Boring..

I used to wonder my senior hardly blogged since she left school but now I know why. Working life is boring!! It has been only 6 weeks and I already find it boring and monotonous. Hours pass by, days pass by, weeks pass by and they are just repeat of the previous ones and will be the same as the next ones. To be honest, I have nothing much to share and hence I blog less too! 

Lets start with the "old" news first. I watched the last of Harry Potter movie last Friday. I anticipated it eagerly especially because of the ravenous ratings given by critics. And we know well how terrible the previous movies were and how bad the fare off in the reviews. Thus I was hoping for something big this time around! Not to mention that the trailer looked epic too!! UNFORTUNATELY, it is another huge disappointment! It is not as bad as the previous ones but it is still below expectation! I was expecting more action perhaps something that would be comparable to the finale of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. J.K Rowling writing is fantastic enough to produce something epic but too bad the director sucks! The battle/fight/action was booboo. I was expecting a great battle to show how people die. I was expecting a great duel of  Voldemort vs McGonagall/Kingsley/Slughorn and Bellatrix vs Ginny/Luna/Hermione and then with Molly Weasley. What I got was CG action of giants vs stone warriors  -__-". The battle just "ended" and Harry saw the dead people already dead. No Bellatrix fight with Ginny/Luna/Hermione. And her fight with Molly was anti-climatic. Sigh.. I think the short fight between McGonagall and Snape was the best.. and followed by how McGonagall used her magic to defend the castle. It also did not feel like a "Battle of Hogwarts" because Professor Sprout (Hufflepuff's Head of House) was not even there to cast magic in defence of the castle! And the teachers hardly fought the Death Eaters.. Really lame shit.. I guess the very first movie is still the BEST out of the whole series. It is really wasted!! Aaargh!! J.K Rowling you wrote such great books but why you let the directors butcher them in the movies!! And you are one of the producers too T_T

On Thursday, I went with my usher friends to eat pizza somewhere at Bukit Timah area. The pizza was 21inches diameter and cost $50+ lol. Very huge and very interesting!! Haha.. A bit pricey but oh well, it is located at the wealthy people region..

Work-wise, it has been 6 weeks and I still yet to find anything to complain about my work. I am thankful to God for this very nice working environment. I am not ashamed to even say I actually love my current place. On some days I would even come earlier or leave later than what supposed to be. Totally different with last year's attachment in stupid hospital. Many of my friends in retail have started to feel emo leh.. Listening to their stories etc, I am really grateful that I choose this institution. Firstly, I am alone and there is hardly any meeting/activities when all the pre-regs are gathered. Thus, people don't compare us (they can compare behind us but as long as not in front of us, I don't care!). Secondly, there is nobody who likes to bootlick and attract attention. I am utterly disgusted with this kinds of people seriously.. I know they will be more successful in working life through networking etc but I am a firm believer that people should recognise me because of what I do and what I am capable doing, and not because I like to attract attention only..

That's all for now.. I better rest and start preparing for my Herpes presentation :(

Commencement 07/07/2011

 The graduation bear was a gift from my cousin!! Wow.. I would not even spend my money on this! Lol.. I still prefer the lion since lion is NUS mascot :p

I officially graduated from school life to enter the working world. Though I initially thought there was nothing special about this day, I kinda enjoyed it in the end. It was supposed to be a day for great celebration but I ended up feeling angry for most of it. And it was not because of the award thingy.. Sigh.. 

It was about the people I brought for the event. I did not have a camera so I had to rely on my dad (who brought camera) to take the photos. And guess what did they do? After the end of the event, they happily ate the bloody buffet! My phone calls were ignored! I wanted to get them to the courtyard to take some photos with my friends and lectueres and I could not even get them. They happily forced me to take photos at some "hot" spots. And it was embarassing to jostle for the spots with other people. Perhaps they were in "tourist-mode" but I was clearly not! I don't know what kind of faces eventually turned up in the photos. I eventually lost my temper when my mum kept on pestering to buy this and that, which I thought was a waste of money! So yeah in the end, it was useless to have them to come.. Fuck.. Everytime I see my friends commencement pictures, I feel so jealous and angry zz!

It was also similar with my clique. We could not get a single photo with everyone inside. Everyone was everywhere and phone calls went unnoticed. Sigh..

Looking at the memorable things, I am very glad that I work in UCC as the ushers really made the day special to me. They cheered for me ("We will miss you!) when I went up on stage! It was kinda embarassing since mostly people were only giving applause for the award winners. But I could not help but to giggle and laugh as I was walking and taking the scroll. Haha.. My FYP supervisor was also very nice. She sat somewhere near the steps so that when her lab members received their scroll (other than me, there were one of my classmates and one of the PhD students graduating), she could 'welcome' them and shook hands to congratulate. That was very sweet gesture.

After me, there was a classmate of mine who is also an usher. They last minute informed me to run to the other side of the hall to cheer for her. The usher who invited me thought it was quite urgent so I ran in that oversized gown and I think people outside the hall were thinking I was mad or something. And actually shouting to cheer was more embarassing than the one being cheered!! Haha.. It was a pleasant surprise that the usually strict and professional working environment would allow us (actually the manager encouraged us to support the graduating ushers!) to do this, especially since the audience was relatively quiet :p

At the end of everything, we had another tradition of throwing the graduating ushers 3x to the air. Lol.. I threw my friend and was thrown after that. Too bad my commencement was in a weekdays so not many people I know was working. The throw was kinda low since they were mostly girls lol.. Still I enjoyed it, rather than was scared of it. As a result, I did not have good photos since I was too relaxed and remained in a flat position in the air haha.. The hysterical ones had nicer photos in the air.

But in the end, my biggest thanks to the UCC and the ushers. Not only they gave me money and working opportunities for the past 1.5 years, they also gave me good memories for this commencement. It is indeed a nice feeling to get something which the other hundreds of graduands did not get on that day ^^

Bye bye PGP! Bye bye NUS!

This week was super tiring week. I finally left PGP and moved in to my new place on last Sunday. The moving experience was not as painful as imagined. The movers (only 2 people) worked very fast. I was somehow pissed initially because I was charged extra for utilities. I know it is partly due to my own stupidity for being too honest. I actually told the owners that I am a "stay home" person I would use aircon a lot. Perhaps I should not say that! Zz.. But oh well.. what happened could not be undone.

It was quite sad for me to leave PGP. As much as I hate it (and NUS), it had been my home for the last 4 years. That makes HALF of my whole stay in Singapore is actually spent on that place. As much as I think I have enjoyed it all, I have not actually experienced everything that the place offers! Lol.. I never actually used the gym in PGP, never used the MPSH facilities, and never actually tasted all the good food in various canteens.

My parents, an aunt and a cousin came here to attend my commencement. My aunt and cousin came first and on Tuesday we went to Long Beach at East Coast Park. I am not a fan of seafood but that was my first time eating lobster. Lol. I don't normally eat prawns (I hate prawns) but my godma de-shelled the lobster and gave me the flesh so I ate lor.

My parents came on the following day and we went to Geylang for durian. Sigh.. that was my first time at Geylang and I was pretty scared haha.. I actually got very angry and quarelled with my dad. I already told them beforehand that I was not in the mood to eat durian on that day. I was on working clothes and I don't want to have my hands (and perhaps clothes) dirty. They took bus there while I went to PGP to take my gown first so I met them later. Tadaa.. They bought me a box of durian and forced me to eat. I was damn angry that I almost got up of my seat and wanted to leave them just there. Don't blame me for the durians being too expensive or the wind previously blew one box of durian to the floor! So yeah.. in the end that damned box of durian was ta-pao-ed for me. It was D24 btw and it was heavenly lol.. The texture is really different from "normal" durians. Lol...

Thursday was my commencement and another petty fight ensued. Sigh.. I shall write about commencement separately. After that, we went to Dempsey Hills (my first time too!). It was an eye opener but I don't think I will voluntarily go back there. Lol.. My aunt insisted on Long Beach again (because on Tuesday my parents were not there) and this time the food was not that fantastic. Lol.. Went to Ben & Jerry's afterwards and I tried their milkshake. It was a waste of $11.90! They put so much milk that I hardly could taste my Chunky Monkey flavour.

We went MBS and casino on Friday. The SkyPark was not fantastic (it was not windy!! how on earth there could be no wind on level 57!) and the casino was..ehem.. one time see and can liao. Haha.. I don't know why the person scanned my employment pass sia!! Zz.. I am still a foreigner so I should be allowed entry just using passport ma! After that I had another quarrel (sigh.. yes I am quarrelling everyday) because we were going to Clarke Quay for a late dinner. I could not tell the taxi driver "Clarke Quay" without the exact landmark ma.. To me Clarke Quay means Central, MRT, Liang Court, or the Riverside. I need the exact location, not just Clarke Quay Clarke Quay.. I was so pissed I tell you.. Had an overpriced steak there. Was not nice but since it was Angus steak, it was indeed more succulent and juicy.

My parents flew home on Saturday and I was having graduation dinner with my clique at the Melt (Mandarin Oriental). By right it should cost $78++ but thanks to DBS card, we got a 15% off. I have a small stomach so I did not really make the fullest out of what I paid. There were wide variety of food from Japanese, Western, Thai, Indian, and desert (?? lol). I did not have the space to tried many things!! I did not touch the various cheese, the cold soba, and the pasta section. My favourite food was the onion soup!! The chocolate pudding was also nice. It was a hot desert somemore! Very interesting. aha.. I was disappointed with the western food as the steak is kinda cheapo (especially after the Angus I enjoyed the night before). And it was weird that they did not even have drinks section, except the alcoholic beverages.

On Sunday I went to have dinner at Sushi Tei followed by Sentosa Resorts World (in the late evening!) and Marina Barrage. As there were not many people, I took a photo with the giant Universal globe. Haha.. Nobody ruined the background but too bad phone camera is just too sucky for low-light condition :'(

And finally yesterday was the finale as my aunt and my cousin left for home this morning. We went to Jumbo yesterday followed by Mount Faber and Mustafa. I guess that marked the last of 7 days when I only had 5 hours of sleep daily.

And it seems that instead of a "Bye Bye to PGP and NUS", the post becomes more of my experiences with my family.

Nursing rotation

I had a rotation today and it was really an eye-opener. I realised on how worthless my profession is in the healthcare. Well, as much as the pharmacists claim to be drug expert bla bla bla, I just have to be honest to say they are all bullshitters with no brain to "market" themselves in the healthcare "industries".

Some nurses are actually running clinics and doing counselling that my lecturers always promote in classes. Come on! These nurses took 30-40minutes per patient to describe lifestyle modification for diabetes,  hypertension, and cholesterol, complete with all the nice diagrams and booklets and pamphlets. No wonder by the time the patients reach the pharmacy, they are no longer interested to hear the same information being repeated in a much crappyer and shittier way. How to inform how to take medicine + ask and explain about side effects + lifestyle modification in 1/10 of the time that the nurses need?

My gripe is that why don't the pharmacists "snatch" these roles in the first place! So lame that only "now" they want to run whatever clinics while from the start these whole thing can be easily within their reach. No offence to the nurses but I think pharmacists are in better place because pharmacists can titrate medicine or recommend OTC/P-items if patient is unwell on that day. That will save patient's time rather than the nurse refer them to see doctor to get simple cold-cough-medicine and make the patient wait for another 1/2-1 hour for the doctor.

Today there was someone who got a heart attack and too bad pharmacists are not usually involved in emergency eh? I honestly don't know the proper treatment ba but this person was given oxygen. Only after like 15-20mins later than he was given GTN. I thought GTN should be the first thing in mind in case of angina?? From what I learnt at school, in case of angina, patient is advised to take GTN, if after the 2nd dose 5mins later it is still not okay, then call for ambulance. So it caught me by surprise today. And after that, they were discussing whether to give aspirin 100mg or not. They were worried that patient took it already and if he was given again, that would be a double dose. I don't think it was a problem actually. For pain or fever, one aspirin tablet is 500mg so what's the big deal of 100+100mg now? And if it is to be used for the blood thinning effects, will it come into effect that fast to do something about the angina?? I don't know! But I think pharmacists will know better.

So please wake up pharmacists! Stop being so proud and your own small world about you being the "drug experts". Look as how the public looks upon us. We are just invisible and useless because our patient contact/care sucks to the core. Stop being so proud about drugs and look out the reality.  What matters most is how people value us. Learn to better market yourself  and service as drug experts instead. After that people will know and respect and higher pay will follow.

One last interesting observation was that patients were addressing the immunisation nurses as "doctors". A nurse said "They think nurses are doctors. Then they think the health assistants and people at registration/payment counters are nurses. So when they feedback that doctors are good and nurses are rude, I wonder whether they have the correct people in mind.". I just wonder where is "pharmacists" in public mind then.. Haha..

Oh well eventually, we will have to help ourselves.. But in the near future, I don't see that happening. From my class, I can see how most people are still in their schizophrenic little world where pharmacists are undervalued and unappreciated drug experts. Where it is public fault for being not appreciative instead of realising that public just doesn't see our value. Too make matters worse, we are too busy trying to grab the doctors' pie and happily giving away ours to the nurses. The end result is: we have the smallest pie. And that explains the current state of pharmacy profession today.

First it was sore throat..

Now it becomes flu-like..

Then come the stupid email about the "graduands list" crap.. It just made me burn with anger, hatred, and jealousy. Yeah I wish 'All the worst' to that person.. Not that it makes me feel better anyway..

And I start to feel emo.. I hate doing my project.. I cannot foresee the end-point so it is hard for me to do/say/thing something constructive about it. The supervisor is... erm.. well I wish I get someone better.. 

And I start to feel sad, stupid, inadequate, dumb, idiotic.. I am glad that my preceptor is nice and "spoonfeeds" me. I cannot imagine if I am in hospital.. All that was asked of me I could not answer.. It seems that it was useless to actually do reading beforehand since school equipped me with shit only :(

Come to think of it.. perhaps it is a miracle.. or an accident.. that with an idiotic brain of mind, I still graduate with first class honours.. Although I barely made it.. Thank goodness I am out of school. I don't hate it. I FUCKING HATE IT!

Another week had passed again. It was still as good as the first week :) I did a few mistakes like packing, keying, and not intervening. I am glad that my preceptor was very understanding and just laughed it all for the mistakes I did while one of the PTs was visibly irritated, which made me irritated too! Gosh.. come on! I am new.. of course I will do mistakes. Even for the experienced ones they all also do mistakes and that's why we work in a team to cover one another's backside mah!

I think I suck in capturing/keying but I am more or less okay for checking. Caught a few packing errors and I tried not to be irritated. Lol.. Got one girl which is kinda irritating though. She always slacks try to avoid packing. Then the way she packs is very weird. The loose tablets are always akwardly placed  like squeezed in between the nicer ones and sometimes I mistook them for mistake. Paiseh haha...

I am kinda glad for the mini-reunion with the collection of academic gown and pre-reg opening ceremony yesterday. Haha.. After some time, my feelings don't change. I am glad that I graduated and I wanna cut all ties from most of these boot-licking, fake, disgusting people. Really cmi la! Haha.. Hearing experiences from my other friends, I am glad that my preceptor and other people at my branch are generally nice. Some people from hospital background do the mentoring ala hospital and that is something I hate! Phui! Gosh.. I guess they are not wrong though, it is just that I do not find that method of mentoring works for me. So although it gets tiring to wake up early everyday and to start re-reading my old notes and to do my assignments, I am still thankful for my placement ba. Though sometimes I feel jealous with a friend of mine who just works for 3.5days a week. That is just really nice :( 3 solid days to study is much better than a few hours everyday... Haiz.. No wonder she looks so happy and all smile-y. Was not really like that at school last time. Haha.. Sometimes when I am tired and emo, I feel regretful that I did not follow my heart while choosing which organisation :(

Oh ya, I did not get the award.. Should not have submitted my cca record sia.. Throw face -_-" And that makes me really don't wanna go commencement liao. So pointless to waste a day of my annual leave for this kind of useless/meaningless stuff leh. Gosh.. I am not interested to pay for stage photo as well. Haha.. I don't think I will wanna keep a photo with a stranger I don't even know or have any sense of attachment with. I know my parents will scold me about this but who cares :p I also look terrible with a mortarboard! Zz.. All the more I shouldn't go right? Sigh..

One interesting happened this week. I don't know what my agent is doing but it seems that my landlord is also getting irritated. She sent her mother to my workplace to look for me! Oh my god!! Haha.. That time I happened to go to the counter to call for a patient so she happened to see me. Haha.. I asked her what she was doing there and she said that she had been looking for me for 3 days o_0 Anyway it is already confirmed that I will stay there ba.. Just that officially not yet due to the contract etc haiz.. Now just stress over moving to a new place as I have not got any mover yet.. Aaaargh...

Haiz okay I will emo in my jealousy now :(

First week of work

It was finally over. Sigh.. Getting to wake up early everyday (including Saturday!) proves to be quite challenging. I am tired. And I feel that I have no life. I have to wake up early and by the time I am home, it is too tiring to do anything already. It is already difficult to focus on doing the assignments.. Don't even talk about having time to play games or watch dorama. Haiz..

Although it is tiring, I still can bear it. So far, I don't HATE my job. In fact, I think the environment is good. The PTs are nice when approached for help, especially with regards with the computer system which I am a total noob. My preceptor has also been very understanding. Perhaps it was only the orientation week so she can't expect too much also rite? Lol.. But I am glad that she does not expect me to be superhuman to lets say immediately master the computer system etc which will definitely take time.

However, she will test me on cold and flu medicine next week (or rather tomorrow!). Gosh!! It is a horror to find out that I almost completely forget everything which I learnt from Watsons 2 years ago. Haiz.. It is really from the scratch again. I will do my best and I hope when tested I won't get scolded for being so stupid or something.

My weekend is gone.. One cousin is in Singapore but I cannot afford the time to accompany her =x I have to do laundry and iron clothes for next week.. I have to study.. I have to finish the dermatology assignment which is due on Friday. And I still need to go to church.

Anyway, I gotta be glad that so far job satisfaction is still at an all-time-high. Haha.. Liking and hating my job makes a huge different. And I have not complained this week (as compared to complaining on the first few days because of the old locum guy in Watsons or on the first DAY in NUH because of that shit woman) so things are still pretty rosy now :) I hope it stays on that way.

 
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The song is about Tanabata, a Japanese festival. But the music is country! Interesting eh?

First Day at Work!

The first half of the day was just orientation at the HQ so I don't think there is anything special. Lol.. As expected, gotta report back to work afterwards. Anyway I am not trying to be positive, but I really think that this is not gonna be as bad as last year.

My preceptor seems nice and other people (based on the face alone) seems nice too. They definitely look friendlier/more helpful and approachable than the people from my previous 2 attachments. In addition, there are some people who also had their first day today, just like me. So overall, I think it will be a condusive learning environment for me.

The workload is crazy. And I feel damn stupid and inadequate. As the things being mentioned, I hardly can recall anything.. Not even the "basic" stuff like legal dispensing requirements etc.. Oh man! Gotta rough it up from the start again! I promise that I gonna give my best effort this time. And then IF I see that bitch again someday during one of my rotations, I am gonna show her that I can be trained. It's just her who sucks :p Although she can still shoot me down with her cancer speciality but who cares.. I am still hoping that that part of rotation is cancelled though. Hoho.. Just the thought of possibility of seeing her face alone alr makes me emo sia..

Anyway I am very tired.. Gotta spend at least 4 hours for transport alone sigh..  But today the agent called me to confirm that I can stay in the place which I want. So I guess that's another load off my shoulder. I just collected my K800i phone after replacing its back cover. Hehe.. With additional cost of $53.50, that makes it as the MOST EXPENSIVE alarm clock ever! Lol.. $350 for a phone which I mainly use as alarm only haha.. I love my K800i but I am really worried that the rubber will be sticky again leh :'(

Gotta sleep early today and may tomorrow be a better day, or at least as good as today then can liao. Haha...

Bye bye student's life.. Welcome to the working world :(

Deep inside my heart, I wish that I only start work on the 1st of July. But I don't have a choice, you see.. I am feeling a bit emo now.. A bit childish.. A bit unrealistic.. Hoping that I can slack and have holiday forever and ever.. Sigh..

Anyway this time it will be 9 months.. And there will be no more running away.. Just to put things in better perspective: I guess it's better to emo because of having to work than because of finding work!!

I just hope that I will get along well with my preceptor and the people at my workplace.. That's my current biggest worry. Tomorrow is orientation for half a day. After that I am still unsure whether I will be expected to go to work. I am hoping not :( But I guess I prepare my mind for a yes, so that I won't be disappointed if that is really the case :(

Oh well.. I gotta sleep now.. I hope I can wake up with a fresh mind and happy soul tomorrow..

And dear my property agent, PLS CONTACT ME T_T

Bye bye holidays :'(

Perhaps this will be my final post as a student as from Monday onwards, I am officially entering the working world. Sigh.. I am feeling very emo.. Perhaps because it is time for another change again. New people, new habits, new places, new environment. My greatest fear is that I am no longer a student now. I know how deficient I am as a pharmacist-to-be. I am worried that I will get another unreasonable and unloving preceptor which not only will dampen my mood to learn but my mood to even survive the 9 months.. Oh well.. positive thinking positive thinking but I am still feeling very emo :(

It has been almost 2 weeks and more or less I am pretty done with what I am supposed to do. I did my medical check up last week. I was lucky to be able to do it on the same day after I collected my letter. I was worried about my eyes to be honest, thus it was a pleasant surprise that my vision was still 6/6 (left) and 6/9 (right) although I am pretty sure my vision was much worse than the first time I had this spectacles. Oh well..

The doctor who did my examination has a cool name: Summer. Lol.. Then on the Sunday newspaper, she was in an article about some weight loss/health. Lol.. She had a Japanese name (perhaps her surname) too. Haha.. But she was quite cool la.. She was asking about any unexplained weight loss and I replied "Unexplained weight gain yes!". She laughed and said "Haha I wonder whether I should ask this question anymore. Almost everyone was complaining about weight gain instead".

I had a pleasant surprise to actually meet 2 friends who were doing preceptorship. Lol.. One saw me from and actually shouted my name across. Haha. The hospital was very not crowded that he could see me la. Lol.. Another one knew I was there because she heard the other friend shouted my name previously lol. Well without them I would have some problems finding the place.

I went for a blood donation on Saturday since perhaps I would not have any further chance to do it. I still had the trauma of fainting and feeling tired after donation. But I think it was just all in the mind. I felt okay after this donation. I also collected my 5th donation badge. It was quite nice but a bit disappointed because I thought my name would be engraved LOL.

Last Monday I finished the SPC stuff and then watched X-men: First Class. It was quite a nice show but I am very disappointed that Emma Frost did not get the chance to join the final battle. Sigh.. So lame to just have her sitting down acting sexy in the prison! As the previous X-men movies, it does not exactly follow the comic timeline. But it was worse that it was not even consistent with the previous X-men movies. Oh well.. After that I actually tried to find and rewatch the previous X-men movies. Haha.. I actually had never watch the first one leh.

After that, I was stressed over getting accomodation. Sigh.. House viewing was quite tiring. The first one I viewed made me emo. Sigh... It is not bad actually (3 bedrooms) and I can walk to workplace. However, the owner is an old lady and she hardly had any furniture. The kitchen looked so ancient. I did not feel any "homely" environment so I decided to give it a miss. That night I was damn emo actually. On the day before, I enquired for 4 places and 2 were taken, 1 gave no reply, and 1 said ok but no follow up.

The next day I had a follow up from the one I enquired 2 days ago. Fiuh.. This was actually my first priority. It is so near to church and Toa Payoh centre (with library, MRT, bus interchange there) and it is a 4A flat type. I was quite worried with the owner profile but after seeing, they are very nice people. They also can speak English! Haha.. 

I was cheated by an advertisement for a condo. I thought same price as HDB but this one was condo. Good bargain! Of course it was too good to be true. It was advertised as a common room but it was actually damn small utility room. I was damn disgusted by the owner seriously (although being fellow Indonesians I thought it would be okay). The room was even smaller than the toilet! Oh come on!! The living room, balcony, and kitchen are sooo huge but empty. Might as well I stay at the balcony. Oh well. So sad gotta say bye bye to the gym and swimming pool.

I settled for the one near the MRT. The agent said yes but until now no follow up. It gets me very worried since I have not signed anything which means there is no guarantee that the place will be mine :( Something interesting, the agent will actually be participating in some idol show. Omg.. Perhaps that's the reason for all the delays but haiz.. I don't know how leh :( If until the 20th I hear nothing, I think will try to find another place.Sigh.. I hate some agents for being too pushy.. Then the one I want is the opposite and making me worried whether the place would be mine or not. Sigh..

I went for PC show yesterday. I did not intend to go but when I see there is another small discount for internet broadband plan, I was tempted (since I will need one anyways). The moment I saw that registration fee is waived at the show, I straight away went lol. Cheapskate for ~$40 saving. Haha.. I find it weird that it is considered as signing up a new line. I must put deposit $200 again. And they need to proof my billing address again! Sigh.. Utterly stupid and ridiculous I tell you. I am having a mobile phone with them and why can't the 2 be tied together except for the payment! Lame shit! And guess what's worse: the deposit cannot be cashed back! Sigh.. Even after I get my Employment Pass (which only be next year), the deposit will be used to offset my bills. That is like forcing me to keep subscribing to them for at least 10 more months. Bleah.. I don't know whether my Training Employment Pass will be considered as EP proper or not but I foresee that it will not be and I need to wait until next year before I get my deposit back. And yeah I have $400 deposit for my phone and for my broadband. Grrah..

Got a plan to go Sentosa today but I felt lazy. Suddenly the meeting time was changed last night and I just lost my mood lah. Oh well.. I am very emo that I can no longer enjoy the good food in NUS (lol) and the students special. My olio chunks stall at Science is already closed. And I am glad that I went Spinelli today as it will open on weekdays only during holiday (gosh! I thought I could still enjoy it on Saturday!). I had McDonalds yesterday for the sake of getting the Coke can glass. Bleah.. Already full and felt sick halfway through the fries only nia... And as I thought I could relax today, I received an SMS that my bank card is replaced with a new one through mail. I was like "WTF!". It was not clear whether the card was just sent or I was expected to receive it already. I called and was told that it was already sent since 10 May. Holy crap! Thank goodness it was still safe in the mailbox. Perhaps it was not a wrong decision not to go Sentosa today eh..

Oh and at school I bumped into a grad student in my lab last time. She told me my work was going to be published. Lol I just pretend to smile and never said anything. Deep inside my heart I was like thinking "Is it really my work? That rubbish non-reproducible results?". Haha.. I doubt it is my work la.. Perhaps she just told me out of courtesy but actually it was my mentor's work. And honestly I see no big deal about publication whatsoever since the end I only got an A-.

Haiz ok back to emo now :( Tomorrow gotta wash laundry and prepare work clothes :( Not to mention that I will do ushering from 430-10pm. Aaaargh