a DAY of thanksgiving:)

I turned 22 a week ago. AHhhh, i felt so old with the double 2 as my age. Could still remember vividly my sweet 16 birthday party and just a flash in second, i'm already a WOMAN. Wokay, no more childish thinking but MORE MATURE thought! Grow up Angie! I'm still young at heart! Yihaa..

1 week prior my big day was my Big Bro's, Kee Fong's 23rd birthday! And since the birthdays of 3 of us(Steph, KF and me) are just 1 week apart, our planner, Lily Chan decided to organise a trio birthday party for us! Min and Siti joined us too...the Mancunians reunite! We had dinner at Hard Rock Manchester. It was our first time there and the food was soso loo. But anyway, it didn't matter because the people whom we ate with was of utmost importance! Snapped loads of pics that night, and here we go...*courtesy of Min's Sony SLR*

Us with our food

Gurls:)

Happy Birthday to The Trio!!When the staffs in HardRock knew we're celebrating birthday, we were requested to stand on our chair and the people in the restaurant sang HB song for us*_*
another group pic!

Right after the dinner, we headed to Hilton Hotel for the aftermath party. It's our BROTHAA's idea and since he was the king of that day, all of us followed! Lounge 23, a posh, nice ambiance lounge, situated on the 23rd floor of Hilton Hotel. And the view from the top oversee the whole city of Manchester. It's not really great, i must say...we even commented that Vista's view is so much better as we could see Genting and Twin Towers whereas here..NO Sky scrapers seen, just lights! Again, it doesn't matter, whole lot of us had fun. That's more than enough:) Thanks peeps!

Steph, Ly Angie @ Lounge 23

the day B4 my big day...Lily, Steph and Shahira came over to my place and surprised me:) Lily baked my favourite Carrot cake! It tasted really really AWESOME! The texture was just nice, soft in the inside and yum yum! PLUS POINT: she used half the portion of OLIVE OIL needed to bake it and it still tasted good..I almost finished the whole cake myself..but control control lar yea:P THANKIES to all my dearestS, who had made and effort to gave me such a surprise:) *touched*

surprised!! They sneaked into my room when i went toilet..

Make a wish..make a wish!

My baker, ,my secretary, my twin, my best friend:)

BEST carrot cake ever!..aww, 22 years old dy..

Konica moment!

on the BIG day itself:)

Had a date with Jessica at 8am in the morning! MSN and webcam:) Thankies for all the surprises within a gift!

Haha, i made her eat apple with me:)my gift, flew all the way from Melbourne! See the sunflowers..my fav!

Went to church after that for a spring clean. some paintings+washing+vacuuming+reconstructing work need to be done..Most of you would say wat a way to spend your birthday..yup indeed. it's a great way to start off my Big day.. Being able to serve Him on my birthday day is the best gift to put a smile on His face for the 22 years of blessings He has showered upon me:) Somebody once told me birthday is not a day of celebration only, but a day of thanksgiving unto our Lord who has created me for a reason. However, student fellowship did surprise me with a HUGE MANGO cake..and this cake was freshly baked from a Chinese bakery. Lily and i always crave for such cake coz we hardly eat fresh baked cake here, and it's really expensive to buy one. And this bakery is really famous for their cake:) Cheers!

Happy birthday to m3*_*

Wong Wong freshly baked Mango cake! And the bunny..my zodiac:)

Kena attacked! I've got strabismus in this pic..Cacat:)

MuaxX..my whole face was..DESTROYED:P

Thanks my dearest SF!

After cleaning, i met up with Edwina. The whole IMU gang came all the way from Notts to eat dim sum...She celebrated her birthday one day before mine. Good catching with u my dear. We're the Mac babies!

Nonetheless, my dearest family members brought me out for dinner at this Japanese shop called Little Samsi. Lily booked the whole shop for my BIG day!! Muakkkakakak...actually, the shop is a take away Jap food shop, and not many people will sit in and eat. But that day, 4 of us went and the whole place as though were booked by us! Angie's Day...wat to do:P Had a lavish Jap Deluxe bento with a reasonable price. Arigatou gozaimashita....

Me and my bento box! Salmon terriyaki!

Stephie Da Je!

LiLy, xiao mei..

brothaa Kee fong:)

Yup, i brought my leftover carrot cake to blow candles again:P I love blowing candles(:

Us, the only diners in Little Samsi!

and i'm so blessed to receive some pressies n cards from my dearest friends!

KF, Ly, Steph n Shah bought me this 2 GB memory card for my phone. Did i tell you guys that i lost mine? I dropped my phone and the tiny chip went missing! And these friends of mine, knew i was kinda sad over it, so they bought another one for me as my birthday pressie! Thankies guys!!!

Ivy ang ang got me loads of PINK and STRAWBERRY stuff! Gloves, body butter and body gel PLUS the cute pink badge!

Mel sent this Crabtree and Evelyn pouch with lavender flavoured body gel, shampoo, soup and hand cream from Bristol! And when she gave me a call on my birthday, she insisted me to use them..but dear, i have no heart to use them larr...let me keep 1st k:P

Kimmie gave me this cute Betty Boop Shirt and short pants from La Senza. Thankies honey!

and...SUNFLOWER! plus a book entitled 'Captivating', which reveals the heart of woman's soul in God's eyes..Thanks Julian!

my papa n mama sent their angel this card:) So sweet of them..The best parents ever..

WeiLin sent me a card from Melbourne too. See wat she draw behind the envelope! She sent along the SUN from Aussie! Thankies! It warmth me up indeed:)

Stephen sent over some gifts from Singapore! Oh, though the name on the magnet is spelled wrongly..nvm la, still the same pronunciation right. PLUS POINT, there is a sunflower on it..so ngam. And interpretation of the name is-Angel/Messanger which suggest a pretty, shy, sweet, soft and gentle woman..How many criteria of these i fulfilled?..u all know best:P

And this card is really special..when it's folded, it says 'Happy Birthday'

but when u flip it over, and rotate clockwise, the 'happy' is changed to Jesus..remember Jesus Loves you:)such card with SUNFLOWERSss just made my day..big BUNCH of thanks from Sarah!And the many other cards as well...i've pinned all of them up! Thanks for making an effort, to buy a card, write nice and sweet messages and sent to me! Am very happy...having your blessings with me!

Not to forget, those who pick up your phone and call/sms me! Even those who wrote on my wall on facebook( i'm still fasting from FB, so i haven't read any of those messages, but i still wanna say BIG thanks for all the wishes!!) or wrote me emails..TQ TQ TQ..

Thank you all for remembering who Angelene is and wishing her 'Happy Birthday' on her birthday. Small gestures like this definitely put a smile on her face:)

wasSup Doc:

You are who you are for a reason

You're part of an intricate plan

You're precious and perfect unique design

Called God's special woman or man.

::I'm not an accident::

Lala..LA:)

Hey peeps, am back:) went kaput a few days..busyness with work n other stuff..or maybe i just love to stone at this precious corner in my room, doing nothing:P

Work in hospital has been busy as usual, but we're enjoying ourselves loads, with clinics, surgery, ward rounds and teachings:) Goin in as early as 8am is no longer a problem for us, but coming back at 4pm still make us tired all the time. Generally, all students in Manchester are having their Easter break starting tomorrow, and their break is 3 weeks! As for me, we've got only 1 week, which is 2 weeks later..Oh wells, that's the life of a medical student. Just bear with it, loads of work, not many holidays, and by the time i finished, I dont think i could cover the whole Europe as other has:(

Last Friday, we went for a whole day dermatology sign up in Ashfields. 1 hour bus ride there and transport was provided by the university. A session with talks bout dermatology issues, drugs contraindication and some lectures on endocrinology. oh, the so called DELICIOUS lunch was prepared too..na, nothing great, just some sandwiches, choco cupcakes and juices..Dun expect too much from the lunch provided here, it's all about sandwiches...not like back home, with nasi goreng or curry or kuih-muih. Since then, i've been eating sandwiches for lunch almost everyday! We pack our sandwiches of coz, if we were to buy everyday, we'll go pokkai! Coz a descent sandwich here cost 2 pounds at least, which is RM 11!!NO way i'm going buy that..Hahah..I'll show you my lunch pack next time k:P

Had been playing quite a lot of netball for the past 2 weeks!! Practise session with the gurls every Monday night, in the cold, outdoor and Matches against other hall gurls on Wednesday night, indoor*whee*! Netball is now my hobby! It just makes me happy. Leaving aside all the worries and run for the ball! i like^_^

Gabs Gurls Netball team!

Last weekend, we decided to bring Shahira to try the Jap food since she has been craving for it since ages. Rmb the big slice of Unagi with rice deal in Wasabi i showed you guys earlier on when my cousie came. Yup, we went there again! Yummilicious oh...Right after that, we had a Strawberry feast with Ben & Jerry's ice-cream. Mind you, we didnt finish the whole tub. We know it's fattening..We know how to control k:P

Picnic in my room after dinner:)

The huge strawberries n B&J Ice-cream! Btw, that huge tub of ice-cream was given by my hall for dinner one night! Everybody got that one huge tub!!! This shows how generous Gabs is!

and that very Sunday, we had turkey for dinner! with our fav broccoli+mushroom. These 2 dishes have been posted in my blog for so many times dy.

Just yesterday, Student fellowship volunteered as stewards in a concert by Stream of Praise.An evangelistic outreach project organised by my church. Stream of Praise consists of a group of Chinese singers travelled all the way from USA to perform. They're having a British tour and Manchester is one of their stops. They had travelled to so many countries, and from one of the video showed when they were in Hong Kong, it seems this team is kinda well-known. Almost 4000 people turned up in all 6 concerts held there. The so called Chinese version Planet Shakers i guess:) The gospel is spreading everywhere!

Quite a lot of people turned up for this concert:) Kinda weird to see so many Chinese in Manchester. Muakakak..and my mandarin was in good use:)

Stream of Praise, worship CDs and DVDs! The songs are quite nice! All composed by themselves! They have their own studios in USA!

And Us! The stewards:) Greet everybody with a SMILE! That's our motto that night!

Just something to share. There was one day, I got nothing to do in the afternoon after my GP posting in the morning, so i decided to go in hospital to take a history from any patient. None of the patients in the firm i'm attached to was free, so instead of going home n did nothing, I wandered a while in the hospital and a while later, i ended up in a trauma ward which I have never been to. I walked in, not knowing anybody and later spotted an old lady smiling at me and greeted me 'Good Afternoon'. Opportunity i thought! Yup, i went forward and introduce myself, and asked her permission to take a history from her. As we talked, she told me she goes to church every Sunday and I told her I do too. I told her I'm from Malaysia and she grabbed hold of my hands, with a big smile, saying 'welcome to Manchester, Love'. I'm so touched, she then continue telling me that Manchester is a nice place and MRI(the hospital i'm based) is a top-class hospital for you to be trained as a doctor. I nodded my head and agreed with her. Just as i was about to leave, she said' God bless you'! And i replied back the same...How I ended meeting this old lady was still a mystery. But deep in me, I know God has put this old pleasant lady to tell me that He has put me in a GREAT place, which is Manchester. I always wonder why God send me to Manchester when my first choice is to go Australia, and based in MRI where NOT a single IMU seniors is here. MRI has always been the highly demanded teaching hospital by the Manchester students because it's based in the city centre itself, whereas the other 3 hospitals are away from the city. Why here, Why me? I'm still on this challenging journey to find out my purpose here.

wasSup doc: PBPGINFWMY:)

Divine Appointment

with my Daddy who art in heaven!

It's been a another week, one of the longest hours spent in the hospital. Most of the days, we started our day at 8am, and finished at 5pm. Did our very first night shift with the houseman on Thursday, from 5pm till half 9pm and...phew, from there, we foresee ourselves working as FY1 after we graduate. As expected, the work load is..SO MUCH! Oh well, this is the career i chose, i must work with joy:) By God's grace, things will be fine, i hope!

Student Fellowship had a retreat! Topic was 'One Life, One Purpose'. And the speaker was Wee Leon, a plastic surgeon who graduated from Edinburgh and currently working in Manchester. He has been serving God in the student ministry, thus, he is able to connect with us kinda well. The retreat started on Friday night, and ended on Saturday night. It was held in our church itself, so we didnt have to stay overnight:)

The first session we had was about Quiet Time(QT)...

What is QT? Why we do QT? How to do QT? and what is consisted in QT?

We had group discussions, and this session really made us re-think the importance of doing our quiet time, spending time with God and reading His words. One of the group came out with an explanation which was really good. They said QT is like breakfast to us, feeding God's words every morning will give us sufficient strength for the day, and from QT, we listen to God clearly, what He has planned for us for that very day and experience His presence throughout the day. In QT, we get to build a deeper relationship with God, drawing closer to Him brings comfort and security to us. And by spending time with God, you're making His day goes Ooolalala too, because He desires our attention, He wants to hear from us as well. Putting a smile on His face is definitely one thing that we should aim to do everyday!

p/s: No bible, No breakfast! 1st thing to do in the morning...QT, which is a time of solitude, meant to be alone with God...

Second session we had was about our God, being an efficacious God. Efficacy here means doing the right things at the right time in the right way with the right motive to produce the right results! Be reminded that He created this world, and He is sure in control of everything. Why we are we always anxious when things doesn't turn out well, according to our way? Why worry bout failure, He created failures! Stay still, and know that He is God. He knows you inside out, your coming and going. He knows your sufferings, your troubles, your problems..and nothing is TOO BIG for Him to handle! Rmb, it's His timing..:) From here, we were taught to think critically why Jesus only chooses 12 disciples and not more or less? Why after His resurrection, He only showed up to 500 people and not to the millions? Why the transfiguration took place on the mountain top with the chosen 3 disciples and not with the 12? All these questions lead to one answer that is..He has His own plan, His timing, His methods and His purpose of letting these circumstances happen. All we need to do is..TRUST! And Wee Leon added on, life as a medical student without God is TOUGH! He accepted Christ in his mid first year in medical school, and he said after knowing God, he felt more peace and comforted, for he knows, God will pull him through. Without God, the burden and stress he had to handle was too heavy. I'm indeed comforted by this statement:) I have Jesus!

And finally, Wee Leon emphasized on the Glory of God. 3 points:

1) His grace. He cares about you, every little small probs, He is concerned bout it!
2) His governance. He is the only one who is in control of EVERYTHING! Jesus holds the answer to every question..Turn to Him, when you're helpless. He is there to listen:)

3) His generosity. His resources is unlimited! He is more than a billionaire. He owns everything in this world. And rmb, He answers our prayers according to His riches. He gives us much MORE than what we expected..so DREAM BIG, for He only give us the best!

This retreat has taught me to be more dependent on Him, rather than handling problems myself. A refreshing appointment with Him...I LIKE!

The many JUNK Sherlyn provided..and..SPOT the fruits too:)

my FANTA Zero..0 calories..

Our dinner..chicken curry! Sherlyn woke up at 330am to cook this for us..Thanks gurl!

Student Fellowship of MCCC!

a time of bonding, a time with God!

wasSup Doc:
Though weak and helpless in life's fray,

God's mighty power shall be my stay;

Without, within, He gives me

The strength to gain the victory.

am aLIVE!

hello hello HELLO my dearest:)

Sorry for the lacking od updates, kinda busy with my new firm, but i'm liking it, because we have very organised timetables, with loads of clinics, surgery and ward rounds. It's good, vascular surgery department has been good:) I was attached to this top notch anesthetist last Wed, and finally did my very first IV cannulation on real patient, though the blood was oozing out like mad when i inserted the cannulation, and the Dr jokingly said i made a mess out of it, i was still kinda happy, coz..he didnt mind giving me the chance to perform such procedure, to practise on real patient and to learn from my mistakes. That's good enough! I'm seizing all opportunities given. Oh, i also managed to intubate the patient! Eventhough i inserted wrongly the first time into his esophagus, making funny sound when he breath, but in the end, with his guidance, i successfully put it into the correct place, which is into the trachea! But disappointment did come at the same time, i failed my venepuncture the day b4 on another patient. Tried 2 times but still no blood coming out. Thank God, the patient didnt scold me..S.I.G.H. Which means, i need more practise on this..oh Lord, grant me with more confident after this failure..

It was St Gabs day last Wed, which was another formal dinner. The food not that great though..Thought it would be some nice western food, but it turned out to be chicken curry with long beans..weird. Oh wells..Here go some pics:)

Shah*Ly*Angie*Mayu*Saran*Anna

But the dessert was good..Lemon cheese tart with berries:)

Us again:)

Daisy and Tulips..i took from the dinner:) Some new 'lives' in my room to enlighten me a little!

And cousie, Diana came down from Glasgow to visit Manchester. Stayed over my place for the weekend. Yup, it's time for me to the tour guide again! Thank God, we didnt get lost this time:P

Us with our bento..Unagi with rice! Yum..

Ealing*my new fren! She came along with Diana. Yeap, my room could occupy 3 peeps:)

When we see water, we feel like swimming:)

Us in front of Manchester Central Library..

It was my first time stepping into this library after being in Manchester for so long. Btw, i visited the Manchester museum for the first time too..Thanks to these gurls, who insisted to visit the museum, which was just a mile stone away my place. Anyway. great having them around..Had dim sum AGAIN:P

And that very Sunday, Steph decided to cook for us again. *Yipee* with her new recipe of pasta..Said to be a trial, and it turned out so well, with the salmon:)::Healthy meal we had::

Finally, another new week has just started. It's been great but today was extremely tiring. Went in hospital from 9.30am and came back at 6.30pm, due to some teachings, PBL, lectures and clinic attachments. But it's worth it. No pain, no gain yea..phew, another fruitful and long day, with a smile..Rejoice!

wasSup Doc: If u hv any question in life, write it down and do rmb to find out the answer. This will bring you far..-a patient told me this when i clerked him yesterday..words of wisdom.