OBSERVATIONS
My neighbour came up with this ‘pepatah’ and it’s so originally her…
We couldn’t believe that she actually analysed the behaviour of cockroaches and then was creative enough to think of this
Bagai lipas tanpa antenna / like a cockroach without its antenna
Meaning how one can go in circles without ever coming to the point
Read this article about how this girl threw herself in front of her mom as a gunman shot them. Her mother was shot in head and one went thru her chest stopping short of an artery but the daughter, 7, is still in critical condition, with an eye blind. Despite being learning disabled, the little girl is a fighter and the community is now recognizing her as a hero..read more about it at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22301908/
That day I accompanied my mom to the market and was fascinated by how this small boy possibly around 4-5 was taking care of his baby sis. He was swinging her around in the pram and then when a scraggely kitten came near them, he shooed it of and stood protectively btwn his sister and the cat …so cute I tell u!
You know you must be extremely tired if you’re sleeping and having dreams in which you are too tired to do anything but sleep all day long
I’ll never forget the moment when I heard on TV that there had been a shooting in the exact state where my close friend is. When I knew that 7-9 people had died in that, I prayed earnestly that my friend was not involved. I didn’t want to concentrate on fearing that the person whom I had earlier talked to in the day, could be affected. Later I found out that the shooting had not taken place in the state capital as I heard earlier but in the assumed state capital which is only 1hour away from where my friend is. God’s grace is amazing.
Was surfing the net the other day for news about Asian Idol when I chanced upon this video about Connie, a 6 year old girl who had wowed get this…SIMON COWELL with PITCH PERFECT singing on Britain’s Got Talent. Amazingly, she went through the finals and emerged 2nd to the winner Paul Potts. Though Simon refused to sign her up as he and his record company felt that she was too young to be faced with a celebrity lifestyle, her record sold 170,000 copies within a month of its release! Watch it on
Audition http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWNoiVrJDsE&feature=related
Semifinal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnUOJonRcCw&feature=related
Finals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Uhgm5Ox9Q&feature=related
well...this being the holidays and all..
i thought i could catch up on my reading (non-course related stuff)
and i found out something very interesting *most likely interesting to me only but anyhow*
do you know Ronald Reagen, 40th President of America [the guy before George Bush Sr, Bill Clinton and George Bush Jr]??
and do you know Jodie Foster[the actress who starred in Anna and the King, Flightplan, Panic Room and the latest..The BRave One]
well...Ms Foster was actually in the movie industry since she was a young child...u can read all about her in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie_Foster
at age 14, she was nominated for BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR for a movie named Taxi Driver...
this is directly cut and paste from wikipedia
for her role as a pre-teen prostitute in Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver opposite Robert De Niro.[9] De Niro's character, the psychotic Travis Bickle, intends to "save" her from life on the streets. When that does not succeed, he tries to assassinate a presidential candidate. After this fails, he shoots Iris' pimp, played by Harvey Keitel.[10]
what is interesting was..Ms Foster had entered into Yale by then. like a few other celebrities, she soon saw the bad part of Hollywood ~stalkers~
a crazy fan of her's, John Hinkcley Jr saw Taxi Driver so many times and became obsessed with Ms Foster so much so that he even wrote love letters to her campus mail box and EVEN talked to her on the phone! now by now... i think Ms Foster was a bit spooked out by this guy and she must have [i think] notified the relevent authorities.
Unfortunately, on March 30, 1981, John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assainated Ronald Reagen by shooting at him...thankfully he only wounded Reagen and 3 others
when the authorities [FBI and Secret Service .. i think] caught him, he claimed that the whole assasination attempt was an attempt to impress Jodie Foster!
this whole incident and others experiences that followed it traumatised her [well understandbly!!
but yet she overcame it all and rose up to be a gifted actress again
whatver her actions, her life can be an inspiration to people who have been in similiar situations
but what i'm really getting at is.......
her performance in THE BRAVE ONE was extremely stirring and got praises from critics everywhere....
but i wonder if she drew upon her past experiences particularly the incident mentioned above
to act the way she did in that movie...
it would have been easier for her to get into characther
and maybe this might be part of the healing process
but it might be harder to get pass the trauma i.e. not be restricted by past experiences and play her characther as never before
i probably should remind the reader that this last pharagraph is mere conjuncture and speculation on my part...i could be wrong but...
i'm just wondering......
why is it that when i'm quiet, ppl think i'm emo??
i thought being emo meant that one should be emotionally fragile, prone to hysterics, bwaling out their fears each moment...
wikipedia defines it ~ In recent years, emo, in the popular media, has been associated with a stereotype that includes being emotional, sensitive, shy, introverted, or angsty.[18][19][20] It is also associated with depression, self-injury, and suicide.[21][22]
some think of emo as emo/goth..
like wikipedia which also says that emo refers to variations of rock [in 1980s] and indie music [1990s]
and no gary!! emo here does NOT refer to the EMO bookstore
*sigh....i've been around him too long already if i can forecast his lame jokes*
but back to the point ...
why when i'm quiet do ppl think that i'm emo??
cmon..i could be thinking deep thoughts or flying to fairyland
i could be just too tired [not enough sleep the night before] or no energy [anemia?]
maybe no mood to talk [hormones/PMS??]
and the simplest explanation ~ my wisdom tooth is paining so badly that i try not to talk to ease the pain
i should hear a "DUHHH" and some smacking of foreheads just about now...
ppl!! principle of differential diagnosis!!
no matter how clear cut a case it...
no matter how textbook-scenario-like the subject's presentation is
YOU NEVER ASSUME THAT IT IS CAUSED BY THE MOST OBVIOUS DISEASE
always have some backup diagnoses ready...
so the lesson learnt today is when one is quiet, don't assume they're emo :P
I'm befuddled....
in a bewildered state of mind.....
honestly dunno what to say.........
p.s. i've updated suwen's blog address and added joo keng in....feel free to check it out kay?
WANDERING THOUGHTS
a MSN converstation which occured recently...
all identifying details have been removed to ensure confidentiality
XXX says: bored
ZZZ:really
ZZZ:how come
XXX :stayign at home...
ZZZ:go out a but
XXX: don't feel like doing it
ZZZ:how come
XXX:i try to go out at least once a week
XXX: i'm a healthcare practioner's child
ZZZ:k...hehe
XXX:i grew up with my parent(S) being on calll
ZZZ:heh
XXX:and all our holdiays and outings were spoilt or interupted by the communicator and going to the workplace
ZZZ:oh alrite
ZZZ: u don't have to be the same
XXX: so i've learnt to make myself comfortable at home
ZZZ: tut TUT
XXX:i know i dunt have to be the same
XXX:but i've adapted to the situation
ZZZ:adaptability
XXX:why??
XXX:looks like ur thinking something deep so i won't disturb ur reveri
ZZZ:is it easier than change??
XXX:well...if change takes a long time and is difficult to achieve
XXX:then adaptability will do
ZZZ:but change that takes so long
ZZZ:is worth it
XXX:maybe,.,...
XXX:but if the change is taking tooo long to happen and there are so many dificulties..that one just loses hope, gives up and is bren down
XXX:then the adaptation will be a form of survival
XXX:and that adaptation will later be a form of stumbling block together with the person's history ..when change eventually comes
ZZZ:preception of change and adaptability is different in people
XXX:then that statement earlier would be just me opinion la
ZZZ:exactly wat my statement just said
other matters [an interesting comment found somewhere which mirrors my thoughts]
I mean lots of us [myself included] we would do anything in our world to fix our parents up or trade them for other ppl…but each person bears a different cross.your parents will only be right for uand the same goes for me. funny how when we were young we used to think at times that our parents were the best but now we feel that they’re the worst!!well i suppose that’s GOD’s way of reminding us no one is perfect…and that even those who love you and have your best interest at heart can cause you pain and hurt but parents…were also given to us by GOD :
1. for us to see HIS love in action
2.and for us to practice what GOD says about forgiveness, patience, and alll other aspects of the Christian walk
so yeah…the fact that even before each of us was a a cell in our mom’s body, GOD knew how our lives was going to turn out …and GOD chose our mum and dad to have us..that’s amazing!!
that itself shows the maginitude of this whole issue…we can’t comprehend what our parents do and why they do it the way they did….but neither can we comprehend what GOD does and why HE does it the way He does it…only things we can do is love… love GOD..and our parent's not as in romantic love but as in agape love..
drat this vibration!!
it's been going off and on since 1.32 pm ...so strong until the door was shaking, my sis and maid felt the house vibrating too
and to further prove we 2 were not imagining things...my neighbours's upper verenda grills and awning were shaking too [as in phone on vibrator mode]
dunno what it is!!but i wish it will STOP...
very irratating la
1 week and 2piano lesson later i've realised that:
a. i'd be asking for trouble if i countinue to play with long fingernails (not that thy're long.. only 5mm or less in width) but i thought that i could finallly grow my fingernails these hols..a minor "rebellion" after the numerous times i had to cut my nails this year just to be able to percuss :P
b. i definitely need to pay more attention to my left hand. during the first lesson itself, it was obvious something was not right..but the problem was only pinpointed in my 2nd lesson when my teacher voiced out..."your left hand seems like it's collapsing everytime" apparently my right hand is fine cuz that's my dominant upper limb [and also thanks to the voluminous notes i had to write for anatomy :(] but my leftie, looks like it's more finger exercises until u'r back on course]
c. yeah, i'm taking refresher lessons - just for fun
well here comes the shopping list again:
1. transferring files
i;ve spent at 3 hours transferring my CBP, SPC, portfolio and rural pictures into my home PC so that i can burn it into a DVD [the whole thing is at least 3.22 GIGA!!!] my own comp doesn't have the ability to burn DVD so i've to transfer the files to my home PC...all this using my 512 megabyte thumbdrive ...yeah u guessed it,..i trasnferred files till my thumbdrive was full, then put into my home PC and dumped it there and went back to my own comp.....the whole cycle was done at least 6 times :(
the things i do just to save some space in my comp
2. rural pics
meddies listen up!..u want the pictures..i have them but the issue we need to resolve is that the pictures themselves are btwn 1.2 to 1.8 GIGA byte.. so unless u get urselves 2gigabyte thumbdrives and copy the files from me...i dunno how u'll get it..
i thought of putting them up on flicker or photobucket but it'll be too tedious..those brilliant ppl whom i know got any suggestions??
3. presents
well these are the things i'd love to get for Christmas or birthday but the chances of getting them are slim..oh well it can't hurt to dream
i) speakers
not earphones but lovely speakers....don't care how big they are as long as they give good sound...
earphones [both the ipod type and the ones in the audio shops] make my extermal ear ache and very tender esp after 3 hours
while with speakers.....u close ur eyes and it's like watching the MPO..the orchestra/band is playing right in front of you ..it's easier to pick up certain insturments and the music arrangement for different instruments
ii) digital camera or better phone
theis one....i'd say no go
iii)music
iv) earrings!!!
but unless i identify what exactly it is i'm allergic to ...i can't wear any earring
and i've got to pierce my ear again after it closed up the 2nd time following the 2nd allergic reaction
that's all for now i guesss.
A soul who's going through the valley of darkness will clutch at any ray of hope, any encouraging message. Even in the midst of this turmoil, the battle deep within,
i know that though they've never heard this song before,
Min Chiee and Sisca would have gave it to me..it echoes their sentiments
it's a song i'd give to myself too.
Lonely
The path you have chosen
A restless road
No turning back
One day you
Will find your light again
Don't you know
Don't let go
Be strong
Follow your heart
Let your love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe, I believe, I believe
In you
Follow your dreams
Be yourself, an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you can not do
I believe, I believe, I believe
In you.
Tout seul
Tu t'en iras tout seul
Coeur ouvert
A l'univers
Poursuis ta quête
Sans regarder derrière
N'attends pas
Que le jour
Se lève
Suis ton étoile
Va jusqu'où ton rêve t'emporte
Un jour tu le toucheras
Si tu crois, si tu crois, si tu crois
En toi
Suis la lumière
N'éteins pas la flamme que tu portes
Au fond de toi souviens-toi
Que je crois, que je crois, que je crois
En toi
Someday I'll find you
Someday you'll find me too
And when I hold you close
I'll know that is true
Follow your heart
Let your love lead through the darkness
Back to a place you once knew
I believe, I believe, I believe in you
Follow your dreams
Be yourself, an angel of kindness
There's nothing that you can not do
I believe, I believe, I believe
In you.
it's odd
it's way beyond a coincidence
it's YOUR way of telling me "I know"
i was looking idly through my friend Gary's blog...
when i clicked on something...
lo and behold it led me to this....http://www.xanga.com/piovosa
i don't know the writer personally
i've never met her
but the way she wrote what she did
it was exactly what i've been feeling like these few weeks...
people have asked me "why so quiet??tired isit??"
but piovosa whoever she is, described it so beautifully
it was as if she took a look at my soul and knew that i needed to let it out but didn't know how to ..and so she did it for me
Piovosa,
thanks ..
you'll never know how much it means to me
so, the exam's are over...and before i go to other matters
i think it's best to start with the exams,,
OSCE's
Objective Simulated Clinical Exams or better known as our practivals..
well we had 9 active and 4 rest stations....i'm glad it's over
but the worst part was the quarantine..
since i was in the 1st batch, we had to be qurantined till the 3rd batch went in
which means i was stuck in the histopath lab from 11am to 2.15 pm without internet [disconnexted especailly for the occasion] without computers [all out]
so after exhaustively reviewing our experinces in the practicals,
we had no other option but to STUDY ;(
if u were not in the mood to study, u could try to sleep in the chairs
but tea, coffee, biscuits, lunch were provided
things got slightly better with the 2nd batch joining us..
but i think most of the 1st batch was knocked out by the time we got out
End OF Year [paper 1]
this was a written paper on year 2 only
this was the paper that got most depressed
this was what ppl knew as the KILLER paper
personally i hated the feeling when i went through the paper the 1st time and could only answer 30% or less of the questions...
at the end, u could see the "I studied a lot for this but i could'nt answer most of it" look which was then followed by "s*** if this paper is like this, i'm so gonna die for VIA" look
i was like stoning all the way afterwards cuz i wasn't sure if i had slept the previous night or not
so tired that i really did not feel like eating but forced myself to eat lunch and some icecream
imagine eating ice cream and not tasting it, but instead disliking it- that's how i felt
Vertically Intergrated Assesment [paper 2]
again a written paper that inceluded 50% year 1 and 50% year 2
after the EOY above, ppl were walking to the exam hall as if they were walking to the exectutioner's chair
i tell u i've never seen mau ren so serious and grim as we went to the hall
not even a trace of laughter in his usually cheerful eyes ! that freaked me out a bit
then when i was in the hall, made good progress on the 1st and 2nd mcq sheets but by the time i hit the 3rd sheet,
*normally i go thru the paper 1 time, then 2nd to do the ones which i left out, then 3rd to do the questions which i really find hard, and so on and so forth*
my brain was not focusing on the questions,
my eyes were so badly wnating to close
the lack of sleep was finally taking it's toll on me
my brain was going everywhere except the paper
i was looking at the question and stoning
shook myself every now and then just to keep awake
then GOD decided to make tings slightly easier for me
He sent a bird to the window outside
i watche in amusement as the bird tried to find the elusive bird who was entracing the 1st bird with it's song
it was so funny to see the way the bird's feather ruffled, and the neck erect as he sang his song
it stuck me that it was most probably mating season now
and the bird was porbly looking for a mate :)
by the time the paper was over, i couldn't take it any longer, i just put my head down and tried to snatch a few wincks but alas it was not to be so...the noise by the rest disrupted my plans completely
after that, we went to the histopath cuz the 1st year were organizing a pizza lunch for us kinda like a farewell party for us
such dears...thanks a lot for going thru a trouble for organizing it
it was really sweet...
i know most of u by faces not by ur names,
and i apologize if i seemed condescending, stand offish at times
i didn't really get the chance to know u more but have fun yeah...
esp in year 2, when assignments bog you, when exam blues hit, remember to take a deep breath every once in a while
and then went out for lunch with some ppl,
and came back home and slept
POST EXAMS
it's my first real holidays since April, looonnnnggg overdue
all the other holidays were busy with homework, assignments and exams
but now i can finally laze around with abook in hand, watch tv and surf the net
but i'm feeling a bit lost since exam's over
like got nothing to do
i finally understand what my dad meant when he said that he and his friends would study like mad but after the exams, they would still be wanting to study..
it's like a big portion of ur daily rountine is gone and suddenly u've got this huge amount of time and nothing planned to do with it
oh well...i'll find some thing i guess
i was quite shocked when i turned on the TV and found out about this Magnum Care thingy in Genting Arena of Stars which features local adn international stars..all raising money for
.
...
.....
.......
the Spastic Children's Associtaion of Selangor and FT- the agnecy that i was attached to for CBP!
in fact the kids that were shown in the advertisment were the ones that we worked closely with..*faints*
oh well, raise more money, more equipment for the rehabilitation for children with Cerebral Palsy
the 1st Christmas ad is on tv already courtesy of STARBUCKS..so i'm looking forward to that *yay*
it's Min Chiee's birthday today, so happy birthday dearest!!
this may seem very random but i found this qoute yesterday by some guy named Fats Domino
"a lot of fellow nowadays have a B.A., M.D or even a PhD but don't have a J.O.B."
got to go:P
EXAMS ARE OVER!!!!
Thank GOD
The nightmare is over
now i can read story books, laze around, watch TV and movies, and other stuff
and of course have to layan my sis :(
I got this personality quiz from http://benjyben.wordpress.com
I'm" a O41-C30-E27-A38-N71 Big Five!!
When Love Takes You In - Steven Curtis Chapman
This video is very dear to me as it speakes about adoption, a topic close to my heart. Please, to those who've tried to have a child but failed medically, why not try opening your hearts to someone who's already in this world and desprately needs you...
p.s. if i'm not mistaken, this video includes Steven's own daughter[the innocent, cherubic asian girl] and wife [u'll see them at the end].
dearest,
with my practicals on wed, paper 1 on the 12th and VIA on the 14th...
all meddies are struggling [fighting for dear life, hoping against hope, screaming in agony and stress -u get the picture] to finish revision.
since our assignments were passed up on the 22nd,this meant that we have exactly 3 weeks to study a.k.a. cram 2 years of work
but i'm strangely different...
my friends think i'm stressed
but i'm not...
i'm just stoning, thinking
self diagnosed myself with anemia [dad confirmed it with my conjuntiva]
had another allergic reaction to my earrings...
don't exactly know what's inside the earrings that give me a reaction cuz some i can wear but some i can't
it's just one of those times where i wanna be with my friends
but rather be sitting with them in silence
like an invisible member
letting their words flow over me like a river
but i wonder too..
my sis showed me this wonderful video by Jason Mraz-i love it!
that's why i put it up here.
although u heard this before, but i MUST state how much i DISLIKE MONASH's policy of taking pictures and using it as gimmicks,
why focus on certain ppl when everyone gave 101% for the CBP???
i would have loved it if the whole class had been in the picture like the one below, not one or two *blergh! *yuck!*
u can see that this is a very disjointed post but yeah...
do pray for me in the coming exams
Dearest,
with so many things running thru my mind
from A to Z (anatomy to zinc's properties)....
my brain tells my body 'it's enough' and so now i'm doing a no brainer job-blogging-
with so many birthdays around this time
my granny's, cousin's, sister's....the purse is feeling it
with unexpected events taking place each day,
it's clear that i still have a lot to learn about peace, patience and joy
it seems that i loose my cool over petty issues
or make mountains out of molehills
but thank GOD for an encouraging friend who prayed for me last night,
now i realise that i've got to hold on to the rivers of joy,
i've got to let the springs of hope gush out without hold
i've got to let the peace that passes all understanding fill my mind
and YOU confirmed it by giving me this rhema word
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfector of our faith,
who for the joy set before Him, endured the cross,
scorning its shame, and set down at the right hand of the throne of GOD
Heb 12: 2
HELLO my dearest!!!
well, first things first.
MY ASSIGNMENTS ARE OVER!!!!
ohhh the relief,
the wonderful sense of lightness that came after i handed in the portfolio and everything else..
to be sure, i'm studying now
but in fact it's a relief to be actually reading my books,
my long neglected books who've mourned my abscence
it's wonderful not having to sit infront of the pc and type and edit assignments till past midnight
it's great to be able to walk and enjoy the beautiful sights aound you
it's lovely to actaully get back into the academic grind (for now)
to be sure, there are some minor complaints
like how disorganized certain parties were with regards to handing up our assignmetns
or like how much i dislike my uni's habit of taking photos & using it for promotional gimmicks :(
but all through out this difficult period and even now,
you could claerly see the Great Physician's hand at work
from the extended deadline to our lecturer arranging lunch then tea for us
times like this u see the true nature of people
a big THANK YOU to everyone who prayed for me
those from church, overseas, my friends and classmates
hugs and kisses to all of you!!!!
it was a miracle and only by GOD's grace did i manage to survive this period
but still don't give up on praying for me cuz exams are close by
the end of preclinical years- so got 2 written papers and practicals
which reminds me i gotta get back to studying
Love you lots dearest,
till then, take care.
D e a r b l o g,
i really need prayer.
the week ahead will be the toughest and most exacting yet.
i've got to hand up
3 HLSD essays
1 3000 word HP report
1 oral presentation
2 additional pieces of work
and other portfolio stuff
plus i'm trying to arrange for accomodation next year
and helping out in youth and music
exams are less than 1 month away and i DON't have time to study!!!!
GOD, you've helped me thus far
giving me a miracle each day
showing me that your loving kindness is new every morning
now more than ever, i need YOU to guide me through
i'm losing sleep,
i'm losing weight,
i'm increasingly tired,
i'm incresingly worried,
i'm increasingly stressed
and i'm now losing myself
guide me,
i need YOUR hands
to lift me up,
to pour balm on my frazzled and wounded soul
to guide me through the rocky road ahead
but most of all i NEED YOU
for without YOU, there is no me.........
among the memories of Segamat ...
thanks guys for being patient with us girls as we shopped for shoes
thanks for bringing humour to the cache of memories
but above all thanks for being there
THANKS
This is taken from Jeffrey
it's a scale to measure the level of nerd-ity in a medical student.
Score one point for each statement that applies to you.
1 You have ever said “Netter is god”.
2 You can discuss autopsy/ anatomy over a meal [x]
3 You own a 4 color pen
4 -it just isn’t enough colors for you
5 You use more than one color to take notes [x]
6 You have use up more than 6 highlighters in the past 6 months
7 you have ever highlighted something YOU wrote [x]
8 you retype handouts given in class
9 you haven’t had a date in 3 months
10 you haven’t had a date since entering med school
11 you have not been able to remember the normal term forsomething because you were thinking of the medical term (iereflux for heartburn)
12 You get more sleep in lecture than at home
13 You know the correct spelling for pruritus
14 - you also know what it means
15 You have ever asked a question in class [x]
16 - The prof. didn’t understand the question [x]
17 - you didn’t believe the answer the prof. gave [x]
18 - you went to look it up to see if they were right [x]
19 You can’t hold a conversation on anything other than medschool
20 You skip class to study
21 You’ve said you didn’t do well on a test on which you beat the mean
22 You spend more than 15 hrs a week on e-mail
23 You have a callous on your finger from writing
24 More than one professor knows you by name [x]
25 When you ask a question, a new professor has said “Oh, I’veheard of you”
26 You can name more amino acids than past presidents
27 You use more than 5 acronyms an hour when talking
28 you actually know what PERRLA stands for
29 You know all the steps of the TCA cycle
30 You do not read PTA as parent teachers association
31 You can remember the muscles in the forearm
32 You know the structures in the urea cycle
33 You know the dermatome distribution [ i think so -x]
34 You can’t remember what you had for breakfast
35 You can’t spell world, much less backwards
36 You’ve ever been sexually aroused by the breast shadow on an X ray (anyone who has is SICK)
37 You equate “morning stiffness” with Rhematoid Artheritis
38 You actually know normal values for plasma Na
39 and for K [x]
40 Missing class causes you extreme stress
41 You have seriously asked someone “So how does that make youfeel?” [x]
42 You have asked will this be on the exam
43 -Just after the prof. said it wouldn’t
44 You identify with Deb on E.R.
45 You have made a medical joke [x]
46 -no one laughed [x]
47 -You figure they just weren’t that far in their studying
48 You wear your stethescope around your neck on the bus
49 - you don’t even know which way the thing goes in your ears [x]
50 “SOB” means short of breath to you [x]
51 You have gone to student health with suspicion of a diseaseyou have studied
52 -within 3 days of the lecture
53 You have answered a question in class [x]
54 -asked by the professor [x]
55 -it was a rhetorical question
56 You can quote lines from the movie “Malice”
57 -you believe them
58 You can flip your pen over your thumb
59 - with both hands
60 - you do so throughout class
61 You have corrected a professor in class
62 -the rest of the class didn’t understand the lecture to begin with
63 You know how to calculate specificity
64 -positive predictive value
65 - anion gap
66 -you can’t balance your checkbook
67 You don’t know what the weather was like for the past week
68 You don’t know what the weather is like right now
69 You actually talk in open ended questions
70 DIC isn’t a slang term for the penis in your book [x]
71 You think B- is a bad grade
72 you have stressed about a pass/fail class
73 You study during most of your meals
74 You saw nothing abnormal about the Obsessive-CompulsiveDisorder
75 You draw all of the slides not already provided in thehandouts
76 -including the cartoons (humourous type)
77 Anatomy makes you hungry [studying anatomy does make me hungry -x]
78 You would even consider saying “Ease back on my finger atyour own pace”
79 You know the size of a RBC [ err 6-7 microns in diameter?? x]
80 - you don’t know the size of a football field [x]
81 Your eyesight has worsened by 10 pts or more in the last year
82 You have the library hours memorized
83 You have your own seat in the library
84 You score more than 95 on the Epidemiology final
85 You own more than one white coat [x]
86 You have debated between giving up sleep or eating in orderto find more time to study
87 You started studying for boards more than 2 months inadvance
88 You have never received a personal invitation to discussyour grades with the dean
89 A tie is the only addition necessary to what you normallywear when you go to see patients
90 You wear scrubs to tests
91 You have made plans to study on a beach during vacation
92 - you actually did [x]
93 You have a designated seat in lecture
94 - You have ever asked someone to move from “your seat”
95 You sleep less than 4 hrs a night
96 -you think that is plenty
97 -you have thought about cutting back
98 You study more than 35 hrs outsid of class
99 -you think you are a slackard [x]
100 You think everyone answers yes to most of these questions [x]
my score 25
Scale
<20 You’re not in Med school. Go back to your party andleave us alone. We have work to do.
20-35 Either Med school is a breeze or you like the sound of“Senor doctor”
35-45 Gotta love that Primary Care
45-60 Well, I never really thought about MD/Phd, but now thatyou mention it…
60-75 Your social life is shot, might as well try to earn lotsof money
75-90 Which surgery subspecialty did you say you liked?
>90 All hail, great Med School Nerd master.
here comes the best part :) i thereby tag
Ji Keon
Gary
Su Wen
Li Mae
Chris
overworked
since end of april, it's been all about meeting deadlines, assignments and studies
it's worse this semester
had came back from rural attachment a fortnight ago,
since then, classes have been from 8 to 5.30pm monday, tuesday and friday [wed and thurs being up to 2 plus only]
had to pass up the rural group project last friday
had to pass up behaviour change project on monday
had SPC presentation on tues morning..5 hours?!!
today had practice VIA
with 2 projects due in 12 days time...and another 7-8 due by 19th october
my back's against the wall
my body's telling me it's overworked
my mind is protesting half heartedly
but this madness has to go on and build up for exactly 2 more months
will i survive???
these past few months i've only been doing so by GOD's grace
keeping afloat, pending things up within myself.....it's all taking a toll
yesterday was the harshest warning yet from my body
someone mentioned how worried they were about the frequency of my dreams
they don't know but it's just the tip of the iceberg...
only YOU and YOU alone can give me endurance
i n e e d H E L P
just came home form rural...am tired, and a whole mix of other emotions
heavly laden with homework, i;ve still got time to do these quizzes....
someone help me study and finish assignments, please!!!
just a random thought-with somemany views about friendship, boy-girl attraction and something else which i forgot about..i wonder what do u feel about this topic???
also when you meet someone for the first time, does their image or personality affect your first time impression?????
i honestly wanna compile ur answers and put them into a blog cuz
- for the first topic, things have changed so much that i'm bewildered when it comes to these things.
- let's just say i'm doing a bit of research on it
| You Are a Good Friend Because You're Loyal |
 And part of your loyalty means that you'll do a lot for your friends. You definitely go the extra mile.You'll even do great things for friends without them asking. After all, that's what friendship is all about. You are truly a friend for life. And you have friends you've known since you were a kid.Your friends can count on you to do a favor, remember a birthday, or just be there to listen. Your friends need you most when: They can't turn to anyone else You really can't be friends with: Fickle people who change friends quickly Your friendship quote: "Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows." |
What'>http://www.blogthings.com/whatmakesyouagoodfriendquiz/">What Makes You a Good Friend?
| Your Taste in Music: |
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| People Envy Your Compassion |
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What'>http://www.blogthings.com/whatdopeopleenvyaboutyouquiz/">What Do People Envy About You?
what to say bloggie,
i'm in SEGAMAT, northern Johor,on rural attachment for a fortnight
so i left on monday with the rest of year 2 classmates. endured the 3 hour long journey [stopped at Ayer Keroh after 2 hours] most of my classmates fell asleep on the bus..journey was fine except for me getting dizzy by the winding road. then the driver started smoking and pretty soon, became car sick. i think me getting sick scared most of my classmates and tutors....
this being my second day here, i'm still getting used to this place
we're staying at a hotel. accomodation, breakfast and lunch provided..dinner and food during merdeka weekend-on ourselves.
internet is wireless, but as usual my computer is *special* and as a result, Faheem creates a new account specially for me to acces the Internet. Thanks Faheem :)
we travel by bus to our placement for the day. today we went to the orang asli settlement and clinic which was at least an hour's bus ride [AGAIN thru windy roads..nope i didn't fall sick going there but coming back
well on wednesday we went to the Klinik kesihatan and Klinik Desa which are really important features of the rural healthcare. it's this feature that enables malaysia to be in the top 10 health positions worldwide [in rural heathcare i think??] i think klinik Desa is more fun to visit than Klinik Kesihatan..all 4 of us got our blood glucose levels, weight, and BP checked while angelyn, faheem and i had our blood levels checked :)
we even followed the community nurse as she did a post natal [after delivery] home visit, where we had 2 levels of translation going on there- angelyn translated from mandarin to english, while chris and i translated from english to malay hehe
actually the commuinty nurse is like a jack of all trades, she administers the clinic, is the doctor for minor ailments, the antenatal care giver for moms to be, the clinic cleaner and gardener, a mom to her own children, the housekeeper for the clinic and God knows what else
but anyway, yesterday[day 4] we went to Segamat hospital..spent the whole day there
got briefings and a tour of the hospital in the morning while in the afternoon we clarked patients [taking their medical history]
since it's merdeka weekend, we've got 3 days of freedom..which i think i'll spend in the hotel doing work
i think around 5-10 ppl went to dataran segamat last nite for the merdeka eve celebrations
but anyhow gotta go and eat now
will update as much as possible
lots of love,
the author.
another tag from Chris
Layer One : The Outside
Name : u know already la..
Birth Date : Dec..
Current Status : Single
Eye Colour : black
Hair Colour : black
Righty or Lefty : Righty
Layer Two : On The Inside
Your Heritage : hah! why don't u look my ancestors and see
Your Fear : by stating fears, it'll be worse
Your Weakness : must be the cursing, temper and pride
perfect Pizza : anything as long as it's delicious
Layer Three : Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow
Your Thoughts First Thing When You Wake Up : gotta get used to the light [flourcent tubes]
Bedtime : Not yet..
Your Most Missed Memory : melbourne
Layer Four : Your Pick
Pepsi or Coke : Pepsi
McDonald's or Burger King : McD
Single or Group Dates : Single
Adidas or Nike : neither
Tea or Nestea : Tea.
Chocolate or Vanilla : both :)
Cappucino or Coffee : Coffee
Layer Five : Do You ...
Smoke : No
Curse : trying desperately NOT TO
Take a Shower : u think??!!
Have a Crush : been there, done that
Think You've Been In Love: not really sure...what constitutes love anyhow?
Go To School : Yes
Want To Get Married : yes o_O
Believe In Yourself : not really
Think You're a Health Freak : nola...
Layer Six : In The Past Month
Drank Alcohol : nope.
Gone To The Mall : Yep.
Been On Stage : nope
Eaten Sushi : don't eat sushi cuz i don't like it raw..and besides i start imagining about the fish before it became sushi
Dyed Your Hair : Nope.
Layer Seven : Have You Ever ...
Played A Stripping Game : No
Changed Who You Were To Fit In : i think so...can't really remember
Layer Eight : Age
You're HopingTo Get Married : haha...ask me to my face this
Layer Nine : In A Girl/Guy
Best Eye Colour : green and/or blue :) absolutely lovely
Best Hair Colour : Dark Brown
Short Hair or Long Hair : short, long both can..but the long must not go reach shoulder level la..
Layer Ten : What Were You Doing
1 Min Ago : wasting my time on this
1 Hour Ago : bummin in the lecture theater
4.5 Hours Ago : was driving on the way to uni
1 Month Ago : just started 2nd sem
1 Year Ago : was in melbourne ...
everytime i think of melbourne, lovely memories come tinged with homesickness
Layer Eleven : Finish The Sentence
I Love : lotsz of stuff e.g. my friends, my cousins, music, nature, books and etc
I Feel : torn between the many sides of me
I Hate : being troubled and not knowing how to nor having the guts to clear the situation
I Hide : thoughts, certain feelings, different sides of me
I Need : more of YOU
Layer Twelve : Tag Five People
Sara Kang
Su wen
mau ren
swee wei
prassan
wanna tag wai ying, eugene, pei san,kui tien, jennifer and shern ai but these ppl don't have blogs :(
about a month ago, i had a dream which had 2 classmates of mine, a blue mercedes, lots of pineapple pizza, a teacher who lectured at me, my slippers, some PBSM ppl, ambulance, my classmate's 2 sisters and SJMC..... *i kid u not*
i woke from this scared and horrified, thinking it was real but then realised it was just a nightmare
in a nutshell, ben was driving a blue mercs with his 2 sisters, gary and sumone else, when suddenly he overturned and went into a monsoon drain...the reason for the accident was for some wierd reason was beacuse i was barefoot -_-
so anyway, i told shantz, sisca, min chiee and ben... and we laughed it off
today, while we were puzzling over our editing of SPC essay.....
chris and i called ben to find out where he was.. 1st time got his voicemail which was in mandarin?!!!
2nd time, he answers saying something about his car crashing in a serious manner
i don't know what i was thinking but i know i walked out and disappeared for 1.5 hour....
trying to hold the guilt, worry, fear and anxiety in me..
trying desperately to hold the tears back and succeeding..
when the nightmare came back full force...
each of it's tentacles pulled me further down into depths of despair,
the more i struggled to keep a clear head, the more i fell into ....
it was then i went back to find some news...any news would be welcome
it would be better than the anguish and the struggle in my heart
chris poor guy was suffering like me..
he took all the blame on himself...
u know, it'd be obvious that i was under some sort of emotional strain but chris was harder
i suppose it's harder to keep your emotions under control when the person next to u is closer to breaking
found out later that min chiee, alex, sisca and chris were looking frantically for me
anyhow, ben's fine with scrathes and bruises. car's not so good though
but i think it's safe to say that both chris and i went thru a big shock today
you know what, if i haven't told you my reader how much you mean to me,
know this, each one of u has a special place in my heart and i want you to know that.
if i don't tell you how valuable you are to me,
that doesn't mean that you're nothing
being someone who's good with words doesn't mean that i must know how to tell ppl or can express my feelings very well
it's in fits of spontanoity that i'm able to effectilvely communicate it to u
only GOD can help me show it
written 13 august
published...
DREAMS
they've been a wonderful part of my life especially these past few days
they offer you a world of fantasy where your unspoken wishes and deepest desires come alive
they give you a refuge to turn into when things seem to be going bad
they allow you to see the cold world thru rose tinted glasses
but they're called dreams for a reason
they're only a momentory trip down dreamland
they're short lived
they can't be part of reality unless the Master Planner designs it so
no matter how enjoyable the dream is, how close it is to reality, how strong the joy of wishes being fulfilled is......nevertheless, they're still dreams
you can't force them on life if life doesn't want it
so yup..the recent trip to dreamland was good but now it's time to step out into reality and become a normal girl again
it's all for the better i suppose.
this way i can focus on my studies [ what with assignments, exams and VIA this sem...i'll need all the help i can get]
i can also be a friend to all those who need me...after all friendship at this point in time is more fulfilling than dreams, plus friendship is a better partner with reality when compared to dreams :p
strangely enough, the curtains falling down on this dream was not heart wrenching.
it wasn't traumatizing nor depressing
the dream was short but despite it ending, the whole experince was like sucking the honey from the sting
in short it wasn't like my past trips to dreamland cuz i actually felt calm and serene when i realised the truth and opted back for reality
i can honestly belive GOd's hand was somewhere with me during this ordeal cuz it's like the quiet, the peace that never endeth
when i told wai ying bout what happened last year, she was honestly amazed that i was still surviving for given the circumstances, other ppl would be scarred for life..twas at that moment, i could see clearly God's hand in that situation, guiding me and healing my wounded soul.
i honestly belive that if it weren't for God's grace, i would never have made it through this far
yeah i've got loads to be thankful for. now i've just gotta straighten out my priorities and keep my eyes on You. to all those who've been praying for me, here's my heartfelt thanks.
For Fransisca [sisca] whose favourite song this is
For Eugene - The song that touched you in camp. May it's essence burn within ur heart always
hi my dearest blog,
got lotz of stuff to talk about so will be using the "shopping list" again:
1. simulated patients
haha...i found this article on msn entitled'playing doctor:oh no!i'm the first patient these 23 med students have ever examined' so hilarious
for those who aren't meddies, you should read this cuz this is what monash and other aussie medschools arrange for preclinical students ( in addition to seeing real, live, actual patients on our clinical visits to hospitals /clinics). in fact when it comes to our practicals, monash med school actually hires other 'normal/non med faculty' ppl to be a simulated patient [but they do put in a real patient also who probably might be acting another condition e.g. a heart patient acting as a leg injury patient] Do read it
http://www.slate.com/id/2169480
2. today's special significance
it's 7th of july, 2007 [which according to the short number system is 07/07/07] now eversince 01.01.01, we've been getting all these type of days but this time it's supposed to be diffenrent as the number 7 is supposed to be especially significant [i dun dig these numerology stuff]
some things plaaned for today
*LIve Earth concerts ( can watch on tv-ASTRO, ntv7 & 8tv are showing it and on internet)following the Live AID format-these series of concerts in 8 cities is supposed to increase awareness for the environment; dun exaclty see how u can do it, when the energy u'r using for the stage and rest of concert isn't green, the performers fly in-planes aren't exaclty environmenttaly friendly, and trash will be everywhere-as does happen in other concerts
Malaysia has it's own environmentally concerned concert to day -a tad hypocritical rite if u support these things and then bulldoze trees, develop areas, send pollution everywhere rite -start by using less water, plant a tree and doing something to effectively curb the haze
* the new 7 wonders of the world
well the title says it all, after nearly 60 million votes worldwide it's time to announce the new 7 wonders of the world [i tried to vote but i couldn't cuz heavy traffic to the site :( ]
* call of Nashville
* malaysia FRUIT and FOOD month launch tonite
3. accent
well i was talking to some ppl when i found out that apparently i often speak with an 'accent' read Mat Salleh voice
was horrified beyond belief, i thought i lost the aussie accent but apparently i still speak weirdly
no wonder i've been getting alot of questions like'are u malaysian?local ah??are u mixed??????'
and no one [esp in uni] bothered to tell me off?!!! *wanna blow up but try ot keep my temper in check*
ppl if u knew i wasn't speaking naturally, tell me la......u'r not my friends if u feel i'm goin the wrong way and dun do anything about it cuz wounds from a friend are better than kisses from the enemy, multiplied over
no point going around with an accent if everyone else including patients dun understand u, think u'r just putting on airs or anggap u as a 'western wannabe'
4. student interviews
was in uni recently helping out with the MBBS interviews, basically as teh student help, my job is to calm the interview-es, make sure they've ready and hand them over to the interviewers
man....so many nervous ppl, but it was fun talking to them. most didn't believe me when i said the interviewers were warm and approachable, but they took it back readily after the interview
lots of ppl were from taylors-so much so we suggested setting up a taylor's alumni club in monash :p
5. license
ive got my license already yay!!!!
6. earrings
went shopping and got some..now i pray that evry part will be well when i wear them
7. lecturer's child
i saw dr......'s baby girl and she was soooo adorable- 5 months but was already grabbing my specs and tightly clasping my finger ... though i dun think guys would understand why most gurls go gaga over babies -girl thing i suppose
with that i end this portion,
will be seeing u soon
certainly not in a blu moon
with more morsels
if i ain't in a bustle
now i really must bid adieu
b4 mom goes ' Mon Dieu!'
^-^ bye
one of my fav songs..this affects me in a way that no other song does
the music's way better on the American Idol clip
but the official clip's great too...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxtvHxQllzM
less than 3 weeks more to examz [to be precise-14 days more]
less than 2 weeks before my holidays end and uni starts again [to be precise-12days]
things that i still have to cover:
1.renal-pathologies
2.hematology
3.respiratory-esp the renal-respi acid base balance
4.cardio
5.microbiology
6.immunology
7.anatomy-orbit and ear,deep facial regions,neck,upper airway regions
8.theme 2
important announcement:
please if u know any yung children, please,please PLEASE tell them to be wary of a man asking for help to find his cat. there's thi perverted man who goes around and asks small children (previous victims were 4-6 i think) to help him find his missing cat.then he goes and rapes them...one girl was found by her parents traumatized, blood stained clothes, bruised
another 2 girls narrowly escpaed this all because they hated cats
worst of all this is happening in KL *please watch out and pray that this cruel,dangerous, sick pervert will be caught by the law soon*
here's the 'shopping list' again
teeth
wisdom teeth the top ones came out , bottom not yet-have to see my orthodentist tmrw about it hopefully i get a favourable response
mood
i was in a bad mood, critical, cranky,crabby, tongue lashing out at everyone, moody because:
*stressed bout the exam[am reading but i'm going too slow-bayangkanla i did 3 sub topics from CRANIAL REGIONS only in 3 days]
*wanna realax, watching loads of tv& reading lotz of storybooks&updating my blog *humph*but at the same time feeling guilty that i'm not revising
*was sweaty and constantly pinning my hair up despite having cold water baths[i dun wanna cut my hair]
blog quizzes again
did the 1st quiz twice cuz got some questions i can answer correctly to 2 options
and this is what my results were
thank God i didn't do this when i was wondering what course to do
| Your Scholastic Strength Is Deep Thinking |
 You should major in: PhilosophyMusicTheologyArtHistoryForeign language |
What'>http://blogthings.com/whatshouldyoumajorinquiz/">What Should You Major In?
| Your Scholastic Strength Is Evaluating |
 You should major in: StatisticsSpeechConflict studiesCommunicationFinanceMedicine |
What'>http://blogthings.com/whatshouldyoumajorinquiz/">What Should You Major In?
| You Are Rocky Road Ice Cream |
 You are most compatible with vanilla ice cream. |
What'>http://blogthings.com/whatflavoricecreamareyouquiz/">What Flavor Ice Cream Are You?
| You Belong in Winter |
 |
What'>http://www.blogthings.com/whatseasonareyouquiz/">What Season Are You?
got this from Swee Wei's blog
haha this totally cracked me up
i have'nt done all my friend yet so u guys better watch out *evil grin*
| What You Really Think Of Your Friends |
 Wai Ying is your soulmate. You truly love Min Chiee. You consider Mau Ren your true friend. You know that Eugene is always thinking of you. You'll remember Sisca for the rest of your life. You secretly think Ben is creative, charming, and a bit too dramatic at times. You secretly think that Chris Sim is colorful, impulsive, and a total risk taker. You secretly think that Gary is loyal and trustworthy to you. And that Gary changes lovers faster than underwear. You secretly think Alex is shy and nonconfrontational. And that Alex has a hidden internet romance. |
THIS IS WHAT I REALLY THINK...
wai ying- ain't my soulmate but a really close sister
min chiee-yes i love her:)
mau ren as my true friend.....sorry mau ren this is wrong, i'm gonna hev to know you as a friend not as a classmate, i mean i dunno what TV shows u like, what food u like etc...
eugene-*pfftttt* the only thing on eugene's mind now other than GOD and his moving to America, must be Silva's rite??!!
sisca- yeah i'll remember u...u made a lot of impressions on me (hehe)
ben-is very creative,dramatic (he isn't that dramatic, compared to su wen..) charming??well, he's very charming around de lecturers and certain ppl...but not around me ( which is very good)
chris sim- impulsive at times, risk taker at times-he's actually more of a person who thinks carefully then 'seemingly acts impulsive';colourful??waht does that mean????
gary-huh???*stiffling giggles* gary is more steadfast(as in opinions) and trustworthy...but why should he be especially loyal to me-should be ben; and the part abt him changing lovers like underwear ( i dun think that's gary)
alex-is NOT shy if anything he's more mature than the 75%of the class, nonconfrantantional??-he can be confranting at times; the hidden love interest..i dun think so but anyone wanna clarify??
shows u how wrong these questionnaires can be......but they are funny :)
p.s. the letter to the editor written by Tim Wittick-3rd year medico (my student tutor guide in transtion camp, Melbourne) is good
however b4 u read his letter, read the editorial first
http://www.theage.com.au/news/editorial/aboriginal-emergency-call-creates-both-urgency-and-risk/2007/06/21/1182019279864.html
tim's letter
http://www.theage.com.au/news/letters/our-radiant-southern-cross/2007/06/24/1182623732484.html?page=5
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- I'd love to be nameless but i can't thanks to my friends :P People know me as Anna. So i'm Ann-onymous !!! Currently studying in the healthcare sector. Unusual and wacky.. that's me. Often the only person who will laugh suddenly for apparently no reason in the lecture theater. Passionate about nature and music. Contradictory at times, but that's because i'm still attempting to find myself in this chaos.