Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Hypoglycemia

okiez most of u all noe that i'm going italy with NUSWS, and i've been trying to save some $$. haha every cent counts. so i tot i was very clever haha! ate brunch (not very heavy one) and skipped lunch, till dinner time (dinner at home), so that i dunnit to spend money on food in school...

that was a very bad attempt of me trying to imitate huazhen (hehe if u dunno, hua's is a pharmer who photosynthesize). ended up feeling super terrible. was totally tired on the bus and when i got home, i quickly grabbed a banana (for faster sugar spike) before my dinner. After dinner, i dun even have energy to chew my orange... wanted to ask for Oreo from my sis but she said that was the last packet... -_- so... picked up 2 大白兔奶糖 and felt better.... tink the nausea and vomitting was part of the side effects from the tea i had in the afternoon... eeks!

so the moral of the story: dun try to be a plant when u cant photosynthesize. And if u really feel hypoglycemic, eat 大白兔奶糖 or Milo (recommended by my pharmacotherapy lecturer) haha!

My Visual DNA

Monday, March 19, 2007

InTempo 2007

In Tempo 2007 was held successfully on 18 March 2007.

Repertoire:

Merry Wives of Windsor
Immer Kleiner
The Sound of Music
Soaring over the Ridges: The Impression of the North Alps (Singapore Premiere)
Silver Screen
Poema Alpestre (Singapore Premiere)

Encore: Amparito Roca

Concert was ok, got quite alot of screw-ups, and not playing up to our own standard. Kept saying that rehearsals were better, but no use, hahaha the actual performance what that matters. and for some reason (paaaraa paaa laaa parrrr) tuba section felt like killing our own SL.. :P hahaha

Feedbacks from frenz said that many of them liked Soaring Over the Ridges, but Poema was quite shaky.
[many of my frenz dunno wat the wind-machine was for haha but nvm :P ] But alright, I think overall the concert was still a success!!! encore was really high!!! hahaha..

I'm so glad Leonard Tan is our conductor cos he really brings NUSWS to greater heights (ya, like climbing mountains hahaha). [and i'm so honoured to be his student since sec3 hehehe]

ya concert was only 2 hours but to us, it was really the 2 hours that we're working for, on stage, trying to make everything sound right (but sometimes trying doesn't really help but at least all of us noe we tried). everything on stage zooms away so fast. and suddenly it was the end of the concert. ppl trying to remain high, exchange presents, take photos, eat. and after the whole day, we're back to reality again. sigh, mugging or watever u need to do...

er okiez...

Yes, I love NUSWS :) yeah! Thanks for all the memories. It's my best concert so far (yes, in my whole life). The fact that we may not be playing these pieces again makes me feel abit sad.. argh. haha


time for pictures!!!
Tuba section

Mashmallow honey stars makers!!!

Tuba section! with the string basses!

The whole band after the concert.

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This is what we did for the band. hahaha.. mashmallow honey stars!!!

More Pictures

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Quizzes!!!


You scored as Chemistry.
You should be a Chemistry major!
As if that isnt clear enough, you are deeply passionate about Chemistry,
and every single chemical reaction and concept fascinates you.
Pursue that!

Chemistry


100%

Psychology


83%

Mathematics


75%

Engineering


67%

Biology


67%

Philosophy


67%

Journalism


50%

Sociology


50%

Theater


42%

Anthropology


42%

Art


42%

Linguistics


33%

Dance


33%

English


17%

What is your Perfect Major? (PLEASE RATE ME!!<3)
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You scored as Timpani.
You are a born TIMPANI PLAYER!!!
You are easy going and level headed.
You love to play for the shear love of the music.
(But secretly you know that you are better that the snare player.)

Timpani


67%

Clarinet /Flute


67%

Saxaphone


56%

unique


56%

Snare


45%

Trumpet


44%

Trombone


33%

What musical instrument are you most like?
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You scored as Violin.
You are a violinist!
You dont play so to impress people,
just because it makes you look smarter.

Violin


92%

Bagpipes


67%

Singer


50%

Drums


50%

Guitar


42%

DJ Play-a


33%

Music Instruments
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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

If I leave a comment on ur blog, wat will u write :P

eh lazy to reply :P haha! but i realise i'm a bulldog, koala bear, elephant, cow and chicken.... Y DO I LOOK LIKE CHICKEN?!

Cloud:
1. You are very hardworking!
2. You should try to do either bungee jumping or rapelling!
3. Purple (haha.. I think you're so gonna be stuck with purple already...)
4. I like the way you are so ridiculously nice to everyone.. Haha..
5. I remember that I only really know you on election day itself. I remember thinking of you as part of a collective whole of the four RV-ians.. Haha..
6. Bulldog lor.. HAHA!!
7. Eh.. So when you getting attached??

Nick:
1. Go kop some carrots from Tinywingz.. they make a good pair with corns! HEEHEE
2. Don't study everyday. (AH!!!)
3. Purple. We got u that purple Crumbs. HAH
4. Can apply what you learnt (or maybe thats cuz its the med type? I can't imagine talking to anyone about silicon...)
5. Elections. Kana bombed by u noe who...
6. Eh. I think you refer to cloud's for that. =P
7. Can dun call me monkey? hahahaha

Yokes:
1. u can pin my eupho pin on ur shirt too! to represent me. HAHA
2. taking a history module! WOOT!!
3. no brainer.. PURPLE! hee
4. ur cornyness. er, but in moderation ok.. HAHA
5. i think is the same memory that u have of me. the 1st time u called and i answered the phonecall. i felt guilty k, for not being able to go for band. haha almost felt too paiseh to go the next week. quite glad i went. HAHA
6. elephant. they got good memory.. like u! haha
7. er, i ask u in private better. LOL. hahahaaha

Xinhui (HCJC):
1. u like to master big instruments (tuba, cello)...haha...
2. stay awake throughout the nite for our next jiemei outing when me, sj n vernon are all back!
3. green! haha...dunno why also...
4. u are friendly n easy-going n full of leng3 xiao4 hua4!:)
5. u in tut-tut rv uniform:P hahaha...
6. hmmm...koala bear?
7. where did u get all ur leng3 xiao4 hua4 from?? lol:P

Yanting:
1. *yay* you're finally blogging too~!!!
2. Play the tuba while holding a tuba mute at the bell~ *LOL*
3. Pink...so must always remain pink in health k~??? =)
4. I like you always being so receptive to my dumb ideas~ HahaZ~!!! *faint*
5. HahaZ when we happened to walk into the audi together one day & you just suddenly told me you're my blog's loyal fan~ *stun*
6. Cow...associated with a friendly &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; peaceful nature...& anyway thinx I'm seeing one in your blog too~ *lol*
7. I know I'm not your lecturer lar...HahaZ but got any interesting case to refer to me too~??? =P

PK:
1.Pharmer that talks cock!
2.Play trumpet! (opposite of tuba mah)
3.Light blue! Its just a color that I associate with u haha
4.That u are so nice to everyone
5.That u are so crappy! I think it was during the study sessions last sem. During one of the suppers you were so lame lah! Ha. Actually I also vaguely remember u as the girl who guest played in nj last time..hehe
6.For some weird reason: chicken
7.So…who isit that you like?? hahaha

Bebe:
1.ern.. shan is smart. (can memorise alot of chemicals & drug terms)
2.WEAR SKIRT TO BAND!
3.brown
4.MUACKZ shan is efficient!
5.We got the 1st sponsor for NUSWS Genesis concert!
6.har? animal? dog? anyhow say de..
7.Why you want to be a pharmist?

Wei Ting:
1. I admire you for your interest and talent in music.
2. Join Taekwondo!
3. Purple since you seems to like purple.
4. You are funny and nice to talk to.
5. You in your RV uniform with spectacles.
6. Hamster. cute. haha.
7. How can you have so much energy to accomplish so many things?

Sijia:
1. Shan likes to sing; it's gd cuz shan has very good voice.
2. Let's go for salsa tog! =P
3. Light orange. (bold, yet not difficult on the eye.)
4. You always make people feel at ease in your presence.
5. You conducting HC band during practice
6. Octopus (hahaha very versatile)
7. What's the one thing you fear the most? --> LIZARDS!!!

This is funny!!!




This is so funny! the monkey is cute, will still feel lao4 kui3 at the end.. and the dog oso super lazy la!!!
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Sunday, March 11, 2007

NUS Wind Symphony presents InTempo 2007!




Date: 18th March
Time: 5pm
Venue: UCC Hall
Tickets at: $11
Contact me, or SISTIC website now!!!

Repertoire:
Merry Wives of Windsor
Immer Kleiner
The Sound of Music
Soaring over the Ridges: The Impression of the North Alps (Singapore Premiere)
Silver Screen
Poema Alpestre (Singapore Premiere)

Conductor: Mr Leonard Tan!

i realised i haven been advertising for my concert hehe.. so this is the nice advert for it.. come come!!!

Saturday, March 10, 2007

If you leave a comment on this post

1. I'll respond with something random about you
2. I'll challenge you to try something
3. I'll pick a color that I associate with you
4. I'll tell you something I like about you
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory of you
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you
8. If I do this for you, you must post this [post] on your blog.

Friday, March 9, 2007

Sick.... and for the sick

I am down with common cold today. dunno wat strain is flying around now, but seems like there's a flu virus flying around FOS haha.. (cheryl said it's cos the ppl take the paracetamol for PK expt and den become sick den pass to us, haha!) okiez, for those interesting, i'm suffering from fever, runny nose, sore throat, and cough.. trying to keep the symptoms under control.

had no time to buy medicine for myself, so got Cloud to help me buy (cos i noe Arts students slack. OOPS!!) haa. asked him to help me buy Danzen and mucosolvan. was expecting like less than $10 only, but ended up paying $20 cos the pharamacist cheated him, ask him buy whole box of Danzen, so i've now 100 tabs of Danzen. LELONG WHO WANTS DANZEN CAN BUY FROM ME! i'll be selling at $2 per 10 tabs, hehe joking la... :P :P i so nice :P

Decided to be a good pharmer and write up on the drugs i'm taking for common cold here (for those non-pharmers who're sick too):

Danzen (aka serratiopeptidase)
anti-inflammatory for sore throat
dosing: 1 tab 3 times a day
mode of action: not known (my preceptor said cos researchers would rather spend their time on blockbuster drugs, rather then sth on sore throat)

Mucosolvan (aka ambroxol)
derivative of bromhexine, mucolytics, to thin the phlegm so that wun drip down the throat to cause cough (post-nasal drip)
dosing: 1 tab 3 times a day

Paracetamol
fever la!
rox.
decrease the temperature threshold in the temperature regulating centre in the brain (hypothalamus)
dosing: 15mg/kg body weight/dose, not more than 4g per day, usually 2 tabs 6-8 hourly

Rhinitin (aka 5mg Loratadin + 120mg pseudoephedrine sulphate)
runny nose, it's the generic for Clarinase (cost cheaper, but i find the onset a bit slower, but those who're on budget can try)
2nd generation antihistamine + vasoconstrictor (thus, contraindicted for ppl with severe hypertension and blah)
dosing: 1 tab 2times a day, max 10mg Loratadine a day

Phenexpect (for productive cough)
cough syrup
cause drowsiness
dosing: 10ml 3 times a day (for me i take only at night cos i dun wan to slp in the day!!!)

wah!! taking alot of drugs.............................. of course, all these are like revision when i was typing, i cant guarantee all correct.. (oops!) so better ask ur pharmacist b4 u start the medication haha! and take note of drug allergies and contraindications.
oh ermz advertising for the NUS pharmacy corporate video :P
http://nuscast.nus.edu.sg/PublicEvents/PharmacyPlayVideo.asp?v=Yr2006/PharmacyNUS_384.wmv juz find it interesting, not i do one, my face oso not inside :P

rmb ur daily dose of fruits, vegetables and antioxidants haha!
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okiez.. btw during lab my pencil and lab manual kena urine + sulphuric acid + ammonium hypochlorite. not i spilt one :(
(wt, it's the pencil u did the name for me :( )
den sprayed disinfectant and dry under the hand dryer. haha... tink i shd change a pencil soon.. who wants to do the name thing for me hah! ok la i do myself :P

ehh tink i shd slp soon, cos so sick liaoz.. got Biotech test tml.
oh i realised when i din go for band today, i got additional time to study, but the additional time make me feel slack... i tink i shd make myself more gan cheong.... haha.. tml den study :P

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

I feel honoured

do u see the interesting thing? :P

Friday, March 2, 2007

Random whining

some random stuff to whine about.. haha

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a few days ago my fren asked me to donate B+ platelets to her grandpa. I agreed but asked her whether my previous blood donation will affect my eligibility. she said she'll ask but gave my number to NUH anw... After 1 day, she apologised saying that the nurse made a mistake that it was actually O and AB+ platelets that they need. i was so -_-" cos it's like.... quite a grave mistake. what if the mistake wasn't found out? cos, could have double check with the IC one ma.. or maybe the IC was wrong for the past decades haha... dunno... but anw, (as wat RC was telling me) healthcare professionals are always underpaid and overworked. that may explain why. but i guess the nurse must be feeling quite distraught by her mistake too...

anw, if u're blood type O or AB, can tell me if u're interested to help!!

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my laptop got prob and i sent it to service on Monday. was told that they may reformat it and I received a call on Wednesday asking me whether i did a backup. Having my things backed up already, I agreed to the reformatting. and then, i went back on Friday (expecting everything to be fine and working). BUT the person told me they replaced the keyboard (actually i cant see any new things...) but found bad clusters during the check and advised me to back up and bring back again. ok.... i was quite sianz cos i tot i had agreed on the whatever reformatting or backup or wat.. den sensing my disappointment, the person told me that they had to order a new hard disk for me anw and can be done in 2-3 days. hmmm so... fine. i'm going back next week again to replace the hard disk.. argh.. before that, i must finish my reports on my laptop first (cos I NEED MY LAPTOP FOR REPORTS... dun wan to fight for the desktop)

anw.. going thru the whole event motivated me to sign up for IT courses haha. Like.. "how to prevent bad clusters", "how to take care of ur laptop".. i need them.

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sometimes hope some things wun change...

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realised that 2 hours break is quite short (even without eating lunch)... spent my 2 hr break on Thursday doing report, sending things to photocopy, buying tea for frenz.. din even have time to eat my BREAD.. den, went back 15min b4 lessons and found out i nv print my notes for the lesson. so -_- haiz.. I MUST SAY THAT THE 2 HR BREAK REALLY FLEW PAST.. shooooooooooooo... *attempt to imitate a rocket flying past*

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and.. i miss waking up early on weekends to jog and eat roti prata with my parents..

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dun like my modules... pharmacokinetics is an interesting field of study but dun like 一粒橙. the module is very 有学问 but the lecturer sux. classmates are not very cooperative cos they keep making noises cos they cant stand the lecturer too.

Pharmacotherapy is cool cos it sounds like a really useful module. but it's tough, cos prerequisites are physiology and pathology and PHARMACOLOGY which are very siong modules.
1siong + 1siong + 1siong = 3siong = siongest

the rest... all dun like..
sw is not my type of module, shd have taken another geog and den SU hahah...
biotech: i'm not the technology person, u see haha
pharm Analysis: hmm interesting apparatus.. 1 corny lecturer + 1 trying-very-hard lecturer.. not much use for this module unless u're going to do research and industrial QC

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dunno wat i wan to be...

If i really want to be an industrial researcher, I must be DAMN zai and determined i tink. Sometimes I tink i'm choosing this path because there's not much left... cos I dun wan to be a pharmacy pharmacist hahaah! (irony irony for a pharmer) but i guess, hospital pharmacist will be another option to this very zai path (if i cant make it)

I just wan to make music and not work, can? (but i'm not zai in music anw, so cant survive in sg haha)

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enuf of randomness. saving for another day hehe