Birdie is still running

Moving blog

2010-01-02T14:02:00.001+08:00

New year, new blog

Fever

2009-06-05T23:13:00.002+08:00

On tues, the supposed shopping trip made a big turn to Geylang chili crab trip. Amazingly, none of us knew where the chili crab is. We practically walked from kallang MRT to Aljunied. Not along the MRT line, but within Geylang itself. It was quite an adventure. This is the first time I ventured into Geylang. And how right it is. Previously intended geylang-turn ugly trip was also because we took the wrong turn, solely due to my timidity to walk through the dark Lorongs of the red-light-district. The actual geylang is sort of a fusion of Malaysia - Thailand - Singapore; in quite a messy way. And one thing's for sure. There are many MEN in geylang. It's just eerie.
We ended up eating chili crab at a high class restaurant - No Signboard Restaurant. Their service was fantastic. One of the best I've received in Singapore. Food wise, above average but the price is well above average as well. I think I can find a better chili crab else where.

Came back that night, had diarrhea-like feeling, though my stools are pretty formed.

The next day, the throat got itchy. Tummy ache got better. To add on to the damage, I went to have Mac Spicy for dinner, even though my brain was screaming out loud to me that it will kill the throat. I started my dose of Danzen.

By thurs, throat is not well. Scratchy with mild pain. Took 2nd dose of Danzen. It's under control. Anyway I couldn't yield, maiden ACC-solo clinic starts at 2pm; and I couldn't afford to screw up and to disappoint Mother. Thank God ACC was a smooth sail, but reaching the last few patients, I remember telling the PSA I'm falling sick soon. Drank a lot of water; but it's not doing much good. That day, 3 patients came in complaining of sore throat. I told them, the weather is bad nowadays. Didn't want to tell them I'm falling sick myself too.

Right after ACC, I didn't want to go back to R1; maybe it's due to malaise or laziness. But I think it's the malaise. I went back, quietly sat down to dispense; made a few light smiles to those who welcome me back. But as I was dispensing, fingers started to grow cold and eventually the whole hand was chilled. I didn't feel well. By 558pm, 2 min before I'm supposed to knock off, borrowed KX's thermometer. It started from 34.5 -> 35.9 -> 36.5 -> 37 -> 37.1-------> 37.5! And finally it stopped!! My heart was pumping hard. But at least then I knew that I had fever.
I took me 5 minutes before I've decided to put on a mask. Showed Mr Yong the reading, he gave a very diplomatic answer. "Em, how are you feeling? Go home monitor ok? If still fever, it's good to see a doctor". And I guess I should get an MC and don't come to work if I'm sick.

Had claypot rice for dinner. Amazingly felt better after that. Maybe the nutrients re-charged my immunity. Felt sucky on the way back home though. Re-check temp at home - 37.6. On a different thermometer. Lazed around the whole night and watched some tv.

Happily went to sleep. Thinking that most likely I may have a day off tomorrow.

Woke up this morning. First time is to pop in the thermometer - even before brushing my teeth. It flew up fast, but plateuring at 37.1. Disappointed. Figuring out an excuse to skip work. But eventually gave way to the Right Thing. Dressed up nicely andwent for work. Mood was much better today. Probably I've fared through a fever. Jessica noticed the change as well. It was a good day.

Mr and Mrs Liang

2009-05-31T22:36:00.002+08:00

Finally started the University of Southern Indiana ACC course. It started off quite fun. With introductions posted. Mostly are nurses and pharmacists, and I think all of them are from America, except Su ching and me. Some are very experienced, with 20 years of practice. Woah...
It's just thrilling to be learning all people from other places, although as usual, I'll be quite quiet and don't contribute much to discussion board. At least I wrote a decent introduction of myself.

The course will last for 6 week. And every Monday will be deadline day, with a final exam at the end of the course. Really hope this course will improve my knowledge and make me a more competent ACC pharmacist like Mother.
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Fiona's Wedding was held yesterday - 30th May 2009 at Raffles Hotel.
Apparently it is also the day when she met Liang - her husband now.
The solemnisation ceremony was held at the lawn. It was beautiful. Fiona looked gorgeous, the bright red roses were just romantic and the whole setting was perfect... except the weather, which was hot and humid.

Fortunately for the Liangs, it only started drizzling after the whole ceremony and after eveyone had their chance of taking photo with the bride.
The wedding dinner was held exactly the same place as Julian's wedding a year ago. However, the feeling I had was utterly different. This is Fiona's wedding - one of the closest friend I had in SAJC; and now I was seated with the 61 people, some in whom I did not meet for years.
What's more fascinating was that the couple read out their personally written vow to each other and I was very touched by what Liang wrote - almost teared...

And the wedding dinner that I dream of was just displayed right in front of me. They did a rumba together, and with the gracefulness of Fiona and the hardwork Liang put in (10 lessons in 10 weeks, when they had only 3 months to prepare for the wedding), the dance was aweful!
Last but not least, right after the rumba, they opened up the dance floor. It was just beautiful. I was drooling staring at the dance floor - it started off with the newly-weds dancing, then more couples, young and old swayed in with the melody. It was a very pretty sight. Reminded me slighly of So Close. but this is afterall an Asian country, after the first song was over, people went back to their seats. Too bad Hann wasn't there.

To be honest, the wedding definitely made me feel like having one of my own soon. At the same place - the Lawn, but maybe with some good outdoor air-condition. and one thing's for sure, dance floor is a must.

Happy trip

2009-05-07T00:09:00.005+08:00

it's weird now to blog about Australia when we were back since 11th of April. but still the wonderful times we had there it should be documented. at least in a concise manner.

1st - 5th April : Melbourne
first day was sucky due to my stupidity of not sleeping on the SIA craft and spent the night watching movies. angry with myself for having a full dinner before stepping up and failed to finish 50% of the supper which i like it very much from the sight.
first impression of melbourne is that it is just another foreign caucasianic city. the first sight of southerncross station reminds me slightly of europe. cool dry air. black station and blur tourist.
made our way to Adam's cyber cafe (Hann's WOW friend) and it turns out to be a decent one. however no sofas no beds, something that i desperately wanted that time.
touring melbourne city lacking sleep and without much guidance wasnt' that fun. turns out we were walking in circles and the city wasn't that big afterall. reaching late noon we ran out of things to do and neither of us wants to move anymore. and here in the pic - we sat down on public foldable beach couches and chill out with some uncle, who seemed to know a lot about anwar, malaysia and it's oil.
the only good thing is the chinese restaurant we had dinner. it was pretty good for australian standards. and after that it's bad times again when we had to carry our bags and walked about 2km to enter to the students' hostel from the entrance of Monash. totally silly. this only happens overseas. they have no shuttle buses. at least their weather is cool.one of the wheel of my trolley took off and i just had an excuse to get a new trolley from Kathmandu the next day.

day 2: Chadstone
after a good night sleep cramping with 2 guys in a room, i was much happier the next day. though still not happy enough to make me take the trip out of the "suburb" to get to the city. Hann and I decided to had a chill out day at the shopping mall - Chadstone. Took a bus down and just spent the whole day looking at clothes, shoes and books. bought a pair of Aldo 70% off, a 17.50AUD black cotton dress and the Kathmandu bag. not bad indeed.

day 3: Market & almost-museum
the next day i have recharged enough and heading to town is no problem. we were so slow, we took our time and lazed around, prepared a long breakfast and don't know what else we did that we only reached there at 10plus. which is considered late for proper tourist. headed to Vic's Mart (coded from jia hwa) and we were lucky indeed. it is long opening hours today! Seems like it will be closed on Mon and Wed. and here we are on Fri! the indoor market is quite interesting. selling all kinds of cheese, spices, meat and foreign looking food. i didn't fancy them much as most of them had a funny smell to it. i was only interested in the pastries and we bought a piece of carrot cake and orange cake each. big slice for a cheap price, though it was oily as at the end of the paper wrapper went totally transparent when we came back.
One should visit Vic's Mart for one sole reason - their fruits. it's fresh, it's cheap. a bundle of grapes for 1 buck and a pack of strawberries (fresh and juicy) for 2 bucks (if u get 2, it's just 3AUD). and reaching 11am, mangoes going for 3AUD a DOZEN. yes a DOZEN.
nothing much fancy me there. one lucky thing. we picked up a 5AUD note. and had our tshirts priced at 2.50 each instead of 5.
museum was in mind but due to the rain. it was way too late to make the museum tour. so we sat outside the museum and told ourselves that yes we visited Melb museum.and when the rain stopped, an impromptu idea to book a day tour to the famour GOR trip for the next day.

day 4: the Great Ocean Road (GOR)
we woke up at 515. ready by 535. walked out into the cold woods within Monash campus by 545. to board the first bus leaving at 6am for main terminal. it was cool seriously. we were so cold, i have never imagined myself walking so fast at such hour of the day. no one is on the road. no one was in the campus. everything is dead. only the two of us, hearts were pumping hard so we won't miss the first bus that brings us out to town, so we don't miss our van that brings us to GOR.
I would recommend GOR to anyone going to Melb. just that if u're not very confident of maps and driving. it's best to follow a day-tour. small van of 20 people. it's quite decent. minimal waiting or weird company. we even get a bonus- handsome tour guide cum driver. who tried his best to explain the background of the sights of GOR.
i loved the first stop the most. the place where surfers meet for tournament apparently. it's a quiet site and u have to drive in through slopes and psuedo valleys to see it. the feeling that i get there. SERENE.
GOR towns are pleasant, small and modest. though they had in mind to create a miami. but they very different and i guess only those who yearn for some quietness and peace would enjoy that. personally I prefer Bondi.
Overall GOR is just a stretch of seaside which is very magnificent and beautiful. A self-drove tour is possible in the future.

day 5: Lygon, Crown & Dating
this day we moved out of Monash and it was me who pushed for the idea. first reason was for us to arrive on time to Avalon (a stupid airport situated far from Melb, if i have the money no Avalon for me), second to see the night life in melb city (not much), thirdly not to take the bus/train for 45min to reach my house. so we had a last min booking at YHA Metro and we got a BIG room for that night. so BIG that tze and hwa can sleep in.
ok, our plan to go the zoo was strongly objected by ME again. instead it was for the museum. but unfortunately, after searching high and low for YHA Metro, we were so spoilt that we played cards in the room for some time and it got even later. The girl who saved our Melb tour - Jia Hwa (JH) brought us to Lygon - little Italy in Melb, and I had great fun trying out all sort of food. It was very fun! Not so much of the place, but the company and the activity, that eventually the musuem was forgotten. at the end, we even visited Crown - the wellknown Casino in Melbourne. and this was my first time in a Casino. Funniest thing, Hann got checked his identity twice that day. Definitely an eye-opener. but we were lousy customers. spent only 1 AUD on a "tiger machine" and not a single cent on all the gambling tables. though i was tempted. but putting 10bucks in and having the possibility that it will be taken away in split seconds it's just not worth it.instead, we kids spent 15 bucks altogether at the arcade downstairs. and Hann almost hit the jackpot for Deal or No deal. remember, always pick the black woman.

day 6: to Sydney
.... to be continued

summary of my thoughts

2009-05-06T23:43:00.003+08:00

Looking back. life has been solemn and miserable for the past year. i shall skip the complaint as I know no one likes to hear that. Shall focus on the good things that came out of it.
a. I have grown. socially and mentally. in handling all sorts of people. in handling a bad situation. I still do get tacky cases now and then. but i'm definitely better now.
b. I've known a group of wonderful people. we had became best of friends. mostly through complaining and bitching about others. well naturally. but one thing to emphasize. the thing i cherish most is the support; the understanding and the sincerity. hope we will be fantastic colleagues together now.

Now.... I'm starting new as a pharmacist. this is a late blog. officially i am a pharmacist since the 23rd of march. but i was not excited nor happy then. i just felt weird that now i'm in the team. and i have no one to fall back on. phone calls it's all alone. checking is up to u. and oh well, nothing much really change. just that now you're expected to act like a professional. overnight.
and never can i say the sentence." I am just a pre-reg"

now i'm happy... my pay had a real boost. and with this i can see the world. i can have more freedom. indeed money can't get everything. cliche. but now i have time to invite friends for tea. it's wonderful. friends for thai dinner. lovely. and 404 coming back to the west. reunited. for a drink.

just a sad thing to blog about today. Hann started HOship and by third day he is tired like mad and snoring away the minute he laid down. my heart aches for that. got scolding as well. reminds me a bit of pre-reg but i got a feeling his is much worse. now i know. don't anyhow call doctors. esp HOs. their life is tough. and shitty.
hope he will grow stronger from this and draw strength from the Holy Spirit. may God grant him wisdom.

Back for good

2009-05-06T23:38:00.001+08:00

I'm no longer a pre-reg. A dog's life is OVER! And I'm currently a PHARMACIST!

And I love this indeed.
Will change the backdrop to celebrate it

2009-03-10T01:32:00.000+08:00

One week to the end of this insanity and 2 weeks till the end of pre-reg.

I'm very very tired.
I need a break.

Random memories

2009-02-16T00:06:00.002+08:00

We've counted the pages. Around 700 altogether. With only 7 days left, that makes it 100 pages a day. To study for 10 hours (if that's even feasible), will be about 10 pages per hour, 10 hours a day for the next 7 days.
................................................let's pray for a miracle.

Today's run was substituted with a swim, thanks to the awful weather and a slight haze hanging around the air. The temperature seemed to have rose quite a bit for the past 3 days, wave goodbye to the days when the fan is left un-on. The "drought" is slowing creeping in, and I don't like it at all.

Valentine's day has just passed and it would do no justice to my blog if I don't mention a bit about it.
This is the first Valentine's Day that I've actually did some planning. Both of us weren't in the mood. MBBS at the corner for him, and as for me, it's blah blah blah, I don't even want to talk about it. But after giving in some thoughts and had a pretty boring V-day eve, I've decided to put in some initiative and effort. I guess we can take turns. Since he will be out the whole day for MBBS revision lecture, I've decided to go Vivo to shop for a good V-day present and maybe a V-day lovey cake. A Parker pen has always been on my mind, and since he'll be a real doctor soon, maybe a nice little Parker pen will be good. And if they carved his name on it, that'll be even better! Maybe if he is to lost it, some good person will pass it back to him.
So, a Parker pen was bought. A real one, made in France. Apparently they have cheaper ones, just that it's made in China, and from my 5min evaluation, it's definitely heavier than the French-made one. And after the Parker (that only took me 10 min), decided to pop by Baker's Inn and get a lovely white Valentine cake to spice up the day. And within 30min, I'm out of Vivo and on my way back.
To keep it short, he was pretty surprised by how "dua zhong" I've made the day. That's not usually my practice, but surprises are good. And we headed out for dinner - a cheap 5 dollar beef noodle at Kopitiam. We have made a vow not to have anymore expensive meals from now till Australia, that will be for about 1.5 months. So any cheap food with decent taste will do us good.

Board exams on the 23rd. Taking Monday and Friday off. Finally I can get some rest, and some work done, I hope.

Some updates

2009-02-10T22:09:00.002+08:00

I know, it has been a long time. Life has been busy. Even when I have the time, blogging to me is last priority. Partly because I'm living with a person in whom I can freely share all my thoughts and a day's work with, making it unnecessary to repeat most of it here.

However, I've decided to blog about some small matters here.
I've finally updated my BNF from version 52 to 56. Green apple color. Thanks to Champ! Without me going to choicetext myself, I have saved at least $2. Now I have no other excuses to fail the board exams. With the brand new dazzling looking book, hopefully I will renew my passion for mugging.

I just boiled ABC soup yesterday. With the hectic nature of life, cooking has been a form of recreation for me.

Counting down 41 days before pre-reg ends - Melbourne here I come!!!

2008-11-27T23:44:00.002+08:00

This is the life of a pre-regger

6 h - sleep
2 h - breakfast, lunch, dinner, self-care (bathing...)
1 h - traveling back and forth from hospital
15 h - clark case, ward checks, run errands, dispensing, study, do project, study, do project......
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Total: 24 h

When do I get time to blog?

Perseverance

2008-10-08T00:05:00.002+08:00

There were many happy moments for the past months. Most of these happy moments are gatherings with friends and buddies.

But sad to say, I'd more incline to blogging when there are unhappy moments, like today.

Today is my worst day at work. Everything screws up! It's a downward spiral. I cried a full bucket of tears, separated in 3 instances.
I may be reading things too deep. Maybe so, maybe not.

The greatest encouragement comes from Serene, on the day before my worst day (to date). Romans 5: 3-5
"And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; 4 and perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us."

peri-pre-reg emotions

2008-09-24T19:27:00.001+08:00

Yesterday was the first time I ever contemplated quitting the profession. I guess it has been a lousy day. As what thunder said, it is always multi-factorial.
Work is vastly different from school. And if I tend to compare it with school, he/she is bound for depression.
For now, I just hope to adjust mentally to this new phase of life, to embrace it, rather than to run away from it. Bad days are a norm, just hope that the next day will be a better day.

Today is a much better day definitely. Not a very eventful day, but it's definitely a better day.
Nonetheless, it was relatively more emotional one, as it's my last day at R1, which supposed to be one of the best place in NUH.
Now as I'm continuing my journey, just hope that other places will be better.

I can dance, I can jive

2008-09-21T17:00:00.004+08:00

I used to hate Mama-Mia so much as I feel their songs are just passe and oldies. However, gradually as I grew "older and more matured", I start to like their song. Every pieces of them!
I have been listening to some of their famous songs all these while - Thank you for the music, dancing queen, Mama-Mia, Winner takes it all, I have a dream..., even though I have never watch the broadway or read about the synopsis.
So when I went to watch the latest Mama-Mia movie yesterday, I have no idea what I'm going to get except for some great Mama-Mia songs.

It started out rather peculiar, it's always like that for me for a musical-based. You're just not used to people started singing half-way talking in the cinema, rather different as compared to a Braodway. It got rather funny in the middle when the characters started rolling in. The part when the girls re-united reminded me of Stef and Lily. That was like 8 years ago, when we were really 16 going to 17!
Overall, it was a fun show, though some may get rather disappointed if you are to compare to real Broadway. It's just different. The place where they made the show was fantastic, apparently is somewhere in Greece! (see! I really really want to go Greece!!!)
The show would be somewhat a success if Pierce Brosnan is to sing much much less. He really cannot sing (everytime before he starts singing, I'll breathe in a deep breath to prevent myself from laughing, it almost reminded me of the Phantom in the last movie of Phantom of the Opera).

Weekends are good, especially after working for 13 days non-stop... even though the pile of work is just decreasing in an intolerable pace, you get to sleep just slightly more and not to be in the hospital.

Listening to the sound track now just make me feel like dancing.... Indeed I can dance and I can jive, just want to have a time of my life!

2008-09-14T22:43:00.001+08:00

Birdie has stopped running for some time.
Birdie feels that at times she's gasping for air and ..... time.

Birdie wants to take leave.

Malaysia my home

2008-09-07T21:27:00.002+08:00

My second trip back to Malaysia in a period of 2 weeks time. All these traveling are meant for a purpose - changes I've made to counter my attitude of laziness and selfishness.

The first trip was for mom's parotid lump resection. The trip was an awesome one. Apart from family reunion with dad, mom, sis, grandma and aunts, it was also a time of rest. I slept so much that mom started screaming this," Am I the sick one or you're the one who is sick?"!!! LOL
I've actually slept throughout the first day of my arrival, periodically on the special couch that my sis said to have been cursed by the slumber spell. But thank God for the rest, the word re-charge can really be used on the follow week where work was resumed.
Praise to God especially for mom's speedy recovery and the clear biopsy. It turned out that the lump is solely inflammation based, nothing to do with cell hyperplasia.

The second trip was to Penang, to visit Hwachin. Hann could make it along, thus visited Aunty Yong and Uncle as well. It was a pity that the trip was so short. I only managed to eat Char Kuey Tiao, Ice Kacang, Cendol and Nasi Lemak (it was fantastic). Penang is definitely a pleasant island, with fast-pace modernisation. Just that the roads are a little tiny and thus congested at times.
I have also finally visited Hollywood Tailor which is owned by HC's dad. It is a big house! HC has slimmed down quite a bit and looked not as energetic as before. However, I still can see the hope and shine through her eyes. My dearest friend, you will always be in my prayer and I know that you will be strong to win this battle!!!

Malaysia will always be my home, where my family are and where I can truly find rest and refuge.

pre-reg (life)

2008-08-19T23:28:00.003+08:00

In the (life) of a pre-reg, work is just like a water-fall, depending on how you perceived it. Many times, there are no solid datelines, its just a prompt inside you, and you know that this is supposed to be done like yesterday, 2 weeks ago, a month ago, or it's way too late now.
At times when you decided to take a breather somewhere away from this insanity, an avalanche will welcome you as you return.

How fantastic and exciting (life) can be for a pre-regger!

It's good that I'll be leaving this for the next 2 days. Bravo Gladys!

come and go

2008-08-07T22:44:00.003+08:00

The week has been one of the craziest! Sleeping barely 6 hours since Monday! Rushing from Journal Club to Drug Review to Adverse Drug Reporting.
Heart beat has been racing way too fast, and way too long...
*I'm really busy you know!.... Drawing sessions are just to make life a little better, to minimize the chance of me going to IMH in the near future!!!

One thing I start to realize as I grow older.
I used to say that they cram a year's module into 3 months in University.
Now in work, they give me crazy stuffs to do periodically (every week)....
Things get faster as one grow older, no wonder we feel that days and weeks go past faster and faster as we age....
One thing's for sure.
It will not slow down... Unless you deliberately make it so.
Maybe you can take a day off from work and take a walk in the Botanical Gardens.
or....
apply for a week's leave and go to a beach to chill (not Sentosa!)
alternatively....
you can fly off to Vietnam and admire the paddy fields.
and if I can afford...
I would like to fly to Greece
lie beside the Aegean Sea
and watch the clouds go by.

2008-08-05T00:32:00.000+08:00

Journal club presentation is stressing me out.
They are just humans, they are not aliens, they are not super-man, neither are they super-women.

Breathe...Breathe...breathe....
You can do it!
20 minutes, and it'll be all over!

Hann can paint, so can I

2008-08-02T21:43:00.007+08:00

Singapore is a small island. The things that one can do is limited.
Last weekend, I've finally came up with the brilliant idea, may also be due to the influence of Issac Mendez...
We got ourselves the materials, they were definitely not cheap.

He made most of the decisions, since I know nuts about it.
And in the midst of busy-ness, time is taken out and it was done...

The technique this week is called blending...
This is the initial stage of the picture...

You can see who is concentrating Si fu... and who's not... ..

Taaaa daaaaa.. And I got to take a picture with it. I would say I contributed 40% in terms of work, 5% in terms of ideas.

Anyone interested to buy? Bidding starts tonight...

Short notes

2008-08-02T14:53:00.002+08:00

A swim at the pool
2 fresh pratas
sugarcane to quench the thirst
What else could you ask for but more of these on a pleasant Saturday morning?

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I've got Sunday duty tomorrow morning.
Journal Club on Tues.

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What a contrast!

Happy Bird-day

2008-08-01T21:07:00.003+08:00

Happy birthday to me! 24 years old. I'm truly truly an adult, no turning back!

This birthday has been quite a special one I should say. It's like a new beginning, a new phase...

The surprise came on 30th evening 5.50pm, when I was doing the Exforge review at high momentum. I saw the pre-reggers shuffling into office, and I was like actually quite apathetic, all I want is just to get the work done. After I turned my head back to the screen, "Happy Birthday to you... Happy birthday to you..." Then I got really stunned and seriously I was slightly speechless at that moment. And not to mention, blushing is the normal routine.
The pre-reggers brought in a cake and the early celebration really turned out to be a pleasant surprise!

That evening, I've decided to walk home from UCC. The day that I've decided to walk back, the traffic is just so smooth. Can you imagine, you can stuck in a road less than 500m for 25 minutes when normally only require 1 minutes to drive past. Tsk tsk tsk...
Anyway, back to more surprises!
When I reached home, dinner was prepared for me! Apparently John and JK came along too and we had a mini birthday celebration in the comfort of our home.
The mudcake prepared by Grace was absolutely delicious, and seriously I was really touched.

The actual day itself was just wonderful - messages were flooding in throughout the day, love messages just keep you going no matter how stressful work can be!
*So do send your friends some love notes during work, and that will really boost them up!

24th Birthday seemed to serve as a kick-start to a new beginning... And I hope that it's going to be an exciting and meaningful journey up next!
Thanks to everyone who had made this day truly special to me.

Birdie runs

2008-07-29T21:35:00.002+08:00

Running has been resumed and currently seems like it's a 2.5 k route. Too short... too short.
There this river side run at the back of our neighbourhood, the same place that I once ran with swei, think it was the continuation from Ghim Moh or something.

Sunday evening is the best time to run I would say. The crowd will be there and definitely makes running merrier.

I wonder when the 10k is going to be a breeze.

High life

2008-07-27T00:34:00.003+08:00

I've decided to resume Heroes after realizing how stressful the week has been and life should never be only work and just work alone.
Currently I'm at episode 21 and the bomb is still not here yet. The story is a little far fetch I should say. How can there be so many heroes aka "mutants with special powers" in the world?
Nevertheless, heroes has been enjoyable indeed...

Today's PSS CE is at IMH and I've finally get to know how Yinshan feels every day traveling from Serangoon to NUH. My journey from Clementi to Sengkang has been insanely long! It's more than 1 hours solely traveling time, with 2 bus transits and switching from green line to purple line!
Never, never I'll stay so near from my workplace! Never!

Pharmacy DND is finally here. I wasn't really keen about DND, partly pre-reg has really taken a toll on my life, and all I want are free weekends when I can take afternoon naps and do things that I don't get to do on weekdays. However, I've decided that since I've pay for DND and I'm sure to go, I shall build up some excitement for it. Anyway, the venue at upper club CHIJMS just make it more appealing as compared to some conventional hotels.
Overall it has been a cozy night with all the Pharmers. The highlight is definitely the "sa-bor" for pageant, and thanks to Li wei's enthusiasm in the balloon game, we got to dance (yes, I've got my wish of dancing in a DND) - just the two of us- in front of everyone, bollywood songs and some titanic theme song. And our tools- toilet brush and floor cleaner, has been really entertaining to the crowd.
Well, I was actually glad that the night hasn't been what I've expected and I've really had fun!

Stars gazing

2008-07-24T22:43:00.003+08:00

I've decided to listen to some songs tonight and realized how music can heal one's soul.

And I come to listen to this song 我可以陪你去看星星。。。 then suddenly I missed 404 girls very much....
I miss our crazy house, the room KTV sessions and the Bailey and Vodka parties!

Sob........ there will be no stars here in Singapore....

To err is human

2008-07-23T00:18:00.002+08:00

I first come to know the term to err is human during pharmacotherapy lessons back in year 3. Initially I have no idea what is this about. Is there a spelling error? How to pronounce the err word? eel? Ee? er???
Then later I've learnt that what it means is that everyone makes mistakes, no one is perfect. And it's closely link to our profession which is highly proned to medication errors. Med error is a very broad term which includes strength error, dose error, route error, patient error, disease error, the long list continues.

However, the whole purpose of this post is not to talk about Med error...
The phrase to err is human does not stand alone. It is not finished.
The complete one is actually
To err is human, to forgive divine.

See! How beautiful....

The healthcare propaganda was biased. Only half the picture was revealed.

Appetizer before the Entree

2008-07-20T21:10:00.004+08:00

I'm quite pleased with my new blogskin. It's just simple, purely reflecting what I'm feeling now. Since working I don't ask much, all I want is just simple pleasures in life, such as a weekend off, a date with my boyfriend, a meet up with an old friend. Such things don't come easy after you step into the working world.
Yesterday was the only Saturday that I'll be off for the next few months, except for maybe National Day which happily falls on a Saturday. I wonder we'll get a day-off on the following Monday.

Something about the healthcare system, every day there will be business. Our manager asked us this question, " Do you know what are we fighting against?"
I was thinking, are we fighting against the doctors? ....
His answer was...." We are fighting against DISEASES!"
As long as there are diseases, we can never run out of job.
We almost fell off the chair that very moment.
Our manager is a very interesting man, but that's another story I shall blog about another day.

This very afternoon I just witnessed a ceremony right below our flat. It's like the Chinese version of Deepavali where there will be kawadis, people poking themselves through the mouth or skin with long spears and dancing away. Just that it's all chinese, none Indians. They were so loud that many people actually stepped out of their houses and peered downstairs, which includes me. Champ got up because of it as well, and he was shaking his head saying.."tsk tsk... spiritual warfare man..."
Apparently, he said it seems like it's the 7th month thing, where the gate of hell is opened. There was a whole gang of people, right behind this small parade of "kawadis".
I actually find the whole thing rather interesting, but yet to know that it's all false belief just makes me feel how ignorant these people are.

I miss 404. It has no car park, it's far away from the main road, it's filled with elderlies. But it doesn't really matter, because of all these, it's a very peaceful and quiet neighbourhood. Now that it's gone, I miss the atmosphere. And I guess the noisiest thing around there is 02-160!

2008-07-19T15:15:00.001+08:00

I'll be making a comeback soon.

No matter how crazy pre-reg is...
Life is more than just that.

Back from all over the world

2008-06-07T11:59:00.003+08:00

I'm finally back and I know it's bad of me to abandon my blog for such a long time! The days after graduation has been crazily packed and exciting! And I've got so much to say but... Didn't bring my laptop during my traveling thus making it less convenient to blog.

I promise I'll be updating you guys about my Bangkok and America trip! Back at home now, and still no internet. Haha!! Check out facebook for NYC photos!

Happy holiday peeps! Work starting 16th June!
*Yes regina escobar It's me!

2008-05-07T09:31:00.001+08:00

Everything will end in less than 6 hours time....

Wed 3pm come fast

2008-05-06T00:42:00.003+08:00

One last paper to go. One more day to Wednesday. Can't wait till the moment is here! Just come! Take it away from me! I want my holiday!!!
The scariest thing, almost every slide that I'm reading I'll have Bangkok at the back of my mind. That comes first before US, guess the cerebellar can't really handle so much excitement! One by one....

Planning up a post-university-drink-till-you're-drunk party at 404 this Wed night. In the midst of the drinking Malibu and Vodka (2 flavors), there will also be Karaoke session, "boy-band" performances and not forgetting stay-home clubbing!!! Haha...saves money and no worries if anyone gets drunk and starts to do stupid things, vomiting is not a problem too, most importantly clean it the next morning!
...............
Oh well, I still needa study...for DFD.... Stay focus....
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I was reading the new through channelnewsasia.com. It's scary to know how the casualties sky-rocketed through the night from the cyclone that hit Myanmar. from 200-300-4000-and now 10,000. 2008 is really not a very good year for Myanmar I should say.

Heatwave

2008-05-03T19:20:00.004+08:00

Heatwave is here once again. This reminded me of the previous years when we used to know that 1st semester reading week is "winter" while 2nd semester reading week would be like drought. This academic year "winter" didn't really arrive but yet drought was doubled the intensity from what I remember.
Bad bad bad weather...! Horrible!!!

2 papers are done for now. Pharmacotherapy was quite demoralizing while Natural Products was alright. Just hope that they'll turn out fine. This wed will be the final paper for our final semester in NUS pharmacy school. Have been mugging in the library all by myself, partly to shield myself from the crazy heatwave, partly to rekindle my old bond with the Bibliothek before I leave school for real this time. It's true that I will still be visiting libraries in the future, as can foresee that our work will be continuous learning till you retire!!

Went and watched Iron Man just now. Although my eyes were swollen from having only 4 hours of sleep last night, not due to studying, but due to insomnia. It totally sucks ok!!... I mean the insomnia. On the other hand, Iron Man was totally fantastic! Rotten tomatoes gave it a rating of over 85%!!! Yes it's worth 85% indeed!!! For those who have been liberated, go watch it! It's really worth your money! I can't believe something about metal can turned out to be so COOLLLLL............!!! And the main character is hilarious and handsome too!!!
Hahaha....

Before I end, go check out Ryan Higa on youtube. His videos are addictive and has great entertainment value during this exam season.

No title

2008-04-23T23:24:00.003+08:00

After mourning for half a day over the housing issue and sat down to plan my budget around my meagre pay, the good news finally came the next evening.
Got a message from Hui Ting right before the gathering YEAR4FUN, and I got totally high! Jumping around the girls' room and the mood was instantly uplifted! Amazing to see how money can do to me... scary at the same time.
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Went and view a unit at Dover which is strategically located right opposite NUH. It's located at a 7th floor which is my favourite number, but the place was awful! Hideous!... It's like worse than the previous Tiong Bahru unit we saw one year ago! Straight away I called Champ and asked him to "patah balik" no need to come and waste his time. Hann and I synornymously give that negative look. The Indians who went there were so desperate and said "oh, we would like to take the place. When can we sign the contract..."... Oh as if we're going to fight with him! Chey! We don't even want it and can't wait to get out of the place! Yucks!

And now just trusting in God that He will provide, just like how He has kindly made the housing allowance available for us.
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Final semester of postgraduate exams. Felt weird and don't really feel like studying! Once in a while, I'll steal a moment and daydream about the 7th of May, when I'll truly turn into a bird, when I can fly up north to Bangkok and have Thai massage and see the Grand Palace where King Chulalongkorn stayed. And after that, I'll fly my furthest journey to the Big Apple and to see my prince at Disneyland!!! Wahahahhahaa....*drooling*

*Snap back!.... study.... all the best everyone!

talking about ethics

2008-04-21T11:54:00.003+08:00

Just called the HR of NUH. It seems like there will not be allowance given to us. It's just so saddening.
Should we fight for it? Previously, when KJV mentioned that some other institutions pay $1750, they reacted so dramatically, saying that that shouldn't be the case and it's unethical. So this time, when other institutions are paying $300-350/month housing allowance, which will make up a total of at least $2K salary, isn't that even more unethical? Gradually even before I start working, I tend to realize that NUH does not have very good welfare for their workers. Sigh...

How am I going to survive? I know with the current expenses of about $500/month, and when I'm paid more than triple, definitely CAN SURVive.... But there will be no savings, no investment, and how about allowance given to parents?

O God, please help me to give thanks and be contented.

How to let milo go

2008-04-15T00:20:00.004+08:00

My love for food has to be curbed due to a recent unpredictable bad news. It's very depressing when you have to look at the nutritional information at the back of a can or packet before you threw them into your mouth, or spread them on a piece of bread. When I see the content to be zero! I let out a big relieve. At least one less elimination.

Tonight, I had craving for a cup of milo. It's just a cup of milo, maybe with a small tea spoon of condensed milk with it. And yet, there's much to think about. It seems that the production of it is during the night. So logically if I am to consume more of it at night, it may lead to higher production. Does that mean that no more supper for me?

It's sad. Seriously. But this is nothing as compared to many other trials in life.
The mind is powerful. I was telling myself, you've had your dinner, and you've eaten a huge big one-dollar worth pear from Cold storage... your stomach should be occupied and you're not hungry or in need of food. I just have to fight the craving.
It was a struggle for 5 minutes, when the taste of milo lingers in my mouth (stop thinking!). But after that very 5 minutes, I realized that I'm not that hungry afterall. And that I should just sleep and I'll wake up to a better tomorrow...
And hopefully.... in months to come, good news shall be heard.

flower power back in action

2008-04-09T21:12:00.004+08:00

5th April, Saturday - Flower power reunion for steamboat at Golden Mile Complex! It was awesome! We had delicious chicken rice with juicy chicken meat. Steamboat was just nice too, and all we paid was just less than 11 bucks per person! Cheap!!! After the steamboat, we went over and had Hawker centre chocolate fondue, yes! Hawker centre and we paid like 2 bucks per person for the fondue which turned out amazingly pleasant for hawker centre standards. (From left: TH's left hand, Seok, Synyin, Yeelian and me; Sharon taking the pic, and serene still on the way)

The reunion has been very homely. Yup, no other word to use but that. It was really quite nostalgic especially when I think back about the days of flower power back at Level 5.
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Finally all CAs are over! In less than a month's time, we'll be leaving NUS, and that will also mark the end of our undergraduate phase of life. It's quite scary thinking how fast these 4 years past. Most of the time, it passed by without much pondering and reflection, partly due to the hectic life that NUS has given us. For now, it's a mixed of feelings, I can't really tell whether I'm happy, sad, relieved or heavy-hearted. It's something like affective flattening.

Re-surfacing with more excitements!

2008-03-31T23:15:00.016+08:00

Finally...finally.... Some sort of normalcy is resumed in life.

It has been horrendous for the past few weeks. Projects, assignments, CAs, counseling sessions, Lab tests, FYP oral defence, FYP posters etc..!!! Bottom line is that Pharm Dept in NUS is inhumane!!! Inhumane!!! They just have to prove to us right before we graduate that it's not a myth and it's the truth that getting a degree is no easy task!
Anyway, it's great that it's over! FYP is over!!! I'm so so so happy!!! Tonight is one of the longest time that I can sit in front of my comp to blog with Corrine May on the stereo. Though at the back of my mind... there's still Schizo CA etc, anyway, shall leave them aside for now. I need

some time to breathe.....

Something worth blogging... I fell sick. Haha...
On the eve of FYP, I was feeling rather nervous and hot, but we insisted it was the weather. On Saturday morning, waking up with muscle aches and I thought must be the bed and my nerves. As I was preparing for the presentation, it was awful, my stomach was unwell, and I blamed it on the NERVES again. you know how it feels when you're nervous, I always have that before i go for my piano exams... feels like shitting... Haha... So, the whole morning, hoping for FYP to come soon and get over with it!
The presentation was decent I should say, though the QnA wasn't managed that well. As usual, CLW intimidated me with her eyes of skepticism, sigh! 3rd time, I still can't conquer her! Anyway, overall it was fine I should say. Ok back to my sick story.
After it's all over, the malaise and GI upset were still there and I suspected that it wasn't the nerves at all!.... Went to Hann's place and very soon realized I was down with fever and body aches. I felt like I'm floating... I don't usually get fever, so when I get it, weirdly I do feel quite excited at it. Haha. The next day, after popping 2 panadols, malaise and fever were gone, but here comes watery diarrhea, it's the worst I've ever gotten! And i felt anorexic too! If this persist, I'm sure to lose weight.
Anyway, I guess it's viral, and hope it'll be less than 7 days.
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Ok now with more fun stuffs! Thanks to Sanmin for introducing me this crazy site! And this is what I get out of it.
For those who got involved, don't be angry k? My blog isn't that famous..

This was the first portrait. Haha. KY thought we got into front cover of Mag! Only realizing later that there's one online with the exact same template!

To acknowledge the one who showed me this crazy website - SM. Christmas 2 years ago!! (did we grow older or younger??)

This was the 2nd one. Hann & me (Xmas'07) Know it's lame, and have no idea why the patho book is at the corner.

Serene...This is dedicated to you! Haha... Hot babes on front cover!

Oh ya, my roommate. Read the small print- Peer into the life of one of the richest people on the planet.!!!(Dream come true)
The good old days when we were once poor and enjoy biking and dancing. (as if...)

The eton gang is famous too!

They truly love each other, see how happy they are! DO look at what's on Champ's head.

Even Peep is famous too!!
It's no surprise that Weiyee is on one of it too!

Lastly, Pharmacists are Hot! Especially pharmacy final years!

* Seems like I'm really free right... Haha! Just wanted to do some silly things. As for the moron photos, I'll save it for my own pleasure.. Haha...

Proper??

2008-03-09T23:28:00.002+08:00

I thought this weekend finally will be a "proper weekend". The word proper refers to something which is complete, wholesome, supposed to be... I thought it will be PROPER on friday night. But at the end of Sunday, I'm asking myself, What happens to Sabbath day? Isn't it supposed to be the day of rest? I'm just asking for a day, not a weekend... But yet...

This is one of the rare weekends that I've stayed at home the most hours. Besides going for lunch at Cozy corner on Sat, Sunday church and Sunday MacD dinner, I've been at home, working on projects most of the time. I have to admit I did spend some time watching David Archuleta on Youtube, but that was minimal.

This is really the pathetic life of a final year student.
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One wonderful thing did happen this weekend. Tamara Winslow came to our church. She was amazing. She's not only a brilliant preacher, she is also a teacher, composer and she is a gifted singer. When she sings, her songs really moved our heart...
It was truly wonderful.
Will hunt down her music recording!

A must-blog

2008-02-29T21:24:00.002+08:00

3 in 1 - 3 interviews in 1 day!

The SGH experience
My plans were all screwed before I arrived at SGH. Firstly, instead of waking up at 720am, I woke up at 740am. Instead of wearing the skirt I planned to wear, I felt that it was rather loose in the morning and decided to wear the UNIRONED A-line skirt (don't forget I already woke up late), and lastly, 197 bus zoomed past right in front of me and I have to take the alternative more TIME-CONSUMING route!
And when I have finally arrived at Outram Park station, it was 850am. Walked towards HSA, 855am.... Saw block 8... and thinking I was not that bad afterall, since block 8 is not located at some ulu faraway land. And guess what, I can't find the entrance after circling round the building! And at the very moment, I just feel like fainting off and die!
My inner self has been strong, "Don't give up... Think...think..." and decided to go back to the other side and took the lift up, although the uncle there kept insisting "这里没有Office 的！"...
And finally at 9.02am! I have arrived at the Pharmacy Office of SGH!!! Sweating profusely.... But extremely relieved that I'm there and there was a delay.
Fortunately, once I entered the interview room, things did turn out to be what I've expected. They asked me every single details in my resume, pharmtherapy questions in which I answered everything correctly since I've mugged on my "favourite topic" the night before, and I should say that I was happy after it all ended.

TTSH
TT is a very impressive place. It doesn't look like a hospital at all, more like a shopping mall, and it's so HUGEEEE!!! And they have escalators in the building!!! The interview was a breeze since SGH is conquered. At the end, I wasn't selected. I think it may be because they know that I wasn't that sincere or the final "uncompleted" task that I've mismanaged.

On the way back to school, SGH called and offered. I felt rather honored and relieved.

NUH
At the end of the day, here comes the final and the most important interview for me. After going through the first two, I wasn't nervous anymore. NUH interviewers are the most friendly and relaxed. However, they did ask some mind boggling questions, in which I think I did manage to answer fine. Half way through, Sook wei actually flipped through my resume and showed it to the man- interviewer, and they both gave out a giggle. Apparently, he was quite amused with me being a conductor, saying," Oh... We have a team of singers already, just lacking a conductor... Maybe you can do the job!"

By Friday morning, Masiah called and offered the good news. And NUH is chosen.
NUH will not be easy, though it may look relatively friendlier than SGH. We shall see in 3 months time! At least there's Jess, Hua pei and David! =)

Too busy

2008-02-26T18:08:00.001+08:00

This is the longest time I've stopped blogging for birdieruns - 26 days.

Have been the busiest period of my life.

FYP...
CA....
Assignments....
Job applications...
Job interviews...

Will update when I have the time to breathe...
All the best to all my friends too!!!
Thanks for your support

Eton Gathering 2008

2008-01-30T10:01:00.000+08:00

Eton hall has its reunion once again and it seems like this might be the last reunion before we enter the workplace. Sigh....
The momentum wasn't there initially as it was already 9pm when everyone met. TP came too and she dressed so nice and lady-like. It has been so long since we catched up with her and I think innately she doesn't change much... Haha...
The renovation at west coast park is finally over! The barriers are taken away, and now we can finally see the sea.... with tall petroluem plants and other many other industrial factories covering up the skyline. Well, this is Singapore, be glad you're standing at the seashore and life seemed to still down a little.
The birthday celebration was awesome! The guys had their share of sabor'ing Champ with whipcream, though he was smart to target the whipcream and eventually spoilt the tip within 2 minutes; as for the girls, we had a good time laughing and getting out of the way before we were being pulled into the game. The highlight of the night were the sparkles. JK and YL bought 2 huge packs of multicolored sparkles, there's so much to be disposed of... Haha... Initially 4D numbers were formed, but eventually we managed to form each one of our names, TP, Ying, JK!, Glady"s", Lian, Champ and John!!!
The night ended with some Indian Poker and John's favourite game- "Truth or Truth"...Nothing but the truth. The night ended so meaningfully as many people actually shared their hearts out and some people were even reconciled. The guys kept on saying.."Oh well, we were just...how old? 18, 19?... We were young..." And many looked back and said that they have grown and do cherish this special friendship of ours, which was built upon chaos and ended with maturity.

Cloverfield

2008-01-21T00:34:00.000+08:00

Hann and me watched Cloverfield at GVmax.
It was a very short show, lasting 85 minutes on the dot.
Though it's short, it's definitely something fresh for the year, at least it can be the show of the month. The whole thing is like a home video, nothing more nothing less... contributing to its horror factor. It reminds me of the show The Others starring Nicole Kidman, I left feeling almost the same way, the aftermath is freaky, horrifying...
Indeed, there is a Godzilla in the show, but that's totally not the highlight.... which makes this show even more unique.
The show reflected the self-absorbed facebook cum Youtube world of today... in quite a true manner.

Well, if this happens in Singapore, the Manhatten bridge will be the second link or the Woodlands bridge, and I bet Singaporeans will be much faster than the Americans. (kiasu-ism and kiasi-ism). On the other hand, might not be the case as well, coz we are such complacent people.

I asked Hann whether he'll come back to save me like the guy did in the show. He thought for a while and before he got to answer, I said," If it's me, I won't..." You'll never know what's gonna happen until you in it.

I like what one of the top reviewer said - Cloverfield takes you into the heart of a maelstom and leaves you there.

2008-01-14T15:22:00.001+08:00

"I think that people who does God's work has a great heart. They need to learn how to love strangers sincerely."

He replied," You can do that too, you know..."

=)

At times, you do give me really pleasant surprises filled so much with love.

-Holland, when the sky is turning grey, and I'm wondering whether it's starting to rain, or it's just something that happens at 720pm...-

Pebble's baby

2007-12-22T15:40:00.001+08:00

The baby chincilla is out! Not sure it's a he/she yet.... According to KY, it came out like a tube, isn't that beautiful. After it's out, the placenta which is bloody came out, and the mother ate up the placenta just like it's some post-partum herbal tonic. When I see it which is after 2 hours, the baby is no longer a tube and its fur is dry too. And here presenting to you, Pebble's baby, which is yet to be named...

As of now, it's only 2-day old. Frankly he (I presume) looks like the father, though he got the mom's fur. He definitely act like the father coz he likes climbing and jumping. Just now, He even attempted climbing the trunk for goodness sake.

Fear

2007-12-22T15:38:00.001+08:00

We are forced to grow up by the circumstances around us.
At times, it can be very scary...

Dear God...
We ask for your mercy and your courage.

Friends are wonderful blessing

2007-12-17T22:42:00.001+08:00

I've been gaming and reading on Jodi Picoult's 2nd book... Too lazy to translate my thoughts over here.

For now, I shall jot down important events that had occur for the past week.

Flower power reunion at Serene's house, also to meet up with the new baby on board- baby Jav, that turns out to be very overweight... weighing more than 9kg when he's just 6-months old... Haha... Had green bean soup and some grape juice before we went for our wonderful dinner at Bedok Block 85! We had... very spicy but fantastic Stingray, stirred fried lala (which i don't really like, as there seemed to be sand within the shells), chicken wing (very delicious especially with the compatible chilli sauce) and last but not least, Mee Bok (a local dish that I once hated but turned out to be a darling after many years)!!! So, it has been a really great night altogether!

And on Sunday night, me and Sanmin met up with Ruyuan at Vivocity. And since RY is already working, the night is on her, and we actually planned to burn her pockets(both)! Haha..how evil we are!!! She decided to treat us to Haagen Daaz! Yay!!! Lovely... And the best thing was that, we have been non-stop talking about everything under the sun and it turns out that Sanmin has been the joke initiator, and RY the promoter... ends up--> we laughed until we had tears in our eyes, and we just have to leave the place as it's just way too embarassing... Haha!!!

Without proper farewell

2007-12-10T22:01:00.000+08:00

I feel especially good today. Went to lab in the morning, wanted to discuss and finalize my MTT assay. Looked for Yaochun in the graduate room, instead saw his friend. He came out, I asked," Oh...Have you seen my supervisor?"... He laughed and told me..."Yaochun on leave... 他没有跟你说吗？"... I got a shock. Yaochun told me he'll be back in China, but I didn't know he went "without saying farewell". The other guy was amused by the shocking look on my face, and he giggled, "噢．．．　你可以放假了！＂I wanted to say, "Oh no no no, I shall do it myself!". Instead, I decided to keep quiet and smile instead.

Thus, it's time to get independent. All my calculations and methods have to be confirmed before I start the assay proper. And now without Yaochun around as my consult, every detail has to be taken note!... Haizzz... Frankly, I'm not fit for scientific endeavors, neither do I look like I belong to the arts side. However, deep inside me somehow, I operate through intuition and "feeling". And science do not go by f.e.e.l.i.n.g.s... Science needs hard facts and evidence. I guess I just have to gulp in this new practice.

Holidays are after-all holidays! And I'm exceptionally delighted during this period. I realized how I've been deprived of true holidays, considering that I've spent my previous 3-month hols working at Pantech followed by NUH. No wonder I feel so LiBeRaTeD!!!

HTML business

2007-12-08T00:56:00.000+08:00

HTML... is a thing that I first encountered when I was 15. A friend of mine taught me that and eventually it's something that I needa know when I become the secretary of the Webpage Production Crew. Frankly, I don't know what I've contribute in that one year of service. A close friend of mine is the chairperson... Nepotism?
Shrugged...

Anyway, these HTMLs are killing me. It amazes and frustrates me at the same time. I'm amazed at how simple letters and symbols can eventually turn into a colorful webpage with a click of a button. And on the other hand, the reason why I hated HTML is that a SINGLE typo can just screw up your whole template...and give u a blank page!

For now, I had a hard time doing the aligning and font adjustment. Considering my poor IT skills and patience, this is what I've achieved. The gap between the main and the side bar is still an eyesore. I guess I have to consult the experts. Give up!

Ta-da!

2007-12-07T20:19:00.000+08:00

I've changed the layout of my blog once again. Getting sick of the old one.

Why I choose this? Because it conveniently came out after a very impatient search. I looked through blogskin, but blogskin types are just not my type usually. It's just too abstract... As for purple, it was once my favourite colour, at least for 5 years during my high school. For now, I do not exactly adores purple, but I don't hate it. In fact, I don't think I have a favourite color. Anything that look good on me is my favourite color.

Holidays are here, and it's wonderful. The only regret is that I won't get to go home till Christmas. It's really weird to realize that holidays and school days are pretty extreme ends. I'm in my 3rd day of holiday and I've been doing things that I don't do during school term - reading a non-academic literature, watching HK series and korean drama, sleep and wake up anytime I want. The only "burden" that is putting my life in perspective is my FYP, but well, with the holidays FYP is never too frustrating.
Dad will be coming down this Christmas. The last time he came by is Dec 2001, which is also the time when I started studying in Singapore - a decision which changed my life. Well, I'm definitely excited, just wondering where should I bring him, since he's a Man. I've got a hidden agenda - to bring him to the Christmas musical at COOS on the 22nd night.

Roots

2007-12-05T11:16:00.000+08:00

I can't run away from my roots. My skin shows that I'm a Chinese, and I grew up in a Chinese school, learning everything from math, history, geography and moral...everything in Chinese from 7-12y.o. Though I've lost 80% of all the Chinese knowledge that I've learnt, but the culture has been deeply rooted within me. And this dictates how one view life, how one view societal norms.
I may sound "ang mo pai" to some people, and it's fascinating to see when they got so surprised when I blurted out a sentence in Chinese. And they'll say: "Oh...you know how to speak Chinese?!", they didn't know that I've been speaking in Chinese since 7, and this continues up till now, at least with my high school friends. I listen to both Chinese and English songs, and my bf who pretended to be a "Banana" one day started reading a Chinese advertisement to me. Apparently he had a few years of Chinese education too! Haha...

Well, after mumbling everything without a point, the bottomline of this post is that I'm not only a Chinese outwardly, but I'm still very Chinese deep within me, my values, my view of life, and how I expect other people to act/react as well (if they're Chinese). And it can get rather frustrating or bothersome when it turn out otherwise. Well, I guess I just need to adapt and accommodate right?

*p/s: for friends who are from non-Chinese school, no worries, this post is not directly to anyone of you... Singapore especially not counted, coz your education system blurred the line.

2nd last exam in NUS

2007-11-28T13:02:00.000+08:00

This is the exams week. Not going to blog much.

This is the most relaxing exams I've ever taken in NUS. "Thanks to FYP"!
3 papers...with 4 full days span between each paper, thus making the whole thing about 18 days altogether. I still remember I can have 5 papers in just 6 days....! So this is really luxury for me.

Shall revamp my blog in December! Looking forward to a better layout!
Offer some tips if you have any...

First year anniversary

2007-11-18T23:09:00.000+08:00

17th November - It's already one year that we are a couple... Our first anniversary. It was really sweet.

And since we got together pre-Reading week, anniversary will inevitably fall in the reading week as well, which is not that desirable.

The fact that it has already been one year only sinked in on our way back after our "celebration" at Lemon Grass. 5 dishes were ordered - Lemon Grass own spring chicken, Tong Yam with prawns, green mango salad (Amazing!!!, the best I've tasted!!), Fried rice with crab meat and last but not least stir fried asparagus. I ate about 40%, and Hann finished up the rest.... And the bill mounted up to $60 odd. It definitely caused a huge burn in the pocket, but the process was just awesome!!! All dishes were so nice, that weirdly, it kinda decrease the utility altogether...coz everything is so nice!!!!...

Presents are still pending actually... We're bad couples. Presents usually are delayed, but good present might come after giving it a good thought.

I love you Hann...

2007-11-13T21:26:00.001+08:00

It has been a long time since I last blogged..partly it's due to the crazy workload from school, partly is due to plain laziness.
Last week has been a horrible one. One trouble after another, and I almost collapsed. Most of the trouble is due to my cells... And I do not wish to elaborate much about it here. This week has been much better... I guess last week has made me immune. I still remember the times back in year 2 and year 3 when things were worse, and I've been through nightmare of nightmares, and I survived, though how well I've fared, that's another matter.

I realized that I have quite a short temper and always tend to impose my rules and expectations on other people. And when the other party does not meet my expectation or what seem to be "the way it should be", then I'll either start judging or get really angry and throw a huge tantrum. I am getting rather sick of this behavior of mine but seriously to work on it, I don't know how to start.

Oh, my laziness is setting in... Don't feel like typing anymore. I shall go to bath!

I just want to say.... Giving love and care to others benefit yourself.
Sir Winston Churchill said this before - We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

2007-11-08T12:03:00.001+08:00

I can foresee that I'll live and breathe in Pharmacy level 5 Lab this December! Hurray!!!

The month of Scorpio

2007-11-02T00:26:00.000+08:00

I just realised that many people around me, family and friends alike, are Scorpios...or post-scorpio. starting off with my best friend's Lifan's bday on the 31st of October, along with her brother's on the 1st, then came along Chen May's on the 2nd, and my bf Hann's on the 3rd... after that week, Sanmin's on the 14th(?),Oh FoongMun's too! then Luke's somewhere around there... then Mom's one on the 27th Nov! That's a whole long list! Now I know...Well, they say scorpio's are manipulative and mysterious....and Chen may always emphasizes that, "Scorpios are good in bed...hehehhe..." ok ok!!!

Anyway, we celebrated Chen May's bday at Brotzeit today

And she forced me to wear shoe for her.... See...so vain...

And she got a little drunk on the way back as well.... Haha!

Happy Birthday my friend, and welcome to the family of the 23s....

To the left...

2007-10-27T09:36:00.000+08:00

An update(hush hush...): My cells are growing. I'm not talking about the PC12, in which we suspect there might be bacterial contamination (ew!), but the bEnd.3 cells which are my precious endothelial cells. They have been growing strong, and yesterday I subcultured them into a bigger flask and all I hope is that they'll survive this migration. If they do survive, I can truly let out a sigh of relieve! So I can truly foresee that the following weeks I'll be spending a lot of time in lab... until I'll hate lab like how myeling does. But I'd rather keep it that way, than to be in my previous state....
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It has been a busy week with horrendous dispensing session on Wednesday and the infectious disease CA yesterday. The dispensing session was truly madness. Well, we're given 3 hours to settle 3 sets of prescriptions in which we have to document every step we do, counseling steps, printing of labels as well as legal matters. And I thought definitely we have enough time...And I was wrong...Seriously I don't know how the 3 hours was spent, it was chaos throughout, and definitely chronic hyperventilation and palpitation. Well, there's another one coming up 2 weeks later! Hope all of us will do much better then.
As for the CA, it was easy. One question definitely worth the mention especially one which is set by Dr. Grant Sklar. The question is ... What does it mean by "shift to the left" ? (Well, it actually refers to a lab results which indicates a high load of unmatured neutrophils --> the person has infection.), and one of the option he actually wrote..."a hit song by Beyounce Knowles"!!!(apparently the song is call Irreplaceable) And Alex Chan didn't actually believe that this comes from Dr. Sklar, but indeed it was him...coz he mentioned that in class! and OMG! We were singing this song throughout last night! Thanks, Dr.Sklar! Hahaha...
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I was thinking of starting a new topic here in birdieruns. Since this is my final year and graduation is round the corner, maybe I should blog about this -- My life in NUS, to commemorate my graduation...

2007-10-17T23:14:00.000+08:00

My cells are dying and I'm awfully sad. I'd rather be busy in the lab, staying back late every day to feed my cells, to do MTT and all... Rather than waiting here, for my cells to grow, while everyone around me is catching with their FYP.
It seems like a nightmare, in which I hope that I'll wake up from...And there's no such thing as FYP or cell lines!!!
Confronted Lawrence today and shown him my despair...
I hope that he can really give me a solution soon, and get me out of this helplessness!!! It's awful!

Random moments on a Saturday afternoon.

2007-10-14T23:40:00.001+08:00

Some random photos at Bugis.

Ehz.... What's that?

Ehhhh.... What you doing?...Oooooohh...

I'm more interested in the bird-earring. I bought them at Diva for $2.50!!!
And this is my new hair-cut. One of the shortest since secondary school I think. It was rather stylish on the day itself, but after I've washed my hair, it became rather plain... But yay! Chitty chitty bang bang at the back! Quite an amazing vehicle there!

In the evening, we decided to go to Vivo and chill at the rooftop, and since I was so sick of walking, we decided to take a sit at the grass patch, and it was just so peaceful and nice...
And Hann here lying on the grass... dreaming away...

2nd Anniversary of my blog

2007-10-11T21:58:00.000+08:00

This blog was started in October 2005. I don't remember exactly the reason why the blog was started. Maybe it's because I was depressed and feeling rather emotional about the circumstances around me, maybe because it was the trend, maybe it's because of Serene. Oh well... I've forgotten. Anyway, Happy 2nd anniversary Birdieruns!!! I did not forget that it started off as mutedpraises.blogspot.com. Well, you might ask me why mutedpraises and why the change? I blogged about it when I switched the name to birdieruns (which is totally not creative I know). Incidentally, the name was also changed in Oct, which is exactly one year after mutedpraises was borned. Haha....

Well, some pictures for now...

I adore custards since I was young. Every morning when I go for breakfast with my dad I'll order custard. They'll usually give me a cup of ice water, in which I'll take a sip or two after I'm done with the custard. Custards just make me happy. (yet...fattening. That is why I was plump when I was in secondary school)
Well, why do I suddenly talk about custards?!
Because... I've finally made my own custard! (I actually tried making one when I was 16, but failed miserably as I made it the same manner as how your mothers will made steam eggs, just that I added sugar instead of salt. It came out wrinkled, and I was sad)

So this is the custard I made. Original one and the tangerine one ( I added some orange peel, courtesy of Thunder). I like both of them. However, I feel that it would be better if it wasn't that sweet, and if the caramel is more aromatic.

Attack!!! I think one of them is Hwachin. (Photo courtesy: Wong Hwa Chin)

An overdue photo of my outing with Sanmin at Bugis Village. (Vain pot!)
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Oh... I watched Lust, Caution yesterday night. It was very well done, the music, the background, the colors everything is just so matching. I especially like the way the music is matched to the scenes, it actually intensifies the emotions and the ambiance soooo well. Although 90% of the sex and violence is cut, but I'll still give 4 stars to the cut-version. However, I kinda feel that LeeHom kinda spoilt the show. Indeed, he is very handsome, but his voice, his character just doesn't suit a student who is fighting for their country. I just gives me the creeps when I see him act in such a role, and the way he speaks... It's just so ABC! Anyway, Tony Leung and Tang Wei are great!!!! Both of them saved the show. Though it was a more than 2-hour show, I don't feel a tinge of boredom. It was really well done!

Where has birdie gone?

2007-10-10T00:31:00.000+08:00

Where has birdie gone?

Facebook has taken over friendster and even blogspot to a certain extent. It's addictive, beware!

My cells aint growing, and the original cells doesn't seem to be doing very well too. What should I do?!

Tomorrow pharmers will all be going to watch "Lust, Caution!"... Too bad 90% of the sex and violence part is censored. They might as well just make it G!
Well, the cutting is done by the director himself, so hopefully it'll turn out fine.

The Frugal Act

2007-10-01T23:08:00.000+08:00

Me and Hann has been rather spendthrift in our outings for the past 2 weeks, basically the money has all been going into expensive food. I don't know why, our discipline is quite poor when it comes to frugality. Everytime after burning out pockets, then we'll swear not to spend like this for the following month. Then who knows, after less than a week... "oh, that's a nice restaurant, let's go try! It's the weekend! We should just enjoy!" Then, there goes the burning again... I think we don't have any pockets in any of our pants anymore, all burnt!!! Charred!
Thus, we decided that nothing can deter us from splurging unless there's a heavy punishment in place, or on a better light, incentive for saving. Thus, we decided to draw out an act, calling it simply THE FRUGAL ACT.
The essence of this act is not to spend more than $5 in every meal that we have together, not including drinks. Duration of the act will be up to 17/11/07 which is our first year anniversary day...(so that we can have a blast without crying the day after that). Offenders will be punished severely that he/she will have to starve for the next meal. (It's cruel...).
This act commenced officially on 28/9/07 and we have been successful up till now.

The concept of frugality inevitably affected my normal life too, coupled with the fact that Thunder has been anorexic these few days, I have been eating bread for breakfast and lunch. I even walked back just to save on bus money, and ate salad with sardine sandwiches for dinner, and I thought I have been very successful in my determination to save.
Who knows! Hwa saw an ad about shoes sales at Vivo, and I don't know how, we ended up going there, and I spent $37 on a pair of really high wedges!!!Yup, there goes my savings....
But!!! I still believe that our frugality act will work, and we'll manage to save a significant amount of money.... for us to spend it all on our anniversary..Haha...Joking!... At least we won't cut our hearts out for the presents and all... Haha!!!

See, bad influence from my roommate.... Thundercat!!!

Tesla and Buckyballs

2007-09-29T21:16:00.000+08:00

Went to the Science Centre today with Hann. Hann has come out with new ideas for our outings since movies have become quite a routine that sometimes it gets a little mundane. (routine and mundane seems to be synonymous... but u know what I mean...)

Remember the previous time was like 4 years ago I think. Really glad that I didn't remember much of it this round, if not then it wouldn't be so fun! We had lunch at Macs, and so glad we adhered to the "Frugal Act" and both only spent about 8 dollars.
I shall keep it short, since I'm actually half way studying pneumonia.
The visit was quite fun, and the most fascinating part is the InfoComm area, which is new I think. You can draw pictures using infrared, different materials and colors can be used and everything is manipulated by a pointer. Oh, and the most amazing thing is the screen that is used by Tom Cruise in Minority Report- the touched screen kinda thing... Oh! But too bad it only allows one move at a time. The Infocomm interview was cool and hilarious too, it was like some video conferencing. I like all the simulations the best.
Well, I find the Physics part rather boring, as they're taking about Nanotechnology. I tried very hard to read and understand but it got quite tedious eventually. Let me see what I can recall... Buckyball, Nanotubes... and well, the use the nanotechnology for drug delivery.
The rest of the visit was not bad, nothing changed much except that they removed the aviation display... which is so sad, coz I was looking forward to sitting inside the helicopter once again, and visit the simulated control tower, and definitely to revisit the communication machine that I once like to play.
Well, at least I got to see the Tesla demonstration. It was scary I should say, when the electric bolt was firing away, especially when those people holding the sticks, directing it to the electricity. Well, the sticks contain fluorescence, and fluorescence requires an input in order to emit light, however, these fluorescence sticks lit up just by being in the proximity of the Tesla emission. It was definitely quite amazing. Hann said, it is a safe source of energy, and last time they used to have a human situated inside there to prove that it's very safe. I think it's a risky thing to do.

Tomorrow will be the last day of our mid-sem break. Anyway... Not much of a mid-sem break I should say.

Einkaufen at Bugis

2007-09-28T21:46:00.000+08:00

Ich mag Einkaufen mit Sanmin auch...
Me and Sanmin went to Bugis for shopping. It has been a long time since I last shopped. Thus, I told Sanmin I will get 十件（广东）yeah... and on such a note, we started our shopping spree. I wanted to get some new lingeries, while she wanted a pair of jeans as she grew fatter after her german exchange. Haha...
First stop after our meal at the Kopitiam (I ate Ban mian for $3.70... So frugal right?!), we headed to Seiyu for some lingerie shopping. After scanning through all the various brands, decided to go for Pierre Cardin... Their stuffs are reasonable and comfortable, plus their cups are not as sharp as those of Triumph... Haha.. I bought 2 pairs, each 29bucks, and I was pleased.
After that we headed to Bugis village to hunt for some cheap and good jeans. Sanmin is better with Bugis Village than I do, and she straight away called me a 败家妞．．．Bugis Village is quite a good place for cheap stuffs, it's a good place for those who are proned to 贪新忘旧attitude. We went around for more than an hour, and she finally settled for a decent pair of jeans for $29. That's freaking cheap ok! We were so jealous looking at those thin cut jeans. I can't help but to say "Where got people's legs so thin one!!!!"...Then she said, "Got lo! so many in NUS!" I don't believe it! That's just insane! Anorexic!
Apart from all that, we got 3 pairs of earrings each for $5. And I got a jacket for $30, in which I intend to wear it for my FYP presentation 2. Haha!!! Yah indeed, Sanmin, Ich mag Einkaufen mit dich auch!

One tenth

2007-09-24T00:50:00.000+08:00

Two consecutive days of Chinatown and 长城. people might think that that's my favourite hangout place. Haha!!! I went back and had porridge with Hann, this time I had Fish porridge while he had chicken porridge. Instead of having the frog legs this round, we ordered a plate of vegetables and tofu, which turned out to be fantastic as well. And with all these, we paid less than 7 bucks! Oh! I love that place you know, though indeed they put in the miracle ingredient - 猪油渣/炸.... or Lard into the porridge, most people won't see or even know it, but I saw it yesterday and that's what makes it so delicious you see! ...(according to my dad..)

There was float parade that night with dragon dance as well. This is one of the angels...
At main street of Chinatown. Hann very camera-shy. I don't know why. *My eyes look tired.*

We walked around, and went to Orchard as well. Too bad late night shopping does not apply to Saturday! Such a waste!
And I took this picture in front of Taka. There was a Versace roadshow. It was too posh-looking, I decided it's not something that I should go near to.

On Sun, went CHC with Hann and his beloved Tze. Worship was awesome and sermon was actually on tithing, though I find more answers for other things rather than giving money to God. The story of Abraham, Issac and Jacob touched my heart. Even in short verses in the Bible, God enlightens us in the ways of life. First comes God, second comes family, third comes work. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you, Hallelu...allelujah..." This song came into my mind... But it's so true, priorities... Priorities in life. A thing that we always, let's say I always mess up! And so awesome, He spoke to me about my concerns with my work in a sermon about offering. Oh, and finally I know when the one tenth concept comes about... It's from Genesis 28:21! The first book in the Bible, Jacob has already been giving God a tenth of his earnings. And the funniest thing, other modern followers include Colgate (it's the name of the person who owns Colgate toothpaste), Colonel Harland Sanders (familiar? It's the KFC man!) and Rockerfeller.

Weekend has been good, and midsem break is here. Can't wait for my presentations to be over and pseudo-holiday will be turned into a real one!

宫保田鸡

2007-09-22T00:57:00.000+08:00

It has been a horrible forthnight. I felt rather relieved after thurs test, though FYP is still pending on next Wed. But I finally feel that I'll letting my shoulders to descend a little, breathing more deeply than having tachypnea for the past 2 weeks. It's definitely not healthy.

Today is the start of our mid sem break. Though half of it will be dedicated to my FYP, holidays are still holidays. So me, KY and WX decided to go Chinatown to catch a glimpse of the lanterns and eat some good food. (Since thun and hwa went back to Msia, and May out dating; and I've been having desperate craving for Chinese dessert).
So we went to 长城 the one which sells 田鸡

and decent porridge. (talking about it, makes me hungry) The previous time I was there was with ruyuan and sanmin I think, and that was like ages! And this round, must have been the stress and the deprivation, the porridge was really nice, and I love the 田鸡too!!!

After the sumptuous meal, we walked over to the new shopping mall next to Clark Quay and checked out some of the lanterns. It was not bad but nothing fantastic.

Before going back... we went to 记得吃and had a 双蛋奶,萝卜糕,and some new dish which is a fusion of 汤圆and "mua chi"... By then, I really did feel a little full...And we made our way home on 166.

PHARM NERDS

2007-09-20T01:42:00.000+08:00

JW: I just reached back home. (It's 10 plus at night)
T : How come so late?
JW: I stayed back in school to study...
T: But why?
JW: Aiyah... I cannot study at home, I'll be glued to the TV or MSN if I stay at home!
T: Oh... I won't do that... This is exacerbate my situation. If I stay back, I'll play and watch TV all the way when I reached home...
JW: YOU STUPID PHARM NERD!!!!!!!!

Solely due to the word EXACERBATE. It's considered as a medical term, a term we hear at least once a week during our lessons. And this actually triggered off a bomb in JW.
But well, we cannot run away from the truth that we're truly PHARM NERDS. Firstly, most of us are in pharm bcoz we were hardworking and smart freaks back in JC. (definitely a small portion is solely due to 99% smart genes and 1% human effort)... for those who feel that they were not in the first category, once they step into pharmacy school , they'll definitely be transformed...into FARM NERDS as well. It's an inevitable thing! We just have to accept our destiny... That now in YEAR 4, the transformation is completed. JW Is a PHARM NERD, T is a PHARM NERD...and.... last but not least, I AM A PHARM NERD AS WELL.......

simple life

2007-09-18T20:06:00.001+08:00

Life has been simple, except for school. I've never read so much literatures in my whole life in such a short time! Visits and gathering of resources from Pubmed has been almost a daily routine... This is the life of a year 4... who opted to do lab-based FYP. My PC12 cells have been very healthy, can see them in clusters now, and I guess very soon I can add the nerve growth factor and they'll be transformed into lovely neuron cells... Currently, they're adrenal medulla cells taken from pheochromocytoma affected cells. That's the amazing thing about current science and technology. As for my bEnd.3 cells, not in a very good state, I didn't even get to see them today as the microscope was spoilt. Hope that they'll strive hard to survive... if not... my FYP's gonna be doomed.
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Hann came this evening and we had dinner at the cheapest-Japanese-food-in-Singapore Restaurant at Clementi. It was decent, at times I think it tasted better than Sushi Tei. Talking about simplicity of life... Hann always remind me of how simple things can be wonderful in life.
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Mid sem break is arriving soon! A few things to accomplished. NUH visit on Monday, FYP presentation on Wed, tennis with Hann, Swei house visit.... And much more! Should plan a little... Not forgetting, I guess lab will be part of the picture as well...
Cells... please grow well... please survive!....

Finally!

2007-09-17T17:17:00.000+08:00

Our house internet connection is finally up!!!! We got the MIO plan, and the it 48 Mbps!!! Oh..Finally we've gotten our life back in order!...

Big turn! At the "right" time!

2007-09-11T11:14:00.000+08:00

FYP is no small business. My mom would say, university final year is no small business. Both are actual fact. At times, they seemed to be of an understatement.
Lawrence just told me that our endothelial cells will be arriving this week. The Harvard prof is finally back in his office after his Malaysia and Europe tour! .... Yes... his timing is just right, the next morning after I've finished drafting my 300-word proposal, they told me... we're gonna take a big turn... No more neuron cells...endothelial cells it shall be!

As for now... complaining is futile business. Getting work done and comprehensible is more crucial than anything else! The upcoming nutrition CA seemed like an ant as compared to my ...what are their names anyway... RBE4 and bEnd.3 cells! They're the kings now, and my life is dedicated to them. The remuneration better be good! I hope that the field will be kind to amateurs like me.

avocado

2007-09-10T18:50:00.000+08:00

The rain has been persistent for a Monday morning. It started raining even before the sun was up, and it was still drizzling when we went to school at 2pm. Half of my housemates decided to stay back, and true enough, they didn't miss much at Paul's lesson.
Met Hann after class and Sam came long and bought us avocado drink. It's my first time drinking it and it tasted like... Coffee milk. It's rather weird I should say. Avocado's a fruit and the drink looks green, however the taste of it, it's something totally different, milky and heavy. Haha... As for Hann, he didn't even finish half of it... He hated avocado! Avocado filled up half of my tummy, and I only had filet-o-fish and half a packet of fries for dinner.
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I'm finally starting to draft up my first FYP presentation write up. God, please help me...

Wake up...

2007-09-09T21:34:00.000+08:00

Haven't been blogging much as our house connection is gone. Only on lucky days we managed to leech a little...But well, that's quite rare.
Have been thinking through quite a bit of stuffs these days, especially during weekends and particularly on Sundays. Yes a lot of thinking has been going on, but not much doing I should say. Something has to be done, something has to happen. Gladys! You just have to bravely take the first step out of YOUR COMFORT ZONE!!!!!
I'm screaming at myself.... Yes I just have to wake up!
Anyway, I should start praying... And praying very hard. This is a sentence that is repeated in church today. Was greatly touched by Pastor Derek's honesty... And more of his faith in God. I will not be as brave as him, that is for sure. Indeed, that makes him real, not some holy Rabbi...
As for me, I have a set of problems. A huge set of dilemma. I'm vulnerable and I can only depend on Him. It's true that we are forgetful people. We tend to forget about all the good things that happened around us, instead remembering the negative things for ages. That is just so not right!!!
As for now...I shall remember His blessings.
His abundant grace and love that has been surrounding me and my family for so many years. My friends, who are my family when I'm away from home.
His blessing in my work and school...
Not forgetting... Hann and his lovely family...
and now... Thunder... as she has been a lovely room mate...
I shall remember those people who are in need of prayer and be a blessing to those who needs it... Shall not be that snobbish selfish girl! (Ok..No condemnation...)
So I shall pray... and pray and pray. and.... know that You will show me the way.

Allergy

2007-09-04T21:29:00.001+08:00

It started off on Mon morning. I thought it's time to change the bed sheet. It's less than a month since I put on the red flower sheets. I went and took a bath. I don't usually bathe in the morning you see. I felt itchy on my neck, I can't help but to scratch a little. You see...My skin is very sensitive, a scratch will look like a bruise after a while, or a huge weird patch of erythema on the neck. I decided that it's turtleneck day, to avoid all the embarassment and worries.
It was well in the morning, mild itch on the neck till lunch time.
During afternoon lessons, the itch was horrible that I felt like tearing off the turtle neck and start scratching!... There was also slight redness on the side of my face. Throughout lecture I was absolutely disturbed and kept on asking Hwa how did I look. I even endured post-class lab sessions with Yaochun for 2 hours.
After class, I can feel that the itch has travelled down to my tummy and even my thighs. I endured the walking journey home, and the first thing I do when I reached back is strip and look at the mirror. And there!...I saw it! I look like one of those pictures in the Pathology textbook! Cases of Steven Johnsons..!! I was totally shocked... It was very itchy...
I even cooked myself a meal of pasta before going to the clinic.
It turned out that it's an allergy. My first allergy in my life. There are 2 suspects. Cockles or Ponstan. I had cockles on Sunday afternoon. Time line fits... Yet it's not my first time eating it, it's my 20 time? I think... But you never know, that sunday's cockles might be ultra filty.
Ponstan? I had it 5 days ago, it's my 3rd time taking it, but it's my 1st time taking a double dose of 1g. For now, I'm not sure who's fault it is. The doctor actually made a drug allergy report to HSA. Haha.... Another case of mefenemic acid allergy.
After taking 2 full days of antihistamine... The swell went down. I wanted an injection this morning, but the stupid doctor from UHWC insisted that it's only reserved for emergency. Well, I guess because it's free there, they won't give out unnecessary injections to a healthy looking red girl.
So for now, no more cockles and no more Ponstan. Sadded, I though i've found the cure for my menstrual cramps, I guess I need an alternative.

House warming & more birthdays

2007-08-27T22:59:00.000+08:00

Finally, we had our housewarming party on the 23rd of August, about 3 months after moving to our Clementi Home.So welcoming right?... Haha... Sharon, Yeelian, TingHui and Mafia came...Too bad we din take photo...
Celebrated Sharon's birthday last Saturday at Jack's Place.. Look at the silly girl!!! Hahaha!!!Took some photos over at Esplanade. KY said I've been mistreating my camera by keeping it indoor. So now...Here I go...Camera show ur power then!...
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Headline News: Sunday August 26th 2007
Mr. Cheah leaving the court house. His girlfriend can be seen next to him. (muahhaha!!)
*Took this photo at Vivo city, me snapping it candidly without adjusting the angle properly. It turned out to be some tabloid photo...

2007-08-25T01:06:00.000+08:00

This thing called F.Y.P has become a reality in my life. Long time ago (doesn't seem that long actually) Mama was doing FYP, and I can see how she transformed negatively by it...in the physically aspect, I'm not too sure about other aspects though. That's the first time I see her stress and all. To me, FYP will never come... Final year will not be here till don't know when... But guess what, in reality, time flies, and at times, it's more than fly... speed of light I should say. And Now Officially I'm in year 4, and I have to face this thing called FYP.

Random question: Is it time to say a genuine farewell to holiday?
Answer: YES....Freaking Yes!!! It's time to get serious, it's time to get into the mugging mode. With my absolutely no idea what is it FYP, I have to get freaking serious and start reading and reading and reading about?....Stroke... NMDA.... Ischemia, Glutamate transport (that's all I know for now!) And yes time to go back to the brain..brain brain...It's time to regret not paying attention during CNS Pharmacology last time. All I know now is grey matter and white matter, medula oblongata...where is the hippocampus? What about the rest? I don't even need to know it, I need to be an expert in it! That is just the introduction, before I embark into culturing transformed stem cells that are supposed to be ischemic in nature with the qualities of blood endothelial cells. Yohhhooo!!! Wonderful!! Wonderful...
Taking risk indeed, I've taken a really huge big risk...And I really hope that I'll be a stroke expert in no time... And my endothelial cells will grow to like me, and be good obedient cells that are easy to be manipulated...

Anyway enough said.. It's time to get back to the 2 articles lawrence sent me. Eng H. Lo is the brilliant researcher from Harvard, that's where Wui Ling is now, and where Hann will be applying for his elective. If miracles do happen, I'll join them at Harvard!!!! Hahahah!!!! I'm definitely very ambitious. Dare to dream!!!! Hahaha... (Malibu and Vodka might be the culprit)
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A game of monopoly on Friday night with Swei, thunder, boss and KY. I bankruped after 3 hours, when I lost 70,000 and followed by 90,000 to Boss. She is evil...

A whole week of reunions

2007-08-21T21:14:00.000+08:00

First week of school passed by rapidly. It's like a week of reunion, meeting with old and new friends altogether.
Started off with the JC gathering which is almost complete with the absence of the Penang boys. Ate at IKEA in which I wasn't really happy about, and visited Eton Hall (It's my first time after leaving it on the last day of JC). Now they have 8 beds altogether in a room... It's something like the ikea design, bed on top, study table at the bottom, more privacy in an way, but doesn't encourage much interaction. Now Eton hall does not have the diversity back then, it's all PRC students now. But the building, the kitchen still staying strong... (I really can't believe that I actually beared with the food for 2 years last time!!!)
At Eton Hall, can you see Aunty Lily?.... We don't seem to grow up much huh...
The girls back in Eton... Min yee was here too! She'll be going Nottingham soon. TP just came back from Shanghai.
Told you we didn't grow up much. Ikea ice cream is quite delicious, but my face reminded me of a photo when I was 5.

Met Wui Ling on Saturday, a day before she flew off for Harvard. She is really very articulated and eloquent! No wonder she's a lawyer, who worked for the Interpol and taught in a French University even before she's 27! Wui has been really friendly and always find things to talk about. She laughed so much that I couldn't help but to laugh along as well. Wui's very different from Hann as she's quite a "gan cheung" type, much vocal than the brother and definitely friendlier than Hann. (Hann, you're friendly too ok, but Wui's more friendly...Hehe...). I asked her what will she be teaching when she comes to NUS next time, she said international criminal law. Yes indeed, from the world I can decipher it as, laws involving some international crime, but seriously nothing much comes out of it. So I decided to ask her the stupid question," Em...So what's international criminal law?"... She has been nice and didn't laugh at me. Apparently international law involve issues like terrorism, mass genocide such as that of mass killing by warlords in Africa and so on... I was totally impressed. Looking at her having such a petite stature, no...petite figure (stature just gives me a feeling that someone is tall), it's really amazing what she's good at. Well, hope that I'll see u in Harvard next year. Haha...

Last but not least, the recent reunion for YL's birthday at Brotzeit, I finally had my reunion with the mango beer. Oh, lovely! I drank until I was like a lobster, very bad indeed. What YL said it's true, our gatherings are always enjoyable and fantastic. Looking forward to Nini's birthday at Kbox!!! It's my first time celebrating a bday along with karaoke...

2 different worlds

2007-08-12T13:24:00.000+08:00

I was back home for 4 days during the National day holidays.
Home and Singapore are very different worlds to me. At home, there are minimal responsibilities except for spending time talking, eating and watching tv with parents, sis, grandma and aunts. In Singapore, ample responsibilities from chores at home, school work, friends to matters like meals and spending. I can really let my hair down at home, just to slack my days away. I've learnt to appreciate that more as I'm growing up, when responsibilities come by without warning, and the best thing to do is to embrace them and hope for the best.
But there's an inevitable fear creeping into reality. Nowadays when I go back, especially the last day that I'm bidding farewell to grandma, I will worry that one day she might leave us. Grandma is a healthy fella considering her being 88 this year. Hypoglycemia almost took her away few years back, but she recovered well from it after a few days in ICU. If not for her weak joints, she would be as active as a 50-60 years old woman, as her mind is still very active and alert.
I want her to know God. I want to see her next time... And I don't want her to go for now... She has become a figure head in the family, a firm foundation supporting the whole network of the family... If she is not around, things will be really really different. And I don't really enjoy massive changes. (though some changes are meant for good)
Haiz...Anyway, I shouldn't be thinking too much about this. I believe that God is overseeing her, and God will wait for her.
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School will be restarting tomorrow and this will be my final year in NUS. We'll be the big sisters of the school, though seriously I don't really feel like one. FYP will be the new thing, something that is so foreign that I'm really keeping my fingers crossed. The girls will all be back soon, and the house will be in its full strength. Waiting for bus will still be the routine, unless I want to walk to school for the afternoon lessons- something which is very unlikely when one is staying in a country like Singapore.
Alright, shall wish everyone ALL THE BEST for their final year! *Oh Sanmin just reminded me..I have to set some goals... (though our goals are roughly the same every sem..HAha)

FOP 2007

2007-08-06T23:47:00.000+08:00

Festival of Praise (FOP) is back in town. This is my second time attending FOP, the first was back in 2004, in which we actually went there late and left early. Don't remember much what happened apart from great worship.
This time without hesitation, we arrived more than an hour earlier, but the main entrance was already closed. We headed to the overhead bridge entrance and the queue was just insane! We only made it in after queuing for about half an hour (which is considered quite lucky I should say). Even luckier for us... We got great seats...facing the stage, not too far, not too near. Though if we're nearer, we might be caught on camera.
The experience was just ultimate! Don Moen and Delirious was there. Don Moen's songs are just totally nostalgic, his voice is very indeed. I really can't believe that I actually can see his live performance, never dream of that before. But I should say...
Delirious rocked the stage that night! Martin the lead singer and band leader... He's rather cute right...His voice is powerful!

The main singer, Martin Smith has such a disgustingly fantastic voice (paradoxical indeed)...seriously I just can't believe he's real.... He's kinda small size, and his mouth is small too, but his voice...amazingly loud and unique... I can't help but yes...I was back in the jumping mode. Jumping was done back in youth cell last time, and it has been a long time since I last jumped. Amazingly Hann jumped too!!! Hahaha... and definitely we had a great time worshiping that night. Oh yah, the sermon was goooood with Rev Phil Pringle... Illustrating the bible in such a practical way that it's hard to forget what he spoke about that night.
No doubt... the presence of the Lord swept through the whole indoor stadium!!! It was just pouring...and overwhelming... really can't described in words how it was like...
Yes FOP 2008... I'll be there...

2007-08-04T15:25:00.000+08:00

今天天气不错．不好意思．　我很久没有写华语了．突然间不知道要写社么才好．　

我真的不知道！！！

不好了！　我的汉语拼音也退步了！　
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现在我真的没有灵感．．．下次才再试过吧！

It's my birthday, it's my birthday!

2007-08-04T15:02:00.000+08:00

Preceptorship has finally ended. I wasn't that excited about it. I guess because school will be starting in a week's time and I have to settle my FYP selection this coming week. Would I miss NUH? I think largely no...But it'll be weird now that I don't have to walk all the NUH corridors and wards. I've definitely gotten quite comfortable with the place and the people there.
But for now, i guess I should focus on my final week of holidays.
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On my birthday, it was celebrated with the aim of bursting my inbox. Even dad and mom wished through sms. I can see that my dad is improving in terms of technology. Was delighted to get a msg from Bixia downunder. So many messengers that I was quite distracted at work. However, on that very day, no cakes, no presents.... Hann promised to celebrate during the weekend, though I actually did feel weird that it was that "solemn".

2 days after the Day, the girls came over and we had a party with NYDC pizza, holland V satay, chips, and mama's Malibu(in which we din drink, since Sharon will be driving). There was cake..and it's ice cream cake from Swensen. I think it's my second ice cream birthday cake since I was 13 I think. Still remember ice cream cakes were meant for the rich, and the person who got it last time was my cousin Dodo as she's the only daughter of my small uncle.Me and the Swensen cakie... As usual, blushing there at 23... It's not going to improve.

We ate pretty fast since everyone was hungry...Oh how can I miss this out?! I was surprised. It wasn't anything big, it's just that I didn't know the girls were here, until they actually came up with the birthday cake lit. I was shocked! It has been a few years since there're good surprises. We did a bit of catching up, though it's more of a Nip*le thing rather than a Nepal thing for YL. Haha..and I seriously don't know why this Sharon and YL kept on laughing as though they had some spasm. eh...Where is Tinghui?...
Anyway, thanks girls..I really enjoyed myself that night. You girls are the best. Thanks to Mama for her good nurture... Hhahha!!!
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My silly partner Lee Wan Xia bought me a delicious cake from NYDC on the last day of work as well. I was totally touched...but felt bad coz I didn't buy her anything. Em, maybe I can give her a good birthday present. Initially I really had some problems dealing with wx, however after living closely with her for the past 6 weeks at NUH, I think I've sort of gotten used to her style. At times, she can actually be so silly and cocky, that made me LOL!!!
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I can feel that I'm becoming more relaxed now that my one-week holiday has officially started. Yup, let's enjoy. Looking forward to seeing Lifan and going for the MMU's convocation!

ICU and Iguana

2007-07-31T00:03:00.000+08:00

The week at ICU was happening. We went to our first official ward rounds with consultants, med students, nurses and pharmacist. Initially it was confusing, coz we don't understand much of what's going on, after a while we get used to it a little. But the saddest thing happened when the consultant decided to ask us some questions about antibiotics when the med students were unsure about their findings. He asked us..." So, pharmacists, what's good for Pseudomonas?...Flucloxacine?"... I'm like..."What?..Pseudomonas...emm.."I HAVE NO IDEA?!!!... My goodness... Was rather disappointed with myself. We're given the chance to prove our expertise, and I just happened to let it go...just because I've forgotten and my memory has failed me horribly!!!!....
Well, apart from this miserable story, everything was just wonderful! ICU patients are very different from the general wards, their conditions are more severe, and this makes them more vulnerable to any changes or hazards that affect their bodies... The pharmacist Xiang Fei is just an inspiration. Apparently he's like a walking antibiotic encyclopedia... On the last day, we even went into the operating theatre!

As for the OP, it was a bypass procedure done on an Ang mo! which happens to have a big body, a big heart, but thin legs... He was stripped naked, seriously I was awfully shocked, but no doubt, I suppressed everything, and gave a professional look at an angle away from the patient. You see, we're standing at the end of the bed......
The surgeon happened to be the head of the cardiac dept and he's definitely very friendly and "hospitable". He made us stand next to him, which is next to the patient's head... not blocking him, as he's standing at the side of the patient. So we got to see everything, it just depends whether we want to see everything, that's another case. The most stunning part was when he sawed the patient's sternum in 1 seconds time, I was utterly shocked... But it passed so fast that I didn't know how to react to it. Half way through, they actually stopped the heart to reduce energy consumption, and use a machine to recycle blood back to the patient.
The whole procedure took 4 hours, and at the end, we actually got a little immune to the whole bloody and naked thing...
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Sat night - we celebrated Weiyee's birthday at Iguana Clark Quay. Now I know why Lokesh loves that place so much. Mexican food resembles Indian food indeed. Bread, beans, spices... And even the rice tasted a bit Indian to me...We just love drinking no matter how many times we day beer is bad for the liver... House pour... from Brewerkz... Definitely a bit drunk there... The place is definitely partish and cool, though the music was just a bit too loud for me...
Hann was there too... Look at his Beer Battered fish...wrapped with Prata.! Hahha...
And thanks swei for her lovely Blackforest Cheese cake! We're 23... And I'm officially 23 now too!!!

Cold butter is nice

2007-07-25T22:03:00.001+08:00

I realised I have a lot of things that I want to jot down, a lot of things that I want to say. And I seriously can't let the internet failure in my house stop me from doing so. Thus, this will turn out to be an old post, but yet, an update on what going on in my life.

It's first day at Peads, and the pharmacist and the pharmacist assistant there are rather different. The PA is a cool looking woman, with a pair of good looking specs, who tend to crack jokes and laugh out loud. She's the kind of person that you know comes from a uniform group background, those that are still very zealous about their group even when they out of school, I don't know what's the name.. NPC? NCC?? No that's national cancer centre, NDP? National day parade! Whatever! You know what I mean...
Well, as for the pharmacist, she's one with loads of experience, you can totaly feel her aura! Many times, she actually made me feel stupid, coz she tends to explain things in a logical manner, making you think how come I did not think of that way? Isn't it logic? Common sense?! But well, she's definitely an inspiration as one can see she's definitely rub shoulders with nurses and doctors, and dispense without thinking much... yet concise and proper.

I like cold butter, spread on any sort of bread, hard or soft. Cold butter rocks. It gives you a refreshing feel, just like drinking cold milk. Though it's made of fat, but yet, I don't feel guilty at all, which can be dangerous at the same time. Yet, I still adores cold butter... And now I'm progressing rather rapidly on the medium s

More about hospital

2007-07-21T00:11:00.000+08:00

Horrible internet connection!!! I've been deprived of the world wide web for the past one week! ONE WEEK!!!! That's why I haven't been blogging... It really sucks!
Hello to Yeelian in Nepal... hope that your exotic holiday is going great and wonderful. Send my love to Kathmandu.

Well, shall update a little about hospital attachment. This is our first week in in-patient. It was quite a fruitful week definitely. In patient is definitely very different from the previous 3 places that I've attached to. Pharmacists go for checking of IMR (In-patient medical records) in the respective wards, ensuring that there are no drug interaction, duplication, and errors. The atmosphere in the wards is very different from retail. Some wards look rather chaotic, with doctors, nurses as well as visitors walking around. It's especially busy during the morning hours and lunch time, when the nurses will serve medicine and lunch at the same time. Seriously hospital food really look rather decent, with nicely sliced fruits and set lunch meal. They don't really smell that nice though, I guess patients are to be put on milder food than normal.
At SP5A, we followed 2 pharmacists who had just finished their pre-reg. Did a stroke case, reviewed a couple of GI cases, and had a good discussion over a end-stage liver failure.
One thing that caught my attention. A woman who is in her early 30s, or even 20 plus, is having ESRF and is put in for CAPD (continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis). I was really curious of the cause of the disease, wanted to ask her, but hesitated. I guess I should have just reviewed her case notes.

As for Thurs and Fri, we were rotated to SP 7A at kent ridge wing. SP 7A is indeed heavenly. It's located at one of the highest corner of NUH, new wing, and serving private wards. One can really feel the difference between the private wards and the general ones at the main building. The first ward we went to , ward 88, it's carpeted! Patients are either in double room or single room. Newspapers will be delivered to their individual room every morning. There's even a suite at the end, and it's like a house, with living room and all. All I can see when I peeped in, there was a huge basket of fruits on the coffee table. It's really a huge one, measuring about 50cm for the size of the basket.
SP 7A is heavenly not only it's located at one of the highest end of NUH, it's also very relax over there. The Pharmacist goes for her ward checks in the morning and afternoon, then clear all the discharges in the afternoon. The pharmacist will go in each patient's room to counsel on the use of their medicine. Whenever I enter those rooms, I just feel like lying on the bed!!!
Oh, and because it's relatively less busy over there. We have more time to review cases, and discuss therapy. Oh and yup, I did two dispensing at 2 wards. It was totally exhilarating, though it's just dealing with antibiotics and pain killer. It's definitely very different from knowing about the drug, and translating the knowledge into words to the patient. But one thing that's for sure, the patients are in better rooms, thus they're in better mood and are have more patience. Many of them are rather appreciative I should say, unlike the ones over at the general subsidised out patients. Well, I guess this end the patients are better off, and most of them are actually foreigners here at NUH for treatment.

Weiyee Jia you!

2007-07-08T20:52:00.001+08:00

Our beloved friend Wei Yee graduated last Wed 4/7/07. So happy for her. I rushed from NUH to UCC during lunch, and only managed to have a few bites of waffle bought by Hann.
It's actually my first time attending the graduation ceremony of a close friend. Have been missing a few back home due to school and all. (hopefully I can really make it for the MMU peeps graduation this August). We bought her a graduation bear...
WeiYee with Hann and me. The cert Hann holding is not her graduation cert, it's the birth cert of the bear and the bear is called Wei Yee. Hahah!!!
Wei yee will be starting work as a teacher soon, hope for the best for her, and that she'll bring joy and blessings to all her students as how she has blessed all her friends over here with her insanity and laughter.

Picture courtesy of Sharon Nini Ong.

2007-07-08T20:38:00.001+08:00

7th of July is here and it started pouring heavily even before 7am. I woke up contemplating what to do, as we have to reach the church at Newton at 845am to be ushers for Lionel's wedding. Reached there at 9plus, and we were sent down to B1 to do ushering. Very soon, we were called up, and the wedding has already started. Worship leader and 2 vocalists were singing worship songs while Lionel and Rachel were standing in front of the stage, both hand in hand. We sang a couple of songs, and it was followed by the wedding vows. While they were exchanging rings, the ring suddenly fell on the ground, and Lionel gave out a loud.."Opps.." and the audience laughed so loud. Apparently, there were no flower girls no ring bearers, no bride's maid and all. The whole ceremony was proper and efficient. Half way through the vows, I suddenly felt quite overwhelmed and felt like crying actually. Haha.... Can see that Lionel is very very happy, but well, Lionel is always happy.
Right after the ceremony at the church which lasted about 45 minutes time, we were ferried to Four Seasons for lunch reception. It's my first time at Four Seasons and the hotel is really very grand. The banquet hall was decorated with a white and golden background, with candles and flowers surrounding the area. They even hired a Jazz Band! It was so romantic!!! Lunch was western, and yes it's my first time having a western wedding lunch actually. Indeed, Four Seasons is definitely up to standard, the bread served was so special, some round ones, some really flat pita-like bread and some looking like Poki poki, and yes they were served with my favourite butter! This was followed by starters which was huge big scallop, and I had fish for my main. Last but not least, the dessert was fantastic. It was a love shaped pastry made of crunchy cookies with creamy topping and a hard chocolate base. There was also a strip of berries next to the huge heart. I digged out all of content and left the heart shaped chocolate base untouched. Haha... It was indeed a wonderful wedding, and Lionel is now on his way to Europe for his honey-moon!! Ohhh...So exciting!

Wonderful senior and a romantic 2007

2007-07-03T21:49:00.001+08:00

Jessica never fails to encourage and motivate me whenever I talk to her about our future profession-Pharmacist. Jess is a senior of mine, who happened to stay in the same hall as me. It is totally a blessing to know her, as she is so generous with her knowledge and advices, that everytime after talking to her, she seemed to gear me back to the right path. I really thank God for Jess as she has really been wonderful friend and senior of mine.
Alright, I shall put Jess in our house warming invitation list... Haha...

I think my camera has been staying in the drawer for a absurdly long time. This weekend, it shall alive. I guess it has to as it's Lionel's big day! 7th July 2007!!! He is so lucky!!! This day is too early for me..Maybe 12/12/12, but definitely not as angelic as 7/7/7! Actually it's my first wedding in Singapore. Me and Hann is are invited for the church wedding as well as the lunch reception. Now the headache is, what to buy for Lionel??!! Any idea?
Oh come to think of it, 2 more wedding coming up this year. Ian's and distant cousin Julian, which will turn out to be my 2nd wedding in Singapore. So many weddings this year, I guess 2007 is really a lovey dovey year for everyone... Hehe....(Am I sounding too bimbotic?)

Ok, I really need to get back to my books. Has been progressing so slowly, and it's just Tues and I'm already slacking away! Where is the motivation? Where is the momentum?!

Romantic GI disorder

2007-07-02T19:42:00.001+08:00

It has been a boring Monday. I was actually looking forward to lab, but it turned out to be rather plain. The only hands on that we got to was to wash amber bottles, and cap amber bottles. The most interesting thing is the green suit that we put on, along with the green shower cap. Apart from that, it's another SOP day. I guess at NUH, it's really a SOP to read the SOP on the first day. We even read the 20pages on Total Parenteral Nutrition on DiPiro. Really hope that tomorrow will be a more interesting one.

Meet Hann after work today... Oh, it's the first day in NUH that we were let off at 530pm sharp. Haha, we actually clocked a total of 11 hours last Friday. Hann was having some stomach ache, and he just seemed to be so adorable when he's sick. We went to subway for a light meal, and he was better after that.
If I have the choice, I'll see you every day...
My heart just melted. Maybe he's just better with words and extra romantic when he's sick. Hehe...

CGI

2007-07-02T00:10:00.000+08:00

The weekend comes and goes really fast. What I can remember is that I've spent a huge part of the weekend with Hann.
We went and watched Transformers on Sat afternoon. Transformers is definitely one of the best show for the summer. Hann said the show is great because of its amazing CGI(I think it's computer generated images), and yes..the transformers just look so cool!!! Esp the one which transform as they are moving or flying, totally jaws-dropping!
After the show, we went to HMV just to check out some music. And just happened that "Zhang Da Tong" is having some performance at the HMV fountain stage. It was supposed to be at 330pm, so being there at 327pm, I decided to stay and take a look at this guy who I think have quite special vocals. We waited till 350pm and still no sight of that guy... Totally disappointing. Hann got rather impatient actually, and said that he's not a good artist as he's not on time. Haha... We went into HMV and heard some great Bon Jovi while Hann went to check out on Linkin Park's Transformers ST. Mr. Zhang only came out at about 415pm!!! And he just walked in front of me, as Hann and me was listening to songs near to the entrance of HMV. His face is very clean and spotless, very fair guy, totally PRC... He went up there, and started singing... Well he definitely has a unique voice and sounded not bad, a bit of the Jay Chow style I should say. Hann agrees that his vocals are special but detested the fact that he couldn't hear what he's singing... Haha..
During the late afternoon, we spent some time having Mud piece and Strawberry Smoothie at Taka Coffee Club. That was actually the place that we had our "first psuedo date" back in Year1. Me and Hann both had forgotten how did we actually happen to go out together then. All I can remember is that I've been to this coffee club with Cheah MingHann when I was back in Year 1. I guess must have been some insignificant reasons, if not it's impossible that both of us can forget at the same time.
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GST hike officially started today, increment of 2%, from 5% to 7%. Actually I don't care much about it, as I won't be buying much expensive stuffs for now, and my only spending will be very much on groceries. We were really excited to see stores that will be absorbing the increment, such as Pepper Lunch, but I wonder how long that will be sustained. Giant will be absorbing the increment for certain products. Well, I think the hike doesn't really affect its business much, as the queue is as usual insane on Sundays... A good piece of advice: try not to do heavy groceries after Friday evening.
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Tomorrow will be the start of a new week. I'm a lazy pig, I can't wait for the weekend to come again. For now all I can hope for is that week 2 @ NUH will be a great one!

More to come....More!

2007-06-28T22:21:00.001+08:00

We see, we do, we learn much faster... Better than through lectures, tutorials, and examinations. These 4 days at NUH really made me feel good, and gained back some sort of self-esteem and confidence, as I realised that I learn things faster, revision is made easier, and drug names, indications, side effects and counseling points just goes into the brain much faster...about 5 times faster at least.I don't really feel the tiredness that I should be feeling, like how the previous batch of girls felt during their first week. I still remember the times that they came back, half dead lying on the sofa, frequent somnolence cases of Hwa, a fair share for KY definitely. As for batch 2, May, me and Wanxia are just normal... I don't actually feel the tiredness, though I will never like waking up early. Well, at least we don't have to take the 15minutes walk to MRT and go all the way to TT every morning. I guess that has taken a toll on the girls previously.

LayMui had a discussion with us after work today, and we got a bit carried away and only ended at 715. By then, Hann has already burst my inbox, from "I'll be waiting near the library" to "are you done?" to "rawr" to...finally a huge "R.A.W.R"!!! Totally scary! Hann, I owe you an hour ok? I owe you an hour... Shall see how it shall be repaid... Please be merciful...
There has been so many things to be learnt, so many things to be studied and read up on, I really can feel that I don't have enough time. This weekend will be starting on the revision of some retail drugs, since we'll be going to Retail 2 next week. At the same time, I guess Sklar's stuffs have to be revised, since we wouldn't want to be owned by the doctors and pharmacists during in patient ward rounds. I really don't know where I can find the time to do so many things except by studying the whole weekend, and no play. But that will never be the case...! I don't care, I'm going for Transformers!!!

NUH experience day 1&2

2007-06-27T20:15:00.000+08:00

Was feeling a little nervous about the start of preceptorship at NUH. Though I've been to NUH for a lunches and dinners when I was camping at Med library back then, I don't really know NUH that well apart from its 7/11, Kopitiam and Enclave. NUH was actually very huge and confusing at times. A lot of zig-zag turns and sitting of lifts before we reached cancer centre which is at the Kent Ridge wing of NUH. Kent Ridge wing is actually a newer building of NUH, it definitely looked posher to me, with an open air deck for Kopitiam(though not a very decent place for lunch under such hot sun) fully airconditioned wards, the building definitely looks really good. There are also various stores at the main lobby of the building, and wooden benches at the entrance for the taxi queue. It doesn't really feel or look like a hospital esp at its entrance. Many different clinics are located at different levels of the building, and the place we're posted to which is the cancer centre is located at the 4th level, which is the same level as the Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery clinic as well as the Digestive clinic.

First day at work was decent, a lot of reading was done till I got a little saturared. My preceptor Lay Mui asked us to read up on SOPs as well as a journal with regards to antiemetic uses. Thus, me and Wanxia spent a great deal of time mugging in the cancer centre pantry. Last minute teaching was done at the last hour of the day. She explained to us about prescriptions and the various drugs used in the pharmacy.

2nd day was better in a sense that more hands-on was done. We did a bit of packing. Packing is usually done by the Pharmacy Technicians. It's not a difficult task, but it's definitely my first time and we did encounter quite a few problems. One definitely has to be alert as during peak hours, it can get quite confusing. Doses, strength, quantity of the drugs must not be wrong. Well, errors are few as there will be 2 rounds of checking, one by another PT and a final round of check of interactions, strength, quantity and the right drug by the pharmacist herself. We observed a few counseling sessions as well.
At the end of the day, LayMui actually asked us to go for a counseling session for chemotherapy. It's a 44 y.o chinese man, who was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. And it's his first time undergoing chemotherapy, with oxaliplatin, 5FU and folinic acid. He looks a little fatigue and older than his age. His gf/wife was with him. The counseling started with the explaination of the drugs dispensed, the chemotherapy that he was going through, and the side effects that he might be experiencing throughout the cycles. He has to go through 12 cycles of chemo!!! That was really shocking to me. The counseling was done rather professionally. LayMui explained everything in Mandarine, and I was totally impressed. Now then I truly realise the importance of dialect and Mandarine in our profession. Half way through the side effects session, the wife walked away, and WX told me that she was actually tearing. I didn't even realise that. I guess this is still a very raw news to both of them as it's his first chemotherapy, and the side effects are so numerous that I think if I were in her shoes, I might not be able to handle it and break down as well. The man himself was very courageous and sat through the whole counseling which takes more than 20minutes!!
I feel that more can be done for patients like this. Pharmacist should always try to value add their profession. I can truly see the value adding aspects when I am working here at NUH. For instance, if a doctor is or prescribe a drug for the patient, and if the patient still have a lot of the drug at home, they can actually request to buy less of the drug. This actually avoid wastage and lessen the financial burden of the patient. Pharmacists are there to help the patients to make the optimal decision in the area of drugs. I really hope to see more of this as I'm working here in NUH. It's definitely very inspirational and encouraging.

A week's stuffs

2007-06-24T09:27:00.000+08:00

It has been a while since I last blogged. Haven't been going online too often these days. I've always been wanting to write down some of my feelings after certain happenings in my life, and I'll always think what is to be written in my blog right after the event, maybe in the bus on the way back from town, or on my walk back from my run at the Stadium. However, usually it does not come into reality. And eventually it'll be too stale to be blogged.
I'll just roughly highlight certain events that have happened for the past week... those that I remember.
Stefanie wrote an email over announcing about her boyfriend called Caleb... She sounded totally excited and happy, esp the part when she talks about his broad shoulders and all. So glad that her work, relationship as well as her walk with the Lord have been going great, and even invited me to go over to Brisbane for a tour. Well.. I've been to Aus 2 times for the last 3 years, seriously, no more aussie stuffs for me as of now. But really hope to see her soon when she's back next year.
Went back to hall to visit the girls last Friday. Met Weiyee and Tinghui. Both looks good, and weiyee will be starting her work as a teacher with MOE this coming week. As for tinghui, she'll be starting on special sem in school. It is definitely a joy, sitting in the typical sheares hall rooms, and chat with my old friends. I can't help it but to feel a strange nostalgic feeling, it's of something good definitely. I guess our bond has definitely formed back in Sheares Hall, partly thanks to Mama and Flower Power. Really hope that this bond will persist for the rest of our lives.... I love you girls.
Back in the house, we went to Kbox yesterday, and had a 3+ 1hour of Karaoke. It was rather fun! We only paid 13 bucks per person, and the lunch was rather decent and the hours are just nice. Actually they added another hour for us, as there was a delay in serving the lunch.
3 of the girls will be leaving by this week. Ky will be going back to KL, and thunder and hwa will be leaving for HK. So envious of them, though I don't really adore HK, but yet it's afterall a foreign land and there's always exciting stuffs to do overseas... At least wonderful good over at HK!!! Thus the house will only be left with me, May and Wanxia, who will be starting on our 6-week hospital attachment starting this coming Monday. Haiz... Lazy, yet a little excited definitely, hope that the experience will definitely be a fruitful one.
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Hann came back on Thursday night and he came right after he settled all his luggage. We went out for supper and catch up on each other. The next day, he accompanied me for my eye brow trimming at Fancyl. Just happened that Aunty Goh is at ORchard as well, so we decided to accompany her for the afternoon. We talked a little, though I find myself too quiet and serious in front of her. Really hope that I didn't turn out to be a faker or a borer. Hann bought a pair of jeans (it's his first by the way), and along with his adidas shoes, he looked so nice and different.
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Oh,. it's time for church, gotta run!

Thunder's birthday... Officially 23.

2007-06-16T14:36:00.000+08:00

Thunder celebrated her birthday last weekend. Went to this place called Indulge at Tan Que Lan street at Bugis. The ambience was lovely, but the food was just fine.

Me and thunder- The birthday girl and my room-mate.

Pharmers at Thunder's birthday - This reminds of the pic we took at Weiying's house.

Swei baked a cake that night - Black Forest cheesecake and it's insanely hypnotizing...

Plainly routine

2007-06-16T14:25:00.000+08:00

Life has been plain and routine for this week. Haven't been having proper dinner since Monday. Had mantou, sausages for Mon/Wed, instant noodles and sausages for Tues, and Breadtalk for Friday, and an exception made on Thursday with Filet-O-Fish (is that considered proper?). I wonder whether an overdose of those Denmark made sausages going go bring about side effects?.....
Had my first OT on thursday night when the company is trying to switch their date into a new system. It was rather exciting though stressful at the same time as dateline has to be met and once any information is posted it cannot be amended. So you need speed and accuracy. I made a couple of mistakes which was discovered on Friday morning. My boss said...well, a few mistakes in a few hundred.. You're forgiven... Hahha...
I guess I've been living a comfortable life since the end of exams that the acute stress from the OT actually caused a mild insomnia and indigestion. Coupled with the fact that one of the wall shelf actually fell in the middle of the night.. I was a little fainty on Friday morning. Yes the wall shelf fell! 3 of them, and almost killed my housemate's chincilla... The creature had quite a trauma as it was in a mood for food the very next day. I actually woke up when it happened and I thought it was some huge vase that was broken at the unit above us... Who knows it's our house! Nothing was broken though except for Hwa's cup cover...
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Hospital attachment will be starting in about a week's time. My plan to study during the hols hasn't been good, and it'll truly be a failure if I don't buck up this coming week. Hope that the experience will be fruitful and merciful one... I'm looking forward to it definitely.

pouting

2007-06-10T23:21:00.000+08:00

You'll start with the pouting... Then when I give in, you'll say it's ok. it doesn't really matter... Then you'll ask..,"You sure it's ok? I only want if you want it as well...."
Hann has been observing my pouting patterns, in the ways I get the things that I want. He is indeed rather right. When I'm unhappy and when I don't get what I expect, I'll pout. Sometimes for a couple of minutes, sometimes up to half an hour. But I should say, it's tiring to pout. It's definitely unnatural. But I should say, pouting helps me to calm down, and yes I really do mean it when I gradually give in to him. Though... pouting definitely doesn't make him feel very comfortable. Thus, he usually gives in first before the pouting ends.
That is why... I'm totally spoilt by Hann. (But don't worry k? I won't take this for granted...Haha...)
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Hann will be home for these 2 weeks. He has to be home to accompany his mom for checkups as well, and good that his elder sis is back from France, and the whole family is back in Penang. As for me, it's a week to catch up with some friends, and to do my studies before the start of NUH.The weekend has been packed. Went jogging alone on Fri night and the endorphines has been really therapuetic.
Saturday has been a meaningful one. We did brown bagging at National Cancer Centre. The first patient who came in was a man of about 70 years old. He has lung cancer, and the chemotherapy has affected his throat so badly that he couldn't really speak. All he does is to write down on a piece of paper what he wanted to tell us in Mandarine. And I should say that his Chinese words look really good. His son was with him, and there were times when I can see slight tears on his eyes. And it really touches my heart... Somehow I feel that my job as a pharmacist is not only to help people with their medicine, but also to bring some comfort and assurance to the patients and their family. I'm so glad that I went for this event.
After brownbagging, me and the girls went for dessert at Chinatown. After that we decided to crash Hwa's JC frens gathering at City Hall. So basically we walked all the way from SGH to City hall MRT, with a pitstop at Chinatown for dessert. Hahaha!!!
Hwa's friends have been amusing. We went to Magic Wok for dinner and has dessert at Gelare City Link. It has definitely been a while since the last time I had such an outing. It was definitely fun!
We came back and had a Jazz night (More of a blasting music and dance erratically) in conjunction with Thunder's birthday. We definitely went crazy, and the girls seemed to be rather amused when me and hwa performed the Nsync song.. Hahaha.... Happy Birthday Thunder! 23 years old...big girl..(lady to be more exact..) already.

Growing up...fast

2007-06-06T22:41:00.000+08:00

The trip back home made me lazy. After coming back from Ipoh, I didn't feel like going to work anymore, and felt that my holidays are wasted on working instead of slacking, and doing other things that I could not afford to do during term time. Only the sole motivation - earning money keeps me going.
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The short trip back home for 4days was enjoyable and fruitful. Went Kledang Hill with Dad for 2 evenings. First trip we went for 4.2 ( I don't know why it's called that, apparently it's the 2nd toughest route). The journey uphill takes roughly half and hour, it's about 10 minutes longer than Kong Tau San but apparently it's less tiring. This is because the first 10minutes is a mixed of up-hill, down-hill and flat grounds. As for KTS, it started off uphill, a little flat grounds, and uphill again... So though the journey is shorter, it's definitely tougher. And it also shows that my stamina has dropped for not exercising for quite some time, since my last run at Clementi Stadium weeks ago. *Tsk tsk tsk...
Apart from the hill climbing routine, spent some time with Sis and Mom, sorting out a skirmish between the two. I guess it turned out fine. Hope that as she grows up, she'll learn to understand more of the heart of a mother, as I believe I'm gradually learning to think more about the decisions that my Mom made/makes. It's definitely not easy to be a parent, you're like a 24/7 role model, and it's definitely a challenge to any human beings.
*Stop being sentimental...Seriously I think I'm gradually moving into another phase of my life...I'm growing old...
Met with Ying and RY on Sat night and spent a night over at RY's house. We went and yam cha at a OldTown at Ipoh Garden East. The food there is not bad, but a bowl of laksa costs 5 ringgit. It's definitely expensive! But well, how often go I get to taste a bowl of good Laksa living in Singapore.?! After that we went back and chilled at her house. The girls were busy researching on their Taiwan trip while I was chatting... Eventually I gave up and wanting to go to bed. I guess RY's room was really too dusty that I had chronic nightmare!!!
Oh yah, the girls are all working... EY has been working at E&Y, while Carmen now works at Digi as an engineer. Very soon Ying is starting work at Agilent and settling in Penang, though RY is still slacking around. So now only left me... Another year, I bet it's going to be fast.

2007-05-29T00:04:00.000+08:00

Haven't been blogging lately as the wireless at my house is not working well, and we've been tapping into neighbours' line. Apparently it's illegal and we can get jailed according to my housemates. The funny thing is that many of my housemates are having internet withdrawal syndrome... Haha! Finally, the wireless is settled today and everyone is happily going online LEGALLY.
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As for work, it has been torturous for the past week. Boss has been away in Malaysia, and I've been begging for "assignments" from my colleugues. Most of the time I've been stoning and reading my BNF secretively as I just can't stare in blankness for hours!!! Seriously, hours... and every minute every second is a torture.
Well thank God that Boss is back today and yes a lot of work..which is superb! I was trying to space everything out so that at least I can survive the 8 hour day without miserable stoning sessions.
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Hie to TingHui!!! Life has been good. I'm settling down in my new house, and growing to love it day by day. Having your own living room, your own kitchen and space, it's just totally marvellous, something that we've been missing much for the past 5-6 years away from home. I've been cooking for the house every Friday evening, and every meal just reminds us of home. Apparently my cooking skills are still decent. Haha..
And what's the most happening thing --> Great Singapore Sales!!! I've never been so excited about GSS before, I guess it's because I'm earning bucks and can spend it without guilt. Thus I'll be going shopping tmr after work. Thus you should just come down and join in the fun!

My favourite hormones and dinner for all

2007-05-19T15:25:00.000+08:00

Endorphines are happy hormones indeed. They're totally my favourite!
Last Monday I could feel that my tendonitis was coming back. Yet I felt so unhealthy that I decided to go jogging at the Clementi Stadium right after my work. I ran there and went 6 rounds around the field. It was really nice, as the place is rather happening, with International School students having long jump at one corner, guys practising soccer in the centre field, and yes many people running on the track. By the end of the run, I was totally satisfied and proud of myself. It reminds me of 2.4 days, but yet I always feel that I used to run faster then. Maybe due to the lack of consistent training. And yes about the endorphines... They made me very happy after the run, I suddenly felt so fit(just after one run) Hhaha... and the amazing thing is that the tendonitis was almost gone on Tuesday. Hann said that endorphines are released also to repair mild muscle tears we experience as we exercise. I guess that sort of help in repairing the inflammed Archilles. Unfortunately, Thursday it execerbated, I guess I've been doing too much walking.
So I decided to stay in on this very wonderful Saturday.
Cooked for the girls yesterday night. And it's my first time cooking since the last time I cooked for thui they all back in hall 2-3 years ago. The thing is that I used to cook at home, but since I've come to Singapore, I"ve grown lazy and every trip back home, it's either Mom or Sis who cooks, and I'll be lying on the couch for tv. Hehe...
Well, apparently my cooking skills are really different from my pharmacy knowledge. After leaving them for years, the end product is still rather decent, and the girls even said it was good for the fish... though the tofu turned out to be a little salty. But definitely cooking skills still there, unlike my Pharm knowledge which tends to vanish through the months. Sigh...

Today is definitely a very fine Saturday and Hann came over for lunch. His respond to my maiden cooking session with him was rather mild. But I guess it was alright. Saturdays are happy days as all the girls don't have to wake up till the sun is up. And for now, everyone is napping, except Hwa and me. I shall stay up to appreciate this lovely afternoon.

New skin!!!

2007-05-16T23:40:00.000+08:00

Well..Shocked? I've changed my blogskin once again. I guess it's time now since exams are over and I can spent lots of time searching for a good one, and doing the necessary changes. Blogskin is good but finding one which is suitable for myself is really not easy. Eventually I settled for this. Found it rather refresing and special, though it's not a true reflection of myself. I guess the only thing that can be related from this skin is... Uncontrollable shopping and erratic temperament.
Yah just hope that this new skin will serve us well huh...
Added a new fren to my list. She's a new bloggy. My new roommate too. Apparently I've been stealing her blanket quite insidiously in the early hours of the morning. And the weirdest thing is that I am totally not aware of it. Haha...
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Went with Hann to Farrer Park yesterday to collect my Lapan Lapan ticket and had Indian food at the same time. It was utterly delicious!!! The garlic naan is ooohhh...Yummy!!! And the Briyani is so authentic, though...I don't actually know what's authentic. To me, what's deliciuos is considered authentic. Haha...though indeed some authentic food (such as Sichuan cuisine) turn out to be peculiar to me.
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Work has been fortunately variable though still a brainless lot, except maybe for today's debtors' chasing sessions after lunch. Though debt chasing sounds really scary and intimidating, I turned out to be not bad, especially when I got to sit at my boss' desk for the afternoon as he's out for a meeting. The week has been passing really fast. But the nights has been really good... Holidays are holidays afterall...

Meaningful Sunday

2007-05-13T23:00:00.000+08:00

After one week of stay at Clementi, it felt odd as I went back to Sheares Hall last Thursday. The walk from the bus stop seemed so familiar yet foreign at the same time. The walk that I've taken for the past 3 years seemed to be different as I've been walking Clementi Avenue 2 for the past week. Hall is in the holiday mode now. The quiet and peculiar ambience, and the girls are on the process of moving to the holiday blocks. I wanted to take a one last peep into my room but unfortunately it has been locked. I don't know why a simple trip back to hall seemed to be filled with so much emotions. I guess 3 years of hall stay has really made an impression.

The girls will be starting hospital preceptorship tomorrow. Very exciting indeed as the whole house will be waking up before 730am, and I guess it'll be great motivation to sleep early and to lead a healthy lifestyle with nutritious food and constant exercise regime.
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Went to CHC this morning. Though the journey to Expo was really really long, but it was definitely worth it. The service was really powerful and I can really feel the strong presence of the Holy Spirit like never before. Indeed the Sermon of the Mount is like an Xray that reflects one's spiritual walk and the sermon has been very applicable. Planned to have consistent devotion and hope that it'll be an enriching and exciting spiritual journey with the Lord.

At work

2007-05-09T11:15:00.000+08:00

I'm blogging from office. Work has been mundane and brainless. My boss has been good though. I think I've been working too fast thus clearning the workload too fast. I think I should slow it down to facilitate time killing.
Though Pantech is very near my house, the morning buses are erratic, packed like sardines. I didn't even get to go up to both buses yesterday morning that I have to take a cab and I was charged 5plus though I traveled barely 1km... Haiz, I really need to think of an alternative. Walking is feasible but with such weather these days, my biggest fear is that I end up sweating like a pig when I reach there...
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Went to watch spidey3 at Jurong Point yesterday. I think the show is rather decent. Some parts were even hilarious. Maybe if more editing has been down, the show would be excellent.
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I need to sleep more. Have been sleeping less than 7 hours for the past 3 days. No wonder I'm falling asleep with the numbers in front of me. The girls would all be back this thursday and I'll be left alone, luckily Hann would be coming to accompany me... Hopefully I'll get a good rest this weekend. Well, it's only Wednesday for now.

3rd day at Clementi Ave 1

2007-05-07T01:14:00.000+08:00

It's my third day at my new house. I was so tired out by the zoo trip and the house painting that I woke up at 12noon and missed COOS. The girls were all up for tuition and only I had the leisure to sleep for such long hours.
Painted the last part of the door. Last night was horrible as I was smelling paint the whole night while I was sleeping. Totally toxicated...
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Me and hann have decided to see each other once every other day. It felt a little bothered by the fact that we're no longer staying at the same place, and that I can't just run to him anytime I wanted to see him. I'm glad that he knows and he understands how I feel, and tried to help by saying..."nothing changes.."Definitely that just so sweet, and that is what I wanted to hear. Yes indeed he's quite ingenious in terms of emotions. Maybe he's really meant to be a psychiatrist.
However, we broke our qouta and met for dinner today. Well, I should say it just happened that I went back to hall to meet tinghui to send Serene off at the airport. I know it's an excuse... one thing is for sure, absence makes the heart grows fonder. The good thing is that we're actually having more time for other priorities like studies and friends, definitely it's a good change. I just have to adapt to the new arrangements, and I'm glad that you have been very supportive.
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Serene went off today at 1145pm to Osaka. Lawrence was left in hall and heading to KL on the 9pm bus. I said a proper farewell to him, wishing him all the best in whatever he's doing in Canada. He's definitely a nice dude and one with a good heart. He just need to find the place that is meant for him.
As for Serene, left Singapore heavy heartedly. She had great times for the past 10days, and now heading back to Osaka to clear the tonnes of work that has been left there unattended for the part week. But mama, I know you'll be strong and God will be with you. Anytime you need comfort just msn me or the flowers. It has been wonderful having u back in the flower circle. Your presence for the past week has been tremendously heartwarming, and yes your return has gelled the flowers back together again. It has been very nostalgic. Too bad I didn't give you a kiss at Changi.
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Oh my tummy is growling, I think I better go to bed. No more Fong Seng suppers, no more uncle vincent's supper. Clementi it's rather happening with it's 24 hour Macs, and food courts which are still alive at midnight. (saw it on my way back from changi)
I guess this is a really decent place afterall.

New beginning

2007-05-05T23:24:00.000+08:00

Ate duck noodles opposite Bugis Junction at Liang Seah Street. It was quite good... Yummy...

Hann having his duckrice while I had the kueh taey... After my purchase of Toshiba at SimLim

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House moving has been crazy. After packing for 2 days, everything which includes 6 boxes, 4 trolleys, 2 bags, 2 laptop bags, 4 huge plastic bags coupled with micellaneous stuffs like pictures, pails and my pink dusbin. It's really very embarassing... Haha!!!

My messy room!!!, everything unpacked....

In one day, I've already unpacked everything though some stuffs are still in a mess and not in place. Thunder went back home, so I got to sleep on the queen size bed on the first night in my new house. I felt weird... took some time to fall asleep. The morning air is very cooling that I thought that I was in an air-con room. However by 9am, the sun will shine in straight onto my face....

Our living room...When everything is still unpacked... Shall upload new photos when everything is in place.

Hope that the house will be in shape in no time and that I'll get used to living in this new place of mine. Everything seems to be like a new start and definitely I don't feel very comfortable about it. But one of the best thing, cable tv rocks and has been a huge distraction from all the house chores that are to be settled.

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Went to the zoo today with Hann. The zoo didn't change much. So this round we decided to take the trip another way. We sit down more often under the huge trees to observe the animals, and definitely we saw many things that we didn't see otherwise. It sort of made the zoo trip more relaxing and yes it's something that I needed after the exams and moving house chaos.

*It's my first time using wireless with my new toshiba and microsoft Vista... watching cable tv when I'm blogging... =)