Blogging from my blackberry!

Ok this is a test message. I am sending this from my phone, if it works, I can then post short notes from my travels! Wow nice. This is technology man!!

I am flying off to cairo tomorrow at about 830pm. Will be in cairo for about 2 wks, then to Johannesburg for 1 wk. Then back holland for a few hours, and then have to depart for Geneva in the evening!! Bit rush?? Haha I think so

Will be in Geneva for a WHO technical course for 1 wk.

So if anyone needs to be in contact with me, please email to xuanhao( @ ) mobileemail.vodafone.nl or call my mobile at +31625066964

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Verstuurd met mijn BlackBerry van Vodafone

Weird meals

Hihi..

Seems like a few friends of mine are a little concerned with my weird feeding patterns...haha

Nowadays, I also eat kababs with wine...whatever fills...haha

Here is an interesting wine blog:

Vivi's Wine Journal

*Tink*

Cheers!

Here is an excerpt:

"I believe that wine is a beverage that should be enjoyed frequently, alone or with meals. I believe that wine, since it is made from a fruit, should produce a liquid reminiscent of that fruit, not cedar, moss, pipe tobacco, barnyards, manure, pencil lead, or band aids. As such, I believe that good wine can come from any country, but it must be labeled in such a way that the consumer doesn't need an atlas and a wine encyclopedia to figure out what's in the bottle. I believe that the United States should not trail the civilized world in wine consumption per capita and that neo-prohibitionists, wine snobs, and liquor distributors are all joined in a trilateral commission to hinder wine consumption. I believe that wine needs to lose its elitist image by embracing alternative packaging, alternative closures, non-vintage wines, stronger branding, and lower retail prices. I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last........uh....sorry, I got carried away."

Blog of the day for me

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This site is really funny...made my morning interesting, besides the digestives that I am having for breakfast and red band gummies. :)

Angry Alien

Enjoy!

BBQ at Boyan's place

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WOW, Boyan has such a nice apartment!! Tonite we had self-made bbq cum potluck dinner at his place. Lekker!

So much laughs and also, he has a rabbit!....Fluffy....or we like to call it Rabbit. Haha...I do have a way of getting in touch with the rabbit...hahaa.......:)

Oh i forgot the name of the New Zealandish desert we had too...hmmm

Anyway, we have to do this again sometime, perhaps when we have another visitor!

And, plans are being made for next Saturday niteout with Myriah...being the tour guide for 3 guys...in RLD of Amsterdam!

Cairo in less than 2 weeks!

New contact number and email!

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I have changed my dutch mobile. Hehe...now u can call me at:

+31625066964

or email to my blackberry directly at:

xuanhao<@>mobileemail.vodafone.nl

(please remove <> for phone email address)

:)

Call for pharmacist bloggers!

Hihi..

Just wanna share with you guys on an interesting international pharmacy project.

Ever wondered what it is like to be a Young pharmacist in Portugal, Peru or Pakistan? The FIP Young Pharmacists’ Group has teamed up with one of the British community pharmacy organisations to help you find out through a new online initiative: WEBlogs

The concept of online diaries known as WEBLogs or blogs, started off in the U.S. with a growing number of physicians using them to share best practice. In Great Britain, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) launched a community pharmacy WEBlogs site in December 2003 with 12 community pharmacists from across the country sharing their daily experiences of everything from pharmacist prescribing and repeat dispensing to the use of dispensing robots in community pharmacy.

Building on this concept, YPG launched a Global Young Pharmacist WEBlogs site at an international press briefing during the 2004 FIP World Pharmacy Congress. 12 young pharmacists from around the world kept online diaries on the FIP website for 6 months on what is it like to be a young pharmacist.

The project ran until early March 2005 and finished with an online vote to find the Young Pharmacists’ Group’s ‘Favourite WEBloggers.’ The joint winners were Ayad Ali from Iraq and Eurek Ranjit from Nepal.

The site can still be viewed online at: http://www.fip.org/ypgweblogs

The search is now on to find 12 young pharmacists to participate in the 2005/6 YPG WEBlogs Project which will be launched in September and last for 4 months. The deadline for applications to be returned to YPG is 31st August 2005. We received a high number of applicants last year so please include as much infomation about yourself as possible. For more information please email ypg@fip.org or let me know if you are keen.

More photos from Bonn Congress!

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Check out also this photo gallery with photos from Myriah :)

http://myrz-pics.smugmug.com/gallery/697367

NICE

Back from Bonn with Post Congress Depression :(

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I am sad....just two days in the 51st IPSF Congress in Bonn were REALLY good times! Every congress attendance just makes you feel so close to IPSF once again..THOSE days...really man...bringing back SO much memories and experiences that made pharmacy life so so much more colourful and interesting!!

We were taking a road trip back from Bonn to the Hague, driving back in Jelte's car!! Chocolates, Ice-cream, Junk food, coke, german gummy berry bears - best of road trips!! :)

I was just there for a day of GA and Gala nite so here are some of the photos I took..

Oh, before that, please allow me to congratulate Katja on being the new IPSF President!! and also Scott, for being the newly elected Honorary Life Member (HLM) of IPSF!!

Alritey, picture picture...



Me with the two official delegates for Singapore



More Singaporeans juniors! All together there were 10 Singaporeans.



Suresh from Nepal and Jason from Canada - getting in touch with his feminie side



Kawaii!! Ayako, Keiko, me and Izumi



General Assembly



The Exec then....



Scott re-entering the room as the new HLM! :)



General Assembly



Shot taken after GA ended! Me, Jelte, Bert and Myriah



Yoko and Me at the Gala Nite! I really like the hairdo haha



Keiko looking very happy here



Izumi too, with a nice hairdo..:)



Group photo!



Our table photo



Yoko - creating new hairdos for all of them! haha NICE



Yuwen from Taiwan and me



Yoko and me

Ok now a series of group photos..hehe













Jill, Heidi and me making "X" signs. Haha...good times from Halifax!



The official Big Fish Small Fish team





















Our Exec then. Scott, Me, Simon, Katja and Jelte. GOOD TIMES!! We still think we are the best Exec ever! :)









The new Exec. Katja (Finland) as president, Axel (France) as Chair of Public Relations, Yoko (Japan) as Chair of Public Health, Irena (Czech Republic) as Chair of Student Exchange Program, Yasmin (Eygpt) as Chair of Professional Development, Mohanad (Egypt) as Chair of Publications, Juha (Finland) as Treasurer, Gina (Hungary) as Secretary General.



For those of you who know Christain, Germany....this one is for you :) Loving it!







This photo sums it all up for Kerstin - RC Chair



5 IPSF congresses in the belt! See you all again next year in Cairns 2006!

Aussie Aussie Aussie...

Bonn in Germany

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By the time you read this, I am on my way to Bonn! :)

Just a short trip, back on Monday!

Cold Hague

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Nothing much really happening this days...haha....just that the weather had been cranking up funnily...it's now about 10 to 12 degrees every day here in summer holland!

"Discovered" the 5 Euro pizza place at Zoutmanstraat though...:)

And this is almost unbeliveable, but a knife nearly dropped on my head the other while walking home!! YES! A Knife.

Been so busy preparing for FIP Congress, printing and packing crates by this thursday so that I can be ready to go to Bonn on friday morning! Now that is some life for me finaly. Hehe.

Couldn't get the live webcast of the National Day yesterday though, lousy site or perhaps its my connection? hmmmm....anyway, life goes on.......

Till Bonn.

Amsterdam Pride 2005

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For the 10th time, the gay canal parade was held in Amsterdam! And, today is that day. I woke up at 1pm....showered and left the house for Amsterdam - in search of GAYS! haha...the event was from 2pm to 6pm.

Apparently, the Gay Pride parade was the largest in the Netherlands for 10 years, and I was along Prinsengracht to catch this You-Can't-Miss-These-Gays canal parade. I think there were supposed to be more than 80 boats on parade.

Here are some street shots:



The place was already swarming with people and gays!! Nice



Let's follow these people



You would had never seen to many gays before...hehe



Gay rules!



Let's check out the canals now!!



Hmm...were you expecting this? More to come!



Small guy



Straight Ahead - Pink ain't Bad. :)



Pink party guys



It's a pity I didn't had my videocam with me here - these guys were doing a very interesting mass swim dance gig! Anyway, this is a nice photo too. hehe



NOW - this got my vote for best gay parade - mainly because of the leading guy. Check out the closeups man!



Nice outfit



Nice bums



More gays!



All the way from Las Vegas!



Guys from gaydar.nl



Pink sensation - a smaller family affair



Purple party on boat



Wow wow wow...as i was walking back to the train station....I have to get a photo of these guys!!!



So I did. :)

Indeed, an eventful experience with gays, today I had.

Next week I will be in Bonn!