wootz! today is off day! 4th day den off liao. haha. Sort of getting used to working there.. but most of the time i m still abit dumbfounded or get stuck when i talk to customers or end up having my perceptor having to wrap up the case for me lol=P Like i will forget to ask ppl with fungal infection to apply even after symptoms disappear, maintain proper hygeine. The time ppl give u is so short, ppl are impatient and expect tt u know everything in the world, and some dun realise u're helping them, so its quite a challenege to get them to listen to u and be as sharp and precise in ur counselling.

Been learning quite alot from my perceptor i should say, think she's super expereinced as a clinical pharmacist. Jus rather whinny. Things like recommending smokers to jus go brush teeth to prevent lighting up(seriously i really dunno how effective is tt, i jus laughed when she counselled this guy =X) She keeps complaining tt amk ppl sux. haz. But actually i feel that this place is not bad for learning, there's a mixture of crowd, but yea alot of aunties/uncles asking like damn duh qns, u do get expats/educated ppl sometimes too. And it isn't too free tt u stone for an hour or so busy tt u hardly have have time to have discuss/ask ur perceptor stuff or go check up on martindale/mims. So i m actually quite ok with amk.

Yest she got complained by a customer for nothing felt damn yuan wang for her la. Its jus depressing when we are trying our best to help n freaking impatient customers pretend tt all is fine n leave n stab u hard in the back the next min by shooting some letter to the hq. Of cox she does get praises from ppl too. Yea, like wad my perceptor say every job tt entails customer service is like that, whenever there's a human factor involved, there's bound to be such incidents. Somehow it jus makes u think twice, like why did i study so hard to put with this all this crap/nonsense. Well i still have another 5.5 weeks to see more shit n hope it doesn't demoralise me too much. Up to now, I dun really hate my attachment la, other than the peanuts allowance i m getting. stll sort of enjoying the learning process.

Perceptor going on leave nxt wk, haha but this 2nd i/c taking over us is damn zai chiu too. Haha 1st class honours, and she rems the clinical trial phases in pharm law which has literally ntohing to do with her work other the adr report form.. puts to shame even tho i studied it only last yr? its not even a yr yet. Ok i m off to enjoy my break.

My legs hurt.. but still not as bad as I was in AH. Haha 1 word is sufficient to describe my preceptor. AUNTY. Like u wouldn't think she is a pharmacist when she's outside. But she's nice la. at least not the yi lao mai lao or the v ying xian type. Very approachable i shld say. And rather chatty. But the thing is she's going on leave nxt wk for 2 wks. SIan tiao. Hope the other pharmacist is okay too.

When we went dinner with her jus now she was telling us which cai fan store is cheaper, and that once she brought a branded bag to buy food the person charged her 3.30 but at another time when she brought a normal handbag there the person charged her 2.70. And she knows which soya bean milk store is nice tt kind of thing. She's not the always bombard us with qns type, n don't really drill us either.. which is not v gd either. But she did give us homework n taught us quite abit of stuff..not necessarily pharmacy related stuff. Actually is alot but we can't really rem i think, like how to handle/check the prescriptions, export sales thingy, print labels. And i counselled 1 patient on how to use the BP machine today. And we found out that hydroquinone is no longer an OTC drug but a POM. NUS is how slow la. nv update us still ask us to memorise the monograph. 1st on the list somemore.

the 1st phonecall i took in the shop had to be a damn idiotic customer. She was asking us to transfer a mini portable fan to another guardian branch near her house. I was like huh? Den she was getting damn impatient asked to speak to someone who knows wad she is talking abt after i kept asking her to hold on as i had to clarify with my preceptor. So in the end she made a big fuss over the phone n my perceptor had to transfer a stupid blardy fan for her. Shocked tt guardian provides such a service n pharmacist had to deal with such a stupid thing. Might as well ask us to deliver to ur doorstep. Needless to say my perceptor is damn pissed off with her n went on and on cursing her saying things like tt puny fan is not even enuff to cool tt customer down she still buy for wad..

Off on friday, but have to work on sat. Sun and labour day are fortunately spared too =)

I think i still haven slept enough ever since the exams ended.. Been going out, shopping, eating n eating n eating gd n sinful stuff like everyday. And tmr i have to wake up at 545. I think they are kinda of screwed up la. ask us to go to tt tampines guardian hq so early and give us a 2.5 hours lunch break. Wad kind of planning is this la.

Went to eat MOF(yum) and oyster ommelete(2.5yum) at lau pat sat with dear on weds followed by supper with cathhigh kaikis at cha can ting(0.5yum) near my house. Then it was curry noodles(yumyumyum) at hong lim food ctr at chinatown with chek for lunch, and i discovered this traditional pastry shop beside honglim tt sells those traditional cakes/biscuits on thurs. Omg the lao po bing there is like yumyumyum! And the tau sar piah is yumyum! Den went to marutama ramen at central to celeberate weepoh's birthday. The chicken based soup was really good and the char siew sort of melts in ur mouth as described in many blog reviews overall the ramen there its yumyumyum. Then went to bkt timah for teochew porridge(yumyum) for supper after mahjong.

Den sat i treated my mum to jack's place(yumyum) and dinner went out with dear to crystal jade la mian xiao long pao, this time round we ordered only 1 bowl of noodles and lots of sides so it was yumyum too. Sun mum's day was at my grandma's house so it was quite a feast with herbal chic, roast duck and crabbie(yumyum).

TT kind of sums up my food journey for the past days. I think i should go vegeterian from tmr onwards to redeem my sins. Btw the no. of yums described how gd the food were. And needless to say I think i spent a hell lot of money, not jus on food, together with all the last min shopping for working attire.

Abt 12 hours to microB but somehow i'm abit more relaxed compared to the prev 2 papers.. this is bad.. anyway at 1st i thot this test was quite accurate but then i realised alot of ppl's results are rather similar at many parts. so well prob its not tt great. Wow i din know i could b a dictator. If i were to change anything in the gov, it prob gonna b the 2 HEALTHy and EDUCATEd ones.

What Heng Jian Wei Means

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out. Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia. Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life. You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone. Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don't appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs. You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you. You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries. You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It's easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don't stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start. You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality. You are very charming... dangerously so. You have the potential to break a lot of hearts. You know how what you want, how to get it, and that you will get it. You have the power to rule the world. Let's hope you're a benevolent dictator!

What's Your Name's Hidden Meaning?

Pharm pract is over!! Even up till the point when we dun have to see her anymore she still had to make things difficult for us by checking that everyone hasn't written our names n delaying our going home time. Even Dr C was asking the TS to go help her count n collect liao. As a result I took 1 blardy hour jus to get out of NUS. I think both my papers are okay i hope..

nxt weds nxt weds nxt weds.

I feel so disinfected by my disinfection notes.. I can't breathe man. this is one real tough n tedious n meaningless topic.

Sometimes i feel that I have pyschic powers.. Like intuition. quite a no. of ocassions alr. I accurately predicted that this guy was going to leave his book behind later at coffeebean today. The other time when my mum said that some clothing flew off from the bamboo n asked me to go downstairs to find, somehow I took the stairs instead of the lift which i seldom do n actually found that the resident 2 units down actually clipped that piece of clothing along the corridor..

I need more psychic power!!!!! Back to getting disinfected.

PS: I must have made the most no. of posts in the month of april. uni makes me hate aprils. At least end of the yr there's xmas, n all the festivities. april is Bah Shitty.

Saw the notes of this HCI girl sharing the same table as me at amk lib:
Name: XXX
Class:07S77
Inflation and unemployment

Sheesh. 5 years my junior. N doing Econs.

Checked out the amk ctrl guardian, din see my perceptor tho. The pharmacist there looked too young to have graduated in 1980s. There's this "patient care centre" sign there. Hmm hopefully it means tt its gonna b more exciting.

Why do i feel like pharm pract is the only module that have exam this sem? I haven studied anything else other than this module and i dun think i'm even halfway through

*pulls hair! Argh alopecia! *drink coffee! Argh GerD and GI distress

Jus came back from cheryl's party.. Man it was really crowded.. but it was still fun! And the food was good! Mai Pian Xia and the dark choc treasure chest from the cake. yum. Everyone was getting abit cranky n xt was high like after 2 sips of diluted baileys. U really shld come mambo with us to train up. Was thinking if we ever get married nxt time at the wedding den how. Me being a not v gd drinker (but likes to drink =P) can ta for u until i die. So u mus learn abit! Btw the caramel bailey is not bad. Much sweeter even undiluted!

Went to the legendary Bedok 85 after that. 1st time there. OMG more sinful stuff! Ow wa jian + Stingray + Soupy Ba chor mee(weird but actually not bad!) So many other things I wanted to eat there but i dun have the stomach liao. I suggest a overnite mj session at cheryl's place after exams den after tt can go eat supper =P

To those who are dying from the all the mugging out there, jiayou ok!! Tho results can be disappointing sometimes, but we really mus have the cockroach spirit! 要做个打不死的蟑螂!!

I seldom have ppl asking me not to blog. So the more i shld blog. so mayb u ppl shld jus use this tactic on me nxt time. I had calamari spag for lunch and kfc for dinner. Unhealthy unhealthy. Went marina sq to buy cheryl's present today. think it was a fastest decision ever tt can be agreed by so many ppl. The gift was like so her. perfect.

I need to shake off that post dramtaic test induced holiday mood. Mug mug mug.

Breakaway

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray (I would pray)

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could break away

[Chorus:]
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly
I'll do what it takes til' I touch the sky
And I'll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget all the ones that I love
I'll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away (I will)
And breakaway

[Chorus]

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway

I'll spread my wings
And I'll learn how to fly
Though it's not easy to tell you goodbye
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway, breakaway, breakaway

feel like breaking away man. Somehow this song has a uplifting effect on me.

Went to eat botak at clementi after school today. I wanted so much to take a picture of my food la. Not becox of how nice it is but rather abt how small it is to show my army buddies. The serving has really been diminishing with each visit.. nothing compared to those tuas days man. The next time i go it would probably become ikan bilis n chips. I wan my grouper or wadever back! And we saw a couple of juniors. Well its one couple + one not really couple. shall not name them. But the not really couple got my dear quite excited, like discovering america. LOL.

And neng cun actually sounds viet, according to our pharmaco tutor. And I din know tt this classmate is actually thai, from bangkok, and still served NS.. well at least tts wad the tutor thought n tt was how baxter corrected him. Haha damn freaking hilarious tut. N b4 that the class was speculating how the tutor would be like.. BT stands for botak? n some1 even envisioned him running to the tut as he was late with a glistering head. think the stress is making us have v weird sense of humour.

finally its the wkend.. yes i can see the end.. end of weds at least. 3 more to go!

Hey! So i'll be at AMK central guardian from 2nd wk of may! which means batch1, 15 mins bus ride away from home, plus i get to eat my fav satay beehoon n nasi lemak at the hawker ctr, and the western n jap n bachor mee at s11 outside jubilee, at cheap cheap prices. how come i only keep thinking abt food..
moreover tt guardian is quite big abt 2 to 3 hdb shop space size.. tho probably i would be serving aunties n ah mas n ah peks etc..and I'm doing with vincent also got company..so i have nothing to complain abt la. Hope even if its non-town location life woun be too boring.. jus tt the thot of wearing tie n long sleeve to amk is really damn weird. haha dun worry la dear batch 2 is gd also.. still can go out one..

My mum told my my cousin was featured on the newspaper recently as the happiest person.. Haha so funny la.. mayb i shld go learn a tip or 2 from her.

I can't wait to change my phone! many at times i wanted to snap pictures but my stupid phone is jus so lousy. looking for 3.2 megapixels above, large meomry space, at least 512 meg best is 1 gig, price below 300 bucks? any reccomendations? I think my specs requirement v simple lei.. I've lost touch with phones for ages. so far only nokia phones fit my bill... but the design like not v nice. N best is can surf wifi!

6 more tests to go(3 x SDL + pP + pharmaco + Pharm Anal) before 5 more exams! OMG. Yes i can do it! So can u!

I've decided to blog even though I'm so tired. So cheers to jw! For once i think my fatigue is because of my jog in the evening n not entirely due to schwork. So cheers again! Oh no my fitness is really like crap now. i can barely do a few decent pullup, jump, or do situp. feel like a wimp man. lol.

I actually felt quite relaxed n rejuvenated this morning after being able to sleep well for 8 hours..tues mornings are always great ever since i gave up waking up for the 8 am changing lect. but i m so dead now after rushing thru microB reports and pharm anal tut so tt i can chip in abit if we are discussing tmr. I m a resp grp member. Haiz den got pp tut liao. its jus this nv ending cycle man.

this post is so random. n pointless. haha. wadever. time to sleep.

Wp is earning like 10x more during his accounting internship compared to mine. i know cannot compare but ya can't help it but feel sian. OMG I m "Sooo motivated" to mug for my 38 drug test.. Maybe i go be a professional mj player i can earn more. seriously 150 bucks for 1.5 mths. can they wake up their idea. i dowan to start complaining n lamenting abt pharm again. ya... i shldn't. Calling all my non-pharmacy frens pls dropby my pharmacy n treat me to a meal. have pity on me.PLssss haha. now i m realy hopping i dun get a town location.

Haven been mugging effectively over the long wkend. but of cox i m thankful for this break. Been on a eating spree after my cough sort of recovered. ate crystal jade dim sum with parents for lunch, riverside indon restaurant for ken's birthday dinner.. I think its a pretty gd place.. nice n reasonably cheap food..like 15 bucks for 6 course dinner(grouper,chicken,squid,kangkong,tahu goreng n satay) really quite worth it =)) n free flow of rice. YUm.. den went to eat kway chup for supper after mj. thus i m too full too sleep again now..

Oh thurs nite finally tried soup restaurant with dear. lazy to go find the herbal duck at beach rd. but surprisingly its good too! n reasonably cheap.. The mushroom soup i had was really tasty n real mushroomy, like those grey grey brown brown type. nothing like ur yellowish CREAm of mushroom. N dear's clam chowder really had clams acc to her.. n my baked salmon sandwich was great too.. plus salad plus lemon tea at $9.90 realy filling..

Oh haha today at coffeebean mugging.. was army day man. 2 guys sitting bside me was talking abt their army days. coincidentaly one was a medic too. den over on the other table i saw some of those naval officers which i met/saw briefly last time in NS.. think they were like having meeting.. like so many of them 6 or 7 of them.. din know they can actually have meeting like in coffeebean. take up so much space -_- hahaa.

hols pls come faster..

Watched Rule #1 just now. It actually has got quite a gd storyline. Hahaha i think half of the time my hand was on my face =X and my dear wass already whinning and dying to get out of the cinema. And i found myself swearing almost every 10 mins at all the freaky scenes..there's abt how often u get scared. lol non stop. Haha I m seriously not lydat most of the time during horror movies. haha watch it to find out.

attened xn's party yest. 2nd time at a Macdonald party. think it was more fun than the yunnan one the other time. Ok la once in a while being called children and doing lame stuff is quite de-stressing.

I reckon i need to wait for another 4 years to get this date in my blog. That explains why i m here in just a few days again.And i wonder whether this blog will still be ard then. Haha and i wonder wad will become of me then. 29 feb 2012.

This wk felt more like reading week than mid term seriously. Madness. Nobody wans to go K or mambo. Everyone is jus mugging away. N we have the luxury of the wk to study just 38 drugs. haha i dunno wads gonna happen to the nxt 2 quizzes man.

too full. can't sleep anyway.

supper with good old friends are always nice. The bkt timah prata shop was really crappy. Maybe the alazhar may b better. prob the one near my house is still the best. But the teochew porridge there is not bad tho.

I enjoy mugging alone in coffeebean.. altho it is geting v crowded n noisy on sundays.. and i always have v interesting ppl siting beside me. Last wk there was this pair having tuition. Yest there was this pair testing each other bible knowledge. I like to blast my ipod, study(i dunno how but i actually can), sip my coffee, n ppl watch when i get bored. I almost choked when i saw this woman wearing a jacket with the words "juicy" on her chest pocket. Haha damn funny la.

finally watching movie tmr =) feel so movie deprived. Shyt there's a cockroach in my room n i dunno where itz now.. disappeared after i went to get newspaper. Sian tiao. how to sleep. dammit

Argh jus needed to whine. This sem is really horrible shity madness *(&*(@#@@!# I'm like constantly thinking what work I have left and which one should i start doing now and tmr n the day after n after n after. tmr's pharm pract lect is 140+ slides, so its going to be twice the already-wan-to-die-speed on mon when we had 80+ slides. The amt of content for pharmaco,pharm pract n microb is jus overwhelming la. Suddenly pharm analysis seems like the nicest module evn tho its like the most boring. Hai why r we studying so hard for ah? so wad if i get 2nd upp / 3rd honours? big deal meh.

Every CNY relatives nv fail to ask me wad i'm studying n wad plans i have when i graduate, den some will tell me ooh pharmacy..itz under medicine? hmm gd prospects hor..(den the nxt min)but den wad can u work as ah? den some will say pharmacist ah.. those at guardian like so boring.. den those at hosipital always kena scolding hor... yadayada. I know some are jus asking out of concern, to have a conversation topic, but it jus makes me feel sian. I know actually sometimes we are already in a much better and fortunate position than many other same age peers out there, but frankly speaking, looking at how my peers are potentially going to make a millions bucks nxt time n i'm facing a real possibility of a noble job of educating the public, ensuring medication safety for my patients ENsuRing Quality treatment n patient safety.. WOah sounds great isn't it? I know i m sound damn superficial here, but the qns jus hits me evry now n then.. WAd the hell m i doing man? What do i really want?

Sigh. i feel like a robot everyday.. follow thru the motion of getting my work done, attending lectures, meeting deadlines. when can i be enlightened? I'm still haven found a satisfactory answer and a greter purpose to what i m doing now. i guess many of us have the same doubts as me i suppose.

OKie i m done whining. haha i m fine la.. jus ramblings =) back to reality n work. Jiayou everyone out there! pharmers esp! we r noble ppl! haha

Hurray! JianWei has blogged! Ok i guess i have to honour my promise somehow.. I seriously dunno wad to blog already..cox there's really too much to say.

My hols! haha 3 wks into sch liao I stil blogging abt my hols. Yep I think i enjoyed my hols. Work at CMP was nice.. reasonable pay, nice office can msn, surf net, drink free flow of tea/coffee, nice food in tanjong pagar area, listen to 933 while working, trying to rem and make sense of the drugs stuff while flipping thru mims and surfing, rather stress free haha. Woun get scolded when u're late.. no one knows other than the receptionist who opens the door for us. lol=P But really grateful to get the job la

Xmas gathering with 77ers


Introduction of 大白 to zuee. I think now it is becoming 大黑. No doubt it is still our best friend and part of our daily activity and conversation. Ya moulting rite. polar bears moult.. Take care of him hor.


Xmas gathering with cathhigh kaki. Ooh I love peking duck. Yea we dun do turkey for xmas. we ducky. haha sounds wrong. but the rest of the dishes at 永春园 aren't exactly v nice.

Countdown at eastcoast with zuee. Hey the mini fireworks are not bad wort. The fireworks signals from the ships plus the sounding of horn are intersting. And no mad crowd at city area. Plus u get part 2 when the indonesian ships do theirs at 1am local time. Most importantly i'm spending it with u =)


Nite cycling with cathhigh. Prob nv eaten so much in my life b4.. esp at such unearthly hours.. Cycled from east coast to lao pat sat.. ooh satay club. the milo there is really a killer.. its damn freaking nice. But warning. I think is better not to watch how it was made. The amt of sugar/milk looked like it is wad u consume in a week? lol =P HAd chix wings, mee goreng, satay. Den proceeded to geylang for beef hor fun.. Owning Beef horfun damn nice.. oh i forgot there's durian too den we went yong he for dou jiang you tiao. FYI its no longer at lor9, shifted to the ulu lor 27A.. but much larger space tt is.



Zoo outing with zuee
Like finally.. it really feels good to revisit the zoo after so many donkey years and our fav animal prob had to be the polar bear.. They eat watermelons la.. like in one glup. haha damn cute. And the lions are like so sian even when its their feeding time.. moving so slowly to the pieces of meat tt go 'piak' when it hits their body..and they slowly stroll to the meat.. in contrast the baboons are like acting in a movie that plays non stop, running ard all the time. some old ones had 2 wives to help them pick out the fleas or insects.. so 恩爱lol.
Caught all the animal shows tt were available and some other feeding sessions. I think we really made our ticket very worthwhile lol=P





Also painted my room blue and white!(adj alternating colours)yay. Managed to meetup with pri sch frens and army frens too. Hmm thats abt all the stuff abt my hols ba..