I've been sick over the past week since last Sun. For some reason, I keep waking up with a blocked nose and a severe runny nose afterwhich, and don't recover until near the end of the day. Not to mention, I also have a terrible sore throat with a lot of phlegm to go with that too.
Fortunately, it appears that all of these problems have resolved themselves by now. The nasal problems are nearly gone and my throat is feeling a lot better too. The colour of the phlegm has also changed from green to white, showing that the infection that I most likely had previously is clearing up.
That aside, today I went back to my previous store where I had my preceptorship to talk to my preceptor and her new student. Felt kinda bad about doing this, since it appears that by going back and talking with them, I used up 3 hours of the new student's time which she could have used for more learning. She didn't seemed to mind though, so I guess I shouldn't be too concerned about that.
A side note... Having to work on weekends (Sat) really does suck~ Didn't know that beforehand, and it totally screwed up my entire schedule for today.. *sighs*
Saturday, 30 June 2007
Tuesday, 26 June 2007
End of events, and First day of work
Things happened over the weekend, sad things, happy things, meaningful things.... At least we've all learnt a lesson from them, and have grown wiser. Things do work out in the end, so always look on the bright side!! =D
Today was the first day of work, official work. The original criteria was to do receiving for lab samples, but it appears that there's too much invoice work to settle first before we can go into other things. Let's all work hard so as not to let anyone down (especially oneself!!!)~
New environment, new experience~ Ganbatte!!
Today was the first day of work, official work. The original criteria was to do receiving for lab samples, but it appears that there's too much invoice work to settle first before we can go into other things. Let's all work hard so as not to let anyone down (especially oneself!!!)~
New environment, new experience~ Ganbatte!!
Saturday, 23 June 2007
Costume Making
After a long break, I finally went back to my CCA stuff, which is, to help out in costume making for our maid/host cafe concept in the next AY. Feel kinda out of touch with stuff, since it's been 6 weeks, but I'm still fine with it (mostly).
I also brought my white coat down to remove the silly words on the pocket, but I screwed up the unpicking, so I guess it's time to call for help? Haha... Guess I'll get my aunt to look into it and see if she can do anything about it.
I also finished up the rest of my preceptorship report today, so I'm finally prepared to hand it up. Going back to school on Mon, so might as well do it too.
All that's left for this week is to look into some papers and do some info searching on the net for my lab work, and to look forward to the lunch appointment tomorrow!!
I also brought my white coat down to remove the silly words on the pocket, but I screwed up the unpicking, so I guess it's time to call for help? Haha... Guess I'll get my aunt to look into it and see if she can do anything about it.
I also finished up the rest of my preceptorship report today, so I'm finally prepared to hand it up. Going back to school on Mon, so might as well do it too.
All that's left for this week is to look into some papers and do some info searching on the net for my lab work, and to look forward to the lunch appointment tomorrow!!
End of the preceptorship
It appears that the laziness bug (along with a bit of the amnesia bug) has struck again. This was supposed to be posted last night, but due to some "unforeseen" circumstances, it has been delayed till this morning. (^.^|||)
Anyways, yesterday was the official end of our preceptorship. We had our debrief over at the Suntec store at around 2 pm, so we left our own store at around 1 pm (after tearful farewells and stuff... well, not quite, but you get the drift). After which, we sat through a long debrief which touched upon the operations protocol, the ground layout and also future changes to the stores. It was kinda informative, but also kinda boring at the same time.
After a short walk around the new store layout (which is going to be the template for the stores of the future, or so they say), we departed for our next destination, karaoke over at Party World in Tanjong Pagar.
The beginning was a bit slow and stuff, as everyone was shy and reserved and much coaxing had to be done before anyone started singing. But slowly as time went by, people got a bit more relaxed and started singing and having fun.
The event was originally stated to end at 7 pm, but we already have people leaving at the halfway mark, and by 7 pm, just almost all participants had left, leaving us down to 6 people in the room (which was a rather big room since we started with a big party of 20+ people). After a couple more songs, another friend left and we were left with 5 people in a big room... which started to feel really empty. Haha~ (^.^|||)
In the end, the 5 of us left sang until the very last minute (which actually lasted until 9 pm as it turned out that we had booked the room for 5 hours. !!! ) before we settled the bill and left the place. After which, 4 of us decided to go for dinner over at Lau Pa Sat while the other had to go home.
The night ended with a nice dinner (along with an interesting talking session with jargon and crap) and we finally left to go home at around 10:15 pm.
All in all, this was an interesting night and a fitting end for the 6 weeks stint we had over at our preceptorship. Well, it's time to prepare for work again (this time, to make some money to tide over my current crisis), but for this couple of days, perhaps we can take a short break and catch our breaths, and rest our feets too!
Oh and, this is not quite the end too, since in a sense, we're now friends with our preceptors, and there might be more interaction in future, so it's not really farewell for good. At the very least, I'll be going back to my store this Sun to join them for lunch (Wee!!). Looking forward to it!!
Anyways, yesterday was the official end of our preceptorship. We had our debrief over at the Suntec store at around 2 pm, so we left our own store at around 1 pm (after tearful farewells and stuff... well, not quite, but you get the drift). After which, we sat through a long debrief which touched upon the operations protocol, the ground layout and also future changes to the stores. It was kinda informative, but also kinda boring at the same time.
After a short walk around the new store layout (which is going to be the template for the stores of the future, or so they say), we departed for our next destination, karaoke over at Party World in Tanjong Pagar.
The beginning was a bit slow and stuff, as everyone was shy and reserved and much coaxing had to be done before anyone started singing. But slowly as time went by, people got a bit more relaxed and started singing and having fun.
The event was originally stated to end at 7 pm, but we already have people leaving at the halfway mark, and by 7 pm, just almost all participants had left, leaving us down to 6 people in the room (which was a rather big room since we started with a big party of 20+ people). After a couple more songs, another friend left and we were left with 5 people in a big room... which started to feel really empty. Haha~ (^.^|||)
In the end, the 5 of us left sang until the very last minute (which actually lasted until 9 pm as it turned out that we had booked the room for 5 hours. !!! ) before we settled the bill and left the place. After which, 4 of us decided to go for dinner over at Lau Pa Sat while the other had to go home.
The night ended with a nice dinner (along with an interesting talking session with jargon and crap) and we finally left to go home at around 10:15 pm.
All in all, this was an interesting night and a fitting end for the 6 weeks stint we had over at our preceptorship. Well, it's time to prepare for work again (this time, to make some money to tide over my current crisis), but for this couple of days, perhaps we can take a short break and catch our breaths, and rest our feets too!
Oh and, this is not quite the end too, since in a sense, we're now friends with our preceptors, and there might be more interaction in future, so it's not really farewell for good. At the very least, I'll be going back to my store this Sun to join them for lunch (Wee!!). Looking forward to it!!
Thursday, 21 June 2007
Nearing the end
Once again, it's about one week since I last posted... Guess I'm kinda lazy about this sort of stuff, but at least, I do keep it updated! (^.^);
Anyways, back to the topic. Today is the second last day of our preceptorship (in theory), and we went together with our preceptor to a smoking cessation talk. The attendance at the talk itself is kind of pathetic... Only like, 4 people turned up?
But, the subsequent CO breath testing session with some counseling about smoking cessation options and places had a much better attendance, though it is most probably due to the novelty of the idea and the fun of getting people together to play with the machine that got the people here. Hopefully, they'll take a message back home about this session, and perhaps, try out quitting smoking (for the smokers) and never ever pick up smoking (for the non-smokers).
On a side note, I finally got my first paycheck today!! Wasn't too much (only $170) but at least it's worth something. Kinda makes me excited and stuff, which probably explains a bit about the slight tinge of insanity I exhibited today (but probably has no connection to that weird headache I get near the end of the day, I hope?).
Tomorrow's the last day (in theory), but I most probably have to go back on another day (likely Sun) to complete about 30 mins of work to complete the total work hours required. Oh well, don't really have to worry about that though, everything will turn out fine in the end.
Looking forward to the "party" tomorrow and the debrief and stuff. Guess I will be missing all the people down at the store and all the things that we've went through over this past 6 weeks. Well, I'll leave the rest for tomorrow then!
Anyways, back to the topic. Today is the second last day of our preceptorship (in theory), and we went together with our preceptor to a smoking cessation talk. The attendance at the talk itself is kind of pathetic... Only like, 4 people turned up?
But, the subsequent CO breath testing session with some counseling about smoking cessation options and places had a much better attendance, though it is most probably due to the novelty of the idea and the fun of getting people together to play with the machine that got the people here. Hopefully, they'll take a message back home about this session, and perhaps, try out quitting smoking (for the smokers) and never ever pick up smoking (for the non-smokers).
On a side note, I finally got my first paycheck today!! Wasn't too much (only $170) but at least it's worth something. Kinda makes me excited and stuff, which probably explains a bit about the slight tinge of insanity I exhibited today (but probably has no connection to that weird headache I get near the end of the day, I hope?).
Tomorrow's the last day (in theory), but I most probably have to go back on another day (likely Sun) to complete about 30 mins of work to complete the total work hours required. Oh well, don't really have to worry about that though, everything will turn out fine in the end.
Looking forward to the "party" tomorrow and the debrief and stuff. Guess I will be missing all the people down at the store and all the things that we've went through over this past 6 weeks. Well, I'll leave the rest for tomorrow then!
Friday, 15 June 2007
Food and more! *swt*
As I've said yesterday, we went together with our preceptor to Ikea for Swedish meatballs and more today! Together, we finished one set of 15 meatballs, a serving of fried rice and roast chicken and fried chicken and chips~
Not only so, I also had dinner over at Pizza Hut tonight!! Kind of seems like quite a feast tonight eh??? A pity though that things doesn't seem to be going too well with my preceptor today, hopefully, she'll feel better tomorrow~
Finished up the planogram for the vitamins and supplements and also the checking of expiry dates for some products today too. Not too much done, but not too little too.
Not only so, I also had dinner over at Pizza Hut tonight!! Kind of seems like quite a feast tonight eh??? A pity though that things doesn't seem to be going too well with my preceptor today, hopefully, she'll feel better tomorrow~
Finished up the planogram for the vitamins and supplements and also the checking of expiry dates for some products today too. Not too much done, but not too little too.
Wednesday, 13 June 2007
Busy day!
It's been a week since my last post!
But anyways, back to the topic. Today was a really busy day. Lots of stock arrived from the warehouse to our store, and we spent almost the entire day (morning + afternoon + into the evening) checking and accounting for the stock, and displaying them. Totally unbelievable...
One of our team members will be leaving for a period of 3 weeks starting from tomorrow, and so, instead of waiting till the last week, I brought my camera down today to take photos together with the team members (that are willing). Photos can be a source of remembrance (?), so it's always nice to take photos with others to commemorate events, such as our preceptorship.
On another note, our preceptor said that she'll be treating us to Swedish meatballs over at Ikea tomorrow! Yeah! Something to look forward to after the hectic rush today!
Well, that's all for this time, see ya again~~ ^^/
But anyways, back to the topic. Today was a really busy day. Lots of stock arrived from the warehouse to our store, and we spent almost the entire day (morning + afternoon + into the evening) checking and accounting for the stock, and displaying them. Totally unbelievable...
One of our team members will be leaving for a period of 3 weeks starting from tomorrow, and so, instead of waiting till the last week, I brought my camera down today to take photos together with the team members (that are willing). Photos can be a source of remembrance (?), so it's always nice to take photos with others to commemorate events, such as our preceptorship.
On another note, our preceptor said that she'll be treating us to Swedish meatballs over at Ikea tomorrow! Yeah! Something to look forward to after the hectic rush today!
Well, that's all for this time, see ya again~~ ^^/
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
Stocktake & First CME event
Main event today = Stocktake! Today was the day when we had to do our stocktake. Accordingly, small stores have to do stocktaking about 3 times a year, and today happened to be one of those days.
The earlier part of the day was spent clearing the stock that came in and exhibiting any stocks that we had in storage where that was sufficient space on the shelves. Afternoon was passed by counting the remaining stocks in the cupboards and on the dispensary shelves. Using the HHT for stocktaking for the first time was rather interesting. Even though it is essentially the same as the normal HHT, but it's specially programmed for keying in stock quantities, so there are some subtle differences in the usage.
Due to the stocktaking process, we didn't had anytime for lunch until around 5 pm. But we don't really mind, since we had an early lunch at around 12 noon yesterday after attending the Pharmacy Practice Meeting, so in a sense, it's like doing more work to compensate for the time yesterday. Since we have plans for dinner, we only had some hotdogs to fill our tummies for the time being.
Speaking of which, tonight was the first time I attended a CME event. It was held at the Ritz-Calton over at Suntec City, which was supposedly a really grand hotel, though I didn't really know about it until now (~.~|||)
It was quite an experience, to listen to the talks about new research developments, and to actually see and feel in person the proceedings of a CME event. But, dinner wasn't as good as expected, in fact, it was rather plain to me. Perhaps it's just due to me not being accustomed to such cuisine~ And the main course was fish, which I don't take, so I didn't really enjoy dinner, though dessert (Tiramisu) was rather good (but the alcohol was a bit too much O-O ). Haha, guess I really do have a lot to complain, especially since it's a free dinner =P
My preceptor had to go back to our store to help out with the stocktaking after dinner, but me and my classmate went home instead. This made me feel a bit bad about it... Part of me wants to go back and help, but another part just doesn't feel like staying till so late, especially since the actual full stocktaking is going to happen at around 12 midnight and end at around 2 am. Oh well, what's done cannot be undone, hopefully my preceptor won't take it to heart (and I think she won't, since she's a really nice person~). I'll just have to work harder to make up for it~ (^o^)Y
The earlier part of the day was spent clearing the stock that came in and exhibiting any stocks that we had in storage where that was sufficient space on the shelves. Afternoon was passed by counting the remaining stocks in the cupboards and on the dispensary shelves. Using the HHT for stocktaking for the first time was rather interesting. Even though it is essentially the same as the normal HHT, but it's specially programmed for keying in stock quantities, so there are some subtle differences in the usage.
Due to the stocktaking process, we didn't had anytime for lunch until around 5 pm. But we don't really mind, since we had an early lunch at around 12 noon yesterday after attending the Pharmacy Practice Meeting, so in a sense, it's like doing more work to compensate for the time yesterday. Since we have plans for dinner, we only had some hotdogs to fill our tummies for the time being.
Speaking of which, tonight was the first time I attended a CME event. It was held at the Ritz-Calton over at Suntec City, which was supposedly a really grand hotel, though I didn't really know about it until now (~.~|||)
It was quite an experience, to listen to the talks about new research developments, and to actually see and feel in person the proceedings of a CME event. But, dinner wasn't as good as expected, in fact, it was rather plain to me. Perhaps it's just due to me not being accustomed to such cuisine~ And the main course was fish, which I don't take, so I didn't really enjoy dinner, though dessert (Tiramisu) was rather good (but the alcohol was a bit too much O-O ). Haha, guess I really do have a lot to complain, especially since it's a free dinner =P
My preceptor had to go back to our store to help out with the stocktaking after dinner, but me and my classmate went home instead. This made me feel a bit bad about it... Part of me wants to go back and help, but another part just doesn't feel like staying till so late, especially since the actual full stocktaking is going to happen at around 12 midnight and end at around 2 am. Oh well, what's done cannot be undone, hopefully my preceptor won't take it to heart (and I think she won't, since she's a really nice person~). I'll just have to work harder to make up for it~ (^o^)Y
Sunday, 3 June 2007
昨日と今日
Yesterday was my uncle's birthday, so me and my brother went down to help move plants and pots and also to buy drinks for the celebration party. The evening went by uneventfully, but I had to stay up at night to watch a show's replay since I missed it due to the birthday party (~.~)
Today!! Went out for the Singapore Street Festival over at Youth Park at Somerset. Saw lots of different cosplayers, and also heard various bands playing (though some of the bands were real loud and bad). Initially, I wanted to take photos of the cosplayers (I even brought my camera down!), but I got lazy and decided not to. (HAHA *swt*)
An interesting thing (and funny and stupid thing about myself), was that I thought that the Street Festival outing was supposed to be on yesterday, so I told my friends that I had to attend my uncle's birthday and won't be able to stay on late nor catch a movie with them later. But turns out that I made a mistake (OTZ), and I had already watched the movie earlier due to that mistake, so I kinda let my friends down because of this silly hiccup. Sorry everyone!! m(_ _)m
Today!! Went out for the Singapore Street Festival over at Youth Park at Somerset. Saw lots of different cosplayers, and also heard various bands playing (though some of the bands were real loud and bad). Initially, I wanted to take photos of the cosplayers (I even brought my camera down!), but I got lazy and decided not to. (HAHA *swt*)
An interesting thing (and funny and stupid thing about myself), was that I thought that the Street Festival outing was supposed to be on yesterday, so I told my friends that I had to attend my uncle's birthday and won't be able to stay on late nor catch a movie with them later. But turns out that I made a mistake (OTZ), and I had already watched the movie earlier due to that mistake, so I kinda let my friends down because of this silly hiccup. Sorry everyone!! m(_ _)m
Friday, 1 June 2007
End of 3rd week, halfway through
Today marks the end of the 3rd week of my preceptorship, and this signifies that I am halfway through it. Dunno why, but I'm already feeling that I'll miss the place and people when I end my preceptorship. ~.~
An extra note to add is that we have new team members in our store today! Both are likely to be part-timers, though they'll still probably stay longer than me and my classmate. Haha~
Well, hopefully, the rest of the preceptorship period will be as fun and exciting as what I've been through over this 3 weeks. Let's all learn more stuff and have fun together!! =D
An extra note to add is that we have new team members in our store today! Both are likely to be part-timers, though they'll still probably stay longer than me and my classmate. Haha~
Well, hopefully, the rest of the preceptorship period will be as fun and exciting as what I've been through over this 3 weeks. Let's all learn more stuff and have fun together!! =D
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