It's been so long since i last blogged, been so so busy-church camp, loads of effort into anatomy, dinners, cooking good food, staying in the SL... really eventful week that just passed.
Where should i start from?

last wednesday, I did major chinese supermarket shopping! bought a big wok, metal bowls and plates, containers, tang yuan, custard pao, prawns, corn flour and all the other essential things one needs for chinese cooking. went back, whopped up a fantastic mean for ommena and family, ambika, and others=)i made my own "shui jiao"!-minced pork, water chestnut and prawns and marinates, chicken noodles, and tempura prawns!!! was so proud of myself cause it was a really good meal! haha ambika gave me an A!but such cooking can only be done once a month? haha. i spent 3 hours preparing-way too much time. But it was fun, i really enjoy cooking, especially cooking for people. i like to make people happy through food=)

next exciting thing! and probably the most exciting of all.. CHURCH CAMP!
venue: Gartmore, 1 hour drive out of glasgow, country side
duration: Friday to sunday afternoon
Theme: Grace
weather: sub zero
scenary: drop dead gorgeous.

this was my first church camp overseas and i enjoyed myself so much. Its different from what ive experienced back home. well, other than the setting and people (which actually does make a lot of difference to the environment), i felt that the way the workshops and worship sessions were carried out were very novel too. we had video cum music worship, which was quite impactful. i especially like the way we did our "prayer walk". jenny (pastor's wife), is the head of this "deeper ministry", and she set up a labirynth for us. candles and glass pebbles under soft, dim lights marked the pathways for our walk. i rememeber clearly the stop where we had to look at our reflection in the mirror: "what do u see? a lost child, a burdened heart..." stuff like that? was really meaningful.

oh! and we had worship in the woods! on sat morning kenneth and weiyao led us to the woods around gartmore house. i felt like a kid in enid blyton enjoying the beautiful sights, and taking in all u can-the wind, the sounds from the river, the birds, everything quiet and beautiful....Thank God for the camp,a nd allwoing me to find him amongst nature. Thank God for creating this world so beautiful.

basically, camp was good. spiritually, i found release. And not to forget, a bunch of really good sisters-alithea and carol. my dearest cell group leader and big sis. They gave me lots of support and encouragement when i was down, and im really blessed to have them. even the rest of the older brothers and sisters-kenneth, ling, shaun, sue cha cha, may, yinru, vong, alf, weiyao... its so nice being around these people. cause they are really genuine and sincere? and mature as well? maybe its just an overseas glasweigian syndrome.

one thing i will never forget also is..
being chased by a bull dog.
im serious. its one of the most exciting-in terms of adrenaline levels to the max.
but one of the most traumatic expereinces too.
we were trying to get into the main house to view gartmore from high. main door was locked.so we went from the side, climbed over the curb, walked 5 steps, saw dog head and heard his bark-turn and run.reflex action.

so so scary. i had no time to think, just run for my life... still is so scary everytime i think of it...
thanks weiyao for letting me run first.
thank God the bull dog couldn jump high.
i will seriously think twice before trespassing again. haha

-things we do when we are young-

as for school, anatomy is my life now. dissection, prossection, PBL, john shaw donne. thaTs what i do everyday. just finished thoracic cavity dissection today. i feel like a butcher. sawing the rib cage open, digging out the lungs, grrr. it requires lotsa strength! and my latex glove tore, causing my hads to be smeared with formalin, embalming fluid and dried blood and fats and whatever we have in there. and the smell is sooooo bad. i can still smell it on my fingers. *puke puke*
but even after all this, i think anatomy is quite interesting. difficult for me though. i prefer physiology. maybe im not a surgeon material. but then again, i like obs and gyn. aye, too early to decide on anything, i haven been exposed to half of the fields!

okae, lotsa things to do-pbl, coursework, revision for anatomy formative assesement, dinners, decisions, packing and shopping for people back home-2.5 weeks more! grrr. i think i will miss glasgow. really.