GOODBYE 2010. Hi, 2011 !

2 hours to go... then I have to say BYE to 2010 and Hi to 2011...

A bit emo now seeing that one year just gone so quickly.

But I cant say I havent do much for this year.

Instead, It's been a good year for me.

A few achievements.

1)The biggest would be the DMU sonographer qualification. (Which my family very proud of)

2)Then, got myself a car which gave me lot's of freedom and fun. (I can just go anywhere I like, anytime)

3)Bought my parents a trip to Shanghai and JiangNan.

4) Enjoy my work everyday, every moment.

5) Able to apply positive thinking in all matters.

6) My family and friends have been in good health and happy.

2 hours later, it would be a brand new year, brand new challenges coming.

Now that I'm qualified already, I have to work even harder, more independantly, more confidently, more decision making to get job done efficiently. I know that I have a bunch of good colleagues who will help me to go through all these process, but at some point they will have to let me go and work on my own. =) I'm grateful.

Well, it's time to set some new year resolutions:

1) Learn Japanese

2) Create myself a collection recording interesting ultrasound cases, and images.

3) Lose weight, target: -5kg. (Yes, 5kg good enough)

4) Myself, family and frens stay safe, healthy and happy.

5) More travelling : so far, holding lot's of air ticket in hand. =)

Jan : Back to Msia

Feb: Phuket trip with family

Feb: Back to Cairns

April : Easter Holiday @ Perth

Pending: August Msia trip, ?Brisbane to visit frens, ?Japan =)

6) ?Mr Right... LOL.... again. (even I'm laughing at myself)

7) Continue to love my job.

8) Eat 1 clove of garlic everyday for Jan to June, and 2 cloves daily for July to Dec. LOL. Is this a new year resolution? (Well, for health, this is kind of real challenge for me)

9) Able to apply Dharma Master Cheng Yen's teaching daily.

10) Face all challenges with positive thinking and courage, and luck.

OKay... 10 resolutions done! It's up to me to make it happen now.

Here,

wishing everyone a very prosperous Happy New YEAR ! =)

Stay young, happy and healthy! 平安喜乐，福慧双修。

Sharing :

"Life is impermanent, It exists in the space of a breath, Life ends when the breathing stops. We much cherish every moment" from Still Thoughts -Jing Si Aphorism.

Once a year,

Pingu 合十

2010 mission accomplished!

2010重大的任务完成！

YAY。。。 非笔墨能形容的喜悦！

终于可以放下2010年的大石了。。。

何谓大石 ？压力大也！

个个人都看好我会过关，唯我对自个儿不够信心，真的不容易嘛！

好多人要重考勒，而且重考要等整整一年，it's a painful wait !

我真的不能接受这发生在我身上，我想我会放弃。

等成绩的前几晚真的是睡不好，担心。

但，看来，担心是多余的了。。

真的是PASSED了！Phhewww。。。

有几个朋友说的没错，安慰我别担心时还问了我，在你考试生涯中，你当过几次？

仔细想想，还真没Failed过大考也。。

那，就别担心啦，你是能的 ！dun worry !

上个星期收到Email通知Passed了，我还不敢真的相信，因为只是PROVISIONAL Result。

但还是忍不住把喜讯告诉了家人，同事。。。

个个都为我高兴，给我拥抱！感觉太棒了！

刚好上个周末是公司的XmasParty, Time to celebrate !!

同时庆祝啦！我的部门同事们还送了我GiftCard，可以去买我喜欢的东东。。

还特地提醒我，可以花在LiquorLand哦! 当我是酒鬼吗？

今天同事还贴心地做了个大蛋糕给我，庆祝考上了！

因为她Promised说如果我Passed，她会做个ChocolateMudCake给我。

A Promise is a Promise ! LOL...

结果今天真的弄来了一个大蛋糕，全公司上下都知道我的喜讯了。

Paiseh-Nye。。。。

Anyway， 真的很高兴。。。

相信这是我今年来的大喜讯！努力没白费！

Happy Pingu

Santa loves me!

1st day of December, as usual very busy at work.

received this at work in the afternoon ...

from a friend in Brisbane...

WOW!! She is organised !

It's just 1st day of December and I got my 1st 2010 Xmas present already !

so beautifully wrapped !

Back from work, sms her,

"Dear Santa Tofu, can I open my present today or really have to wait till Xmas day ?"

"Don't be naughty, Santa doesn't like!" she replied.

LOL... Santa loves me!! Obviously, I've been a good girl for past one year!

OK then, I'll count down for that day to come.. 24 days to go (from 1st of Dec)...

And finally on the same day, my flatmate start putting up the Xmas tree...

That his houserule : can only put the Xmas tree up when it's Dec.

Because I had been asking him since November, when can we put up the Xmas tree ?

And he made me wait till December. LOL

Today is 5th of Dec... and it's still in good condition ...

hhahaha... trying hard to avoid touching it...

curious Pingu

买Laptop记

圣诞节快到了，
托圣诞节的福，有个理由买个礼物宠自己。

BullShit。。。


花了钱还要找理由安慰自己。。。

明明就是想宠自己，要一个更好玩的电脑，
可以upgrade到更快，体验更Smooth的网络浏览，玩电脑游戏。
iPad? Apple Mac ? HP?

留意了很久HP电脑，做了些research,
终于找到了它 HP Pavilian dv6。。。刚好有Promotion！棒！


趁还在优惠期, 今天就发挥了败家精神，出发花钱去了！
第一次在异国买贵重的电子产品，买车除外。
没有像LowYatt那么选择，那么讨价还价。

所以做足了功课就去买了。
问了Salesperson所有应该问的问题，虽然都是知道答案了的，
但也不可以这么轻易就买了啊，满意了后，
胆粗粗的就问了“你可以给我什么Discount啊？”

然后她就把计算机拿出来duk duk 一下，劝我加多一年保家 ，还有一定要买个Norton360 Antivirus保护电脑免中毒，给了我一个配套价。
我想了想，然后要她算别的配搭，“Laptop+Norton”，“Laptop+Warranty”，“Laptop+Norton+Warranty”。 搭到她也昏昏了， LOL。。。

到最后，还是不舍得花多一点钱，就说，我还是只是买Laptop就好了啦。。


她竟然说， “等等让我再给你一个配套价”
她duk 了计算机挺久的，我也暗爽地期待她会duk出什么价钱。
“我老板看到的话一定捉我进房问话，不过不要紧啦。。看！ 你只需多付70元就可享有250元的优惠产品。怎么样？”
我想了半分钟，就答应了，DEAL！
(全部加起来比她第一次Offer还便宜100元)
当然要DEAL啦！ LOL 人家那么辛苦Sales。。。

还蛮愉快的购物经验。不需怎样讨价还价，我那懂和人说价？
我只是个Passive的消费者。 =P


付了钱 ，抱着Laptop就开开心心地回家去了。。YEAH！！
开礼物时间。。。


FANTASTIC~~


Pingu 购物宠自己

Halloween 2010

上个星期六参加了朋友的入伙兼HalloweenParty。

整晚在那里撞鬼，

朋友扮鬼，我扮捉鬼的，还精心做了个捉鬼器的Costume。

全部人看了我的Proton Pack, 都说“Awesome！酷呆了！”

那一晚，我们都玩得很开心。

别看他们这样，在工作时都是认真的医疗团队，

里头有X-光放射师，扫描师，医学物理师，护士，还有公司里的接待员，

全都可以打成一片。。。

搞到回到家时，上床睡觉却辗转难眠，难以入睡，还断断续续的醒过来，

第二天醒来还在那想，

不是那么胆小，像BABY那样受了惊吓，

没吃“惊风散”，结果难以入眠吧？

如果是，会很搞笑！

应该不是吧，是整晚喝了些酒，

又和朋友们玩乐拍照，搞笑，玩到Hyperactive，

结果头脑过度活跃，静不下来。

这样的解释还正经些。 =P

Pingu

活在感恩中

小时候都羡慕人家可以在出国读书生活，

以为自己以后就是这样和身边的人一样打拚，过着在KL的紧绷生活，

休假就和人家挤highway回家乡。

找个伴，就落地生根。。。

3 年前就有了一个OFFER, 可以过来Aus半工读，

想了几天，和爸妈商量后就决定远走高飞了。

同事还和我说上天一生中只给每个人3个大机会改变他们的命运，

机会来了，就看你会不会捉，捉到就是你的。

就这样，生活有了转机。。。

感恩爸妈让我飞了出来看世界，

也庆幸自己有这个胆量，敢敢出来闯。

但，离家太远，失去了很多与家人同聚的时光。

还好弟妹们都很自爱，努力的为将来打拼着。

工作的，有份稳定的工作。

读书的，有努力的上课，为自己的将来铺路。

原谅我这做大姐的没时时刻刻在你们身边为你们分担些小事，尽大姐的责任照顾你们。

我很感恩你们都把自己照顾得很好，过得很好，快乐健康。要加油哦！

我爱你们。

Pingu

One year anniversary in Cairns.

26/10/2010

在这上班一周年了，公司还贴心地送一瓶香槟让我庆祝一周年纪念。
每年公司都会送员工一瓶香槟作周年礼物，到满五年时还会送多一样小礼物以表谢意。




这就是我的香槟啦。。。




好好喝。。

不知道还会在这里待多久。真的是一个很好的工作环境，同事间没有勾心斗角的，只有互相帮忙的，还会不时地鼓励你，教你更多的技术，只要你肯学。

这个周末要学怎样检查ankle,星期一有个病人要ankle 扫描，本来想和supervisor调换，因为我没学过，不会做，但她二话不说地拿出人体解剖图一一地解释给我听要看这里那里。然后放胆去做，然后她会帮我重检查一遍。 =）还说：“I know u can do it, just do it, u are the brightest student” , 太看得起我了吧？好害羞 。。。
“How come I dunno i can do ?”


How come ? 读书吧，别让人失望
小狗就是喜欢生活在人家的赞美声中。。。
妈妈常说：尾巴都伸到天上去了。。。

=P
这就是Pingu

小小成就感

下个星期六，同事家办Haloween+Housewarming Party...

万圣节Party当然要扮个鬼样/超人样出席啦。。

第一次参加这种Party还蛮期待的。

想了很久。要扮什么鬼好呢？

心想，到时那里那么多鬼，不如就当ＧＨＯＳＴＢＵＳＴＥＲ好了，捉鬼敢死队！

Ｇｏｏｇｌｅ了几天，要知道Ｇｈｏｓｔｂｕｓｔｅｒ都长什么样子。。

衣服找到了，不过捉鬼器（Proton Pack）需要下点功夫。

今天去买了一些美术用品，就用了一个下午的时间来开工做ProtonPack.

杀死了不少美术细胞，想起，最后一次真正用水彩，毛笔，应该是Ｎ年前的事了吧。。

成果出来了，非常满意自豪。。　＝）



再加些deco就大功告成啦！

Pingu很满意

喜欢上这个角落

周末就在这Balcony度过，把电脑搬出来，播着喜欢的音乐。。。
坐在这静静地，没人打扰 （室友们明天才回来）。。。
不时有小鸟吱喳叫声。。。
吹着午后的阵阵凉风。。。
爽！！

用电脑输入着我的LogBook scanning numbers，读些资料，还有5天应考。。。
很懒惰读。。。希望考官不会为难我啦。。 fingers crossed..

Msia 在庆祝着HariRaya。。。 LongWeekend。。。
难免也会想家，如果在Msia，早就BalikKampung咯，回去让爸妈疼，和弟妹玩乐搞笑。。。
呵呵。。。爸爸妈妈，弟妹们， 想念你们哦！
要TakeCare！！

=）

Pingu

还有6天

Oral Test 在Sydney 举行，要见Board of examiners。。。 感觉上好像警员考升级试， 香港戏里常说的 “kin board”... haha...

哈哈。。 没有啦，不需要穿制服的，
只需要同一天参加两项口试。
公司给了我两天Study Leave准备考试。
星期六考试，星期四傍晚就坐大铁鸟飞往Sydney，刚好朋友家就在考试地点附近，又方便让我住下，太好了，不用人生地不熟去住Hotel。
其实这朋友我也只见过几天面，想当年，她从AUS回Sabah路经KL，想在KL shopping又找不到地方落地，刚好从表姐联络上我，见是表姐的朋友，就照应一下，让她在我房住了几天。。。然后也没有见面了只是通过FB和MSN联系。。。后来我来了AUS，不同地点，也没见过面，只是通过几次电话。。。说熟、不熟？（不要紧，下锅煎一煎就熟了！！） 还是很庆幸认识到她。。。缘分。。。 昨天从FB 获悉她的儿子刚学会跨出人生的 7 步路！！ 很高兴，今午Shopping时，买了小玩具给他做见面礼+生日礼物。。。
功能：溜狗狗玩具，狗狗会发出声音的哦！可鼓励孩子多步行，有趣！
我最喜欢和小孩玩了。。。 好期待~~

在想，我应该倒数Oral Test 的日子呢，还是去Sydney的日子呢？
想到考试，怕怕。。。 想到Sydney Trip， 期待。。。


(This is where I'm spending my weekend for this week, balcony)

Pingu 矛盾-ing

nee how mar ?? ( II )

可爱吧？

話太普通

nee how mar ??

最近公司里掀起学华语潮，有个医生跑去大学上业余华语课。
已经第二级了。每天看到我就捉着我和他练习说华语。
他真的很棒，说得还不错，难免走音，可我还听 得懂。
每天见到我就说“你很忙？”，　“你应该吃午饭了”，　“你还没有下班？”，“你爸妈好吗？”，“明天见”

哈哈。。。　每次身边的同事看到我们俩 在对话都在笑，他们都听不懂，而且音调对他们来说很特别。　“hing hing hong hong ” , 我同事还向我偷师学一些基本问候，还把拼音写下贴在布告板，随时练习。她的拼音很搞笑很独特的，下次拍下来再贴上来。。

没想到，来到这里可以每天练习说华语。。　＝）
每天去上班也变有趣了！

nee how mar ?
wor hen how, sie-air sie-air

wor eye nee =)
Pingu

又是周末了！

等了5天，又是周末了！
喜欢周末，
可以赖床，睡到早上10点已经很满足。
有时间做早餐，有时pancake, 有时wrap， 有时BigBreakfast。。。

吃了早餐坐在沙发上上网，电脑播着majority是两三年前的流行曲。。。
两三年前？是的，在这里，我脱节了。
以前的我，不追流行曲，现在的我更不用说，没机会接触。
只能在回家那一个月里恶补回当时的流行音乐。

听着音乐，看着JohnYing的365Blog计划，这个Ying很勤劳的，要达到365天都写Blog的目标，现在还在坚持着，也有一群支持者为她加油。所以除了FB，Ｅｍａｉｌ，和上一些医学网站外，ＪｏｈｎＹｉｎｇ也是每天必看的。看着一对小夫妇在Ｔａｉｗａｎ的幸福生活点滴。。哈哈。。　我很像Ｓｔａｌｋｅｒ。。　＝Ｐ

这两个星期ＨｏｍｅＡｌｏｎｅ，　室友去了Ｔａｓｍａｎｉａ玩，只有我一个人在家。昨晚趁周末喝了点香槟，看着电视节目就在沙发上睡着了，不省人事。。ＬＯＬ。。到凌晨５点才刷牙回房睡觉。　一个人生活就是这样，自由自在。　

时间过得真快，前几天才和同事感叹怎么这么快！！九月了！！
我在这新公司上班也快一年了。。时间过得很快，很充实，学的很多，也很快乐。
喜欢同事之间的和气相处，没有勾心斗角的，只有互相帮助，很难得！
尤其是对待我这个Ｔｒａｉｎｅｅ，也不会“摆款”，很乐意教只要我想学。　
有时我想万一我考试不过关的话，我也会辜负他们对我的期望。　＝（

好了，该打扫房间了。

Ｐ／Ｓ：最近看了篇文章，Boost Your Brain Power : 其中一招： Try brushing your teeth with your non-dominant hand !!　前晚试了，真的好难，平时一分钟就搞掂了，用左手却迟钝了，coordinate不到。　心想，想当初学用右手刷牙时一定也是很难的，但经过二十多年的练习，现在一点也不难。所以我想，只要多练习，天下无难事的.有一天，我迟钝的左手也会像右手那样会刷牙！　hehehe...

pingu

病了。。。=S

好久没病了。
偏偏到考试的非常时期才来感冒。。。
喉咙痒痒地，咳嗽就随即而来。
一咳不可收拾，鼻涕也随即而来。
蜜糖柠檬汁，枇杷膏，鲜橙，都试了。。。
还加上Flatmate的BBQ猪扒。。。 以为（-ve）（-ve）= +ve 嘛， 中学老师教的。

还是没好转。。。

幸好进行Practical考试时，神奇地没咳（原来考试是可以止咳的！），可能是爸妈拜得神多，保佑我顺利过关。 考得怎样，真是没头绪，要等到11月。 。 只能等啦，已经尽力了。。。 9月还有一考， Oral Test,希望顺利过关啦。

生病了才知道没病的幸福。咳得好辛苦，肺都快咳出来了。 尤其是昨晚睡觉时，鼻塞着了，靠口呼吸，空气通过喉咙进出，导致喉咙更痒，结果就咳个不停。。。难以入眠，好难受，在想如果没感冒该多好。。。糊里糊涂，胡思乱想后睡着了。。。

今天咳嗽好像好点了，希望晚上好睡些。。。
考完试，两天周假窝在家里什么都没做，只是一直在看Mentalist Season 1。。。
很轻松，很Relax，很浪费光阴，很放肆。。 =P

生病是很辛苦的，大家要保重！


Pingu 要当回健康宝宝

kancheong-ing

Practical exam in 6 days time, counting down....

Looking forward to it and at the same time nervous about it.. what a complicated feeling!


Looking forward side: Get it done and dont have to worry about it anymore, it's one of the test in qualification process! You have to do it.
Nervous side: worrying that I'm not well-prepared for this big day ! Although all my colleagues said, U'll be fine definitely. It's time for u to show off your skills! waooo.....


True... I shouldn't be nervous about it, I should step up, be confident, show them what I have, show them I can do it !! =)


This practical examination would involve scanning on 2 patients, 5 case study presentations :
one pregnant lady for mid trimester morphology scan.
one patient for abdominal scan.


As I know the lady booked in for pregnancy scan is a slim lady, =) fingers crossed baby would behave, cooperative, show me everything I need to see...

And the man that booked in for abdominal scan had a CT scan previously and had a renal cyst. But from the CT scan images it looks like he would be quite chubby, OMG I dun wan !!!! Ultrasound hates fat people!! HOW HOW HOW?? It's going to be tough to see the internal organs! However, my supervisor try to comfort me saying that, "It's OK, it's time for u to show off, show them what u can do to try to scan a big man. They will understand if it's a difficult scan and u must show them u've tried in all ways. U'll be fine...."


Took a deep breath in, I hope so ... Amitabha...


Will fully utilise this weekend to review my case study images and draft out roughly what I need to say in presenting my case studies.... I can't be speechless right... hahha.....

OK, baby say ganbatte!!


pingu ganbatte!

Lucky

I'm feeling lucky today !

Saved $300 on airfare to get home.

Woohooo....... luckily i waited...

Wanted to book the ticket last week for my CNY trip, but dragged...

coz was thinking : still long to go, maybe got sales, maybe got sales, i wait and see....

kekeke.....

and today got home from work, as usual will check if there's any sales on ....

Wooohoooo !!!! i got u !! Jetstar crazy 48 hrs sale !! half price !

(jetstar jump~!)

So, sometimes it's good to drag oso .... =P

But not always.... I should not drag anymore...

9 more days to prepare for exam!

Pingu =P

Is my baby normal ?

Did a 18-22weeks scan on a pregnant lady yesterday.
The moment I put the transducer on her tummy, (in less than 10 seconds),
"Is my baby normal ? "she asked.
(OMG, it was just lesss than 10 seconds, what do u expect me to say? NORMAL? ABNORMAL?)
However, I politely said, "I just started, I cant tell yet." then continue taking a general quick look at the baby, and start taking pictures.

In 18-22 weeks scan, we need to take lot's of pictures, it's a structural scan of the fetus to detect any major abnormalities that might end up needing special care during delivery.
Then, in less than 10 seconds again, she couldnt control herself and popped out the same question again.

(Wow, are u going to repeat this question again and again every 10second throughout this 45 minutes scan?) (I could hear her husband standing at my back taking deep breath in quite a few times, I guess he couldnt stand her also.. LOL)

Then, I answered, "I need to concentrate for the scan now, and will explain to u part by part what we looking at, and in this scan we can just see the stuctures normal or not, and not the function. And sometimes, some minor defect we might still miss, some abnormalities will develope only in later stage of pregnancy, bla bla bla..... " I know, for this kind of patient, they "long wind", u have to be more "long wind" than them. Make it clear, or they will come back and blame u later.

"So now we are looking at XXXX, looks normal ... bla bla bla"
Then she asked about the gender of the baby, looks like a girl. (never say 100% though =P)
She's so kancheong about the gender and telling me about there's a bet going on between their family and friends, some said boy some said girl.
(I think she's the kind of australian that like to bet on everything ie: world cup, AFL, melbourne cup, ... ,, and she said yes. LOL )

At the end of the scan, i found out that the fetus feet looks a bit funny in shape, and told her I'm not quite happy with the feet shape... will get radiologist or colleague to double check. I thought she would be a bit pushy and asking lot's of question, but no ... what she concern about is "can u double check the gender again?" .I showed her again and it's still a girl. Then she ask again, "can u do a 3D on the gender and have a good look? " (I was thinking, OhNO, now what i'm worrying is ur baby girl's feet, and u worry about the gender bacause of the bet!! ) (i refused doing a 3D on that, ofcoz gave some reasonable excuse politely also lah. hahaha...)

Then, radiologist came in and had a look at BB's feet.. bla bla bla... explain to them. And I still dun feel the mom worrying about it, but asked radiologist to triple check the BB's gender!
I nearly fainted... Doink ~~

What I suspect was Rocker Bottom feet, but the radiologist seems not so convinced, and said should be OK. Just follow-up again and we'll see.... hopefully the radiologist is right for the benefit of the BB girl.

Sometimes in our job , it's just frustrated, u found smtg wrong in patient, u are very happy u found it (because all these while u just read about it in textbook, and now u really found it by urself, ofcoz u're very excited ). But at the same time, I'll stand on patient's feet and think, oh no, I've got this and this disease/tumour. I feel bad for them at the sametime.
But that's why they are in my room for, so that we could help them in diagnosis, find out what's wrong and treat it for better life quality.

OK, I need to go back to my books... exam coming... in 20days ! Opps.....

Pingu

The BodyClock, How amazing !

Watched a documentary this evening at SBS.

The Secret Life of your Bodyclock.

(found this in youtube of the same documentary i watched)

Very interesting !

Know more about your body!

Know more about how fantastic the tiny cells in your body ticking like a clock!

All organs in your body: liver, kidney, heart, lung, all u can name it has their own unique clock.

Blew me away! Really coOL.....

The sypnosis:

From the moment we are born to the last breath we take, our lives are governed by a series of clocks.

Ticking away inside our bodies, every one of our major organs has its own individual timepiece. Beating out their daily, seasonal and annual rhythms over the course of our lives, these clocks dictate every aspect of our physiology and behaviour – from when our brains are most alert, to when our stomachs are ready to break down food and when our bodies want to sleep.

Find out why there are more heart attacks between 8am and 10am, why most olympic records are broken in the late afternoon and why drinking between 6pm and 8pm is better than drinking at any other time of the day. Happy hour really is the time when our livers become more efficient at detoxifying alcohol. So if you want more sleep, want to exercise more effectively or want to improve your diet, pay close attention to this programme and find out that living to your full potential is not just about what you are doing, but when you are doing it.


So, after knowing this secret, u can choose to listen to your bodyclock, or suffer the consequences. Up to you.

Good night !

Pingu sharing

i can see u (2)

Just a case to keep for my own record. Not very often we can see this...

40y old lady,

-right upper abdominal pain since few days ago.

-radiating to the chest.

-suspect heart attack, ECG done -Normal.

-come in for abdominal ultrasound.

- ? gallstones

Started with pancreas. Common Bile Duct at pancreatic head appears dilated !

Continue scanning, liver seems normal.

Gallbladder no stone. Gallbladder wall thickened!

Look carefully for any stone at GB neck. No stone.

CBD dilated : 1.5cm-1.1cm-0.7cm! (must be something wrong)

Follow distally: YEAH!! i found u !

Diagnosis: A stone seen in dilated CBD. Choledocholithiasis

[Hey u little 5mm stone (Trying to hide under bowel gas shadow somemore?) causing so much pain ha ? naughty! Lucky I found u ...]

Happy: 1st time seeing stone in CBD, a good experience! YEAH! I can see u ! well done !

Proud Pingu =)