Thinking Out Loud

Its the time of the year again !

2011-03-19T21:29:00.002+08:00

Yesterday was an amazing night. I dined with some of the best group of people i have ever met. Its probably gonna be the last time so many of us would ever be able to gather again.

Today the preparation for the 4 year waited battle begins. Many people have talked about the difficulty of the semester. But anyway, whats most important is to have no regrets at the end of the tunnel. My one and only wish for the year is that all of B107 will be able to shout out the hoorays together, on the 22nd of April, and once again on the 28th of May.

All the best to all of B107.
I'll see you guys again when the battle begins and when we celebrate our victory !

Maturity.

2011-03-12T21:56:00.003+08:00

Maturity. Most consider maturity as a coming of age; an achievement of some sort or, of reaching a level of developement.

Think about it.. Maturity often involves obtaining opinions and influence from external sources, then, mixing it with that of one's ownself. Wouldn't that mean it is an additive, or rather, a contamination of one's personal style of thought? If so, does the 'maturity' really mean a significant input of opinion 'pollution' ? - I guess it all depends on the angle of viewing.

Ipad 2

2011-03-04T13:11:00.002+08:00

The Ipad 2. Dual core processor, front facing and back camera, with new screen casing, yada-yada-ya, bla-bla-bla. Thats not the point.

Apple products are currently one of the most popular and sought after products in the international market. They do not have the best processor, neither do they have the best cameras nor the cheapest price.

So, wouldnt you wonder - Why the hell is the whole wide world so crazily mad over their products?

Simple - User/consumer satisfaction.

SATISFACTION, is an important matter whether it be the sale of a product, a speech by a politician, a presentation by a student or the treatment of a patient.

It took me some time to realize this as well. What we give is not important, its what 'they' get that matters. I like to use Apple as good example. They have, for years, been using hardware which are of such low specifications, I would feel like a moron admitting that i paid premium for it, but the point is - most people dont even know the clock speed of their processor or its significance. What Apple does have however, is a built in ecosystem equipped with softwares relevant to just about anyone from any walk of life. This, in turn, relates to - USER SATISFACTION.

So later on in life, even as a pharmacist, you'd realize that advancement and success would be limited by one of 2 factors - 1. Knowledge, and 2. Ability to use/express/convey it in a form that is relevant.

So i guess my take home message for the day is:

DO IT THE APPLE WAY.

A Peek Into the Past.

2011-03-04T12:49:00.003+08:00

Few days ago i woke up kinda early for the first time to join one of the routine futsal games (thats not the point).

Along the way, i saw many kids (sem 1-3). Some were rushing, some discussing about the upcoming assignments and some with the temporary IDs looking as blur as ever.

Looking at them brings back memories of the days before, when i started in IMU, looking as blur as ever, then transforming into a partial zombie along the way. Sure, there were many hard times, remorseful periods but this is part of a complete package.

I barely even realize how fast things are moving and now its the final semester with just about a month to the end. I think four years can really do a difference. I wonder how would i be in another four years. But anyway, as of now, i can only admit that the B107 Bpharm experience is an awesome experience for me thus far.

Microbio research, scents and the great appreciation of life.

2010-08-18T10:58:00.003+08:00

Here is a brief description of my sem 7 research.
My research has been awesome. Everyday, i deal with some of the most perfume scented places and materials the world has ever seen.

A simple description of my research:
1. Toilet
2. Tryptic soy agar
3. Bacteria on tryptic soy agar

and lately..
4. Fermented tryptic soy agar.

The beauty my research is that it has shown how wonderful things have usually been in life. I now appreciate the smell of fresh air, the help and assistance i get from friends, the time i have to eat, the time i have to do nothing and the time i have to write a blog post.
Thanks to this research, i think i'm going to start becoming a more charitable person. In fact, think the next time i go to pasar malam, i'm gonna make sure i donate to the guy singing for an extra few bucks.

Law of nature vs Law of reality

2010-07-13T17:01:00.003+08:00

The law of nature is such that all good stuff come at high prices.
The law of reality is such that even if you pay a high price, you might not get good stuff.

One example is the Apple, another example is fine dining restaurants.
But the ultimate example is being a Malaysian who isnt exactly a malaysian.

A research that i would really like to do...

2010-07-09T18:10:00.002+08:00

Back when the list of sem 7 researches we released, i still remember quickly scanning through the whole list and i still remember keywords to some titles, such as:

1. (something)(something) nanoparticle
2. (something)(something)micro algae in treatment of (something)(something)
3. (something) cancer cell line of (something)

Everyone is currently very busy with the research they are have chosen from a list. All these are fascinating researches with potential of groundbreaking findings. But has any1 really done some soul searching to think of something they'd really wanna find out?

For me, in the midst of the hassle and hectic life of the first few weeks of semester commencement, i did a little soul searching and had some deep thought into a research that i really would like to do. Given the grant of a mere RM1000 for mileage claims and paper photostating, i would design a study to determine the correlation between the physical attraction of healthcare workers to the speed of recovery of patients in the ward.

If i managed to prove my null hypothesis (which obviously needs no explanation), then additional criterias would be needed to enter schools of health sciences. In addition to that, reshuffles in hospitals staffs would also be made and (possibly) people would wish they'd fall sick a little more often.

No pain, no gain.

2010-07-08T23:07:00.001+08:00

Wise man once said "no pain, no gain".. guess i'll get some painkillers and wait for the gain.

Short.. is sweet.

2010-05-03T14:29:00.002+08:00

going with the trend i just wanna announce something:
I'm back !

Pharmacist VS Dentist

2010-03-01T19:12:00.003+08:00

A pharmacist and a dentist.. whats their difference?
First and foremost the dentist deals with oral care while the pharmacist deals with drugs, dentist study 5 years, pharm' study 4 year, dentist this, pharmc' that.. bla-bla-bla

Skipping the irrelavant parts. Here is the REAL BIG HUMONGOUS difference between a pharmacist and a dentist. A fresh graduate pharmacist earns 2.7k excluding allowances. Upon finishing the 1+2 goverment shit, we would probably go out and most likely find a job that pays 4-5k. 20 years down the line, we, pharmacist probably might own one community pharmacy and have some investments here and there and IF we are good (lucky, smart, sociable, skilled, well connected, have good selling skills) we would be very pleased to know that we would draw quite a big sum of approximately 20k ++
You are probably smilling from ear to ear knowing this, but just read on to know more about our colleagues, the dentist.

Well, sure dentists have more to study since its a 5 year course, and naturally, their starting pay is higher than ours, which is about 2.8k without allowances (of course their allowances are more meaty than ours). But the amazing part is that after a dentist specializes, how much would you think they would earn? 20? 30?
NO, as a matter of fact, they earn 60k/month

HOW IN THE BLOODY HELL CAN A PHARMACIST EARN 60K?! of course we exclude the possibilities of discovering a new drug and registering a new patent coz its highly unlikely. You can also debate to say that several people with minimal education have rised to the top and earned millions, well, but face the fact - the general population do not belong to the group of "one in a billion" people.
So, cutting out all impposible options, whats left is only bank robbery that earns 60k a month.

But anyway, healthcare professionals should not be bothered about monetary gains, so lets continue practicing TDM calculations so we will be successful pharmacist in the future (who earn RM2700 a month)

Reference:
http://www.imu.edu.my/faq.asp?pageid=1&selfaqcat=5

Malaysia is awesome.. government? -- not so

2010-02-10T00:42:00.003+08:00

No, ISA's not gonna woop me ass.. just thinking out loud.. and posting a link:
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/1/22/nation/5525498&sec=nation

Case study

2010-01-24T20:01:00.003+08:00

-I stay in vista.
-I have block nose that causes severe headache most likely due to sinus inflammation due to reason unknown, could be dust, could be bacteria/viral or (low porbability) fungal infection.
-I started steroidal nasal spray few days ago
-Symptoms are better now
-Vista is known for fungal growth
-Corticosteroids reduce immune system
-Fungal infection of sinus cavity would almost always require surgical intervention

Question:
Would the benefit of continuing the nasal spray for prophylaxis outweigh the risk of fungal infection?

B107 - wo ai ni.. men

2010-01-16T01:49:00.002+08:00

Its been a great night and a greater 3 years worth of good memories made together with all of B107.. thx for everything!

And thx for the award of "ideal health care professional award" =)

A totally STEWPEEEEED idea..

2010-01-15T15:48:00.002+08:00

I love IMU, i love Bpharm.. totally, but i'm sorry coz i feel that E-pbl ('electronically-problematic bullshit lessons') is a serioously STEWPEEEED idea.. It just re-defines retardation.

I'm currently having my so-called e-pbl session now.. so you might ask- wadafark am i doing blogging at this time -- HERE'S THE FUKING ANSWER --> ITS FUKIN JAMMED !!

Good job everyone! make it compulsory for EVERY1 TO LOG IN AT THE SAME TIME.. all i do is press refresh continuously, coz if i wait for 1 minute between refreshes, i'd have to read thru 10 new posts.. So honestly, if the server cant handle 107p/s (posts per second) then dont make us sign in and post at the same time !

Ok.. i'd be signing off now.. the server is back online... for the time being...

Realization...

2010-01-09T01:06:00.004+08:00

Reading the news brings me to a new realization.. Some parts of the world never changed since i wrote a blog post from 2 years ago - It's still retarded, the worst plan - I live in that part of the world. This realization makes me hope and wish that IMU's sloved Bpharm programmed is recognized by safer and less 'flamming' places in the world.

Today, kids playing with fire burn places down coz somewhere, someplace, the un-registered, un-copyrighted, un-rights-protected,un-patented A-word was used (Sorta reminds me about Nokia sueing Apple for infringing wifi patents, except that Nokia has a patent, while a word from the dictionary cant be patented).

Owhh... this place is so unsafe.. today its the A-word.. tomorrow might be the word 'Hi', day after tomorrow the word 'Bye'.. soon all words are taboo, then civilasation would start loosing 1 language after another. But perhaps this is the begining of human's evolution of retardation.. over time, all words become taboo or permanently patented to the extend that Humans begin degenerating their ability for verbal communication as fast as their mentality.. hence ushering in the Helen-Keller era or probably the era of psychic communication.

Before and now, the beautiful life in IMU

2010-01-05T18:22:00.004+08:00

It seems like a blink of an eye since the first time i came into bpharm, but time flies so fast and i'm already in 3rd year.
I still remember the days of semester 3 and 4. It was a time of pain, depression and sadness. I was barely hanging by a string then, and my one and only outlet for releasing tension would be my blog. Coincidentally, i even found one of my posts being one of the top 3 results when the words "Bpharm IMU opinion" are being searched. Well, the post brings back the agonies from those days. And honestly, if i went back to sem 3 and not go thru sem 4 and 5, i would most likely be writting that again.
But today is not one of those days, today is one and a half years later or 3 semesters later. Today's me has survived the storm and came out a better man, and through that storm now i see bright rays from the sun shining thru the cloud.. i can now throughly say - I CAN SEEN THE LIGHT !

From the hardship and pain i was put through, i now realize it was all part of the essential socialization needed to create the best. And from all these pains, now i can announce to everyone that all this has given rise to a new sensation within me that burns so strongly for my profession and this course. This sensational feeling is is a never-before-felt-kinda-thing which i shall call: SLOVE (super-love). Once you have achieved a certain level of awareness necessary to feel the Slove, you would realize that you would never even need to have sex again!

For all aspiring pharmacist reading this:
I can honesly say from the bottom of my heart that Bpharm is the best course available (provided you have the balls it takes to pass sem 3 and 4 without going senile) and that the whole of b107 would welcome you into this paradise.

For all my coursemates:
I would just want to tell you all how fortunate I am to have you all go through this journey with me. Seeing every single person around me getting grades way-way higher than me motivates me to become like the rest of my batch.

I still rmb the last time when i rated sem 4. Since things have changed so much for me, Out of 5: my rating for Bpharm is now:

A perfect 5:

+ 1

Only now, am i throughly feeling the SLOVE !

Addiction..

2009-11-23T00:28:00.002+08:00

Addiction.. is when the brain doesnt produce the dopamine required for the mind to experience pleasure without a special something, or pleasure that is equavalent to that which is obtained from doing that something..

(No.. im not just talking about masturbation)

Soulmates..

2009-11-22T21:07:00.004+08:00

The world is such that every living thing has a soul.. and every living soul is made to have soulmate(s).. and for once, i aint joking.. i seriously mean it coz ITS TRUE!

Most people would argue that the number of males and females in the world arent even equal and hence not every1 would have a soulmate. That.. is narrow minded thinking, coz they fail to understand the basis of many-to-one and one-to-many relationships as seen in cases of playboys, widowers and divorcees. Owh, and then not to forget theres also polygamy. So there should always be at least one soulmate for an individual.

And if even this explanation doesnt give sufficient explanation, we could also consider the gays, lesbians and individuals with multiple organs. And if you would split the word soulmate into soul's - mate, then you'd probably understand that animals have souls too!.. yeap, so probably some ppl could find their soulmate in the shape of a canine, cat, horse or cow or... well.. whatever you imagine.
So, i guess my explanation clearly explains that theres a soulmate for everyone !!

Ten Commandments of DoTA

2009-11-18T14:54:00.002+08:00

1. Thou shalt not ks
2. Thou shalt not feed
3. Thou shalt not perma-farm
4. Thou shalt not leave
5. Thou shall push the lanes
6. Thou shall treat the noobs well
7. Thou shalt not taunt
8. Thou shall always try to assist
9. Thou shall always look at the mini-map
10. Thou shall speak the word 'GG' when loosing.

Decisions, choices and actions.

2009-11-18T03:17:00.004+08:00

Life is such that everyday requires us to make choices and decision. Big or small, actions taken are things unchangeable, and often and again these actions may not be globally accepted as correct.

Reasons behind these actions and decisions may sometimes be unjustifiable by simple one-point sentences, but only by a complex combination of multiple factors at the given time and circumstances. Because no two individuals can undergo identical experiences, the phrase "i understand" is nothing more than fictional consolation.

Being human, the best explanation that we can give, is that we would, to our very best extend try our best to perform the right course of action given the duration of time given and the circumstances we were thrown with.

But life is such, we have little time to perform, but ample time to ponder... Hence, the word 'wrong' should really be eradicated.

Jeniffer's Body...

2009-11-17T03:04:00.004+08:00

I just watched Jeniffer's body. Its a great show... about Jeniffer's body. Being a movie solely dedicated to publicizing Megan Fox's body... there was nth much to anticipate from the movie.. other than explicit content

But beneath all those flesh, intestines, cleavages and the likes theres a more important take home message from the movie:

Guys out there, if you know that you look like a pig in human skin, and a hot chick strips in front of you, zip ur pants, start running.. and stop cumming.

Tearing out loud...

2009-09-29T22:07:00.002+08:00

Mogan once told me... what comes around goes around..
For example: if you laugh at other people, one day other people will laugh at you, if you help others, others will help you..

What he said is really true..

David.. im sorry, i'll never call you sei fei hai again..

Classic tales of stupidity.

2009-08-20T02:16:00.004+08:00

Every now and then.. people then to get bored. I for one, tend to get bored quite easily. So what do we commonly do when we get bored? Sometimes guys tfk, sometimes girls go shopping.. I?-- I prefer to sleep.

So heres the question: What happens when I get terribly bored at 8.30pm?
Answer: I go to sleep at 8.30pm.

Question 2: What time would i wake up if i started sleeping at 8.30?
answer: 2.00am

~Enough said~
(i'm really bored now...)

The soul (might contain sensitive issues)

2009-08-13T00:14:00.004+08:00

*might contain sensitive issues.. reader's discretion adviced*

We all know the word 'soul'.. most of the time its related to some religious thing, some 'spirit' or stuff like that. But if asked to define the word 'SOUL'.. not many could find the words to begin their sentence.

So anyway.. i was reading some CNS lectures.. and from what i understand, everything is related to the brain.. starting from emotions, sensations, perception, cognition, speech, movement... everything !

So now.. here's the question:
Once we die.. our 'soul' leaves the body rite? (correct me if im wrong).. so then our 'soul' is supposed to go to heaven/hell. If we go to heaven, its supposed to feel nice, and the opposite is true if we go to hell (correct me if im wrong again). So.. since after the point of death.. we aint got no brain no more.. this means that we cant feel pain/pleasure, we cant think, we cant talk, we cant move. So, whats so 'nice' about heaven and 'not nice' about hell?
Mayb for that matter, we've never heard of any religious literature talking about human riots in heaven or hell.. unlike on earth where we have all those gay-rights shit and anti-ISA stuff going around.. coz up there we all got no brains.. (down here we usually dont use it.)

Or mayb the soul just exists and floats around like the ice cream in my coke and wait till it gets dissolved by time?..

Hmmm... so, whats the 'soul'?.. and what can it do?
Probably it doesnt exist..
Like a Lego toy made from small little pieces that can be activated by electricity, humans are made from lil atoms that stack together.. and get activated by sugar to reveal stupidity.

Retarded

2009-08-02T22:24:00.003+08:00

This is gonna be one of the most retarded statements i would probably ever make in my life:

I MISS SEM 4

The adrenaline rush, the stress... the feeling of not having any time for the mind to wander across the vast universe.

Sem 5 is just retarded.. theres so much assignments.. so many CNS lectures to study.. but the main problem is that theres so much free time that theres barely any motivation to get moving.

Haihz.. IMU just has a way of screwing with me..

1 Year old.

2009-07-29T00:05:00.003+08:00

Its been a while since the first time i made my blog post. Today makes this blog 1 full year old. Bad times and good times, for better or for worse.. all the memories will be kept here for many many more years to come..

Happy B'day bloggie =)

Thinking out loud, pervertedly....

2009-07-12T00:12:00.002+08:00

In life, nothing is as it seems. A 'sea horse', does not resemble a horse at all. A hot chick across the road might not even be a chick at all.

Now, think about one of the body systems that is the most important in maintaining the homeostasis of the human race: the Reproductive system. So, in this modern age.. what do you think is its main function?-- reproduction? continueing on your legacy? keeping the human race alive?

If thats what you think, then you are terribly wrong. Its main function for most of the people today --> ENTERTAINMENT !!!!

Fate, Destiny and GENETICS !

2009-07-08T19:51:00.003+08:00

I remember once saying that fate and destiny are similar in a sense that it somehow influences your life. Fate can change, though difficult, but changing it is still possible. Destiny cannot change, because it does not involve you but instead involves the world around you.

So lately, i've just discovered something new.. Guess what? Fate and Destiny has a new friend.. GENETICS.

But unlike fate and destiny that involves you and everything around you, Genetics only meddles with YOU, as a slave to molecules.

So here's how it works: Everything we do, everything we feel, everything we think.. every move, every thought, every action and every perception we make is based on our BRAIN. The brain, is a mass of highly specialised cells which originated from the fusion of 1 cell from mum, and another from dad which divided and differentiated based on codes and commands within our DNA.

So what i'm trying to say.. is that every action we make is based on how the cells in our brain react to external stimuli. And every reaction we give involved several processes on the cellular level, and everything that happens on the cellular level is predominantly controled by the nucleus of each cells based on genetic codings(DNA). Hence, it is safe to say that DNA is the master of our mind, soul and body that dictates our every move. Even me writing this blog entry is something already subconciously encoded into my DNA.

So, in the end, we are.. truely no more than the slaves of genetic codings, like a computer software carrying out its pre-programmed commands. Words like 'personality', 'behaviour', 'kind', 'selfish', 'smart', 'dumb', you, I, We, Them.. are all just personifications of a group of molecules that, through millenias of chemical reactions, acchieved 'self-awareness'...

Travelling cost..

2009-07-01T00:12:00.003+08:00

Car installment - RM 1100/month
Toll - RM132/month
Petrol - RM200/month
License to speed - RM300

Pleasure of being stopped by police - PRICELESS

Just another new semester...

2009-06-22T23:51:00.003+08:00

Hmmm... so its a new semester... again...
The same old first day overview scare tactic and 'you-must-start-studying-right-now-or-you-die-for-sure' motivation talk.

Well, bullshit aside, sem 5 seems like the workload, contact hours, practicals and everything else sorta 'reduced' a little. But looking carefully at the scenario, you'd realize wat's the core difference between sem 5 and other semesters:

In the lower semesters, you get thrown into a sea of sharks, but your leg is tied to a speed boat and you are dragged along. Here in semester 5, you get thrown into a sea of sharks (fullstop). You're supposed to swim as fast as if you were draged by a speedboat.. but most likely you'd tend to chill... and get eaten by sharks. Yay!

So yea... theres no such thing as "LESS STRESS" in Bpharm. So dont start rejoicing when some lecturers say less portfolio.

Owh well.. just like some old men suffering from erectile dysfunction whereby they fail to get excited by women..
I guess i've gone through too many semesters in Bpharm i think i have a condition i would call as Bpharm dysfunction (BD).. whereby the phrase 'Stress' no longers makes me go panic and depressed. Lecturers come in and describe the 'toughness' of sem 5.. but all i can say is:
'Owh...... ok'

So anyway.. welcome back to hell fellow Bpharmers..

End of boredom.. Start of lethargy.

2009-06-22T01:07:00.004+08:00

FIVE weeks of holiday. The first week was a blast, the second was relaxing, the third was boring.. the fourth made me almost die... but owh well.. at least it ended with a fantastic week 5.

Honestly holidays was overall boring other than the part where there are trips here and trips there. Its not like i'd really like to have a lot to do, such as study for resit examinations, but hols are SUPPOSED to be more fun filled than home-stoning.

So now holiday ends and dilemma begins. Holidays are carefree.. but totally boring.. Bpharm throws a tonne of workload, but at least theres never a window of opportunity to use the phrase "Bored". So... which is better?
LoL.. but why the hell even bother about comparing which is better than which coz its not like we can choose to extend our holidays or not.. unless you delibrately flunk ur exam.. then you get a perma-holiday.

Hmmmm... whatever.. Welcome to sem 5 fellow Bpharmers..
Enjoy ur 14(or 15 or 16) weeks of doom.

The Devil's Game..

2009-06-02T03:54:00.006+08:00

Its almost 4am in the morning and i've been rolling on my bed for the pass 1 hour.. why? because "The Devil's Game" has gotten into me..
So let me explain what is the devil's game.. its a simple game that looks so innocent at first sight, but the more you play it, the more addicted you become, and the more addicted you become, the more you think about it, and the more you think about it, the more it screws with ur brain..
It really works like the devil, it mind fucks you to such an extend that you'll be thinking about how to match jewels every moment and you'll even see jewels when you close your eye. Bit by bit, it'll kill you.. from inside-out.

So.. what is the devil's game? Behold--BEJEWELLED

The objective of the game is to match 3 or more jewels together.. and what is the significance of the number '3'? its half of 6, the devil's number.

You might wanna try this cursed game.. but you have been warned.. the more you match, the closer you get to hell.. I'm already half-way there.. i think i need some 'Holy Game' or something to purify my brain.. crap..

Basic theories and truths about two idiots known as 'Fate' and 'Destiny'..

2009-05-27T01:29:00.006+08:00

Ok.. so lets take a look at the word 'Fate' and 'Destiny'.. Many ignorant assholes think that hard work can change everything. These people are called 'NAIVE' kids.

Heres the truth:
Everything we do and its outcome is already dictated by two things.. One is Fate, the other is Destiny.
So now you must be wandering what is the bloody difference between Fate and Destiny.

Let me explain:
Fate is when an idiot is born retarded and is too lazy to put in effort hence he fails. Such a condition is known as the action of Fate. Ie - the sucker is fated to fail

Destiny, is when an idiot works his ass off... and then fails. Such a condition is known as: Destined to fail.. Ie - the sucker is Destined to fail, no matter what he does.. he'll still fail

Conclusion:
So.. since tmr is results day.. and so many people are scared shit of either failing or only getting their A-... just think back on what i said.. theres seriously no point in being worried AT ALL..

If you didnt work hard enough... LoL--> too bad la.. if you fail, it just means its Fate =)

If you fail... but you know that you've worked you're ass off.. LoL--> too bad la.. its Destiny =)

So every1... please.. just chillax!..
No matter what happens, blame it on Fate/Destiny =)

When luck decides to fu*k you up..

2009-05-23T19:49:00.007+08:00

OK.. so here goes.. If Luck was impersonated.. it would be an ugly looking bast*rd that freaking hates me for no apparent reason. They say bad luck strikes three times.. And it really did. So lets look at the chain of unlucky events related to me unfolding one by one..

Bad Luck #1 :
Car smashed.. first time in my life i illegal parked.. my car got freaking smashed.. not scratched.. i mean S M A S H E D . (check out the post below for pics. And worst off.. it had to happen while i was having my freaking E O S.. not class test.. it was END OF SEMESTER JUST-DO-AND-DIE-ANYWAY examination. The car crash alone was already bad enough.. but NO.. 'LUCK' thinks that he wants more whip cream on his starbucks..

Bad luck #2:
Went to langkawi... felt the sun, felt the sea and felt the agony of having my phone's LCD CRACK.. how screwed up is that? Coincidentally.. i put my phone at the bottom of my bag.. and my bag coincidentally droped.. so im stuck with no phone for the next 2 weeks..

Bad luck #3:
When i sent my phone for repair.. the dude asked me to keep the stuff like my sim card, memory card and my battery.. etc-etc. So yahoo... i kept everything in a separate plastic bag while i kept my sim card in my wallet together with my coins.. so i guess the coins scratched my sim card beyond recognition.. YAY.. MY SIM CARD SPOILED.. Though i have a replacement sim card now but i still cant call out within the next 2 weeks even if i have a spare phone coz i have no numbers..

Conclusion:
If 'Luck' was a person.. and if that person was reading my blog right now.. I'd dedicate the following picture specially for that bastard:

A dramatic EOS examination.

2009-05-15T21:04:00.006+08:00

Ahh.. finally eos end.. 5 damn long weeks.. lack of sleep, lack of nutrition, lack of emotion, lack of entertainment.. excess of knowledge. Yeap.. thats what Bpharm is all about, expecially when EOS approaches.

Well, though it might seem that this 5 weeks were full of shit.. but it was actually kinda dramatic.

To start of the drama.. i went to the ball with 2 great people.. had lotsa fun. Was a really enjoyable and memorable night.. should be studying tho.. ;p

Then life continued monotonously for the next 2 weeks.. studying like mindless idiots..
One fine sunday.. while studying at starbucks.. had a bunch of peeps celebrate my b'day for me. Was very nice and thoughtful of them.. love the baloons.. the ice-cream.. everything. Thx a lot ppl!!... i smile whenever i see the balloons hanging in my room =)

So exam started with my b'day on the first day of bloody EOS.. all was not too bad.. Until i overslept the night before pharm anal.. Feeling hopeless and guilty.. i left early to uni to study.. but the hilltop parking was close. So i illegal parked for one day. And my car got crashed and rammed into the pole..
Once again.. thx to all you people for the emotional support.. i'd stone to death otherwise..

Things continued to move on.. friday's skill developement was supposed to be a walk in the park.. but crap.. anxiety shot my blood to the brain.. what a bad headache to end my EOS with..

But other than that.. this exam.. feels like watching a drama movie..
and now that exam is over... I MISS MY CAR !!!!!!
and i dont even know how 2 write a blog post anymore..
Owh well... happy holidays to every1.. this time.. like all others.. it is a well deserved holiday, so enjoy till your hearts content :D

Study break

2009-04-11T22:17:00.002+08:00

And so it begins again like how it has always been for the past 3 semester. And this time.. like all other times.. we'll make it through together.. one way or another !

All the best in enduring the 5 weeks of shit. Whenever you feel the stress, just bare in mind that another 104 people from B107 are feeling the exact same shit.. so dont fret.. just Laugh out loud.. and then shut up and continue studying.

All the best to everyone! cya in 3 weeks :-)

Ps: please take good care of your health and drink enough water.. dont let yourself get sick (like me)

A retarded weekend.

2009-04-07T00:08:00.004+08:00

So heres how the weekend goes..

Tried to start studying..
and the result? --> a grand total of 1/2 a full lecture fliped thru with understanding that approaches 0.

Time flew.. or rather.. crawled.. at a bizzarely slow rate.
And then it was sunday night.. I felt so tired i slept at 8.. only to wake up at 10.. with fever and recurrent TB-cough. Great-- eh?

Being a semi-genius.. what did i do? Rendam myself in cold water.. and stone for 20 minutes.
Results? -- Fever went off.. like a miracle. In exchange for a flu and dripping mucus (eeww)
But i guess its a fair trade-off eh?

So thats the end of the weekend.

How did the 'good' week start?...
Drove on an empty highway at a lil above the speed limit.. only to spot some idiot with a camera stoning at the side of the road.. WHAT A JACKASS !! (- RM450 from next month's allowance)

Happy April Fools day.... NOT !!

2009-04-01T02:16:00.001+08:00

the time now is 2.13..... i got conned... so bloody badly.. twice by one person.. another time by another person.. 3times in total...

I hate this day...

B107 animal kingdom...

2009-03-28T16:03:00.006+08:00

Here in IMU, a persons' true nature is hidden thoroughly by a thick layer of formality and professionalism that acts like a shield. It is only through strong bonds and friendships that these thicks shields are removed and a person's true animal instinct is revealed.

So.. here in B107, it took me 2 years before some people could reveal their animal nature..

The MOST significant one being Tortoise Ng.

With the speed of a tortoise, he waits till its almost time to leave the dinner-place.. then he shouts out loud "OWWWHHHHH.. I UNDERSTAND THE JOKE ALREADY !!"
And with the steadiness of a tortoise.. he'll continue with the phrase "not bad ah.. i can understand quite fast already"

Another significant member of the animal kingdom is Hamster Koh.

Emos like a hamster.. runs like a hamster.. smiles like a hamster.. looks like a hamster..
IS A HAMSTER..

Apart from animal instincts.. some also have a killer instinct... but its more of SELECTIVE killer instinct..
Most of the time however, this killer gets killed by others, but in the presence of the likes of me... the killer instincts become predominant. This person is SNIPER CHONG.

When im nearby.. this sniper will camp at one place.. the moment she gets the slightest chance.. a headshot will be made. NO ESPCAPE. Mayb coz im tall... so my head sticks out very obviously.. thats why im the only target of this sniper..

Say NO to Tulan V3.0 !

2009-03-28T03:16:00.002+08:00

Say NO to Tulan V3.0 ----> Vote for Alicia as SRC IT rep. !!

~Cheers~

Tulan.. V 2.0

2009-03-24T07:40:00.003+08:00

Sem 4 very stress.. got 5 portfolio.. spent several sleepless days and nights to finish it.. had to do some portfolios 3 times.. but THATS OK!.. coz i still completed everything in the given time.

So.. monday morning.. submission of portfolio.. very gan cheong.. coz finally get to print out my hard work.. (here is where the tulan parts start)

Tulan - part 1
Early - early morning go library computer. Press Ctrl + P to print it out.. printed some portfolios out.. then suddenly stop printing.. why?-- coz "out of credit"

why out of credit?
Coz the last page of my word document got hyperlink.. go end up all 3 pages considered as 'colour'... Si Beh tulan..

Then nvm.. Ms. Yeoh help me print out the remaining ones.

Tulan - Part 2
After finishing presentation, Mogan help me sent print job from E-lab 1 to libr. So i went back to libr and waited for 5 - 10 minutes for some1 to print probably a 5000 page document.. At probably page 3500, printer jam.. TULAN !!

So.. nvm..

Tulan - Part 3
At libr.. met some other fren.. asked him to help me print. Pluged in my thumbdrive.. Virus infect.. everything dissapear.. GENG + TULAAANNNNN !!!!

Tulan - Part 4
Nvm.. i go find other ppl that know how 2 kau tim this problem.. So Wei wen help me kau tim in Elab 3 and Wei ping offered to print. When about to print.. realised that e-lab 3 got no printer.

Tulan - part 5
Dunno which e-lab to print at. Elab 1 the printer is the most ciplak piece of shit i've ever seen.. It seems to have "Ink Diarrhea". Library printer - Jam. Left only e-lab 2.. which has my whole batch queing up. And that printer is such that other e-labs are not connected to it. So i've to go and sign into a computer there to print with that printer.. When i went in.. All computers taken up, except for 1.. so quickyly, i signed in. Waited for 5 minutes.. suddenly i get that sohai error that says "unable to connect with IMC tree" -- (computer rosak)

But nvm la.. finally after running here and there, managed to use other ppl's portfolio cover and print with other ppl's account..

Tulan - part 6
Wanted to send in softcopy.. but then my whole thumbdrive corrupt edi. So went to Helpdesk to retrieve wat i lost. Mana tau.. IT dude not around.. and i got the "please return at 6.00" luckily i when i return at 5.45 the fella there edi..

So.. finally managed to send in everything.. Such a relieve.. What an annoyance.

Conclusion:
IMU can seriously be damn sohai. They give us such fu*king heavy workload. But thats ok. The very least IMU can do is to provide us sufficient WORKING computers that DO NOT HAVE FU*KING VIRUSES that invisiblelises word documents. And make sure the printers do not have diarrhea or constipation.

Tulan...

2009-03-16T16:26:00.001+08:00

Ferredoxin was one of the topics included in the Med Chem portfolio..... enough said !

The origins of F.U.C.K.

2009-03-01T20:39:00.004+08:00

This is a story i heard from my bro and not an Andrew original.. so im just sharing..

So.. first of all, back in the ancient English times, the word 'Fornication' was used to describe voluntary sexual intercourse, and such an act could only be performed when a men and a women have gotten the permission of the King to get married, whereby they would perform fornication on the night of marriage.

So on that night, they would put up a signboard on their home.. stating "Fornication Under Consent of King". Over time, people created an abreviation - FUCK

So when the townsfolk asked newly wed couples what were they doing the night before?

Their answer - "We were FUCKing" (Fornicating under consent of King)

A mixture of emotions, none positive..

2009-02-28T23:25:00.003+08:00

Right now.. B107 is in the middle of a totally screwed up 3-week judgement period. Already stress with Class test, still need to write report... already stress with Class test + report, still must add PBL... already emo with CT + report + PBL... i summore must loose my bloody thumbdrive for probably the 5th or 6th time in imu.. isnt that so fu*ked up?
Every single bloody time i try to finish assignment early... i end up loosing it, which means wat? I've to do it all over again.. last minute.. hebat!.. but thats ok.. i've got no idea why is it ok... but its ok.. its ALL FU*KEN OWHKAY.. probably coz i saved like 1/2 of wat i've done.. so i only have to RE-DO.. the other half.. and complete the total 3/4 of work.. shit.. but well.. whatever la uh.. sure ok wan =)

And weeks ago.. im supposed to get my remedy for my TB... the dosage form is something like the Lysergic Acid Diethylamine blotting paper that has imprints on it, which is then put onto the tongue to release the medicament..
Only difference is that this TB-remedy dosage form is supposed to have Dr. Kang's face imprinted... so once put on the tongue, saliva acts as the solvent that releases Kang-o-lides that is supposed to act as an expectorant that removes phelgm containing Mycobacterium sp.
But truth be told, the active ingredient in this remedy is not Kang-o-lides.. but Kang-o-face actually... but since there is insufficient(none) active ingredient, hence it is not posible to manufacture this drug... hence... my TB continues... possibly reaching a chronic stage and resulting in death by extrapulmonary TB within the short period of 70 years...

Owh.. how depressing(St. John's wort needed)..

Thoughts... thought out aloud..

2009-02-28T20:15:00.001+08:00

Huh?

Cupid the idiot..

2009-02-14T13:42:00.009+08:00

Cupid, oh.. cupid,
Flying in the sky,
owh-so full of joy.

Smilling as he aims,
Giggling as he shoots,
And laughing out loud as he watches how he change the mood.

But hey !
Ain't there 8 billion people?
So hurry up and reach my turn already! (or so i thought..)

For 20 years i waited.. will my turn ever come?
"Oh yes.. and here it is," says Cupid giggling.

Curious, anxious and excited,
That venomous sting i never anticipated.

And so it came my 'joy' for the day,
Portfolio, PBl, and Revision all the way.

Never saw this coming,
But here i am for the killing..

Cupid..
I wish i had never wished for you to help !

And while you flew away,
Leaving those 3 pieces of shit to stay...

I hope you drop that bow and arrow,
So i can return this present of yours called SORROW !

Ps: Dedicated to all Bpharm students stuck with work on a supposedly happy day..

Signs of ageing

2009-02-12T21:53:00.000+08:00

First the undying look-alike lethargy
Then the non-stop continuous chronic cough..
Now i have a saw jaw.. probably due to arthritis..
Latest finding.. numerous amounts of grey hair..

The signs are clear.. the end is near..
Thank you Bpharm..

(Ps: this post was supposed to originally go into my own blog.. dunno how it went into another... must be another sign of ageing..)

Gambling and life..

2009-02-10T23:11:00.002+08:00

Many people consider gambling as an illicit activity. Theres no doubt about that because many have lost a lot due to greed and curiosity.

But to me, life's like a game of poker..
You never know if your crap hand could win big.. and sometimes it pays just to know how others play.
Sometimes, the first few cards opened might not favour you.. but if you'd just be willing to play along and wait for the last card to open, you'd never know what surprises it might hold. At the same time, dont always bet on a 'surprise' to happen or you'd most likely end up with a surprisingly dissapointing card most of the time..

Gambling is not always just about money.. people sometimes gamble with things far more important to them than money.. But no matter what it is, if you'd be contented with whats ALREADY there, you'd never need to gamble. (unless of course we're talking about a game of chance during MCQ class test)

Cough

2009-02-10T22:51:00.004+08:00

Cough.. a simple action. Sometimes a sign of infection.. Usually goes away over time..

I, Andrew Lum Wai San... have COUGH.
It is not Tuberculosis..
Although it has persisted for over 2 weeks.
But i think i should get better soon.. even with no medications of sorts because after extensive studying, i realised a depressing fact that western medication has just too much side effects.. so i'll let myself cure naturally.. even if it take 2 months to cure..

And to makes matters worst, my "Nocturnal activities" (which includes portfolios, pbls, reports, lecture revision... anything Bpharm related-you name it) has been keeping me awake for some time lately.. and hence eating up my sleep.. and hence decreasing my natural immunity (i think)..
So its no wonder that sometimes in class, instead of looking up at lectures, i tend to admire the amazing patterns of my inner eye-lids.. (i slept in class.. more than once..) But you cant blame me for such irresponsible acts because it's the human body's own way of substituting sleep.

But i think if my cough takes up to 2 months to heal, then.........

Message to IMU:
Please prepare mass vacination against TB along with large quantities of :
R - Rifampicin
I - Isoniazid
P - Pyrazinamide
E - Ethambutol

But for all Bpharm students.. FEAR NOT !! even if i spread TB to you, you'll probably just cough badly and have serious organ damage..
Sure wont die.. If die also portfolio kill us first.

First day of CNY..

2009-01-26T17:15:00.006+08:00

Gong xi fa cai every1 !
Wherever you are.. i hope that you are all enjoying yourselves very much.

My first day of cny started with tea ceremony for dad and mum.. a tradition passed on since my grandparents were still around. Its a form of good-wishing and cultivation of respect for the elderly. And its also the only way the young ones get the thickest ang pows :p

The day continued on a lil slightly slow and monotonously.. but things got a lil spicy when the family decided to open a deck of cards and start putting the Ox's luck to the test.

We played poker and i felt like i was cheating the money of others.. I practically won almost every round.. but since we played using only coins, it wasn't exactly a huge amount of winnings.

Anyway.. Its only around 5 in the afternoon now.. who knows who'll come later and what winnings await me.

Until then, i hope every1 is having fun now. GXFC (Gong xi fa cai) =)

My template colour

2009-01-24T22:45:00.004+08:00

In conjunction with the Chinese New Year, i have decided to put up a TEMPORARY 'bright' and 'happy' template colour.

Orange was thought to be most suitable since it is the colour in between gay pink and eye-hurting red.

Hence.. orange is good !

To all those still in black --> time to change.. at least for the new year ok?

Happy new year and take care =)

Gong Xi Fa Cai !!

2009-01-23T23:36:00.003+08:00

Wishing ya'll a very happy chinese new year !
To all those going back to their hometowns, hope you will all have a safe a pleasant journey.
To those who would be driving long distances, drive safely and may you be able to avoid the horrific jam! and please do not do stunts (like ampang boy)!

Savour the cookies, collect the ang pows, put aside the worries and just enjoy the new year !

Gong xi fa cai, see ya'll in the new year of the Ox =)

Fear

2009-01-14T21:28:00.005+08:00

You might or might not realise this, but fear dominates a large part of our life. Everyone has fear. A major reason why we do the things we hate, and we stop ourselves from doing the things we would really want to do.. is because there is fear.

We do our daily assignments because we fear failing, we abide by the rules and regulations because we fear the law, a child listens to every word told to him because he fears getting scolded, we fake a front in public because we fear being unaccepted, we lie and hide the truth because we fear the reaction of others..

Whether it is fear of failing, fear of rejection, fear of the unknown or even the fear of ourselves.. essentially, we all have fear and it plays a large role in regulating our lives.
Inevitably, we create a small shell.. trapping our selves in it, trying to feel safe and secure in it, living our lives within our own cage, binding and restriciting our very own freedom solely because of fear.

But fear is essential, because one with no fear of anything is like a cancer cell that is unstopable and hence must die.

Fear can either be a motivation, or a hindrance. Which role it plays in your life lies all in balance.
How we live our life will depend on how we balance one fear with another, and how we treat our fears.
If one decides to allow fear to dominate, then he is not living life but just merely existing in an enclosed chamber he created to encage himself.

The next time fear comes into mind, remember to strike a balance. Let fear stop your acts of stupidity, but dont let fear come in the way of life.

Live life, or just exist...
Be motivated, or be restricted?
The choice is all ours to make.

Sem 4's rating

2009-01-10T23:49:00.005+08:00

I remember the time when i just passed my sem 3 resit. I said sem 4 would be an interesting semester.. new bonds, drama, new stories, new friends..etc-etc

I WAS WRONG !

Sem 4 is all about the portfolios, the lethargy, the pain, the frustration..

My rating for sem 4:

OUt of 5

I give a generous 1:-

Child killer

2009-01-10T17:04:00.003+08:00

7 January 2009..
Shant Raj - 7 years old

May your death due to overdose of Amoxycilin 'dry syrup powder' be a relatively fast and painless one.

After the first drug i dispensed during the first dispensing practical of my life.. i have now officially become a child killer..

Energy.

2009-01-02T18:29:00.007+08:00

Energy is a very important thing. My energy for 2008 just got depleted.. and just like the print quota for sem 4.. it has not been replenished yet..

Lethargy.. a sensation that creeps in my veins. Fortunately i have still not yet started sleeping in classes. Ironically, for one of the few lectures i did not sleep, i got accused of sleeping becoz i was looking down checking to see the unsymmetrical-ness of both my shoes for 5 seconds and looking at the time on my phone for another 5 seconds.. bad luck.

But thats not the point..the point is.. like Ray said.. i look like this-->

But wat to do.. lethargic la 'tai lou'..

My energy level was so low, my brain was not even supplied with sufficient energy to comprehend the fact that question "Can anyone help Prof Yeoh at 8.30am?" would signal the need to activate chameleon abilities..
Too bad la.. even under sub-threshold levels of peer pressure, i stood up.. (habis la)

Good luck in doing reports.. time for me to sleep.. cya'll on monday.

Edit:
After using my superb knowledge on Drug metabolism.. mayb it wasn't the energy.. mayb it's just the Cy P450 enzyme system that is not very efficient.. So got a lot of in my blood.

Mayb now.. after all the endogenous materials have been excreted/metabolized.. i can go from

to

OK.. so now:
Study? -- YES
Report? -- YES
Portfolio? -- YES
Ice skating? -- ...... (didnt hear that)

A New Year...

2009-01-01T20:20:00.004+08:00

Its that time of the year again, a time to welcome the new year, and time to wave goodbye to the old year of 2008.
A time to cheer, a time to enjoy and a time to be merry.

But theres more to 'New Year' than just celebrations.. It is during this time that we reflect on all that we've achieved or did not achieve in the past, plan for the year ahead and prepare for all the big challenges that accompany the great joys installed for us.

So anyway, treat 2008 like sem 3's notes.. chuck it aside, throw it, burn it.. doesnt really matter.. Just REMEMBER it.
Treat 2009 like an exam answer script.. try your best and do what you think is right.. just make sure you dont leave it blank..

To everyone reading this:
Happy new year 2009 !!
This year, like all others - Make it count =)

Sem 4.. First day..

2008-12-30T17:52:00.008+08:00

First day.. a long day that is relatively short.. lecture started.. lotsa briefing..

ONE prediction for the semester: WE ARE GONNA DIE !!
Process of dying: Slow.. but painful..

OMg.. i miss the holidays.. 5 weeks a lil too short la.. 6 will be just nice.. 1/2 year will definitely be too long.. 6-7 weeks --> just nice.

And go look at my face in the IMU brochure.. I dont believe it.. but they photoshopped me !!
WTH !! why they wanna do that?? my mole's GONE !!!!

Owh.. so sad..

And if you were like me.. (not paying full attention to lecture during first day)
You should realise that the whole class getting more and more N2(new word learnt) -->

Keep copying notes.. when it is oni 'Overview'.. i can just feel the sem 4 fever..

When would i ever get desensitised of stress..

Ps: N2 = Enthu = Enthusiastic

Sem 3 break and the start of Sem 4.

2008-12-30T09:49:00.002+08:00

1 hour before sem 4 starts.. i realise.. WOW.. hols has finally ended.
and after spending 3/4 of my hols in bed sleeping.. i think i have enough 'spare sleep' to last 14 long weeks.

Anyway.. cya'll in heaven..
(they say heaven is cold, and so is Audi A.. hence Audi A = heaven)

Genting, Retardation and Kaki Lima(s)

2008-12-19T00:58:00.011+08:00

One day.. a group of ppl decided to go to genting. One genius(dunno who) suggested.. "HEY !! lets try chillin the night over @ starbucks without booking a room."

So happily.. their journey began at KL central.. with a grand total of zero plans.
Every1 was supposed meet at 7.30 at central.. but ended at central around 8.00, but thats ok.. coz well.. theres no more bus tickets for sale anyway..

But nvm.. no problem.. coz the salesperson said Gombak still has lotsa tickets. So off they headed to gombak.

All was nice and smooth throughout the whole day.

Rides were great. No pointless screams.. oni meaningful names and profanities..

But it was TOTALLY misty.. many rides were closed for quite a long period of time.

They were quite emo.. but then at least they managed to sit on the space shot which gives a true simulated experience of suicide.

All was good until night fell and every1 decided to chill @ starbucks.. but chillin only lasted until 3.00 am. Coz wifi sux, drinks finished, and Andrew kept winning Cho Tai Di... so sienz..
Fortunately not every1 was bored.. some went for walks in the open-air which is freezing cold.. too bad not every1 had a human heater..

So they moved to McD.. and chilled (stoned).. for 1 hour.. and Wifi also sucked..

Then they moved to Kaki - 5 kedai..

where they slept..

Then at about 5.00, they decided to go to McD to have breakfast..

and they slept.... again.

Then finally around 8.00am, every1 was so relieved that the cable car station has opened..
They FINALLY managed to get back down the hill.. back home.. into bed..

...
...
...
A truly fantastic journey..
Where the only way some1 could have taken photos of people sleeping....
is to stay awake..

Dota..

2008-12-12T23:25:00.002+08:00

Some people say dota is a stupid game.. small kids play it.. waste of time.
Worst off.. they also say it makes ppl anti-social.

Let me tell you something.. Dota is like a universal drug that can practically cure anything.

i) If hungry and no food --> play dota

ii)Emo coz fail exam --> play dota (side effect of excess dota in this situation is failing again)

iii) Emo coz girlfren leave you --> play dota (probably thats the reason she left)

iv) Pain due to infection on the leg (like Soon Yang) --> play dota (more effective than Aspirin)

v) Stresful lives of Bpharm --> play dota

vi) Want to learn new chinese vulgar words --> play dota online

vii) bored and nothing to do during holidays --> play dota

Wow.. see? Dota is such a fantastic (and addictive) drug.. I hope to see this drug in the next version of BNF.. but its very important to state the sub-addictive therapeutic dose.

Post-emo resit life..

2008-12-11T01:13:00.003+08:00

AHHH !.. long time no post..
The last weekend was hell.. Imagine studying like hell for EOS.. then ONCE AGAIN.. studying like hell for resit.. the sensation = hell.

But after finishing this resit.. theres this warm sensation that any1 that has finished a resit paper can feel.. its far better than finishing EOS.. you should all try it out one day :p (touch wood).

And seriously.. we Bpharmers are best at complaining, cursing.. then complaining again. But once you go for a resit.. no matter wat people tell you about how hard, how suffering, how sad, how lifeless sem 4 is gonna be....
You'll say : OMG ! PLSSS !!! LET ME GO TO SEM 4 !!!!!

and then when in sem 4 already.. we will still continue complaining.. 'aiyo.. so much portfolio, so much PBL, class test.. etc-etc-etc'

stupid or not? i think quite stupid..

But if you think sem 4 is still gonna be dull, boring and stressful, think again..
This time around, im anticipating sem 4 to be so damn interesting.. put aside the thought of stress, dont think about the amount of work and assignments..
Instead, think of all those love affairs, scandals, dramas, and all those interesting and exciting stories coming up..
Its practically like living in a drama series..
Who needs One Tree Hill? We have (B) One Owh Seven !

So anyway.. i'll be looking forward to the new sem and seing EVERY SINGLE ONE OF B107 in it.
Until then.. happy hols! =)

Ps: To all those sitting for resits.. do your best, no fear, you'll make it thru.. and as long as u try your best..you never really fail (i just finished my resit.. so now im talking). Good luck and i hope i'll be able be in sem 4 with all of b107. =)

Expressing feelings..

2008-12-07T19:26:00.004+08:00

Every1 needs to express themself.. this is me expressing myself after flunking Drug met and studying like mad.... again.

The effect of bad economy.

2008-11-30T19:21:00.002+08:00

When economy is bad.. many things happen.. it would all root from bad economy, but not be directly caused by bad economy.

See.. when economy is bad, ppl's mood become bad..
When ppl's mood bcome bad, no appetite to eat, dun eat -> no nutrition -> get sick -> general health of the public decrease -> cant work -> even worse economy.

Then ppl get very stress.. and most of the ppl that would be most likely effected by bad economy.. are workaholics (not all, but most). So they spend most of their life in the office.. when they spend most of their time in the office, they've got nowhere to rent out their frustration.. so they release on their workers.. then workers also stress.. And so when every1 is stressed, no1 can do their work properly --> even worst economy.

And when stressed husband comes home stressed.. they make the housewife.. housewife stress --> release tension in shopping center --> inflation

And when housewife spends too much shopping.. little boy at home dun get to buy textbook and pencil coz all money gone into shoes and handbags --> education level decrease --> future generation of the country increase stupidity --> damage economy.

Then when every1 no money.. desperate edi.. ppl start doing illegal stuff. Then police come.. but its ok.. coz police understands that sharing is caring.. so some of them join in --> corruption increase --> crime rate increase -> economy decrease.

So you see.. its a vicious cycle.. once economy gets bad.. it'll get worse.

But no matter what you do.. dont stress!.. not good.

=)

"Holidays"

2008-11-28T01:57:00.005+08:00

Sem 3 was hell.. it was basically 14 weeks of non-stop study action.. and another 4-5 weeks of intense study.. nothing but eat-sleep-study..
After some seriously hard work and serious effort i finished the exam knowing that i'll most likely flunk a minimum of 1 paper.
Flunk EOS paper wehy.. sure emo la.. but nvm.. got over it in few days.. then holidays started.. YAY !! (or so i thought)..
After hard effort and depressing papers.. whats next was a freaking boring holiday..
If you read some ppl's blog, u'll see how so many of them say "work hard and u'll be rewarded"... well, thats true to a certain extend.. work hard and i was rewarded with 16 hours of sleep a day, lotsa stoneing at home.. and basically nothing to do other than dota.. and occasionally.. i would go to some ppl's house... and dota again.. WEEE =)..

sounds like fun.. and then results would be out in 7 days time.. which means resit starts in 11 days..

So much for a great sem3 holiday..

And the fact that i havent seen much of daylight or any other humans has coz my sense of humour to drop and communication skill to depreciate..

Just like what some1 told me:
Life is as stagnant as it gets.
Not meeting new ppl,
Not learning new things,
Not experiencing new things,
Not moving,
Not growing..

What a wonderfull holiday..

Eos ended..

2008-11-21T17:37:00.002+08:00

so.. EOS ended.. there was supposed to be a big hurray-yippe-ka-yay...
well.. tuesday to thursday was fun.. todays friday.. and the very fact i've got time to sleep for a total of 16 hours and time to blog means sumthings wrong..

anyway..
Happy hols to every1 and hope to see all of b107 in sem 4 together.. =)

Chronology of EOS exam.

2008-11-10T21:09:00.005+08:00

Day 1 : Natural Products -- A pure insult of intelect.. a real test of luck !
Day 2 : Drug Metabolism -- Heaven or hell, never earth.
Day 3 : Pharmaceutics -- A day of light during an age of darkness.
Day 4 : Renal -- I should survive
Day 5 : Microbiology -- This time around... im going down
Day 6 : Respi system -- Most likely a goner
Day 7 : Pharm anal -- RM500 prepared..

~~Time to think of alternative courses!~~ (mayb bussiness, mayb char kueh teow, roti canai maker is out of the question..)

Monday 10-11-2008... The end is near !

2008-11-09T01:00:00.003+08:00

Sem 3 eos.. starts monday(tmr).
i'll be going for the paper like a guilty man going for execution..
Fools.. i dont WANNA die.. i just feel death coming..
even if i'd die.. i'd wanna go out with something big.. like a meteor strike or a nuke bomb detonation.. That way i can bring along all my frens~~ =)
Then mayb we could have a 'victims of incident 10-11 (instead of 9-11)memorial club'..
But shit.. tmr is most likely gonna be a fu*king bad day to die.. worst of, im gonna die in the hands of papers.. F*cK.. PAPERs? sHIT... nooo... but owh well, whatevers gotta happens is gonna happen.

To B107 classmates:
Then again.. I can change that.. You can change that.. WE, can make a difference.
All we need to do is stand as one.. be brave when the moment comes.. do what we NEED to do, as we all know it is the right thing to do..

Because when we are 1.. even a nuclear missile will diverge from its path.. even the evil papers of Natural Products, Drug meta, Microbiology and Pharmaceutical Analysis can do nothing to us..

All we need to do when the time comes.. is remember what i say.. do the right thing TOGETHER
And the right thing to do...............................
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is HAND IN A BLANK PAPER, TOGETHER ! =)

Andrew's guide to Death, Euthanasia, Murder and Suicide.

2008-11-04T01:06:00.006+08:00

Its the time of the year again.. time to study, time to get stressed out, time to feel retarded, time to feel frustrated.... time to feel like dying.

Being an Andrew.. i cant teach you how to study.. cant teach you how to destress, can make you feel more retarded, can make you feel frustrated... but one thing i can guide you.. is how to die.. :p

So.. Based on what i have studied, heard, read and guessed.. heres a list of ways to die.. starting from easiest(fastest/painless) to most brutal and horrifying.

1. CO poisoning - first option is by inhaling a canister of CO gas which i do not know how u can possibly get ur hands on.. Second option is by sleeping in your car overnight. You wouldnt even know ur dead till u see the bright light and a dude in white comes to you and says "hey.. ur officially dead". Fast, painless, easy... but u gotta have a car :-p

2. Overdose of drugs of abuse - morphine and other opiates would be best option.. u get respiratory depration.. if u take a significantly high dose.. u succesfully die.. but ur high while u die.. so its ok =)

3. Alcohol abuse - drunk driving: enough said.. just make sure theres a cliff nearby, and no police nearby.. otherwise u might end up in jail.. or hospital.. ur whole life.. and u'd wish u've taken options 1 or 2 instead.

4. Hallucinogens ie- mescaline, LSD - lock yourself in a room. throw keys away.. put knife in room --> mission accomplish. Or you can stand on the rooftop of vista tower.. consume drug --> mission accomplish. **LSD tho being more effective than mescaline might result in 'living nightmares'... so i think use mescaline better.

5. Air emboli - just take a syringe.. inject air, settle. Cheap. Slow. Painful. (but wiki says u need 40ml of air..)

6. Just jump into a cliff - Fast (varied depending on height of cliff), Cheap (actually free), but the last moment of ur life could be ur worst and most terifying... worth it? you decide.

7. Eat Satay everyday - Slooooooooooooowww... but confirms you a death by cancer in 40 -50 years to come[benzo(a)pyrene i think] [dont shoot me if wrong].. and must eat satay everyday..

8. Drive car very fast or very sloooow - Drive fast.. accident = die/paralyze/pay people lotsa money. Drive car very slow more effective... people overtake you, stop in front of you.. beat you till you die.. =)

9. Cut wrist - slow.. bloody.. ugly.. become ghost also dam horrifying. But lotsa emo movie use this way went the guy leave the girl.. so should be effective in dying la.

10 From the NUX VOMICA ALKALOIDS..(even the name also u know must be some bad guy) -- strychnine -> with sufficient quantity.. causes muscle convulsants. all ur muscles are gonna contract until u die of suffocation or u die coz of lack of energy.. Slow.. Pain.. Sad.. DRAMA !.

11. Dont study for EOS -- ENOUGH SAID.

**Though im writing this bullshit guide.. theres a few things i wanna declare:
1. im not responsible for the death of enthusiastic ppl.

2. ppl from many walks of life read this blog.. ranging from arts students, random unknown ppl, first class students and professors with degrees and Ph.Ds who are bloody smart and knowledgable.. so dont blast me if i write sumthing non-factual or of false-fact.

3. If you feel like dying.. Just dont.

~~HAPPY STUDYING~~

World terrorism... (WARNING: THE FOLLOWING POST CONTAINS LOTS OF THEORIES)

2008-10-20T00:57:00.004+08:00

When you talk about terrorism.. we think Al-Qaeda, Osama bin laden... Well, yea.. those bastards are some bad shit.

But say hello to a new era of GLOBAL TERRORISM.. where guns are not used, bombs are not used, and war is not even declared, say hello to CHINA and their MELAMINE products !!

Yea.. well.. if you thought that China was only in a developing stage, well , think again! their cheap tricks could easily wipe out mankind at global proportions. Melamine for starters.. Cyanide and anthrax could be next!
You thought that North Koreans were bastards for making Nuclear Bombs. Well, China doesn't even need to do that.. they have Melamine.
And yea.. u might think that they're innocent.. it was accidental.. or mayb just the fault of one or two cash-hungry bastards. But think of the scenario carefully.. they INTENTIONALLY put POISON into food, then export it out, GLOBALY. Then leave it on the shelves for a few years while it sucks global money. And when people start dying... all they do is get 1 dude to say "omg.. sorry, accidentally, i retire.. bye-bye"... and WOW !.. they're off the charge.

So.. wat i wanna say.. is make frens with some Chinese ppl (no.. not chinese.. i mean big officials from China). Coz in just a matter of time. These bastards are gonna begin their next step for world domination.. They have planned it out for a long time.. well schemed and all events following a pre-determined paths..

Heres how i predict their course of action was, is and would be:
1. Pretend to be owh-so-pitiful.. lack of resource, high poverty rate.. etc-etc
2. Act desperate and provide cheap labour to attract foreign investors to set up manufacturing centers.
3. Act desperate and sell all China made products at super cheap prices to attract international buyers and comsumers..
4. Build good reputation for their products.
5. COMMENCE TESTING OF NEW WEAPON OF MASS ANNIHILATION - MELAMINE !!!

(schemes for the future)
6. R&D in undetectable chemical and biological poisons.
7. Full scale usage of poisons --> worldwide death and disease spread.
8. Unleash China's army.
9. WORLDWIDE DOMINATION !!

Well planned i would say.. requiring such long periods of time and such well strategised plans.. but from the results from their initial testing, and the extensive recall of my favourite cookies, chocs and cream biscuits.. it is clear that their plan is on the right track.

The future is near.. you have been warned.. their plans showing. Would their scheme for world domination succeed, would they leave our stomachs growning for some biscuits or would my theories simply be proven wrong.. only time will tell..

Ps: bloody hell... so hungry now.. nothing to eat..

How to concentrate

2008-10-18T18:01:00.009+08:00

EOS coming... you gotta sit down and focus on studies!!
here are a few tips on how to sit down and focus:

1. TFK so dam a lot until no energy to move around.. so u'll end up sitting down

2. Chain ur legs to a chair then lock with padlock. Call mum/dad/fren to remove padlock only after 5 hours. Warning, if mum/dad/fren went out: may result in roasted human if suddenly 'fo chuk'(fire) and may result in pants being wet if tabole tahan urine.

3. Learn to build interest in a particular subject

4. Uninstall DOtA.

5. Study with the computer off.

6. If unable to perform tip no.5, use this wallpaper for ur computer:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QBXx7KGHScc/RlNYp3VlInI/AAAAAAAAAEw/Ua0TdE-chmU/s1600-h/do+your+work.jpg

7. Delete all porn in computer.. (dont bother backing up for post EOS use.. BF, KP + gang sure got a lot of supply)

8. Try not to study with music

9. If tip no.8 cannot be executed.. listen to musics like Vivaldi's 'Four seasons'; Mozart's Sonatas and Maksim's croatian rhapsody.. (linkin park, my chemical romance and other various head bangers dont count)

10. Understand that the best environment to study is still the library

11. Don't do group discussions if it ends up as group chit-chat

12. If group chit-chats must happen, spend 1 full day just talking all the shit u wanna talk.. got problem just say.. got rumour just spread.. got gossip just talk.. GOT TIP PLS SHARE !!!

13. Stop reading this and get back to your work.

**updated:
14. Start with something that doesnt make you go into a state of emotional helplessness ie: dont start of by studying pharmaceutical analysis.

Good luck for extempo exam !!

2008-10-12T20:47:00.000+08:00

(as title reads)

Influenced into the retard side of blogging.

2008-10-11T15:36:00.004+08:00

01. What have you been doing recently?
Studying, sleeping, talking crap, stoning, thinking, eating, planing, scheming, trying to beat Wei Ping on word challenge

02. Do you ever turn your cell phone off?
Nope

03. What happened at 10.00am today?
The world continued spining while i was sleeping

04. When did you last cry?
Form 1... kena bully by senior.

05. Believe in fate/destiny?
Nope

06. What do you want in your life right now?
Still trying to figure that out

07. Do you carry an umbrella when it rains, or just put up your hood?
Hoods are gay.. and i would only carry an umbrella if it is ALREADY raining.. even then i might just decide to walk under the rain..

08. What's your favourite thing to have on your bed?
My pillow, bolster, myself

09. What bottom are you wearing now?
Shorts

10. What's the nicest text in your inbox say?
Dont recall... probably sumthing like "ok"

11. Do you tend to make a relationship complicated?
Nah.. simplisity is always best

12. Are you wearing anything you borrowed from someone?
No.

13. What was the last movie you caught?
Err.. One of the American Pies

14. What are you proud of?
Having the patience to reach Question 14 of this thing.

15. What does the oldest text message in your inbox say?
"For the badge you mean? Ok. So now how many must we do? The badges are for everyone or for seniors?"

16. What was the last song you sang out loud?
Dont recall..

17.Do you have any nicknames?
San-san, wai-wai, lum-lum, drewy, drew-drew, and-and, nas iaw mul... etc-etc

18. What does your last received text message say?
Ok i will go to libr at 9am. dun worry have a nice day.

Ps: Thx for the help Wai Han

19. What time did you go to bed last night?
1 +

20. Are you currently happy?
One has gotta be retarded to be HAPPY at a time like this.

21. Who gives you best advice?
Im not sure but i can write a portfolio on all the shit advices i've received by tons of ppl..

22. Do you eat whipped cream straight from the can?
Who's that retarded?

23. Who did you talk on phone last night?
Mogan Ram.

24. Is anything bugging you right now?
Hell yea... extempo to begin with.

25. What/who was the last thing/person to make you laugh?
Mak kok fee... during PBL session.

26. Do you wear toe socks?
The hell is that?

27. Who was the last person you missed a call from?
Mogan...

28. Have you ever had your heartbroken?
Yea..

29. What annoys you most in a person?
Irresponsibility and Hipocritic personality..

30. Do you have a crush on anyone?
Dunno..

31. Have you ever done cocaine?
Nope.. but under controlled circumstances... no harm trying once eh :p

32. What is the colour of your room?
White..

33. Would you kill someone you hate for a billion dollars?
If i wouldn't go to jail.. and i actually had some1 that i hate.. i would.

34. Do you believe in the saying of :"talk is cheap?"
Talk CAN be cheap.. talk IS NOT cheap

35. Who was the last person to lie in your bed?
Myself

36. Who was the last person to hug you?
Errr...?

37. Did anyone see the last person you kissed?
Impossible.

38. Do you have a life?
Yea.. one hell of a boring one.

39. Have you ever think someone died, when they really didnt die?
Dont think so. Mayb some peoplei studied in the history text book who were still alive.. not sure anyway.

40. What is the reason behind your profile song?
Whats a profile song?

41. Who was the last person you saw in your dream?
Some jackass trying to gun me down.

42. Last time you smiled?
Im smilling now.. see --> =)

43. Have you changed this year?
Cant answer that.. gotta have another person's point of view.

44. What are you listening right now?
Stab my back - All american rejects ... (on random play.. gonna skip in after writing this.)

45. Are you talking to someone when you doing this?
Nope

46. Do you walk with your eyes open or closed?
Shit.. this question is retarded.. obviously with eyes open. Why not ask if i drive with my eyes closed?

47. Is there a quote you live by?
Many..

48. Do you want someone you cannot have?
Errrr....

49. Have you ever played an instrument?
Yea. piano.. i suck at it.

50. What was the worst idea you've had in this week?
my ideas suck.. to pick the worst... is a big task.

~ 50 MORE TO GO!!! ~

51. What were you doing last night at 11.00pm?
Chilling with music

52. Are you happy with your love life right now?
Dont exactly have one.

53. What song best describe your love life?
The Remedy - Jason Mraz

54. Does the person know that you like him/her?
Errr.. wat?

55. Who always make you laugh?
Dam lotsa ppl.

56. Do you speak any other language other than English?
BM,.... Can my canto be counted in?

57. favourite website(s)?
LoL, Facebook, andrewlum.blogspot.com, forum.lowyat.net

58. What's your middle name?
Wai ?

59. What are you doing tomorrow?
I would only know tmr.

60. What do you think you are like?
Im like Andrew Lum Wai San... im a class of my own.

61. Who will you choose to die with?
I dont wanna die ~~~

62. Where have you been today?
Home

63. What game do you play often?
Dota, Word challenge.

64. Who are you missing right now?
Many people.

65. If you have to choose between friend n love, who will you choose?
Friend... but may vary according to situation :p (sorry bros)

66. What are you doing right now?
This crap.

67. Which primary school are you from?
SK SS19

68. Name 3 colours that you like?
Arghh.. tough.. cant think of any.. depends actually.

69. What emotion you like to show?
joy, sleepiness.

70. What is your life to you?
The joy and the memories.

71. If you have something troubling you, what will you do?
Panic -> act calm and pretend that i have it all under control -> fake a smile -> (If problem still not resolved) -> start thinking of a solution -> (if problem still not solved) -> forget it la.. its probably never gonna get solved.

72. Who did you last chat in msn today?
wan ling

73. Who do you admire most?
A family member who must not be named to prevent syok sendiri-ism

74. Which month are you born in?
May

75. How are you feeling right now?
Bored.. sienzationised.

76. What is the time now?
4.20pm

77. what kind of person do u think the one who tagged u is?
Some1 who doesnt drink.

78.What colour did you use to dye hair?
I like black.. and i like my hair black.

79. Why are you doing this test?
Still asking myself..

80. What do you do when you're moody?
Varies from time to time...most of the time: talk crap, whether its talking or just posting on my blog.. the keyword is crapping.

81. At which age you wish to get married?
31 or 32... after finishing the instalment of my 3series.

82. Who is more important to you? Girlfriend or friends?
Oops.. not applicable.

83. If today is the last day of your life, what will YOU DO?
Wow.. first i'd show the middle finger to deserving parties... after that.. i'd steal a sports car then drive it to its max speed. Then i'd ram the car into a bank just to see what happens.. if im still alive, i'd spent my last penny to treat all frens and family members to a nice dinner at the most porsh restaurant in town.

84. Who is the person you trust the most?
Err.. i'd say myself.. but i might mumble in my sleep.

85. Do you believe in seeing a rainbow after a rain?
Dont bother. But if it happens, it'd take time to enjoy the scenary.

86. If you have a dream come true, what would it be?
A dream? i should be getting 10 or 20..

87. What is your goal for this year?
Pass sem 3...

88. Do you believe in eternal love?
Thats the worst bullshit i've heard.

89. What feeling do you love most?
The feel of a beer bottle as i chill by the beach after passing my exam.

90. Do you really think its Global Warming now?
Warm? I control the temperature of my air-con.

91.What feelings you hate the most?
Dissapointment.

92. Do you cherish every single friendship of yours?
Hell yea.

93. Do you believe in God?
I'd write a whole article about what i believe in if you'd wanna know..

94. Who cares for you most?
I dont read minds.

95. What do you think is the most important thing in your life?
Joy, fun, excitement.

96. What will you bring when you fight?
A cheque book, lotsa cash, a phone.

97. What have you done regretted doing in your whole life?
There are.. stuff... but that would be another story, another day.

98. What would you feel if no one no longer cares for you?
That has gotta suck.

99. What if your stead two-timed you?
I'd beat the shit out of the fella.. btw.. whats a stead?

100.HOW DO U FEEL NOW?

Hungry...

Things i lost in life...

2008-10-09T20:45:00.004+08:00

Life is like a retarded one-way journey with no pockets. You carry everything with your bare hands and if you drop them.. you cant turn back to pick it up.

In the past 1 year+ in IMU alone.. i have lost many things..
Here is a list:

1. 2 thumbdrives.. (and ALMOST lost my current thumbdrive about almost a dozen times)

2. my mind (..enough said)

3. a calculator.. which was actually left in my laptop bag. Without knowing, i bought another.. then found the first calculator hence leaving me with 2 calculators at one point in time.. Then i lost the first without knowing when.. and lately(5 hours ago) i just realised.. i lost the other one as well, leaving me with no means of calculating anything more advance than 1 x 1 now.

4. the words in my sem 2 practical manual (think organic... think solvent)

5. weight (stress related.. anymore and i'll disappear)

6. marks (some from situations requiring my student ID, others due to exams and class tests)

So anyway.. all i've gotta say is loosing things in life can sometimes be a emotionally traumatising experience. But think on the bright side.. here in Bpharm, theres a few things ppl can never ever loose even if they tried to.
No.1 : Virginity (no time, no energy, no1)
No.2 : Stress (even if you loose it, IMU gives you a new one... but lets all pray hard that every1 gets a taste of sem 4 shit together)
No.3 : Invoices (comes along with lost of money.. but again... lets all hope that we all ONLY have to give IMU the big Sem 4 ang pou.. and not the small RM500 resit angpou.. and much more important is that we dont have to give the sem 3 angpou again !!)

No.4 : One hell of a great time (yeap... enuff said)

The appartment, the pasta, the food and The Stacie.

2008-10-09T18:56:00.004+08:00

8 days after i started my 9 day vegetarian course... We (a lot of ppl) went to the appartment to celebrate Stacie's b'day.

Atmosphere was good... service was better, food was fantastic(for me).

So here's the story of my meal for my dinner:On the last day of my vegetarian spree, which coincides with the night b4 stace's b'day.. the only vegetarian dish which happens to be what i think as the best meal on the table that night was called..... "ANDREW'S PASTA".And so i ordered.. Andrew's Pasta.Which.. came quite slowly, and looked like this Which honestly looked quite de-appertizing. But once i starting eating it.. it seriously tastes a million times better than the various types of taufu i've been eating for the pass 8 days, which was actually something good.. coz nothing died in the process of preparing those meals.And HEY !! the best dish on the table was the kindest one(to the chickens, lambs, fish..etc-etc :P)And so i ate on... enjoying my meal.. the atmosphere.. the people....... the complains..

It was a good nite, a good b'day.. and best of all.. you could just see the sparkles in the b'day girls eyes(no red-eye reduction from camera flash)

ID pls..

2008-09-30T18:11:00.016+08:00

THIS.. is a picture of a pharmaceutical suppository... it get inserted into ASSES....whenever oral route is not applicable.

In the process of bringing you a glimse of how a suppository looks like while waiting and sitting aimlessly for 20 minutes... i heard sumthing.. "blah-blah-practical-blah-blah-pls.. ok?... blah-blah-blah..... ID PLS". Then i go like 'huh...owhkaaaaay???'...
then i heard one of the only full sentences i could understand--> "This is not in coherance with the objectives of the practical.. ID PLS.." Next thing i know, im forced to write my ID under some retarded category of 'dirty sink'..!!!!!
~~OWNAGE~~

SO.. enjoy this 2 pictures, frame it if you want to... it cost me 5 marks for not 'following the objectives of the experiment'.

And for all students who have not yet written their practical reports, mayb you would wanna play safe and add in an additional 'objective' in ur practical report... or else, you might hear the phrase "ID pls"

Objective no.1 - to learn how suppositories are made
Objective no.2 - to learn how to effectively clean all glass wares, sinks, oily tables, etc-etc.
Objective no.3 - to learn how to effectively avoid mobile landmines(1 wrong move .. YOU DIE) by travelling from 1 lab to another.
Objective no.4 - to maintain calm and cool when someone(could be a patient you encounter in the near future) walks beside you and says "ID pls"

SO.. enjoy ur practicals..
and REMEMBER... keep the objectives and the ADDITIONAL objectives in mind =)

Ps: (Just in case)

Objective of blog post:
1. To instill public awareness on the how much is 2 photos of a suppository worth.

Something is wrong...

2008-09-24T09:36:00.004+08:00

Im feeling weird.. this is weird.. this is wrong.
Not stressed, not tensed, not urged.. Is this real? It definitely is not right..
Something is very wrong. Mayb i saw the timetable wrongly?Mayb sumthing im missing? But why is this happening? I feel lost... i feel stuck in a time void.. nothing seems to move... i feel free, but the semester has not ended.. this should not be happening.. 'free' should not even exist...
Mayb its some kinda conspiracy ?or mayb its a form of trickery? most likely just a missing page on the timetable.
Somebody please tell me.....
What is wrong..... ??

The Bpharm philosophy of studying..

2008-09-14T23:55:00.006+08:00

The brain.. is a wonderful thing.. we use it to learn, to understand, to interpret... and most importantly for pharmacy students in Bpharm.. to MEMORISE.

The brain is like a cup.. it's capability to remember things being its depth, water that is being filled into the cup is like the knowledge we learn from our everyday lifes.

Here in IMU, we get lots and lots of water.. a little too much water. Not coz they feed us with lots and lots of water.. not coz they drown us in the sea, but because they lift up the whole Pacific ocean then gush it right down on us like a tsunami expecting the little cup to hold up the entire ocean. But thats ok coz men are used to the salty wet sea water..

So wat im trying to say is:
love your cup, love your brain..
its difficult(or impposible) to remember just about every single thing you studied..
Fill up your brain with as much kidney juice as possible then thats enough, anything added over the limit only spills out.
"If its not meant to be, it wont be" - Dont push the limits to hard!

to all B107 coursemates:~Chillout and all the best for monday's renal class test~

IMU's scheme of self destruction...

2008-09-13T16:10:00.004+08:00

(2 years after posting this posts.. many things have changed, please refer to this link for IMU of today: http://andrewlum.blogspot.com/2010/01/before-and-now-beautiful-life-in-imu.html)

So right now im in the middle of the most hectic week of probably the most hectic semester(that i've ever been thru). So i cant help but wander why is IMU treating ONLY BPharm students like they're shit meant to die in the most misserable way..
I mean, think about it..portfolio submision due on friday, extempo class test on friday, monday renal test, tuesday 2-3 reports to be submitted in 1 day, wednesday hospital attachment, thursday pharmaceutics class test, friday pharm analysis workshop... who the heck survives this?

If you wanna think positively :
IMU does this so as to create future pharmacist capable of enduring and handling all situations and possible scenarios that could be encountered in the future. By doing so... encreasing the rating for IMU-born pharmacist in the market hence increasing IMU's creadibility hence resulting in more students joining them in the future hence resulting in higher income output...

Now look at the real case scenario:
Once we graduate of IMU in (assuming we make it out in the minimum required time of 2.5 more years).. we would probably forget 50 - 80% of everything we've already learnt.. but thats ok.. coz we probably only need 5% of wat we're learning.. but on the other hand, we'd probably have health complications such as depression, insomnia, diabetes, caffein toxicity, and mayb even insanity.. hence resulting in a drop in Bpharm rating.
And then lets not forget to take into account the unhappy-students factor whereby we would instantly discourage any acquintance, fren, family member or newb at the interview room from taking up Bpharm coz its more of a suicide attempt than anything else.
Then we also have to take into account the fact that the course is so hard ppl might get kicked out or just die halfway in the middle of the course resulting in another further reduction of Bpharm rating hence reducing IMU's profit.

So all in all wat IMU is doing with the Bpharm curriculum is more like a suicide attempt to reduce Bpharm students from year-to-year hence resulting in a reduction in net profit from students.. if my statements are right, IMU created the Bpharm course just so it'll be shut down in a few years to come..

Heres sumthing that makes me a little curious...
B104 started with (if im not mistaken) approx 80 students.
B106 had about 100
B107 has 110
b108 has 140

Conclusion: The world today is retarded..

The Subang way of life.

2008-09-12T23:09:00.006+08:00

So one fine day.. i realised that theres sumthing in common with subanganites... its sumthing so distinct you can just tell that some1 is from subang.

so here it goes..

First of all.. in accordance to the Subang way of life, one must always lanci with all his might and ability. Never be modest and also elaborate ur capabilities to every1. Let it be a long finger or a shinnier hair, mayb a bigger wallet or a heavier lunch u ate... everything and anything at all that is positively skewed is worth boasting, so boast about it and do it proudly and loudly.

And when some1 gives you a compliment.. dont go around saying things like 'no la.. no la..' whether thecompliment is true or not, just say sumthing like "o yea.. thx for stating the obvious.. i actually have not even released 1/4 of my true potential.. but thx anyway for complimenting the obvious"..... that.. is the Subang way of accepting compliments.

Then theres this thing about sports.. Subang ppl tend to be better at sports not requiring dramatic movement, ie:DOtA, Pool, Darts, Foosball. If you see a pro basketball or football player or any other pro of any other sports requiring fast movements, he's probably not from Subang.. (most likely from sabah/sarawak/terrenganu, where they get training from chasing wild boars and running from mad dogs) Here in Subang, the only thing ppl need to run away from are angry mums holding rotans..

Finally, take note of the way Subanganites do things.. its sumthing called 'attitude'. Subanganites dont really care much about anything. The only thing they care about is looks and the 'cosmetic' side of everything..
example:
i) playing basketball - who gives a shit if you get the ball thru the hole and score a point.. so marking your teammate is OK, hogging the ball when you are surrounded by another 5 players is also OK. If the referee blows the whistle, throw the ball right into his face, the crowd might applaud. What counts is that you look good bouncing that shit.. the score? to hell with it!

ii) cars - When would any1 actually need to drive a car at it's max speed of 320 kmph? in fact, its more important to drive the car slowly then rev the engine car loudly without making the car move fast to give sufficient time for ppl to glance at the car and wonder which make it is.

iii) exercising/working out - How heavy you lift and how good your stamina counts for nuts ! wats important it that those biceps fit into an XXL shirt.. after that, its ok if the max weight it can carry is a bowl of taufu.

From this you can tell that Subanganites are all about the looks. You never have to actually be good at anything.. you just need to LOOK like ur good at it.. its OK to suck after that.

Today..

2008-09-02T21:37:00.005+08:00

It's been a while since the last time i wrote anything.. so im gonna write sumthing about today.

Today is an interesting day. It is nothing like the normal boring,tiring and depressing days.

Today is special... the only way to actually describe this day is to actually live thru it in my shoes.. thats impposible tho.

But written down in words, i would describe today as "The shit-ty-iest pathetic stupid chain of retarded events that exceeds the normal threshold of depression beyond limitations by far surpassing the shit endured during routine days"....

Hence it is extraodinary, so it is special... deserving appreciation.
Appreciate the moment, appreciate the shit, appreciate today...

~Cheers~

Another cause of global warming...

2008-08-23T00:23:00.007+08:00

So we all know that global warming is like a serious issue in the world today. One of it's big contributors would b emmisions from petrol and diesel cars.

So lets look at vehicles.. we keep talking about hydrogen fuel cells and solar powered cars and blah-blah-blah, but heres the question... Why look so far? lets deal with matters using applicable methods.

Ok.. so lets look at cars and how it's been driven today.. ppl install superchargers and turbochargers costing a bomb and spend years in R&D to create faster and louder machines. For the not so rich ppl, they just have the habit of pressing the dam accelerator down to the floor like its some kind of.... whatever, u get the idea.

So lets look at the underlying causes for these retarded behaviours...

i) Chick factor.
Yes.. hot chicks and pretty girls cause global warming, not cause they are hot and they heat up the earth's atmosphere(quantity insufficient to cause significant direct heating effect) but because they stimulate the activity of man's second head. Hence in an attempt to impress, man have went through great lenghts to develope fast moving vehicles ie: Buggatti Veyron, Mercedes SLR - Super fast machines, Super thirsty fuel guzzlers.

Then there are also a few ppl who install huge looking exhausts into their Kancil or Proton Saga for uncomprehensible purposes. Think about it, rather than reducing exhaust backflow(something that big exhausts does to reduce performance loss), the weight of an aftermarket exhaust would probably lift the front wheels of these kinda cars airbourne.. So wats the point? And the thick soot coming out would probably kill any1 standing within close proximity...
Hence, SAY NO TO RETARDED OVERSIZED AND HUGE EXHAUST PIPES.

ii) Music
Think about it.. notice how your mood is affected by the song u are listening to !
I'll tell u from personal experience. Even i didnt notice this chronic change that occurs over a gradual period of time. For the pass few days, i was listening to slow piano pieces like Claudine and other slow songs like 'Way Back Into Love'... and after 1 week, i looked at my blog topics and OWH MY GAWD... was i emo?

So anyway... thats not my point, what im trying to say is.. find a friend, sit in their car, close your eyes, and listen to the change in engine sound as the mood of music played in the car is changed.
u'll notice that when soft music is played, there will be no rampant acceleration and over-revving, so all you hear is 'nguuuuuu~~~~~~'
Then turn on sumthing from Linkin Park or Lost Prophets and u'll notice the evil grin on the drivers face followed by loud cries produced by the 175 horses within the engine.... then u hear 'VROOOOOOM !!!!!'

In the process of unleashing this power within the engine...........................................
yea, u guessed it... Fuel Guzzling Syndrome comes in.

Conclusion
1. To all hot chicks out there, save the earth, save the environment... go for the guys with the slower, subtle, fuel economical cars (ie: sentra). Your decision will either encourage the deterioration of global warming or promote a greener earth.

2. Listen to Claudine and 'way back into love' in your car.

**ps: Lecturers should also take note as man of all walks of life can be transformed into a global warmer if affected by any of these 2 causes.

i hope im just sick..

2008-08-20T19:47:00.004+08:00

Owh shit... even as i type this shit, my brain feels like the paracetamol tablet in the mortar that i crushed with my pestel..

Last few days seemed like a roller coaster in my head.. I wake up every alternate days with a splitting headache that makes me feel like a nuclear bomb just exploded in my brains.
Then i accumulate the last ounces of motivation and drag my lethargic body around campus..
Then i sleep in class till its 11.30, only to go down and look at the deapetizing food that further reduces my apetite from 0.5% down right to 0.0%...
And the whole day i feel totally moody and just owh-so-easily pissed off i could smash a chair into some1 who gives a frenly smile and says......"hello"

Arghh... no interesting blog posts from me for the mean time..
I hope im sick and not having sum fr-en-nemy add hormone pills into my drink... coz if i list down my condition.. it sure looks like a PM syndrome...

A tribute to Daniel Teoh; a friend, a Bpharmer, a Legend...

2008-08-17T01:29:00.004+08:00

This post of mine is dedicated to Daniel Teoh, a Senior Bpharmer of B105 cohort who passed away in an unfortunate car accident on thursday 14 august 2008.

Even at this moment, i am still shocked and unable to fully accept the death of Daniel Teow.
I would admit that i do not know him extremely well and neither were we very close, but one thing for sure is that he was someone i would call... a friend.
As a matter of fact, he was actually amongst the first few seniors i actually got a chance to get to know personally. I've played a few rounds of dota with him.. and crap.. he is GOOOOD.. at that time, i sure did not know that he was a WCG - level player...

I really just feel that i might not have known him very well, but i do know for sure that this world wouldn't b the same again.. its kinda weird, u dont have to know some1 all your life, u dont have to be really close to some1, u dont even have to know some1 at all, but sometimes, when some1, especially a good person, some1 unique in their own way, some1 who is somehow connected to you just passes on, the fact that u noe u wont be able to meet anytime soon just gives a kind of solemn feel.

Im really not good at words, but if you have the time, and if you really want to know who Daniel Teoh was and the memories he left behind then pls read this post
http://sharon.tabulas.com/2008/08/14/bye-bye (link given by 1-ling)
i do not personally know the author, but i think that whatever she said was very meaningful..
it really touched me and i was really moved.

Life is just so fragile, and i hope that we can all live a life that is worthy and meaningful. Tho i might not have known Daniel all so well, i will personally say that he has left his mark on my life, changed the way i look at things and made me realize how important it is to be remembered for all our goodness.

All i will say now, is that Daniel Teoh was a good man, a great friend... he still is, he still will be..

For all he was, what he could be and all he has done, the memories of Daniel Teoh shall always live with us.

Daniel Teoh; A friend, A Fellow Bpharmer, A Legend,
~Rest in peace~

... and then i felt hungry before i could start studying again.

2008-08-16T22:23:00.005+08:00

.. so after posting a post on how i took images of aerosol particle movement, i had a small lil chat with an Mpharmer who was also gonna b sitting for a test related to drugs... drug synthesis (if im not mistaken)...
so after exhanging shit.. i thought.. ok.. i think chill a bit edi.. i shall start studying !!... but b4 that, lemme get some refreshments...

and so heres a list of my refreshments:

Lay's potato chips: overpriced, a lil too salty... not too bad overall

Bitter-sweet malta after a full serving of potato chips, drank from coke-glass to give a false illusion of drinking beer -- > PURE PLEASURE =)

ok.. i think i should get back to work now.. i hope i dont suddenly decide to talk to any1 on msn and then feel hungry and put up a blog post about wat i ate again..

~happy studying~

... and so this is what i tried out when i felt sienzetised.

2008-08-16T20:46:00.006+08:00

Drug metab class test on monday..
i dunno how 2 describe how i feel, its not bored, its not tired, i think the closest word is sienz / no mood.

so i saw this aerosol deodorant cannister in my room.. and LOLed.
k.. this is what i did, i tried to take a photo of aerosol particulate movement !!! cool !..
succeded in 3 tries, giving you.. A PERFECT IMAGE =)

heres the results:

Failed image no.1 - no background contrast.

Failed image no.2 : too much contrast. Take note the liquid droplet at the upper left section.. that means terkena my cam lens.. but its ok la, evaporates very quickly.

Final image : perfect contrast, croped to perfection... =)

So anyway...happy studying for drug metab =)

**cough-cough... now i wonder how's my body gonna metabolise the high concentrations of deodorant spray i inhaled**

Signs and symptoms of a Bpharmer..

2008-08-13T15:05:00.005+08:00

So here i am stoning in the e-lab (used to be cyber cafe) of IMU.. and i realised that Bpharmers suffer from this condition known as Bpharm-o-nism

Here are a few signs and symptoms of this condition:
1. Have round circles of dark discolouration under eyelids aka big eyebags / panda eyes
2. High tendency of being labeled 'Fuking Lanci'
3. Walk around with severe lack of motivation to lift up the foot to make the next step (lethargy)

4. Constantly complains about stress, tension, excess work and lack of life.

5. Topics of conversation only revolve around Drug metabolism, Natural products, portfolios, datelines and ... once in a while... JAV(applicable to guys staying in vista C and B only).

6. Often seen mumbling to themselves about certain chemical/drug reaction

So... if you fullfill at least 4 out of these 6 criterias... my dear condolences, you are suffering from terminal Bpharm-o-nism.. Pls seek stress management therapy.
~Cheers~

Blogspot the retard..

2008-08-09T19:08:00.002+08:00

So you saw the post before this... what do you think? i think it is LOOOOOOOOOOOONG.

And so this is what happen.. in an attemp to make me feel/look/act like a fool... blogspot.com has played a practical joke on me...
Heres the story:

i woke up at about 9 or 9.30... and decided to make a more 'down to earth' entry for once.. it took me longer than i expected.. and about 1 hour later(no kiddin) i finally completed wat i wanted to write.. it wasn't exactly easy expressing yourself in words u noe??

So just before i clicked 'publish post'... i decided to just preview it and see if there was any fault so theres no 'potong stim' moments.. And well, all was ok, no typo... so i clicked back.. and WATAFARK !!!!??? all that i wrote was gone??!!

then i check drafts.. and it only saved like half of what i wrote.. so like a fool... i had to think of wat i wrote and re-write it again... so potong stim.. so pissed..

So anyway.. good job and congratz to BLOGSPOT.COM.... mission accomplised... you pissed the shit outta me..

A day of victory, joy, celebration... and UNITY !

2008-08-09T12:04:00.007+08:00

It was friday 08.08.08 - Our Pharm A's volleyball match against Pharm B.. and also the GRAND OPENING OF THE BEIJING OLYMPICS !! So anyway.. Pharm A male's match started at 8.00 with Mr. Lim Kean Ping representing B107 along with several other Mpharm peeps. The match was a spectacular + exciting + exhausting even for audience as we came out with a hundred different kinds of cheers and shouted 25 times every game... sometimes more, because we didn't know that our team did not get the point (hardly any of us know the rules of volleyball)

Finally, at 9.00pm, Pharm A emerged as the victor scoring 2-0... it was truely an amazing sight seing all my batchmates cheering so loudly. The atmosphere was almost like we won an Olympics game.

**to Mr. LKP : I told you this before, but i'll say it again.. Doesnt matter if you've played 3 games or 10 games or 100 games, one thing i know for sure, you did 1 hell of a good job out there.. and you sure made the very fact that we are B107 students something to shout and cheer about.

So... celebration of our victory didnt last too long as every1 quickly dispersed and sprint up to the student lounge to watch the Olympics (including the man of the day.. LKP) The student lounge was packed full to the brim with about 40-50 ppl (20-30 of which consist of B107s). Every1 was in amazement and awe as they watched the olympics.. which was indeed magnificent, and wat JN terms "fantabulous". (too bad she herself didnt get to watch it.. awww)

Then after a while.. the boring part of the show started where the athletes from various countries paraded. But that was when the fun part of the night begun.. somehow, we decided to start playing pool, foos and darts.. we played and shouted like drunken sailors reaching shore the whole night long and probably made the other ppl in the student lounge look at us like 'satu macam'.

It was only after a while that me and LKP decided to breath some fresh air and grab a drink coz we tabole tahan the hot and stuffy condition inside that 40 pax packed oven.

Sitting outside the lounge, i could hear them shout and scream like damn barbarians.. But from that point of view.. i noticed something...

Things aren't the same as it was 1 year ago.
A year ago, we were strangers...
Right now, i'll say this from the bottom of my heart that i truely think we've become more like 1 big family.

Looking at so many ppl gathered together sharing joy with each other just gives me a warm sense of joy i cannot explain in words.
And honestly, 1 year ago, when we were newborn babies in this new world, i never expected nor anticipated us to be like how we are right here, right now, today.

For who and how we are today, i think every1 contributed their fair share, but 2 ppl deserves the most credit : PANG TSEN and KEAN PING.
I'll sincely say that these 2 ppl have gone the extra mile to see an extra person turn up for any event. They are the people who brought 107 individuals(sorry if the digits aint right) who are strangers to one another into wat i would now call as the B107 FAMILY.. For all that and much-much more, i salute you both..

Finally, just a lil msg to all fellow B107 batchmates:
Life is a hard and difficult journey especially for all us, but to think that we're all carrying a very heavy burden on our backs, yet not forget to look around and take time to realise the little more beautiful aspects of life that make our days a little brighter, i think every1 of us has done a great job worth mentioning..
We've come a long way since the first time we've all met, so lets just finish this shit together and in 2 years to come.. lets all emerge as graduating BPharmers !!
and one fine day, not today, not tomorrow, but several years to come. We shall all be able to look back upon these days and tell the story of not just ourselves, but the people around us, and how each and every1 of them left their marks on our hearts... =)

Grading for BPHARM students...

2008-08-07T23:17:00.001+08:00

Below is a grading system for Bpharm students showing what every range of marks u get in an exam actually means:

0 : Change course pls...
1 - 49 : Tough luck this time, dont worry, dont give up, life is hard but try harder next time.

50 - 60 : WOW.. you passed.. this calls for a GRAND CELEBRATION !!!.. keep up the good work

61 - 70 : FANTASTIC JOB, you must have worked really hard and your efforts paid off.

71 - 80 : Are you related to Albert Einstein?

81 - 90 : 1 word to describe it all - PERFECT

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91 - 100 : Pls do yourself a favour... GET A LIFE !!!

ANGRY vs EMO vs LANCI vs ...just plain sleepy

2008-08-06T19:47:00.003+08:00

So.. im sure if you read the last few posts, you would know im taking this sadistic course known as none other than BPHARM.

We have all the shit in the world thrown at us just to ensure that we loose interest in our soon-to-be-if-we-dont-die-yet profession. Life is tough, but im trying my best to keep to my own word and pull through this...

Here's the problem.. in an attempt to live up to the expectations of my course, i've compromised lots of my sleeping time. Its not like i really love to sleep for a grand total of 4-5 hours everyday but i just have to compromise...
and when i go to uni being half asleep, here are the following statements that come along every word of 'hello' :

i) PT : eh.. u very emo ah today?... u ok ah?

ii) MgR : eh.. why so moodless ah lately?

iii) Mich : you always also look like so angry waaaannn...

iv) ter' ren-ce : hey dude.. according to some frens of mine they said you're damn lanci mann.. but its ok dude.. hahahaha.. its cool k... hahahaha... so chill out mann..

So this is the sorta stuff ppl tell me when im in uni and im half asleep... takes me another half day to get back home.. be a lil more awake.. and to comprehend that i look like a zombie (thanks to Bpharm)..

So here's the take-home msg from this post:
I AM SLEEEEPPYYY !!!!!!!!!

Forget TURBO, NOS and SUPERCHARGERS !!

2008-08-03T14:46:00.001+08:00

So here's a story of what happened to me ytd.
It was about 8pm when i came back from pc fair with ben ytd, and i was driving back to subang on the federal. So the right lane was quite smooth hence i changed laned and was driving at a constant 100kmph. all was nice and mood in the car was jolly.

Suddenly all hell broke loose when one b!tch of a thing driving a white wira just stoped for no apparent fu*king reason. The car behind the b!tch managed to stop in time but the 3 other cars behind were of a smaller gap and every other car after that had to press their brakes to the full end.. i knew this coz i could hear the multiple tyres screeching.

Immediately, ben shouted and called me to stoped... Moving at a speed of 80 or 90, i had just 100meters or less to come to FULL STOP.
thanks to fast reflex of both me and ben(not joking, not bragging), i pulled my gear all the way down to 1 and slammed the brakes, while ben pulled up my handbrakes and i moved my car a little to the left hence avoiding the car in front of me by a few inches.
It was seriously just a matter of inches !!

I am not kidding when i tell you that i almost crashed into a car in front of me..
and thankfully, there was no car behind me.

My car skidded, swerved and almost totally crashed.. im really glad and thankfull to everything.. the coincidence, the reaction, the luck... but not the noob driver who wants to speed with a 95" wira without knowing how 2 drive.

So.. after deep and long thought, i'd just say this.. forget the turbo, forget the nos, forget the turbochargers.. and forget about everything else that helps get ur car move from 0 - 100kmph in 3.5seconds..
If you have enough money.. invest in something that'll help slow your car from 100 - 0 kmph in 3.5 seconds instead.. it'll probably save your life one day !

PC FAIR..

2008-08-03T01:44:00.000+08:00

So.. as you know.. 2-3 times a year, PIKOM organise wat is known as THE PIKOM PC FAIR.. !!
ok.. so this event is a great event that is aimed to allow the general public to inhale the thick and foul sweat smell of ppl from different ethnic races, sizes and attire..

Jokes aside.. i was there with bennete and we bought quite lotsa stuff there..

Things that i bought:
1. KingMax 2gb Super Stick - RM25
2. KingMax 8gb micro SD - RM100
3. Sonic Gear Earpump - RM45

Total - RM170 in 5 hours..

This is the thumbdrive i bought.. looks exactly like a piece of stick and is barely 2 mm thick... coolness..

This is a dinosaur looking thingy thats able to react to the environment.. Example: u put ur hand near it, it'll move towards ur hand.. put ur finger near the mouth, it'll automatically bite it.. uber cool... Would've bought it if there was a 95% discount..
This lil thing cost RM1000++

Reading MSN PMs

2008-07-31T23:43:00.000+08:00

The time now is 11.38pm 31.July.2008.
Tmr is friday and most of my classmates are gonna compile their portfolio findings.. Its a stressful and tensed moment even for me... but what i did was take a break.. chill out with some music, then i opened my msn and read a few PMs of my classmates... there seems to be some kind of template for my classmates... here are some examples:

1. OMG-OMG-OMG !! PORTFOLIO!!! im gonna die !!
2. Just kill me.. no portfolios pls !!
3. ARGHHHHHHHH PORTFOLIOS... JUST KILL ME
4. PORTFOLIOS ARE KILLING ME !!!

From this.. it can be comcluded:
1. ppl like to die
2. portfolios are a psychological weapon of mass murder

So.. anyway..to all b107 classmates reading this.. happy dying... i meant happy portfolio researching

to all non-Bpharm ppl reading this... welcome to our lifes..

A dark conspiracy surrounding DOtA

2008-07-30T13:37:00.000+08:00

So im sure every1 knows wats this game called dota.. its a really cool game, i noe many ppl like it.. and well, i like it too. The thing is.. its so bloody addictive, sumtimes i just wander.. mayb, just MAYB... its sum kinda sadistic psychological warfare.
(**take note, by choosing to read this post you have agreed to in no way criminalize me for racism)

So here it goes.. Dota was circulated on the internet years ago.. and just within few months, practically the whole world is nt just enjoying this game.. but they were ADDICTED to it, and do take note that the majority of players are teenagers.

So heres the mechanism of action of this sadistic weapon.. it makes teenagers so addicted to this damn game they practically have no life.. and spend hours sitting behind a computer gang-banging heroes and not doing creative thinking. so when they grow up and take over the world, they're probably have 0.. i mean ZERO subtance in their lil brains other than what to buy and how to kill heroes..

So heres the question... if teenagers around the whole world is addicted to dota.. which country would benefit most from it? answer is simple.. think of a country where people live in tress, without electricity, without cars, without entertainment(other than tribal sex)...
So.. any country came into ur mind?... nvm, regardless.. i think 1 continent already did.. So.. needless to say.. You know, i know..

Conclusion:
Quit dota (i probably wont tho, im infected too badly)... dont let this bloody sadistic psychological weapon effect you and your country. All the best.

Joys of wikipedia..

2008-07-30T00:54:00.000+08:00

So i came home trying to do my portfolio when i suddenly thought of sumthing that Stacie said.. something about wearing wat ring in what finger means what..? so i thought mayb i'd look it up in Wiki..
well, i didnt exactly gain any info about that.. but u i love those hyperlink crap in those pages of wikipedia..
and so i stumbled across an article about the psychology behind human romance.. and then i stumbled again an article about the neuroscience behind love.. was kinda interesting.. knowing that 'true love' starts with sum Dopamine.. and sustained by some Oxytocin.. amazing stuff eh?
and the brain of a person in love actually behaves in a similar way as to a person suffering from obsessive compulsive dz.
So then... for the third time i stumbled across yet another article.. its called the "restless legs syndrome" or more dramatically known as Wittmaack-Ekbom's syndrome... so i read thru it and WHATAFARK???!! Did you know habitual leg shaking is a syndrome that is possibly caused by lack of sleep, low iron or even genetic inheritance? I mean.. WOW.. NIH actually went thru great lenghts to even set up criterias for ppl who shake their leg..
LoL.. and then i recall my elderlies telling me that back in the olden days prostitutes shake their legs as a sign to 'customers'... probably they werent paid well enough.. hence low income.. resulting in low iron...
you know la.. iron source from red meat very expensive...

First post: today's day..

2008-07-30T00:29:00.000+08:00

1 words describes the day: CRAP
started the day with a breakfast with Marzuki and Guo heng.. 2 very good frens from high school.. and i just had to meet up with Marz 1 more time b4 he goes to S'pore to further studies.. the whole breakfast session was spent talking about stuff other than Marz and he leaving to S'pore. Nvm that, coz its still good to meet him 1 more time for quite a long time.
so ok.. breakfast was done.. its time for uni.. and then i drove to uni.. it was only when i reached uni that i realised.. shit, i left a thumbdrive containing my report back at home.. so i was thinking of ways to retrieve it without going back.. and WALAA ! thought of something.. i'd call Jasmine to pick it up for me on her way to uni since she starts later...
Mana tau.. msg her then she replied saying that she's already in uni.. but its ok la.. np.. after practical... had to go all the way home to take it.. skiping Dr. Ajun's class in the unfortunate process. But its ok la.. still manage to print out everything and handed up report on time.
Other than that, alls just the normal routine... lecture-practical... go home, then portfolio... writing out a day like this in a post already boring.. imagine living it..

Tmr's probably just about the same routine... but thats just Bpharm life.. and for some reason im glad im part of it..

Intros first..

2008-07-29T23:22:00.000+08:00

So anyway.. if ur in this blog u'll probably know me already. So JUST IN CASE u dont..
the name's Lum Wai San @ Andrew.

and in case u still do not know this yet.. im taking a local course in pharmacy in IMU and this course is known as Bpharm. And as most of you would've already know this course is more like a sabotagic suicide mission to burn away about RM130k from daddy's wallet before getting killed by PBLs, Portfolios, Practical Reports, yada-yada-ya...
Well, i didnt really know that when i signed up for this so i've got not much of any intention of dying in the process of completing this course. Hence i've got no choice but to endure.
I practically spend most of my life in uni and life in uni is kinda shaped by the events and people around me in uni..
so, theres a thing about my frens in IMU... i saw them for the first time 1 year ago and i thought to myself "omg, i've just arrived at el-nerd-o-heaven"... winding the clock forward by 1 year (today) and i still think EVERY1 of them are nerds.. I mean, just look at me, here i am writing crap in my newly created blog and every1 else is probably doing portfolio research..
But honestly speaking, here in IMU, i think i've met a bunch of frens whom i can actually call FRIENDS.. people who are honest enough to tell you your flaws(tho there are some who bring honesty to a whole new level and practically tell u thru a loudspeaker), people who dont mind skipping class to just stone/sleep in the student lunge and also friends who will always be there in times of need (especially 1 week after every practical). i can proudly say that these are the people who bring life into the otherwise boring lecture-practical-study routine..
Hmmph.. i think that practically sums up life in uni.

Moving on to something more 'ME' orientated..
1) i like jokes and i like to laugh.. its one of the lil joys in life that people take for grunted..
2) i have a tendency for random thoughts,dreams and ideas.. mostly crap.. sumtimes inspiring, sumtimes disturbing, but still...mostly CRAP.. but crap or gold, i just wanna say it out, and its probably the reason why i started this blog too... just to note down the little thoughts i have, and not push it to a corner of my mind where it is left alone and forgotten.
3) i fullfil all characteristics of a Taurus..
4) i love music, fun, the joy, the crowd, the noise, the life...

So i think that basically sums up all thats available to sum about me..