On Sunday, my ego was kinda provoked by my Head (my senior). It wasn't necessary her fault to begin with but it just blew a fuse in one of my brain arteries. I was immediately flushed with intense fury which is an understatement. If you want somebody to do something for you, let the person do it... completely. I mean don't just make changes behind his back without even informing him first before anyone else, even though he is just your subordinate. So, I did what seemed natural then. I scorned her and sent a personal but subtle attacking e-mail to her, and two other seniors (I wasn't sure who did it yet) after she failed to reply my terse text.
The next day, the Pres whom I did look up to, spoke to me briefly. I knew she was beating around the bush before she asked me if I knew why she approached me. I told her I did. And she questioned my actions. I explained. And she responded. But was ultimately too busy to bother about me. So I just gave some passive answers and hope that it would satisfy her. I mean I did it to quiet her but at the same time that was how I really felt... nothing. I wasn't about to keep any grudge just because of something like that... but it seemed my Head was sensitive about what I did and said. Oh well... hope everything can turn up well...
It was like lemons. You know from the phrase,'If life throws you lemons, make lemonade!' So I have to learn to make the best out of it. Hmm... otherwise...
If life throws you lemons,
1. eat them
2. throw back
3. bake lemon cheesecake
But I digress...
The rest of the week turned up alright. But without some slight drama. The first day of the awareness campaign was a little kelam-kabut - especially those tending the booths selling these badges for charity. My group had problems tallying the amount of badges with the money collected. But it was all alright after clearing up some confusions. However, I still missed the 7.00pm bus. So had to wait until 8.30pm to catch the next one. I had my dinner first time on campus. I was home only at 10.00pm. Tired....
The badges are really nice, mind you! Only RM10 for all 4. But RM3 for 1. Plus they were designed by our own members. It goes to show Pharmacy sudents don't just play with chemicals in the lab. Common misconception. We are actually quite the friendly and creative bunch.
Ok, we did not made those. Got these sandwich boards from MAC (Malaysian AIDS Council). But we were all prepared to wear them and go around campus. I couldn't get a picture though. I, myself was on double shift wearing the sandwich board while selling those badges above to the student bodies. We managed to sell all 600 in just 3 days alone!
Some international students. We care ;)
My Friday shift was more exciting than my Wednesday's. Perhaps because we still had badges to sell on Wednesday. So we went around the cafeteria; making friends but causing many more to feel bad about not buying the badges. But that's just what we do ;) On Friday, we really tried to get the message out.
At the presentation station on Friday. I was deciding which sandwich board to wear.
At the presentation station on Friday. I was deciding which sandwich board to wear.
I wore the second from left one at first. Then we went around passing leaflets and postcards to everyone. Then, I saw Kimberly (a senior). She said all the guys like to wear the "I'm HIV+. Can I get a hug?" sandwich boards to take advantage. I was like "YEAH! I prefer to wear that. At least can have more fun". So she smacked me. After going around, I went back to the station and switched to a board which reads, "I'm HIV+. May I walk with you?" Then it hit me. And so I gathered the others wearing the sandwich board to form this human chain walking together with our arms intertwined with each others'. It was so cool! We walked quite far; while gathering plenty of attention. We also asked some people to walk with us which was soooo coooool that they were sporting enough! We looked like Snake 2 or something :p Although the chain was at its longest with 9 people only, it was very awesome that we managed to persuade some to join us :D
Oh and some of the condoms I collected throughout the week. All free! The bottom right hand corner one is a green tea flavour one :P Probably for Asians? Haha! And note the condom-shaped stamen on the hibiscus XD
I got some of the condoms from the sex education + STD talk we had during the week. It was very interesting! I went on Thursday; the only day I wasn't on duty. The orator made the topic more interesting than it already was. Unfortunately I missed the earlier parts; as I was at lunch and left early to rush for class. The doctor also said that guys' sex organs vary in size with temperature. He compared a swimmer which looked as though his was small as compared to a body builder whose looked bigger. It's not the sport or activity which determines the size. It's how much heat the body is producing. So he warned the girls not to fall for body builders so easily! That was some of the few funny examples he gave :P
As for classes, we had an interesting lab session on Tuesday. 2/3 of the class administered drugs on their eye! It seemed a whole lot scarier at first as the lecturer told us that we had to sign a consent form so as not to lodge any complaints if something does happen to us. Before the experiment, our Uni doctor was also invited to answer some questions about the things that could go wrong. Then we were also told to bring our sunglasses prior to the class. As we head to the lab, I put on my shades and with my imaginary tongkat, I pretended to struggle to keep my bearings. A course mate helped me as a guide and we went to class, not without some fake obstacles and directions along the way. I just love humour! Anyway, the drugs were 1% Tropicamide and 2% Pilocarpine. I picked the former (In each group of 3, 2 will be volunteers, choosing either drug, and admistering on only 1 eye.). My pupils were super dilated after a few minutes. When I was outside the lab, the sunlight seemed a whole lot brighter! No wonder we needed the shades. I felt like Batman. We were ok after half the day.
And as always, we made two different medicines this week again. Something for dry cough and for urinary tract infection. I look forward on Wednesdays for this lab sessions! Making medicines are a whole lot fun! Haha!
The bus rides were less eventful this week... although it still rained almost everyday! So, it caused some really bad traffic jam. And that's why the drivers were always so cranky. On Friday, what was supposed to be a 30 min journey ended up being a 90 min-sleep inducing trip! During the journey, the driver hollered at a handful of us to wake up. He didn't want us to miss our stop. As we got down, I wished him (the same driver in my previous posts) a Happy Deepavali! Hope it brightened his day =)
Happy Deepavali to everyone else! And courier me some Murukku if it's possible :D
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