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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

My New Home!

Yes, I have officially moved out of Basser College after residing there for 4 long years. And where have I move to, you ask? I'm now in Randwick; High St to be precise. Want an even more precise location? Imagine the High St main entrance of Prince of Wales Hospital --> I'm right across the road, literally a stone's throw away! :p

Ok, enough of the location. Now, for some shots of the place:

PhotobucketMy new room as viewed from the door



PhotobucketMy comfy bed with a funky bedside table for the fan and lamp (behind the fan)



PhotobucketMy study desk and chair



PhotobucketBags, piggy bank (empty inside though, haha!), and a storage shelf



PhotobucketPart of the kitchen



PhotobucketCosy living room (filled with toys/plushies, board games including Catan, PS2, and lots more!)



PhotobucketThe bathroom



PhotobucketMirror, mirror on the wall



PhotobucketSay hi to my new housemate, Emi!



Ah, I feel so at home right now... Packing and unpacking were such a chore but it's all worth it! Let the photos speak for themselves! ;)

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Countdown

And the countdown continues - one more week to ICE! Can't wait for it to be over and then it'll be summer break, which means "Tassie, here I come!"... Oh, not to mention all the room packing of 4 years' worth of stuff before I move out of college - aiks, don't wanna think about it but I guess it has to be done sooner or later... Anyway, time to hit the books again! ;)

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Sunday, November 01, 2009

Not enough time?!

It's past 5.30 in the morning and I've yet to hit the sack... Got too engrossed in my revision for the upcoming ICE (Integrated Clinical Examination) - it's on 25th November, so less than a month to go. Not to mention, a week before that, assignment and portfolio essay are due. So much to do yet so little time!

But why should I even complain? Do I even have the right to complain?!

The ungrateful creature in me screams folly: "There's not enough time! I want more time! Heck, why can't it be 48 hours in a day instead of 24? It's not fair - I've got so much to do yet so little time!"

And the ramblings continue...

But perhaps it's time for me to reflect (even better now that the night, or should I say early morning, is filled with serene silence - most, if not all, collegians would have been sound asleep by now) - I could not define time till I had work that helped me quantify the passing moments in which I did the aforesaid work. And to think of it, what a blessing it is to have SOMETHING to do! Here I am, privileged enough to be acquiring medical knowledge at university yet I complain. Why, I'm quite sure there are many out there who would gladly accept the workload just to be studying medicine! Or to put it in a broader perspective, what about the disadvantaged population who are not as fortunate to receive proper education? Or those who are keen to learn but cannot afford tertiary education?

So Lord, I pray, help me to be thankful for the education You've provided me with, along with everything else that you have lavished upon me. For I came into this world, bringing nothing, and all that I have come from You. Even more than education, I thank You for Your amazing gift of salvation when You sent Your Son to die on the cross for my wretched sins. Mold me into the child You want me to be: a lamb that hears and follows the voice of its shepherd; a daughter of God who wants to serve You and be transformed in Your ways. I pray all these things in Your Son Jesus' precious name. Amen.

Ps. The night didn't turn out as "serene" as I expected as Eve spotted my room lights still on and decided to call me... :p

PPs. As previously mentioned, this blog is now revived and will be updated regularly - feedback and suggestions are most welcome! =)

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

The most beautiful sunset...

Monday dusk saw the most beautiful sunset I've ever seen in my life... The sky was painted with golden hues of red and pink, interspersed with streaks of indigo and violet... The sight was simply breathtaking!

Taken without "zoom" from the front entrance of Basser - can you see the cityline in the distance?


Same spot again but with a little "zoom" - can you see the Sydney Tower right in the middle among all the other skyscrapers?


Honestly, these two photos do no justice to the true image that evening - in fact, the photos only evoke about 1% of how one would feel if he/she sees the real thing! =P Plus, you'll have to forgive the rather bad quality of the photos. After all, they were taken using a 2MP camera handphone... Imagine how much prettier it would be if it was a proper camera, lol...

It is moments like these when I thank God for the wonderful creation He has made. Simple things like these are all it takes to put a smile on my weary face after a long day of hard toil. My worries leave my mind for the fleeting moment and I just beam with happiness.

Ah, will I ever see another sunset as beautiful as this?

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Thursday, June 12, 2008

They have arrived!

They have arrived!
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Tada! The tickets I booked to go watch Alfred Hitchcock's 39 Steps with Stef at Sydney Opera House!

It arrived in the mail this afternoon...



The lovely ticket docket - it's going to be my first ever play in the infamous landmark! *grins*



The ticket itself... Managed to get priority booking with discounted prices plus selection of great seats at a preview show - all these simply because I'm an e-news subscriber! And it doesn't even cost to subscribe! =)



Totally unrelated to Opera House but the Red Bull crew have arrived too! It's an annual tradition for the crew to distribute free Red Bull to the college kids every exam season...

This year, it's sugar-free! They must be getting more and more health-conscious... Next to the can is the promo booklet - funny cartoons, hehe... XD


That's it! =P

Ps. Hitting Sushi Suma, Surry Hills and Lindt's Cafe, Darling Harbour tomorrow night with my Bible Studies group - yayness! ^_^

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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Good deals, research and great formal...

Hehe, I know I haven't updated my blog for quite a while - I'm surprised when some of my friends (whom I didn't expect will read my blog that often) told me I should update soon, lol... Anyway, here's a "photo-packed edition" to keep you readers "entertained" for the next few minutes...

GOOD DEALS

Bought this sand-gray Japan Winter '08 range jacket from Kathmandu, Bondi Junction at an incredible sales price of AUD54.95 when the original price was AUD159.95! Don't worry, it's not pirated or anything - it's the authentic stuff. Reason why it costs less than a third of the actual price? They had an incoming batch of "new" colours in the range! Lol, their loss is my gain, hehe! =D


Bought this silver top at TEMT, The Galleries Victoria for AUD9.95 (original price was AUD19.95) - again, my gain! =P


Yet another purchase from TEMT - this time, a dark purple dress. Ignore the jeans - was too lazy to take it off when I was trying the dress on. The price? AUD24.95. How could I possibly resist such a bargain, more so when the dress is purple?!


RESEARCH

This is where I'm currently undertaking my ILP research - at CRUfAD! You shouldn't have a problem working out what the acronym stands for... =)


The sign on the door entrance of my research lab to which I hold a master key to, muahaha... *evil cackle* Isn't it cool I'm working at an internationally-recognized (WHO) lab? Lots of work to do at research but it's really enjoyable and the research team's simply fabulous - everyone's so friendly, I feel so welcomed!


GREAT FORMAL

"Charlie" and his "angel" - Lai and I posing during the End of Session 1 formal dinner. ^_^


Me and the "guitar man": Tim's so talented in stringing the guitar; wish I knew how to play the guitar... >.<


Took too many photos at the formal but I thought I should end with this shot of me sitting at the Master's Chair - yes, that's the dress I bought at TEMT!


Ta for now, I should really go to sleep - I'm busy even on weekends, you know! =P

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008

It's over!

As the title implies, it's pretty much self-explanatory... =P

Fingers crossed that I pass all my exams. Rumours have it that results will be out next week - Voice in head: So fast? That's like barely a week after we finished exams. Yikes! >.<

If all goes well, I'll be starting ILP next week. Also, except for extra-faculty courses, assignments, projects and portfolio essays, there will no longer be anymore written papers for the rest of my undergrad MBBS at uni. It'll only be OSCEs and VIVAs, which so totally makes sense since we'll be clinical-based eventually in real life. Can't waste time thinking too long (which happens in written exams) while your patient is literally dying right under your watch, can you? Anyway, below is my schedule for the rest of the week:

Monday - OSCEs' over so exams are over too! =)
Tuesday - Went to DIAC office to get my working visa label, headed to Kinokuniya for a one-hour training session for my one-day casual stock-take job later this month, Basser Under The Stars later tonight
Wednesday - Skipping MedSoc's End-of-Phase 1 Party to attend our very own (mostly the Malaysian/Singaporean gang) end-of-phase celebrations (as well as Leon's birthday) at Cheryl's place; I expect it'll be the wee hours of the morning by the time I head back home
Thursday - Participating in the Pearson's Language Test (did it before last year) to earn $100 for 3 hours of my time: extra spending money, lol... =D
Friday - IBF (International Bible Fellowship); coolness to be reading His Word with my fellow bros and sis-in-Christ!
Saturday - Outing with Dian which entails Coogee-Bondi walk followed by a seafood lunch with fried Mars bar then shopping at Bondi Junction and lastly dinner at Hurricane's Grill... whee...
Sunday - Church and fellowship over dinner after service

Haha, so yeah, even though exams are over, Jane Gun is still as busy as ever! =P Ta for now!

Ps. Thanks to everyone who gave me encouraging messages throughout the exam period - really appreciate it... ^_^

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Thursday, May 01, 2008

My last end-of-course exam...

That's right - I sat for my last end-of-course exam (Society & Health B) today, that's provided I don't flunk it, lol... That means no more end-of-course (i.e. no more exams after each 8-week block) for the rest of my MBBS; it'll only be end-of-phase.

Speaking of which, my end-of-phase 1 exams (covering everything I've learned from 1st year up to the 3rd year stuff) are creeping nearer and nearer. Just about another week to go.

Friday 9th May: Written paper (2-3 hours)

Saturday 10th May: Practical exams consisting of 4 labs i.e. anatomy (10 stations), histopathology (4 slides), microbiology+biochemistry, and physiology+pharmacology

Monday 12th May: OSCE (objective structured clinical exam) - 6 stations where at each station, I'll need to take a full medical history, examine the patient and summarize my findings to the examiner

Hopefully I won't burnout before that. But thanks heaps to everyone who's been really supportive. Just last night, Peypey drove all the way to deliver me a Krispy Kreme to boost my energy as I studied for today's paper - not to mention the touching message she wrote in the card that came with the doughnut. Just random acts of kindness like these really make my day. Then there's Mich who's so eager to help me out by volunteering herself as my patient so I can practice for my OSCE. And Esther's sms kept me going too even though she's sitting for today's paper herself. And all my friends in Basser or church or med - the list goes on and on...

I really thank God that He has blessed me in so many ways. They may not seem direct or obvious but I know His hand is at work with every encouragement that comes my way. It really marvels me that He knows when to give me that little push I need every time when I feel that I cannot go on anymore. Even more amazing is that He should look out for such an insignificant me - I'm after all 1 in 6.66 billion of the world's population...

Lord, I surrender my life to you in all humility...

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

An Eventful Week

So it seems that I still have time for events outside of studies and here's another update...

Wednesday
The Kensington Colleges Leaders' Recognition Dinner 2008 - cheers to us, the Assistant Tutors! L-R: Abe (Biotech PhD student, Goldstein), Lai (E&E Engineering Masters student, Basser), myself (MBBS student, Basser). Behind us is a beautiful ice sculpture of an eagle - a little blur in this photo though...



Thursday
Scenario Group party. The whole group's toasting with our champagne. There was heaps of food (potluck style) - 2 cakes, brownies, nachos and salsa dips, crackers and cheese, soybean chips (something like muruku), fruits, vege with hommus, all sorts of candies and chocs - I can't remember the list; it's too long! To give you an idea, we downed everything with 2 bottles of champagne and 4 bottles of soft drink - to think that we'll one day be advising our patients to keep off these sort of stuff, lol... =D



Thursday
Still on the SG party. As we third years are about to leave Phase 1 and move onto Phase 2, the second years gave us a touching thank you speech and lovely farewell gifts - here's what's inside my gift bag (coincidentally purple - my favourite colour!): mini doctor toy set (stethoscope, reflex hammer, timer, surgical knife and dish, oxygen mask and tank), mini highlighter, jumbo-sized crayon, marble bounce ball, Robert Timms' Mocha Kenya Style, Skittles Fruits, Zappo strawberry strips and a Mars bar. Merryn (the gal who came up with the gift idea) said the mini doctor toy set is to further motivate us as we work towards our goal of becoming doctors while the stationery assist us in our studies plus the coffee and candies help us keep awake while we study for End-of-Phase One exams. How thoughtful! =)



Friday
Home bible studies at Andy's place. A sumptuous dinner of bak kut teh (cooked by Chin Wei), vege and omelette (by Pey Pey) followed by hot mung bean soup (by Andy) for dessert. A wonderful session on why and who we pray to, followed by silly games like "Buddy Buddy", "Ping Pong Piang" and "Chinese Charades". I heart my group!



Saturday
This is what I saw as I head back to my room from the dining hall after lunch. Some of the Basser boys did their laundry and tried to make the best use of the incredible sunshine we had that day by setting up a super long clothes line from one alcove end to another. The line was overburdened with the weight of the laundry that it "sunk" in the middle, so the guys thought it would be better if they stretched a little by getting up on a bench placed on top of a table and hold the clothes line up. And stretch they did! =P


That's it folks! Gotta do a little studying before I head off to church in a couple of hours...

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Saturday, March 15, 2008

Updates

My creativity is running dry at this point, hence, the simple and plain title "Updates"... Not much to say except severe procrastination which is exemplified by taking all sorts of photos like the ones below:




That's the design in front of this year's MedSoc T-shirt - rather cute, I think - see if you can get it... Bought it earlier this week at the MedSoc Council meeting - my first meeting this year as International Students' Representative! UNSW Medicine international students, if you wanna get involved, drop me a line at international@medsoc.org.au !



That's the first ever photo of Dian and I together (taken before TKC's commencement dinner). Dian's my "alcove daughter" this year at Basser - she's a first year med student (ah, a gal after my own heart, lol). She's Indonesian but has lived in Singapore almost all her life. We seem to connect really well and I heart this junior of mine... Dian, if you're reading this, don't forget the pact we made about shopping after exams! =)


Ok, I'm not going to bother posting anymore photos. Just a quick note to some of our SPM/STPM leavers: congrats to those who excelled, and to those who didn't (or think they didn't), don't get too upset - the world hasn't ended. All the best for your scholarship/university applications and may you strive to pursue that dream career of yours! Don't ever give up! ^_^

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Friday, February 29, 2008

29th February 2008 in Sydney

29th February 2008
(Leap year is here!)

0930
Woke up after snoozing the alarm several times. Really reluctant to get out of the cozy bed - Sydney weather's erratic again and has been so since the day I touch downed... I had only slept a total of 5 hours over the past 2 days plus a full day of revision at Liverpool Hospital (plus 5 hours of traveling) was tiring me out. I tugged the thick warm doona closer but had to give it up for the idea of dining hall closing at 10 AM wasn't inviting at all - I don't wanna miss breakfast!

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Went to test out my new Student ID (the colour's gold this year - reminds me of a gold credit card, hehe) which I processed on Wednesday (the day I arrived in Sydney itself - still can't believe I finished unpacking that day, not to mention trips to banks and Medibank Private to renew my OSHC) - still no access to Wallace Wurth (the med building) via Biological Sciences building - the entrance has changed due to the construction of the Lowy Cancer Research Centre on the old Medlawn site... Talked to security over intercom and was let through. ID (which also served as a swipe card) worked fine on all the other rooms in Wallace Wurth. Went to FM Assist to get access to Wallace Wurth. Hopefully it'll work when I try accessing the building after writing this blog entry...

1030
Using the Internet in library to check mails and compose this post!

1130
It's time to go. Got other stuff to do and can't wait to meet my church friends again tonight at bible studies... Ah, 29th February - when will you next visit? Oh oh, I know - if all goes well, you'll next visit when I start my housemanship year, when I'm finally a Dr.

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Pictorial Updates...

Ok, I realised I haven't been blogging lately - anyway, here are some pictorial updates in chronological order...

Basser now has Foxtel! It's something like Astro for those of you back home in Malaysia... I hope I don't get addicted to it...


Red Frogs Australia visited Basser before the mid-year exams with free coffee and hot choc, sold Krispy Kremes at an amazing $1 per doughnut and lent us the latest Nintendo Wii to play! It's so cool - you can feel the remote vibrating when you hit a ball across (using the remote itself as a racquet!) just like you're playing real tennis!


Post-exams lunch @ Seoul-Ria (Korean restaurant in the city) - fantastic food (cold noodles, unagi, BBQ, seafood pancake, etc.), free flow of side dishes (including spicy potato, kimchi, pickles, lilybuds, konyaku jelly, etc.) and great service (there's a tiny button at the side of the table that you can press and the waiter will come right up - very useful when we want to refill the free side dishes, hehe)! The ambience of the setting was really warm and cosy - above's a photo of mainly 2nd year med students from Malaysia and Singapore...


Mervyn, Eunice and Jess had their housewarming the day after exams. Had an early birthday celebration for both Mervyn and Tsang Yew, both 22 this year - we got them to strike this rather gay pose for the camera as they were cutting the cake...


Attended the District 70 Toastmasters District Officer Training Day and Changeover Dinner - I'm currently Area 24 Governor (NSW suburbs under my charge include Kensington, Randwick, Coogee, Maroubra, Rosebery, Mascot and Eastlakes) for the term 2007/2008... Above is a photo of the 4 generations of Area 24 Governors linking arms together after the dinner - my predecessors include Helen, Ross and David...


My shiny new Area Governor badge awarded to me at the dinner... This year's theme for District 70 is "Respect Responsibility Rewards"... I still can't believe that the district's colour for 2007/2008 is purple (my favourite colour)! Must have been fated... [grin]


A shot taken @ The Cell (Zi's place) after Linda's farewell dinner with the rest of my bible studies group. Dear sis, all the best in Malaysia and God bless always! Looking forward to your graduation in August!


My little "gallery" - the wall space allocated to me to paste up some of my works for one of my winter gen eds (Drawing the World Within Without) @ COFA (College Of Fine Arts) on assessment day... I've spent close to $100 just on art materials! The bottom middle piece (in case you're curious) is an ink painting done on 3 A1 cartridge papers (or you can use 3 A0 litho papers) taped at the back together - that's the size of 24 A4 papers (even taller than myself)! Above it is my abstract self-portrait... Had lots of fun in COFA for the past 2 weeks - imagine drawing 20+ items without looking down on the paper, then drawing the same stuff but this time with the other hand (if you're ambidextrous, you use your mouth!), then drawing the same stuff from memory - all these in 3 minutes each! I also had to sketch Catherine's portrait in 2 minutes without looking down on my paper - luckily the face I drew was still recognizable! And what about those 2 minute sketches of my classmates posing on the cube blocks?


My final drawing based on some structures placed in the middle of the art studio - the items are either metal stuff or mirrors or have smooth surfaces so we have to draw the reflections and lustre as well... It's a black and white colour pencil drawing on an A2 sized mid-tone neutral-coloured Canson paper... Took me more than 6 hours just to complete this drawing (I left COFA that night at 9PM eventhough class was scheduled to end at 5PM - some of us tend to stay back to complete the drawings) but it's worth it - Kurt (my lecturer) was right: I would never have imagined that I'll be able to draw something like this! 2 weeks of intensive drawing really does make one improve, especially an arts noob like me!


Another one of my noob drawings - it's a compressed charcoal plus willow stick drawing on A1 cartridge... My hands were all black by the time I was done...


The conceptual performance space model I built for Baz Luhrmann's "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" (the one starring Leonardo di Caprio and Claire Danes) in my other winter COFA gen ed, Design in Performance...


I'm officially done for my 12UoCs (units of credit) of gen ed requirements by the end of this winter - no need to worry about it for the rest of my uni years - yay! Wonder why I'm so gung-ho to finish them off so early when I have up to the end of my 4th year to do it (general education are like electives; med students do them starting from 2nd year to 4th year - I completed mine in only half a year, muahaha!)...

Exam results were released yesterday - I achieved better than expected since there were so many changes to the format of the paper... Really happy and pleased with my results - it's all thanks to God! ^_^

Less than a week left for my winter break - hasn't really been that much of a break for me, has it? Especially with 6UoCs of COFA gen eds - picture me being artsy from morning to night every weekday during the hols, lol... I shall relax a bit more this week before HM-B (Health Maintenance B) kicks off next week! Ciao!

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Buzzingly busy... =P

As the title suggests, I've been busy (as usual lerr)... So, I apologise for not updating my blog as frequently as I should... Here's some news of what's happened in the past few weeks...

TKC's medicine+science academic dinner & Ruth Wheen Cup table tennis finals
Pang Ping (my pet sis), me, Lou Lynn, Jane Lim, Will (he's the only non-med in this pic - he's a nanotech guy) and Paul posing next to the flower ice scuplture after this year's academic dinner. Kumar sat at our table and we certainly learned some pearls of wisdom from this infamous pathology lecturer of ours...

After several play-offs, I was selected to represent Basser in the table tennis doubles girls' team. In the Ruth Wheen Cup finals, Rue and I smashed Goldstein 2-0 (there wasn't even the need to go into the 3rd set). However, we had a tough fight with the Baxter gals - we won the 1st set while they won the 2nd, so it all came down to the last set. The crowd support was huge from both colleges as all the other matches (singles -guys and gals; and doubles -guys) have ended. We lost out in the end (18-21), but it was a good competitive match - my first ever! Anyway, I'm still glad we came out 2nd overall. No photos taken (since we forgot the camera)... Thanks Rue for being such a great partner and thanks Pang Ping for lending me the Basser sports shirt (I'm still waiting for mine from the office)...


Fishmarket & Paddy's trip with my bible study group

My bible study group posing at some stairs on the way to Paddy's Market & Marketcity from Fishmarket... Thanks for all the sharing and encouragement all these while, my dear bros and sis in Christ... =) [from highest to lowest --> Nat, Meiji, Min Hui, Mich, Kaijiun, Zi, Stef, Sze Wen, myself, Dedrick]

Group project and individual assignment
Alicia, myself and Amy - thanks gals for being such great group members! Ludi (sorry you weren't in this pic coz you couldn't make it for this meeting), it's nice to have a first-year like you on-board... =)

We had to produce a booklet targeted at parents, dealing with teenage homosexuality issues. Here's the contents page of the booklet (the layout of which I designed) - nice? not nice? P+ grade, hopefully? ;)

Then, there's the individual assignment - I did the one on Cushing's... Was really stunned to discover that Harvey Cushing and I have a lot in common (personality traits, that is)! >.<

Birthdays and dinners

Happy birthday, Ben, Porshee and Wei Bin! ^_^ Great dinner at Honey Wok (Chinese restaurant in Kingsford - 16 of us Malaysian/Singaporean med kids occupied the room upstairs for a few hours and created lots of noise - thankfully the owner was very understanding), boysenberry cheesecake and black forest cake for everyone, plus Claire brought Pink champagne and Malibu coconut rum to go with the Coke that Tim brought! Hehe...

Winter has kicked in
Winter chills with pouring rain have arrived again. The merciless winds have tumbled down this tree at our library lawn over the weekend - some workers had to come and saw it into smaller portions... poor tree...

Ok, I guess this is more than enough rant to compensate for one whole month of silence... Gotta go do work - au revoir! ^_^

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Sunday, April 29, 2007

TKC Principal's Dinner

Wednesday, 18th April 2007, marked another significant event in the diary of my life. It marked the night of TKC Principal's Dinner where a total of 25 students from all 3 TKC colleges (Basser, Goldstein and Philip Baxter) were invited to dine with the college principal, Dr Ian Walker. But what makes the event more significant is the guest of honour and this year, it was the Governor of NSW herself, Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO! The event was held at the Bromham Room and you can imagine how everyone got silenced when Her Excellency stepped into the room. She took the time to have a chat with everyone but it was really amazing when she got to me and my bunch of friends - we chatted for more than 30 minutes and Dr Ian Walker himself had to "pull" her away from us so that the dinner could start! It wasn't surprising as Madam Governor was a medical graduate herself and once lived in residential colleges as well so she could easily relate to us. I guess I need not tell you about the great pre-drinks (I had my champagnes as usual) and finger food (thanks to Teh-Fa, our Korean-born Chinese chef, one of them was prawn dim sum! Awesome!) we had before the dinner so once again, here are some shots:

The dinner... Entree 1: Coriander and chilli king prawn with grilled vegetables and cottage cheese. Entree 2: Five spice duck breast in apple and potato rosti with wilted spinach. Main course 1: Char-grilled Moroccan chicken breast and semi-dried tomato cous cous with mango salsa. Main course 2: Oven baked Alaskan salmon with apple and parsnip puree served with roasted pumpkin and salsa verde. Dessert: Chocolate lattice filled with hazelnut mousse next to lemon sorbet with sugar pastry cornet and mixed berry compote. After dinner: Selection of fine gourmet chocolates. I suppose I need not reiterate the fine Brown Brothers wines that freely filled our glasses as we dined... :)



The program for the night (it's printed on shiny metallic blue paper!) together with the menu - thanks Mark and Teh-Fa, our 2 great chefs who cooked up a storm for us!



A seating card specially designed with my name on it... Whee...



Madam Governor giving her speech - a total inspiration!



Trent (from Goldstein) and me at the dinner



Sitting at the Master's Chair - it's actually meant only for the Principal to sit on but I was cheeky enough to check it out anyway... The image's a little blur, otherwise, you should be able to see UNSW's crest as well as the 3 TKC colleges' crests carved on the wooden top of the chair...

Ok, that's it from me for now... Ta! ^_^

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