I blOg!!~~~

Pharmacist can be very fierce, too. Haha..

2009-08-18T23:28:00.000-07:00

Sunday nite. Was busy dispensing when I received TDM blood samples for Gentamicin. Called up the Doctor in-charged to confirm some details.

Pharmacist (P): Good evening Dr. This is from pharmacy. I just received a Gentamicin TDM sample of patient XXX from you. May I know the date when Gentamicin was started, the dose, and the dosing interval? They are not written in the form.

Doctor (D): Har? I dun remember lar.. Hehe.. Yesterday got one pharmacist asked me to repeat TDM so I just repeat lor...

P: Ah? Which pharmacist was that?

D: Erm.. I dun remember lar.. Hmm.. Wait, I think the patient started Gentamicin 4 days ago.

P: 4 days ago?? Gentamicin treatment period is usually for 5 days only, right? That means the patient would be off Genta tomorrow. Why would u wanna repeat TDM? Moreover, now that our TDM machine has broken down, we have to send the samples to JB. By the time we receive the result, patient might be off Genta already...

D: I dunno lar.. Pharmacist asked me to repeat so I just repeat lor..

P: Hmm.. Or is there any reason that u might wanna prolong the treatment period? How's the patient's condition?

D: Actually the patient was already discharged this morning lah...

P: !!!!! Har??!

D: Yeah.. Cause he was initially diagnosed with Endocarditis, but upon reviewing his ECHO, we thought it was unlikely Endocarditis. Most probably just viral fever so we off the Genta and discharged him this morning..

P: Then why did u send his blood samples for TDM since he was already discharged??!

D: I dunno!! Pharmacist asked to repeat one mah!!

P: Dr, next time if patient is already discharged, DON'T send samples for TDM anymore, ok?! There's no point!

D: Ok ok...

(-__________-"') Don't just follow instructions, use ur brain to think lah... Dots...

tHe liL' PrINcESs eNJoYs t@LkINg To heR aHmA =)

2009-07-27T20:02:00.000-07:00

Aww... Her angelic smile simply brightens up my day.. <3

Alive, once again =P

2009-07-15T01:36:00.000-07:00

MIA for 2 months this time.. =P

Lack of blogging material lah.. unless u wanna read about my everyday boring routine or my wuliao research lah.. Yeah.. that's my life.. How sad... XP

ANYWAY, I went KL to visit my bro last weekend!!

It was a sudden decision. All because my aunt wanted to pass some stuffs to my cousin so she asked if my parents and I would like to carpool. Of course we accepted her offer gladly.

We started journey on Saturday morning, put a night in KL, and then drove all the way back to BP again on Sunday evening. It was a short but pleasant stay.. =)

Bro brought us for Korean BBQ dinner at a shopping complex named NZX (Niu Zhe Xui) near his housing area. We went jalan-jalan in the complex upon finishing dinner for our tummies were bulging out so much so that it was difficult for us to squeeze back into the car right away.

That was when I saw this!!

Fullhouse Lifestyle Store and Cafe!! Kindly ignore passerby A, B & C.. XD

I had already heard all good comments about this concept shop when Kah Yee's birthday celebration was held there but I never knew about its exact location. Super beria-ia wanna try loh!! Bro somemore said it's not bad... Ok lah... Set!

So under my persuasion, we had lunch there the next afternoon. Kaka...

The menu. So cute so unique!! Like a story book!! They even took note of small detail like the barcode. Bro said the menu was different from its previous version. Well, I tak tau~ =P

The interior

The merchandise

The set lunch was quite value for money. 4 sets to choose from, each consisted of 1 soup of the day, 1 beverage, 1 main course, and 1 dessert. The price ranged from around RM16-18. Three of us took the set lunch while the other two ordered from the ala carte menu.

Mushroom soup!! Super creamy, thick, and rich in mushroom taste!! MUST TRY!!!

My ala carte Wasabi fish fillet. Besides the dipping sauce, there was nothing else wasabi about it...

Mum's ala carte dish.. Baked fish cooked in raspberry & fruity sauce. Yummilicious!!~

Bro's gf and my dad ordered the same thing, wok-sear chicken chop set lunch.

Signature dish of the shop. Another MUST TRY!!

Bro's set lunch. Baked fish cooked in some-kinda-sauce. Can't recall liao lah... The taste was superb though!!

The desserts.. Chocolate mousse and lemon cakes.. Tasted so-so only...

That's my car!! Yeah, I wish... XD

Overall, the food, the ambience, and the service provided were all above averaged. Prices are rather affordable, too. Definitely worth a second visit ;)

tHe liL' PrINcESs!! 2 :D

2009-05-17T10:33:00.000-07:00

The happy mum with the tears of joy... Aww...

The proud dad

Just taken out of the labour room.

Hadn't bathed yet but she already opened her eyes!!

Isn't she beautiful? :D

So curious!! Looking at the camera!! Smart gal!! :)

Bathed liao... Looking fresh!! Chubby chubby pinkish pinkish.. :D

Already knew how to hold mommy's fingers on her first day of life!! Aww... <3

See? She's smiling!! Sorry the pic was abit blurry.. My hands were shaky.. :p

Lil' cutie!! Beautiful gal~ <33

2nd day of life :)

Who do u think she resembles more? Daddy or mommy? :)

Dear Isabelle, welcome to this world of wonders...

Love u so much!! <33

tHe liL' PrINcESs!! :D

2009-05-14T17:22:00.000-07:00

Sis gave birth to my baby niece today!!!!! She's SOOOOO (multiply by infinity) C.U.T.E!!!!!! ^O^

Will update again soon.

Happy!!~ :D

Totally eerie~

2009-04-19T23:43:00.000-07:00

Despite all the dramatic moments on the Friday of 03/04, I was on-call at the A&E pharmacy on the following Saturday and Sunday, from 12a.m. to 8a.m. Completed the report for incident-reporting during my Saturday shift. Grrrrr...

Then on Sunday night, I was on-call with Mr. Z. He asked me about the incident, which I told him in detail since there were very few patients that night. He advised me with some words of wisdom based on his years of experience as a PPF. They all made very much sense to me. One of which that stroke me deeply was the importance of keeping all objects with sharp edge(s) under the counter, away from the sight of all patients, to avoid the possibility of them being suddenly grasped and used as a weapon against us. While saying so, he kept aside the scissors on the counter. He insisted that he was not being paranoid because anything could happen at an open-counter pharmacy, especially in the middle of the night, with the Jaga dozing off...

Honestly, I was a wee bit scared, probably due to the way he was putting it.. In fact, I must admit that was a bit paranoid. Around 130a.m., a Malay guy in T-shirt, pants, and slippers (quite big in size, not very tidy) came wandering about at the pharmacy, but he had no Rx and did not ask for any medication. I was all alone at that time. Mr. Z had gone to the satelite pharmacy upstair to handle some indents from the wards. The Malay guy then sat down quietly at the waiting area, sambil watching TV sambil eyeing my laptop from time to time. I didn't know what he was up to. So I just observed him at the corner of my eyes. Then suddenly he stood up and walked straight to my direction.

I was like "OMG, shit shit shit... What's he gonna do?" (All the scary stories Mr. Z told me started flashing through my mind)

Then he leaned forward at and looked over the counter (with me gripping my laptop dead tight with both my hands), trying to see what I was doing with my laptop. Then he asked, "Laptop baru eh?" In an attemp to defend my darling Dong Dong from being snatched, I answered, "Tak lah.. Sudah laaaaaaaaaama.." With his eyes locking on my laptop, he pursued, "Ni model Toshiba eh?" I answered, "Yeah..." *Go away go away lah! Why are u still here?!*

As I was freaking out, he introduced himself. Oooooh... Rupa-rupanya he was the HO on-call from the medical ward lah... Ah cheh!! He's a friend of my colleague. Came over just to have a short chat with another soul on-call since he was so damn bored. Darn! Wore until so chin-chai!! Not my fault my brain couldn't relate his appearance to his occupation loh.. Duh!! Hahaha.. sorry ya!! =P

I laughed at myself for my overreaction when he left. Decided not to let Mr. Z's stories freak me out and so I started to relax, watching V for Vendetta (u don't have to remind me of the fact that I'm outdated enough to live in the jungle) while waiting for the night to pass.

It was 4a.m. and I was close to dozing off when I heard footsteps approaching. Next thing I saw was a slightly plump woman in yellow-coloured tudung walking towards my direction. She was not in traditional Malay costume. Instead, she was wearing a blouse and a long skirt. I couldn't tell if she was a Malay for the lighting was dim and the tudung covered almost half of her face.

Then, she was right in front of me. The thick red-coloured lipgloss looked way too familiar... And the face! And the voice as she spoke,

"Xiao jie, wo gei gou yao dao jiao! Wo yao na yao gao!" while pushing her Rx and appointment book towards me.

Walao eh!! Confirmed 100% she was the PSY aunty who slapped me just 2 days ago loh!!

My immediate reaction was to slam my Dong Dong shut and push myself away from the counter, albeit in the most natural way I could manage so as not to provoke her once again. I could totally feel my adrenaline rush as my heart went "pip pok pip pok" in my chest. I was wondering if she'd recognize me and call me slut and slap me on the face yet another time, but it seemed like she didn't remember a single bit about my "affair with the ah ji ah cho doctor" and the shiok-ness of slapping my left cheek.

Luckily Mr. Z was with me. In fact, he was still upstair in the satelite pharmacy 5 minutes before the PSY aunty arrived loh. He came back just in time to save my @ss.. So I mouthed to Mr. Z quietly,

"She was the one who slapped me the other day!"

Mr. Z got it immediately and became fully alert as well. Honestly, he was damn MAN at that moment loh. He stood up to take over my place and told me to just stand behind him and be very careful. I obeyed like a frightened kitten. Honestly, I was a bit scared.

Mr. Z took the Rx from the PSY aunty and looked. T. Multivitamin 1/1 od X 1/52. Obviously the doctor simply prescribed something to satisfy her. And obviously, no dog was unlucky enough to have bitten her leg. Mr. Z quickly dispensed the 7 biji of MVT to her. When Mr. Z called out her name, she somemore corrected Mr. Z saying that she was DBC, not ABC. Walao eh, confirmed this aunty Schizo one loh! I saw her IC before. Unless both my eyes have got glaucoma, I am 102% sure that her name is ABC loh..

That aunty was not satisfied with the MVT. She kept leaning over the counter to point at the cream/ointment compartment, insisting that she was just bitten by the dog and that we must give her one of those. Mr. Z told her Doctor didn't prescribe anything of that sort to her and asked her to leave. She took her MVT and walked away for about 5 steps then turned around and returned to the counter again to start telling stories about her neighbour lah, her brother lah, her children lah, and the list goes on. This time, Mr. Z raised his voice, and told her sternly to leave NOW. She hesitated then continued rambling for awhile and finally left... What a huge relief to both me and Mr. Z. Phew...

Darn eerie loh!! I never expect seeing PSY patient at 4 o'clock in the morning loh!! Not to mention one who had just slapped me 2 days ago!! Did I like step on dog shit ah? Why so sueh one har? Oh well, from another point of view, I actually found it a good thing that I was the one on-call that day. Imagine what could happen if the one on-call were to be someone who were completely clueless of her aggressive behaviour... Open-counter is really quite dangerous lah.. Hmm.. I still wonder how that PSY aunty got to the hosp in the middle of the night... Did she like drive? Or walked all the way there? (> <")

Last Thursday, I thought I was going to kena again from a SPUB uncle from JB. Lets call him The Bodoh One (TBO for short) from this point onwards. So, TBO came with this Rx that includes Mensa Cream. Found out from FRP that we have no Mensa Cream and we usually substitute with LMS cream. I happened to be the lucky one to dispense TBO's medicine. The LMS cream was pre-packed into a cream container. I held up the LMS cream and told him politely, "Ini ubat sapu untuk tempat yang sakit ya.."

He interrupted, "EH!! Ini bukan lah!! Saya biasanya guna tiub biru punya! Pakai ni tak ada effect lah! Saya nak jenis tiub biru tu!"

Ok. The content in the blue tube was LMS cream also lor! That was last month's stock. We only had few batang left so we gave them all out before starting to supply the pre-packed LMS Cream in the small cream container loh. Seemed like he was one of the "lucky" one (unlucky for me though) to receive the blue tube LMS cream. Now that the blue tube type had finished, he thought I could melahirkan one for him meh? So I tried to talk him around, explaining to him that the contents are the same.

But this TBO, having the illusion that he himself is THE pharmacist in this situation, raised his voice and said " Awak jangan TIPU saya! Ni dua mana sama?! Saya tau! Saya nak jenis tiub biru tu! Awak jangan TIPU saya!!"

Walao eh! I paling benci patients say I lie to them one loh, WTF!! What for I lie to u?! U think by lying and providing u cheap medicine I can gain anything from the F-ing tax u paid to the gov ah? Damn it!!

Nvm, I tahan. Call it the placebo effect or whatever glamour sh*t terms u want. So I told him I'd check if there is any blue tube LMS cream left that I could replace his LMS cream in the small cream container with. So, I went into the filling area and asked out loud to everyone there," Patient nak LMS cream jenis tiub biru tu. Kita masih ada stok tak?" to which the FRPs and PPFs answered, "Kenapa? Tak ada lagi lah! Kasi tau dia itu LMS cream kita picit keluar daripada tiub biru punya. Kita dah tak ada jenis tiub biru itu lagi lah!"

And so I obeyed. To his disbelief, TBO got angry, "Tak mungkin lah! Away jangan TIPU saya!! Awak cakap tak ada kan? Tak apa. Saya pergi COMPLAIN KEPADA PENGARAH AWAK!!"

At this point, one of the PPF came out to the counter and repeated the same story. TBO was still not convinced and kept claiming that he'd go complain to the Pengarah if we didn't provide him what he wanted. So PPF said there might be some left and she'd go check the stock for TBO, thus leaving me and TBO at the counter.

About 2 mins later, PPF came out with one blue tube LMS cream in her hand!!! She then dispensed it to TBO!!!!!

OK. I must say, in this situation, I really couldn't agree with what the PPF had done. I know this saved us the trouble of answering a complain lodged by TBO, but come on, because of this I could be labelled a LIAR from now on, ok?! Hey, if u told me there is none left, that's exactly what u should have told the patient as well what! Be firm with ur stand!! If there were some stocks, u should have told me so and move ur lazy @ss to get one out for me earlier!!! Instead of getting it out only as TBO threatened to complain while I was trying hard to explain to him that I wasn't lying and there really wasn't any left!! Imagine how ur reaction embarassed me in front of him and other patients!! Why made me lie when I didn't have such intention?! Walao eh... To hell with "Jangan TIPU saya!" Damn it!!

Speaking of complain, 2 days ago there was this uncle who came to our hosp for Moduretic. Let's call him the Moduretic Uncle then. Well, our hosp had run out of Moduretic since 100yrs ago. We placed the order like 200 yrs ago dy, but until now we haven't heard of any news yet. Maybe the company needs to import Moduretic from Mars that's why it's been taking so long. We already informed all the Klinik Kesihatan to stop sending patients to our hosp for Moduretic liao, but none seems to understand human language. So, this Moduretic Uncle was directed from one of the Klinik to our hosp for his Moduretic.

Upon screening his Rx, I informed Moduretic Uncle politely (with the friendliest smile) that our hosp had run out of that medicine as well and what I could do for him was to take down his phone number and to call to inform him when the medicine arrives. I wonder if Moduretic Uncle suffered from hyperthyroidism for he somehow got very irritated by my statement.

"What? No medicine again? What is this? Har? U know how many times I travelled to and fro already ah? 4 times already, ok! Last time also like that! What are u all doing, man?!"

"Uncle, u see, this has happened for quite some time already. See, so many other patients are not getting the medicine as well. We already placed the order, but the company hasn't sent us the medicine yet..."

"NO!! U cannot say so!! Do u know this is a medicine for high blood pressure? *DUH!! Abu then?? U think my degree fake one ah??* No medicine ppl can die one u know?? Do u know how dangerous this is?!! How can ur hosp be like that? I think I am going to write to the newspaper to expose this!!! What la u ppl?!!"

I was a bit beh song already, but I tried to tahan. "Yes yes Uncle, I know. We're trying our best. Maybe u can go to the pharmacy outside and get a few tablets to hang on first. It's not very expensive. We will inform u once we have got the medicine. We're trying our best here..."

"NO!! That is NOT the case!! It's NOT about buying or not, it's about ur lousy system!! I am going to write to Liow Tiong Lai to complain about this!!!"

My blood temperature raised to the boiling point. If being accused for lying is one thing I hate most, being threatened by patient who thinks complaining could solve all the F-ing problems comes in second. I seriously felt like shouting, "Like I care?!! Wanna complain go complain lah!! I don't give a damn!! Go complain also wont get u ur medicine loh!! My own uncle is not getting the medicine as well loh, ok?!"

Luckily one FRP came out just in time to take over so I didn't have to reason with that Moduretic Uncle anymore. I just sat aside to listen to the pointless argument. Finally Moduretic Uncle realized he was just wasting everybody's time so he made us took down his phone number before leaving. As I was doing so, he reiterated the point that he was going to complain to Liow Tiong Lai (like our Health Minister was his best fren like that). I really tak boleh tahan dy so I sengih in return. Think he realized I was quite beh song dy, so he finally said something human-ish.

"I'm not complaining about u. It's the system. Liow Tiong Lai should know about it."

My anger simmered abit, but still, I kept quiet. I gave him a polite smile though. Moduretic Uncle then left.

Sigh.. I never knew dealing with angry patient is part of a pharmacist's daily routine as well. Teacher never teach in school leh..

Haiyo.. Uncle Aunty oh.. Would u stop threatening us with all ur complaints? Do u think we would be intimidated and reply,"Oh, sorry sorry!! Pls don't complain!! Pls, I beg of u!! I'll go get u the medicine now. Sorry!!"? No lo.. What makes u think we'd simpan the medicines and prevent u all from accessing them? It's not like the longer we simpan the medicines the more would turn into golden bars loh... Of course u have all the rights to complain if we behave like some stuck up bitches or if we never take any reasonable steps to solve the problems. But when we have apologized sincerely and explained how hard we have tried to provide u a quality healthcare service, could u pls at least be more polite to us? Think twice, before u react, ok?

And to a certain group of Doctors, when u make mistakes, we informed u in a humble way just to ensure that u won't cause DEATH. Pls don't be oversensitive and overreact like we are trying to make fun of u, ok? We are not that free for ur information. We care more for the patients, NOT u. Plus, when we make mistakes, could u pls remind us like the way we reminded u before, instead of calling to the pharmacy and simply shout at the unlucky soul who happens to be the one picking up the god-damned phone? Hey, having the title "DOCTOR" doesn't give u any right to simply SHOUT and vent ur anger on the pharmacists, alright? Just like having the title also doesn't save u from being scolded a "SCUMBAG" by a humble pharmacist like me on this humble blog of mine. Pls learn from ur fellow colleagues whom we respect much. These Doctors earned their respects, and they definitely didn't do that by shouting around. Period.

Finally, some good news to share! Forensic Exam results were released and I'm seriously glad that most of us passed!! Woohoo!!~ Congratulations, peeps!! =)

To my dear frens who didn't make it this time, don't be disheartened. Afterall, we weren't exposed to these before in the University. Moreover, what's this compared to PP3, right? We had come through together in year 2008 and am sure it's gonna be the same in year 2009. Jia you!! We will all get through and become fully registered by the end of this year!! Hek!!! =)

Money really very hard to earn ah...

2009-04-03T23:03:00.000-07:00

Background music: Daniel Powter's "Bad Day"

Fell sick dy. Since 4 days ago. Coughed like mad, plus flu, plus sore throat, plus fever. Fine. This morning woke up late. Effect of too much anti-histamine. Got into the car, started the engine, no response. Started again, alarm was triggered, but still no response. Early in the morning me & dad gotta push the car all the way out to give way to another car parked inside so that I could go work with that car... Good exercise huh? (-__-")

Reached hosp. Started dispensing immediately. An aunty who'd applied super thick red-coloured lipgloss approached me to ask for her medications.

"I left my medicines here last wednesday. U bring out to me."

Then she started complaining, "Aiyo!! The doctor very bad lah!! Early early ah ji ah cho!! So noisy!! Blah blah blah blah blah..."

So I told her to take a seat and tried to look around for her med, but still couldn't find.

Asked her for Rx, she didn't have. Pembantu came out to ask for her appointment book so that we'd know what drugs to give.

IM Fluanxol. Clopixol sulphate. Just discharged from the ward few days ago.

Ok. PSY patient. But can't give her med without Psy form from the Dr. as well. So pembantu asked her to go see a doctor to get a Rx.

She left, but came back in few minutes time. Without Rx.

"Doctors didn't let me see them lah! Early early morning ah ji ah cho dy!! Aiyo, give me medicine lah! I give u my book! Doctor got write inside lah! U see!"

So I took over the book and read the content to see if I could find anything useful.

Suddenly she accused me loudly, "YOU MUST HAVE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH THE DOCTOR LAH!!!!!" and slapped me on the face. My specs flew out and dropped onto the counter. The entire outpatient department suddenly became dead quiet, with all the other patients' eyes focusing on me and her.

Walao eh.. Damn dramatic.. Just like the super classic scene in Moonlight Resonance, no? Well, at that particular moment, that was what appeared in my mind loh... Haha..

I didn't expect the slap coming. Honestly, she looked quite OK before that. Plus, my stupid URTI and the anti-histamine effect made my reaction damn slow. Don't think I could have avoided the slap even if I'd seen it coming like the Matrix way loh.

Funny thing was, I didn't get angry. If it had come from a normal patient, I might have crawled over the counter and slapped her back. The thing was, she was a PSY patient. At that point, I seriously didn't see the need to argue or fight with her. I just smiled and quietly picked up my specs from the counter and told her to sit down. Then I calmly retreated from the counter and brought her book in to tell the FRP that the patient slapped me and asked if there's anything we could do to supply her the medicine.

Ironically, FRP were the one who got super shocked. They called up the PSY secuirity to bring the patient to doctor and checked if my face was disfigured. Haha.. Told them I was OK and I went out to dispense again to the other patients, with the PSY aunty still shouting at me for medicine. This time I stood far far away from the counter la of course.

Awhile later the patient was brought away. FRP were expecting me to get traumatized and cry. They got someone else to replace my job and asked me to stay inside and rest. Told them I was OK but they insisted. Soon after that, the news travelled at such speed that the entire pharmacy department, upstair downstair, also knew about it liao. Then everyone started asking me about the incident, of which I repeated like N times dy at the end of the day.

Some after listening asked, "Painful or not?" I was like "Errrrrrrrmmm... "

Like Duh?!!

Some said, "Why didn't u shout back at her!! Scold her lah at least!! Later ppl think we all very easy to bully. Wah.. U really can tahan, huh?"

Hmm.. I didn't know how to answer for I really didn't see the need to do so. Very ironic hor? I think my old self would probably have transformed into the Hulk and tore her into pieces liao. I didn't know since when My EQ has improved so much. In other words, I have lost my backbone completely after working for 5 months in a gov. hosp. Ming, am in ur backbone-less gang dy!! XP

Hmm... Did the incident hurt me badly? The answer is a firm NO. Not a single bit. But the way some ppl reacted to it really hurt me badly. U see when such incident happened, it's always way too easy to differentiate the one who genuinely cares for u from the one who fakes it. U thought someone cared very much for u, but things turned out the other way round and u saw it right through. THIS, is what really hurts...

Moral of the story: Get a MC when u're sick!! Don't go to work!! Cause u tend to have slower reactions!! LOL... XD

K lah K lah. I gotta sleep liao.. No weekends for me this week! Gotta do overnight shift on Saturday and Sunday.. From 12a.m. to 8a.m. =( Then this coming Wednesday I also gotta work. What weekends?! What public holiday??!!! Grrrrrrrr... Luckily my time-off applications for Monday and Tuesday were approved liao. Tee hehe... Compensation.. =P

P/S. I gotta do incident reporting for this somemore. Grrrrr... Mafan dao~

It's EARTH HOUR, baybeh!!~

2009-03-28T03:46:00.000-07:00

So, remember to switch all ur lights off from 830p.m. to 930p.m tonight (28/03/09). Better still, turn off all the other unnecessary electrical appliances as well. For example, ur laptop or TV. I know it's tough lah, especially for the IT generation like us, but at least turn ur lights off, alright? :)

I came to know about Earth Hour in Glasgow last year. Thanks to Cheok Xin. So the residents of G6, i.e. me, Su Ann, Cheok Xin, and Cheah Voon beria-ia turned all our lights off at 830p.m. UK time. We happily participated, since turning the lights off for an hour during Earth Hour granted us the most glamour excuse on Earth to NOT study. Kakakakaka... Happily surfed Youtube, watched anime & etc. One hour passed by so easily, till we forgot to turn the lights back on at 930p.m. Haha...

This year, I'm spending the Earth Hour at home with family. Wonder if my family would agree to my proposal, or would go like, "Siow ah? Turn the lights off for one hour how to survive? I wanna watch that show on TV lah!! Later bad ppl think no one at home and break in how??" XP

Anyway, Malaysia is one of the participating country this year. So, make sure all of us participate actively, ok? Show the world that we Malaysians care for the environment as well!! Furthermore, it's not really the matter of switching the lights off for that particular hour or not. It's the awareness of energy conservation, ppl! So, remember to switch off all the lights and electrical appliances that u're not using from time to time, be it the Earth Hour or not, alright? =)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!! :D

2009-03-17T16:17:00.000-07:00

As I've said before, it's St. Patrick's Day today!! Am supposed to be in green & drinking Guiness, but since I'm on leave today, I'm still wearing the pajama that I slept with last night and because nobody in my house drinks Guiness, I have opted for Anglia Shandy. Kaka.. Pembelot betul!! :p

Speaking of on leave, I took time-off for both yesterday & today actually. Was on-call & working the entire week last week. From 2p.m. to 11p.m. on weekdays and 4p.m. to 12a.m. on weekend. Plus presenting on clinical cases & handing in clinical case reports on Wednesday. Was exhausted dy by the end of the week. Actually not THAT tired lah, just that I really need some time to prepare for the upcoming forensic exam, which I happily spent most on sleeping & stoning... T_T Just finished buffering "Twilight" on Tudou. Shit, I really should refrain myself from hitting the "play" button and go study instead. Stop me, pls!!

Anyways, it was my first time doing the A&E and locum shift. Pretty late to start with, I know. Haha.. Was just transferred to OPD late February ma. That's why I got the privilage. Kaka.. Well, it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be loh. Let me summarise my disastrous experience below for ur enjoyment.

Day 1

Happily woke up at around 8:30a.m. It's a public holiday so my working time was from 4p.m. till 12a.m. Was preparing for breakfast when I received a call from S, who had been working from 12a.m. the night before. He was supposed to pass over to A at 8a.m., but A didn't turn out or pick up the phone when he called. He asked if I could replace A. Others either didn't pick up his phone or were not around. I knew he was very tired dy and wanted to help,but my situation didn't allow lah. See, if I replace A, who's gonna replace me later on at night? That means I would have to work from 9a.m. straight till 12a.m. at night!! Crazy.. I felt really bad to reject him though. So I compromised and agreed to replace A from 12p.m. onwards. So he & I would both work for 12 hours each loh. Fair enough ma..

Luckily A called back about half an hour later and rushed to work immediately. She didn't know she was the one working in the morning.

I took over at 4p.m. Now that the locum clinic has got famous, there were so many patients! Non-stop.. Needless to say, lotsa syrup reconstitution & compounding loh. En. R went for dinner at around 745p.m leaving me alone at the counter, at which point patients started flooding in (I really don't understand why the crowd always appears when the fabulous dispenser is away lor, grrrrr). Damn kelam-kabut hunting around for drugs, making syrup, calling Drs up when they accidentally prescribed List A item or wrong frequency. As I've said, it was my first night ma.

Then suddenly I received a call from the surgical ward, asking me the correct method to dilute & infuse Sandostatin!!! Gosh, I swear I didn't even know wth Sandostatin was! At first, I even thought they were asking about Simvastatin, which made me stupidly asked, "Huh? Simvastatin can be diluted & infused one meh?" XP The best thing was, Sandostatin & the greatest publication of all time - Drug Info were upstair in the satelite pharmacy while I was downstair alone. Told them I'd call back later when I got the answer. The phone rang immediately just when I put it down. Medical ward wanna indent for DD. Fine. Then my handphone rang. FRP called to ask me to countercheck & distribute the chemo drugs that just got freshly delivered back from Muar.

OH MY GOSH!! I wish I was an octopus!! Honestly, was freaking scared lor. I've never handled chemo drugs before. Later got spillage how lah? Would I kena cancer? Damn kiasi loh!! Then that smart surgical ward somemore kept calling to ask if their Sandostatin answer was ready. Grrrrrrrrrrrr...

All those were in my mind but I couldn't leave the busy counter. Scare the already frustrated why-the-pharmacist-kept-chatting-on-the-phone-but-not-dispensing patients would go into a riot. But also worried if I neglect the reconstituted chemo drugs for too long it would start to degenerate. How lah how lah? Then my handphone rang again. Was really annoyed and went like "HELLO?!!" only to find out that it was from the harmless Lee Yin. Think I scared her liao. Haha... Sorry, Lee Yin!!! XP

Luckily my saviour En. R got back later on so I was able to rush to the Satelite upstairs & got everything settled. Phew... =)

Note: Pls don't wait till ur DD stock turns zero then only start calling up the pharmacist on-call. Check ur stock & indent during office hours lah. And Drs, pls don't expect the pharmacist to give answer immediately especially when u ask for something that u're supposed to know better than us. We are very busy as well de, alright?

Day 2

Patients from the clinics couldn't be cleared till after office hours. And Drs from the wards happily discarged their patients after 5p.m. Again, it was a crazy day. At night somemore got a teenage girl who came over to request for "ubat untuk kuruskan badan". Erm... I didn't know if I should laugh or cry... (-__-")

Day 3

Dr. X called to ask for advice. Answered. Then received a problematic Rx from Dr. X about 10secs later. Called Dr. X, who said he would confirm & call back, which he did but only to tell me that he didn't recall handling that patient. So he promised to double-check & call back again. When I was fighting with the stubborn Ampicillin that got stuck to the bottle, he called & said "I'm Dr. XYZ, OK?! Dr XYZ" & hung up before I could say anything. I was like "What?" then I saw the stamp on the Rx being Dr. XWV and I realized what went wrong. Hello? How'd I know if u're XYZ not XWV lah? I asked for Dr. X and they put u on the phone ma. Pls remember to stamp ur Rx properly with "Locum" or "A&E" next time so that I know which Dr. X I'm talking to lah...

Day 4

The son of a SPUB patient from HSA came to ask for Nimotop at around 10p.m.. Told him I was not supposed to dispense ubat susulan at that hour but he insisted that his dad had finished all the supply already & asked me to tolong cause his dad had to take Nimotop every 4 hourly. Kak A went sembahyang already. Honestly, I had no idea wth Nimotop was but I agreed to try & help. Found out from MIMS that it was Nimodipine actually. I searched up & down for it but couldn't find. The patient waited for almost half an hour already so in the end I had to kacau Kak. A who was praying. So paisay!! Luckily she was done already.. XP

Kak A told me we memang never have any Nimotop before. She didn't understand why patient had a SPUB letter referring to our hosp. When checked, only we found out that HSA merely supplied Nimotop for a day and then SPUB the patient to us liao. Think we hadn't even received the fax, not to mention having time to order for the drug loh. In the end had to apologize to the patient's son and told him to go back to HSA for the remaining supply after he had waited for so long. Felt very sorry towards him lah.. Aiks... (>.<")

Which of u in HSA did that har? Nyek hehe..

Day 5

Surgical ward called again. This time to ask for the infusion method of Polymicin B for a MRSA infected patient. Said they couldn't understand the instruction given by the pharmacist who supplied them with the drug earlier on. Sigh, why always called after office hour lah? So I quickly called up my FRP. He told me he had already supplied the product information leaflet together with the drug and even highlighted the instruction to follow. Both of us didn't understand why they couldn't read. Ish. So, after much explanation, the problem was finally solved.

Day 6

Dr asked for Syp. Maxolon 5mg TDS. En. R was away for dinner. Patients were again flooding in. I had never made a Maxolon syrup before. I never knew that Maxolon tablet could be so hard!! When I tried to crush the tablets in the mortar by force, 2 of them "flew" out!! So malu!! Luckily I was doing that behind a shelf. If not I'd have become the greatest entertainment for all the awaiting patients liao. Damn geram with the Maxolon tablets lor. Somemore the patient's mum kept asking "Hao liao ma? Hao liao ma?". Grrrrrr...

In the end, I gave up. Called up the Dr. and asked if he could change the anti-emetic to the ready-made Syp. Phenergan. Thank Goodness he agreed. Saved me breath to susah-payah explain to the patient's mum that making syrup DOES take time.. (-__-")

Quickly consulted En. R for the correct way to make a Maxolon syrup when he got back. En. R did it so elegantly without much effort loh. Ish... T_T

Day 7

Last day!! Thought I would survive through without much hassel. Mana tau the pharmacist from Hosp. Z called at peak hour. Wanna borrow 6 vials of Drug A. Emergency case. Told her I have to consult my Boss first. So she gave me her hp number & asked to call back. I shun bian asked for the Hosp. number as well.

Boss asked me to check on the stock in Satelite first. Told him I was alone cause Mr. Z went to help out at the gotong-royong liao. So he sent someone else to check & gave me the green light. So I called to the pharmacist's hp number which she didn't pick up!! Called again, still the same. Called again, up to no good. Grrrrr... What for giving me ur hp number when u're not even going to pick it up lah? Luckily I got the Hosp. number as well. So I called and she picked up. Grrrrrrrrrr....

Told her we could lend her 6 vials of Drug A, but then she said "My Boss said, can borrow 10 vials instead ah?" Grrrrrrrr!! Should have told me earlier what!! So I said I have to confirm with my Boss again. She said "Har? Have to confirm ah? Ok Ok..." DUH??!!! So I called up Boss & he considered & granted permission to lend. So, I called back to tell the pharmacist the good news, to which she said, "Oh ya, can we borrow 10 vials of Drug B as well?"

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!! Why can't u tell me everything at one go lah? Think I very free meh? Patients already wanted to kill me for putting their Rx aside way too long than I should have lor. So I called up Boss again (whom I think wanted to kill me as well for kacau-ing him way too much on a Sunday night) who asked me to check on my own this time since Mr. Z was on his way back already. Then I requested Mr. Z to check for me and called back to Boss again for instruction. Boss agreed to lend. So I called back to the pharmacist from Hosp. Z. Luckily this time she didn't ask if she could borrow 10 vials of Drug C. If not, I think I would go berserk and stomp on the phone in front of all the patients liao..

She directed the indent form to me, which when I received, found that she got my name wrongly spelled somemore... (-_____________-")

That's all about my first on-call experience. Lazy to blog liao. Been spending way too much time blogging dy. DDA!!! POISON ACT!!!!! Oh my Gosh!! XP

The Curious Case of Stor Perubatan

2009-02-21T19:22:00.000-08:00

Colleague brought Hershey's Kisses chocolates which look something like this to store the other day.

It was minum time and since I didn't have the minum habit, I didn't join. So, I was left with my Ah Tao in the office. Ah Tao saw the chocolates. He picked one up, observed it for a while, then turned to me and said,

"Kisses??! Why kisses? What are these ppl thinking lah?"

"Look at the shape. It should be SUCK what! They should call it SUCKING!! Right? SUCKING!! Hahaha..."

Then he showed me the sucking gesture...

( -_____________________-"')

I got "sha2 yan3" immediately.. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmmmmmmmm..

Seriously, if that was from an Ang Moh, I'd consider it a verbal sexual harassment already.. Just imagine, Britney' song "If u seek Amy" got banned just because it sounds like "if u suck me" when pronounced fast... Suddenly reminds me of Prof. Ong's "sucking ice-cream" theory. Yucks!! XP Well, seems like I could just take it as Ah Tao didn't really understand what isi tersirat "SUCK" carries and laugh it off ba wtf...

Anyways, I'm sorry for not updating, peeps!! =P

As usual, "Busy loh..". Was in the crazy clinical dept before this ma. When done, I still got piles of PCI waiting to be completed. Not allowed to chin chai write.. So gotta do some reading up first loh.. Even during CNY, I was doing PCI eh... Sad dao~ T__T

Was transferred to Stor Perubatan after CNY. Just when I thought I could goyang kaki everyday, I was asked to prepare for my case presentation. Gotta present 2 clerked cases and hand in 2 reports this 11th of March. At the same time, research project kicks off. And forensic exams are soon to come. In spite all these, Ah Tao came out with several "brilliant" questions regarding management of store. I have to read up to get the answers..

X#$%*&^@?!

So every weekday, upon reaching home after 5p.m., I was only allowed a little time for newspaper and dinner. Then I had to start work immediately. That's why I've got no time for blogging loh.. =(

Nevertheless, working in store is really rather stress-free. Too bad I don't find myself enjoying much le.. It's just like an office gal's work!! I do stuffs like photostating, typing, printing, and even wraping books!!!!! As if I susah-payah (not) studied pharmacy just for that?? XP

But felt very happy when I was asked to handle things like purchase order, issue notes, quotation, commissioning & etc loh. At least I got to learn something ma.. =)

Am abit bit looking forward to working in OPD next week actually. It seems like a department at which I could learn much and fast. =) Hopefully I won't get the so-called post-OPD syndrome, i.e. falling sick ba. Hahaha...

Oh, by the way, I know it's abit late, but do u guys find this year's CNY very de sien? I spent mine in Singapore. It turned out just like every other public holiday. Not meriah at all leh.. It was surprisingly Q.U.I.E.T. Didn't hear ppl playing CNY songs loud loud or playing fireworks neh.. Of course fireworks are prohibited in Singapore lah.. Well, not as if they are not in Malaysia lah, but like ppl care? We're bad, yeah! I didn't even see kids in Singapore playing the infamous Pop Pop leh!! So guai geh?!! Ish... And they get only 2 days of school holidays in comparison to 1 whole week in Malaysia!!! What kind of childhood is that???!! Boring dao~

I wonder if the sien-ness was due to ppl still being haunted by the economic downturn.. Hmm.. And for that, I'm seriously grateful that as a public servant, I don't even have to worry a single bit about retrenchment and I get a rather handsome pay for a fresh graduate's standard. Kakaka... Thank you, Malaysian's gov!! XD

Oh ya, before I forget, Happy Belated 4th Anniversary, P105!! I wonder how many of us still remember that on Valentine's Day 4 years ago, we were actually lining up outside AAD (which was still located on the ground floor) waiting to be registered while grumbling about the stupidity of them for choosing this date as the first day of semester I. Hahaha... Super nostalgic wei... Anyway, love u guys/gals loads!! Muacks!! XD

By the way, St. Patrick's Day is around the corner!! On the 17th of March!! Ppl, must wear green and drink Guiness on that day oh!! Pls do remind me about it as well... Keke.. And I still regret deeply for not being able to join Cookie Monster Su Ann, Cheah Voon and Cheok Xin to the fabulous Ireland last year, due to the shitty chicken pox virus that attacked at the wrong time. Wuwuwu.... ='( Could only watched Gossip Girl (happily) in JBC G6... Chace Crawford is so cute!!~ XD

Just read this from newspaper yesterday. Lee Ann is going to direct a movie based on the novel, Life of Pi!! Can't wait! Hehe.. Finished Life of Pi last year. To me, it's quite controversial, especially the ending (mysterious island). Nice or not nice, it all depends on ur point of view. Sometimes I find it nice. Sometimes I think the ending spoilt the whole story. What's ur opinion then? Chua Ming & Cheok Xin, I know u gals have read the book as well dy.. =)

Oh!! And ppl ppl!! Adele's song, Chasing Pavements, rocks!! It was a love at first "listen" for me.. Haha.. No wonder she won the Grammy.. =)

On the other hand, (OK. I'm risking my life for saying this..) Fahrenheit, aka Fei Lun Hai C.A.N.N.O.T. sing!!!!! Gosh!! The only song from them that I like is TiAmo by Yan Ya Lun and Liu Li Yang. And by "like", I mean in particular the chorus only. Cause Liu Li Yang is the one singing!!!!! I skip Yan Ya Lun's part whenever I could cause it makes my bulu roma meremang and it definitely isn't in a good way!! Damn, I wonder if I'd receive any threaten message from their huge number of fans soon.. XP

I better run off and hide now. Kaka.. Ciao peeps!! XD

P/S. Made a trip to KL around Christmas time last year. I'd like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to my dear frens who accompanied and entertained me throughout the visit. I appreciate that very very much. Great memory it was... Thanks so much! Hugz... =)

[EDIT]: YES!! Heath Ledger won the 2009 Oscar's Best Supporting Actor Award!! Sooooo happy for him!! He deserves the award!! Yes!! =D

shut the F up

2009-01-12T23:15:00.000-08:00

Life is getting sadder...

Nowadays I dont even talk unless it's deemed necessary...

And due to the lack of talking, I actually stutter when I make confirmation with Drs or give counselling to patients.

Sometimes I stuttered to the extent that I don't even find myself convincing...

Patients hate me for I keep forcing them to repeat their MDI/Humapen technique till they could perform it well...

Drs hate me for I keep pointing out their careless mistakes...

Nurses hate me for I keep asking them for Buku Census and stealing patients' BHT from the trolley to clerk cases when they have to record nursing notes...

Fine...

And I wish some ppl could just stop commenting on me when they don't F-ing know anything about me.

AND, some ppl don't seem to understand that being calculative isn't one of the cool habits to keep.

Alright. Enough Said.

Damn emo post I know wtf...

me no like clinical...

2008-12-16T23:56:00.000-08:00

"Freaking tired"

That's the only description I could come up with.

Not even a place allocated for pharmacist to sit in the ward. Stood throughout the day.

When nurses or doctors come round for BHT/Format I/Buku Census, I kena "shoo-ed" aside pulak.

Even when aunty sapu lantai comes round, I have to give way.

Sad case wei.. Thought clinical pharmacist was supposed to look G.L.A.M.O.U.R T_T

What's more, there are so so sooooooooooo many things to do!! Gosh!!Supposingly, my everyday routine includes filling in CP1 for all newly admitted patients in my respective ward, follow doctor's ward round, clerk 3 cases per day (FRP gives big No-No to uncontrolled HPT, uncontrolled DM & AEBA... Urgh!! There goes my favourites!!), counsel at least 2 patients per day, and do TDM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wah!! Like I have 48 hours a day??

AND, the best news is that, I HAVE to compensate for all the targets missed over public holidays and personal leave!!!!! In other words, public holiday or not, I die die have to produce 3 cases and counsel 2 patients per day lah!! Darn it!! Just when I thought I could curi-tulang abit over Christmas...

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.....

I have resort to wearing flat-bottom shoes even though this was only my 2nd day in clinical department. Cannot tahan the lactic acid accumulation in my legs lah!! Can get pedal oedema if I wear high heels lagi...

Not fun lah!! I shouldn't have complained so much when I was in inpatient.. XP Am actually looking forward to my remainder weeks in inpatient liao.. Haha.. Luckily Clinical is only for 6 weeks and mine would be completed before CNY.. Yippie!! =D

K lah K lah.. Going to sleep now... Haven't even done PCI for all the cases I clerked. Shitty..

P/S. Am so going KL over the Christmas weekend!! Will start journey on 27th morning and come back on 29th morning. It's MEGASALES, ppl!! What are u waiting for?? XD XD Any shopping kaki(sssss) out there?? XD XD

Extreme Ramblings

2008-11-30T23:03:00.000-08:00

Colleagues actually think that I'm a quiet and super guai girl, who stay home most of the time and doesn't go around partying, and even if I do go out I have to reach home by, say 10p.m., in order to obey to the curfew set by my parents. They also assume I'm the type of girl who has never been to a pub before and would go drunk immediately at a single sip of Heineken, not to mention hard liquor like Chivas.

Aaaaawww, don't u find them cute?

Miss all my dear frens who know my true colour so well suddenly... =)

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The super huge McD (erm, in Batu's standard lah) with drive-thru service is officially in operation today!!!!! Woohoo!!~ Looks kinda grand, doesn't it? =D

Sorry the pic is abit sucky. Haha.. Took it from the car =P

Miss Hu Yi Jie, at last Batu's McD is in the same position as ur Sitiawan's!! HMPH!!! Lol... XD XD

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Our P105 senior, Ai Lynn, was transferred to my department last week. Gosh, I was seriously delighted!! Finally someone whom I can talk to about the devilish Mr. Pepsi (too bad she actually finds Mr. Pepsi "hen hao!!") and the beloved Scotland and receive some appropriate responds!! Hehe...

I really have to thank her here, for making my life much more colourful than it used to be a week ago, and for inviting me and Pei Fung out for lunch thus saving us from the everyday-same-lauk-money-sucking canteen. Thanks very much, Ai Lynn!! =)

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Jeng jeng~~ The much feared Thalidomide!! Hmm.. Very plain hor? Doesn't look all that intimidating, no? Should at least have a shocking pink coating like EES what. Glamour sikit ma.. =P

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The handbag I bring to work everyday. Yeah, me with a handbag?? Hard to imagine, right? But can't possibly bring my sling bag to work eh ma. Am gonna look like a freak!! Haha..

The handbag is from Polo. Got 70% discount. Kaka.. Damn cheap loh and that's why I bought it. Not because I liked it so much that I gave in to temptation or whatsoever stuffs like that loh.. Sigh.. Aunty dao.. XP

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Last but not least, the vintage-looking Kang Kang!!!!! XD XD Looks like he's from the 70's, no? Eh eh, it wasn't me, ok? It was mum's idea!! The spec belongs to her hor!!! XD XD XD

I never knew "meh" could be used like this...

2008-11-18T23:24:00.000-08:00

Below is an article I plagiarized from Yahoo! News at http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_new_word.

"'Meh': Apathetic expression enters dictionary

LONDON – At least someone is excited about "meh."

The expression of indifference or boredom has gained a place in the Collins English Dictionary after generating a surprising amount of enthusiasm among lexicographers.

Publisher HarperCollins announced Monday the word had been chosen from terms suggested by the public for inclusion in the dictionary's 30th anniversary edition, to be published next year.

The origins of "meh" are murky, but the term grew in popularity after being used in a 2001 episode of "The Simpsons" in which Homer suggests a day trip to his children Bart and Lisa.

"They both just reply 'meh' and keep watching TV," said Cormac McKeown, head of content at Collins Dictionaries.

The dictionary defines "meh" as an expression of indifference or boredom, or an adjective meaning mediocre or boring. Examples given by the dictionary include "the Canadian election was so meh."

The dictionary's compilers said the word originated in North America, spread through the Internet and was now entering British spoken English.

"This is a new interjection from the U.S. that seems to have inveigled its way into common speech over here," McKeown said. "Internet forums and e-mail are playing a big part in formalizing the spellings of vocal interjections like these. A couple of other examples would be 'hmm' and 'heh.'

"Meh" was selected by Collins after it asked people to submit words they use in conversation that are not in the dictionary. Other suggestions included jargonaut, a fan of jargon; frenemy, an enemy disguised as a friend; and huggles, a hybrid of hugs and snuggles."

Hmm... Interesting, isn't it? I always thought "meh" is a Malaysian- or Singaporean-created noun being abused for the expression of doubt. For example, "Like that one meh?". Just like how I feel like asking, "Got ppl use 'meh' like this one meh?" now. Erm.. U got me?

Wild Thoughts

2008-11-17T23:14:00.000-08:00

Realized it's quite easy to commit suicide in the satellite pharmacy.

See ya.. Drugs like Phenytoin, Theophylline, Digoxin and etc. are all within reach. Drugs of which a slight tiny bit of overdosage could lead to fatal consequences.

And these drugs could be given without the need of a pakar's counter-sign.

If I were to take a few more out while filling in prescriptions and hide them in my pocket and send them all down my throat with some water over lunch time...

Nyek nyek nyek nyek nyek......

Shit... I must have been too stressed out at work dy...

P/S. Just got to know today that a box of Olanzapine (28 biji) costs around RM400-500!!!!! And gov hosps are giving them out at the cost of a symbolic RM1 only!!!!! If u happen to be a gov servant, u dun even have to pay a single cent!! OMG!!!!! Malaysian's gov hosp ROCKS!!!!! XD =P

Am I progressing too fast?

2008-11-12T21:45:00.000-08:00

Catching up with my work dy.

Learning more & more stuffs by days.

But......

I'm starting to lose faith,

and passion...

......

Why do I have to head straight to the last stage without even going through a brief period of enjoying-my-current-job moment???

Sigh...

TGIF!!!!!~~~

2008-11-08T01:25:00.000-08:00

TGIF!!!!!~~~

Aaaaaah aaaaahhh!! Wow Wooooow!! Weeeee Weeeeeeee!! Woooooh wooooooooooooH!!

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~

Relief eh!! I'm both mentally & physically tired dy.. Need a rest.. This morning almost couldn't get out of bed. Whole body aching... Like an Ah Po..

But note, I said relief. Not happy. Yeah, I dunno why but I'm not all that happy with the weekend's arrival. Feel abit uneasy and anxious in fact. Can't sit still. Kept sighing. Abit hot temper. Weird huh? That shouldn't be my reaction towards my first precious weekend off what...

Am I too stressed out? I shouldn't be what.. Ppl said HBP very free geh?

Anyway, gotta update abit on my working life here...

Offically started working on 4th Nov. 3rd just went there fill forms & chit-chat XD So will regard 4th Nov as my first day of work from this point onwards.

Was sent to inpatient department. Well, first day was disastrous. Was C.O.M.P.L.E.T.E.L.Y lost. Yes, I am not being humble here. Felt like a piece of shit. Trolley full of Rx started coming in the moment I arrived. EVERYONE expected me to know what I was supposed to do!!

But the fact is, I just stood there helplessly. Staring blindly at the dispensers, PRPs, and FRPs rushing about here & there, having no idea wth were they doing. No one even cared to bother me. Probably they thought I was supposed to know what's going on...

Then I approached & consulted a PRP. She showed me the right way to handle a Rx and filled in all the requested medications so professionally. I looked at her with admiration only to find out later that she's a UKM graduant and it was her FIRST day in the inpatient department as well!!!!! WHAT???!! I mean, I know local students are damn geng lah, but I never expect them to know sooooooooooo much eh!!! I was like a piece of trash standing next to her...

Lucky she was nice. So I followed her to handle a few Rx and tried to start handling one on my own. Gosh. It was tough. I couldn't even locate the drugs! U see, some were arranged in alphabetical order, some according to diseases, some on another cupboard, some in the back room, some were simply placed on the table, and some under the table!! @_@???

How organize can they be? I wonder if all hosp. are the same or it's just HBP?

As if this wasn't bad enough, I was told that List A drugs have to be counter-signed before dispensing and certain dispenses drugs have to be recorded. Blurred to the max. So I asked, " What are List A drugs?" only to get "Very hard to say. Something like expensive drugs that can only be given by specialist." So I continued, "So is there anywhere that I can read up on this?" and got "No. Only by experience..." (o_O")

Then I pursued, "So what are the drugs that have to be recorded?" which again I got "Expensive drugs"...

HOW ON EARTH AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW LAH????? It's not like they label the drugs with their respective prices..

So I kept asking questions regarding the location of drugs, whether they have to be counter-signed, how much should I dispense (can't give out too many drugs of which the stocks are running low of which I had no idea at all), blah blah blah blah blah blah...

Was a complete annoyance. Kept interrupting others' work by asking stupiak questions. Felt extremely useless + embarassed. A burden to the entire department. They could work faster and better without my existence...

Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......

Was in a very bad mood by the end of the day. When it was about 5p.m., there was nothing much left to do. All the FRPs, PRPs, and dispensers sat down to relax and chat. I was so tensed up that I had no mood to join them. I walked around the dispensary, trying to get myself familiar with the location of the drugs...

Oh, did I mention that they label some drugs according to generic name and some according to brand name?? Did I mention that even doctors prescribed drugs in brand name?? Flagyl sounds very much like bulk laxative to me but it's Metronidazole in fact. Diamox = Acetylzolamide, Gelusil = Magnisium Trisylicate & etc etc etc...

???????????????????????????????????????

Was extremely frustrated & depressed at the end of the day. Mum knew I had had a hard day so she made me super super nice dinner to console me. Hehe.. so sweet of her... At least that made my day much better.. =)

Lucky thing was that my last minute hardwork din go to waste. Starting to catch up on the 2nd day. Did everything faster and gathered up enough courage to answer phonecalls from the ward (even though most of the time I couldn't answer and would just pass the phone to the FRPs). I also asked much lesser questions, found most of the drugs, and even pointed out the location of some to another PRP when he couldn't find it! Aaaaahhh... The sense of achievement... =)

Then I started following FRP to the ward to do bedside counselling. Had seen them giving counselling on eye drops, aerochamber, and Humapen so far liao... =)

Volunteered to handle Imprest Floor Stock. Can now do it on my own liao.. Also, learned about the procedure of dispensing DD today.. =)

At least I don't feel so blur anymore...

BUT, I still make mistakes when dispensing first-time-handled drugs. Just kena tegur-ed today for not recording the dispensing of some "expensive" drugs and for dispensing too much (din realize 1 box of Clexane contains 2amps). Felt bad lah of course. But no one really took the initiative to teach me starting from the first day leh. Mostly, I learned on my own, by asking and by making mistakes. But I hate learning from mistakes... The feeling of making mistakes and kena tegur is awful... Moreover, life's at stake!!!

Sighhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

I paling hate the "only-experience-can-tell" part... It renders me helpless...

I wish the FRPs could guide us (PRP) more. They are nice and friendly. I am glad to have them. The only thing is that, they know the PRP are incompetent and lack essential knowledge, but they seemed to take no action about it leh. They always look very busy. So I didn't even dare to bother them with my stupiak questions. Was hoping that maybe one day when they are free they would teach.

But know what? I saw one of them playing Bejeweled-look-alike game in the resting room today... (-__-") Maybe just taking a short break after a long stressful day ba... Hmm...Dunno leh... Hope I would learn more as time goes by le...

Anyway, am lazy to continue this super long post liao.. Haha.. I'm OK dy le.. I will jia you de.. The passion is still there. I will make sure I work very hard de. I promised myself to be a good pharmacist already. So I must thrive to achieve it!! Let's work towards our targets ba, all IMU-Mpharm-graduated PRPs!!!!! HEK!!!!! =)

P/S. I super agree with Ming in hating IMU. But I'm more specific lah. I only hate IMU Mpharm program coordinators. Think Bpharm is quite OK lah...

2008-11-05T18:00:00.000-08:00

LONG LIVE OBAMA!!!!!!

Congratulations on ur landslide victory!!!!! YAY!!!!! ^O^

Amateur Pharmacist

2008-11-03T21:33:00.000-08:00

OK. Gotta cut long story short. Super tired.

Woke up at 430a.m. Travelled to JB. Arrived in Wisma Persekutuan. Took form & completed within 5mins. Done. Rushed 2 Menara Sarawak immediately. Apparently Menara Sarawak has been renamed as Menara Cyberport liao.

Only 9 of us today. Got one super outspoken Malay Gal from University of London. With accent! Cheh wah! Was late but challenged Head of Dep when tegur-ed for the wrongly stated building name. "U all SHOULD change the address". Wah...

All were assigned to the desired hosp. Happy! Small batch no competitor ma.

Oh ya. Ja Yee and Chew Yee din lapor. Appealed.

Rushed back to BP when everything was done. Reported at Hosp. Batu Pahat together with Pei Fong. Attempted 3 times only managed to park into a spacious parking lot. Shit.

Person in charged not around. Head of Pharmacy on leave for the day. Waited & waited while chatting. Finally at 420p.m. got the forms and started filling in. Handed in docs after that. Super kelam-kabut. Office hour over liao ma.. Finally got everything settled at 530p.m. The akak was pretty nice. =)

Supposed to report at Pharmacy Outpatient Department after filling in forms. But pharmacist all balik rumah dy at that time. So happily went back home. Kaka..

Mum cooked dinner. Yum yum.. But no appetite. Dunno why. Maybe too tired liao.

So tomolo is gonna be the first official working day. Wish me luck ba!! =)

P/S. A bit sien when come to think that I gotta sleep super early later and wake up super super super early (in my standard lah) tomolo morning and have B.R.E.A.D. as breakfast (equivalent to poison in my standard). Life's wonderful... (>_<")

kIND@ bORed hEre...

2008-10-29T22:22:00.000-07:00

Craved for "dao sah beng" so bad the other day. So I went to The Summit Parade Batu Pahat to get some. Mana tau the shop sudah "chap lap"!!!!! I went around the floor it used to be in to see if it had shifted but it was up to no good.. =(

But there was a surprise discovery. I saw a music store playing this MV:

Like Whoa by Aly & AJ!!

Whoa!! I never knew Batu's music sense could be so "in" wei!! Seeing that these gals aren't really that famous, I was really surprised that there are actually ppl in Batu (except for me) who knew them!!

Honestly, Malaysia's music sense is quite advanced. At least we Malaysians are kepo enough that we know most of the pop celebrities and songs on the market. Guess that's because the section most of us never miss when reading a newspaper is Entertainment. Am I not right? =)

Shopped for CDs in HMV Glasgow last time. The "Best-selling albums" were those that I listened to when I was in Taylor's!! Robbie Williams, Ronan Keating & etc.!!!!!! Kill me!! I wonder if it's a UK's or Glasgow's problem. Cause other European countries seem much better eh... When I was in Greece, I even heard Kenny G version of Jay Chow's "AnJing" song in their metro station!!! WOW!! So "in"!!

I chatted with some of our Glaswegian classmates during one boring EBM session. I opened my eyes big big & told them excitedly, "Oh Gosh!! Rihanna is coming to SECC!!!!!" Still remember clearly the "Huh?? Who's that?" expression on their faces and their polite smiles.

Ouch!! I was acting like a total idiot if not because one of them (only one!!) said in a as-a-matter-of-fact tone, "Oh, Rihanna.". Full stop!! And they turned to each other to discuss on the progression of their research project like nothing just happened!!! What??! Don't they even feel a bit bit excited that some huge celebrity is coming to their town??? Oh well, at least from being an idiot I was promoted to a retarded fella who cared more over American's music industry than my studies...

Why ah why ah? If Rihanna were to come to Batu Pahat, I would go all the way out to see her loh.. I mean, I am not a huge fan of hers lah. Not to mention that "Ella Ella Eh Eh" and the "Pls Don't Stop The.. Pls Don't Stop The Music" songs are rather retarded loh... XP It's the celebrity factor!! The "Oh wow!! I saw Rihanna live and took pictures of her!!!" factor!! No?

Don't Twitch Ur Lips the Wrong Way

2008-10-17T23:58:00.000-07:00

Half of Dad's right eye was suddenly covered with blood shots the night before yesterday's. Dad suffers from slight glaucoma. In fact, both of his eyes were found to be infected around 3 weeks ago. He was prescribed with 2 months of antibiotic eye ointment. The worsening of condition in spite of constant application of medication got him extremely worried. So were mom & I.

Accompanied Dad to the hospital the next morning.

Since Dad had no appointment that day, he rushed to the counter and asked the nurses on duty if they could arrange for an emergency appointment to see the doctor immediately. Dad told them he was very very worried because of the redness and that he had glaucoma. He even removed his glasses to show them the blood shots.

Not only did they refuse, one stupiak nurse there farking SMIRK!!

What?!! What's so funny with my dad's blood-shots-filled eye? Have u no sympathy? Smirk what fark lah?!!

Damn angry eh!! Felt like punching her in the face!! Argh!!

What kinda stupiak attitude was that??

In the end Dad was arranged to be among the last to be seen by the doctor, for he had no appointment and we were already considered late by the time we registered. Waited for almost 4 hours in the hospital doing nothing.

Beh song!!

Luckily the doctor who examined Dad was very very nice. Listened to Dad's complaint and examined him carefully. Was very patient as well.

Dr. Noor ruled out the possibility of hypertension & worsening of glaucoma after examining Dad's eye. Dr. Noor said the redness was due to injury of the blood vessel, just like the normal bruises on skin. Maybe Dad exerted too much strength and the pressure leads to rupture of a small blood vessel and thus bleeding. But it wasn't serious so Dr. Noor asked us not to worry. She also prescribed some medications for Dad.

Phew... What a relief... Thank Goodness Dad was ok.. =)

Think all healthcare proffessionals should look up to Dr. Noor loh! Be empathy, patient, and most importantly, ready to serve without discrimination loh!! Giving a farking smirk when patients tell u their suffers wouldn't help in any sense!! Sh*t!!

P/S. Dad's eye's condition has improved. Thanks very much for all the regards and concerns expressed. =)

cONvO PorTR@It =P

2008-10-15T02:31:00.000-07:00

K k... Enough emo-ing.. Keep it aside first. Arrival of convo portrait has totally lightened me up. The original digital version is too big a size liao. Have compressed it. See see..

The fake "bookshelf" abit de senget XD

Think they have got the job well done. At least I didn't look that fat lah. Chin sharp sharp like that. Keke.. Chic pox scars also removed liao. =P

Actually the portrait was supposed to arrive in September de loh. Most of my frens already got theirs. So I called Fotorex up yesterday to check if mine was lost on the way. The lady who spoke to me was very aunty lah. Haha.. but she was very nice. She kept apologizing and promised that my portrait would arrive today.

And it really did arrive this afternoon!! A super big pack including a frame!! Hmm.. I remembered paying for the RM90 package leh. Thought there is no complimentary frame? Also hor, there are three 3R-sized photos given as well. Thought the package only includes 2? AND, the portrait was of canvas material wor!! I thought only the RM130 package comes in canvas? Tak paham betul! ?_?

But it's not like I'm unhappy with that lah.. Kakaka.. Untung dao!! XD

Maybe that aunty was abit blur or what. Or maybe she was guilty for the late delivery that's why she gave me a good deal as compensation? Kakaka.. Hmm.. or maybe they are indeed complimentary. Dunno leh.

Anyway hor, I think Fotorex's packages are relatively value for money loh. At least the RM90 one is lah. Unlike the Strathclyde one which is darn freaking expensive and with no frame and NO touch-up loh. Hehe.. So, juniors, if anyone of u is reading this, just go ahead when it's ur turn next year ba!! Unless u have a fren whose family runs photography business like our fabulous Wei Meng Koko lah. Then of course it's much more worthy to close the deal with them. They would definitely charge a lower price and do a better job. Just like our Wei Meng Koko who received excellent review for the Strathclyde convo photoes he did for our batchmates. If Wei Meng Koko offers a deal to u all hor, fai fai accept ah!! Haha.. XD

K lah K lah. Dinner time dy. Hungry. Bye!

Hypersensitivity

2008-10-14T17:31:00.000-07:00

"Sometimes you're just too sensitive..."

Well, I KNOW I'm very sensitive sometimes...

Not the first time being told this already,

but it still hurt

especially if it comes from the ones u care most.

I too HATE myself for being so sensitive,

but I dunno what I can do about it.

I wonder if my sensitivity is caused by caring too much. I care about how others feel. I dun wan anyone to feel hurt. I want to be considerate. I want everyone around me to feel happy. I'm just trying my best!

But being caring = being sensitive to ppl's happiness and sadness. But being sensitive can sometimes lead to hypersensitivity. And hypersensitivity ALWAYS leads to misunderstanding.

When ppl need to be cared, u try to provide them with that. But sometimes ppl appreciate, sometimes they don't. And when they don't, they find it a bother. Maybe I tried too hard? I dunno.

Yes, I understand what I feel best for others might not be what they want.

I wish I could be care-free. I wish I could be ignorant. I wish I could be indifferent towards everyone and everything around me.

But wouldn't that make me a cold-blooded creature? What's more, experiences already prove to me that when I become indifferent, ppl think I don't care for them anymore. Ppl feel hurt.

Ppl EXPECT u to understand!!!

Care also wrong, don't care also wrong. What the??? Got such thing like care abit bit and don't care abit bit ah?? When's the right time to care and to not??

Stuck in the middle of nowhere. Just like my current situation. Idle in life. Not moving forward nor going backward. Just stuck in a stage of life that I'm not totally comfortable with. Emptiness. With no aim.

I think the frustration, uncertainty, fear, pressure, and problems bothering me are the causes of my hypersensitivity lately. I feel depressed. I'm upset most of the time.

Just because I don't say it out it doesn't mean I've got nothing to worry about!

No suitable one is there to tell... No one is there to understand...

Trying too hard to act tough and care for others at the same time. I'm tired.

Could somebody pls tell me what to do? To being indifferent but caring? To being caring but not over sensitive? To not being annoying??

L.O.S.E.R

P/S.: Xin, if u happen to be reading this, do u know if there's anything to listen to or chant at to find peace in mind? If u don't, could u pls ask ur mum on my behalf? Being a devoted Buddhist, I believe she knows something about this. Thanks very much...

iT's @LL AbOUt hWOoD

2008-10-02T15:02:00.000-07:00

Helo!! Me Maria. Just done grocery shopping with Ma'am. It's teatime now. So Maria has some free time to blog. XD

Maria masak another new dish 2 days ago. Chai Po (sweet radish) baked hwish. Maria tiru the recipe from a cooking book. Rasa not bad, tetapi abit too sweet lah. Maria think it's the problem of the chai po. Maybe next time should use the salty type instead.

Macam fish pie hor? Sebenarnya 3 slices of thick slicked hwish.

OK OK. Switch identity to Pei Ling. Got serious stuff to tell.

It's Raya yesterday. So Maria was off for the day. Dad & bro-in-law went to tapao "dai chao" for dinner. Haiyo. Not enough lah. Our whole family big size + big eaters mah. I wasn't even 20% full when all the dishes were already gone.. =(

Not full = bad mood de loh. So, I screamed (jokingly lah):

"KOKO!!!!! I'm still hungry!!!!! BUY ME ZINGER BURGER!!!!!!!!!!~~ Craving!!"

Was expecting either reaction number 1:

"Haaaaaaaar? HAHAHA! Go eat shit lah!"

or maybe reaction number 2:

"Walau!! Still not full meh? U think u still very slim ah?"

when I heard

"OK. No problem. What else u want?"

and he really went out right after that to get me the burger!! OOH!! Happy!!! =D

Was very very de touched loh. He seldom pamper me so much de loh. Hehehe... =) See see my ai4 xin1 Zinger burger!! ^^

Ooh huhu... Suspense.. What's inside?

Tada!!!!! Yum yum!!! Almost 2 year since I last had Zinger burger eh!! *Slurp* =P

THANK YOU, KOKO!!!!! =D

Hehe.. Mum cooked meehoon soup this afternoon. Think it looks very de tempting & seductive. Took a picture of it.

Oosh!! Yum!! Mama, cook for me, pls!!!!! *drool*

OK lah. Maria wanna go eat her kuih liao. Later gotta go sweep floor & cook dinner liao. Tata!!

P/S. Good luck to all of u who start work tomolo!! Whoa!! Another stage of life!! Congrats!! =)

LeT Ur s@LivA dROoL~~~

2008-09-29T16:54:00.000-07:00

Muahahaha... I made this!! I made this!!!

Nice leh? Nice leh? Nyek hehehe...

It was an attempt to immitate this dish from the Keyaki Japanese Restaurant in Pan Pacific Hotel (Singapore).

The genuine version

Kakaka.. Not bad what. At least got 90% similarity mah, no?

Taste wise, of course Keyaki's version better lah. The bacon taste of my version was a wee bit too strong liao. The middle part of the prawn was a wee bit too soft, too. See? That's why I'm a pharmacist, not cook! XD

But hor, Dad said he preffered my version to Keyaki's!!!!! Cause my one tasted much better wor!!!!!! Woohuhuhu.... Kembang dao~

Yala yala... I know he was just trying to console me and give encouragement lah. Ish...

Mum suggested pan-frying the roll-ups first the next time I cook. I had that in mind as well actually. Teehehe... =P

EDIT: Xin asked me to add this. "Mum, Sir! Me Maria~ Me can cook nice hwood. See see the pikture I ambik! Me can speak Engrish also. And Sir, me can strip dance also kalau mau~ *wink wink*" Grrrrrrrrrr.....

她和他的故事

2008-09-27T02:36:00.000-07:00

四天前，竟然又让我再遇见了她。顿时，不知所措。反复在脑海里演练了无数次的情景，并没有上演。心里，不禁责备自己老实不争气。。。

唉。。。毕竟时隔已久，心里的憎恨，厌恶，恶心，怨气，气愤，悲伤，痛苦，哀伤，已经被埋藏到心里最灰暗的角落里了。或许，它们变得迟钝了，一时来不及觉醒。

我想，她在我生命中留下的阴影，是我花一辈子都抹之不去的吧。。。

恨一个人的确是很累的。所以，我也已经尽我的全力忘掉过去。但是，心里的那个结，我想只有在我彻彻底底地复了一次仇后才能被解开吧。。。

那么，复仇的形式又是什么呢？说得好听是复仇，实际上它幼稚得可以！甚至连我自己都不明白我怎么会这么执著。我只是想当着她的面说出一番难听的话，让她也尝试一次被人羞辱至自尊心受创却还不明白自己到底犯了什么错的美好滋味！！！

哈哈。。。可笑吧？幼稚吧？愚蠢吧？

自几年前开始我便已经在等待这个机会了，却始终砰不上。等到砰上时，在那一瞬间我竟然犹豫我是否应该没骨气地望向她点点头，微微笑。幸好这个没出息的动作因以前所受的种种委屈在脑海里突然一闪而过而被及时收回了。还好。。不然我想我大概会后悔一辈子吧。。。

当时，父母正下着车准备去处理一些事情。她自老远便瞧见他们了。正如她一贯虚伪的作风，她友善地跟他们打了个招呼。我紧张兮兮地躲在车内，思考对策。她似乎知道我就在车内，绕了一圈来到车前！

由于心中的阴影实在太根深蒂固了，我低头，害怕与她四目对望。终于鼓起勇气抬起头时，她正往前行走，但也看见了我。她举起手微笑向我打招呼，但脚步没有停下。我没有反应，只是面无表情地斜眼凝视着她。我不爽地白了她一眼。可惜，她转头了，没看见。

我不禁猜测她到底知不知道我是因为讨厌她才会有如此反应，还是纯粹以为我只是眼睛贴邮票，没看见她！我希望也乐观地认为是前者。虽然称不上报仇，但至少我让她了解了我的不满，showed了attitude，并让她少少地不快活过，即便只有那么一次！嘿，我不再是那个只会默默承受一切的懦弱小女生了，OK？！你能拿我怎样，哼？

我不确定我还会不会再见到她，也不确定我的“复仇大计”会否落实。我知道我幼稚，但至少现下我心里舒坦多了。。。我想，我可能永远都无法原谅她。但是，我会尽力。毕竟，人是会改变的。而且，我也厌倦了背负着这个沉重的包袱来过日子。好累。。。

.........................................................................................

他，是大概两年半前在网上结识的。当时，Facebook还没出现，Friendster风靡一时。他便是在Friendster那儿add了我的。

他附带msg说，想和我做朋友。我surf了一下他的profile，发现他也是Batu Pahat人，而且也在KL求学。真巧！一时觉得好玩，便接受了他的add，也回了msg给他。

从此，我们便时常有Friendster msg上的来往。他给了我他的电话号码，并向我要我的。我委婉地拒绝了。毕竟，对于一个女孩子来说，轻易地把电话号码交给一个陌生的男生是一件危险的事。

后来，他生日了。我寄了封sms给他。也因此，他有了我的电话号码。他偶尔会寄sms给我，和我聊上几句。我想当时我才sem3吧。不知死活，每天根本都没有在读书。反正闲着也是闲着，所以我也不介意有多个人陪我无聊。谈得也还算投机。

有一天，谈着谈着，他突然要求和我出来见个面。此时，我没有半点犹豫就退缩了。老实说，我从来都不相信网上交友这回事。太难了吧！怎么有可能能够对一个你完全不了解的人如此信任呢？不论他或她在网上说得如何天花乱坠，也无从证实那是真实或是乱掰的啊！何况，我们不也常常在报章上看见一些因网上交友而被骗财骗色的个案吗？

我知道蔡智恒的《第一次的亲密接触》有多凄美。但是，或许是中小学时一些不开心的往事使然，我变得很难对人产生信任，不可能像轻舞飞扬那般的单纯。

所以我回复他说，我是个女孩子，单独出来见面感觉上还蛮危险的。反正IMU外也有个LRT站，如果他真想见面，不如就来IMU吧。我顺便也可以介绍一些朋友给他认识，开拓他的社交圈子。

我忘了他回复我什么。总之，这件事就此不了了之。后来，他也就没联络我了。Sem4时根本就忙死了，我压根儿早就把这件事给忘得一干二净了。但依稀记得我出国前，他好似有寄过几封sms来，而我也简短地和他聊了聊。

原本就已经没有主动联络他的习惯了，后来电话在Mid Valley的KTM站被偷后，他简直是从我的人生中彻底地消失了。

出国后，不知疯得多开心哪，哪会记得他的存在？回国后，更不用说了。几乎每天都在为posting的事忙和烦。

三天前，突然收到一封不知名的简讯，内容是以华语书写的。我这个在UK才刚换的电话，是个不折不扣的banana啊！怎会看得懂华语呢？于是，我礼貌的询问来讯人的身份与简讯的内容，心想八成是寄错了的吧。

没想到，是他。

挺讶异的。毕竟事隔已经太久了。当看见名字时，我还迟疑了一会儿，才想起是他…

他说我多半忘了他是谁，我说我没有并且还准确地说出了他的生日月份。闲聊起来，才发现他原来也刚从UK毕业回来！不过，他去的是Sheffield。虽然他有来过Glasgow，不过和大多数人一样，对于Glasgow的印象只有一个boring可以形容。哈哈…

聊着聊着，他说他不久后将会去新加坡谋生。他希望我们两个能在各自开始工作前至少出来见一次面。问我觉得怎样？

Uh oh …真糟糕！即便是去了UK之后，我还是没打算和他见面呀！

所以，我又再一次委婉地拒绝了他。这次的理由是，没有transportation。他说不如搭巴士吧，因为他也没有transportation。我说我从小到大都还不曾搭过本国的公共巴士呢！而且，也太危险了吧！他说，也对，对女孩子来说的确是危险了点。我说，算了吧，反正如果我们是会见面的，迟早都是会见面的。

心里正暗喜我又escape了一次时，他就没有回复了。直到今天为止都是。

纳闷！哎，谁说只有女人才难了解？

你看吧。说他是个网上骗子，又不太像。酱得空骗我两年骗不到还不放弃咩？说他纯粹只想交个朋友，可是为什么在每次我婉拒见面了之后他都立刻落个无声无息？说他想要玩玩，找个从网友变成朋友的女生，又不像。上网的女生成千上万。愿意和他出来见个面的肯定大把啦。何必这么执著？

纳闷，纳闷！

写下他的故事的原因，就是因为不了解。嗯…有没有人能够解答我的疑问呢？这到底是个怎么样的情形？我的处理手法到底对不对？如果你是我的话，你又会怎么做呢？希望没有伤害到人也没有造成不必要的误会…

Posting larh...

2008-09-25T17:20:00.000-07:00

Weehee~ Know where I will be posted to dy... Not going to tell u now lar. Bleh! Haha.. Read till the end of this post first mah... =P

Knew from last night that the posting results for my lot would be out this morning. Kah Yee was the first to inform me that she would be posted to HKL. Then Cheah Voon and many many more. Everyone asked me for my posting in turn.

Told them I was in no mood to check yet. Scare scare ma. Wahlao!! Immediately kena bombed dao!!! Aksed me fai fai call lah, dun wuliao lah, cursed me kena Sabah lah and etc etc.

Ouchy!!! Wuwu... 人缘 bad dao~ T_T

But I memang like this wuliao since last time liao de lah.. I also dunno why leh.. PP3 & sem6 results I also waited till I shiok shiok only I checked.. In fact, even the freaking scary final year results also like that leh.. Heard the opposite house screaming & shouting like Zoo Negara (Pei Fung and co., if u know what I meant. Kakaka.. XD oopsy!!) so immediately I knew results were out. Told my housemates and all of them rushed to room to check their results online.

As for me, I lengang-lengang into room to finish watching the episode of Gossip Girl that I just buffered. Then bathed, applied Calamine cream (stupiak chicken pox that time ma), combed hair nice nice, baru I sat down and prepared to log into Spider. Kena bombed by housemates nonetheless.. They were even more kancheong over my results than I did. Haha...

Hmm.. It's not that I dun care le. I was very very kancheong de. Heart like "pik pok pik pok" like that.. stomach ache somemore.. But I just wanted to get mentally prepared first before I rushed into checking the results le. Like today, I waited until I was comfortable and mentally well-prepared enough that if I were to hear this:

"Cik Chua, kau dapat Kelantan/Terengganu/Sarawak/Sabah."

I would go

"Oh well, WTF. This is fate. Accept it and start packing ur @$$ off."

instead of shouting into the phone

"HAAARR?????!!! Apa???!! KENAPA SAYA?!! Tak ala dalam pilihan saya lah!!! Boleh rayu? Macam mana lah encik?? Tolonglah, encik.. Jangan bagi saya boleh tak??? Minta tolong lah..."

So u see the reason why? U see the better reaction in handling the same situation? That's why I was so "bah bai" + wuliao le.. Haha.. It's due to the lack of confidence!! The worry that I might not get what I wanted so badly!!

Oh well.. Anyway, I sent out sms to almost the whole kampung immediately after knowing my posting. I have been posted to... *drums rolling*

JOHOR!!!!!~~~ *clap clap clap clap clap*

It's my first choice!! It's the state that I asked for!!!!! Thanks God!!!!! I am sooooo grateful!!!!! =)

Still dunno which part of Johor I will be working at. Gotta laporkan diri at Kementerian Kesihatan Johor first. Dunno the lapor date as well. Either 16th Oct or 1st Nov ba. Gotta wait for the posting letter first. Hehehe... =)

OK lah.. I wanna go exercise liao. Damn shitty lah.. Put on 3kg after returning from UK. GOSH!!!!! I'm at the borderline of becoming obese!!! Sis even called me "Eh, fat girl"!!! Uugh!! What the... Shikitty shit shit!!! Dun wanna blog liao. Depressed dy.. Tata!!

EDIT: KKM just informed HeHe Sheong that the posting results announced on the 25th had been declared invalid due to some changes. Uugh!!! Asked to call back again after 16th Oct!! Ding Diow...

ShAMe O' sHamE

2008-09-18T21:27:00.000-07:00

Oh, man!! This is soooo true!! A national shame, indeed. Ughh...

http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080918/tts-malaysia-transport-taxi-506e7eb.html

Diary of a (Part-time) Housewife

2008-09-17T17:24:00.000-07:00

Mum fell sick yesterday...

She was feverish and suffering from flu. She stayed in the room and slept most of the time. So I took over her role in the family.

Mum washed a load of clothes before going to sleep. So I collected the clothes, folded them, swept the floor, and prepared teatime for both dad and myself. After that, I made ABC porridge for mum to have as dinner. Cooked 3 days' portion. Fried an egg as well.

Sis came back early, worried over mum's condition. She dabao-ed some dishes back but it wasn't enough for the whole family. So I cooked rice, and fried eggs again.

Freaking tired after that. Didn't even have much appetite for dinner. Cleaned the stove and washed some dishes after that somemore. =S

Luckily mum got better. So it was a relief to all of us... cause we can hand all the housechores back to her again... Kakaka.. Of course not lah!!! It's because she's feeling better and getting well lah... XD

Moral of the story,

IT'S NOT EASY BEING A HOUSEWIFE EH!!!!!

Read about an article in a Singaporean magazine yesterday. It said some researchers in the UK conducted a study and found out that an averaged housewife works for at least 9hours everyday!!!!! No weekend break, no MC, no public holidays, no annual leaves!!!!! And if they were paid for what they do each day according to the market price, they would have earned S$90,000 a year, equivalent to the pay of a senior executive in Singapore!!!!!

OMG!!!!! Our mums are sooooo rich!!!!! If only they were paid lah... Kakaka... XP

See? That's how much work and effort our mums put into the family le. So, ppl, make sure u love ur mum more and pamper her with all that she asks of u, k? Sayang sayang her, hug hug her, kiss kiss her... just do whatever u can to make her feel ur love, k? Mums are noble!!!!! =)

领悟

2008-09-10T13:10:00.000-07:00

表面上看起来越快乐的人，内心其实越感伤。。。

是真的。。。

没有被表达出来的难过，其实才是最痛苦的。。。

WHATEVER

2008-09-06T13:17:00.000-07:00

Went to the hospitals for the compulsory medical check-up few days ago. Gosh! What efficiency? What lesser waiting time? Just doing a urine test & a chest X-Ray took them 2 hours. Somemore they had to conduct these 2 simple tests in 2 different hospitals that are 10 minutes away from each other by driving, without traffic jam. WTH? Dad and I were famished by the time they were done. I still have to go back to the hospital for some raba-raba of dada physical check-up on the 9th. Gosh, another round of waiting.

Wei Meng's fav quote, "Human beings spend a third of their lives waiting..."

Too many patients too little seats. So the patients ended up crowding at the registration counter. In order to overwrite the background noise level, the nurses talked through a mic, which was connected to 2 amplifiers. They used that to call upon patient whose turn was next but they conveniently left the mic on while talking face to face to the ppl at the counter.

Now the WHOLE WORLD knows my name. Now the WHOLE WORLD knows I was there to do medical check-up. Now the WHOLE WORLD knows I did a urine test & a chest-X ray. They even put my urine test report so casually on the registration counter, with the results facing upwards, as if inviting the eyes of all to look. So now ALMOST the WHOLE WORLD also knows what my urine was composed of.

Privacy? Patient's confidentiality? My foot. What if I was there for STD? What if I was there for Methadone? What if I was there for teenage pregnancy???

Did I also mention that there is definitely no lining-up whatsoever culture here? I thought I should let the ppl who came before me to settle their issues first. So I waited patiently. But ppl who came after me kept squeezing in, and pushing me backwards. Why? Because they knew if they didn't, they would have to wait for as long as I did!

So I waited & waited and finally I was the one standing right in front of the counter. Did I get served immediately? No! I realized that the nurses did not care how early u came or how long u had waited. The priority of being greeted first was given to ppl with "hat". U have no "hat"? Then u wait lah! The nurses saw me waiting, but ignored me. Ppl who squeezed in later, but with "hat", got served although their issues were much more complicated when compared to mine. I just wanted to hand in my forms! The nurses rather went up & down searching for a lost medical card (of course of ppl with "hat" lah) than simply taking in my form. WTF? What's more, 6 to 7 nurses were sitting & CHIT-CHATTING at the table behind the busy counter. Were they blind that they couldn't see the huge crowd forming? What were they paid for??? WTFFFFF!!!??

Effective patient communication doesn't matter here. The nurses got impatient, irritated & annoyed freaking farking super easily. U only accept what they have told u. U don't ask questions. They start frowning with that kinda "Apa lagi?? Bodohlah engkau!!" facial expression the moment u deliver the 2nd question. Can u imagine the fear & inferiority some elderly patients, particularly those who can barely speak Malay, must have felt? As if they have done something extremely wrong! So they stop asking question. So they stop telling problems. So they dun understand what their drugs are for. So they dunno how & when to take their medications. So they become incompliant. So they dun tell even when their medications are causing troubles. So they continue/stop taking medicaitons. So they die of taking the inappropriate/not taking medications!!!!! Can u see how serious the problem can become???!!

WHAT A SHAME!!!!!

Pls, nurses! Remember ur role as a healthcare proffessional. Remember ur passion & aspiration when u first entered the field. Remember urself as a role-model to ur juniors. Remember that u are here to serve!!

I love this country. It is totally heart-breaking to see the healthcare system in this state. I hope changes could be made. I hope attitudes could be rectified. I hope one day, all of us could feel proud of the healthcare system in our country...

BeaRs' t@lK

2008-08-06T00:36:00.000-07:00

Yup, as u have probably known, I'm in Singapore now. Stay at home most of the time. What to do? The sales are over. Without discount, I sometimes find the things here even more expensive than UK's standard!!!!! Surprisingly, huh? And I thought I would be spending money like water.. Ah cheh!!~

So, what to do at home? I accompany parents out for lunch everyday and fyi, Singapore's hawker's food not nice de lor =( Expensive somemore, ish.. Then, we go to supermarket to get ingredients for dinner and come back home. We have teatime and watch TV. I then sweep the floor and cook for dinner together with mum. After dinner, we watch TV again. Sometimes supper sometimes no.

Omg AUNTY DAO!!!!!~~~ XP XP XP XP XP

What to do? No fren here leh, except for Xin Hui. But we stay very far away from each other lah.. Haven't even met up once ever since we are here. Sob..Luckily I have my bears to play with. XD Only left with 2 bears. Mum brought the rest back to hometown dy. Now let me introduce them to u. Tada~ (Bi, u can stop reading from this point onwards XD)

Everybody says Hi to Rody!!~

Now to Kang Kang!!~

*Courtesy of mentee, Zi Kang* =)

Rody is a London cop. He always watches me to sleep at night to make sure no bad person comes bully me. XD

Kang Kang and Rody are very good frens. They take good care of each other.

They "bear hug" almost everyday.. XD

*Sis says they are gay de. Celaka...*

Singapore is really too hot for them liao. They miss London and their home (Harrods) very very de much...

They always look out of the window thinking of their frens in the UK..

Wakakaka.. What? Bears really do talk, okay? *Sayang-sayang-ing my bears* XD XD

P/S. Am still using my old hp number but the credit has expired. Will only reload the credit when I am back in Msia. My mum's hp pulak something wrong. Sorry if I didn't reply ur msg ya. My laptop Dong Dong was away for servicing for the past few days. That's why I couldn't online, too. Sorry ya!! =)

HeLLo fRoM sINg@PorE

2008-07-28T02:53:00.000-07:00

Halo, everyone!! I have finally waved goodbye to Glasgow and thrown myself back into the Asian's arms. Yup! I'm in Singapore now but am not going back to my home country, Malaysia soon though. Visiting my sis and bro here. Hehe.. =) Will only go back 2 weeks later.

The journey back was a pleasant one. Just that the check-in officer was kinda unfriendly. Nearly sent my luggage to KL when it was stated clearly on the e-ticket that my destination was Singapore. Somemore showed sour face even though she was the one at wrong wor. The 13 hours spent in the flight from London Heathrow back to Singapore passed by much faster than I expected. It's like eat eat, sleep sleep, eat eat then arrived liao. Haha.. Guess that's because I had the company of a whole kampung of frens throughout the journey. Can't imagine how Ah Ming went through all these alone. Geng!!

And I CERTAINLY MISS GLASGOW ALREADY!!!!! Especially the weather and the accent!! When I first landed, I actualy felt abit awkward seeing so many ppl of my own kind. Haha.. It's hot here in Singapore!! I sweat badly everyday!! Wearing short pants instead of jeans doesn't help much. And so I grumble alot. Hahaha.. =P

First meal upon arrival: Chicken Rice (with lotsa chili!!) plus Curry Fishhead plus leafy vege (not lettuce, cabbage or brocolli!!)!!!!! OMG!!!!! Super bahagia~ =D Sorry lah.. no photo.. I finished the foods before I had time to take any photo. Wakakakak.. =P

Suffered a wee bit of jet lag. Was abit dizzy upon landing. Maybe because of the frequent turbulence throughout the flight and that the plane descended a wee bit too fast for my ear pressure to handle. But I was ok again after shower. Super adaptive wei~ XD

Oh ya... I thought I would receive better service or treatment here since the majority of ppl in this country are of my kind. Sadly, it isn't so. When I first arrived, I smiled and greeted the custom officer "Hi there!" but received no reply. She just took my passport, checked, and then *chop chop* and handed it back to me. I said "Thank You" and again she ignored me. Wah lao!!!!! What is this??? Ang mohs would at least nod even if they don't really fancy talking to u loh. Moreover, her name was Siti something something, which showed she was probably a Malaysian herself as well!!! Duh!!

So, I thought maybe being a custom officer she was forced to be serious. But my parents and I have had some other bad experience already these few days. For example, my mom wanted to buy aunty Korean drama VCD from a shop. So, she asked the salesgirl to recommend. The salesgirl told her to look for them herself. My mum told her it's very difficult to search from the pile of VCDs there and it would be better if she could recommend a few. The salesgirl drew out some very very common one like Winter Sonata and being a huge Korean drama fan, my mum has watched them all already. So, guess what she told my mum? "Then u don't have to buy anymore lah". What the??? Is that the way to do business nowadays?? Beh song!!

By the way, after some failure attempts in understanding and getting used to Scottish accent, I find Singlish rather funny. Haha.. So not used to hearing so much "lah loh leh ma ah har" in one sentence. Funny sial wei!! XD XD Am trying hard to hold on to the last bit of memory I still have of Scottish accent. It is slowly being displaced out by Singlish bit by bit everyday. NOOOooooo~~~ XP

Was in quite a good mood today. Why? Cause I had prawn noodles as lunch, durian as teatime, and nasi lemak (with 2 fried chic wings, fried egg, sambal, kacang and ikan bilis) as dinner!!!!! MUA HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!! Shiok ah~ What else can one ask for? XD XD

However, my mood was spoilt upon browsing through Ah Bi's blog just now. She left me MSN messages telling me to page her once I am online cause she has some PTPTN stuffs to share with me. She wasn't online just now but from what I understand from her blog, it seems that PTPTN is now chasing us to pay back for the loan. Great. I haven't even started working for goodness' sake!! Very efficient of them, huh? The thing is, I am not in Malaysia now. I don't have all the documents with me. I would have to provide my PTPTN and Bumiputera bank account number if I were to request to postpone the payment date. Like I can remember them by heart??? Ish... Really dunno what I should do now. They are sending out saman soon if I don't start paying up. Gotta seek for Chua Ming's advice tomolo. Hopefully I could find a way out. Ish... Completely spoilt my post-nasi-lemak happy mood wei... Grrrrr.....

Oh, by the way, I had a miserable time reading through PTPTN webpage in BM. So happy when I found out that there was actually an "edisi Inggeris". Ooshh! 4.5 years of BM-free days has really got my BM rotten to the roots already. I was once a Malay debator somemore eh!! What a shame!! MUST make BM my first language from today onwards. Dun wanna fail my Pharmacy Interview with the government wei...

Sebenarnya, masa sudah amat lewat. Saya sepatutnya pergi tidur sekarang. Oleh itu, saya harus pergi tandas kencing dan gosok gigi sekarang. Jumpa lagi apabila saya mempunyai masa lapang. Sekian, terima kasih. Selamat tinggal~ XD XD XD XD XD

ByE bYe gL@sgOW... =(

2008-07-22T02:45:00.000-07:00

Halo ppl, it's me. This is probably gonna be my last post from Glasgow. Am finally going back Malaysia. Well, although I miss my family and Malaysia very very much, I must admit that I have developed a very special feeling towards Glasgow already.

Afterall, I have been here for nearly 14 months already since the 6th of June, 2007. Time does fly. Deep in my mind, I can still vividly see myself arriving in Glasgow and being greeted by a bunch of kind seniors in the airport. And now, I am leaving this place that I love in less than 16 hours time.

Yes, I do love Glasgow. Yes, I have been through ups and downs within these 14 months of time, but mostly it's the happy times that I remember. Yes, some Glaswegians can be a total jerk at times, but they are the minority. Most of them are warm and friendly. They greet u with a sincere smile even if u are a total stranger with a different skin colour. Yes, it's like a kampung and there aren't many attractions here, but I still find Glasgow beautiful.

I am so gonna miss the time I spent in the university, be it in the lecture halls or in the labs. I am so gonna miss all my dearest IMU mates who flew all the way here together with me. I am so gonna miss walking around in the city centre at 12 o'clock in the afternoon and not shedding a single drop of sweat. I am so gonna miss walking around with my sling bag and not having to look out for snatch thief. I am so gonna miss Haggis and Irn Bru!!!!! Hahaha... =)

Went out walking around alone this afternoon. Took pictures of Buchanan Street and George Square. Felt very lonely all of sudden. Most of my frens would scatter all over Malaysia. Some in other countries. Wonder when we will meet up again? Sad sad sad!!! =(

I guess it's about time for me to grow up and be fully responsible towards myself. Gosh!! No more student discount!! No more spending pama's money without feeling guilty!! No more staying up late and waking up in the noon!! Hello stressful working life!! Hello RM3500 per month!! Hello on-call!! Hello night shift!! Hello working on weekends!! Hello sleeping 6 hours everyday!!!!! XP XP XP XP XP

Oh well, will think about those later and enjoy these few weeks till gao gao first. Hello Char Kway Tiao!! Hello Nasi Lemak!! Hello Curry Fishhead!! Hello Mamak Stalls!! Hello Mommy's cookings!! Bye Bye Western Foods!!!!! XD XD

Okie lah. I gotta go bathe and pack my stuffs now. The next time I blog, I would be in Singapore already. Not going back Malaysia straight. Would spend some time hanging out with my sis in Singapore. My family will be there, too. Will be using back my same old Malaysia number. So, do contact me, alright? Keep in touch ya!! Muacks Muacks!! =D

Last but not least, BYE BYE GLASGOW!!!!! LOVE YA SO MUCH!!!!! Hugzz... =)

rOtTEn eGGs aRe WeLcoMe

2008-07-16T03:37:00.000-07:00

*Bish bish bish*

Thank u all very much for the rotten eggs. I feel much better now. I know I have abandoned this site for too long a time already. Such an irresponsible blogger I am. So, just go ahead and throw as many rotten eggs as u wish towards my direction. I won't duck a single one.. =P

*Bish bish bish*

Reason why I hadn't been updating my blog? Same old story loh.. Busy lah.. Like a bee wei...

Been doing research for my Europe trip with parents, sister, and bro-in-law. Tried so hard to ensure that our parents enjoy the trip to the max. Super stressed wei... Practically gotta act like a tour guide. I wasn't even that stressed during the final year degree exam... (-_-")

After the trip, I had graduation to attend. Sent parents off and then start packing to shift over to juniors' place.

Thing Thing Thing Pei Ling, Siew Ying, Sook Foong, and Theng Nee (gals, sorry if I spelled ur names wrongly) were very kind to have taken me in. They even took very great care of me!! Paisay wei!! Thought it was supposed to be the other way round instead?? Haha... Anyway, I had a really great time staying together with them. Such a bunch of loveable cuties.. =)

Thanks so much, gals!! U gals are always so caring and considerate. Definitely the best juniors I have seen so far. Thank u all for everything and wish u gals all the best in ur future undertakings.. =) Good luck for all the upcoming exams!! May u all absorb all leftover aura from the previous tenants of J9 unit and graduate with flying colours, too!! Lolz... Hugz... Love u all... =)

After that I went travelling with labby Chua Ming to London. My first time visiting London wei!! Given that I have been in UK for more than a year already, I consider this a great failure loh.. Everyone else in P105 has visited London at least once already, okay? What's more, this is Chua Ming's 4th visit to London already!! Shame on me!! Haha..

London was not bad although I must admit that I hate the peak hour crowd and heat in the underground stations. Indeed, I would never wanna become a Londoner. They always seem to be rushing.. Be it morning, afternoon or night. What a hectic lifestyle to have!! Wonder what's the averaged life span of a typical Londoner.. Am guessing that they most probably would die young due to the amount of stress they must endure everyday... Scary~ Thanks Bi for being my tour guide in London. Thanks very much for accompanying me there even though I know u are damn freaking sick of London already. I appreciate all that u have done for me very very much. Thank u!! =)

Then me and Chua Ming meet up with Lee Yin, Xin Hui, Christine, and Chew Yee in London. Together, the six of us flew to Greece. What can I say? Greece is such a beautiful country!! Very different from the other European countries that I have been to so far. It's definitely a MUST to visit the surrounding islands. Simply lovely!! Although the Greeks aren't the friendliest species on Earth, but I am guessing that communication problem might be the main culprit behind. Other than that, everything else is simply awesome. Definitely one of the best trips I have been to.. =) And gals, thank u all so much for being such wonderful travelling mates!! I enjoyed ur companionship very much. Most of all, thanks for giving me a chance to visit the country that I have long been wanting to go. Thank u!! =)

Nevertheless, I would only talk more about my trip when I have the time and mood to, which as usual, would most probably never come true unless a miracle happens. Kakaka... =P

Just came back to Glasgow today. Shifted from junior's place back to Birbeck again. Thanks to the 11B tenants for willing to take me in. Then celebrated Phek Joo's and Edmond's belated birthdays. Checked mail and now here I am, updating my long deserted blog even if it's already 3:30 in the morning, even if everyone else has gone to sleep, and even if tomolo is gonna be another long day for me. Decided that I should get the update done by today for if not, I might well be back in Malaysia already when I finally do so.

Anyway, it's getting really late and I can barely hold my eyelids open now. Will try my best to update at least once before I go back to Malaysia on the 22nd. Till then, good night and see ya!! Bye~ =D

uPd@tE

2008-05-28T17:55:00.000-07:00

Halo, peeps!! It's me!! Okay okay... Before u start throwing rotten eggs at me for deserting my blog, let me explain myself first.

So as u all know, I was busy preparing for final year degree exam ma. Super stressed loh... Somemore after that kanasai CPP paper, I kinda like insaf already lah. Scared of failing ma... So I made sure I studied properly lah...

And then hor, so "happy" wei!! The day after PharmCare paper, I fell sick. Fever + body aching. So I thought it was probably caused by deprivation of sleep loh. So I rested and woke up the next morning feeling super refresh!! BUT, I noticed several blisters of unknown origin on my face and on my body. I accidentally broke a few of them tim!!

Then, I noticed one super big blister right under my breast. Housemates all kena chicken pox before and they suspected that I was infected by this stupiak Vericella Zoster virus lah. Since I had to sit for ADD exam in few days time, I got kinda worried. So we called up NHS24, hoping to get some antiviral injection like we have back in Malaysia to suppress the infection loh.

Because the infection was still in early stage, I had no fever nor numerous number of blisters. So Nurse Jie Jie asked me to observe for another day loh.

So I observed. But as the day goes by, I feel more weak, feverish and malaise. I couldn't concentrate on studies at all. The number of blister has increased a lot as well. It was 18th of May, which means I was left with 2 more days to study for ADD only. I couldn't afford to waste that 2 days away, too!! I needed to know what was happening to me.

So, I called up NHS24 again, and asked for an emergency appointment, threatening them that if I don't get proper treatment, I may spread the infection to everyone in the exam hall. But that uncle wasn't very friendly lah, and he told me even if they arranged for an emergency appointment, there was nothing they can do as well.

He let me talked to a nurse and that Nurse Aunty asked if I had taken any medication. Told her I didn't lah. Was thinking, it's viral infection what, what can I take? Then u know what? That Nurse Aunty said, "That's kinda silly!! U should have taken some pain killers!! That would have suppressed ur fever!!". And then I was like "Duh!!! Of course I know I can take Paracetamol, but as a pharmacist (cheh wah..) I know it provides symptomatic relief only!! No doubt it will make me feel much better, but the severity of my disease will be masked, too!! Not to mention I wasn't even sure if it was chicken pox or not..."

Of course I didn't argue with her lah. I just "yeah yeah yeah..." and so the only advice she gave me was, "Take Paracetamol". That's it. Kinda depressing lah... But I popped down 2 Paracetamol nonetheless.

But around 15 minutes later, someone called me on my handphone. Thinking back now, most probably it was my GP le. He asked me about my condition and I kinda begged for an appointment plus threatened him about spreading the disease again. So, finally he told me I could take a taxi to go to the Western Infirmary Out of Hour Centre if I want for Royal Infirmary was already closed for the day. He would transfer my information to Western Infirmary.

I was super duper uncomfortable already so I decided to go even though Western Infirmary was around Kelvongrove area. So housemates helped me to call a cab and Cheah Voon teman me there. I looked sooooooooo fugly wei... with hair tied up and fringe held back with a hairband. EeewWW!!!!!

But the healthcare system here really super efficient lah. I just "erm..." only the uncle at the reception already said "U called, right? U can wait for the doctor in the waiting room over there" and gave me a big smile. Wah... Warm dao~

So after much waiting, I was finally seen by a nurse who took my case note down, and then by this doctor called Dr. Rowland. She looks freaking knowledgeable wei!! Got a bit of PP3 AB feel, but of course she looked much kinder than AB lah. Super duper friendly. So so soOOOO nice wei. Fell in love immediately.. XD

So she touched touched the blisters and confirmed that it was chicken pox infection. One thing weird is that there was no medication that she could give to suppress the infection!! How come ah? I thought UK is supposingly more developed than Malaysia? The jab is like so common back in Malaysia, isn't it? Hmm... Anyway, she told me she would call up the University to discuss about my condition but when I asked her if she knew which university I was studying at, she said no. Errrmmm.... Well, maybe she has that in her record I suppose?? If not how's she gonna call lah???

Because the blisters weren't itchy at the time, so she only prescribed me with Calamine aqueous cream and told me I didn't even have to pick the prescription up if the blisters didn't give me any problem. No antihistamine whatsoever was given. My temperature was 38.1C after 2 Paracetamol tablets and so Dr. Rowland asked me to continue taking them loh...

So, I went back home and the taxi fare to and fro cost me 12 pounds!!!!! Wah lao eh!!! Chee sin one!! What to do? I really needed to find out what was wrong with me le. So that I could study in peace... I know it sounds nerd lah, but really super distress wei that time. Didn't even manage to study 1 single chapter!!

The next day there were a lot more blisters and the blisters got super duper itchy lah. So, Su Ann helped me to pick up the Calamine cream. Mak Dia!! Tipu orang punya!!! At night, the cream dried up and made the itch even worse!!! I tak boleh tahan dy. Since I have got some antihistamine myself, I popped one down even though I knew it would make me drowsy and unable to study. The itch was killing me!!! However, besides causing drowsiness, the antihistamine had no other effect on me. I had a very unpleasant night. Insomnia...

The next day was the last day to study before ADD exam. I tried very hard to concentrate but it was really difficult. I felt lethargic all the time. In the end, I couldn't finish studying. I was so worried that I was gonna fail....

I notified Carol and Prof. Sue regarding my condition the moment I got back from Western Infirmary. So they arranged for me to take the exam in quarantine. Hmm.. not really that stressful, but the examiner very de blur lah!! He started late and ended early!!! Somemore there was one page missing from my exam paper. Dots... He got it solved halfway through the exam.

I felt sooooooo relief after the exam even though I did kinda bad. Finally I could rest!!! I had to force myself to stay strong and study in spite of the extreme tiredness and itch I was suffering from. Felt so much like giving up. Kinda had the thoughts of "I would rather drop dead now than to continue living like this". Exhausted wei...

So after exam, I just stayed at home to recuperate loh. Lethargic wei. Slept till 12p.m. everyday. XD Quite sien lah sometimes but what to do? I was not supposed to go out le. Takkan spread the infection to the whole world meh? Moreover I looked like a freak with those blisters all over my face and body lah. Super disgusting wei... Somemore Chinese believes that when u have chicken pox, u are not supposed to get urself exposed to the wind... Haha...

But I am soooooooooo very lucky that I have a bunch of caring frens. They took care of me well, teman me to go see doctor, helped me to pick up prescription, came over to visit and accompany me, bought me all the necessities, cooked me lunch and dinner on daily basis eh!!!!! Those who haven't kena chicken pox before also called me up to send me regards. I am soooooooooooooooooooo touched!!!!! Wu wu wu...

THANK YOU SO MUCH, MY FRENS!!!!!

I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!

I really think I don't deserve all the love that u all have shown me lah... I am such a sucky person and I know that!!! Feel so paisay. I was like so useless... Couldn't do anything... You all handled everything and cared so much for me... I am really speechless lah.. Really don't know how to express my gratitude besides saying "thank u!" to all of u lah... Really, thank u!! I truly truly appreciate what u all have done for me and I will remember all these in my heart forever and ever.

Thanks so much, my dear frens... =)

Hugz & Muacks... Oh no! Wait till my blisters clear off first then only I hug and muacks u all lah. Lol... Many many loves and thanks... =)

P/S. Am going around UK with Xin Yin and Hui Koon from tomolo onwards!! Tee hee hee... Will be going to Leeds, York, Birmingham (Cadbury chocolate factory!!), Stonehenge (!!!!!), Oxford, and Manchester (Dim Sum!!!). Happy happy~ Will only come back on the 3rd afternoon. Don't worry. The infection is more than 10 days old dy. According to Yahoo! Health, it's not contagious anymore. Hehe... so, till then, don't miss me too much, peeps!!!!! Will blog about KT's gig in SECC soon!! Just got the photos from Hanseloon yesterday. Kaka... Tata~~~~~ =D

dIS@stROuS

2008-05-09T13:45:00.000-07:00

Wah lao eh... CPP was a mess of SH*T lah!!! Even worse than lao sai, okay?!!

Tell me how to read & interpret & rephrase & write & elaborate so many things in such a limited amount of time???!!! Pls enlighten me!!!

At first somemore thought it's not gonna be that hard since the paper was at least understand-able this time. BUT, that kinda freaking answers they expect from us (in order to pass only, not score!) is impossible to be comprehended within 2.5 hours lah!! And that is, if u only spent half an hour flying through the entire paper, like I did.

Kanasai eh.. If they allow us to write short short or copy straight from the text like secondary school English exam, then it might be possible lah. I left one 10 marks question totally blank wei!! Somemore the passing mark is 50%, not 40%!!!!!

spoon & FARK!! Oops, I mean, fork... FORK FORK FORK FORK FORK!!!!!

Gazala was my invigilator somemore.. Not even an extra second to put a word down, unless u wanna get u paper marked with a "special" note, signed personally by her lah!! Wah lao eh... False fire alarm ka ka cau cau somemore... Wah piang!! They tested the fire alarm & couldn't stop it after that!!! WTF??!!!

Saw quite a number of ppl crying after the exam. So kesian... TMD they really shouldn't have tortured us like that lah.. I wasn't really scared until I saw my dear frens crying. Then I started calculating the probability (statistics again!! FORK!!) of me passing. Judging from that the fact that I messed up both the 20 and 15 marks (this one did halfway only somemroe!!) questions as well, I find it very low. SHOOT!!

Oh my gosh... Scary lah... Should I withdraw all the money that I have left in RBS out to buy Alison Thompson a LV bag and beg for a pass? Should I?? SHOULD I?????

Praying hard that God will grant us, the entire P105 batch, a 100% passing rate...

Platypus Genome Decoded!!!

2008-05-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

Mua haha.. This is soooo freaking relevant to Drug Delivery Systems (I know it's over already lah) and Advanced Drug Discovery (but this is yet to come mar)!!!!! Ooh, don't stress don't stress. It's actually quite interesting to read. Figure u peeps might be interested. So am gonna copy & paste everything shamelessly from Yahoo! News. The link is as below (in case I kena sued for plagiarism later.. XD) http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080507/sc_afp/sciencebiologygeneticsplatypus_080507184740

Nah... This is for u ignorant fella who doesn't know what a platypus is.. XD

"Neither fish nor fowl: Platypus genome decoded
by Marlowe Hood Wed May 7, 2:47 PM ET

Arguably the oddest beast in Nature's menagerie, the platypus looks as if were assembled from spare parts left over after the animal kingdom was otherwise complete.

Now scientists know why. According to a study released Wednesday, the egg-laying critter is a genetic potpourri -- part bird, part reptile and part lactating mammal.

The task of laying bare the platypus genome of 2.2 billion base pairs spread across 18,500 genes has taken several years, but will do far more than satisfy the curiosity of just biologists, say the researchers.

"The platypus genome is extremely important, because it is the missing link in our understanding of how we and other mammals first evolved," explained Oxford University's Chris Ponting, one of the study's architects.

"This is our ticket back in time to when all mammals laid eggs while suckling their young on milk."

Native to eastern Australia and Tasmania, the semi-aquatic platypus is thought to have split off from a common ancestor shared with humans approximately 170 million years ago.

The creature is so strange that when the first stuffed specimens arrived in Europe at the end of the 18th century, biologists believed they were looking at a taxidermist's hoax, a composite stitched together from the body of a beaver and the snout of a giant duck.

But the peculiar mix of body features are clearly reflected in the animal's DNA, the study found.
The platypus is classified as a mammal because it produces milk and is covered in coat of thick fur, once prized by hunters.

Lacking teats, the female nurses pups through the skin covering its abdomen.

But there are reptile-like attributes too: females lay eggs, and males can stab aggressors with a snake-like venom that flows from a spur tucked under its hind feet.

The bird-like qualities implied by its Latin name, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, include webbed feet, a flat bill similar to a duck's, and the gene sequences that determine sex. Whereas humans have two sex chromosomes, platypuses have 10, the study showed.

"It is much more of a melange than anyone expected," commented Ewan Birney, who led the genome analysis at the European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge.

The animal also possesses a feature unique to monotremes -- an order including a handful of egg-laying mammals -- called electroreception.

With their eyes, ears and nostrils closed, platypuses rely on sensitive electrosensory receptors tucked inside their bills to track prey underwater, detecting electrical fields generated by muscular contraction.

"By comparing the platypus genome to other mammalian genomes, we'll be able to study genes that have been conserved throughout evolution," said senior author Richard Wilson, a researcher at Washington University.

In captivity, platypuses have lived up to 17 years of age.

In the wild, they feed on worms, insect larvae, shrimps and crayfish, eating up to 20 percent of their body weight every day.

Males grow to a length of 50 centimetres (20 inches) and weigh about two kilos (4.5 pounds), with females about 20 percent shorter and lighter.

The genome sequenced for the study belongs to a female specimen from New South Wales nicknamed Glennie and can be accessed at www.ncbi.nih.gov/Genbank."

I'm Blessed for Having You All... =)

2008-05-05T10:52:00.000-07:00

Thanks everyone for making it happened last night...

Truly appreciate everything u all have done for me... (although I'd be happier if u all have asked that 2 random angmoh guys to leave their phone numbers to me. kakaka... XD)

I know everyone is super duper freaking farking (oops!) stressed up at the moment. Thanks for willing to spare ur precious time out just for ME!!!!!

Seriously, I am very-very^(a billionth times) thankful and touched. Really didn't expect anything. Was jamming my iPod so loud while Gene-Therapy-ing when housies blind-folded me!! Didn't even hear them entering my room!!! Gosh... XD

So, yeah. It was indeed a pleasant surprise!! Happy Happy~~ =D

And u all even prepared the pressies already!! Oh my!! Feel very bad lah... to make u all shop around for my pressies during this supposed-to-be-studying time... Paisay paisay... I HEART them all so so so so so much!!!!! Of course not because of the brands lah!! I'll treasure them all as long as they are from u ppl, even if they are from the Pasar Malam brands, ok? Lol... =)

I'd have offered to give free tuition as compensation IF I have the brain of Suok Teng or have finished studying like her & housemates. But knowing me hor, u all should know what kinda progression I'm making now lar... HAHAHA... XP

Many thanks are especially dedicated to those who have to resit PP3. I understand how stressful it must have been for u all. I'm very sorry if the celebration had made u all even more stressful than before!!!!! Sincere apologies... I have wished for the entire P105 batch to graduate together. So, we shall all be holding our mortar and prestle together this coming June, alright? Don't worry! Am sure u all can definitely make it this time!! Jia you!!! =)

I'm truly blessed for having u all... I know I am a sucky person sometimes, well, MOST of the time. I really don't deserve all the kindness and loves that u all have given me. Thanks for tolerating and forgiving me over & over again... I am very sorry if I ever made u all felt "beh song" or "tulan" with me. Hahaha.. But really, thanks for sayang-ing me so much... =)

This is my one & only birthday celebration in Glasgow with my dearest P105 batchmates. I'm cherishing every moment of it. I promise that I will save them all into my memory bank and relive these moments (minus the studying & exam parts) over & over again in the future.

Thank YOU so much!!!!! *from the bottom of my heart*

Love YOU ALL so much!!!!! I hope we can stay as close and meet up every so frequent even after we graduated!! Let's work towards this together, shall we? =)

Many many MUACKS and TIGHT HUGZ (u know what I meant, ngek ngek... )!!!!! =)

P/S. Best of luck to everyone in P105 for the upcoming degree exams!! We can do it!! Hek!! =D

[edit] - Senior CheahCheah Voon aka Ah Voon Jie Jie, if u're reading this, thanks for ur "belated" + "on-time" birthday messages as well!! XD XD

[edit # 2] - Housies, thank u all so so much!! Su Ann, thanks for the delicious Spaghetti lunch!! Also, thanks for the fantastic dinner, Xin, Voon, & Su Ann!! Am really really touched. My gratitudes towards u three are beyond description!! Even more than the calories in the Cadbury chocs u gals ate just now, okay??? Sob sob.. Want another sexy kiss kiss from me??? XD XD XD And Hansel, although I know u don't read my blog, still, thank u for the pressie & for coming just now.. =D

A vEry uSEfuL abBRevi@tIOn

2008-05-03T11:35:00.000-07:00

The other day me & housies got very mou liu studying. Plus, it was a Friday night. So we decided to give ourselves a break and chatted in the living room.

Then we came to this topic, i.e. having guy frens who like sending confusing SMSes like "I miss you!!", "Muacks" & etc and makes u go like "Errrmm.. Okay, sweat! So now what am I supposed to reply him with???"

Ya know what I'm saying? Am sure many of u peeps have similar experiences before as well, right? Like, u don't even know if he means his words or he's simply flirting around cause u are not even close to him!! It just sounds inappropriate whatever u reply him with!

So now me & Xin have come out with a puuurfect solution. Short and simple. And tell u what, I seriously couldn't stop laughing wei!! Imagine the situation below:-

Shitty Guy: "Wish everything is well for u. Blah blah blah... I miss u!! Muacks!!"

So what are u gonna reply him with? Scroll down for the best reply of all time.. (whoa!! suspense-nya~)

"WTF"

MUA HAHAHA!!!!! Classic wei!!! XD XD XD

aPPrecIAtE =)

2008-05-01T12:25:00.000-07:00

Thanks everyone for the pleasant surprise last night...

Thank you all for taking time out for me even when the stress level is already high up into the sky...

Tze, the cake was L.O.V.E.L.Y!! Me heart!! Knowing u, I could picture u baking the cake under suppa stressful condition, i.e. hair tied & fringe pinned up. XD Thanks for sacrifising ur precious suppose-to-kiasu time for me... =)

And ppl, I really didn't expect anything. My brain has been rather slow lately. Plus, I was already perasan enough to post an entry asking everyone not to celebrate for me liao. Do u all really think I'd still be perasan enough to actually expect u guys to celebrate for me on erm... Yeaw's birthday????? Lol... If that's the case hor, my muka really tembok until can become tebing sungai liao la... XD XD

Anyway, really appreciate everything u guys have done for me. Thank u all very very very much... MUACKS!!!~~ (with love & saliva) XD

Nearly Scared the SH*T outta me!!!

2008-04-28T16:57:00.000-07:00

OH MY GOSH!!!!

I guess if u were to ask me for the feeling of "cua4 sai4" (Hokkien) now, I could illustrate to u clearly and perfectly and full of facial expressions and hand gestures somemore!

Internet was down for the past few days in JBC. It was finally restored this morning. I immediately made use of it for everything I could think of, except for checking my Nemo mail inbox. I mean, come on lah! Of course I must give priority to Naruto manga first ma, no? It's of great importance to find out what happened to my leng chai Itachi leh!!

ANYWAY, just realized at around 4p.m. just now that I should show some love to Nemo as well. So, I logged into Nemo only to realize that Prof. Susan Pyne had sent me a mail last Friday. The mail was marked with an exclaimation mark (!) to indicate that it was of high importance... I opened it up immediately.

And I was notified that I uploaded the wrong file into the research-project-supposed-to-be category on SPIDER!! OMG!! I actually uploaded my PharmCare essays instead!! I checked on my SPIDER immediately and found that it was true!!! Smart!! WTF was I doing that time???

But Prof. Sue was super duper nice. She offered me the options of uploading my research project into the PDP section on SPIDER or sending a soft copy to her via Nemo. Only that this has to be done by the 28th of April, i.e. TODAY!!!!!

Plus, it's only an hour left before Prof. Sue would call it a day and balik rumah!! Lepas tu, matilah aku!!!

Panic attack!! So I quickly rumbled through the mess in my room to locate for my precious thumbdrive but I couldn't find it!! SH*T!!

Tachycardia tachycardia TACHYCARDIA!!!!!

Then suddenly I recalled that I had actually locked it away before my trip to Amsterdam + Brussels. So I found it at last.

Plucked it into my laptop, searched for the right file to upload, clicked on the "Upload" tab on Spider while replying to Prof. Sue and suddenly, DANG!! My laptop hang!!!

WTF???!!! At this point????? Must be because it was too relaxing for the past few days and then I loaded it with such an heavy amount of work out of sudden that it got an cardiac arrest probably.

Anyway, I restarted it, and waited impatiently for the system to boot. The clock was ticking like nobody's business!!! And my heart was racing like hell!! Adrenaline rush!! My hands were actually trembling!!

Wah lao eh!! It's the final year research project eh!! FINAL YEAR RESEARCH PROJECT!!!!! 40% of the MPharm degree credits, okay??!!! I'm so freaking doomed if this is screwed up!! It's a "F.A.I.L" straight!! I can happily skip the upcoming degree exams and go apply for extension of my visa instead liao... WTF!! *Shudders*

Then finally my laptop was ready and so I uploaded my research project to the PDP section as directed. Mana tau there wasn't enough space!! SHOOT!! Don't care liao lah!! I deleted my draft results that I uploaded last time without hesitation and replaced it with my research project.

Done!! But it was already 430p.m.!! I wondered if Prof. Sue would still be in her office?? So I quickly sent her a mail and asked for a reply if she happened to have received my research project. Thank God she replied promptly and assured me that the problem had been fixed.

PHEW~~~ What a relief...... *heart rate back to normal*

PROF. SUE, YOU'RE THE BEST!!!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!!! XD

So, that's all about my scary experience just now. I still can't believe that I was so blur to have uploaded the wrong file!! My goodness!! I mean, I poured so much effort inon my research project (even though it still ended up like a piece of sh*t) and it meant so much to me!! How could I have been so careless???!!

I blame it on the deprivation of sleep!! Stayed up for 2 continuous nights to get it completed. It's no wonder that my mind wasn't functioning anymore. If Prof. Sue didn't notify me, I seriously would never have picked this up. Gosh... I really can't help but to express my gratitude towards her repeatedly here. Many thanks, Prof. Sue!! =)

Suffered from withdrawal syndromes for the past few days due to the abstain of internet access. Stupiak!! Dear internet, I miss u so so much!! Now that u are back, I must abuse u till gao gao!! Mua haha.. So ppl, Tata!!~ XD

P/S. So, my research project isn't screwed up afterall, which means I can still graduate, which means I still gotta study all the crazy stuffs for the degree exams (T_T)...

Perasan but I Have to Say

2008-04-24T20:28:00.000-07:00

Yeah ppl, I know this is gonna sound extremely perasan. I also feel damn paisay to say it out here, but I think I just have to say it...

In case u guys, my dear frens, are preparing to do anything for me on my birthday (suppa perasan!), PLEASE DON'T.

Please don't waste time celebrating for me. Please don't waste time shopping for pressie. And please forgive me for being super perasan here. XD

Final year degree exam is just around the corner. So, stay focus, peeps!! Concentrate on studies!! As the "golden rule" of time management goes, "You gotta learn to prioritize!!" =)

Time is precious. We need to make full use of our free time to do important & constructive stuffs like aimless-youtube-ing, munching on snacks, stalking on leng chais/leng luis, gossipping, booking accomodations for poppa momma, reserving tickets for post-exam Europe getaway, & etc etc!!

Haha.. No, seriously, I'm not expecting anything. I just wish that we, the entire P105 batch, could graduate together on this coming June. It's ok if there is no celebration. It's ok if there is no pressie. Really don't wanna stress u guys up any further, okie? Seriously!! =)

So, let's jia you and work on our studies together for a few more weeks time, okie? Hek hek!! Gambate neh!! =)

P/S. I hope I don't get too many bombarding comments for my perasan-ness... (-_-")

P/P/S. Anyone knows if anyone else is interested in touring Spain + Portugal or London? Me wanna join!! Me so wanna join!!! =D

谢谢你 =)

2008-04-23T14:33:00.000-07:00

两天前，收到了今年生日的第一份礼物。

来得虽然有点早，但是我心存感激。真的谢谢你！=)

看了卡片过后，觉得很感动。谢谢你的那份心意与用心。我都感受到了。

也正因为如此，我必须在这里写下以下这些我觉得你应该知道的东西。。。其实，从好久以前我就有这个想法了，只是不知道该怎么表达，也没有什么适合的时机。可是，我觉得如果我再不说，我就真的是很过分了。。。

我知道你对我好。我也知道我对不起你。但是我希望你知道，我的所作所为都是有苦衷的。

我不想再继续伤害你！！

我知道我已经伤害过你好几次了。我不希望自己再犯同样的错。

就以scientific一点的例子来做比喻吧。我不想造成false positive的发生，因为那实在是太残忍了！

所以，我必须表现得冷漠。所以，我必须不闻不问。所以，我甚至没有给予你作为朋友应有的最基本的关心。

我知道这样的我，同样是残忍的。

可是，与其制造一个海市蜃楼的假象让你陷下去，过后再亲手把它给毁灭掉，我认为眼下的这种残忍法，至少没那么可恨，也没那么可恶。对你的伤害，应该也是减少到最低点了吧？我是这么希望的。。。

所以，简单的来说，我只是想让你了解我如此“冷血”背后的原由。

我不是不关心你。有好几次当你发生事情的时候，我都想给你一个慰问的电话。只是，回头想想，这会不会又造成"false positive"的现象呢？于是，我止步了。于是，我什么都不做。。。

我真的觉得非常抱歉。

我不知道你能不能明白我的想法。但是，我只是不希望又多一次深深的伤害你。

连最基本的普通朋友式的关怀都没有给予你，我很内疚。请你原谅我。。。

一切，都是因为不想要有false positive的发生啊。。。

我知道你有看我部落格的习惯。看完了这篇，我希望你不会胡思乱想。我只是想把我的想法说给你听吧了。希望你能谅解。还有，要对你说，“对不起”。。。

你对我的好和关怀，我都会铭记在心的。

谢谢你。。。=)

am baCK AM BACK!! =D

2008-04-20T23:22:00.000-07:00

Hey, peeps!! Am back from trip!! Touched down on the 14th actually but I was too lazy to blog. Tee hee hee.. Sorry lar.. =P Anyway, it was an awesome trip!! Will blog about it when I have the mood (which I most probably would never have as u all might have realized). Aiya, will refer u all to Ah Ming's blog when she blogs about it lar.. XD XD

Anyway, I went to KT's gig in SECC last night!! OH MY GOSH!!!!! It was fantastic let me tell ya.. I'm still not over that KT's fever that I have since after the gig. WooHoO~ Waiting to compile the photos Hanseloon took with mine. And I PROMISE that I'll definitely post an entry on this gig when the compilation is done 'cause KT was sOooOOooOoO amazing that it would not do her justice if I don't blog about it! So, watch out for that post, peeps!! =D

And btw, I dunno what happened but stupiak Imeem transformed my Aly & AJ's song "Division" into the 30seconds preview version. Kepo betul, right?!! I really don't like that 30secs whatsoever thingy. So, I might remove that song anytime soon. Cherish it when it's still on, aight? It's a beautiful song... =)

That Wan Tan Minah must be really happy now cause she kept complaining that the song was up for too long already and that I should replace it with another song... (-_-")

Anyway, this is just a wee update of what I've been up to lately. Gotta get back to DDS now. Eewww!! Can anybody pls enlighten me on what CVW's chapter is all about?????

HeRE I CoME!!!

2008-04-08T17:53:00.000-07:00

Okay. Enough of emo stuffs. Decided to post another entry since this would most probably be the last time I blog before I set off to Brussels (and later on Amsterdam) tomorrow. Cannot be so irresponsible to leave an emo post as the last entry. Otherwise u peeps would come across this emo entry and get rather depressed as well whenever u check back to see if I have updated my blog.

Probably posting up an "happy" entry would make myself feel better, too. So, here u go! I have got something happy to share with u peeps!

I'm going to Brussels with Cheah Cheah Voon, Ah Bi Bi, and Law Mai Fan tomolo! Will touch down at about 2.45p.m. and we will take a train to Amsterdam immediately. Most probably will arrive around late evening. So, what else to do but visit the Red Light District??!!! Huhuhu... Super Sexcited-nya!!~ =P

Will follow a day tour to visit the windmill, clog factory, cheese factory, fishing village & etc. on the second day. Heineken former brewery is closed to public until 2010! Kanasai eh!! So unfair to us alcoholics!! XD Anyway, will try to visit one of the main museums after coming back from the day trip.

Then, on the third day, we will visit another one of the main museums in the morning. After that, it would be the highlight of this trip, i.e. to the tulip festival in Keukenhoft Garden!!! OoohH la la~~ I can't wait!! Tulips are so beautiful and elegant!! =D Will try to make it to another museum after visiting the tulips garden. Hehehe...

Will cycle around the city in the morning on the fourth day. Then, we will catch a train back to Brussels. Well, basically we have yet to figure out what to do in Brussels. But, given our aunty nature, I guess we would probably spend most of our time hopping from one flea market to another ba. Kakaka... Might take up the river cruise as well!! Hehe.. =)

Will come back to Glasgow on the 14th morning. U can come to the Prestwick airport to welcome us if u wish to, but I don't guarantee a souvenir for ya though. XD XD

OH YA!! I was sooooo freaking happy this afternoon!! I finally received the tickets to KT Tunstall's gig in SECC on this coming 19th of April!! WooHoo~ She's such a great live performer.. I can't wait!! =D Let me show off a few pictures of the tickets below. Kekeke... =P

Ooooh~ A letter for me!! =D

Tada!! Tickets to KT's gig have finally arrived!! =D

Close-up!! Huhuhu.. =D

And a reminder to me & Hanseloon for being char siew.. T_T

Oh yes! Am going to be the brightest lamp post throughout the gig...

Ah Ming is coming over for dinner later. Hehehe.. Am sure we would have a great time! =) Another thing I am sure of is that she would definitely claim that she's real full and has eaten a lot after only several mouthful of rice and dishes. (-__-")

Well, I seriously feel much better after posting this entry. Hehe.. Thank u my darling blog!! XD

Ooh ooh!! Btw, we will be having a "uniform" day in Amsterdam! That is, we are all going to wear the same GAP panty on the same day!! Mua ahaha... Too much information I know.. XD

Am looking forward to our bimbo trip already, chee muis!! =D

Till then, see ya peeps!! Miss ya!! Don't miss me too much though! XD

无言。。。

2008-04-08T16:58:00.000-07:00

有没有人可以告诉我，为什么在我应该觉得兴致勃勃，雀跃不已的时候，我竟然会有这么落寞，孤单，以及无法解释的伤感呢？

突然间似乎能了解到孙燕姿《我不难过》里那句“我不难过，只是为什么眼泪会流我也不懂”的感受与意境了。

唉。。。为什么人总是这么善变又难以捉摸的动物呢？而且，这种改变往往都是往坏的一方面趋进。

看着你的改变，我好心疼。。。难到这就是现时吗？难道事实永远都是伤人的吗？

我想你一定想不到这么一点芝麻绿豆的小事，会让我这么不开心吧？说真的，我也不明白我是搞什么的。你可以说我小气，但是你不得不承认，这一切，你没有推托的理由。你的态度上出了问题。你虽然知道，也嚷着要改过，但我似乎没有看见成果。。。

我知道这不容易，所以我容忍你。毕竟，我自己也没什么资格来说你的不是。但是，在你伤害到身边你所爱的人的感受时，你是否更应该反省自己到底是做对还是做错了呢？

我真的是很看不过眼。。。难道是我嫉妒吗？我不知道。。。我不能说我没有，因为我并非什么圣人，我也不会假装我是。。。但是这当下的不愉快，我可以很肯定的说，这绝对不是嫉妒所造成的。。。

我觉得我的心正在淌着血，眼泪虽然流不出来，但是它却从我的心滴了下来。。。

有时，我真的没办法不认为你的改变是他造成的。你听了这番话过后，应该会觉得很难过加超不爽。。。所以我也不想多说。。。

哈，说真的，我也不知道我写了这一大篇东西想要表达的是什么。。。但是，我真的真的极度非常想念以前的那个你，你知道吗？你不会知道，因为你根本不看我的部落格。

天啊，我该怎么办？？我真的不希望你会变成我不喜欢的那一类人。但是，我似乎无能为力！能说的，我都说了。世界不是因为你一个人在转，你了解吗？

你是善良的。。我知道。。而且，我还是一样喜欢你。但是，有时候，停下脚步，想一想身边的人，好吗？

其实，你也并没有怎么样。。。我相信，对他人的伤害，你都是无意的。想必，如果你知道你伤害了我，你也会觉得内疚万分。或许，我想说的，真的就只是，

我好想念好想念以前的那个你。。。

我恨我自己无法让时光倒流。。。因为我真的好想念你。。。真的。。。好想念你。。。我好想念你。。。你知道吗？但是我找不回我想念的那个你，我该怎么办？

我改怎么办？？？

为什么现时永远都要这么残酷？？？好想回到以前那段单纯，思想简单的日子。。。

你愿意陪着我，一起踏上这段旅途吗？

L@uGHed oUt LOuD!!!~~

2008-04-06T06:56:00.000-07:00

This is a song by Kate Nash, called "Stitching Leggings". My goodness!! The lyrics are soooo hilarious!!~ Try figuring the lyrics out on ur own before looking at the actual one below the vid... XD Love Kate Nash!! Wish I could play the piano as good as her... =)

Kate Nash

Stitching Leggings

I was sewing my leggings back together
But not very well

I was standing by the dashboard
When the plate it sort of just fell
Sometimes I think that I'm lucky
And other times I don't
When most of the time I just think

Well I'm lucky that I don't have all the power in the world so I can't fuck everything else up x 2
Well at least I'm lucky I don't have all the power in the world so I can't fuck everything else up

I was making the dinner
When it sort of just burned
I was walking down the stairs when I tripped
Fell to the bottom and break my foot and
It really fucking hurt

Well at least I'm lucky that I don't have all the power in the world so I can't fuck everything else up x 3

Sometimes I think that you hate me
And other times I think you that you think I'm endearing
Sometimes I just don't know you at all
Even though I'd like to think I was a bit of a know it all
Sometimes I just can't work you out
Even though I'd like to know what you were about

Well at least I'm lucky I don't have all the power in the world so I can't fuck everything else up x6
Well at least I don't have all the power in the world so I just can't fuck everything else up
At least I don't have all the power in the world so I just can't fuck everything else up

Well at least I'm lucky I don't have all the power in the world so I can't fuck everything else up

P/S. This is a true story of Kate Nash!! She really fell from the stairs and broke her foot and that's when she started composing! LOL!! So cute!! XD

How to Slaughter an Oily Toad for Dummies

2008-03-28T13:03:00.000-07:00

Watched SAW IV the other day to destress. Hmm.. I simply love the SAW series to death! The plot is always so sickly brilliant (even though SAW III was a wee bit disappointing) and the ending is always so unpredictable that it makes u go like, "OMG!! SHIT!! What the..."

Anyway, I suddenly thought of my oily toad supervisor after finished watching. Then, I started portraying the scene below...

Oily toad wakes up one day to find himself in a totally unfamilar place with an aquarium-look-alike device fixed to his head. He gets all panic and starts struggling and accidentally clicks the "Play" button of the tape player in his hand. And he hears a voice saying,

"Hello, Alex. I wanna play a game. All ur life as a lecturer, u enjoy torturing students, especially those from IMU. Now I give u a chance to feel what they feel. In front of u, there are ten sushis (with blades sticking out). U have to finish eating them within 1 minute. Only then u will be on the route to salvation. Let the game begins..."

Oily toad groans and starts cursing only to realize that he's running out of time. He fails his task. The device on his head is immediately filled with Pepsi (diet) and eventually drowns him to death...

Mua hahahahaha... Shiok shioK!! The director of SAW should really consider my idea for the next sequel. Kakakakaka... XD

Ok ok.. Enough day-dreaming. Time to get back to my stupiak surfactants.. T_T

If U tHinK

2008-03-25T14:01:00.000-07:00

THIS, is scary...

It's only 1/4 of what I have to read through for EACH of my assignment.

Up until now, I have passed up 3 of such kanasai assignments already. One more to go.

No la, not the whole journal lar.. Chee sin meh? Just an article of about 12-13 pages long from each of the journals lar...

Still, it's enough to cause the damage already. I think part of my brain is now burnt from trying too hard to understand what the heck those journals are about. I can no longer think like a healthy human subject...

Shit!! See? I said human subject, instead of human being.

And now I can't even remember things that happened moments ago. Oh well, did I just tell u that I can't remember things well nowadays??? *scratched head*

And when I'm out aunty-ing, I compare prices of Sainsbury's vege with Tesco's then I think, "Hmm.. Is the difference signicant? P<0.05?"

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOSH!!!!!

Maybe I should go read up some non-intellectual bimbotic magazines to wash the contents of the journals out...

Warning: Treatment is totally NON-evidence-based. Attempt at your own risk.

Reference: PL Chua. A non-randomized, double-unblind, placebo-uncontrolled, single center study on survival benefit of bimbotic magazines VS medical journals. Int J Chee Sin 2008; 1: 123-456.

I shall go dig my brain out and flush it down the toilet now... (-_-")

h@PpY EaSteR!! (-^_^-)

2008-03-23T17:28:00.000-07:00

Been wanting to put this up for a very long time already...

But then la hor, got this super violent aunty who patahkan the head and limbs of her barbie doll to play masak-masak (oh my gosh!!) threatened to panggang him alive if I do so...

Now that she's soooo occupied with the kanasai PharmCare essays and that her frens are here, I guess she most probably won't have time for this lar...

Even if she does hor, like I care lar... XD So, here u go!!

WhoA!! My AH REIN is break-dancing!! So geng, right??? XD XD XD

Ooh ooh!! By the way, HAPPY EASTER!! =D That smiley face on the title was supposed to be a bunny one lar.. But really dunno how to "draw" the ears lar.. grrrrr... Wonder how I passed my Pendidikan Seni last time... Anyways, use ur own imagination lar!! XP

Just now I went out to get Unitel phone card (to call home! good girl leh?) and bumped into itu Wan Tan Minah on my way home lar.. Apparently she was damn stressed doing PharmCare essays when her laptop suddenly decided to get naughty and refuse to open any PDF file lar.. So she tak boleh tahan and came out to snap some flower pics to destress lor...

Obviously the angelic me accompanied her... In case she decided to go snap pictures of some angry dogs and then get bitten mar, right? So nice of me... I KNOW!!! XD

And she took picture of me looking like this...

Sometimes I really wonder how more silly can one look.... Uugh!!

Hmm... At least this is much better... =P

Han nah han nah... very geng lar!! Skill very good lar!! Next time pls photoshop me into the most gorgeousest supermodel-look-alike leng lui first before sending me the pics, k? XD XD

ASSIGNMENT SUCKS!!!!! XP

Hope u are feeling much better now dy... =) If not just come and kill me with lobster la, thank u very much!! XD

HAPPY!!~ =D

2008-03-17T18:41:00.000-07:00

OOOHH!!!~~ I'M SO PROUD OF MYSELF!!!!! Read this...

"From: Emma J. Williams
Subject: Schmap: Italy Photo Short-list

Hi Pei Ling Chua,I am writing to let you know that one of your photos has been short-listed for inclusion in the second edition of our Schmap Italy Guide, to be published mid-April 2008.

www.schmap.com/shortlist/p=13968830N03/c=SG3110731

Clicking this link will take you to a page where you can:

i) See which of your photos has been short-listed.

ii) Submit or withdraw your photo from our final selection phase.

iii) Learn how we credit photos in our Schmap Guides.

iv) Browse the first edition of our Schmap Italy Guide.

While we offer no payment for publication, many photographers are pleased to submit their photos, as Schmap Guides give their work recognition and wide exposure, and are free of charge to readers. Photos are published at a maximum width of 150 pixels, are clearly attributed, and link to high-resolution originals at Flickr.

Our submission deadline is Sunday, March 23. If you happen to be reading this message after this date, please still click on the link above (our Schmap Guides are updated frequently - photos submitted after this deadline will be considered for later releases).

Best regards,

Emma Williams,

Managing Editor, Schmap Guides"

La Scala Opera House, Milan, Italy

And THIS, is the photo she was talking about. Nyak Hahaha Haha... They will attribute it under my name if it's published!! WhoA!! I'm so super-stoked!! Was bugging housies asking whether "Pei Ling Chua" or "Chua Pei Ling" sounds better.. Chose "Pei Ling Chua" in the end.. Kakaka... =P

Seems like my photo-taking skill is not bad afterall!! NYAK HAHAHA HAHA... XD And my Sony-Ericsson K800i is quite geng also!! Mua hahahaha.. Aiyo.. How nice if incentive is given lah... Kekekekek... *Greedy* =P

Happy happy~~ (^^,)v

tHE 5tH tIMe!!!!!

2008-03-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Stupiak ang mohs from G-3 triggered the fire alarm A.G.A.I.N!!!!!

Wah lao eh!! Just when I finally found the journal I want!! Kacau betul lah!!

Somemore my progression just now was quite fast eh! Nerdy mode finally switched on liao... Such thing doens't happen to me everyday one, okay?

See la see la.. Now it auto shuts off itself again and look what I am doing here... (-__-")

Even my hair was in nerdy mode just now.. i.e. tied up high with hair-band capturing my fringe firmly so that it doesn't fall all over my face and cover my view and stuffs.. U know, like Sadako from The Ring? But I look scarier than her with my hair band on lar..

The thing is, I HAD to walk out of the building with that hairstyle!!! Luckily it was 12noon and the sun was high up in the sky. If not ppl sure think JBC is haunted lor...

Hmm hmm... AND, I thought it would be quite easy to get evidences for management of myocardial infarction but I was SOOOO freaking wrong!! All the clinical trials also damn lao pek and outdated.. Like, what, 1984? I wasn't even born, man wth! So there was obviously no online version whatsoever and I gotta carry them all the way back from the library...

Man, journals ARE heavy!! T_T

L@St uNdeRGr@d leCtURe =(

2008-03-14T13:34:00.000-07:00

We had the last lecture of our undergraduate years officially today...

='(

Even though I can't wait to get away from all the sucky assignments that I'm on now, I AM SERIOUSLY going to miss this...

It's been a long and tough way... well, not really that tough until lately lah..

We have gone through all these together, hand in hand...

All the way from Malaysia to Scotland...

The companionship is the best one could ever ask for...

Feeling sad dy lar... Wuwuwu... T_T

Batchmates, u guys/gals are THE BEST OF THE BESTEST!!

AM SO PROUD that I am one of the P105-ers!! =D

Love u peeps REAL LOADS!!!!!~~~ MUACKS!! =)

P/S. Whose idea was it to put that lesbo pic of me and Yi Jie lar?? Spoil market saja!! Grrrrr... Already no boyfren lor!! *depressed* =(

P/P/S. We DID NOT actually kiss, okay??!!! It's the angle, the angle!!

tHiS Is wH@t sTResS c@N dO to OnE...

2008-03-13T13:10:00.000-07:00

OK, so it was our dearest Wan Tan Minah's 32nd (Oopsy!! I mean 23rd) birthday yesterday. So, we went to ka ka cau cau at her place after a formal celebration at Mussels Inn (Uughh!! Am so gonna ban Mussels Inn from now on.. 4th visit in 2 months time!! Gosh.. XP).

Being inspired by this super hilarious That ad on Li Ping's blog,

we channel our stress from having to meet endless assignment's deadlines into this... (eh! Don't curi ayam! Watch the previous vid first!)

MUA HAHAHAHHAHAAHA... ROFL ROFL

ROFL!!!!!

*kena SOB* cough cough cough...

That was freeeeeeeeaking stupiak + lame wei!! Guess which dumb ass our sexy momma Yan Nee was imitating? *hint hint: PEPSI* XD

I seriously wonder how Yan Nee managed to keep her face + voice straight while saying,

"King Kiang Kong Kiang Kong, Peppermint Field Gel"

WAH KAKAKAKAKA... Yup! Malaysians are idiotic.. So what?!! XD

I sO w@Nna W@tcH

2008-03-11T13:06:00.000-07:00

"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"!!!!!~~~

Not only because it's the late Heath Ledger's last film,

but also because Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell & Jude Law had recently agreed to complete the unfinished role of Heath Ledger in the movie!!

Also, the story is about a magical mirror capable of taking people into different dimensions. Sounds super interesting, doesn't it??? =D

Last chance to appreciate Heath Ledger's performance plus 4 of the most leng chai actors in the industry together in one film!!!!! Oh my gosh!! I can't wait!!! =P

Anyone joining me??? (^^,)v

sTUpI@k G-3 aNg MoHs

2008-03-10T13:56:00.000-07:00

Wah liao!! Know what? We had fire alarm drill early in the morning again yesterday!!!

It was 4:50a.m. this time... 4:50A.M.!!!!!

I just handed in my CPP essay 2 days ago and obviously I was tired like anything la. Was sleeping like a pig when the fire alarm went ringing like nobody's business. First thing came into mind..

"Wah liao!! Is this a prank ah?? Am I dreaming??"

Then realized that I wasn't and reluctantly dragged my heavy ass out into the cold winter night.. Left Ah Rein behind this time. No mood la.. Super cranky!! Afterall, I assumed it wasn't a real fire and so he most probably wouldn't be burnt to death one la.. Oopsy!! Sorry, Ah Rein!!! XP

Apparently it was the ang mohs staying in G3 unit again. This was their 4th time triggering the fire alarm liao eh!! Yet they didn't have any guilty look on their faces for waking the whole world up!! The trigger of their last three records was the same, i.e. smoking!! Kanasai eh!! Annoying dao~ Go smoke their heads off la, stupiak!!

According to moody + cranky + sleepwalking firemen, the fire alarm this time round was triggered when those stupiak ang mohs were "cooking dinner". HUH??! What?!! Dinner at 4:50a.m. are u kidding me?!!

Aiya.. maybe they were trying to "cook" their lungs with the smoke from their cigarettes la WTH...

By the way, the fire alarm at 5:45a.m. few days ago was caused by our fren who was cooking breakfast in preparation of GP Visit. Of course it's forgiveable!! Plus, breakfast makes so much more sense than dinner, okay?!! And our fren went around apologizing for the accident..

BUT, our fren was scolded "Don't u know how to close the door?" while these stupiak chimneys of G-3 were spared!! How unfair!! Now only ang mohs can trigger fire alarm at God-forbidden-hours but Chinese can't lar??!!! DUH!!! Ciak sai!!!

Some ppl are simply jerks..

fIrE aLArM @ 5:45A.M.!!

2008-03-05T06:16:00.000-08:00

Whoa!! This is seriously something worth mentioning!!

Just came back to my room from the freezing cold outside. We just had a fire alarm drill at 5.45A.M.!! Look closely, it's 5:45A.M.!!!!!

It practically woke almost everyone up from their sleep, except for some of us who were still up doing CPP, and some of us who had already woken up.

Well, surprisingly, I belong to the latter category this time!! Cause I happily K.O.-ed at 10p.m. last night. Supposed to wake up at 12a.m. to do my CPP one lar, but when I opened my eyes, it was already 5a.m. liao.. SHOOT!! (T_T)

Those who were still sleeping apparently got very cranky la.. So I happily raised their cranky-ness level by letting my Ah Rein to flirt with them (specifically referring to Chua Ming & Vermicelli Law).. XD Even sexy firemen also appeared cranky eh!! XP

And hor, I realized that ang mohs are seriously CHEE SIN one.. Apparently they hadn't slept yet cause they were still in their outdoor attire & stuffs. And guess what they were doing? DRINKING!!! Oh my gosh.. They still had that wine in their hands when they came out!!! ALCOHOLIC dao!!!!!

Seems like the drill was caused by my neighbour's adjoining unit. According to sexy firemen, they forgot to close the fire door when cooking, which I don't really think so lar, cause we did smell and see smoke coming out of their kitchen's window. Will update u kepo ppl as soon as I get to "pat" something from my neighbours. Kakaka... =P

JuSt fOUnd oUt tH@t...

2008-03-04T11:49:00.000-08:00

Octopuses have got blue blood and...

THREE HEARTS!!!

Wow, that's so COOL!~~

Does that mean they will have to suffer at least 3 bouts of Myocardial Infarction before they die of acute coronary syndrome??? XD

Shit.. I sound completely like a nerd... XP

UNDERAGED DON'T LOOK!!

2008-03-03T03:30:00.001-08:00

It's 3:30a.m. now.

It snowed an hour ago. Beautiful.. But,

I could only admire it from my room window cause

I have got tonnes of journals to read,

to find a way to treat severe alcoholic liver disease, a disease

stupiak alcoholics brought upon to themselves from chronic binge drinking.

F*CK!!

Just chatted with Jocelyn on MSN and

we were gossipping about this certain someone that we don't really like.

I mean, WTH?!! Gossiping at this hour??!!!

And we found ourselves could be such a...

BIOTCH!!!!!

LMAO... XD

hApPY Le@P DaY!!!!!~~~

2008-02-29T22:13:00.000-08:00

Yo yo!! It's the leap day today!! Once in every four years eh!! Decided that I must write something on such a special day for remembrance sake. Keke... =)

So, it's the 29th of February, 2008 and I am here in Glasgow!!

I woke up in the morning, regretting for pigging early again last night, having written not even a single word for my CPP and Pharmcare essays... GAH!!! (-__-"')

Then I attended "Gene Therapy" lectures delivered by Dr. Christine Dufes. Was expecting Prof. Clive Wilson but he was off to Budapest dy.. Shiok-nye~ Anyway, I got totally inspired by Dr. Dufes cause she's so geng!!!!! So young yet she's already lead so many gene therapy studies & published so many research articles!! She even discovered a new gene delivery system which is more efficacious but less toxic than the best one available on the market now!! Like whoa!! (Know Xin will be very pleased to see this. Ish.. MY Dr. Fiona is very geng as well lor, okay?!!)

Then, for the FIRST TIME in my entire life, I borrowed journals from the library!! 4 altogether somemore eh!! NERD dao~~ XP Thanks to my "exotic" CPP topic la!! "Alcoholic Liver Disease + Hepatic Encephalopathy" wth... Limited electronic journals (that our ciplak univesity has subscribe to) focus on these la.. Bo pian... And THANK GOD I saw Geok Ying (role model!!) in the library!! If not I seriously had no idea where to look for, and how to borrow a journal lor... XP Final year pharmacy student I am, huh? Anyways, am still proud of my "great" achievement today lor.. XD Don't laugh at me lar, u nerdy ppl...

At night, me & housies made wan tan in celebration of the leap day!! Uh hum... Actually just an excuse to binge eat la.. But well, the wan tan was AWESOME, can??!!! And mind you, we took it with chili padi somemore!! OOSH!!~ Except for Su Ann who doesn't like pork, we took TWELVE wan tan EACH, okay????? Stomach bloated like I'm pregnant with a 5 months old baby... *burp* XD Pure bliss, pure bliss ah... =P

Think am gonna spend the rest of my "leap night" looking into sien journal articles. What an "exciting" way to "celebrate" the leap day, man!! XP Haiyo.. Ate until too full liao la.. Blood all diverted to the GI tract liao.. Brain not functioning dy lar.. Parasympathetic dao~ XP Can I go read some manga or watch some movies first?? XD

Bye bye Journal of Hepatology!! Bye Bye Gastroenterology!! XD *I wish*

MinG, tHIs iS To YoU!!

2008-02-29T20:59:00.000-08:00

90 words

Hmph!! Ming, u're not the only one, okay?? =P

Well, but I must admit that this is only after several attempts la... Keke..

Yer... I used to be very confident with my typing speed one leh... Mana tau Chua Ming can type as fast as / even faster than me!! Mm fan hei!! XP Maybe one day we should PK each other and see who is the faster & better typer le.. Kakaka... XP

GP Visit

2008-02-27T22:03:00.000-08:00

Had my GP Visit session together with the other CPL today. Haha.. It was very interactive and educational!! Super fun & interesting nonetheless. I totoally enjoyed it!! Woo hoo~~ =D

Our session was in Kingsway Medical Centre, the public-toilet-look-alike surgery according to Ming. XD I gotta agree with her, though. The surgery really wasn't glamorous looking at all le.. Haha.. XD

However, I must say that the setting was very patient-friendly. Unlike Malaysian's clinic, it doesn't give u a "stressful" kinda feeling, if u know what I mean. It doesn't stink with the smell of antiseptic and medicines as well.

Basically, we just sat in the room with Dr. Henderson and watched him examined the patient while making diagnosis. Of course the patient's consent was seeked for before we were allowed to do so, which was good. Wah lao, back in Malaysia we just simply went around the ward clerking cases, paying no respect to patient's privacy whatsoever, man wth..

Anyway, the cases were quite diverse in nature. There was even one drug addict who was on Methadone and Diazepam, and an alcoholic who suffered a blow to his lower spinal cord when he was invovled in a fight. Of course there were also common cases like benign warts, epigastric pain with heartburn, duodenal ulceration, persistent cough, H. Pylori infection, and COPD patient with chest infection.

Doctor actually showed us the way to check if the alcoholic patient's spinal cord was crooked, and also let us listened to the basal crackles in the lungs of the COPD patient. The experience was SOOOO cool wei I tell u...

By the way, did I mention that the young lady who suffered from duodenal ulcer was in a T-Back? Wakakaka.. Black in colour, with bling bling somemore leh!! Sexy wei!! XD

"I'm bringing Sexyback (yeah)...... Go, go ahead be bold with it..." XD

Another thing is that patients here are well-informed of their conditions. They know what drugs they are on and the indications of the drugs as well. The T-Back young lady (shoot! I really shouldn't be calling her that! XD Empathy, CPL!! EMPATHY!!!!!) even knows that her father died of Haemochromatosis and she is a carrier of the genes and asked if her duodenal ulcer was related to the genetic disease!! WTH!!!!! Me as a future pharmacist dun even know what Haemochromatosis is and I have no idea if I even got the spelling right, wth!! XP

Btw, FYI, Dr. Henderson was such a cutie!! XD He's super duper friendly, nice, gentleman, and knowledgeable!! Not to forget the fact that he was so MAN!!!~~ The George Clooney kind of man-ness, ya know? He treated us to coffee and "Mr. Kipling" (which was a cup cake actually. Haha.. everything about him is just cute!!) after the session. He even washed our cups for us!!! AWWWW... So sweet of him, right? Am in love!! Will u marry me??? Even though I am already the wife of Jensen Ackles??? XD XD

Eh, this is to all the leng luis out there! Dun fight against me for Dr. Henderson ya!! He's 40- or 50-year-old plus already lar. U have much better choices out there le. Save him for a pathetic someone like me lar, okay?? He's mine!! He's mine!! XD

The mak cik nurses there were really nice and friendly, too!! They offered us tea when we first arrived. (Anyone who offered me food would automatically be catogorized as "nice". Ish...) They seem to have very tight bonding among each other, and with the doctors as well. They were writing these super cute "Happy Retirement" cards for their retiring colleagues and they told us they were doing "VERY important" things. Hahaha... I like, can? So sweet!! =)

The weather was sunny, the ppl were truly nice, my partner was great, and my afternoon nap lasted for 3 hours (pig!)... What more can I ask for? =D

mY HuBBy!!!~~ XD

2008-02-25T21:54:00.000-08:00

JENSEN ACKLES!!!!!

*me drooling.. taking in deep breath.. fainting in a minute..* XD

Yi Jie, nvm about Brad Pitt, cause Jensen is sIzZLiNg hot~~ OOSH!! XD

I @m tHe cUTe oNE

2008-02-17T20:03:00.000-08:00

By the Olsen Twins in their early years.

Oh my gosh!!! This is SOOOO CUTE!!!!! Love how they rolled eyes at each other. Lolz... Listen to the lyrics, it's so funny!! I especially love the part from 01:50 till the end!! Haha... CUTE!!!!!~~~ XD

Even Biopharm5 couldn't bring my mood down upon watching this!! Hahaha.. Hope it does the same on u peeps!! Good luck for exam tomolo!! Peace out~ =)

2008-02-14T14:22:00.000-08:00

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY <3!!

Wish all of u who are attached a great date ahead!! May the love between u two last forever and ever and ever...

Wish all of u who aren't attached yet but have someone in ur mind a successful and sweet confession!! Jia you!!

Wish all of u who aren't attached yet but are expecting someone to do something specially for u today to have ur dream comes true...

Wish all of u who aren't attached and are enjoying singlehood at the moment to find ur soul mate real soon... =)

XOXO (^^,)v

SLoW dOwN

2008-02-14T14:00:00.000-08:00

It's Valentine's Day today and am going to post a song by Aly & AJ from their first album "Into The Rush" called "Slow Down". Reason? Cause I think many of us could really relate to the lyrics well. Hmm... Hope u enjoy!! =)

SLOW DOWN
I need a little time to see what you're made of
I know what's on your mind
You're headin' straight for love

Let's not rush you're movin' way too fast
We can figure it out, we can make this last
We don't have to be so serious
You need to

Slow down
I'm not goin' anywhere
Slow down
If you care I need a little time for air
If you just let me breathe maybe I'll stick around
If you slow down

I wanna little space
A little less attention
You see it on my face
Don't need an explanation

Let's not rush you're movin way too fast
We can figure it out, we can make this last
We don't have to be so serious
You need to

Slow down
I'm not goin' anywhere
Slow down
If you care I need a little time for air
If you just let me breathe maybe I'll stick around
If you slow down

Keep callin' you won't leave me alone
(keep callin' you won't leave me alone)
Claiming love like it's a joke
(It's no joke)
Leavin' flowers at my door
Have enough don't need anymore
Believe in what we have right now
Have to slow down
I'm not goin' anywhere

Slow down
I'm not goin' anywhere
Slow down
If you care I need a little time for air
If you just let me breathe maybe I'll stick around

Slow down
I'm not goin' anywhere
Slow down
If you care I need a little time for air
If you just let me breathe maybe I'll stick around
You needa
You have to slow down yeah

If you just let me breathe maybe I'll stick around
I'm not goin' anywhere

Slow down
If you just let me breathe maybe I'll stick around
I'm not goin' anywhere

Slow down
If you just let me breathe maybe I'll stick around
I'm not goin' anywhere

If you slow down

新年快乐！！人日快乐！！＝D

2008-02-13T16:19:00.000-08:00

才发现我竟然还没有在这个重大的节日里恭祝各位新年快乐！！哎哟，挺久没有我废废的消息了，真是对不起哪！！XP

最近比较忙嘛。。忙着虚度人生，忙着发呆，忙着无聊，忙着大吃特吃，忙着两眼直视窗口什么都不做，忙着做猪，忙着找免费的琴谱，忙着上 Youtube 看 Aly & AJ 和 KT Tunstall，忙着找 Lily Allen 还有 Keane 的歌，忙着关心陈冠希终于承认他是变态佬了没，忙着关心阿娇终于放弃扮纯情女了没，忙着和朋友一起搞“爬地”，忙着看帅哥。。哇佬！还真是忙得不可开交啊！XD

哈呐，哈呐。。没有啦！我的生活还没有潦倒到这种程度啦。至少我搞掂了 Research Project 的 Method 还有今天的 Pharmcare presentation，虽然被教授狂炸问题，还在我的feedback栏里说我太罗嗦了。。。OUCH!!!!! 伤心。。（T_T）

在我投入 Biopharm5 的怀抱之前（拜一考试哪，sien。。），决定写点应节的东西，而且还要用华语来写，因为这毕竟是华人的农历新年嘛！！＝D

恭喜发财！！万事如意！！心想事成！！笑口常开！！身体健康！！

今天是人日，是大家的生日！！所以也顺便祝大家生日快乐！！！ ^^

顺便放一点照片让大家看看在国外过年可以是多么 happening 的哪！！～

哇赛！！看我的 housemate 多么趣致可爱啊～ XD

好可怜那条鱼哦。。。 XD

团圆饭！！十样菜肴耶！！一点都不逊色于家里的团圆饭呢！！真是多亏了有刘米粉！！XD

Hanseloon 亲手做的黄梨饼让大家都乐坏了～～好吃！！谢谢～～＝D

三个决定以 Bimbo 一点的方式来过年的女人。。眼睛涂上了 Eyeliner 啦～～ XD

大合照！！左边那个黑衣的哥哥不错看叻～ XD 全名叫“压拉屎他骗你”！哇嘎嘎。。。 XD

新年火锅～～温暖又开心！！＝〕好像在帮电饭锅打广告。。（-_-"）

好啦！！愿大家在新的一年里一切顺利！！希望以后还有机会和朋友们一起过新年！！爱你们噢～～ *飞吻* XD 达达～～＝)

sNOw @ gLAsgOw 02-02-2008 ^^

2008-02-02T10:21:00.000-08:00

I AM SO STOKED!!!!!~~~

It really did snow all night long!!!!!

The snow had acccumulated on the grass, on the car, on the tree, on the roof, on basically everything in sight!!!!! Woot Woot~~ XD

Woke up to Su Ann's & Xin Yin's morning call, blurred to the max, thought I was running late for class, then was told to look out of the window, and I got totally stunned by what I saw!!! SNOW EVERYWHERE!!! Man, I couldn't believe my eyes!!! Woohoo~~

Immediately put on my GAP char siew winter jacket on top of my pajama and ran out with housemates into the snow, without brushing teeth, without washing face, and without combing hair. Mua hahaha... Who cares???!! XP

And then we camwhored like nobody's business. Bwa hahaha... Fhern, Wai Meng, Ah Cia, Bao & Leah were already there. We made snowballs to throw at each other and got our fingers completely numbed. Then we cuddled around and put our hands into each other's pocket, chanting "Aww.. So cold.. So cold...". But when we could feel our fingers again, we started yet another round of snowball fight and repeated the entire process.. XD It was still snowing. So I opened my mouth wide wide while jumping up & down, like those Chinese style zombies in Hongkee movies if u get what I mean, and tried to get the snow down my throat. Wakakaka...

Yeah yeah, we are a whole bunch of idiots and I am undoubtedly the most idiotic one. Stupiak Malaysians never see snow before, but so what?? We had fun... Loads of fun, in fact... So, just sue me if u are unhappy!! Mua hahaha... =P

Tada!! JBC in snow~~ =D

Gosh... This is sooooo nice~ ^O^

Devil Ann & Me XD
Eewww!! I looked so fugly with that just-woke-up look... XP

Winter Sonata... *faint* XD

See? GAP jacket is SO warming, unlike somebody's New Look... XD
Wei Meng dengan pei-si-nya looked at us in the background... XD

G6 housies (Ah Xin MIA) with stretch of erm, dustbins covered in snow XD

Aww... So sweet... =P

Dun perasan, okay? Am referring to me & Su Ann lor... Lalala~ XD

Aah... Bliss~ Now that the snow is all melted by the Sun already, can I have more, pls??? =)

2008-02-01T14:30:00.000-08:00

SNOW!!!!!~~~

It's finally snowing here in Glasgow!!! With snow flakes somemore!!!!! AAAAAHHH~~~ Wish my cheap skate camera phone was good enough to snap a "Micro" photo of the snow flake... But well, am contented enough already... ^^

And yup!! I tasted snow + snow flake this time!! FYI, they are tasteless as well... XD I know I'm an idiot. Sue me if u wish... =P

Pls snow all night long!! I want the snow to accumulate!!!!! =D

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow~~~ XD

fEeLiNg dUmb?

2008-02-01T03:27:00.000-08:00

Well, u may not anymore seeing answers given by contestants to simple questions asked on television shows like "Who Wanst To Be a Millionaire" and "University Challenge". Here are some "brilliant" examples:

Presenter: What was Gandhi's first name?
Contestant: Goosey Goosey

Presenter: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?
Contestant: Forest Gump

Presenter: In which country is Mount Everest?
Contestant: Er, it's not in Scotland, is it?

Presenter: In which European city was the first opera house opened in 1637?
Contestant: Sydney

Presenter: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?
Contestant: (after long pause) Fourteen days

Presenter: What is the currency in India?
Contestant: Ramadan

Presenter: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loin cloth did he play?
Contestant: Jesus

GOSH!!!!! What the... XD

LaSt l@B sESsiOn

2008-01-29T11:26:00.000-08:00

23-01-2008 was the last day of our final year research project lab sessions. Well, me and group members had a great time and called it a "happy ending" for one particular brainless idiot didn't turn up at all that day. It was a good thing because otherwise he would most probably have screwed everything up again by uttering some useless nonsense and giving us "encouragement". Hmph...

Anyway, we managed to complete what we were supposed to do for the day an hour before the lab had to be closed. What else to do but CAMWHORE??!!! XD And u thought we would be contented with a 7 Mega Pixels digicam? Nah.. U are so wrong, pal!! We camwhored using Jocelyn's super sophisticated + advanced + non-idiot-proof DSLR camera, OKAY?!! Tsk tsk tsk... Glamorous-nya~~ XD Forced our extremely easy-going and friendly lab technicians into joining us somemore. Kakaka... =P

And the compound I synthesised personally is Dodecylgluconamide =D

Group members!! We R.O.C.K!!!!! XD

Group 29 and the sesat Fionna Tan who wasn't supposed to be in our lab XD

Group photo!! Memories to last for a lifetime... Cheers, ppl!!!!! =)

Aawww.. I miss all those fun & "adventurous" moments we had in lab 2.13 already... I miss how Ann took care of us like a mum... And of course, stalking Dr. Fiona McInnes in lab 2.17 as well. Kakaka... XD

2008-01-24T06:57:00.000-08:00

HAIL!!!!!~~~

Aaaaahhh!!! Experienced hail (ice storm) for the first time in my entire life!!! Totally stoked!!!!! XD

Reached my hand out of the window to feel it, and it really hurt!!! Oosh!! Captured a few biji and put them into mouth to taste somemore!!! Wakakaka... No, I wasn't hungry, and of course it was tasteless lah!! Duh!!! =P

First sleet, then hail. Now can I have some heavy snow, PLUUUREEESSSSS~~ =D

CHUA HUI MING IS THE MOST BESTEST LABBY IN THE WORLD!!!!!~~~

2008-01-13T06:43:00.001-08:00

Been in a super shitty mood for the past few days. All thanks to my super "brilliant" research project supervisor who happily engaged the 6 of us in an experiment of which he himself has no idea what the heck it's all about. Experiment failed in the end. The compounds that we synthesised simply refuse to do what they are supposed to do. While we are trying so hard to figure out what went wrong, all this stupiak idiot could come out with are:

"I dunno why this is happening..."

"I am very surprised that it didn't work out..."

"I thought u guys are supposed to be the intelligent one of the class?"

"Well, if all measures fail, it's YOUR PERSONAL FAULT, not mine"

"Why are u looking so unhappy? Smile! Don't forget u get marks for ur enthusiasm as well."

Pretty encouraging huh?

Anyway, this is why I hadn't had time to update after coming back from tirp. Am squeezing out time to blog just because of a very special person and I proudly present to you,

CHUA HUI MING *used pink colour to match u somemore leh*

She's my labby, i.e. lab partner. In fact, the most bestest labby one could ever ask for. Upon hearing my super depressing stories last night, she bought me a BK Fusion to cheer me up while she was out shopping just now!! Brought it all the way to my unit somemore even though it was raining. Aww... super "gam dong" wei!! Sob sob... Wanted so much to hug her but she rejected. OUCH!!! Haha... =)

Ah Bibi, the BK Fusion definitely brightened me up immediately!! You saved my day!! Not depressed/sad/stressful anymore liao... Hehe... It was so sweet of u... Aww... =)

LOVE YOU TO THE MAXXXX!!!!! MUACKS!!!!! HUGZ... *even though u rejected* XD

MeLE kALikImaKA fRoM RomE!!!!!~~~

2007-12-25T01:21:00.000-08:00

Mua haha... That's "Merry Christmas" in Hawaiian oh! =) And am in ROME!!!!! =D

Blogging from the hostel we are staying in, Mona Lisa. Haha... Tell u what, this hostel is great! If anyone of u were to come to Rome in the future, do come and put a night over here. The facilities provided are awesome and the management team are superb!! They are friendly, helpful, and they speak fluent English most importantly. Haha... Am enjoying my stay here... =)

However, so far the experiences in Italy are kinda bad though. First night, we arrived in Milan. We had to take the subway to reach the tourist spots, but there was no one working at the ticket counter. We had to buy the tickets from the ticket machine, which was in Italiano!! Goodness... Was totally lost... Then got cheated by this stupiak SOB... Actually, he literally snatched my money away from me. Luckily I was smart and fast enough to react, so he only managed to get 10Euros out of my purse. Idiot!! Long story.. Will post more about it after I get back to Glasgow le..

Then we took the night train from Milan to Rome. It was on a "free seating" basis. We thought it was no big deal, not like we were that particular about where to sit. But we were obviously wrong!! "Free seating" means they will accept as many customers as they could, without considering the number of seats available on the train!! The train was freaking packed!! We couldn't even squeeze onto the train initially. Finally, we got ourselves in but we had to stand all through the ride, which would last for 8 hours... OH MY GOSH!!! All the stupiak smokers standing next to us kept smoking every 5 minutes somemore. Wah liao!! Hello, confined area wei!!~ Use ur brain la!! Luckily we managed to squeeze ourselves into the corridor around 1 hour later and we sat on our luggages to sleep. Sad case wei... Like homeless ppl... Couldn't really sleep also cause it was really very uncomfortable and those stupiak smokers kept walking in and out to smoke. Gosh... What a night, man!!

Things got better when we reached Rome yesterday. At least ppl here do speak English. We visited the Palentino and reached the highlight of Rome, i.e. the Colosseum at around 335p.m. only to be told that it was closed 5 mins before we arrived. WAH LIAO EH!!!! What the heck?? So early???!! We bought the tickets already actually.. Depressed betul... We thought of visiting it again today, but it's not opened. Christmas ma.. Sob sob sniff sniff... Could only meraba-raba the wall and waved Bye Bye to it... T_T

Anyway, today we are going to Vatican City to say "Hi ya" to the pope. Haha... Felt much better after a good night sleep. And u know why I have so much time to blog? Because except for me and Wern, all my travelling mates overslept... Dots... And they slept earlier than us somemore... Even the "tour guide" Xing Wu De overslept... A whole bunch of pigs!!! I had to wake them up 15 mins before the management team cleared the breakfast away. Otherwise, they would have to starve all the way to Vatican City... God knows if they would be too hungry till they eat the pope alive!! XD Wakakaka...

Ok la... I guess that's all for today. Looking forward to our visit to the Vatican City... Must borrow the "hat" from the pope and take picture with it... Kakaka... XD

Till then, see ya!! =D

hOMe aLoNE d@Y 6

2007-12-23T00:53:00.001-08:00

Another homey day!

Didn't go anywhere. Just stayed home to do some packing and research for Milan. Tired + wanted to Skype with parents, I didn't follow Wern they all in bringing Xing Wu De to look see look see around the Glasgow University area. Once again, SORRY!!!!!~~~ XP

At night, I did join their potluck dinner though. Me and Wen Jiun & co. cooked Nam Yu fried pork again, using the leftover Nam Yu and pork from the other day. Jiun didn't know that the pork was already seasoned and she happily marinated them with 6 pieces of Nam Yu somemore. In the end, our Nam Yu pork became Nam Yu bacon... (-_-") Super salty, man!! Even Lau Wee Yeaw also said it's a little bit salty... Haha... Sorry, ppl!! =P

Actually we claimed that the Nam Yu bacon was Nam Yu chicken in an attempt to lure Khang Wern to tasting it. But her taste bud was very geng, man! She knew it was pork the moment she put it into her mouth and rushed to the rubbish bin to throw it back out... Gagal!!~ =P

Also, I made 2 pieces of coffee chicken under the request of Lu Yi, and in compensation for not accompanying Xing Wu De out, of which Husky Hee Sheong (after coming back from Kiruna, he starts thinking that he's a husky, rather than a human being. Must be the cold weather that has got his brain damaged... Sigh...) happily asked if it was shao1 jiao1 (burnt) chicken... Grrrr... Haha... Anyway, I cooked the shao jiao chicken at Wen Jiun's place. Not very used to using the wok and stove at her place. So I overcooked the chicken in the end. The flesh was a little bit hard. Haha... Paisay!!~ =P

Came back home after that to continue some packing for Italy + Paris trip.

And this will be my last post till I am back from vacation! Just realize that I haven't blogged a bout my trip to Germany and Czech last summer yet. Mua haha... What a lazy blogger I am! =P

Housemates, welcome back from Kiruna (even though I won't be around already by the time u all read this post.. haha..)!! Have a safe trip to London, alright? Don't miss me too much ya!! Wakakaka.. =P

Till then, see ya!! =D

hOMe aLoNE d@Y 5

2007-12-23T00:46:00.000-08:00

Huhu... Did nothing much basically... Woke up in the morning then started doing aunty stuffs like wiped the shoes la, did laundry la, packed this packed that la, and etc. in preparation of my Italy + Paris trip on the 23rd. Been out for the last few days, so didn't really have time for all these aunty stuffs lor... That's also why I didn't follow Wern, Yi Jie, and Lu Yi out to pick Xing Wu De (Moo Moo Liang) up from Buchanan bus station when he arrived at about 1230p.m. Paisay paisay.. Am feeling kinda guilty de actually... XP

Saw them coming back while I was on the way to the laundry room to dry my clothes. I was in t-shirt and short pants only. Managed to "Hello Hello" for a while before I got frozen. Haha... Then, they brought him out to go jalan-jalan around Buchanan + Argyle area while I stayed back home to dry my clothes (aunty dao!!) and do some research for our trip to Milan (at least this one sounds posh... kaka...).

Planned to have early dinner together at The Goose at 4p.m. but because of the cold weather outside, all of them were famished at 3p.m. and asked to bring forward our dinner appointment. Note, it's DINNER, ok? At 3 o'clock in the afternoon!!!!! Gosh... Haha.. Most probably because it was a Friday, all the bars were so crowded, man! We couldn't find enough seats in The Goose and after much hassles in looking around, we finally ended up in Counting House. Xing Wu De was super duper quiet over the dinner. Jet lag? Or maybe because there was a stranger, i.e. Lu Yi and so he was a wee bit shy shy?? Kakaka.. XD

Went walking around George Square area after dinner. Freezing cold wei... Nearly everyone couldn't stand the coldness (I found it rather OK though... receptors rosak liao maybe.. haha...) and we headed home after half an hour of merayau-rayau.

Then we started making tang yuan in J7, the kandang for Moo Moo throughout his stay in Glasgow. XD We mashed sweet potatoes and mixed them together with the glutinuous rice flour. Also, we used red beans paste and mashed sweet potatoes as the inti for some of the tang yuan. Creative leh? XD And thanks to Yi Jie who couldn't estimate the amount of flour and water to add, the glutinous rice ball just kept turning bigger and bigger till in the end, all of us suffered from tang-yuan-overdose. But it was quite fun la... All of us had a great time... =)

Oh ya oh ya!! We made one special Nutella tang yuan as well!! We said that whoever was lucky enough to get this Nutella tang yuan would be the first to get married among us!! And guess what? Miss Hu Yi Jie was the honoured one!! Wakakaka... She panickly passed the tang yuan to Xing Wu De, who in turn broke the good news to us. Xing Wu De was forced to swallow down the Nutella tang yuan by Miss Hu Yi Jie. Hmm... So, I came out with this conclusion that, because they shared the lucky Nutella tang yuan, both of them will get married early, God knows maybe to each other, and then live happily ever after???!! Mua hahahhaa.... XD

Came home after that to continue with my "research" and zzZzz.... By the way, I got a Christmas card from Yeang Wee and Gordon. What a surprise! Hehe... Thanks so much buttockS!! XD And Gordon Pang, any more lame ah u? XP

Anyway, welcome to Glasgow, Xing Wu De!! =D

hOMe aLoNE d@Y 4

2007-12-21T13:31:00.000-08:00

Whoa!! CHAR SIEW to the max!!!

Woke up around 8a.m. as I ter-K.O. early the night before. Replied family mail, had heavy breakfast (2 pieces of bread with peanut butter spread + cereal + milk), then went to the bank to withdraw money and gave to Ah Bao so that she could help me to exchange them into Euros. Met up with Joey, Ja Yee, Choy Leng, Leah, Xin Hui, and Alicia after that to go for my very first movie here in Glasgow, i.e. Enchanted!! =D

One thing weird about Glaswegian cinema is that it's based on a free seating basis!! So no matter how early u buy ur movie ticket, u are not necessarily guaranteed to a good seat. Another thing different from Malaysian's cinema is that instead of switching on the air conditioner, they switched on the heater. Haha.. of course la! Wanna freeze to death meh? Actually hor, even though this Cineworld is known as the World's Tallest Cinema (note, it's not that tall as well after all.. just 5 or 6 storeys maybe?), I honestly still think our very own Midvalley GSC is so much bigger and looks so much more grand comparatively lo.. Most probably because ppl here are not as crazy as us over movies ba. When I told my IPL group members that I so wanna watch The Golden Compass, they actually paused for a few seconds before figuring out what the heck was that. I was like, "Nicole Kidman!!! Daniel Craig!!! AAHhh~" but they just stared blankly back at me... DUH!!!!! Potong stim betul!! (><")

Ok ok.. Back to Enchanted... As it was a weekday, basically there were only 7 of us plus around 5 ang mohs in the big theatre.. So we lauged our heads off like nobody's business la. Kakaka... =P It was quite a nice show. The soundtracks were very catchy, too. Xin Hui and Ah Cia got addicted to the song "How Do You Know" after the show. Haha.. The storyline was quite a brilliant one, even though it's not all that logical la. Christmas movie ma... Just sheer blast of happiness. But I am not saying that it's a bad thing though. At least I enjoyed the show. Felt really happy and cheerful after watching. Hehe.. Think Amy Adams looks a lot like Kirsten Dunst la. Haha.. And she's pretty! =) Loves her purplish night gown. Aww.. Santa Claus, can I have it as my Christmas present, pls? XD

Went shopping around after that to continue my hunt for a winter jacket. Well, I should say, to give myself more excuses to char siew the GAP jacket and eliminate the rest. Not water resistant la, not thick enough la, not stylish enough la, for this price I would rather spend a wee bit more to get the GAP one la, and etc. So, I finally managed to convince myself that there was NO better bargain out there. I have all the reasons to char siew the GAP jacket. Kakaka... Spent such a long time in the fitting room choosing the colour. In the end, I decided to go for the white colour one. I know it gets dirty easily la, but I still find it the most adorable leh... Dun wanna betray my heart.. Kaka.. XD Hence, I paid up, officially turning myself into a GAP girl again, then walked out of of the shop with a super big bag with super big "GAP"s printed on it, and looked proudly around at all the passerby.

"YUP!! It's GAP!!!!! Rich Asian I am, huh? Mua hahahha..." XP

CHAR SIEW!!!!! super shiok la... XD

Came back home after that to become tukang masak. Haha.. Cooked myself chicken with Dopiaza cooking sauce and fried round lettuce for dinner. Hehe.. Yummy yummy... =P

Went over to Wern's place later on at night for trip's discussion again. Booked our tickets to Paris Disneyland!! Woohoo~ 32 pounds per person for a "1 day 1 park" ticket, man!! But I seriously don't mind because it's Disneyland!!!!! Am so gonna get myself a Disney cartoon character's soft toy!! Wakakaka... Hopefully I will still have enough Euros left by that time to char siew la.. Eurgh... And Chua Ah Ming, stop despising me!!! Soft toys ARE cute, OK???!! XP

By the way, I bought myself TREsemme hairmask as well. Seriously tak boleh tahan my hair getting all tangled up after shampooing. The stupiak dry weather la... Been losing so much hair lately wei... Will become a botak soon if I choose to ignore it lor... Grrrr....

Aahhh... I am feeling like a piece of big fat char siew with oil dripping down at the moment... *drip drip drip...* XD

hOMe aLoNE d@Y 3

2007-12-20T16:25:00.000-08:00

Woke up at around 11a.m. by the stupiak fire alarm test drill that got me jumped out of the bed. Grrrr... Made myself breakfast (struggling hard to finish the 2 loaves of breads my generous housemates left for me... EeWWw!!) then started blogging about "hOMe aLoNE d@Y 2". Completed the post at about 1p.m. Ahh... It's lunch time! MUST have something to eat even though I just had breakfast 2 hours ago. For the sake of leading a healthy lifestyle, u see? Kekeke... =P

So, I cooked myself a super BIG bowl of kway tiao soup with chicken, vege, and egg!! Ngek ngek.. Oh well, I underestimated the portion when cooking... Not my fault for overeating... *shrugged* XD Hang fook~~

After bathing and calling back home, I went out to hunt for winter jacket again, keeping in mind that I MUST go to Topshop at the end of the day to get my skinny flare jeans. Kaka.. Went to Buchanan area and my adrenaline started pumping when I saw the GAP poster with "BIG SALES" printed so vividly. Barged in without second thought and indeed, almost all the items were discounted, with some up to 75%!!!!! OOSH... so much cheaper than their normal prices!! Went into the fitting room with both my hands loaded with clothes and pants. Kaka... =P

Tried on a winter jacket labelled with "Warmest Extra-Chaud". Super comfy, man!! Fell in love immediately.. Grey- and black-coloured one were discounted from 68 to 48 pounds while the white-colour one was discounted to 39.90 pounds only!! *Don't ask me why cause I have no idea why they were doing this as well* Too bad the design wasn't that trendy, and I looked a wee bit like a bear in it. Ish ish... Decided to shortlist it and promised myself to come back again for it if I couldn't find a better bargain after looking around. Hehe...

Now, here comes the discovery of the day... *drum rolling* TADA!! I found a pair of boot cut jeans from GAP that cost 12.99 pounds only!!!!! The original price was 29.90 pounds!! Better still, it fitted me just nice!!!!! Well, actually not exactly just nice la... The length was slightly little bit too long for me. But, who cares?!! Just sew or fold it up la!! DUH~~ Mua haha... I mean, come on man! Nowadays, even back in Malaysia it's so freaking hard to get a pair of jeans that cost less than RM100 already, not to mention it's a GAP jeans le wei!!!!! W00t w00t~~ ^^ Paid up immediately to officially declare myself as a GAP girl. Wakakaka... Char siew!! Char siew!!! XP

Aahhh... The char siew feeling is finally back... Can't even remember when was the last time I splurged. Moreover, this is not splurging, ok? It's what u call practical!! Compare it with the 40 pounds Topshop jeans that I nearly bought... Tsk tsk tsk... Although it has no skinny whatsoever terms printed anywhere on it for me to show off with, I have subconsciously convinced myself that it WAS a S.K.I.N.N.Y boot cut jeans that I had bought. Lalala~~ XD

Came home in a lifted mood. Don't u think it makes such a good excuse to binge eat??! So I made myself cheese baked rice with fried chicken, and fried round lettuce for dinner!! Huhuhu... Yum yum... =P Also, Xin Hui invited me to go for Christmas Caroling at her place, and of course, I attended happily. Hehe.. Had a great time there... Thanks Xin Hui dear for calling me along.. =)

After that went to Yi Jie's place to discuss some stuffs regarding our trip to Italy and Paris. Wasn't very productive cause we spent loads of time trying to find out public tranportation that could bring us directly from Bergamo airport to Milan's city centre. My bad... I am the person in-incharged of Milan, but I didn't do my homework well. Bao, Yi Jie and Wern, I AM SO SORRY!!!!!~~~ XP

That's all that had happened in Day 3 lo... Loaded with events as well... Housemates, see, am having such a good time without the three of u around. Kakaka... No la no la.. Joking only la.. Kinda miss u all actually de... Hehe... =P

YAY!!! Got new jeans to wear lor... XD

hOMe aLoNE d@Y 2

2007-12-19T04:07:00.000-08:00

Yet another round of BINGE EATING!!!!!!!! XP

Planned to wake up around 9a.m. in the morning to go out kai kai, but the consequence of sleeping at 5a.m. rendered the attempt failure. Woke up at 1130a.m. instead as a result of handyman knocking on the door. Decided to ignore him since I was alone at home and my hair was in the "lion state". So, he entered with his own keys and I decided to continue sleeping and to pretend as if no one was at home. Lazy wanna go entertain him la...

Then, woke up again at 130p.m. cause bladder was on the edge of exploding. No choice. Went to the toilet then to the kitchen to get the handyman stunned/frightened. He thought no one was around. Haha... =P Had cereal as brunch (dearest housemates, I think I've started to love cereal already. Kaka.. ) then off I went to Argyle Street to hunt for my winter jacket.

Nearly Zara-fied myself. Such a stylish + nice jacket, man!! Figure hugging somemore wei... But it was sooOO stylish that I actually looked weird wearing it together with my jeans, sling bag & sport shoes. A pair of boots would go perfectly well with it, but argh, I haven't found boots that I really like yet. It has no hood, which means I would have to get a stylish beanie to go with it. Need a handbag, too. Sling bag becomes nonsence the moment u have this jacket on u. Chua Pei Ling with a handbag rather than her signature sling bag? Gosh.. Can't imagine... So much hidden expenses somemore. I finally put it back on shelf, and left Zara with my mind kept wondering, "Should I? Should I?"

Couldn't find any nice jacket in other shops, but I started hunting for stuffs to go along with that jacket. Saw this skinny flare jeans from Topshop and I decided to give it a try just for the heck of it. Wah liao!! Fitted me well eh!!!!! W00t W00t~~ ^^ For those human-stick bimboS out there, u would never understand the excitement + pleasure to find urself being able to fit ur fatty bom bom & lipid loaded thighs through a pair of skinny jeans lor. U dunno what u've been missing, man! Mua hahaha... I mean, S.K.I.N.N.Y jeans wei!! Kinda like given me no excuse not to make it mine, right? But I had to leave in a rush as I had "hang fook" dinner appointment with Vermicelli Law. Never mind, cause I think 10 out of 10 I will go back again for it. Kekekekeke... XP

Talking about "hang fook" dinner. Residents of JBC unit H7 and J7 decided to have an early celebration of Dong Zhi (Winter Auspice?) this year. Nine course meal wei!! Don't play play ah~ We had fried lettuce, lor mai kai, braised chicken feet & mushroom, white carrot soup, fried wantan, steamed fish, nam yu fried pork, and ice-cream!! OOSH!!!!! Who needs Asian Style MSG-loaded food when u could have such sumptuous home-cooked feast?? Super duper yummilicious!!!!! Hang fook till the last bit of it!!!!! XD

Immediately after that, with stomach still bloated and tummy bulging out, we proceeded to the most fun part of Dong Zhi, i.e. making tang yuen (glutinuous rice balls)!!!!! Huhuhu... I made red beans paste and together with Gula Melaka, they became the inti of the tang yuen!! Funny thing was that the tang yuen didn't float and were still hard even after we boiled them for more than half an hour... Then, Vermicelli Law went to dig out the flour packet from the rubbish bin (I suppose.. EewWw!!) and found out that Bao Bao actually bought the wrong flour!! Haha.. Instead of glutinuous rice flour, it was white rice flour that we used!! No wonder!!! Hahaha... So much of our effort, of course we wouldn't dump it. Moreover, the pandan leaves + ginger soup base was superb, man!! We finished everything still the same, with me, Vermicelli Law, and Bao Bao eating the most needless to say... XP Hang fook for another round~~~ HOOooo... XD

Housemates, me actually thought of reserving some for u all de lo. But because the tang yuen didn't turn out as expected and sugar-loaded ginger soup base was not that healthy after all, Vermicelli Law and I decided to sacrifice ourselves and helped to finish ur portions. So sweet of us, isn't it? I KNOW!!! XD

Stayed back to chat for a while after dinner and came back home at about 1230a.m. Like Cinderella, I started cleaning up the kitchen, toilet, and hallway of our unit in the middle of the night. Haha.. Cause handyman came in the afternoon ma.. We don't have the habit of wearing shoes at home, yet handyman stepped onto all those places with his shoes on. Geli la when I started imagining me stepping bare feet on whatever left behind from the shoes that he wore to almost everywhere.. YUCKS!!! So, I vacummed with Henry and mopped the floor in Japanese style lo. Then bathed, replied mail, and zzZzZ... XD

Aahhh... What an eventful day... =D

Thanks H7 and J7 for the wonderful dinner and companionship!! Love ya ppl to the max!! MUACKS and HUGZ... <3

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2007-12-17T19:31:00.001-08:00

Woohoo~ Exam's over!! Been Aly & AJ-ing on Youtube since I came back from sending housemates off at the Central Station just now. Kakaka.. And Yup!! Off the three of them to Kiruna, Sweden for vacation with Chew Yee, Lee Yin, and Chua Ah Ming... I was actually dying to go Kiruna lor, but due to unforeseen circumstances, it just didn't work out. Long story... Anyway, I didn't follow and am therefore home alone!!!!! =P

Wasn't that bad after all... Even though I got totally disturbed when I realized that stupiak Tudou is no longer working on my laptop!! I also dunno why... It's just that the video clips were there, but they would never start buffering... Grrrrr... Also, felt a bit (a bit bit only lar... not too much..) lonely cause the whole house was like so quiet, without the presence of my three noisy housemates... Kakaka... XD

Luckily Fhern and her darling saved my day by bringing over 2 super cheese-overdosed Farmfood instant pizzas for dinner!! Made super kao Aldi hot chocolate to go along with the pizzas somemore.. We did try to reduce the guilt factors by having a bowl of salad as the appetizer.. Am ignoring the thousand island dressing on the salad, you see? Then, we munched on Aldi maple and pecan crunch while watching TV. Nearly couldn't stop as it simply tasted so good!! BINGE EATING!!!!! Gosh..... XP

By the way, we were amazed by how UK citizens got so excited over the visit of their Queen. We tried to put ourselves in their shoes and wondered what we would do if we were told that "Blah Blah Blah" from the parliament is visiting our Taman's... Well, hmm... Nvm.. XD

And they introduced me to Hard Gay before leaving, too. Watch the video clip below if u are interested in finding out more. Ngek ngek ngek... I know u are... =P

Oh ya!! And I got a surprise early Christmas present from Chan See today, of which she wrongly-placed in Woon Chin's pigeon hole. Kakaka... XD Anyways, it was so sweet of u, lao po!! Thanks so much!!!!! MUACKS!!!!! Hugz... =)

Not to forget, Fhern & Wai Meng, thank u so much for ur companionship. It was very thoughtful of u both for willing to accept me as the lamp post of the night... =P

Aah... Life's good.. =D

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2007-12-09T06:11:00.000-08:00

Came across this recipe few days ago and I decided to give it a try last night. In very good mood ma, after seeing sleet for the first time in my entire life.. Keke.. It turned out to be rather successful!! Hohoho... Am not gonna tell u what sort of ingredients I added to give it the yellowish-brownish colour.. Just assume it's some virtually fat free coloured-paste, alright? =P

2007-12-08T08:18:00.000-08:00

IT'S SLEETING!!!!!!!!!! \(^O^)/

First sleet (partially melted snow) in life!!!!!! OOSH!!!!! (",)v

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2007-12-01T09:13:00.000-08:00

I'M SORRY KT!!!!!~~~

Felt kinda bad towards KT Tunstall after my previous post... I seriously suck in expressing myself.. Think I made it sound as if Aly & AJ are way better than KT. But the fact is, this is definitely not what I meant!! I just wanted to say that I prefer the melody of Aly & AJ's cover to the melody of KT's original version. Maybe it's because I could relate to Aly & AJ's cover more since we are of closer age? Anyway, I MUST really reiterate that

KT IS AWESOME!!!!! KT IS AMAZING!!!!!

I'm currently addicted to her and her music as well!! What a wonderful singer and musician she is!! Such unique voice she has!! She's so good at live that it always sounds just like the studio recorded version, and sometimes, even better!!! Watch her performing looping live with her "wee bastard" here and get ready to be amazed...

Black Horse & the Cherry Tree (Live)

Live performance wise, this is indeed more captivating than Aly & AJ's, I must say. Gosh!! No wonder ppl say "Man cannot multitask", but never "woman"!! XD

Suddenly I See (Live)

So talented and so pretty!! I actually wikipedia-ed her to find out that she's 1/2 Irish, 1/4 Scottish and 1/4 Chinese!!!!! Huhu.. What a stalker I am, huh?! XP

Other Side of the World (MTV)

This song is about long distance relationship. It's such a beautiful song!!!~~ I have been listening to it for no less than 30 times already today. Seriously!! Haha... XP

Hold On (MTV)

This is the first song to be released off her latest album "Drastic Fantastic". KT is simply SOOOO cute and pretty here!!!!! XD

AAH... AM IN LOVE AGAIN!!!!!~~~ KT ROCKS BIG TIME!!!!! ^o^

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2007-11-15T12:05:00.000-08:00

OH MY GOSH!!~

Still remember my post on Aly & AJ's "Potential Breakup Song"? Tell u what.. Am already hooked up on them and their music within just these few days time!! They are seriously great!!!

This is the video of them covering KT Tunstall's "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" LIVE!! Am sure u guys know who KT Tunstall is, right? She's one of the most famous singers from Scotland. She's real good, but...

in my humble opinion, I prefer Aly & AJ's cover SOOOO much more!!!!! Bear in mind that they did this live and they are still so young!!! Aly (center) is only 18 this year while AJ (right) is only 16!!!!! Goodness... Hope they will have this recorded into their next album... ^^

Ah Ganas Voon asked if I would go support them if they come to Glasgow. My answer was, "Definitely"!! Haha.. Doubt they will actually, but I will be optimistic nonetheless.. =D

Ahh... AM IN LOVE!!!!! XOXO!!!!! XD

I blOg!!~~~

Pharmacist can be very fierce, too. Haha..

tHe liL' PrINcESs eNJoYs t@LkINg To heR aHmA =)

Alive, once again =P

tHe liL' PrINcESs!! 2 :D

tHe liL' PrINcESs!! :D

Totally eerie~

Money really very hard to earn ah...

It's EARTH HOUR, baybeh!!~

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!! :D

The Curious Case of Stor Perubatan

shut the F up

me no like clinical...

Extreme Ramblings

I never knew "meh" could be used like this...

Wild Thoughts

Am I progressing too fast?

TGIF!!!!!~~~

Amateur Pharmacist

kIND@ bORed hEre...

Don't Twitch Ur Lips the Wrong Way

cONvO PorTR@It =P

Hypersensitivity

iT's @LL AbOUt hWOoD

LeT Ur s@LivA dROoL~~~

她和他的故事

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ShAMe O' sHamE

Diary of a (Part-time) Housewife

领悟

WHATEVER

BeaRs' t@lK

HeLLo fRoM sINg@PorE

ByE bYe gL@sgOW... =(

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dIS@stROuS

Platypus Genome Decoded!!!

I'm Blessed for Having You All... =)

A vEry uSEfuL abBRevi@tIOn

aPPrecIAtE =)

Nearly Scared the SH*T outta me!!!

Perasan but I Have to Say

谢谢你 =)

am baCK AM BACK!! =D

HeRE I CoME!!!

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L@uGHed oUt LOuD!!!~~

How to Slaughter an Oily Toad for Dummies

If U tHinK

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fIrE aLArM @ 5:45A.M.!!

JuSt fOUnd oUt tH@t...

UNDERAGED DON'T LOOK!!

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