Pharmacy, shmarmacy

Caps

2011-06-15T23:34:00.000-04:00

I just realized that for the entire duration of this blog, shmarmacy has been uncapitized. To capitalize or not to capitalize....

A streak of bad luck

2011-06-12T00:24:00.000-04:00

It continues today when I couldn't open a combination lock I used for 4 years in pharmacy... Had to wear a towel to the car after swimming. Luckily, William had my combo, and when I tried again (again, because I'm pretty sure I tried it the first time too), it worked. I also learned how to pick most padlocks from the internet =D Will have to try the number cracking method on my dudley

New Blog!

2011-06-10T18:14:00.000-04:00

To stay with the theme.... Medicine, Shmedicine

NYC brief recap

2011-06-03T18:33:00.007-04:00

Went to NYC with Janet for 4 days and 3 nights. We went there by Greyhound, and came back by plane. The greyhound was horrible! It was a super old bus, and the A/C didn't reach the back, which was where we were at for 12 hours.... NYC itself was awesome! It was kind of like Toronto, but way more exciting! The people there definitely moved faster too. I saw Times Square for the first time. You

Win some, lose some

2011-05-06T14:30:00.000-04:00

So I interviewed for this pretty cool internship position in a Toronto hospital. But... I just found out I got into med school, which is a good thing in itself, but also meant that I needed a 3-month internship... preferably in Windsor so I don't have to do any renting. Sadly, I had to turn the Toronto offer down in the same phone conversation that offered me a job... Win some, lose some. Status

Weather

2011-02-20T15:57:00.002-05:00

So the day my parents come back, the weather started to be wonderful, warm, and not snowing. It's not fair Today, it snowed again, poo

Day 6-7: weekend

2011-02-06T23:43:00.000-05:00

Did absolutely nothing! It was joyous. Woke up wonderfully late since there was no one to wake me up =D Went to uncle's place for the first time and played with my cousin, who is not afraid of me lol

Day 5: TGIF

2011-02-04T23:11:00.000-05:00

Front door was frozen shut. Was late for work since attempted to thaw out door. Did not work. After work, discovered massive ice on windshield. Suspect ice shield on car roof slide down and settled on windshield. Had Subway for lunch, treated by pharmacist on account of me being a student. Lol

Day 4: Ice!

2011-02-03T23:09:00.000-05:00

Front door was frozen shut in the morning.

Day 3: A study in snow, shovel, and snow blower

2011-02-02T23:08:00.000-05:00

Woke up to 9 inches of snow blanketing my front yard, back yard, driveway, car, and the street. Later, managed to start the snow blower, too bad snow was too thick for it to work properly. Managed to make a skinny path from backyard to car to front door. Had to shovel the road in front of the driveway too, otherwise there was no way my car could get out. Then tried to uncover car from snow. Was

Day 2: Directions

2011-02-01T19:05:00.000-05:00

Drove along Dominion to EC Row. Somehow decided that I was actually on Dougall, so proceeded to ignore the entrance. Managed to drive to Tecumseh, then decided the hospital was south of Tecumseh, so drove along Tecumseh to Dougall, turned south, got to Eugenie, turned back north to go past Tecumseh... to arrive at hospital in 30 minutes. It usually takes 15 minutes.

Day 1: Ice

2011-01-31T19:03:00.000-05:00

Woke up to 1 inch of ice on my car

Medication correctness... 50%

2011-01-17T13:42:00.000-05:00

Saw a patient today to do med rec (aka make sure the list of home meds obtained by the nurse is correct). The primary med history had only about 1/2 of the patient's med correct.... the others were missing or copied down wrong.... I facepalm.

The beginning of SPEP

2011-01-08T21:04:00.000-05:00

Spep = structured practical experience program where I go and learn stuff hands on, and not get paid. pros: actually doing something and applying knowledge awesome preceptors who are not hung up on quoting trials every other sentence I'm almost done school!!!! cons: getting up at 6:55 daily super confusing paper work provided by U of T have to get stupid things like police clearance hounded by

Challenges

2011-01-01T16:54:00.002-05:00

Ooooh, today officially begins all three of my reading challenges. Granted, I haven't started any, but heh, just wanted to mark the occasion =D

Green onions...

2010-12-30T21:31:00.000-05:00

As heard at home: Mom: Oh no, we need green onions to make kimchi, and we don't have any! Dad: Yes we do! It's in the ground! [We plant green onions among other vegetables in our garden]

Blogging for David

2010-12-30T19:39:00.001-05:00

I made David a blog. Actually, he made me make him a blog. We had trouble picking out the URL, because he insisted on getting giantly long URLs talking about paper airplanes... which are surprisingly all taken. Lots of paper airplane fans on blogger. Anyway, we finally setting on shortening that.... David brilliantly shortened it to paps =____= That didn't fly with me. So his blog can be found at

The 12 days of Christmas

2010-12-26T22:10:00.000-05:00

The 12 days of Christmas, according to David and I on our way back from Kalahari (recollected to the best of my ability): On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love gave to me... twelve ...? eleven highways ten maids a milking nine ...? eight turtles dancing seven highway signs six radios five golden rings four lego boxes three french horns two GPS and partridge in a pear tree!

On Scallops....

2010-12-26T21:55:00.000-05:00

Tonight, we had hotpot. My dad discovered frozen scallops at the back of the freezer, so he threw them in. David was playing in another room, and came out running for dinner (he really likes hotpot). He came to a dead stop after the scallops were put in, and ran back into his room... and came out with a surgical mask! Apparently the smell of the scallop (really any seafood) really bothered him.

Deck the Halls....

2010-12-23T21:10:00.001-05:00

This year our tree went up much later than usual, so I was here to put it up! We started with this... This is our tree partially put up. It kind of looks uh... you know, weird David generously helping, for realz Success!! I feel accomplished David's usual method of "helping"

Jesus Christ, Superstar!

2010-12-23T00:33:00.002-05:00

So I usually don't talk about being religious so vigorously on my blog, but I believe this requires some recording down. The last semester of UT pharmacy school is what we call SPEP (structured practical experience program), where we go on placements in different pharmacy practice settings. It is also very well known that 4th year pharmacy is when they decided that they have to actually teach

Yay dumplings!!!!

2010-12-22T18:34:00.002-05:00

We made boiled dumplings with chives, eggs, shrimp and pork. It was awesome =D The stuffing... The dumplings... SOMEONE who ate 16 whole dumplings... which is more than twice his age btw

For the record....

2010-12-21T22:27:00.002-05:00

For the record, David has promised that tomorrow (Dec 22, 2010), he will sleep in his own bed.

Thoughts and strategies on packing

2010-12-19T20:36:00.005-05:00

I dislike packing... and I must pack up my entire living space between now and tomorrow ~11am. Well, I was supposed to start packing this morning... but.... my prefrontal cortex is not very well developed it seems... This shall be a post of my er... packing related things.... [8:41pm] Current strategy: pack 1 box, then procrastinate for 1 hour as reward - 0 / 6 boxes [9:07pm] 1/6 boxes - I am

haha

2010-12-10T17:44:00.002-05:00

http://t.co/pJoRjUK I am rich... and similar delusions

Weird day

2010-12-09T23:51:00.001-05:00

Show encrypted text a word or other string of characters, sometimes kept secret or confidential, that must be supplied by a user in order to gain full or partial access to a multiuser computer system or its data resources

Mexico!

2010-12-09T22:57:00.001-05:00

Will be packing for Mexico tomorrow. Sadly, I still don't know when and where I'm supposed to be in order to get on the plane and such... must find out tomorrow =___= I have decided to do laundry today in the hopes that somethings will be dry by tomorrow night, so I can bring them on the trip..... *crosses fingers* Also, I don't know why my MSN perpetually has a "connection problem"....

Recently...

2010-12-06T04:31:00.000-05:00

I managed to: get heart burn buy a mango from the lady who makes mango slush witness my roomie being hyper (she is NEVER hyper) not care about school at all started new LJ for my shady activities on LJ lol That leads to.... The new LJ is... actually not bad, compared to the "new" facebook, and the upcoming new twitter. Although, it is by all means not actually better than the old LJ, just not as

I heart my class

2010-11-30T18:57:00.001-05:00

So today at 5am, I realized with a panic that I somehow have lost the email that told me where my interview was with LHSC.... so in my massive panic, I sent a listerv out to my class asking if anyone else knew. When I got up at 10 am this morning, I had around 10 replies to my email, and several were from just acquaintances! It makes me feel so warm and fuzzy that my classmates were there to help

Z is for.... ZEBRA~!

2010-11-28T03:47:00.000-05:00

So sleepy... and do not want to do work........... I got General Tao's Chicken from this restaurant for take out, it was disgusting

Y is for Yasmin

2010-11-27T02:11:00.004-05:00

Finally went to see HP7a at 10:30... the movie ended at 1:05 am =O It was OK over all. The scenes were paced enough that the boring was intermixed with the good, and cuts were rapid enough that I didn't feel it was a long movie. When I started walking to the subway through the PATH system, I realized that the place was totally deserted! So I decided to take pictures..... More at: http://

Picture of meeeeeeee

2010-11-26T17:59:00.001-05:00

um, yes... Taken with my iPod and {instagram}

X is for Xarelto

2010-11-26T17:42:00.001-05:00

I forgot to blog yesterday. Ooops... I spent most of yesterday watching TV, it was awesome =3 There was a PEBC (aka my licensing exam) mock/pre-test today. I discovered that when they mean you'll need to know everything that you learned in school, they really do mean EVERYTHING. I never thought things from first year and second year that are completely non-therapeutics related would make it on

W is for Warfarin

2010-11-24T22:11:00.001-05:00

There are only 2 W drugs I know: Wellbutrin, and Warfarin. Since I like generic names more, I have picked Warfarin. I noticed that I did U twice, because I'm illiterate.... or something. Perhaps I couldn't come up with a W yesterday and got side tracked to U again lol.... I have influenced two people to use Blogger! Go meeeeeeeeeee =D I'm really digging my ipod =) so many interesting functions

U is for Ultraquin - Reading Challenges!

2010-11-23T18:48:00.001-05:00

As inspired by Lily at +neverlastingdream, I will be taking part in several reading challenges. Especially since I am now i possession of an iPod Touch, I will have the ability to get eBooks! My goal is complete as much of the challenge as possible by reading ebooks, taking into account the limitations of the books in the public domain. The three I will be taking part in are: 2011 Romantic

New haircut!!!

2010-11-23T16:21:00.001-05:00

Photo to come. Maybe

hello world!!

2010-11-23T02:10:00.001-05:00

As it is customary, my ipod say hi =p

V is for Viagra

2010-11-22T18:32:00.000-05:00

So I was listening to a chinese song, and they made reference to Viagra... I had my UHN interview today. I think I was too loud, to colloquial... and talked too fast =\ Then I decided to go to Walmart and use my employee extra discount to buy an iTouch, which I've been contemplating on getting for a long time, but always talked myself out of because I didn't need it. Now I am feeling completely

Power outage

2010-11-22T05:12:00.005-05:00

Short random post.... at 5:12 am So our building had shut off the power & hydro for maintenance purposes at 1am (supposed to come back up at 5am)... I talked to Fu on the phone for 96 minutes, then decided that I should sleep. At 5am, I woke up all of a sudden, and was greeted by lights in my room turned on, my furnace starting. Interestingly, the power had been back up for an hour already. Btw,

U is for...Unable to stay on task

2010-11-21T17:24:00.000-05:00

Exam season is near.. and I have tons of stuff to do. This means, I will be watching lots of TV and possibly learn C++ programming..... I believe this is a curse, and I'm unlikely to break it anytime soon =___=

T is for Tylenol

2010-11-20T18:56:00.001-05:00

I have been lacking sleep recently. I don't think, at this point, it is even possible for me to catch up on all my missed sleep anymore. There is a lot of stuff I should do, but having my computer next to my bed (out of sheer laziness yesterday) is not helping the matter at all.... Furthermore, I want the fictionpress story i've been reading to update, dammit! Yesterday I got dol-sot bibimbap

S is for Soflax =) & for Snippet from my class note on Alcoholic Liver Disease

2010-11-19T12:04:00.001-05:00

We took this on Google Docs... this is a snippet of our note.... Status: sleepy, cold, hungry Listening to: Lecture

R is for... Rexall

2010-11-18T22:08:00.001-05:00

Went to the Rexall recruitment dinner today... Found out that they were hiring in Durham and Wingham! I thought it was hilarious. You have to actually physically sound out the two cities to see why =3 I inadvertently bought new shoes, but they hurt my big toes =( I think I'd have to get one of those padding thingies...

Q is for, hmm, Quetiapine

2010-11-17T22:01:00.000-05:00

That is the only Q drug I can think of... Wait, there is also Qvar (beclomethasone)... and ... that's all I can think of. I have PPL final exam tomorrow. I hope I don't fail =S Our group had a presentation on the research protocol. I think it went well. It really helps that our facilitator is a very experienced researcher herself, so we could get a lot of feedback on how to improve methodology

P is for ... what else? Pharmacy!

2010-11-17T00:24:00.002-05:00

First and foremost, I am sleepy.I went to a mock trial thingy for Mary as a witness for the defense. She was part of the counsel for the defense. It was fun, and much hilarity ensued. It would be interesting them do one in their third and final year, then compare how much they have progressed =)The best part was when everyone opened their case with rhyme. It was quite impressive.I have learned

O is for Odd

2010-11-15T12:44:00.000-05:00

The CAPSIL is done! It can be found here (direct link to PDF)I slept at 3 this morning, but managed to wake up at 11am. Very odd...This week is promising to be a semi-light week. I hope this is true... Have my practicum exam Thursday, bah

N is for not enough sleep..... =(

2010-11-14T20:42:00.002-05:00

According to our lecture on Sleep Disorder, those who do not get enough sleep may consequently have: impaired ability to concentrate memory problems difficulty coping with minor irritations difficulty accomplishing daily tasks less ability to enjoy family/social relationships 2.5 x likely to report vehicle accident due to fatigue 40% self-medicate with alcohol or OTC (e.g. Gravol, antihistamines

M is for Moonpie

2010-11-13T22:33:00.002-05:00

I don't really know what moonpie is.... so I googled it, apparently it is a twinkie like dessert =) I spent the entire day (granted I got up really really late) working on the CAPSIL... and I'm still not close to be done =( Although I did come up with a rather good looking layout for a giantly long article =3

L is for Life SUCKS

2010-11-12T19:25:00.001-05:00

It just sucks. My horrible two weeks have ended. Now it is into massive interview + lag time with nothing to do but feel like I should be doing something out of habit time. I will attempt to blog daily for the heck of it. I had an interview with Rexall. The person who interviewed me had a very prominent cleft chin, reminded me of Peter from Family Guy.It went fairly well I guess... Don't care

K is for Kiss my ASS, social science in pharmacy!

2010-11-04T23:55:00.001-04:00

This is a portion of what I learned in school in my social science class, that is trying very hard to legitimize itself through making work unnecessarily difficult and devious for us. When I say "strategy" it's the author's fancy word for medical procedure/drug a: try pick the strategy with the best outcomes as determined by the value of your patientb: draw on studies with populations that fit

J is for .... Jeepers!

2010-11-02T00:37:00.000-04:00

Feeling melancholy today.... I remember the first time I heard that word, I thought it was spelled meloncalling... lolFinished my last midterm, and all my residency applications. Now I'm supposed to be studying for the PPL tomorrow. Instead, I am pondering about the pointlessness of life... and applications, and studying. I mean, really, most of your life depends on how you are presented. In

I is for Imitrex

2010-10-27T04:21:00.001-04:00

{Imitrex} I just spent about 3 hours on my resume to an employer that I may or may not want to work for... aka my Plan C I think I am overly anal retentive when it comes to formatting and such... On the bright side, there is a recruitment lunch AND dinner tomorrow! For dinner, we will be going to {AME}. From the website, the environment looks quite nice, and the food super expensive.

H for the hell that is school =___=

2010-10-26T00:26:00.000-04:00

I am starting a project! If I can keep it up, I may have something to show at the end of November lol (maybe)

G is for Glomerulus

2010-10-24T20:44:00.002-04:00

Baaaah I hate studying!!! There is so much to do and so little time to do it!! I hope I don't fail this stupid course. I'll be happy with a 70!!!

F is for Failing at life

2010-10-18T20:25:00.000-04:00

I discovered this Northeastern chinese restaurant on Dundas, it is quite good... but expensive =( I have also started saving the fictionpress stories I like in word, because too many authors take down their stories, then I never get to see them again :(

I suck at photoshopping

2010-10-16T00:47:00.001-04:00

Before: After: A is for AnaemiaB is for BananaC is for Cheesecake that Jess gave me for my birthday!D is for DeadsiesE is for Eggs that I stole from Laura

Happy birthday to me!

2010-10-12T20:16:00.003-04:00

So it is my birthday. Jess brought a quarter of a cheese cake for me. It was yummy. I failed my PPL, that was sad Me and Rachel have been having 1 way trips to each other's places. Wednesday evening, Rachel insisted that I go swimming @ the pool close to her place, so I did (we went too early and had to wait 1/2 hr before the swimming started.... so we visited the steam room, and generally sat

Guu

2010-10-03T00:56:00.001-04:00

So I went to Guu Friday night. It is the 3rd time I went in the past month (i.e. 30 days) We were seated to the very right of the restaurant, just in front of the patio. These are pictures of the inside of the restaurant. There were also various paintings/prints hung around the restaurant depicting geishas in familiar budweisser girls poses.... Now, on to the food! Spare ribs - They

I dislike this week

2010-10-03T00:31:00.002-04:00

This week I have been regularly running on late, and short sleep. Sunday - Late night prep for oral evaluation Monday - evaluation @ 9 T_T, late night prep for oral lab Tuesday - oral lab @ 9, work 4-9, got home @ 10; school work & procrastination led to sleeping late Wednesday - Class @ 9, hospital open house lasted to ~10pm. Very late night work on application Thursday - Class at 1pm, worked on

On Food

2010-09-29T16:32:00.001-04:00

Me: you know, I realized something: As a population, university students are very obsessed with food Laura: Oh yeah! It is one of the few pleasures we can look forward to, and it is the primary means we use to socialize. I remember when Mr. Ing (my high school math teacher) was telling us that any event the employers had, as long as there is food there would be tons of people going. I remember

Mortification

2010-09-26T15:37:00.000-04:00

OMG, apparently I have my mom on MSN, and she apparently reads my MSN status....

I love google docs

2010-09-25T20:07:00.003-04:00

Since pharmacy school is ridiculous in terms of the amount of work they expect you to do and not fail, everyone has taken to collaborating. Me, being super lazy and so on, is all for this. In one of our core courses (well, by core I mean actually relevant to practice. The technical definition of core to our faculty is apparently compulsory... and most of the compulsory courses are...... not

My strange dream

2010-09-08T19:38:00.000-04:00

I woke up from my 3 hr nap (I know!) and had a super morbid dream. Mr. Monk was sniping a family across the river, together with someone else. He was lying on his belly, there was rolling landscape, and the river bank had rocks and bits of tall grass sticking up. He was resting his gun on some sort of a hill... And the family he was sniping was at a picnic of some sorts, but there were no

Google Wave & Notes

2010-09-03T23:54:00.000-04:00

Today my friends and I collaboratively took notes on Google Wave. It was fun! I think we got a much more comprehensive note, because all 3 of us were able to take notes/format at the same time. There were obvious downfalls, like when 2 ppl are making the exact same note at the same time, but we managed to work stuff out by "claiming" certain parts of the information. The downside of Wave is that

Guu!

2010-09-03T23:51:00.002-04:00

So both legs of my keyboard is broken/on the verge of breaking. Instead of getting a new one, I am just going to stick a think roll of paper towel to prop it up and look for something better as a prop in the mean time. Went to Guu with friends today, there was a 1.5 hour wait... We waited because we weren't too far down the list. However, apparently they call people based on what kind of table

To update

2010-08-30T22:58:00.000-04:00

Not really updating, because I'm currently lazy, and at home, so I really don't have a desk... Quick list: Passed tox found housing Went to Cedar Point (parasailing!) had 小葱沾大浆 (awesome food from China times)

NaNoWriMo

2010-07-26T00:41:00.001-04:00

Signed up for NaNoWriMo, we'll see what happens in November. For now, I'm semi-preoccupied with passing tox. bleh God is good to me <3

Thank God....

2010-07-03T02:00:00.000-04:00

I found out today that I had to book my driver test before July 1 to extend my license... I haven't. Then I checked the DriveTest website to find that they have extended the date to September 1! Thank GOD!!! Sometimes I don't know if He is still with me, because I haven't been to church, and I'm sometimes too cavalier about my religion... but it's times like this, and so many more, that I am sure

A post of Thanksgiving

2010-05-30T01:44:00.001-04:00

I thank the Lord that my dad has the tact to not tell my mom I failed tox I thank the Lord that I don't have to break into PB at 7:30 tomorrow morning I thank the Lord that I have tokens to ride the TTC tomorrow I thank the Lord for AC that is working, and a dad who knows how to insulate properly I thank the Lord that I had a safe walk at 12:30 am to the subway station I thank the Lord that my

Random story

2010-05-27T23:56:00.001-04:00

So mom made me hold the rest of the 3 books about the Quinn brothers by Nora Roberts after finishing and liking the first one. The other day she got them... and started reading the second book. The next time I looked, she started reading the fourth book. After about a week later, she told me it was weird because the kid in the first book is now all grown up. So I told her she was reading the

Crab musings

2010-05-07T23:42:00.001-04:00

The English language is very interesting. I was talking to a friend on MSN, and I told her I had crabs [for food]. She misread it as "I have crabs", and was surprised. (crabs, also know as public lice, is a sexually transmitted parasite) That got me thinking. When talking about the crustacean, one would say "I had crabs", "I'm having crabs", "I'm going to have crabs". Rarely "I have crabs".But

Misc

2010-05-07T15:24:00.000-04:00

I r home. YAY~~~~~~~~~! Been eating lots of good food =) Crabs, chives, mussels, fish, more fish, mmmmmmmmmmmm! Steamed crabs were awesome! Mom bought salmon yesterday and it was also awesome. If there is one thing I like about home, it's the food <3 I am now the proud owner of a free(!!!) U of T Mug for my "hard work" and "contributions" to PDW 2010 in Toronto. It was even expressMailed to me

I have ceased to care

2010-04-22T17:52:00.000-04:00

Looking back, first year Western was my keenest year ever. I showed up to every class, did homework, was proactive about studying.... and my lowest grade was like, an 84 or something. Once I got into pharmacy, I just stopped caring. I'm not really sure why. I mean, I never really had the 6-0 and go attitude, but I find that the longer I stay in pharmacy, the less my motivation to do well. Oh sure

*sigh

2010-04-19T00:48:00.002-04:00

So screwed for exam... Although I think not having ready access to internet may be conducive to studying... but my lack of motivation just counter balanced that...

I r sleepy

2010-04-11T02:57:00.001-04:00

While I feel totally screwed for tox exam, I don't want to study. What a dilemma...

Biology 100; Yin -10

2010-04-07T02:30:00.000-04:00

Crappy day =(

pharmacy is getting to me

2010-04-06T06:31:00.000-04:00

I commented on Lifehacker (here) about the importance of having UVA and UVB protection... I feel like such a pharmacy nerd =_= In other news... still not asleep! Status: Awake! o.O Listening to: roommate getting up....

My food extravaganza

2010-04-04T02:54:00.000-04:00

Wednesday: Giant shwarma + bubble tea Thursday night: $5 all day breakfast --> omlette followed by tea & chocolate cake Friday: McD bacon cheese burger + lemon & sugar crepe Saturday: Dumplings + Chinese pastries My life is awesome with food!!! I will be so fat this summer *sigh* So a couple of years ago I met this guy on a random QQ English chat group thing, and we started talking. Now

Awards night

2010-03-30T19:27:00.002-04:00

The 1T1s almost swept the class awards. Damn the 1T2s for showing up for curling bonspiel lol My Loot =) The duffel bag is currently in my bathroom being aired for its smelliness =D

End of Pain Week

2010-03-26T02:30:00.001-04:00

I am Happy =) I didn't care for the lectures much, but I really enjoyed the group case work ups

I Have a job!

2010-03-24T16:04:00.005-04:00

(see Hmmm) Yay!!! I am happy =3 I like my group for pain week. We learn a lot and like to share too! Also, I found a new actor I like. Someone was commenting on how Matthew Gray Gubler (Dr. Reid, Criminal Minds) is very good at playing himself personality-wise, and he sounds the same in every movie he is in. They gave the example of (500) days of summer. So I thought I'd check the movie out.

Selected quote by Janet: (to be continued)

2010-03-23T00:53:00.000-04:00

Facebook: BUUNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! is it because I have a spelling mistake that facebook won't let me share my love of bunnies! (when facebook refused to post her message) Walking towards a construction scaffold in the rain: Hey look! It's a giant continuous umbrella!

Guess what this is?

2010-03-22T21:04:00.002-04:00

Guess what this is? (answer after the jump) A pill counting tray =D

Pain week: day 1

2010-03-22T20:39:00.001-04:00

So today is the first day of "pain week". Pain week is four days during which we get together with our OT, PT, DDS, RN and MD student colleagues to learn about the management of pain, and try to solve hypothetical cases in small groups. It is a bad sign when the majority of the people who haven't left are falling asleep by the end of the first day of this "innovative" and "interdisciplinary"

random fact...

2010-03-20T00:09:00.000-04:00

My week went something like this: Wednesday: CSS (sort of like an oral exam with a group of people) on diabetes Monday - Wednesday: Reading super dry studies and drug charts on diabetes treatment Wednesday at 2:00pm (when CSS starts), Yin is late. 2:10 - Yin arrives. *fails* Friday: Med chem 3rd midterm Wednesday: sleeping due to previous CSS studying. Studyied 1/6 chapters of medchem Thursday:

Sunny day, chase the, clouds away!

2010-03-19T00:09:00.001-04:00

Because today was so sunny, Janet and I went and got raspberry sorbet from Metro and proceeded to eat it with the plastic spoons we brought. It was sunny so we tried to visit adam's cottage, but he wasn't home and it was dusty... so we decided to just walk around. It was good, and we only got chased by ONE bug =3 Status: studying =( Listening to: janet chattering

Unmotivated

2010-03-17T02:16:00.000-04:00

Waaay to unmotivated... need to get sleeping schedule back!!

hmmm

2010-03-16T02:13:00.004-04:00

I am inspired to make a postWell, not really inspired... more like I really don't want to do work.I am behind on studying, for everything, and kind of bummed out about lots of things.Had an interview for 2 positions today, it was kind of weird. The two interviewers pretty much ping pong'd back and forth, and the two positions weren't even related aside from the fact that they were in the same

Going to the bar

2009-08-23T23:01:00.003-04:00

Went to the bar properly for the first time, i.e. I drank and stuffBar: Barney'sThe bar was normal, the best thing was the outdoor patio, which was why we chose it in the first placeThe drinks:2 white freezies + 1 swedish berry shot + almost a cup of beerThe people:It was everyone I like! and we talked about people, among various things. I had a great time, and was really happy that I met so many

2009-06-28T19:30:00.002-04:00

This week is a strange week. Many famous people passed away. Farrah Fawcit, Michael Jackson, and Billy Mays (OxiClean Man). MJ and BM were only 50.If my parents were to pass away at 50, my brother will only be 10, that would be very sad. 50, thats only half of the 100 years that we aim to live for. Life suddenly seems so ephemeral again after these recent deaths.

OMG exams!!

2009-04-05T04:19:00.001-04:00

I have 7, spans from Easter monday to May 5th WTF

.. .. .. and this is why I don't dream

2009-03-15T12:20:00.001-04:00

After reading Marnie's entry here, I became inspired to write about my dream this morning. So I had a dream between the first time I woke up and the second time I woke up today (I managed to do so before noon. Be proud of me) So a little background: the house I live in has rats in the basement. My friend used to live in the basement and got scared of the rats. I live on the third floor, I doubt

Massive reformatting, ick

2009-03-13T18:57:00.001-04:00

I hate reformatting. Had to do it this time because I thought my NIC card was broken…. Turns out it wasn’t *sigh* Now I discovered that Microsoft managed to come up with a new version of Messenger (ugly interface…..) and something called Writer. So… I’m trying it out. Hopefully I’ll manage to update my blog more often (I’m not holding my breath)

Reading Week!!!

2009-02-18T01:35:00.001-05:00

So much to do! So little time!!To do:Study PhysioStudy 231Finish lab reportFinish Biochem assignmentGo shoppingGo see a movieGo to phoPrepare for panelPrepare for case role play*dies*

Hunkering down

2008-12-12T21:18:00.004-05:00

Exam time supplies:1 - packet of frozen seafood dumplings1- packet of frozen ready-made stir fry6- packets of instant noodles1- bottle of hot sauce1- giant bar of toblerone2- boxes of Ultimate Variety Pack of fruit rollup, fruit by the foot and gushers1- economic pack of pizza pops1- packet of 沙琪马5GB- download TV shows1- external hard drive with shows from DC++4- binders with notes11- useless

urgh

2008-10-30T21:55:00.001-04:00

I can't believe I completely ignored question 4 out of 4 questions on the biochem exam. It was so easy too. Urgh! *sigh*I wanna know how I did.I can't believe I spent so long on question 1, which is worth half as much as question 4. I can't believe I didn't realize there was a question4. For some strange reason, I thought the exam stopped at question 3. I could've gotten at least another 2 easy

Token update

2008-09-02T11:29:00.002-04:00

I've made my way back from Kitchener...Windsor = no sleep.... since bro decides to wake up everyday @ 8, and make loud noises in an attempt to wake me upWent to the TO Zoo, got a sun burn-ish thing, came back to Windsor, went to US to shop @ the outlet strip mall, ate buffet and stuffed my self, and it is now today.

Floooooding!

2008-07-30T19:19:00.003-04:00

Wow, Kitchener went from dry to flooding like crazy within one hour! When I got home at 6, it wasn't raining. When I looked outside at 7 due to excessive lightning, the street was flooded. I live on a pretty big street, and the sewers couldn't drain fast enough. The tires on the cars were half submerged. Everytime a car drives by, it send up water sprays that taller than the car. Then, a fire

Multiculturalism in pharmacy

2008-07-15T00:23:00.002-04:00

Today, this old guy who does not speak English but insists on coming alone came again. As usual, he wanted a blood glucose meter with the purchase of 100 test strips. The problem is not the free meter, but the fact that he's gotten about 3 in the past year for different test strips... Since this particular metre is an upgrade for one he had in 2006, the manager said to give it to him, but he

hanging out, and busing

2008-06-22T21:02:00.003-04:00

So i decided to hang out with Ali & John today. Got to UW, played some weird version of pool with red and other coloured balls (the name escapes me...), then when the pool table was free, played cutthroat pool. I sucked as usual, and won randomly haha. Then played pingpong. Finally, I decided to leave @ around 6:20, that was 5 o'clock, and we were watching I, Robot. We made our way to the plaza,