Good old exam spirit

This is..
The season of joy and sorrow..
The season of love and hatred..

What else can it be??



EXAM!!!

Joy as we welcome the holiday after this long exhausting semester;
Sorrow as we let our poor brain work OT non stop for weeks;
Love as we start to appreciate the beauty of friendship;

Hatred as we start to curse our lecturers and everyone related to exam.


During student life, you can never run from exam..
It is somehow part of student life, like it or not..
Ever since i arrive at UNSW, this is the first time i am taking an official university exam.. Excited.. Thrill.. Motivated.. and not to mention.. TIRED!

Why..
Look at this picture.. The red line is the path i need to walk to get to my exam venue..


I can assure you, the journey is even worse when you have those idiotic flies that send high frequency buzz into your ear non stop.. Phew, imagine a 45 minutes walk before you even sit for your exam. What a wonderful plan by UNSW to keep student healthy and fit..

Now, back to exam..

This is probably the most exciting exam that i ever had in my life.. The questions for the exam was given to us 2 weeks ago, as promise by our lecturer.. We prepared the answer beforehand and during the exam, all we need to do is to bring the "prepared answer sheet" into the exam hall. It is open book test btw..

Being a caution fella, i thought the lecturer might plan to surprise us by tweaking the question.. But i could not imagine that the questions are totally the same.. SAME!!! I was like... OMG!! And the rest is history..

I spent 2 hours busy copying the answer, that's all. But if you ask me am i confident that i can score full mark for this exam, i definitely will say no. Law questions are full of bull shit and it is up to the lecturer to decide. Not to mention as engineering student, there is no formulae in answering law questions.

Nevertheless, this had been a damn good experience.

Right now, i can see High Distinction flying to me.. *dreaming again*

Ah well, at least my good old exam spirit is back. Otherwise i will spend all my time playing crimsonland, watching movies or chatting..


I can feel the FIRE within me!

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Btw, there will be a newborn baby boy in my place.. wohoo.. the dad is so happy! congrats to him!

I'm back, ALIVE!

Some people might have noticed my recent disappearance from the world of internet,
or rather i have completely been away from internet for more than a week.

WHY??

None other than the lovely disease that actually taken down my left lung
>>> Pneumothorax



This is actually what had happened to my left lung. The tear in the lung caused air to accumulate in the pleural cavity and pressurised the lung to the extend that it cannot inflat.

Gah, and the worse part of this is:

" It most commonly arises spontaneously (most commonly in tall slim young males.. )"
- wiki

I know wiki is not a good place for referencing, but who cares. This is not uni assignment anyway. Well, it seems a bit biased for it to happen in tall and slim young males, so guys out there, beware! It could be your turn anytime...

So there i am, having a falsely diagnosed asthma for a month period which deteriorate progressively. Finally, it freaked out my GP and he sent me for chest X-ray. On the second day after the X-ray, i have been asked to do something rather amusing.

Below is our conversation:
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The nurse at the counter said, " Mr Chew, there is some problem in your X-ray. I would like you to take this X-ray, walk over the street, admit yourself into Prince of Wales Hospital under emergency."

I said, " Err, i got class to attend later. Can i admit on Friday instead?"

The nurse said, "No, admit immediately!"
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From that point onwards, i was speechless, or rather sensed something is really wrong with me. So i did the coolest thing in my life, admit myself to the emergency department, no knowing how serious my case is. In fact, at the moment of admittance, my left lung has completely collapsed. Gosh, how wonderful is it to know that one lung is more than enough for our body.

Long story short, there i am, lying in the emergency department. Final year medical students start playing around with my body. Then doc came, looked at my vitals, not bad, then gone again. When i thought the registrar (docs under specialist) was gonna operate on me, things turn out to be opposite. I am gonna be operated by some final year medical student. Shit! I am not even on general anaesthesia, only local anaesthesia, so i was awake all the time surrounded by tons of medical student. But the thing i cannot forgive is the med student which cuts me open dunno how to stitch my wound, and the registrar needs to teach her on the spot. Fuck, i nearly blacked out.

With the chest drain inside me, my movement was much immobilised. Then i was sent to the respiratory ward. Not bad, lots of pretty nurse, friendly also. I pray that the tear on my lung will heal on its own but i was always the unlucky one. Things doesnt turn out right and i have to undergo a surgery to close up the leakage in my lung. Surgery postponed from Friday to Monday, then Monday to Tuesday morning. Everything is about $$$. If you can show that you can afford this '$$$', good!

After surgery, as usual the pain is back. But the good thing is i am on morphine. Wahaha, i am a drug addict. So i have my own switch to control the morphine dosage into my vein. Cool eh. But in turn, i feel drowsy all the time, not to mention the nausea feeling. However, i was moved to the cardiothoracic ward. Lousy ward, less girls, got male nurse instead =.= But the chemist is super pretty lol.

Then bla bla bla, after two days they removed the morphine. A day later the chest drain was removed too and i am free to roam around. But with the pain, i guess i should stay on bed. Friends came, mum's friends came. Then times up, say bye bye. Finally i was able to discharge on the saturday. I couldn't wait to go home, but no flying for me for 3 months period. Now i am still contemplating whether should i defer my semester because apparently it take weeks for me to heal.

Otherwise, i am fine now. Just feeling a bit tired, weak. But the worst part is the pain in the chest on and off. It's like everytime when you take a deep breath, you hurt yourself. So if you ask me whether have i enjoyed my Sydney trip, my answer would be:

" I have done the coolest thing in my life and i never felt better!"

p/s: Sorry some pics are taken in hospital, but i forget where i place my card reader. Ops!

The Perfect Stranger

'Time flies...'
'In a blink of an eye...'

It surprised me when I realised that today is actually the first day of my class. Whoa.. this is the 12th day of my stay in Sydney since I touched down from the *blood sucking dracula* MAS aeroplane on the 17th of July.



I know I owe most of you guys an apology. I have been completely out of reach from my friends, due to limited internet access and stuff. Well, dun blame Sydney. There are wireless access everywhere. But my mind somehow will perform the currency conversion ( $AUD to MYR) whenever i looked at the price.

And for those who are not informed bout this, i was the lucky person to be awarded the Golden Jubilee Scholarship, covering my two years tuition fee in University of New South Wales (UNSW).

So, here i am.

First of all, allow me to present you my humble room. Well, it's kind of messy and my things are piling everywhere. For those who know me, i guess being organised doesn't suit me after all. Baa.. who cares as long as i tidy my room weekly or whenever a pretty girl visits.

My computer table and study table. Since this is my first week, not much of studying for me. Anyway it's winter now, i feel like hibernating all the time.
Note: the table lamp is on 24/7 acting as my heater wahahaha!



My pile of mess. Bags, fruits (still same old apple and banana), dirty clothings, dustbin and two drawers. Trust me, you would not want to know what is in the drawer.

This is my all time favourite!
My two single bed > king size bed.
I have all the freedom to laze around, rolling all over the place.
And a perfect place to *ahem* since it can accommodate more than 1 person.

Well, i am paying $250 per week. The rent includes utility bills and meals (breakfast and dinner) from monday to friday. I have been saying this all the time, IT IS PRICEY!
Internet comes at $7.50 per week. And guess what, heater will be provided at additional cost of $10 per week. I rather wear 3 layers of clothes than paying the extra money for the god-damn-i-miss-u heater.

Next on, my uni.

I am now doing Mechatronics Engineering. It is placed under the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering. I guess I had to say bye bye to the electronics stuff. I am enrolled into year 2 session 2 and expect to graduate in 3 years time ( The two and half year thingy is for the old syllabus, now we are in the new syllabus).

Some photos taken in UNSW. I apologise for the lack of photo. My camera has been with my parents until last Saturday. I will make up for it in the next post.


I like this photo, especially with the clock tower and the green lawn.

The building with the UNSW sign is the library. We are standing in the library lawn i think. I still suck at recognising places.

By the way, met me introduce to you Jonathan and Claire. Jonathan is Singaporean studying Electrical Engineering, undergrad. Single and still available. Claire is Malaysian taking up postgraduate course (Master in Telecommunication i think). Hmm, not sure available or not, forgot to ask. Please remind me next time.

And umm, that's all for my uni. The orientation week was fun, especially the part where we get free food. Got to know some friends from Penang Inti and met another two Golden Jubilee Scholars. I seem to be the worst fella having enroling problem.

Now, let us enjoy ourselves in the city.

Well, Sydney has pretty nice weather, except the fact that i do not enjoy winter at all. It is so COLD. It seldom rains here, but you better pray that it does not rain. Everytime when it rains, i have to put on my glove and hide myself in the bed. Basically, i am hibernating.

Apart from that, Sydney is a nice place to walk about. The fresh air and cold breeze is something you cannot enjoy in KL. You can walk miles here not feeling tired at all, partly due to the cool weather and of course the money factor again! So far, i have only been to Circular Quay, Darling Harbour, Fish Market and Star City.


Circular Quay is where the Sydney Opera House is. I would say it is a nice plan. It has magnificent sea view and the Harbour Bridge looks fantastic.


This is the Harbour Bridge that i was mentioning. Can you see the arch of the bridge? Well, you can pay $189 to climb it, or $220 during peak season for adults. I would say it is definitely worth paying, especially you get to enjoy it with your gf during sunset/dawn/night.

No, this picture is taken in Australia. But it is nice. Again, you have to pay to enter the garden. So i end up taking photos from outside haha.


Bla Bla Bla.. Photo taken somewhere in Darling Harbour.

Say Hi to Jesus LOL. Pretty creative work huh?

This church is beautifully lit during the night. Somehow, it reminds me of the 1980s castle-like building where the king and queen stays. As for this, Jesus is the one inside. You can try moving the buddha statue in, but umm.. prepare to face the consequences haha.

And lastly you can have a look at this..


Oh yea, before i forget, my new name is Jayson. According to Jonathan, it somehows rhymes with my chinese name (家陞; 升 is the new mandarin character of 陞). Got to thanks Claire for the new name LOL.

So.. what do you think of Sydney?

Care to fly here to visit me?

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Something off topic.

You probably wonder what i have been doing for the past few days..

1. Shopping (this is the first time ever i take the initiative to go shopping)
2. Cleaning (again, this is the first time i clean up my room)
3. Day dreaming (how i wish i am in malaysia)
4. Worrying to settle my meals
5. Thinking of ways to lure my housemate out of their room
6. Feeling homesick

Changes that i want to see in myself..

1. Be more sociable
2. Study hard and smart
3. Improve my communication skill
4. Treat everyone as if they are my friend =)

Well, guess i have no choice but to ensure that i fulfill my own promise. To my friends, keep in touch! I will be back in CNY lol. Send me the graduation photo, or if possible blog it here! I missed it T_T

And to my parents, I thank you whole heartly for all you have done for me. I really appreciate it and i love you.

Oh ya, not to forget my friend Kok Fye aka Kif who has been helping me all along. He is a really nice guy. Thank you. I'll promote his blog as a sign of gratitute..
Kif - http://4-4-4-4.blogspot.com/

And to my friend kah howe too.. thanks for showing me around Sydney!

Till then, wish me best of luck!

ps: the long post is to make up for the lack of post =P. Smart leh!