Yes, I've come to a point where I HAVE to FACE it.
"The social networking utility that's gripped this side of our generation" - a friend aptly puts it.
"One that will get you addicted for nuts" - I'm sure many will not venture to disagree.
What am I talking about?
YOU know what I'm talking about.
Funny how I still can't bear to utter it's name.
What has taken me so long?
Truth be told, I never dreamt of signing up for one. Not in this life, not in another life.
Why?
Well for starters, it's for people with a life. Low profile folks like me don't have one (or rather much prefer staying below the radar), so you can count me out.
Secondly, I'm selfish. I don't think I'd devote my precious time to checking out who's with who or who's no longer with who or who's about to be with who. Unless you're a very pretty boy then I might make an exception :)
Thirdly, don't give me the "but that's the way to keep in touch!" pretext. Oh no honey, no no no. You can do better.
Fourthly (and ultimately), it's an act of defiance.
I think the last point - above all - sums it up best.
So why am I doing it now? After all that?
Well, I've been forced to.
Yeah I know, this is lame as lame excuses go. But that very something I'm after can only be found there you see...
No, not handsome men, my recent holiday photos on 33's cam!
And then there's also the "if you can't beat them, join them" thing...
Monday, December 31, 2007
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Back
Back To Life (Soul II Soul)
"Back to life, back to reality, back to the here and now yeah.
Back to life, back to the present time, back from a fantasy yeah "
It's unmistakable.
I know I'm back in the UK when I see dark clouds, grey skies and general gloominess.
Sigh. What a far cry from the mood-lifting, spirits-soaring, feel-good weather that I've been lucky to experience in the west coast of Europe in the last 2 weeks.
Oh well. Reality bites. That's what it is.
Hope all my lovelies had a splendid Christmas and in less than 48 hours, a cracking ringing in of the new year!
Shalll write again soon.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Holiday wishes
Finally.
The last day of term.
I'm off to Glasgow in less than 3 hours and I've not packed.
Very good.
Anyway, before I shoot off, I haven't forgotten you lot ;). Just wanna say Merry Christmas to all who celebrates and all the best in 2008!!!
The last day of term.
I'm off to Glasgow in less than 3 hours and I've not packed.
Very good.
Anyway, before I shoot off, I haven't forgotten you lot ;). Just wanna say Merry Christmas to all who celebrates and all the best in 2008!!!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
You had me at the piano
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/sol/newsid_7130000/newsid_7137200/7137218.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1
Oh my god.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS.
You HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO watch this.
Talk about being WOW-ed. I've never been SOOOOO impressed by a guy before in my life!
Anyway do me this tiny favour by watching the clip. Won't take you long. Max 3 mins.
:)
Righteo, back to my 3500 word essay.
*Sniff*
Oh my god.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS.
You HAVE TO HAVE TO HAVE TO watch this.
Talk about being WOW-ed. I've never been SOOOOO impressed by a guy before in my life!
Anyway do me this tiny favour by watching the clip. Won't take you long. Max 3 mins.
:)
Righteo, back to my 3500 word essay.
*Sniff*
Friday, December 07, 2007
Christmas with David Beckham
SOB SOB...
But I won't be here to tune in on Christmas Day!!!
SOB SOB x 1000000000000 times until breathless...
Pain pain go away...
...just go away and GO AWAY!
*sniffles*
My gums have been hurting for 3 days now, all because of my impending wisdom tooth...
Heck, I didn't know that stress can instigate these things to grow...
Either that or I've just grown wiser in the last couple of days =P
*sniffles*
My gums have been hurting for 3 days now, all because of my impending wisdom tooth...
Heck, I didn't know that stress can instigate these things to grow...
Either that or I've just grown wiser in the last couple of days =P
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
(Wawasan) 2020 for Pharmacy in the UK
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain organised a Pharmacy consultation at Redwood this evening. Pharmacy 2020: have your say and help shape the profession's future.
A few friends and I attended this small-scale forum which was aimed at obtaining feedback from students with regards to how they (or we) think Pharmacy will be in the next 13 years.
NLT was about 3/4 full, with students from all years represented. Among the speakers for the evening were Mark Donovan - possibly one of the funniest and most interesting external lecturers I've had this year, Mair Davies - principal pharm at Princess Wales Hospital and one or two other Welsh Pharm Board Execs.
Mark kicked off the session with a quote.
“Everything changes, nothing remains without change.” - The Buddha
How profound is this quote huh that I'm actually still trying to make sense of it as I'm blogging...?
Anyway, he talked about the society, and how the profession is changing for the better, with pharmacists having a bigger role to play in healthcare than ever before. The last point was undeniably referring to the recent (must have been over a year now actually) green light from DoH for pharmacists to prescribe.
It is a grey area, prescribing. For us pharmacists. On one hand we have to be careful not to upset the doctors given that they've had sole possession of this right since the dawn of time, and on the other hand, we have to make sure that we're all up to speed in terms of competencies and skills. Also, prescribing for pharmacists, as idealistic as it sounds, does present a limitation in that it's difficult to prescribe without knowing what the diagnosis is. And I'll the first person who would object to pharmacists diagnosing because that lies outside of our realm. We're simply not trained as diagnosticians. Period.
Almost everyone on the floor unanimously opined that pharmacists have the skills, and are the best persons to prescribe. No question. But are there other ways of making prescribing work in favour of us pharmacists, the experts in medicines?
A progressive model was put forward during the consultation.
Doctors diagnose, patients prescribe, technicians dispense.
What do you think?
Oh you laugh. You naysayers laugh and shake your heads in disbelief at such a notion.
10 years ago no one believed pharmacists could prescribe a single drug let alone the entire BNF, sell emergency hormonal contraception over the counter, monitor warfarin levels (blood thinning therapy), run high blood pressure clinics etc. Yet they are all now in full swing, with pharmacists as proprietors, leading the way.
So pray tell me, what is impossible?
A few friends and I attended this small-scale forum which was aimed at obtaining feedback from students with regards to how they (or we) think Pharmacy will be in the next 13 years.
NLT was about 3/4 full, with students from all years represented. Among the speakers for the evening were Mark Donovan - possibly one of the funniest and most interesting external lecturers I've had this year, Mair Davies - principal pharm at Princess Wales Hospital and one or two other Welsh Pharm Board Execs.
Mark kicked off the session with a quote.
“Everything changes, nothing remains without change.” - The Buddha
How profound is this quote huh that I'm actually still trying to make sense of it as I'm blogging...?
Anyway, he talked about the society, and how the profession is changing for the better, with pharmacists having a bigger role to play in healthcare than ever before. The last point was undeniably referring to the recent (must have been over a year now actually) green light from DoH for pharmacists to prescribe.
It is a grey area, prescribing. For us pharmacists. On one hand we have to be careful not to upset the doctors given that they've had sole possession of this right since the dawn of time, and on the other hand, we have to make sure that we're all up to speed in terms of competencies and skills. Also, prescribing for pharmacists, as idealistic as it sounds, does present a limitation in that it's difficult to prescribe without knowing what the diagnosis is. And I'll the first person who would object to pharmacists diagnosing because that lies outside of our realm. We're simply not trained as diagnosticians. Period.
Almost everyone on the floor unanimously opined that pharmacists have the skills, and are the best persons to prescribe. No question. But are there other ways of making prescribing work in favour of us pharmacists, the experts in medicines?
A progressive model was put forward during the consultation.
Doctors diagnose, patients prescribe, technicians dispense.
What do you think?
Oh you laugh. You naysayers laugh and shake your heads in disbelief at such a notion.
10 years ago no one believed pharmacists could prescribe a single drug let alone the entire BNF, sell emergency hormonal contraception over the counter, monitor warfarin levels (blood thinning therapy), run high blood pressure clinics etc. Yet they are all now in full swing, with pharmacists as proprietors, leading the way.
So pray tell me, what is impossible?
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