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It is late and i should definitely definitely be putting all my brain juice into studying but I've just decided to neglect that logical side of my mind and come here to write up something. Well, its not like blogging takes up a large chunk of my time, I usually just write down whatever pops up. Yeah, I'm not very internet safe am I hahahaha - its okay, people I am with are :3 

Anyhow, I'm just here to keep sane from all the supposed "studying"/ cramming I've been doing. Instead of being on mid-semester holidays like most of the university students out there, the few of us (i.e. my uni friends and I) have our end of semester exams. Why you ask? Simply because we'll be going on clinical placement for seven weeks soon so, pretty much had our mid-semester assessments along with our end of semester examinations. 

So, well at least once this painful period is over, I shall be somewhat free. I'd like to think that whilst everyone will be on exams, I'll be uh hopefully helping with the diagnosis of patients by performing a couple of x-rays on placement :3 

Hmm, this is probably pretty random, but the last few days I have no idea why but I think 18 years of uh 'female hormones' seemed to decide it was the prime time to catch up on me. I felt supremely emotional and down - couldn't even pinpoint a exact specific or legitimate reason. All I did was wake up feeling neutral and then one little thing or thought would trigger the onset of this hopeless sad feeling. This sounds so absolutely ridiculous and had I not experienced it first hand, I would probably just pass it off as excuses. But dayum, I now realise it is no simple exaggeration of the tortures we females have to go through - WHY. 

I'd like to wish it wouldn't happen again - lets keep my fingers crossed shall I? Anyhow, across the years, I do believe I've gained a certain amount of insight or experience; its nice to look back and see I've changed (well, there are good and bad aspects to that) but overall interesting. Yeah, just a random contemplative thought. I think I'm the kind of person who just can't hold in many strong opinions or emotions without expressing them, well goodbye to that mysterious and classy persona I always wanted. 

Well, back to studying it is... despite the fact that I always feel like I can't do this, I can. Thank you to myself for always pulling through, somehow. 

Positive fact of the day: 2 exams down, 2 to go! 
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I have no walls up anymore. I hate the way I feel; so often and so easily. 
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I've been making a conscious effort these past few days to try and be more positive with myself - and whether its by coincidence or whatever, I seem to be having 'better' days. Instead of dreading commitments and deciding that it will not be enjoyable, I tell myself that I'll get through it and there is no reason it has to be as bad as I think. 

Of course, I don't always 100% convince myself but the day does seem more pleasant which in turn has left me in a much better and more motivated mood. I want to become strong - emotionally, to be a pillar for someone else :3 I've got this, just got to keep going. Self confidence. 

I made myself a healthy afternoon tea/lunch: bread with vegetable relish, cucumber and a bit of cheese spread + green tea & scrambled eggs (asian style without milk or cream). 
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I've just finished by statistics exam and just sitting here alone at home wondering what I should be doing with my life since I unusually have a free day ahead of me. I can feel so exhausted and sick of being busy, yet once I have nothing in my schedule, I'm left moping around feeling like I have no purpose in life. I am such a strange person. Well, figured I might as well write up a blog post while I am at it. What have I been up to? Well you can guess... eating: 
I've been alternating between extremely fatty food and relatively healthy food. I met up with jenwen the other day at The three monkeys just for a little chat. We actually sat there for so long, it feels like even though we sometimes meet up for more than just a few hours, we can occupy the whole entire time with just talking. 
I came home and for some reason was feeling really really hungry, so I went ahead and made myself an early dinner :3 Relatively healthy is it not? Well, may as well warn you guys, if you're reading, the next few pictures below are food pictures sooooo, I do apologise in advance. What to blog about if not food? My mum was nice enough to supervise me whilst I was practicing driving the other day - we drove all the way to the gold coast and back. It was actually pretty exhausting, but the extra two hours in my logbook are worth it. 
We were meant to have high tea some place, but didn't plan in advance so we had no idea where to go; that and we were running short on time so we headed to the closest place we saw: Hog's breath cafe. It was my first time there and I was quite excited but I think the food was just average, nothing special? Well, it tasted nice-ish I suppose, as cafe food should. 
Thank you tam for the belated present. The girl wrapped a pair of shorts in three layers: crepe paper, gift box and wrapping paper. Yes, very fancy very fancy :3 Much love much love. 
I went to the Chocolate Pavilion with Vincent that day as well. I haven't really tried many desserts from there since I'm not really a chocolate person but ended up getting some tea. I like the atmosphere though, its quite pretty inside and there isn't TOO much people :3 
 I feel like I'm really just craving time with my friends and others, there seems to be so much to catch up on - in terms of what is going on in each others lives. We CAN allocate out some time, but I guess I'm just not a big fan of change. I dislike that every time I'm not able to see someone for a while, I discover we've progressed further into separate lives. I'm always unsure if I should be happy with the way things have evolved and developed, because at the same time, the past is getting further away. What a strange thought indeed. Anyway, enough with that thought. 
The other day, it was Joon's 20th birthday so we dragged him to the city after our class and we went for karaoke, lunch was Japanese cheesecake. Following with a tradition we started last year, we stuck candles into his hair again. 
The rest of the day consisted of pool, dinner and a movie. Intense spending spree indeed. We should have been studying for our statistics exam but ya know ; social life calls HAHAHA. I think we're actually so lucky our course isn't too demanding in terms of academic commitment. Up until two days before the exam, I still ended up spending some time with much needed company. I went to have lunch with Jennifer and vincent wen last friday at The burrow. 
 Always end up feeling super super full after having the burger there but its okay, I made up for the unhealthy lunch by having a dinner consisting of almonds, wasabi peas and green tea. That sounds so hardcore. In reality... I was just feeling slightly queasy from having so much oily food. 
Some happy days mixed with some mundane days, I wish I could spend the rest of my life just hanging out and having fun. I suppose if everyday was exciting, I wouldn't enjoy or treasure it nearly half as much but anyway. I've been putting to use the teapot I got from daniel and yee sum as a birthday present :3 
Am really loving the tea Janice got me. Looking at this tea set makes my life feel complete HAHAHA. Boy, I think life has been driving me insane lately, in a partially good way. Even the way I'm blogging seems to sound weird. Bear in mind all this was during study period. Oh, and thank you for coming out to study with me the other day :3 
The surprisingly (overpriced) tasty chicken and walnut salad I had at the state library cafe. Twas worth it in the end. I'm starting to realise that if I actually concentrated hard studying for a shorter amount of time - it is much better as opposed to be half distracted and spending a much longer time. Yesterday I finished my exam - it went okay I suppose, my friends were actually studious enough to suggest we attend a lecture after our exam. Except, we went all the way to the QUT gardens point campus to go to class and like five minutes away, our resolve crumbled and we went to pig out instead. I love this spontaneity. 
 Vincent and I went to Harajuku Gyoza for lunch in celebration of me finishing my exam. The menu was a tad on the pricey side, I'll be honest but happy now that I've tried it out since I've always been curious. 
Finished the day off with a relaxing afternoon at new farm park.. and then some dinner. We were fat enough to order two servings of Xiao long bao, one plate of pan fried pork buns, a plate of fried rice and a glass of soybean milk from New Shanghai. 

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I apologise for the lack of posts - it is in part due to my laziness but also due to the fact that a couple of academic commitments have cropped up. Haha okay, I'm pretty sure all of you have better things to do in life than check the somewhat self-degrading ramblings of a nineteen year old girl but anyhow. 

Sometimes, I ask myself why I keep this blog going and I still reach the conclusion that I keep it for the memories , for documenting my thoughts and everyday life. We change a bit by bit, every single day without realising sometimes and it is just really interesting to be able to scroll back to see how things used to be. I guess I'm too much of a sentimental person. 

Until I finish my exam on monday, I probably won't be putting up picture posts or anything. Just wanted to stop by and write something - I feel like I haven't written anything with proper 'content' in ages. Mainly just a sort of commentary or caption, which makes me feel like my entries aren't even fit for a 'blog'. 

I want to touch upon a very important aspect in life: self-esteem. Yes, a really random topic but as I grow older, I begin to realise that self-esteem really is crucial as it has such an impact on who you are, what you are willing to chase after and how you perceive your own worth. I've always scoffed at people talking about how going around facing life with confidence is important. I always thought, if one lulled themselves into a false sense of confidence and security, then they would become complacent and lazy. I think it's actually the opposite, by being too critical of yourself sometimes, you lose that motivation and belief in yourself to go on. You accept lesser opportunities, aiming lower and lower because of what you perceive to be failures - at least it's like that on my part anyway.   

I've begun to realise that the way I perceive myself is quite unhealthy because it ends up impacting others. I feel insecure and self conscious so easily , I have this constant fear at the back of my mind that people will judge me or dislike me if I were to do one little thing. I also constantly feel like people are always watching or judging what I do, which makes me unable to full relax in public situations, it's just so strange. I want to be able to live in the moment without reservations or considerations. I want to be a strength to other people, instead of a burden ; someone always in need of encouragement and flattery in order to temporarily feel a sense of self-worth.  

Actually, I think a lot of my negative emotions tend to stem from low self-esteem. It sounds stupid, diagnosing myself like this but there have been people around me who have commented on it as well I suppose. Easily jealous or doubting of a person's affection for me, the fear that failing to portray anything but a 'perfect image' will garner hate, the sensitivity to criticism - these are all things I experience on a regular basis, not even just when I'm at a ultimate low. So, I want to teach myself that there is nothing wrong with recognising one's own strengths and good points, embracing what you cannot change. Yes, it sounds amazingly cliche and I sound like some old lady lecturing everyone on the importance of self esteem but I think, I'm just in a contemplative mood that is all. 

Anyhow, I cannot stress enough how so immensely I am grateful to have made the friends I've made and to have met the people I've met. Thank you, for always constantly providing encouragement and for seeing good things in me :3 Thank you, for always being patient with me, even when sometimes I give off nothing but a vibe of pessimism, as if I am in desperate need of nurturing. 

However, it makes me really happy everyday knowing that people are able to also trust me with their problems as well and that I may be of support and use to them as well. 


Wow... okay so I ended up writing more than i thought. All those jumbled up random contemplations have been dumped here, I apologise if I sound condescending :P I think ok, i don't know what I think. It is time I went off to bed, all that statistic study I've been doing the past 2-3 days must be driving me insane. (jokes, what study). 

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