My holidays have officially started but my first exam is up next Saturday. Just wanna sum up this whole semester and bring everything to a closure. I enjoyed this semester alot which explains why i'm performing better than usual. Of course, i've put in my fair share of hard work. In a nutshell, i learnt quite a bit about pathology, nutrition and microbiology. Pathology is basically the study of how a disease progresses...and i kinda worked out a few possible reasons why my dog passed away...if only i had all this knowledge before, i might even have spotted the signs, read the blood test more carefully and possibly even outdo the stupid doctors at Mt Pleasant (okok i'm overestimating myself). I feel like such an idiot now considering how much wool the vets pulled over my eyes. Oh well...sigh. I really like the unit on nutrition considering what a foodie i am....just thinking of the possibility of opening a doggy/kitty cafe next time which serves my special formulated ration....hmmmm that would be fun. I've heard of people baking dog biscuits for their own pets and i'd really like to try it someday....i wish Bonnie was still around.

Anyway, autumn asked me in the comment boxes what i actually do in school so i thought i'll just write an entry to sum it all up. No, i don't milk cows heh, but i did go to a dairy farm earlier this year where i had to milk cows at 5am every morning (one more time in the evening). I completed some daunting feats there (considering how inexperienced i was)....artificially inseminated a cow...castrated a bull too. Alright i better stop at the castration part in case anyone points the finger at me being gross again. I don't talk about school here nowadays because people seem to find what i say gross. In real life, people tell me it's gross too. If there weren't anyone as gross/morbid as me, there won't be anyone spaying or operating on your pets. I would really appreciate if people would stop "yee-ing" and "yuck-ing" at me...or asking me how come i can stand these gross things. Why do people repeatedly emphasise...reiterate their point again and again about it being gross and disgusting. Am i such a good storyteller that even my words disgust people? Maybe. Or maybe i'm just plain stubborn hoping someone would be at least interested in what i do in school...or at least be supportive. Why don't these people just go up to butchers and tell them how disgusting they are to mutilate and chop up dead animals. I'm not even a serial killer my god! I'm just trying to save some animals? Everytime i talk about this i seem to get really carried away and angry.....so...

Anyway, I learnt quite a few clinical stuff at the school farm. Basically...checking the temperature, heart rate etc and stuff like that. IF i finally make it as a vet next time, i swear i'm gonna do a routine check on every one of my patient. I just realised that of all the times i've been to the vet clinics with my dog or cat....NO vet and i stress NONE has ever checked their heart rate or temperature before (the only ONE single time was before my dog passed away)! This is so weird. Human doctors do it all the time...so why shouldn't vets? Cows and pigs were tougher to deal with this semester because i have to learn to pass the tubing thingie down their throats and noses...for oral vaccination purposes...or for withdrawing contents from their stomach. Had some practices on injecting pigs and getting blood samples which is a total disaster because someone actually poked me with the needle in a desperate attempt at the pig. It's getting really dangerous because everyone is so eager to get their job done they don't realise the danger they pose to other people.

Quotable quotes i got from "Patch Adams" (nopes not from Patch himself) last night:
"Passion doesn't make a doctor."
Verdict: Disagree.
"I'm here to learn about medicine, not about goodness."
Verdict: Disagree.

Alright i seem to be ranting again. And i don't seem to have gotten enough of taking pictures with my fantabulous jvc (courtesy of daniel). They finally have it up on the web because it's a relatively new model i think....still can't say how much i love it.....

Was feeling bothered but the sunset here totally blew me away...it's amazing how the colour of the sky changes just in a matter of minutes.....ah don't bother about me i'm just musing.

Isn't it beautiful? Wish you were here to see this...and maybe we can catch sight of a few more rainbows together?