Countdown to exams!

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So, Nic went home Thursday night :( , and my exams are fast approaching :( :(!! We had a great day in Melaka (or Malacca in English) on Thursday...one of my friends here, Karyn, who lives in Melaka, took us around the historical part, and took us to try some of the must-have dishes there, including chicken rice balls and Chendol (an icy dessert thing with palm sugar syrup and green gelatine noodles). We had a great time; only wish we could have spent some more time there! I think Nic and I have both decided that we have to come back to Malaysia soon!! The problem for me has been that because I'm here for study, I haven't had a chance to see much of the country. I think we'd both love to come back and do the tourist thing one day. The problem is, there are so many places in the world that we want to see...but every time we go somewhere, we also want to go back to that place again!! I think we are destined to be nomads, hehe.

Anyway, it was great to have such a nice last day together! I've never been so terrified before about taking the day off uni, but hopefully nobody noticed that I wasn't there. Amazing how the lecturers here can cause so much terror! Taking Nic to the airport ended up being more rushed than we'd hoped, but we still managed a quick dinner together before he had to go through to the gate. It was pretty hard saying goodbye. It's hard to be apart, finally get to be together again, and then have to say goodbye once again. I don't know how people in the army, etc., do it. I don't think i could!

Friday morning ended up being quite awful, because I was still a bit on edge from having had to say goodbye to Nic, and then I got blasted, along with some of the other students by one of the lecturers. Anyway, suffice to say I didn't have the best morning, but it improved by the evening when I finally got my last delivery! I still stayed late and did my final on-call...so glad to be done with that and focused on exams!! I still have to go to ward round and tutorials this week, but I'm going to try and study as much as I can.

I've made up my mind to change my plans for my final week overseas. I was supposed to be traveling to Phnom Penh next Saturday, but I think that I'm going to stay in malaysia for the extra week. There are two main reasons. the first is financial...going to Phnom Penh will require me to pay for a visa, pay airport tax on the way out, and pay for five nights accommodation, not to mention airport transfers and tuk-tuk journeys!! If I stay here, I can stay with friends or in my apartment for the weekend, and then head up to Penang for 3 nights, therefore only paying for 3 nights accommodation, no visa, no airport tax. The second reason, is it gives me the chance to see another part of Malaysia while I'm here. I was already flying back through Malaysia on the way out, so my flight home will not change. One of my flights to Phnom Penh was free, and the other was only about $30, so I'm not losing much money by not going. Of course, I still want to go to Phnom Penh, but I think I'm going to wait until my friends are living there, or at least until Nic can come too. Either way, I'm just looking forward to that week so I can finally have a holiday!! So stressed about my exams...it'll be nice to just sleep and read and relax for a week (especially as I have paeds next!!)

Anyway, this week will basically be the same as every other, except that I have exams on thursday and friday, hehe!! Looking forward to my exams being over, and desperately hoping that my time here has prepared me sufficiently!!

Anyway, gotta get back to the books!! :)

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