Never ending packings...

yeap...the last whole week was just about Packing packing and PACKING!

as i have mentioned last week, i have shifted to another flat which i will only stay for 2 weeks before i head home..before i even settled at this new place, i NEED to pack all the stuff i shifted into boxes and sealed them nicely to STORE it over the summer!

phew...to be honest with you, after dinner every night, you could see Lily and me, both of us were always busy packing! Even our flatmate was wondering how come we're sOSO busy, esp trying to fit all the boxes we had in our room and also the corridor..Ooops, it's not US, it's ME only:( i have SOOOO much things man...13 boxes PLUS a huge luggage! WAT i have? Dun ask me..i myself dun know why so MUCH! from files, foodstuff, books, clothes and much more..I DIDNT BUY/SHOP..it's inherited from my dear sis b4 she left UK! which is a good thing for me actually, coz i need not buy when i first arrived:) Cut the long story short..a week of SOLID packing!

Thanks to Kee Fong! Wahh...this brothaa of ours is our HERO! He has been our great help in shifting..since the day we arrived, till the very end day we're leaving!Thank God for him! if not we gurls will be GG-fied! So, we rented a car, and he drove all our(Steph, Ly and mine) stuff to his place in the city, in a few trips:) Luckily Min and him offered their place, if not, we'll have to pay a bomb for storage if we were to put in private storage company! Thank you guys for offering your place:)

Since we had the car for the whole day, we decided to have our final 'family' dinner at this traditional Chef and Brewer English pub called 'The Didsbury'. We've always wanted to eat here because of the good reviews, but it's kinda far from the place we stay...finally we have this opportunity to try some traditional GOOD English pub food:) just b4 we go back:P

see the deco above..pots n kettle:) very antique!

*smiley*

us @ The Didsbury

Starter: Seafood platter with smoked salmon, prawns, whitebait and marinated sardines:)

our traditional sirloin steak with mixed grill vege!

reasonable price for such a portion. The steak was SUPERB! Soft and tender:) Nyum..

KF and his grilled red mullet Nicoise(sea bass)!

Looks good ya!

and we surprised Ly for her pre-22nd birthday!
cause we wont be in Manchester anymore when this lil sis of us turns 22. So yeap, hope this small surprise did SURPRISED you! The cake was a rich choc fudge with low fat ice-cream:) *THUMBS UP...very nice oh..melt*

another dessert we had was this traditional baked vanilla cheesecake served with Channel Island cream..AWESOME! not very rich in cheese, just nice and sweet^_^

now you know why our diet plan never succeed coz we're fed with so much good stuff:P

Happy Biggie Day our dearest:) Welcome to the 22 club! We're all now 22 y.o!

::cheers::

Few highlights for my last week...i baked BREAD! yes...am such a bread lover and it's my first time baking bread...not because am too free, it's because i had leftover flour, and instead of throwing all away, i used them to make bread lo:)

Before it's put into the oven

See how big they 'kembang!'

it's such a failure actually..looks nice hor(please agree with me:P) but it doesn't taste good..it's hard..muakaka, but we DID try to finish some of them! cannot waste my effort kan:)

anyway, think i would just buy bread lar har:) Fast n Easy!

Next up, i made some bento lunch sets..for Lily and myself!

super HAPPY making them, can deco here n there:)

if only i have more things to add on my bento!

the 'smiley gurl' instant noodle, with tomatoes, peas, mushrooms:)

Eggie sandwich with tomatoes and peas n strawberry!

very simple lunchie to go...I am so INTO making bento!!*Whee*

wokay dokes

packing not over yet..

now it's time to pack our luggage home!

something very challenging coz the weight for our luggage is very limited! ESP Manchester Airport...wah...i could still remember vividly last 2 years when i flew back from Manchester, i had to throw my leather handbag away into the dustbin in the airport coz i was only allowed to bring one hand luggage! *HEART pain kao kao* so i better make sure i abide to the law this time!

in the midst of this, we still hv attachments and report to finish before declaring 'FREE'!

seriously...intense!

#wish me luck#

that's about it for now..

1 more week in Manchester and i'll be home~

wait for my grand return!

Angie is coming...

wasSup Doc: For the Christians, heaven is spelled H-O-M-E!

Cant wait to be home^_^

BUSY week..phew!

am relieved..for a short while...

a busy week it was..last week!

oh well, sOoooo...our very GUESTs to Manchester:)

first up...PAUL KONG!

but he just stopped by Manchester just for one day to meet his dear bro KeeFong and bersama-sama they left to Germany the second day, so we didnt get to hang out much coz i was having my attachment in GP..so yea, met him for dinner..:)

Us @ Yang Sing!

not to forget another VIP came..FLEW ALL the way from Calgary, Canada to meet his besties!
THIS VIP is none other than the..MOST LENGZHAI MOUSE! YEssss, the MOUSE invaded Manchester! Red carpet checked...Welcome Welcome:P Wokay..the album..'MUSang in Manchester:)'

Day 1:: Chinese dinner @ Red Chilli!

still as funky as b4:) my dear OO!

see the starving kids...both of them tapao those food on the table!
beaming with j.o.y--Kangkung belacan!
excited bout the roast duck!
us @ red Chili:)


Day 2:: City of Manchester!his medical condition! a 'mouse'/tumor trapped in his biceps! Jane June and Mus @ rice 4 lunch!
the ultimate tourists!(a hat n sunglasses INDOOR)!!postcard from Canada..hot and sexy babe--MUSsica!

thanks la..i love postcards..if u dun know:P

after dinner, we went and watched TRANSFORMERs 2! to catch the last show of the day, we had to run to the cinema coz it's quite a distance away and no bus directly stop there..so we ran for about 20 mins and arrived the cinema right on the dot to get the tickets! 10pm SHARP, sweating and panting..went into the cinema and..the show blew our mind off..WHOAaaaa!!
bee.. bee.. bumble bee!! optiMUS prime! AWESOME!
i like the caption when one of the guy said Optimus prime is great because he is made in the image of God, just as we are...

Day 3:: Old Trafford stadium..Conquered!

It's my first time, stepping into the ManUtd home ground as well:P

thanks to the Mus!He and his playground!dream come true moment:Pexcited excited!!

*cheeEsEee*

the GRASS..is so precious..no touching, no stepping..just SEE!

the seat is soooooO Comfy:P i dun wan to go home~

Changing room we went!

thank God, Ronaldo's jersey is still in...muakkaka...

he wont be in utd anymore:P

Gurls..FAST!:P

Mus, Alex Ferguson wannaBe!

Lunch @ Red cafe:)

Let me massage for you, Giggs:P

berkilat-kilat..FIFA, BARCLAYS and CARLING trophies...the joy of Champions!

*wink* yes, this is the trophy the players carried up high when they won Barclays Premier League recently!!

so near yet so FAR..

and then the museum tour..and look at this room..it's all about Ronaldo.He has a room for himself! the popularity i guess!kiss CR goodbye:'(

whereas rayn Giggs and Gary Neville...just a small column each..unfairness!Shopping Paradise for him...MunUtd Megastore!
The ARSENAL fan and the ManUtd fan...good friends:Pthe trinity*_*
and Mus cooked dinner for us..Hainan Chicken rice!

thank You Mus Mus Mus!

it's super duper GOOD! a Malay to cook chinese dish...impressive! Shame on me:(Stir fry chicken and bak cham gai with honey..plus chicken soup and secret recipe sauces..wahh..COMPLETE, AWESOME..SATISFIEDtop it up with Strawberry smoothies:)smile:)

hope you had a good time here, Mus!

*the end of Mus' journey @ Manchester..till we meet again:)*

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and weekend, we went to Preston for a day trip, to visit our dear batch mates who just moved into a big comfy house:) House warming BBQ party with seniors too:)

the Manchester big F.A.M.I.L.Y!

thank you guys for hosting us:) really had a good time, eating and relaxing.

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straight after that, Lily and I started our MASSIVE moving rooms movements..from main building to another flat..after 10months here..things started to accumulate and we have LOADS to move..upstairs, downhill..security doors..TIRED.MUSCLE ACHE.DEAD but thanks to God sent angels like Kee Fong and Stephanie who offered a helping hands..THANKIES SO MUCH! really appreciate it. the move wouldn't be so fast if it weren't you guys helping us:)yup, my new small crib. and my many stuff!
my view from the room:) Nice..

and the BESTEST part is..my neighbour is a very nice gurl:) and we could communicate by just talking thru the window, passing stuff to one another and we could even climb over to one another room thru the window( but we dare not la yea..we're not spider women!) it's Lily Chan!! Muakakka..we're literally neighbours now:)

wasSup Doc: 28th of June..marked the 10th month of me in Manchester^_^ Time flies, 2 more weeks, i will be touching Malaysia.

God has been faithful, He is revealing His great plans to me..daily and i'm cherishing these moments:)

Aloha:)

SSC started last Monday, and was asked to do an audit...Mr Maclean DOes remember me:) the gurl from Malaysia...muakkakakak and he even remembered my name! Impressive...but his vulgar-ness..haih...

oh well, i had to go through 600+ patient's past medical history, to see whether they're on the appropriate medication for their hypertensive condition. Phew, hard work i must say, facing the computer was tiring..BACK pain, and brain torturing! Tomorrow will be another 800+ patients' notes...but THANK GOD, all the patients' notes are all computerised, imagine if i were to go through paperS..that will be WORST! So yea, something to be grateful...the invention of computer programmes! Yay...

It's been a busy busy week..with lots of friends visiting Manchester!

first up..Melanie and Kimmie, my dearest DEAREST ji muiS..who grew up with me in this lil small town called Kota Bharu, Kelantan! Finally, we got to meet up in the UK. But sorry gurls, didnt really get to spend much time with you both, due to my SSC!!! But short catch up as such was good enough^_^ till we meet again back home k! Kimmie*Angie*Melanie*Septi(Mel's friend from Indon)

the LOVE birds who prepared dinner for the group:)

Chicken rice by Kimmie! Super proud of this small lil gurl. I grew up with her since i was 7y.o. She NEVER step into the kitchen and dun even know how to switch on the stove! And now, things have changed tremendously! She could even cook nice meals, like this chicken rice all by herself! Studying abroad will really train you to be independent ya!

us, finally met in UK!

love u all, gurls!

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Next up, Steve's a.k.a JiaHeng's 23rd birthday! JunQi came all the way to Machester the BF's big day:) so yeap, had dinner at Yang Sing with Wilfred as well...poor couple, wanted to eat duck so badly but didnt get to cause the waitress ACCIDENTALLY sold the last duck away..*pissed*!

And they compensated us by giving 4 mini pathetic coconut tart..sigh:P Anyway, Happy Birthday Steve! Hope you had a GREAT one though*_*

the BIG BOSS of the day:)

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SOoooo, the exchange rate now has shot up to 1 pound to RM5.80! Initially, it was RM 5.10:(

Thus, we decided NOT to eat out this weekend. Stayed in and cook ourselves=save money$$!
Our attempt to grill Marmite Honey pork chop on Saturday night was a succesS!

even my hallmates, the locals came up and praise our pork chop. "Hmmm, it smells goOd!"

Little did she knows, it's super easy to cook this!

we came to 1 conclusion: 3 of us ar..cant really cook complicated meals, but simple food like this is good enuff to make us S.M.I.L.E!

Ly's SUCCESS! she finally managed to bake fairy cupcakes PERFECTLY..
very soft in the inside, tasted GREAT!
see these distorted cupcakes. this was our 1st attempt baking cupcakes 5 months back, complete failure!

but now..

presentable+yum yum taste cupcakes!

Aunt Winnie..you must be very very proud of this daughter of yours, right:)
She has grown up..dun need worry dy!

And Black pepper beef with noodle for Sunday dinner:)

and Lily baked another banana tea loaf bread for 3 of us:)

it's for our lunch over this week. Something sweet to end our lunch..we've always been green monsters when we see our friends, munching choc bars after their lunch, but since we're on a diet, we shall NOT indulge ourselves in that lar ya..so small little piece of banana bread should satisfy our sweet tooth!

note: ALL these dessert are made of healthy ingredientS..LESS butter, LESS sugar and go BROWN!

Angie in pJ with her smiley cupcakes!

i like.i really do..happy!

Thanks Ly^_^

before i end this post...

Happy Father's Day to my DEAREST Papa:)

TQ, for being such an AWESOME dad!

an ever supportive dad who gives your all for us, the 4..

hope you had a great day

l.o.v.e

p/s: i particularly like this pic of yours, dad...

a man after God's heart:)

wasSup Doc: there are more visitors in Manchester...updates>NEXT POST..suspense!

post OSCE..

BIG relief...post OSCE

I cant confidently said that i did very well because i could have done better:(

But really thank God for the PEACE He has showered upon me. I have never felt so at peace throughout this exams and I know it's He who held my hands and stayed beside me throughout.
It's a peace that transcends all understanding. Words cant described....Thank You oh Father!

So, Min and KeeFong who finished OSCE 2 days earlier than the rest prepared a great dinner for us...Tom yam beehun and xiao bai chai...Nyum! Esp after a long day after our OSCE!

Min, in action:)
Seafood tom yam! SLurp...superB the 2nd main chef, KeeFong!

Xiao Bai chai and mushroom:)

End product!

Since we dun hv long holiday after OSCE, we decided to go London over the weekend, just before our 4 weeks SSC attachment starts...Woohoo...the best of British:) The 3 gurls who went down 1st:) and our 1st destination was the National History Museum^_^ (very nice ler the architecture of this building, and there are LOADS of AREAs in this museum! Very educational indeed..no wonder the Brits kids are so SMART!)the superSUPER GIANT tree trunk, so called Giant Sequoia(big tree)

Big sis+xiao mei^_^

mua mua mua*_*

we then went to Trafalgar Square for pic snapping moments!the 'ROMANA' pic:P

sigh, i couldnt climb up to ride on this famous LION:( coz i dun hv a bf to push me up! Sharks..i shall bring my bf along next time:P:P

Siti, Christina and KF joined us the 2nd day:)us @ Bond Street with the famous red buS:)

we even went to Holborn to visit the Hunterian Museum, which displays a good deal of medical texts and also offers an insight of the history and practise of the surgeons throughout the years. Abundance of skeletons and diseased organs. in short 100x bigger than our MMS in IMU:P actually my main purpose to Holborn was to get my bro's legal bands..but unfortunately, the shop is CLOSE! Too bad la koko...:(

and the last day, we went Covent Garden Market for a walk. Loads of stalls selling unique stuff

smiley^_^Sunny Hot Day with sunhine smile!

and the MAIN+REAL purpose of goin London!

Roast Duck @ FOUR SEASON!

*phew phew phew!!*tadaaa....really GOooooODddD!

Crispy duck wrap:)the DUCK L.O.V.E.RssS!(no wonder we can click so well!)
the BIG smileS on our faces!
Mission Accomplished:)

and before we headed home, we stopped by Hyde Park for a walk. The weather was so Sunny, and everyone was sunbathing in the park. So we joined along, we didnt burn ourselves under the sun of course, we were just busy taking pics, with the locals as background..muakakk:P
us and the many 'ants' sunbathing!Angie*siTi

sTepH*LiLy busy with camera! shot 1

and again..shot 2

*cheEseEe*

aiyo..our brothaa..posing nih!
finally, the ULTIMATE touristS..muakkkaak.

we both just love this pic..very de much (Ly, wat is the name of this spec dy???)

okay..enuff of holidays:)

my next holidays will be in Malaysia!

my SSC started today. and yipee, i got the same GP i was attached to previously in Urmston.

dr MacLean!

though i will have to travel about 1 and half hour to get there, guess it's worth it coz he is hilarious and very patient in teaching me!

wokay dokes(Dr Maclean favourite phrase)

wasSup Doc:

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful,

for beauty is God's handwriting

Give me strength to persevere on...

strees inducer->EXAMS!

oh Lord

hear my cry i pray..

i cant do this myself.

i need You

wasSup Doc:

I lift my eyes to the hills-

where does my help come from?

My help comes from the Lord,

the Maker of heaven and earth

it's bOiLinG:)

Yup, that's our FAVOURITE phrase now...IT'S BOILING!

Weather in Manchester has been goOoooD..SUNNY! around 20 degree Celsius averagely..

Oh yea, Summer is here..whee!
Shades checked!

Sunblock lotion checked!

Short pants checked!

Short sleeves shirt checked!
It's Boiling!!!

(guess Malaysia is so much warmer than it is here:P)

Everybody loves the SUN, picnic-ing in the park, lying on the green green grass of hope:P
but not for us of coz, exams up next week and...we just got to stay in our 'boiling' room and study:):):)!

BUT we still find some time to chilL of coz...All works and no play makes Jack a dull boy right?!
so, we're not gonna be DULL..happening peeps on the run..

Friday was 'THE' day, for our brother Kee Fong to welcome us to his newly built, hotel-like apartment! Spacious big apartment with nice scenery:) PLUS comfy nice sofa...awww!Pictures to feast your eyes! Our dearest host..with his smart outfit after work:P And bought us so much FooD!

Before heading to his place, a swarm of cyclistS roamed in the town with their sunny outfit:) We loves..SUMMER!

the variety of food we prepared for our steamboat feast!

cant wait..to ATTACK! all the smiley faces!

Thankies KF!

Ly, Steph, Angie! (foOd lovErs!)

the apartment came with such a modern round sofa! looks like i'm in studio

and also the comfy sofa and pillows!

and our dessert was exotic fruits:P Mango, HoneyDew and HUGE banana!!

we were BLOATED after the meal....

didnt manage to finish all the food of coz!

but we sure had a good time chilling at his new home:)

::de-STRESS::

finally, Happy Birthday to my dear princess Teo:)

irresistable beauty queen

best wishes and love <3

wasSup Doc:
F.A.I.T.H does not question why when all His ways are hard to understand,

but trusts and prays.

F.E.A.R

the WORD for the past week was..F.E.A.R

fear of finals OSCE.

fear of disappointments

fear of making the correct decision

fear of giving advise

fear of ..... everything under this hot SUN.

sometimes it might be just self-induced stress

but i guess it's being Angelene.

anyway, past week was kinda stressor..

knowing finals in few weeks time, preparing that itself is scary.

to be able to talk fluently with substance

to be able to perform clinical skills impressively

to be able to explain some disease/procedure in a super simple layman term

to be able to counteract ethical issues

to be able to be a competent medical student..

all sum up to F.E.A.R of failures:(

thank you for all out there keeping me in prayers n encouraging me throughout this period

i'm alert, conscious and communicative.

Alive and well. Dun worry. It's just another exams along my road that induce my fear factor.

the reward for this week was...PAOs:) Ly and I ordered lotus pao, custard pao, char siew pao and the new discovered yummilicous polo custard bun(and the shop only sell it on Sunday!)! soft and sweet..lucky us:)

We've always wanted to try this take-away home-cooked Korean Bulgogi near our place. Went there last Sat to get one packet each. And it was so nyum nyum for a reasonable price:)

and Stephie, our 'Jamie Oliver' offered to make beef burgers for us yesterday. FROM scratch kay..she is really good la!

b4 grilling the patties: minced beef+cereal crunch+spices and MOULD them into shape!

hard work oh...can u see the HEART shape patty? So cute right?!

tadaa...the end product, top up with Lingam sweet chilli sauce...slurpie^_^

as promised mummy, my standard lunch. Sandwiches with tuna plus miso soup with long beans n lettuce...sometimes i wonder..eating too many portions of fruits and vege will bring harm or not ar? Think nowadays we can eat more than 10 portions a day!

oh well..that's about it for this week.

short and sweet

just for my dear papa n mama

missing you both LOADS!

::thankies for being so supportive in every ways::

wasSup Doc:

ME..overcoming all these F.E.A.R with joy!

By God's grace, i CAN!