oh man. today's chp was life-draining. sitting in front of spss, the programme was sucking my life away. i got so pek cek doing the programme but after a while i got the hang of it thanks to jack who although had to rush off offered to help show me some basics.

in fact as he was rushing off, he even asked me to call him if there were any problems.

an offer i found i had to take up later on, which led to probably the biggest embararessment in my life.

sometime into the analysis, i was wondering if iw as doing the right thing by using the first variable as the reference when computing my p-values and my 95% CIs. so i msged jack to ask him to call me back later when he was free so i could confirm this w him. i was wondering is i should be using the variable with the largest n or shoudl i use the first variable tt came along.

hmmm.

after abt 1/2 hr jack called back and this is roughly the conversation tt ensued.

hope: hello jack arr, this is hope arr. you know for the calculation of the p-values... *yadayada* i wanted to ask u if this is correct...
jack: har? hello? who is this?
h: this is jack right?
j: yar. what were u asking just now?
h: erm. i think i may have msged the wrong number, sorry sorry. i'm looking for jack CHAN.
j: yaryar, correct what. i'm jack chan!
h: har? *confused*
j: yar who is this?
h: erm, my name is hope.
j:*bewildered as though he never heard of the name in his life* (he probably hasn't)

anyway you get the point and the conversation still went on for abt 1 min+. by this pt shuwei and weiliang (and also zj) who were sitting around me were bursting around laughing. wl was practically screaming, "you got the wrong no still talk so much crap for wad?"

it didn't help tt i was quite paiseh liao and was really trying to tell the person i got the wrong no and wanted to hang up...

he didn't get the pt it seems.

finally i managed to put down the phone and started kbing abt how he wouldn't put down the phone in a desperate attempt to explain wth i was holding on to the line... wl and shuwei wouldn't stop teasing abt my apparent stupidity.

when i thought things couldn't get worse, 'jack chan' called back again.

h: hello?
j: hey, you were looking for jack chan right? i AM jack chan.
h: yar but i think it's the wrong person. really sorry.
j: har but where got so qiao(3) one??? haha, i think can go buy 4d leh!
h: hurhurhur
k: oh just now you were asking me something about PR?? i know abt PR also leh.
h: har really?? yar i was asking you about PRR (prevelance rate ratios), whether i should use the first variable as the reference value or *yadayada*

i don't know what i was thinking at that time, but i actually thought he REALLY knew what i was talking about. and i really went on explaining to him.

omg wth was i thinking?? i can't believe i was so dumb.

come to think of it, i think he was trying to hint to me that he wanted to PR me!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg... there was this certain sinister chuckle when he said "PR"!!!! and the deafening laughter of the 3 musketeers around me didn't serve to help save my face either.

the awkward silence after i explained clearly what was my problem with the PRRs confirmed the diagnosis of wrong number.

j: oh this line last time is my friend's one leh. her name is cindy. do you know her?
h: erm i don't think so. haha, i think this is REALLY the wrong number. hurhur...
j: anyway where is this arr?
h: oh i'm calling from sch. nus.
j: orh. then i think should be wrong lar. i never stepped into uni before. who is this jack u looking for?
h: oh he's my classmate
j: orh okok..
h: yar sorry sorry.
j: ok bye.

i thought it was amusing how he would call back again. well, i think it certainly made wl and sw (and zj) very happy pple, laughing at me. certainly helped to lighten the mood though.

just 1 min later, i got an sms. sw thought it was 'jack chan' again and exclaimed in glee. honestly i thought so too. until i saw it was andre asking me whether i wanted to do surg electives with him.

*phew*

well, a couple of mysteries here. HOW did i get 'jack chan's' no.??????? and why did he call back?????? well, the first is still unsolved. anyone can help me solve this? 'jack chan' can be contacted at 96788066. i don't know a 2nd jack chan...

the 2nd is a no-brainer. cause my voice is just too melodious. who can resist the temptation of calling back again? just an excuse to hear my sweet voice. oh cunning 'jack chan'... i saw through your ploy..