The Family Gathering

29/10/2010, we had a family gathering steamboat dinner. (Steamboat family gathering dinner or family steamboat gathering dinner?)
We had it at a restaurant nearby. The Cheng families, including my lovely grandparents, uncle Mun and his family members, aunt Fung and her son, uncle Weng and four of us.

For the first time, we have steamboat separately, the 'youngers' table and the 'experienced' table. I was categorised as the youngster, therefore I was eating with my cousins and my siblings, total 6 of us.

We chatted while waiting the soup to boil. I noticed that almost all of our topics are music-related, of course we discussed about studies and exams too. Since my cousin brother, Hoe and I have already finished our exams, we were very reluctant to talk about it, even think about it. Hahahaha!! Exams are disasters. As I didn't have chance to talk to my sister and cousin sister, below I post more about cousin brothers and brother.

Chien, my elder cousin brother, he plays percussions, drums including chinese drums like 24 festive drums and western drums like timpani and many. He is the leader of the percussion family, he leads the family and guides the juniors, teaches the techniques of hitting, tempo and many many more.

Hoe, my younger cousin brother. I call him the multitask musician. He plays acoustic guitar, classical guitar, electronic guitar, the sax, a little keyboard, brass instruments and drum. Anything that I have missed out? Hahaha, he has many experiences in solo performances and band performances. He is a music student of youtube, no human music teacher ever teaches him, besides his guitar teacher. He earned money to buy his own musical instruments. He teaches friends to play instruments that he knows. Multitask isn't enough to describe him. Talk to him, I'll find my compassion to music are so far less compared to him.

Shen, my little brother. He plays trombone and euphonium. As he is a member of marching band of Soka Gakkai Malaysia's cultural group. He doesn't play instruments standing on a spot. He does formation and play at the same time. He said euphonium he plays isn't facing up to the sky, it is facing slightly forward. I asked why is it the matter of sound projection? He answered, the euphonium in brass family usually perform in an enclosed area, where marching euphonium in open space. If the marching euphonium is facing up, nobody hears anything from euphonium. Oh!, I said. Hmm, I learned something from my little brother.

Yi, my little sister. She sings in a choir. She sings, leads the group and teaches juniors to sing too! There is one thing that I envy the most about her, she got the chance to do her Christmas performances in Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. The most glamorous stage in Malaysia! Please envy her.

Marie, my cousin sister. She dances and runs. She is so active in sports and she got so many medals and trophies to the extend that she can't carry all of them. Press had interview her and she appeared in the newpapers, not a small column, but for pages! She brings fame to her family. So proud of her!

In conclusion, all of us are artists. I hope our enthusiatism towards music will grow firmer and spread it to all around us!

Longlive! The artistic youngsters!

The NEW Flavour!

Pizza Hut has just added the Extreme Cheesy 6 Pizza into their menu!
I am just too excited and looking forward to have it eaten and digested with my beloved friends and family.

After this coming examinations, I will pamper myself with tons of foods.
My mind is no more concentrating on the brutal Nursing subjects, it has already diverted to the Extreme Cheesy 6 Pizza!!!

Now, my parotid and sublingual glands are producing plenty of saliva.
I live for food to achieve my self-actualisation.

Driving

I have asked about driving lessons yesterday at Metro, MyDin.
The full course until I complete P is extremely costly. Oh, I can't afford it.

In addition, I need to spend extra unnecessary expenses on the stupid rectangle thing.
Anybody wanted to sell their old rectangle-shaped thing to me for less than RM2,000?
I learnt its level of importance when exams are around the corner. Oh, I can't afford it.

P/S: I am missing an object. ^.^

Deep Appreciation

Thank you. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart.
I thought I've improved in skills but it turned out I was wrong.
Thanks for all the positive encouragement, I will brush up my skills frequently.

Dangerous Pathment

Ganasnya!!

Don't know which underbred homosapien langgar this sign board.
The building looks familiar? Yes, you are right. It is Monash University.

Sunrise

Woke up this morning at around 0650. I was energized by viewing this devastating scenery before going to college. A good starting in the morning determines the smoothness of the day.

Today is still an enjoyable day. I have practiced 9 procedures including positioning, MDI, physical examination, tachy-suction, tachy-dressing, top and tail, nasal drop, eye drop and ear drop.
3 hours ago, I was studying about chemotherapy and now, I am still studying chemotherapy.

Oncology isn't just a tiny subject, I have abundant to learn.


PS: My upper eyelids are getting heavier. I hope it hold strong enough for another hour or two. I really need to study.

【康永·給殘酷社會的善意短信】

看到別人做不好時，也許會暗爽在心，得到一種“我比他聰明”的優越感。但真正聰明的人，是觀察別人為什麼做不好，然後警剔自己，儘量不要犯相同的錯。那些只愛發出噓聲的人，應該是打算一直在台下當觀眾，而那些警剔自己的人，則是在準備，有一天要站上舞台。——《康永，給殘酷社會的善意短信》


把下一件要做的「具体」的事，写在卡片上，贴在手机上，督促自己。例如要练英文，空想是沒用的，卡片写上：“看美剧的碟,第一遍一定用英文字幕来看” ，这才叫『具体』才会有进展。卡片贴手机上，入眼就是提醒，直到真的做到了，卡片再换其他内容，这样你的计划，才会一步一步完成。
——《康永，给残酷社会的善意短信》

〇一年十月的歌單

許哲佩 - 蠅
黃齡 - 紅眼睛
黃齡 - 癢
王力宏 - 你不知道的事
叮噹 - 猜不透
Sixpence None The Richer - Kiss Me
張惠妹 - 開門見山
梁靜茹 - 可惜不是你
FIR - 第十行星
蘇打綠 - 十年一刻
曹格 - 寂寞先生
陳奕迅 - 浮誇
陳奕迅 - 我們都寂寞
A-Lin - PS我愛你
蔡依林 - 美人計
Olivia Ong - Fly Me to the Moon
Olivia Ong - I Feel the Earth Move
Olivia Ong - 如燕
梁文音 - 我不是你想像得那麼勇敢
盧廣仲 - 好像要揮霍
No Doubt - Hey Baby



終結論，我最近練的歌都很鬼死變態不正常。

KK Meru

Photo taken in Klinik Kesihatan Meru, Klang with our dearest Puan Mas. Community Health Nursing is a fun subject. I enjoyed traveling around to visit antenatal, postnatal and newborn cases. Following the School Health Program was also interesting as we dealing with different kind of reactions of the students after they had their injection. Some cried, some were total silence, some turned pale and some said "Thank you".

Through this Community Health Nursing subject, I am able have closer contact with pregnant mothers and child. Throughout conversations, I can understand their worries and problems. If I am able to answer, then I am good enough to reduce their level of anxiety and fear.

Been to few houses during Home Visit periods, I have discovered that our Malay ethnics are more capable to take care larger number of children in a family. Chinese ethnics have less percentage in the chart "Ideal duration of breast feeding - 6 months".

Natural delivery - Spontaneous vaginal delivery is strongly recommended, but not for those who are contraindicated.

6 months breast feeding is strongly implemented for newborn and mother. Beneficial for both parties.

2 yearly Pap Smear for those who are indicated to reduce risk of getting cervix cancer.

Monthly self breast examination and proper care of breast to allow early detection for breast cancer.

Get checked, ladies!