The not-so-secret diary of Bing (aged 24)
Thursday, February 23, 2006
What's my age again?
We had a childhood development lecture the other day. We were watching this video of a 9 month old and the lecturer was saying, "See how everything is mouthed (put into the mouth), bricks, crayons, dolly, as an exploratory mechanism." At this point I become acutely aware that my pen is hanging out of my mouth in a manner not unsimliar to the nine month old in the video (but with a bit more style and coordination naturally!).
Odd, I'm hoping its just old habits dying hard as opposed to a major regressive step in my life.
Also did you know that due to disposable nappies being so comfortable the average age of toilet training has increased from 2, to 3- 3.5 years.
Ok, I'll stop talking about kids now.
We had a childhood development lecture the other day. We were watching this video of a 9 month old and the lecturer was saying, "See how everything is mouthed (put into the mouth), bricks, crayons, dolly, as an exploratory mechanism." At this point I become acutely aware that my pen is hanging out of my mouth in a manner not unsimliar to the nine month old in the video (but with a bit more style and coordination naturally!).
Odd, I'm hoping its just old habits dying hard as opposed to a major regressive step in my life.
Also did you know that due to disposable nappies being so comfortable the average age of toilet training has increased from 2, to 3- 3.5 years.
Ok, I'll stop talking about kids now.
Monday, February 20, 2006
Off into uncharted waters...
Yet they have that strange "I'm going to be treading a lot of water here" feeling. For today was the first day of 5th Year. After a brief welcome back, we were thrust into this strange new world. I got paediatrics as my first run. It looks hard out. Like I have had 100 pages of reading to read for a whole day of lectures tomorrow. Which go from 8 till 5. In a very unstimulating, hot, noisy room. And this will be my every Tuesday for 10 weeks. Help me for I feel that sinking feeling already.
On the plus side, I have a near completely new group. I only really know Megan from last year. In fact, I hardly know anyone else that well in my group, so that will be exciting. As a down side, they're all quite quiet, and the other group we're doing paeds with is like the most hard out group in our year. As I said, should be fun.
Yet they have that strange "I'm going to be treading a lot of water here" feeling. For today was the first day of 5th Year. After a brief welcome back, we were thrust into this strange new world. I got paediatrics as my first run. It looks hard out. Like I have had 100 pages of reading to read for a whole day of lectures tomorrow. Which go from 8 till 5. In a very unstimulating, hot, noisy room. And this will be my every Tuesday for 10 weeks. Help me for I feel that sinking feeling already.
On the plus side, I have a near completely new group. I only really know Megan from last year. In fact, I hardly know anyone else that well in my group, so that will be exciting. As a down side, they're all quite quiet, and the other group we're doing paeds with is like the most hard out group in our year. As I said, should be fun.
Friday, February 17, 2006
Wholly and dearly loved… yet forgotten (with thanks to Col 3:12)
So its been a long time since I blogged huh? Kinda symptomatic of how I’ve been keeping up with my relationships now. They wax and wane, I appreciate them, yet I can’t seem to fulfill them all. I just got racked over the coals by a friend who I haven’t managed to reply to any of their emails all summer. Partly because I’ve managed to lose them in the mess, and partly because I just haven’t really had the motivation to say the same thing over and over to many different people. In saying that its not really an excuse. Anyone who takes the time to email you at least deserves a quick reply. If you’ve emailed me and I haven’t replied then I’m really sorry. I can offer no excuses, and I can only hope to be better at it in the future.
So yeah, last time I blogged, I kinda hinted at Sydney. A week over there with Mum and Andrew was great. I got to catch up with my family (My Aunty Linda and Uncle Ian, my cousins Stacey and Chris and my Uncle Michael and Aunty Margaret) and these two lovely ladies (I'm on the left).
Highlights apart from seeing all these cool people were
* going to the Sydney Fish Markets- so much variety
* caving in the Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains
* going to Port Stevens, which is this awesome area just north of Newcastle with white sand and clear water
* never really been one for shopping, but yeah buying new clothes was fun
* meeting Becs’ friends and seeing “her Sydney” (which you should all do whilst she’s over there.
*getting a cold and lying on my Aunt’s couch reading Andrew’s comics (cos I couldn’t handle books with lots of words).
I returned with my cold, which unfortunately delayed my painting efforts by a couple of days. But thankfully 130 hours after I started the fire escape is now finished. It looks way better than when I started. I’m quite proud of all my work actually. Not that I’m proud proud, cause that leads to a fall. And falling off the fire escape (bout 4 metres onto asphalt) would hurt.
And I should probably mention something bout Valentines Day. No, I didn’t get anything, but several friends of mine have recently entered into new relationships. Maybe it’s the weather, maybe cause it’s summer, I dunno. But they seem really happy, and that happiness is really infectious, even when you’re trying not to look for anyone and focus on God and your studies. It’s nice to know that romantic love is still happening somewhere in the world J.
So its been a long time since I blogged huh? Kinda symptomatic of how I’ve been keeping up with my relationships now. They wax and wane, I appreciate them, yet I can’t seem to fulfill them all. I just got racked over the coals by a friend who I haven’t managed to reply to any of their emails all summer. Partly because I’ve managed to lose them in the mess, and partly because I just haven’t really had the motivation to say the same thing over and over to many different people. In saying that its not really an excuse. Anyone who takes the time to email you at least deserves a quick reply. If you’ve emailed me and I haven’t replied then I’m really sorry. I can offer no excuses, and I can only hope to be better at it in the future.
So yeah, last time I blogged, I kinda hinted at Sydney. A week over there with Mum and Andrew was great. I got to catch up with my family (My Aunty Linda and Uncle Ian, my cousins Stacey and Chris and my Uncle Michael and Aunty Margaret) and these two lovely ladies (I'm on the left).
Highlights apart from seeing all these cool people were * going to the Sydney Fish Markets- so much variety
* caving in the Jenolan Caves in the Blue Mountains
* going to Port Stevens, which is this awesome area just north of Newcastle with white sand and clear water
* never really been one for shopping, but yeah buying new clothes was fun
* meeting Becs’ friends and seeing “her Sydney” (which you should all do whilst she’s over there.
*getting a cold and lying on my Aunt’s couch reading Andrew’s comics (cos I couldn’t handle books with lots of words).
I returned with my cold, which unfortunately delayed my painting efforts by a couple of days. But thankfully 130 hours after I started the fire escape is now finished. It looks way better than when I started. I’m quite proud of all my work actually. Not that I’m proud proud, cause that leads to a fall. And falling off the fire escape (bout 4 metres onto asphalt) would hurt.
And I should probably mention something bout Valentines Day. No, I didn’t get anything, but several friends of mine have recently entered into new relationships. Maybe it’s the weather, maybe cause it’s summer, I dunno. But they seem really happy, and that happiness is really infectious, even when you’re trying not to look for anyone and focus on God and your studies. It’s nice to know that romantic love is still happening somewhere in the world J.
