Wow it's been such a long time since I last posted on this blog! A lot has definitely happened and many things have changed since then.
I know I say it everytime, but I think I might just mean it this time when I say that I will post more often this year!
One thing that has become ever prominent and important in my life, especially in the past month or so has been my spiritual life, so you may notice me talking about that a bit more in my posts!
That may not be too interesting or appealing to read for some people, but hey, how many people actually read this thing?!
Anyway, I'll elaborate a little later on in another post. It's time for me to sleep!
Sunday, 5 February 2017
Saturday, 2 August 2014
Oops...
OK I know I was meant to update my blog more often this year, but it seems as though I haven't updated in the past five months since February!
Oops...
I guess quite a bit has happened since then! I got a new job and my full driver's license (finally).
There goes two things off my New Years' Resolutions!
2. Get my full license
3. Get a full time job
Oops...
I guess quite a bit has happened since then! I got a new job and my full driver's license (finally).
There goes two things off my New Years' Resolutions!
Despite having a job now, I still seem to have a lot of time on my hands after work seeing as I'm not doing any study on the side this year and I only work four days a week.
I think I'm just going to have to blog more often from now on to entertain myself!
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
Karaoke Time!
This afternoon I caught the train with Andrew into the city to join a few others for some karaoke! It's been a while since I last caught a train and probably one of the first times I've used the new AT Hop Card!
The platform was actually a bit busy because school had finished, but fortunately there were seats for Andrew and me!
We got to the karaoke bar early and so we went in and got started before Tsun Hei and Stephanie arrived, and later Laura and John.
We all took turns singing songs. Most of them were Chinese songs.
There were actually some nice Chinese songs! I had to Sound Hound them so I could try find them when I got home.
I did try sing some Chinese songs, but I had to search up the pinyin for them!
John and I were the only two who couldn't read the Chinese, so we managed to get a few English songs in there too!
The platform was actually a bit busy because school had finished, but fortunately there were seats for Andrew and me!
We got to the karaoke bar early and so we went in and got started before Tsun Hei and Stephanie arrived, and later Laura and John.
We all took turns singing songs. Most of them were Chinese songs.
There were actually some nice Chinese songs! I had to Sound Hound them so I could try find them when I got home.
I did try sing some Chinese songs, but I had to search up the pinyin for them!
John and I were the only two who couldn't read the Chinese, so we managed to get a few English songs in there too!
Tuesday, 11 February 2014
Struggling to Understand
As mentioned earlier, one of my New Years Resolutions is to
9. Sit the HSK Chinese exam
which essentially means IMPROVE MY CHINESE!
This year I actually want to make an effort to improve my Chinese. There's no time as the present as they say, and if I don't start now, I'll never get better.
I found a Chinese class to attend, and so my dad and I attended. It turned out to be a conversational group, where there was a conversation/discussion led by a Chinese teacher. There were a few students there, and then my dad and I. Yeah, a bit odd for a 25-year-old to bring along his dad, but I thought my dad would be interested and in the end he helped me out quite a bit!
The other students were either Cantonese speakers or non-Chinese people who had lived in China for a few years and were wanting to keep their Chinese up. All of them had much better Chinese than me, so I was struggling to keep up and understand everything!
Fortunately the conversation wasn't as difficult as one between fluent speakers, but with my limited Chinese, I could still only understand a few things and would take too long to try figure out what something meant.
To be honest, it was a little soul-crushing! It's how I felt when I first started attending church. I'm used to it now, and people do help translate for me, but it is quite depressing when you feel left out because you can't understand and realise how bad your Chinese really is.
I know the only way to improve though is to practise, practise, practise, but I think I might need a more structured class with homework, tests, etc. to help push me!
The quest continues...
9. Sit the HSK Chinese exam
which essentially means IMPROVE MY CHINESE!
This year I actually want to make an effort to improve my Chinese. There's no time as the present as they say, and if I don't start now, I'll never get better.
I found a Chinese class to attend, and so my dad and I attended. It turned out to be a conversational group, where there was a conversation/discussion led by a Chinese teacher. There were a few students there, and then my dad and I. Yeah, a bit odd for a 25-year-old to bring along his dad, but I thought my dad would be interested and in the end he helped me out quite a bit!
The other students were either Cantonese speakers or non-Chinese people who had lived in China for a few years and were wanting to keep their Chinese up. All of them had much better Chinese than me, so I was struggling to keep up and understand everything!
Fortunately the conversation wasn't as difficult as one between fluent speakers, but with my limited Chinese, I could still only understand a few things and would take too long to try figure out what something meant.
To be honest, it was a little soul-crushing! It's how I felt when I first started attending church. I'm used to it now, and people do help translate for me, but it is quite depressing when you feel left out because you can't understand and realise how bad your Chinese really is.
I know the only way to improve though is to practise, practise, practise, but I think I might need a more structured class with homework, tests, etc. to help push me!
The quest continues...
Woops...
My New Years Resolution was to update my blog more regularly, and here I am already apologising for not having updated it since New Years!
SHAMEFUL!
Anyway I'm going to try fill in the gaps over the next couple days and get this blog up-to-date before it's too late!
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
Happy New Years 2014!
Happy New Year Everyone!
I can't believe how fast this year has passed by! Everything like Christmas and New Years just crept up in the past few weeks. I really don't know where all the time has gone!
If I was to sum up 2013, it would be that this was the year I got baptised, worked part time as a pharmacist and continued studying pharmacy.
It's been a long time since Ada, a previous pastor and Sunday School teacher at our church encouraged us brothers to get baptised. Slightly over ten years later, we actually went through with it! I sometimes forget that I did get baptised, only because I've been a Christian for so long that I just keep thinking it was a while ago that I got baptised!
I also never thought I'd end up continuing studying pharmacy! I had a bit of a rough time studying a Bachelors of Pharmacy, and to imagine myself doing a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy would be crazy!
In the first few weeks of doing it, I kept asking myself, what am I doing? I have no idea how I'm going to make it to the end of this, I want to quit! I ended up making it all the way to the end, and I'm so glad I didn't quit!
I also took a chance and went down to Taupo for a week to do some locum pharmacy work, and while initially anxious about it, I am extremely glad I went down for the experience!
I always get the feeling I didn't accomplish much in 2013, but when I think about it, a lot actually happened and I did actually accomplish quite a bit!
My main goal for 2014 is to start taking risks, going out there and getting things done, not shying away from a challenge. This will be the only way for me to grow and to move forward/upwards! I have to not be afraid of failure and to just keep trying. That's the first step in living a life without regret!
My main goal for 2014 is to start taking risks, going out there and getting things done, not shying away from a challenge. This will be the only way for me to grow and to move forward/upwards! I have to not be afraid of failure and to just keep trying. That's the first step in living a life without regret!
My blogging this year has been quite inconsistent, so you'll see it featuring in my New Year's resolutions for this year, so once again here we go!
- = Calum's 2013 New Years' Resolutions = -
(In no particular order, and roughly the same as last year)
1. Find a girlfriend (nothing to see here, same as before)
FAIL - A could do better here, and actually make an effort.
2. Make two new or closer friends
YES - I've gotten to know Joanna, Wei and Tsun Hei pretty well
3. Find a job
YES - I did regular locum work at the pharmacy I completed my internship at, which saw me working at least two days a week till the end of October. I do have to find another job now though
4. Choose what to study at uni and complete it
YES - I ended up choosing to study for a Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Pharmacy and actually completed it against the odds!
5. Participate in some organisation such as a volunteer organisation etc.
FAIL - Didn't join any new group!
6. Join some cultural activity/group/social group
FAIL - Same as above!
7. Pick up the accordion again and start practising a bit more regularly
FAIL - Still haven't touched it all year!
8. Clean the house!
FAIL - The house is still a mess
9. Sign up for and take Chinese classes
FAIL - Didn't get around to doing it
10. Learn and practise another musical instrument more regularly
YES - Does the cajon count? I've been playing it this year as they need it for the English worship band
11. Sit a music theory exam
FAIL - Once again didn't do it
12. Get my full driver's license
FAIL - I did have one driving lesson, but the instructor pretty much told me the Mitsubishi Lancer we have would fail before I even sit the test as it is too boyracer-like!
13. Travel to at least one overseas destination, and one local destination outside of Auckland
PARTLY YES - Did not travel overseas, but I did visit Rotorua with the family early in the year, and went down to Taupo in November for a week to work
14. Give my baptism testimony in Chinese
FAIL - I gave the first sentence of it in Chinese, but due to time constraints and a few issues I had to do it in English :(
15. Get baptised
YES - Finally got baptised in Easter! About time!
16. Be more mature
UM - Possibly not...I'm not too sure!
17. Go for regular runs and try to lose the fat (maybe enter Round the Bays!)
YES - I'm going to say yes because I joined the gym a couple months ago and manage to go regularly for a month! I haven't been for the past two weeks, but Christmas is a very busy time ;)
18. Attend a fellowship at another church or visit another church
YES - I've attended a few Church Unlimited services as well as City Impact's Christmas Eve service which was cool to see how they did things. I didn't get a chance to attend a fellowship at another church though.
19. Build up Anbro!
PARTLY YES - We filmed a few weddings and a school Chinese performance. It was more or less the same as last year though.
So my overall score is 7/19 resolutions achieved = MUST DO BETTER.
OK, so now time for this year's New Years Resolutions!
- = Calum's 2013 New Years' Resolutions = -
1. Get a girlfriend (same as before!)
2. Get my full license
3. Get a full time job
4. Get another qualification
5. Go to the gym regularly and GET THAT SUMMER BODY
6. Travel to at least one destination overseas
7. Hang around more people my age
8. Find another social group or organisation to get involved with
9. Sit the HSK Chinese exam
10. Sit a music theory exam
11. Pick up the piano accordion again
12. Make another two more close friends
13. Blog more regularly!
14. Be more adventurous
15. Take greater risks/Step outside my comfort zone
16. Do not rely on others
17. Do not be as open about my feelings etc. i.e. BE MORE MANLY
18. Keep in touch with old friends and catch up with them more
18. Keep in touch with old friends and catch up with them more
The last few are quite obscure, but hopefully they'll all make me a stronger, more independent person! I may update this as time goes if I feel the need to, but anyway...
Bring on 2014!
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Sunday, 24 November 2013
Indian for Dinner
After church my mum wanted to return to Spotlight AGAIN with some other mothers at church, and so Hamish and I went to the nearby McDonalds with Winston to pass the time away. It was also hot, so we thought it'd be a good idea to get something cool to drink. I have to say the frozen Sprite with a choice of different syrups was actually quite good!
An hour had passed and Spotlight closed, forcing our parents out. That's when we decided to all go out to dinner together. Nadine and Winston had seen a voucher on Groupon for Indian buffet at a restaurant nearby, so they rang to book a table and bought the voucher on the spot.
The rules of the voucher were that it included appetizers which we had to finish, and each of us could choose a main. If we wanted another one, we would have to finish everything before we could get the next one.
We all thought, oh yep that's cool we can do that! Let me tell you though it was a lot more difficult than it seemed!
The appetizers came on platters. Each were for two people, so we got four platters. There were kebabs, sausages and samosas which tasted really good.
We then had to choose which main we wanted to start off with. I originally chose lamb mince balls, but was asked if I could choose something else, so I chose one called the Special Curry. I can't quite remember what was in it, except lamb and chicken.
Our mums didn't manage to finish their curry sauce, and so we thought we wouldn't be allowed seconds...even though we did feel quite full by then!
We asked the waiter who had been really nice all night if we could order seconds, and while initially pointing at our mums' curry bowls, told us not to worry and so we ordered two more mains.
We had run out of rice and so we ordered some more, and I had too much rice put on my bowl! I was so full! I managed to finish it all in the end though!
Overall it was a pretty good deal and a good meal, and we really enjoyed the service there! We usually go to Chinese places for dinner, so it was good to try something different. If you're looking for good service and good curry, check out Simply Spice Restaurant!
An hour had passed and Spotlight closed, forcing our parents out. That's when we decided to all go out to dinner together. Nadine and Winston had seen a voucher on Groupon for Indian buffet at a restaurant nearby, so they rang to book a table and bought the voucher on the spot.
The rules of the voucher were that it included appetizers which we had to finish, and each of us could choose a main. If we wanted another one, we would have to finish everything before we could get the next one.
We all thought, oh yep that's cool we can do that! Let me tell you though it was a lot more difficult than it seemed!
We then had to choose which main we wanted to start off with. I originally chose lamb mince balls, but was asked if I could choose something else, so I chose one called the Special Curry. I can't quite remember what was in it, except lamb and chicken.
It was quite good. We got a basket of naan bread, and bowls of rice to add the curry to. While others at their meet first and were left with bowls of sauce, I added my sauce to the rice and ate that first so that I was left with the meat last.
Our mums didn't manage to finish their curry sauce, and so we thought we wouldn't be allowed seconds...even though we did feel quite full by then!
We asked the waiter who had been really nice all night if we could order seconds, and while initially pointing at our mums' curry bowls, told us not to worry and so we ordered two more mains.
We had run out of rice and so we ordered some more, and I had too much rice put on my bowl! I was so full! I managed to finish it all in the end though!
Overall it was a pretty good deal and a good meal, and we really enjoyed the service there! We usually go to Chinese places for dinner, so it was good to try something different. If you're looking for good service and good curry, check out Simply Spice Restaurant!
Friday, 22 November 2013
Growing Taller
Unfortunately not me, but my sunflowers! :D
There's still now flowers, but at least they're growing taller! Now I just hope the wind doesn't blow them over or they snap...
Thursday, 21 November 2013
A Week of Openings and Reopenings
This week has seen the local Spotlight store reopen, and a new Countdown supermarket open. That all means one thing - sales!
Yesterday my mum went to the Spotlight sale while I was at the gym. I went to find her afterwards and was surprised to see how packed Spotlight was! I don't think I've ever seen it that crowded before. I have to admit they were mainly older aged people there.
The aisles were quite narrow, especially for trolleys so I asked my mum if I could go to McDonald's while she continued to shop. I know, I know, undoing all my gym work!
Anyway, I went to McDonald's for a little feed. The girl at the counter recognised me and asked how I was doing, and how my brothers were doing! I didn't recognise her, but I just assumed it was probably from the countless Friday nights we go to McDonald's after youth group that she knew me! Now that's what I call good customer service!
Today was the opening of another Countdown supermarket. There is now at least four Countdowns within five minute of our house! This is the supermarket I actually applied for a job at. Countdown is gradually rolling out in-store pharmacies, and so I applied for a pharmacist position there. I never heard back, so I thought it'd be interesting to see what it's like and who's working there.
Once again this supermarket was pretty crowded. It seemed as though the staff were all getting used to their new jobs as well.
I was driving my mum into the carpark and was indicating to turn into a carpark that just became free. A car came from around the corner and I thought I'd let it pass before I turned into the carpark. The next thing I knew was the car driving straight into my car park! How rude! My mum leaned over to honk the horn before I quickly drove off so no one could see me (this car park was right opposite the entrance!). We eventually found another car park.
There were quite a few good deal today: four cans of baked beans/spaghetti for $2, a carton of eight 1.5L Coke/Diet Coke bottles for $10. Some people loaded their trolleys up with cans! There was a limit of one Coke carton per customer, but I saw one couple who each had a trolley with at least three cartons each! I'm guessing they own a dairy...
I ended up getting separated from my mum and walked around the whole supermarket three times before finding her. She's kinda short so is not the easiest person to spot in a crowd!
At least we came away with a trolley full of food! That always makes me happy!
Yesterday my mum went to the Spotlight sale while I was at the gym. I went to find her afterwards and was surprised to see how packed Spotlight was! I don't think I've ever seen it that crowded before. I have to admit they were mainly older aged people there.
The aisles were quite narrow, especially for trolleys so I asked my mum if I could go to McDonald's while she continued to shop. I know, I know, undoing all my gym work!
Anyway, I went to McDonald's for a little feed. The girl at the counter recognised me and asked how I was doing, and how my brothers were doing! I didn't recognise her, but I just assumed it was probably from the countless Friday nights we go to McDonald's after youth group that she knew me! Now that's what I call good customer service!
Today was the opening of another Countdown supermarket. There is now at least four Countdowns within five minute of our house! This is the supermarket I actually applied for a job at. Countdown is gradually rolling out in-store pharmacies, and so I applied for a pharmacist position there. I never heard back, so I thought it'd be interesting to see what it's like and who's working there.
Once again this supermarket was pretty crowded. It seemed as though the staff were all getting used to their new jobs as well.
There were quite a few good deal today: four cans of baked beans/spaghetti for $2, a carton of eight 1.5L Coke/Diet Coke bottles for $10. Some people loaded their trolleys up with cans! There was a limit of one Coke carton per customer, but I saw one couple who each had a trolley with at least three cartons each! I'm guessing they own a dairy...
I ended up getting separated from my mum and walked around the whole supermarket three times before finding her. She's kinda short so is not the easiest person to spot in a crowd!
At least we came away with a trolley full of food! That always makes me happy!
Monday, 18 November 2013
Happy Belated Birthday Hamish!
Yesterday was actually Hamish's birthday, but because I was working all day and Aonghas had to work in the evening, we didn't get a chance to celebrate it. Usually our family goes out for dinner to celebrate.
We decided to go out for dinner tonight, since Aonghas has finished his uni job for the year which means he didn't have to work tonight. We were originally going to pick Hamish up from work, then go our favourite Chinese restaurant in Mt Albert, but we were having trouble getting in touch with Hamish. He's been having problems with his phone lately with the battery dying prematurely.
We only just managed to spot him waiting outside his work and picked him up, but by then it was quite late, so we changed our plans and went back to Carls Jr out west for dinner.
This would be the first time our dad had gone to Carls Jr! The burger I ordered was MASSIVE! I was definitely full afterwards!
Anyway, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAMISH!
We only just managed to spot him waiting outside his work and picked him up, but by then it was quite late, so we changed our plans and went back to Carls Jr out west for dinner.
This would be the first time our dad had gone to Carls Jr! The burger I ordered was MASSIVE! I was definitely full afterwards!
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Fireworks go off with a Bang!
Tonight was the annual Waitakere Fireworks display at the Trusts Stadium. It almost didn't happen and was originally postponed, but fortunately it was un-postponed!
It's too expensive for us to pay to go in and watch the fireworks, but we're lucky our church is right across the road, so we can just watch them from there.
We showed up at about 8pm after dinner. We were originally tossing up between going out for dinner to celebrate Hamish's birthday (which is tomorrow), or just to eat in and celebrate it another time. We ended up staying home for dinner.
It was only once the stunt planes flew noisily over our house in formation that we started realising we should really get a move on!
As we drove to church, there were quite a few people sitting on the banks opposite the stadium ready to watch the fireworks for free. There must be a lot of cheap people like us in West Auckland!
When we got to church, the other fellowship was already there playing games. There were a few people from my own fellowship who had already shown up and joined in with them.
They were all sitting in a circle playing this game called Do You Love Your Neighbour? If you say 'yes', everyone has to swap seats, and the last person standing is stuck in the middle. If you say 'no', then only the two people beside you have to swap seats and you have to try swap seats with them without being the last person standing. Sound confusing? It was for me the first few times!
We were about to play this other game which required us to get into several teams. We were then given a few Chinese characters. Each team member would pick one character and call it out right at the same time, and the opposing team would have to guess what Chinese characters had been said and then use them to make a sentence or phrase.
We didn't get too far before the fireworks were about to start and we all rushed outside!
The fireworks started off slow and small, but they started to get bigger and bigger. Once again, car alarms were set off, and despite our car being parked at the far end of the car park, I had the beeper to turn it off every once in a while!
I'll let the photos do the talking though.
It's too expensive for us to pay to go in and watch the fireworks, but we're lucky our church is right across the road, so we can just watch them from there.
We showed up at about 8pm after dinner. We were originally tossing up between going out for dinner to celebrate Hamish's birthday (which is tomorrow), or just to eat in and celebrate it another time. We ended up staying home for dinner.
It was only once the stunt planes flew noisily over our house in formation that we started realising we should really get a move on!
As we drove to church, there were quite a few people sitting on the banks opposite the stadium ready to watch the fireworks for free. There must be a lot of cheap people like us in West Auckland!
When we got to church, the other fellowship was already there playing games. There were a few people from my own fellowship who had already shown up and joined in with them.
They were all sitting in a circle playing this game called Do You Love Your Neighbour? If you say 'yes', everyone has to swap seats, and the last person standing is stuck in the middle. If you say 'no', then only the two people beside you have to swap seats and you have to try swap seats with them without being the last person standing. Sound confusing? It was for me the first few times!
We were about to play this other game which required us to get into several teams. We were then given a few Chinese characters. Each team member would pick one character and call it out right at the same time, and the opposing team would have to guess what Chinese characters had been said and then use them to make a sentence or phrase.
The fireworks started off slow and small, but they started to get bigger and bigger. Once again, car alarms were set off, and despite our car being parked at the far end of the car park, I had the beeper to turn it off every once in a while!
I'll let the photos do the talking though.
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Pentatonix Power!
I have to admit to a new addiction in the past few days..Pentatonix! With all my free time I've been watching YouTube videos, and I've been hooked on their videos!
For those who haven't heard of them before, they are a 5-person acapella group, who originally entered an American TV competition called The Sing-Off and they won.
This is one of my favourite performances..
They have even done a cover of Royals by our local heroine, Lorde!
The guys who do the low parts and the percussion are amazing! Now I'm really starting to sound like a fan boy! I definitely wouldn't complain if they decided to pay New Zealand a visit though.
Saturday, 2 November 2013
The Last of Uni...Again
I returned to uni this weekend for the final presentations of my postgrad course at university. I had one presentation to give on Saturday morning on a patient care plan, while my presentation on Sunday afternoon was on a clinical pharmacy service (I spoke on pharmacists being Quit Card providers).
I was quite anxious in the lead-up to the weekend, especially regarding my patient care plan as I had only just managed to get access to patient notes a week out after a two week fight with red tape. After reviewing the notes I only realised how much more there was to this case than I first expected! I was a little overwhelmed, and didn't know what to do!
Fortunately I managed to pull off a couple of over-nighters and come up with a care plan for this patient. I even managed some sleep the night before the presentation!
I was due to present early on the first Saturday morning. I started off a bit nervous, but pulled myself through. We had a time limit of 10 minutes, with a time penalty for every minute we spoke beyond 10 minutes 30 seconds. I had timed myself prior to the morning and my presentation was only nine minutes. I ended up speaking over time though! Yikes!
It was good to get it done early though, so I didn't have to worry for the rest of the day. I have to admit I was a bit tired though, and started dozing off a little! I was sitting at the back with one of my classmates.
He gave his presentation a little later in the afternoon, and after his presentation he told me he saw me dozing off during his presentation and tried to change the tone of his voice! I felt really bad about that! I bought myself a coffee at the next break to keep me awake for the rest of the afternoon! We didn't finish till 5.30pm, which meant a long nine hour day at uni!
The next day were the clinical pharmacy service presentations which were a bit more interesting to me. My presentation was right at the end of the day though, so I had a long wait. I was hoping to avoid going beyond the time limit this time though.
It was eventually my turn, and I gave my presentation. I ended up speaking for longer than yesterday! Noooo!!
At least it was all finally done. No more presentations, assignments or deadlines! Now the only thing to do is wait for the results to come out in about a month's time!
While I have been telling myself throughout this year that this will be the last time I go back to uni to study, I always find myself thinking about what I should study next! I think this time I should focus on finding a job first before considering any more study. I'm glad I did extra study this year though, as I have learnt quite a bit and it has helped me refresh my memory on quite a few things. I've also met quite a few cool people in my class!
Thursday, 24 October 2013
Feel the Power!
So it looks like I officially own a part of Meridian Energy, but maybe more than I wanted!
I applied for some shares on the website the day before the share offer, and put in the bank account number of my savings account.
It wasn't till the next morning when I contacted the bank just to double check something that I discovered that the savings account I entered wasn't suitable. When I asked them what I should do, they told me to just make another application with a different bank account number and the first application would just get declined. Apparently this was a common issue with the last Mighty River Power share offer.
I did that, but then the following day I discovered the amount of money from both applications had been taken from my bank account!
I soon got an email from the bank saying that usually the savings account I entered in my first share application doesn't usually allow direct debits, but they made an exception for everyone just this once.
Now I've got twice as many shares as I would have liked! Meridian Energy, you better perform well!
Wednesday, 16 October 2013
Pushing It
After I had my one hour session with the trainer last Wednesday, I didn't return to the gym till Saturday because of work. Since then (excluding Sunday because of church!), I've been coming in every morning for at least an hour to work out. I've got to admit I've been feeling a little sore and tired afterwards (falling asleep in the afternoons!), but it's worth it!
It really has been making me feel more upbeat and happy, and it feels great that my body is getting a workout!
I bumped into my trainer again yesterday while I was working out, who said he had seen me working out and encouraged me to keep it up. He then introduced me to the abdominal crunch machine. Hopefully that'll give me some abs!
The trainer wants me to keep a diary of everything I eat :O Fortunately he wants me to start next week, so I might spend the last few days enjoying unhealthy food! Or maybe not...
Beach body beach body beach body!
Saturday, 12 October 2013
I Shall Call Him King Kong and He Shall Be Mine
A few weeks ago I decided I wanted to grow a plant.
Knowing me, I procrastinated and did nothing about it. Well, today I was quite bored and was about to walk to the nearby park and chill when I realised I still hadn't planted my seeds!
It was time to get my hands dirty! I found a large pot, filled it with some potting mix and planted a few seeds.
Surprisingly the seeds were blue! The pack does say they're not genetically modified though...
And all done! King Kong will soon be mine!
I want to grow a plant #newgoalAt the time I bought a pack of sunflower seeds. They were nicknamed 'King Kong' as they could apparently grow as tall as 5m!
— Calum Anderson (@euraznboy) September 29, 2013
Knowing me, I procrastinated and did nothing about it. Well, today I was quite bored and was about to walk to the nearby park and chill when I realised I still hadn't planted my seeds!
It was time to get my hands dirty! I found a large pot, filled it with some potting mix and planted a few seeds.
Surprisingly the seeds were blue! The pack does say they're not genetically modified though...
And all done! King Kong will soon be mine!
Friday, 11 October 2013
A Second Farewell
Today was the last day of regular work at my pharmacy, which made it slightly sad. I've been working at Apollo doing the afternoon till evening shifts on Thursdays and Fridays for most of this past year, as well as covering for people when needed. That has seen me work a few Saturday and Sunday afternoons as well.
I guess the farewell wasn't as sad as there was a sense of deja vu, since I had farewelled everyone at the end of my internship last year. They also might call me back to do some work when some of the pharmacists go on holiday in the coming months...that's if I haven't found another job before then!
I will miss working there regularly though. Working three days initially then two days a week worked out OK for me. I admit that working Friday nights meant I'd come late to youth group, but I had gotten used to it and adjusted to it. I actually enjoyed working Thursday and Friday nights with Moses, the intern as you get a bit more freedom and can also test yourself since you have to rely on yourself when you're the only pharmacist in charge there.
I'll miss everyone!
As everyone was leaving around 6pm, they were all saying their goodbyes to me and joking that the next time they see me I'll hopefully have muscles! My manager who has been pushing me to get my full license all year, then reminded me that I still hadn't gotten my full license yet! Oops! Well next time they see me, hopefully I'll have a license and muscles! My manager reckons the license may be easier for me to get than the muscles!
Once I finish my postgraduate study in a months' time, I'm not too sure what I'm going to do with myself till my next job comes about! I guess we'll just have to wait and see what the next chapter has in store for me. I have to admit I'm a little apprehensive, seeing as whatever job it may be, it will be the first job I wouldn't hve done my internship at, so it will be a little different. It will be a good challenge for me though, and I guess it will help me grow further as a pharmacist.
Thanks for everything though, Pharmacy@Apollo! I won't forget you guys!
Wednesday, 9 October 2013
Beach Body Here I Come
This morning I had my complementary one hour session with Monty, my personal trainer. He took me through some warm-up cardio exercises, along with some workouts using machines that would work my front and back, my biceps and triceps, as well as my abs.
My main goals at the gym are to get some abs, improve my posture (I hunch over too much) and to get some muscles!
The last time I joined a gym was the uni gym, and I didn't commit to it at all, only going there three times in the space of a year.
This time I'm going to do it right, and as my trainer has repeated to me to motivate me...
BEACH BODY, BEACH BODY, BEACH BODY!
My main goals at the gym are to get some abs, improve my posture (I hunch over too much) and to get some muscles!
The last time I joined a gym was the uni gym, and I didn't commit to it at all, only going there three times in the space of a year.
This time I'm going to do it right, and as my trainer has repeated to me to motivate me...
BEACH BODY, BEACH BODY, BEACH BODY!
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Oh I Donated?
I just received this in the mail:
Uhh...you're welcome? I don't think I've ever made any donations to them!
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