And we watch it begin again.

Starting anew. End of one chapter of my life. Time to let go, move on and look ahead. Better things are yet to come. Here's to a fresh new start.

xoxo, elvyna.

Little adventures.

After working on cover last weekend, I got three days off from Monday-Wednesday this week and on one of the days I decided to do a little exploring on the island. Ended up in Godshill, a quaint little village-y place on the island. Was an extremely sunny day as well which was awesome! :D

Model Village.

Old school retro cereal tins.

Lavender plants with bees.

Everything is nautical themed on the island!

Cute stuffs.

Had scones and cream tea, English style in a very beautiful tea garden.

Crab gratin thermidor in the garden.

Passed a maize field plantation on the way back.

What a lovely day on the island! :D

P/S: on a side note, I finally received my first every salary! So proud! (:

xoxo, elvyna.

Blessing in disguise.

So I've gotten used to work, well, I say got used to but technically I've only been at work for 8 days in total but I actually really like what I do. It's not even about the fact that I'm actually finally a legit doctor or wtv but I actually look forward to going to work everyday and don't mind staying in later just to finish up the jobs or help out some nurses with patient stuffs. 

It's amazing how you never know if you can do something, but once you do it, you can't see yourself doing anything else. And being on the island, to be honest, I wasn't really happy about it when I first found out. In fact, I was devastated. But now, I really think it was a blessing in disguise. God really does work in mysterious ways. 

Found and made some really good close friends, explored the beautiful island on weekends I have off, and also just being in such a lovely hospital working with friendly helpful staff really makes me feel so stupid for thinking that coming to the island was some sort of "punishment" and what not. Well, I'm really enjoying the fact that I don't have to study and feel guilty if I don't anymore. Enjoying the weekends off where I can truly enjoy and go out and be happy and carefree. 

Some pictures from the past few weekends on the island. It's seriously so happening in Summer! Something happens every weekend! Doubt it'll be like this in winter though, but I'll survive. LOL.

At the Shanklin Chine.

Fireworks to mark the end of the annual Cowes Week, one of the world's longest-running regatta.

Second biggest event on the island after Cowes week, the two-day annual Garlic Festival. Turned out so much more fun than I expected!

Garlic pic just because it's a garlic farm! So many types of garlic I never knew existed.

Even managed to try archery for the first time ever. Did quite well for a newbie I'd say :P

Listening to the instructions closely. So close to getting a bullseye!

Country side driving. No wonder so many people in England choose to retire on the island. So beautiful.

In awe of His creation. What a beauty.

So yea, His ways are definitely not my ways. They're so much better. So thankful that I'm on the island now. Sure, there will be ups and downs, but He's brought me this far, He'll continue bringing me further on. Eternally grateful.

xoxo, elvyna.

Finally a doctor!

So after 6 LOOONGGGG years and all the hard work + money + time, I'm finally a doctor! Woohoo! Can't believe it has finally happened! What I set out to achieve in 2008 has finally come true. Feel so giddy and surreal now thinking that I'm actually officially a legit doctor. Time really flew by all these years. 

Still slowly accepting the fact that I am now going to be responsible for treating people and taking care of them. Hope I don't disappoint! Anyways, it's been a while since I updated, what with the whirlwind of events like graduation and being back home for holidays and stuff so here are a couple of pictures to update whoever still reads my blog! Teehee! :D

Praise the Lord I graduated! Couldn't have done it without His grace and all the prayers from friends and family. Grateful and blessed.

xoxo, elvyna.

Mine.

And at the end of the day, it'll always still be you.

xoxo, elvyna.

Failure.

So I'm in the midst of my final exams now and I've just finished the practical side of my exams a couple of days ago and it was soo bad. I know I always tend to say exams are bad and be upset about it but this was seriously the worst I've ever felt after coming out of the examinations. It didn't hit me then but when i got home and got to bed at night it just sank in and I cried my eyes out. Literally sobbed myself to sleep on my wet and drenched pillow.

I have nightmares about my OSCE exams every night now following the exams but during the day I try my best to focus on revision for my writtens which are going to happen next week. I really pray hard I will pass and not have to resit the whole year just because of one exam but I really, for once, don't have any form of confidence that I will pass this exam. I really screwed it up real bad. It was a really stupid mistake but it will cost me a lot.

Really need a miracle from Him in my life now. Please God, Please. I don't want to redo the whole year again. I just NEED a pass.

xoxo, elvyna.

Heavy.

Tonight I write with a heavy heart.

How did things end up the way they did? What happened? Can you ever get too used to something/someone? I know it won't always be rainbows and butterflies but its just stormy and shit now. It has been for a while.

I really can't be asked to do anything about it now since exams are just next week. Setting my priorities right.

xoxo, elvyna.