Friday, August 31, 2007
HAPPY TEACHER'S DAY!!!Went to back to gyss to see teachers. Actually was wondering whether I should go. Cause not like no people from my class were going and then alot of the teacher that have taught me has left. But in the end, still decided to go.MEt Guan Heng, Mark, Melvin, Wen Quan and some other people from ex-4E3. Saw Miss Tew, Miss Chew, Miss Leong, and others lol. But did not get to see Mdm Ernie and Mrs Lee. They on leave lol.Also went to the hall to see the concert. It felt as if I was still in my school days and attending stuff in the hall. Not that bad, just a bit too boring. Got one part quite interesting. It wants the students to guess who is that teacher from just the eyes or the mouth. Then the last part, is a person showing the butt. We all thought it was Miss Leong, but it turn out to be Mr Samaul Goh! Damn funny. Can you imagine Mr Goh bending down, can then taking a pic of his butt? Haha.After that, we went to S11 to have lunch and then chit chat lol. Then we split ways. Sheng Xuan and I went home, then the rest went to DB. Hope can have more gathering like that in the future. Anyway, I found something shocking yesterday. I didn't know that Candy (one of my ex classmate) got leukemia!!! God thank she's allright now. Hope she is doing well now. I read about the article, but didn't realize it was her until Tee Khan told me about it. Life is just so unpredictable. At one point, you are alright. But another moment, you just won't know what's going to happen to you. Haiz. We should always do whatever we want so that we won't have any regrets...10 more days to attachment... 19 more days left to release of exam results... 44 days left to release of DWM list...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/31/2007 06:18:00 PM
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Finally, it is over. The agony is gone. This is the end of NYP exam. Until then, don't think there will be any more exam.Let's talk briefly about today paper. The mcq is by the far the easiest of all paper. Section B was alright. As for section C, I didn't do the calculation cause don't understand. ANd why bother do it when I know how to do other 3 straightforward qn?So, after the exam, is to evaluate the results. I HOPE I can get the following resultsCL2152 - Basic Dispensing Skills: ACL2252 - Aspetic Dispensing: B+ (Considering how I screwed up this module after studying so hard)CL3101 - Drug Development: ACL3105 - Essentials of Business Management: A (Really hope can get an A)CL3150 - Clinical Research Management: ACL3151 - Basic Pharmacology II: A (Hope mcq save me...)CL3152 - Pharmacy Management: ACL3153 - Patient Care & Management II: ASo really can hope get those grades and if possible give me 3 more distinctions so that I have 10 distinctions.. Haha... Cannot be too greedy. Also I also hope that I can get Diploma with Merit lol.LAst day of school before I go for short break follow by my attachment. For my attachment, I pay not bad lol. $400 per month. Some people get quite low ($100) while some quite high ($500). Got one study trip to australia. Cost $1529 lol. Don't whether should go anot.Anyway, time pass so fast. At one moment, I can a new student. At the other moment, I have just finished my last paper in this school. What ever happen just seems to be yesterday. I can still remember the first day in school. Report to school at 9 am for maths lecture. After that went to photocopy shop to buy lecture note. Help the class to queue and then carry Aloy's pencil case filled with hundreds of dollars. Then went to meet Mr Koh at Bioprocess lab and nominate Terence and Michelle as class rep and vice class rep respectively. In the afternoon, went to attend Dr Xu's Inorganic Lecture. Can remember we complain about monday time table, 5 hours break. Other people think I am crazy. Can still remember what happen in the first day of school. But then thinking back about what happen in past, really hope that time can go back to that time and experience it again. Now in a mixed feeling, feeling happy that exam is over. But at the same time, feeling sad cause going to leave the school and prepare on a new trip. After all, past memories are meant to be only appreciate after it has happened. Hope that tonight when I sleep, I will dream of what happen in the past...20 days left to release of exams results...1 month and 14 days left to DWM list...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/30/2007 12:45:00 PM
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
The 7th paper is over. One more to go and it will an end to my agony for these few weeks.PCM was ok. For the mcq, I was guessing about half of them. But then some of them are quite logical, so can guess correctly. Is not as bad as pharmacology mcq. Speaking of pharmacology mcq, I think I guess most of it correctly. Also, there are qn with more than 1 answer lol.Back to PCM, the short qn and essay are ok. I think I am one of the very few to do malaria qn. Is quite easy if you did study. Overall paper is ok. Think can get a good grade.Tomorrow will be my last paper in NYP and until then, I don't think I will be sitting for exam for quite some time. Hope tomorrow will turn out fine.1 more paper to go...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/29/2007 03:32:00 PM
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Finished my pharmacology. IMO, the paper sucks. Seriously, it sucks. Let's discuss section by section. Start from the last section.For section C, there wasn't much of the problems. The qn were quite unexpected. DIdn't expect obesity, constipation to come out. I kept thinking contraception, nausea & vomitting or ACE inhibitor will be tested. So this section not much of a problem.Section B. Again, the qn were unexpected. Most of the qn I could do it. Probably because I study quite alot. If I have just blindly follow Henry's tips, I think I goona screwed for this section. Why? He gave tips for 5 topics out of 9 topics. Out of this 5 topics, only half the things mention were tested. And then some of what he say didn't come. Where is Peter Yap's short qn? And what about those Peter Yap say is important? Again, history repeat itself. So you know what I mean.Section A. This is the WORST Section. I know MCQ is a killer section, but this round, the mcq is total killer section. It's out there to take as many marks from you as possible. I was kinda of expecting about 3 mcq from each lecturer. So it DID happen, I could still close one eye on those qn. But then, one of the lecturer set 8 mcq. OMG. I only study one lecture from this particular lecturer. So I spend most of my time guessing the right answer. Luckily luck is abit on my side. Some of the answer I guessed correctly.Overall, this paper sucks. I just hope I can get a good grade and I really wished everybody in the class pass this module.Tomorrow will be PAtient Care & Management II. Still wondering how to study instruments lecture. Hope I won't screwed up this paper. 2 more papers to go...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/28/2007 03:57:00 PM
Monday, August 27, 2007
Just finish my EBm paper. Not a bad paper. Time pass very fast for this paper as compared to other paper. I think my mcq is finished. Looking on the bright side, it is only 10 marks and I also didn't study the whole book just for the sake of mcq. As for the remaining section, it was quite alright. I was so afraid of accounting at first. But then it turn out to be much easier than I expected. The rest was alright. Think I can get a good grade ba. I hope so.Tomorrow will the most hardcore paper. Pharmacology. Luckily for me, I have finished most of it before exam. Just to study more about cancer drugs. I hope he will test those that he say is important or past year qn. I hope history won't repeat itself like pharmacy management. I think for Miss Ang, I only going to study her short/long qn. So I think her mcq part is gone for me. So I need to pray I can answer all the remaining mcq and the short/long qn. Hope I won't screw up the paper.Anyway, my mum went to watch 881 today. WOnder how she feel about the movie...3 more papers to go...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/27/2007 03:44:00 PM
Sunday, August 26, 2007
finish memorizing half of instrucments lecture for PCM. This lecture damn bloodly hell lot of stuff to memorize. For pharmacology, I felt like fainting. It gets harder and harder to memorize. I skipped quite alot of part. Only focus on MOA, then the side effects I only study what he say is important. Hope he will repeat past year qn for short qn and I pray what he say is important will come out.For EBM, still alright. Finish all the topics Martin say important except accounting. Really afraid of this topic and is a compuslory qn lol.All the best to the rest...4 more papers to go...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/26/2007 07:09:00 PM
Saturday, August 25, 2007
My pace of studying is decreasing. I only manage to study finish female care and abit of instruments for PCM. Haiz. I should have finish this module latest by today and I still have not finished yet. I think maybe after 4 papers and I thought that it was over. SO have a feeling of relaxation.
Then pharmacology is another problem. First, it was cardio drugs, follow by contraception and then psychitric medicine. Now is cancer drug. They are so hard to memorize lol. I learn the main points and skipped quite alot of stuff. I wonder can I finish them by tomorrow. Then still need to study EBM. Scared of accounting lol.
I came across this article about website like friendster and why the author hates such website.
The most annoying people on Facebook
To the writer’s dismay, the website is full of self-loving exhibitionists
SO YEAH, I find Facebook annoying. But I can’t seem to stop logging on to it to read updates on my friends — while getting thoroughly annoyed at the same time. Possibly, I’m also an annoying person on Facebook — the person who hates it but won’t quit. Here’s a candid list of Facebook characters who really irk me.
THE SUPER POKERDO
I have to elaborate? I poke you, you poke me, I jab you, you hug me — and then I give you a flying drop kick. Many people leave meaningless back- and-forth messages on a daily basis. This is probably so that they will be more prominent on the news feed. But leaving a “hug” or “kiss” every now and then is okay. It allows friends to send meaningful greetings and keep abreast of one another’s lives.
THE COMMENTATOR
If you have something to say that will add humour, satire or a bit of reminisce, then by all means, go ahead. But leave out the “great pic” or “cool” type of remarks — we know you are leaving those bland, meaningless comments because you hope the recipient will feel obliged to leave comments on your own pictures.
THE FACE COLLECTOR
To the person out there with 273 friends: There’s no way you have 273 friends (or more!)
Have you ever tried to juggle more than 20 friends in real life? It’s tiring. Any more than 60 friends — that’s just impossible. If they are just people you met once, they are not friends. Get it? A legit minority use Facebook to keep in contact with friends, but please don’t fall into the trap of being a Face Collector! Stop adding every person you have ever known, seen or heard about. It is pathetic. Despite what you may think, people are not trading cards. They are not to be collected
THE PHOTO FIEND
Yes, it is nice to see a few dozen pictures of your holiday or party. But do we really need to see 2 million pointless ones of every angle of your body and face? Do you also realise that women like to post self-snapped aerial views of themselves? These are the ones where they innocently look upwards and the camera points down at their cleavage.
THE GROUP JUNKIE
I find most of the groups pointless; they serve no real purpose. Yeah, so you are a member of “The Derek Zoolander Centre For Kids Who Can’t Read Good”. One pointless group is bad enough. Do you really have to join “I love mullets”, “Hooray For Global Warming” and 10 other ridiculous groups to repeatedly prove you have a sense of humour?
4 more papers to go...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/25/2007 08:38:00 PM
Friday, August 24, 2007
Luckily I didn't return home earlier yesterday. SO noisey. They carry out the lift construction until 8 pm lol. Been slacking this morning. Study Patient care and mangament in the afternoon. Damn alot xia. Don't know can memorize all anot.Is hard to explain things to my mom. She keep explaining about things which cannot be happen. Is about the lift. She keep saying they are going to build a lift in the middle of the two flats (these 2 flats are back facing each other).4 modules to go...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/24/2007 07:40:00 PM
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Just finished my Drug Development paper. MAde a few mistakes in this paper lol. Wrote words wrongly, forgot to classify into during and after, etc. Haiz. marks gone like that. Then the mcq so trickly lol. Haiz. Haiz. Hoep I can still get my A or even better?Something even more disappointing. My greatest fear came true. I can't believe I am attachment to toa payoh with that person... Why??? Why don't send that person to another place? Why not send me to AMK away from that person... WHy... WHy... WHY.... WHY!!! Just hope that person doesn't disturb me or else don't blame me to be nasty...But looking at the bright side, it is near ZHen Jie's place!!! Yay!!! Everyday go his play. Haha.Now already finish 4 papers. Half of the battle is over. Can take a small break in between. The second battle will commence next week. Next week papers are more hard core. I hate accounting, I hate pharmacology, I hate PCM and I hate BDS. Lol. So much more things to memorize. So much looking forward to the attachment!!! Of course not with that person...4 more papers to go...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/23/2007 03:53:00 PM
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
I hate today paper. First he gave tips that did not come out. So we thought it will come in another module. Then the next things, he set qn mostly from past year paper. Dotx.I got screwed up by the mcq totally. Some of the qn come out in the common test before. Then some of them are very contradicting. Some not on lecture notes. Arghh... Then the short qn and essay qn. Most of them (or all?) are past year qn. Then some of the answers not in the lecture notes (1 short qn). One essay qn which I don't know what to write. Just write anything that come into my mind. If I know this will happen, I would not bother to study for AD yesterday and I would rather start studying my DD first. Haiz. I think it would be hard for me to get at least a B+. These past few days, I keep having dreams about the information in my head. I kept dreaming about things that I did not study. But then when I woke up and checked, those information does not exist. Haiz. Think I under too much stress. If this exam is a nightmare, please wake me up...5 more papers to go... Hope I do not screw up my paper tomorrow...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/22/2007 03:47:00 PM
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
One more paper clear. Clinical research management was quite ok. I was scared intially because of the application, but the paper was quite straightforwrd. Finish it within 45 min and Miss Chia kept asking me to leave the exam venue early. Must maintain my rules, fight until teh last min.Saw my counterpart doing for their proteomics paper. Can see that the paper is tough (reminds me of immunology). That made me wonder why do I always complain about memorizing and recurgiting? Our paper are quite straight forward and I should actually memorize them. As compared to others, application qn may be hard to deal. I think I grew scrared of application because of too much memorize work ba. Reduce my ability to deal with application qn.Stay in school with Terence, Yi Ting and Ivy Li a while and chat. Gossiping too much things.Tomorrow will be having aspetic dispensing. I hope the paper will be like past year paper lol. Then can score. Haha... DOn't have the mood to study. Still considering whether to study dd in advance anot. 6 more papers to go...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/21/2007 02:58:00 PM
Monday, August 20, 2007
Just finish one paper, Pharmacy Management. The paper was kinda of ok. Already secure quite alot of marks. Got 3 questions. One of them was a application qn, so think and bullshit lol. The other 2 qn, the stuff are not in the lecture notes lol. So bullshit again.The remaining part was ok. SHould be no problem.Still got 7 more papers to go. All the best to u guys!!!
wrote in the notebook @ 8/20/2007 03:18:00 PM
Friday, August 17, 2007
My brain is going to burst soon. Currently studying pharmacy management. This module is crazy lol. So much things to study lol. Even worst than pharmacology lol. Gonna stuck myself at home to study this module. Hope I won't touch this module anymore.
I hope for attachment at NHG, I won't be with that person.
Anyway, got one interesting happen when I was using the library. The com suddenly reboot itself after I used it for 10 min. Then when I use it again, it restart my accouny balance. Free usage. Haha.
I know is lame...
3 days to exams... All the best guys...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/17/2007 06:52:00 PM
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Finally got the class pic taken after national day celebration...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/16/2007 01:05:00 PM
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
I finally know where I am attached to. I will be attache to NHG Polyclinic for 3 months and SGH for 3 months. Can't wait to go for attachment!!!I think I am going to be black listed by the lecturers for asking tips. There are just too much things to study in this particular module, but then they won't reveal a bit for us to study lol. I wonder how am I going to study this module. Want to avoid it but just can't. Haiz.ANybody going to watch fireworks this friday or saturday???5 more days to exams.
wrote in the notebook @ 8/15/2007 07:41:00 PM
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
I want to cry after seeing my AD practical test results. I got a B. I was hoping for an A lol. When I did the test, it was alright. Haiz. Think I syringe too much times. I was hoping of the practical test to pull up my grade. Think is gonna be hard to get an A for AD. I got B+for the first test. Both the tests are 30% each lol. This sem, all the results that I got back is not too good.EBM report B+, BDS B, AD B. Lol. I hope I don't get a B for my DD test 2.Now is hungry ghost festival. Better stay at home at night. What about my revision?Currently I have finished 2 modules. Pharmaco is also on the way. I really scared of PM. Try to avoid studying but I can't. I still got to study it. So much things to study lol. Hope there will be extra tips.In the past, we didn't like the way some of the lecturers gave tips. Now when we think back, they will not bad. Hope some of the lecturers can give us such these...6 more days to exams... Continue to mug...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/14/2007 06:47:00 PM
Saturday, August 11, 2007
Meet up with Zhen Jie (finally I get to see him), Mark and Guan Heng (is been years since I last saw him).Zj came to my house to get my FF guidebook then we met up with mark and gh. Go coffee shop eat then chat a while. Learn about certain stuff of BB.Zj is still the same as usual. Even he has gone into the army, I don't find any much difference in him lol. Guah Heng has obviously changed abit. He's now a bit bigger le. Mark? Don't know how to describe about him. Lol.Later in the afternoon, study a bit of BDS. So much things to study for exam lol. I wonder how I am going to study with all the lift construction going on.
wrote in the notebook @ 8/11/2007 09:22:00 PM
Friday, August 10, 2007
Been rotting yesterday at home. Wanted to go out, but nobody to accompany me. Haiz.Is been years since I last watached the full length of NDP.Need to start studying tomorrow. 8 papers le. Later going bugis to have some fun before I go into study mode.10 days to exams1 month to attachment
wrote in the notebook @ 8/10/2007 05:00:00 PM
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Today's DD test wasn't that good. I don't really like Miss Lin qn. All are not that straight forward. Require alot of thinking.National Day celebration was fun even though I did not take part. Kudos to Yi Ting and Yu Sheng. Even though they did not win, but the process is still the important!!!And also, congraulate Yu SHeng!!! For being the top student!!!
wrote in the notebook @ 8/08/2007 05:45:00 PM
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Phew. Finally today interview is over!!! Just some brief about the interview.It started by Yeo Weijie asking me to more about myself. Then the Miss Joyce continue to ask things like what are some of the qualites I need, etc. Then she end off by asking what is the one thing I want her to remember about me.Overall, it was not bad. I was abit nervous even though I have been through an interview before. Try to calm myself down and speaking slowly and thinking of what words to use. But handed up being too "stif". Then I make another mistake by keep saying you must have these, you must be able, blah, blah. Actually I should say I must have these...This morning got a talk by a speaker. The speaker is Dr Lee Chee Wee (Not Dr PHOON Chee Wee). He seems to have quite a lot of experience in the reseach field (noting how much things Martin has say during the introduction). A good talk overall.Later I will be probably cutting my hair and study for the dd test. I think somebody need to change the curriculum of DD and the module name. Change it to Drug Discovery instead of Drug Development. The curriculum sucks for the 2nd half of the sem. So many rules to rememeber lol. The G something P (GLP & GMP) then the regulatory affairs. So much things to memorize lol. And then these topics are so boring lol. I keep wondering why we have to study all these. I can appreciate it but then, in the working world, I think I don't really need to know all these things cause I still can refer to such things in manuals, etc.Tomorrow will be national day celebration. Don't know what should I do tomorrow.
wrote in the notebook @ 8/07/2007 03:13:00 PM
Monday, August 06, 2007
I think I screwed abit for my BDS practical test.Firstly, the mistake in the prescription. This is the first time that I experienced negative marking. So what happen in this section, I am supposed to pick out 10 mistakes in a prescription( is there so many mistakes in reality?). For one correct mistake point out, one mark awarded. For one wrong mistake, one mark deducted. The minimum marks is capped at 10 (so that you won't get negative marks). So I spotted 10 mistakes. Of this 10 mistakes, I spotted 3 wrong. Assuming the remaining mistakes are correct, I will get 7 marks from those correct and -3 marks from those wrong. This means the total marks I got from this section is 4 marks!!! What the hell... I really hate negative marking now... The worst part is those mistakes I made I did not make them during the common test...For the remaining section, it was on writing a label and dispensing the drugs. The moment, I saw the prescription, I felt so great!!! Cause my father got some of the drugs for his flu last week. So this section was not much of a problem to me except, that I wrote a wrong thing on the label. it should be 21 capsules and I put 7 capsules (forgot to muliply by 3). Then for the dispensing part, I say something wrongly. Overall?? I still sucked. But then is not just me. Is most of the people in the class... Can't get over with the negative marking... Tomorrow will be my mock interview, and I don't know how to prepare for it...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/06/2007 05:10:00 PM
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Thursday:Had my aseptic dispensing practical test. Was pretty nervous. I stepped into the room and sat down. The first thing that caught my eye was the glass ampule. I was like what the hell if eh was going to test me on how to open a glass ampoule. Luckily he didn't test that in the end. Then he first say:
"I believe you have ask your classmates about what happened yesterday."He probably knows we went to ask others what he tested. After he started saying what he will do for the practical test.He first asked about the parts of syringe, followed by critical areas and negative pressure. I managed to answer all of them.Then he ask me to syringe some solution out from the ampoule. It did me quite a long time since I re tried it. Luckily it was alright.Before the test ended, he took out a plastic vial. I thought he was going to test me about that. If he did not, I would probably have died cause I did not study. Luckily, he just explain about the plastic vial. Thank god.Friday:This day was extremely rush. Got to print out EBM report and then had a presentation for pharmacy management.I don't think I can get a good grade for EBM report. Considering the content of our report as compared to other groups. I won't be surprised if I am going to get a B. Then I felt like stragling someone, I am supposed to hand in EBM report by 12 pm. Then he hasn't pass me the peer evualation form. If he did not submit, I am not going to care about him.Then comes the PM presentation, she shouldn't have squeeze 8 groups together in one day. Probably by the 4th group, we will all dread out. Most of the teams probably didn't rehearse including my team. This past few weeks have been extremely busy. Working like hell for our projects. Yesterday marks the end of project presentation for this sem and the last night class we have with Mr Peter Yap. He's such a good lecturer and 'impact' a lot of knowledge and his experience with us. His lecture never make us asleep and he always make us laugh. It's such a pity that we are not going to have lessons with him.Think I am goona relaxed for today and then will also start studying for my test. Haiz. Exams goona come soon...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/04/2007 12:19:00 PM
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
"Don't push your luck too far"I probably need to understand the meaning of the statement.Why do I say that? Unless you are in my class, you should know that I keep asking lecturers for exam tips, which ethically or according to school rules, shouldn't be even allowed in the first place.If a lecturer decides to give some tips, you should just appreciate it instead of complaining.I don't know whether my pestering did annoy any lecturers. Why did I start questioning myself that? It all begins in EBM tutorial, where the Martin Hang told me that statement. The impact wasn't really bad that time, but I felt bad.It became worst to me when I felt Henry was a bit angry when I over "asked" for tips. I probably didn't realize that until Shereen told me. Til now, I still felt bad about it. I don't know how to apologise to Henry about it.Thinking back, he did really give VERY GOOD tips (I really mean it), and for me I should really appreciate it alot instead of asking for more. Now to think of it, I really feel very very bad. Haiz. I hope this will not spolit the relationship between a lecturer and a student.For now, I think I will not open my big mouth and ask for tips. Unless the lecturer decides to say, I will not ask for it. If the lecturer decides to give, I should be grateful for that how, no matter how big or small.Well, for my exams, I think I will probably study everything ba. To prove that, I am really worth my standards. And by doing so, when I get my grades, I will feel that I have given my best effort and will appreciate my results.'Guess I will be studying one topics for Pharmacology every night. For thsoe that have just been tested, I will try to retain them as much as possible.As Zhen Jie told me this through msn:"You are one of the best memory that I have seen."Right now, I probably be rushing my project and I have aseptic dispensing practical test tomorrow.... Have not even practise yet...
wrote in the notebook @ 8/01/2007 06:07:00 PM
