pacar saya akan pergi ke canada pada juni 28, jadi we had a early surprise bday party for her.. it did take some effort in planning for this party.. esp cos this is the last weekend of the sch hols and it seems like everywhere tt we wanted to host it initially were booked.. it started from e2max den settlers and we got so desperate tt we even looked at chalets although we din intend for her to stay over..
so in the end.. it was downtown east again.. a little boring and clinche.. but well.. i guess we made the best out of it.. and thanks to the tremendous acting skills of plin.. we managed to cheat her all the way not onli to the door of the chalet but even talking to manda's bf askin for xiaojing (some common aj fren of plin and mon tt i dun know)..
yeah.. crazy me and my pacar.. with her wooden twigs bday card.. green balloons and green me..
manda and bf.. the first time he joins us for our group functions.. welcome to our big family.. it's a little strange cos nowdays bfs re super welcomed in all functions.. and i'm meeting more and more of my frens' other half.. 
our mini party.. onli 8 pple.. who cannot have too much food.. satay.. pineapple fried rice and rojak.. and it's the first time i ever bought rojak in my life.. mom hates is so i nv tried it too.. and of cos with green kuey (which i also nv eat b4).. and chips.. the vinegar kettle chips is smth tt sandra says monika luvs it but in actual fact, monika eats it and sandra likes it..
pacar with sand (i hv no idea y i kept calling sandra 'sand' nowadays.. getting too lazy to call her name mayb).. try to spot the tiny green dot on her t-shirt.. sorry pacar, our attempt in forcing her to buy a green shirt was rather unsuccessful..
a little list of things tt were in green bcos my pacar luv the colour:
1) us.. all dressed in green.. me, plin, manda, chengchuan-- all in green tops, jiaen with her green jacket.. and sandra with her little green dot on the blue t-shirt.. we were so green tt manda's bf refuse to be part of our big group photo cos he feels super bright in red..
2) green balloons as part of the decor
3) green garden scent candles.. set of 4.. each with aroma oil of different plants..
4) green cups for drinks
5) green drinks.. yes.. the miranda green apple tasted like med but at least it was green.. so no choice..
6) green kuey from prima deli.. 4 types of them..
7) green nuts bout work~pharmacist figurine.. it's so super cute tt there was a pt of time where everyone was taking photos of it.. and pacar saya got jealous.. and started complaining bout who's the real star of the night..
8) of cos, a green cake to complete the list.. pandan kaya cake.. not as if it was the nicest tasting cake we had.. so we had to stick to our green party.. and it was the most green cake i could find..
now i'm on my way to being a esplanade usher.. just went for briefing this evening.. and i'm so glad to see abel and brenda there.. haha.. i tot i wont have any frens there initially and felt a bit apprehensive and sian to go for all the training alone.. haha.. life just cant get any better.. now i even have company to go for training together.. and i'm sure i'm going to make more new frens in this new fun place..
anw.. had dinner with chengchuan, abel, sanchia, galvin and priscilla after the briefing.. it's been almost a year since i last met galvin.. and priscilla *his gf*, although also a fellow ucc usher, i've onli met her the last ucc gathering.. it's feels a little strange to be sitting with a whole group of working adults actually but i'm getting used to it nowadays.. and well, it doesnt really feels too bad to be the youngest of the table.. i think it's way better than feeling the oldest.. come on.. gals mah.. age is a sensitive issue..
they were talking bout work and mmm.. dunno wad the details were.. just conc on eating my prawn mee.. was talking in codes with abel cos he was the onli one on the table who is in the "circle of trust".. and galvin suspected tt we were dating!! haha.. super funny.. almost split out my prawn mee.. haha.. it's not tt abel is not a nice person.. well, he seems decent enough to me for almost any gal..
it was onli when we left tt the cat was let out of the bag.. anw.. who cares anymore bout everyone knowing bout us.. on 10th july everyone will know anyway..
and.. i guess i'm quite proud to let others know.. (although still a bit shy.. hehe)..
had dinner at JuJu Hokaido Hot Pot at Paradiz Centre to celebrate the end of my preceptorship.. the food was fabulous.. haven had such good steamboat for ages.. but perhaps the company made everything even sweeter..
the meal includes the starter, a main dish, a staple food of your choice, a small glass of icy plum vinegar (to aid digestion), a dessert of your choice, a plate of assorted dumplings.. and a must mention soup base tt is boiled from special fresh seaweed tt is imported from hokaido..
the starter plates includes this soft-center egg.. i'm never a fan of egg yokes but this combination of flowy egg yoke with sweet soy sauce is really quite nice..
i ordered cha soba as my staple food of the meal.. the serving was not too big.. so as to not take too much space in my tummy..
our plates of assorted dumplings.. the middle is the white button mushroom capped with minced pork.. my fav among this plate..
his main course was the fish platter.. with 3 kinds of fish.. with assorted vege and mushrooms.. and the yellow fish paste was vv nice too.. i must say tt i nv had such fresh fish for steamboat b4..
mine was the ocean platter with a whole crab, prawn, mussels, cuttlefish, fish.. and the assorted vege and mushroom.. i think mine was nicer cos the crab and prawns were really good.. super fresh.. and prawn was crunchy.. unlike most other places..the crab and mussels were big ones too.. after cooking everything, my seaweed soup had the taste of crab.. and i was joking bout how nice my crabby soup tasted.. yum yum..
and the dessert was super worth mentioning.. mine was mango sago with fruits and his, green tea pudding.. even if u hate eating steamboat, you can head down just for the desserts..
p.s i'm super happy tt i've got a new dangling ring again.. it's generation 3 already.. although this time is a little more special cos it's a gift from someone.. and it's even more special cos the angel has a special meaning to us.. now i've got my own little angel to accompany me everywhere..
my last day of preceptorship was well.. work was quite as usual.. went bout the polyclinic giving out merci choc.. wanted to give godiva initially.. but running quite low on budget lately cos of all the bdays.. gave my preceptor his own box of choc truffles and a little strawberry letter to thank him for all the guidance and the wonderful appraisal he gave me.. i just realised tt most of my frens do not have such a good appraisal.. hopefully it's cos i really for good working attitude and not just cos my preceptor is lenient (which i dun think he is considering how he test me almost everyday)..
uncle amran (who always cycles to get lunch for everyone) gave me a breakfast treat and the senior pt sharon bought me some sweets and rittersport choc as a little present for my last day.. haha.. everyone was so surprised tt i'm leaving so soon.. and cute little siowyuan had been saying from week 1 how she will miss me when i leave.. haha..
exchanged contact details with the pharmacists and my preceptor.. will invite them down for rag and perhaps visit them during festive occasions..
fellow nus mates siowyuan and tong gee.. whom i spent lunch time with and had lotsa fun picking med and making eyes with each other.. must keep in contact k?
me and my preceptor, mr chong.. he looks very stern and mature.. but he's actually onli 4 yrs my senior.. and when u get to know the other side of him.. he can be really fun to talk to as well..
with another pharmacist ms ang.. super friendly and nice.. think everyone likes her cos she's always so sweet..
photos with other PTs and PAs.. thanks so much for the enriching 6 weeks..
tml is the last day of my preceptorship.. i guess i'll miss it a little.. it was quite a fruitful experience and mr preceptor really exposed me to a lot of things.. basically i did everything tt he does.. from meetings at hq.. to smoking cessations talks.. patient couselling.. retail experience.. picking and packing med.. to dispensing.. and even weekly nursing home visits.. frankly, i'm quite glad tt i managed to get a chance to see wad a nursing home pharmacist does.. i dun think any of my frens have this experience cept yuantai who will be doing preceptorship under him as well..
overall.. the pple in this place had been really nice to me.. teaching me alot alot of stuff.. so to juniors: this is a good place to come for attachment.. haha.. although smth the staff gossip a little too much.. well, i just conc on doing my work.. dun wanna get dragged into any of the gossips tt goes ard..
and i'm so glad tt i made friends with 2 fellow nus part-timers there.. so gald tt they re ard with me.. at least i din feel that i was alone there thru-out.. cant imagine how bored i would be w/o them ard.. at least there's pple to eat lunch with me.. and we can all share our woes together.. u gals really made picking and packing med a whole lot more enjoyable..
finished my evaluation with my preceptor after i gave my cough and cold presentation.. well.. i guess i did really well.. never expected it to turn out so well initially.. esp with my low CAP.. still rmb how i was so super stressed on the first day cos i basically knew nothing bout all the prescription drugs there.. so happy tt my preceptor says i'm even better than his previous pre-regs in terms of working and learning attitude..
now.. all i need to do is to mug harder.. and know more drugs.. and try my best to pull up my CAP..
went out for dinner with the PTs in hougang poly.. had initially planned for a trip to Chilli Padi Nonya Cafe at bugis, even booked a table for 16 pple already.. but alot of them dropped out when they heard that the organiser (not me) invited the pharmacist along.. well.. the pharmacist are their boss afterall and it was quite understandable tt they may feel a little restrained with them ard.. and the planning was really not that well-done.. kept changing dates and last min change venue as well.. went to amk porridge steamboat buffet in the end.. so it was just me and 5 PTs in the end..
actually it's all my fault lah.. if i din mention to them tt such a place exist den they wont ask me to bring them there.. and cos of this, i cant back out of the dinner even when i have tonnes of work piling on my desk to be handed in the next day..
not as if the food there is fantastic actually.. just tt it's quite unique and i like the Boss there.. very friendly and nice.. smth gd customer service really does makes a diff..
but the PTs really enjoyed themselves.. they ate so much!!! and they were still talking bout it at work on fri.. sigh.. really so nice meh?
anw.. bought tix for swan lake on ice today.. haha.. cat 1 tix.. first row of circle one middle seats.. which according to my pacar who says according to chuhua re the best seats.. okay.. so i got my long-awaited for tix.. so happy..
p.s. and i'm so glad i got to see you too.. nv seen for 4 days and yet it seems like eternity.. thanks for comforting me thru the few stressful days..
a little souvenir for each person there.. a sierra wing mug.. which has a little lucky draw number sticker at the bottom.. as usual.. i'm not the kind of pple who will win anything from lucky draws..
photo of me and bro taken at almost 11pm.. u can see who exhausted i look.. been spending nights doing my cough and cold presentation to round up my preceptorship well..
rushed bro bro home in the end once he finished taking photos with most of his friends.. still have got lotsa homework to do..
p.s and he showed him the handsome guy from hwa chong soccer too.. haha..
father's day started with yum cha at taka crystal jade palace.. and it was at 10.30am!! i cant rmb if i ever went to yum cha at such a early timing before.. but it wasnt easy waking up so early on my lazy sunday morn.. the onli late sleep i can have the entire week.. and the fact tt i was talking on the phone late as usual last night din helped.. so daddy started his father's day screaming me and bro out of bed as usual.. haha..
dim sum at crystal jade palace was quite good.. at least the variety was better than the one at tung lok signature.. haha.. so now shannon's top 3 destinations for dim sum in spore is as follows.. 1) lei garden, 2) tung lok signature, 3) crystal jade palace.. well, crystal jade palace is obviously the most worth it of the 3.. a meal for 4 of us was bout $60+ as compared to the $100 range of the other two..
the deco in crystal jade palace is quite grand too.. beautiful chandelier that extends thru the entire restaurant..
the 4 of us went shopping at taka after tt.. it's been a long long time since the entire family went to shop together.. the last time was definitely before bro got enlisted.. just was in jan.. well.. tt's almost 6 months ago..
bro was looking for a clothes for sierra wing social night.. which i am to attend with him on tues night.. while i was looking for a new black gown.. for wadever occasions i may need.. my bro bro is super slow is trying clothes.. argh.. the entire family standing for 5 mins to wait for him to put on 1 shirt..
i got my gown too.. black daniel yam.. it's the full length ones but i'm going to tailor it to mid-length.. i'm short enough le.. wearing full length gown will prob make me look even shorter..
it's a bit scary how fast the last 5 weeks had just passed so quickly.. i'll b embarking on my last week of attachment in no time.. well, been quite a fruitful 5 weeks though.. got to know so many more drugs.. made some frens in the polyclinic.. and even made frens with my preceptor.. not too bad.. and i'll b prob going dinner with everyone there on wed..
despite all the fun, i must say tt this attachment is still hard work.. so much to learn and so little time.. i've had hands-on for dispensing already.. and i smth stand in the shop floor in the afternoon with my robitussin white jacket to attract patients to ask me for otc or p-med.. the first time freaked me out cos i was quite afraid to answer question.. wad if i say smth wrong?? den i got used to it and now my preceptor lets me dispense acute med.. haha..
now comes the paper work component of the attachment tt i had yet to do any.. onli finished my retail assignment.. the rest.. all the 3 appendix re empty.. and i still gotta complete a cough and cold presentation by tonight.. sigh.. wonder how am i going to finish everything now.. tot i could take my own sweet time to do den i realised tt i gotta let my preceptor check and sign each assignment tt i do.. which means.. i have less than a week to finish everything.. argh..
so with tues night taken up by my bro and going out on wed night.. i'm left with so little time!! horrid.. i'm supposed to make a night free to have dinner with my bf somemore.. sigh..
well.. i guess somehow things will turn out okay still.. hopefully my angel will is still out there looking out for me and blessing me..
Hokkaido Ice-cream shop @ the Central.. ate twice within 2 days.. the home-made green tea with red bean ice cream is my fav..
my half-eaten macha soft ice-cream.. quite bitter actually.. but i still like it..
one of my self-packed lunch that i eat in the polyclinic nowadays... too many impt pple's bday at the end of june.. just burned a big hole in my pocket so better try to save some cash.. plus it's gss lately and i keep going shopping.. haha..
for the first time ever in this 4 weeks, i got irritated during my attachment.. there's a new pt at the poly this week and she had attracted almost everyone's dislike.. frankly, she did not do anything tt really offended me yet.. or rather, she never even once talked to me yet.. but i see the way she communicates with everyone else and hey.. she really needs to learn how to work with others.. some of the pt were complaining bout her even on her first day at work.. cos.. she refuse to shake their hands.. who on earth says "no need" when others offer a handshake during mutual introduction.. duh..
perhaps the only thing she really done tt i can crossed with this person is tt she's always sitting ard, waiting for baskets to come instead of helping out in any other parts.. everyone else is dashing bout, super busy and there u hv someone lazing ard..
the poly was super short handed today.. 7 pple down.. so i had to pack med the entire day and not spend the time reading on the OTC drugs.. frankly, i'll b glad to help if it was really very short-handed.. i can understnd tt.. but when there i am vv busy and this gal is just sitting ard?? sigh..
anw.. attended my first spore wedding in almost 10 years.. the ROM ceremony was held at rasa sentosa instead of ROM.. haha.. for a brief moment while the photos powerpoint was going on, i suddenly got the urge to get married.. haha.. den again, this same thing happens everytime i go weddings so nothing too special bout tt..
everyone on the table were older than me.. and all the guys on the table (his frens) were all engineers.. dunno wad to say also.. just kept eating.. haha.. they must b thinking i'm so pIG lor..but wadever lah.. i'm never the kind of gals who like to act as if i got a chicken's stomach and eat half a burger and complain i'm so full anyway..
and sanchia callled at my lunch time today to say i got selected for esplanade usher.. haha.. wasnt so confident before the interview but after the interview i was quite confident le.. onli scared they already have too many students.. cos by halfway thru the interview, the interviewers were already like telling me how different esplanade and ucc is and that i shld pay attention during the training.. why would u say tt to someone whom u do not intend to hire rite?? now i'm onli afraid tt i cant make it for some of the training modules since i'll b going for apps.. well.. hopefully can lah.. i wanna join esplanade!!
btw, so happy that dear mr tan found his first job le.. and it's banking as wad he wanted to.. hopefully angel will bless him and let everything go as his wishes bah..
gotta do retail assignment again.. sigh..
luv the great spore sale.. finally went out to do proper shopping today.. been more than a month since i last stepped into orchard.. and so many things seem to have changed again.. who says spore is boring?? i kinda think it's quite exciting now..
and i went to far east for the first time since a long long time ago.. i tot i grew out of places like far east and cine already.. so many "kids" there.. cant stnd them.. everytime i see a smoking teenager i'll shake my head.. wad is the world becoming man..
anw, far east changed so much!! i still think tt the quality of clothes there is not too high.. by tt i mean the material is quite lousy.. but smth who cares bout quality when u onli wan to wear it a few times.. found out tt i shld go the chaos there when i see a flashy sexy dress.. haha.. got quite a good range of those dresses..
tried so many daniel yam dresses today.. wanted to find a simple black dress and it's sooooo difficult.. all those i like re not avaliable in black and the onli black one i like have a cutting tt is too big for me.. sigh..
saw sweelan and bernice while shopping today.. been seeing alot of fellow ushers while out lately.. last time saw chuhua at citylink also.. but think i'm sick of hiding from pple le.. and anw, come july everyone will know also.. so who cares..
and.. i realise i quite enjoy shopping with you.. haha.. got your own opinion and yet not too picky.. haha.. just wad i need in a shopping partner..