Once In A Blue Moon

              Please read my past post on ‘My Stint in Hospital Pharmacy’ yeah; it was written to shed some lights on career in hospital pharmacy-from my (limited) perspectove, of course. The following pics were taken using my beloved samsung hp coz my digi cam has prob =( There will be more pics coming soon (pics in cytotoxic lab etc..) but I have to wait for ling ling to send me..so stay tune…

The senior pharmacist in outpatient pharmacy, Mun Yi. I am grateful to her for giving me the chance to do counselling and sharing some thoughts with me. She is always walking around with a cheerful smile that reflects her bubbly character. =) Even when she is not happy with some bitchy difficult customers, she didn’t show it at all and she will calm them down with her PR skills.

             With the outpatient pharmacist, Munirah. She is really tall and her make-up is nice (especially eyeliner). She said that she did it in 1 minute!! How chun is that? I couldn’t use liquid eyeliner properly because you need to line your eye at one stroke;if not it will be crooked=(

               In addition, she contributed to ONE starbucks sticker to me; for your info, I now have 7 stickers (I got TWO stickers by buying ONE green tea drink a few days ago!!). Well, if dear sweet-loving-kind-helpful mcians are going to get some drinks in starbucks when we have our countdown gathering tomorrow, then my hope of getting the diary will be revived(refer to past post on ‘of Confession and Appeal’).

              Behind us was the locuum pharmacist (part-time), Malar, counselling a patient. I only met her today because she comes here on and off. She was in IMU P101 batch !! hehe we exchanged number and she said she would call me if she comes imu one day.

With the pharmacist assistant, Kak Asniza at the inpatient pharmacy. Notice she is cutting a blister to get the right amount of tablets. She looks prettier in person and I couldn’t help to tell her that I think she is pretty. lol. It is so super cold in inpatient pharmacy that I had to wear sweater (the thickest one some more) everyday.

Ling Ling, a girl whom I got to know during my stint in hospital pharmacy. She is also a ‘cheap labour’ like me-we were paid RM 13 PER DAY!! However, she is sponsored by the hospital to do diploma in pharmacy; and she gets paid every month!! She is one optimistic person who has a positived outlook towards life.=) Glad to have known you, and remember to send me those pics ya!!

What are you doing now?

Are you looking at it too?

At the sky, dyed orange

By the setting sun that’s becoming the morning sun.

The night when we cried,

Both of us shedding our tears,

The days we laughed until morning,

Having pointless conversations,

I won’t forget either of them.

They are treasures that anchor me as I am now.

I feel it even when we are apart

Your kindness,

So no matter where I go,

I am not alone.

No matter what happens,

I am not crushed.

The sky and the sea met,

And like the islands,

Even if we are apart,

We are blended gently with the same colour.

Hey, we have a close bond..

Softly putting a hand over my heart,

On nights when I can’t sleep.

We’ll meet again in my dreams,

I can hear a lullaby.

Our bond pushes me on.

What are you doing now?
Are you seeing it too?

The rain has stopped,

An arch hangs in the sky,

We are connected by a rainbow,

You and I.

               This song, Kizuna (’bonds’), which is a theme song from my much-loved jap drama, Ima Ai NiYukimasu, is dedicated to my evergreen mc friends who have always been there.

                My mum was saying how it was like the first time she met her best friend for life in college. Coupled with the heart-warming tag by Foong jin, memories of yesteryears flooded back to my mind…

                 It was the first week of school (NOT first day, I am sure) when I notice this girl who seems really friendly. I wanted to find a chance to get know of her but somehow it didn’t come until the zipper incident. Not going to elaborate here but then later on we started hanging out and little did we know that we will become best of friends. The girl was Kae Shin.

             In Homescience club (the dreadful days of being cheap labour to Narendra, mcians, remember that?), I met this girl from L class, Ow Mun Waei. Somehow, we started to say hi more to each other though we were in different classes. It was only till form 2 when she came to M class and sat besides me during maths that we got really close. So close talkative that Ms. Ang threatened to change our places if we didn’t watch our behaviours. lol.

                I cannot remember how I met her. She was in C class then. It must be the fact that we started to bond more during Homescience club. But the determinant was form 4 Japan trip, whereby we became partner and stayed together with the same host. She is one sincere best friend that I have even known- May Ling.

                Back then in Form 1, Sam sat next to me. She and Anna will keep printing out stuff they find interesting on net and shared with us. I still remember anna as the girl who always skipped meals and she would go around carrying a story book. Later on in our secondary school years, she stopped doing that because the whole mc gang had much to talk about during breaks and lunch.

                 Another girl was always talkative and I looked up to her for writing superb essays. Even Mrs. Moore praised her on her writing skills. How I wished I could write so well like her! We didn’t get to know each other much, much better until we were in the same set teaching in Form 4 and 5. The girl must be reading this and blushing now, right? Ng Foong Jin!! =P

                 Thanks to all my evergreen friends, a lot whom I cannot afford to feature here because I need to ciao now for my youngest sis to ‘O 2 Jam’. hehe.

            Argh..what would you feel, just when you have written a super-long-with-deep-thinking post, only to find that it wasn’t saved right after a click? It is like #^*^%*$^&(&$( ok!! I really put in my heart and soul in writing a genuine reflection on my stint in hospital pharmacy this month. However, it was so potong stim =( so I left the com on and went for dinner and tv.

              I do not think I can re-write the whole thing so I will focus on my thoughts; however I will shed some lights on inpatient and outpatient pharmacy.

Taken in outpatient pharmacy. I will upload more pics once my friend, ling ling (whom I met in pharmacy), send me those pics. Stay tune…

             

                Inpatient pharmacy is where we prepare medication for inpatients (e.g. those who are hospitalised). We prepare the medication according to the prescription and then pack them in a plastic bag, which we label with the ward number and patient’s name. The medications that are available here and not outpatient are injections (broadly divided to intravenous and intramuscular) and infusions.

             The irritating thing in inpatient pharmacy is you get nurses ‘yelling’ ‘c710 medication dah siap tak?’ and when you reply ‘tidak ada di sini’, they keep saying ‘C710 stat (to be taken immediate), kita dah send prescription tadi!!’ The pharmacist, annoyed (because all of us are super busy with work-charging, dispensing, couselling, packing, attending to calls with similar questions like ‘dah siap ke belum, D504?’), replied, ‘tak faham bm ke? tak ada di sini. Check dengan mereka di atas!!’

                Outpatient pharmacy is where we attend to customers/patients who walk in, or have come to hospital to visit the specialist clinic. We do a lot of counselling there, as  opposed to inpatient pharmacy whereby we prepare medication for wards’ patients.

                   The irritating thing here, or challenge (putting it in a positive way), is having to deal with bitchy difficult customers. You get datins and datuks who go about picking on little things and threatening to make a big fuss due to the service provided (they want immediate attention, which is not found in places where we practise ‘1st come, 1st serve).

                 Having been there, done that, I get to observe how the pharmacist deals with difficult situation. I see how calm and composed she is when attending to patient’s complaint, always smilimg at them courteously and apologising if the fault is on our part. Then I see how the pharmacist builds rapport with the staff by cracking jokes with them; and on the other hand, showing her strictness when they have made mistakes.

                 Suffice to say, I get to confirm the true reality, that pharmacists are working for the doctors (doing the dirty job, if you shall put it). I am not sparking a war on who is better, do not get me wrong. Truth is, there are some caring and ethical doctors whom I look up to; though there are some arrogant and stubborn doctors whom I do NOT respect simply because they do not respect pharmacists.

         In the hosp i am working, a dr prescribe 2 eye-drops, one a lubricant and another an antibiotic.Which one to use first??

         The pharmacist told the patient to use the lubricant first (to clease the eye from dust etc..) then only use antibiotic. The patient said the dr told him the other way round. So the pharmacist called up the dr in front of the patient but the dr insisted that he was right..wat to do…followed dr only. The pharmacist later added to me that there is another dr who tells patient to use lubricant first (The right way).

           Some ppl may say that this case is not life-threatening. but STIll?? Another case. a dr prescribes aspirin to pregnant ladies in the hosp I am working in. the pharmacist told me it is a ‘dumb thing to do’ coz aspirin causes bleeding!! (it is an anticoagulant). So if the dr wants to use it as antipyretic or pain reliever, there are other choices ah!!!!

           I have nothing against drs, hehe in fact I don’t mind to have a bf who is a dr. lol *blush* but what I ‘geram’ at times is dr who think they are a class above pharmacists and are stubborn to suggestions given.

                 However, being an optimist, I always believe that there is power in individual. Even if it is just you alone, you can make the difference in people’s perceptions towards a certain career. There may be rotten eggs in the medical field, but I still believe that there are genuine people who are pursuing medicine with their passion. There may also be some half-past-six pharmacists, but there are also many pharmacists who really know what they are doing.

               Did you know that pharmacists in overseas go for ward rounds WITH doctors? Did you know that they can refuse to dispense a medication if the dr.’s handwriting is not legible? (because it may cause dispensing error) Did you know that there are special pharmacists known as ward pharmacists in charge of a certain ward? (say, diabetic ward, whereby the pharmacist does drug-monitoring and sees to the patient’s diet) Did you know that there is such thing as A & E (Accident and Emergency) pharmacists who play an important role when it comes to history taking etc..to avoid drug interaction for the patient, which in turns, helps the dr. in giving the right medication?

                     Such is the patient interaction that I really look forward to. I understand that pharmacists in malaysia really has a long way to go to achieve that kind of recognition among the people. It doesn’t help when our healthcare is not so widespread-we have shortage of clinics /hospitals in rural areas to begin with, let alone enough staff to do separte dispensing? But let us all hope for the best, and STRIVE for the best!

   

             I was blog-surfing and I came across a post by a famous blogger and what she wrote inspired me to pen out what has been in my mind for some time…

             Truth is, festive seasons may just bring out the loneliness among us. It sucks because amidst all the celebrations and all the outings plans, you may feel even more lonely deep down inside.

               Just because occasions like new year, xmas, valentines’ day etc. are much celebrated (and commercialised), you are sorta expected to spend that day partying, counting-down, or celebrating with your friends. You all know what I am talking about right? Because people around you all have plans, and it really doesn’t feel good when you have no plans at all.

                So you start asking yourself, do you have this group of attached friends that you can always turn to? Like phoebe-monica-chandler (of Friends) that type of stable friends? Someone who will spend the festive seasons with you and celebrate your promotion (or the failure of) with you?

                  Back then in secondary school, most of us (at least girls) are known to be attached to another friend or friends. It is like A and B, C and D kinda thing. And when you want to pass a message to A and B, you just tell to either one and both of them will get it. Even in bday invitation, it is always nice to invite both A and B because you want to be friendly and not hurt the other’s feelings. Sounds familiar?

                  Truth is, the attached friends scenario is hard to come by because people have their own lives too. They may have their other halves and other group of friends to hang out with as you all walk a different path in life. Sounds familiar right? Your girlfriend get hitched recently and she spends most of her time with her boyfriend. It is like they cannot afford not to see each other for even one day. Then you have another friend who slowly drifts away from you (not his/her fault) because you two are in different environment and meeting different people, so the topic of conversation starts to get less and less….

                   It doesn’t make your life any better (if you are one who treasure friendship a lot) when you click with A and B, yet A has his/her group of friends while B has his/her own gang too. And A and B are exactly close so you belong to neither of the gang; yet you share some compatibilities with A and B but you just lack of the chance to spend quality and quantity time with them. I know friendship is not about possession and not about attachment; yet there is always a thought in your heart that you would love to have that particular someone whom you can always count on, and always turn to…

              I hope I convey my sentiments in the right way because it is so hard to talk about that feelings which I am sure all of us feel at one point or another..Sometimes amidst a crowd, you feel even more lonely. You feel so lonely deep inside that you want to cry out.

                 My sis was quick to point out that since primary school, I always have at least a best friend. She didn’t really have one all this while. It is quick true of what she said- look at uncle J,(our family friend who is successful in his career), I don’t think he has many friends whom he can really turn to. That’s why he has aunty (his wife) by his side. Life is like that. Family comes first.

                      Indeed we spent a joyful xmas night at the top floor of our house, singing carols and doing stupid acts during game time with our sisters.There is no spray, no fireworks, no alcohols- but pure smiles from the faces of our younger sisters. The joy and the warmth, were indeed felt from within.

               ’Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way…’ all the christmas songs being played on radio, the mall and hospital where I work must have reminded everyone about the festive season =) Megamall has a chun settin, magically decorated with gingerbread house (the one from hansel and gretel) along with christmas trees. Wil just had to con lindsey that they are made of sugars and chocs; come on if it were the case, it would have been gone in no time!!

                  I am not a christian but since young, I kinda have fate with christianity. When we were younger, we stayed in a shophouse whereby we rented the shop lot down there for a chapel. I remembered going to sunday schools for some time (cannot remember why I stopped going) and even acted as flower girl in a play during xmas (about the resurrection of Jesus).

                  Then my 1st piano teacher back then was a christian; so she used to ask us (her students) to have gift exchange session aroung christmas time. At times, she will treat us to some goodies. Back then, I also started to play some christmas songs like ‘Silent Night’ (my fav song back then), ‘Deck the Halls’, ‘We wish you a merry christmas’ and etc.. These few years, my fav one has been ‘The First Noel’, followed very closely by ‘Hark The Herald Angel Sings’.   Can you believe that a christmas songbook I borrowed in memorial library kl at least 10 years ago, turned out to be in tmn tun library? I found the very same book when I went to tmn tun library weeks ago-and I saw the stamp in the book, it is ‘perpustakaan peringatan kl’ alright. =) So I borrowed the book and vow to photocopy the whole book unlike a few songs back then (I still have the photocopied song sheets).

              Sorry I digress. Then in secondary school, my sis and I went to Methodist College KL (fondly known by us as mc), now known as Wesley Methodist School. You may be amused to know that my 3rd sis is in Catholic High School now; but for your information, our family is buddhists!! haha!!

                   Having said that, I am a open-minded person. I have always been fascinated by christmas songs and the hymns (I used to go for morning chapel in mc just to sing the hymns). However, I am not a christian (yet); simply because I do not want to rush into things. I have been to a church camp in form 2 whereby they tried to convert me; I was horrified and scared at that time because I saw people speaking in tongues and people being critical of buddhism and other religions. Little did I know that it was a charismatic church camp that I went to-I thought it was just a camp organised by the church so I signed up.

                  Of late, I am interested to read the bible (read book of Ecclesiastes and a bit of Genesis but it was like a history book so hard for me to go on). Lindsey told me to start on the new testament first so I guess I shall do that. What I like about the Bible is that, it brought comfort to me when I needed words of encouragement. My piano teacher lent me a book (tells you stories related to those verses they took from Bible, and it was grouped under themes like ‘love’, ‘anger’, ’sorrow’) that time and I found the peace when  I found myself being deceived by that particular bugger. Of course it was not only because of that incident that I started to take an interest in christianity.

             I totally respect and understand those strong christians/ catholics who really can feel the power of  God when they pray and read the Bible (’words of God’). However, I cannot feel that and I will not rush into things. So I really appreciate you all for not converting me, for not forcing things onto me, and for respecting other religions like buddhism too. =)

                Having said all those serious things, =P here is my wishlist; all I want for christmas is…

1. Ng May Ling. I miss her like crazy and we haven’t met each other online for months. She hasn’t been emailing me too; and ling if you are reading this, nope I am NOT blaming you ya. I know when we are apart and we are busy with our own studies and life, it is hard to be there for each other as much as we want to. But I know I can always count on you and thanks for the time u were there for me, through thick and thin! *huGs*

2. Confidence and perseverance to move on in sem 4. If I am kept waiting for too long; if I am made to feel that my effort has not been paid off, if what I believe in is a far cry from reality, then I really do not know where to find my lost confidence. I am not giving up but I am really afraid that one day, I will just lose it all.

3. Meeting sincere and nice people. I am getting a bit disappointed with how things are as we grow older; friends you make are no longer as sincere as friends you had back then. With the passing of time, everyone changes; and I stubbornly believe that the friends whom I cherish are all changing for the better..

4. More time to do what I enjoy- reading a good book, playing some nice songs on piano, talking to my dear friends and sis, baking, cooking (with sis at times). I hate it when uni comes and all we talk about is portfolio, pbl, reports, class tests and more class tests. =(

5. Travel to UK. My parents promised me that I will get to travel when I graduate but then that is not so practical since my friends will have graduated too. Since shin is going to nottingham next june, and that we will graduate in 2009, the ideal period to travel is december 2008 for me. May be dec 2007 I will work (this time for the $) to show my sincerity to parents. Then at least I am subsidizing a bit of my travel expenses. There is chee wei in london, sara in leeds, mun ling, xiu jing in manchester, shin and ling in nottingham, xin long in liverpool (I am so going to anfield to visit the stadium that steven gerrard plays in =P)…actually I really really want to go to Italy, followed closely by France and Spain.

Merry christmas and a blessed year ahead to all of you!!                                             

          ‘Ima, ai ne yumimasu’–that is the japanese version of the title for this touching jap drama that I just watched on youtube. (Yes, I became a tv cum com junkie during the holidays, not like I wasn’t one during weekdays though =P)

           Because it is not busy now in pharmacy; because my boss is a really friendly lady (She treated us ice-cream today) and because I cannot log on to blogger, I have resorted to blogging about it in friendster blog unlike what I mentioned in the previous post.

              I only joined my sisters in watching the drama at the 4th episode; I cried in the last episode and again in the first episode when  I watched it after that.

             I cannot recall the last jap drama that left a deep impact on me; I cannot count ‘Crying love In The Centre of Love’ because I only got to watch a bit (going to watch the whole thing soon). This drama is one of the best Jap dramas that I have watched thus far. The pure love it talks about is not only between that of a couple, but also that of parents and child.

                The whole ambience of the drama is one of coziness, warmth and hope.

                   What I wrote in the pharmacy stopped there as I had to resume work. Now that I am rewatching the last episode, I just want to add that it is really heartfelt.

          "Good morning.’ ‘Good night.’ ‘This tastes good.’ ‘Are you alright?’ ‘Did you sleep well?’ ‘Come here.’ Love lives within these words. To me, that’s what being a couple is all about. But back then, I hadn’t realized it yet." The above passage is an excerpt from Takuji Ichikawa’s best-selling novel "Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu," from which the film "Be with You" (or the drama, ‘Now, I want to Meet You’) takes its inspiration.

 

                  The summary is that  (SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading NOW if you are watching that drama) -

               

                    Mio was knocked down by a car when she was 19. During the 6-week that she lost her consciousness, she was brought into the future (8 years later) to be with her husband, Takumi, and her son, Yuji. Ther future Mio had lost all her memories-of falling in love with Takumi, of marrying him, of giving birth to Yuji. However, she decided to stay with them.  Eventually, she fell in love with Takumi for the second time.

              Sadly, when the rainy season ended 6 weeks later, she had to leave them. The present Mio realised that she would pass away when Yuji turned 6 years old; but she would be able to return for 6 weeks when he turned 8 years old. Knowing what the future holds for her should she choosesthat path, she took on that path in looking for Takumi (who was avoiding her) and then marrying him with no regrets.

            Thus, before she left the world, she made a picture book for Yuji - telling him that she will return one year later when the rainy season comes; but  she will also leave them 6 weeks later. The picture book was how all the stories unfolded from the first episode…

                 I asked my sis a question, ‘If you were Mio and you knew such fate is ahead of you, will you still go ahead and marry Takumi?’ to which she replied, ‘if my life is long but there is no meaning to it, what is the point?’

                  Exactly how I felt too. If there is such a chance to meet the one whom I love whole-heartedly and vice versa, if such true love befalls me, if such happiness of a family finds its way to me; then if I were Mio, I would say, ‘yes, I will still choose to marry him.’ For life is not to the extent of how long you live, but HOW you live it.

      

           That is what I believe in. I have been shopping for a hand bag since last semester; for your info, the topshop hand bag that I always use was a gift from my friends back then in form 4. I still like that bag and will still use it but since it is denim  material, I wanted to get a leather one for smart casual/formal use.

             Fate always work on us in its most unexpected way. The more you are searching for something, the more you find yourself not getting it. Instead, when you are just casually looking about, you may bump into something that really caught your attention. That is my experience and sentiment so far, and it doesn’t only apply to my latest ‘joy-giver’-my new seed hand bag!!

                                  

The beige handbag looks really nice with the stiches on it. Thanks lindsey, for assuring me on my decision. She added that since it is BEIGE and not white, it won’t be easily dirtied as we may think. Of course I vow to take care it and protect it from being tarnished. I am yet to use it though. (sorry for the small pic)

                   I saw it in genting Padni Concept Store but I put it on hold as I didn’t want to be an impulsive shopper (though it cost RM 39-a value buy item). Last sat when I went to megamall, I saw the mng on sale =) but the bags are a bit too old for my age. Plus the one I kinda like (dark green colour) was RM 50, more expensive than the seed one. =) So when I finally walked in to seed, love at 2nd sight happened so I bought it (though I have not gotten my pay).

                 Sometimes the joy in shopping/learning/meeting the one is in the process and NOT the destination. I always like to try on clothes but the price will always stop be from buying. However, I will make a mental note to get back to the shop when there is a sale and if there indeed is a price reduction and my size is still available, then I will get it. If not, I take it as no fate. hehe. However, there are exceptions-those iteams that you really like at first sight.

                That is why I said a BIG FAT NO to the starbucks girl when she offered to sell me her ‘$ bintang’ diary (refer to previous post on my impulsive craving of owning the limited edition diary). Yes, I may not be spending RM 180 in order to get it but then, the joy in collecting it has been robbed off me. When I spend Rm 10, I not only get a sticker, I also get to indulge in the coffee and the ‘$ bintang’ environment. And what makes the whole diary so precious in the end is the process of obtaining it.

               Note: $ bintang is used because I do not want to infringe in copyright and I would like to protect the employees from being thought of badly by the employer. Anyway I didn’t say which outlet and the names so the possibility is really insignifant. =) But I just want to play safe.

         

                  Of course what is stopping me now is the date line. If you give me till next May for instance to collect 18 stickers, then it is really good. However, the date line now is 8th january, and I am not those who drink starbucks like how I drink water. I will consider trying my luck in getting it IF the GUY in ‘$ bintang’ let me hav 3 stickers upon my purchase of my fav, heavenly green tea frapuccino. I mean, I want my RM 13 drink be more worthy ma!!!

              But LUCK was NOT at my side. The dudes who gave me 2 stickers that day wasn’t at the cashier place. Instead, the sneaky malay girl was there. That is why when the guy came out much late and saw me there, he just smiled. I mean, he can’t possibly say yes to me in front of his colleague!! Never mind, I shall try my luck some time then, since wen yuen will be paying me a visit here and we will most likely have lunch there. (coz there is only the cafeteria which sells quite-sucky-food-besides-hotdog-nuggets-and-kuih and ‘$ bintang’.)

               So yes, unless you are such a sweet friend of mine cum ‘$ bintang’ lover that you wouldn’t mind helping me collect the stickers; adding the fact hope that the ‘$ bintang’ dudes will give me 3  stickers for ONE DRINK I buy, I am letting go of my impulsive urge to own that piece of limited edition diary. =)

                  I have been touched and have some deep thought after watching ‘Ima, Ai ni yukimasu’ (Now, I want to meet you) and recent encounter in life. Since I have blogged here, I shall be blogging that in my private blog ; so for those of you who have the privilege of going there, do drop by  and share your thoughts with me =)

             I have a confession to make…yeah come closer and I shall reveal it to you.

           I am sure you all agree with me on that magical moment, on that very sure timing that you start to like a certain someone/something.

             Yes, I am spilling it all out now. Lately, I realise my love for this has grown stronger:

 

muahahahaha!!I lied. If you think I am someone who can like 3 guys in a time, then you really do NOT know me. Those are my debate seniors whom I look up to as mentors =) Sorry to disappoint you, but this is my current love:

 

             Currently I have to collect 15 more stickers in order to lay my hands on that Starbucks limited edition diary that I like.

(this is because the starbucks dude at my workplace was so kind to give me 2 stickers for the ONE drink I bought- and NOPE I wasn’t flirting-I didn’t even ask. haha!!)  I have to collect 18 stickers by 8th january to get that. It is impossible since I am not born to a well-off family; so the only possible way is to appeal to all loving-kind-sweet friends out there.

             If you all want to meet up, why not we hang out in starbucks? We have to do this before 8th january because I miss you so that is the due date. (ok la, that was inserted to spice up my blog, you all should know how I am towards you all). But please please do me a favour? Please give me your sticker if you have gone to starbucks. THanks!

            Or please ask me to pass you my card (for those of you who see me around more often) so that you can help make my dream comes true.

             If you want to ask me out, I am only free after 5 p.m. on weekdays, atfer 1 p.m. on saturdays; I am free on sundays.

(this statement is strictly for friends who know me well. Stalkers will NOT be entertained)

           It is chrismas, the season of joy and giving; so show that to me!! haha!! thanks!! =D

             I would also like to show you all my National Health Science Debate (NHSD) pictures. It is all ‘kaki lang’ (own people) coz honestly speaking, the world of debate ain’t full of hunks if you ask me. That day I didn’t see any eye candy. I am not talking about potential one, but eye candy. Nothing!!

 

My partner for NHSD, Sree (also past IMCC contestant) and I. The dress code for sat was black. Look how short I am when I stood next to him? This means that I had better hope my prom date is not so tall like him or I shall resort to wearing killer 3-inch high heel (most I went was 2-inch I think) on that night.

 

The grand finals. Shown here is prasad’s fans (ahhaha his batchmates actually)

               They didn’t realise that they left out hai liang and when I pointed that out, chi mei (don’t know how to spell, the sem 2 girl) said ‘you like hai liang is it?’

              Goodness me, just that and someone can relate me to liking another person. *Shake head* Not going to explain here coz it is self-explanatory.

            So later on, they did this to hai liang:

 

Can’t believe the usual make-sense, down-to-earth hai liang could be such a camwhore. This ain’t really the most ‘poser’ picture of him actually.

Our NHSD teams- deborah and I are the roses among the thorns. NO prizes for guessing the dress code for that day.

Got this from tricia’s blog so decided to complement my pics with it…

Part 1:On the Outside
Name : Germaine (not putting my name in case some people try to google my blog)

Date of Birth : 07/11/1986 (if you miss it this year, make sure you come prepared next year ! *wink*
Cutrent status: single AND available
Eye Colour : black

Righty or Lefty : Righty
Zodiac Sign : Scorpio

Part 2:On the Inside

4:Your Pick

Part 5:Do You…

Part 6:In the Past Month
Drank alcohol : don’t think so

Gone to the mall : DUH!! the last one was The Curve
Been on stage : if you count debating as speaking ‘on stage’ (rather, in front of a crowd)

Eaten Sushi: yeah, in gentin- that is when I finally like california roll

Dyed your hair : nope; if $ ain’t a prob, I would love to curl my hair a bit and dye them dark brown

Part 7:Have You Ever?

 

Part 8:

Age you’re hoping to be married : ideally 27-28 if i manage to find the one

Part 11:Finish The Sentence

I miss : Japan in 2002

           ‘A picture speaks a thousand words’, this sayings is so true because let’s take a moment to reflect; when you are reading people’s blog (regardless of whether it is to her/his knowledge), what do you look out for most? It is the pictures, right? What keeps you logging into friendster religiously besides the fact that imu bars ALL the chat programmes? It is the juicy gossips revealed through the person’s change of status in the profile the pictures, ain’t it?

                Now, I am so happy that I got my com and my connection back! I just uploaded by hp pics to my com so here I am, updating you all with these pictures. Wen leong, if you are reading this, please tell me how to use that samsung programme. I merely know how to upload pics through my memory card, I have no idea how to do it through direct connection from hp to com, nor do I know how to add pics from com to hp, add songs to hp and etc…so I will be waiting for your good news, thanks!

            Without further ado, here are those pics, and kk if you are reading this, please email me those debate pics, INCLUDING the camwhored ones by prasad and hai liang. hahahaha!

Seed bag that cost RM 89- love at first sight in Padini concept store, Genting. I hope it is available here, and I hope there will be a sale!! I am so getting myself a handbag since I am religiously working during the holidays, and the handbag that  I always use is a gift in form 4. Now see how loyal I am??

 

RM 59 top from P and Co. If I hadn’t bought the MNG orange top 2 weeks ago from that time (the mng top is at the back), I will buy this.

Kae Shin and I at Manhattan Fish Market. We met up with xin yi, mun waei and rachel.

What a lovely purple bouquet!I think purple roses are the nicest next to my favourite white roses. Nope, sorry to disappoint you but it ain’t from my suitor. It is steph’s birthday present. 

Steph’s pacifier birthday cake. For the story behind it, kindly read my past post on ‘End-of-Semester 3 trip to Malacca’.

Happy Birthday, Kai Yee!

Make a wish….

Me, Serene, Mun Ling- taken on my birthday.