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WISHLIST - Precious Moments

not in order of preference.. sort of.. =)

hmm... it's been abt a month plus since i last have a decent entry...

cant even give u one now.. cos i'm just too tired to be able to think straight.

all in all... work has started for me abt a month ago... time flies... but ya... i was to shadow a lady who was gg for maternity leave this month... so learnt how to section tissues for histology... n how to do H&E staining.. haha.. i only did H&E once or twice in school... now... i've been doing it a number of times until i'm pretty good.. is just mindless work... alot of waiting time.. time wasted actually.. but... wat to do.... hahah... anw... i managed to cut myself on my 4th day at work. best right? my thumb. i got take photo. but lazy to post up... but ya... thumb nail there.. chopped thru the nail into the flesh... so bleed like crazy n ended up taking a tetanus jab... ha ha haaa....

anw.. enough of finger issue... work... hmm... haven't much to do at the beginning.. cos my project.. rather.. the project tt i'm suppose to do cos the pregnant woman will be on maternity leave at that time. so ya.. met up with Dr Marcus Ang... then at 1st impression was not tt good.. cos he like kua suay me like tt... cos i new.. no experience.. like i'm gg to screw up the proj like tt... bleahh... anw... aft 1st meeting... then a couple of weeks later.. which is like last week? or earlier? the pregnant woman suddenly got complications n had to give birth... so... din hand over things properly.. go pop liao... song bo... so roseline, n me gotta kio sai. n i gotta take care of the IOBA cell culture... cos it was her baby.. now is my baby... n tt IOBA medium requires Cholera Toxin... n this toxin bloody hell i got it diluted. nvm... it's written in molecular weight. tmd. how to calculate into ml without the mol weight sia... so ok lor.. joanna n ros help me search the net.. cant find. die lor... so nvm.. tu.... dun do 1st... end up today.. cannot liao.. i only left 5ml of medium left.. tmr ahve to split cells.. cannot. die die have to find the mol weight. thank God.. i just managed to find it.. hahahaha... =P is 84kDa... yup yup.. ok... tmr can calculate le.. heehee... then can make medium n save my IOBA cells!

ok.. anw.. b4 the proj tt i'm to do starts.. there's ALOT of admin n sai kang things to do.. Dr Marcus smart lor... throw all to me.... -_- i really dunno wat's gg on lorr... but bo bian.... but ok lahh.. he got gimme some contacts... so i find those ppl.. n thru them.. i found others tt can help me.. hehee.. n hor.. i managed to find 2.5mm trephines when he cannot leh! heehee!!! a bloody huge sense of accomplishment lah! woohoo!

ok... sai kang... i gotta order 167 mice. yup.. mice.. 老鼠... lab mice... 71 is of C57BL/6 species, 96 is of BALB/c species... hahaha... ya.. then got alot of problems! cos originally, they wanted C3H/He (Harlan Olac) mice instead of C57BL/6 mice... but cos got ALOT of probs.. then change to this other species... n hor.... doctors r super... cannot make up their minds one... one min want 6-10weeks old mice.. aft i order liao.. all settle liao.. come tell me change to 12 weeks old mice. wa piang! i pissed lor.. but bo bian.. so call the guy to change the age... haiz.. but ok lahh.. at least now mice all settle... 17th nov will arrive.. n the op for all 75 mice is on the 18th nov. thank God!!!

aft the op... is when the real deal will start... lots of eyes coming in.. gotta cut.. stain.... etc etc... will be really really busy.... n i got still quite a bit of things tt i need to purchase.. i need to ask marcus tmr the things tt he want me to get...

n hor.. dr marcus ok lahh.. quite nice... but can oso be very good at tai chi lahh... but he's appreciative of wat i do.. which is important to me.. cos if i work n work n slog without any word of thanks or recognition.. i'll feel super demoralised one lorr... but ya... =) n Dr Jod's oso a nice person.. cos this proj is under him.. but Dr Tina Wong my boss is the PI... but main person to do the work is Jod...hahaha.. so theoretically, i'm under Tina... but technically i'm under Jod n Marcus.. hahah...

haiz.. joanna v poor thing... kenna pushed n pressured by her boss until she cried... damn KNN, NB, CCB, NNH one lor...

anw... enough abt work... i'm too tired... stopping here...

loss of function of left thumb

i sliced/chopped my left thumb on the Leica machine (something like the one below, but an older model). while slicing tissue samples for H&E staining. ho seh. 4th day into my working life. n this happens. wat the fuck. ha ha ha.

sian... loss of function of a thumb super SUPER BU FANG BIAN lor! #$%^&@

oh well.... maybe if i'm not so tired i'll blog more abt it.. or maybe not. start work liao.. everyday oso drained.

today.. 1st day at work... all still ok... =) will blog abt it soon... now late liao... wanna go do QT, then talk to bin bin.. then go zzz... cos tmr gotta wakey at 6.30... hurrr.... ciaoz..

since thurs had been eating yummy foody for so long.. faintss... thurs dinner with gb's parents (their 30th wedding anniversary), fri was to celebrate my mummy's bday.. =D sat got buffet at grandpa's place.. cos is mid autumn festival.. sun got qin hao's wedding dinner.. went with ming jie, weida & me... n i drank red wine.. heehee... n i drink till high... ahahah.. =P

anw... ytd n today had lunchie with bin bin!! ytd went to find him at pioneer mrt stn there to take lunch.. ba cho mee! YUM!!! heehee.. then today.. bin bin came all the way tt my house buy lunch for me!!! heeheee!!!! so surprised tt he came my place! haven't had him over for lunch since he left pan u n joined sato... hahah.. so touched!!! muack muack muack! hug hug hug! heehee... n today's the last day tt i'll be able to lunch with him... =) n it was good..... =)

ytd aft lunch i went to 3rd aunt's place.. heard a news.. tt was... shocking... n scary... hope things will be ok... but i had a good time with jonas ytd... he so hyper... haha.. n when i was abt to leave... he 皱眉头 n said, "i miss you too..." awww... so sweet!! even korkor oso chua tio tt he said tt to me.. hahahah.. awwwww... so sweet hor... =) n he gave me a sticker.. hahah.. pasted it on my hp.. =) gonna miss him.. hope he can still rmb next time.. =)

anw.. i really LOL-ed today when wei zhong called.. hahahahaahhaha... some thing super funny lahh... haha... anw... tmr starting work... scary.... i dunno anything... then go there... oh man..... hope i can jia you! do my best! work hard! memorise everything! know everything soon! heehee... pray pray!

hmmm.... oh ya! i realise... 命中注定我爱你 is lots better than 微笑Pasta! =X cos 命中注定我爱你 is really really very touching.. aiyoo.. keep crying lorr.... even 3rd aunt oso got cry lots when she watched tt show.. hahahhaah.. =) but i haven't finish watching lehh.. n tmr starting work... cannot stay up to watch liao... n no more time to watch liao... oh mannnn..... =( n hor n hor!!! y dun let 陈欣怡 be together with Dylan! so sadddd... sobbb...... WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Dylan really love her lorr! so sad lor..... y lorrr...... haizzz...... n dylan is 陈楚河 lorr... handsomee... cute!!! 帅!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRR!!!!!!!!

anw... bin bin... hee... =) tmr work... hmm.. scared... heart beating fast.... hurhurrr..... =\ pray pray.... =)

i got a job! =)

a summary of my job hunting experience:

in total i went for 3 interviews. 1st one was on t he 3rd sept.. screwed it up (medical technologist (haematology)). asked me a qtn... "tell me abt ur dissertation" SIAO. my mind was a blank. totally forgot my dissertation title... n totally forgot the contents.. so.. aft tt.. called bin... then almost cried till i had to get off the phone to take tissue.. else sia suay.. cos was at bt merah bus interchange.. alot of ppl.. eeek... so ya... tissue wipe wipe face.. then i called kor... talk talked... then super super sad n disappointed with self... how can be so dumb... hurrr..... then he told me to prep for interviews.. n told me the basics of prepping.. cos i totally had no idea... he said to read own's CV as if it's another's.... then ask qtns based on tt CV... n try to ans those qtns posed (by self abt own's CV) -catch any ball? buahaha-

anw... took 176 back... n it went pass 3rd aunt's place... so dropped by their house! hee... n seeing 乐乐 n him showing me his favorite blankie n him pretend-sleeping pretty much made up for the screw up tt day.. hahaha.. he's a dear lah... =D but on hind sight.. i noe tt is my fault.. i'm juz disappointed in myself... for not remembering even the title to my dissertation. yepp... but well... a good experience lahh.. cos i rmb i was SO DAMN nervous.. hahahaha... =)

2nd interview was on the 9th sept... research officer position for SERI.. ohh... the jobs for 1st n 2nd interview were both at SGH.. hahahahah... =P anw.. ya.. 2nd interview.. not as nervous anymore... n i made sure to read thru my dissertation this time. to prevent the same mishap fm happening agn.. -_-"" anw... this time round was 2 doctors... females... yepp... so one talked the other juz pretty much observed... ask qtns.. like y should we hire u.. etc... anw... the point tt i wanted to highlight was that the one talking actually reiterated that they need someone with experience cos there's alot to be done n no one to actually be there to keep helping u.. etc etc... i hear liao... sian diao... then wat's the point in u wanting to interview me? u noe i'm a fresh grad.. then u want someone with experience.. like wa kao lor.... so fm here.. can tell tt it's a waste of their's n my time... so yeahh... went off... n cos my mama was waiting for me.. we actually went to a small cafe place to drink ice lemon tea n eat waffle at sgh juz outside snec.. n the drinks r cheap!!! hahahahaah... then i told her abt this interview experience.. hahaha.. she hear liao.. oso agree with me.. no hope liao.. buahahah... but i'm ok with it... cos more or less got a taste of interview liao... so not so scared liao... hahah... n oso fm wat i hear the doc says.. i ren ming liao.. hahah... but still quite scary lahh.. hahah...

anw.. went home... but at night when i checked my email... i got a shock. pleasant on hind sight.. but still really REALLY shocking. cos it said that one of the doctors was very interested to hire me. WA SEH! AI SEH! i shocked.. shell shocked. dumb struck. watever.. ya... so ya... told my mama, papa, bin bin n korkor.. hahahaha... interesting... anw.. ya... so ya.... hahaha...

3rd interview was on the 22nd sept... for position of lab executive at CSI-NUS... this interview is a very interesting experience. unlike the other 2 tt were in a meeting room with 2 ppl across the table fm me.. this one was conducted right at their lab... so 2 of us formed a circle with our chairs.. n talked... so ya.. felt alot more comfy in this sort of arrangment.. hahahaha... n i like it... they do ovarian cancer one!!! super cool right! haahahaah... anw.. aft interview.. i was taken on a tour ard the entire compound.. hahah.. so fun... yup yupp... then i was so excited aft this interview tt i called gb exclaiming how cool it is... how nice it is.. etc etc.. hahaha...

anw... the next day aft this interview.. i got a call fm seri... i got the job liao... talked abt pay.. etc... n actually.. the pay tt i'm offered current really suck... ha ha ha..... worse than diploma's pay... but there's a conditional offer for when i get my degree... hurrr... please GOD, let me pass all my modules so tt i can grad n get cert n get better pay.. please LORD....... =\

but ya.. anw.. to cut story short.. cos i've been an old grandmother... i went to sign papers today.. n did medical checkup at sgh.. check up fm 11am to 2.30pm... no lunchh in between.. waiting to get blood drawn fm my veins.. by a good looking but not tt skillful guy... -_-" mised my vein... no wonder so pain.... -_-"""" but aleast thank God managed to draw blood... oh well... tt wait took me abt 45 mins... then go take xray.. another 30mins... then go see doc... waited for another dunno how long.. by then i lost count n am really hungry n pek chek liao.... hurr... but ok lahh.. now juz to wait for medical reports to come in.. n passes to be made... n admin stuff to be done... n i most prob will start work on the 7th Oct.. =)

so exciting... yet so scary n daunting.... cos i really dunno crap abt anything... hurrr.. pray tt i get nice colleagues who r willing to teach n guide me... =) n good lunch buddies too... =) pray tt i'll be humble n open n can make friends easily there... =) pray pray..

n all in all... thank God for this job!! =D I'M FINALLY EMPLOYED!!!!!! sort of.. hahaha... =))