Certain people are just cowards who dare not confront you straight but instead, go behind you doing idiotic stuff. The Legendary Cheese Cake baker is the perfect candidate to be fitted in to this category. Lame it was that "it" came to our house to bake "its" stupid cake, using all our stuff and worst of all, never acknowledge nor thank any of us. Tired of "its" repeated harassments, we decided to consume one of "its" inedible cake. This resulted in the eruption of one of our housemate's firework rage and a few other small actions taken by that legendary "it".
As expected, "it" targeted only us guys. Emo Keat was delayed by "it" for an occasion, while my sexual orientation was exposed to everyone by "it", but the revelation was not all. "It" was kind enough to encourage people around us to be extra-careful of me. "It" was also kind enough to promote me everywhere I went. Well, "it" better pray hard and hope high that none of "it's" sons or further descendants would be Born This Way.
Pharmacy Night 2011 was drawing nigh and we were to practise for our performance - the Evolution of Dance. It was a tight schedule, having to learn everything up and polish them in just less than 2 weeks. Well, it was not pleasant having to practise with "it" around but we agreed on performing it earlier this year, and it wasn't good to just withdraw from the performance, so I just had to bear with "it".
This version of Evolution of Dance was a mash-up of 21 songs from artists like Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, Super Junior, Wonder Girls, and Lady Gaga. Among the list, the toughest seems to be Sorry Sorry by Super Junior and Waka Waka by Shakira. The former required great leg movement speed and coordination while the latter required flexibility and fluidity of our bodies to perform that belly dance.
Besides this, we did perform another Glee Club Marry You dub - Graduate. We had to prerecord the song since there weren't enough microphones to go about (8 Glee Club members we had). The recording was hell. The singers didn't know their parts well and we didn't have enough facilities for a good recording. We did what we could and the editing was a second level of hell. What was worse, the choreography - topsy-turvy.
our performance~
Well, I'd say our performance during the Pharmacy Night was only mediocre. I'd say that our juniors performed way better than us. Anyway, the House of Tarots was a success and our juniors really did a good job in organising that dinner.
Forget about the House of Tarots, it's time for Fairy Tales. One weekend, I took Mercedes World Lim with me to Raja Uda once again to eat, pray and watch a movie. This time, we ate 7 Long's koay teow th'ng, went for the Adjustment Bureau, and at night, we had "pan mee" at Raja Uda. Spent some time bitching about our lives after all those activities before going home.
Machine Lim gave me and NiNi Global Neo quite an adventure this time. She went to Korea and left her mother my contact number in case of emergency. One night, her mother rang me up suddenly and the drama began. I wouldn't wanna mention it here (out of respect for Machine's privacy) but it was really an experience. Amusing I thought.
Valentine's day brought about a few changes or turnings in the environment. Singles' parties, break-ups, singles to doubles, doubles to triples, etc. Needless it is for me to mention who's who, especially the doubles to triples.
The so-called "pre-Valentine's celebration" was held at Straights Quay's Blue Reef and it was rather surprising to see Eddy attending such function. Little did I know of the underlying reason. It was also surprising not to see Emo Keat attending it. After dinner, we headed to 69 Mansion and another surprising thing this time was that Mami Jin came along. Well, in that mansion, I saw many gorgeous guys and I wished that I could look a little more like them or at least had their features. Life would be so much more beautiful. Well, unfortunately (for me, and fortunately for some) I'm not. However, the this even wasn't all purely emotional. There was a bonus compensation - the cute dances moves by Cute Girl Han~
at Blue Reef, Straights Quay~
Back to the house in SP, a certain intruder once again trespassed into our house and prepared his Legendary Cheese Cake to woo his love interest (our good junior, Siew Ling). Would he had been more polite and respectful towards the people of my house, we wouldn't have anything against him preparing those inedible Legendary Cheese Cakes. However, he wasn't at all grateful towards the inhabitants of the house. He was like Mr. Chan, a certain pharmacist that my class once met, the "koay keo thiak pang" type of person (koay keo thiak pang = cross the bridge then dismantle the logs used to build the bridge).
the inedible Legendary Cheese Cake~
Lemon, foils, electricity, utensils, manpower, etc. He took them without permission. He even sneered at Emo Keat once. Why couldn't he just prepare the cakes at home? Does his home not have a refrigerator or freezer? About 4 times he came to make his Legendary Cheese Cakes, and each time he came, nobody wanted to entertain him or give him access to our house except one of my housemate who was indifferent towards him. So we ate one of the cheese cake without his permission, and the cake was really a disaster. I meant disaster as in the taste and the aftermath. Clearly he was a terrible baker.
Later that night, I was already asleep and there was a destructive crashing knock on my door. I was kinda lazy to entertain but thought it might be something important, so I opened the door. Upon opening, there was a loud deafening roar from one of my housemates. He was upset and angry that we, the other 3 inhabitants of the house, ate the Legendary Cheese Cake of his friend (the intruder).
Initially I bought that idea and I told him it was not his business since it was something between us and that intruder, but as he roared further, I realised that my housemate was upset because he thought that we were against him, so we ate his friend's Legend. I could have just shouted back at him but I realised it wouldn't help much. So I just stared blankly at him, giving him a continuous gaze. He even called me a hypocrite. I couldn't believe what he just said!! If that were to come from Emo Keat, I would've accept it since I had misunderstandings with Emo Keat earlier, but from this guy? Hell, among my housemates, I used treat him the best and just because we seldom speak to each other nowadays because of a certain girl friend, he thought I was against him.
After the thunderous scolding in my room, he stormed upstairs targeting the other two housemates. Now it was really a sight to behold. Thunderstorm in the middle of the night (it was around 12 - 1am). Those other two housemates were initially polite but they got fumed and wasn't tolerating his shouting and they screamed back. All of us then gave up the fight and we went back into our own rooms, leaving him with his own thoughts.
When he was calm, he did apologise and asked me the reason I hated him. I couldn't possibly find any reason because I did not hate him. The reason all of us didn't really dare to talk to him because he had a volatile temper and that his mood changes very fast. He might be joking with us, and suddenly get angry because of a word we said that he found offensive. Another reason was not safe to be disclosed but it definitely had nothing to do with hatred for him. I reasoned to him that if we had something against him, we didn't have to wait till that night to sabotage him. His room was not locked most of the time and we could have had easy access to his room and sabotage him then. Well, at least he was contented with that (I hope).
On Valentine's day, we had dinner at a certain Thai food kopitiam. Inedible. And the following day, there was a sad news. Guess it was because of the Curse of the Legendary Cheese Cake~
In mid January 2011, the new (& final) semester kicked off with a boring curriculum. Guess what? Community Pharmacy, Drug Abuse and Society, Pharmacoepidemiology, GMP & QC, Public Health, and Alternative Medicine. I kinda hoped that the previous semester was longer than the present one but nothing stays, for fifty years or so, it's gonna change you know. There was also a boring 72-hour community pharmacy training that we had to go through. It was hell for me and those who were under Zuffa Pharmacy, Jalan Dewa. I don't feel like I wanna elaborate on that but the better thing I could say about the training was that there were many types of nonsense people visiting the pharmacy.
CNY Prayers~
This Chinese New Year is my first time home alone and doing most of the CNY stuff alone (like prayers, rituals, etc). Reunion dinner was with my paternal grandmother. All I could say was that it was something different this year having to go through it alone. I kinda liked it, but come the first day of CNY and it would be otherwise. I had to wake up early to prepare visiting relatives. It was a tiring day, having to visit different people from morning till evening. The second day was no different. Third day of CNY came and I fell sick. Fourth day of CNY - visit to hospital & was prescribed cefuroxime which that alone costs RM75. Suck Blood~ I didn't know drugs also had CNY rates.
Cefuroxime~
This season wasn't without love interest but it was the least interesting love story I've ever experienced. It was short (though not the shortest) and not worth mentioning much. I'll summarise everything in just one line~ Sweet but irresponsible, not serious, lazy, uncaring, tacky, immature, and lame.
Christmas came and went just like that. With the majority of the Fairies going down south to Singapore, and Dr. Machine was having multiple exams, I spent Christmas Eve with Edward in McDonald's. Pitiful huh? Well, its alright. Christmas hadn't been great since I was a kid. However, on Boxing Day, I went visiting one of my relatives in Sungai Bakap. We tried a few "new" food there and also had koay teow soup on the way back. I'm not a food critique but I would say that the food in Sungai Bakap were nothing more than Ajinomoto.
Sai Toh Lim's fish ball soup~
Sungai Bakap's dunno what fish~
Sungai Bakap's char tang hoon (glass noodles)~ ajinomoto semua~
Sungai Bakap's Lor Mee~
Sungai Bakap's chai koay~
Later that night, there was supposed to be a birthday party celebration for my grandmother. OK, my paternal grandmother, whom I am not really fond of (yes, I'm not going to pretend being a good grandson saying A++ stuff about her). I kinda dread this event but I couldn't say "no" to it, so I went but not really enjoying it. I got a call from Kelv and I took this opportunity to slip away from the event, joining Kelv for a drink at Old Town.
28th December 2010 marked the day when nearly the whole of Penang Island was cut off of water supply, so I went to pay Yi Han a visit at Butterworth. Well, she was eager to bring me to the famous Hokkien Mee (Prawn Mee in Ipoh/KL) but the shop was not open. So we went searching high and low for her other favourite Hokkien Mee stalls but alas, they were not open as well. In the end, we went for koay teow soup (again!). After that, we went for a karaoke session (yes, just the two of us), and also a movie (Gulliver's Travels). We then went for early dinner and we were supposed to have Frest Fruit Tea for gossip session but it was closed, so we went Apex Cafe instead.
7 Long's fish ball soup & minced meat~
Apex Cafe's snack~
On New Year's Eve, the Fairies booked me for a so-called New Year's Day countdown. Yes, I had suspected that they were going to celebrate my (belated) birthday for me and it proved to be true when I saw Mercedes Lim's special event about my birthday in Facebook which she didn't properly customise as private. Good job Mercedes!! Of course I didn't tell them that I knew about it. What's next? Initially, it was set to Blue Reef, Straights Quay for dinner and countdown. I thought, it would be nice since Straights Quay had just been endorsed not so long ago.
However, due to the fact that the menu of Blue Reef was not in their favour, they changed the venue to Queensbay Mall. I was a little devastated to hear that but since they were planning for my birthday, I wouldn't wanna say anything because at least they had the intention of celebrating it. If it wasn't my birthday, I would definitely had drill them to go Straights Quay since the countdown would be better than Queensbay Mall.
So Queensbay Mall it was, but which restaurant? Guess what? The restaurant I hated most~ Dragon-i. Again, I couldn't really defy them since it was my birthday they were planning. Alright, so there we went. I went to Queensbay Mall earlier with Sheeby Yang and as usual, that Sheeby kept on bragging about this and that, not forgetting his infamous complaints about this and that, him and her. While waiting for the arrival of the girls, I ran into Emo Keat with his Apple in the mall. Kelv was also in Queensbay Mall and he saw me with Sheeby which led him into sending me a funny SMS.
So it was only Mercedes Lim, Nini Global Neo, Beyoncheq Ooi, and Sheeby Yang~ Dr. Machine Lim couldn't make it because of her exams. During dinner at Dragon-i, we found out that the waiter, or supervisor, or manager, or whatever you call that position, who took our orders was actually our ex-secondary school student. The food was considered good by many but I'm not going to comment on them since if I do, I'm going to be very biased (I don't like Chinese cuisine).
Dinner at Dragon-i~
After dinner, it was shopping time for the girls~ no wonder they opted for Queensbay Mall over Straights Quay. They bought me a cake (from Bread History if I'm not mistaken) and I was carrying the cake following them around the mall. While following them around, I encountered Sok Nee and Gim Huan. Boy it was really long since I last saw them. We chatted a while and they saw me holding the cake. They thought I bought that for Chinese New Year.
After their shopping, we went to a cafe and well, I blew the cake. It was really an adorable cake with strawberries~ STRAWBERRIES~ my favourite. Oh well, so they put the candles, they lit the candles, they sang the song, I made wishes, I blew, I cut, Nini distributed, and we ate. To my horror, it was coffee-flavoured~ >.<>.<
Cake~ STRAWBERRIES!!
Make a wish~
After finishing the cake, we went for the countdown event. Alright, it was Beyond performing. Hell, I don't even know any of their songs. What I did was just sway as the crowd did and when the inaccurate clock stoke 12, Fireworks!! Well, not really that nice though. Far away, we could see that the fireworks (most probably at Esplanade) started way before the one at Queensbay were released and it lasted longer and was much grander than the one at Queensbay.
Queensbay over Straights Quay~ Chinese food (I dislike) for my birthday~ Dragon-i (the place I hated very much)~ Coffee-flavoured cake (cough cough)~ Beyond (who lai?)~ turned out to be rather ironic. Well, well, don't get me wrong. I do not doubt their hearts for celebrating my birthday for me but it was really the Best Celebration Ever!! Why? Because it was celebrated by the Fairies~ I wrote all these out because I find it rather amusing.
New Year doesn't put the past behind. What happened during Christmas still haunts me. You're still fresh in my mind and I cannot really bear with it. 5th January 2011, 5:16 pm, You called. I was reluctant to pick up Your call but I did. 6th January 2011, morning, we had a webcam session together. I was very happy to see You but what You did was just too much for me to bear. Despite all these, Your profile, I saw, still looked for sex. I'm hurt.
To add dread to my anxiety, I'm totally confused which state should I apply for my training. Sabah? Sarawak? Sabah seems to be of more fun and adventurous, but the standard of living is damn high there. Sarawak seems to be more inviting, but You are there and I fear getting entangled with You further and deeper. What's worse, I saw J. Kam's profile who's practising there in Sarawak. I'm worried that I would jeopardise my own future by taking just one step wrong. 2011 didn't start off good for me. I fear it will not be a good year for me.
This year (2010) set out fine and beautiful~ this semester (4th year 1st sem) as well~ I enjoyed this semester very much as there was Clinical Pharmacy. However, this year and semester, both did not end that well. I was a little disturbed seeing that the final examinations weeks consumed both my birthday and my mother's, which means, no happy good food times this year.
It all started to get worse in the month of November 2010. Imagine, having to go to the last Clinical Pharmacy practical station which was Clinical Pharmacokinetics or TDM (therapeutic drug monitoring). Dr. Chong was out university supervisor while the preceptor for this station was Ms. Malini Devi. To meet up with Dr. Chong for briefing before going to that department was a little scary, but surprisingly, he wasn't harsh on us like what we'd heard earlier. The real trouble was with that preceptor Ms. MD. She wasn't really happy with guiding us in TDM and she didn't really regard us with the slightest respect. She was as sarcastic as she could be and the way she answered things hinted that she was an arrogant lady.
Clinical Pharmacy practical final presentation was really a headache for me. I teamed up with Eddy and we had only 3 options~ either his or my general medicine clerkship, and my pediatrics clerkship. ICU clerkship was totally out of our choice as we weren't sure what we were clerking at all. Finally, we narrowed down to only my pediatrics clerkship as our general medicine cases were terribly done.
stack of clinical pharmacy practical stuff~ EXcluding final report~
Case selection done~ now to prepare for the presentation. Power Point presentation slides took a hell of a time for me to prepare. I didn't know what and how to present my case. I showed my presentation slides to my group supervisor, Mr. Sabri, and he gave a few vague tips on the presentation. Ms. Dayana, the faculty supervisor for Pediatrics attachment, insisted that those who wanted to present pediatrics cases should go and see her. Of course, being under her supervision once for research, I never ever wanted to be involved with her again. The Pediatrics preceptor, Ms. S. Pryia, was on Deepavali leave, so I couldn't contact her. Desperately, I went seeking Dr. Chong for counsel. Dr. Chong, surprisingly, agreed to help me though I wasn't under his group.
On the day of my presentation, we were hoping that the Witch (MD) was not among those preceptors to grade us. When they arrived, we were shock to see 5 experts walking into the lecture theatre~ including that Witch. With her, the 3 ward experts and Ms. Stephanie Soon. Hell yeah, it was a terrible combination. I had to say that despite Dr. Chong's guidance, every single one of them overcame me and Eddy. I was kind of disappointed with myself for not preparing well enough for the presentation.
After the presentation, I consulted Dr. Chong about my flaws and he told me a lot about clinical pharmacy. Surprisingly again, he wasn't sarcastic while talking to me. He didn't seem to look down nor step on me. He shared his experiences and views. This was what changed me the most. He encouraged me to take up masters, which led to me being so damn stressed, but at least now I began to plan.
Besides presentation, a certain little girl gave me quite a headache. I was already damn frustrated and stressed with my life and my presentation stuff, but she didn't seem to get it. Firstly I was sad as I didn't really do well in my general medicine clerkship. Couldn't she just stop blabbering how well she did in this or that? She had been there before, why could she not understand how it felt? Then ICU clerkship came. She had experienced that before as well, so she should understand how tough it was for me and how much time I need. A certain action I made (which didn't jeopardise her at all) caused me a bad reputation!! She posted it on Facebook, on my wall, exaggerating it.
Once there was a group work and we were to get into groups of about 5 or 6. Since I'd always teamed up with my usual group, so I was supposed to join them, but a certain little girl pulled me into one group together with her without my consent. All the while I thought I was in my usual group but suddenly one of the members told me that I was in another group. Well, it was a confusion, but it was a small thing, so I didn't really care that much. The second time there was a group work, I was adamant to be in my usual group, so this time, I told her so as not to cause another confusion. She said she didn't have a group, so I invited her to join mine, and she agreed. However, when filling in the groupings, I was shocked to find that someone actually wrote my name on another group. I knew it was her work. I was very angry as the group she wrote me in had a certain BMI which everybody in the class hated. The first time I could excuse this certain little girl because she didn't know that I joined my usual group, but this second time, I was furious because I had already told her that I joined my usual group. I even invited her and she agreed. How could she do this without my consent again?
What's worse, she kept complaining that nobody told her stuff, nobody kept her updated, and that there were no gentlemen in my class. Firstly, certain things we all have to keep ourselves updated. We cannot always alert you of this and that. We all have our own things to care and handle as well and they are not as easy as you think. Neither are they by any means inferior to yours. Secondly, it is your duty to keep yourself updated. We are not your PA and sometimes we do miss out some people. We cannot get to everyone, so stop blaming us!! Thirdly, what do you expect from us guys? To protect you? To always treat you like the lady of the house? To serve you? If you want such a guy, get yourself a boyfriend!!
She blamed her classmates, she blamed her housemate, she blamed us. Life is not a bed of roses you know, so stop whining like a lost puppy. Also, please take a look at yourself before you comment on others. Don't blame others for what happen to you which resulted from what you choose. Please think of others too, and don't always think that the world revolves around you only.
However, things weren't all bad. I spent an evening with Mami Siew Chai Jin praying at Raja Uda, watching Harry Potter, and having dinner at Sin Tatt Garden. After that, they threw a birthday dinner for me at a western food restaurant in SP. Bernice gave me a T-shirt.
western food birthday~
Fresh Fruit Tea with Mami Siew~
gift from Bernice~
Study week was terrible. Never before had I been so stressed in all these years of exam. Pimples sprout on my face lightning fast. Pharmacology IV was my worst paper. I did very badly in this and I hope I could pass. This exam season was a little different from the others. I traveled up North to seek help from my cousin on accounting. He was kind enough to teach me and I mastered it (at my level). It was a great experience up in UUM where there was no water supply at that time. The following day, before I left, they taught my DotA. The management paper was ok, thanks to my cousin who taught me accounting. After my management paper, we had Forensic Pharmacy, followed by Drug Modeling.
birthday lunch with notes~
Drug Modeling eve with Nescafe~ never thought I would meet You~
Drug Modeling was the paper I didn't wanna take but was force to and I didn't sleep the whole night before the paper. Big mistake. I left my account online and You messaged me around 4am in the morning. Yeah, You~ You know who You are. We had a sweet time and I fell for You deeply. I came back during the weekend to meet You, and I had to finish two more papers~ Geriatric Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy. When I left the island and reached SP, I missed You terribly until I cried, but You felt nothing.
Concentrating on Geriatric Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacy with You in my mind was very tough. I had to use Occlumency. Clinical Pharmacy eve was another sleepless night, and I was devastated, but I didn't really do that badly, or at least it wasn't as bad as Pharmacology IV. After Clinical Pharmacy, we celebrated Yi Han's birthday in McD and I went back Penang, anticipating to meet You. However, it didn't go as smooth as I anticipated. You didn't wanna accept me, but You took it from me. You didn't know how much You hurt me. All You cared about was only You, but it didn't change the way I feel about You.
the only thing I got from You~ I love it very much~
I miss You, I cried because of You, but all You did was just flirt with me and then leave me. I couldn't do anything. Putting up a happy face for 4 days in front of my parents and grandparents wasn't easy especially when I had to see them every minute, every hour. There was nothing I could do, a Total Eclipse of the Heart. Thank goodness Machine sacrificed one day to accompany me. We went for prayers, food and second celebration for cute cute Yi Han. Seriously, I've not felt this way since the days with Yeoh CL during sixth form. I have to thank Machine for her time; Mercedes, NiNi, and Huffie for their counsel, support and comfort. It would definitely be way tougher without you guys.
cute girl's birthday~
hiao-ing on the piano~
Machine, cute girl, and me~
I couldn't help singing this song~ this Xmas I met You, and You took it away form me. I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away~
Last christmas I gave you my heart (gave you my heart) But the very next day you gave it away (gave it away) This year To save me from tears I'll give it to someone special (special)
Once bitten and twice shy I keep my distance But you still catch my eye Tell me baby Do you recognize me? Well, it's been a year It doesn't surprise me (Happy Christmas, Christmas)
I wrapped it up and sent it With a note saying "I love you" I meant it Now I know what a fool I've been But if you kissed me now I know you'd fool me again,
Last christmas I gave you my heart (gave you my heart) But the very next day you gave it away (gave it away) This year To save me from tears I'll give it to someone special. (I'll give it someone special)
Last christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year To save me from tears (save me from tears) I'll give it to someone special (I'll give it someone special)
Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum
A crowded room Friends with tired eyes I'm hiding from you And your soul of ice My god I thought you were Someone to rely on (someone to rely on). Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart A man under cover but you tore me apart (ooh ohh) Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again
Last christmas I gave you my heart (gave you my heart) But the very next day (very next day) you gave it away (you gave it away) This year To save me from tears I'll give it to someone special
Last christmas I gave you my heart But the very next day you (you gave me away) gave it away This year To save me from tears I'll give it to someone special (special) Gave you my heart~
October 2010~ one of the craziest month I've experienced, I could say. First of all, we had mid-semester examinations right after our mid-semester break and it was a hell of a week, especially for my Clinical Pharmacy group. We were having Pharmacology IV paper in the morning and in the afternoon, we're going for ICU department attachment.
Well, the papers were crazy and the attachment, well, fine~ not really that bad. The station preceptor, Ms. YW Tang, was kinda... funny. Some kind of things we learn from this station other than ICU pharmacy unit were: "wearing earing without ears," "susu," "laugh till pass motion to the floor," and, "how you go up, how you come down." Anyway, I got a fits case with Eddy for the department's clerkship. I could say that it was a hell of a time clerking this case. The nursing reports and clinician's progress notes were CONTRADICTING!! !@#$%^&* Got damn frustrated, in the end, both of us came up with just one report.
ICU Clerkship information~
The crazy things did not only happen in school~ birthday planning for the Fairies was kinda difficult. Imagine, still a student, and need to plan for 3 members' birthday. Mercedes' on 13th, Beyoncheq's on 20th, and Sheeby Yang's on 30th. NiNi and I had to make up funny stories telling this and that to him and her. The toughest to deal with was Sheeby. This Sheeby Yang horr, doesn't seem to understand what we told him, and he, though he claimed that he was modern-thinking, insisted on the "pantang-larang's" of birthday celebrations. In the end, we fixed the celebration on the night of Sheeby's actual birthday, 30th October 2010.
Before that, on Mercedes' actual birthday, 13h October, I was attached to the General Medical ward for practical. Ms. Chai was our preceptor and I was excited because she was the one who guided me when I was doing my research and I find that she's quite nice (in terms of personality and willingness to guide). She was also beautiful.
Anyway, I got a case on DM and Leptospirosis, and I couldn't finish copying the progress notes. Worse, during discussion, I couldn't answer a few questions and I felt that she was disappointed in me. I'm set with my target of becoming a good clinical pharmacist and now, I felt that I knew nothing about it. It was really disheartening and I was very down. However, a certain little girl who followed my car back, wasn't aware of it and she was happily boasting about her session, oblivious of the things and people around her (i.e. her environment). I was kinda pissed off at that time but I couldn't say anything.
General Medicine Clerkship CP2 scribbling form~
Medication Chart Review and Drug-Poison Information Services were two of the most boring stations I've been to. The former was slightly better. The latter was like, what the hell, I'd rather attend Mr. Jamaluddin's lecture. The last station of the month was Pediatrics and it was another station where we were to clerk a case. I hoped for an interesting case so that I could use it for my end of semester presentation, and I got it. Though not too complicated, it was a good case to present - Pediatric Case with VSD (ventricular septal defect), Pneumonia, and FTT (failure to thrive). Once again, the question and answer part I couldn't really answer all and the devastated feeling was there again.
Came 30th October and we were once again dressed up for the Fairy Tale event. Six of us again, and this time, we had buffet at Cititel. It was kinda funny that we used the deserts there as birthday cakes for the birthday fairies. After the food, we went for a stroll at Upper Penang Road. We saw a lot of ghosts since it was Halloween's eve.
Desserts~
Food and some of the members~
the Flowers~ (clockwise from top right: Machine, Mercedes, Nini, and Beyoncheq)~
Sheeby & me~
the Birthday Fairies~ Beyoncheq, Sheeby Yang, & Mercedes~
Addiction!! Addiction!! I should have left my Glee at home 'cause this is a disaster, struggling like a Survivor, sorry I cannot resist. Thanks to my friends and cousin, I'm addicted to Survivor: Samoa and Glee at the same time in this final year of my course!! How should I survive this? Well, who cares? I don't really give a damn in my studies that much during the other semesters.
Somehow, I kept on replaying the first season episodes of Glee and I got the first episode of the second season from Annaliza. I'm kinda addicted to the songs in Glee and kept on replaying them as well. My housemates would very likely be irritated and would wanna kill me but I just can't stop playing the songs. Furthermore, they're old songs covered by the Glee casts, fueling them with more reasons to kill me. Glee was not the only series that caught my attention. Survivor: Samoa was another. It was a long time since I last watched this reality game show.
new guy in Glee season 2~ Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet)~
Puck: Dude, your mouth is huge. How many tennis balls can you fit in there?
Sam: I don't know, I've never had any balls in my mouth. Have you?
Survivor: Samoa participant~ Brett Clouser~ ain't he cute? XD
Speaking of Survivor and games, the last weekend of September 2010 was my faculty's Pharmacy Day. I participated because I'm already a final year student and it would likely be my last time participating in such an event (station games). This also meant mingling with students from other years. I learnt that the newest batch of students consisted of only 11 guys out of 80 something students. I'm not sure whether I should be happy or not.
Anyway, the event started off on Friday night, where we gathered at the orientation hall to participate in some activities. Sorting of groups / ice-breaking took place and I THOUGHT I heard my name called under Group 8. So I went to Group 8 and participated in most of the activities. In the end, overall my group lost and was to perform a dance accompanied by a hiao Korean girl group song (I was actually hoping for Bad Romance so that the dance moves wouldn't be too graceful and wouldn't be too programmed). Initially there was another guy in my group but he left prior to the dance and so I was the only male member in that group to dance that song. After that, we went for lantern walk around the campus.
my group preparing to dance~
lantern walks with classmates & other pharmacy students~
The next morning, we gathered at the sports complex for the Pharmacy Day. Then, I realised I was actually sorted into Group 3, means I shouldn't have to dance the night before~ !@#$%^&*. Nevermind. So I went to Group 3, but the members weren't as welcoming. After the oath-taking, I learnt that all my classmates jumped groups, so I did the same. We jumped to Group 8. So the game began.
my group's mummy~
this girl seems to be enjoying being mummified~
Station by station we went. Different tasks were to be done in each station. I was glad that there was a station at the swimming pool involving water. At least I can contribute a little to my group since I can swim. One of the greatest activity was getting dirty at a station where we had to pick up sweets using our mouths from a flour mount. It was simple but fun. The gamemasters were rather cruel to us, so I took my revenge on one of them by spatting a mouthful of flour at his face. After that, I ran as fast as I could.
Ada got Geisha-ed by flour~
we all got floured~
trying to shake off the flour~
my group got runner-up~
a more complete group~
It was a great day and I really had a great time though my housemate said it was just OK. Anyway, it cost me a lot. I had to get an ATT jab due to my soles bleeding and I skipped one full day of class because I was too tired with muscle cramps secondary to running away from that speedy gamemaster that I spat on.
Hello, hello baby you called?
I can't hear a thing I have got no service In the club, you see, see Wha-Wha-What did you say, Oh, you're breaking up on me Sorry, I cannot hear you I'm kinda busy.
Just a second, It's my favorite song they're gonna play And I cannot text you with A drink in my hand, eh You should've made some plans with me, You knew that I was free. And now you won't stop calling me; I'm kinda busy.
Stop callin', stop callin', I don't wanna think anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Stop callin', stop callin', I don't wanna talk anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor.
You can call all you want, But there's no one home, And you're not gonna reach my telephone! Cuz I'm out in the club, And I'm sippin' that bubb, And you're not gonna reach my telephone!
Call when you want, But there's no one home, And you're not gonna reach my telephone! Cuz I'm out in the club, And I'm sippin' that bubb, And you're not gonna reach my telephone!
Boy, the way you blowin' up my phone Won't make me leave no faster. Put my coat no faster, Leave my girls no faster. I shoulda left my phone at home, 'Cause this is a disaster! Callin' like a collector - Sorry, I cannot answer!
Not that I don't like you, I'm just at a party. And I am sick and tired Of my phone r-ringing.
Sometimes I feel like I live in Grand Central Station. Tonight I'm not takin' no calls, 'Cause I'll be dancin'.
'Cause I'll be dancin' 'Cause I'll be dancin' Tonight I'm not takin' no calls, 'cause I'll be dancin'!
Stop callin', stop callin', I don't wanna think anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Stop callin', stop callin', I don't wanna talk anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor.
Stop callin', stop callin', I don't wanna think anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor. Stop callin', stop callin', I don't wanna talk anymore! I left my head and my heart on the dance floor.
Can call all you want, But there's no one home, You're not gonna reach my telephone! 'Cause I'm out in the club, And I'm sippin' that bubb, And you're not gonna reach my telephone!
Call when you want, But there's no one home, And you're not gonna reach my telephone! 'Cause I'm out in the club, And I'm sippin' that bubb, And you're not gonna reach my telephone!
My telephone! M-m-my telephone! 'Cause I'm out in the club, And I'm sippin' that bubb, And you're not gonna reach my telephone!
My telephone! M-m-my telephone! 'Cause I'm out in the club, And I'm sippin' that bubb, And you're not gonna reach my telephone!
