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2nd week of lectures has ended. and i still never fail to fall asleep during physical pharmacy taught by dear prof gigi chiu ngar chee (see any link between each word of her name?=p) she reminds me of mrs lam the bio lecturer in tj.. moreover its the 2pm-4pm class. such a struggle to prop my eyes open...sometimes during anatomy too. yesterday had the first practical but the 'french' professor was just too disconnected(?), as in he doesnt try to catch our attention at all, just mumbling a lot to himself. i was trying hard not to fall back from drowsiness while on my feet! and its particularly distracting when u hear laughter as response to another lecturer from another group of students surrounding a skinned cadaver. got to touch the cadaver,with gloves of course! mushiness...
the class is full of nitrogenic persona.. (figure out the chemical formula) muggers galore... the lecturers are always swamped during every break and after each lecture. and there's a particularly regurgitative walking encyclopedia in my first tutorial today.. physiology.. i admire the prof so much.. he's so competent and engaging. somehow when he explains something and simplifies concepts i just get reminded of my father. and oddly enough lh said he reminds him of my dad too..and i get so proud that i have such a great lecturer. and along with that comes that slight twinge of regret that i didnt join the medical profession.
which leads me to the Minister For Health's talk the other day at UCC (after I went ice skating!) he seems quite diplomatic and had a habit of digressing and beating around the bush, in the end not answering directly to the questions posed. but his bluntness came through with a particularly sharp sting at the end when a pharmacy student queried about the enactment of the dispensing rule.
he responded by saying it will not work out in the short or long term because economic wise(and he is very economics-minded. true, it does not bode well for free market system if u give monopoly power to a certain group (ie the pharmacists) and exclude other qualified ones to dispense. however, to be fair to the pharmacists, he said, doctors have their own ways to prevent pharmacists from dispensing, so in a way doctors are smarter than pharmacists. a lot of us got riled up over his comment. and unhappy because he seems to be undermining the role of pharmacists. we deserve some recognition, instead of seeing it from a monopolistic perspective, specialisation actually promotes efficiency, as doctors do the prescribing and pharmacists are delegated the dispensing responsibilities. it also acts as a double check since doctors are humans too. i learnt from an exchange student from germany that the dispensing rule is implemented in her native land, prices of drugs are fixed, and doctors print their prescription out, so mr khaw, your theory won't work if this is implemented in singapore.

enough of the disillusionment factor, on we go to the interblock games which started this week, our block is picking up on scores, at least not the bringing up the rear anymore. we lost to block C both today and yesterday tho, due to rather disadvantageous match timings.. as in we had to play a match just before the finals whereas block c got to rest. and I CATCH NO BALL!!! handball is a rather violent game, rather relieved im a reserve. im reserved for balls smaller or equals to the size of a shuttlecock.. ie the ping pong ball. im scared of highflying balls, fast balls, curveballs, handballs, volleyballs, basketballs... you get the idea.. although today after handball match i went to shoot some hoops using the netball goal, and i managed to sink quite a number of shots in.. ahah! hidden talent. my fear of flying balls has not diminished tho. and me as a volleyball captain have bruises on the wrists.. always hit at the incorrect spot. hope i can don't play on the day,not really good on team spirit but allow the better talents to shine.im feeling altruistic. =)