Friday, February 17, 2006

At home today.... ah working from home. A way to get slightly more than nothing done. One problem with doing it today is I am missing the first clinical meeting of the year and subsequently the first free lunch! My, my this reviewer is slipping and must lift his game.

A free lunch of some note occured one week past, three meals were provided for the presentation of the Christchurch School of Medicine summer studentship talks. Research on topics ranging from the geographic location of eldery falls to the vaccum treatment of chronic ulcers were presented. Great to see the enthusiasm and drive of all involved. I gabbed on about the role of NTRK2 in mood disorders... More work to be done on that story. Oh so much more work to be done.

All my flatmates are back and kicking and we are now a fully dysfunctional household. Gotta love it.

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Got the low down from a lab colleague that the first free lunch of the year was about to hit the scene... People where there in the tens reaching out for the Sponsors product. I am new to the game so wasn't familiar with the catering... but it appeared to be an outside job... a good sign.

"Todays luch was brought to you by MabThera" (rituxumab) an expensive magic bullet wonder drug for follicular lymphoma. Mabthera TM is made by the wonderful people at roche. The sales reps were rubbing their hands and looking around with their beady eyes for anyone with a stethoscope.

Lunch consisted of:

gourmet mini rolls (turkey and mustard) 4/5
chicken wings (teriyaki, cold, not sticky) 3/5
Vege and egg tart (rather dry) 1/5
Muffins (chocolate very dense) 4/5

The coffee today does not warrent reviewing as it was as pale as a albibo's legs and about as flavoursome.

Fruit provided: a satisfying mini banana.

All in all a good start to 2006..... no such thing as a free lunch don't make me laugh!
in the words of Clint Brown BOOYAH! I am trying a blog. i do love free lunches and working in a hospital setting i may get a chance to review a few and my life in general... well off to my first free lunch of the year right now... toot-a-loo