New identity

My new chop.

L.A.T.E

Yesterday 5-10pm on-call was tiring.

123 prescriptions with 400++ items in 5 hours!
Not to say to entertain those after office hours ward indents and even, diluting methadone syrup for a patient!

Back home, bathed, late-dinnered and started on my ward check report BUT half-way, I couldn't stand the sleepiness and I simply off my laptop and light in a blurry state. Off to sleep!

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Woke up.

It's 735 a.m.!!!

I FORGOT TO SET MY ALARM!!!!

OMG!!!

Fortunately, I managed to punch in at 8 a.m. sharp. phew~

CPY, you can't let yourself waking up late again!!!

"See RED"

I saw RED today!

(Please stop thinking what that first come to your mind! It's not that! =p)


I had an ampoule prick injury!
(It's containing morphine!)

T.T



Yesterday I broke 20 ampoules without any problem, but today...

Just 2 ampoules and my thumb started to bleed. I didn't realized when the ampoule had injured me.


I blame myself for my poor ampoule breaking skill!

Next time I should wrap the breaking area with gauze first in order to have an extra layer of protection.

Fortunately it's not some used needle prick injury, if not...
incident report has to be done, blood test has to be done, bla bla bla...



I need more practices!!!

Malang tidak berbau

Today I have to tumpang my head of unit's desk to work on my chemotherapy calculations cuz the desk for CDR (Chemotherapy Drug Reconstitution) PRPs was affected by falling ceiling incident (MALANG 1)

According to my colleague who worked till 10pm yesterday, nothing has happened yet. So, the incident was believed to occur between 10pm until this morning 730am. LUCKILY IT DIDNT FALL WHEN I WAS SITTING THERE!!! (My working desk was there afterall.... pheW!!!)

A hole in the ceiling
(I believe the cause was some leaking pipe which then softened the ceiling and BOOM!)

Pieces of debris and a pool of 'muddy' water...
yiiiieeeee

Everyone had to jump over in order to get to the other side (including my big boss =p) before the mess was cleaned up.

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Today CDR so good business! 25 cases in a day! (MALANG 2)
And I had to go in to assist in the chemo drug reconstitution which meant all the changing to personal protective equipment thingy (mask, gloves, special cover shoes, cap, gown)

25 cases, went into the chemo drug preparation room from 11am to 4pm!!! No lunch, no toilet no water to drink... nearly pengsan of dehydration and hypoglycemia @.@

and the most tiring part was...

There were lots of the infusion normal saline drip today which required less than 500ml.
Our readily available infusion drip bottle is 500ml each.

Those required included 7x200ml; 6x250ml; 4x100ml and 1x300ml

which means

I need to syringe out 7x 300ml; 6x250ml; 4x400ml and 1x200ml
( in order to get the required volume)

which further means

I need to syringe each time 50ml--> total = 108 times of 50ml!!!
(since the largest syringe is just 50ml)
(MALANG 3 YANG BESAR SEKALI)

And it was quite hard to syringe out due to the air pressure... my arms and fingers are aching now ( MALANG 4)
huhuhu~

T.T

I NEED MASSAGE!!!

My patient sms-ed me!!!

(She remembered my name!!!)


** Huge SMILE **

The feeling is just...... aaaahhhhh~ =p

H.O. Stealer!

The H.O. who borrowed my Trade Name/Generic Name Drug Handbook on 8th Nov and promised me to returned it the next day!

YOU AIN'T GETTING ANY RESPECT FROM ME!!!

I was being kind to lend it to you since you said you needed it urgently for your exam and you couldn't get it at the Drug Info Service as it was a SUNDAY. You promised to return it to me and you know where I am stationed at but you broke your promise. I've been waiting for a week!

Fine! I considered myself losing it!

(Fortunately I've got myself a new copy ^_^)

Last day in Store Department

Yesterday I ended my attachment at second station--> Store.

Although lots of my colleague dislike the most to be attached at store (same with me up to a certain point =p), I still had a memorable time there.

First was the preparation for Jamuan Hari Raya where I got closer with some of the staffs especially Mr.Norashid (my kambing panggang sifu! ^_^)

Secondly, what I did during the store attachment was appreciated by one of my supervisor!!

It was 5.10p.m. and I still haven't finished my work assigned to me (cuz Friday's a short day and a few things had taken place earlier). So, no choice, I handed down the work to my colleague who was just posted to store (PAISEH!!). I was getting ready to go home when my supervisor called me, "Chong!"

SWEAT....

PALPITATION...

I thought I had done something wrong. "Oooohhh nooo, not on the last day, at this last minute! What did I do?"

Mana tau....

My supervisor took out some notepads, sticky pads and pens (all were gifts from pharmaceutical companies) and gave them to me.

"Chong, thanks for everything and sorry-lah if I bla bla bla... I nampak you're OK one. Sekali ajar dah tahu macam mana buat. Carolyn (the new colleague whom I handed down my work to her) pun sama..."

OMG!!! Was this a compliment?? Well, I took it as a compliment! HAHAHAHA! I was so happy that I kept on thanking her back!

The gifts from Ms.Hana, my supervisor.

^_^

Most importantly...

It felt so good when the things you did were appreciated by others.

Snake in the house!!!

I was on my way to pass something to a colleague when I noticed a group of staffs was surrounding 'something'. Of cuz I joined in the chaos! Haha~

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!!!!!! COBRA !!!!!!

The staffs had caught a little cobra somewhere near the store area.

One of the staff was mimicking the act of playing indian trumpet. That's why the snake reacted as snapped in the picture.

-.-ll

I'm not sure what happened to the little one in the end - being thrown away at some place far from hospital??? or being brought back and kept as a pet by one of the staff??? =p

I wonder when the mummy or family of the little cobra will 'visit' the store again, looking for their little one......

Awful October!

Another call has been added into my October schedule! Since several colleagues have been transferred to Sabah to continue their services, we, the new PRPs need to cover up their on-calls. And my up-coming calls for next week are....

WORK HARD THIS MONTH,

HARD WORK PAYS OFF NEXT MONTH!

(A colleague owes me 1 weekend OPD call and I'm going to get less one A&E call next month! ^_^)

Roast-mutton Girl~

Today which was supposed to be my 'auto-off' day post-OPD call on last Saturday and Sunday.

BUT...

In the end...

I ended up helping the Store Department staffs in the 'Hari Raya Feast' organized by the Pharmacy Department of Malacca Hospital.

*** MY OFF-DAY~~~ huhuhu~~~ ***


I helped to:

1. Peel off the onion skins until tears also rolling down~

2. Cut watermelons into pieces. CHOP!! CHOP!! CHOP!!

This watermelon's 'layu' ady, so it's for illustration purpose. We didn't serve it out. =p

3. Cut nasi impit into pieces

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These were 'roti John' freshly made by some of the staffs for those ladies who were busy cutting this and that inside. But seeing the scene, I didn't dare to eat ady

LOLS~

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Then, out of 'keh-po-ness' I tried out in the mutton-roasting...

(Busy roasting mutton, of cuz couldn't take photo of me doing the job le, =p)

Here's the proof!!! =p

Fanning hard!

woooosshhh~~

Call 999!!!


My sifu who taught me how to roast good mutton ^_^

That's how I spent my supposed-to-be day off at the feast (not enjoying but became TUKANG PANGGANG!). I left hospital around 1pm, full of the smell of SMOKE and MUTTON!!!

After that I still went to 2 banks to do my banking stuffs. (Don't know the staffs there got smell it anot... =p)

Miserable weekend

This is how I am going to spend my weekend.

GREAT, isn't it?

Sketching of the day

When the physical stocks ASYIK not tallied with the computer records, I...

(^0^)v

i 'BEH SONG' you!

This afternoon, as I was on my way to get something in order to continue my work, I was stopped dead by a Pembantu Tadbir. It was what she asked.

"Who are you? You siapa?"

-.-ll

?????????????

QUESTION MARKS popped out from my head!

WHO AM I??!!!

Excuse me, lady.. I've been working at this station for 2 weeks ady and you still wanna ask who I am.... There are only 2 new PRPs (which are me and another colleague) who just joined into the Store Department AND our PRP room is just opposite yours!!!!!! Is it that difficult to remember 2 new faces? I tried to get to know everyone there, their faces and their names. I remember your name. I recognize your face!

Actually I do not care if you do not know who I am. It's just that when you threw out that question, your tone was RUDE!!! You sounded as I was an illegal intruder who wasn't supposed to be there.

I think you should brush up your manner, Lady N!

Fully occupied Saturday

It's Saturday. Most people who's on 5-day working scheme were still snoring under their blankets WHILE I had to crawl out of bed at 7am!

WHY??

I have to work on-call this weekend. My first on-call since I entered Malacca Hospital. BUT it's NOT my turn initially. Someone 'superior' asked me to help someone to do it. Being a freshie at the hospital, sure didn't dare to say 'NO'. So, this weekend's gone, occupied by Methadone call. Prior doing this call, I purposely sacrificed a Saturday 2 weeks ago to learn about the work from a senior. The working time supposed to be from 10am-2pm but I went early to prepare all the things and started syringing out the methadone syrup....
syringe ~ syringe ~ dilute ~ dilute ~ syringe ~ syringe ~ dilute ~ dilute ...
I guessed I've syringed about over HUNDREDS bottles!!! -.-ll

After work, thought of going over to another station to learn about TDM (Therapeutic Drug Monitoring). It's essential to know how to do it during A&E call. But, by the time I was there, there was no more sample to run. T.T

Hopefully tomorrow got sample for me to learn after my methadone work.

3pm. Klu~ klu~ klu~

Stomach was crying! =p I din realize that I didn't have lunch! So, off I went to Tesco (the nearest and the only so-called shopping place that I know how to go, HAHA!). Lunch alone. Since already at Tesco, sure walked around mar... walked around then sure shopping mar.. hehehe~

My 'SOUVENIRS' were:

1. Folding storage box

To store my food supplies!

2. Storage shelf

When I put this in my trolley, an uncle approached me and say "Girl, this one not good! Carrexxxx got sell 3 compartments with just RM10!!" -.-ll Being a polite girl, I sure replied " Oh really? Thanks, uncle". (But I didn't put the shelf back to the displaying rack, haha~)

3. Japanese style folding table

And this is the newly decorated corner! ^_^

After assembling the storage box, table and shelf, I gave my VyVy a bath. Pitied her of being comot comot =p

Such a fully occupied Saturday right?

Another day of Methadone call tomorrow. My Sunday....
T.T sob sob T.T

Satisfiying weekend

Although I just managed to spend one and a half day at Kampar, I was satisfied.

I did a lot of things in that 30 ++ hours -->

" Spent Mid Autumn Festival day with my lovely family and friends, sang K, tea session, tried my 'VyVy' out and planned a surprise mooncake delivery to a dear friend. Fortunately I managed to grab a few from my house fridge before they were all gulped down! I succeeded in throwing her a surprise delivery in person! (You looked cute in that Winnie the Pooh night dress ^_^ ) "

Back to Malacca on Sunday (I accomplished my first driving out of Perak all alone!). Another new month, another start for me. Cuz I moved to another room (same house), so there were a lot of cleaning, tidying, packing to do. By the time I finished, it's ady near to midnight! My energy level was reaching NIL after the driving and housechores.

... SNORE SNORE SNORE ...

The next day...

I MANAGED TO GET TO HOSPITAL WITHOUT GETTING LOST!!! HAHAHA!!

But my VyVy comot ady due to the rain. T.T

For the month of October, it will be a dull month for me as I'm stationed in a boring department. Today was the first day and all I did in the 8 working hours were merely faxing and following up 3 purchase orders! Numerous times, I nearly dozed off, sitting there doing nothing. =p

I guess for the rest of the month, I can spend my working time to study for my forensic exam ady. =)

Updater~

Hie!

I'm at Malacca now... I got a place to stay... I got friends to fetch me to work and off work, ahahahah~ (A BIG THANKS TO MY NEWLY KNOWN HOUSEMATE and COLLEAGUE cum FRIEND!) Although not really settled down yet, I've started my work this week onwards... Lots to refresh back, lots to catch up, lots to learn, lots to cope up with... I hope I have enough determination and strength to deal with all the things coming...

Today was the first day that I started my job officially and I've been sent to attend the clinical meeting... pengsan-le... really blurred during whole meeting.. =p

One good news is:

I'M COMING HOME FOR 4 DAYS DURING RAYA HOLIDAYS!

^_^

Chaos!

This morning KKM phone line was bombed by UM Pharmacy graduates! I tried calling berpuluh kali only could get through it~ -.-lll

I WAS POSTED TO MALACCA!!!

I'm the only one in my batch who's posted to Malacca. T.T
My hope to stay at Perak or Selangor or KL crashed into pieces... (Wondering if I appeal, will I be able to get back to Perak???)

Compared to most of my coursemates, I guess I'm lucky. Quite a number of them got SARAWAK & PAHANG!! The rest were scattered to every corner of Malaysia - Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, Sabah, Negeri Sembilan, Johor and Terengganu is also in the list!! All EXCEPT PENANG!!!

WHY WHY WHY??!!!!

What had the UM Pharmacy graduates 2009 done to get this kind of fate??? Why can't we get what we wanted???

We were 'lelong' to the whole Malaysia...

Then came out a hypothesis that got someone complained KKM of their inefficiency to delay the posting and so on... So, KKM acted lor... Without waiting the seniors to come out from their PRP (Provisional Registered Pharmacist) places, KKM posted us to the readily available vacancies!! If this is true, HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN??!! We are willing to wait for our seniors to out first, KKM!!

Sorry, can't enlarge this pic. Just see the title. The translation is available as below~

Translation (from my coursemate):

Someone (I think is a fresh Pharmacy graduate) wrote to a particular newspaper saying:

Since now is the outbreak of H1N1 and hospitals are short of healthcare professionals, but the fresh graduates still cannot get their posting A.S.A.P. while they are ready & passionately to serve the public. She said the attitude of SPA (Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam) and KKM (Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia) people to keep delaying the interview and posting is very inappropriate. Instead of increasing the manpower by posting soon, they even asked private hospital staffs to work as part time and OT to cope with the situation is very unwise and might be dangerous. She urge the related personnels to change their working attitude and efficiency.

Personally, i think this kind of complaint had annoyed the KKM people and they reacted to accelerate the posting process BUT.... WHY UM STUDENTS HAVE TO BE THE VICTIMS???

My batch has around 60 persons. From the results, LESS THAN 10% got what they applied!!!

SO SUI NE!!!

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Due to this 'SUDDEN' chaos... I was forced to reject a part-time I got at KTAR Kampar as an exam attendant!!! haiz... T.T

That day beria-ria went to apply, thought could do some part-time before posting. Today the KTAR exam division staff called me to confirm, I have to 'paiseh-ly' turn her down. So SORRY!! As the latest news said that we need to report ourselves between 1st to 15th Sept. The exam attendant job is from 1st to 18th Sept!!! All because of KKM!!!

I HATE YOU!!!

When SPA letter comes...

Finally after lazing for about 2 months, the SPA letter came.

"Tahniah. Anda telah dilantik sebagai Pegawai Farmasi Gred U41. Bla bla bla...."

After going through the whole letter together with its attachments, I realized that I had 3 things in hand to settle.

1. Sign the Surat Terima and send back to SPA in Putrajaya. (settled)
2. Get the Surat Sumpah signed and chopped by a Pesuruhjayasumpah. (settled)
3. Do medical check up. (half settled)


For sure, if you pay for something, you will get it in a short time. I remember before entering university, we were required to do a medical check up also, and I did it at a private centre (of course I paid for it). The report, the x-ray and my form were settled in just one morning.


This time, the same kind of medical check up, I chose to do it at a government clinic. (It's FOC)


Last week Friday, 8am

Me: Hello, saya nak buat medical check up untuk masuk kerja kerajaan.
Staff: Surat tawaran?
Me: Ini dia.
Staff: (Scanning through my letter) Ok, check up hanya ada pada hari Isnin dan Rabu, pukul 2 petang.
Me: Oh, ok. Nanti saya datang lagi minggu depan lah. Thank you.
Staff: Ok.


This week Monday, 1.45pm
The clinic was closed for lunch-time. Waited outside until 2pm, door opened.

Me: Hello, saya nak buat medical check up.
Staff 1: Duduk sebelah dulu. Tunggu clerk datang nanti.


Waited for another 10 minutes...

Me: Kak, nak buat medical check up.
Clerk: Ok, pergi bilik No.1.
Me: Pergi saja ke bilik No.1? Sudah ada orang kat situ?
Clerk: Yaya.
Me: Thank you.


Found room No.1, knocked at the door - no response. The clerk just now told me already had staff here in the room one wor. Knocked again - no response. So, waited outside.
2.10pm... (tick tick tick) 2.20pm... (tick tick tick) 2.30pm..
Finally a nurse opened the room No.1 door from inside. (Apa ni, lunch until 2.30?? The notice pasted at the door clearly written 'Medical check up Isnin & Rabu 2-4pm')

Me: Kak, nak buat medical check up.
Nurse: Baru nak buat sekarang atau datang ambil report?
Me: Ya, nak buat sekarang.


Then she started filling up forms - urine test form, x-ray form, log book and the health form that I brought along. For my health form, she just started ticking away the boxes in my form, pausing at a few aspects to ask me.

Nurse: Timbang berat tengok.
Nurse: Tinggi? Tak ingat? Ok, mari. (Then she checked my height)
Nurse: Pakai cermin mata kan? (I nodded. She didn't check my eyesight, and just filled in the box at the column 'penglihatan dengan cermin mata')
Nurse: Gigi ada rosak? (Takde)
Nurse: Hari ini x-ray tak ada. You boleh datang esok untuk buat x-ray? (Boleh)
Nurse: So sekarang you pergi kencing untuk urine test, lepas tu boleh balik dah. Esok pagi datang buat x-ray. Form ini you ambil balik rumah dulu. (Then she checked the calendar and wrote 3/8/2009 at certain column. I saw the column was 'Datang balik pada...' What?! 2 weeks later??? -.-'')


SHE DIDN'T EVEN TOLD ME TO COME BACK ON 3/8/2009! sweat-nya...


Yesterday, Tuesday, 8.15am

After asking the reception, I was directed to the x-ray unit. Finally I managed to get my chest x-ray done in less than an hour. PHEW!

Now I have to wait for 2 weeks to see the doctor, get my lab test report, x-ray AND get my health form filled and signed (MOST IMPORTANT ONE).