients.. followed by non-stop lects and tuts till 5 pm.. and my supervisor gave me a day’s notice to complete it! But did so anyway = ) thanks to the loveliest mocha ever tried at café matto in Heidelberg, accompanied by nicely rocketed prosciutto panini.. tired but happy = ) was initially upset about having to give up another night out but overall, love staying in suburbs, service is much friendlier, food is cheap and good!
22/5/07
So much to say, but just too tired.. it’s 1am here now.. up waiting for clothes to dry. Actually quite enjoy this whole staying on my own thing.. want to live in solitude really.. but not sure what my parents would think.. and hm it’ll be a while before I can afford to ha. Well in short, met up with derrick on sun (krispy kreme+ tutto bene + brunetti) and tonight with darius and aunty becky (a wonderful Italian pasta at warrantyne miles away from the terminal stop hurstbridge ie in the far outback). These 2 are like brothers to me, we grew up together and laughing over the old pictures, how we’d compete to see who could fit the most cheezels on the fingers and it’s just so nice to see them so accomplished and settled as we enter adulthood. Just realized come to Melbourne exactly every 10 yrs.. at 3, 13 and now 23. prob 10 yrs before we meet again? Yup. Till then, more cheezels.

Colder still.. there was snow! In the countryside.

24/5/07
22/c/f k/c hyperlipidaemia
Oral intake 23/5/07
Kelogg’s cornflakes and apricot soy
Praline crunch skinny from Austin (espresso w frothed milk, macadamia syrup and whitechoc)
Mini steak pie
Scone with jam and cream
Goulburn valley 5 fruits juice 2500ml
Smoked salmon roll, salmon and avocado roll
Pasta rustica’s salmon bruschetta & eggplant spaghetti
Champagne
Koko black’s hot chocolate with chilli
Water 1000ml

Dietician to r/v re saturated fat intake and caloric excess
Urgent referral to cardio

Physio to ambulate
Tcu 11/7

Met a lot of interesting people along the way.. there was a deaf guy on the train who asked me where the train was terminating in his version of english.. great! I thought.. can finally use my sign lang! unfortunately.. he said, “erm.. that’s American signing. sorry mate I don’t learn that” right…so we had to communicate verbally. But it was amazing how well he did.. (SG rem we wanted to implement the aussie system for the deaf back home??)he spoke almost like a normal person.. don’t misunderstand.. he didn’t have any ill intentions, we spoke mainly abt his wife. anw footie fans soon trotted in and he spoke to them too.. independent. Free. Happy.

Met a 90 year old german lady the other day in clinic.. telling us abt the holocaust. Ah well.

Met a Viking today too.. the real kind with beard and all.. and he was telling me abt the hard work he used to do in netherlands. Wow!

Quite happy that I went to life expedition in the end. Hm it is different.. but the pastor Tim and speakers were mostly doctors.. so I can finally find people to relate to. Doctors treat, God heals = ) another long sermon on Sunday if I can find the time to type it..

Haha so amazing.. finally understand ECGs thanks to a guy who gave us a lecture in jeans and after every other slide, says, “Cool!”

Sweet.