So what have I been up to for the past month that I disappeared?
Lets see,
I changed to a new department, Ward Supply. Basically my role as a pharmacist here is to supply medications to patients in the ward. My main role is to screen all the prescriptions written by the doctors, ensuring the doses, medications, indications are right before supplying the medication to the patients.
So I just sit there and screen and screen and screen whole day long. And I can't believe I'm saying this but I finally found a department that I LIKE! Like genuinely like it from the bottom of my heart.
All the previous department before this, one I was just neutral with it, the other I hated it like mad. But this, I love!! I am feeling super sad that tomorrow will be my LAST day in this department, yeapp one month gone by just like that.
I'm gonna miss the work environment here. So free, so chill, so happy. Everyone does their job but the atmosphere is just so happy!! Like we laugh like mad all the time, we make jokes all the time, but at the same time, get all the work done properly. Both my bosses are super nice and funny. I never thought I would love a department but yeah I guess the main reason that made me love this place is the people who runs the place.
Anyway, I can finally say I'M SUPER DONE WITH TDM. NO MORE TDM FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE. I can burn all my notes noww!!! Remember I said in my previous post bout how I hate the TDM department? I was on call for a whole week. Basically means that I had to standby 24hours for 7 days straight, to receive any calls for any toxicity cases from the hospital and I have to rush back to the hospital within 10 minutes to handle the case.
I only encountered ONE toxic case throughout my 7 days. Considered lucky d lo. Got called back at 10pm and by the time I was done with the case, it was midnight. I still had to go to work the next day at 8am. It was one of my toughest week ever but I'm so glad I made it thru.
Other than that one toxic case, I had many many many calls during that whole week. Was woken up at 4.30am by a phone call telling me that a patient is fitting in the emergency department, which I cleverly postpone the case till the next morning. And my damn phone rang every single hour on a public holiday I was getting super pissed and cranky because the doctors wouldn't even let me sleep in peace urghhhhhh T.T
At that time, the sound of my phone ringing was seriously hell to me. Like I was super phobia everytime my phone rings. HAHA but now I'm done. Bye bye TDM. Thank god I did not kill any patients during that one week :P
So, back to outpatient department in a day time and I'm super not looking forward to that. 4 months in, 8 months to go. Time really do pass real fast here. I just want to get back home to Selangor. Please time, pass faster!!
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Anyway updates on other stuffs other than work related :P
(All pictures unedited because I do not have the time to edit each and every single picture anymore sigh)
Mostly updates when I was back in Subang. I only get to go back twice a month so I really really appreciate every single minute that I am home. Home is where the heart is. Its where everyone and everything seems so familiar :)
So when I was back, I decided to treat the good friend to an awesome japanese meal since I just had my first pay. :D Hehe he was waiting for it for like 4.5 years ? :p and so I told him, eat all you want, dont have to save money for me hahaa. Want to treat people cannot so kiam right :P
*Randomly walked around Gardens and came across this Japanese restaurant*
*Salmon sashimi salad*
*Soft Shell Crab roll*
*Salmon Steak*
*Unagi set*
This was the bomb!! TOOOO awesomeeee seriously!!
All of that for us two to share and the bill came up to haha not a small amount but it was a good meal and I owed him since ages so I'm not complaining :P
*Our mandatory selfie picture :P*
Friends of 7 years :D Am always grateful to have him in my life!! I know I can count on him anytime. Just one sentence that I am having a bad day and he would be one of the first to call me just to listen to me rage everything out at him so that I would feel better after. Even though he makes me angry all the time, he has his ways to pujuk me again LOL. And I know anything and everything I want, he will try his best to find it for me :D Feel so blessed to have such a good friend like him!!
After we were done with dinner, I told him I was craving to try the new Green Tea place, Nana's Green Tea. And since it was at the same place, he decided to treat me to my dessert since I treated him dinner hehe. But when we reached there, the place was about to close so they only allowed takeouts which we did anyway.
One weekend that I was working and couldnt go back home, darling came over to Ipoh and we had a short mini one day trip to Penang!
The journey up took us about 1.5 hours only!! Didn't know Penang was so near Ipoh haha. Definitely will be traveling there more often when we get bored of hanging around in Ipoh.
One of my main reason of going to Penang was to meet up with the ex Monash mates. So glad to be able to catch up with them and gossip non stop :)
*Crossing the Penang Bridge*
*First stop, my favorite cafe in Penang, China House!!*
Super love the cakes and coffee there!! :D
*And my favorite Assam Laksa at Kafe Joo Hooi*
*And lastly, my MOST MISSED Uncle Siam Char Kuey Teow!!
I've mentioned about this place many many times in my blog so yeah the main reason for going to Penang is to have this awesome plate of CKT HEHEHE
SUPER SATISFYING!!!!
Was back in Ipoh at night because I had work the next morning at 8 am. Haha I know I'm so energetic :P But anyway I wasnt the one driving also. I had a personal chauffeur, the bf :P Thanks dearie for driving me all the way to Penang just so that I could catch up with my friends and made u sit there and listen to our boring gossips :P
The next weekend that I was back, I told Hou to think of a dinner place to bring me, and since my train from Ipoh stops at KL Sentral, he said why not we go over to Petaling Street to hunt for food. And I was like okay not a bad idea. So a day before I came back, I started researching on any nice food around Petaling Street.
When I arrived, I told darling I needed a toilet badly before we go to Petaling Street. Told him to stop at a nearby petrol station, and he said 'dont worry the place we going to will have super nice toilet for you'
Me: 'Huh we not going Petaling Street meh?? Where got toilet there??'
'nope, we are not going Petaling Street. That one is to con you one. We go to 5 star hotel eat dinner, because we very long never celebrate our Monthsary d.'
I was like 'WHAT?? Why now only u tell me?? I wearing so ugly!! U should tell me earlier so I can at least dress nicer right??'
He said 'you look perfectly fine :)'
Awww so sweet of him :D
He brought me to The Westin KL. Our dinner place was at an Italian Restaurant, Prego.
*Open concept kitchen*
Nice environment, top service from the staffs :)
*Our complimentary bread with lots of dippings.*
*Risotto*
My first time trying risotto. I am not a risotto kind of person because I dont fancy soggy rice but this was super nice!!!
*4 cheese pizza*
Also ordered our most expensive 'sparkling water' which cost us rm30 for a bottle. FML. Haha Hou said 'want to come to this type of place, cannot so kiam. just drink lol'.
Thanks darling for the awesome meal!!
The next morning, we had our usual date outing :D More like him bringing me to do whatever that I miss doing.
Like shopping in Pyramid!! Seriously Pyramid is heaven k!! Big shopping malls in Ipoh does not exist. Only small ones like Ipoh Parade and the rest are Aeon T.T So sad k. No H&M, Kitschen, Nichii, Forever 21. Nothing here!!!
So when I'm back, I definitely have to go shopping hehe.
Shopping and coffee is my perfect day out :D
*Having my favorite coffee at Coffea Coffee* :D
Dinner that day was with CX, Aileen and YY. It was my idea because I wanted to try a korean BBQ buffet restaurant so badly and if its only me and Hou, it will be quite sad right eating buffet two person. So I made Hou ajak CX and Aileen for a double date and YY decided to join and become the lamp post. HAHA
Name of the Restaurant: Ssikkek Korean Grill BBQ Buffet.
Overall, it was a good dining experience. Food was not too bad. There were a few hits and misses. Super good service, and hygiene too!! The staffs will keep changing our grill plate everytime it turns black. I would definitely be a returning customer! :D
The next day, was meeting up with the Monash peeps who were back for the weekend. Its not always that we all get to come back together so we really make the effort to meet up even though everyone was super busy with meeting up with everyone else.
Met up at dai lou's restaurant because they were craving for salmon belly yummsss :P
*Makeup, look of the day*
*Ordered my triple salmon, as usual :P*
Salmon Sashimi, Grilled Salmon, and Deep Fried Salmon. YUMSS
*Unagi Roll*
And my all time favorite Aburi Sake.!!!
*Miss the girls so much!! I super miss Uni life la!!*
Coffee break after that at a cafe that I was dying to visit but failed numerous time because the first time I went there, it was closed, the 2nd time there was a function happening. So I swore to god if I go back there again and its close again, I will never ever return anymore.
Haha thank god it was open on my 3rd visit there.
Good Friends Cafe @ ss15. Good coffee, cheap food.
*Artistic shot taken by Hou lol. And he was very proud of it haha*
*Iced Salted Caramel Coffee! Awesome!!*
*Baked eggs with toast.*
Just sat there and chill and laugh and tease each other. Our favorite pastime. Haha :P
Next day, was dinner with his family at my favorite japanese restaurant, Senjyu @ eCurve. It is still one of my favorite restaurant after sooo long. And also his family favorite too. Muahaha I got both his parents addicted to this restaurant and their salmon sashimi okay :P
YOU CAN DROOL NOW MUAHAHAHA
Ate super alot that day. And at the end of the meal, I quietly stood up and paid the bill. My treat for his family since I had my first pay. And because his parents always treat me to soooooo much good food all the time, and always bring me for free holidays :P
The bill wasnt cheap at all. Like omg wtf ofcourse so expensive la, considering the amount of salmon belly sashimi we ordered.
Last weekend, I took half day off on Friday and also one full day off the following Monday to have a long weekend back at Subang. All I wanted to do was rest and sleep and eat. And that was exactly what I did hehe.
Super relaxing break after the long hectic month at work.
Met up with sis who was back from Melbourne and I treated her and Lincoln to an awesome lunch of pork ribs muahahha.
*Makeup and selfie of the day :)*
*Such a cute naughty name that stands out*
*Signature dirty duck*
*Full slab of pork ribs to share. Obviously it wasn't enough hahaha.*
Ok I realized all my updates are just about food pictures.
I always end up eating non stop when I go back to Subang because I'm like super food deprived in Ipoh. I know you all will be saying 'isnt ipoh like a food haven??'.
Haha yes, for hawker food. But not other types of cuisine. Like japanese, korean, western. Nothing here lorrr :(
Even though I've been eating like super duper alot, I lost weight ok!! Best thing that ever happened to me since I came here.
The stress, and me not having much to eat here, and abit of dieting everyday. Everyone saw the difference when I went back!! Haha and I'm also damn sure that I'm thinner d lor!! So happy when people commented that I become slimmer d hahahahha :P
Ok I guess I should stop here.
Thats all for now. Cant go back for two weekends straight because I have oncalls during the weekends!! So sadddddddddd.
Till next time,
-mun-
Btw, I fking hate my new department. FML la. Why cant they just let me stay in ward supply and let me live there happily ever after.. Confirm lose weight again one after this month. So much stress urghhh..
