Resting on one's laurels: Z crashes out bigtime!

So.

I looked at the paper. SHITE. SHITE. SHITE. Staring at blank pages with absolutely no way to crap my way out of it.

Hmmm Lesson learnt. Being TOO RELAXED is not a clever approach to exams. A bit of stress is the best way for me at least, cos otherwise you just don't care enough.

But the recent news is, I found out I got on the merit list for the second and likely last year running. Not a small effort by any means. So (especially cos it seems like the last time) I am going to give myself a reward of a *pair of new shoes*...cos an award ceremony calls for nice shoes ;)

LOL. Excuses, excuses.

This girl needs a big SMACK! Going to unwind with yoga and then throw myself back in the ring to meet another lion :p - this one I will go back to my usual "stress" approach me thinks! *siiiigh* :(

Why students eat so many sweeties...

...Do you KNOW how many calories get burnt having to flex your brain so hard?!!! :p

yarghhhhhh. Will be a late one...burning the midnight oil...cramming!

tuesday 28 april 10:09pm

Handy Tip for a cold where you can't stop sneezing.

I caught a cold. A cold cold. Perhaps it was due to waiting 20 minutes underclothed in the chilly winds (which incidentally did bring our earliest snowfall since 1996!) Due to my greedy cravings, I missed at least 8 of my own buses waiting for the one that would take me to...Pastizzi :)!

Or perhaps it was spending several hours in an enclosed library full of other people's sniffles. Or maybe it was the rich butteriness from the pastizzi pastry or the sticky sugar of all that chocolate glugginess making my throat a welcoming breeding ground for opportunistic germs.

Whatever the case, when the cold manifests as non stop violent sneezing, I realised even with TCM skills, you're not in any state to be able to treat yourself...that would be too much effort!

So. I ended up discovering an easier variation for how to relieve the chills and non-stop sneezing and involuntary evacuating of the entire contents of your nasal and sinus cavities...and the best part, it's something any person can do...

Get a hairdryer! And aim the warm air over the back of your neck from the bottom right up to just under the head for a few minutes. Trust me, it will relieve your symptoms especially stop the sneezing :)

Now just have to rug up, get plenty of rest and plenty of Vit C and go off the chocolate for a few days...bah humbug.

monday 26 april 2009 9:56am

All Therapists should have therapists.

Another said:"We always give much more than we get". Story of my life. I'm SO TIRED OF GIVING!!!

My classmates had her first massage shift today and by the end of the day she burst out "I AM SO.OVER.MASSAGE!"

Can't say I disagree...who said I can be a workaholic...screw that, I'm back to my part-time work lifestyle aspirations...those damn little suckers (patients and sick ones) just SUCK YOU DRY of mainly ENERGY but often also good vibes...and you're doing well if you don't come back with some empathic ailment :p

The other issue that has been plaguing me this week is the fact that EVERYTHING COSTS...we are such a selfish Taker society. It gets sad for us small percentage of Giver Types in the Big City. If everybody were even HALF as unselfish and considerate of others as we, wouldn't the city just be such a Much Nicer Place?

I know when you give you should do so freely, without any expectation of anything in return...however past this now...for me it comes down to an issue of FAIRNESS. Of course I know life and the world isn't fair...but don't I just wish it were!!!

I guess this desire for fairness just shows how big a concern EQUALITY is for me at this stage of my life...Rant Over...at least in this blog LOL
friday 17 april 10:23am

This is pretty "sad"...LOL

I realised I've been fully sucked down the black hole and I don't think I'll ever come back out! Basically for many of us our "job" is all consuming. And everyone outside the TCM world that is not spiritually inclined is pretty much another ALF(Alien Life Form). I don't even feel the need to associate with people outside "the family"...there's just something - we all have an understanding yet it is also a "passion" that totally infiltrates your whole being and it is not something you can just "switch off"...it is pretty much 24-7 with you- even in our leisure time we're still giving treatments, dietary advice...heads are ticking overtime trying to work out a diagnosis for that person on the bus coughing up their insides...it actually...turns us on! :)

This thought occurred to me when I found myself checking my phone every two minutes in eager anticipation for an update on patient status...suddenly, the most exciting potential in my day was to know whether my patient had had a bowel movement yet after the treatment!!!*LOL

Yeah, it's sad. Lucky most of us find it a "calling" and it's one that we're truly passionate about!

Yeah I'm a Nerd. Aren't we all?

8 april 2009 8:34pm

My First Ever(Own) Patients :)

It was a great day. I think this TCM gig must really be my "thing". Cos I had Tuina Massage clinic today (I HATE massage and touchy feely stuff) but I still managed to really enjoy my day (although admittedly I needed to keep eating every chance I got just to have enough energy).

And my patients even booked in to come back to me!..So even though I think my skills are somewhat average (being so petite and low energy doesn't exactly help) and my knowledge of muscles is pretty Shite, I mustn't have sucked too bad! :)

LOL.

On a practical note I also didn't get TOO drained. I found washing my hands and face between patients really helpful, although the final patient who came with migraine, stress and loads of neck and shoulder tension did leave me with a bit of an Empathic headache :P But at least I made her migraine go away :-) (it would have been less effort required with acupuncture though...)

It's pretty exciting having your OWN patients...suddenly all your slaving over studies HAS A PURPOSE. I think I might be able to live the dream of kick ass healer in a coastal community yet...the only thing was I only planned to work part time...I could potentially see myself being a workaholic if I became really healthy with more energy capacity... it's a pretty gratifying career path when you get results and people appreciate your efforts! :-D

6:50pm 2 april 2009

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share the thrills (and hopefully no spills) of a mature age student back to school to become a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).