Newborns

I went and donated blood today. The usual routine is that the nurse asks you for your full name and date of birth at the outset, and then asks you again about halfway through. The lady next to me was asked to give her details, and she replies "Jane Smith, 9 January 1991". 1991!! I felt so old. The nurse asked if she was at uni, and I was thinking to myself, "Uni?!? She's 16 years old! She's probably in year 10 or 11!!". Can newborns give blood?? hehehe ;)

Although even being in the center today made me feel like going in to medicine again. It just feels 'right', being there. I can't explain it any further than that. **sigh** The saga (to do or not to do medicine) continues...

Merry Christmas!!

We cleaned up our place and had family over for dinner. I hope we can keep the house this neat for the rest of the year, and carry it in to the New Year as well! :)

Happy holidays everybody!!!!

A dying tradition?

Is the card-giving tradition during Christmas on its way to extinction, giving way to e-technology and all the convenience (and cost & environmental savings) that it brings??

We have only received 2 cards in the mail this year, in contrast to previous years gone by where we have received over 10x that number.

It's making me wonder whether I should send out any cards through snail mail this year.... I bought a pack of 10, which is still sitting on the coffee table unopened. I wonder if they'll make it out of their pack before the year ends...

Another stroll...

I walked home again today. You've gotta love daylight saving!! :) And the lovely warm weather.

I was a little puffed by the time I was about a block from home, so that was good. Get my heart pumping just that little bit more...

Compliments (continued)

When complete strangers come up and compliment you on your dancing, then I think that's pretty amazing. I was on my way to work this morning when someone recognised me on the street. ON THE STREET. I couldn't believe it. I felt like a celebrity! LOL But it's such a good feeling though, that I am actually inspiring others. To think that li'l ol' me could actually invoke such emotions...!

Compliments

I've been receiving a number of compliments on my dancing lately. As with any sort of training, the development is so gradual that I hardly ever notice it. But there have been occasions when I can feel that my spins are a lot faster, and some of my moves are a lot sharper. So all the hard work (and $$!) is actually starting to pay off...!! :D

Change? How much?

I have a friend who I believe has changed dramatically since she started studying medicine at uni. I think it just got to her head, and now she thinks that she's better than everyone else. She puts everyone down (including her own partner), and makes it out as if she knows it all and that no one else could possibly know as much about anything as she does. Whenever she's talking to you, she puts on this tone so that it sounds like she's lecturing you, that she's doing you a favour for imparting her knowledge on to you.

She is just so intolerable now, to the point where I just don't even want to talk to her anymore.

I know this is just one person, but if I decide to go in to this field, would I also change? And would the change be so gradual that I wouldn't even realise it, which is perhaps where she is at now??