Mr. Rowan W. Parks


Mr. Andrew de Beaux

Writers of Davidson's principle of surgery, and.... my tutors for GI module!
Its cool having the writer's of Davidsons (quite a number are in Edin), but on the downside they are pretty busy... get to join them for surgeries and clinics tho :)

Snow Snow Snow

23 nov, 2.30 am, it snowed.

Weee... My first snow experience in Edinburgh! thanks to the fire alarm again... everyone was standing in the cold, some in pyjamas, under the pretty pretty snow :)

hello Glasgow!!

After my exams (that didnt go so well) on Fri, Chee Mei and I rushed off to Glasgow, land of shopping!! I was absolutely excited to see my Naomi ;) and Sree again.. though i just saw them one week ago in Nottingham..
When i was there, only did i realised how much i missed hanging out with Naomi and bullying Sree.. Brings back good ol memories, staying over at Naomi's place (which is in need of more heating!), just chatting and listening to her ramble bout guys... hehe.. I Miss u Naomiiii!
Naomi is becoming an excellent cook! Her Tom Yum is Amazing!! and i happened to crave tom yum for such a long time... Thank You Naomi!!Sree was so sweet accompanying Naomi and I shopping.. like a walking clothes rack, he held my jackets and bag while i happily shopped! He also made us pancakes! and Thank you Sree for the Gizmo shirt :D Sree also bought me my first (and LAST) jawbreaker.. it was the size of a large ping pong ball (they sold one a size of a baseball).. that THING was in my mouth for wat seemed like forever!!. -_- Sreee.. what did i ever do to u to deserve punishment like this.... i couldn't talk, I had to take it out of my mouth again and again cos my mouth was soo sore from holding that ball in.. :P Hmph.. I'll never forget this sree.... >:P
Act cute! Sree had to try this hat i wanted to buy.. cos my hand was dirty holding the jawbreaker and Naomi didn't want to mess up her hair:P

Eating and Shopping: the two things that make me contented :D and thats all i did in Glasgow.. no museums, no art galleries, no cathedrals... cos shopping just drains all my energy.. in a good way :D

Beautiful view of Glasgow.. (just on the way to and around the shopping area :P)
This is Buchanan Street, where all the shopping happens :D

Check out the funky slippers... i got the gorilla :P cos homer simpson was too expensive!Homer Simpson gobbling up sree's feet

The Food we ate the first night i was there

Ate in Rumours the first day, and had just suddenly remembered how much i missed Malaysian food..yum yum..And had fish and chips immediately after!
Deep Fried Pizza... absolutely Fattening.. It tastes just like pizza but oilier.. gotta try it at least once, right :P

I'm sure if u read Naomi's blog you would know that I almost didnt make it back to Edinburgh.. We left Naomi's place at 4, and my bus was at 4.45... so we walked.. and we talked and talked.. and then i looked at my watch --- 4.30... and a long way to go!!Panic was seeping in... So we RAN (Sree just walked, advantages of having long legs).. So scary to almost have missed the bus.. never again will i go through this.. phew..

It was really really great to see my old buddies again :') bunking in with Naomi and crapping with Sree, just like the good ol' days :D

Thank you so much to Naomi, Sree, Li Ying, Jiun, Stephanie, Lily, Yew Wen, Alfred (hope i didnt miss anyone out) for your hospitality!! Muacks!
I'm glad i'm just an hour away from my best buddy and shopping! means i can go over anytime ;)
MUACKS!

Malaysia in UK

Nottingham games!
An event where all Malaysians all over uk get together to compete against each other in sports..
A place where Malaysians can reunite! and meet long lost friends :')

It was quite a long tiring journey (6 hours in a bus with hard upright seats) but it was worth it to be able to see familiar faces, and speak Manglish again ( aah, the familiar sounds of -lahs and -mahs)..

Look at the sea of Malaysians :D

Met soo many people..
even met my bro's friend seng jian
met old school friends - bernard and hong ping
met ping pong buddies - shiau sang, pei yee, heng kai and ben
Pics!



Nottingham campus is soo pretty :) so many nice trees :D

Malaysian food is sold there too! Nasi lemak.. yum yum... its price is like in Malaysia.. just a different currency... nasi lemak 3 pounds... karipap 3 for 1 pound... hehe
All in all, it was a great experience.. got a bronze medal :D, met up with my buddies, feasted on nasi lemak.. definitely worth the 12 hours of travelling.....

Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night

A group of ppl conspired to 'gunpowder' the parliament in the 18th century... the plan was foiled in the early hours of 5th november and this guy called Guy Fawkes was caught and tortured..

On the very night that the Gunpowder Plot was foiled, on November 5th, 1605, bonfires were set alight to celebrate the safety of the King. Since then, November 5th has become known as Bonfire Night. The event is commemorated every year with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.

There is a rhyme for it.. and i've heard the first line of it!

Remember, remember the fifth of November, --> i remember this line! Gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason Why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes, guy, t'was his intent To blow up king and parliament. Three score barrels were laid below To prove old England's overthrow. By god's mercy he was catch'd With a darkened lantern and burning match. So, holler boys, holler boys, Let the bells ring. Holler boys, holler boys, God save the king. And what shall we do with him? Burn him!

So, when it involves fireworks, its gotta be the guys of flat 4/6!
fireworks!!! weeeee...

We went up to Carton's hill at night.. it was our firework stage :D beautiful night view of carton's hill below... and the team planning the fireworks :P

Here are some fireworks :D



The quite potong- steam-firework



This is the best one... the Finale.... the guys were trying to blow up a melon and pierced the melon with the firework...
note the little shadows of people running away...

This is theo eating THE melon that was meant to explode but did not...

Alarm....

I was woken up by a loud ringing. i realised it was the fire alarm.. I looked at my watch.. 3.50 am.. a bit too early for fire drills (they have it every wednesday afternoon).

I went outside my room, and asked my flatmate if it was for real.. but i saw other people going down the stairs to the courtyard, so we just followed them..

We all stood in the courtyard in our pyjamas, and i saw Theo, "Ok Theo, what did you do this time? :P" Theo and Max looked pretty anxious for some reason ( I think Max was smoking in his room)

"uh oh.. i really hope 4/6 wasnt the cause for this"

The crowd cheered at the arrival of the fire brigade. they went up the flats to find the source of the trigger.
"Not Flat 4/6, not Flat 4/6"

We waited anxiously as the man announced " Who is from flat 4/...."
"not 6, please not 6"

".......2"

"phew...."

Random gal: Hoho! 4/2, you are in deep shit!!

Everyone cheered, and went back to their respective flats and back to sleep...