name : tiffany
faith : christian.
nationality : cbc.
status : <3
living in : toronto.
school / major : UT / pharmacy
.: my stats, as of 11/05/06 :.
mood : tired.
likes : my friends. bunnies fronting as pillows. keeners.
dislikes : exams. lack of sleep. keeners.
wishlist : "connections".
current distractions : dexter, top model, heroes.
wondering : hmmm, is it too late for me re-learn study habits?
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
[edit] for those who are wondering, no, there's nothing special or different going on with me personally. the reason why i'm so happy is b/c two of my close friends just got engaged last week. they're seriously the best couple ever and i predict many "happily ever afters" for the two of them. <3
right now i'm so giddy with joy that tears are starting to fill my eyes!!! congratulations!!! :D
[there's nothing like good news to take the sting away from studying.]
Sunday, March 04, 2007
hey guys, just some "shop talk" today. :)
unfortunately, my exam on thursday was NOT cancelled on account of the snow - if only it had been an evening exam, then it would have been!
had my OSCE test that i have been dreading since first year pharm and am SO GLAD that it's all over. i... really have no idea how i did. after i did each session, i kept on thinking of things i should have said or how i could have organized the counselling better, but i think most people felt this way. it's kinda good, b/c i think it's good practice to show me what works and what doesn't, in terms of patient counselling... i just wish that i learned those things BEFORE my exam! heh. on the plus side, i don't think i'm going to be a complete failure as a pharmacist and am rather surprised on how i actually know these OTC topics and products. i mean, it'll be better when i get more real-life experience, but i think i'm getting a fairly good background. so, if anyone wants to ask me about contraception, diarrhea, lice, heartburn, warts, athlete's foot, colic, motion sickness, etc. i no longer have to go, "hrm. i learned about that - lemme go check my notes and i'll get back to you on that..."
and to me, that's very exciting!
side note: man, today was a looong day. i've been staying late at school these past few days, studying. i had a midterm earlier in the week (and will have more in the following ones). and i spent 5 hours today waiting in (almost) complete silence, just so i could counsel a fake patient on a fake condition with a non-existent product for ~10 minutes. sigh. afterwards, went over to dave's place and helped him clean and prepare dinner for his uncle and aunt. guess who knows how duck brains taste now! :p
(in case you're wondering, it's actually not too bad. the only thing is that eating the duck head is too labour-intensive. i have the same complaint with the dim sum chicken's feet -- too much effort for not enough reward (a.k.a. meat) in return.)
p.s. bun, after you tagged me, i was gonna do that whole "grab the nearest book/turn to page 123/read 4 lines down/record the next 3 lines" thing, but the book that is closest to me is my behemonth of an "applied therapeutics" textbook -- it's really, really heavy (10lbs, according to my bathroom scale), 8.5"x11"x3.5", and when i open it up, has no page numbers. just page designations like 31-7 or 102-28. it's that big.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
i fear my blog is veering into angsty adolescent material b/c of the cryptic agitated posts and complaints over school, so i try to write about more pleasant things:
got together with my best friends today - tacb!!! :) i don't know if any of you are lucky enough to have close friends since childhood (babyhood, really), but i have been incredibly blessed with three extremely different, extremely wonderful best friends who have always been there for me despite being in different cities half of the time.speaking of that particular get-together with tacb,
have you guys noticed that many of the sushi places run by chinese ppl have really atrocious service? why is that?
my boo (hee!) got a nintendo wii just last week, so i've been trying to sneak in some rayman raving rabbids here and there. you'd think you'd get tired of their shtick - walk by, turn to look at the screen, and then proceed to FREAK OUT and scream - but no, no, my fascination with the bunnies seems to be infatiguable. "AHHHHHH!" hehe, bunnies just wanna have fun...
delta was really great last night. when we worship together, i sometimes look around at the friends around me, soak in the music, close my eyes, and think that this must be what heaven is like. no, not predominantly chinese. i believe that's markham. (or richmond, for you vancouver ppl out there :p ) but there's just something about these very different people with very different backgrounds and personalities finding simple joy in praising our God - singing as one voice... it's just all very lovely.
"shout-out" to gracie for the nice chat today. thanks for reminding me how i survived my years at queen's: your friendship, our mutual intolerance for b.s. and our random but hilarious talks. :)
school, to put it mildly, has been very stressful and generally terrible. just read the below posts and you get the idea - i won't rehash it all. on the plus side, however, i'm still scraping by slowly. my new motto concerning school is just to take things one day at a time. simple sounding, but muuuch more difficult to ---- gah! i just forgot the word i was going to write! it was a perfect descriptor and it's driving me nuts that i can't remember it anymore. and no, i can't substitute it with another synonym, it just wouldn't be right. it wouldn't convey the right emotion and understanding. if anyone can guess of the word i'm thinking of, please leave comment below. (p.s. it's not "accomplish", "initiate", "do", or "carry out". i think it had an "-uate" kind of ending.)
triggered by countless lectures on allergies, ig-E's, and anaphylactic shock, i had a dream where my face had red blotches that coalesced, began to swell, and then i started having difficulty breathing. i woke up gasping for air. scary.
is it bad that, two weeks later, i'm still on vancouver/seattle time?
