Straight after church today Hamish and I attended this viola get-together held at the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra building. It was basically a group of viola players playing some music together.
I was initially weary about the whole thing as I didn't think I'd know anyone there besides my violin/viola teacher, and they'd all be a whole lot older and much better than us!
It turns out that they were quite friendly and there were a few younger people there as well! We played quite a few pieces, although I do admit I dozed off slightly while I was playing! (I must've been a little tired!)
Anyway after several hours of playing music, we ended with a mini performance to whoever showed up, which were mainly parents/family members of the viola players!
Sunday, 6 March 2011
Saturday, 5 March 2011
Being with Other Interns
Tonight was Mimi and Natalie's (two of my pharmacy friends) belated combined birthday party at a bar in Mt Eden, and usually I can't make it to such events because I can't drive myself and also I'm not exactly close with many of the other pharmacy students, but this time I decided I'd make an effort to attend!
Of course, I didn't realise it was tonight and thought it wasn't going to be held till a few weeks later and so I didn't buy them anything! Aonghas drove me there and we stopped by a petrol station on the way. I ended up just buying them each a block of chocolate.
When I got there I got to catch up with a few of my pharmacy friends, and it was interesting to hear the sorts of experiences they were having with their internship. In fact, it was great hearing that other people were in a similar boat to me!
I went over to wish the birthday girls a Happy Birthday before I had to leave soon.l
Despite my attendance being quite brief, it was good to see everyone again.
Of course, I didn't realise it was tonight and thought it wasn't going to be held till a few weeks later and so I didn't buy them anything! Aonghas drove me there and we stopped by a petrol station on the way. I ended up just buying them each a block of chocolate.
When I got there I got to catch up with a few of my pharmacy friends, and it was interesting to hear the sorts of experiences they were having with their internship. In fact, it was great hearing that other people were in a similar boat to me!
I went over to wish the birthday girls a Happy Birthday before I had to leave soon.l
Despite my attendance being quite brief, it was good to see everyone again.
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
Surfing the Wave
It wasn't too busy at work today and so there wasn't really much to do besides the occasional dispensing. I did talk to a patient who told me she had been working in a pharmacy since she was 15 and didn't want to study pharmacy because it's sooo boring and didn't want to waste four years of study just to work in retail! That was...interesting....
I also wore my name badge upside down for the second half of the day without realising till my preceptor pointed it out to me just as I was about to go upstairs to the doctors to give them some prescriptions!
I also wore my name badge upside down for the second half of the day without realising till my preceptor pointed it out to me just as I was about to go upstairs to the doctors to give them some prescriptions!
I managed to find a seat outside in the Quad during lunch and spotted my old friend Shen! We were right beside this mechanical surfboard thing which is kinda like a mechanical bull. He wanted to have a go at it because they were giving away free razors to anyone who had a go.
Shen kept persuading me to have a go as well, so after he went, I decided I might as well try it too! I didn't last too long though, but at least I got some free stuff!
I was going to go to the gym after work as well but I didn't have a lock and after going all the way down to Queen Street to find one decided to just go home early!
$1 Cheeseburgers
This morning I heard on the radio that if you downloaded this app called VoucherMob you could get $1 Cheeseburgers at McDonald's for today.
I completely forgot about the deal till I got home and downloaded the app. As soon as Aonghas and Hamish got home later tonight, my mum told us to go out and buy some Cheeseburgers so she wouldn't have to make lunch for us.
We ended up getting 15 Cheeseburgers, the most number of burgers we've ever bought in one go! Funnily enough the people working at McDonald's weren't even aware of the offer and were surprised to hear it too!
I completely forgot about the deal till I got home and downloaded the app. As soon as Aonghas and Hamish got home later tonight, my mum told us to go out and buy some Cheeseburgers so she wouldn't have to make lunch for us.
We ended up getting 15 Cheeseburgers, the most number of burgers we've ever bought in one go! Funnily enough the people working at McDonald's weren't even aware of the offer and were surprised to hear it too!
The Hello Count (Updated)
I have grown to absolutely hate the song 'Hello' by Martin Solveig & Dragonette, especially since they seem to play it constantly on the radio! It's driving me so insane I'm ready to self-medicate myself!
At work we're tuned to The Edge, and I thought I'd start a tally of just how many times it's played this week, and will keep this post updated!
Monday: 3
Tuesday: 2
For those of you who don't know which song I'm talking about, here it is. Knock yourself out...
At work we're tuned to The Edge, and I thought I'd start a tally of just how many times it's played this week, and will keep this post updated!
Monday: 3
Tuesday: 2
For those of you who don't know which song I'm talking about, here it is. Knock yourself out...
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