Sleep and placement

I have troubles getting enough sleep recently due to all those travelling trips and irregular lifestyle. And now I realise that getting enough sleep is so IMPORTANT for a working man. Otherwise the consequences would be just like what happen to me: I have yet to fully recover from my ticklish throat and cough, and I have been doing my work at an incredibly slow pace since this morning. When I was doing the labelling, my eyelids were so heavy that I couldn't help but yawn a few times in the dispensary. I also found myself really HARD to focus on the stuff that I am doing - even if that means taking the right medicine from the shelves - and every task seems to be so mentally straining for me. Never know the jobs of pharmacist and dispenser is that mentally demanding until I am deprived of sleep!

Imagine you have such a sleepy pharmacist at work. That will put the patient's health in great danger isn't it?? So therefore, to uphold the first principle of being a pharmacist which is to put patient's interest my first concern, I really have to sleep early today to ensure I have sufficient energy to manage my workload!

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And hence the long-awaiting summer placement started! It's my third day of working in a local Boots store and I still think that it's quite exciting! There are many new things to learn, many challenges and tests ahead as part of our training to develop our knowledge and skills. I am working in a store with a manageable workload. This is really what I wished for after getting a one-week experience in a super hectic Lloyds pharmacy last year. Maybe my wish was too strong and hence it was granted! Haha. Everything is so far so good, the staff there are really nice and friendly. I did make quite some silly mistakes and have to trouble the dispensers all the time to teach me or fix the problems that I have created due to all the unfamiliarity to the dispensing system!

 I feel like it is really a very good opportunity to finally put what I have learned to practice. Knowledge and practice is like two different worlds to me. One can be really knowledgeable but to be professional we need an integration of knowledge, ethics and hands-on experience. So I shall really appreciate the chance given and make full use of it!

 Go go Carol go~

美丽的雨天

那，又是一个细雨绵绵的傍晚。我缓缓地走在回家的路上。
不远处的路边有几滩堆积的雨水，我才转身走在这条路的行人道上，便见一辆车子经过时，轻轻地把雨水溅上了行人道。
也许是本能反应吧！我突然停下了脚步，想等待陆续而来的车辆都过了后才走过去，以避免“路边滩”弄脏了衣服。
哈，也是因为过去的经验吧！还记得，在大马，还念着高中时，走在一个曾经下过大雨的路旁，我和朋友被快速行驶的车子溅了一身的水。哈哈，想起来还真的别有一番风味呢！

想着这有趣的往事，我的眼神放空了。这时，看见下一辆货车以正常速度驾驶，却巧妙地避开了路边的雨水。我震惊了一下，自然地望进车镜里。啊！那位货车司机正灿烂地向我微笑，还举起拇指和我比个“good”的手势！原来啊，他看见我走着然后停了下来，似乎猜透了我的想法，所以便贴心地把车子驾远离那潭水。而我也自然地笑开了，向他比了同样的手势 -- GOOD！

虽然我还没真的走到那“路边滩”，可是那短短几秒钟所发生的事情--只因那一位司机的一个善念，一个贴心的举动，我的心中顿时充满了温暖。之后的几辆车，也许是看见我和这司机的“隔空互动”吧，也纷纷避免辗过路边的雨水。

这再次让我感受到人间的温暖。

一个在大马，一个在英国，两个浑然不同的体验。这么说，不是因为地方的不同。与其看英国是如何的先进，不如看看和学习他们平日待人处事的态度。生活在这里（至少在巴斯吧），帮助别人，为别人设想，哪怕是路边的陌生人，都是非常自然和理所当然的事情。走在街道上，是有安全感的，就算是晚上九点钟；当你看起来迷路了，会有一两位居民主动问你是否需要帮助；当看见路上有人需要帮助时，许多人都会义不容辞过去帮忙。人们没有极强的防备之心，无论走到哪里，感觉是满安全的。

所以，很感恩，英国的祖先们遗留了这么美丽的文化给这里的孩子们！