God didn't promise days without pain, laughter without sorrow, sun without rain, but He did promise strength for the day, comfort for the tears, and light for the way. And ME to share all the pain, laughter, tears, sorrow,happiness, sun and rain with you! Let us endure all the 暴风雨 and 彩虹 together!

Sunday, July 30, 2006

Website

I just realize that I still have a website somewhere in the world wide web.....

I guess spider must have taken over my WEBsite.....

One day I will go and revamp it all over again..... one fine day.....

My WEBsite : http://tpjcian.net/quek_xiu_ling/main.htm (last updated: May 2005)


While looking at what I had in my TPJC's file manager (place where I upload all my background music, etc), I listened to all the midis that I have uploaded and I decided to give my blog a change of background music.....

so...... here's .............

"New Age - Reiki and Relaxation - Tranquility"

Saturday, July 29, 2006

Investigation of mood/stress level and food intake

Does increase of stress = increase of food intake (esp "junk" food) ?

Does you all eat more when you are stressed?

I realize we became hungry very soon.... esp when we are in the library doing research.....

I also realize I pamper myself more often this week.... eating over my budget.... lol.... chocolates.... mac..... seaweeds..... chips......

I wanted to buy chocolates just now too... lol... when I went downstairs to buy dinner for my dad and myself... but I decided to get cereals (Froop loops..... those round round colourful colourful ones...... ) instead.... at least abit healthierthan chocos.... haha... I bought creamy tom yam instant noodles and creamy corn soup too.... ;) Gonna have cooking therapy tml.... haha....

Bring HOPE to children with cancer


Tulip Hearts Day is a special day dedicated to applaud the courage and determination of children with cancer. Tulip signifies hope and celebration, and Hearts represent the love and generosity of all who cares. Together we aim to communicate this hope and love to the children and their families.

On 3rd September 2006 - Tulip Hearts Day, volunteers with Children's Cancer Foundation will be mobilised island-wide to sell handmade silk-cocooned tulips to raise funds and create awareness of childhood cancer in Singapore. We need YOUR SUPPORT to sell tulips and share with your friends and colleagues more about children with cancer.

We welcome all individuals and corporate supporters!


Find out how to register as a volunteer for Tulip Hearts Day 2006, contact CCF at 6835 6465 or email: thd@ccf.org.sg

To find out more about CCF, please click here.

*Anyone interested? We can all sign up together!!! Since we didn't go for the Hair for HOPE event...*

Access Datebase

Well, was so frustrated with the Access datebase as there was sth wrong with my comp... it cannot create the activex object... i cannot use the wizard to create forms and the switch board!!!!

haiz... thus can just key into the table.... haiz... but then again, it cannot print everything into a page.... thus if i want to file up, I have to cut and paste into excel....

argh....

Friday, July 28, 2006

Heart Attack

I had heart attack twice for consecutive 2 days.

My heart stopped for few seconds twice.

Both for the same cause - Reseach paper for my FYP.....

Yesterday, we came to realize that there is something wrong with the Reseach topic:


" Investigation of parents' perspectives towards support group for ASD children."

And we begin to panic..... is the support group for children or the parents? Cos all our research articles are all parent support groups.....

Thus we went to look for one of the OT lecturers. And we were given the confirmation that the support group is for parents. ok =)

Then came other heart attack when we met up with our NYP supervisor.
We were told that we were to find out the needs of parents with children with autism and the parents need not be from support groups!!! Just that the sample that NYP is helping us to source out is from a support group!!!! And we are suppose to come out with a resource file on things that parents want to know regarding taking care of children with autism, related to OT...... haiz....

Other lecturers thought that it is perspective of support groups too.... haiz....

And that means.... we have to re-find articles to support our research.... haiz....

That explains why I was in NYP till 9.30pm.....

Still got tons of articles to read.... both hard and soft copies.....

Wednesday, July 26, 2006

St Luke's ElderCare

I was surfing the SLH's website and went on to surf St Luke's ElderCare website. I have always wondered whether there is rehab services at the St Luke's ElderCare centre. Wanted to ask durign my placement but always forget about it.

Just now, I went in to see.... to my surprise, they have!!! But I do not know the frequency of therapy services......

hmm... maybe when I graduate if they still have the service.... can work at the Tampines Branch one... hehe... haha... se how la... ^_^

Sensory Dysfunction

Today, we had our 1st sensory dysfunction practical.

We were doing some mov't analysis.

The example that Charmaine Magnus gave was sit -> stand. She was asking which muscle is contracting, which is relaxing; which is ecentric contraction, which is concentric contaction. She also asked what is needed to perform sit -> stand.


All these looks soooo familar. Does it? = )

Bus

Yesterday, I waited for the 5th SBS Service No. 72 before I could merely boarded the bus.

I just watched 3 single deck and 1 double deck buses went past me.....

This reminds me of an analogy:

Our lives are like the buses. The passengers are the people who come into our lives. These people all boarded the 'bus' at different bus stops. Some boarded few stops before others and they all alight at different stops. At some point in time, we will all realize that the bus that was once full are now more spacious.

And sometimes, because the bus is full, we do not allow more people to come in. We close our doors against their faces. When the time is ready to open the door for them, they had already boarded other buses.

And sometimes, we wonder, how many passengers will we have when we reach the bus terminal.

And if we are now passengers and the bus is person who came past us,

How many a times do we choose not to board a particular bus because it is single deck, it is non-aircon (though it is hard to find one now...), it is too crowded, etc.

How many a times do we choose to board other service bus that can bring us to the same destination instead of the bus that we wanted to take initially?

And how many a times because we "嫌弃" the bus and decided to wait for the next bus BUT also to find out that it doesn't meet our expectations?

And worst of all, what if the next bus turns out to be much worst of and you regret of not taking the previous bus?

And to make situation even worst, what if the bus that you decided not to take is the last bus?

And let's say if you managed to board a better bus, who can say that it will never break down in the middle of the journey and you have to carry on the journey ourselves?

Sometimes in life, we always think that the things and people that we have are not suitable for us/up to our expectations..... but later in life, you will realize that actually they (things/people) are not that bad after all.....

It takes another experience to acknowledge/appreciate previous experience.

But why not appreciate the experience now before you regret in the future?

*I didn't know the buses can elicit so much thoughts...... but well, it's life! I am always very reflective, ain't I? Haha... I can be quiet at times.... but I am thinking you see... haha..... *


“如果你一直把想说的话放在心里,万一你没有机会说,怎么办?”

- 《禄光森林》 最后一集

Horoscope for the day (Sagittarius)

You've been feeling your way through the fog quite nicely -- some would even say you're developing a sixth sense when it comes to a certain someone. Today however, you no longer need to utilize such extrasensory abilities to connect with that person who's been beguiling you so. As soon as you awaken, you'll feel clearer about your feelings than ever before -- and you might be very surprised at how your expectations change as the day moves on.

當你孤單你會想起誰

在这夜深人静的时候,你在做什么?

在望着电脑发呆吗?

您是否在夜深人静的时候特别的感性?


當你孤單的时候你又會想起誰呢?

在此,把張棟樑 的 《當你孤單你會想起誰》 点给大家!

希望你们会喜欢!


Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The Lake House

I want to watch this movie!!!! I haven't watch movie for a long time!!!! Wanted to watch Garfield 2 the other time (anyone has Garfield2 VCD r DVD??) .... but couldn't find any ppl to go.... cos all so busy.... haiz.....

This movie looks so sweet and interesting.... anyone wants to watch??

About the movie:

Feeling that it's time for a change in her life, Dr. Kate Forster (SANDRA BULLOCK) leaves the suburban Illinois locale where she completed her residency and takes a job at a busy Chicago hospital. One thing she is reluctant to leave behind is the uniquely beautiful house she's been renting - a spacious and artfully designed refuge with large windows that overlook a placid lake. It's a place in which she felt her true self.

It is a winter morning in 2006.

On her way to the city, Kate leaves a note in the mailbox for house's next tenant, asking him to forward her mail and noting that the inexplicable painted paw prints he might notice by the front door were there when she moved in.

But when the next tenant arrives, he sees a much different picture. Alex Wyler (KEANU REEVES), a talented but frustrated architect working at a nearby construction site, finds the lake house badly neglected: dusty, dirty and overgrown with weeds. And no sign of paw prints anywhere.

The house has special meaning for Alex. In a happier time it was built by his estranged father (CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER), a renowned architect who allowed his professional acclaim to grow at the expense of his family life. Alex feels a sense of peace here now and commits to restoring the property to its original beauty. He disregards Kate's note until, days later, while painting the weather-beaten jetty he sees a stray dog run across the fresh paint and then towards the entrance of the house, leaving paw prints exactly where she said they'd be.

Baffled, Alex writes back, saying that the house had no occupant before him and wondering how she could have known about the dog; while Kate, who just left it a week ago, imagines he is playing some kind of joke on her and fires back a reply.

Just for argument's sake, what day is it there?

April 14, 2004.

No, she says. It's April 14, 2006.

The same day, two years apart. Can this be happening?

As Kate and Alex continue to correspond through the lake house's mailbox they confirm that they are, incredibly, impossibly, living two years apart, and each at a time in their lives when they are struggling with past disappointments and trying to make a new start. Sharing this unusual bond, they reveal more of themselves to one another with each passing week - their secrets, their doubts and dreams, until they find themselves falling in love.

Determined to bridge the distance between them at last and unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary connection, they tempt fate by arranging to meet. But, by trying to join their two separate worlds, they could risk losing each other forever.

(extracted from Golden Village Website)

Deadlines

So many deadlines to meet..... now is week 4 BTW.

  1. 5 Literature articles to be submitted for viva - week 5
  2. Viva on 5 literature articles for FYP - week 6
  3. 2 presentations (psychosocial dysfunction + mgt ) - week 7

Looking forward to week 9..... but then again, when do we ever have breaks during our break weeks? Life is still the same during break weeks.... still have to come to school.... just that, we are more flexible in time.....

Journals and Journals

While waiting for my mom to come home with dinner, I shall blog about the day:

Nothing much in the morning.....

H.B is not feeling well.... so our clinical reasoning lecture is postponed. This week supposed to be a 4 hr lecture due to Carolyn Baum's workshop last week. Therefore, it adds up to 6 hrs of clinical reasoning next week!!!!!

Well, thus we make use of the time to discuss Management Presentation. After that, went to find articles for my FYP.

While finding articles, I found myself losing my focus. There are so many things that I need to find - literatures on management of health and safety, Depressions related stuff for my psychosocial dysfunction and of course the perspective of parents regarding support group.....

One moment I found myself finding for mgt... the other moment finding for psychosocial dysfunction.... and the next moment on support group.......

And... the library's trolleys are full of journals..... and at any one time, you can expect to see at least 1 OT student at the photocopy machine in the library.....

I guess I will spend most of my time in the library for the months to come....