mysterious tubes

i'm just so amazed that i'm able to upload photos onto my blog. Isn't it amazing?? It's a major step for my IT skills. Took some photos during a "tubes-and-drains" session during my surgery posting. But as i was too busy taking photos, i didn't take good notes and have no idea what are the names and function of these mysterious tubes. Can somebody help?

I suspect the above tube is a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube because it has 4 lumens. But i'm not sure. Hope i'm not making a blunder here. Otherwise pinakin and wendy will have such a good time laughing at me like the antibiotics episode.

I have absolutely no idea about this tube. It kind of look like a sword except it's plastic and prob will never kill anyone.

post-christmas

Had christmas eve dinner at my cousin's place this year. The food was so delicious i couldn't stop praising her the whole night. There were 2 types of pasta, roast chicken, parmesan cheese from parma, parma ham wrapped in melon, cheese fondue, chilli crab, tiramisu and of course the usual turkey. Haven't had so much for a long time. After tonnes of food, some booze, and lots of gambling, christmas finally came. And went.

This is my little niece, estelle. She's such a pretty little thing! Her eyelashes are naturally curled upwards. I can't even get that effect with my eyelash curler and mascara. When we sang christmas carols, she'll put her hands together like "gong xi gong xi" and bounce up and down.

I still have lots of christmas photos to share but i don't have them in my computer yet. Had lots of fun going for the christmas parties and giving and receiving presents. School is going to start again tomorrow. Really dreading it, i'm not sure how i can get into the study mode again.

tired or wired

arts central has a very interesting show on tv tonight. they do experiments like which kind of food gives you most gas and weird stuff like that. I especially like the tired or wired section. it's quite useful for me. they got 2 guys: 1 has not slept for 2 days. 1 has been drinking energy boosting drinks for 2 days. and got them to do 3 challenges.

the first challenge was a game of snap. wired (who drank all the energy drink) kept "snapping" wrongly. tired, although slow, was able to do it accurately. so tired 1 wired 0.

second challenge was a game of balancing on a big ball while balancing a tub of water on their head. tired won again.

last challenge was how fast they could park a caravan. this time wired won. so the final score is tired 2 wired 1.

I could not sleep last night, had an irriating throat and cough. was extremely tired this morning and while driving to school, for the first time, i almost fell asleep while driving!! it's quite a scary feeling because i could hardly keep my eyes open while manoeuvring the bends of PIE. So the experiment proved that lack of sleep really retards driving skill.

they have another experiment called fat or thin. last week they proved that if you were stranded in sea (from a shipwreak) the fat person could float longer than a thin guy. this week, they showed that if a thin guy was stuck in a blizzard, he'll have less damage from the storm than a fat guy.

Quite an interesting show!

the best time of the year!

I absolutely LOVE christmas! The shopping, the christmas carols, christmas trees, light-ups at orchard, feel-good christmas movies and all the parties!!

Don't feel like studying at all until after christmas! It's such a chore, i much rather walk down orchard, go shop, wrap my presents..so much to do but so little time! Was flipping through the papers today and found so many good deals!

There's a sale going on at leng kee road. According to the advert, " sensuous, flowy, elegant evening and cocktail dresses to entice you. 50-70% off!" Aiyoyo!! so near where i'm at now but i don't need these kind of clothes. But I still want to go! Wendy you want to go? Hehe. Ask you now in case i forget tm.

Victoria's secret and gap warehouse sale starting tm! Up to 90% off!! They only allow a maximum purchase of 10 bras per customer! Quite strange, but the sale must be so good until people want to buy more than 10 bras. Why do they need so many anyway? it's at 326 havelock road if any of you interested. 10am to 10pm. Ending on sunday. If any of you want to go, CALL ME! I also want to go!!

Digital photo 4R @ 20cents! Need to develop photos fr my india trip, birthday parties, all the gatherings... i need to develop about 200 photos.

and lastly, richard clayderman is coming to town! He'll be having a concert at the singapore indoor stadium on the 17th of dec. Don't think i wanna go for his concert cos the tickets are quite expensive. I rather use the money to buy the music sheets and practice playing the songs myself. Haven't touched the piano in ages man.

Wanted to go for the michael bolton's concert last sunday but couldn't find anyone to go with me. Somebody even said i very "auntie" to want to go to his concert. You know who you are! Hehe. The review for his concert was quite good. He sang all his hits and mingled with the crowd. Absolutely love his husky voice! Aiyah, i guess i'll have to settle with his cd. I like to blast his music and sing-along while driving. My dad once saw me driving and singing (from the road) and he said i looked like a mad woman. Haha. Don't care!

The sad part of this christmas is my siblings and my mum might be going on a road trip with the rest of my extended family. They're going to rent a mini-bus and drive to malaysia. Wish i can go! But how?? Exams coming, only have one week break. (school starts on 27th dec btw, and i only found out this week!! Thought the hols will last until the new year.) And they're scheduling loads and loads of lectures during that week. Currently i'm trying to make my sis as guilty as possible so she won't go for the trip and can accompany me for christmas. So bad right? My brother won't care about me one, he'll surely go and leave me all alone. Cold-hearted man....sorry not man...boy.

anyhow, i still love christmas! If nobody pei me, i shall have to find my own entertainment. But I will surely NOT touch a single book or any piece of paper that day. i rather lie on my bed and stare at the ceiling than study.

Merry christmas everybody!!

rain and diarrhoea

today is a cold and rainy day. So nice to sleep. Altogether i took about 3 naps and night is not even here yet! Kept getting woken up by the colicky abdominal pain. Kind of reminded me of that day.

It was also raining and i was having pain and diarrhoea. It was very dark and shu fu, but i wasn't able to sleep cos needed to go to the loo ever so often. It was as though i was shitting pee. Just loose watery diarrhoea without any formed stools. The comforting words i got were," so poor thing." and got a hug.

Today i was told by my sister not to vomit onto her bed. So nice.