Friday, February 29, 2008
Health screening
anyway today is the "free" NUS health screening. signed up for the $45 package cos got Liver Function Test.
the day started with me being quite blur, went to UHWC instead of MPSH2, din bring the form i printed, din put on earrings (okay i noe tt's a small thing haha!)
for the eye test, he gave me 6/6 and 6/9 which i dun think is accurately. i dun think my eye sight is so good, with my astigmatism from LASIK still there.
the station when she passed me the urine bottle to urine in, she said "mid stream" which took me quite a while to recall my pharmacotherapy notes. if it's non healthcare ppl, would they understand wat's mid stream? (basically mid stream is just to make sure the "front portion of the urine" is used to wash down any bacteria which is present in the tract and not from the urine, so that the UFEME can be more accurately done)
okiez and sianz. i grewer fatter! sianz sianz sianz. haha. and when i came back from the urine thingy, rushed from stations to stations, i was ushered to do the BP readings. the person din allow ppl to cool down before taking. my usual readings at home is ~105/65, this time it was 121/83 and it's pre-hypertensive state already (buden still accepted as normal). buay zhun. LC said her friend came back and got 150++, like so off hor. haha
and i watched the needle went in for the blood test. was wondering why it's more painful than blood donation and realised cos there's no anaesthetics! haha.
then went to lunch at CrystalJade and then ice cream at Cold Rock. DO NOT GO TO COLD ROCK IF U'RE AFRAID OF FATS cos the ice cream really taste of butter! we think it's to decrease the melting point. haha. mad scientists... and to think i din go badminton session cos of the health screening and i just downed myself with a cup of fats.
Pre-regger 08/09
so after 1 day of waiting for phone calls and arranging interviews, and 1 day of 3 interviews, the phone conversation of the day:
"This is XXX from Alexandra Hospital. We're giving you an offer for the position of Pre-registration Pharmacist. Would you like to accept it?"
"Yes yes! I'm accepting!!!"
and there was a laughter at the other end of the line.
i think i sounded too desperate. haha. buden AH was like my 1st choice, cos i'm quite sick of NUH. haha and AH is near my home too.
LC is also going AH too!! haha. 甩不开的老友 hahahahaha :P yeah!
oh so update on my pharm clique:
me and LC --> AH
Cheryl --> SGH
Hua Zhen --> KKH
all got job liaoz. hahaha
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Interviews
Alexandra Hospital 9.15am 28 Feb
National University Hospital 12nn 28 Feb
NHG Polyclinics 3pm 28Feb
Think TTSH not going to contact me again. Cos rejected 2 of their time slots. sigh.
it's going to be a shagged day! (and still got band at night)
anw, this is a clip which i got from Erina's blog. sounds cool. the music from the Leap Years but i'm not fascinated with the Leap Years. haha just the music...
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Sodagreen at Botanic Gardens Jam-on
四季狂想
相信
这天
i'll definitely go to their concert. haha i like all the members!!! so cute! haha. qing feng quite funny also haha! I hope that they'll get more and more popular in singapore so that they dun have to worry about not having enuf audience for concerts!
More high quality pics from Erina:
Saturday, February 23, 2008
L-ed and K-ed!
the only thing. still duno how midkine can be an antidote :P haha!
the way he's hunchback in "L" is so contrary haha.
and so funny when he tries to straighten his back!!!!
oh he's born in 1985, same year as me! haha! (do i sound like a super fan?)
haha no la, the craze will die down after a few days, i can predict haha!
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and then K-ed with some pharm ppl after school. never sing with some of them before. quite fun! and HIGH! hehehe.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
BLAH BLAH
if you are interested:
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank (...a whole list of supervisors and lab ppl which i've decided to delete from this entry....) Lastly, I would like to extend my appreciation to my family and friends for their utmost support and understanding during the tough period.
see i'm grateful okay :P hahaha
and i was super high yesterday.
NUSWS concert is on Johann de Meij's website!! haha
* National University of Singapore Wind Symphony - Conductor Leonard Tan
Symphony no. 3 Planet Earth - Johan de Meij
[Singapore première of the wind orchestra version]
March 15, 2008 - 5.00pm University Cultural Centre,
Go here , click on concert agenda on the right hand side and find March the 15th. The timing is wrong. haha. it's 5.00pm!
BUY
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and i want to watch LLLLL!!! shd be going on Fri's 6 h break yay
anw i hope my plan for a happening end-of-week will come true after my F-M drug test on Thur:
Thur after sch: badminton
Fri afternoon: L
Fri night: KVokals
Sat night: SodaGreen Botanic Gardens Jam concert.
i hope i can go for everything!!!
Gift from NUS pharmaceutical soc on V day:wah really "survival kit" hor haha! what to do with it? use it as a visking tubing ah haha! 0.03 -_-
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got an interesting straw from my lab mate
I was a happy kid when i was drinking it yesterday night :P haha!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Mind Your Body
I think MYB is a good paper (not the journal type) haha :P i'll selectively read it first, the main ST can wait. haha
anw, i like these quote about cancer. somehow optimistic
"Having cancer focuses the mind like nothing else"
"Cancer is a kind disease because it gives you time to say goodbye"
(and i still hate pharmacotherapy.. haiz)
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Picturessssss
Was full after this cake but ate Botak Jones anyway :P
I duno why my face black black here haha. My indiv shot is on Facebook. dun wan to put on blog :P
15March 5pm UCC hall
celebrating 40th anniversary.
There'll be exhibitions outside the hall too!
playing a 50min symphony "PLANET EARTH" by johann de meij (2nd half)
it's the only song i'm playing (to cut down practice time for my hectic yr 4 timetable)
i'm playing cello!
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during lunch today, my mum was telling me about some foldable chopsticks-cum-spoon-cum-fork thingy she saw at her buddhist class. she seems interested to start a business for this environmental thingy, and wanted me to promote to my university when we're onz. haha. quite a good idea right? hehe. maybe going to drag some cousins into the business.
So i've decided to do pre-reg after i graduate. the application for Masters is over already, and LC also decided to do pre-reg to see if she's really not keen. for me, i tink mayb it's 天意 that made me fail the Medicine and Dentistry interviews to do Pharmacy so that I dun have to study so much. Actually if i'm not so academically inclined, I would have gone into music. now i just wan to see whether I'm really good at Pharmacy type of work. if i'm good, i'll further to take PharmD (doctor of Pharmacy), maybe i'll end up teaching in NUS. If not, hang in for a while, continue my cello/band/music, den when the time comes, i'll do Locum (part-time) for Pharmacy and teach music part-time.
at least that's what i'm thinking now.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Nodame Cantabile Special!
BLAH~ CNY!!
- Taiwanese Criticising Singaporean's English.
wah i tink they all only care about the American slang. -_- what has happened to grammar?
anw i tink i started this blog last yr during CNY when i was waiting for reunion dinner. and it's 1 lunar year anniversary to this blog!!! hahaha~~~
yesterday (Tuesday), the Pharmacy class of 2008 gathered in red/orange/pink (CNY colours) gathered at the fountain outside Uni Hall to take CNY photos. =)
Coaxing Prof Chan (HoD) to take the centre chair and she refused to do so. wanted to squat with us. haha
The Clique (minus Cheryl who was busy with her car which dieded) plus the badminton kaki + Friend haha!
Friday, February 1, 2008
The PCR Song by Scientists for Better PCR
this is like super amusing (from Xiaoyang's blog)
There was a time when to amplify DNA,
You had to grow tons and tons of tiny cells.
(Oooh) Then along came a guy named Dr. Kary Mullis,
Said you can amplify in vitro just as well.
Just mix your template with a buffer and some primers,
Nucleotides and polymerases too.
Denaturing, annealing, and extending,
Well it’s amazing what heating and cooling and heating will do.
[Chorus]
PCR when you need to detect mutation (detect mutation)
PCR when you need to recombine (recombine)
PCR when you need to find out who the daddy is (who’s your daddy?)
PCR when you need to solve a crime (solve a crime)
[x2]
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(PCR) To all the scientists out there doing PCR, Bio-Rad salutes you with the all-new 1000 series thermal cycling platform.
(and my lab uses that :P )