Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Summer 2012

Yaa.....The exams are finally over and summer has silently arrived. The weather in these few days are particularly good and can be best described with a Chinese idiom "风和日丽"! It is warm and sunny but having the cool breeze blowing past our skins make the weather a little different from the hot humid weather in Malaysia.

I was just back from a fantastic Poland trip two days ago, with a weight gain of 3 kg after constantly stuffing food into my stomach! And the Polish food tastes quite good as it's new to our appetite..and it is cheap and nice. There's so much good memories there, which I would like to write something about it when I'm free!

Know what's one of the happiest thing I did during my stressful revision period? That is - imagining how would I spend my summer time in UK! This summer I have finally decided to stay back, partly because I have secured a summer placement with Boots Pharmacy here and partly also because it is now my third year already. Btw, I am really looking forward to the placement in the community pharmacy - it is so exciting as I can finally apply what I have learned so far and gain more experience regarding my profession. There's so much to learn from the system they have here - one of the best organisations which constantly strives for excellence and upholds the quality of care to the patients.

And...there's another important update in my life. Did I tell that I worked in the Minerva chocolate shop? I   finally learned how to make different kinds of coffees and desserts, and some days later I might even learn how to make chocolates (well, if I work that long). This is definitely one of the best things I have done during my student life, and I am glad that I have finally fulfilled this tiny little dream in my mind!


Oh yeah, back to imagining what I am going to do during this summer~ I have just spent a lil time to scribble down what I'm going to do during these few months ( just in case I'll be lazy and forgot about them and then I will complain of no time for doing them when the term starts!)

There it goes:


SUMMER 2012~

WHAT OUGHT TO BE DONE??
Revision
Organise and back up my photo albums
Download some songs
Plan itinerary to Switzerland
Tidy up my books and room
Keep fit!


What I wanna do in summer~~ ^^
Baking! Pass at least beginner level – I wanna bake cheese cake, muffins, cookies, sponge cake…
Improvise my cooking skills without exceeding the budget, though!
Travelling around - Cycling!
Sept: a musical trip
Visit around UK- Lavender field?? Hehe
Read some books?? Story books :D
Writing and recording some memories of life.
Some dharma input~

Yeah, baking - it has been such a long time since I last baked! And with two baking experts in my house (my housemates) I should grab the golden chance to learn from them!  At least by the end of the hol I should know what means by " light and fluffy", "pale white"..lol. I can never know how it should look like when the recipe states that.


And what I will be doing in June?


BBQ
Switzerland trip 
Attending Dalai Lama's dharma talks
Trip to Manchester and Lake district
(end of June ) Start placement!

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Let the summer begin!