saturday, 27/12/08, 6.40pm.
and i'm in my room now, still in Temerloh, yet to go back, soon...very soon!
did my on-call this morning, from 9.00am-1.00pm in the OPD. thank goodness the crowd was still bearable, the pharmacy was not that crowded, if not i'll go nuts dispensing, with my minimal sexy-sounding voice!! yeah..
I'M SICK!
sucks!
lost 90% of my voice i think, i sound more sexyyy now..yeah! i actually lost only 80% of my voice when i woke up this morning, but thanks to this aunty in the pharmacy this morning, she contributed to the additional 10% lost of my voice! grrrr..
Scenario: aunty comes in with a rx of effexor (venlafaxine) 150mg OD.
Dispensing scenario: dispenses Venlafaxine 75mg OD
me: aunty, take 2 tabs once a day after food.
aunty: but i usually take the 150mg OD one. don't you have the 150mg tablets?
me: no aunty, this is an expensive drug. (LP item) We only purchase the 75mg tablets. Its the same aunty. Just eat 2 tablets at once, it works out to be the same.
aunty: are u sure? i'm afraid the it will provide a different effect! i want the 150mg tabs. You really don't have it?
me: no, i'm so sorry. This is exactly the same medicine aunty. U just need to take two tablets, instead of one. *gaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....my voice alrdy cracking up like a toad at that time!*
aunty: can i have the hospital tel. no? in case anything happens? =.=''
me: ok. I assure u that it is just the same. If there's anything, u can come directly to me, i guarantee u 100% that it works just the same like your 150mg tabs.
omyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.......................................................................................................
this patients drive me nuts!
yeap, had a not-so-nice lunch...my 'fav' food..PORRIDGE. Only eat that crap when i'm sick!
got bck. washed my clothes..felt like I was in Glasgow again. But better..at least there's a proper place to hang and dry my clothes, and not use the heater in my room, and the weather's much better here of course..at least the sun shines, and the sky pours moderately..and the temperature doesn't fluctuate randomly! gahh...reminiscing bout the times in Glasgow..hahaha! how blessed am I to be home in my own countryland! kaka!
alright. so its dinner time. and i'm home alone.
should i cook?
hahaha.
this really feels like Glasgow.
and i'm kinda enjoying it actually.
cheers
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
Bandar Ikan Patin
hiehie! im back..is this gonna be a monthly update thing? haha..i don't know man, have not been in the mood to blog lately, guess my lifestyle has changed, not so sedentary anymore these days since i started working.
ok.1st..sry for the random title. just wanted to update every1 about my life lately. i don't know who reads my blog and all, haha..it feels quite unread and deserted over here though..hahaha..ok..whatever..
so what i've been doing over these past few weeks? Well, its just very predictable. Work starts at 8am, ends at 5pm. Life for me begins after 5pm u see. Me n my other colleagues...hoho..colleagues seem like a really awesome word to use! LOLS..not coursemates, not classmates ok? Yea, since Temerloh is not so 'happening', people here are exceptionally healthy as they exercise whenever they have their free times..Its not like they hang out in shopping malls or anything like that, or sit home in front of the pc for the rest of the day..I came out with this conclusion because the parks have always been crowded with people jogging and exercising in the evenings, and its very difficult to find an available badminton court, if u do not book in advance! Yea, so make a guess of what i do after work! I excercise! LOLS..dats like the only thing i actually look forward to ok in a day..
We go for good dinners after that, as a treat for ourselves after a tiring day, and also not so guilty ma...excercise dy, no need to be afraid of getting fat or anything like that! hehehe! yea, as stated above, temerloh is suppose2b famous for its ikan patin! Yes, i've tried it! Honestly, its quite a yummy fish, not so much of a fishy smell, smooth flesh, best eaten when its steamed with ginger n garlic! hehehe! Theres some other pretty nice food in temerloh that i've tried. There's some really good ikan bakar and the tong sui (pak kor yi mai) which u can find in the same shop, really good....There's this kambing satay in Mentakab (near Temerloh) which is worth the try..
Yea, after reading this, i know whats popping in your mind! Don't u cook Alicia? NO, I dont. Why? coz im just too lazy to. I come back in the weekends, whenever possible, I come bck home every friday nite, and leave back to Temerloh on sunday evenings. If i cook there, i prefer to shop for groceries in temerloh itself, and not bring them over from puchong. imagine u transporting chicken and pork in ur luggage bag back there just to cook for the coming week? arghhh..just too lazy..
So, there u go, a brief update of what life has been for me in this couple of weeks.
Work has been all ok..I just take it as a routine.. u know...haha! well, pay its gona be out in 6 days time!! woohooo..something to look forward to! Well, at least i hope this would be an encouraging factor for me to work on Christmas day, and the weekend of Christmas! Gona be on-call during those days..aihh...no life betul!
k folks..off to bed!
may u all have a good nites sleep!
zzz
ok.1st..sry for the random title. just wanted to update every1 about my life lately. i don't know who reads my blog and all, haha..it feels quite unread and deserted over here though..hahaha..ok..whatever..
so what i've been doing over these past few weeks? Well, its just very predictable. Work starts at 8am, ends at 5pm. Life for me begins after 5pm u see. Me n my other colleagues...hoho..colleagues seem like a really awesome word to use! LOLS..not coursemates, not classmates ok? Yea, since Temerloh is not so 'happening', people here are exceptionally healthy as they exercise whenever they have their free times..Its not like they hang out in shopping malls or anything like that, or sit home in front of the pc for the rest of the day..I came out with this conclusion because the parks have always been crowded with people jogging and exercising in the evenings, and its very difficult to find an available badminton court, if u do not book in advance! Yea, so make a guess of what i do after work! I excercise! LOLS..dats like the only thing i actually look forward to ok in a day..
We go for good dinners after that, as a treat for ourselves after a tiring day, and also not so guilty ma...excercise dy, no need to be afraid of getting fat or anything like that! hehehe! yea, as stated above, temerloh is suppose2b famous for its ikan patin! Yes, i've tried it! Honestly, its quite a yummy fish, not so much of a fishy smell, smooth flesh, best eaten when its steamed with ginger n garlic! hehehe! Theres some other pretty nice food in temerloh that i've tried. There's some really good ikan bakar and the tong sui (pak kor yi mai) which u can find in the same shop, really good....There's this kambing satay in Mentakab (near Temerloh) which is worth the try..
Yea, after reading this, i know whats popping in your mind! Don't u cook Alicia? NO, I dont. Why? coz im just too lazy to. I come back in the weekends, whenever possible, I come bck home every friday nite, and leave back to Temerloh on sunday evenings. If i cook there, i prefer to shop for groceries in temerloh itself, and not bring them over from puchong. imagine u transporting chicken and pork in ur luggage bag back there just to cook for the coming week? arghhh..just too lazy..
So, there u go, a brief update of what life has been for me in this couple of weeks.
Work has been all ok..I just take it as a routine.. u know...haha! well, pay its gona be out in 6 days time!! woohooo..something to look forward to! Well, at least i hope this would be an encouraging factor for me to work on Christmas day, and the weekend of Christmas! Gona be on-call during those days..aihh...no life betul!
k folks..off to bed!
may u all have a good nites sleep!
zzz
Monday, November 17, 2008
I'm in Temerloh!!
I am here, finally here, started working 'officially' as a pharmacist in a really NICE, relatively NEW government hospital! trust me...theres nothing much more u can ask for when u step in this hospital! So what if it has a complicated name; Hospital Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah! HoSHAS is what ppl call it around here, coz its just too much for a hospital name! haha!
alrite..hows life around here?
Life's good! I'm just totally blessed.Iive got a place to stay the minute i stepped in temerloh grounds, on the very 1st day. Am currently stayin now in the Hospital quarters, which is merely a 5min walk away from the hospital. I know the word 'quarters' sounds a little, erm...kampung-ish? runned down? yeah, i know thats just totally not the right word to use! hmm...Wait till i get some pics of this apartment! Hehehe...U guys will b so so shocked! Basically, my wonderful housemate, a pediatrician, was offered this unit to stay in, but shes got like an extra room vacant for now, so i'm sharing a room with another of my buddy, from IMU as well..It's good in that way, removes some of the 'lonely periods' while im here i guess. haha!
Whats in Temerloh? ok, for u guys who still have no idea where temerloh is, *I never knew temerloh was in pahang ok before i got offered here, it sounded to me like it was in Perak or something* kakaka! ok,its in the state of Pahang! hehehe! For shopaholics, this is not a place for u...coz there's no shopping malls, megamalls and whatsoever..The only shopping that u can get its perhaps grocery shopping, with small supermarkets popping up in the middle of shoplots. Well, not really a problem for me actually, since i work from 8am-5pm everyday, and i go back to KL like every weekend..so life still moves on, well..at least for the weekends! hehe! ..its not all bad orite..
We met up with some really nice buddies, who always offer to drive us around, and pay for our meals! hahaha! told u, i'm just totally blessed! gosh, u know who u are..thanks guys! We are not starving here ok!!! mommy daddy! I'm eating very VERY well here! We have like 5-8 course dinner almost every nite! and we have fantastic lunches as well, if time permits us to go out for lunch! *esp on fridays..hehehe..TGIF* other days, we just stick to the cafeteria in the hospital, where i'll just stuff myself with some rice (which is just not nice at all, and expensive at the same time) =.=' or some bun or some kuih for lunch..
I'm not exactly a qualified pharmacist yet right now, i've got a special title..hehe..'provisionally registered pharmacist' in short, PRP..so basically, we are sent to every department in the hospital, just to make sure we know our stuff at our fingertips, so that when we are out from this government service after 4 years, and we're on our own, we wont be blur about anything, like how i'm exactly feeling right now at work! haha! So, I'm at my 2nd dept right now, I was in DIS ( Drug Info Service) for 2 weeks, dont ask me what i do there. We're suppose to answer any queries about medicines thru telephone calls that we received..but fortunately, or unfortunately..h.ahaha...not much ppl will call / use this service..so...hahaha! i dont do much of a thing there..
Well, today was my 1st day at FKP (farmasi klinik pakar) ...its like the outpatient dept generally, I sat behind the counters, packing medicines, checking prescriptions, calling doctors when there are any query in the prescriptions, and also taking care of the DD (dangerous drugs) which are really exclusive, coz there are like about 10 of them ONLY, all stored in a cupboard in a room, its like i'm appointed to keep track of the movement of these medicines, and if i lose even 1 DD tab, im basically dead meat la..So, yea..theres basically it..I'm gonna b here for quite some time i guess, so like it or not,haha..im gona be stuck here la..I foresee that I've gota learn lots of things from scratch again..oh well....life of a pharmacist! =.='
orite...as a working woman, my sleeping time now is officially at 11pm.
haha..awfully no life! i know..
nites~
alrite..hows life around here?
Life's good! I'm just totally blessed.Iive got a place to stay the minute i stepped in temerloh grounds, on the very 1st day. Am currently stayin now in the Hospital quarters, which is merely a 5min walk away from the hospital. I know the word 'quarters' sounds a little, erm...kampung-ish? runned down? yeah, i know thats just totally not the right word to use! hmm...Wait till i get some pics of this apartment! Hehehe...U guys will b so so shocked! Basically, my wonderful housemate, a pediatrician, was offered this unit to stay in, but shes got like an extra room vacant for now, so i'm sharing a room with another of my buddy, from IMU as well..It's good in that way, removes some of the 'lonely periods' while im here i guess. haha!
Whats in Temerloh? ok, for u guys who still have no idea where temerloh is, *I never knew temerloh was in pahang ok before i got offered here, it sounded to me like it was in Perak or something* kakaka! ok,its in the state of Pahang! hehehe! For shopaholics, this is not a place for u...coz there's no shopping malls, megamalls and whatsoever..The only shopping that u can get its perhaps grocery shopping, with small supermarkets popping up in the middle of shoplots. Well, not really a problem for me actually, since i work from 8am-5pm everyday, and i go back to KL like every weekend..so life still moves on, well..at least for the weekends! hehe! ..its not all bad orite..
We met up with some really nice buddies, who always offer to drive us around, and pay for our meals! hahaha! told u, i'm just totally blessed! gosh, u know who u are..thanks guys! We are not starving here ok!!! mommy daddy! I'm eating very VERY well here! We have like 5-8 course dinner almost every nite! and we have fantastic lunches as well, if time permits us to go out for lunch! *esp on fridays..hehehe..TGIF* other days, we just stick to the cafeteria in the hospital, where i'll just stuff myself with some rice (which is just not nice at all, and expensive at the same time) =.=' or some bun or some kuih for lunch..
I'm not exactly a qualified pharmacist yet right now, i've got a special title..hehe..'provisionally registered pharmacist' in short, PRP..so basically, we are sent to every department in the hospital, just to make sure we know our stuff at our fingertips, so that when we are out from this government service after 4 years, and we're on our own, we wont be blur about anything, like how i'm exactly feeling right now at work! haha! So, I'm at my 2nd dept right now, I was in DIS ( Drug Info Service) for 2 weeks, dont ask me what i do there. We're suppose to answer any queries about medicines thru telephone calls that we received..but fortunately, or unfortunately..h.ahaha...not much ppl will call / use this service..so...hahaha! i dont do much of a thing there..
Well, today was my 1st day at FKP (farmasi klinik pakar) ...its like the outpatient dept generally, I sat behind the counters, packing medicines, checking prescriptions, calling doctors when there are any query in the prescriptions, and also taking care of the DD (dangerous drugs) which are really exclusive, coz there are like about 10 of them ONLY, all stored in a cupboard in a room, its like i'm appointed to keep track of the movement of these medicines, and if i lose even 1 DD tab, im basically dead meat la..So, yea..theres basically it..I'm gonna b here for quite some time i guess, so like it or not,haha..im gona be stuck here la..I foresee that I've gota learn lots of things from scratch again..oh well....life of a pharmacist! =.='
orite...as a working woman, my sleeping time now is officially at 11pm.
haha..awfully no life! i know..
nites~
Friday, October 31, 2008
i'm leaving...on a jet plane..
hhaha..not really a jet plane though, just a car...although i loveee that song!
goshhh..so many questions running thru my mind now..
is there gonna be any internet connection over there? ok, since im staying in a friends place for the time being, perhaps no internet, but lets hope this be a temporary thing only..i'll make sure i get a house with some internet line provided!
is temerloh a town consisting of two streets only? GONE..my shopping..my mamak..my good food...where am i gona get my nyonya kuih, my 'har ko' chee cheong fun, my roti telur bawang?
okla, they may have mamak there..may..
is there STAR newspaper there? haha...im a daily newspaper reader ok? what am i going to do in that isolated town man? other than read newspaper!
although this is not the 1st time im leaving home, things will definitely be different than before. Its not gonna be like life in Glasgow..although I dont have a car there, things are accesible by sitting 'bus no.11' (I learn this from a lame friend; bus no.11= walking with ur two legs! wth!)
imagine u walking by the road in the horribly HOT weather with MAX UV race! and every 100 metres, there'll be this i***ts whistling at u or screaming some s**t at u! crazy sex maniacs!
gosh...am i gonna survive this?
*a moment of silence*
YES i can get through this!
haha
i might not be blogging again till i settle down!
have a good day every one! and sayonara for now!
goshhh..so many questions running thru my mind now..
is there gonna be any internet connection over there? ok, since im staying in a friends place for the time being, perhaps no internet, but lets hope this be a temporary thing only..i'll make sure i get a house with some internet line provided!
is temerloh a town consisting of two streets only? GONE..my shopping..my mamak..my good food...where am i gona get my nyonya kuih, my 'har ko' chee cheong fun, my roti telur bawang?
okla, they may have mamak there..may..
is there STAR newspaper there? haha...im a daily newspaper reader ok? what am i going to do in that isolated town man? other than read newspaper!
although this is not the 1st time im leaving home, things will definitely be different than before. Its not gonna be like life in Glasgow..although I dont have a car there, things are accesible by sitting 'bus no.11' (I learn this from a lame friend; bus no.11= walking with ur two legs! wth!)
imagine u walking by the road in the horribly HOT weather with MAX UV race! and every 100 metres, there'll be this i***ts whistling at u or screaming some s**t at u! crazy sex maniacs!
gosh...am i gonna survive this?
*a moment of silence*
YES i can get through this!
haha
i might not be blogging again till i settle down!
have a good day every one! and sayonara for now!
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
temerloh here i come!
alrite..i'm back home again, settled down, got enough sleep, and back to blogging!
ive been working at this retail pharmacy outlet in subang. just when im about to feel comfortable there, the letter comes and tell me im gona be sent to PAHANG! though its been just a short while there, i've experienced lots of funny and not so funny stuff as well..haha..let me share with u some of the scenarios that i can remember..
..old man comes in and buys condoms, tries to hide it, and stares at you like you've done something wrong when u try to offer him some help! kaka
..woman comes in and says that she does not know why her mences aint coming, she might either be pregnant or menapousing, coz the symptoms for both are the same..=.='
..i was trying to learn how to prick the guys finger to test for blood glucose levels..he sort of freaked out and screamed asking the boss to help out, coz i was alrdy freaking out myself, since its my 1st time doing that..and my boss tells me that i've been too gentle, ive to squeeze that guys finger harder so that more blood oozes out! yucks!
..this guy comes in with blood pressure of 190/115...and still Smiles and thinks that hes all normal, when the ideal reading should be around 120/80!! crazy ppl, his blood vessels may explode anytime man!
generally, its been a great experience working there, at least it helped to removed some of the rust in my brain, knowing now that in less than a weeks time, ive to leave for temerloh, pahang to work in the hospital for at least a year! that means leaving home again....removing all my stuff from the cupboard again into the miserable suitcase.....arghhh...hate shifting, hate moving around!
well, hope everything goes well then for me..its gona be a whole new experience again!
to all my mates who r gona start working on 3rd nov,all the best to u guys n gals!
p/s: im gona leave on sunday, gona report in kuantan on monday morning, before i shift myself to temerloh..
ive been working at this retail pharmacy outlet in subang. just when im about to feel comfortable there, the letter comes and tell me im gona be sent to PAHANG! though its been just a short while there, i've experienced lots of funny and not so funny stuff as well..haha..let me share with u some of the scenarios that i can remember..
..old man comes in and buys condoms, tries to hide it, and stares at you like you've done something wrong when u try to offer him some help! kaka
..woman comes in and says that she does not know why her mences aint coming, she might either be pregnant or menapousing, coz the symptoms for both are the same..=.='
..i was trying to learn how to prick the guys finger to test for blood glucose levels..he sort of freaked out and screamed asking the boss to help out, coz i was alrdy freaking out myself, since its my 1st time doing that..and my boss tells me that i've been too gentle, ive to squeeze that guys finger harder so that more blood oozes out! yucks!
..this guy comes in with blood pressure of 190/115...and still Smiles and thinks that hes all normal, when the ideal reading should be around 120/80!! crazy ppl, his blood vessels may explode anytime man!
generally, its been a great experience working there, at least it helped to removed some of the rust in my brain, knowing now that in less than a weeks time, ive to leave for temerloh, pahang to work in the hospital for at least a year! that means leaving home again....removing all my stuff from the cupboard again into the miserable suitcase.....arghhh...hate shifting, hate moving around!
well, hope everything goes well then for me..its gona be a whole new experience again!
to all my mates who r gona start working on 3rd nov,all the best to u guys n gals!
p/s: im gona leave on sunday, gona report in kuantan on monday morning, before i shift myself to temerloh..
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
life begins at 23
had sushi king for dinner jz now. darn fattening i know..argh..but rm2/plate, who can resist that?.
am gonna start working 2mrw in a community pharmacy in ss15 subang. wish me luck!
gona be without internet for awhile, coz i'll be away from home during this period. will try to update my blog when im bck home in the weekends.
till then!
all the best at work to me!
sayonara
am gonna start working 2mrw in a community pharmacy in ss15 subang. wish me luck!
gona be without internet for awhile, coz i'll be away from home during this period. will try to update my blog when im bck home in the weekends.
till then!
all the best at work to me!
sayonara
Thursday, October 2, 2008
to all my fellow friends...
who are gonna start working today..
all the best..
have fun at work..
try your best not to fall asleep at work..
may u earn lotslots money!
haha..
as for me..am still in hibernation mode..
zz
all the best..
have fun at work..
try your best not to fall asleep at work..
may u earn lotslots money!
haha..
as for me..am still in hibernation mode..
zz
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