bonjour brightside

sorry for being absent! but ive been busy obsessing over the Olympics, and notably these few athletes:

oussama mellouli

stephanie rice

michael phelps and ryan lochte

and my favourite one of them all

USAIN BOLT, fastest man alive

this new kid on the block (okay pun intended) was such a pleasure to watch (and scream for). i love athletes with showmanship- boy am i going to miss his little dancey moves on the track and his phenomenal, record-breaking races. absolutely mind-blowing. yes in case you didn’t know i was obsessed, my facebook status says it all. plus i joined his fanpage on fb. teehee

picture credits: notinat.com.es, uk telegraph, the age, SMH

i saw 5 psych patients today. all of them had some form of schizophrenia, mostly the paranoid kind. all were nice and lovely. one taught me all i needed to know about clozapine. another left me with an original quotable quote: “people who write poetry only do so because they can’t write books.”

oh and i snowboarded over the weekend! it was lovely. the snow at falls creek was so white and pristine that i ate some. and snowboarding was EXTREMELY exhilarating and fun. we did the intermediate slopes and one of them was so steep i felt queasy just looking down. i spent the first day falling on my bum 378451 times while trying to master the sport. now my tail bone feels like it has been shattered into a million pieces and my knees are soooo sore i can’t squat. and ski-lift landings are my absolute nightmare! still. you know what they say- no pain, no gain. worth my every ache! now i can strike off ‘do some extreme sport(s)’ under my things-to-do-because-i-want-to list.

“Every year twenty-something women come to New York City in search of the two ‘L’s: labels and love. Twenty years ago, i was one of them. Having gotten the knack for labels early… i concentrated on love.”

- Carrie Bradshaw

so yes. finally i caught SATC with my bunch of gal pals, after all that pent-up excitement about that walk-in wardrobe that Big built for Carrie, the fabulous fashion, and of course the mandatory dose of kickass girl power. i was warned not to get my hopes up too high, but i LOVE the movie! apart from the amazing couture gowns that SJP rocked, i was enamored with her too-high-for-walking-in manolos, glossy brown tresses and THAT studded belt (which i think she wore about four times?) it makes me want to be a fashionista too! well apart from the droolworthy fashion snippets i think the movie was really sweet and most importantly i was reminded of the selflessness and multitudes of girlfriend-ship, and for which i am thankful that i have in my bunch of girlfriends

since it’s approaching wintertime and i haven’t been able to go out for runs now nearly as much as i used to (or rather haven’t been able to exercise AT ALL), i’m slowly becoming a couch potato sooo…. i hatched a little experiment: i’m going to use the wii fit program (courtesy of housemate) in the comforts of my own living room (with toasty heater!) and see how much weight i can lose in a month! of course i’ll continue with my normal diet and all and make a very concerted effort to stop over-snacking. i’ve tried the yoga and it’s a pretty good back stretching session, which i like, and the only thing i don’t like is having to run on the spot for 5 minutes. otherwise it’s pretty excellent and fun, i love how the wii fit trainers tell me off (gently) if i’ve had a snack too many, and encourage me even when my posture is severely skewed to the left. so yes in one month’s time i shall be reporting back on the wii fit’s results! stay tuned!

in other news, gynae clinics have been very enjoyable. i get my very own room to see patients in (on my own!), and my registrar is such a sweetheart. what’s not to love?

they make bhangra look super cool. i wanted to learn salsa but now ive changed my mind to bhangra! haha okay fickle i am.