Friday, June 27, 2008
of poison ivy and a turbulent tummy
chris is officially DOWN with food poisoning! sighhhhhh it must have been the orh lua that i gobbled down a day after landing. what a way to make a comeback [literal comeback]. i have been combating fever, bone ache, and endlessss endless endlessly continuous toilet visiting since forever. i'm much better now; the fever and bone ache has gone away, but le dreaded diarrhoea stays on! my tumtum feels bloated like crazy.
when will this misery end?
oh when shall i see the light of day?!
but it is afternoon, by the way, so you say.
that was not the light i was talking about, neigh!
soon, SOON, chris'll be back in action. hooray!
but for now, queasy feelings rule his day.
OK.
paN!cker lost it at 1:29 pm
Sunday, June 22, 2008
of reveling dwellers and dwelling revelers
this cold, wintry, yet warmly lit morning of the twenty second of june two thousand and eight sees me sitting at my laptop in my room, munching on a piece of hawaiian pizza from marcus' farewell (which i didn't go to because jac's farewell was happening concurrently like 20 metres away), room door uncharacteristically open, corridor lights off, and facing lemuel's empty room (dude btw, you left your LIGHTS and FAN on. i doubt we'd get free utilities after we're through with the month! haha.) joy wants eternity, and i guess, so do i. or rather, things eternal. the semester's over and done with, and the sham of a student and all the disappointments that come along with it seek to haunt. apart from winning a weirded-out-rules indoor soccer tourny, i can't say i've been a champion of the semester.
things come, and things go,
but whatever they are, you will be swept with the flow;
if you don't know.
so many people are heading back for the hols, and i'm not excluded. in 36 hours, i will be ready for takeoff, in that familiar capsule thingy which traverses time and space from an altitude of a big number. i love aeroplane rides, the whole taking off process, and flying above the world, getting a little closer to the outer limits of God's unfathomable creation, where our finite knowledge fails us in seeking to understand a little of this earth. i really want to spend this time getting things right, and preparing myself in all areas to tackle life in the next semester, and do it like a pro on a roll. right, ok so maybe not, but the silence of the night prods and probes me onwards towards a life of change and order and, fulfillment.
In other news, whoever's back in Singapore shall be meeting on 2nd July to check course results! How, utterly, ............... pleasant.
paN!cker lost it at 12:35 am
Saturday, June 14, 2008
p@N!cker declares war
We celebrate today as the official day Chris' exams start, and Chris is glad it's over. Chris isn't glad about the way he prepared, but let not that horrid start give away the work still to be done to drag himself up to standard. Chris was caught pondering a few seconds too many on the MCQs in the exam, and gave up the ghost of the last 3 short answers as a result, for a total of ~ 10-12 marks. Throw in the random unanswered MCQ question for another 1.5 marks. That's 13-15 marks gone even before the marker gets a whiff of me paper. It was heartbreaking.
Goodbye 7, won't you at least embrace me, 6?
paN!cker lost it at 2:45 pm
Friday, June 13, 2008
kowalski
While hard at work, at D - 1 days to blast off, I learned something new. Kowalski is the second most common surname in Poland. It translates to blacksmith. Kowal refers to smith. Other surnames like Kowalcyzk and Kowalewicz were derived from the word Kowal as well.
As we have thus seen, the abovementioned is in no way related to renal function or sodium or water regulation in the kidney by transporters or co-transporters or sodium/potassium ATPase pumps in the nephron.
Bye.
paN!cker lost it at 9:40 am
Thursday, June 12, 2008
spirited away
  
  
 
 
oh drifting, just drifting on the high seas of the subconscious.
paN!cker lost it at 12:00 am
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
explosions in the sky
Ok, I am officially a sucker for explosions in the sky, and in case you're wondering if I'm some perverse pyromaniac who loves seeing things blow up, which ........ hmmm, might be rather pleasant actually, and yes there are those pretty colours that erupt when things do..... UHH yes as I was saying, NO. I don't mean literally sillies. I mean the band! Explosions In The Sky rock my socks (when i'm wearing em anyway)! They play instrumental post-rock, they're from the US of A, and I'm in love with their "cathartic mini-symphonies" which weave intricate stories with no words and take you along for the ride. Beautiful. They totally destr0y. =]
Elsewhere on the globe, a certain Christopher realised recently that he didn't have a ticket to actually get back to Brisbane after returning to his homeland for a short break. He is currently struggling to secure an SIA two-way ticket via Edwin's friend's mum who works in SIA, while tentatively holding onto a booking for 16th July with Etihad airlines, of which its existence he knew nothing of till last night. There doth many a thing to be done in these terrible times aye tell ya, when men of eveeeeel can say "NI" to old women.
Sigh, exams, make it a joy. Learning shouldn't take place two days before finals. It shouldn't. SHOULDN'T. And yet, it is.
paN!cker lost it at 11:13 am
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
A little of everything
Edwin went to Sunnybank today and got me tang yuan, cornstarch, and sesame oil! BeWare, the world is not enough!
paN!cker lost it at 3:08 pm
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Too many cooks spoil the broth
Greetings blogger (and whoever else there is to be greeted),
I bring greetings (as stated in the greeting above) and salutations, and I wonder what I'm doing here, but at the same time I know I must!! I MUST! Not be here. Sheesh.
Today we had care group photo shoot, and it was lovely, to say the least. Our theme was CHEFS! And so, essentially I came dressed in exactly the same garb as last year (which was SPIES/SECRET AGENT), white shirt with black pants, haha. We owned! I looked horrid, but what matters is everyone had fun. =/ Heh. Here's a few sneaks. EVERYONE WHO HAS PHOTOS, PLEASE UPLOAD THEM ASAP (by ASAP I do mean after exams, don't do it now, like ...... what I'm doing)
 
 
 
Right. Now that our insanity has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, we'll let the matter rest. Today, sermon was going as per normal when Wen An brought up Zi, and how the loss of his life last december whilst saving a girl was tragic, but the life he had gained in his time with J8 was precious and irreplaceable. Wen An was talking about being devoted to a body life, and being committed to a local church, and in ways I never realised, Zi had found belonging and purpose in his time with us in J8. He'd been searching for answers, searching for this God he was supposed to have known all his life, and he'd just begun once again this renewed journey to find the God who was his redeemer, the one who'd claimed his life back from the jaws of death. Memories flooded back and I realised the resolutions I made then, and at new year's, to inject purpose and meaning into this life of mine. I look now at the wall on my left, and I see the lofty goals I'd set myself, and how far I've fallen from them or even from attempting to see them come to pass. Yes, guilty of drifting once again! Gone was that passion to be an agent for change, that desire to see transformation here as well as back home. That inner man was nowhere to be found, and only an empty shell perhaps, a caraspace of resounding-gong proportions.
I want to find myself in Christ once again, and to be engaged in His will for my life, and not see life pass my by again, just like how Zi found himself and God before he left us. Will we learn from Zi's lesson, or will we not? Today really challenged me to focus on the necessities and let the incidentals remain as, yes, incidentals. I struggle to let go, and I know I should, but they hold me back, and it hinders, and stumbles, and blinds. I need to honour God with my attitude towards study and my attitude in providing support to my mates around me who need that lil push onwards as well, instead of backwards in lethargy and senseless banter.
I'm coming back, back to where it matters, where fulfillment awaits, back to where transformation and change can occur, with palms supinated.
paN!cker lost it at 9:52 pm
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Herald, the Champions of Europe, Hope.
Surely a day to remember for many days to come! The champions of Europe! Well, ok, maybe not Europe, but definitely Australasia, or, erm, at the very least ...... champions of UQSport. :/ Hehe. We made it!! Once again, facing the mighty Leetness, 1337 in their very own right, we showed the game to them and were very unlucky not to have won it in normal time. CK himself had probably a thousand shots on goal, almost all of them off target, and we dominated the game from start to finish with very resolute defending and high work rate. Alas, the lone goal Edwin smashed in late on in the second-half, which we thought to be sufficient, proved insufficient as a quick counter by Leetness, accompanied by a momentary lack concentration/fitness in tracking back led to a thunderous shot, and uncharacteristic failure of Jon to keep the ball out of the top corner of his near post. All he could do was pump the ball into the roof of the net. We were disheartened, but I knew the battle was far from over, and much had to be done. We all felt hard done by this late goal, but knew we had to press on. And press on we did, continuing the barrage until very quickly, we ran out of time. In the 5 minute golden goal period that ensued, we tried hard to snatch a winner but it was far too little time, and so proceedings had to be decided by a shootout! There aren't any exciting pics of the shootout (collective awwwwwwwww) but that's only cus I have it all on video! It wasn't really nailbiting, surely not like how Manchester United won it at the death against Chelsea, but it was exciting nonetheless. Basically, they missed all theirs and we scored two of ours. Jon sure made himself big between the posts, and we've got him to thank for saving 2 shots on target. Finally, the dream has materialised. As you can see, we each won a "cup winners' cup" and a erm, colour-printed UQSport certificate. How utterly pleasant. The only botch on all that guts and glory story is that I paid a really hefty price (literally) for this victory, which shall be detailed further down the bottom. It happened pre-game, with practically the first kick of our proper "practice" drill. Sigh. All those pleasantries aside, it's that time of year again, yes, SWOTVAC urgh x 136475213. Going has been tough, slow, but I'm plugging in there and trying my best! This semester has been so tough in so many ways, and I make it hard for myself, but I need God's strength, and most importantly, I need to translate that knowledge into action, actively seeking Him and receiving peace about my situation and striving forward to do the best I can. I'm revising Biomechanics first, which is my last paper, before starting Physiology, which is a whopping 55% and probably the one I have the least clue about right now. GO CHRIS! *eggs self on*
Team cohesion is -obviously- a vital factor in deciding success.
p@N!cker receives last instructions/encouragement/rebuke/RAWWR from Edwin!
yes, the very very VERY VERY VERY hefty price. how ironic.
paN!cker lost it at 12:52 am
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