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so after exams i did these things:
ICy retreat - may 06 - an absolutely fabulous and enriching experience. Kudos to Tessie n her comm, RmAnton n God =)
Attachment @Guardian in changi airport - may-jun 06 - i'ld say tt i like working there, esp if i work as the pharmacist.
USP Production - may 06 - Dr.Ryan said tt it is e best production she's ever seen in sg. happy2x! thanks to all who came.
CSS FOC - jun 06 - it was fun, tho at the end, i realized i could have done more. and yes ben, i am envious of the two rainbows.
Emed's brown bagging - jun 06 - i never like language barriers.
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upcoming ones:
urops/ism - jun-dec 06 - i am so slack, i still finding inspiration... ideas, please come soon.
ICy's recolection - august 06 - oh yeah baby, we've started planning it, anyone can join, as long as u speak indon n are/were nus students.
Pharmacy Rag - august 06 - excited to see our performance, it'ld be a blast.
School reopens in august 06 - I miss school.

post-exam

Hello!!! =)
Sorry for keeping away for a while, well, probly not that a while.

Some updates: I'm still a struggling NUS student, urgh, so boring, lol. Yup, life is a bit a boring coz the past sem has been full with projects n assignments n labs. N now, I am still in the midst of exam, hmph. Actually my real papers were all done, but, i still have another ca (class test) on the 3rd May. Lol, why must this weirdest thing happen to me? to have a ca after exams....

Holiday is coming soon. very very soon i can really smell it. Those of u celebrating your free life post exams, congrats! =). On the other hand, those who are working, hehe, i'm so thankful tt i'm not working yet, man, 14 days holiday per year, how can fusta remain sane if put into that situation?! Yup, those working, well done! Keep yourself happy n well k, you are living well, dun worry, God is taking care of you as well =)

So, what's my plan for holiday? eat till i grow a bigger tummy? probly, yeah, if i can eat the delicious food which i craved for nowadays, if only my ortho becomes a bit smarter and release me from the agony of bearing the toothache due to my braces. Friends n family are asking me to change to their orthos instead, but i dun think so. thanks for the kind concern. anw, probly it's only me and my low pain treshold. The toothache is terrible. If one day i scolded you for no strong reason, blame it on my toothache. Hrm, am so thankful tt i am a female. female = moody, nobody should blame us for being a bit irritating at times =)

Anybody with any ideas about a UROPs in pharmacy? Interesting subjects please. Or any research/independent study topic? Probably i should ask in the class email instead, not may pharmacy students read this site. But, i believe in the power of diverse backgrounds, it means, i believe that any one of you can help me find the perfect project to embark on this july. Did i say july?? waaa, so soon...

Those who talk/gossip, i still dun like you. i'll try to 'love' you. Because I want to love everybody, that's the greatest commandment by Jesus. Please make this task easier by gossiping less =P. i'm so glad that one does not need to like, in order to love. So, try to love somebody you hate today. Help him, be gentle to him. U don't have to smile to him, smile genuinely only to those whom you really loved to meet, so much so that your smile forms automatically. I want to be able to smile to everybody. Yup2, you can do it as well =)

Have a good day! =D

Friend or foe?

If she feels that he is taking advantage of her, should she leave him?
He forget about her whenever he doesn't need her.
She doesn't mind tho, since, she doesn't want to be involved more in his complicated life.
Yeah, pretty fun to be with.
She's being herself, a loving n nice person, to all those who needs her.
But, sometimes, life is difficult and she has no strength to continue being herself.
He is a burden. Like a fish bone that is stuck in her throat and causes irritation at times.
She is a nice girl. She doesn't leave nobody alone.

-"well done" to all those who know how to deal with opportunistic n difficult people.

faith

And so he said: i went church regularly last time, since my ex-gf wanted me to.
she said: my bf brings me to his church, i dunno leh, i'm ok with anything actually.
he said: i go to my gf's church coz need to know her friends.
she said: my hubby not of the same religion, so, we dun go church anymore.
he said: i need it to get married in church, my christian gf dun want to convert.
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So many people have blind faith. Am I included as one who has blind faith? After all, I am lucky enough that I choose to be a catholic, in a catholic family. I am lucky enough to be exposed to many religions since young, and experience God in one of them. In my family, we enjoy great support from each other. In school and outside, I enjoy great support from friends of the same religion. So, am I just sticking to Catholicsm because it is easy and convenient for me to be a catholic?

No, it is hard. hard. hard.
But, it is all made possible by the love of God.

May we all see and experience God through all little things in our lives. Regardless of religions. May we worship and praise God because we really desire God. Not because our bf/gf is doing that or what not. God is of the utmost importance. How can He not be? He is our Creator (and Saviour).

NOC or not?

Should I try for NOC? My only reason of going is that it is a super good chance of trying n learning something entirely different. But, nobody is supportive of me going NOC, well, other than my parents. In fact, they are the only ones who make me more receptive towards the idea of NOC. And now that i like the idea, nobody seems to be convinced that it is wise of me to spend a year in US, interning for a company which i have never heard before.
A secret is that, well, I believe my parents know me best. A similar case happened 2 years ago. I wasn't receptive towards USP as well. I tore the phamplets in front of everybody when the USP people came to VJC in my JC yr 2 to promote e program. The only reason that I sent the application form is because my parents kept bothering me to apply, coz they see that the program is good.
Well, probly they are right in the case of NOC as well. So, should i apply for NOC?
My coordinator thinks that I shouldn't. I think he almost faint when I tell him that I am serious abt NOC. Yeah, I've been a very demanding student. Haiz.

Fus lagih stress. keep away please. I dun like fake friends. I hate worms who crawl back when they are in need only.
I want to watch geisha...

On holiday

I'm loving it (sing acc to McD tune)

Thinking hard about what I want.
Avoiding outings.
-doesn't sound fun, this is not right...

Going back indo on 6th Dec.
Getting into the mood of Christmas (sing Xmas songs loud n clear anywhere).
Enjoying eating, playing n talking with dear friends.
-I'm loving it =D

On sem 3 modules

Let me pass, just let me pass the exams...

Yesh, this sem, I was very 'out of tune'.
Spent most of my time this sem: thinking, playing, laughing, loving, meeting, working, anything but studying statistics or pharm laws.

Dosage Form Design
Learn how to make drugs (in their many dosage forms) in theory and in practical. Veryyyy high expectations. We must memorise many details about many chemicals, bcoz it's much more efficient and safer to have all the info at our finger tips (when we work as pharmacist).

Pharmacy Laws
One of the 2 lecturers didn't pass pharmacy law exams more than 1 time (forgot how many). This module makes me so much more aware abt laws in singapore and abt pharmacy laws (of course lar ya). But, this is not necessary to be a module. All everybody does is mug and memorise e laws. The laws are real laws, with all e linguistic nuances, long sentences, unending references, 500 pages more of it, double-side, small fonts, single line spacing. Okay... the bottom line is: an ultimate hassle.

Pharmacostats
I dun like, i dun like. All we do is memorise the statistical tests, the conditions to which they apply, the limitations etc. And, no reasoning of any sorts. When I ask e lecturer, all he said only: it's like that (and that sorts of 'i cannot explain either'). So yeah, this module is a hassle as well. Anybody can just enter the data in any stats program, and wait for e program to churn out the mean, the probability, the variance etc.
The exam is hilarious. I cannot answer most. I didn't even read finish the lecture notes, or read up all the necessary stats tests.

How Technology Work
How stuffs work website and internet is my most useful companion for this module. Learnt a lot deal more abt electricity and basically just how tech works. But i'm still amazed by my dad. He is a real electrician cum repairman. He fixed everything @ home, from water pump to TV to air con etc, and he didn't read internet that often, well, natural talent. I love playing with stuffs also, opening up, messing e wiring, fixing e faults, seeing the stuffs working properly again, it's such a JOY.

Emerging Global Politics
Useful module. I learnt a lot of history, philosophy and politics. Scary in a sense, coz I'm so new to all these (no prior exposure, other than own's idle thoughts).
I did 'Religi0n in Gl0bal p0litics' as my final research paper. Religious values are becoming more strongly expressed in secularized world. Agree? concur...

Islam and the Contemp0rary Muslim S0ciety
Very interesting. I likeee... It makes me so much more aware on the importance of having faith and of being open to anything. I did a study on Muhammadiyah n Nahdlatul Ulama for final paper.

Tired

Tired.
Too much exercise in a day.
My body demands it, not my brain.

I concentrated too hard.
Finished mugging poison's act in 3 hours.

Now, my brain just want to sleep.
But, 2 essays due tomorrow.

And i see so many notations:
redo, what?, cannot, not here, insert
in my drafts.

One is weighted 60%, the other one 30%.
Very tempted to ignore my effort of revamping e essay again.
At most, I'll get one grade lower if I hand in the current drafts.

Okay, back to work.

Another smile for you
=)