Chan Weng Kit's Blogspot: DAY 912-914

Mar 2-4

1) Back at it again with the blogs - it's the weekend and I'm desperately trying to finish my portfolio for surgery. In between all that hullabaloo, there's of course time for some enjoyment.

2) Saturday night - our surgical end-of-rotation assessment done, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched into space to dock at the space station, and my friends and I went to Gurney Plaza to have dinner. I had just finished dance practice with my other batch mates for the final dry run before our dance performance on Sunday morning. Anyway, we went to GO Noodle House for dinner, and I tried their house specialty triple dark sauce "pan mee" - very fancy name, but very delicious indeed.

3) It has become somewhat of a routine for me to go out with Denise, Aden, and Aly at least once a week (especially the weekends). I've never found the time to do anything else during the weekdays but collapse onto my bed after coming home from college. That being said, we've definitely come a long way in our clinical experience, even if it has been nary a month or so since we started back here in Malaysia.

4) Sunday morning - all dance groups met at the stage for our final practice. Self praise is no praise, but today I finally felt our group (the Dikir Barat dance) click together - we memorised our moveset AND lyrics, and it all seemed to work out perfectly. Of course, this was during final rehearsal, and we still had the actual performance to worry about. The order of dances was as follows:
Malay Dance --> Sabah/Sarawak dance --> Chinese Dance --> Silat --> Dikir Barat --> Bollywood Dance. There was a 10-minute break in between each performance, which meant we only started at 10.40am. That gave us plenty of time to explore the carnivals.

5) In the end, it was showtime. Time to dance for our marks (as opposed to singing for our supper XD). I honestly think we put up the best version of our dance ever, as all the moves, the timing, the lyrics, and the cohesiveness of the team as a whole --> everything worked out perfectly! (perhaps the thought that we were being filmed, and therefore probably assessed for marks later on contributed to the exponential increase in dance quality).

6) With our part over, we stayed on for the last dance to cheer our friends on. I then waltzed over to get a RM20 coupon book - to be used for the many stalls at the carnival. I saw a stall offering haircuts for RM10 - a steal anywhere in Malaysia. As my last haircut was almost 2 months ago, now would be the perfect time to go get one. And luckily I went early - when I was done, there was a whole line of people waiting to get their haircut. I was thoroughly impressed with my new look - to be honest I didn't expect as much for RM10 at a charity carnival.

7) With my remaining coupons, I bought some snacks and lunch (pomme aligot - cheesy whipped potatoes with German sausage, strawberry and plum popsicle, and homemade chicken pie) in order to finish off all the coupons. It was blisteringly hot by this time (noon), but I felt like a million bucks (probably a lot cooler without the extra layer of insulation over my head XD). The rest of my day has been spent at home, preparing for our next rotation (Medicine) that begins tomorrow. That's it for this edition of my blog, thanks for tuning in, and as always, have a great week ahead. Cheers! :D