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In short, 2005 was just any other year, except this year i became a senior in imu, i had some wonderful achievements, yet it was filled with its ups and downs just like any others.
2005 started off quite well, as far as my memory could bring me back. i ushered in the new year in a totally different way this year. no more 'ive no plans' then finally heading down to BB anyway at 6pm. had a bbq party at von's house, drank red wine then drove home at almost 1. super early. My life in imu was finally picking up. i remember i moving into vista perhaps sometime december 2004. and me and my housemates, we bonded quite quickly. they were all super nice people. :) And can you believe it, that when 2005 began, i was still in Semester 1. But by the time it ended, I was finishing Semester 3. this is soo fast.

january.
i had my EOS(end-of-semester1) exams..and i passed!! Few days after exams ended, we had a house party at our vista apartment. it was very happening. we had great food, great people.. so many people actually turned up. and the place became so crowded, i almost got lost in my own apartment. but it was pretty cool. but by the end of the party, we were all dead tired. Still, we did our housemates' christmas present exchanging after all our guests left. (postponed due to stupid EOS). Then it was holiday!!! after that.. i guess i spent the rest of the mont shopping shopping and, more shopping!

february.
CNY came, and went. Nothing special happened, except my aunt and cousins from singapore actually came back this year.. they hadn't been back for cny for a good few years. I spent my valentines day alone, at home, watching 2 movies - 'Bridget Jones' Diary' and 'Raising Helen'.. and hoping next year it will be different that i wouldnt be stuck at home... hahah

march.
On holiday...cant remember when semester 2 commenced.. so i spent the holiday shopping. became a busybody at the new orientation.. (or was that end of feb?) anyways. about the only thing i could remember of this month, was that i went to genting highlands with a bunch of imu friends some few days before Semester 2 finally started. And don't laugh... but this is the first time i went to the genting theme park, after like, almost ten years?

april.
IMU BALL!! highlight of the month.. all the months we spent searching for a dress, all the weeks we spent attempting to go on a diet... for this one crazy night! Everyone was so handsome and pretty, everyone was dressed their best. And we took an awful lot of pictures!! We all felt like celebrities! At least i did. just imagine the number of cameras snapping pics at each single shot. We practically spent more than half the time taking pictures than we did eating. And the food wasn't filling at all. But who cares, rite? It's the moments we want to remember being captured in still more than the food we paid for. Haha. I had no date, unless u consider it that both lay in and i we sort of 'dated' each other. for fun. but like i say, it was fun. we got stopped by a police road block on the way back to vista. hahaha... they probably thought we went clubbing or sth.. even searched the car boot. and the funniest part of it all? hau chun was the only guy in that car... no wonder they wana stop us.

may.
A surprise visit from my uncle and his wife all the way from Boston, USA. My gawd, they just happen to come and ring the doorbell, without even calling. Without us even knowing that they came back. Yes. They just rang the bell. And when my mom opened the door she got stunned for a moment. Almost couldn't recognise her brother.. maybe? haha. Then we had a few family dinners...
Also had my first hospital visit. To Seremban hospital for Nursing Week. Taking blood pressures, temperature, pulse rates and respiratory rate, learn bed making. Basically it's a few days thing to get a taste of what the nurses job is like.
IMU life is still fun as it is.... with my bunch of happy-happy girlfrens. my lovelife is still nonexistent, while everyone around is getting attached one by one. thank god that lay in's bf is not in imu.. or i'd be left alone again.

june.
Finally started my first system course - cardiovascular system. We were still playing a fool... but system course is so much different. Not to mention our timetable was so horrible cos we got the 4.30-6.45pm lecture slot! I remember one of the funniest incidents that happened was a Friday when we decided to catch "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" in between PBL one morning and lecture in the evening. We ended up being late for ECG(electrocardiogram) lecture (supposed to be very important!) and blaming it all on bad traffic. CVS lasted four weeks.. so by early july, i had a tough exam to expect.........

july.
i love this month...
Yes, i sat for an exam, that i never felt worst about. it was HORRIBLE. could it be the fact that i didn't study enough? that my mind was too far away thinking about my family having fun in italy while i'm stranded, still struggling for a one-day paper? that my heart was beating too fast, excited over the fact that i'm flying to uk day right after my CVS exam? is it plainly that that paper itself was tough?fullstop? or.. it could be a mixture of all. i must admit my mind was straying. plus having to care about irene while studying... is not an easy task. luckily, i still managed to pass the exam.
UK!!!! Bristol, Bath and London. Yup, three places that i've been to when i was there. Went for my elder sis' graduation. Been to places... first time on a plane ride, alone. I slept in the coach from heathrow to bristol... this funny black guy with a guitar woke me up when we reached bristol... he even helped me took my luggagge out (it was soo heavy and deep inside and i was still half asleep k). both my sisters came out to meet me and took me back to rodney village.. where they were staying. i'll never forget my week spent there........ and i miss the place so much. tho the sky starts getting dark by 5 plus,, and sun rises too early.. that i kept waking up at 4am with the sky of 8am... tho i miss sitting in the car... tho it's so sunny there (seems worse than malaysia, perhaps cos i always stay indoors).. tho i get muscle aches from walking so much uphill and downhill.. i loooooooovvvvvveeeeeeeee the plaaaaaceeeeeeeeee.. i missssssssss it allllll. i die to go back to bristol again and walk around. london was fun too, and to think of the fact that i travelled the tube in between two weeks when the bombing attack occured. i felt so proud. i'm sitll keeping the ticket. hahah. but the air in london was quite unfresh. what can i expect? i remember the morning we reached london and reached the area where our B&B(bed&bfast) were, it smelt of garbage. ouchh. i ate nando's three times in one week that i was there.. i dont even eat nando three times in one year when i'm back here!
then one week after i came bac from uk, i went to kkb for hospital posting.. dreaded it at first, but by the time i got there... i was having so much fun playing mafia, the fact that i witnessed a gorgeous sunset. that i could see stars in the sky at night, that the air is so cooling and refreshing in the dead of the night. that's what makes this place so different from city life. The only thing i missed .. was my aircon! We had a weekend getaway... to Taiping (stayed over at lay in's house) and then to Penang the next morning (stayed at darren's apartment!). And the most exciting part was that it was a last minute decision, and we departed right after dinner on friday itself. darren's bday on sunday and we gave him a surprise cake... and celebrated it with kayu nasi kandar. haha..
i learnt alot from this kkb outing - of course talking to patients and history taking and physical exams and study-related aside, i learnt mafia, chor dai dee and 21 points! and i got closer to more people that i wouldn't have in imu alone. this includes darren, chern wuay .. and close, but even closer ..lay in, my roommate!
woaa.. i still have 5 more months to go..

august.
august was time for birthday parties and more parties. christine's 21st. and cindy's 20th party. time for shopping. spending money. and finishing up my electives.. i had labs and such. also went out a good few times with sarah, before she leaves back for russia.
end of august officially marks me a semester 3 student.. 2nd year medical student! *poses*. haha.. respiratory system started. and it was ultimate joy cos darren, lay in and i were in the same pbl group! haha.. together with waimeng,aaron,my pbl grp has all the fun fun people!:D

september.
M205 orientation! I was vice sec. Being in the committee made it alot funner cos people have to come hunting you and begging you to give them signatures, and you're allowed to ask them to get things done for just you. But i decided to be the nice girl.. i had juniors singing songs dedicated to me all the way from 3rd floor, and sometimes i even gave my signature away for free... i just asked of them to remember my name during treasure hunt. It was all good. and after bbq night ended on saturday, we even went to mamak with some juniors ... and crapped all the way, exchanging lame jokes!
Went out with highschool mates, VIKKI CAME BACK and went out with her too... After ice breaker's day we went out and ate crab at SS2. had cheerleading practices.. numerous. celebrated dad's bday by eating at korean fusion (starhill). korean bbq.. yummy, but costly. went to zouk for the first time, but wasn't for clubbing..
Towards end of september, i got closer to ze. i have not thought about him for 9 months already. so tell me why is it all coming back. and it so isn't right? when he says he misses me i took it the friendly way. when i ever said i miss him last time, he tells me he doesnt miss me. haha, and he's finally said he miss me? and why did it mattered when i didn't reply his smses. i just shouldnt think so much....

october
Cheerleading competition, marking the end of IMU Cup! I told ze i was scared! But by being scared, i meant i was afraid i'd do something wrong.. or forget some steps. haha. or perhaps more of scared because i was amazingly calm.We ended up getting 3rd place for cheerleading... and m204(my batch) being the overall champion! That night i screamed and cheered so much .. and by the end of the closing ceremony, almost the whole cheerleading team plus a few others we went mamak. actually it was a bigger group but some went to other mamaks. and we joined so many tables in one row that we ended up talking in small groups, anyway. it always happen.
I got my first bday card of the year on oct28! haha.. one week early.. and it was from boonshing, my alevel classmate.

november
I had fun on my 20th birthday!! I got numerous messages and calls. not to mention quite alot of cards too! thanks people.. u know who u are:) quarter to 12, ze already called, he said he wanna book the line. haha.. emma called at 12, but i called her back later on cos i was still on the line. some even quite unexpected, like that call from ron, There were 6 of us- me,nic,king,emma,yokesin,and kelv. We watched 'Just Like Heaven' at 1u, then dinner at Mange-Tout and finally after dinner went to Luna Bar. It was very grand and i enjoyed the company, but i was missing someone. it was very fun, except the part where i puked... 5 times! i never wana drink black label again.. ptui ptui. Ended up sleeping around 3+ or 4. then the next morning forced myself up at 7... and went to uni because i had PBL early morning and it was PBL2 .. so had a presentation. i still felt so nauseous.. and managed to catch a little sleep in the library after that! With the puffiness in my eye and all... lay in brought me down to food ave, and my uni frens all surprised me with a cake... and FLOWERS!!! They were all so sweet ... i was lost for words and i could feel my face going red. haha... i was really really touched.

december.
finally end of the year.
GI exam sucked even worse than CVS. I came out feeling like i really totally flunked the exam. Not to mention that my mood was fluctuating worse than tidal wave towards end of november. perhaps it's just me thinking too much. Not that december was any better. December was a month of storm.
We had a girls outing to celebrate Post GI. Again, we failed to watch a movie. But we ended up taking pics and had girls talk at Coffee Bean.. my favourite hangout i missed so much. But end of GI only meant partial freedom.. next comes the ultimate .. EOS3!( end-of-semester3 examination) the BIG ONE. Yes, And only one month break. one pathetic month... I allowed myself a weekend off.
He was gona come back... but didnt wana tell me when exactly. so i was anticipating... anticipating...
but i had to spend christmas weekend away.. in penang when he finally came back. i studied in the hotel... overlooking the sea. it was breathtaking... and it was the part i loved most about the trip. i missed him though. but my mind was so messed up. i wonder how i ever pulled through studying in such a state of mind. i seriously congratulate myself... the way im putting this is a much simplified version of all the whirl of thoughts and emotions i had went through.
On 31st, i ended up in BB. after a break from last year. Met up with adrian, jen, wenjie and rest.. walked around abit with them.. and dined with them in swensen's. But i left early... didn't wait for the countdown. There was something about my mood. and the transport i had to go with. i wanted to go back home to study, and at the same time, i didn't want to go back home. i wanted to go somewhere quiet.. but where? it's 31st, for heaven's sake.. and i have no car to drive home.
The most beautiful thing i remembered about the last day of the new year? Was standing outside Soda, then it struck 12, and they were putting fireworks just from the street in front. So all the fireworks came down as though falling right down onto me.. second time standing right beneath fireworks. Just this time i was much much longer... and more beautiful.. felt just like heaven :) If 31st doesn't end until i go back home to sleep, then it had been wonderful too. at last when i finally got to see him. i finally found a smile.

Phew! What a year! 2006 at last!!!
January06
Jan took on a much better turn. Although the first two days were horrible. As i said, it's truly a miracle that i managed to scramble through my finals and come out of it unscathed! i partied so much, shopped every few days, watched more movies than i did in half a year, went clubbing twice all in the one month before my finals, i felt so proud of myself....... and thanks so much dear for standing by.. <3. i hope this year will be a happy year!
Jan is a month for even more birthdays and birthday parties. kelv,reika,liyeen, yuinhun, evie and anu's birthday. fun tho, kelv's bday with redbox+sushi+poppy. reika's at her mansion! li's.. i was too busy to celebrate, sorry girl. yuinhun's at her hse and meeting up highschool mates. and evie's at greenlotus+lunabar! plus catching up with all the frens i didn't meet during my whole one month. haha... i'm so poor this month. but thank god for cny!
the only resolution i made this year had already been fulfilled .. which was to ... do well in my EOS! i did it. ;D