Annu K

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Back to Uni!

Today was my first day back to uni after 6 weeks off...I was so incapacitated by the thought of going back that I could only lie in sofa watching TV (nothing was on!) the whole of Sunday night. Luckily, I had good sleep overnight and woke up refreshed and ready for new challenges this morning.

This is my second last rotation for the year and it's meant to be general med, however the hospital is practically an aged care facility so nothing very exciting to look forward to...The good thing is that all they really expect from me is to participate in the ward rounds, help them out with admissions and discharges, and I am free to go home...Early finishes, suits me!! Today I got round to staying for 2 hours-Succesfully inserted an IV cannula on first go after 6 weeks break, and this was an old man with fragile veins- great boost for my confidence. I am finally starting to feel like I can actually do IVs OK. :) Oh, and did I mention I did not even spill a single drop of blood. Boring for you guys, but great achievement for me :D

Anyways- Did I mention I've been proposed to act in a short film that is to participate in Sikhnet youth film festival. I am so excited!! Yesterday when I was at work, two Singhs walked up to me and wanted to talk (I know one of them from gurudwara- Gagan used to tutor this guy a while back). This was bit of a surprise as usually people only come to me when they want to see Gagan..Haha. To summarise, one of them is making a short film and wanted me to come along as I guess people see it inspirational thing that a white girl wears dastaar and (tries) to follow sikhi when there's so many indian punjabi guys born in sikh families cutting their hair..So, we will meet up some time this week to shoot a few scenes. It is fantastic to participate as I've been keenly following the sikhnet film festivals in the past 2 years and always wanted to participate. Will keep you updated how my film stardom goes!! :)

Finally, I am posting a few photos from our road trip to NSW last weekend...

Vynavi, Me and Winnie, plus GAush at the front, at Vynavi's place in Tumut

Winnie and me in the car after a day of skiing

This is a cool photo of all of us in the car...VW Passat...could be my future car...looooved the seat warmers :D

Posing with skiis...it was a fun day (at least for me!) although the weather wasn't the best...cloudy and snowy, sun only showed up for about 15 minutes...

Thursday, August 14, 2008

NZ last one...

A yellow-eyed penguin makes an appearance...These are little bit bigger than the small blue penguins we have in Phillip Island..They stand up to your knee, weight 4-6 kilos and have the distinctive yellow colouring around their eyes. This one was a visitor from outside colony, and surprised us all by posing for photos and showing no fear for the largish groups of us..

We were so lucky to see one so close up/...

I bet I could see this one for national geographic haha!

Watch out he's about to bite your nose off!

Back to Christchurch, we drove up to Hanmer Springs for a relaxing bathing in their natural hot springs..It was really nice, the weather was cool and rainy and the water in the pool was steaming hot...We also wanted to do some horse riding but had to cancel the plan due to continuous rain/

Some more photos taken while driving back from Milford...

Mirror lakes...I'm sure you'll figure out why they're called that...

Gagan and a sea lion..

He looks so cute and cuddly! Gurpreet infact wanted to go and pat one but was told by the guide these guys can bite your arm off if you go too close...

NZ cont.

Beautiful rock formation near Milford sound

The road to Milford was breath taking!

NZ cont.

Do we look cold? Yeah well that's because we WERE!

This is my favourite shot!

Approaching the port

Some pretty NZ views..

Nz cont.

Ready for 9.30 am cruise in Milford Sound! On our way from Te Anau (nearly 2 hrs drive) we came across no other car! Spooky...thank god we had enough petrol. If we look tired it's only because we left home at 6.50 am...