Happy Valentine's Day:)

Just came back from Hobart for a workshop organised by Chemist Warehouse. The discussion group was pretty informative and useful even though it went abit stressful at the beginning..

So much self-learning studies to be done!

So much revision to be done as i noticed that i forgot many of them..haiz..

So many assignments to be finished before end of March!

God, I need more time..Please help me in time management..Pls recharge me so that i will be energetic and on fuel for the rest of the days:)

On the side note, had a nice catch up with wei wei, joyce and hannah yesterday night:) I felt so much relieved after pouring all my deep mumbles to wei wei at night! Thank gal for be my listener!! And ur yummy lunch too!

Also, Thanks to those who blessed me so much with the gifts.Truly appreciate them:)

Cant wait for Grady!!

Praise the Lord for your blessings to me!!

I am truly thankful for you have brought me this far:) 4 years of pharmacy seems short but definitely not an easy path.

Went through many trials and experienced ups and downs. But now i am happy to declare that it is OVER now!! No more uni and new phase of working life is waiting ahead for me!!!

This FREE feeling is absolutely amazing! Me, joyce and phyllis had been saying: "We are graduating" for many times during lunch time because we are really excited about it!!

Thank You God for letting me to be in Wonder 5 group as they are made my uni life so much more interesting! They made me to understand that i am not alone in this journey! They are the one that can understand my fear or worries towards exam..

Thank You God for providing me a place to stay in launnie and most importantly i am not staying by myself but with shin yee and zee hame!!

Thank You God for providing me a working place with good and passionate manager!!

Thank You God for i have a brother who is willing to buy new car so that i can have his old car!!

Thank You dad and mum for supporting me to visit NZ with my frens as they understand that i need a great break!

Thank You for everyone who have been keeping me in prayer for many nightzzzz...

I am a happy person now!!! Amen

Haiz..gimme a break:(

Today is my forth day in the BIG city, melbourne. Everything is good here and i am enjoying every bits of the "aliveness"

Housemates are good..Food are yummylicious..Pharmacy staffs are friendly...Shopping seems good even though i havent get lots of chances to do it..

I was enjoying my stay until yesterday night.

Why all the interviews are arranged after i come here?? I was waiting for them for so long in hbt that time.

I got three interview offers and i had to turn some of them down just because i am nt in hbt at the moment..so unfair!!

Why can't be earlier when i was still in hbt?

Why cant be postponed later when i come back to hbt?

Why all these good stuffs happened at the wrong timing..

I m really worried that i will be jobless

God, please help me!!

Melb Placement here i come!!!

Woo~~~

Few more days and i can smell the city fresh air!!

Melbourne, the place to be if you want good food/ shopping/ entertainment..

But, lots of things are troubling me recently especially the working career; visa extension and etc..

I pray that everything can settle down asap and i can be a carefree girl with a job secured in my hand!

So please give me a job so that i can focus on my melb placement and enjoy every bits of the lively city!p

Countdown!!

OOo...

7 hrs more to our ONCE in a lifetime Graduation Ball!!!

I can't help but to be very excited!!

Cant wait for our preparation later.

Cant wait to see all the classmates dressing up in their "bestest" look. And our lecturers of cos:p

Cant wait to see how good the food will be which costs us 95 bucks!

Cant wait to see how grand the cruise and all the decos will be.

Cant wait to see how drunk my classmates will be with the unlimited alcohol flow.

I just cant wait! Bring it on!

Intensive ambulance placement~~~

Woohoo!! I reached burnie safely and immediately indulged with lotsa yummy food!!

Thanks to the good chefs like joanne, emily and wai ming!!
Cha siew, thai style pork mince, homemade tiramisu made me feel so welcomed in this little town already!!

Anyway, back to my main topic.i wan to write ambulance experience down before forgetting it..
Overall, it is super awesome despite all the nasty scenes and 'dodgy' people..

Since i was small, i had always been wondering how does the ambulance inside look like? Full of gas masks? Patient lying on bed with lotsa blood? Haha..so childish right? Blame the exaggerated effect by the media!

Day 1:
Within 5 min after reaching office, we got a few calls already and mostly are chest pain complaints. Everything went well and i got to perform few simple tests like blood sugar, blood pressure and etc.
But, not until afternoon when we had a middle aged man vomit blood for one night already..When i first stepped into the hse, oh my gosh, it really stink!!! The blood had turned to brownish color and splattered over the floor and his bed..His mouth still covered with brownish blood..Trust me, it is really super duper horrible!!
I felt pitiful for him initially but not when knowing all these are due to the fact of drinking 4 boxes od red wines..

Stupid is the only word i could think of at that moment! Everyone has their "down" periods but you dont have to damage ur innocent body which was given by our Father to that extent..

Day 2:
a few chest pain cases, and one lady with anxiety disorder suffered panic attacks during her work in dental centre. Pretty interesting to see how the paramedics console and calm her down..

Day 3:
Got a call in evening which an old man had dislocated hip joint when uncrossing his legs while sitting. It took us 45 min to reach the place called Tinker Box, such a cute name! First time i saw a man in such a great pain and yet done so well in tolerating it..Me, paramedics and family members took one hour to safely transfer him to the ambulance bed with minimal injuries and pains. Paramedics gave him medroxyfluorane and morphine to start with for pain relief..
Teamwork is definitely there when we are transfering him. Really salute my collegues for their professionalism, passion, intelligence and committment!
Unfortunately, he still suffered excruciating pain on the way to RHH and so morphine 50mg( quite high)was given. Unfortunately, when we reached myer furniture, he vomitted due to the nausea effect by morphine and paramedic said that i can open door if i couldn't tahan. surprisingly i dont feel smelly cos at that moment i felt pitiful for the old man as he had done so great in tolerating the pain!
Even though i went home quite late at 8ish, i felt happy and satisfied and i guess tis is the strength paramedics found which keep them continuing in this area.

Day 4:
A 30ish man with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression called up ambulance complaining that he wanted to committ suicide by jumping to the cars in city. He even tried shotting himself by putting gun in his mouth..
And after hearing this, i kept my distance with him and felt so coward on that..The paramedics were so brave to approach him and asked him all sort of questions. But me, being the timid one, standing away from him and thinking whether he will harm us..haiz..lousy me:(

Generally, ambulance experience had been really amazing and challenging..I never regretted for choosing this even though we have to work till late night, no lunch break(arnotts biscuits in hosp saved our stomach!), early wake up, nasty scenes and etc.

The paramedics really earn my respect fro their professionalism.
Thanks to my collegues for giving me chance to fulfill my childhood dream. I enjoyed every bits of it!

Drug representative Placement~~~

What else can be better than a night swim with hot spa after long day of working?

Really Thank God for answering lots of my prayers:)

I am seriously enjoying the placement alot due to below reasons:

• chances of meeting GPs, specialists, nurses, pharmacists whom i will tend to see often in future
• wonderful stay in country club villa with spa, swimming pool and etc.
• generous and friendly supervisor who taught me so many stuffs
• meal expenses covered by supervisor( He shared the same food liking with me and so our lunch mostly are sushi rolls...YUM)
• Getting to know most updated drugs in market eg. Fosamax Plus D-Cal; Januvia; Arava and etc.
• Learnt that all professions are to be highly respected for the effort and time they put into it. (Drug rep is not an easy job as we see it and shouldn't be seen merely a salesman promoting their products. They did many researches too and earned it in a hard way. They have to wait for GPs until they are free to meet drug rep and often being challenged with some tough and critical questions. )
• Get to visit many places eg. kingston, huon ville, cygnet, launceston and etc.

Today i got to visit cygnet, a beautiful town near huon ville. Met up with an old GP who looks so much like the old man in Christmas Carol ! His way of thinking and knowledge amazed me very much! He may be old but he never stop studying and learning..Look at the no. of books in his room and you will know y i said so.

He is a chatty GP too and recommended us a few award-winning restaurants in cygnet. At first glance, i thought that cygnet is another town with "weird" ppl but once again, dont judge the book by its cover..One of the cafe has won award of "the best country cafe in Tasmania" and another fine dining restaurant was named as "the best dining place in Aus"

Wow!!! I will definitely go back to this peaceful town and visit the GP again!

Joys in animal hospital!

I thought i will sleep in today but my body alarm clock just won't let me to do so...placement in animal hosp last few days made me so used to this daily routine.

Yes, vet placement had officially ended yesterday with a simple presentation to hosp staffs.

I must say that tis hosp is really like a big family and all the staffs are so well bonded to each other..I was so spoil by them with the yummiest morning tea ever..White mud cake; raspberry slices, apple crumble, chocolates, lollies, baked raspberry cheesecake and etc..Not good to my waistline though:( hehe..

Thanks God that i gained so much experiences throughout these 4 days..I got to witness so many surgeries eg.de-sex, dental, lump removal, spey, microchip insertion, giving birth, ear flush, wound suture and etc.. Also got to learn many new drugs eg. Pentosan Polysulfate for arthritis and sometimes interstitial urethritis, inhalation anesthetics such as isofluorane, Ernofloxacin the common quinolone antibiotics for dogs but can not be used in human due to hallucination effects.

Most importantly i learnt that you have to be really passionate and be prepared for the cost and time before keeping a pet. You have to be prepared with the fact that dogs or cats dont live too long, max 15 years.. It really upsets me when i see the owner sobbing over their severely-ill pets..

Of cos there are still lotsa joys in the hosp when new babies are born or when the puppies recovered and ran around in hosp..

A quick snap of the little puppy.. Good job doggie mummy! You done well..

Aww...How sweet is this..(the puppy will only open the eyes after 3 weeks)

1st Day of Animal Hospital Placement~~~

Woo!! 1st day of vet placement is tiring yet so satisfying..

It was really an amazing and eye-opening's experience as i got to witness 2 de-sex surgeries of puppies; dental procedures; consultation with owners by the vet; inject medicines to a little puppy; hugging the animals when they were injected and etc.

The staffs were all very friendly to me esp the vet who taught me so much today! She even asked me some pharmacy questions and i was so glad that she said it was so useful to have pharmacy student around! She is sooo humble and i love her alot:)

Never knew that animal drugs are quite similar to humans' one except the dose are mostly based on weight. But of cos there were still some drugs which more common in animals eg. S-adenosylmethionine for arthritis or liver disease.

Btw, it is really expensive to keep a dog here as all the de-sex, vaccination, blood tests and medications can easily cost you few hundred to thousand dollars. I saw a few scripts today which were charged $800 and above..now u can imagine how much the vet was paid ya..hehe

Also, it really needs lotsa effort and patience to keep them..esp in australia due to the strict regulations which i think is really good in protecting the animals..

One dog's owner came today and was crying as her little puppy hasn't been eating for 4 days and vomited for 3 continuous days and even worse, the puppy's abdominal was swelling..Plus she was worried over the surgery fees too..X Ray was done and puppy was admitted..Hopefully she will recover really soon and it will not cost a bomb to the owner.

A great day packed with lotsa knowledges and i definitely look forward to more new stuffs tomorrow!!

Where should i go?

Recently Tasmania Hospitals' applications for intern pharmacists are opened and i had been cracking my head to write Resume, Cover Letters, thousand words essay for selection criteria and etc..

To be able to graduate is a super hard task!

and now to write a good remarkable essay is even harder!

I had been slacking alot this week with dinners and movies.. and so decided to sit down in my room on a nice saturday night to get started with all these..

And this brought me lots of questions:

Will i want to work in Tasmania if i ever get this job?

Do i work as community pharmacist because of the high pay and parent's expectations?

Or do i work as clinical pharmacist which i have interests in?

How about singapore application? Melbourne? Perth? Hobart?

To stay or to leave?

Too many questions..But only one answer which is Jesus!

He has my answers and so i pray to u eagerly, praying that u will show me a clearer indication for where i shud be heading to.. Reveal to me and i pray that i will be obedient in whichever places u planned for me.

Most importantly, i pray that i wil pass this semester smoothly before i can even think of where shud i go..

and yeah! Thank God for putting me in my ocf as my resume looks so much better and nicer with the activities i organsied in ocf..hehe..

Two more to go!!!

The scariest oral exam is over!!!

I cant say that i did well in the exam as i made a careless mistake in dispensing the morning after pills..sobz..

I prayed that it will not deduct too much of my marks and caused me to fail.. I know i can trust in Him and so i shall not think anymore of the oral exam and move on to my next two papers and then will see how everything goes afterwards le..

Dont think too much YY!! Focus.....

All da best to my Wonder Five!!!

Tomorrow is the day! Our very first paper for 4th year exam!

Even though my adrenaline level is shooting high right now, i will pray, calm myself down and have Faith as You are a Good God! Your plan is to prosper me but not to harm me.

You are the God of miracles. I thank You that You know my needs.

Lord, I desire Your presence, guidance and wisdom..

Lord, make me a woman who is faithfully devoted to You!

Lord, I pray that the Wonder Five will together in unity, graduate proudly in front of all the pharmacy lecturers and move to a better Future which You have planned for us! Amen!

Touching the tip of nervousness!!!

Today after coming back from practical session, i suddenly had the sudden intense feeling that exam is very Near!!

Considering my 5 papers for this sem will be finishing off within 6 days in a row and at the first week of uni exam, i actually have one month time to prepare for it only..

With 2 assignments to pass up this fri, and 150 top medications to memorise, 20 OTC cases to remember, this week is going to be real hectic!!!

Oh Lord, i cant express how much burden i m carrying now..But i m sure u knew it all as u have the best knowledge of my heart.. I know it is hard to surrender totally but i will do it step by step!!

I pray for Your assurance, like how You gave to Gideon: The Lord is with you, O valiant warrior."

Father, You are with me and this is more than Enough!

I want I want !!!

Phew...finally handed in the placement forms today and i am praying very very hard to get all the three places i chose and same thing to the other Wonder Five!!

Port Douglas in north Queensland is one of my main selection and i cant stop be amused by the scenery pic found online. That is really a good vacation place for me and milkshake poh!! Whenever i told ppl that i chose this place, i only heard WOW so this proves how beautiful this place is..Somemore snorkelling in Great Barrier Reef is one of my' top ten things to do when you got money'. Hopefully maria and phyllis can get thursday island too and we can meet somewhere in the middle of ocean..haha..

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Be joyful always, pray continually,give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

I want ! Port Douglas!

Taken from google

Great Barrier Reef

Another two selections i put are Melb community pharmacy and Royal Hobart Hospital!

I want too!!

And hope that my placement in melb pharmacy will leave a good impression and that they will offer me intern job there maybe? it will be uber awesome if i can:)

Awww... Pray Pray Pray!!

Result is out on this friday!!

Argh!!! I m nervous; worried; scared; emo; pressured..right now.. as my 3rd year of pharmacy result will be out this fri..Will i smile and laugh or cry and disappointed on fri?? I wan to pass this sem and enter my 4th yr, the ultimate final year!!

Please Lord...Help me to go thru this.. Help my Practical, PSP, therapeutics, clinical pharmacy, Pharmacokinetic and chemotherapy.. I really wan to graduate tgt with my lovely wonder FIVE le!! Go away Negative thinking!! I will survive this with the help of my Heavenly Father! Same thing to all the ppl who getting their results..God Bless u guys!!

Tomorrow i will be heading off to burnie with frens and hopefully this one day trip can take off all my worries before i sit in front of the table, checking my resultsssssss...

Why lecturers do so much changes in our exam paper this yr???

argh!! 3 down and 3 more to go!! But i dont have excitement today!! cos i once again disappointed by the papers i had..

Clinical pharmacy is one of my favourite paper among all and i thought i will do better in this paper..But th outcome is i forgot that vitamin K can reverse warfarin!! what am i thinking at thta moment?? haiz.. this is such a basic fact!! But i must admit that today i felt abit drowsy and tired, just dont feel well in general!! haiz..But i tried my best to concentrate on the papers and write as much as i can..I managed to finish writing all the answers after 3 hours of non-stop writing..and now i m seriously faitgue and definitely need a good sleep tonight!!

But i already slept for many hours already , average 7 hours everyday but still feel like not enuf le..haha..i m such a piglet!! Maybe cos of the rich CHOCOLATE brownies that i had yesterday and now started to feel thta my body is getting hot..

Dear Lord, please dont let me fall sick at this critical period..i wan to get over this exam fast and enjoy myself in gold coast!!! I pray that u can keep me healthy so that i focus on the rest of papers le..And Lord, i pray that i didnt do too bad in the paper(at least give me a pass)..i dont aim too high...pass will be enuf for me nowadays..i just wan to graduate together with the Wonder Five!! I will trust in You and let You lead me as we discover the life together!! Amen!

My #1 Fear is on tomolo!!!

Practical exam is on tomorrow!! There is no turning back! This will be the first and last 3rd year practical for me!!

Dear Father, i need ur strength, encouragement, wisdom, love to go through this period. Without your help, tomolo is like mission impossible.. but i know you have my best interest at your heart and all i have to do is to have faith in you that this mission will be accomplished and i will have nil worries anymore..

I will come boldly to the throne of our gracious God and ask for ur help and guidance tomorrow!! Seek and you will find!!

All da best for all the ppl who are going thru with me at this critical period!! We all will graduate together end of net year, right mah?? We are the Wonder Five!! hehe..

Thanks to all the pretty angels for ur wishes, encouragements.
Thanks yingqi for ur email as it really encourages me alot!
Thanks to anonymous who gave me the super nice meal!! It satisfies my craving alot..it is heavenly tasty!!
Thanks to ah kor for the best nasi lemak i had!
Thanks chun chun for the message too! u grew up alot!!
Thanks rbc for helping with the groceries!
Thanks anna for the lil angel u gave me!
I almost wan to cry with all the lil things u guys done for me..i will stay strong my fren..

Together we will eb able to make it~~~

I missed Royal Hobart Show day everyear!!!

Argh.... Exam is getting 10x super nearer lah!!! And i m suffering from tachycardia right now, plus other symptoms eg sweating, high blood pressure, increased appetite, nausea and vomiting etc.. Will i have addisonian insufficiency at this critical stress period!!!

YY hang in there..Just three more weeks and u will be off to Gold Coast, enjoying the summer heat, sweating and having most fun in the Theme Park!!! So to all my frens hang in there too!!! I noe someone lookign forward to alice spring too..hehe..


i dislike PSP!! Why they wan to change the exam format this year and we have to memorize so much of the OTC products!! I regretted for not starting it earlier..haiz...And my most fear, Practical is coming, the first paper!! If u ever see me on mon night, pls dont DONT be angry at my grumpiness or bad temper cos i will be super duper freaked out!! Please pray for my papers...thanks guys!!


Maria and Phyllis, can u see my kor now?? haha..















Picnic in botanical garden which later on birthday surprise party for my kor















Pic of the day!! Grumpy us!!

An emo day!!!

Today my big kor kor, des was sent by office to some very rural area (even more rural than my placement in exeter, can u imagine that??) and he will not be home for 3 days..

Interestingly, i have been missing him whole day and the feeling is very weird as not that he will be there for whole week, it is just 72 hours!! Time flies but why ya i feel so much lonely without seeimg him for just one day.

I said it's weird as i dotn feel so when i went back msia for two months before him. I also dont have such feeling when i was away for placement for two weeks. This feeling reminds me back to the reluctant feeling i have for him when he 1st leaving to aus. i missed him so much that time that i even secretly hoped that he will change his mind and not going to aus..i feel so evil..hehe

maybe becos tml i m going to have Therapeutic Oral Exam which i fear so much!! and i so used to have him around to encourage me..and also maybe i used to listen to him calling me: ah mei..
also maybe i feel so much safer with him around in the house.. and maybe cos i dont have bf and he is the first guy i will go to besides my dad when i encounter any problems. I guess it is all these stuffs that explains why i m abit emo today!!

anyway, i m starting to feel nervous for my 3pm oral test tml!!
Dear Lord, i pray that i can do better than my previous one.. Please humble me down if i m over confidence. Pls motivate me when i cant continue anymore. please bring me back to focus when i m distracted...thanks Lord!! Your Grace is sufficient to me!! I shall rest my burden in you and let u do the rest!!

btw, i keep on hearing some weird "farting" sounds from the room downstairs..yucks...

Stuck at home on a bright sunny day!!

Argh!! The big exam is swimming to us again!!

And the same routine of stucking at home with piles of lecture notes + unhealthy meals plus junk foods + looking at window admiring the sunny weather + imagining the fun i will have after exam + complaining to parents on how stress i am + two hours movie break as the onli entertainment + skipping potluck and activities etc... is officially back again!!!

But this also means that i am one step closer to my graduation 2010!! To the end of my uni life!!

I want to note down how i go thru all these stressful exam periods and show to my sons and daughters next time!! hehe..See!! ur mummy got study hard one okie and go thru hard periods too!! hehe..i m crazy d..Most importantly this period is part of our life journey and it will eb interesting to look back and be amazed how i managed to conquer them one by one!!

Yes, shall back to my Therapeutics lecture notes!! I like therapeuutics but super dislike the Oral exam as i got BAD experience in last sem with Dr. Peter Tenni..hmmph..He is harsh!! but knowledgeble..haiz..i must win this battle this time!!

Yin Yin, Keep ur burning spirit now!! Amen!!