The Grass is not always Greener...

Suffocated in moxa fumes, which is probably illegal but university funding can't seem to provide adequate ventilation in any of our treatment areas-the smoke was so concentrated it made security personnel come knocking with the question..."What's with all the smell of GRASS?"

friday 29 may 2009 331pm

Poke-a-holic

So... my grades are going down the chute, I'm barely doing any study but I'm getting lots of practice treating...ironically other classmates especially ones who negatively magnetize/empathically take on their patient's ailments...with very positive feedback :)

I also haven't picked up problems from giving treatments of late so fingers crossed I might actually have built up a stronger auric barrier...or am now better able to maintain my boundaries...

I might actually being able to do this as a job after all!

6:08pm 26 may 2009

The Bi-annual Burn Out.

Stage 1 for 2009 of the Bi-Annual Burn out. The same time each year where everything gets so stressful, demands are high and you're so exhausted and have hit a wall. So you do what any rational person does and throw some kind of necessary tantrum, have a peak transient "crisis", let off some pent up energy and then it's gone. After a whole lot of swearing and booze, you actually feel good again...

all you really needed to do was let yourself loose from that chain that ties you to your desk, rest your weary eyes from the glare of that screen, go out and breathe fresh air and find some real live mates to rant with...

Sane again! Too easy! Nevertheless an inevitable bi-annual ritual...

monday 25 may 2009 10:47pm

A small confession.

It was me, it was me who poured the water into the contaminated waste bag!!

That was cos if I hadn't, the entire bag would have gone up in flames and a whole lot worse!

LOL, the joy of acclimatizing to new products.

It's always just too much fun around here...I'm kinda getting bored with treating for food stagnation type complaints though...it must be all the stress in the city...for relatively healthy people that is one of the first problems that will surface.

I guess it's also the modern time poor diet is pretty crap too.

24 may 2009 8:00pm

Conclusion: I'm definitely some kind of Masochist!

Why oh why do I always leave everything to THE LAST MINUTE??! I don't know perhaps I'm some kind of adrenalin junkie, perhaps the student life is so monotonous I appreciate the last minute thrill and challenge? Or maybe I just like a reason to stay up in the wee hours and enjoy the peace and quiet while everybody is sleeping? Or maybe I just am really that undisciplined that until a situation becomes dire I will have no qualms with procrastinating with idle pursuits...
Who knows, whatever the case, it's gonna be another late night for me! LOL

tuesday 19 may 2009 11:12pm

Just don't care.

An interesting phenomenon washed over myself and colleagues...we're tired. And we had had enough. So we took the ENTIRE weekend off...ah, Sanity...BALANCE.

Feels good :)

monday 18 may 6.55pm

It's almost perverted.

My addiction that is.

I feel kinda guilty how excited I get when one of my classmates gets sick...immediately my eyes turn big as flying saucers and I feel a sense of gluttinous greed...cos I see that as a great learning opportunity and chance to "have fun" treating!

Yes I truly get my kicks. Treating people and being able to solve their health issues really turns me on...it's like major brain candy...Brain Chocolate even! Tickles me in all the right places ;)

I can't believe from where I am fuelling this enthusiasm from- the past 3 days I have had a total of 12 hours sleep...cumulative! Talk about...dedication :p In any case one thing's for certain...I am THE most MISERABLE student- studying is a total arse and I suck at it. However.

I LOOOOVE practical application giving treatments- solving the puzzles- and judging from my track record to date, I'm not half bad at it either ;)

Definitely going to set up these hols...so excited can't wait! Also going to try and get back into the whole qi exercise aspect with Tai Chi this weekend since I finally found a local teacher...should be good :)

6:54pm friday 15 may 2009

Being Hammered.

It's 12:23am. This lifestyle is gruelling. I'm in a paralysed state of stress. I know this is a contradiction but I am- in calm stress. ie I've not kicked into action yet cos I'm still trying to find the drive to get off the starting line...I'm still reeling from burn out and exhaustion from the past week and my brain is still recovering having been stretched to the max. But at least I'm still awake (courtesy of afternoon siesta) and going to do some intellectual reading on channel theory which will hopefully be absorbed during sleep so that I can just spit out an essay in it's entirety tomorrow. If there's one thing I've learnt- sleep is all a brain really needs to really do amazing knowledge consolidation. Too bad I'm not getting any, cos my shut eye is full of wacky and vivid dreams...which I'm sure mean something that would be more clear if I recorded them and read back over them in the future...but I don't want to tax myself anymore than what is essential right now.

12:30am sunday 10 may 2009

The Poo Specialist!

Haha, I have inadvertently become a "poo" specialist with resounding success in my treatments given for constipation and digestive issues...

I actually really love treating constipation for that reason...cos it's one where when your treatment works...you get definitive feedback in a timely fashion! LOL

And besides, it's amazing how many people feel so much anxiety when they're not "regular" so it's nice to be able to provide not only physical but also psycho-emotional relief ;)

Staying on topic somewhat lol...I'm somewhat "in the shits" having frittered away what little spare time I do have and left EVERYTHING TO THE LAST MINUTE! arghhhh the next 6, 7 days are going to be stretched to max and STRESSY trying to start and complete all the assessments! Maybe my subconscious likes the adrenalin rush of living on the edge :p

9:31pm friday 8 may 2009

When can I start working already?!!

One of my my age school buddies in a younger year was telling me today how she didn't realise that you had to study on par with "selling your soul" otherwise...as she tragically learnt...you FAIL! LOL I turned to her and said...why are you being so sadistic?...you're married...why don't you just go make babies? LOL, yes sheer "at the end of one's cramming tether" makes one go all...flippant! :p
12:00am thursday 7 may

I am one sucky student.

For sure I like learning...But STUDYING is another matter altogether! It sure doesn't come naturally to me and most of the time I feel like making myself do it is like someone has grabbed me by my ankles dragging me and dumping me in my study chair and TIED ME TO MY DESK! (something not dissimilar was done in the past when I've had someone to crack the whip! LOL) So I just sit there and try and wriggle out of my bonds and usual don't end up being too productive :p

So I've been especially bad the last 2 weeks or so...doing anything and everything but. You'd think I'd have learnt my lesson from the last entry but no....I've still managed to procrastinate everything to the last minute and have a heck of a lot to cram and absorb in a heck of a short time.

No wonder my head hurts :p
5:15pm tuesday 5 may 2009