Bloody memes

Four Jobs I've had in my Life:
1. Fast food worker
2. Phlebotomist
3. Accountant
4. Auditor
Four Movies I'd Watch Over and Over:
1. Star Wars (any of thme, with the huge exception of the Phantom Menace)
2. Memphis Belle
3. Finding Nemo
4. Back the Future
Four Places I've Lived:
1. London, UK
2. Herts, UK
3. Leicestershire, UK
4. Essex, UK
Four TV Shows I like to Watch
1. Nigella Bites
2. Long Way Round
3. Brainiac: Science Abuse
4. Red Dwarf
Four Favourite Places I've been on Vacation:
1. Cuba
2. Meedhupparu, the Maldives
3. Finland
4. Zante
Four Web Sites I Visit Daily
1. www.delphiforums.com
2. www.bbc.co.uk/news
3. www.fertilityfriend.com
4. www.about.com
Four of my Favourite Foods:
1. Bacon butty
2. Garlic and chili prawns
3. Thai green chicken curry
4. Chocolate cake and custard
Four places I'd rather be right now:
1. Cuddling in bed with hubby & cats
2. The pub

Thats it.  I'm quite happy here at home.

Comments

[Miss Arrogant]

Nice list. I watch Brainiac every once in a while...it's crazy cool. BTW, what is Bacon Butty? I suppose I could just google it...

[Pez]

I always wondered how one decides to become a phlebotomist. Why did you and how long did you do it?

[DMouse]

Bacon butty = bacon sandwich.

Pez, I called the local hospital as I wanted to do some volunteer work in the pathology lab (I was at University doing Biomedical Science) and I spoke to the Head of Pathology.

He said I could come in for some work experience and that he also had a vacancy for a phlebotomist (paid) and that would also help my degree. So I went in, did my training, and ended up working in out-patients and later on the wards (I covered all of them two days a week) and then taking the samples back and preparing them.

Then I got to rotate round the departments every afternoon to analyse the samples I'd taken (and I later got to do other samples - faeces, semen, CSF etc as well as making slides and learning how to anaylse those).

I had enough hours of experience when I got my degree to work there as a part qualified biomedical scientist. As the hospital had a vacancy for that, they were more than happy to pay me to learn.

I really enjoyed it, but when my starting salary as a PQ was only £7,500 and the interview for a trainee accountant (no experience) was £15,500, there wasn't too much competition! I did eventually have plans to leave home after all!

[kross-eyed kitty]

Mmmmm...I could go for a bacon butty right now!

[Miss Arrogant]

Bacon Butty sounds soo much better than BLT. I'll take one! Oh wait, I haven't had bacon in forever....hell, I'll do it anyway. :)

[Pez]

We no wonder you changed career paths. I was wondering how you ended up as an accountant.

Still cool that you were a phlebotomist then worked to analyze the samples.

[Katie]

Mm, chocolate cake.

Cool list, I like learning something new about my internet friends. :)