Went to the NATAS travel fair yest with my parents.. There were so many Hokkaido banners everywhere la. And the 2 groups of ppl beside us were also booking japan tours. HAh but yea i am going to taiwan end of the year. No more hokkaido. haha sigh but ok la=)

Stayed over at rag on fri nite. Haha had a gd time fooling ard n crapping with the pharmers.

Cy:Watch me!!

Cp:Woah..

Some random rag photos..



Caught the last day of sg garden festival with dear. tho some of the flowers were apparently doing the jap bow liao but overall the designs and setup were stil quite pretty.

I'm back.. yea i shld get my ass back to rag but abit nua man. I miss japan!! Come to think of it, it wasn't exactly a impulsive decision. I've been wanting to visit daryl when i heard of his exchange but i din do anything abt it. It jus happens that i decide to grab this opportunity n tt it only took 1 afternoon to decide to go off the nxt morning=P Thanks cheow for dragging me to lucky plaza to check the flights availability n persistent persuasion n of course daryl for bringing us ard n planning the whole hokkaido thing. Its amazing how u can converse with the ppl there so well la.. prob would have been so lost without u. It was really a fantastic trip!!

In summary, I spent 2 nights in tokyo, then on to a 10 hr overnite bus ride up to amori, then 4 hr train ride to our 1st stop in hokkaido, hakodate(my fav place in the entire trip), spent 2 nites there, then took another 6 hr train up to Otaru, stayed for an afternn and took another 30 min train to finally reach Sapporo(capital of Hokkaido). Spent 2 nites in Sapporo and in btw we took a 3 hr bus to Furano(lavender farm) and finally flew back to tokyo on the last day on an amazingly fast 1.5 hr flight (consider the time spent on the buses n trains) But well the scenery thruout the rides were great, esp most parts of the railway were along the coast.

Really enjoyed the food, the ppl, the scenery and of cox the company. From the fast moving, vibrant city life, mad rush for squeezy trains and neon lights in tokyo to the romantic, slow-paced coastal sleepish coastal town of hakodate.

On our 1st day we met 2 Japanese who came to chit chat with us while eating ice cream. As one of the guy worked in sgpore b4, he could identify us with our le-la-lohs english. Most Japanese don not speak English anyway or somehow lack the confidence to speak. And later his other female fren treated us to drinks. Imgaine a stranger tresting 3 of us drinks after we barely knew each other n we jus chit chatted till late at nite. Haha how amazing rite.

Me at Asakusa Temple


Smoke from incense can drive away bad luck and bring blessings lol=p


Harajuku原宿！a gd place to observe fashion trends n shop!




The famous shibuya crossing


Rikkyu Uni, Daryl's Exchange Uni. So harry potterish.


Train ride along the coast


One of the retro restaurant at hakodate tt plays smoke gets in ur eyes when we ate the cabbage n egg n bcon pan fried thing.


The serene star shaped park in hakodate


Guess wad we are alllooking at


3 hrs of fireworks. think was some summer festival at hakodate


Fireworks from mt hakodate. it was actually jus a 300+m hill la. but the view was splendid.


The nice wide streets of hakodate


The fish market where we ate abalone,urchin,scallop sashimi, bbq giant crab leg,scallop and hokkaido icecream. Melon n macha flavour rocks.



The damn cute kids practising their drums for some festival


Otaru, acc to lonely planet its some venice of the east or japan.


Lots of european/russian influence in Otaru


My failed attempt for a fashion ad.


The community pharmacy in Otaru. Looks rather big.. and there were so many in 2 streets. Think i spotted like 10 pharmacies.



TV tower at Sapporo


Nightlights at Saporro


The men's service club. haha gosh



of course u will have the secretaries club. And its called soapland. like wow. lol


Our last indulgence b4 my 300 yen macdonalds dinner on the 2nd last day. lol

btw the mc pork was gd


Lavender farm at furano






Thanks cheow n daryl for such an amazing trip! =))

opps this time rd i m the one who pangsehed.. I m really sorry guys. Didn't mambo in the end after all, preparing to go to the airport instead. Ciao in a wks time=)

haven blogged for a while since preceptorship was over. dunno where to start liao. Have basically been going to sch for rag, partoring(getting ourselves injured in ecp haha oops=P),oh ya mayb more notably getting a new laptop=) Have to thank kenvin for printing out those co-op brochures, acc me down to funan to analyze those specs-prices/choose and even got a discount from his boss. Thanks bro.

Somehow the topic of charting our future, doing things now to boast our resume, finding out wad we want, how to earn the big bucks n not be a normal tom dick n harry singaporean out there on the street 10 yrs down the rd has nv failed to be in a major part of our discussion when the band of bros meetup these days. Admittedly i was feeling pretty sianz n tired of it alr n my face prob showed it when tw asked me twice why i look so sian like 心事重重. haz. I know its the pharmacy inferiority syndrome at work again but u know i cannot control it. I hate it when ppl ask me abt my internship pay when i meetup with other frens, i hate it when ppl give u the huh look when i say i work at guardian, i even went to the extent of lying tt i am not doing intern when i bumped into one of my jc accquant who is a high flyer in smu. Argh crap. I jus 过不了自己那一关. Can't convince myself sometimes tt pharmacy has its decent prospects. And prob my pharm gf n I has talked abt this for coutless time abt this issue n sometimes i thank her for pulling me back and letting me feel tt pharm is not tt sucky after all. well at least i love what i am studying, and i love the frens i have in pharm. i mean its jus the aft grad part rite. its jus my pay n prospect mah. haha shit. dunno la =P I shld jus enjoy my uni life now.

Prob not going anywhere overseas this hols. nvm can save money. going to mambo later. haha 1st time. like finally. yay.

Okie i'm back. Preceptorship is over! Damn fast 6 wks is up in a smoke. Phew~ And i realised tt I dun really like retail. Haha i dowan to start ranting.
In short, (I mean no offence to my peers who actually feel gd abt this attachment) I dowan to feel like a shopkeeper who have to know practically every trivial jiabalang pdt in the store and put up with the nonsense and abuse by unappreciative and unreasonable customers. Yes there are rare times when grateful ppl thank you for ur advice and help, but its like how rare do u get one of them, and to me, it is just not satisfying enough to endure all the other forms of shit encompassing this job. I've always wondered how my preceptor/pharmacists manage to tahan this job for so many years even though she's like complaining everyday. And I really cannot imagine myself in her footsteps nxt time.. Haiz.
Maybe i jus need to grow up and accept that every job is lydat, there's always shit to endure, be it hospital, industrial, blah.
Nonetheless, it was still a gd experience, learnt to apply wad we have learned, appreciated more of all the stuff we were forced to mug n memorise, and I'm certainly thankful for 2 gd preceptors that I had.

Funtime was really fun though we were starved. lol.I had to drag ppl to go newton to eat after that. Decoder's(a borad game cafe, the venue for the funtime) is really a gd place to throw parties and organise events. They will organise games and their forfeits are really one hell of a kind. Kelvin was being tickled by all the guys and raymond was kinda molested when he was the pole for ivan(the G chief preceptor) to do the pole dance. lol. the G batch 2 ppl shld make ivan dance again. damn qiang la. And kailun became some pervert with fetish for armpit hair. K la thats jus some of the events worth mentioning. lol.

Watched the hulk with dear. Watch only if gd effects and action is enough to make u like a movie, otherwise dun watch. haz.

I m going to burst. Haven felt so full for ages. Went to ate tung luk paramount buffet which was opp parkway. Hmm the food was not bad, of cox some dishes were so-so n weird but some were superb. 8 of us ate 5 whole fishes think it was tilapia steam n fried with chef's special sauce haha, 1 crispy chicken, think 10 big plates of sashimi, 2 pots of ostrich meat, beef brisket, 2 plates beef cubes, 1 pot of braised duck wings n fish maw(yum), scallops + celery, prawns, disappointing non-crispy peking duck, 2 plates of youtiao sotong, yam ring sweet n sour pork,2 big plates of veg, 3 plates of seafood mayo salad(prawn n scallop), herbal jelly, almond jellies, honeydew sago, redbean pancake yum!, icecrem puff and etc.

And so there goes abt 1/4 of my perceptorship pay. $42/pax. Sobz and burps.

My desk is slowly evolving into an exam state-like condition. I think i log in into micromedex like everyday, and steven pray, katzung, pharmaco n pharmpract notes all sprawling ard. N yea results are out. Hmm i think i am thankful for my results, i got the same exact grade combi as last sem, so there's no improvement from sem to sem but k la overall cap still increasing due to my cuiness in yr1 haha. And as expected my pharmanal was abit cui tiao cox i alr had no mood to study liao. only can blame myself for getting distracted n not pia all the way. was thankful tt i managed to scrap a B+ for changing tho my project only got B and still got deducted 2 marks for inproper referencing. so dumb. but yay no need to S/U~ Phew. Official halfway mark le. gosh.

Finally no more high sch musical soundtrack in the store. Power98 rox man! haha. BUt i dun think the promotion has ended yet jus tt prob everyone buay tahan so decided to stop playing it today.

Attachment starting to get abit routine, and I am starting to think that i do not wan to take this path in future. Ppl simply take u as Dr-know-all, 1stly they think tt u are a real doctor, they expect u to know everything in the store and do anything and everything u can to solve all sorts of problems they have, be it medical or nonsensical/common sensical problems they have. I feel like i m training to be a jiabalang expert. From adult diapers to all-sorts-of-tigerbalm-&-salonpas-&wadsoever to hair dye, derm, aiya basically eevrything tt the shop carries, of cox not mentioning abt all the little little things u have to remind customers(be it medical counselling pt or the-cashier-is-over-there or just listening to ah mas and ah peks airing their grievances abt anything under the sun like abt their daughter-in-laws or unfilial children to their lousy GPs or how exp their meds have been). Worse of all many are unappreciative and simply dun understand wad is ur role here for, in their perspective, they are like why-are-u-in-the-way-to-get-MY-medicine. I was trying to ask some v basic qns when this person wanted to get some ketotop plaster(a analgesic plaster) den this impatient person was like 这个是禁药ah? 不可以卖meh? Ppl jus dun understd tt we are jus there to ensure tt u guys use ur meds properly.
Yes, it is certainly a challenging job man, and i really respect my perceptor and my stand-in perceptor for the high level of patience/tolerance/knowledge they possess and for wad they are doing. I think its noble in a way, to be educators in every way, be it medicine related or lifestyle related and there's certainly alot to be learn from them, but somehow I cannot imagine myself doing this in future.

For now, ok la I dun really hate my attachment yet, there's still sth new to be learn everyday. And I am really thankful for very nice and generous perceptors/stand-in perceptors who are very kind and willing to share everything tt they know. I m glad tt i am spared from cashiering duties/housekeeping/give talk to pharm assistants abt minor ailemts which i have heard some of my fellow classmates are doing.

Ok now a mini update of wad I've been doing other then going to work everyday..

went to ubin on labour day..





It was jus so not ulu like last time. There were simply too many ppl this island shld contain. I mean too many ppl could be destructive to nature and the serenity of the place. mayb cox it coincided with some 大伯公 temple anniversary and vesak day. Tho initially there were some unhappiness, we managed to overcome it and enjoyed the day. Sorry dear was abit too un-understanding =P Saw many familiar scenes/brought back memories during my npcc and jc days. Saw crabbies(and unfortunately) ppl catching it at chek java. And we went at high tide. So dumb. But ok la still managed to see some crabbies, lots of mudskippers, all kinds of birds, and the huge monitor lizard which dear complained tt it doesn’t how to conduct itself as a lizard (tho I was like -_-|| but thinking back now I still think this comment is hilarious. Opps =X)

Caught Sgpore arts festival opening at boat quay too. But half of the time we din really understand wad it was abt. Some angel and devil fighting, den fairy godmother jump out.. den more fighting, more fireworks(which prob tt was wad the ppl there only cared abt) Maybe we were standing at the opp bank of the river(the vips were on the other) so couldn't really catch any balls. haha too arty farty for sgporeans to comprehend.





Went to xinyong's birthday celeb at amara sentosa resort. Wah tt place is wow. Awfully romantic, dreamy and luxurious. The > than king size and I dunno-wads-the-name of that kind of bed with a squarrish wooden frame with mosquito net over the entire bed. There's scv, and the range of shower pdts they have is like... lemongrass or lavender body lotion, shampoo shower bath, blah u name it they have it la. And the backyard with the outdoor jacuzzi. Wah heaven. Haha we 3 guys had a dip in it while the 2 remaining girls went to have their buffet breakfast in the morning. One thing tho the water wasn't hot enuff. Not as shiok as hot spring. ahah duh. And the 2 girls prob had a shock when they came back. Hey we have towels wrapped la. haha.




Lastly can someone teach me how to make a copy of dvd from another dvd. Tried nero but it didn't work mayb becox i only had one cd drive? Or itz jus becox it is protected?(haha chek u shld know why i m asking)