Entry: Over Burning The Midnight Oil Sunday, June 25, 2006



Countdown to finals: Two weeks.

I've been studying till the wee hours every night because I just cannot bring myself to start studying until say 4.30pm. After completing one chapter, the caterer aunty comes with my dinner. Then having dinner, washing the plates, throwing rubbish takes up about an hour. Alright, perhaps I should chill with the computer for awhile.

Oh. 5 more minutes. *blog hops*

Ah, what's another 15 minutes. *checks email, friendster, technorati, statcounter*

Ooo! What a nice blog! *reads for awhile*

And before I know it, one and a half hours have surpassed me just like that. So I usually resume studying at about 8.30pm and try to complete 3 Anatomy topics, 1 or 2 Physiology topics, 1 Biochemistry topic and a dentistry topic or two PER night. If I am lucky I go to bed by 3am. Mu usual bed time is around 4.30am. I know, I know. it's crazy. I'm used to it.

There are various ways which I use to keep myself awake. I make myself Nescafe! Like, three spoons of it plus lots of condensed milk. Yeap, I'll die a diabetic. I know.

If that doesn't work, I gulp down an entire bottle of Brands Chicken Essence. I'm quite taken with that salty liquid by now. *goes down and gets another bottle*. Yes, I know I'll die a hypertensive too.

If I still feel sleepy after a couple of hours, I brush my teeth. Yeap, you heard me. Brush my teeth. The minty freshness immediately rouses me from my sleepy stupor, therefore allowing me sufficient alertness to complete my allocated topics for the night.

But what's a student who needs to cram to do? :( Health is not an option. COMPLETING THE SYLLABUS IS!!


Studying goes hand in hand with munching. Die la die.


Eh, half way studying, one gets bored okay. So I shall celebrate Happy Good Lips Day. :) Kisses all around! (By the way, if my lips look glossy, it's because of my saliva. Really. No lip gloss, no lip stick. Just me and my fluids.)


How about some lip reading, hmm?


Haiyo, forgive me. It's not often that I realise what I like about myself.


Scribbling self reminders for the following day's activities. :)


After sitting on the chair for hours, lying on the bed makes a good change of environment!


Yalah, posing.  But while posing, I was actually reading and could actually understand what I was reading because I was posing with that same page for so many times.;p


But it's true. I've been staying up late. Siggghh. What removes eyebags, people?


I finished my maxillary nerve topic and aimed to finish charting the permanent dentition so that I can proceed charting the deciduous dentition(milk teeth) on the following day. Look at the time - 5.30am. Sigh.




I was drained..


Not to mention bored. But I was only taking a little time off to study!! Hahhaa, yes Peababes, that's THE alarm clock. :P


I want to sleep. *:{ <-- supposedly self created cute pouting emoticon.


Need. Sleep.


I'M REALLY WORKING ONE LAAA.. not camwhoring all the time. Please!


After working for another 40 minutes, sigh.......


LOL Check out the hair!




I wanted to blog about some noises I heard like pigeon cooing and people cooking breakfast which made me feel uneasy(because believe it or not, I feel guilty about staying up so late), but in case I forget, I decided to jot it down first. :) But it makes a nice blogging style on its own. No? Maybe I'll do this more often. Simply jotting down passing thoughts that I would like to blog about but will perhaps forget later on and then photograph it. Yeah! *source of inspiration*


After another half an hour, the sun was rising already. As you can see, after a while, you don't get sleepy anymore.


ALRIGHT!! 7.10AM and I was done with tabulating the bloody tooth morphology. (the lecturer's notes are so jumbled up, it makes no sense to search through the ugly fonts.. so I might as well make it into point form and do it in my own hand writing and put em into tables. So neat.:) )


My goodness. In all my life, I've only stayed up till the break of dawn.. I think for:-
1) Interact Camp in 2000
2) Interact Valentine's Day Project 2003(hahaha good ol days eh esther, zhuo yan, jean ee, kaang cheing etc..)
3) New Year's Day 01 (Chien's house sleepover)
4) New Year's Day 04
5) Liss' birthday 2003
6) and now studying for BDS First year finals. :(


It's still sort of night time as my glow in the dark butterflies and flowers can still glow.

Ah....I need more sleep.

Oh!! I did another recording of myself singing :P
This time it's The Power of Love!! :)

   18 comments

c.ho
June 30, 2006   03:15 PM PDT
 
oh well.. it's winter here.. i eat anything. hahahahhahah.. remotely.. sweet tasting..
Jayelle
June 28, 2006   03:39 PM PDT
 
c.ho: but whyyy?? they are so plain! (yeah i'll just stick to the conventional theories on the real effects of salt and sugar)

germo: YAYY..you're back. Ohmigod, was waiting for your updates and then suddenly you're married. 0_0. hahaha what's so nice about being young and spending the youth slogging away for exams? If that's your definition of fun.......-__-.. =)
Germo
June 28, 2006   01:09 PM PDT
 
oooo.... late night studying huh? i miss those, isn't it nice to be young? :) good luck for the test, i'm sure u're gonna do alright. by the way, thanks for your comments on my blog. i'm back now and will update more often :)
c.ho
June 28, 2006   12:50 PM PDT
 
i have no comment on the validity of the cancellation effects of sugar and salt!

erm.. give the plain ones to me? hahhahahahha.. I LOVE THE BUTTER COOOOKIIIIEEESSSSS!!!!
Jayelle
June 28, 2006   02:28 AM PDT
 
eve: eheh thanks.. noooooo... shy! (actually I want to but last year because of A Levels exams..this year because I'm stuck in Kedah. sigh). well, maybe because you know how to allocate your time;) You are reading the blog of a professional procrastinator.

Va: hahaha. nah. :) dunwanna embarrass myself. thanks.. good luck to you and your australia pursuit! :) study hard yourself yeah
Va
June 28, 2006   01:47 AM PDT
 
hey girl!!
nice voice u have there..
can consider joining some of those reality singing contest...
heheh..
Good luck for ur finals =)
Eve
June 28, 2006   01:19 AM PDT
 
Wah your singing not bad wei! wanna go join those reality singing thingy? i'll be yr No 1 fan....kekeke....seriously..

Good Luck to u in yr exams then...

last time i didnt even bother staying up (cos my eyes and brain auto shut down at 12am)
dunno how i graduated also...
Jayelle
June 27, 2006   09:44 PM PDT
 
debuN: damn scary wei:( good luck to you too

vincentpws: it's real one lah! i don't fake my ...er... I don't fake it! :P

vyan: really ar? somehow i have this impression that redbull tastes like cough mixture...

halfabucket: lol i know that. i'm talking about real life.;P thanks..

brenda: ah yes i know about tutorial.. damn tiring wei.. erm... i sleep till 12! hahaha

disco-very: HEYY.. I have your blog in my bookmarks under "blog addictions"!! :) Thanks for dropping by. yeah studying for exams is the pits.;(

c.ho: lol are u sure it will cancel out the effects...!! those cookies rocks right..! but i don't know what to do with the plain ones coz i end up eating all the sugar coated ones.mmm mmmmmmmmm.

jason: eh eh.. sure or not? i sleep for like 6-7 hours after that and wake up in time for lunch. still can collapse meh? *gets worried*

thanks yeah:P
Jason
June 27, 2006   08:27 PM PDT
 
I totally understand all and everything you have written there. But, beaware, once this continues for more than 3 days, you are really in deep shit. For my case, it went up to 5 days and I freaked out, went to see the doctor and said, "I'm surprised that you can still come here. Your body shows signs of collapsing already."

-sweat-

Take care, J. You don't wanna fall sick during this crucial time!

GAMBATEH!!
c.ho
June 27, 2006   04:46 PM PDT
 
oh.. oops.. hey.. the ad doesn't block it anymore!!!! sorry..
c.ho
June 27, 2006   04:44 PM PDT
 
goodness. you've just described a very typical student life. hahahhahaha..

well, for me i don't even drink nescafe.. cannot.. caffeine makes me go wonky..

i have to agree that somehow.. if you stay up long enough.. you do wake up. hehehhehe..

maaan.. kjeldsen's cookies!!!!!!

OH.. good luck for your exams! i'm done with mine. man.. it was horrible><" so stressful!! hehehe.. but it's true.. health last.. everything that keeps me awake to study first!!

oh.. this is what my ex used to say. TOo much sugar+TOo much salt=no problem. Becuase they cancel each other out. so.. uhhh.. yeah.. you could be ignorant and assume that's true.. heh...

btw.. there's this ad blocking the first top part of your post..
disco-very
June 27, 2006   12:43 PM PDT
 
looking at your pictures remind me of the days when i used to consider sleeping two hours before an exam as a luxury. all the best!
brenda
June 27, 2006   01:28 AM PDT
 
hey jo! amazing you can stay up till 6 in the morning! how'd you do it?
i am practically dying by 4am.....sigh..i cant wait for this damn finals to be over. thursday got tutorial summore....sien...
bulat
June 26, 2006   02:23 PM PDT
 
although its a must to study hard and all..do take care. EAT more: D erm ar..dance more too O_o

and..such pink lips..~_~ without lip gloss etc. jealous~_~
halfabucket
June 26, 2006   05:26 AM PDT
 
photoshop removes eyebags!! Try it works real well...tee hehe!!

well when you get to sleep, sleep kau kau then.

Takecare and Good Luck!!
vyan
June 26, 2006   03:36 AM PDT
 
poor girl.
When you start getting sick of nescafes and brand's essences try RedBull.
My sis says it works!
vincentpws
June 26, 2006   03:23 AM PDT
 
haha are you sure the picture was taken 40 minutes later, or u just used 4 seconds to turn the clock's hand? haha~
debun
June 26, 2006   02:54 AM PDT
 
jolene, i totally understand how u feel..hahaha one week away from my finals too... good luck! hahaha

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