Time sure flies~

I can't believe that it's almost a month since I left Malaysia!

Time flies by really fast over here. I guess 9 to 5pm classes can make time fast forward a lot!
Before I knew it, we've already covered all 222pages of our FMT2 (pre-formulation and testing) subject = =''

The next thing I know is that we'll be having 3 class tests back withing a span of 7 days, and we'll be sitting for the end of semester exam = =''

Spare me. I need to do some reports now as well as study for PP3 ='(

Of Vacations~

Come next Friday will be my FIRST class test for Pharmacy Practise 3(PP3).

For those who have never heard of PP3, it's a dreaded subject but many of our seniors, and is also the subject whereby students are allowed to resit for the exam more than once.
In other words, MANY students need more than 1 resit to pass the exam. And sadly, some seniors too have yet to pass their exam i.e they will be joining my batch on the proper exam on August for their 5th resit. Yes. 5th, i think....

However, I have yet to go through all the many prescriptions given to us during classes, nor have I sat down properly to study for it. Thankfully, the seniors told us this,

"Don't worry, it's normal for you to fail during the first few tries. In fact, I broke the record and scored -300marks!"

The exam is whereby each student is given 4 prescriptions and we are supposed to check whether the prescription is valid, and whether the dose of the drug is safe, whether there are any contra-indications btw drugs, and then dispense the item and counsel the patient. Plus, there's also the requirement for us to print labels and to keep records of each prescription completed. All that in 2 hours.

And to make matters more "interesting" there are several types of prescriptions given out in the UK such as a private prescription, an NHS prescription, an emergency supply, a veterinary prescription. It sounds confusing, but I hope I wont get too confused during the exam... >.<

Instead of boring you of my boring tales of my long hours of classes, I have a good news~
I'm going to London~~~

Yup, Peas will be off to London with her friends (total group of 14ppl) by bus, on the night of 16th July~ Will be back on the 20th~ and post up some pics^^

Till then, Peas hopes to study >.<

Insomnia

I had two cups of coffee today.
One in the morning, and one during lunch, just to make sure I don't doze off during class.
And it worked. Peas didn't sleep in class today. Maybe it's the coffee, or maybe it's the fact that the weather here in Glasgow is getting a wee (little) hotter than before.

*Scottish ppl use wee in replace of little*

For example, instead of saying a little confusing, they say a wee bit confusing.
Confused? Don't be. They're not asking you to go wee-wee ;p

Anyways, back to story.

Yes, it's a little warmer than when we first arrived. The classroom was stuffy and rather uncomfortable. For us Malaysian students who were accustomed to heat, it was still bearable. But for the local Scottish lecturer, it was VERY hot.

Our lecturer kept giving us short break in between lectures because she had to leave the classroom for some fresh air. So maybe that's another reason why I didn't fall asleep >.<

Other than getting short breaks, I have been having itches around my body, which I suspect is due to my body being "yit hei", so I had one big cup of "ho yan hor" herbal tea after dinner just now. Bad idea that was.

Two cups of coffee + one cup of herbal tea = Caffeine overdose

So now, i'm wide awake. Insomnia is certainly depressing.

I tried to sleep, and ended up with all sorts of thoughts.

Thoughts of my coming class tests (which I have yet to prepare for.)
Thoughts of home and my family members.
Thoughts of my coming London trip on 17th July.
Thoughts of why I think so much.
Thoughts of being so alone despite being surrounded by friends.

There's too much thought.
And thought's to words are the best way I can convey my feelings now.
Somehow I feel like I've lost the ability to communicate = =''
But don't worry, blogging is therapeutic. I'm feeling much better already. Really.

As a sign off, I shall leave a picture of the Lemon Chicken that I cooked the other day.
Thank you mum for cooking this at home (so I know the basics to cook this)
and thank you google for hosting the abundant recipes that I will be using now and in the future;p

Move on..move on..

It's been awhile since I've been so emo.

Carrots contacted me through e-mail during the past few days.
I'd thought I'd be fine and replied a few e-mails. Then I started to think too much, and ended up feeling all miserable again, and that's just bad for me, so I told him we can't be friends for now because i still don't understand why he wouldn't want me as his girlfriend.

He said,

"I thought that we were done with discussing, I don't want to argue over it again, not through e-mail and especially when you're over there in scotland trying to study."

I ignored it.

And he sent me another e-mail saying,

"It is not that I didn't want you in my life. It is just that.. I lost that feeling, when you went cold, when I was busy, you still expected something out of me, I didn't feel as if you cared or trust me. I can't be in that kind of relationship, with less than a month before you leave for scotland.

What I said was, take a break, see how it goes, because I feel that I am not worthy of being a boyfriend, and I wasn't treating you right, the way I went cold on you too.

I enjoyed my moments with you, you're still someone who shared part of my life, and I don't want to lose out on that."

and I replied a long e-mail while crying. *sigh*
Basically I'd do better without him contacting me ever again.
I'm glad I'm in scotland now so that I need not bump into him in the streets randomly.

Peas is reminding herself to be strong, and to love herself, instead of feeling sorry for herself.
She bought an extra chocolate the other day, and has decided to munch the whole bar while going through PP3.

Edinburgh Trip

Scotland is a nice place. Really.

Despite strong winds, and pouring rain throughout the year. *meh~~ goes the sheep*


Scotland is indeed a lovely place with loads of beautiful buildings. This was especially evident to me especially when i visited Edinburgh!


See, where in Malaysia could we find such a nice building? LOL~ (I know we've got nice buildings like the twin towers and all, but it's a different type of beauty ;p)

And of course, a trip wouldn't be complete without a group of great and fun friends to be with. We soaked ourselves with a good dose of sunlight, and we simply love the green plains they have around here in Scotland.


And of course, a good tour guide who did a through research on Edinburgh till 3am for us, and not to mention his services were free of charge, made it an enjoyable and informative trip^^

Our great tour guide, Ka Keat (our senior who'd be back in Malaysia in a week's time), giving us a detailed explanation on the train which would bring passengers on a "magical-harry-potter" ride.

We went to several places in Edinburgh, and the first stop was Calton Hill where we got to admire Scotland's National monument.

A little information to those who are interested: (or you could jz go to wikipedia ;p)

"Calton Hill is one of Edinburgh's main hills, set right in the city centre. It is unmistakable with its Athenian acropolis poking above the skyline.

The acropolis is in fact an unfinished monument - originally called the "National Monument". Initiated in 1816, a year after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, it was meant to be a replica of the Parthenon in Athens, as a memorial to those who had died in the Napoleonic Wars.

Building began in 1822, but funds ran dry and celebrated Edinburgh architect William Playfair only saw a facade of his building completed. It was dubbed "Edinburgh's shame", but it's now a popular landmark and it's a lot of fun crawling up and down its giant steps. Plans since to complete the building never really get much support."

Next, we visited the Museum of Childhood. It had 5 galleries for vieiwing, ranging from creepy dolls, to toys like the ancient snake and ladders, and even a black and white mickey cartoon. Admission was free, and it was rather fun (despite the fact that they had a very creepy looking puss in boots. *Peas don't like scary looking cats*)

From there, we walked to another tourist attraction called Greyfriars Kirkyard.

Yes, we visited a graveyard. And we were pleasantly surprised that it doesn't give a creepy feeling at all, in fact it was a lovely place to take a photo of my new bought shoes. It was only 6.45 pounds >.<

Anyways, what's so special about the graveyard that we had to visit it?

It's because of a very special dog called Greyfriars Bobby.

The famous Skye Terrier, was so devoted to his master John Gray, even in death, for fourteen years Bobby lay on the grave only leaving for food.

After that we visited the castle, and a few other attractions in Edinburgh (Peas' getting a little too lazy to edit pics, so i'm skipping straight to the part where we went to Camera Obscura)

Camera Obscura means veiled chamber, and it's actually a tourist attraction in Edinburgh. We paid 6.75 pounds to enter, and was greeted by funny mirrors and many MANY other entertaining tricks. The tagline for the place is

"where seeing, is NOT believing"

They had pretty cool illusions using mirrors, 3D hollograms, interesting machines like this, which made me turn into a chimp as well as a manga girl^^

An interesting picture which I absolutely love is this. >.<

*makes a lot of sense right?*

Anyways, overall, that was towards the end of the one-day trip to Edinburgh. There's a pretty church with beautiful painted glass, but I shall end here with this jump-shot of all the girls who went~~


till the next trip~

A little update~

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Here's a little update on what's been going on in Scotland~

People don't go around playing bagpipes while wearing kilts, but we were lucky enough to catch these group of kids who were pretty talented in playing the instruments~~


During the weekend, we headed down to the Western side of Glasgow (my university is on the Eastern side) for a festival called the West End Festival.

Along the way to the park, we bumped into a Science festival being held at the University of Glasgow, and so we paid a visit, and took a picture in a lovely park right in the middle of their campus!!


After the visit to the university, we got hungry, and that was when I first saw the largest pizza for sale~


Yes, by comparing the pizza to my large face, you can tell that it's really really big! haha~ bigger than the large pizzas we get in Malaysia~~~That pizza costs 7.90 pounds~


Then, we headed to the park where the parade was to be held, and savoured our delicious pizza!!


There we saw some beautifully dressed ladies *whistles*

And enjoyed a whole load of other performances~

Visited the Kelvingroove musuem for free, where Peas saw this BIGGGG organ~~~(I don't play the instrument, but it was huge and beautiful!!! XD)

Then came the first day of class where we paid 100 pounds for the books below.. *sobs*

Yes, those few miserable books costed us 100 pounds i.e almost RM600 >.<
Horrifying indeed~~~ Classes are till 5pm every Monday to Friday.
It's pretty hectic, but we still get the time to cook, and blog like me ;p

There will be more to come~ We're keeping our fingers crossed so that we can go catch Transformers 2 on the big screen this Friday!! Whee~~~

I'm in Scotland!

Yes, this is technically my 3rd day in Scotland~~
But somehow I could only excess the internet today, thanks to the help of several helpful seniors! Thank you so much~~

Days have been passing by really REALLY fast ever since the moment we stepped into KLIA. We were rushed to doing our boarding pass and all, and the next thing we knew, we had to leave our family and head into the departure hall.

Peas and her family~

Then after a tedious 13 hour flight to London,

At london we took a bus to the other side of the airport...

followed by a 5 hours transit and an hours' flight, we arrived in Glasgow! Upon arrival, I saw the beautiful clouds and sky, and feel in love immediately! (Somehow I really love the sky, it looks extremely fake, but it's not, and the sky is soooo blue that it makes the clouds look super NICE! I shall stop talking about the clouds for now. hehe~)

The lovely view upon arriving in Glasgow

On arrival, we were greeted by our seniors and several staffs from the university, whom gave us our keys that led to our dorms.

My room, it the smallest among the 4 rooms for each apartment..*pouts*

But anyways, Peas doubt that the size of the room will matter~ And she's really thankful coz the bathroom is nice, so it the toilet, so is the kitchen, and so is the tv! Basically, the apartment is in good condition and it's always good to have the company of the golden flowers.

The flowers~
*pic was taken during the short trip given by our seniors on the day of arrival in glasgow*

btw, the weather is rather cold, something like Genting highlands (about 16 celcius on average) but the strong wind makes weather rather unbearable at times. My skin is getting a little dry, but hopefully it'll get better~

There's a couple of things I noticed in Glasgow:

1. scottish ppl are really nice.

Example: The 3 of us (me, renly and chinyeong) were taking photos, and a nice lady came up to us and asked:
"Would you like me to help you all take a picture?"

Of course, in Malaysia, we would have all went:
"what? you crazy ah? wanna steal my camera is it?"

But here in Glasgow, it's just something so natural for the Scottish ppl to do.

2. Things are cheap...Certain things...

Example 1: One bottle of 400g of hot chocolate powder (Tesco brand) costs us only 50 pence i.e RM3 at max...

Example 2: One can of tuna in oil = 37 pence i.e RM1.70

There are many other examples of how cheap things are, but my brain can't think right now. it's almost 2am here (there's a 7 hrs difference btw here and Malaysia..) so Peas need her sleep.

Will post updates when free^^