Oktoberfest 2010

Jo and me, another girl from work,she is just a party girl, back ups 4 days in a row, drinks a LOT of rum and is just lots of fun altogether. hanging out with her a fair bit lately

the dance floor

Jenny, she is a chef from hotel and she is just so cute, broken english and so typical asian, lots of giggling and peace signs on photos...just soo cute. I fed her and her friend german sausages and beer, lol, extremely hilarious! they loved it! I dragged her along once, I didnt give her a choice, she was fairly shy cos she didnt know anyone and then the language barrier but now everyone knows her and she comes out with me every now and then *thumbs up*

low fiv, for some reason I tend to do that quite frequently....dont ask....

great picture. so funny, we actually went out clubbing in our outfits, it was sooo funny and ppl, especially the male gender, seemed overly excited about that?????? u guys are crazy!! so we didnt leave each other, didnt even dare to go to toilet alone. such a fun night. thanks girls!

haha so funny, some random portugese guys just wanted a photo with us??? as if we were a sight. in our state we didnt say no, we also got a drink out of it so....not debatable =)

Eva chopping up a million of potatoes, we made a LOT of very yummy Kartoffelsalat

best buy ever....a kilogramm of pretzels, they lasted all night long and even served as the first choice of hangover snach the next morning, well I wasnt actually hungover but everyone else ;)

our treasury corner

awesome =)

great outift and great BBQ skills, I got 100 Nuernberger sausages from a german butcher and they taste like at home. everyone loved them --> happy host

our ex-flatmate Niall (left) with his friends

Ange, me, Sal&Sean (volleyball peeps)

we dont have any big salad bowls so our Wok and a mini bucket had to help out

bit of a different "German" outfit

Richard & Ange from work

Hayley, me and Lucy (both Sara`s sisters aka the "Creamer" Crew)

criticial outfit, he wanted to be a "Nazi scientist". I did explain to him, though, that that is not really that funny, I think anyway, but I got over it

my favourites

my lovely Sara with giant Anna :( sometimes i feel kinda huge

In the end we had about 35 people attending and everyone was dancing, the keg was empty by 11 o clock and we partied till 4 am....it was a success!!!!

Holidays

Hi everyone

nur mal ein kleiner Vermerk, dass ich jetzt Ferien habe, sprich ich bin daheim um zu telefonieren, zu den meisten Tages- und Nachtzeiten.

Mein Laptop ist immer noch futsch, verscuh ich mal zu reparieren, aber das ist der Grund warum ich bissl von der Aussenwelt abgeschnitten bin.

Ich hoff es geht euch allen gut!

Ich hab jetzt also einen kompletten Block Ferien, 5 Wochen und dann noch mein letztes Prac in Ipswich fuer 5 Wochen- cardiothoracic physio- also viel post OP und Intensivstation Zeugs...und dann bin ich so gut wie fertischhhhh, eine Woche Uni mit einem Test, ein komplexer Fall, aber das wird einfach sein nach unserer Prac Erfahrung.

So und jetzt lege ich mich in meine Beanbag draussen auf Terasse in die Sonne im Bikini und les ein Buch, OHJA!

LAST time i had to pay uni !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I so should get absolutely smashed, I paid my last lot of fees...I hate to press that submitt button with that huge amount being displayed on top. Breathe in, breathe out.....CLICK....and it gooooooeeeessssssssss.

Eva and me are usually not in a very good mood on pay day. People that live at home and dont work and complain or winge on that day to us, wont have it easy, cos we most likely start a discussion.....and do NOT mention Macintosh computers around us....ARGG. Still cant believe uni had to pay, I dont even wanna know how much, to replace ALL computers on the ENTIRE campus with oh-so-nice macintosh` just to be the best uni with the best research and the best teachers and the best technology, nothing was wrong with ordinary (???) flatscreens especially considering we still use windows, anyhow, I have to let it go =)

Even people in Australia dont know how much we have to pay as internationals, and they ususally are like "WTF how on earth do u do that" " I dont even know myself...." Its all about budgeting, but a big part played my family who always supported me!!

Anyway, I wanted to say a

HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE THANK YOU

to everyone who has helped me through those tough times around pay day because I was just saving money like a maniac and usually went a bit crazy worrying that i wont be able to finish the course!

DANKE DANKE DANKE

Kim, meine rettende Hand letzte Woche, fast haette ich es alleine geschafft. War aber schier unmoeglich. Nochmal Danke, ok?!

Und noch ein anderes

RIIIESENGROSSES DANKE

an euch, Oberstens! Irene + Dieter, ohne euer Vertrauen haette ich damals nicht weiter machen koennen und ich rechne euch das extrem hoch an was ihr fuer mich getan habt. AMAZING! Ihr habt beigetragen, dass ich meinen Traum weiterleben konnte, was in der damals schwierigen Zeit das bester fuer mich war, und auch abgesehen von der ganzen Sache, wirklich genau das ist, was ich machen will!!! Falls irgendwie meoglich, moechte ich mich revangieren, bis dahin, seid ihr jetzt meine Nummer Eins Investition, von jetzt an spare ich fuer euch, nicht mehr fuer UQ. Die haben mich ja bereits ausgesaugt. Also vielen lieben Dank nochmal!!

Cant believe it that I actually managed to pay the fees for this last year cos in my calculations, I was a fair bit short but it is done and i am STOKED! So proud of myself AND so proud of everyone who helped me, love my FAM! U ROCK! All this for little princess Anna, I appreciate it big times and I will proof to all of you that it was the right decision to support me in that crazy, Anna-will-study-in-Australia-project! U will never have any pain anywhere ever anymore, I`ll come and fix ya, haha ;)

Computer futsch

Hey everyone!
Just a quick note to let everyone know that my computer finally left me :( He fought for a while but didnt get out as the winner in the end. My apologies if I have been really slack with contacting you guys but first of all I dont have my own laptop and secondly, I am busy AS! In my fourth week of musculoskeletal prac at uni and it is just full on, I dont wanna winge because it is good in regards to that we learn sooooooo much but on the same token: we have to put in a LOT of work too. We get there at 7 every day and leave between 5 and 6, then I sometimes have to work straight after, or if I can I go to the gym to switch off and then at night there is usually more work and study to do for the next day and the huge amounts of paperwork and projects and presentations....so in a nutshell, placement is still good but I just dont have anytime beyond so dont be upset please, I miss talking to everyone as well but I had like 5 occasions now where I get ready for bed "early" with the intention to call someone but as soon as I'm horizontal, gravity acts on my eyelids and I cant be bothered. Two more weeks and I am all yours again because I will be on holidays, yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

Mein 24ter, erster Teil

Vodka mit Brause. Jenny, Koechin im Hotel wo ich arbeite, hat das zum ersten Mal probiert aehm oder eher probieren muessen ;)

Sara's moves,like the style, haha

knuddel

Pat and I

LOL

a friends facebook status:

Note to all physio students in the hospital - not necessarily UQ ones - do not wear your stethescope around your neck like a doctor! Especially at lunch time or before 8am cause you're definitely not on the way to see a patient!

• I wore mine to lunch yesterday by accident... felt like such a douche

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• I never "wear" mine! Only carry it! Despite it being cool and pink and probably a good accessory haha. Did hydro with sam the other day.. Fun fun! She is so nice

  
  
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  are you kidding? i got discounts on food if i wore mine to lunch! lol

  
  
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  F, carrying it isn't functional, it's gotta go round the neck.

  
  
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  sounds like a typical loving yourself situation

  
  

Worried? Yes!

So, monday it is, the start of my 5 week placement at the musculo skeletal/ sports physio clinic at UQ uni. Well, and it is said to be a tough one. Thats ok, im up for a challenge, we are here to learn BUT i think this one is gonna be REALLY tough. There has been people failing, in the last one there were some that just scraped thru, tears, nasty facebook entries about how bad it is, warning messages from people who have been....oh dear. The worst thing tho is the faces from people when they ask where u are next...its this OMG-face, big eyes, pity...with a "oh no u will be fine" after the first reaction with a face that could tell stories. Anyway, here a message from a friend who just finished it....

Hey guys!

I'm writing to apologise to you in advance about what you are going to experience for the next couple of weeks. I have struggled in the UQ MS prac and have written some God-awful chart entries. Unfortunately you guys have inherited some of my patients and will have to dig through the aforementioned charts to work out what the f*ck I was doing/thinking, and there is a definite possibility that you won't be able to do either of those things. After a couple of weeks you will understand that when you have 5 charts to write at 4:30, you just write nonsense and nobody really reads it. The same will go for my beloved transfer summaries for today. They will be woeful. Give me a call if you need an adequate explanation from an "Adequate" (hopefully) student. Rest up this weekend, gather your thoughts, muster some courage and good luck with it.

Yes I am worried, I havent revised much at all....I probably should have, damn, but u just need to get the educator on your side and just say YES MA'M to EVERYTHING. NEVER EVER dare to say anything against, no BUTS, just do EXACTLY what they tell you, even if you have learnt something different. Its WRONG. Thats what sucks because for physio there is never one way of doing things/approaching problems, there are a million ways to treat a patient and it just sucks big times that you have to do it exactly how your educator wants it even if you have learnt a better way by now from other physios in other placements, well we have to kiss their a**** which i HATE but oh well. We have this one educator who came from america and he thinks he is god, i hope i dont get him cos i cant STAND him, the way he talks and looks at you if you try and answer his question, *shiver*
BUT i try and do what i ususally do, and thats my OWN THING. do not get influenced too much by what the others said because everyone's perception is different so I will from my own opinion but I am quite worried I have to admit. Sam who just finished too said that our first week is crazy busy, a LOT of patients booked in. I wonder how I will like musculo skeletal because thats the one everyone THINKS they like it the best because thats what everyone understands of physio but its a complicated one as well apparently. 5 weeks! thats it. TSCHAKAAA!

1st Volleyball Tournament

Robbo (Bond girls coach, Ange and me from Brisbane, Kirra and Leesa from Bond) We played in the finals. I was supposed to work at 5 and we started finals at half 3....i so couldnt focus, damn, we came 2nd altho we won to them in the pool earlier that day. Still good for first tournament and NO training at all. Season wont start till October but there will be a few winter events organized from Bond Uni...might play the odd one.

Trying to save a pass, come Anna, dont be lazy and get UNDER the ball...

I didnt even know how much I missed the beach, the whole day on the coast was just lovely. soooo schön

chillin in the bean bags in the sun on the beach- THE best!

THIS makes me feel good

Freak

I was just revising some first year stuff, simple things like anatomy of every single little bone, numerous muscles,tendons,ligaments etc and their contributing role in the biomechanics of the ankle and I stumbled across this picture. I think this is so cool, and just after I've released that thought, I thought "you are a freak, that's just an ankle". But I guess that's something that fires my passion for this profession. How amazing is our body and its ability to heal and help himself. But also on the other side, how vulnerable is it to the changes in society from former days to today including work ethics, social habits, decreasing time availability, food manners etc. It's just so cool how simply understanding the body can help you to heal it with minor changes and facilitation (from us :) ) and using its own features rather than injecting things or taking pills or cutting it open (Mind you, surgery is often essential and evenly AMAZING but I'm talking about the minor everyday complaints) I guess you must think, "what the hell is she on about" but just looking at that photo, it's ONLY the foot but kind of complex, so many structures, not just one bone and one muscle, it's the perfect design and that allows us to do so much with it. Moreover, knowing what everysingle part does and what happens if it doesn't work that way and how I can test that as well as hopefully fix it with manual therapy, exercise, taping or even simple advice and education is just COOL. Haha, and the ankle is soooo easy, there are much bigger challenges like the cervical spine, shoulders, knees....oh yeah =)

Happy Anna

got marks for the 2 subjects from first semester. altho we didnt have an actual semester as such,we still had 2 instead of 4 subjects, weighed more heavily ie 4 units instead of 2 and our performance and assessment from placements and assignments presentations make up the overall mark for each subject annnnnnnnnnnnd i got two 6`s = disticiontions. yay yay yay. i actually totally forgot we get marked, lol, only looked it up yesterday after someone asked me about it, haha. only wanted to learn heaps in placements but i wont complain ;)

only two more placements to go. my second week off holidays next week, literally working like crazy everysingle day BUT my birthday and day of my party, then 5 super hard weeks at sports physio at uni-ohoh- we had a few ppl failing that one and its just haaaaaaaard, EVERY one says that,but thats ok, i just push through 5 weeks, prepare well and it will all be fine because then i have my holiday block for 5 weeks where i actually can relax because most likely i wont be able to work more than 20hours due to visa (only allowed to work as much as i want in uni holidays and thats in middle of semester) and then one more 5week placement at ipswich, which should be reasonable easy, i think and theeeeeeeeeeeeeen my brother and his gf come and only amazing things happen from there........WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Eva, Kirsten, me and Sam

Houseparty at ours

it was time again, for a party at chester road. michael and sam, not a couple, thats just our physio love =)

was für ein Outfit mit diesen tollen Hausschlappen, Frau in der Küche beim Würstchen braten

meine neueste Errungenschaft. Wollte mal wieder Geld ausgeben und hab mir neue Schuhe gekauft, waren eh nur 40 Dollar. Bargain.

die Aussicht von dem Balkon von dem Club mit der Soty Bridge und Brisbane River

Kirsten and me

Trinkspiele....

Eva, Kirsten und Sara

I have the proof, Sara is having SAUS...she has been on a vegetarian trip for last half year. Yum

t!






jelly shots

my beloved Sara, since she is English,we had a bet for soccer game last night and Deutschland won, score, she will cook dinner for me this week. mhmmm
I already won a bottle of really good italian amaretto, cos I had a bet going on with my barmen and I told him I liked Amaretto Sour and I won so that was my win. I start liking this world cup altho it keeps me up very late at night...our verdict.... :-P no night with us girls without having Jägerbombs...yum

3 years, a quantity so big, but a feeling of recentness?

The loss of a beloved one, will give you your very own guardian angel.

You are not here anymore, where you were

but you are everywhere, where we are!!!

Wenn der Tag vergeht
und leise, ganz leise
die Dämmerung naht

Wenn die laute Welt ganz still wird
und schläft
und träumt
von der Sonne

Dann singt in mir
die Sehnsucht leise ihr Lied
und lächelnd komm ein Engel
und bringt mir dein Bild



Du bist nicht mehr da, wo Du warst,
aber Du bist überall, wo wir sind.

how good does it feel...

Just a quick comment from Campus. We are finally back at uni doing our 4th block of the year, non-immersion so we are not out but doing lectures, courses, clinical visits that we wont cover with our actual placements and some holidays and it is just AMAZING. I am loving this passive role of being a student, just a bit of osmosis if you want to, soak it in or just snooze away. And it is just sooooo good to see everyone again, first half hour was just hugs and kisses and general excitement to be united again. So scared to have to leave everyone and my beloved uni life :( Being on campus is really nice too again. Especially because everyone else is stressed and freaking out because it is exam period and we are just chilling out lying on the grass in the sun in between lectures, LOVE LIFE! No scarry supervisors, no pressure to perform, no extra work at nighttime, oh yes, I will enjoy the next five weeks....then I will be all charged up to smash the next placement which DEFINITELY will be hard cos its at uni clinic so thez know what we should know and the push us! Which is good cos we learn heaps but for now, I am happy where I am, haha. Give my brain bit of break. But yeah, so fun to see all the second years etc totally stressing out, I can see ourselves, that was us and it was scarry at times but see where we are now. It is so satisfying, the big 4th years, LOL! Ok back to lecture and then i only go to gym and then watch final episodes of grays anatomy with my girls and popcorn, what a day! Talk soon!
P.S. what do u guys think of my layout?? too much? I really like it so will see. Love, Anna Banana

bye my beloved kids

Tracey was one of my major patients and I got her from being on crutches, not being able to TOUCH her leg or move in any manner from below knee to WALK WITHOUT crutches, her calf is something she has to work on from now on so she is able to walk on tippy toes and jump properly but how awesome is that? We said goodbye to crutches on Thursday, she had them for a few months....awesome. She was the patient with CRPS, that chronic pain disorder syndrome. I did an amazing job with her, so my supervisor, so proud of myself cos in my first session she started crying when we only attempted to touch her foot, and I was quite intimidated by her presentation but we got there in the end. JUHU.

so happy....and it was so sad to leave :( she made me a card last week and yesterday she gave me a big present, everything wrapped up and another card, so lovely. ohhhhhhhh thats one hard thing, saying bye to patients. Also my two bomb boys, I gave them my email because I wanna know how they are going. I saw them from day one post explosion, when they were hardly responsible and did some chest physio with me half unconscious and yesterday both boys, BOTH, on crutches in the gym and we were doing heaps of stuff. So cool, was such a long path till here and they still have such a long road to walk. Wow, love that job! So relieved I did pass that placement tho, because it was SHITLOADS of work, so busy during the day, coming in early and leaving late due to paperwork and research and extra study at night and weekends....BÄH....

I passed well, got good comments, good constructive feedback regarding my weaknesses. Paeds is definitely something I will consider for my career, the last 2 placements werent that flash but this one cld be my direction. The other girl in my department didnt pass, so that was quite sad, cos became really good friends with her :( I have 5 weeks non-immersion ie 3 weeks uni and daily clinical visits and 2 weeks off EEEAAASSYYY PEASY. hello life,I got u back, haha =)