Last day of Exams!

as u all can probably see by now, i'm on a blogging spree since i ended my exams le!

30th apr is (was) the last day of exams and went out with my pharm clique to Kim Gary @ Vivocity. heh. it was a lun-din (lunch + dinner) after the 1-3pm paper. hehe..

4 of us ordered the chicken wing cheese baked rice meal :) NICE! (at least the baked rice was nice yay!)

Cream Soup (quite a small serving)

My drink (hot fresh honey lemon drink)

Milos (Cold & Hot)

The nice Chicken Wing Cheese Baked Rice (*salivating*)

My order

The Egg in boiling milk thing, looking harmless

Cheryl's Egg in Boiling Milk (u can even see the egg yolk!)

Cheryl trying out the milk egg thing :P

The receipt: each of us paying around $13. quite okayly affordable.

oh the picture below was sth i took a few days ago, near Chinese garden MRT. i duno why got cows one lo... why ah?

Cello Gig Bag

I invested $80 on a 2nd hand cello case. it's an Australian brand and provides alot of cushion support for my cello at the scroll, bridge and the bow. Bought it from my fren Elizabeth who is the cello guru to me heh. she bought it at $160 and at first wanted to sell me for $90 but there were some defects (see below) so, got it at a further $10 discount. the reason i got a new bag cos my previous one was the free one which came together with my cello and it was quite crumblesome to carry it ard cos the weight of the cello will make it tilt back. with the new bag, the weight of the cello was more evenly distributed, i guess haha (not sure abt the physics behind the ermz... force acting on the cello -_-) so it was better for me to walk ard carrying it, without the need to use one hand to pull the top handle.The Cello Gig Bag

Extra bow cases (internal ones) for extra support for the bows (got 2 cases)

The defects.
Left: a slit. muz sew it else it wun be water proof le
Right: defective zip :( can zip but nothing to pull lo. haiz.

Oh she (being the guru) helped me test for cello cos she knew I'm going for exam in Sep. It was loud and resonant, better than how it sounded 3 years ago when she also helped me test it during the purchase. she even said this cello can last me until grade 8! but her sound was better than me cos my elbow wasn't low enuf, as in, I did not use strength from my elbow, but used my lower arm and wrist instead. It was something which I had to change but din manage to. haha either lazy to change or just too undisciplined to keep to it. oops!

but of course i did things during the 3 years to change the sound. 1) saw the bridge to make it lower, 2) change strings to a good combination (C, G: spirocore; D, A: Jager)... i think these changes are good! haha. and she recommended me to change strings 2 mths b4 my exam. I must remember.. around July must change sia. haha.

and she's going gremacy soon, i'll be going with her if i'm free. so anybody wants anything? strings/rosin?

I love 陈绮贞!

i've no idea why she's not popular. I luv her guitar, voice and her songs. ahh~~~











i wanted to upload her 80%完美的一天 but cannot leh. haha duno how to work tt imeem thingy.

Le Grand Tango

I hope that... one day... I can play this... started liking this piece a few years back... but i tink there are some nicer versions around. this one abit too ganchiong to me :P oops...

Shostakovich - Romance from "The Gadfly"

heh. one of my exam pieces. (link sent by Magic Sch Bus Uncle)

More updates

hmmm i've decided to do research at BTI for my 12 weeks holidays. doesn't count towards my 1 year pre-reg training. but 6weeks wouldn't mean anything if i would find what i wan to do there as my career ba. haha. (hopefully)

4 down, 1 more to go. today's paper was ok, quite 精神 after YESTERDAY's mocha. (yes, the caffeine effect was v lasting. haha, i cant sleep that night b4 the paper, only sleep for ermz.. 3-4 hrs for the 9am paper, juz tossed and turned in bed cos dun wan to wake up to study oso HAHA)

Last Paper: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (Monday 30 Apr). dun feel like mugging too much for it leh, how?

okiez some pictures:

Mount Fuji (taken by my parents when they went dere). look at the symmetrical slopes.

delicious cake cloudadoodee bought to cheer me up yea. THANKS!

eh yokes treated me spinelli frutti berry too. yay THANKS! :P

dinper at SUMO!

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hmm hope some things can 雨过天晴 after cooling down.

No Dinper Tonight?

THERE WAS NO DINPER TONIGHT!
surprised right? haha
call it the exam stress, or juz too sianz to walk in the rain cos no car/magic sch bus :P
and we realised that we've to save abit of money for Italy heh
so juz headed home at 8pm
b4 that i was already sleeping while listening to Casanova (25min long.. Zzz) haha
den we were instructed to blog on the instant noodles that we would have at home hehe...

请看:

eh not very appetising right, cos i cooked one ma. haha the fried fish on the other plate was leftovers from dinner... anw it's 初前一丁 with egg :P

Interview at A*star BTI

my interview was supposed to be at 11am. Bus 198 never come and i got abit worried. however, still managed to get to A*star BTI at 11am sharp.

saw Liting there for interview there too! her time slot was 11.15am. yesh she's early haha. den i realise i was supposed to bring my NUS results slips too. only brought my A and O levels certs. got abit panicky. haha. okiez but that assistant was friendly and tot that it would be fine.

waited. cant study (but liting was studying like nothing's happening haha). den Lee Cheng came. Her interview was at 11.30am. It was 11.20 then. and we were told that the executive director (some big shot called Prof Miranda Yap) was still at a meeting.

den at 11.25am, Prof Yap requested that we ALL go in together. ya. more like a discussion rather than an interview. then she asked us some normal interview qns (e.g. why did u apply for this internship?), and went on to tell us that she doesn't noe how many of us she was allowed to accept but she WANTS ALL OF US! haha. she looks quite nice and friendly and the funniest part was she plays with her lips! hehe. like bleh bleh bleh bleh. :P

so we went back to email our HOD to find out how many of us can acty go for this thing. turned out that we can all go for the internship, but only 1 of us can stay on for FYP cos there may not be enuf supervisors in the dept to look after us. so sad :( i wan to stay on! and like u noe, really till i die, for research. HAHA

then this afternoon, i checked my email and found another offer by Eli Lilly. mayb i shd apply too! try my luck again.

Lily-NUS Centre for Clinical Pharmacology has one (1) opening for a 12-weeks attachment from 14 May to 5 Aug for our 3rd Yr students. For the 1st 6 weeks, the student will be attached to Phase 1 CRU Pharmacy Operations (special formulation, documentation) and the next 6 weeks, scientific/PK-PD learning experience.

This centre is located on campus at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the working hours are from 8:30am to 5:30pm, Monday to Friday. This is the first time the Centre is opening up the opportunity to Pharmacy students. The attachment, of course will not count towards the pre-registration training.

Updates on mugging!

as some of u may noe, last thurs i went home early for my dad's early bday celebration. hehe! ermz it was a celebration in advance cos my parents were going to hokkaido! tt's why have to celebrate early. 幸福的人们... and this was the feast we had. chicken wings, lots of sushi and fried rice (tho i nv touch the fried rice but i tot it was delicious too hehe!)close-up on the sushi. sakae okiez! hehe they offer home delivery too!

days of mugging always end up with dinpers! hehe this was in KFC. hehe!

also in KFC hehe (eh we not only eat KFC, we oso eat botak jones and nasi lemak heh!)

okiez today before going to mug in CFA, i went for a hair-cut at Kimage. got the Kimage Style Card at $12, so that I can get a 10% discount (fri to sunday: 10%, mon to thur: 20%) on my $30 haircut. so now haircut is $27. plus i wanted to buy my Sebastian Laminates Conditioner ($83). den kena persuaded to get another thing so that i can get 4 chops (products of $30 get 1 chop). so got a bottle of hair masque ($39) so that products total up to $122 to get 4 chops. haiz. u must be shaking ur head now. i noe. this is called "kena bombed at hair salons" and i always kena.. :( i'm supposed to be saving up for ITALY! ARGH!

and then it's MingWei's (the magic school bus uncle) bday! (ermz celebration in advance)
PK made this card. quite nice!

Edna bought this cake :)

birthday uncle very happy

all of the muggers at CFA! (uncle not smiling eeks!)

okiez i forgot to mention that mugging days were slightly better (the funner part, not the mugging part) with the magic school bus! thanks for mingwei! and we're all like pri sch kids toking at the back :P
"can we have such service at 9pm everyday?" - quoted from daniel kang :P

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okiez despite all the nonsense mugging and dinperings, i'm quite bothered by something. eeks!

It feels bad

feels like I've "cheated" somebody of $6000++ cos I dunno something.

feels even worse when she has been "cheated" cos she's doing something so hard for us, putting in alot of efforts, trying to sweat it out for us.

I want to dig a hole and hide myself. she did not reply, probably too shocked, too disappointed, too panicky.

wish that something can be done. but even if money is paid back, all her sweat has amounted to nothing, just evaporated into the hydrological cycle.

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anw, i'm so damn full. the nasi lemak... dinper is making me fat.... and muggin doesn't rock.

Jiemeiz

To my Jiemeiz scattered all over the place:

Come back!!! I miss you all & jiemeiz outings...

Sijia: pls come back and push my head whenever i say sth lame
Xinhui: pls come back and let me push ur head when u're blur :P (heh joking la, i wan to see u scratching ur head)
Wei Ting: just saw u a few days ago. pls organise some badminton sessions :P
Vernon: pls come back and set up let us go ur house play mahjong (and it's always me and xinhui pairing up cos we CMI)
Tboon: MIA... pls be in action.

When are u all coming back?

Life is all about mugging... until 30 April

Sigh....

21 April Intro to Social Work (SW 1101E) 9.00 am S/Ued (yay!)
24 April Pharmacokinetics and Disposition (PR 3106) 1.00 pm
25 April Pharmacotherapy (PR 3105) 9.00 am
27 April Pharmaceutical Analysis (PR 3103) 9.00 am
30 April Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (PR 3104) 1.00 pm

As u can see, all the modules are quite crammed together... haiz. I really need to pull up my CAP. Thinking that GSK may have rejected my application for FYP due to CAP makes me so -_- buden ya, if they've nothing to base their choice on, the most practical way will be to choose those with the highest CAP. so i want to 发奋图强... I dun want to be rejected by A*star BTI leh, haha, though by the time they select people it'll be still based on my previous CAP. sighh... Why is CAP so important? (cannot wear hat meh, must have cap...)

hmmmm I hope that I can survive my S/Ued SW with about 3 days of revision. going to spend more time on my pharm things.

and after this exams u'll see me either in CFA or SP trying to master the string bass wahahhaa! so exciting right?!

Nodame Cantabile!

yay i've finally finished watching Nodame Cantabile! Thanks to crunchy roll :) hehe...

the story is cute and touching at times, more of cute. and super comical. and u'll quite often hear parts from "The Planets - Jupiter" and "Rhapsody in Blue" in the background. and of course, piano pieces from Nodame and Chiaki senpai piano hehee..

really a nice show, but ppl who're mugging, u need to resist the temptation and only watch it after the exams hehe.. MUG HARD!

hmmm Erina said actually after the whole thing, cant really feel anything. I partly agree but tink cos i've actually watched the parts so separately while mugging until abit "lost track" of the feeling liaoz. but the ppl are really funny at times hehe. hmm shd have chiong all the way to finish watching la :P and also, cos the last scene was juz the audience, so abit "no feel". the ending should be more memorable instead of the audience clapping ba. HAA. ohh btw the subtitle at crunchyroll is not bad, cos they'll explain some connoctations and blah. the ending subtitles are also quite funny :)

Chiaki, Nodame, Mine, Kiyora rox la! HAHA

okiez, this is S-Oke first performance, conducted by Chiaki..




Rhapsody in Blue

After a mugging day

From Medscape Pharmacists

Examining Gender Salary Disparities: An Analysis of the 2003 Multistate Salary Survey

Posted 04/03/2007

Lawrence M. Brown, PhD; Jon C. Schommer, PhD; Dave Mott, PhD; Caroline A. Gaither, PhD; William R. Doucette, PhD; Dave P. Zgarrick, PhD; Marcus Droege, PhD

Abstract

Pharmacist salary and wage surveys have been conducted at the state and national level for more than 20 years; however, it is not known to what extent, if any, wage disparities due to gender still exist.
Objectives: The overall objective of this study was to determine if wage disparities exist among male and female pharmacists at the multistate and individual state level for each of 6 states studied. A secondary objective was to explore the effect of various demographic variables on the hourly wages of pharmacists.
Methods: Data were collected from 1,688 pharmacists in 6 states during 2003 using a cross-sectional descriptive survey design. A multiple regression analysis on hourly wage testing the effects of state of practice, practice setting, position, terminal degree, and years in practice was conducted. Subsequent multiple regression analyses were conducted individually for each of the 6 states to test the effects of the above variables on hourly wage for both male and female pharmacists, followed by state-level analyses for male and female pharmacists, respectively.
Results: For the pooled data, all variables were found to be significant predictors of hourly wage, except for earning a PharmD degree without a residency or graduate degree. Gender was not a significant predictor of wage disparities in the state-level analyses. Position was the only significant predictor of wage disparities in all states (except Tennessee) such that pharmacists in management positions make significantly higher salaries than those in staff positions.
Conclusions: The results of these analyses suggest that wage disparities due to gender do not exist at the state level for the 6 states surveyed, when controlling for practice setting, position, terminal degree, and years in practice. The larger number of men in management positions may explain lower wages for female pharmacists. --> not true in Singapore HAHA

This article is republished from Research in Social & Administrative Pharmacy with permission from Elsevier, Inc.

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anyway mugged at Science lib with the band ppl... feels old cos they're toking alot of nonsense which I dun really understand, and so nv really "chap" into their conversation.. and as a result, yokes tot I was v quiet today... I feel weird myself too haha... (but i'm not the oldest dere lo!) mayb i just dun want to act like a fool by spouting nonsense when I dunno anything la..

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another great video recommended by Cloudadoodee

Cousin Bday Celebration

To ppl who dunno, we 4 are the AH JINS haha... (some of u may actually hear Xueting calling me that in sch hah!) okiez i tink we gave ourselves the name of AH JINS cos we were digging for sale items macam digging gold (金 jin) and so.... the name evolves haha!


Went out with my Ah Jins on Sunday (consist of me, my sis, my younger cousin Xueting & the birthday girl Hui Hua who is also the eldest among us) to Vivocity to eat dinner and celebrate the belated birthday.

Request by birthday girl: to wear dresses HAHA funny request la....

the 4 of us

i was told to give a deep-in-thoughts pose. and u see what i'm thinking about? HAHAA
(i noe i got that 暗笑 look but difficult to control k!!!)

the 3 of us passing present to the birthday ger.
Btw, the present was a CASIO watch.. nice!! (but no pic :P )

okiez food food dinner time haha! intended to go Asian kitchen, but somehow, we juz wanted to walk around and decide on what to eat. chanced upon TERRA, prices are reasonable and quite a variety of food (ranges from western to chinese) hehe..

soup of the day! CARROT SOUP! nice and thick :)

the birthday girl's fish & chips

my mutton shepherd's pie. not bad!

my honey milk tea
(the tea is really tea cos i cant slp tt night hehe; and the honey was really honey haha!)

My sis's Chicken Lasagna

Free scoop of ice cream! cookies and cream!!!
the bill. $68.70 for 4 of us. not bad right :) got a 10% discount i dunno for what HAHA

Videos Videos!!

Jo Hisaishi & 9 cellos


Spirited Away Theme Song!!!


A Cello Rondo

unable to embed this but it's really mad haha



Something cute to end this post :P

- dunno put wat as title -

as some of you may noe, i'm settling with the airlines thingy for the trip.
please trust that i'll get back to you on watever u ask me to.
please trust that i'm trying to make the airfare thing as cost-effective/good/can go as possible.
please trust that the airline is the best that we can try to get.
please trust that i'm trying to get things to work out as best as they could be.
please do not come and tell me funny things on MSN if u think that i'm studying for my MANY MANY tests.. like. "short transit time, no time to shop" (wat would u say if we got 19 hours of transit?), "aeroplane got turkey to eat/games to play"... go and research on ur own if u're that curious.
please understand. I do not want to entertain random things that will make me go and log onto my mail to check things for you when i'm studying for my test.
we're already going to make a trip down to the travel agency to finalise some stuff. so please tell us watever things u wan to confirm... before Tues 2359 (haha. unless u treat me to a meal to settle things for u...)

watever.

okiez. i'm just complaining. ARGH.... i just want to vent my frustrations... please dun think too much k haha i'm alright :P

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at least there's a good news.

i'm going for attachment from 14 May to 24 June at National Cancer Centre of Singapore. 1st time after so many years that I got something of 1st choice. Dun wan to do a normal hospital cos i feel that i've been exposed to alot of prescription medications during last yr attachment at Jurong Polyclinic. So I guess exposure to another field is good. Not alot of ppl chose NCC because we're not taught about cancer medicines yet but watever... i was not taught of diabetes and hypertension medicines when i did my polyclinic attachment. haha.. YAY

I need a pianist.

I've registered for my cello exam (September) and I'm looking for a pianist!!! haha.

Pieces i'll be playing:
List A: Mary Cohen Sarabande with Variations
List B: Rieding Concerto in B minor, Op 35: 2nd movt, Andante
List C: Shostakovich Romance from "The Gadfly"

The pieces from B and C require a piano accompaniment and I can tell u that the Shostakovich song is SUPER nice! haha. tho duno whether i'll play it up to standard, i've like ermz.. 6months to brush up on it haha!

Spent around SGD60 to order the B and C from www.musicroom.com
The piece from List A is a cello solo so I dunnit a pianist.

So my pianist would only need to practise 2 pieces! haha. ermz, i'm willing to pay (around $40?) OR treat (any choice). haha but the pianist would need to be able to make it for the exam (duh) and 2 internal examinations from my music school. But of course, I'll be accomodating and choose dates that the pianist is able to make it.

So if u're a pianist, and dun mind doing a good deed, can tell me now :P haha... [mayb need to hold auditions if too many of u come :P HAHAHA joking la :P ]

Have been asking around but haven really confirm anybody yet cos the scores are not here yet (the order form says it'll prob arrive in the period of 27April to 4May). Most ppl say they need to look at the scores first. haha dun worry, dun think it'll be too difficult, cos it's ONLY for cello grade 5 piano accompaniment :)

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And i like this song from Stephanie Sun's new album haha!

I noe i'm being random again haha!

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