Thursday, March 30, 2006
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Surveys
My friend told me that she was going to do a survey that would pay 10-50 dollars to you, depending on how well you did. I decided to tag along. After all, it only takes about an hour and I had nothing on anyway. Extra cash is always good.I went there and was informed that it was a commerce related survey, but I could do it anyway if I wanted to. I read the material and it made no sense to me. Words like revenue and cost management and other words that I don't even remember now was scattered all over the paper. I mean, I'm used to seeing stuff like maxillary tuberosity and resin composite. I took a deep breath and ploughed through the survey anyway.
Hoping I don't get a base line reward of 10 dollars because of my sheer ignorance.
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Numbers
Number of cuts accumulated from one three hour lab session in the dental hospital = 2Number of burns accumulated from trying to melt wax to make a denture = 3
Number of mid-semester tests to prepare for = 2
Number of weeks I have not been studying = 7
Number of cookies I accidentally burnt this evening = 20
Number of textbooks I finally got around to borrowing from the library = 3
Number of times I exercised last week = 0
Number of pieces of gauze needed to wipe up the blood from my patient's gums after scaling= 5
Number of contact hours in uni this week = 31
Monday, March 27, 2006
Evelyn Must...
1. Stop Procrastinating - apparently I procrastinated so much that my health insurance expired. Oops...2. Stop Avoiding Confrontation - If the thing has to be said, it's always better earlier than later. Always. No point shying away from the inevitable. What has to be done has to be done. Even if it's unpleasant. Nobody likes confrontations anyway.
3. Stop Losing Focus - The reason why I'm in Melbourne is to study. Everything else is insignificant.
Argh I'm so stressed! I can't believe how the little things in life can leave me in shreds.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Personality Tests
| Your Scholastic Strength Is Evaluating |
 You are great at looking at many details and putting them all together. You are talented at detecting subtle trends, accuracy, and managing change. You should major in: Statistics Speech Conflict studies Communication Finance Medicine |
Dentistry is sort of in the Medicine category right? I guess that means I'm in the right course. That's comforting I suppose.
| You Are Low Maintenance |
 Otherwise known as "too good to be true" You're one laid back chica - and men love that! Just remember that no good guy likes a dormat. So if you find your self going along to get along... Stop yourself and put up a little bit of a fight. |
Hah! I'm low maintanence!
| You've Been Bit By the Shopping Bug! |
 You're constantly adding to your wardrobe - and it shows However, you can show some restraint. You love good deals. Your love of the clearance rack has paid off... You probably have only maxed out card or two, if at all! |
I can show restraint! Whee!
| The Keys to Your Heart |
 You are attracted to those who are unbridled, untrammeled, and free. In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved. You'd like to your lover to think you are optimistic and happy. You would be forced to break up with someone who was emotional, moody, and difficult to please. Your ideal relationship is open. Both of you can talk about everything... no secrets. Your risk of cheating is zero. You care about society and morality. You would never break a commitment. You think of marriage as something precious. You'll treasure marriage and treat it as sacred. In this moment, you think of love as something you don't need. You just feel like flirting around and playing right now. |
This is so startlingly accurate it almost took my breath away.
Windfalls
I was reading my horoscope a couple of days ago and it told me that I was going to receive a windfall that day and that I should use the money wisely.Well, it really happened! Actually, I didn't receive just one windfall. I received two. One was from my parents who decided to transfer more money into my account, and another was from the bond of my previous apartment.
I usually read my horoscopes at the beginning of the month and nothing ever happens... either that or it's so vague that I don't even understand what they're talking about. There was once where the horoscope informed me that it was my astrological birthday and I should go out and celebrate. I mean...what?
Anyway, I've decided to change the skin of my blog. I actually think my previous one looks better but I figured that I should return to my childhood favourite color for a while.
Hopefully my horoscope informs me that Chanel will be on 90% sale next.
E is For Empty
I've recently been getting a heavier workload in uni and therefore have been clearing off my weekends so that I can rest properly so that I'll be energized and ready to go at 8am on Monday.Time to rest is a very odd thing. It gives you time to think. Which gives you time to wonder what are you even doing with the time you have. I suddenly felt that I didn't know what I was doing with me. Yeah, I'm becoming a dentist - is that all that I'm doing with my life? Should I dive into my textbooks and study feverishly to achieve what I'm meant to do - the main reason why I'm in Melbourne in the first place?
Time to rest sucks. I'm better off doing stuff until I'm dead tired without time to think or eat. I'll be a thinner and happier person.
Friday, March 24, 2006
E is for Evelyn
I recently bought a pendant in the shape of a capital E, for Evelyn. My friend saw it and started coming up with words that were associated with E. Here's a few of what many of my friends have come up with.E is for...
1. Easy. Fair enough. If there's an easier way to do something equally effectively and ethically, I'd definitely choose it.
2. Emotional. This is also true. I can't help it if even the smallest things can get me either extremely happy or extremely depressed. Then again, there are times when I can be indifferent too. I guess it depends on the situation. Hm...
3. Excitement. Sad but undeniable, half my time is spent searching for the next new thing that is going to stimulate me. The more I bake, the more it's starting to become more of a routine rather than something that keeps me occupied. Time to move on to greener pastures.
4. Elephant. That's what I'm going to be if I continue to eat half of everything I bake.
5. Extravagant. Ahem. No comment. *angelic face*
6. Evil. Yup, this won't be the first time I've been accused of being an evil person with dark sinister motives.
Evelyn is Exhausted.
Monday, March 20, 2006
Reconnected
I'm back.After not one, not two, not three but seven weeks of life without internet. It's amazing that I survived. Personally, the first 3 weeks were the hardest - I felt like a fish out of water. After that I just got numb to the fact that I couldn't talk to anybody when I was at home. As a result, I turned to other things to amuse myself, like:
1. Baking. Enough said.
2. Reading. Reading has always been one of my favourite hobbies but somehow ever since MSN came along instead of reading myself to sleep I chatted myself to sleep.
3. E-mailing. Yup, sad but true. I was reduced to sending emails and snailmails to communicate.
4. Talking on the phone. Even then, that was just initially because I was going crazy staying alone with no internet. It's like being cut off from civilization. Now I'm back to being anti-social i.e. refusing to pick up calls and living in my own world.
5. Watching TV. Watched more TV in the 7 weeks than what I usually do in 7 months.
I also realise that
1. Maybe sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.
2. Periodontal disease can look really nasty.
3. I'm a cold person if I choose to be. Realised that when I met a girl who had the exact same personality as me.
4. I'm gaining weight. Not unexpected considering baking is my hobby.
5. I really really hate doing laundry.
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Ramblings
I've been feeling really tired lately. I tried to sleep as much as possible during the weekend but all I managed to do was to feel even more tired when I woke up on Monday to begin another dreary week at uni. Yes, I'm back to my usual listless self instead of my temporary shopping-induced euphoric state over the last 4 weeks.My housemate suggested that maybe it's because I'm iron deficient...which might be the reason. Intending to fill up with red meat over the next couple of days and try to eat more vegetables. Thanks to my new-found baking hobby, my diet has been anything but healthy. Doesn't help that I'm generally too busy to think about what's healthy and what isn't anyway.
I have also been trying to reorganize my life - trying to prioritize what's important and what isn't. I'm back to the days where I just leave the house without bringing the my phone out because I have no desire to be contacted. Peace is on top of my wish list, as well as rest.
.....
I'm getting old.
Friday, March 10, 2006
Shortcut
Those who know me will know that if there is an easy way to do anything, I'd try my best to achieve my goals that way.I stay exactly one block away from uni now. However, the amount of walking I have to do is 2 blocks, because I live in the middle of the block...meaning I have to walk around the block to get to uni.
Until now.
I found a key to a door that lets me cut through the block instead of walking around it. It takes me exactly one minute to get to uni now.
Evelyn is ecstatic.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Revelations
I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. Alright, I haven't. It's more like suddenly I've been getting a lot of random insights into things that I've never thought of before.I Hate...
1. Blunt knives. Especially when I'm trying to slice tomatoes.
2. Badly Ventilated Lecture Theatres. Self-explanatory.
3. Shoes Indoors. I believe that carpets stay cleaner longer when shoes are not worn.
4. Missing Keys. I probably waste 5 minutes a day looking for misplaced keys.
5. Dropping Dental Instruments. Before the instrument even hits the floor I'm cursing myself for being so careless. Drop one instrument = get an entire new examination kit in clinic. Very wasteful in all aspects.
I Love...
1. Sunglasses. Particularly fanatical over several shapes and colors. Have decided to limit myself to one new one per semester to avoid going completely bankrupt. Sad news is that I've already used up my quota for this semester last weekend. *sob*
2. Baking. Yup, craze still not over yet. Wondering how long is it going to last. There's something about the satisfaction of seeing a cake come out of the oven perfect that keeps me going.
3. Long-haired daschunds. I was talking to a vet nurse who told me to give up my dream of getting a beagle because it would just drive me mad. The good news is that daschunds are not as destructive, stubborn or hyper. Yay!
4. Vanilla Flavoured Soy Milk. Just tried it today. I think I'm going to get addicted.
5. Laser Printers.
Friday, March 03, 2006
Burnisher
When I first started learning how to fill cavities with amalgam in dentistry, there were times when I got so frustrated because I couldn't get the amalgam where I wanted it to go to the point of tears. It was a low point in my life when I wondered if this was what I really wanted to do with my life - doing something I hated and wasn't good at.It's all good now that I have found my favourite dental tool - the burnisher. It was always in my toolbox but nobody told me that it would help me deal with filling cavities. Until today. Now that I have it, pre-clinical labs are less of a chore.
Besides that, an orthodontist came to give us a talk about braces and other dental related stuff. He also brought with him amazing before and after photos of people who have undergone orthodontic treatment. I realise that the more I go into this course, the more I'm liking it. So that's good.
Feeling very positive about life.
Dental Burnisher
Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Evelyn Is Stressed
So maybe I came back to Melbourne 3 weeks earlier because Dentistry starts 3 weeks earlier compared to almost every other course. I accepted that fact and it was all good. I thought that the first 3 weeks were reasonably hectic, but nothing that I couldn't handle. Although making dentures isn't the funnest thing to do in the world.Now that uni has started for real, I feel like I've bitten off more than I can chew. Probably because I am now addicted to baking. Which means that I have to work off the calories...meaning I have to go to the gym. So, besides studying (I have a 30 hour week by the way), I have to exercise, bake, study and try to have some sort of a social life.
My insomnia is back. Every night when I switch off the lights my mind starts racing at a frantic pace... what am I going to do tomorrow, what classes do I have, what do I have to pack into my bag, etc.
I think it's time to cut off a few things from my life.