班上幹部

原本對我自己的處理一些雜事的能力還頗為自豪，但這學期當班代半段，因為太過於自信而做出一些錯誤的決定，加上自己剛好又外放，搞得現在自己有種灰頭苦臉的感覺。

我覺得我接受過的挫折還是不夠多，導致常常事情發展得不如我意，心情波折還挺大的。經過前一段感情後，我漸漸能體會到自己的另一半是需要有很高的EQ，能好好聆聽我的訴苦，和我站在同一線打拼，不然往往遇到挫折無人訴苦，感覺還真的是挺難受的 ><

明天就要抽外放籤了，我將何去何從？相信上帝能給我一個美好安排。

貪心

我怎麼總是坐這山望那山呢？

人的慾望真是無止境阿～

An Amazing Trip for GSK Taiwan Medical Student Scholarship Program in Singapore

Turning into an independent country in 1965, Singapore, a country only 710km² in size, has become a highly developed and well-known country. I have been there several times since I was a child. Every time I went there, I always found something new and amazing in this country. As a result, I am so glad to have the great opportunity to participate in the GSK Taiwan Medical Student Scholarship Program in Singapore. This trip was such a wonderful experience for me. I will always have wonderful memories of the tidy streets of Singapore, the delicious food and drinks, the cozy Fairmont hotel, the interesting and talented participants and the many lectures and visits.

This year's GSK Taiwan Medical Student Scholarship Program wanted to deliver a number of messages to us: GSK not only manufactures drugs but also focuses on new drug and vaccines development as well as charity. Therefore, one of the most important objectives was to show us what their research and developmental department was doing. Therefore, this trip included many lectures and visits. The first thing we learned was why a pharmaceutical company is interested in a certain diseases. Most of the time, it is profit-oriented, but sometimes is done for charitable reasons, such as developing a malaria vaccine for Africans. Secondly, we learned how to create hormones, antibodies and some compounds to block or depress abnormal gene expression or signal transduction. Next, we learned how to make the compound into be pills or a solution for injection. Finally, we learned the importance of sufficient clinical trial time to ensure the drug will be safe and efficacious for the patient. After the approval of the Food and Drug Administration, the drug can be sold in the long run. From these lectures, we know the whole drug development process and relative topics.

This program provided us a lot of opportunities to communicate with the doctors and researchers at GSK and to learn their research interests as well as their motivation for working in a pharmaceutical company. We also spent a lot of time sharing ideas with other participants and discussing our studies, interests and what we want to do in the future. This really helped me learn something new and different.

Besides having academic activities in the daytime, we had a relaxed and pleasurable time at night. Every supper was very delicious and contained a variety of flavors from different cuisines such as Chinese food, Thai dishes, Indian curries, and Malay cakes. We went to Clark Quay to enjoy a night club, we threw peanut shells at each other while drinking Singapore Sling (a kind of famous cocktail) in Long bar, and we took a fascinating tour to see nocturnal animals at Night Safari.

The most interesting course for me was the visit to Tuas industrial park. The lecturer was perfect because his lecture and orientation were so vivid and clear. It was very easy for me to understand why neuroscience is promising and what difficulties GSK must do their best to conquer. By the way, the laboratory was very clean and tidy and it is difficult to believe that it had already been in operation for a few years. I also liked the visit to Biopolis a lot. It was my first time to visit a drug factory. The vaccine factory was made up of a lot of pipes and machines; although there was a lecture before the visit, I was unable to tell where the pipeline was leading to.

Compared with other participants, I had had less experience in the lab. Some techniques and basic concepts required for drug development I had learned in my high school experience in the lab and biochemistry class in my second year of medical school. However, thanks to many basic science lectures, such as good clinical practice and science of drug development, I developed a more complete knowledge of the process. Due to the language barrier, I still lost some points and could not understand everything with ease. I suggest that the program could provide Powerpoint slides before the lecture; it would be much more helpful for us in learning.

By joining this program, I learned many options to choose in the future besides being a clinician. I know more about the organization of an international pharmaceutical company as well. It was very worthwhile to take this trip :)

葉子

葉子
詞曲：陳曉娟 演唱：阿桑

葉子 是不會飛翔的翅膀
翅膀 是落在天上的葉子
天堂 原來應該不是妄想
只是我早已經遺忘
當初怎麼開始飛翔

孤單 是一個人的狂歡
狂歡 是一群人的孤單
愛情 原來的開始是陪伴
但我也漸漸地遺忘
當時是怎樣有人陪伴

#我一個人吃飯 旅行 到處走走停停
也一個人看書 寫信 自己對話談心
只是心又飄到了哪裡
就連自己看也看不清
我想我不僅僅是失去你#

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來台北二十天了，常常搭著捷運從北到南或從東到西，我喜歡看著來來往往的人潮，喜歡觀察每個人的動作，這樣的生活儘管孤單，但確實是一種狂歡。

我喜歡穿梭在人群中，我喜歡用那樣的熱鬧填補我心中的孤單。

wanna be stronger

大家盡可能嘲笑我吧，不要給我好臉色看，請不斷地激勵我、刺激我，我要變得更強，我一定要變得更強!!!!!!!!!