setapak delights menu

We finally had the Pharmacy gathering, instead of Judgement night this year. The main objective is to know the first-years and of coz, also for the juniors to get to know the seniors. An essential part of being a sophomore also means getting to choose your own little buddy. I already decided on mine. Just hope I won't regret my choice.

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The blogger hopes this doesn't turn out into some kind of food blog - not that she has anything against it, but she is just not that passionate about food...lolz

Lunch with roommates at "Ming Tea House"

So on a Saturday, the blogger and her roommates finally found the time to eat a proper meal together ever since they started staying off-campus at Setapak. The lunch destination is in this quaint and pretty restaurant situated on the first floor.


The ancient door that greeted us at the entrance


The peaceful and lovely ambience


All kinds of tea stuff - it is essentially a tea house anyway


Of coz, before any food, there is the customary cam-whoring, esp with these narcissistic roommates


The place is decorated pretty much in Chinese culture style


Gorgeous paintings and cute korean figurines (crap, why is the blogger so short?)


And so our meal arrives


The blogger's - Macau-style chicken rice


Suz M's - Honey lemon pork chop rice


BB's - deep-fried chicken salad (you can see who is the health junkie here)


Suz M, BB and the blogger

Dinner with BB at "Mat To Yao"


Yes, this is the meal for two (shuddup the blogger is not on a diet, just not hungry that day)




Ah, the lovely Mango Ice dessert, how much do I love thee...let me count the ways...



Vietnamese deep-fried prawn rolls - yum yum

Dinner with ah wei at "Six Noodles House"


The blogger's spicy Emperor noodles - Ah Wei had Yangzhou fried rice, btw

Lunch dessert with waiyin at "Little Tree Cafe"

Waiyin came to visit the blogger last Saturday and dunno why, we ended up eating ice-cream for lunch.


Waiyin's - Tropical Forest


The blogger's - Banana split (the blogger just went to heaven)

Supper with roommates at "Mat To Yao"


Dee-lee-cious honey chicken wings


French fries - bad for health but so addictive

Dinner with ah wei at "Spice And Chill Noodle House"

Salad Chill Noodles - so refreshingly different. Must-try!

Dessert supper commemorating Tze Im's bday at "Mat To Yao"

The rainbow tong yuen dessert - each tong yuen had a different filling!

Potato wedges - so long since the blogger had them!

Dessert snacks with ah Wei from "Pistachio's Bakery"

When we took the bday cake from the bakery, we got side-tracked and tempted to buy these cute little tarts, even after we had dinner...sigh...

Blueberry cheese tart and fruit tart

shuddup anyone who comments that the blogger will gain weight after this, bluek:p

fun pharmacology lab day

I enjoy living in Setapak so far. The food is great, my housemates and roommates are fun and best of all, it is NOT HOT like KTSN anymore. But despite everything, I really hoped my studies do not deteriorate because of me living in Setapak

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So last Thursday guess what we did?

Here is a photo hint:

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Yes, for our Pharmacology lab practical, we had 10 mice that we had to inject and test with. We were supposed to test which route of adminstration is the fastest for a drug to act. There are five routes that day: oral, subcutaneous, intraperitoneum, intravenous and intramuscular.

The lab assistant demonstrating how we were supposed to hold the mouse and how to inject phenobarbitone (a sleeping draught) into it.

Ok, if you know the blogger back in Form 6, you would probably know that the blogger is extremely afraid of rats and mice. I swear, when we had to do the dissection of mice back in Upper 6, the blogger almost fainted.

It is dirty and disgusting ok?

The experiment object and the syringe

Well, the blogger dunno why but she feels less afraid this time around. But her phobia of rats/mice still prevented her from mustering enough courage to actually grab and hold the mice.

The oral route of administering drug

Our group was assigned the oral and subcutaneous methods. The oral method is really cruel ok? Forcing a blunt needle down the mouse's oesophagus. One group managed to kill 4 mice just by using this route. One even had blood dripping on the mouth.

Janice, the blogger and tze im with our little lab mouse fast asleep

Meichieng joined us cam-whoring during the practical

Group photo: (L-R) yusiang, the blogger, janice, tzeim, hockpeng, meichieng, weiwei, aili and weihan

Thank gawd for the guys. Lolz. Some of the girls were pretty freaked out ok? Hockpeng is like practically the star of our group. He played with those mice like he has been doing it for a very long time.

The blogger did contribute despite her fear. hehe. She injected phenobarbitone into a mouse subcutaneously. But her mouse took a long time to fall asleep.

The girlz - all of them were great except maybe weiwei and me. hehe. meichieng even got bitten and aili had super fun with the mice

The mice which still roam around actively despite being injected with the drug. We had to wait for them to fall asleep. The red marks are for us to distinguish the mice from one another.

When they finally fell asleep, we had to lay them down to test their reflex. Lolz. They actually look like satay here (omg why am I so disgusting?)

Hockpeng trying to turn the mice into gays. haha ROFL. All of our lab mice are males.

Despite all our efforts, only 7 mice fell asleep. Dunno what happened with the other three. Just simply refused to sleep. So damn hyperactive.

Hockpeng displaying the sleeping mice. So damn funny when the mice first show signs of falling asleep. They started moving like they were drunk or something.

You can read ah wei's cute account of the practical *here*

Oh ya, one thing I heard from a friend. Regardless of the fact whether you kept your mice alive or not, in the end, all of the mice will be killed.

So cruel hor?

But I had fun wor. (-.-!!)

i dunno when it started but...

...I love pharmacy.

Yesterday, waiyin came to see me at setapak and we had ice-cream at the little tree cafe for lunch.

She asked me something that till now I have not forgotten.

She asked me, if I was given a course other than Pharmacy, would I take it?

And it had occurred to me that I would not want to do any other courses BUT pharmacy.

I didn't know when I started falling in love with this course. Seriously.

But I feel proud when I tell people I am a Pharmacy student.

I just cannot imagine myself enjoying any other courses as much.

I had always been afraid of making the wrong choices but this time, I know I am on the right path.

Only God knows what the future holds for me as a pharmacist.

But right now I am enjoying the journey.

There are people telling me they had made the wrong choice in choosing their courses and wishing they could change it. Suddenly it felt like it was the wrong path for them.

All I can say is that when you become too complacent in your life, it is hard to make decisions. Those who succeed in life are those who were not satisfied with their lives.

I am forever thankful to God for answering my prayers and making my dream come true for giving me this course.

I love Pharmacy. I really do.

happy boifday to sherlyn lim tze im

I will be starting to drive to UKM tomorrow and already I am really worried. Did I make the right decision. Sigh, I am such a worrywart.

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Just a few weeks after Janice's 21st bday, it is now Ms Lim's turn. The truth was, we had actually planned an elaborate surprise party for her but due to Ms Lim's popularity and hectic schedule, we settled for cake and dessert with close friends and housemates.

31/07/2008 ~ TZE IM'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

Why not bday dinner? You must be wondering. Well, she had dinner date with her bf and we did not want to spoil it for her so we settled for late night supper cum dessert instead. The place was "Mat To Yao", a quaint cafe situated at Ground floor of Plaza Prima.

weiwei and the blogger were in charged of bringing the cake

oreo cheesecake. yum yum! "Congrats on finding your Mr Right!"

camwhoring while awaiting the bday girl

The blogger met the bday girl waaayyy back in 3M when the blogger's mandarin was still crapshit. Hailed from Penang Island, like the blogger, she was the only girl from her school, Chung Ling Penang to come to UKM KKL.

Over time, the blogger is glad to have tzeim as her friend. She is a good listener and extremely nice person. Not to mention, very pretty. Lolz. But she is taken, people.

She has many friends from many different courses due to her friendly charm and active participation as a committee member for Buddhist Fellowship (BF).

We are all glad to be part of her 21st bday celebration and the blogger hopes she enjoyed it as much as the blogger did.

her bday present from us:)

group photo

happy turning 21 tze im! hope all your dreams will come true!

(dessert review coming up)

of pledge, durians and interaction

PWTC having book fair. Sigh, but the blogger is too busy to go. So sad:(

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Ya la, the blogger has been extremely busy these days and is also absolutely nervous about the upcoming mid-sem exams which the blogger always does crapshits in. However, because of the overwhelming amount of photos that the blogger wishes to post in her blog, she has decided to slack off and finally update for real about her busy weeks in UKM KKL so far.

01/08/2007~ MAJLIS IKRAR FARMASI

One year ago, the blogger also attended this similiar event, clad in a blue baju kurung, feeling lost and afraid of all the seniors sitting right across. "Majlis Ikrar Farmasi" is a compulsory event where all Pharmacy students must pledge to abide by the ethics of a pharmacist. Held in DSG KTSN, the blogger felt extremely tired during the event but yet still very proud of being able to be part of the pledge. Being a second-year felt weird, especially as she sees all those first-years and reminiscing about how it was like for her to sit in their places, exactly a year ago.

The fun part of the event came at the very end, the general knowledge quiz between pharmacy students of every year. The second-years were represented by weihan, yusiang, fidelia and fatin whilst the blogger's buddy, cherhyun was part of the third-years team. The third-years eventually emerged as champions. The second-years, the blogger felt, was unlucky as they had really difficult questions. Despite it all, the blogger was impressed at their efforts.

29/08/2008~ EATING DURIANS WITH HOUSEMATES

Yes, the blogger & housemates had yummy durians that we bought at setapak: 3 for RM10. You can read more and see more photos at the blogger's roommate's blog and housemate's blog. The blogger is extremely lazy to elaborate more.

26/07/2008~ HARI INTERAKSI FARMASI 2008

The blogger did not go for last year's hari interaksi as it clashed with the prize-giving ceremony at VI. This time around, the blogger decided to go to see what the buzz is about as well as catch a glimpse at the juniors. I was in INDIGO. The other houses were AMARANTH, CHLOROPHYLL and TARTRAZINE.

weiwei and the blogger had helped to paint the UKM logo and Kelab Farmasi logo on the banner. hehe:)

kahhang was so cute when he performed the silat for the opening ceremony. The blogger wished she had taken more photos. Lolz.

The blogger won the lucky draw! Right before the lucky draw winners were announced, the blogger mentioned how she never wins anything but when the blogger's matric number was announced, she was utterly suprised! Imagine that, of all the 360 matric numbers, the blogger was one of the lucky ones. Lolz.

Besides that, tzeim also emerged as the winner for the "guess the number of capsules" award. She came closest to the correct amount. Lolz:D

Both the carolyns went to Khidmat Masyarakat classes so we saved them some bihun. However, because of boredom, we decided to doodle on the polistrene boxes containing the bihun. LMAO.

The pretty stained glass souvenir we all got: