Two more days to the airport....

Monday

Went with kiki to ncc to recruit people for brown bagging. We're still sorely lacking on patients... so if u guys want a FREE medication review on all your drugs for things such as expiry date, duplicated drugs, improper storage of medication, or you wish to ask pharmacist about certain drugs that you are taking but you are not very sure of what it is, you can come down! We are free at

9 June and 30 June, 1-4pm.

This service is FREE and we're not trying to sell anything...

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hmm imagine repeating that to like, 10 or 20 people... in either english or chinese. not a lot la i know.

ok, but at least it was fruitful, i got 3 people to sign up on the post and numerous others to "call me if they wanna join". but i guess they won't, typical singaporean behaviour. most of them do not actually require the service.

Kiki went off after promoting our event to the patients there around 1pm so i went to bugis and looked around. went to many gift shops. quite annoyed with one cos they don't allow me to take pictures of their displays in the shop. ok, fine... i can make one like that anyway. sometimes they don't understand how guys shop. we recee the gifts we want first, then we zoom in after we confirm. and i recee by taking pictures, thats all...

Went also to Rochor Centre, where me shannon and pearlyn bought the stuff for FOC 06's fright night. Have to thank the girls for introducing me to this fabulous place, where u can get nice stuff for rockbottom prices.

Went to ikea later, bought some mumbo-jumbo. Details classified (yet).

Shack. Slept on the bus back...

Night: went to see the last episode of Mars vs Venus. Recorded it for nuan...

Tuesday

More ncc in the morning. But this time with lin qun. Business was bad today.

After that, lunch together and ms lin qun was kind enough to accompany me to go shopping... haha. Details of what we shopped for are classified (yet). But the company was welcome... otherwise i would have a very boring afternoon walking around the malls, and still not having any courage to buy anything. Yes, even something that cost $26 is a huge investment to me. I'm that stingy~

Having a lady around to show you the ropes does really make a difference. Especially one who knows her brands. Didn't know that this shop offers 20% discount, this shop has 50% discount, this shop offers free polishing and that doesn't... Yup, having someone to talk to while you're shopping really does make a difference. What doesn't change however, is the fact that when she shops, i would rather be somewhere else.... haha... it's a challenge for me to understand female shopping.

Yeah so really have to take my hat off to her when she agreed to accompany me to get all my stuff for the afternoon. *thanks*

After lazing around in IMM looking at (classified), i went alone to Jurong Point to look at more (classified). Decided to buy the (classified) there instead, as it is (reason classified).

Now my room is full of (classified). Oh yar! tried the "Anything" drink today. well it sorta like comes in 6 flavours, but then when i went to buy, only Jurong Point and the grocery shop downstairs my house sold the stuff.

Not very nice to drink, anyway. Hefty price tag too: it's about 10 to 20c more than the normal soft drink. But i like the commercial, lol. Singapore should have more of these funny ads rather than show Zoe Tay parade around in some cloth.

Came back, slept away the evening and now i'm blogging under a starry night.

One more week...

Results

Was so shacked yesterday from jw's party, didn't even have time to check results.

And here are my results:















Huh??

Where are the results?

Hmm... guess for this sem onwards i shall not post my results anymore. But anyone of you are k-poh enough, you can come and ask me, most likely, you will feel happy afterwards, cos my results is like so shitty.

"Yay! Win another one liao, woohoo!"

All i can say is: I'm satisfied! Yar. What can u really expect? At this level, i think alot depends on what is God-given. Not christian but, the thing is, if you have the ability, you can; otherwise just forget it and accept second place. No more unreasonable demands like CAP 5.0.

I showed my results to my Mum, the first person. She took a look at the monitor screen and said, "Orh, hmm." Guess she knows too, where i stand, epilepsy and all.

There'll be people who'll be so happy cos they have excellent results. There'll be people who're crying cos they have lousy results. I guess, it's all relative. It all depends who you're comparing with (usually your friends).

But then, why bother to strain the relationship at all? It's a lose-lose situation. Among the two people comparing, one will definitely have lousier results. Jealousy and envy will then take place... which tears apart friendships...

But anyway, few things to say about the results:

LSM2101 and PR2104: could have done really better. I guess, either the paper was too easy or the subject was too easy. Or i only performed "normally".

PP2106: Woohoo. What can i say. Someone must be helping me from up above, or maybe Sheares Hall was a darn good place for exams. Clearly unexpected.

PR3107 and PR2105: for two subjects that i personally condemned, for some miracle, they turned out ok. Not fantastic, not good; but ok. Which is... good.

You give and you take. For those interested:
My scores still ranges from A- to B-;
I didn't get any B- this sem (which is probably my saving grace).
I dropped 0.02 =(, but well, given the toughness of this sem, it's quite a good result =).
My CAP is still below 4. Don't worry.

And the person who will have the privilege of full access to my grades will be my beloved nuan. =)

Second weekend without nuan

Friday

Morning: went to watch Pirates 3 with Weida. Rather funny, i sorta caught the storyline on the way. However, too many twists and turns such that you don't know who is on which side. Ending is quite sad!

Afternoon: worked with yanzhang in a one-day job. Stacking chairs for a open-air programme called CLAP (Community Life Arts Programme). Basically, saw many RJC students performing Chinese orchestra, martial arts display, etc. Very cheena performance. But they were good, especially the di zi (flute) solos. Then we had some program by a band made up of two ladies, sang some songs. Basically anyone who wants to perform can just submit their application to Central CDC (Community Development Council). My role: stack chairs, give out clappers, give people survey forms. My pay: $40.

So sorry to ask lin qun to run about to acquire something for jw, which i should be the one doing.

Night: supposed to meet with judy to discuss jw's birthday, we're both emceeing. Ended up half-joking on msn instead.

Saturday

Morning: brown bagging training by emed. Felt a bit useless lei, since i dunno what i'm taking pictures for. Then i forgot to let them see my video. Quite alot of effort on that one man.. shucks.

Afternoon: went for David Woo's Smoking Cessation event in Bedok. Felt quite important at the start, esp after they finished briefing us on how to test them on the carbon monoxide meter, but slacked. Woozie is also quite crazy to like ask us (me and choon han) to go outside the tent where it is HOT and MORE HOT, to attract smokers to come into the tent where we were to quit smoking. Most of them were like, "I don't smoke." Er. This is different from giving flyers, man. And poor choon han was sick, still tell him to walk under the sun.

Then afterwards slacked in the coolness of the tent, cos i think they dragged too many student helpers here and then there wasn't much to do, so i helped the temp staff there usher in the people who wanna quit smoking ("quitters"). Most of the "quitters" were quite friendly. Really salute the people outside trying to identify the smokers, and drag them in though. Must have taken alot of persuasion technique, which i suck at. In the end, didn't learn much though cos i was mostly ushering, not listening to pharmacists counselling the patient.

Night: Jw's birthday party, i'm the emcee/host. Quite alot of people came, i guess should number about 80 - family, pharmers, dancers from everywhere, JC friends etc. Shouted until tired, no choice but to let poor Judy take over sometimes. Really, we should have gotten mikes. But the place was nice. Bookmark it man next time for nuan. What i can describe is a restaurant in the middle of a stagnant lake, surrounded by bottle-shaped trees. Guess jw muz have prep a good lot for this birthday party, imagine, food, games, lucky draw...

Congratulations girl. you're 21.

Sunday

Woke up late (12noon) to find out that the FOC 07's dry run has already begun. Rushed over to Changi Village. Helped them with some of the games and FN. Details are classified...

It's good to see that there are still a bunch of juniors that are willing to take up this project. Really felt different playing and testing the games with them cos when it was FOC 06, what i saw were only names. Hearing those names being called, and placing name to face, really completes the whole picture. Plus, last year i hardly had an opportunity to actually play with the juniors. Sometimes i hear them talk about the fun that they had when they were playing last year, and i feel very good. I guess these things go on, even after the event has been long over. People may not remember the person in charge of it, but... i guess personal recognition is not important anymore... i guess i've helped propagate the ideas of fun in these young hearts, passing the stuff from the last batch to them, and i think that is reward enough.

Oh yar, tiongphew was there too. Wonder what was he there for... haha.
(xiuting and kelvin lai were there too. =) )

21st birthday

Warning: mushiness.

After tonight, the girl whom i love very much will no longer be a girl, you see she has turned 21.

Maturation. Legally, an adult.

It's good to see her reaching adulthood. Firstly, it means that she will become self-sufficient soon, very soon (probably next year of the year after next). And hence she can provide for herself and have spending power. And make decisions.

Secondly, i hope she has more intelligence now, don't act the unsuspecting victim and get cheated so often. I know she has a heart of pure 24K gold, which many people are waiting to get their hands on. So must be more smarter.

Thirdly, i hope she can continue to broaden her horizons and acquire more knowledge, such that she becomes a wiser person in all. After all, knowledge is wisdom. Never hurts to have a little more knowledge.

But too bad now, she's in Philippines now for a good cause. Probably staying with a host family, may be rich enough to lavish on her a 10-course dinner, or poor enough just to afford a slice of cake with a single candle, or not even at all. I hope she's happy and smiling =) as she counts down the minutes to her birthday.

It's her project, a project that has taken much time and effort on her side, and i guess, the best birthday present now will be to see the fruits of her labour.

Nuanxin dear, I love you... enjoy your 21st birthday =)

Would you be there

1. If I were blue, would you be there for me,
And whisper in my ears instead.
Would you stand by me, let me hold you tight,
And say you love me one more time.

2. If I feel good, will you slow dance with me
And touch my lips with tender loving care.
Would you die for me, would you run with me,
And never look back..

*Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
to take my breath away?

*Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
to take my breath away?
Would you be there..

3. If I'm away, would you still think of me,
And wish that you could call me now (call me now)
Would you die for me, would you run with me,
All the way…

*Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
to take my breath away?

**Would you be there to save my soul tonight?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be there,
to kiss my pain away?

(mod +1)

*Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
to take my breath away?

**Would you be there to save my soul tonight?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be there,
to kiss my pain away?

Would you be there…

Botrytis what?


Searched for some topics about wine and came to this page on wikipedia. You know, alot of hyperlinks everywhere, so i just clicked at whim.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botrytis_cinerea

An extract from the article:

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Botrytis cinerea is a fungus that affects many plant species, although its most notable hosts may be wine grapes. In viticulture, it is commonly known as botrytis bunch rot; in horticulture, it is usually called grey mould or gray mold. The fungus gives rise to two different kinds of infections on grapes. The first, grey rot, is the result of consistently wet or humid conditions, and typically results in the loss of the affected bunches. The second, noble rot, occurs when drier conditions follow wetter, and can result in distinctive sweet dessert wines, such as Sauternes or the Aszú of Tokaj. The species name Botrytis cinerea is derived from the Latin for "grapes like ashes"; although poetic, the "grapes" disappointingly refers to the bunching of the fungal spores on their conidiophores, and "ashes" just refers to the greyish colour of the spores en masse. The fungus is usually referred to by its anamorph (asexual form) name, because the sexual phase is rarely observed. The teleomorph (sexual form) is an ascomycete, Botryotinia fuckeliana (see taxonomy box).

It is also an allergen.

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Hmm did u guys see it??? Lets have a closer look:

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The fungus is usually referred to by its anamorph (asexual form) name, because the sexual phase is rarely observed. The teleomorph (sexual form) is an ascomycete, Botryotinia fuckeliana (see taxonomy box).

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Scenario 1:

Reporter at botany forum: "So, Professor XXX, what do you think is the possible cause for the sexual reproduction of the fungus Botrytis cinerea?"

"Hmm, the B. cinerea fungus reproduces... blah blah blah... and its sexual form has the name (looks down at his notes) WHAT???? Er..."

Reporter: "So the sexual form has the name..."

Next day newspapers: PROFESSOR SWEARS IN PUBLIC

Scenario 2:

Female researcher: Hey we've got a new species of Botrytis in the lab. Very excited to go look at it..

Male researcher: Hmm, so after we look at this, can u go and have dinner and a movie with me...

Female researcher: ...and this new species is called B. f*ckeliana!

Male researcher: (gulps)... er... what did u say? Did u say we can....

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U get the idea.

Why do some scientists name funguses with such names? Poor fungus, it must have contaminated the wrong petri dish. But sounds suitable, since it must have referred to the sexual phase. Maybe the guy who named it was thinking of something sexual at the point.

Haha... just for laughs.

Quad erat demonstratum

Still pissed for the good part of the day. Wondering whether to go for jianwei's FOCC briefing.

Was feeling very sleepy and every muscle told me not to step out of the house. But i did.

It was good.

Shared many things with the Programmers and made me feel, finally, someone understands all the shit that i've been through.

Everyone has their own fair share of problems.

It was fun sharing all the methods that i thought that would never get out of the drawing board in my head.

For this, it's worth the while.

Depressed

(very strong vulgarities.)

Why the hell should i atone for someone's mistakes again? Getting forced into circumstances and situations which i do not wish to be in the first place?

This holidays is a piece of shit.

Where's the time i promised myself?

Where's the time for me to relax?

I AM NOT YOUR ERRAND BOY. SHAME ON YOU IF U FREAKING TREAT ME AS ONE, WHEN I TREAT YOU OTHERWISE.

Forced into unwilling, unforseen circumstances, without support at all

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS HOLIDAY SUPPOSED TO BE!!!

Why some people can work it off for the three months, get super good f*cking pays outside and then live their lap of luxury, and i have to clear up the shit for them???

A**holes.

Who doesn't want to relax? I'm not God. I'm nothing but a freaking human. I need time to get happy again. I need love. Need happiness.

I don't need extra shit from people who so willingly defecated it into my hands with so much of a smile and then f*cking walk away like I'M SUPPOSED, BY GOD, TO CLEAR UP HIS BUSINESS.

F- U. I f-ing hate u all. Don't come next time with that smile please. I'm sick of it.

Robbed of momentum

Why am i doing this?

Trading in precious holiday time, friends and family for stubborn pride of mine. That stubborn will. Which got me to where i am.

Ten tasks.

ALL VOLUNTARY.

Why don't i just throw in the towel and use this period to work like some people? Earn extra cash for whatever reason?

I can don't help jianwei with FOCC. I can screw the smoking cessation clinic by Mr. Woo. Why bother, since it's directed at the batch 1 people?
I can don't care so much about the emed events. Nor join emed as a Publicity Head almost one year ago. Nor prepare so much for a birthday party. I can totally heck care the brown bagging sessions, giving some lame reasons like i got work. I can don't do the brown bagging video saying my computer spoilt.

I can don't even need to go for YEP, once was good enough. I don't even have to lead, and spend a fortune pre-trip. Maybe the YEP i went, wasn't even necessary. I can save the money for whatever purpose.

I can totally screw the pharm rag preparations. Why was i so big-mouth to volunteer to dance again this year? wasn't once already so shitty?

I can totally just study, study, study, study and study and pray i'll get CAP 5. I can only have four functions: study, eat, sleep, shit.

Constance is right. why am i spending precious time in all these events. When i need a rest, the next rest stop is after Sem 6. After 24th Jun, the only time i have for rest is - one year later. by then i'll probably have screwed all the year 3 modules cos i didn't get enough rest. Who have i to blame?

MYSELF.

My goddamned self.

Why do i try so hard in live for? Maybe i shouldn't even have survived the operation when i was 15 years old.

Darned.

"Want to be a goddamn hero izzit?" Heroes die for nothing or stupid causes. Do you wanna die for nothing or stupid causes?

Would you be there?

If I were blue, would you be there for me,
And whisper in my ears instead.
Would you stand by me, let me hold you tight,
And say you love me one more time.

If I'm away, would you still think of me,
And wish that you could call me now.
Would you die for me, would you run with me,
And never look back..

Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
to take my breath away?

Would you be there to love, to be with me?
Would you swear that your love is always true?
Would you say that you'll always be the one,
to take my breath away?

Would you be there..

From the ending song of "Mars vs Venus", showing on Channel 8, May 2007.

*sobs*

Lonely Sunday

Today was good. Played only 2.5 hours of Theme Hospital. Trying to refrain from playing Syndicate later but i think will still succumb. Ha.

Rest of the day i have a strange feeling that i'm not myself. Tachycardia, weird sense of smell, feeling sweaty and stuff. Took a bath at 3pm, then sat down to complete some song of mine.

I need to get my life back, man. After exams, it was nuan - all the way. Until she left for philippines. After nuan - i gotta think about it. Maybe this was the result of poor pre-holiday planning. I know i've got a zillion things to do, but i dunno what.

Maybe it's because the lack of FOCC. Last year i was probably furiously typing out FOCC programme documents and manuals whom no one in the end read anyway. Typed from day to night. I could type way into the night, like 2-3am then toss and tussle in the bed for like 1-2h, fall asleep at 4am cos i was too excited about all the "grandiose" plans inside my head waiting impatiently to be written; then once i woke up, immediately turned on the computer and resumed typing.

Now. What should i do? In order of appearance in my head:

1) Help jianwei with FOCC
2) Smoking cessation clinic by Mr. Woo. Get formal dress. Coincides with:
3) Jingwen's birthday party. Which coincides with:
4) Emed training session - get the faci stuff ready. Which reminds me of:
5) (Classified)
6) Ops Keyhole (Classified)
7) Emed brown bagging at NCC. June 9, June 30. Be there with the cam.
8) Video for brown bagging. to be done by May 26
9) YEP preparation
10) Eesang's Pharm Rag dance. So far, no news yet. Wonder what's going on...

Maybe i shouldn't be playing Theme Hospital anymore.

Updates of the week

Day 2 (Thursday) - 17/5/07

Starting to recover. Feeling of recovered from the illness in the morning. Made even better when i saw her sms ~ she had already reached Philippines. And she was not very angry at me... which is good. =)

Gave me a new will to get better. And to mend the relationship when she gets back.

Slacked and slept all the way in the afternoon. Still groggy.

In the evening saw another nice present from meiqi: Theme Hospital! Think i played this during Primary 4 to secondary school days when time was aplenty. And i'm sure alot of you played it before. Perhaps, this is what made the medical profession so enticing. Haha..

Chionged the first three levels but got stuck on the fourth. Spent a whole two hours on the comp.. until Mars vs Venus came on tv at 9pm and i went to watch. When it first debuted i rated it as a show of extremes.. after all all Channel 8 love dramas are so-so. All TV love dramas are so-so. After i've watched it with nuan, maybe not.. haha. It's her favourite show btw. Smsed nuan a brief sypnosis of the episode after the show.

Dad and Mum went down with fever and headaches. Mum more affected cos she had already been suffering from cough. Was starting to think that the flu i caught could be a damn virulent strain. And damn hard to kill. Can't say whether it was from nuan, or whether i had caught some horrible disease from Batam (cos bingxun also had the same symptoms). But it's quite horrible.

Cos of this, we missed Mum's birthday.

At night, went to get the game Syndicate from the net. 1993 game, very old-fashioned cyborg world shooting. But well. I last played it 10 years ago, when i was like 8 years old! What do you expect!

Day 3 (Friday) - 16/5/07

Morning - Theme Hospital.

Afternoon - Syndicate.

Mum's condition worsened and she came back from work in the morning to rest. When opening the door for her to come back i saw a leaflet stuck in the gate which says that there has been a suspected dengue outbreak in the vicinity and that we were to open our doors to a Health Inspector or sorts to scrutiny. !!!

More dengue warnings. Firstly, bingxun said that we might have contracted dengue from Batam, dunno why he said that though. Then visited the doc and he diagnosed it to be "viral fever". i thought it was influenza (well that's what i learnt). He also suggested that it could be dengue fever. Then the notice.

Then later in the night came one auntie who distributed leaflets and pamphlets on how to control dengue.

What the...

Sister also came down with fever today. Everyone's getting sick. =(

Saw the episode of Mars vs Venus as usual on 9pm.

Day 0 (Night)

Woke up with more headaches, neck pain, feeling of malaise...

Fed porridge by mum. But can't even get half of it down. No appetite.

Water-paraded too. Also drank some Chinese medicinal drinks like ling yang (antelope's horn) which promises to bring down the fever.

Alternating between chills and hot breaks..

Eventually i puked. It was after i had drank so much water, that my stomach couldn't take it anymore. I guess, somewhere, the whole digestive system was stuck (constipating since Tuesday). So nothing could go down, instead, everything went up and out..

Was it 6 or 7 times? It wasn't a good feeling, especially the sour taste of the food in the stomach, and the squeezing of the abdominal muscles together. Made me feel extremely tired.

Torture...

I wish you would be by my side now...

Labels: 3 weeks in reculsion

Day 0 (Afternoon)

Turbulent dreams. Headache.

Woke up in a chill... i keep the blanket on.. it gets hotter... i keep the blanket off.. i start to shiver...

Can't even walk in the first place.. having tachycardia, with very weak limbs... Could not even muster enough energy to visit the toilet.

Coughed out thick, green sputum.

Is this punishment?

Smsed kiki about emed... it's a pity that i can't help out as promised because i'm sick. Glad she's very understanding.

Thinking about you..

Labels: 3 weeks in reculsion

Day 0 (Morning)

Went to CA, woke up at 6am.

Everything feels so familiar - the long train trip to TM MRT station, the switching of trains. Only thing i wasn't lugging any luggage..

No courage, so had to observe from afar.

Waited.

Every minute felt like an hour, every second a minute, a testament that i did wrong...

What's happening?

Now that we can talk, we are separated by borders...

The last sms i sent, did not have a reply.

When will i see you again?

I pray for your safety and success for the project...

Labels: 3 weeks in reculsion

Day -1

Sick. While finishing up the gift... i felt myself getting hotter.

The virus has done a good job of infiltration - by 5pm i was already a wreck.

Mum was sick too - but she accompanied me along. Both of us, coughing along the way.

Bad mood. Exacerbated by waiting a painful 1 hours plus for the doctor. Could even tell what drugs he was giving me - Panadol 2 tab q6-q8h, Dhasedyl 10 ml tds, Lozenges 1 prn, Amoxycillin 250mg tds.

Hungry. Only had one coffee during the day, nothing else at all.

Didn't take the first step in smsing.

Why?

I shouldn't have done so...

Labels: 3 weeks in reculsion

Day -2

Major quarrel.

Why?

Things just happened so fast...

I know its my fault... why am i so stubborn?

Labels: 3 weeks in reculsion

Worrying about next sem: YEP

Yup, it's me at the worrying end of matters again.

YEP. The three letters that i've been preaching over and over since last year... since i came back from phil. It's due to times like this when you really enjoy something, then wish you had it back again.

Yes. so that's why i'm here again this time round. I can't go back now... the costs are much too great. Imagine.. $600 for the leadership course, $800 for the recee.. close to $1000-$1500 for the actual trip = $2.4-$3 k. a small fortune, if you ask me...

Sometimes it's issues like this which really force u to think about what you really want. Why do i want this YEP? Why do i wanna park it under pharm? Even though like, not many people are really lifting a finger to help. The usual reasons surface: not enough time, increasing workload, etc... well i would really write a whole essay here.. but forget it.

Can't really help it. I admit that i went for the phil trip cos partially, i wanted to see the Philippines... as a form of leisure. But then i was pretty able to stay committed. But at a great cost - skipping lessons, tutorials, getting stuff done the day before a test, having late-night meetings up to 8pm etc. Overall result: lousiest CAP of all 4 sems.

So why do i wanna put in so much effort even though i risk sacrificing my grades (expected CAP: 3.0 next sem) and friends, and most importantly of all, nuan? Beats me... maybe i'm an idealist. Maybe i just wanna more people to experience the goodness that i have similarly experienced. I really think YEP is another milestone.. after all i met nuan there, and it gave me a leadership role... which i have not really fulfilled to my expectations. It introduced a whole new world out there, and gave me infinite hope, that the world is big, and that maybe i needed not be cooped up in Singapore doing volunteering or whatever else i wanna do... It is a good experience. I enjoy the bonding with the 18 or so people on a team.. working together, living together, developing chemistry and cliques, laughing like old friends. Guess other than the pharm people, the closest friends now i have are the friends from the trip.

And it is my hope that pharmacy has a YEP trip. We have good and intelligent people, we are kind by nature (i hope, after all, why did you join pharm??). And there's always the bugging concern, "why other faculties and societies have YEP, why don't you all have it??" It's also truly a joy to be working with the leader of the previous YEP trips, jk. i think we'll be counting on his experience. Sorta marks the continuation of the YEP trips.. i hope really, if this hits off.. then somebody will at least continue the journey. I don't wanna say too much else here...

Right now: no plans. But they will come soon. Recceing the ground in around mid-june, hopefully i and jk can bring some good nuggets of info back (and avoid diarrhoea in the process). Like all YEP leaders.. i hope the trip can be even more successful than the one that i experienced, such to provide the participants with an excellent and enjoyable experience, so that eventually one of them will accept the torch and carry on the tradition...

Operation Quinceanera (keen-say-ah-NYAIR-ah)

This is it... the biggest event of the sem (for me) since april... haha

Ever since nuan said she would not be celebrating her twenty-first birthday... i promised not to let that happen...

http://www.quinceanera-boutique.com/quinceaneratradition.htm

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/dpalfrey/dpquince.html

GSK visit

Went to the GSK site at Jurong yesterday. Nice place, great site for Half-Life: Pharmaceutical Plant.

No cameras or whadever allowed so i guess there muz be some commercial secrets going inside there. Shall not go into details, then. After all, it might become my rice bowl.

The place was in this area of Jurong - you know the "reclaimed land" part of West Side with all those industrial areas, lousy air and uniformed workers. We were given a talk by one of our seniors and it was interesting to know that another person got into pharmacy cos he was surprised how drugs can save lives~.. haha... and all the stuff about if his drug was adulterated or not manufactured properly then. Quite interesting.

The pharmacists we were shown to were quite nice, sharing with us their stories and feelings about the company and the plant. Think the whole visit was quite interesting and heartwarming.
Then we went on a group tour. Can't reveal much but this plant appears to manufacture the powders, i.e. from the raw materials such as alcohol, etc to the drug powder that pharmacists use to make into the various dosage forms. Very interesting. It also means that most of the stuff the guide (which we suspected was a chemical engineer) was saying didn't make much sense to us, although with our limited knowledge of Dosage Form Design we barely managed to grasp some of it.

Gigantic mixers and a hell lotta pipes, valves with all the labels dangled from here and there, creating a vastly complex network. Just imagine what reactions would be going on in these pipes. Reminded me of the time i played Half-life, where objective was to turn valves, activate panels, balance along pipes, get flushed down huge reaction vessels, drains, sewers, etc. So fun!
Except that it doesn't have monsters, aliens or headcrabs, no shotguns, mp5s, rocket launchers, etc. A really nice place, really.

Dare of Truth

Rule of the game:-
Each player of this game starts off with 10 weird things or habits or little known facts about yourself.
People who get tagged must write in a blog of their own 10 weird things or habits or little known facts as well as state this rule clearly.
At the end you must choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. No tagbacks!

1. Scared of cockroaches.

2. Plays air guitar, air keyboard, air drums... in an MRT. with a mp3 player. with all the ppl looking at me.

3. Has epilepsy. (If you haven't already known). On 5 pills every day.

4. Attended an anger-management course. Became much calmer with myself. Has a very short fuse but luckily CO2 extinguisher at hand for standby.

5. Suffered from depression. (It seems more and more people kena that these days)

6. Hates being lonely. Really. Easily bored too. ACCOMPANY ME!

7. Squeezes pimples, even now. moh peng kia.

8. Miserly. (remember, low upkeep, if not no unkeep). Nuan's the exception.

9. Bottomless pit ("Mummy always said that the people of Africa always starve, so finish up every part of the food")

10. Harbours dream of being a rock star, a successful composer (Till now, i haven't composed one song) and probably shoot my own MTV (see right column). Yar everything except being a pharmacist. Haha.

OK, lets shoot this back to:
1) jw
2) shannon
3) mayi
4) xinyi
5) cons
6) yeelian

=p

Naming Game - 8 conditions to choose your ze ou
(i guess is boyfriend??)

(from shannon.)

點名遊戲 ※擇偶的八個條件

點名遊戲※擇偶的八個條件
1. 必須著名你的伴侶是男或女。
2. 必須點名八個人與你一起玩遊戲並到對方留言版說： 　『恭喜你被點名-擇偶八個條件，請到我的ｂｌｏｇ觀看遊戲內容！』
3. 如果被點名者，已經完成這個遊戲，但又被點到，可不用再ｐｏ一次。

***
Rules:
1. Must state whether your partner is a guy or girl.
2. Must tag 8 other people to play this game and go to their tagboard and say: "Congrats you've been tagged to play this game, please come to my blog for details!"
3. If you have been tagged a second time, you do not require to play this game again.

***

OK my ze ou is a girl. haha.

1. muz be caring, and have a kind heart.
2. muz be there for me, and i be there for her, and don't make me lonely
3. muz be able to talk to me, so that i can shut up and listen to her.
4. should have a open mind and accept new ideas and changes.
5. should be open to discussion during arguments.
6. should not be jie pi (cleanliness freak)
7. should know right from wrong
8. should care for past and future generations.

ok. i shall not elaborate.

***

eh whats the use of this?? shannon u sabo me la. walao. later my gf see liao then whack me sia.

ok the 8 ppl i shall sabo are
1. nuan
2. labbie
3. jw
4. bx (although u dun have blog, but it's ok, can still do somewhere ahha)
5. cons and yl (counted as one!)
6. benny
7. edwin - aha bet u haven't been arrowed. MUST DO ok!
8. the next poor sob who happens to see this

High

*** This song saved my sanity. ***

When you're close to tears, remember
Some day, it'll all be over
One day we're gonna get
So High...

Though it's darker than December
what's ahead is a different color
One day we're gonna get
So High...

And that
At the end of the day
Remember the ways
We were close to the end
And we wonder, how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the ways
We stayed so close to the end
And we remember
It was me and you...

So we are gonna be
Forever you and me, you'll...
Always keep it
Flying high in the sky of
Love

Don't you think it's time you started
Doing, what we always wanted
One day we're gonna get
So High...

Cos even the impossible
Is easy
When we've got each other
One day we're gonna get
So High...

And that
At the end of the day
Remember the ways
We were close to the end
And we wonder, how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the ways
We stayed so close to the end
And we remember
It was me and you...

Cos we are gonna be
Forever you and me, you'll...
Always keep it
Flying high in the sky of
Love

We are gonna be
Forever you and me, you'll...
Always keep it
Flying high in the sky of
Love

High
High~
High-
High.
High
High~
High-
High.

And then
At the end of the day
Remember the ways
We were close to the end
And we wonder, how we made it through the night
At the end of the day
Remember the ways
We stayed so close to the end
And we remember
It was me and you

(Repeat 2x)
Cos we are gonna be
Forever you and me, you'll...
Always keep it
Flying high in the sky of
Love

Post-exam evaluation

Hmm, i think my results will be as such:

PR2104: good. i hope. B+
PR2105: sucks. C+
PP2106: sucks. B- C+
LSM2101: hopefully good enough. B+
PR3107. sucks. C+

Which leaves me with the estimated cap of...
4 (2) + 2.5 (3) = 15.5.
Mean cap = 3.1 ??? oh shit. haha

okok... lets be a bit more realistic

PR2104: good. i hope. B+
PR2105:sucks not so sucky i hope. C+ B-
PP2106: sucks. B- C+ not so sucky i hope. B-
LSM2101: hopefully good enough. B+
PR3107. sucks not so sucky i hope. C+ B-

OK, that leaves me a cap of:
4(2) + 3 (3) = 17
Mean cap = 3.4??? still shitty. haha.

ok la maybe i shouldn't hope for too much. after what a screwed up timetable i've got. and the huge amount of memo work which i suck at absolutely (a-level bio is nothing, nothing, nothing, compared to this. not to mention o-level bio.)

Jiang ji jiu ji. maybe i'll just be a small-time pharmacist drawing like $3k from the kitty with hopes of promotion to $3.5k when i retire. Shucks.

Next sem, the fight is on.

But i seem to lose the faith...

It's over!!!

Yar u guys may be wondering why i'm saying this one day late. Cos she just ended her exams today.. and it's not over until hers is over too...

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Woah.

I think sem 2 is terrible, as much stress as the previous 3 sems put together. Since mid-sem break i've been increasingly limiting myself to less games, less time with gf, less pleasures of life. Even less emed. And most importantly - less time with friends. (Alot of time to bridge and slacking though.)
All directed to this process called WORK.

Peon: "werk werk ~"

Anyway, after the LSM lecturer (i-forgot-his-name-the-one-who-likes-the-urea-song-so-much) said "you can leave now" it turned out to be the best four words i have ever heard. its like all the work that you did in sem 4, just flushed down the toilet, going to the sewage plant to be processed, and what of the result you can just find out 1.5 mths later at the sewage treatment plant (ok it's a bit gross here).

The tension. the excitement. the high stakes. the bleargh of not doing well. The long sigh of relief that finally allowed my sympathetic system to rest, it has been overworking for the past three weeks since Reading.

Easy breezy.

I yearn for the thought of relaxing at east coast beach, a faraway place of serenity and wonder, where during the exam period, everything seems to be such a faraway distant dream. Let the sea breeze waft through your hair, enter your parched lungs, revitalizing you, regenerating your soul. Orchard road seems so distant now, the high-rise buildings of Cineleisure and the long street that snakes from Taka to Marina... (wham)

(falls back to earth) oh shoot, have to go and work there in 4-5 weeks time. better not think too much about it.

Tasks to do now:
1) Emed: Brown Bagging at NCC - Event publicity
2) Operation Quinceanera - planning
3) YEP trip to india - planning (yes it is on. hell it is on, there is my investment in it, it better be on!!!)
4) YEP trip training
5) Rag dance

enjoy, folks.