crash

so i was in my first accident yesterday. mine was the middle car in a three car collision. I narrowly missed the first car only to be pushed into its rear by the car behind me. so much for braking on time.

things i got out of it:

1. i can continue to shake even hours after the accident

2. driving behind a car whose brake lights do not work is a very bad idea. change lanes immediately even if it means you have to do a uie to make your right turn.

3. having a headache all of the next day is no fun. no fun at all. neither is a funny neck.

4. when talking to mum on the phone, never neglect to say it was a MINOR accident or you'll scare the living daylights out of her. do not neglect a concerned dad either.

5. walking into a police station is not as bad as it seems to be.

how funny

i had my clinical exam today and the client thought that my examiners were students and asked them if they were learning anything from me. from me!

one down, five to go...

today...

the last ever day i said:

'hi, i'm deb, a physio student.'

so exhilarating.

my life in passing

random

this morning, stranger offered me a lift to the station.

i didn't know they still do that nowadays. she really made my day because i just missed my bus and was going to be late for clinics.

and to top everything off, she was a christian from korea!

//

WOW!!

R.I.P. Perry

'twas no better car
than perry of krista
our best memories by far
we'll miss ya.

just

a day in warnambool, a couple of parties and long drives. what a way to spend last weekend.

a late, but early start saw us on the road with the sun shining down on my side of the car. a pack of chips and a pack lollies sustained us as julie and i quietly but surely had conversations with the two girls i just met.

a quick toilet stop saw us to the doorstep of luke and bec's engagement party, just late enough to be fashionable. a few hours there, with the sun high in the sky and a light breeze was heavenly! that is until i stuffed myself silly with dessert and realised i should have left some room for the dinner that night.

we stayed in the bridesmaid's place in the middle of the city. it was all so quaint with the immaculate garden, neatly decorated house and a beautiful front porch with small disco balls hanging from the ceiling.

then there was the thing where the grandma dropped her daks to show me her newly operated knee. julie could hardly hide her horror.

not long after that, it was dinner which was just a short walk away from the house. my meal looked really small, but the blueberry sauce was very filling, as was the duck. i thought i would have to order something else. i ended up just as stuffed as i was from lunch.

BUT the four hours in the car each way did something to me. no, it's not whatever you think it was. i have a really sore back from all the sitting and it's not good.

//

the flowers are in bloom in my front yard. i have a tree that blooms both pink and white cherry blossom lookalikes.

apparently the previous previous owner (or maybe it was the previous previous previous owner?) grafted another tree that produced the pink flowers to the one that produced white flowers.

prettyprettypretty

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last night, i had the opportunity to ride in a bicycle taxi/taxicycle (i made its name up) with chucky to a party. it wasn't cheap but it was one of those things you try once and never again unless you're with tourist that just has to try one of these.

the funny thing was, at the same time as we pulled up to the venue, two friends were wondering up from the opposite direction and remarked to themselves that it would be kind of embarrassing for the people to rock up to a party in, basically, a tricycle and run the risk of it being stolen. then we stepped out.

how embarassing...

//

the back still hurts.

one thousand steps

this morning, i attempted the climb the 1000 steps(kokoda trail simulation). it was incredibly uphill and hard. i had so many rests in between!

but it was so satisfying. once you reach the top of the steps, you'll think 'i've done it!' (although there's more of a hike up to the top of the mountain). then you slowly make the descent only to find that you're not so stable on your feet anymore.

surprisingly, i'm not tired. not at all.

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i should really exercise more regularly...

i wake and feel the fell of dark, not day

i wake and feel the fell of dark, not day.
what hours, o what black hours we have spent
this night! what sights you heart, saw; ways you went!
and more must, in yet longer lights delay.
with witness i speak this. but where i say
hours i mean years, mean life. and my lament
is cries countless, cries like dead letters sent
to dearest him who lives alas! away.

i am gall, i am heartburn. God's most deep decree
bitter would have me taste: my taste was me
bones built in me, flesh filled, blood brimmed the curse
selfyeast of spirit a dull dough sours. i see
the lost are like this, and their scourge to be
as i am mine, their sweating selves; but worse.

- gerard manley hopkins

red, white and an icecream tub

i have finally finished my where's wally scarf.

now, all i need is the red and white striped beanie, a red and white striped long sleeved top and the blue pants.

facebook

so i've finally joined. after so long of resisting it, you know what made me do it?

my cousin refusing to send me her graduation photos which were on facebook.

the towel that has a cause

today is the last day i'll be doing research.

i make it sound so sad.

today is the LAST day i'll be doing reseach! yay!

no more writing of research papers and having numerous references i only cite once. no more staring at the computer for six hours of the day copying and pasting data from one software to another. no more looking at graphs and figures and wondering if i should delete one test because it's so variable. no more statistics; means and standard deviations i can handle buy doing t-tests, anovas and variences? throw me out the window. please.

i'm going home to enjoy my freedom for the next two weeks; watch some movies, play sims 2 on my psp and knit a new scarf.