Eeew. Apple and the incredibly wrong name~
-.-''
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Happy!!
Lalala~ Happy for my lovely!!! =D *dances around*
Haha another week passed!
Work is so time-consuming, no time to do work!! X_X And i'm so sad about.................you-know-what =( Work's never gonna be the same again after Feb. Sigh.
Oh, and we're attending another one of Toolbox's friend's ROM on Sunday! =) Since we got attached, it's like his second friend getting married liao, and none of my friends yet so far!! Lai lai, kuai dian. Bu yao shu gei ta de friends~ Hahaha.
Ok, I'm super bo liao.
Ought to get back to GP, the weekly blogging is over~ Hahaha..
So stressed!!
Oh, and I have found new joy in reading terrorism articles! Lol. I mean, since 9/11, I have never bothered reading any terrorism related stuff until now the forensic psych project is about terrorism. And I realised it's really interesting!! Haha, Singapore has very good rehab program! Woohoooo. I sound like i'm so pro-singapore. Lol.
***
(From Bobo)
大多数二十多岁的男人处于他一生中最暗淡的时刻，没事业，没钱。二十多岁的女人正处于她一生中最光彩的时刻，她年轻，她漂亮。 所以20多岁的男人更应该珍惜在这个时候爱他的女人，因为她是用她一生中最光彩的时刻来陪伴你一生中最暗淡的时刻!
How seemingly true is that!! =P
***
Rights, back to GP. Urrgh.
BYEEEEEEEEEEES!
Haha another week passed!
Work is so time-consuming, no time to do work!! X_X And i'm so sad about.................you-know-what =( Work's never gonna be the same again after Feb. Sigh.
Oh, and we're attending another one of Toolbox's friend's ROM on Sunday! =) Since we got attached, it's like his second friend getting married liao, and none of my friends yet so far!! Lai lai, kuai dian. Bu yao shu gei ta de friends~ Hahaha.
Ok, I'm super bo liao.
Ought to get back to GP, the weekly blogging is over~ Hahaha..
So stressed!!
Oh, and I have found new joy in reading terrorism articles! Lol. I mean, since 9/11, I have never bothered reading any terrorism related stuff until now the forensic psych project is about terrorism. And I realised it's really interesting!! Haha, Singapore has very good rehab program! Woohoooo. I sound like i'm so pro-singapore. Lol.
***
(From Bobo)
大多数二十多岁的男人处于他一生中最暗淡的时刻，没事业，没钱。二十多岁的女人正处于她一生中最光彩的时刻，她年轻，她漂亮。 所以20多岁的男人更应该珍惜在这个时候爱他的女人，因为她是用她一生中最光彩的时刻来陪伴你一生中最暗淡的时刻!
How seemingly true is that!! =P
***
Rights, back to GP. Urrgh.
BYEEEEEEEEEEES!
Friday, January 22, 2010
El fin de la segunda semana; El principio de un mal sueño.
Woohoo. Week 2 is over and the nightmare is just about to begin!
I hope i'm not catastrophizing;
- 3 weeks to submission of a messy GP/FYP Draft 2
- 5 weeks to a major presentation we have not much inkling about
Amongst a very scary Spanish class where everybody seem pro and a professor whom I am still not quite used to, much Spanish/Malay notes to write and homework to do, a slightly over 20-hours work week, much research to do, and meetings abundantful to come.
That doesn't look like a lot huh. It does look scary on my calendar though.
MUST SURVIVE!!!
必胜!
I hope i'm not catastrophizing;
- 3 weeks to submission of a messy GP/FYP Draft 2
- 5 weeks to a major presentation we have not much inkling about
Amongst a very scary Spanish class where everybody seem pro and a professor whom I am still not quite used to, much Spanish/Malay notes to write and homework to do, a slightly over 20-hours work week, much research to do, and meetings abundantful to come.
That doesn't look like a lot huh. It does look scary on my calendar though.
MUST SURVIVE!!!
必胜!
Haha you're looking at somebody who's talking rubbish coz she's procrastinating again.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Tiring week!
It's been a very tiring week! Yea, I would say tiring more than busy..
I've been working for like 6 days this week! No la, not 6 full days, different days go different number of hours la. But will always start at 8am in the morning. And I have to leave house before 6.45am, so it's like damn tiring everyday since i'm still not used to sleeping very early and go to sleep only at like 1am :( Thankfully, after school starts next week, we won't be going in everyday anymore :)
Work has been a very good experience so far, and although it's tiring, I don't regret taking up the offer so far (after 1.5 weeks). I think we've definitely learnt alot of things, whether in the practical sense or theoretical sense. It's really not easy at all! I guess like any other job/thing we do, it can feel very rewarding when things go very well, and become very exasperating when things go wrong.
I'm still learning not to let work affect my overall mood! :)
Anyway, the only lesson I had in school this week was Forensic Psychology (last core mod!!), which was not too bad. Lecturer's good and famous~ Hahaa. But I secretly feel he likes to talk about himself =X Lol. Anyway, he's still quite good, and I like the way he talks about psych in a practical and applied way, instead of the theory and research based most profs emphasize :)
And, this week, the manics met up too! :) Realised it's been quite awhile since the full manic strength! Yay! Hehe. First meet up after bobo and qiqi graduated~ and there's so much gossip to catch up on! :D hahaha everybody's life is so happening~
I've been working for like 6 days this week! No la, not 6 full days, different days go different number of hours la. But will always start at 8am in the morning. And I have to leave house before 6.45am, so it's like damn tiring everyday since i'm still not used to sleeping very early and go to sleep only at like 1am :( Thankfully, after school starts next week, we won't be going in everyday anymore :)
Work has been a very good experience so far, and although it's tiring, I don't regret taking up the offer so far (after 1.5 weeks). I think we've definitely learnt alot of things, whether in the practical sense or theoretical sense. It's really not easy at all! I guess like any other job/thing we do, it can feel very rewarding when things go very well, and become very exasperating when things go wrong.
I'm still learning not to let work affect my overall mood! :)
Anyway, the only lesson I had in school this week was Forensic Psychology (last core mod!!), which was not too bad. Lecturer's good and famous~ Hahaa. But I secretly feel he likes to talk about himself =X Lol. Anyway, he's still quite good, and I like the way he talks about psych in a practical and applied way, instead of the theory and research based most profs emphasize :)
And, this week, the manics met up too! :) Realised it's been quite awhile since the full manic strength! Yay! Hehe. First meet up after bobo and qiqi graduated~ and there's so much gossip to catch up on! :D hahaha everybody's life is so happening~
Happy 21st Birthday, Meimei!! :)
Haha August was there too, but poor him only helped us take photos, and then we realised he's not in any of our photos! =X Hah but it's alright, I tagged his serviette in fb liao~ Wahaha!
Anyway, Lovely and I went to watch The Spy Next Door yesterday. I'm not exactly a fan of Jackie Chan actually. Haha, but I thought the trailer looked funny so we went to watch lor. Haha it was quite funny la, but looking back after the show, you'll realise the plot is the very typical Jackie Chan movie sort of plot. Anyway, he and his girlfriend (in the movie) look totally incompatible!! =X But the little girl in the movie is super cute! ^^
Haha, anyway, just got around this photo that was taken last week when we went to our friend's house to play with their baby! ^^
Haha resolution's not very good, but he's super uber cute! Has the blur baby look :p Lol. Anyway, he's a very happy and cheerful baby!! Just turned 5 months old this week I think :) Wheeee! Wanna go back play with him again soon~ Haha.
Alrighty. That's about all. Haha. Lazy to blog nowadays~ Shall do some advertising all at one go, before I get complaints of being biased! :p
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Monday, January 11, 2010
The woes of add/drop!
It's like the super duper last final add/drop of the rest of my life, and I'm having so much trouble with it! Yea, I guess it's not just me. Hai. Why can't they just let us graduate in peaceeeeeee!!
Haha, I think i'm kind of like in a dilemma. I got the elective I wanted (French), but after the previous semester's results were out, I realise I probably should continue taking Spanish instead if I don't want to die in my final semester =x Not that I would confirm score well for my Spanish, but I think it'd look better than French ba =X Hai. Which brings me back to my point that I don't know if I would be able to change that successfully tomorrow during add/drop, cuz they fall in the same time slot, which means I would have to drop French, before I add Spanish. And if I drop French, and Spanish suddenly has no more vaccancies, I'll be dead meat O_O *faints!!*
Plus, I need to add Malay Level 1 too! Haha. Yes, I decided to take Malay too, not because I like it particularly, but just because after so many semesters of taking languages I like, I decided I ought to be practical for once, and take something that's more useful instead of more love loves~ Hahaha. And the time slot I want no more vaccancies liao!! So Eywa boh biah, I have to add a timeslot I don't want and go around begging people to change with me. Stupid right.
Sadded leh. This is the first time I'm having so much trouble add/dropping! Usually I'd be pretty fixated on what I want, and stick to it, while other people are still madly add/dropping. Haha. And they just can't let me stick to it in my final finalllll semester, and give me so much trouble! Grrrr *grumpy look*
What is wrong with NTU!!
Haha, I think i'm kind of like in a dilemma. I got the elective I wanted (French), but after the previous semester's results were out, I realise I probably should continue taking Spanish instead if I don't want to die in my final semester =x Not that I would confirm score well for my Spanish, but I think it'd look better than French ba =X Hai. Which brings me back to my point that I don't know if I would be able to change that successfully tomorrow during add/drop, cuz they fall in the same time slot, which means I would have to drop French, before I add Spanish. And if I drop French, and Spanish suddenly has no more vaccancies, I'll be dead meat O_O *faints!!*
Plus, I need to add Malay Level 1 too! Haha. Yes, I decided to take Malay too, not because I like it particularly, but just because after so many semesters of taking languages I like, I decided I ought to be practical for once, and take something that's more useful instead of more love loves~ Hahaha. And the time slot I want no more vaccancies liao!! So Eywa boh biah, I have to add a timeslot I don't want and go around begging people to change with me. Stupid right.
Sadded leh. This is the first time I'm having so much trouble add/dropping! Usually I'd be pretty fixated on what I want, and stick to it, while other people are still madly add/dropping. Haha. And they just can't let me stick to it in my final finalllll semester, and give me so much trouble! Grrrr *grumpy look*
What is wrong with NTU!!
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
欠过年的 2010 New Year Resolutions!
Yes, another new year is here! And i'm actually kind of looking forward to it! :D Haha, reason being 2009 has been a rather bad year for me, so i'm hoping for a better one ahead! =X
Ok, maybe not all things bad.. but as usual, bad things tend to be more salient than the good things, especially when sickness and stuff are involved :(
ANYWAY, let's be more forward looking!! I've been working on this post on and off since December, but bcoz of other busy busy commitments, so it's delayed til' after new year! Lol.
SO. ...I tried to search for last year's resolutions first, in order to evaluate if i've met the goals i've set for myself (as inspired by porkie! :p)... Haha and I realised I only set very non-specific goals for myself, that was hastily summarised into a paragraph! -_-'''
2009:
This new year, i wish for better time management, to be a better gf, to be a better family member, to manage my finances better, to manage crises better, to manage homework better, a more balanced life, to be more disciplined, more time for play, a more loving family, acceptance, a less braty tutee, more pretty clothes, and more collared clothes for intern. -_-'''
Sadly speaking, I look at it and can't conclude much about my brainless resolutions. Hahaha.
- Better time management -- not really.
- Better gf -- I think so, but it's not really up to me to judge right? =)
- Better family member -- I don't know
- Manage finances better -- kind of..
- Manage crises better -- super alot of crises last year, totally broke down n number of times that i've lost count, so it should be easy to evaluate right? But I really don't know how to evaluate whether I managed it well or not =(
- Manage homework better -- not really
- A more balanced life -- maybe yes...coz I don't bother to manage my homework as well? Hahaha -.-
- To be more disciplined -- ermm sadly, I don't think so! At least not when work is concerned =X
- More time for play -- haha I really don't know how to comment on this! I think I play when I'm not supposed to *ahems* But then, if I never ever play during those times, I suppose I will never ever have to play liao =X
- A more loving family -- I suppose it's status quo, things either remain stagnant or become worse after 20 over years.
- Acceptance -- Hmm i'm not sure what I meant by this a year ago haha.
- A less bratty tutee -- nope!!
- More pretty clothes -- haha more clothes definitely, but my amount of shopping is very insignificant compared to other girls (especially the one whom I receive msn offline msges with abundant blogshop links every single time I come online AHEM.). Yea, so I think I surf more clothes than I buy clothes lol.
- More collared clothes for intern -- err yea, kind of. This better not be my 2010 resolution, I'm not supposed to be looking for an internship again -.-''
***
Yea, so as you can see my resolutions aren't strictly speaking resolutions, but more like wishes! And I think I kind of wasted a year's worth of resolutions, coz' they're rather random stuff.
So I shall attempt to set better resolutions this year *ahem* better, as we all know, is rather subjective.
Here goes:
1. Get a job that I like asap!
This is very practical, as much as I do not wish to keep harping on it. In fact, it is very important to me in a farsighted sense, coz I don't like to stay in debt for too long! Fact is, who likes being in debt? But I just feel very guilty and restricted about spending money when I keep seeing that huge amount of debt looming around. And yea, I would prefer my money spent on something else that's meaningful and lovely, rather than annoying stuff.
Of coz, given my personality, I probably won't thrive for long doing something I don't like. So why go into something that I know I'm not gonna do well in? Right, that is unless I'm jobless for many many months already, then I might consider going into * choy choy CHOY!! x1000000000000* research. *grimaces* I feel sinful at the mere thought of it!
1a. Do my best, learn as much, and make my part-time job a very meaningful experience!
Heh. Yes, I managed to get myself a part-time to full-time job. Pay's not too good, but I'll close one eye, and learn as much as I can! I'm actually quite excited about it!! Hehe. Cuz I would say, it's quite hard to find something of your interest with a Degree only in our field. But this looks like what i'm actually interested in :)
No speculations, and no promises about making it a full-time job though. It'll eventually depend on how they evaluate my performance and of course how I find the environment and job to my liking too! But it's alright, I still think the experience is very important and I'll learn first, and talk later... Yay! =)
Anyway, on a side note, i'm working with XIAN again. AGAIN. So perpetually stuck with her. We are involved in every single thing in and out of school together. What is wrong with me man! :p
P.S. Pls don't start discussing here about what my company is and all that!
2. Start a regular fixed saving plan after getting a full-time job!
Haha, I made that sound like starting some formal investment like that.
Actually, I just want to start proportioning out my monthly salary clearly into what I need to spend/save the money on. Yea, overspending is no good. Need to plan more for reserves! And of coz clear the annoying debts. Hah, can't stop harping about the debts... they're getting on my nerves!
3. Better better time management
I wished I don't have to repeat this every year, but I just can't seem to fulfill this every year! =X Haha. And I shouldn't give up, coz this year, especially, is gonna be a very heavily-loaded year! Yes, so all the more I need to manage my time and events better...
I want more time for my lovely!!! *blush*
Ahem.
4. Get an international qualification for my langauge(s)
Ok, this is not a very high priority la, maybe either this year or next year. I actually registered for the French one last May already, but because my grandpa passed away, I went back to Malaysia and skipped the test.
I'm hoping to go for it again, or maybe the Spanish one. But it's kind of hard coz NTU adjusted their calendar to start and end the semester later. So it might clash with my school exams if I register for them lor :(
Yea, so if I don't get to do it this year, I think i'll try to save some money, and take some classes before sitting for the exams ba. Haha, as you can see, i'm somehow quite fixated on my languages =)
5. Be a better better girlfriend!
Somehow I feel lovely is always too nice and too sweet to me. Bahhhh! (Not that I don't like it la) =X Hehe. So I want to be as nice/nicer to him as he is nice to me! (:
6. Maintain the grades and get that honors.
Haha I must pretend that I am very studious. Actually I was only reminded of this coz I saw Julyn's blog. Ahem.
Anyway, this is important too to get a good pay ma. Haha. So it shall be a resolution too~ And of coz the bulk of it is Graduation Project (GP) la. Can faint leh. That's like obviously the most difficult to score :( Jiayou jiayou!! Hahaa.
7. Exercise more regularly!
Haha I just started this reccently, and I think it's something I ought to continue... Healthy lifestyle is very very important!! (:
Only problem is probably getting started =p Haha, and somehow it's always easier when lovely drags me along together! =X Hahahaa...
Ok, I can't think of anymore resolutions at the moment...
May 2010 be a better year! :)
Ok, maybe not all things bad.. but as usual, bad things tend to be more salient than the good things, especially when sickness and stuff are involved :(
ANYWAY, let's be more forward looking!! I've been working on this post on and off since December, but bcoz of other busy busy commitments, so it's delayed til' after new year! Lol.
SO. ...I tried to search for last year's resolutions first, in order to evaluate if i've met the goals i've set for myself (as inspired by porkie! :p)... Haha and I realised I only set very non-specific goals for myself, that was hastily summarised into a paragraph! -_-'''
2009:
This new year, i wish for better time management, to be a better gf, to be a better family member, to manage my finances better, to manage crises better, to manage homework better, a more balanced life, to be more disciplined, more time for play, a more loving family, acceptance, a less braty tutee, more pretty clothes, and more collared clothes for intern. -_-'''
Sadly speaking, I look at it and can't conclude much about my brainless resolutions. Hahaha.
- Better time management -- not really.
- Better gf -- I think so, but it's not really up to me to judge right? =)
- Better family member -- I don't know
- Manage finances better -- kind of..
- Manage crises better -- super alot of crises last year, totally broke down n number of times that i've lost count, so it should be easy to evaluate right? But I really don't know how to evaluate whether I managed it well or not =(
- Manage homework better -- not really
- A more balanced life -- maybe yes...coz I don't bother to manage my homework as well? Hahaha -.-
- To be more disciplined -- ermm sadly, I don't think so! At least not when work is concerned =X
- More time for play -- haha I really don't know how to comment on this! I think I play when I'm not supposed to *ahems* But then, if I never ever play during those times, I suppose I will never ever have to play liao =X
- A more loving family -- I suppose it's status quo, things either remain stagnant or become worse after 20 over years.
- Acceptance -- Hmm i'm not sure what I meant by this a year ago haha.
- A less bratty tutee -- nope!!
- More pretty clothes -- haha more clothes definitely, but my amount of shopping is very insignificant compared to other girls (especially the one whom I receive msn offline msges with abundant blogshop links every single time I come online AHEM.). Yea, so I think I surf more clothes than I buy clothes lol.
- More collared clothes for intern -- err yea, kind of. This better not be my 2010 resolution, I'm not supposed to be looking for an internship again -.-''
***
Yea, so as you can see my resolutions aren't strictly speaking resolutions, but more like wishes! And I think I kind of wasted a year's worth of resolutions, coz' they're rather random stuff.
So I shall attempt to set better resolutions this year *ahem* better, as we all know, is rather subjective.
Here goes:
1. Get a job that I like asap!
This is very practical, as much as I do not wish to keep harping on it. In fact, it is very important to me in a farsighted sense, coz I don't like to stay in debt for too long! Fact is, who likes being in debt? But I just feel very guilty and restricted about spending money when I keep seeing that huge amount of debt looming around. And yea, I would prefer my money spent on something else that's meaningful and lovely, rather than annoying stuff.
Of coz, given my personality, I probably won't thrive for long doing something I don't like. So why go into something that I know I'm not gonna do well in? Right, that is unless I'm jobless for many many months already, then I might consider going into * choy choy CHOY!! x1000000000000* research. *grimaces* I feel sinful at the mere thought of it!
1a. Do my best, learn as much, and make my part-time job a very meaningful experience!
Heh. Yes, I managed to get myself a part-time to full-time job. Pay's not too good, but I'll close one eye, and learn as much as I can! I'm actually quite excited about it!! Hehe. Cuz I would say, it's quite hard to find something of your interest with a Degree only in our field. But this looks like what i'm actually interested in :)
No speculations, and no promises about making it a full-time job though. It'll eventually depend on how they evaluate my performance and of course how I find the environment and job to my liking too! But it's alright, I still think the experience is very important and I'll learn first, and talk later... Yay! =)
Anyway, on a side note, i'm working with XIAN again. AGAIN. So perpetually stuck with her. We are involved in every single thing in and out of school together. What is wrong with me man! :p
P.S. Pls don't start discussing here about what my company is and all that!
2. Start a regular fixed saving plan after getting a full-time job!
Haha, I made that sound like starting some formal investment like that.
Actually, I just want to start proportioning out my monthly salary clearly into what I need to spend/save the money on. Yea, overspending is no good. Need to plan more for reserves! And of coz clear the annoying debts. Hah, can't stop harping about the debts... they're getting on my nerves!
3. Better better time management
I wished I don't have to repeat this every year, but I just can't seem to fulfill this every year! =X Haha. And I shouldn't give up, coz this year, especially, is gonna be a very heavily-loaded year! Yes, so all the more I need to manage my time and events better...
I want more time for my lovely!!! *blush*
Ahem.
4. Get an international qualification for my langauge(s)
Ok, this is not a very high priority la, maybe either this year or next year. I actually registered for the French one last May already, but because my grandpa passed away, I went back to Malaysia and skipped the test.
I'm hoping to go for it again, or maybe the Spanish one. But it's kind of hard coz NTU adjusted their calendar to start and end the semester later. So it might clash with my school exams if I register for them lor :(
Yea, so if I don't get to do it this year, I think i'll try to save some money, and take some classes before sitting for the exams ba. Haha, as you can see, i'm somehow quite fixated on my languages =)
5. Be a better better girlfriend!
Somehow I feel lovely is always too nice and too sweet to me. Bahhhh! (Not that I don't like it la) =X Hehe. So I want to be as nice/nicer to him as he is nice to me! (:
6. Maintain the grades and get that honors.
Haha I must pretend that I am very studious. Actually I was only reminded of this coz I saw Julyn's blog. Ahem.
Anyway, this is important too to get a good pay ma. Haha. So it shall be a resolution too~ And of coz the bulk of it is Graduation Project (GP) la. Can faint leh. That's like obviously the most difficult to score :( Jiayou jiayou!! Hahaa.
7. Exercise more regularly!
Haha I just started this reccently, and I think it's something I ought to continue... Healthy lifestyle is very very important!! (:
Only problem is probably getting started =p Haha, and somehow it's always easier when lovely drags me along together! =X Hahahaa...
Ok, I can't think of anymore resolutions at the moment...
May 2010 be a better year! :)
Monday, January 04, 2010
Flowers for Algernon
Happy New Year!! :)
I shall start my very first post of 2010 with a book review! Haha.
So, in my last minute frenzy leaving the house (heading back to my grandma's house in Malaysia), it struck me that I had no storybook in my bag! Yea, it's became kind of a habit to read on the coach back to Malaysia.. Haha, and so all the books I've borrowed have been read, and in exasperation, I grabbed a book that had sitting on my bookshelf for about 9 years, unread.
The book was Flowers for Algernon. I obviously do not usually buy books that I don't read. But this was a compulsory buy for English/Silent reading during Secondary 1. I remember they came up with a whole list of books, and randomly assigned everybody to each buy one of the particular books. Then we were supposed to exchange among ourselves after we finish reading our own book.
Well, I didn't get pass the first 20 pages or so of Flowers for Algernon then, because the book was written as kind of a journal of a mentally retarded (MR) man, and tis wahs baseekuly how he rites fo the fuhst fehw chaptuhs. Haha, yea. Worse still, he wrote on and on for those chapters without any punctuation! o_O
Haha, of course they can't let the whole book go on with such terrible spelling and grammar.
So, the story was that this guy, his name's Charlie, was selected by some psychiatrists, psychosurgeons, scientists, and what-nots to be part of their experiment. They've been trying to perform brain surgery on animals for some time already, to increase the intelligence level of the lower-IQ ones. So, they've decided that they're ready to try it on the very first human of their experiment.
Evidently, for the surgery to work, the individual must be eager to learn too after the surgery. Charlie was chosen because of his intense motivation to learn. Although he was MR with an IQ of only about 70, he was always happy and eager to learn to read and write (albeit the futile attempts). He had a cheerful and eager-to-please disposition too, always wanting to make more friends.
Prior to the surgery, Charlie worked as an odd-jobs laborer in a bakery, where he was happy with many of his friends. His friends were always laughing and happy around him, and this made him happy too, and treasured those friends.
As expected, after the surgery, coupled with his keenness to learn, his IQ started to increase rapidly (Spelling and grammar turned normal at this point, haha). Not long after, he had became an exceptional genius with an IQ of 185, even mastering about 20 foreign langauges.
However, his emotional development was compromised. Seeing things clearer than when he was MR, he realised that all along, his "friends" at the bakery have been laughing and making fun of his stupidity.
He recalled very bad childhood memories that were previously forgotten (due to poor memory of being MR), and learnt that his mother had been ashamed of him and often threatened, spanked, and screamed at him for every little thing, and especially if he caused a hindrance to his younger sister's development.
Such memories continued to haunt and affect him despite his high IQ after the surgery. Although he had became a genius, he suffered emotionally. Moreover, nobody saw him as an individual - he was often merely regarded as an experimental product, together with his most successful animal experimental counterpart, Algernon the rat.
So the book goes on about what he experiences, and later, when the unexpected failure of the experiment surfaces, what happened to him, and to Algernon as well.
Apparently it's a sad ending la. Haha.
Oh well. It's still nice, and good for a short read. Less than 300 pages! :D Haha, anyway, I wiki-ed it and found that they actually made it into countless movies, TV shows, musicals, stage-plays, etc...and in various languages too!! [Click here to find out more!]
Woohooo! Maybe I'll hunt down some of the shows and movies to watch when i'm more free :)
Yay. I feel happy, cuz there's one less dust-collecting book on my shelf now. Haha. The simple joys of unexpectedly discovering something nice :)
Maybe one day I'll be garang enough to read Perfume as well o_O Haha.
I shall start my very first post of 2010 with a book review! Haha.
So, in my last minute frenzy leaving the house (heading back to my grandma's house in Malaysia), it struck me that I had no storybook in my bag! Yea, it's became kind of a habit to read on the coach back to Malaysia.. Haha, and so all the books I've borrowed have been read, and in exasperation, I grabbed a book that had sitting on my bookshelf for about 9 years, unread.
The book was Flowers for Algernon. I obviously do not usually buy books that I don't read. But this was a compulsory buy for English/Silent reading during Secondary 1. I remember they came up with a whole list of books, and randomly assigned everybody to each buy one of the particular books. Then we were supposed to exchange among ourselves after we finish reading our own book.
Well, I didn't get pass the first 20 pages or so of Flowers for Algernon then, because the book was written as kind of a journal of a mentally retarded (MR) man, and tis wahs baseekuly how he rites fo the fuhst fehw chaptuhs. Haha, yea. Worse still, he wrote on and on for those chapters without any punctuation! o_O
Haha, of course they can't let the whole book go on with such terrible spelling and grammar.
So, the story was that this guy, his name's Charlie, was selected by some psychiatrists, psychosurgeons, scientists, and what-nots to be part of their experiment. They've been trying to perform brain surgery on animals for some time already, to increase the intelligence level of the lower-IQ ones. So, they've decided that they're ready to try it on the very first human of their experiment.
Evidently, for the surgery to work, the individual must be eager to learn too after the surgery. Charlie was chosen because of his intense motivation to learn. Although he was MR with an IQ of only about 70, he was always happy and eager to learn to read and write (albeit the futile attempts). He had a cheerful and eager-to-please disposition too, always wanting to make more friends.
Prior to the surgery, Charlie worked as an odd-jobs laborer in a bakery, where he was happy with many of his friends. His friends were always laughing and happy around him, and this made him happy too, and treasured those friends.
As expected, after the surgery, coupled with his keenness to learn, his IQ started to increase rapidly (Spelling and grammar turned normal at this point, haha). Not long after, he had became an exceptional genius with an IQ of 185, even mastering about 20 foreign langauges.
However, his emotional development was compromised. Seeing things clearer than when he was MR, he realised that all along, his "friends" at the bakery have been laughing and making fun of his stupidity.
He recalled very bad childhood memories that were previously forgotten (due to poor memory of being MR), and learnt that his mother had been ashamed of him and often threatened, spanked, and screamed at him for every little thing, and especially if he caused a hindrance to his younger sister's development.
Such memories continued to haunt and affect him despite his high IQ after the surgery. Although he had became a genius, he suffered emotionally. Moreover, nobody saw him as an individual - he was often merely regarded as an experimental product, together with his most successful animal experimental counterpart, Algernon the rat.
So the book goes on about what he experiences, and later, when the unexpected failure of the experiment surfaces, what happened to him, and to Algernon as well.
Apparently it's a sad ending la. Haha.
Oh well. It's still nice, and good for a short read. Less than 300 pages! :D Haha, anyway, I wiki-ed it and found that they actually made it into countless movies, TV shows, musicals, stage-plays, etc...and in various languages too!! [Click here to find out more!]
Woohooo! Maybe I'll hunt down some of the shows and movies to watch when i'm more free :)
Yay. I feel happy, cuz there's one less dust-collecting book on my shelf now. Haha. The simple joys of unexpectedly discovering something nice :)
Maybe one day I'll be garang enough to read Perfume as well o_O Haha.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Avatar (3D?)
Finally watched THE legendary movie of the year Avatar - in 3D today!
Ok, it's quite good la, the plot and all that, but I think the 3D-ness is overrated! I've seriously seen better 3D shows, that looks like the character is popping out right in front, like you can reach your hand out and touch it lidat de!! =X But Avatar's effects doesn't quite feel 3D enough leh. In fact, it just felt more like 2D+more well defined colors to me =X Haha either my memory or my eyes got problem~ or that cinema's 3D glasses are just not so good. -_-'''
Lol. Ok, but 3D or not, I still think it's quite a good movie! :) Can watch can watch~ Haha. The girl somehow reminded me of Disney's Pocahontas! -.-'' Actually, come to think of it the movie feels quite Disney! Haha.. Ok, I think nobody wants to watch movie with me liao, I always give very weird comments. Lol.
Anyway, I've just realised minutes ago that results are coming out tonight!! Haha, I'm so slow man. I kept thinking it's on 30th, so it'll be 30th night -.- Ok, so it's tonight after all. WOOHOOO!
Right, judging on my last sem's cui performance, I shall go off and do more GP now to accumulate more karma for later~
大家保重! 祝你们好运!! Eywa保佑!!
BYEEEEEEEEES.
Ok, it's quite good la, the plot and all that, but I think the 3D-ness is overrated! I've seriously seen better 3D shows, that looks like the character is popping out right in front, like you can reach your hand out and touch it lidat de!! =X But Avatar's effects doesn't quite feel 3D enough leh. In fact, it just felt more like 2D+more well defined colors to me =X Haha either my memory or my eyes got problem~ or that cinema's 3D glasses are just not so good. -_-'''
Lol. Ok, but 3D or not, I still think it's quite a good movie! :) Can watch can watch~ Haha. The girl somehow reminded me of Disney's Pocahontas! -.-'' Actually, come to think of it the movie feels quite Disney! Haha.. Ok, I think nobody wants to watch movie with me liao, I always give very weird comments. Lol.
Anyway, I've just realised minutes ago that results are coming out tonight!! Haha, I'm so slow man. I kept thinking it's on 30th, so it'll be 30th night -.- Ok, so it's tonight after all. WOOHOOO!
Right, judging on my last sem's cui performance, I shall go off and do more GP now to accumulate more karma for later~
大家保重! 祝你们好运!! Eywa保佑!!
BYEEEEEEEEES.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Supposedly Busy.
Yea, i'm supposedly busy yet fidgety. GP report's NOT going well. I'm like yawning everytime I look at it, and it hardly looks 1/3 done. But i'm leaving for Malaysia in like two days' time, and when I come back i'll be two days away from the deadline. Awesome, huh?
Aye. One tiny step at a time. I can forsee myself being EXTREMELY packed this coming semester! *sulks* Ah, must be far-sighted. It's for a better tomorrow! =X Hahaaha.
Gotta pull through the next few months. May it be a fruitful and worthy one! :)
I'm actually halfway through blogging about new year resolutions, but am losing the drive and the time. Haha. So it's been saved in drafts for some time already~ bleah! And I think it'll stay there until i'm at least done with my report.
Ahhh. Okay. Back to the meepokingggg! *Aja fighting!!*
Aye. One tiny step at a time. I can forsee myself being EXTREMELY packed this coming semester! *sulks* Ah, must be far-sighted. It's for a better tomorrow! =X Hahaaha.
Gotta pull through the next few months. May it be a fruitful and worthy one! :)
I'm actually halfway through blogging about new year resolutions, but am losing the drive and the time. Haha. So it's been saved in drafts for some time already~ bleah! And I think it'll stay there until i'm at least done with my report.
Ahhh. Okay. Back to the meepokingggg! *Aja fighting!!*
Friday, December 25, 2009
The horrors of POPCORN.
Movie popcorn plus soda can equal 3 McDonald's burgers
20 Nov 2009 04:31:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
20 Nov 2009 04:31:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
LOS ANGELES, Nov 19 (Reuters Life!) - Moviergoers who tuck into a medium popcorn and a soft drink could be eating the equivalent of three McDonald's quarter-pounder burgers topped with a dozen scoops of butter, according to a U.S. study.A laboratory analysis of snacks sold at U.S. cinemas and commissioned by the Center for Science and Public Interest (CSPI) found a medium popcorn and soft drink contained 1,160 calories and three days' worth -- 60 grams -- of saturated fat."Who expects about 1,500 calories and three days' worth of heart-stopping fat in a popcorn and soda combo? That's the saturated fat of a stick of butter and the calories of two sticks of butter," said CSPI senior nutritionist Jayne Hurley in a statement."You might think you're getting Bambi, but you're really getting Godzilla."She said even sharing a small portion of popcorn between two people would mean consuming a day's worth of saturated fat, the kind that clogs arteries and is linked to heart disease.Hurley said every tablespoon of "buttery" oil topping adds another 130 calories according to the study published in Nutrition Action Healthletter."Asking for topping is like asking for oil on French fries or potato chips," she added.(Writing by Belinda Goldsmith, Editing by Miral Fahmy)
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I am so absolutely mortified and annoyed at GV for giving us a free popcorn combo yesterday. I don't think i'll ever eat popcorn in a very long time.
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Haha. Merry Christmas by the way! =D
P.S. Chipmunks 2 was very nice, minus the mortifying popcorn!! =)
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Was that my imagination?
I think I have 11 hypotheses.
That's about less than 2.5pages per hypothesis to spare. Hahaaha helppppp.
I just got myself a job offer.
But the contract terms are rather shingz and the job scope is pretty boomz to me. I have under 1.5 weeks to think about my next 2 years. Shingzzzzzz!
My lovely's coming back in four days time already!!
:) :) :) *happy happy happy!!*
That's about less than 2.5pages per hypothesis to spare. Hahaaha helppppp.
I just got myself a job offer.
But the contract terms are rather shingz and the job scope is pretty boomz to me. I have under 1.5 weeks to think about my next 2 years. Shingzzzzzz!
My lovely's coming back in four days time already!!
:) :) :) *happy happy happy!!*
Monday, December 14, 2009
The Missing Lovely!
Yesterday was 2nd Anniversary with Lovely!! ^^
Haha.. It was just a simple day for us, although I still had lots lots LOTS of fun!! =D It certainly wasn't those dressed-up-to-glam type of day. In fact, it was the most unglamly dressed anniversary for us! Ok, granted that it was only the 2nd anniversary we ever celebrated. Hahaha!
The point was, we were unglam coz we decided to go CYCLING!! Wahaha.. we wanted to do that for very long already, so thought might as well go on our anniversary lor. Lol. Yea, so we went to ECP early in the morning and cycled for a bit before heading down to Katong for lunch.
Even lunch was simple! Hehe. We just chose somewhere we both wanted to eat, and haven't been for some time already, which was Old Hong Kong!!!!! Yay. Happyness! :) :)
After hanging around abit after lunch, we caught a movie (as always, on special or non-special days..haha).. The Princess and the Frog! Haha, actually it was me who wanted to watch la. But Lovely enjoyed the movie too! :p The story was alright, but songs weren't very good though. Haha. It was quite amusing.. a very deviant Disney story...the princess kissed the frog prince, and turned into a frog herself!! Wahahaa fainted.
Lol. Ripped this pic off the Disney website.. look at how the frog prince is puckering its lips! LOL. So cute! Haha. And the book on the table at the back, is actually showing the classic tale about The Frog Prince! :) Hahaa. It's quite a can watch movie la! =)
Anyway, we headed back to Lovely's home after that, so that he can pack his luggage for Taiwan trip! :)
SADDED. Lovely went off to Taiwan for his grad trip today morning liao.. =( Ok la, it's one week only. Haha. But then..it's only Day 1!! =X
Hai.
Yes, I should get started on my report.. BAH!
Oh, anyway, anniversary photos are with Lovely, who hoppped off to Taiwan before sending them to me. Hahaa. So I don't think i'll be hardworking enough to upload them by the time he comes back. Lol.
Anyway, shall show off part of my present for him! Hehe :p
Let's do a comparison! Aha..
This was last year's present...
A handmade photo album! :)
And..this is this year's present!!
Wahahaa... looks so similar right!!? =D The second one is the cover page of a calendar I designed for him la.. Haha. I don't have a photo of it now..but that's the cover page I sent in for printing lor. Lol.
Ok, shall stop my crapping. Hahaa.
Once again, Happy 2nd Anniversary, Lovely! :) I had lots of fun yesterday! Yay!! :) Love ya, and have a safe trip! :) :)
Haha.. It was just a simple day for us, although I still had lots lots LOTS of fun!! =D It certainly wasn't those dressed-up-to-glam type of day. In fact, it was the most unglamly dressed anniversary for us! Ok, granted that it was only the 2nd anniversary we ever celebrated. Hahaha!
The point was, we were unglam coz we decided to go CYCLING!! Wahaha.. we wanted to do that for very long already, so thought might as well go on our anniversary lor. Lol. Yea, so we went to ECP early in the morning and cycled for a bit before heading down to Katong for lunch.
Even lunch was simple! Hehe. We just chose somewhere we both wanted to eat, and haven't been for some time already, which was Old Hong Kong!!!!! Yay. Happyness! :) :)
After hanging around abit after lunch, we caught a movie (as always, on special or non-special days..haha).. The Princess and the Frog! Haha, actually it was me who wanted to watch la. But Lovely enjoyed the movie too! :p The story was alright, but songs weren't very good though. Haha. It was quite amusing.. a very deviant Disney story...the princess kissed the frog prince, and turned into a frog herself!! Wahahaa fainted.
Lol. Ripped this pic off the Disney website.. look at how the frog prince is puckering its lips! LOL. So cute! Haha. And the book on the table at the back, is actually showing the classic tale about The Frog Prince! :) Hahaa. It's quite a can watch movie la! =)
Anyway, we headed back to Lovely's home after that, so that he can pack his luggage for Taiwan trip! :)
SADDED. Lovely went off to Taiwan for his grad trip today morning liao.. =( Ok la, it's one week only. Haha. But then..it's only Day 1!! =X
Hai.
Yes, I should get started on my report.. BAH!
Oh, anyway, anniversary photos are with Lovely, who hoppped off to Taiwan before sending them to me. Hahaa. So I don't think i'll be hardworking enough to upload them by the time he comes back. Lol.
Anyway, shall show off part of my present for him! Hehe :p
Let's do a comparison! Aha..
This was last year's present...
A handmade photo album! :)And..this is this year's present!!
Wahahaa... looks so similar right!!? =D The second one is the cover page of a calendar I designed for him la.. Haha. I don't have a photo of it now..but that's the cover page I sent in for printing lor. Lol.
Ok, shall stop my crapping. Hahaa.
Once again, Happy 2nd Anniversary, Lovely! :) I had lots of fun yesterday! Yay!! :) Love ya, and have a safe trip! :) :)
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Life After Exams
is boring, no?
Haha.
Haven't been blogging coz I'm either too busy doing something else, or too entertained to come online, or when I'm online I have better things to do. Hahaha. Too much of the little black rectangle for entertainment during exams, so it's a no-no to go near it again after exams!
I've been the same old self pre-exams, except slightly more time to slack and catch up with peeps :) Other than that, everything's pretty much the same especially GP, which i've concluded is a continuous variable. Certainly not dichotomous; not as if you can split it into 1-Do, 0-Don't do. Whatever, think i'm just angsty/bored.
Haha. GP never fails to make me feel angsty huh.
Ok, I wanna go back to my book. Second book after exams already! Whee.
Yea, I'm supposed to be writing, and not reading. But it's my long overdue breaaaaaak!! Hahaha. Need some substance proper nice reading before I get banished back to the lala land of journal articles.
Wheeee! Long Beach, Crystal Jade, Ah Chew, Lovely! Can't get enough of catching up with peeps! :) :)
Haha, this post should have been titled Random. Except it would have been Random (again, again and again).
Haha.
Haven't been blogging coz I'm either too busy doing something else, or too entertained to come online, or when I'm online I have better things to do. Hahaha. Too much of the little black rectangle for entertainment during exams, so it's a no-no to go near it again after exams!
I've been the same old self pre-exams, except slightly more time to slack and catch up with peeps :) Other than that, everything's pretty much the same especially GP, which i've concluded is a continuous variable. Certainly not dichotomous; not as if you can split it into 1-Do, 0-Don't do. Whatever, think i'm just angsty/bored.
Haha. GP never fails to make me feel angsty huh.
Ok, I wanna go back to my book. Second book after exams already! Whee.
Yea, I'm supposed to be writing, and not reading. But it's my long overdue breaaaaaak!! Hahaha. Need some substance proper nice reading before I get banished back to the lala land of journal articles.
Wheeee! Long Beach, Crystal Jade, Ah Chew, Lovely! Can't get enough of catching up with peeps! :) :)
Haha, this post should have been titled Random. Except it would have been Random (again, again and again).
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart!
WHEEE. Love this photo! =D
Haha, didn't want to post this under "2/3 badness" lol.
Last xmas take de photo! But they only uploaded it this week -_-'''
WOOHOOOOOOOO. I can still recall the yummy hammie!! ^^ PONYO WANTS TO EAT HAMMIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.
Hahaha ok I really should stop being kuku and study.
BYE!!!
2/3 badness over!
1/3 worth of very badness left!
WHY WHY WHY????
All the papers this year so sucky! Ok, actually it has a mad semester to start with lah. Especially F, right?
But everybody totally died on Monday for CP!! I didn't finish my paper. EEEEEEEEK. First time in 4 years never finish core paper lah. Can freak out. Am so not going to use my S/U next sem anymore, now I need them to pull up my this sem grades!! =( Back to CP... Julyn Ng said she see my handwriting very ugly -_-''' write until hand numb going to cannot move liao how to write nice nice!! Hahahaa.. Ok, excuses. Yah, I think CY (not your bf, jul haha) is madddddddd!!!!!!!! She so gungho, why don't she try doing the paper herself!! SIAO DE.
Ok, i'm ranting. Hahaha
Anyways, Spanish was quite bad as well! Haha.. I got do past year paper leh! But they so evil, last year de fill-in-the-blanks, this year set as must answer in sentences de!! -.- WIN LIAO. Hahaa. And even the question also set until very cheem! Everybody don't know what the question meant.. how to answer question like that =X Ahhh well.
Ultimate badness is upcoming on Friday. Don't know how to prepare for the mess.
I WANT SEAFOOD!!!
Hahaa.. I'm just waiting for the seafood hour to come, not paying attention to what comes in between. wuhahaha.
Ok, you can tell how deluded/depressed i'm becoming. Lol.
Should do more masks to destress!!
WHY WHY WHY????
All the papers this year so sucky! Ok, actually it has a mad semester to start with lah. Especially F, right?
But everybody totally died on Monday for CP!! I didn't finish my paper. EEEEEEEEK. First time in 4 years never finish core paper lah. Can freak out. Am so not going to use my S/U next sem anymore, now I need them to pull up my this sem grades!! =( Back to CP... Julyn Ng said she see my handwriting very ugly -_-''' write until hand numb going to cannot move liao how to write nice nice!! Hahahaa.. Ok, excuses. Yah, I think CY (not your bf, jul haha) is madddddddd!!!!!!!! She so gungho, why don't she try doing the paper herself!! SIAO DE.
Ok, i'm ranting. Hahaha
Anyways, Spanish was quite bad as well! Haha.. I got do past year paper leh! But they so evil, last year de fill-in-the-blanks, this year set as must answer in sentences de!! -.- WIN LIAO. Hahaa. And even the question also set until very cheem! Everybody don't know what the question meant.. how to answer question like that =X Ahhh well.
Ultimate badness is upcoming on Friday. Don't know how to prepare for the mess.
I WANT SEAFOOD!!!
Hahaa.. I'm just waiting for the seafood hour to come, not paying attention to what comes in between. wuhahaha.
Ok, you can tell how deluded/depressed i'm becoming. Lol.
Should do more masks to destress!!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Case Formulation!
OMG this is like the hardest-to-study-for exams ever!! o_O
Not only not enough time, the content is so turn-off. Let's not talk about F, we all know how bad that is... but I never expect CP to be so bad!!!!
The notes are super sampat lah! Can throw 3-4 textbook chapters into one set of lecture notes, and each textbook chapter is at least 30 pages, but only occupies 4-5 slides in the lecture notes. Why? Coz the lecturer super smart lor; put ALL the headlines of the textbook into the notes. What the fish leh. I feel so demoralized making notes that I finally gave up tonight!! It's like so much notes to make for each chapter, and after so long, I'm still at the same set of lecture notes!!! -_-'''
Doesn't help that the textbook can repeat the same words over and over again for 14 chapters. How to remember like that, it's like gestalt psychology/fuzzy memory leh! -.-
Pardon me for being grumpy. I tried so hard to study, and ended up taking so long and having to skip a fabulous gathering I so wanted to go, and have to study all that crap which I can't even take in! =(
SO. Since it's not very productive, I shall do case formulation to aid my learning! Hahaha. Happened to see this TV program on Channel 8 last night. It's those more documentary type of show I think, didn't catch the program name =X
Anyway, they featured/interviewed this actual person who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). So I shall try to do a case formulation with the 20 minutes worth of information I got from that program! Hahaha.
DISCLAIMER: Doing this purely out of fun, please take it with a pinch of salt!
Presenting Problems:
Lady in her 50s who has had OCD for 20 years. Has cleaning compulsions that seriously disrrupts her daily functioning. Cleans her house repeatedly and thoroughly, especially when objects come into contact with the door/floor/furniture/walls/etc... Loses sleep often thinking about things she have not cleaned, then gets up in the middle of the night to clean them.
She especially hates advertisors stuffing flyers at her door. It upsets her and makes her clean repeatedly everytime she sees a flyer being stuffed at the door. Even when she warned the flyers-distributor not to stuff flyers at her door, they still do it repeatedly, and she got into a quarrel with them as a result, which turned into a court case.
As such, she uses at least 15 big boxes of cleaning detergent every month, and her utilities bill works out to over a thousand dollars monthly because of the amount of water used for cleaning. Her hands/skin has become so worn from all the scrubbing and cleaning, to the extent that her fingerprints are no longer visible. She has not gone out of her house for a long period of time, for fear of contamination. Did not allow reporters to go into her house either for fear of them contaminating her house. Appears to stay alone although she has a husband and children.
She has seen up to 3 psychiatrists/psychologists previously, but stopped treatment for some years already because she feels that it didn't helping.
Precipitating Factors:
20 years back, after she gave birth to her youngest daughter, she started to take charge of all the household chores at home, from cooking to cleaning. Whenever she hung out her clothes to dry, the neighbours upstairs would throw down cigarette butts or ash and this dirtied her clothes. Upset with this, she confronted her neighbours, who denied this and claimed that they do not smoke. She started to hang her clothes along the corridor instead. However, kids who ran along the corridor would knock down the clothes onto the floor, and this dirtied the clothes as well. From then on, she started displaying symptoms of OCD, from being very particular about cleanliness, to showing signs of anxiety, distress and cleaning compulsions.
In the recent years, her condition has worsened after more advertisors started to stuff more and more flyers at her door. Despite the warning signs she put up not to stuff newspapers and flyers at the door, her signs were ignored. This causes great distress in her, and increases her cleaning compulsions. It was also from that point of time that she stopped going out of the house.
Predisposing Factors:
Causes are not elaborated upon/unknown here. It seems that she was already particular about cleanliness previously. It is also possible that the delivery of her youngest daughter has caused some hormonal changes or chemical imbalances that increased her susceptibility of getting OCD, which was then triggered by the incident of her clothes getting contaminated by the neighbours.
Perpetuating Factors:
As long as advertisors continue stuffing flyers at her door, her illness will likely continue to cripple her. Also, her unwillingness to step out of the house will possibly increase her fear of contamination overtime, and worsen her compulsions. Furthermore, without stepping out of her house first, she is unable to seek therapy.
Moreover, her unwillingness to continue treatment greatly perpetuates her illness, as there is hardly any chance of improvement without continuing treatment.
Prognosis:
The long period of illness may significantly lower the chances of recovery.
However, when interviewed, it seems that her family is actually supportive of her going for treatment. Her husband has been footing the utilities bill and is having a hard time with them. She expresses great desire to attend her daughter's upcoming polytechnic graduation ceremony, but insists that she is unable to step out of the house. Both she and her family expresses longings of reunion and "normal" family outings. If her family is able to encourage her to return to treatment, there might be a chance of recovery.
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I seriously felt very sad for her when I was watching the program! =X
Ok, that's all! I shouldn't be online for so long!! Hahaa. Tchao!
Not only not enough time, the content is so turn-off. Let's not talk about F, we all know how bad that is... but I never expect CP to be so bad!!!!
The notes are super sampat lah! Can throw 3-4 textbook chapters into one set of lecture notes, and each textbook chapter is at least 30 pages, but only occupies 4-5 slides in the lecture notes. Why? Coz the lecturer super smart lor; put ALL the headlines of the textbook into the notes. What the fish leh. I feel so demoralized making notes that I finally gave up tonight!! It's like so much notes to make for each chapter, and after so long, I'm still at the same set of lecture notes!!! -_-'''
Doesn't help that the textbook can repeat the same words over and over again for 14 chapters. How to remember like that, it's like gestalt psychology/fuzzy memory leh! -.-
Pardon me for being grumpy. I tried so hard to study, and ended up taking so long and having to skip a fabulous gathering I so wanted to go, and have to study all that crap which I can't even take in! =(
SO. Since it's not very productive, I shall do case formulation to aid my learning! Hahaha. Happened to see this TV program on Channel 8 last night. It's those more documentary type of show I think, didn't catch the program name =X
Anyway, they featured/interviewed this actual person who has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). So I shall try to do a case formulation with the 20 minutes worth of information I got from that program! Hahaha.
DISCLAIMER: Doing this purely out of fun, please take it with a pinch of salt!
Presenting Problems:
Lady in her 50s who has had OCD for 20 years. Has cleaning compulsions that seriously disrrupts her daily functioning. Cleans her house repeatedly and thoroughly, especially when objects come into contact with the door/floor/furniture/walls/etc... Loses sleep often thinking about things she have not cleaned, then gets up in the middle of the night to clean them.
She especially hates advertisors stuffing flyers at her door. It upsets her and makes her clean repeatedly everytime she sees a flyer being stuffed at the door. Even when she warned the flyers-distributor not to stuff flyers at her door, they still do it repeatedly, and she got into a quarrel with them as a result, which turned into a court case.
As such, she uses at least 15 big boxes of cleaning detergent every month, and her utilities bill works out to over a thousand dollars monthly because of the amount of water used for cleaning. Her hands/skin has become so worn from all the scrubbing and cleaning, to the extent that her fingerprints are no longer visible. She has not gone out of her house for a long period of time, for fear of contamination. Did not allow reporters to go into her house either for fear of them contaminating her house. Appears to stay alone although she has a husband and children.
She has seen up to 3 psychiatrists/psychologists previously, but stopped treatment for some years already because she feels that it didn't helping.
Precipitating Factors:
20 years back, after she gave birth to her youngest daughter, she started to take charge of all the household chores at home, from cooking to cleaning. Whenever she hung out her clothes to dry, the neighbours upstairs would throw down cigarette butts or ash and this dirtied her clothes. Upset with this, she confronted her neighbours, who denied this and claimed that they do not smoke. She started to hang her clothes along the corridor instead. However, kids who ran along the corridor would knock down the clothes onto the floor, and this dirtied the clothes as well. From then on, she started displaying symptoms of OCD, from being very particular about cleanliness, to showing signs of anxiety, distress and cleaning compulsions.
In the recent years, her condition has worsened after more advertisors started to stuff more and more flyers at her door. Despite the warning signs she put up not to stuff newspapers and flyers at the door, her signs were ignored. This causes great distress in her, and increases her cleaning compulsions. It was also from that point of time that she stopped going out of the house.
Predisposing Factors:
Causes are not elaborated upon/unknown here. It seems that she was already particular about cleanliness previously. It is also possible that the delivery of her youngest daughter has caused some hormonal changes or chemical imbalances that increased her susceptibility of getting OCD, which was then triggered by the incident of her clothes getting contaminated by the neighbours.
Perpetuating Factors:
As long as advertisors continue stuffing flyers at her door, her illness will likely continue to cripple her. Also, her unwillingness to step out of the house will possibly increase her fear of contamination overtime, and worsen her compulsions. Furthermore, without stepping out of her house first, she is unable to seek therapy.
Moreover, her unwillingness to continue treatment greatly perpetuates her illness, as there is hardly any chance of improvement without continuing treatment.
Prognosis:
The long period of illness may significantly lower the chances of recovery.
However, when interviewed, it seems that her family is actually supportive of her going for treatment. Her husband has been footing the utilities bill and is having a hard time with them. She expresses great desire to attend her daughter's upcoming polytechnic graduation ceremony, but insists that she is unable to step out of the house. Both she and her family expresses longings of reunion and "normal" family outings. If her family is able to encourage her to return to treatment, there might be a chance of recovery.
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I seriously felt very sad for her when I was watching the program! =X
Ok, that's all! I shouldn't be online for so long!! Hahaa. Tchao!
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