Dear vet who works at my local clinic, I wonder what magical skills you have, that makes you able to tell that my cat is "fine" by just looking at her & not running tests? First, you didn't want to take a urine sample until I asked you for one - even though, the reason I came to the clinic was because of problems with peeing / the pee. ie, iF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING, DON'T TALK ABOUT EVERY OTHER PROBLEM EXCEPT THAT ONE! And now over the phone, you tell me that, again, she should be fine, because usually they are. UMMM NOOO! If i'm calling, it means that things are not 'fine' yet!! And you send urine to be cultured (which I paid for), but don't tell me the results?? Seriously, sometimes I wish that clinic was more money hungry and actually followed up on patients.

funny how things work out. turns out that biscotti has a bladder infection (the pee was alkaline instead of acidic and there were WBCs).. thank goodness i had the uni mid-sem break now so i could be at home to notice that she has been peeing more! anyway, now they're getting the urine sample cultured (so they know wat bugs are involved and whether they're susceptible to the drugs) and in the meantime she's gonna get antibiotics twice a day for a week. the only slight trouble is that i'll be away on weekdays so i hv to get someone else to give the meds to her. hopefully it clears after the drug course. (but good news, her kidneys are fine! (i also got her blood tested))

i am always surprised every single time that biscotti doesn't get mad when i bring her home from the vet. as soon as i get into the house & let her out of the carrier, she's instantly relaxed and walking with her tail up again and making eye contact with me! (i should note that she is so stressed when she's in that carrier and out of the house that she meows non-stop and doesn't try to struggle from strangers, which is unusual). yeah weird how she doesn't hold grudges, even short-term ones, for me putting her through that!

easter show 2012

went to the easter show yesterday! paranoid about using trains so ended up arriving half an hour early -_-"

yesterday was a non-competition cat day - where breeders and feline associations came to show diff breeds, and so my day started with some intense cheek muscle exercise smiling stupidly at the kitties which we had to check before they were allowed to be exhibited - mainly for ear mites and fleas. and i got to see BRITISH SHORT HAIR KITTEEEEENS!!! T___T omg they were sooo cuuutee!! and i got to hug one T___T and before that, this breeder brought his selkirk rex cat and kittens which i didn't even know existed as a cat breed!! and it was also omg-i-can-die-now cute!! they look like british shorthairs but MORE FLUFFY (how is that even possible) and have WAVY / CURLY HAIR!!! D: and hence they don't shed as much D:!!!! omgggg i want one. but on a serious note, i don't know whether i'll get a non-adopted pet when i do end up looking for one... but anyway, back to gushing. GO GOOGLE SELKIRK REX KITTEN PICTURES (not as cute in real life :() ok.

for more medicine-related vet things... we followed the horse vet there and looked / helped do basic stats checking while he was going around the stables. we saw quite a few cases actually and he was happy to give tips on practical skills etc. we saw: poultice for a bruised foot being put on, swollen foreleg ligaments, 'thoroughpin', a quite severe sway back on a horse. and along with the very official badge which we were given (which meant gate-openers opened gate for us :O and catered breakfast and lunch :O), we also got to watch the show jumping finals from the "vet box" ie. good view, man. 

anyhoo, showbags:

got the tiny teddy ($15) and purina supercoat ($5) showbags. i forgot that biscotti is technically a 'senior' now, but oh well, i'll just give the food as a treat - since she seems to find it tastier than her usual food..

Yay, i have a vet clinic to go to for my small animal rotation next year X)) Also, gonna help out at the Easter Show tomorrow - hopefully gonna be checking a lot of cats! a friend who went there yesterday when the bunnies were being shown checked 180 buns :O!

i think i'm a relatively private person, i don't like to share every one of my opinions or my reasons for thinking a certain way unless it's on a topic i feel passionate about. so if i don't tell you, stop asking, pleaseeee! as well as not wanting to share my thoughts, i am also really bad at communicating them articulately. and i don't feel comfortable with confrontations and asking people to stop doing something. just leave me aloooone! i'm happy keeping things to myself! that might be weird for some people, but it's not for me!

the world didn't want me to fill my car tyres with air tonight, but i prevailed in the end! went to two gas stations that just happened to be renovating this week! the third one was open, but they didn't hv a pressurised air thing. the fourth one was closed by the time i got to it after midnight. and finally the fifth one, which i had to go out of my usual route home to get to, was open AND had the air thing. this was the first time i filled the tyres by myself and the machine wouldn't co-operate T__T the air didn't automatically flow when i attached the nozzle, and sometimes it stopped to a different pressure then wat i set it too.. and i couldn't get the guy working there to help cos it was after midnight and he's not allowed to leave the cashier area :( oh well just glad i finally got the tyres filled.

another piano post: Green Day medley by Francesco Parrino
- 21 guns
- boulevard of broken dreams
- holiday
- wake me up when september ends
- 21 guns (chorus)
- american idiot

il y a beaucoup des choses à célébrer cette année, mais c'est très cher..

sorry for the lack of posts >__<"! i've moved to another uni campus now and weekends back at home are becoming so much more precious :( i love sydney! (i always wondered why it's so much more unacceptable to say that you don't like country-living compared to saying that you don't like city-living... people and things in general are so much more diverse in the city...anyway, not a topic to go into now.) anyway, the reason for me appearing here is to rant (as usual): When a person asks you a question, WHY NOT ANSWER IT?? Why be a troll and talk down on a person for not knowing (even though the answer was not previously available) instead of helping them understand..???! Anyway, I am also annoyed at the faculty's inorganisation. We've had more than five copies updating the timetable; assessments do not have clear instructions, weightings, or marking criteria; due dates are not stated clearly (and it turns out that one is to be due only two weeks after the due date was revealed). Can you tell I take this seriously? I am using capital letters where they should be used. Please be less unhelpful!!