PHYSICAL PHARMACY CLASS TEST!!!!!

Physical Pharmacy (MC202) Class Test

Date : 31/03/2006

Venue: MPH1

Time : 9.00a.m. - 10.30a.m.

After working hard for so many days, finally had my physical pharmacy class test today. Phew.. so tiring, man! I collapsed immediately onto the table the moment I handed in the test papers. Exhausted! Guess it must have been due to the blood donation and not having enough sleep for too many days. I nearly couldnt make it in time this morning. Hehe... know why? Because I accidentally K.O. halfway studying yesterday, before I could start off with the last set of past year paper (with model answers). Luckily I already predicted that the possibility of me ter-KO-ing was very high. So, I set the alarm clock earlier on and thus managed to wake up at 7.45a.m. this morning. If not I would have missed the exam! Phew... But I felt so guilty for not being able to finish off with the past year papers. So, I looked through the last set of them after waking up and that's why I was almost late. Haha...

-Crystal Polymorphism (different 3-D packing arrangement)-

-Surfactant's structure and how it works-

-A crystal unit cell with defined size and shape-

-Crystal Polymorph-

The exam was quite ok overall. Dun wanna think about it anymore now that it's finally over. Haha.. Going out to Sungei Wang later to destress and to prepare for the ball tomolo! YIPPIE! Just leave all my Pharmacology and Microbiology reports aside first ba. Mua hahaha... XD

fIRsT BloOd dOnATion!!~~~

Yippie!! Finally donated my first pack of blood 2 days ago, i.e. on the 29th of March 2006. Hehe.. so happy because it was a good deed! Wanted to start donating blood long long ago, but the timing just wasnt right. Everytime when there was a blood donation drive, it either clashed with my exam date or my "aunty-visiting" date. Haha.. so I always missed the chance to go for blood donation. Even though I had Physical Pharmacy exam today, I still decided to donate because 2 days of rest should be sufficient for me. Hehe...

I was quite nervous at the beginning, as it was my first experience. But I felt much at ease when I knew that Yi Jie and Su Miin would be donating together with me. Su Miin was a first-timer as well. Haha.. So I get myself registered, had my haemoglobin amount checked and blood pressure taken by the doctors, then I went into the Ping-Pong room, i.e. the venue where the blood donation drive was held. Scary......

Yi Jie's haemoglobin count was too low, so she was not allowed to donate. I nearly got rejected as well, because my blood pressure of 100/60 was at the borderline. If it were to be any lower, I wouldnt get the experience of donating blood anymore. Haha..

So, when my turn came, I lied down onto the bed with my heart pumping rapidly. "Lup-Dup, Lup-Dup..." I could hear my heartbeat clearly. Haha... Yi Jie kept comforting me that it's not going to be painful while Stupid Buttock (the taller one), One Big Piece (Hendrick) and Twiggie (Vincent) kept teasing and scaring me. Bluek... XP

Didnt dare to look when the person-in-charged searched for my vein and poked the needle in. Haha.. It was slightly painful, just like an ant's bite. Then, my O Positive blood started flowing out. Haha.. Yi Jie even took photo of it as a remembrance. Haha... Then after about 15 minutes, done! 250mL of my blood was collected and supplements were given to me. I rested on the bed for a while and then I was healthy enough to move about again! Haha.. went to attend lecture somemore.. Hehe..

Yeah! What a good experience... even though I skipped Microbiology Tutorial because of it. Haha.. Will continue donating after this... The scar, or I would rather say, the prove of donating blood is still on my arm now. Hehe.. Feel so good whenever I see it.. Hehe...

P1/05 Microbiology Practical Exam

P1/05 Microbiology Practical Exam
Date : 22/03/2006
Time : 9.30a.m. - 10.30a.m. & 11.00a.m. - 12.00 p.m.
Venue: MDL 1234

Yup... Microbiology Practical Exam, in which we would be given a case presentation of a patient with a certain infection and we were supposed to identify the particular microorganism. My session was in the early morning, i.e. from 9.30a.m. to 10.30a.m.

So, since it was an open-bookprac exam and I had already studied for it on the previous day, I thought it was going to be pretty easy. Too bad it didnt turn out as what I wished for...

The bacteria of my case caused Conjunctivitis. When I arrived at my bench, I saw a Mac Conkey agar plate. I was quite happy, because supposingly, Mac Conkey agar is selective for Gram Negative bacteria. However, I saw the indication that one of the components that inhibit the growth of Gram Positive bacteria, i.e. the crystal violet was removed. So, I started to wonder whether the light-purple-coloured bacteria colonies could be Gram Positive one or not, since they didnt indicate whether or not the bile salts (another component that would inhibit the growth of Gram Positive bacteria) were removed. So, I was slightly confused but I decided to proceed with the Gram staining procedure first before making any conclusion.

After the gram-staining procedure, I observed the bacteria under the microscope to check whether it was Gram Positive (blue or purple) or Gram Negative (Red or Pink). Since I am not colour blind, I thought it would be pretty easy to differentiate the colour. Who knows the colour appeared as in between dard red and purple. So, again, I was confused. But most of the bacteria clumping appeared as diplococcus. So, I decided to take it as Gram Negative Nesseria, which should give me a positive Oxidase Test and a positive Catalase Test.

I wasnt confident with the Oxidase Test, as I had no experience at all in performing the test. Anyway, the bacteria gave me a negative results. SH*T!!! I was totally confused by the result. I decided not to waste time and to proceed with the Catalase Test. Luckily I managed to get a positive result. So, now... if the bacteria were of Neisseria species, why didnt they gave me a positive Oxidase Test result?????

I decided to perform another Oxidase Test, which in the end gave me a negative result as well. SIGH... So, I thought it would be better for me to perform another gram staining in order to reconfirm whether the bacteria were Gram Positive or Gram Negative. Again, the bacteria appeared as Dark Red / Purple under the microscope. ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Time was running out!!!!! 3 more minutes before the end of the exam, yet I was still unable to identify the microorganism. I was reluctant to take it as Staphylococcus, because Staphylococcus is a Gram Positive bacteria, and they are not supposed to grow on a Mac Conkey agar plate. GOSH!!!!! I continued to perform the THIRD Oxidase Test, but it gave me a negative result again. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At this point of time, our "Mario" lecturer had already dismissed us from the lab. Sob sob... So I finally decided to take it as Staphylococcus and passed up the answer sheet. I was the last one to exit the lab after swabbing the bench and "chin-chai-ly" washed and disinfected my hand with Hibiscrub.

When I discussed it with my other frens who got the same case as well, they told me that they faced the same problems as well. Sigh... I was so panic and lost after the prac exam. But some of my frens told me that Staphylococcus should be the correct answer. Then, I immediately rushed to surf the net for the correct answer after the quarantine session, and phew... indeed, staphylococcus was the correct answer. Hehehe... What a relieve, man!!

Streptococcus (chain) and Staphylococcus (clump) aureus

Haha... So that was basically my disastrous practical exam le... (-_-"')

宽容

最近学到了一个道理，那就是宽容原来才是让自己快乐的不二法则。

不久前在我自己的部落格写了一篇关于A的文章。当时的确是觉得满腹委屈，想要找个地方倾诉，所以才会造成了那篇文章的诞生。但是在冷静一段时间过后，我发现我竟然没有怨恨A的意念。当然我不会把自己形容得伟大到从来没有不满过A。但是，到最后，我发现当我尝试去谅解，原谅并淡忘这件事的时候，我渐渐地从郁郁寡欢中找回了快乐。我又再次地变回了以前的红彩妹妹了！哈哈。。。原来把不满一直藏在心底并不断埋怨的时候，才是难过的泉源。。。

宽容才是让自己得到解脱和重生的方法。。。

所以，朋友们，如果我的部落格能够有幸的得到您们的眷顾，我希望您们也能从中领会到一些道理。快乐至上！干杯！哈哈。。。＝）

How Does It Feel?

~Avril Lavigne~

This is an Avril Lavigne song. I don't know why but I always turn to her songs whenever I feel lost and down. They never fail to make me feel better. Somehow, I feel that the "I" in the song sounds very much like me. Hmm... what do u think?

I'm not afraid of anything

I just need to know that i can breathe

I dont' need much of anything

But suddenly, suddenly

I am small and the world is big

All around me is fast moving

Surrounded by so many things

Suddenly, suddenly

How does it feel

to be different from me?

Are we the same?

How does it feel

to be different from me?

Are we the same?

How does it feel?

I am young and I am free

But I get tired and I get weak

I get lost and I can't sleep

But suddenly, suddenly

Would you come find me?

Would you cry with me?

I am small and the world is big

But I'm not afriad of anything

How does it feel?

How does it feel?

You're different from me, different

我的心真的受伤了。。。

唉。。。 我又再一次的被这个人伤害了。。。 就以A来作为这个人的代号吧。

我到底做错了什么事？ 为什么要这样对我呢？ 我从真心诚意对待朋友的角度，默默地为A做了这么多事，不期望得到任何回报，也不期望A会知道，只求我身边的朋友都能够快快乐乐的过日子。 有时，虽然我自己会很辛苦，会觉得很累，我也不在乎。。。 但我换来的又是什么呢？

是Ａ的不信任，利用，伤害，和发泄。。。

而我其实知道这一切都是因为一个我不想在这里说出来的理由。。。

虽然很多人都告诉我，Ａ一直以来都是在利用我，而且我自己也心知肚明，但我始终都不愿意接受这个事实。或许是因为我不愿意去承认Ａ是个这样没良心的人，也不愿意去承认我自己做人有多失败吧。。。

即使Ａ知道他伤我有多深又如何呢？我想或许Ａ也不会在乎吧。。。对Ａ来说，我可能连一只蚂蚁都不如。。。

曾经对我的一个好朋友说过，如果我要在ｂｌｏｇ上面写一个人，我一定不会写到让人知道我是在指谁。我想除了那些我想让他们知道这件事的人以外，应该没有其他人，包括Ａ自己在内，会猜到我是在说谁吧。但是，我想Ａ其实也不会有这个闲情逸致来看我的ｂｌｏｇ吧。。。因为Ａ的全副精神都已经放在对Ａ来说比较有意义的事情上了。。。像我这样的一个人，对A来说根本就不重要。。。

有没有人可以告诉我，我从今以后应该以什么态度来面对Ａ呢？唉。。。