Interview questions (for Ti)

Here is the virtual interview between Ti and Mr.MM ;)

1. What activitives, duties, and work do you do every day?
MM: Main task is typing prescriptions, filling medications for pharmacist to verify, orderring and keep medications instock, keep pharmacy organize.

2. How were you trained for this career?
MM: Typically, one can go to a tech school (such as Devry, or American College,...) for an 8 month training program. They will teach you all the brand and generic names for most of the medications available on the market; they will teach you how to read a prescription. Prescription's directions are often written in sig...(a sig is a short abreviation of Latin words, for example: "1 po BID" means "Take 1 tablet(or capsule) by mouth twice a day" or "1gtt OU TID 7d" means "Instil 1 drop into both eyes three times a day for 7 days"...and there are as many sig as many directions you can think of, but there are only a few popular one :)...They will also teach you conversion for mixing IV or many other things that only have at a hospital pharmacy. But my case is a little different; like most people who have worked in the retail pharmacy as a clerk for a while, I just took the Pharmacy technician test, pass it and I became a tech.

3. What's the salary range for pharmacy technitian?
MM: As for a retail pharmacy, my rate was between 10-16 dollars per hour. Hospital pharmacy however, pay a little more between 15-18 dollars per hour. My friend, who works for Parcificare Insurrance, get paid $22/hour :)

4. What are some of the fringe benefits you enjoy?
MM: Nothing! haha I get pay for every hour I work so that's fair enough.

5. What are the positive aspects of your work?
MM: The first thing I like about being a tech is less responsibily, flexibily, and AC. It doesn't matter how hot or cold outside, the pharmacy AC is always ON; There is usually more than one tech working in the pharmacy on a day, meaning I can swap shift with my coworker if I need to come in later or earlier. Less responsibily doesn't mean careless; it simply mean I don't have to responsible for someone's well being directly; it's the job of the pharmacist to recommend/consult about medications to the patient, ensuring that correct medications are given and safe to take without interaction. Overall, pharmacist spend years of studying so they get paid well and have control over the pharmacy....but again "Great power comes great responsibilities"--Spiderman ;)

6. What are the negative about your career?
MM: Dealing with patient is a hasles. Some will be really nice, bringing us cookies/Christmas cards and stuffs...Some will cuss at us for making them wait for too long, or upset at us because their insurrance were terminated...Just name a fews

7. Is there a lot of competition to get into this field?
MM: Yes and no. Like I said before, there are more technicians in a pharmacy than pharmacists, so therefor more positions available. But since it's so easy to study, there are more people so it's getting harder to find a job.

8. What are the strongest skills a person must have to do well in this career?
MM: I would say team work. Having a great team is essential.

9. What is your next career move?
MM: Hopefully, I can become a pharmacist...a responsible one :)

10.If you had it to choose all over again, would you still enter this field? Why or why not?
MM: No. I would go to Hollywood making movies, or to be a musician or somthing that's more enjoyable

11.Where can I get more information about you career?
MM: Google

12.What advice would you give someone who is trying to enter the medical field?
MM: As any field, you have to have a compassion for your career, or at least have a conception of what you will be doing. Only choose medical field if you truely care about people health and want to make a different in someone's life, a better healthier life =)

Fairytale (Tong Hua)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3Na7ZNoAcE
Such a beautiful song, even though I don't understand much :P but the piano rhythm nghe thánh thót hay qua. I'll learn it next, but I'm so stupidly ignorant :( cuz bài Kiss The Rain chơi mấy tháng rùi mà mới được 1/4 bài :( this one will probably take a whole year to learn :((

Rabbits

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It's all started from a Nerf toy gun that I got for my friend's son birthday. It was fun to play with; then I wanted one for myself lol; I got a clear Bbs gun with low FPS for target shooting; then a higher FPS bbs that look/feel almost like a real gun; then I want a CO2 semi-automatic with max FPS; then a 0.22 caliber air pistol so I can actually kill small animals like birds, squirrels, and mostly rabbits...
After getting off the phone with my friend about the exciting hunting plan for the weekend, I started to wonder, what the hell am I getting into. It seems like i'm being possessed by a gun demon or something lol; that's bs! There is no such thing as a gun demon, only the human nature that craving for something else; something more than we already got, an ambitious ladder so to speak. It's not very messy to kill a rabbit; one shot and it dies right away, if not, one more in the head. But what about its family at home? What if it has babies waiting to be feed? Or what if it has a hot gf at home, wearing sexy lingerie waiting to make love? lol for whatever reason , it will never be home again. Pretty sure it will soon be forgotten cuz of the short term memory. It's just part of the wild life, feeding on each others to survive. But I'm sure I'll survive without killing a rabbit...for now

Sad song

Không hiểu sao đôi lúc buồn, nghe nhac buồn lại làm cho tinh thần mình thư giãn và quên đi nỗi buồn; nhưng đôi khi lại làm mình có cảm giác buồn lại càng buồn hơn ...sigh

Hurting someone

I've been hanging out with this 19 years old girl since Christmas. I met her online, then started chatting on Yahoo, then hanging out at beach, zoo, Universal, Hollywood...she's fun to talk to, nice to hang out with, and most of all, she's very supportive & understanding :)...but other than that, there is no special feelings for her :(

The other day, my friend ask me "If you are not interested in her, why are you dating her?" ... it keeps me thinking, until today. Today I told her exactly what my friend asked me, and honestly told her what I think...she seem to be shocked, said a couples comfort words and logged off Yahoo. She then wrote a blog and telling herself not to over reacted :(

Mình chỉ muốn nói rõ để phân biệt tình bạn và tình yêu thôi, không muốn làm ai buồn. Mà cứ tiếp tục đi chơi chung, 1 trai 1 gái thì trước sao gì cũng nãy sinh tình cảm. Nếu lúc đó 1 trông 2 đứa thuơng nhau rồi phụ nhau thì còn buồn hơn nữa. Thà là dức khoác cho xong :(

I think I have issues. I tend to avoid the end-of-the-party's feeling, như 1 tiệt vui nào cũng tàn, by never creating a party. Like in relationship, I afraid to be heart broken or breaking someone heart, and end up in Lonely Land.

Lick Da Rain

I'm learning to play Kiss The Rain (by Yiruma)...but it keeps getting more and more complicated to play the middle part of the song. This video only one segment(maybe 1/4) of the song for now. Sometimes I think I don't have a talent for piano because I can't seem to control both hands simultaneously... maybe I don't have split brain control :( ...but I have split personality though hahaha jk. Oh well, instead of Kiss, I just Lick The Rain for now :P

New pichas :D

(Removed from this post because I put them on the side...left :)