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Somehow i felt i've vanished somewhere this past week! haha.Saturday, May 30, 2009 For friends i have not told yet, i actually did not go to work (at Kranji) this week. Instead, i have been travelling - in the opposite direction, no less - to Queenstown, Alexandra Hospital. And the reason... interestingly, an attachment with the Pharmacy over there :) It was a really impromptu decision, which thankfully i was granted leave to go for. The story is this - YH, a friend i met when i was in army, is working at the AH pharmacy for sometime already. I actually contacted him (after sometime) after knowing from another army friend that he was entering NUS Pharmacy just like me. Having talked briefly to him before, i decided to facebook (the wonders of facebook re-enacting) him and before i knew it, he hitched me up for an exposure attachment to AH Pharmacy for one whole week. Funny Little Thing 1: This friend of mine, YH, will actually be working his last week there at the AH Pharmacy. Which means, if i contacted him any later (which was VERY PROBABLE, considering what a procrastinator i am) i would have forsaken this VERY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY - you will know why i say it's "very important" later. Funny Little Thing 2: Turns out, i wasn't the only attachee to their pharmacy department for the week. I had company, in the form of a same-batch same-age AJCian! He was from another triple science class which i never knew back in college. His doctor friend recommended him for the attachment as he was trying to decide on which university course - and ultimately career - to embark on. His name is QX, and thankfully he was a nice person, very interesting to talk to since we both ran along similar frequencies. hahaha. Back to the attachment proper, since we were year ZERO students of Pharmacy, we basically listened and asked questions most of the time during our attachment to many of the pharmacists in the department who were performing different tasks within the hospital setting. We attended clinics, walked rounds and had many chances to talk to the pharmacists there to get a very good idea of what the pharmacist career is about. Funny Little Thing 3: I honestly never knew much about Pharmacy before the attachment. And i probably liked it because i felt it was a better course than the generic Life Science course. But after i know what the profession is about, i think i really kinda like it. Just that it's a tough profession, no doubt (can't slack! haha...) Which brings me on to something EVEN BIGGER. After my first day of attachment, i met Ah Meng at Tanjong Pagar for our monthly meetup. Since my attachment agenda ended early, and that i reached early, i had to walk around before he reached. And when i was strolling the busy streets of Tanjong Pagar (it was finish-work time), i received a call from an unknown number which turned out to be from a govt body (shall not mention here) INVITING ME TO A SCHOLARSHIP INTERVIEW WITH THEM ON FRIDAY! Funny Little Thing 4: I know i hardly mentioned this to anyone around me, but i actually - for the first time in three years - signed up for scholarships during the open period. I didn't tell anyone since i kinda never expected that i would ever get any chances. Furthermore, all govt scholarships are applied through the one consolidated system, i thought my chances were over when the main govt body rejected my application. But it seems I'M WRONG! And from the call onwards, it was what occupied my brain from then on. (more on it later) Very ecstatically, i was able to share this piece of news directly in person with Ah Meng :) haha. Ah Meng, being a hot candidate for scholarships two years back, have had considerable experiences handling all these interviews so it was really great to have him to talk to about what i was soon to be going through. Besides eating at Coffee Club, we literally repeated EXACTLY the whole ritual of what we did last month (read: this). Even though scholarship stuff was the main topic of the night, we still had an amazingly interesting personal conversation the whole night. To Meng, if he is reading this, apologies for constantly talking about the scholarship thingy, i really couldn't take my mind off it! hahaha Funny Little Thing 5: I had lots of thing to tell/ask Meng but the scholarship thing just REALLY happened so unexpectedly i really felt so shocked and so we just sorta kept talking about it. But i think i still managed to tell him what i wanted to haha... With regards to the scholarship interview, i've informed quite a number of friends around me that i really started to feel if i tell anymore, i'll really lao kui if i screw up the interview. haha. So REALLY SORRY to all my beloved friends FOR NOT TELLING YOU THIS! =X Trust me, i had you in my mind all this time as my mental support in preparation for the day of the interview :) Funny Little Thing 6: Rmb i said the attachment was an important opportunity. This is why! It so happened that the week i was set to go for a sorta unplanned attachment to AH Pharmacy, i also got the chance of a scholarship interview. SO TIMELY RIGHT??? Plus, at the pharmacy attachment, i got the best preparation i needed for the interview by talking to all the pharmacist there. [P.S: thanks to all the pharmacists there!] Still, the past week had been torturous for me to say the least. No doubt i was nervous and excited, but i was also worried sick. I couldn't eat well and neither could i sleep well. So technically i believe i have lost ALL THE WEIGHT (the very hard-earned 1kg) i gained in the past month. Though i must stress, i tried by best to suppress the disbelief, paranoia and worry i had in myself by thinking of Krys' Glambert-ish advice. (Yeah, i have my own swagger! and who cares who others think about me right!) haha. And trust me, the week past by SO FREAKING slow i really believe i will faint on friday from the worry and lack of energy (little food, little sleep). But thankfully friday approached and before i knew i was in front of a panel of 3 interviewees. The interview went pretty fine - maybe a few hiccups here and there which i thought i could have answered better (but whatever! forget about it!!!! haha) - since they posed pharmacy-related questions which of course, thanks to the attachment, i hoped i managed to give convincing answers based on the understanding i've gained. Funny Little Thing 7: Before the interview, i talked to Krys and even the other selected applicants for the interview. I think the more i talk, the more calm i become! haha. Funny Little Thing 8: Amongst all the questions they asked, the most bewildering question i was asked was "Amongst your three brothers, who do you think is the most interesting?". *DETAILS OF THIS AND THE REST I SHALL LEAVE IT AS STORY-TELLING WHEN I SEE U :) hahaha Now that the interview's over, i can finally breathe, eat and sleep without a worry! haha Right here i wanna shout-out a BIG BIG THANK YOU to these special few: Meng, Fio, (my ex-boss) Ms Yv, and Krys :) - Thanks for the talk, advice, and encouragement. Without your help, i don't think i will ever be able to go through the interview the way i did.and to all my other friends who believe in me. I can't thank you all enough :) Whatever the outcome is, i know i've done my best! P.S: I really have "vanished" the past week! Updates coming up!!! :) music.city.soul || 10:33 PM || 0 comments |
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