Showing posts with label random. Show all posts
Showing posts with label random. Show all posts

Monday, February 4, 2013

Where have I been?

Sorry for the lack of posts as late. Mostly, seeing as my blogger ap wont work on my new phone or iPad properly it kinda makes me not want to blog as much.

The other reason is that I have a few other ventures going on on the web, mostly related to my fruitarian lifestyle so I tend to spend my creative internet energies there. I have a blog and a fb page so that takes my time up.

I also haven't' been studying med so I haven't had to unleash my frustrations anywhere lately.

I'm not quite sure what to do with this blog but I think I'll keep it open for now.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Which car?

Currently deciding which car to take up to Byron.

BF's car aka "The Bomb":
  • comfortable seats
  • can sleep in the back if necessary
  • no need to worry if it gets damaged
  • the BF can fix it himself if it breaks down

My car aka "The Tiny Car":
  • aircon
  • radio
  • recently serviced
  • new tyres
  • very economical on fuel

Hmm... decisions, decisions....

We're waiting to see if the BF gets his new job for which he had an interview this week. Fingers crossed he gets it and that he doesn't start until we're due back form Byron!

Friday, December 7, 2012

NYE 2012

I actually have New Years Eve off this year (and Christmas) so I am planning a road trip to Byron Bay and the Gold Coast.

I managed to find a campsite in Byron Bay for NYE which is virtually impossible this late, but I did it. Finding anything on the GC is another story but I will continue to search.

I'm also looking at the theme parks as the BF is pretty keen. 

As for me, I'm simply picturing myself on white sands and blue water.

Thursday, November 22, 2012

My update (and a long story about manifesting visualisations)

So, where am I at?

I'm back doing 100% high-carb, raw vegan lifestyle and feeling so good for it. It's difficult for the first few days as there is a little detox and water/sodium rebalancing, but I'm on the easy side of it now and find it very easy. I have realised I need a lot more calories than I originally thought as the minimum 2000-2500cal is really just for maintenance, and not for healing and a shift-working medical student that wants to go running and travelling the world person.

Health is my number one priority right now which also, apart from all the fruit, includes getting enough water, sleep, fresh air and sunshine. This can therefore take up a fair few hours of the day. We have been quite busy at work and my personal life is quite full atm therefore my studies haven't been all that they could be this week.

21 Dec 2012 is coming! Have you began to look at what you want to take in to the New World? No, Earth isn't going to blow up! It just is a prediction that it is the end of the Information Age and the beginning of the Enlightenment/Wisdom/Knowledge Age. Now is a good time to start considering what your life would look like if it came from a place of love and harmony.

Vision booking! I have a vision board but I've started a vision book now. Very exciting. I'm super-excited because I know how much they work! I have recently had another manifestation occur....

The Story

In high school there was this girl, DH, who was bullied quite a lot. She came from an under-privileged background, had the thickest glasses, the worst skin and hair, and to top it all of she had this very unattractive voice and she didn't come across too bright. Poor dear. She was an easy target. Unfortunately, although I don't consider myself a bully at all, I got swept along with it at times.

I used to dwell on the people that gave me a hard time at high school. I spent my early twenties using it for motivation to become successful so I could somehow prove something to them or myself, not that I'd ever see most of them again. Although now with Facebook, it is a little motivating again! Mostly now, however, I do things for myself and on my own life's journey without worrying about other people and their opinions.

So, anyway, as I used to dwell on my own tormentors  I one day had an epiphany that I, too, may have been someone else's tormentor  Then I remembered DH. It kinda haunted me for awhile, this idea that I could have been to someone what those horrible girls were to me. Actually, it haunted me for about two years. And about a year-or-so ago I started imagining bumping into DH and having a good ol' chat and somehow me finding a way to apologise for the years of misery I had contributed to her high-school life. In fact, I think I was sort of obsessed with this idea.

Then, at TCM school at the start of the year, there was a girl that sat in the front row. She sounded just like DH! I thought ot myself: "Is that HER?" But she was too young and had a different name. Maybe she changed her name? Maybe it's a sister? I mildly befriended this girl. She was a bit of a mess - her life was all over the shot and she seemed to be stuck in a victim-mentality to the point where ti was extremely frustrating to talk to her. But I persisted and I thought it was some-how righting the wrongs of my past doings.

Then, you wouldn't believe it! Last week I saw DH! Really, I did. I was at the hospital for work. It's a regional hospital about 100+ kms from our old stomping grounds. I heard this woman speaking and then she registered her details at the front counter and gave her full name. "OMG! It's DH!" I exclaimed to my inner self. Holy mackerel! She looked exactly the same, just fatter!

Then the weirdest things happened. I made eye contact with her and I had this sudden, overall feeling of contentedness  like everything was all right  There was no need to talk to DH, no need to apologise for being a stupid teenager. She was fine and living her new life, as was I. That was surprising.

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Anyway, that is the story. So be careful what you manifest, what you spend energy and time concentrating on because it will come to you. Perhaps with some delay. I find about 12 months to be a normal delay for this sort of thing.

Tips: don't use negatives such as "I don't want x" because all the universe hears is "x". So, don't say "I don't want to get cancer" instead say "I want to be healthy" etc.

Another tip: be very specific. I always said I wanted to be rich and then one day I was doing an assignment that pointed out that if I lived in Australia I was the top 5% richest people in the world. While that was good perspective in a lot of ways, what I really wanted was enough money to have the lifestyle I wanted without have to work for a wage.

Make sure it is what you really want. Do you really want a man with green eyes, or a man that looks at you with great love....?

Now to visualise and manifest that med school will be easy and enjoyable and that I will learn everything I need to be a knowledgeable and excellent doctor......

(Nb: I tagged this post "spirituality"as I believe getting in touch with one's intuition to be quite spiritual, however there is a lot of science supporting the thought patterns to actualisation relationship... Believe it or not!)

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Misogynist

I'm working with The Misogynist today.

Patient: "Is this job hard?"
TM: "Nah. They even let girls do it."

TM: "Have you been sitting in this chair?"
Me: "Yes. Why? Is it too low?"
TM: "Nah. It's just weird."
Me: "Weird?"
TM: "Kinda girly."

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Changes I've noticed

Recently, I've noticed a change in my behaviour that really inspires me; it only takes two glasses of wine to get drunk and I struggle to drink beyond that, even when drunk I still crave and order salad or veges, I now consider tofu to be a special treat food, I look forward to my days off so I can go for a long run, the mornings I'm really tired from work I crave a peppermint tea as a pick me up, the caffeine in green tea is so strong I have beam ate sure I only drink one or two cups a day and before 3pm, and in my dream last night I coached Ellen Degeneres how to let go of old hurt by sending love and forgiveness to her tormentors. Lol I'm really craving a green juice right now but I'm still on-call and I have an hour to get in some exercise. I have my peppermint tea.....

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

TV versus reality

TV: Dr Meredith Grey gets really upset and all dramatic and brooding about the fact that her patient has the same shoes as she does. She goes on some sort of self-centered rant about her terrible life while her patient is dying.

 Reality: Paramedic notices while cutting off the top of her patient in order to attempt resus that she owns the same top in two different colours that the patient is wearing and thinks to herself that is weird and remembers that horrible incident every time she wears that top.

What it takes...

...to be organised enough to be an on-call paramedic overnight and to get your workout done in the mornings before your CM exam.


Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The mind is an addict

Reading something yesterday about the ego stuck with me: The mind is hyperactive and an addict. That's right, it's addicted to desire and wanting more. It's addicted to attaching meaning to things. And that's not all. It never stops.

So I read an interesting article about ego and addiction here by an ex-drug addict neuroscientist. If anything, I'm a workaholic for sure. And a studyaholic. But drug addiction allows an interesting look into the mind. And the concept of "ego fatigue" mentioned in the article: I totally get that. I have always said I can either diet or balance my budget, but I can't do both at once. Follow up on  this post on what happens when your limbic system is destroyed... It seems we can't have a limbicectomy and function as regular humans :(

When I did my neuro term at the start of the year and I read about the limbic system I thought "Thats' the ego!" Hahaha. That's the back-seat driver of our mind that attaches meaning to things that says "Something's wrong" when all you're doing is sitting watching tv (ie I am too lazy, I should be doing this or that, the neighbours are too noisy etc). It's that part that causes you to break your willpower and somehow convince you it was a good idea to eat a whole block of chocolate to yourself. No-wonder the yogis starve themselves to reach nirvana - they're breaking the limbic system's control.

Well, this is my theory from a 2nd year med student.

So, yeh, the ego is a hyper-active addict. So what to do? My best advice I can give is to take notice. Notice it is the ego and not the real "you", the spiritual being. As Osho said in the link I put in my last post, the ego is a reflection of how other perceive you and therefore how you perceive yourself, but it is not your true self. Meditation, of course, is a way of doing a workout for the mind and strengthening the brain's ability to make better decisions than simply reflex reactions.

so why am I harping on about ego so much atm? I believe it is the centre of everything. If ego fatigue occurs, and I can't save and diet at the same time let alone have a healthy study habit, and my health goes downhill as a consequence, then doesn't it make sense that we deal with the ego? Maybe it doesn't because how I've written it. Also, in Buddhist philosophy, controlling our mindset is the only way to achieve happiness.

The next problem: How do we find motivation if the limbic system is the source of our motivation?

This is the question I always have unanswered: can there be great achievers in the world without ego? Or are we all going to live off our own vege-patches and be merry in our simplicity? Can we even help people without ego, because it feels good to help people?

Sorry for the rhetorical questions. I hate rhetorical questions.

I'll have to give my interim answer right now as something along the lines of finding the middle way. That would be Easterner for moderation.....

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Morning tea

One good thing about night shift is that my BF makes me a cup or green tea in the morning...


Monday, April 9, 2012

Truth

One of my TCM lecturers said the other day (paraphrasing): "When I came to Australia from China, I was surprised when I was told you (wwetserners) believe there is only one version of the truth."

So, excuse the non-linear format this blog has taken as I go through a journey this year.

I may have said in a previous post, I'm taking a year off to discover whether I want to continue with medicine. And when I say medicine I mean western biomedicine. I certainly want to continue being a healer and develop my capacity. My reason for questioning is multi-dimensional.

So, as I go through my journey, I may post a few random thoughts.

One of them reasons I've had to take a step back is to find "the middle way". Working full time shift work on call in a stressful job, doing 30+ hours overtime a fortnight, and studying a medical degree primarily by distance, and paying a mortgage, let's just say I was well away from the middle.

Ok so that's my random thought for now.

Back to watching the Q and A show with a debate on atheist versus theist. Interesting.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Weekend

Another awesome weekend at the BF's. Currently doing some neuro reading on the couch while he watches Valkyrie.

Had the most hilarious and random night last night at one of the old local pubs here. It has been purchased and run by an old Greek couple that don't really care if they make money or not as they are just land-banking for their kids. The BF and I were the only two people in there and we were priviledged to some Greek home-cooking tapas and stories of how they met in Greece in the 50's and their 31-day boat trip out to Australia in the 60's, amoungst other great stories.

Ok back to spinal cord reflexes.


Thursday, January 26, 2012

Vase

Oh no, my favourite vase that my friend gave me for my birthday about 6 years ago is leaking :-(

In this photo you can also see; the rose I picked from my own garden, the table ny friend gave me when she upgraded, one of the four chairs I snagged for $8 at the local opshop, the water feature I've had "in progress" for about 18 months, and the small vege patch with dog-proof fencing made from my old boundary fence when it fell apart.


Monday, January 16, 2012

Stealing

The contractors building next door firstly asked to use my power one day (I only allowed them to for a few minutes) and now another group is stealing water from the house across the road (which was repossessed by the bank). I highly doubt they have permission.

My friend said she allowed the builders next to her to use her power when she was at home which she billed them for but one day she came home and found them stealing her power without asking!

I'm glad I told these builders I had no external powerpoint, and that my dog is big and scary, and that I'm home 7 days a fortnight.

Where are the morals? I might have to padlock my taps and powerpoints!

Get the services connected already!

Monday, January 9, 2012

Interesting morning

It's only 10am and I've already had an interesting morning. Firstly, driving into work there were 4 sheep just wandering the town's streets. Secondly, I went to a nice car vs tree. Noone was hurt.



Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Butterflies

I love butterflies and this warm and humid weather we're having is making them come out in swarms! Beautiful!

I bought this plant when I saw it for sale last year because I noticed it was the same one I had seen butterflies hanging around on my walks with the dog. It grows like crazy and has these strange purple pokers covered in tiny flowers.
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I just looked this plant up in my What Flower is That? book and it is called a Buddleia Davidii and it's common name is "Butterfly Bush"!


Friday, December 30, 2011

Samoa skips a day

My medical school is based in Apia, Samoa. Tomorrow, they will skip Friday altogether and jump straight to Saturday, therefore jumping into Australia and New Zealand's date/time line/zone thingy-me-bob.

Samoa changes time zones


The picture above crudely shows the line that separates today from yesterday.  It 's just "Samoa" Samoa (formeryl known as Western Samoa) jumping forward into the West towards New Zealand, not American Samoa which makes it a little confusing. 

I see the logic that Samoa does a lot more business with New Zealand than it does American Samoa, nevertheless it would make a confusing short journey from Pago in American Samoa to Apia in Samoa.

Whew.

Just two years ago Samoa changed to driving on the left sid eof the road instead of the right.

They are going through a lot of changes atm as they move forward into their development.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011