Reminiscing

Nak buat cam Mun jugak and write a "memoir" of all the years I've been in Melbourne. I will write the things about those years that I remember the most. :)

Year 1 2004

The first year was quite a bore. After spending 2 years in Banting, I did not want to learn about the Krebs cycle again. First time ever in Anatomy lab though, poking preserved cadavers. I can never forget the smell of formalin and cadaver 'juice'. I had never seen a dead body prior to that. I won't forget Pathology lab either; the lecturer with the voice tic droning on about pink stuff and blue dots on unfathomable tissue slides under the microscope.

In the spring break, my friends and I went on our very first road trip to Philip Island, Mornington Peninsula and the Silvan Tulip Festival. It was a blast. I wonder why we rarely did stuff like that after that. Pokai kot. Hehe.

First ever Raya overseas. This was the pic we took to send to Utusan!


This year was a year of a lot of tears. Fallout, social boycott and wasn't allowed to go for hajj.

But this year was also the year I first got to know hubby.

Year 2 2005

My friends and I lived in a rental house. We were proud of ourselves for being "independent". hehe. Happy in the beginning but later conflicts began to surface over minor things such as doors slamming, invasion of privacy, grass cutting, insomnia and unwashed dishes and ultra-spicy, diarrhoea inducing meals. It seems funny to think of it now but it was dramatic at the time.

In the winter break, our friends from UK & Ireland came to visit. I had organised a huge trip to Sovereign Hill for everyone. In the end, because I didn't count heads properly, there wasn't enough car space for one person. So because I couldn't tell anyone else they couldn't go, I ended up not going to the trip that I organised. Sedih!

I also got engaged to hubby (by proxy in Malaysia hehe) during the winter break.

In spring break, my friends and I went on a trip to Mornington Peninsula again. On the way back, our 4WD's engine died in the middle of nowhere. Mun & Aya walked into the bush and they found a house and asked the people in the house to help us. They helped transport us to the nearest train station and helped find a tow truck to tow the 4WD back to our house!

This was the year I had the disc prolapse. Spent more than a month at home and the physiotherapist. Spent about $800 for the physio treatment. Did my Sem 4 exam under alternative exam arrangements at the library.

I also got married at the end of this year!


To be continued...