Chest Examinations

Last week, I had CSU and we were to learn to perform chest examinations, for the cardiovascular system. I revised the day before, hoping it'll be enough and that the doctor teaching us would not demand we chuck our manuals aside.

FAT HOPE.

That was the first thing she told us; "Put aside you manuals.." I should've known... =_="

I don't know whether to count myself lucky or not; my SP was a decently cute fellow. :p He was an eyecandy and a distraction rolled into one. The former was good; I sincerely believe, and this ain't just justification, lol, that having eyecandies is vital to keep stress away. Hehe. The latter... well, being distracted in class is never good, right? *sigh*

Well, I got called up second to complete the examination. I was like, "not me not me not- shit." The doctor - I don't know her name, but she's was a nice, though kinda intimidating lady- told me to begin. That meant I had to inspect the chest. Hmm.

Let me set this straight:
1. I slept late the previous night. So I was kinda tired.
2. I woke up late; half an hour before my class when I was supposed to wake one and a half hour earlier. So I did not have breakfast yet.
3. The fellow was cute. :)

So if you add those factors together : Tired + Hungry + Cute SP = Almost Delirious Me.

Then you ask me to stare at the fellow's chest. =////=

My brain goes blank and initiates partial shutdown and you get a very blur, very panicked zombie, who is trying not to blush and figure out the correct answer :

Me : He has no scarrings..?

Doctor : No.. *shakes head and looks on expectingly*

Me : Er, he has no deformities...?

Doctor : Noooo... *looks at me desparingly*

Me : Er... *draws on a blank & looks to her very quiet friends* Help me!!

Everyone : *laughs*

Ugh. How was I to know she specifically wanted me to say, "He has no visible pulsations." ???
All my answers I gave her was in the manual and in Tally's!

Graaah. Even the Sp laughed! =_=" Seems like I've got lots to learn...

And I didn't touch the SP much, I mean, most of us didn't manage to actually perform the examination on the SP. All I touched was his apex beat with my finger. =_=" Didn't even use the steth.

I'm gonna havta snag a junior to be my SP slave soon. And he's got to at least have a decent bod- Hey, it's so I can hear and examine his heart better, okay? No ulterior motives!

;)

To Chilli's & Beyond!!

I went to Chilli's in Midvalley last Saturday. The last time I went there was when OJ last came to Kl and we all gathered... like a year ago from this recent Chilli's trip. And so we gathered again, for the bigshot (OJ) had deigned to grace us with his presence again. LOL. Expensive taste, this friend of mine... and a quite player too; SO BEWARE GIRLS! (lol)

So we had lunch there, and the guys had a delectable treat for the eyes too. XD There was a pretty girl -I think she was one of the managers or some rank higher than a waitress; we call her The Chilli's Chick- who had, well, the curves and The Dress To Pull It Off Together With A Distractingly Tied Scarf. LOL. You gotta give it to that gal; she KNOWS how to utilise a scarf well (I'm assuming she tied it around her waist on purpose). OJ was practically drooling- okay, okay maybe not drooling, but he looked like he wanted to- he was fixated on her. LOL. I though you said you were on a break, OJ! tsk tsk tsk... Everytime she passed out table, we would break out in laughter, considering how the guys' heads turned as if they were sunflowers and she the sun. I wonder if she knew what we were having a fit over or was even bothered. I bet she's used to it. :p Maybe Chilli's hired her to distract the customers from the figures on the bill or to ease the pain of the person footing it. XD Sneaky, Chilli's... sneaky...

Anyways, I was amazed by the food. Oho, the refills! The nacho's! I thought OJ was right when he said one could have lunch with just the nachos, as they're refillable... until Suisse ordered an appetizer -I forget the name- that was decribed as a type of 'egg-roll'. THA LIAARS. It was NOTHING like an egg-roll. It was more like cheese-stuffed mini buns which I promptly fell in love with. If Suisse wasn't the one who ordered it to share with everyone (see how nice she is?) and it was me, I'd fight tooth-and-nail and probably use the conveniently-placed knife and fork too, for every one of those babies. Yeah, it's THAT good. :D As it was, I only took one, and my wallet disagreed with me on ordering another. :( I have a very stingy and mean wallie. He bites. ):<

Well, for my real lunch (after stealing lotsa OJ's nachos and one of Suisse's 'egg-rolls'), I had the aptly named Swiss-cheese burger with mushrooms. I was torn between the Swiss-cheese and the Oldtimer burger; the latter was cheaper, and the former had MUSHROOMS. It had MUSHROOMS. Guess what decided me; and you only have one guess. LOL.

It. Was. Heaven.

Damndamndamndamndamndamndamn delish!

It was HUGE. It was YUMMY. And I was HUNGRY. And the rest, they say, is HISTORY. LOL.

It was really really good! Every cent of that RM22++ bill and the ensuing days of eating sandy-oatmeal biscuits was worth it and justified. I shall never be satisfied with Burger King's mushroom burger no more; it shall only serve as a painful reminder of what a REAL MUSHROOM BURGER SHOULD TASTE LIKE. ALL HAIL THE CHILLI'S VERSION.

But, as it is, I couldn't completely finish the burger. Well, at least I polished off all the meat and mushrooms... And even so, I was still felt full throughout that day and the next too. I felt no hunger pangs whatsoever. How cool is that? LOL. I plan to bring my family, of at least my sisters to a Chili's oulet someday; I'm positive it'll be a hit for them too. LOL. Then we can all be happy and bloated for the next day as well... :p

And maybe we'll get to see and giggle at The Chilli's Chick too. LOL.

Late nights and early mornings...

Something really funny happened to me over the weekend.

I slept late the night before, and set my alarm at 9am. The next morning, when my aunt, who has a knack for waking me up just before my alarm rings, woke me, I was mumbling, "Uh, uh, okay, I'm awake..." But in my head I was so groggy I was thinking, "fascicular block, fascicular block..." for several moments. =__="

(Fascicular block is a type of heart block and I'd researched and discussed it on friday in my PBL session...)

I think my PBLs are getting to me. =___="

I don't know whether I should laugh or cry. *sigh*

Broke

I am broke now.

I spent close to RM 300 today. TODAY. All on BOOKS. =)

Well, medical books ain't that cheap and that bloody Davidson's weighs a ton. I swear, I will develop muscles on my arm muscles just by carrying that mammoth book around. Thank God my copy is not hard covered. I also finally, finally, got a decent CSU-related book; Tally's, along with a neat book on embryology. I'll need that latter book if I'm EVER to understand that subject. HOW CAN SOMETHING SO SMALL BE SO DARN DIFFICULT???

Ehem. I did get two more books... 'The Way Of The Shadows' by Brent Weeks and at last, what I was pining for two whole months, Drizzt's 'Siege Of Darkness'. Swu-eet.

Now... to survive the month on milky oatmeal and oat biscuits that taste like sweetened packed sand... =__="

A Fine Frenzy

I have fallen in love with these two songs, sung by A Fine Frenzy.

Thank you, Alison Sudol.

They make my heart ache when I listen to them, but they're addictive. And the words really fit the mood in Twillight's second book; Newmoon.

Yes, yes I am taken over by the Twillight series. I went through all 4 books and the Midnight Sun draft in like, give or take, 2 weeks?

I was so addicted to it I must be crazy.

Anyhow, here's the lyrics to the said songs; they are, once again, unbearably, heartbrokenly beautiful.

~ Almost Lover ~

Your fingertips across my skin

The palm trees swaying in the wind

Images

You sang me Spanish lullabies

The sweetest sadness in your eyes

Clever trick

Well, I never want to see you unhappy

I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover

Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you

Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

Should've known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street

You took my hand and danced with me

Images

And when you left, you kissed my lips

You told me you would never, ever forget

These images

Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy

I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover

Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you

Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

Should've known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean

I cannot drive the streets at night

I cannot wake up in the morning

Without you on my mind

So you're gone and I'm haunted

And I bet you are just fine

Did I make it that

Easy to walk right in and out

Of my life? \

Goodbye, my almost lover

Goodbye, my hopeless dream

I'm trying not to think about you

Can't you just let me be?

So long, my luckless romance

My back is turned on you

Should've known you'd bring me heartache

Almost lovers always do

~ Near To You ~

He and I had something beautiful

But so dysfunctional, it couldn't last

I loved him so but I let him go

'Cause I knew he'd never love me back

Such pain as this

Shouldn't have to be experienced

I'm still reeling from the loss,

Still a little bit delirious

Near to you, I am healing

But it's taking so long

'Cause though he's gone

And you are wonderful

It's hard to move on

Yet, I'm better near to you.

You and I have something different

And I'm enjoying it cautiously

I'm battle scarred, I am working oh so hard

To get back to who I used to be

He's disappearing

Fading steadily

And I'm so close to being yours

Won't you stay with me?

Please

'Cause near to you, I am healing

But it's taking so long

'Cause though he's gone

And you are wonderful

It's hard to move on

Yet, I'm better near to you.
Yet, I'm better near to you

I only know that I am

Better where you are

I only know that I am

Better where you are

I only know that I belong

Where you are

Near to you, I am healing

But it's taking so long

Though he's gone

And you are wonderful

It's hard to move on

Near to you, I am healing

But it's taking so long

'Cause though he's gone

And you are wonderful

It's hard to move on

Yet, I'm better near to you.

Yet, I'm better near to you.

Sigh.

Pbl tomorrow, Pbl tomorrow...