protocol A0351066, subject 38

i cannot help but feel so satisfied and accomplished as i stepped out of the pfizer ward today. well, not only monetarily have i gained, but also gained 3 new friendships, insight into life of others, insight into my own life, and of course a good break from school.

yeahyeah, it's time to get back to work. starting with bfast at macs tml morning with the cg. haha..

i did feel a bit sad when i left pcru today, knowing tt i'll probably not see those pple there in the near future. some are going to look for work, others going back to their jobs tt arn't really too satisfying in the first place.

1 of them is even going to australia to work as a farm hand for the next couple of months. because the pay there is not too bad, matched with the dearth of desirable jobs here. and after working it out it's actually not bad.

i think i've made 3 new friends, 2 with pple who i didn't know before, and 1 with someone who i've known before. kaiwen, zhiyong and clarence. kaiwen's 3 yrs older than me, and he was 1 of the few who talked to me when we first went for screening. haha. cause we both play dota. yeah. and made a pact to bring out laptops so can play dota. see, gaming is not a bad thing actually. zhiyong's 1 yr older than me. he can also play dota fair enuff. haha, but kaiwen actually called him free-frag! omg. i think i'll be quite demoralised if someone called me that. but no hard feelings one lar they'll.

i think i'm very comfortable w them, just very easy to get along and there seems to be always some nonsense tt we can talk about. it was also with them 2 tt i went to sushi buffet today too after the study. wah eat until explode liao. didn't even feel hungry for dinner but ate anyway. hope to keep in touch and continue the fragging man. haha.

clarence is actually quite fun to be with. of course he was the one who taught me how to watch/bet soccer. quite smiley too. haha. before this never had the chance to talk to him. he's one sweet guy too, always talking to his gf on the phone for SO LONG every night. haha. anyway clarence the naughty boy skipped sch today to bring his jap friend out visiting! omg. she said she wanted to eat hawker food and he actually is taking her to GEYLANG. omg what's the boy thinking.

i also learnt a bit more about myself whilst in the study. quite insightful, and i think this may potentially change my life. :)

it will be a great day ahead tml. i shall have a good night's sleep and wake up afresh tml.

learning to bet

yesterday i got introduced to soccer. haha for the first time i think i sat down and watched not 1 but 2 matchs with friends. which was quite entertaining i guess. if i rem correctly the matches were birmingham vs black burn and man u vs tottenham. haha quite nice to watch, and laugh over the screwups, and gawk at the good play in the match too. also the funny stuff the happens. omgomg. haha, yest in the man u tottenham match one stupid linesman kena kicked in the shin and gave an uber constipated face. haha. what happened was tt 2 defenders were challenging a striker for the ball so they were forced to the side. but with the linesman it became too squeezy. as the attacker was trying to flip the ball in he wacked the linesman square in the shin. ouchouch.

what's more, clarence introduced me to soccer betting!! haha.. omg, now i know how to bet on soccer. all the 1/2 ball 1/4 balls. it'a crazy and super complicated. big potential to win big money, but also big potential to lose money. haha. i think clarence yesterday lost a bit too cause both the matches he bet on he lost. oh well..

scm is coming up real soon in abt 1mth's time. hopefully i can run a good race. not been training enough i guess, longest run is only 2hrs. hope to clock a good 3hr run before then..

i'm only starting to get bored here only now. really, there's nothing to do. want to watch evolution, heard it's a crappy show. haha. maybe later.

off to slack...

thoughts of a POP (prisoner of pfizer)

these couple of days i'm lying in hospital, taking part in a pharmacokinetic trial for this drug pfizer is marketing. yar in sorts, something like being a lab rat. i must say i've been enjoying myself, sometimes i just smile to myself (and get ridiculed by w who shares the room w me). haha. today, is the 3rd day of the study.

smiling for a reason. cause when i realise what comfort and luxury i am in right now, it just makes me.. happy. haha, sure it may sound silly... but that's the way i'm feeling man. what's better is that we're getting paid man!! i almost can't believe it.

let's see, today's programme was something like... taking blood at 9am, then a warm shower. then bfast/lunch/dinner interspersed with movies, dota and magazine browsing. hehe.

anyway, y3 left yesterday after they discovered some abnormality in his liver panel. i think nothing much lar, but they just want to play safe so they sent him home. but with a good pay packet anyhow. haha, but then again he doesn't get to enjoy the good foods yada. the feeds here are not bad, quite a good baseline lar. w thinks tt the vegs SUCK but i think they're ok lar, not tt bad. but then again, today's coleslaw was SHIT. sometimes they have nice deserts like this lemon pie thingy which was something tt u would find in starbucks. omg. i think it's all cooked by the SGH canteen. the A-class ward feeds no doubt.

of course, not all times were tt sweet, some more painful. just yesterday they cannulated our arms because they had to take blood a friggin 7 times! omg. and can u imagine they actually missed my vein. MY VEINS are like how friggin big. how to miss? andyway others had it worse. like w who got 'cannulated' 5 times and have 6 venepunctures done. i just had 1 failed cannulation, and 1 successful one. lol.

well, tml will be the same thing again, just bloods at 9am then the rest of the day free. prob going to watch more movies. haha. i actually brought in some drama serials but didn't get the time to watch. too busy playing. lol. realised playing dota is actually quite stressful when u live in the oh-so-relaxing-environment here... anyway i made alot of new friends here. quite friendly, hope tt we'll still stay in contact in the years down. also got to know better pple who i'd previously known. :)

but the thing which makes my heart smile every day is hearing your voice over the phone. :) thanks for being so sweet to call.