Some interesting happenings at Unity that I forgot to blog about
Zuellig Pharma Trip
I am fortunate to have the chance to visit a pharmaceutical distributor company called Zuellig Pharma. Though the company do not make the medicine from scratch, the humongous number of types of pharmaceutical products of different shape and sizes definitely requires a certain system to store them. The warehouse was SOOO large and there were conveyer belts here and there to transport products from their respective shelves to the collection point. It's rather complicated and sadly, no photos allowed. :( But oh well, at least now I know how a Purchase Order (PO) is being processed and translated into the arrival of the product into our pharmacy. And we got goodie bags too!!
The Proper Way to Dispose Medicine
Once you received this bag of expired or used medications from the customer, thou shall 1) open the bag 2) Empty all solid medicines into this bag
3) Empty the liquid medicine into the bag... And here's what you get!!!! ( and because of this i get to see what is the color of the bottle of Nurofen.. It's orange!) Outing with the following old ppl last sunday (14/6) Unity Fun Outing (UFO)
It was a night of fun and laughter with both the preceptors and preceptees of the Unity Pharmacies!! Yes, it took place at a McDonalds at Toa Payoh. If you minus the kiddy element of the venue, it was a good place for gathering! We had loads of fun playing Zoom-in and Charades/taboo, all done in Pharmacy style, i.e. try acting Regaine 5% using just gestures but no talking.
And... my embarassing moment came when they found out that it was my birthday the day before... and I couldn't run away from that kiddy mcD hat!!!
Yups... that's about it.
12:33 am
Malay Tag from Louis
Answer only in MALAY!
1. Bekas kekasih saya adalah: tRahsia
2. Saya sedang mendengar: Perbualan orang dari Float di bilik KEWOC
3. Mungkin saya patut: Gunakan Hypotears... Mataku kering and letih
4. Saya suka: makan dan nyanyi
5.Sahabat-sahabat baik saya : satu di Edinburgh, satu di Cambridge, satu di Osaka, Jepun, dan banyak di Singapura
6.Saya tak paham : banyak benda. Tapi ingin cuba paham
7.Saya kehilangan : Rambut?
8.Ramai yang berkata : saya mudah dibuli
malangnya aku ni tak banyak ilmu, pun taklah pandai berdamai-damai denngan orang.
9.Makna nama saya : Louis: maksud tak tau leh... Lim: hutan, Kian: sihat Huat: kaya
10.Cinta itu adalah : Cinta siapa? walao, soalan ini tak bererti punya
11.Di suatu tempat, seseorang sedang mendengar musik
12.Saya akan cuba : menuju KEWOC ke arah kejayaan
13.Ayat SELAMANYA membawa maksud : selamanya loh.... apa soalan ini?
14.Telefon bimbit saya : dah jadi buruk. Hendak beli yang baru..
15.Bila saya terjaga dari tidur : aku akan tekan butang 'snooze'
16.Saya paling meluat apabila : minum ipecac
17.Pesta/Parti adalah : masa yang baik untuk bertemu dengan kawan
18.Haiwan yang paling comel yang saya pernah temui ialah : anjing saya yang bernama Burger
19.Peringkat umur yang paling menyeronokkan bagi saya ialah : JC?
20.Hari ini : adalah hari terakhir aku berkerja di Plaza Singapura
21.Malam ini saya akan : merancang jadual bagi KEWOC
22.Esok pula saya akan : terus merancang jadual bagi KEWOC
23.Saya betul-betul inginkan : Kerehatan
24.Ketika anda lihat wajah anda di hadapan cermin pagi ini : saya akan kata: "wah... rupanya saya cantik sekali"
25.Pusat membeli-belah atau arked permainan : dua pun tak suka
26.Makanan Barat atau Jepun : tentu JEPUN! Tapi kadang-kala saya suka makanan barat
27.Bilik yang terang atau gelap : bila baca buku tentulah terang.. tidur pula mestilah gelap
28.Makanan segera adalah : tak baik untuk kesihatan
29.Ayat terakhir yang anda katakan pada seseorang? Bagaimana nak kata "tak baik untuk kesihatan" dalam Bahasa Melayu
30.Siapa yang anda nak Tag? erm.. tak nak teruskan. Malu lah nak tunjuk orang... tak ada muka.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
10:55 pm
My 21st Birthday
It all started last night at about 11+ when I was in the midst of a programme meeting with Adrian and Jian Sheng and Ken Juin (the laptop)..
Hui Ning came all the way from Harbour Front to give me this :D
That was how I was touched the first time.
Then came a beautiful electronic voice from Ken Juin through Skype :D
That was how I was touched the second time.
The next morning, while working halfway at the pharmacy, my Dad called me to wish me Happy Birthday! Haha, my old man is very proud that I'm no longer a boy but a man!! I love my Daddy!
And further at about 5 plus, my preceptor (the pharmacist) bought me a cake and celebrated birthday with me!!
How many people can celebrate their birthdays in a PHARMACY? I must be the most blessed preceptee in the whole world!! Look at the background! Not only my newly-made friends in Unity Pharmacy, but I have medicines to celebrate with me too :D Say hi to Dalacin-T and Zocor and Regaine!
That was how I was touched the 3rd time.
Next, after work at the pharmacy, Zichun and Peng Siang came over to Plaza Singapura to have dinner with me :D Then they got me to choose my present and i bought "The ultimate collection of Carpenters"! And Zichun showed me how he can play the arcade for about 20 mins with just one 50 cent-worth of token :P (again, forgot to take picture!!! HOW COME!!)
That was how I was touched the 4th time.
On my way back, my mum called me up and wished me Happy Birthday! :D It's been quite a while since I last talked to her for such a long time. I love my Mummy! :)
And upon my arrival at the doorstep of my room, this appeared at my door knob.
And upon entering my room, this was found at my study desk.
Well-wishes from Adrian, Xiao Shuang, Xu Su, Priscillia, Gavin, Yunlan, Chun Keat, Wendy and Wenqing!
That was how I was touched the 5th time.
When I open my gmail, i had like 62 wishes from facebook. Getting spammed with blessings :)
What a birthday!!!
Even though my birthday did not involve any alcohol or big grand parties with loads of people attending it, I am glad that God has planned it so perfect that He has allowed me to cherish the small little things in my life and it made me flushed (I mean it). I was feeling so warm and happy throughout the whole day today!
I am so thankful :D
Saturday, June 13, 2009
10:19 pm
My Wish List
Usually I don't do this for birthdays, but after hearing from Peng Siang, I should do this! Because I know from experience, that birthday gift shopping could be such a pain sometimes :P So here goes!
1) Sports Shoes (size 42) 2) Sling bag (big enough to put my 1L fat water bottle, umbrella, tissue paper...) 3) Minoxidil 5% (Regaine, Growell, Minoxi5... anything that can get "them" started) 4) Small but foldable bible (those with zip) with study guide 5) Water bottle (preferably BROS with super colourful designs but not purple or pink!) 6) Watch (I realised that without a watch it could be quite troublesome during preceptorship, and i think i prefer digital to analogue) 7) Carpenter's album (suddenly fell in love with them again) 8) Latest Hillsong Albums (dunno which one is the latest) 9) Bedsheet (anything bright will do! Single bed) 10) British National Formulary (BNF - it will be good to have a copy of this book!)
That's all I can think of!!
Aiyoh... feel so paiseh :P but deep down in my heart I am really happy :) I have never celebrated my birthday in Singapore on my real birthday proper. Wonder how would it be this year.... hehehe
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
9:48 pm
Unity @ Jurong Point
Aiyah!!!! Why didn't I take picture?!?!??!??!?! Only realised that when I felt like blogging about it....
Anyways, due to time constraint, here are some interesting happenings at JRP!
1) My 2-day preceptor, Ting Ting: She's such a nice lady and I really treat her like my jiejie! Always enjoy learning together with her!! ( I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN A PICTURE WITH HER!!!!! Why are all the female pharmacists in Unity so pretty???? :P)
2) It was there that I had the chance to counsel a patient in MALAY! There was this Malay uncle who came to look for some eye drops. He couldn't really understand my English and so i began the conversation by saying "sakit?". Yeah at that instance, he sort of fell in love with me and started telling me everything in Malay. While I can understand what he was saying, replying him took me quite some time but it was done rather smoothly!! *pats myself*
"Pak Cik... yang ini.... selepas dibuka, cuma boleh simpan 1 bulan.... yang ini boleh membasahkan mata kering...."
Haha so proud of myself :D
3) There was this lady who came to my counter and started smsing. I offered her help by saying "hi mam, how may i help you". But she stood there, eyes focused on her handphone as she was smsing her way through. So, I ignored her for a while. After about 30 seconds, she showed me her phone.
"You have Vitamin E cream for a girl who has just recovered from chicken pox"
Wow... then i went directly to Ting Ting. And she entertained them. Through writing on the piece of paper! Subsuquently, the lady went to approach her husband who was nearby and they started communicating in sign language!
Although I always see silent people in my church, this was actually my first time communicating with them! It was eye-opening :D
More to come.... :)
Saturday, June 06, 2009
11:57 pm
Preceptorship 3
Continued from last post on my preceptorship...
Yes finally I took a picture with my preceptor and also with all the staff in the new store!!!!
Here's the pretty preceptor whom I was taking about! She's Jasmine and she is just 4 years older than me! So young and capable!
Friendly staff attached to the PSG branch. Somehow people who are working in Unity are just so warm and amiable :)
Next week, I will be transferred over to Jurong Point (at Boon Lay) for 2 days to experience life at a different outlet with a different customer base; the 3rd day will be back to Tanglin Mall to collect more prescriptions; the 4th day will be a field trip to Zuellig Pharma, a pharmaceutical company!
Looking forward to it!
2 more weeks left... and When one works in a pharmacy, one feels that time flies like no one cares.. My preceptorship will end in 2 weeks' time and wait awaits me after that are challanges beyond my imagination... we'll see....
:D
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
11:40 pm
In the midst of busyness...
Ning tagged me on this!
Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 100 Truths about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you.
(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, copy and paste this note, erase my answers and enter your own, tag people (in the right hand corner of the app) then click publish.)
WHAT WAS YOUR:
1. Last beverage: barley lemon 2. Last phone call: Kenneth 3. Last text message: Jasmine (my preceptor) 4. Last song you listened to: My Heart Will Trust (hillsong) 5. Last time you cried: erm... just now?
HAVE YOU EVER:
6. Dated someone twice: nope 7. Been cheated on: not that i know of 8. Kissed someone & regretted it: nope 9. Lost someone special: nope 10. Been depressed: Oh yes.... 11. Been drunk and threw up: Yes.. unfortunately....
LIST THREE FAVORITE COLOURS:
12. green 13. yellow 14. orange
THIS YEAR HAVE YOU: (2009)
15. Made a new friend: yup. many! 16. Fallen out of love: dunno 17. Laughed until you cried: yup 18. Met someone who changed you: Yup 19. Found out who your true friends were: Found out long time ago :P 20. Found out someone was talking about you: Love to 21. Kissed anyone on your friend's list: My toothbrush 22. How many people on your friends list do you know in real life: >90% of them? 23. How many kids do you want to have: 4!!! 24. Do you have any pets: Yes!! My maltese dog named BURGER! 25. Do you want to change your name: Nope. But I would prefer the name LOUIS to be in my IC 26. What did you do for your last birthday: Calling t-shirt companies for KEWOC 27. What time did you wake up today: 7am! 28. What were you doing at midnight last night: Doing my preceptor's homework 29. Name something you CANNOT wait for: any malaysian food 30. Last time you saw your Mother: Beginning of last month? 31. What is one thing you wish you could change about your life : to have a much stronger faith 32. What are you listening to right now: nothing 33. Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: Yes!!! Ansley THOMAS Winata! 34. What's getting on your nerves right now: I'm so busy yet i'm still doing this! 35. Most visited webpage: Youtube, facebook, Gmail, Hotmail 36. Whats your real name: LOUIS! 37. Nicknames: Loo loo, fatimah, fa ge, jianfa, louisa, lou-ooi-cy 38. Maritial Status: Single and very available 39. Zodiac sign: Not into this kind of thing 40. Male or female : What do you think? 41. Elementary?: SJK (C) Nan Kai 42. Middle School?: The Chinese High School 43. High school/college?: National Junior College 44. Hair colour: black with slight tinge of brown 45. Long or short: Short but hates fringe 46. Height: 169cm 47. Do you have a crush on someone?: erm... 微妙ですね。。。 48: What do you like about yourself?: my randomness and spontaneity 49. Piercings: none, wonder what will happen if i get one.. 50. Tattoos: nope... 51. Righty or lefty: righty
FIRSTS :
52. First surgery: N/A 53. First piercing: N/A 54. First best friend: Dorcas Lam 55. First sport you joined: badminton/table tennis 56. First vacation: Perth, Australia 58. First pair of trainers: walao how to remember la
RIGHT NOW
59. Eating: Strepsils Orange 60. Drinking: Water 61. I'm about to: Reply my KEWOC emails 62. Listening to: Mighty to save (Hillsong) 63. Waiting for: God to send someone down for me
YOUR FUTURE :
64. Want kids?: Oh yes! 65. Get Married?: Refer to question 63 66. Career?: Pharmacist but dunno which area...
WHICH IS BETTER :
67. Lips or eyes: Eyes (i don't want zichun's lips!!!) 68. Hugs or kisses: Hugs! 69. Shorter or taller: Taller 70. Older or Younger: Younger 71. Romantic or spontaneous: Both. 72. Nice stomach or nice arms: Can rephrase the question? 73. Sensitive or loud: Loud! 74. Hook-up or relationship: I dun understand this question 75. Trouble maker or hesitant: are you refering to me or my partner? So vague.. silly questions
HAVE YOU EVER :
76. Kissed a stranger: siao.. 77. Drank hard liquor: Yes 78. Lost glasses/contacts: Nope.. but i cracked it numerous times 79. Sex on first date: Never believe in this kind of thing 80. Broken someone's heart: oh yes, quite a lot 82. Been arrested: Nope 83. Turned someone down: on what issue? 84. Cried when someone died: Yes 85. Fallen for a friend?: Erm... yes?
DO YOU BELIEVE IN:
86. Yourself: Not really 87. Miracles: Yes 88. Love at first sight: If God wills 89. Heaven: Of course 90. Santa Claus: Don't compete with Jesus' Birthday can? 91. Kiss on the first date: nope 92. Angels: Oh yes!
ANSWER TRUTHFULLY:
94. Had more than 1 girlfriend/boyfriend at a time: If that happens, good time to repent! 95. Did you sing today?: Yup!! With kenneth and my whole church! 96. Ever cheated on somebody?: On what issue? 97. If you could go back in time, how far would you go?: Erm... all the way!!! The moment when I was conceived! 98. If you could pick a day from last year and relive it, what would it be?: Tough question.. too many days. 99. Are you afraid of falling in love?: Depends... but so far not afraid yet.. 100. Posting this as 100 truths?: ???????????
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Name: Louis Lim
D.O.B.: 16/06/1988
NUS Pharmacy Class of 2011
King Edward VII Hall
FCBC
It was a night of fun and laughter with both the preceptors and preceptees of the Unity Pharmacies!! Yes, it took place at a McDonalds at Toa Payoh. If you minus the kiddy element of the venue, it was a good place for gathering! We had loads of fun playing Zoom-in and Charades/taboo, all done in Pharmacy style, i.e. try acting Regaine 5% using just gestures but no talking.
Well-wishes from Adrian, Xiao Shuang, Xu Su, Priscillia, Gavin, Yunlan, Chun Keat, Wendy and Wenqing!
