This is perhaps one of the best fruit ice-cream I've ever tasted!!! OMG I am going to run to the Sunday market this week again to this divine divine divine mulberry ice-cream XD





It is almost the end of November *shrieks*

Just picking up from where I left, we had BBQ at the newly weds' house and then the following week, we attended the Company's Annual Party/ Christmas Dinner. Note the slash there because apparently someone in the company said that he/she does not celebrate Christmas so he/she can't go if the word party is present. -_- Go figure!

Another occasion was the word picnic. Do you know that it comes from the word pick a negro? Or something along that line? Again, someone pointed out that that word is offensive when we wanted to organise a BBQ picnic this weekend. I am speechless.

Here are my Company's Annual Party/Christmas Dinner photos =)

It was a far drive from the town. Madigans is actually quite a lovely place to dine. You look out the window and see ranges and trees. How awesomely different is that?


Mouthwatering pavlovas with passionfruit and a scoop of ice cream. This was the highlight dish of the night!


Colleagues swaying happily to the dance floor! Main dish was not very impressive except for the salad. They served cold food. Turkey, ham, potato salad, pear salad and bread.




I really like this picture because it captures the ranges behind us! Got that going out 'bush' feel. That's my supervisor and my pharmacy assistant.



My housemate and colleague wanted to test out their photography skills - potrait and scenery, so we decided to go to Simpson's Gap! In case you're wondering where the heck is that place? What does that even mean?

That will be in my next post!

Catch up

I have the most stressful and stress less holiday combined last week. But just before I explain about that, this is my pharmacist who recently got married. Absolutely happy for them. She was the pharmacist and he was an intern =) Lovely couple. What's best about mixed marriage is that you get to conduct the wedding twice! In the favour of each family's side.

I had been studying for exams for the past couple of weeks. It is the most dreaded oral exam of all. You are expected to deliver everything at this stage and to think of this is just purely stressful. Oh goodness! So I packed my luggage once again, boarded a 2 hours flight to Adelaide and sat for my oral exam the very next day.



As strange as this sounds, I really enjoyed the oral interview process. I um.. giggled quite a lot (I don't know what's gotten into me). Perhaps, I would never thought Mr J. Whitehouse will be assessing me =) it was great to see my ex-lecturer that day. I thought for a moment I was looking at a look-alike person, but he has indeed returned from England. Still as charming! Okay, back to the story, the oral exam wasn't as terrible as I thought it would be. There were heaps of legislation scenarios otherwise it was pretty manageable.

And right after the interview, I headed off to the airport to fly to Melbourne for a 3-day conference. It was super fun although I did this alone.



For me, highlights of the event would be the great debate: selling evidence based medicine, counselling competition, talk on being an excellent communicators and the therapeutic update sessions.


In particular, I enjoyed this one session by an eye and ear specialist. His slides were interesting, talked about whether we should be referring or treating patients with presenting eye problems, but I find his aesthetic vessel even more interesting. Hahaha.... you hear me correctly. He is absolutely gorgeous, I find myself admiring him from far, thank goodness I didn't drool over my notepad. His CV is so so so impressive. Before the chairperson introduced him, I thought he was just another doctor with a handsome face. Man, he's a valedictorian, obtained PhD, author of some journals, plans to do a post-doctoral fellowship and he is a marathon runner, raising for charity.

Impressive or what? Oh, and the chairperson ended his introduction with this, "So that's Dr van Wijngaarden. He's my son-in-law, so be nice! ".

He was kind to share his new born baby's photo at the end of his slide wearing a funky sunglasses. Super adorable! =)

Went back with all the goodies. These are just from Day 1


Day 2

The young pharmacist of the year went out to an ex-S.I.T student ( a senior, few years ahead from me). Its a prestigious award and I'm very proud that a Malaysian won the title. Congratulations, VM!


Ain't going back without having my dose of Boost Juice.

Yummy Mango magic mantra smoothie!



Next on my agenda:

Work work work (oh joy!)

Dinner @ Chinese next week ( I've passed my oral exam!)

and then early Christmas dinner in two weeks time (yay!)

Not dead yet in case you're wondering

I'm BACK!!! Back from oral examination, holidays, conference. Oh, never felt so refreshed!!

Will start blogging soon...

That's my very cool bookmark from SMIGGLE! =)