Hi everyone, well its only Wednesday and I'm already tired. I have been waking up really early in the morning to go to work, on Sat woke up at 5.50am (Pet Magic), on Mon at 5.40am (Mosman Park Vet) and on Tues 6.30am (Applecross Vet). Its so tiring, on Monday when I came home I just konk out and slept.

For the last 2 days I have been thinking if I should continue work experience at Mosman Park Vet, its not really working out for me. Its far, have to wake up really early, they are not letting me do anything except laundry, which means I can't finish my log book. So its like a waste of my time. And if I were to stop I think I'll work at Pet Magic, than I'll have to wake up at 7am which is not as bad. I'll just see how things go.

Anyway on Tuesday at Applecross, it was really interesting but also quite sad. There was this Shih Tzu which had a condition called Pop-eye where the eye comes out of the socket; its quite common in this breed. So the only way was to remove the eye, it was really disgusting; blood spraying out like a fountain. But it was an interesting surgery for me to see, but I don't think it was that interesting for the Shih Tzu. haha. Now the sad part. In Perth Grey Hound racing is a big thing, but when the dogs are old they get euthanized, so we had 2 Grey Hounds coming in all happy wagging their tails. And I had to help hold both the dogs down while the needle went in, I placed my hand on its chest and I could feel the heart beat going faster than fade and stop; and the eyes dilate. It gave me a picture of how Murphy must have left, we were not in the room when he left cos we kept crying. haha. And I didn't know that Grey Hounds blood was universal, you can use it on any breed of dogs.

It finally rained today, and it was cold. I think Autumn is coming, some of the leaves are turning yellow outside my house. Happy that winter is coming, winter means I can wear some of my nice clothings haha. And for the pass month I have been eating healthy, soy milk with weet-bix for breakfast, a banana everyday and no fried food. But after eating all this plan and not so much taste food, it makes you crave for fatty food like chocolates, chips and Mac. hahaha. And I was reading my sis blog and how she ate Din Tai Fung twice, how lucky. When I came back I wanted to eat that but for some reason mum didn't bring me :(
O Claudia take a picture of your face, is it all swollen and bloody?? I wanna see. The dentist said I have to take mine out in December, and if I don't I'll have permanent numbness on around my mouth, or something like that.

Ok I think I better study for my anesthetic test tomorrow haha. Don''t worry mum I have been studying for 2 weeks already.
God Bless :) :) :)

Hey all, well I'm working again in Pet Magic but this time once a week, at least I'm getting paid. Nothing much has been happening this week, nothing interesting or exciting, just hot; on Saturday was 39 degree. But today was much cooler.

Today service in church was pretty cool, the speaker is a missionary. And his sermon was in songs, yup he sang songs, he was like a cowboy. The cowboy voice, hat, guitar and harmonica. After church went for lunch and than I went home. But I was bored so I went to Canning Bridge to take pictures, I walked like 2km up and down the river. No dolphins but birds.


Well I have nothing much to talk about today.
All the best Claudia at the dentist tomorrow :)

Hey people, guess what, today was like my most exciting day. I started today at 12am in the whee hours of the morning, ya early. Went to watch an outdoor movie, Twilight, with my cousin and her friend. Just sitting under the stars watching Twilight was really cool, and not forgetting being surrounded by hundreds of people. Everyone brought like blankets, bean bags, pillows and came in their PJ's to watch Twilight. Its like the Aussie life cool ay. And right now its summer, but in the night it was freezing cold, and it started to drizzle. The worse part was, I needed to go to the washroom haha. But the show was great, the story line was quite good; I'll give it 4 stars.
By the time I reached home it was like 3am and I was so tired, brushed my teeth and just dumped myself on the bed.
Later I woke up at 10.30am and went to Fremantle to get some stuff, and I brought my camera for to take pictures of the place; and it was a good thing that I brought my camera.
Was walking to this light house at Freo when I spotted Dolphins whoo and I had my camera with me. I always see dolphins around but didn't have my camera, so today was the first. I climbed up the rocks and just sat there taking pictures of the pod of 4 + a baby. I just sat there for around 45mins, they just stayed in one spot of the bay playing. It was so peaceful, and not many people knew the dolphins where there until I told them. At one point one of the dolphin swam really close to the rocky shore and I was so amazed at the size of it. It was such a waste that I didn't bring my other lens that can zoom in really far. O well, at least I finally took pictures of Dolphins.
So yes that was my exciting day today. haha.

God Bless.

Hey hey people, well I did work experience yesterday at Mosman Park Vet Hospital and today at Applecross Vet Hospital. And well I really like Applecross vet than Mosman Park vet. Why?? Because I just stood at Mosman Park vet and did nothing, it was so boring. But today was a blast at Applecross vet first thing in the morning.

Applecross Vet Hospital opened at 8am, and I reached there 1/2 hour earlier got a coffee and apple pie from Mac, stood outside the vet and waited for opening time. But once it reached 8am everything was like so cool. First thing I did was saw 2 cat castration and gave 4 jabs to them, and I was standing there just making sure their TPR was all correct when an emergency came in. This big St Bernard came in with a major nose bleed, it kept spilling blood all over the floor, and the owner's legs was covered with blood. The vets managed to stop the bleeding after awhile.
And today itself I saw 2 male cats getting castrated and 3 females getting spayed, 2 dogs getting sterilized and a dental on a beagle. And I have to keep giving all the animals jabs, and I hate it, I'm scared of the needle hahaha.
Now heres the exciting part, I took part with 3 C-sections. It was really disgusting but so fun. The first C-section was on a Chihuahua, and it had 1 pup, the next was also a Chihuahua but it had 4 pups; but they were all premature and 1 died. And the last was on a German Shepard which had 2 big pups. The German Shepard's C-section was really disgusting, the vet cut opened into the uterus and pulled 2 sacks; and when she cut the sack open, fluids started to pour all over the floor like some waterfall. And it stinks.
So what I had to do was, catch the pups from the vet after she takes it out, get a towel and break open the sack; when you break the sack liquid starts spilling out and its horrible (blood mix with crap mix with some green stuff) and I wasn't wearing gloves. Slimy! After the sack is open rub the pups really hard and than cut the umbilical cord.
All this reminds me of like the show ER, Grey's Anatomy and Emergency Vets; TV only gives you sight and sound but not touch and smell, opening up animals really stink.
The saddest part was when a old dog got put down and I had to carry the body into a freezer. The owners were tearing and kept talking to the dog before it was put down, it kind of reminded me of the day Murphy was put down. Well you got to do what you got to do. So ya that was what I did at Applecross Vet Hospital. And at Mosman Park Vet, I just stood there and looked at the vet do 2 cat castration, and that was it, I even went home 5 hours earlier haha.

Anyway, we need to pray for people in Victoria (the state of Melbourne) the fire storm is really bad, today the total death toll is 181. And most body's were all burned up till you won't know who they are. 1 town has been wiped of the map now, and there is a bush fire raging 90km of Melbourne. And dad remember we went to Healsvill Sanctuary in Vic, well it might be getting burned. And here you go dad, my fish tank, looking cool ay. And my new shoes, hopefully I won't get blood on it like today. I won't be buying fish so soon, cos my water has high levels of Nitrite and my water temperature keeps going up to 31 degrees, which can kill fishes. Got to fix that problem before I can buy fishes. Thats about it.

Ok God Bless All

Hey hey all for the pass 2 days the weather has been pretty weird, its summer now but the weather feels like spring; 24 degrees today. Well they reported that next week will reach 38 degrees, but sometimes I don't believe the weather man. haha.
Anyway today I went shopping :) I know its sounds weird that a guy is shopping, but hey I like to shop, got that genes from my mum haha, and I bet Claudia got that genes from her too. Went to Westfield Carousel and bought myself a navy blue shorts and a pair of white shoes which I really think its cool. Heres the thing, I shop for a reason. In school when I have to do clinic and surgery practical which is 2 days a week, I have to wear my scrub top, navy blue shorts and white shoes. But I'm really proud of my white shoes haha.

Ok well it seems that this year the units I'm studying are really hard. I have to remember so many things, from surgical tools to the methods we need to fold towels. But heres the good thing, remember last year when I had to do anatomy and physiology, well I passed that unit last year; so I won't have to go for that lecture no more. But I still go for the lecture tho, it helps me refresh my memory, and hey I won't have to take the anatomy test no more.
Still I find this course more interesting than last years. By March when the schools vet clinic is open I'll get to do surgery on animals, live animals. The teacher says there is no room for major errors, as the animal belongs to a paying client. So the animal comes in live must go out alive as well, unless its a euthanasias. Scary.
This course also requires me to work in a vet practice. So on Tuesday I called up all the vet in Perth asking if they want to have me as work experience. Kept calling but no one seems to want me :( but finally haha, Mosman Park Vet Hospital, which is 1 hour away from my house and is next to the beach, accepted me. And on Wednesday Applecross Vet Hospital , which is 15mins from my house, called me and told me that I was accepted. Whooo, now I'm doing work experience at 2 vets haha. And I went back to Pet Magic today and they were all happy that I'm back, and so now I might work there on Saturdays. This means I am all booked up, and my only free day is Sunday. This is going to be a long year.

Ya and I'm setting up my fish tank again hahaha. No more marine fish, this year will be tropical freshwater. Bought all my live plants from Pet Magic today and a 6kg bag of small pebbles. So heres what happened after I bought the plants and pebbles. I placed the 6kg bag of small pebbles in my crumpler bag and carried 5 live plants in a plastic bag, not forgetting my new shoe in the other hand. Walking to the bus stop was just so tiring, the 6kg pebbles gave my shoulder pain after 10mins; and now I think my left shoulder is lower than my right haha. And the bag of plants started to leak water haha, and all this happened within 1 hour. But hey manage to get home in 1 piece, and my tank is looking really cool now. No fish yet.

Well ya thats what I have been up too lately.
Anyway I'm going to sleep now.
God Bless.

Today was my first day of school, well actually it started on the 30th of Jan, so I was kind of late haha. And today was hot real hot, around 38 degrees.
Well I did even know when school even started so I just went down to school at 9am to see whats going on, to make things worse I was not enrolled to the class yet, so I had to fill up loads of forms; but ya I'm in a class now.
Like always I'm the only boy, and this year I have to do clinic practical and it sounds really fun. My clinic group has 6 people including me, and on every second week Monday we have to run the schools vet clinic. We all have to take turns to be head nurse, and the head nurse has to plan all the appointments and make the call, sounds really tiring.
Well my school hours are much longer than last years, Mondays clinic prac every fortnight, Tuesdays for work experience, Wednesdays is the longest 830am to 530pm, Thursdays and Fridays are half a day. So ya no more play play..
Went to buy my text book and uniform today after class and it cost a bomb not to mention it is really big and heavy, can't believe the price, but the book looks interesting. So ya I carried the book in my new crumpler bag that Claudia bought for me, the book was so heavy that my right shoulder was aching after walking from the school gate to the bus stop. hahaha, don't worry Claudia I'll still use the bag.

Ok here are some pictures of birds around Pine Grove, I took them a week before I went back to Australia. I took up bird watching during that week hahaha. So I went to Kinokuniya with my mum and bought a Birds of Malaysia and Singapore guide, haha. So I'm going to teach you some birds now that you might commonly see in Singapore.
First from the top - Little Egret, Second - Cattle Egret, Third - Common Flameback Woodpecker, Forth - Umbrella Cockatoo (non native), Fifth - Collared Kingfisher, Sixth - Black-naped Oriole. Don't you feel educated now, hahaha.

Ok and here are some random pictures I took at the jogging track next to Pine Grove. First picture - Squirrel silhouette. The Second is a Great Dane jogging with its owner, btw great danes are the larges dog breed.


Ok God Bless All, stay Cool :)