Right now I wish I was on a beautiful sunny beach listening to the ocean lapping up on the shore,lying next to a beautiful man with big hands to rub massage oil all over me..........
THE REALITY IS 12 HOURS OF FULL ON STUDY A DAY FOR THE NEXT 12 DAYS............
I have a stinking cold that I am supressing like a bastard and fuzziness in my brain which is in no way conducive to the amount of focus and concentration I have to produce............
I wish I had something of more interest to write..............With the amount of information floating aroung in the head I probably do but I just dont have the time!
I just wanted to pop in and moan a bit! I am a brit after all..........ist that what we are good at??
Oh an dby the way.........sorry to the japanese for your loss.Congrats to the Ozzies and go Brazil.......I love brazil! Although I dont say that too loudly over here at the moment~! The atmosphere is tense!
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Another one down and 6 more to go!
Shit........I am tired already!
I have 6 more finals to go and then I can rest for a bit!
I had my Point Location exam yesterday which I got 100% in and a written exam to go with it which I am prety sure I did ok in.
I saw the value yesterday in being present in all my lessons and talking with my lecturer ,being interested and keen and a tad anxious.
Practical location exams are a bit like a driving test and I fall to pieces!
We get a list of points to locate on a partner and then one of the 3 lecturers comes around to tick them off or cross them off depending on wether you have found the point......I dont do well in these kinds of situations,my mind goes blank and all the hard work and effort that I put in just flies out of my mind.I look at the first point and think......crap where the hell is that....???????!!!! Take a deep breath and push on!
Last night there were 3 points that I got wrong.One was a simple mistake.I confused it with another and my lecturer said that I should think about that point and e would come back.Immediately I knew what I had done wrong and corrected my mistake.
The second was more interpretation over the anatomical location and it was a tricky point to find......I located where I thought it was and the lecturer came over and asked me to justify it ,which I did and then he told me that he thought the Greater trochanter was a little lower than that,to which I replied that he should go away and come back and I would re locate it! Which he did and I got the mark!
The 3rd was just a total blank.........lecturer standing over my shoulder.......he knew I knew the point I knew I knew the point and we were both standing there waiting for it to come...........2 minutes is a long time when you are under pressure.....located it once .........nope...think about it............located it twice.....comon sarah ..........you do know this point.....3rd time got it!
So I got lucky.There were students there who were not as present as me or outwardly keen or anxious who did the same thing and didnt get the slack I did.......so I am grateful and thankful for the faith that my lecturers have in me.
Lesson........get to know them,talk to them about yourself,ask them about themselves,show your fear and anxiety.........let them know how you fair in situations like practical exams.........and relax.........
So I should be really happy about the grade and I am ,but I do feel like I had my hand held ,which I guess is okay.
I have 6 more finals to go and then I can rest for a bit!
I had my Point Location exam yesterday which I got 100% in and a written exam to go with it which I am prety sure I did ok in.
I saw the value yesterday in being present in all my lessons and talking with my lecturer ,being interested and keen and a tad anxious.
Practical location exams are a bit like a driving test and I fall to pieces!
We get a list of points to locate on a partner and then one of the 3 lecturers comes around to tick them off or cross them off depending on wether you have found the point......I dont do well in these kinds of situations,my mind goes blank and all the hard work and effort that I put in just flies out of my mind.I look at the first point and think......crap where the hell is that....???????!!!! Take a deep breath and push on!
Last night there were 3 points that I got wrong.One was a simple mistake.I confused it with another and my lecturer said that I should think about that point and e would come back.Immediately I knew what I had done wrong and corrected my mistake.
The second was more interpretation over the anatomical location and it was a tricky point to find......I located where I thought it was and the lecturer came over and asked me to justify it ,which I did and then he told me that he thought the Greater trochanter was a little lower than that,to which I replied that he should go away and come back and I would re locate it! Which he did and I got the mark!
The 3rd was just a total blank.........lecturer standing over my shoulder.......he knew I knew the point I knew I knew the point and we were both standing there waiting for it to come...........2 minutes is a long time when you are under pressure.....located it once .........nope...think about it............located it twice.....comon sarah ..........you do know this point.....3rd time got it!
So I got lucky.There were students there who were not as present as me or outwardly keen or anxious who did the same thing and didnt get the slack I did.......so I am grateful and thankful for the faith that my lecturers have in me.
Lesson........get to know them,talk to them about yourself,ask them about themselves,show your fear and anxiety.........let them know how you fair in situations like practical exams.........and relax.........
So I should be really happy about the grade and I am ,but I do feel like I had my hand held ,which I guess is okay.
Thursday, June 08, 2006
Passing on the tag.........
J-ster is interested to know what my answers are to the following so in a brief sojourn to the rote learning here I go!
5 Musicians that I currently listen to
Beethoven.....due to the ability not to invade my study wave.
Crosby Stills and Nash
Buddha beats (a collection of ambient music)
Windsongs by Micahel Hoppe (a truly relaxing trip of flute and the like)
TCM point Location Meditations......listen to this b4 I head to bed.Its supposed to enter your sub concious while sleeping!!!
St.Germaine.
5 Movies/DVDs That I Have Watched Recently
The corpse Bride........cute but thats abut all.
My fair lady.Audrey is my idol and always cheers me up.
Narnia.........cute but again thats about all.
Oceans 12....dull.
Fawlty Towers........pure bliss.
5 TV Shows That I Tend to Watch
Hmmmmmmm...........not too many at the moment but I LURVE LURVE LURRRRRRRRRRRRVE a show called "House" with Hugh Laurie as a talented ,intelligent,down right indespicable Doctor with an addiction .
Oh and lets not forget the odd episode of Desperate Housewives and commander in chief.
5 Restaurants I have Visited Recently
The one I work in! An italian upperclass affair with a quirky italian head waiter who makes me lick my lips so that he can have a thrill! And a boss who is a pain in the butt and terribly miserable but calls me Bella most of the time.
OHH and a restaurant that I was taken to my a very nice guy about 2 weeks ago called ladros.The best Pizza Restaurant in Melbourne apparently! Very upbeat and delish pizza!
Thats all folks! Unless my frequently visited coffee shop with the fabulous Jimmy as owner counts!???
5 Foods That I Currently Enjoy Snacking On
Nuts for the protein.Brazil nuts and almonds are the biz!
Butter popcorn!
Toblerone because I can and those god damn starburst babies drive me mad...I love ripping off thier heads!
Does port count as a snack????
Not too much of a snacker but trying very hard to replace chocolate for the more healthy kind of snackeroo!
Been eating lots of carrot and lentil soup recently!
Im tagging Suzie wooh, Mama,and just to make it a little more interesting.......Chris the karaoke king and 2 people who read my blog but never comment! GO ON! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!
5 Musicians that I currently listen to
Beethoven.....due to the ability not to invade my study wave.
Crosby Stills and Nash
Buddha beats (a collection of ambient music)
Windsongs by Micahel Hoppe (a truly relaxing trip of flute and the like)
TCM point Location Meditations......listen to this b4 I head to bed.Its supposed to enter your sub concious while sleeping!!!
St.Germaine.
5 Movies/DVDs That I Have Watched Recently
The corpse Bride........cute but thats abut all.
My fair lady.Audrey is my idol and always cheers me up.
Narnia.........cute but again thats about all.
Oceans 12....dull.
Fawlty Towers........pure bliss.
5 TV Shows That I Tend to Watch
Hmmmmmmm...........not too many at the moment but I LURVE LURVE LURRRRRRRRRRRRVE a show called "House" with Hugh Laurie as a talented ,intelligent,down right indespicable Doctor with an addiction .
Oh and lets not forget the odd episode of Desperate Housewives and commander in chief.
5 Restaurants I have Visited Recently
The one I work in! An italian upperclass affair with a quirky italian head waiter who makes me lick my lips so that he can have a thrill! And a boss who is a pain in the butt and terribly miserable but calls me Bella most of the time.
OHH and a restaurant that I was taken to my a very nice guy about 2 weeks ago called ladros.The best Pizza Restaurant in Melbourne apparently! Very upbeat and delish pizza!
Thats all folks! Unless my frequently visited coffee shop with the fabulous Jimmy as owner counts!???
5 Foods That I Currently Enjoy Snacking On
Nuts for the protein.Brazil nuts and almonds are the biz!
Butter popcorn!
Toblerone because I can and those god damn starburst babies drive me mad...I love ripping off thier heads!
Does port count as a snack????
Not too much of a snacker but trying very hard to replace chocolate for the more healthy kind of snackeroo!
Been eating lots of carrot and lentil soup recently!
Im tagging Suzie wooh, Mama,and just to make it a little more interesting.......Chris the karaoke king and 2 people who read my blog but never comment! GO ON! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
and for those moments ........
..........you will know the ones I mean when you check out the link! Definately something I have permanately linked to my favourites!
Enjoy!
bubblewrap moments
Enjoy!
bubblewrap moments
and moving swiftly on..........
Okay , Two major exams done.I feel good about them. I am pretty sure I passed and may have passed well.Admitedly origins,insertions and actions of muscles are not my forte but we are slowly becoming friends.I also now know what an acromioclavicular ligament will do to your shoulder if ripped and what a worn menisci will do to your knees........Its all coming together to make me very knowledgeable about Muscular Skeletal workings.............but ..............I now have to change beat for big exam number 4 (of 11 that i will have in the month) Point location. 120 points to remember and their anatomical location.
Let me elaborate.
Imagine 120 sentences like this:
1.5 cun lateral to the midline at the level of the 4th sacral foramen.This is close to the corner or inferior lateral angle of the sacrum.Bands of the sacro-illiac ligamnets and origin of gluteus Maximus can be felt here.
Hmmmmmmmm..........not particularly fun to memorise or then additionaly to locate.
Wish me luck........up for air after tuesday .
Let me elaborate.
Imagine 120 sentences like this:
1.5 cun lateral to the midline at the level of the 4th sacral foramen.This is close to the corner or inferior lateral angle of the sacrum.Bands of the sacro-illiac ligamnets and origin of gluteus Maximus can be felt here.
Hmmmmmmmm..........not particularly fun to memorise or then additionaly to locate.
Wish me luck........up for air after tuesday .
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Too Laid back or Mental suicide???
I have 2 Major exams on Monday,so here I sit contemplating bones ,muscles,joints and my chinese oral.
I find it soothing and pleasant to listen to beethoven whilst studying.It seems to be the only type of music I can listen to that doesnt interfere with my thought processes BUT today I decided to put on the random visualisation on my media player.......BANG........kiss your arse goodbye to a good 45 minutes of study time! It was beautiful! I have often enjoyed looking at the visuals on Windows Media player but with Beethoven playing it was quite something else! I felt like I had been transported to another world.It was like a ballet of colour and movement and had me enchanted fro some time! Listen ,when money is tight and there is no opportunity for Theatre or the arts let me recommend this!
Anyways it did give me a well earned break from it all........and now I am back to it again!
Ciao for now
I find it soothing and pleasant to listen to beethoven whilst studying.It seems to be the only type of music I can listen to that doesnt interfere with my thought processes BUT today I decided to put on the random visualisation on my media player.......BANG........kiss your arse goodbye to a good 45 minutes of study time! It was beautiful! I have often enjoyed looking at the visuals on Windows Media player but with Beethoven playing it was quite something else! I felt like I had been transported to another world.It was like a ballet of colour and movement and had me enchanted fro some time! Listen ,when money is tight and there is no opportunity for Theatre or the arts let me recommend this!
Anyways it did give me a well earned break from it all........and now I am back to it again!
Ciao for now
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