Health screening

got a call from NUH this morning which I rejected their offer. i hope it's the correct choice!!!

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

okok update update. my comp cant connect and my sis refuse to let me meddle with the connection to get it back. bleah.

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

Interviews

After one day of waiting for phone calls, the interview dates are as shown:

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...

Sodagreen at Botanic Gardens Jam-on

Went with Erina and her friend. Let the videos/photos/sound clip do the talking!

The Stage at Different Times of the day!

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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:

1st sighting of Qing Feng

Ah Fu, being the leader, is kay po! haha!

A very happy Qing Feng!

Ah Gong, the violist and the keyboardist (and the dancer :P )

Jia Kai, Guitarist

Ah Fu, Leader and Guitarist

Xiao Wei, Drummer

Xin Yi, Bassist (the only girl)

Sodagreen!

L-ed and K-ed!

i watched L!!! When I watched Death Note the other time, din really like L THAT much. but today's movie made me like his acting alot. his L's character. haha! how he kena shocked by 2 kids hehe... Cool and cute at the same time and then funny the way he wears the pig mask and he's DAMN intelligent! haha

the only thing. still duno how midkine can be an antidote :P haha!

Ken'ichi Matsuyama is 185cm tall! 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.

BLAH BLAH

To end all frustrations.. i'm going to submit my FYP report for grading soon. in a few minutes.

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

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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, National University of Singapore

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 UR TICKETS AND WATCH MY CELLO DEBUT HAHA!

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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!!!

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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

bought HL milk to go with the straw

this is how it looks. COOL!

I was a happy kid when i was drinking it yesterday night :P haha!

Mind Your Body

It's wednesday and i was looking for MYB in the ST stack. then I saw my ex-colleague from NUH (Tien Yi) who was on the front page of "BRIDGE" the south west CDC newsletter. quite happy that she's now the nurse in NUH (when i left, she's just starting on the training) and is now helping out in her estate.

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)

Picturessssss

okiez, just some random pics taken now and then.

the pelleting machine from Dosage Forn Design Lab :P

The yellow pellets look more like pop corn haha!

EmiCakes Durian Cake, beside Botak Jones after the CNY eve badminton day.
Was full after this cake but ate Botak Jones anyway :P

That time Cloud was asking what's nice at my coffeeshop but I dun have an answer. Now I know. It's this western food stall called "Roasted Chicken (Rooster head logo) Western food". It's run by 2 young lads who learnt cooking from Shatec. Look at the mushroom soup. It's THICK one lo. $1 for soup plus bread with any meal.

The Pork Chop I had. I think the Fish was better. The Pork tastes like satay type. The Fish was those nice breaded fillet kind one. AND EACH MEAL COSTS $4.50 ONLY!

You'll be so jealous if i tell you i can see sunset from my Balcony everyday (provided the weather is good). Cos the sun sets at the Chinese Garden Lake. and it's nice scenery which I've been seeing since I know wat's sunset :P (i rmb sitting at the balcony during late afternoons to pass my time when i was young)

The nicer colour.

The AH JINS cousins glamour shot at Xueting's renovated room with ORANGE wall.
I duno why my face black black here haha. My indiv shot is on Facebook. dun wan to put on blog :P

So after the orange wall shots, we were sitting on the floor toking when we realise that the lamp and the cello look classy together. Each of us had indiv shot again hahaha

NOW ADVERTISING FOR INTEMPO 2008
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.

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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.

Nodame Cantabile Special!

very nice!!!!!!!!!!! haha and Noda is 1 year younger than me!!! haha.

I like Chiaki Noda and Mine! Though Mine din really have alot of scenes in the Special Episode. haha

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~~~

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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

and then, she chose to "lie" on the floor. haha

The class

The Clique (minus Cheryl who was busy with her car which dieded) plus the badminton kaki + Friend haha!

The Jurong Canal jogging Kaki.

I'm still waiting for the BTI lab kias photo! hahahaha (Liting, send me!!!)

Dunno what's AC telling us....

The Class with AC

The Class without AC

wahhh it has been 4 yearssss.....

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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(and my lab uses that :P )