the zoo

On one fine day, we decided to go to the zoo again. We were very bored of the city, and we missed the giant tortoises that we saw mating publicly in 2003, so we wanted to go revisit the wonderland.

My sister said something

that I thought was quite funny, 'The foreign tourists will surely like our zoo because it really looks like a wilderness of wildlife.'

What she meant was because the zoo was not neatly managed, some parts of it looked moderately unkempt. However, it gave us the impression as if it was done this way intentionally so that it looks natural.

I love the zoo, I love it because it
is our zoo. I love the unkempt
condition, I love the way they keep
the wallabies and ostriches in a
shared zone even though they are of different habitats.

I love the zoo because I was there with my beloved sister, just the two of us. I love all the crazy photographs that we took. I love our laughter and the crazy lame jokes that we told each other. I love the way we perspired under the scotching sun, and we were sitting next to a huge lake, licking our ice-cream greedily, watching a big flock of flamingoes...

I really love it :)

Patch Adams

Finally I watched that film yesterday! I know my friend Ming must be feeling relieved now ;) At one point when I was really fed up about being a medical student, he sent this DVD to me from London and insisted that I MUST WATCH IT. Yes, finally I have watched it.

I was really quite inspired by Patch. While I was watching the film, back in my mind I couldn't stop myself from calculating the cost of cooking a pool-ful of spaghetti... hehe.

I am very glad the medical education in Australia is actually quite different from what was shown in the film Patch Adams.
I can call my senior doctor by the first name, 'Hey XXX wanna go for a coffee?'
I am not required to wear the white coat in the hospital. There is no such thing like 'I am the doctor and you are not.'

And yes, Patch said, 'Everyone is a patient and everyone is a doctor. '

I agree :)