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Friday, August 24, 2007

10:09 PM

Hey,
Ok, I discovered this beautiful voice earlier this week while walking through one of the bazaar in school. Her name is Olivia Ong. She's a Singaporean that went over to Japan on a singing contract. I'll put down the link to her most recent album - Fall in love with Olivia, released in July 2007. Do listen. Highly recommended. At least I like it:) Her voice is very soothing and comfortable. Think the music genre is Soft Jazz, correct me if I'm wrong. My favourites among the list are "Sometimes when we touch" and "All out of love" - the song that caught my attention in the bazaar. jo

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10:03 PM

hey dudes,
putting out some pic of the guys in temasek hall caught in action during orientation.. if u wondering y dun have our chairman pic.... u'll need to ask him urself. jo

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12:48 AM

Ok sorry for the late uploading of videos n pics for bangkok. hard to tell u what we did. basically shop, eat, sleep, and visit woohoo!! a lot of things happened in thailand. look at the videos n you will know.

In the room Scene 1

In the room Scene 2

Tz eating scorpion Part 1

Tz eating scorpion Part 2

Some photos!

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11:38 PM

Scene 1
Place: KS and SZ Room in Temasek Hall
Date: 21 Aug 2007
Time: 0001hr
Activity: Watching Bourne Identity

Cheering and birthday song coming from a distant room celebrating someone else birthday.

DO: "Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to MEEE, *with both thumbs pointing towards himself* happy birthday to meee!"

KS, JO, SZ : *JTS*

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12:07 PM

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11:31 AM

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12:45 AM

hmmm long time no entry for blog. so i shall paste what i typed for my class blog here. haha.

hey everyone,

i am now at NUH psychiatric. Age ranges from 12-70++. Mosty female but generally quite high functioning. Haha but some of them when they just come in it is quite happening.

Example 1: suddenly started crying when singing a song during karaoke and asked them not to sing anymore.

Example 2: keep holding on to the chain and scared that people steal them. when nurses offered to safe keep for her, she pass the chain and kept the pendant. so when the nurses asked what about the pendant? she say pendant she must keep, she will swallow it down.

Example 3: kenna restrain liao still can strip herself naked.

Example 4: i saw an epliepsy case

Example 5: i just treated a hyperventilation case yest. lol. cos the bell was pressed but only 1 nurse was there so i went in to help too. but this is the most serious hyperventilation that i have even treated.

and many many many more...

but when i listen to them share about their life stories, actually what they are facing are pretty much the same as us. (of cos some will have more devastating history) but alot of them are facing school related stress(like the person who hyperventilated, she is from NYP), some are similiar age to us & just graduated from uni --> faces stress from not being able to find a auitable job etc etc. many have a common theme. which is everyone is too busy meeting expectations in this fast paced society to have time to stop and think whether these expecation of others or themselves are realistic.

some learning points for myself:

1) in every interpersonal relationship,both parties contribute to it 50%. Since we can't change others directly, change yourself 1st. take responsibility for your feelings and thoughts and don't blame it on others all the time.

2) you feel lonely when you feel that you do not have close relationships, not when you are alone. cherish people around you and make it a pt to share whatever troubles you have with at least 1 person. many pt fall into the pit because they feel that they are alone in it. when i ask one of the pt why she is here (depressed), she say "i also donoe. i din meet any extreme stress. just that i am used to keeping things to myself and i don express myself well. then i just become lidat." ohoh...

3) in spore, it is almost like a sin to enjoy urself. but many pt fall becos they, like us feel that we should not allocate time for leisure becos we can't even finish the work. well, work can never be finished. if you think about it, now we only allow ourselves to have break when we have the so called breaks in sch. but when we work the next time, there isnt much breaks anymore. are we gg to wait for the 11 public hols to relax ourselves? make it a pt to have leisure now and then. it is gd for stress management! haha.

ok that's it folks! hope to hear from others soon.

bixia

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